The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-07-02
LOCAL LORE.
NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.

The conings and Goings of People
Social Gossip. Personal Men
ton and Other Items of
Public Interest.
John T. Irwin returned yesterday
rom two weeks stay at Scdavilie.
Preaching at NJ View at 2-3o p.
N. tomorrow by a. A. Deck.
Mrs. JACOBS and daughter Sarah,
arrived Thursday from four weeks
sojourn at Boswell Springs.
-Mss Minnie Woldt returned
Wednesday, after visit with Summit
relatives.
-United Evangelical church-Ser-
vices next Sunday morning and ev-
ening conducted by the pastor.
Miss Bessie Sbobe Of Oregon
City, arrived Thursday and is the
guest of the Misses Chipman.
Miss Sophia Eigin went to Salem
ed 10 nursing a. Florence Sanitarium
Tor about three weeks.
The G. & e. will sell tickets, one
fare round trip, from all points on it's
line to Corvallis. Coed going July
2, 3 and 4th aud return July 9th.
The wedding of Miss Aileen Pc
terson and Warren B. Hartley is
scheduled to take place In the near
future. Rumor says that the date is
Wednesday.
-Sop Stock, an old time Corvallis
merchant, now In business 10 San
Francisco. was a Corvallis visitor We'd
needay for few hours. He Is on q
vacation, and has spent the time
among old friends in the Willamette
Valley He has returned to San
Francisco.
MIR. and Mrs. Werner Breynan
have presented a public drinking
fountain for man ard beast to the
pi.v e,f Salem The figure Ia that of a
pioneer looking and pointing to the
West, and ia 10 bronze. 1t Is l9 feet
high, Is six feet acroes the base and
weighs 5000 pounds.
Account Mardi Gras and Car
nfval to be held at Portland June
% to July 8, 1904, inclusive. Round
"trip tickets will be sold by Southern
FaciAe Oompauy, I;urvalilS to Port
land at 1886 Including admission
ticket to Carnival. Sale dates June
a7 and July 6. Limit six days and
rot good after July 10th.
The old Evangelical church pro.
perty has again changed hands. The
building which served so long as q
house Of worship, where services were
held, funerals conducted and Sunday
school children met, is likely sooner
or later to be converted into a pri-
vate residence. The property was
purchased last week by J. B. Good
man. It consists of the church build
ing, the parsonage and three lots. I
was last owned by the Methodist
church. The price paid fer it wat
$1,225. The deal was negotiated by
Amber & Walters.
"A hole through big pane O
glass In the north window of Horn
ing's grocery stole is mute witness
of the inherent orneriness of som,
person who was at large Wednesda,
night. A brick bat as big as man.
hand, which was the means for max
hog the hole was found In the stor,
Thursday morning. As the incident
could hardly have occurred by &C
eident, the wonder is, how and why /
happened by design. If the guilt.
party Ia boy, the same spirit, whel
1t is matured, will be sure to get hiu
into the penitentiary. If man, it,
unfortunate that he is outside tn
walls of that
Thursday evening preparation
were ell complete at the track for th
races to take place SATURDAY.. tn
grandstand has been repaired 80 tha
1t will comfortably seat 600 peopl,
and the judges stand has been put
proper shape. The track has receive
MuCu dtGouUlUu buu tu0 sO6Ctuoub
that 1t will be very fast, aud 10 tho
rough shape for the racers. Variou
tools, including ploughs, harrows, an
drags have been used In reducing
30 the required condition. It look
now as ii there would be more racin
events than there will be time to pul
of. and that the afternoon will b
brinafnll of interest tc those who ar
fond OF the turf. A number OF goc
horses are coming from Albany
while OF Benton hyers, the Offering
are uncounted.
Telephone iuquiry from lode
pendence the other day requested ir
formation CONCERNING the smallpo
situation In Corvallis and volunteere
the statement that reports there az
credited the town with bavipg 6 cases
And so the worlds tongues was
A man swallowed a guat. ard hi
ne,ghbor was solemnly told by an
other neighbor's neighbor that 1t wa
an elephant that the man had swa
lowed, The only case of smallpox
n,rSt i'll h; ,hs,E lf Ke IoDea and h