The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-04-15
Tickets for the excursion will soon

i Tickets for the excursion will soon
be on sale.
i Few people ever enjoyed the lux
Jury OF a trip around the world. Are
dyou going?
-Wayman Mason is home from
Sacramento on visit to his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mason.
Geese are now going north in
large numbers, and the fact occasions
the usual prediction ofgood weather.
! 1t is a boy and weighs twelve
pounds. Monday morning at the C1o-
yer Leaf dairy, Wa ter z Taylor pro-
lprietor.
Mrs. M. M. Davis, Mrs. J. B. Hor-
ner and Mrs. j. W. Crawford left yes
ierday for Brownsville, to be in at
tendance on the Woman's Missionary
Society that convenes there today.
j. Colvige, first assistant at the
Yaquina life-saving. station, passed
Through Monday on his way to Port
land to take treatment for bis eyes
which have been seriously affected by
sand.
Mrs. Taylor and son Vance moved
Monday into the residence recently
purchased by the former from G. E.
Hout. The property is located on
Third and A stree is, north west from
the ice factory.
The judges and clerks Of election
we're selected for the coming city cleo
ton at meeting of the council Mon
day night. They are Call b Davis,
Joseph Yates and W. H. Currin, judg-
es, and W. b. Lacy and d. M. Smith,
clerks.
Free licerse for their shows, and
the use OF such portion of the streets
as shall be required, were granted at
meeting of council Monday night,
to the W,.odmen for their street car
nivai to be held on tn 10 10th, 1lth, 18th
and 18th Of June.
Monday email boy caught
dozen catfish at the o. r. & N. wharf.
About here it ia very unusual to catch
catfish In the main Willamette. They
ate eviden'lv in the notion OF biting,
and doubtless 1t woul1 be a good time
t fish tor tuem 10 the s1oughs and
lakes where they are supposed to
mako their h.ms.
1t looks as though pretty much
everybody about Corvallis may ride
in a buggy or carriage this summer.
Local dealers seem to be receiving An
unusual number of vehicles, and an
agent is here with a stock from an
Iowa factory. Home factories are al
so disposing OF Il considerable num-
ber OF light rigs.
In anticipation of an order to
disband, members Of the local sigt al
corps on SATURDAY. evening had what
may be termed farewell gathering.
The members assembled to the num-
Der Of 25, and enjoyed an unusually
good time. Refreshments consisted
ofsandwiches, crab salad, Ice cream
and lemonade,
"a. #. Peterson arrived home Sa'-
urday from Ezstern Oregon. Mel-
ton has already been made OF his hav-
ing secured a. contract fer building a
court house TT Condor, Gillian conn-
ty. Mr.. Peterson will spend the sum.
mer there and expects to carry on i
considerable other work in the town. |
He will take a large portion of his |
tainable and desirable.
"A good beginning has been made |
on the Hotel Corvallis improvements /
recently outlined 10 The Times. Mon
day two carpenters began on the wood |
work and two others were busy re-
moving what was left Of the cid plas-
tering. Ed FELTON, has the contract
for replastering the first and second |
fl ,ors and the material for the pur-
pose was expected yesterday. Fl. W. |
Grimshaw is looking after the i'm
rrovements.
Adam Asset brought with him
from the bay a fine specimen OF the |
Arctic loon. This bird has quite an
attractive plumage, its back and sides
being black, fiecked with white; tn 9 !
breast is snow white, the neck is grid
led with white, and plumage of the
head is brilliantly colored and change
able. Roy Woodcock is mounting the |
bird, and when COMPLETED 1t will stand |
two and a half feet high.
Dennis Stovall is Benton coun-
ty product He may have been born |
in Texas, but he was not long enough
there to hurt. He was educated in |
Corvallis public schools and the DAG. /
Early he took to writing stories. and
now they find ready sale, with doz-
en- magazines. Three stories will ap-
pear in the Overland Monthly this
summer. His stories have also
been recently accepted by the Sunset
of San Francisco, Out West. .of Los
Angeles: Four Track News, Brown
ings and Munsey of New York. He
devotes his entire time to literary
work for which he receives a hand
some income, having recently built
two-thousand dollar residence from
the receipts of his 'sstuff." Mr.. STOW. I
al has touched a popular chord in
storv falling which ia the most