The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-01-28
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has position.
Miss Olive Hamilton Is temporarily
out OF the postoffice on account OF ill
ness, and Miss Ella Jacobs is at the
delivery window.
-Mies Mabel Withyeombe has been
in Salem since last Tuesday, the CUES t
OF Miss Mabel Jones. She is expec'-
| ed hcne the latter Fart Of the current
week.
Virgil E. Carter has been appoint.
i ed administrator of the estate of Kin
man Vandcrpool, who died In August
1861. The property in the estate is
| valued at about $1,000
| IT. Ell. and e. w. Cooper. execu
tors, have filed their inventory aud
appraisment in the estate Of Robert
Cooper. The zeal property is valued
at SO, ,222, and personal at 1926: total,
$3,448.
The Diller block in Corvallis has
been turned over, by order of the
county court, to Winifred Diller. The
action is the result Of the petition filed
| by Thomas Chairman, administrator Of
the estate of l.. Diller..
Mr.. Fiske, father OF the student
whose leg was broken in an assault
made on him recently, has returned to
his home at Siuslaw. The boy is still
confined to his room by his injury,
the limb being in a,plaster of Paris
cast.
"A basket ball game that promises
to be full of interest Is to take place
In the Armory Friday evening. It will
be between the GA. O., men and a
team from Dallas College. The latter
aggregation has been under the In
struction of coach Viggers, and has a
record this season Of unbroken victo-9
rieS.
-Salsm Journal: On Thurs-
day afternoon Lilientha1 Bros through
their Salem agent, Fl. J. Ottenheimer,
purchased the P. Geelan lot OF IS
bales paying therefor "a cents, It
Is reported that number OF offers
Of "a cents were refused at Wood
burn yesterday. The Salem market
Is firm at 2711aa cents.
20. J. Morelock and wife aud three
sons, left Corvallis the fitst of the
year for Missouri where they felt
they could enjoy life better than here.
With them it proves to be the same
old story. Already they are anxious
to get back. La a letter received here
by r. L.. Taylor, they assure him that
Missouri is .'Cold! Cold!! Cold!!!'
Last Friday was the 18Th ami
versary of G. Hodes' BIRTH. and the
time was made the occasion of a
pleasant gathering Of friends aud
relatives at Mr.. Hodes' home. Or
late years Mr.. Hodes' birthdays come
and go without much demonstration
on his part. but then there was time
when 1t was different. Then Pete
Stoker, whose birthday occurred 81
mnlsaneously, annually came out
from Yaquina Bay to make merry I
with his friend Hodes.
-Melissy-"I tell ye it's horrid,
the way them Smitherses lets their
subscription run. Why, they owe
three or four years on some of their
neWspapers..' Mirauda-"How can
ye tell they owe so much on their
newspapers?" Melissy-"Why, don't
ye see the way they have 1t fixed now
days, the date the subscriptions paid +
up to, shows in the address on the
paper, and all ye hev to do Is to look
at the name. That tells the tale.
Wy them Smitherses Is only paid up
to 1897. Don't you think it's horrid, (
Mirandy?' Mlrandy-"Yes; I dew"
-E. q. Wilrs plano sale is to be
continued here few days longer. The
has provided the college
with two pianos, HiDzie and Dra-
per. Rev. F. Z. Moore is the purcbas-
er ofa new plano for the parsonage
as also Mr.. Kester. The Christianl
church is the purchaser Of a patent
reed pipe organ. Besides other sales
already made, there is good prospect |
for much business In the Immediate
future. +
Reports from the Sechler house
are to the effect that the kdiphtheria
patients are improving. The disease
Is understood to be Of mild type. Oth-I
er students at the house besidesj
Tharp brothers, the two patients. are
Aud and Rose. OF the
latter, none have shown signs Of the
malady, and their friends on the out
side are hoping that they may escape
infection. It is the purpose OF the au.
thorities not to raise the quarantine
until the proper time limit has been
observed and due precautions taken {
In the way Of fumigation.
"A preliminary contest to the local
struggle for the honor Of representing f
o. A. @. In the coming oratorical con-
test between state colleges, occurred
in college chapel Monday night. The
occasion was the tryout contest be-
tween John Withycombe and Miss Is
abel Whitby for the honor Of repre-
senting the student body In the. local
aon4ant 20 nnoiir Eahrlaarx, 19th Thai