The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-03-25

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j visit to relatives and friends at Hood
River and The Dalles.
Il L. Burd, formerly a resident
here, now Of Glendale, Or, was Wis
itcr in Corvallis this week..
/ The junior girls at the college en-
tertained the jnnior boys at the home
of Miss Mabel Ready, Sa 'urday even
ing.
In The estate If Joseph Park. the
the administrator has filed an inven-
tory. The real property is placed at
1865
| Mrs. r. O. Jones and daughter,
of Amity, ia 10 Corvallis on visit to
the formers eister, Mrs. Gillespie and
family.
Mrs. M E Brink and two chill
dren left yesterday for their home 10
PrinevilIe, after vieit with Mrs.
Sarah Moore,
The warm weather has brought
the spriokler wagon out of its winter
quarters to see IL it isn't about time
to begin busin ess.
w. 81. Mcmahon has sold his
black horses to Mr.. Frazier of PORT
/ land. The team weighs from 1900 to
5000 pounds, and the price reported
to have been paid is $4OO Mr. Nc
Mabon shipped the animals on Tues
days boat.
Among those 'shortly to be Sc ~ II
swell new bngoies are Logan Bays
and J. L. Hornino Mr.. Havs has
ordered bis from Portland through J.
H. Smith & Co., and Mr.. Horping has
his about ready to put together in his
blacksmith and wagon shop.
Mack Hemptill took his depsr-
!ure for Portland yesterday, to take
a position as train messenger for the
Pacific Express 90. His run ia be-
tween Portland and Huntington. Mack
was in this business during ak years
in Col ,rado. His family will remain
In Corvallis for the presert
The Macrahees of Corvallis are
! to give public entertainment and s.
cial at the Opera house on the 29th T
April. Preparations have been begun
on an extensive scale. The exercises
will include programme and bask-
ct social. Further announcements
will appear later.
A piano recital ia tt be given bv
pupils OF the school cf music at the
college in college chapel next Satur-
dav evening. Otto F. l.. Herse, the
we'll ll-known vocalist, will appear on
the programme. The recital will be
under direction OF Mr.. Goodnoueh
The doors will close at Z As, end no
one will he admitted after that hour.
The public is invited.
The old-tiIne grand jury is one Of
the features of the present term of the
circuit court. It is the fret time
grand jury has been called since the
passage OF a law making II optional
with district attorneys as to whether
or not grand juries should ba sum
jury a re, A H Buckingham, foreman;
Albert Timmons, F P Clark, A q
Wright, F. Tharp, Theodore Parker
and Albert Shriber. The baiiff is
Charles ". Young. Willard Price is
baiiff of the court.
Word from the asvlum authorities
is to TIE effect that Dave Howard is
not likely TO be released from the in
stitution f3r some time. Meantime
bis children have been sick with mea-
eles. and the little boy is said to be
yet quite i'll. The family have been
compelled to drav heavily upon char
ity in their misPortunes. Members of
the M. E. church, South, have been es-
pecially generous, while 10 the past as
well as present voluntary aid has
been freely given by many individuals.
It is not to be expected that this char
ify can be continued indefinitely. and
1t is thought that it will become ne
cessary either to 81 nd the little ones
to some institution for the care of
children, or secure aid from the coun-
ty.
Under law passed by the last
legislature, tax of Sc on each pupil |
Of school age must be paid into the
state treasury for state school pur-
poses. The law was formerly tax of
five mills on all taxable property 10 |
the county. Ia Benton where the |
total taxable property has aggregated |
about two and one half millions, the |
amount of the five mill levy this year
was about Sl2,500. The average per
pupil thus turned inte the state treas
ury waSabout SIS. There are 1856
persons of school age in the county.
The new arrangement will increase
the sum Benton must pay into the
state treasury for school purposes to
$15, SIG: or about $4,000 more than
was paid this year. The sum that
Benton citizens pay for the common
schools, not counting special levies
for school purposes. Is but a few
thousand short of what it costs to
rQp the county The usual expensa