The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-10-26

ADVERTISEMENTS IN tnis Column Chaf<cu hOl
It the rate offs cents per line
DIR. Lowe wont be b ck again
this year.
Hugh Heron left Tuesday for
Seattle for two weeks visit with
his daughter, Mrs. Bushnell.
DIR. Lowe, the well known op-
tician, is now al Hotel Corvallis,
to remain until Wednesday night.
Special trains from Independ
ence and Monmouth and from Al
bany will carry excursionists to the
footbsll game this afternoon. Cor
wallis business houses are to close,
and the crowd will be big one.
The wedding of ST Bradley
and Miss Nancy limerick took
place in Portland Sunday. The
groom is the we'll known section
foreman of the S. P. With his
bride he arrived Monday and will
take up his residence in the Nc
Nu1ty property on Third street.
Real estate transfers fled are:
w. E. Dunham and wife 10 w. c..
Schriber, lot ID; Wells and McEl-:
roy's addition, $40; John earns.
and wife TO George w. Reed, 2 lots
in block F, Avery's first addition
to Corvallis. $500; w. A. Wells
and wife to w. E.. Green, a lots
block 3, Avery and Wells addition,
$500.
The quarantine of the, Mon
roe schools on account of dipther-
ia is to be raised tomorrow. The
case was very mild, and Mrs. How
ard on whose account the quaranr
tine. was ordered is now able to be
about her home performing house
hold duties. The peri d for de-
velopment of further cases will
have expired tomorrow, and at that
time renewal of the school session
can be instituted.
-Ag.tation is rife for a rural
telephone line into the Beaver
Greek country A meeting of farm
ers of the vicinity was hrld at the
school house last Saturday, to vote
tax for the purchase of desks for
the school house. Incidentally,
the subject of rural telephone came
up, and Mr. DeVarney of the In
dependent Cons pany and Mr.. Mer'
rill of the Bell system were present
1t is probable that the agitation
will result in line to that vicin-
ity.
There is nothing so deceiving
as saw log. The ease with which
it rolls over III the waterswhen a
man is passing over it is surprising.
That is what very tall college
student thinks about it. With
three companions, he was passing
the hour away among the sawlogs
1noored at the mouth of Mary S
river Sunday. He was tempted to
walk them. He is six feet six
inches high in his stockings. but
he declares that he didn't touch
bottom. He couldn't swim lick
but the other boys got him out,
after he had become thoroughly
soaked. 1t isn't the first instance
as it were, he was caught Knapp
ing.
1t was in the Corvallis police
court. The culprit was young
man. His eyes were red and his
breath redolent OF the bug juice
that got him into Jail the night be
fore. The court wore its most sol
emn and severe look, and its voice
was very cold and unsympathetie
as it asked why a 6ne should moi
be imposed Now, Judge. you
better cut that out, pleaded the
prisoner. 'You better. cut thai
out. 1 haven't but two dollars il
my pocket, Judge, and didn''
do anything but get drunk any,
way; I say Judge, you better cut
that OUT And the court wa:
merciful.
"A. L. Gator was thrown from
his wagon and his hands run ov
er by the wheels in an acciden
Saturday. The same trouble broke
the leg of available horse, and the
animal had TO be shot 1t all hap
pened near James Henderson
farm. Mr.. Gator, driving with The
running geats of his wagon, wa
enroute from his home near Skip
tons, for load of poles. Follow
ing him was similar outfit, driv
en- by his son. One of the horse.
In the rear team became friohfen