The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-05-16

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Jesse Wiley this week bought a
handsome span of black roadsters
of Mr.. Lemaster, who resides near
Monroe. They are 1900 pound
animals and Jesse thinks they will
make the finest team he has vet
fitted for market.
The county is advertising for
bids for construction of a quarter
ct mile of road in the vicinity of
Mountain View. The road is a
bad stretch along the Woods farm
north of Judge Moor's place. The
construction work includes grading
and gravel or rock work, the spec
ifcations of which are to be seen at
the court house. The repair of
the spot will place the Wells road
in good condition The bids are to
be opened May goth. The adver-
tisement is to be found elsewhere.
Ed Clark, a Seattle horse buyer
was in town the first oethe week and
secured three fine driving animals,
one from Robert Huston, one from
VIM. Bogue and one from Eldridge
Hairless. Thss aaima's were
shipped Tue-day. Prices are not
given out, but they are said to
have been rather on the fancy or
der. Another buyer is here now
in search of logging horses for the
Sound country and there are sew
eral teams in sight which he ex-
poets to secure.
The city election occurs next
Monday, but there appears to be
an unusual dearth of organized in
terest as to the result of the day.
But numerous changes and deve1-
opments may occur in short time
when the voters realize the brief
period between now and election
day. An event which will have
some bearing on the chief of police
situation is the withdrawal of Sam
King from the contest Tuesday.
Mr.. King authorized the statement
The interstate oratorica1 contest
of the Collegiate Prohi bition League
takes place at the college next Fri
lay evening. It will be an occas-
ion that is likely to draw out
large crowd. Orators will take
part from Oregon. Washington aud
California. Each state will have
TWO representatives. Reserved
seats can be had at Graham &
Woftham's after eight a. m, Tues
day. when the box sheet opens.
The winner in the coming contest
is TO take part in great National
contest to be held at St. Louis.
In college chapel tomorrow af-
ternoon at 3 o'clock. will be held
a union meeting of the city and
college temperance societies. The
speakers are Virgil G.. Hinshaw,
travelling secretary Of the National
Intercollegiate Prohibition As
sociation, and T. T. Vincent of
this city. All are welcome.
A petition for a long sewer LAT
era1 was considered at the council
meeting Monday night. The pro-
posed lateral begins in the block at
the c. E. Hout residence and runs
north through the public school
block, the Benton scunty Lumber
yard block, and northward to con-
nection, with the Jefferson street
main at the residence property of
Mrs. P. o. Wilson. The petition
was presented a-month ago, and
referred to the sewer committee.
At Monday nights meeting the
committee recommended that the
lateral be ordered. The rem on
strances of Mrs. Minnie Arnold, NJ.
Jacobs and Mrs Florence Jones were
presented. The counci1men discus
sed the matter at some length but
no action was taken.
The residence occupied by the
family ofsCharley Chipman caught
fire Wednesday evening and almost
the entire fire department was cal
led to the scene. The building was
burning between the ceiling and
second floor and an extensive use.
of the ak was necessary before the
flame could be reached. However,
the FIRE was put out without turn
ing water through the house. The
fire was caused from the proximity
of the ceiling and the stove pipe.
A rare coincidence was that SIM
ultaneous an entirely independent fire
was in progress in another part of
the building. Ones of the little
children had undertaken to start
fire in the kitchen stove with coal
oil and the fame ignited a quantity
of clothing hanging over the stove.
Mrs. Chapman was away at a11eigh-
boris when the Alarm was given.