The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-04-08

IF. P. sheaegresn has sold his ten
acre prune orchard across the ri.er
for $1,000. L. Beck, d Nebraska
man, is the purchaser. 20
| "A. r. Swanson, owner ct the Hotel
Corvallis, is 10 town arranging for
prosecuting the work OF improving
the building.
Teacher Correct the sentence,
'sThe liquor what the man bought was
soon drank" Bright pupil: "The
man who bought the liquor was soon
drunk
County Judge Waters has been
appointed delegate to the National
Good Roads Convention to be- held at
st. Louis, April 9th to May I'd inclu-
sive. The appointment was made by
Judge Scott, president of the Oregon
Good Roads association. Mr.. Wat
ters does not expect TO attend.
r. H. Colbert, OF the Corvallis
Manufacturing Company, has pur-
chased the two lots adjoining the fac.
tory lot on the south, from Mrs Bur-
nett. This brings the company's hold
ings up to the @. & E. track on Wash
ington street, a situation which will
prove advantageous for shipping.
New deeds filed for record are, A.
G.. Rothell to A. F. Luther, 296 acres
near Albany, $4,000; Maty q. Van
Blairicom and husband TO G. NJ. sDex-
ter, 80 acres near Philomatb, 81 500;
| W. A. Wells and wife to Fl. W. Grim
shaw, four lots In Jobs addition, $l20;
the state of Oregon to R. L. Glass, 40
acres In Kings Valley, $50.
There are numerous emulsioDs
for use In fighting San Jose scale. j.
w. Ingle suggests the following used
with remarkable success in his fathers
orchard near Walla Walla :S15 POUNDS
salt, 80 pounds sulphur, go pounds
lime, 100 gallons water, Gao concen-
trated lye, three pounds vltriol. Stir
and boil two hours. APPLY as warm
as tree viii allow.
Otto Heanel, a student, is very
i'll of pneumonia in Jobs addition.
his mother has been with him some
oays, and Monday team was sent
for the father south of Monroe. The
boys life had almost been despairtd d
OF, but on TUESDAY his symptoms
were rather more favorable. Father
Daily OF Salem. who was called
TO the bedside Monday, returned yes
terday to his home.
The Corvallis Sash & Door Facto-
ry is at work on the contract for furn-
ishing a large number OF oak shives
for the Poltland-Aibina ferry. Oak
logs about four feet in length are
placed In the lathe and turned down to
a diameter of 16 to 26 inches. One
and half inch grooves are turned
every seven inches of the length and
then the log is sawed through be-
tween each groove. A hole is then
bored through the center OF each piece
and the OPERA tion is completed.
The price OF mohair has been
steadily rising since the market open
ed, and two buyers, il NOT more, on
Monday paid as high as 38 IL c-nts,
while the best that others offered was
36 cents. Sellers had dreamed Of
possible Accent offer, but advices of
some dealers indicated weaker tone
of the market. However, almost all
the mohair in the county has been
disposed of and a rise or fall in the
price can not now be OF extensive ef-
feet.
Herman Tartar deputy food and
dairy commissioner is in town on Of.
ficials business. He brought along
several suspected samples or vinegar,
found on sale In the Portland mark
ets, and is engaged in an analysis OF
them at the college. The Office OF the
food commissioner Is not provided
with a sufficient laboratory to do ex-
tensive analy tical work, and recourse
to the Laboratories at o. A. c. is ne-
cessary. Mr.. Tartar will complete his
WORK and return to Portland the lat
ter part Of the current week.
There will be appropriate services
In the Episcopal church, corner 71h|
and Jefferson streets, on Easter Day,
beginning at 1870 a. m. The Passo-
VOL oCRoOu buu AC6StOL bloO CuIS
year on April 18th, and as no true Is
raelite or Jew failed by choice to OBJ
serve the greatest OF Jewish festivals,
so no true Christian will allow mat
ters over which he has control to keep
him from extending welcome to the
tisen Saviour. but will repair to His
home and observe the memorial He
commanded. Offering for missions.
Saturday evening there was al
between two young men
at Aliens drug store corner. All the
arts of the forum were brought toI
bear without satisfactory termina-
tion. and the contestants began to in
dulge the science Of the, pugilistic
arena. At this stage Of the argument
the contestants were taken into custo-
dy by an officer and presented to
Judge Greffoz. The boys very much
wished to have their claims adjudicat-
ed bllt when thew were informed thati