The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-24

-Mrs. James Hayes has returned
from a visit with friends In Southern
Oregon.
After alweek's visit with the fam |
ily OF DR.. Farra. Mrs. Bryan lett for
her home in Dallas, Saturday.
Miss Dorothea Nash has been elect
ed teacher of drawing and music at
the Monmouth Normal school.
After brief visit with Corvallis !
relatives, T. D. Campbell and wife re-
turned to Independence Monday.
Waiter Wiles left Monday for his
Soap Creek farm, where he will erJoy
ten days rest.
&c. Hodes and Billy Albrecht went
to Eugene yesterday for three-days
visit with Clemens Hodes and Joe
Pironi. !
E.-Mr:s, Ruth Clark and Mrs. Fran
cisco leave today toIattend the W. Il.
@ convention at Portland. Mrs. Clark
is chier of staff to the department pres
ident.
Prof. Shaw goes tomorrow to
Portland to deliver an address before
the State Teachers Association. HIS
subject is, "Nature Studies.
In the Samuel Rickard estate, the
administrators has been ordered to sell
the property at public sale and to
bring the proceeds into the probate
court.
-GD Mcdonald dand Miss I. Durkee
were married at Philomath college
last Thursday, and have gone to Eu-
gene to reside. Mr.. Mcdonald is pas
tor of the United Brethren church in
Eugene.
Mr.. and Mrs, Henry Allen and
daughter arrived Monday from Wash
ington D, G. Mr.. Allen hasa position
in the permanent census bureau, but
has secured layoff Of year, aud
!, expects to spend the period In Ore.
gon.
-Members Of the college faculty
are to hold farmers institute at
Holley. Linn county today and to-
morrow. Those who are to attend
are, DR., Withycombe, and sProfs.
Kent, Knlsely and Cordley.
The family of B. J. Thatcher, To-
cal agent for the local steamer line,
will remain in Corvallis this summer.
Mr.. Thatcher will be away much OF
the time, but expects to be here when
navigation opens in the fall.
Prof. Coz ell is TO leave today for
the East. He goes TO his old home In
Pennsylvania, and Is also to attend
the National Teachers Association at
Boston. He will be absent six
weeks. The present is Prof CovelPs
first trip East in ten years.
-A party Of seven. left Monday
for Silver Lake. In the main, they
were studeuts returning home for the
vacation. The party consists OF Mr..
Wright, his son and two daughters,
Miss Odalire Hornipg, Robert Horn
ing aud Miss Maud Graves. The
Tip is made by private conveyance.
j. N. MeFadden, who now makes
his home n the Gird farm, has COM
pleted his contract for placing 600
yards of gravel on the state read be-
tween The Buttes and Bruce. Julian
says he wac compelled, on account Of
scarcity of labor, to use the shovel
himself. and exhibited pair OF cal
loused hands in evidence.
"A ten-foot board walk has been
built along the north side Of the Ho-
tel Corvallis. A good cement walk
was constructed some time ago ia
front OF the building, and the compile
tion OF these is source OF gratifica-
tiou to many who passed thateway for
years and were 80 frequently com
PEELED to contemplate the danger Of
falling into the basement. Other i'm
provements about the hotel are pro-
crossing rapidly at this time.
The Corvallis Manufacturing Co.
of this city, is constructing very at
tractive and convenient reftigerators
for family use. The interior is ar
ranged so that the air has complete
circulation through all apartments,
there being no dead aic chamber as is
usual in refrigerators. The sides.
back and doors have asbestos filing,
and in all respects, Including work
manship, they are complete. They
are cons tructed of oaK or alder, and
sell from SIG 20 $50 each.
A special dispatch from Gam
bridge, Massachusetts, in Mondays
Oregonian says Among the 1000 stud
ents who will recsive degrees at Har-
ward University st the commencement
next Wednesday are John Fulton, of
Corvallis, and Henry Ladd Corbett, Of
Portland, Or. Corbett will receive the
bachelor OF arts degree, aud Fulton
the bachelor OF science degree. The
latter has been taking coursein gen
eral science, and already holds bach