The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-02-18
Basket bail tonight.


Alabama, to reside.
w. r. Rutherford, selected as ora
tor for Monmouth Normal, was form
erly student at o. A. @.
Eugene Guard: Hon. J. z.
Weatherford, Of Albany, is in the city.
He has been engaged to defend Mrs.
Elliott Lyons, but Gays 80 will have
nothing to do with Lyons.
The February addition of the Pa
cific Monthly contains, among others,
a group picture OF the o. A. G. foot
ball team of 1902. Also picture of
Bert Pilkington, captain OF the team
for 1908.
In contrast with the Benton coun-
ty delinquent list of only half COL
umn, the Lincoln county list of delin-
quent taxes, now running in the Tole-
do Leader, occupies nearly 81 columns
or more than three pages of space.
Argument by attorneys with ref
erence to matters pending in the es-
fate of Samuel Rickard, was heard in
the probate court Monday and yester-
day. The case has occupied much Of
the time of number of local attorneys
for six weeks past.
Saturdays telegram contains q
good half tone of the ladies' basket
ball team of o. A. G., with list Of
their victories for this season. The
gil4s have played four games this
year against outside schools, and have
made total of 55 points. to their op-
ponents' 4.
Measles is prevalent In town.
There are several cases at Cauthorn
hall. There are also cases at the Ap-
plewhite house and at the house for.
merly occupied by J. r. Smith. At
the latter place. Miss Ray Smith, one
of the best players in the gills' basket
ball team, is patient.
George Simmons, aged 25, a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Simmons, for
merly of Corvallis. eleped with anoth-
er mans wife. an1 the pair lived to-
gether 10 Independence. They were
arrested on a warrant sworn out by
the husband, and in default of $500
bonds were committed last week to
the Polk county jail at Dallas.
There is much speculation over
the effect of late weather conditions
on wheat fields. The alternate freez-
ing and thawing, il continuous enough,
has the effect to kill growing grain.
Some farmers say no damage has as
yet been done, while others hold the
opposite view. About fifteen years
ago, under conditions similar but more
marked, nearly all the fall sown fields
had to be reseeded In the spring.
Unless it determines otherwise,
the legislature will adjourn at II o.
clock Friday night. The general i'm
preston now seems to be that the big
dark horse will be trotted in for his
oats an hour or two before the ses-
sion ends. That has been the custom
that has SO far attended it, will be in
centiye for the plan to be followed a.
gain. It ought to be otherwise, bnt
unfortunately, it isn't.
The city jail afforded asylum for
Smith Shackleford over night recently.
He was committed there for drunken
ness. His wife and children were at
subscription was taken UP, and with
money contributed by citizens, they
were sent to relatives at Lebanon.
The husband when searched in the
bastile had but quarter Of a dollar
in his pocket. twenty-five years ago,
the Shacklefords, father and son, were
residents of Corvallis. The son, who
Is the individual In the above incident,
Is now about go years OF age. After
his release. he left town, saying he
was going to old friends in the county.
speaking of the fact that Miss
Pearl Luckey nearly won the local
contest at Eugene and that Harvey
Densmore was selected for the place
as representative of the state universi.
ty. the Eugene Guard cheerfully adds;|
He will represent the State Universi-
ty's ideal Of oratory at the coming
contest but he can hardly expect to|
win over the ranting, gestfculatingl
Bryanistic class Of volubility which
will come from other colleges and cap
ture the audience and judges over
the heads Of the classic training Of the
higher styled department of oratory
OF the university. It has always been
the case and there is no reason to be-
lieve that variation will come this
year. Mr.. Densmore's subject was
"The Voice OF Labor"
Eugene Guard: Prof. A r Sweet
ser, head OF the department of biolo.
gy of the university, this afternoon
brought into the Guard Office a fine
sample of an oyster grown In Yaquina
Bay. Prof. Washburne, former head
of the department.. was the originator
of the oyster industry In that part Of
the water and it is interesting to note
the growth of these oysters. The
samnla shown here Was planted Years