The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-03-11
LOCAL LORE.
advertisements in this column chargedl for
at the rate of 15 cents per line
Wheat 6S.

Wheat 68.
"A new pair of six ton scales is be-
ing put in at the Fischer tlourlng
mills.
Born, Sunday morning, in Coryal-
lie. to the wife Of Cl ford Gould, a son.
Creditable weight.
Mrs. Philip Phile and her niece,
Miss Kate Tiede mann, went to Port
land Monday to sprnd The week with
friends.
Father Jurek, who was stationed
here for many wears. arrived Monday
for a brief visit. He returns TO Pc
Ell, Wash, Thursday.
"A humber tf Endeavorers from
Corvallis drove over To Albany Nor
day evening to attend district con-
vention held in that city.
Local miilers still offer 6S cents
for wheat, but the market Is tf1 SIX
cent. per bushel 10 Chicago, and five
cents per Genital in San Francisco.
Clarence. eldest son of Challey
Chipmap, is down from Baker City on
a visit to relatives in Corvallis. Clar-
ence is empioyed in one of the leading
restaurants of Baker.
Mrs. Ira Hunter arrived Tuesday
from Waterville, accompanied by two
daughters. She has not wholly recov-
cred from the stroke Of paralysis
which she sustained some months
ago.
Mrs. Tobias, mother of Mrs. S. l..
Kline, died on the 3ri instant at the
home of the latter in San Francisco.
Mrs. Tobias has visited Corvallis
number of times, anu Is remembered
by many Of our towns-people.
%. l.. Tay lor and Homer McGee
have gone into the wood-sawing busi-
ness and will operate In Corvsllis this
season. They purchased capable
little steam saw at Albany from Lon
Maynard, and brought is over Mon
day.
IT. J. Mock and family, who came
to Corvallis from the East year ago,
and who have occupied the Horning
home near the ice factory, were out
bound passengers on the Westside
train Monday. They are returning to
old Missouri.
It. J. Buford and wife are located
in Los Angeles, according to a private
letter from that city, where they have
a nice home. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Bu
ford are very successful organizers
for the Order Of Lyons, and are said
to be quite prosperous.
The Zetagathean college society en-
tertained the Feronians at Agricultu-
raj Hall Saturday evening. An interest
ing literary programme was present
ed. Luncheon was served at an ap-
propriate time, and the evening prov
ed most pleasant one to all.
The Corvallis market was abso-
1utely bare Of butter couple Of days
the latter part of last week. Buyers
ran around town in vain, and went
home to use gravy or syrup as sub
stitute. Only small supply is avail
able now, and it is extremely high in
price. Apparently, the more people
engage in dairying,. the scarcer and
higher butter becomes. t
Herman Tartar, who left yester-
day for Portland, has been for the
past seven months taking a postgrad-
uate course at Berkeley It cost $25
to $50 per month for board there, and
during the seven months his labora-
tory fees In the chemical department.,
aggregated $50. It'costs money to at
tend college, there. according to the
statement of Mr. Tartar, twice as
much or more as at the OAC.. The
only other college man at Berkeley
now is Lanka, who Is studying in the
mining depar tment Prot Ct. W. Shaw
is on the station staff there, and is
succeeding we'll.
"A big delegation of OAC students
goes TO Eugene Friday to attend the
oratorical contest, and Incidentally to
accompany the OAC basket ball team
TO that city, where return game is to
be played with the university team.
About seventy students will be in the
delegation, according to the latest es-
innate, based on preliminary arran-
gements for tickets. The regular del
egates to the oratorical association
will be members of the party. These
are, Freshmen, Maud Roberts and g..
H. Root; sophomores, Edna Smith
and q. G. Darby; juniors. Claud Cate
and Mabel Ready; seniors Minnie
Smith and Edwin Johnson,
e. W. s. Pratt, the jeweIer and
optician, placed In his store last
Saturday an immense cafe. It is one
of the best In the city. A small er
one which had been in use by Mr..
Pratt was purchased by Graham &
Wortham, and it was placed in their
drug store Saturday. Mr.. Pratt's safe
Is something out of the ordinary. It
was made to order by the DieboId