The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-12
William Groves is re-shlngling the
south half Of the opera house roof.

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south half Of the opera house roof.
i Fred Overlander was able to be
down town this week. He is just re-
covering from a protracted illness.
! The Misses Tucker entertained a
few friends at their home Monday ev-
eDing in honor of their aunt, Mrs. Mot
4 ley, who is vi-itirg In Corvallis.
/ United Evangelical church servi-
ces next Sunday at IL q. m and 7 As
1 p. ~. Preaching at Dixon school
house at p. m.
center OF the o. A. G. footba team
has position IL a drugstore a Eater
prise, and is not to return to college
this Year.
-Prune picking has already begun
10 a few orchards. The big dIier was
warmed up yesterday to begin work
On small lots of prunes from neigh
boring orchards Picking in the big
orchard begins Monday morning.
Mrs. Sherman Wade and chill re.
turned TO their Eastern Oeegon home
ghuIsday. They were accompanied
as far as Portland by Mrs. Wade's
! mother, Mrs. john Richard.
Two sisters and brother named
Adams have arrived from Portland TO
a'tend coll ,ge. They have purchased
the W. b. Yates property at the cor
ner OF Ninth & Monroe. which they
are TO occupy. the price paid for the
property is 1878.
! The Lebanon company OF o. N. g.
cavalry spent two nights in Corvallis
in their annual practice march. They
had been on todr OF the upper val
| ley and were nearing the end of their
march when here.
William Crees. who recently went
| to Portland for medical trea tment, Is
very much encouraged by his physi-
clan, although he will be- required to
remain in Portland some time. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Urees are at the home
of their daughter, Mrs. Groosbeci.
| Invitations are out for the we'd
ding Of Miss Mabel Johnson and Al
bert Burrows, to take place, In Port
| land Wednesday, September 23rd, at
eight o'clock. Miss Johnson tormer-
ly sided 10 Corvallis, where she was
popular vocalist ana had many
| friends. She is sister Of Postma ster
| Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. N. Riley and son
returned to their home in Portland
Thursday after teD-days stay in
Corvallis with Mr.. aud Mrs. Andtews.
Mrs. Riley is the ady who was injured
year ago by the collapse OF a. bridge
in Linn county, and she has not yet
recovered the use of her arm. It Is
believed that the aim is permanently
| disabled from paralysis.
-Commisslope William Jelly re-
ports that In his orchard near PhiIo-
math, San jose seals is prevalent.
The ravages OF the pest, Mr..
jolly Gays, fs very damaging 20
| the trees. I'he upper portion
dies, and sprouts In abundance spring
up from the rjots. Uuless remedies
are resorted to, Mr.. JULY is certain,
tom his meagre experience, that the
scale will fi1ally ba fatal to orchards
in which it appears. The remedy or
course is Spraying. The penalty for
selling or off-ring for sals, ftuit that
is Infected with scale or otner pest or
disease. is a fine OF not less than S25,
nor more than 800.
THE last day for paying taxes on
this years roll 10 fast approaching.
On the morning Of October 9Th, pen.
atty and interest viii be charged. That
means that IN order to avoid the pen.
atty, ali taxes must be pail by the ev-
ening OF October 5h. A considerable
number Of people have paid half their
taxes and are taking all the grace al
lowed under the law for liquidation OF
the balance. II their last hall is not
paid by the evening of October 5sh,
they will be compelled on the follow
ing morning to paw 10 per cent penal
ty on the last half, and - per cent 10
terest on the came amount from April
7th to date of payment. There is a
prospect that the delinquent roll will
be somewhat larger than last year.
Parties making the largest sales
OF years to J. L. Lewis were H. F. Bis |
tow and D. @. Rose. The former
brought from his orchard 10 the Bell
fountain neighborhood 7119 pounds for
which he received $53 40. Mr.. Rose,
whose orchard is near t1wn. sold 41S0
pounds which netted him S31 35. These
pears go TO canneties in San Francis-
co, and very likely Corvallis PEOPLE |
will soon be buying them back in a
preserved state with the profits OF
numerous concerns added to the orig
inal price. The time ia coming when
we shall not pay the railroad compa-
MES to haul our fruit to San Francis |
co, pay lor having 1t canned there,
and pay again for having it hauled
back to US, but that time is long de-
ferred. 1t seems that We are too |
conservative" at present to can our
own fruit.