The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-11-11
Local News on all four pages Of

Local News on all four pages OF
this Issue.
Rev. Reeves and Rev. Car1ick
exchanged pulpits Sunday night,
20. M. Cady and wife of Medford
are visiting relatives and friends in
Corvallis.
s-R. @. and Cleve Cate of Portland
are guests at the home Of Mrs. Sarah
Moore.
Daniel Read OF Pleasant Hill,
was the guest Of Corvallis friends ov-
er Sunday.
Harley Laughlin, one OF last
years students at OAC, arrived Sun
day on visit to old college friends
-Iu the estate of Martha J. Butler
G. W. Henkle. J, G. Walker and B.
J. Dunn have been appointed ap-
praisers.
Rev. g. 8. O. Humbert, former
pastor of the Corvallis Christian
church, was here over Sunday. He is
the field secretary of the Eugene di-
vinity school.
e. A. Morgan who occupies q
house belonging to s. 81. Moore has
bought the Hyland property in Jobs
addition and Is fitting it up and will
move into 1t next week.
Miss Minnie Buxton arrived from
Portland Friday for months visit
with her parents. Miss Buxton fs
nurse In the Good Samaritan hos
pital at Portland.
AT last weeks session OF the
county court, the examination OF the
tax roll was continued, pending de-
velopments with reference to spe-
cial legislative session.
The last payment on the Ben
ton county state tax was made some
time ago by Treasurer Buchanan.
The amount was 1852, The aggre-
gate of Benton's tax was Sl5. 1852.
Miss Ida Elliott, daughter OF
Mrs. W. E. Elliott, and Egidio Tor
tora were married Sunday. The we'd
ding occurred at the Tortora home.
west Of Corvallis, Justice Holgate
officiating.
At a meeting of the board Fri
day night. Miss Ethel Kyle was elected
q teacher 10 the Corvallis public
schools, The board also placed al
additional $4,000 insurance on the
new building, making total of
$4,000.
One OF the most pleasant afternoons
of the season Was enjoyed at the
home OF Mrs. j. e. Andrews last
Friday by forty Of her lady friends
An elaborate and delicious lunch was
served. Oregon grape and chry-
santhemums were the decorations.
-Punderson Avery left Sunday for
Mantague, California. to arrange for
the sale OF large herd Of beef cattle,
now enroute from Southeastern Ore
gon to the California markets. The
cattle were bought up In Benton aud
driven a year ago to Lake county,
where they have since been in charge
of Chester Avery on the ranges in
the vicinity
The following students attended
from OAC who attended the Y. W, @.
A, convention which was in session
in Albany last week: Julia Fuller,
Nellie Pate, Myrtle Deheven, Maud
Graves, Maud Cochran. May Martin,
Bessie Herbert, Alice |Wicklund, Isa-
bel Wright, Cora Hawley, Carrie By
erlse, Margaret Hirron. Eta Fuller.
Rose Rutherford.
The ques tion OF an extra legisla-
tive session was the subject of vote
in the Corvallis council Monday night,
and the result Is memorial from that
body to Governor Chamberlain, ask
ing that the session be called. The
action Is based on the fact that with
out a collection of taxes next spring,
deficit Of 81 900 in city finances will
result and that amount be added to
the city debt. The memorial is made
contingent on the governors plan that
10 case Of an extra session, nothing
but the remedying Of the tax matter
shall be considered.
The ordinance proposing re.
duction of water rates to domestic
consumers. which was introduced In
the, city council two months ago was
shelved at meeting Monday night.
The ordinance provided that the rate
for household use should be rs cents
per month; for bath 25 cents, and
toilet so cents; and that where the
same family use all three, the total
charge should be $1,25 per month.
When introduced, the ordinance pass,
ed the second reading and was re-.
ferred to the fire and water com.
mittee. At Monday nights meeting
Chairman Rose reported an ordin-
ance back with the recommendation
that 1t be indefinitely tabled. On
motion of Councilman Taylor, the re.
port was received and placed on file,
and there the matter rests