The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-19
LOCAL LORE.
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Wheat 10.
Mrs. Ed Buxton spent Sunday with
relatives at Newport.
Prof. F. L. Kent went to Port
land Sunday.
Prof. W. II. Shaw leaves to-day
to visit his home In Minnesota.
Mics Gladys Moore returned Mon
day from several weeks at Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner arrived Sun
day and are guests OF Mr. and Mrs
Farmer.
Karl Steiwer passed over the c
&E Monday, en- route for visit to
Rod Nash on the Rock Creek farm.
Ed Crawford passed through
Corvallis en- route to Newpors Mon
day.
Mrs. M. Gleason and Miss Maud
Gleason returned Monday from New
port.
Mrs. J. H. Simpson left Friday
for California to visit her daughter.
Mrs. Cecil Cathey.
Miss Harriet Sheasgreen and
Miss Florence Wieks returned Mon
day from two weeks sojourn at
Newport.
Victor Spencer returned to his po-
eition in W. L. Loves drug store,
Portland, by Thursdays train. He
has been with his parents and other
relatives on lay-off during the past
two weeks.
-Mose Neugass and Joseph Green
berg and son are expected here Fri
day to be present at the golden we'd
ding of Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs. which
occurs next Saturday. The anniver-
sary is not to be observed save by a
famil y reunion.
-News has been received in this
city, confirmatory of the recent state
ment published in the Times that A.
e Lyford had not been appIehended.
Mr.. Lyford Is the former Corvallis
man who as deputy County treasurer
at Rock Island. Illinois, turned up
short $40. 900 In his accounts.
Theodore Schnitz1ine, who for
merly conducted the Occidental saloon
In Corvallis died August 18th at his
home In Seattle Washington. The
survivors are widow aud two chill
dren, aged respectively, seven and
four.
A farmer north OF town complains
that the killing OF China pheasants is
widely practiced in his vicinity. The
reports of shotguns, there, he says,
are frequent. and the destruction
Widespread. The open ssoeon does not
begin until September 18th.
r. E. Gibson and family are to
leave the latter part OF. this week or
the first Of next for Los Angeles, CAL
ifornia, to reside. Their departure is
much regretted by many friends in
Corvallis and vicinity. For many
years Mr.. Gibson has been one of
Corvallis most prominent business
men.
Some of the yields of wheat in
the south end OF the county are as
follows: Reuben Taylor, 20 bushels:
Richard Irwin, % bushels; James
Bruce 20 and % bushels; James ,Ir-
win summer fallow, 26 and % bushels
N early all the fall grain In the Sec
tion referred to has been threshed. A
good many farmers there will COM
plete the cutting of spring grain to-
day or tomorrow.
Eugene Ward, of Kings Valley
and Miss Rena Wood were married at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Brown
at Wells Sunday. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. S. M. Wood at
2:30 p M in the presence of a pleasant
party Of guests. Miss Wood is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Wood
formerly of Benton, but now of the
vicinity Of Portland. Mr.. and Mrs. /
Ward are to leave In d fortnight for
Lowell, Lane County, to reside.
IN. L. RabeE. after being absent
since July 1st arrived Saturday, from
trip East, where he went to purchase
machinery for dredge that is soon
to begin operations in gold mining on
Snake River Mr.. Raber was as far
East as Toledo. Ohio, and as far south
as Covington Kentucky. In Chicago,
he metz. r, Markiey, formerly of
Corvallis. The latter is iu business
there, and apparently, is doing we'll.
The barge Mr.. Raber is to use 10 his |
mining operations is nearing compile. |
tioD and the machinery lie soon to ar |
rive on the Snake, whittier Mr.. Raber |
expects to go in about 10 days.
Local millers look at the wheat
market with measure of concern.
The Corvallis price is nominally quo
ted at seventy cents. That is in re-
ality, storage and freight figured, two
cents above the Portland price, which
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