The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
~. D. Irvine OF Brownsville, was q
Corvallis visitor over Sunday.


w. NJ, Jones OF Dallas, has been
In Corvallis this week on business.
= Miss Floy Hawley has arrived
from Belifountain for visit with
Corvallis friends.
The ladies Missionary society of
tie Congregational church holds It's
meeting this afternoon at The home OF
Mrs. R. j. Nichols.
Dunn ard Thatcher are building
wareroom 10 the rear of their store.
j. D. Mann came up from S4lsm
Saturday to be present at yesteld4y's
election and cast bis vote In Benton.
Hugh Heron returned Monday
from visit to his daughter, Mrs.
Hattie Bushnell, in Seattle.
The show that had operated for
four or five days on the fat back of
the Farmels' Hotel, gathered up its
tents ard departed, Monday morning.
Mr.. Buxton and family moved
Monday into their commodious new
| u.
Diliy end family now occupy the resi-
dence vacated by the Buxtons.
"A car load of cascara bark left
Corvallis Monday. To the shipment
was about 10 tons. of the bark. II was
shipped by M. G. Miller.
After many weeks of delay, the
burnt bay that was left smou1dering
on lot on South Main street, as re-
suit of the burning of Julian McFad-
den's baled crop, has been removed
this week.
"A force of men was busy Monday
in ecraping the mud from Main street
and the cross walks. After the sur
| face slop Is removed, hard, clean
road-bed Is exposed.
| johnny Wells ard family moved
yesterday into their handsome new
residence 10 the northern part of town.
The house vacated by them has been
taken by Thomas Vidito and family.
John Allen and family moved
Monday into the Callahan cottage,
just completed by Adams Bros, on
Ninth street. The residence Is one of
the most attractive in that part OF the
city.
Dick Kiger has purchased the
John Smith property on Eighth street.
ljust vacated by Mr.. aud Mrs. John AL
len. Mr.. Kiger now occupies the
premises, and is shortly to begin the
erection OF barn on the place.
| MIR. Charles Meyer, of Albany,
came to Corvallis the latter part of
last week to spend Sunday with bis
relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Ph1le.
He returned Monday, In order to make
sure of voting.
Miss Pearl Persinger of Bellfoun-
ttain. took the. teachers's examination
Fin Corvallis last week, and passed
There is general complaint about the
J scarcity Of teachers, and 1t is stated
that several schools are not supplied
in the outlying districtsssfrom Corval,
liz. EE
The new Independent telephone
line from Corvallis to Monroe was
completed Saturday and all the phones
installed. There are - patrons al.
lready on this line. which Includes The
Irish Bend country as = well as the
: Monroe.
Albany has total Indebtedness
of $4,000, and pays an interes
charge of Sc, 800 per year. The income
from saloons is $4,000. The morning
lof the election, Mayor Davis issued {
statement setting forth the above
facts and calling upon others to e
/. against prohibition. He declared tha
D prohibition would shut off the stree
0 lighting. the water for fire protection
{ and raise the city tax to II mills.
The o. A. O. football men are VI
= Iagainst it. In addition to the game
to be played in the regular list, tn
= Portland newspapers have got on tn
:, schedule, and the old threadbar
= charges against o. A. G. because eh
= does not make game with Multne
- nah Athletic Club are dragged fror
precious and fortunate oblivion.
A. @. men cannot play Multnomat
II because the Board of Regents prohih
st it's o. A. Q. team from engaging l
D. athletic contests "with other than col
l. lege teams" Whether wise or unwist
le the board has the say. The regula
le tion Is rule than can only be unmad
It by the regents themselves. II O.
10 G. men should undertake to schedul
a game with Multnomah, they woul
doubtless be fired from college. Th
=, question is, would those in Portlan
y who slander them, because they d.
- cline to do 80, advise them, under tt
- circumstances to schedule a gam
y - with Multnomah? Which is Of MOI
~. Importance to the young gentlemen
~ the team, a continuance In college,
- a football gene with Multnomah?