The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-03-28
LOCAL LORE.

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1t the rate Of 10 cents per line.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. a. Elgin of Salem
arrived Friday for a visit with
relatives.
Regular NEE ting of the Cofiee
Club at two o'clock n+xs Monday af-
ternoon.
Second term fxamins tiops at the
college have closed, and active work
in the third term will begin next Tues
day.
Mrs. Selling and Miss Eda Jacobs
are guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. DAVIDSON
at Salem. They are expected home
today.
"A. E.. Wilkins arrived yesterday
to take charge of the merchant Tailoring
business recently purchased from Mr..
Wrage.
Mrs, Frank Smith CT Salem, ar
rived Wednesday for visit at the
home Of her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
r. M. Gilbers.
The Mormon que ton will be
discu ssed by tbs young people at the
Baptist church tomorrow evening at
$50. All services as usual. A c,I-
dial welcome to all.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Iteton and
Eiwin Marsh left Tnursda, for their
home In Idaho. after visit at the
home of G.. W. Fuller.
B lily McAdams passed through
town Thursday. He Is connected with
a stereopticon show Billy sings the
songs which are lustrated on canvas,
and is the all-rouud funny man.
Delegates from the various Mod
ern Woodmen camps ia the county,
met 10 Corvallis Monday at IL o'clock
in Woodman hall. for the purpose Of
electing dsl gate to attend The
Dalles meeting for discussion OF the
re-adjuetment plan,
On Sunday, March %. thu Fret
Spiritual Union OF Cnrvalli. will hold
services 10 honor OF th- 55th anniver-
sary OF Modarn Spiritu.lism. Bar
rett Lyceum will .peh at 2-30. serv-
ices at 3 p. m, This service wi close
the regular six months season, All
friends cordially invited.
L. L. Hurd took his departure for
Southern Oregon Yesterday after COM
pleting extensive improvements on his
lot In Crystal Lake cemetery. He
brought from Raseberg the materi
for placing coping about the lot and
erected handsome monument at the
grave Of his deceased wife and child.
The Benton Fl During Mills o., is
having large amount of wheat re-
moved to the mills In Corvallis from
its warehouse at Bonneville. Usally
this isdone by boat, but this. season
at least large portion OF the work
will be done by team. Ben Olsen 5
now hauling, and other teams are
likely to be engaged shortly.
Capt.. Brooks makes the follow
Ing statement as basis for request
for aid: The Salvation Army fed over
25O,O poor and homeless men. |
women and children last Christmas. |
They are doing that sort of thing all |
the time. and its costs lot of money.
You have chance to show a pract
ical appreciation of this work by ]
helping the local branch of the Army
during" It's self-deniai week, April 9th |
to 18th inclusive.
Henry Bailey, livery man of
Port Townsend, and gentleman nam
ed Hyatt, of Portland, were in town
Wednesday and Thursday to purchase
horses. The former was looking for
light roadsters and he secured seven.
He bought three from Jesse Wiley,
and one each from Johnny Beach, Ed
Johnny Hayes and Austin
Lafferty. The aggregate amount paid
or them was between 1875 and 5000,
and they were shipped on Fridays
oeat. Mr.. Hyatt secured a fine span
,f black draft horses from Rufus Skip
Jon. They were also shipped on Fri
lays boat.
"A five dollar piece Issued by the
Mormons in early Jays of their life in
Utah was exhibited in town Wednes-
lay. It was gift from her brother
o Mrs. MARBLE, widow of the late Eze-
,iel MARBLE. It ia lighter in weight
han the ordinary SIS piece, and appar-
ntly contains me- re alloy. On one {
1de is the legend, "Holiness Unto the I
lord," and under it.in the center is (
he all-seeing eye. On the other side :
the center are two clasped hands, "
nder them is the date 1849, the year {
t mintage. Above are a number of I
1itial letters which bore mystic signi- t
cance mainly to the Mormon people. 8
Over at J. 4. Smiths & Go. .'s =
'arerooms there is structure, man. !
featured by the firm, which has at
racted much attention from patrons )
nd passers-by. It ls widely ap- 7
roved apparatus for giving sweat =
aths to persons in particular who :.
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