The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-15

| California.
"A substantial new ten-foot walk
has been laid in front OF the Graham
& Wells drug store.
IT. T. Vincent will occupy the pull
pit OF the M. E. Church nexs Sunday
morning and evening.
--Miss ses Mabel Withycombe and Ed
ma Irvine arrived Thursday from a
few days at Newport.
Mrs. Withycombe and her son
Harry and Earl arrived Thursday
from an outing In Alsea.
Valuable papers advertised in
Wednesdays "Times" as lost have re-
covered through tbs agency of the ad
vertisement.
-Mra. J. D. Irvine left Thursday
Cascades. She accompanies a party
OF Brownsville people.
-Workmen are laying new side
walks on the south and east sides of
the Addition property at the corner of
Jefferson and Fourth.
During the heated portion of
these days, the resort of the average
i, citizen is to Shasta water and ice
cream at Small's.
Squalls have sold more than 700
gallons of ice cream since the season
began in April. Such large sale tes-
| tifies to the excellence Of the product.
Shasta water, cool and pure, from
| the celebrated springs Ia northern
| California Is on sale at Small's, and Is
most popular to those who have sam
pied it..
Sam H. Moore has begun the
Gently purchased Of S. L. Henderson.
The place has been leased for a year
by W. o. Trine.
The Rev. W. G. Taylor, D. D., of
Indianapolis. Ind, will preach at the
Baptist church in Corvallis on Sunday
August %, at IL a. m. Rev. Taylor Is
a son OF J. /. Taylor Of this city and
Is coming to Corvallis on a visit.
-Orville Carter and family are here
from Everett on visit to the formers
mother. OrvilIe was quite kid when
he left here many years age. Since
then he seems to have favored expan-
sion from his physical appearance
then and now.
MIR. and Mrs. W. Il. Hewitt of
Stockton, California, arrived at the
home of Mrs. Hewitt's mother, Mrs.
Barclay, Saturday. They left Thurs
day for Cascadia, accompanied by
Mrs. Barclay and daughter, Miss Ger
trude. They expect to remain month
or six weeks.
Mrs. Walter Post. a daughter of
pioneer Linn County family. was
buried at Oakville Thursday. She was
the daughter OF William McIlree, a
pioneer of 1852. She was one year
old when the family crossed the
plains to Oregon and settled in the
country across the river from Corval-
lis Her sister is the wife Of John
! Bell.
Henry Amber, in addition to a
number of Gales Of lots In Philomath,
has sold within the past few days the
Harry Moore stock ranch, three miles
west Of Philomath TO Gsorge Green
of Salt Lake, Utah. The price paid
was $3.50. He has also sold the John
Primm ranch of 333 acres five miles
southwest Of Philomath to T. T.
Rugn, of Waverly Kansas. The price
in the latter sale, Including several
| head Of livestock, is $4,000.
Complaint has been lodged with
the chief Of police concerning boys and
men who go swimming ia the Villa
| mette within the city limits. A city
| ordinance prescrbes the amount Of ap-
paIel swimmers must wear under such,
circumstanc and the allegation is
| that the garments are sometimes so
far short of requirement as to lay the
| bathers under liability to prosecution.
! It ia said arrests are likely to be
| made il the practice is continued.
AT last weeks meeting, the &C NJ
missioner's court appointed John Rar-
ris a member OF the board of road
viewers vice William Knotts resigned,
named J. B. irvine for constable,
granted license to r. N. Williamson
| for warehouse and fixed his bond
So, 900, referred the Craig road petit
| tion to the district attorney, ordered
| viewers to survey the G. r. Ballard
road gear Wren and instructed viewers
to examine proposed road petitioned
for by G. A. Peterson, F. P. Francis
and others.
When Jefferson Davis Howell a.
rose at his home on the Island the
other morning, something happened
that surprised him and filled him with