The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-01-31

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Mrs. J. o. Wilson and Miss Leona
Smith have been in Portland since
Monday.
Mrs. Leah and Gertrude Barclay
returned yesterday from an extended
visit at Everett, Washington.
Lee Il nkle's team ran away with
his job wagon Thursday. The repair
bill Is expected to be about S25.
Luke Thornton. a former resident
of Corvallis, now of Oregon City, has ar
rived In town to remain few days.
Misses Helen Holgate, Clara Fish
er and Grace Catch gave dancing
party at Fishers hall last evening.
Levi Ankery, of Walla Walla,
Washington, was elected Thursday to
represent Washington In the United
States Senate.
Charley Olson came over afoot
fre N Lobster Thursday. He states
that snow on the Alsea mouu tain was
knee deep.
Announcement is made In the AL
bany paper Of the death Of Jacob
Love. He was quite well known about
Corvallis.
Rev. Allen Wilson, of Indleuap-
oils, an eminent divine Of the Christian
church, will deliver the baccalaureate
sermon before the Agricultural Col
lege next June.
Superintendent J. H. Ackerman
arrived yesterday to be In attendance
at the parents meeting which opens
at the public school building this
morning at 10 80.
The loggers who have been get
ting out ash lumber on the Tyra Smith
place for the Dornbecker furniture Co,
have moved below to procure quan-
tity OF maple timber. Later they will
return to Smiths,
The Blodgett logging camp has
partially suspended operations. The
contractor has 800 piles to remove
from the woods and this work will
continue. Other operations will be
resumed the 1st of April,
Perhaps few are cognizant of the
fact that at the Benton FIGURING MIL |
Co.'s water front there is govern
ment water gIage which measures 80
feet. Upon this the last rise In the
river measured 27.1 feet.
Minor Swiek, who retains an ex.
cellent momory OF the events of the
high water of '61 '62 states that a
large part of the lower portion OF town
was flooded. The wa ter, according to
Mr.. SNick's sta tement, extended from
about where the electric light plant fs
now, westward to a junction with the
back water on Sixth stree t. The con-
Meeting body of water was about two
blocks in width, leaving a small tract
Il dry land in the vicinity of the saw
mill and Samuel Kings present home.
The fears INDUCED here that some
of the ChiDamen who left Corvallis for
China few weeks ago, were lost on
,he voyage, have been allayed, or may
De, by the information contained in a |
L tier received this week, that all ar
lived safely. There is general salts
action among local Chinese at The i
good news. "Whiskey Jim,'' the more !
eeble of those departing, Is said to
lave stood the trip well. Sorbin it
vas thought, might have been thrown
overheard for an outbUrst Of his ac-
insnlence.
Albany Democrat: Henry Bro
lers and O. O. Crandell last evening
'aid the highest price ever paid for
horse in Linn county, purchasing of J
,rouch & Son, Lafayette, Ind, Exc
lus, a German coach horse. This new
.cquisition to Linn county horse flesh
3 government bred, a genuine Ger
nan coach horse, tracing his ancestry
ack $50 years without a cross. He
vas shipped with II other horses from
Germany, last July. Ex-
dus is nearly four years old, is 16
lands inch high and weighs 143O
'ounds, perhaps the finest looking
lorse, bay, ever seen In the county.
he cost il $4,000. Certainly a fine
nimal and said to be very hardy.
Everybody jokes with Tony
rountana. He is well along In years
nd his ambition Is to have a merry
lme while he is spared the opportun-
". II he doubles the prescribed dose
I rejuvenator he doesn't care who
,nows 1t. Otherwise we might not
ay that he was little overloaded
thursday evening when a stranger
'alked into Whitehorn's and seated
imseIf. Tony's vision was little i'm
aired and he mistook the man for his
riend 8. Z. Henderson. Tony delights
0 converse. with Mr.. Henderson main.
? because the latter allows him to do
II the talking. So Tony at once at
acked the stranger with volleys from
Is stores of ancient and modern his-
Dry, fanking him right and left. The
elbow was silent as an Egyptian
pink. Tonv thought his friend was
pell-bound and he continued the at
ack for fifteen minutes. He was COM
'elled finally toscease from exhaustion,
nd discovered the house in an uproar
( laughter. "What's the matteI?'
inquired Tony; and Bismarck explain
d. why, you blamed goose, you are
alkinp TO a. dc af and dnmb stranger