The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-10-05

Gay or TWO, 10 spsn tue WINTER at
Prineville
! Having served for, some time
in the Western Union Office in Cor
wallis, Ernest Miller left Sunday
to accept better paving P ,sition
in RosebuFg.
Miss Francis Wiles entertained
fifteen of her youthful friends Sat
urday. from two to FIVE, at her
home Mrs Chester Dolph pre- sid
ed over the refreshments and Mrs.
Haber-att acted as ent Ttainer for
the company. The occasion was
most pleasant for all present
| Election notices, informing
voters of the fact that there is to be
a presidential election in a few
weeks, are being sent out from the
county clerks office. Four presi-
dental electors are t, be voted for,
and the election occurs on Tuesday
November 9Th.
The players in the eleven that
ARE TO play game of football with
the OAC team on the local field
next Saturday afternoon, are in the
main, graduates from literary in
stitutions and old experienced
men on the gridirou. They are
certain to put up vigorous pay
and a first class gridiron battle will
be the result Some are from
Stanford, some from the State I'm
iversi y, and all know what they
are on the field for A good game
is in store for those who may at
tend.
An article ia Mondays .Tele-
4 gram tells Of the success that A.
F. Hershner is meeting, with IN the
Gresham schools. Two years ago
he undertook the establishment Of
high school, beginning with ten
pupils. Now the number has in
creased to fifty, and the course is
made the same as that in the Port
land high school. The Gresham
school, under Prof. Hershner's S
principalship has grown to an en-
rollment of nearly 200.
Samples of corn have been
promised the committee that ha.
in hand the collecting of specimens
for the Benton exhibit to the Lewis
and Clark fair. but still other sam
pies are desir d. Ash and hazel
wood samples have been promised
by the Norwood Trading Company
, at Bruce. Taken altogether, how.
ever, the work of collecting is more
difficult and tedious than it should
) and would be if every one would
: awaken to the interests that are al
: stake. and lend a hand towards
making the exhibit representative
/. Of Benton's wonderful resource:
| and natural productiveness.
5 Moses Brothers, of Philomath
S have purchased the Arcade of W. P
i Laferty, and are to take possession
e in a few days. Invoicing has beer
S in progress since Monday, and a:
S soon as it is completed, the new
: owners will be in charge. Th,
: deal wss closed Saturday. Mr.
|, Laferty's plans for The future ar,
, not made public 1t is the pu'pos,
v OF the Moses Brothers to remode
u the. interior Of the store, and to pu
!, in large and complete stock o
' groceries, dry goods and genera
merchandise The Corvallis es
u tablishment will be run in conn.c
lion with the Philomath store con
Quoted by the same firm.
-Chittim bark. peeled this sum
mer from Alsea trees is now on it
way to London, England. Th.r.
is car of it, and it is the fourth il
the shipments of a big pool of barl
recently purchased in Alsea. by J
E.Henkle of Philomath. Th,
other three cars went to New Yorl
and Philadelphia. A fifth car is t
leave as soon as delivery of tn
bark by the Alsea peelers, can b.
completed. 1t will clean up tn.
Henk1e pool. and incidentally, i
and the other pool sold last week
nearly cleans up the peeled bari
stock of the Alsea Valley, which i
rhittim headquarters. The Hen
gle pool brought $3.50 per hundre'
bounds. The pool last week, wen
kt an average of about S5.11, ter
4 tons having sold at S5.3I and 8
TONS at $5.o5.
: Only about a dozen or fftee,
: voters have registere d as resul