The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-01-28
LOCAL LORE.
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at the rate OF 10 cents per line.
Andrew Hanson OF Salon, ar
rived Saturday aad is the guest OF
friends.
John Huffman went to Baker
City Monday on business trip.
Misses Craze and Mabel Simpson
arrived Sunday TOR visit with rela.
tives.
The fur boa, advertised In the
TIMES as found, has been restored to
the owner.
-Kieth Brown returned Monday
from BloGgett, where he went in the
interest OF the telephone company,
Gus and viii Mayer of Dakota,
are here on visit to the family of
VIM. Durham. They are brothers
of Mrs Durham.
Mrs Amelia Schubert and son ar
rived Sunday from a months visit
with Oregon City and Portland rela-
tives and friends.
Rudolph Wrage, who Is connected
with the steamboat service out Of
Portland, is home on visit with his
parents in this city during the tie-Gp
of the river boats on account OF high
water.
The contract has been let for
printing a pamphlet descriptive Of
Lane county, for distribution in the
East. The publication is to have 80
pages and $4,000 copies are to be
printed by the Eugene Register at a.
cost Of $439.
IS. P. Hunt has secured the
agency In this locality for the "Cor-
Wallis" automatic gate. he has one
OF them erected on Jefferson street,
between First and. Second streets. In
the sale of this gate MIR. Hunt Is
meeting with good success.
Ed Rayburn formerly of Cor
wallis continues In the office of the
Northern Pacific at Portland. He
has been there for thirteen years and
has constantly advanced until he now
holds trusted and confidential po-
sition. His friends In this city are
glad to note his rise.
The Peck's Bad Boy theatrical
company which presented an amusing
farce at the Opera House Wednesday
evening went to pieces in Albany.
The six actors in the company pre-
sented to the manager claims aggre-
eating $500, and funds for settlement
were wired to Albany from the owners
in Ohio. After payment all dates
were Cancelled and the company
disbanded.
The Eglin livery stables are to
be opened on the first OF February by
J. e. Vinegar, proprietor of the Feed
Stable on Third street, and Charles
Hodges, late of Washington. Con-.1
siderable repairing is going on about
the Eg,in barn, sheds and carriage
house In preparation OF the new busi-
ness. The premises have been leased
to Messrs. Vinegar & Hodges for
term Of one year.
Some Corvallsite recently wrote
the Women's World, a Chicago paper
giving the name of W ] Wilbanks and
Estel Wilson as likely t. become sub
scribers to the publication. The
writer failed to sign his or her name |
to the letter, and the World people
have written Mr. Wilbanks with refer
ence to the matter. The letter con-
tanned an enclosure of money The
writer should communicate with Mr.,
Wilbanks,
New deeds filed for record are:
N E Newton and wife to I'd Brown,
~ acres near Corvallis, $4,000. I'd
Hinton and wife to 81 G Hinton ct al |
l-2 interest 10 90 acres south of Phi.
lomath, $f20. N Castle and wife to
s E Adamson, 60 acres near Philo-,
math. $1655. I'd Brown to N E
Newton, 157 acres near Corvallis
$4,000. A @ Beamis and wife, to p e
Johnson, 40 acres near ALBANY, $500.
Nellie r Lyman and husband to n,
Q Miller two lots In Jobs addition,
$50, s @
"A new improvement has been In
stalled at the Fischer FIGURING Mills.
It is feed mill, for chopping wheat
O1I1Oy VI o1A0A SA0Au, 0ud 10 mooO1i0o
on the same plan involved In the |
Of -four By the roller
process. The chopping is done by
three rolls. Tie first merely cracks |
the grain; a second one CRACKS It
again, and third reduces 1t TO any
size desired. Several reasons are ad-
vanced as to why the output of such.
q mill is better than that from the
old fashioned choppers, one of which
ls to the effect that In the process the
grain does not become heated. The
new machine went into operation for
the first time last week. The freight
on the appliance alone, at the time
Of shipment was $1I6.
"A bill pending In the Oregon
senate provides that buildings at the