The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-05
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| Miss Mae Gerhard returned We'd
nesday from an outing at Newport.
The Johnson-Le Callahan camp
ing Party arrived from Beaver Greek
Thursday.
| --Congrega tional Sunday school at
! 10 o'clock tomorrow. Service by the
pastor. Rev. z. F. Green, both morn
! ing and evening at the usual hours.
-Services in the tabernacle near
the United Evangelical church, Sun
day at IL a. NJ, at 2 80 p. N. and :45
p. N. DR.. @. G. Poliug is expected to
preach, unless detained by serious i'll
ness In his family, In which event Rev.
A. A., Winter will come.
--George W. Smith and Thomas Boul-
/ den have gone into the busin ess Of
shipping dressed meats to the Port
| land markets. Their place of business
is on Madison street between Second
and Third. They deal mainly in poul-
try, veal and hogs.
Sunday school at Baptist church at
ten o'clock on Sunday as usual Rev
NJ Noble will preach At eleven. Sub
jecr, "Ships and What They Teach
U.s. No evening" service. Welcome
for all.
%. aealy and wife returned Thurs
day from Nge Greek, where they had
been camping nearly two months.
About three weeks OF this time Mrs.
Healy was greatly a fflicted from blood
poisoning In one of her bands.
There is very heavy crop Of
prunes in the D. c. Rose orchard. It
is the heaviest the trees have ever
borne. The quality is very fine Pick
lug Is to begin In the orchard In eight
or ten days.
H. G. Miller has purchased the
residence proper ty across the street
from Johnson Porter's residence. The
property comprises house and five
lots, and the price paid was 81 800. |
-Nectariues, rich, luscious, and
toothsome, grown in Alsea, are on dis
play at the "Times" office. They were
grown by Mrs. Wolfe, formerly of Cor
wallis, but now Of the Alsea country.
The character Of the fruit indica'e es one
OF the many Possibilities in the fruit |
line in the we'll known valley.
In the past few days the birds about
town have been able to change their
diet from grasshoppers to winged |
ants. This is the season when the
young ants emerge from their home
and take flight. They come out about
eundown, and whenever there ia
nest OF them departing, large numbers
OF birds hover about on telephone
>pclas and wires, and whenever an ant
IL seen in the air bird swoops down
and takes it ia. This food is so pIen-
tifal that there seems to be no rivalry
among the birds as to which one shall
secure the morsel.
There is promise that Benton
cougtv Bartlett pears will gn to Cali
fornia for canning purposes. The agent
OF California canuery was in town i
the other day, and made arrangements
with J. L. Lewis to purchase Bartletts
for him. The requirements are that
the pears shall be at least two and a.
half inches in diameter. Three-quac-
ters OF a cent per pound is paid for
them delivered to Mr.. Lewis in tbisn
city The product cf the D. G. Rose
orchard, comprising several hundred
bushels is to be disposed cf in this
way.
"A force OF .man has been engaged
for several days 10 cleaning out that
section of the college ditch which
passes through Jobs addition Tue
accumulation Of debris through sever
al years has been such that the free
1ow of water and the drainage Incl
dent thereto has been more or less
obstructed. The city originally built
this portion OF the ditch and tue duty
of keeping IL up devolves on the city. :.
About $50 has 80 far been expendec 10
the work, and more will be required.
a section Of the ditch below jobs ad-
dition also needs cleaning out, and the
general opinion is that that work will
devolve on the college people.
Shortly after Dave Howard's !
house burned about a year ago a
crowd Of his Modern Woodmen neigh
bors went out one day and assisted him
to partially rebuild. Among the work I.
men was J. W. Simmons, state deputy
Of the order. While he was at work
there, Mr.. Simmons lost fine gold ]
ring which had been present.
sd to him by his camp on his depar- {
lure from the East some years ago. Ii j
was OF course highly priz4d by him,
out diligent search at the time failed ,
10 reveal the treasure, and it was re-
given up for lost. Wednes-
lay Mr.. Howard's children went un-
Ter the house to recover ball which I
lad rolled there, aud one Of them {
ound the lost ring. Mr.. Howard knew {
hat the ring was the property OF Mr.. {