The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-03-14
LOCAL LORE.
advertisements in this column charged. for
ut the rate of 15 cents per line.

Ed. Rosendorf has accepted po-
sition in the drug store OF Graham 4
Workman.
The inventory has been flied 10
the estate OF EIiz ,beth Elliott. The
total value OF property Is S1O,359.
The First Spiritual Union of Cor
Wallis, will held services at the Bar
rett Lyceum ON Sunday at 8 p m. All
friends invitad.
Misses Flora Mason, Ruth Finn
and Mary Stewart were up from Al
bany Thursday to attend the Alnslie-
Smith wedding.
g. A. Robinson has arranged a
sale Of the Marion Wood house and
lot on Ninth & Van Buren streets.
Elmer Bethers was the purchaser at
$3.50.
IT. E. Moorhead OF Manila, Ar
kansas, writes for Information con-
cerning Oregon. He wants to know
the price of lands aud general con-
ditions.
"A marriage license has been is
sued to j. M. E nerick and Sarah
Eliz abeth Pugh. Tue bride Ia aged
Is. The groom 10 4 son OF George
Em erick.
Two homesteads were filed on
at the county clerks office Thursday
N. o. Clodfelter filed on 120 acres and
Thomas Pomeroy on 16O acres near
Bellfountaiu.
Miss Maggie Fowells recently
completed a term OF school at Sum-
NIT. and began another Monday in
one OF the distric-s short distance
south of Corvallis.
w. B. Kiger was In town from hls
farm near Lebanon on business
trip Wednesday. Walter Brown who
recently purchased a farm 10 Linn,
Is located just across the road from
the Kiger home.
There will be services at the
Catholic church tomorrow, Rev.
Father Bucher of Silstz. officiating,
Mass at 1920 a. M. and benediction
at 7-30 p. m. All are cordially in
vited to attend
Two carloads OF finishing lumber
came in to the Benton County lumber
yards from the big mill on Greasy
creek Wednesday, the first shipment
on the spring cut The lumber was
hauled to Philomatn from the mill
and thence shipped by train to Cor
Wallis.
Albany Democrat; The taking
OF the toll off the bridge has added
materially to the value OF the Benton
county property across the river,
and already three eales have been
made by one real estate firm. Ben
ton has Linn TO thank for increasing
the value of its property.
Assessor Bush is making as
sessments of property in Summit
precinct. He is placing the valua-
tion OF all property at it's cash value
as required by law. In some in
stances, taxpayers find fault with the
plan but 10 the main they understand
it is the only way in which uniform
ity can be attain I'D and are satisfe I'D.
La Grande exchange: Ben Scott
the popular meat cut1er. for Book &
Thomas, met with a severe accident
yesterday. While he was stringing
up beef, preparing to butcher, the
rope broke letting the beef fall on
him. tearing the muscles loose from
his arms. It was very narrow es-
cape in as mu ch as the beef just bare
ly missed his head.
AT the home OF the BRIDES par
ents at Corvallis, Wednesday, j. M.
Emarick was united in marriage TO
Miss Sarah Elizsbet Pugh, by Rev.
M, Noble. The two families only
were present and after the ceremony
all sat down to bountiful dinner. A |
number OF very acceptable presents
and no end OF good wishes were left
with.the young people.
Walter Mcfarland, former
Corvallis boy was business visitor
In town Thursday. He is a trusted
salesman for J. A. Folger & Go of |
San Francisco, with a territory from
to Portland and westward |
to the Coast towns. He makes Cor
Wallis about every six weeks. His
mother and sister Winnie, reside in
Oakland His sister Ellen Is married I
and resides in Denver, Colorado.
Aaron Jones, master of the Nat
onal Grange is to deliver an address
IN the college chapel next Monday +
evening. Mr. Jones has been in at.
tendance on the State Grange at Port
and during the past week, and word
mas been received there that he is a
inc speaker. He will visit but few /
places in Oregon, being particularly
attracted to Corvallis because it Is
;he seat Of the Oregon Agricultural
College. His address is looked for
ward to by many as promising an I
evening Of unusual Interest. The
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