The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-26

| "A marriage license was Issued
| Tuesday to J. W. Peters Of Box and
Miss Minnie G.. Rickard.
w. D. Fry. a son OFF. D. Fry, the
Grants Pass banker, arrived Monday
and has resumed his studies at o. A
10.
Mrs. B. r Job, and daughters, oil
| Cottage Grove, are in town, guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Waggo-
ner.
Miss Kate Adams aud Misses Will
SOP OF Myrtle Greek are among the
new students at college. The Missfs
Wilson are sisters of Miss Flora Will
son Of the class Of '02.
Rev. Speies. the newly elected
| presiding elder Of the M. E. church,
South. Is expected to arrive next
week. He will occupy the residence
vacated by Rev. Fitch, on Fifth street.
Rev. E. L. Fitch, who has been
sent by his conference as presiding el-
der OF the Roseburg district, is to
leave with his family next week for
| Oakland to resiie.
| -Messre. Hinton and Miller arrived
Thursday with band of horses from
Crock county, and have them on the
Swick farm short distance below
town. They are good lot OF horses.
Mrs. Frank Porter returned to
Portland Wednesday, having been 50
journing In Corvallis with her parents,
Mr.. aud Mrs. G. L. Blakeelee for some
! time. Mrs. Porter's health was much
improved by her stay here.
Regular services at the Congrega-
tional church Sunday. Sunday school
at 10: preaching service at IL; Chris
tian Endeavor at $50; ,eveningservice
z 80 The Offering 10 the morning
will be for home missi ons.
Arthur J. Simpson passed through
Corvallis Wednesday on his way to
Newport where he will visit his par
ents during the brief iay-off which he
ger. He came up on the Wsstside
and had chance to see mauy OF his
Corvallis friends before the Yaq1ina
train went out.
Notice Of appeal to the supreme
court has been served in the Hundred
Thousand Dollar lawsuit. involving
sale OF the Coe and other lands, for
which the sheriff notice of sale Is
now running in the Chimes" The
present is the second Instance 10 which
the defendants have sought to arrest
the sale.
1t Is probable that the plumber o.
pupils in the public school passed the
400 mark yesterday Wednesday ev-
ening there were 3SS, and there we're
additional enrollmeuts on Thursday
and yesterday. The number at the
end of the fist week of school was
303. The number on the same day
last year was 25l The increass was
50, or more than 20 per cent.
Away down, almost in the south
western corner Of Oregon is Gold
Bach. It is one OF the most remote
towns in ali Oregon. A dav or two
ago, however, father arlived from
there, bringing two sons, one as stu
dent for the agricultural college, an
the other has been enrolled as pu-
pill In the Corvallis public schools,
Real estate transfers have been
Gila Anna Irwin and husband to W.
Il. Butler. 100 acres near Alsea, 81
W. J. Fitzpatrick ct al to W. A. Well ),
IL lots, block 10, county addition,
$5; ID. @. MaDgas to Mary IT. Mangas,
tact near G. & E. Depot, 81; Albert
TimmoDs and wife to John Harkios at
al. 205 acres south of Corvallis, $2,-
900, Mary M. Jacobs to Fred F. Lent,
three lots in block z, Dixon's addition
and four lots in Jobs addition, So, 200
@ A considerable number of people
In Benton have not yet completed
payment Of their taxes. Most OF them
paid half last spring, but have not yet
paid the remaining hslf. The last
day for getting square on the books
without additional cost is a week from
next Monday. That will be the h
day Of October The next morning
after that will be the 9th, and on all
taxes paid then penalty of 10 per
cent will be added, together with 70
per can't interest on that remaining
unpaid from April 9th until date Of
payment Sheriff Burnett is anxious
for all to save themselves the added
cost, and requests this explicit notice
OF the facts to be given.
Captain @. E. Dentler was in
town Wednesday. He returned on a
sick leave from the Philippines sew
eral weeks ago, and recently arrived
at the Gellatly home southwest of
Philom ath. where he is spending his
leave of absence with his family.