The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-06-01
LOCAL LORE.
EEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.

The Comings and Goings of People
Social Gossip. Personal Men
ton and Other Items of
Public Interest.
Mrs. Richard Franklin left Fri
day for her home at Anaeortes. Wash
Mr.. Clem. the Dusty merchant,
was critically ill Sunday,
Mrs. Wiley Winkle, residing a
few miles south of Corvallis, has been
very Ill.
-Mrs. J. L. Jones is very iii at her
home In Jobs addition. The ailment
is typhoid fever.
Miss Carrie Porter left yesterday
to again take up her residence near
Bellfountain.
Mrs. Cecile Cummings is to arrive
Sunday from Cottage Grove, for a
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. q. Wellsher.
A party consisting of Jchn Alien,
Prof. Knisely, Major Harden. and
Bruce Burnett left Saturday for Alses
on fishing trip. They returned
Monday.
Otto HeadrIck, Mics Ollie Skip
ton and Mrs. Steusioff. formerly CLARA
Blair. were up from Salem this week
20 decorate the graves OF friends.
They returned Monday.
One or two loads OF chittlm bark
have been sold In this market In the.
past few days at figure above that
paid for the product In seasons prev
Sous to last year.
Beginning next Wednesday ev-
ening series OF meetings will be held
at the Mountain View school house.
Rev. H. A. Deck will be 10 charge,
bnd everyone is invited to participate
and lend their aid In making the re-
vivals successful.
In letter to his mother 10 this
city, Ivan Daniels stated that be
7zV~.I i Ago California enroute to
Chicago, Saturday last, for the pur-
pose OF completing his course In
tuning of Instruments He will prob
ably be In the Windy City all sum-
mer.
"A number of large trees, for use
as telephone poles along the new
Hne woe t-'mmed and put In proper
shape for setting Monday on one OF
she Rack streets Gf Corvallis The
trees came from near the foot of
Mary's peak. aud we're from 80 to so
beet in length.
w. M. Jones and family of Dal.
las spent Saturday and Sunday with
Mr.. ard Mrs. Will Ross. Mr.. Jones
and Clarence Hout have dispose of
their butcher eh p In Dallas, and Mr.,
Jones contemplates taking up his
residence IN Eastern Oregon, for the
benefit of his f,mily's health.
Neil Murray Of Albany, was the
guest over Sunday of Corvallis friends
With his brother. Mr.. Murray leaves
this week for four months visit ir
Ireland. On their return, they will
visit the st. Louis Exposition. 1t Ii
10 years since Mr.. Murray left The
land of his nativity.
The Coffee Clubs picnic Saturday
afGsrnoon was delightful affair. The
Corvallis orchestra furnished music
and at six o'clock dinner was served
by the ladies, their husbands, broth
ers and gentlemen lends being the
guests of honor. 10 the evening q
dancing party was given by the club
in the City Hall.
There was a big picnic at Bell.
fountain Saturday. The various can
didates on the county ticket WERE
present, besides a large crowd. The
affair is said to have been enjoyable
An interesting feature of the day was
q baseball game between the demo.
cratic and republican candidates. Vict.
CRY fell to the republicans.
R. E. Gibson came up from Port
fxnd Saturday and returned Mon.
day. The family has returned from
California, and Is now located on
West Avenue, Mt Tabor. Portland
Mr.. Gibson etates that while In Gal
Hornia. his health was much improved
but that the health of the other mem.
bers OF the family wac not as good as
N is in Webfoot, which prompted
heir return to Oregon.
DIR. Selkirk of Aurora, Illinois
is the guest for several days of E. s.
Eoruady and family. He Is accom-
panied by Mrs. Selkirk and Miss
Lillian Howard, and the trio are on a
tour Of the Coast. DR.. Selkirk is a
practicing physician at Aurora, and is
chief surgeon at hospital there.
He is gentleman of culture aud
ability, AID has an indistinet idea
that home may be found somewhere
on the coast.
The first of the rural telephone
lines to enter Corvallis reached town
Monday afternoon. 1t Is ten miles iu
length and, starting at Frank Howe's