The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-10-31
IN MALE ATTIRE
Corvallis Girl-Beats her Way on
+ Railroad-Queer Phone Incident.

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Corvallis Girl-Beats her Way on
.Railroad-Que Phone Incident.
n Arrayed in male attire and with
Eher hair newly shorn to better car
ry out her purpose TO pass for a
young man, Miss Frances Fresh,
| formerly of Corvallis. exploited her
self in fashion the other day that
causes all familiar with the facts to
wonder what has possessed the
Young woman. Miss Fresh is well
known to many persons in Corval-
lis. She lived for sometime with
Mr.. and Mrs. Knisely. She has
relatives in Alsea, where she form
erly resided,
In appearance. she is tall and
slight, with light hair. Her teat-
ures are aquiline. and altogether
she is what most people would call
a pretty girl. She left Corvallis
i during the summer. and went to
| Albany, since which time, little has
been known of her by Corvallis
people. 80.
The exploit that occasions this
story of Miss Fresh, began last oat-
urdav night. Where or how it will
end, nobody knows. She was EN-
ployed at farm home two miles
east of Ha1sey. While the family
was absent during the evening. she
dressed herself in the best suit OF
the man of the house. She cut her
| hair close, and with $1I in cash,
| and diamond pin, distracted from
the purse of the housewife, she
walked to Halsey. There she ap-
piled at house for nights lodg-
ing, but was refused. She then
went to b arber shop where the
,, haircut she had herself begun was
finished in artistic style.
The same night she took the
southbound overland train. She.
did not take the trouble to'prov1de
herself with ticket, and it is sup
posed went aboard with the pur-
pose of beating her way to San
: Francisco. What happened enroute
} is not known, but the next heard
from her was at Sissons, Callfor-
: MIA. A letter from Halsey, Oregon,
, received in Corvallis, Wednesday.
4 saws that on the train she claimed
:. to have lost her ticket. Finally the
train authorities sent a dispatch to
} Halsey inquiring if young man
had bought a ticket there tor San
Francisco. The answer came. that
back was that no young man had
!, bought ticket there, but that a
8 Young woman in male attire had
( boarded the train without a ticket.
!, Then, the letter continues, the train
i men put her off at Sissons, but the
II passengers paid her fare to San
t Francisco. The letter was written
A to Corvallis in the hope of enlist
/ ing the interest of friends in her be,
s. half 1t is known that she is with
e out friends in the California metrop-
Z oils, and there are those who con-
:, template with much misgiving the
: arrival in that great city of a yer
= dant Oregon girl, logged out IN
e male attire, and apparently, tor the
| moment in a state of mental ire
4 sponsibility.
Related with the story above,
!, there is another incident. It hap
: pened the first of the current week
u Attending OAC is well known
+ girl. Relatives called up an at
: tache Of the college the other ev
, ening and asked if the young lady
> was at the college, The reply
was in the affirmative and then the
: relative, who by the way was at the
e home town of the young lady. re
:. lated that a telephone message hae
y been received there from Sissons
y California. saying that the young
college girl was not at Corvallis
ef| but at Sissons, that she was in dis
@ tress. and asked that money be sen
o to her at once. Those familia
q with the facts are wondering how
e intimately the two incidents may
s be related to each other, and IT /
!, : was the girl in male attire at th'
= Sissons telephone Office. and if il
:. were she that tried to induce thu
e father ofthe OAc, girl by misre
d presentation of the facts, to sene
y moneyto her at Sissons, California
Summons.
n In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon