The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-05-04
LOCAL LORE.
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Wool IS to I6 cents
Three or four new cottages and
barn are in course of erection IN
Jobs addition.
Mr.. White, representing the
Portland Telegram, is in town Sc
curing material for write-up OF
Corvallis.
-Chauncy Bishop has been en-
gagged to coach the Willamette foot
ball team the coming year, and
preliminary work begins soon.
Tom Cameron has accepted a
position with the Van Vorhees
Saddlery Company at Sacramento,
California. He left yesterday to
assume his new duties.
Father Smith closed a very
successful mission at the Catholic
church in this city Friday evening,
and left Saturday for Albany,
where a mission is being held this
week.
The will of the late William
Barnard has been filed for probate,
and Robert Kyle is the executor.
The estate is valued at about SI2,-
900. Mr.. Kyle was in town on busl-
ness connected with the estate Mon
day.
Adam Asset and William
Broders were sentenced to pay $50
fines in the police court yesterday
morning for selling liquor to the
late Chester Ready. Both offer as
a defense that they were assured by
an elder brother of the dead boy
that Chester was 2I years OF age.
Farmers generally are fast
finishing up their spring seeding.
The weather conditions have been
ideal, and the work has been much
facilitated thereby. Another week
will see most of the fields in the
county in perfect order for the
coming harvest.
Miss Maggie Munkers, Of Scio
and Edward FELTON, Jr. were mar
ried at the home of the groom S
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed FELTON, at
II o'clock Monday. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. H. A. Deck
of the United Evangelical church.
Mr.. and Mrs. FELTON, begin house
keeping on Fourth street across
from the Ber1nan home.
The case of A. L. McFadden,
in which he is prosecuted by J. B.
Tillotson for alleged forgery was on
trial in Portland court Monday.
The facts on which the charge is
based have been frequently set forth
in the TIMES. August Fischer and
County Judge Waters went dowr
Monday morning to appear as wit
nesses in the trial. Judge McFad
den was one of the attorneys fol
the defense.
"A portion of the roof aroune
the Aue in the kitchen at the home
of Henry Stone was burned away
Sunday forenoon. The alarm wa:
turned in about ten O'Clock and tht
department was quickly on til,
ground, but>a few buckets of waite
had already extinguished the fame!
The damage is nominal.
I'm order to accommodate
workingmen and others who's,
hours of work prevent them from
registering during the regular offic'
hours, County Clerk Moses viii
hereafter keep his office open eacl
evening from seven until eigh
o'clock, and will be there in person
or have deputy'to readyregister al
corners. May 18th is the last day
for registration.
Mrs. Cal Thrasher was called
to the bedside of her father Andrew
Palmer, on whom surgical opera
tion was performed at The Dale.
the latter part of last week. MI
Palmer was an early Benton coun
ty resident, who lived in this vicin
ity for thirty years or more, and i
we'll known to old timers. He i
now over 70 years of age. and if b
survives his present malady which,
doubtful is shortly, to visit his olt
home.
Things are doing now in h
matter of the independent tele
phone system. Articles of incor
poration have been filed, and tn
franchise granted ten months ag.
to committee in behalf of th
Citizens League, who took tip tn
matter at the time, has been turne,
over to the new company. L. III