The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-04-23
Mrs. J. 81, Harris, and her son
Earl are guests of Portland friends.
They are to return hons Monday.

Mrs. ]. II Harris, and her son
Earl are guests Of Portland friends. |
They are to return hons Monday.
Miss Hattie Van Hyosen left We'd
uesday to teach a term of Ehool at
Peak, west OF PhiIomath.
Mrs. Sol Richardson is visiting at
the home of her brother, I. b. Well
sher. She leaves next Thureday for
her home at Hoquiam, Wash.
The Graud Master will visit Cor
Wallis Lodge A. F. & A. M. Monday
evening April 25Sb. All Master Ma
sons are requested to attend.
j. Singer has moved with bis
shoemaklng shop into the room lately
vacated by the Blackledge furniture
store. His family is shortly to ar
rive from Portland.
-Congregational church Morning
sermon, Monuments That Endure"
evening sermon, "Mordecai, Cousin of
Queen Esther" or s.The Man for the
Iimes." Watch for him in the cantata.
Residents and strangers are always
welcome.
Dell Strong suffered the loss Of
the tips of two fingers on his left hand
Thursday morning. He was operating
| ripsaw In the Corvallis sawmills.
and In an uguarded moment the fnG
ers came in contact with the swift
| moving saw. The amputation Is about
| the middle of the nail on each finger.
| Robert Johnson, Glenn Hodes,
Judge McFadden, Wade Malone and
Virgil e. Waters went as delegates to
the democratic state convention, held
10 Portland Tuesday. Matt Wilhelm
and John Smith were elected delegates
but neither was able to attend, and
their proxies were carried by the 9TH
| ers.
| The late conference of the Uuited
Evangelical church held at Hillsboro
this week, returned Rev. q. A. Deck
to the pastorate of the church In this
city. The action Is accepted with
much satisfaction by the members of
the congregation, all of whom hold
their pastor In high esteem. Rev.
Deck is in Portland but is to arrive to-
day, and will occupy his pulpit at
both the morning and evening service
tomorrow.
DIR. G.. W. MastoD, former ply
sician of Albany, who made numerous
professional visits into Benton, Is re-
ported to be dying at Klamath Falls.
DR.. Maston has been practiciDg hie
pre- f.ssion there for several years, and
was on his way to Keno, a nearby
town, when one leg was torn eff at the
knee in an accident, the details OF
which are unknown. An amputatfon
followed, and at last accounts fatal
results were feared.
i The first Of the delayed Eastern
mail arrived Wednesday afternoon. 1t
consisted of 20 big sacks, and was fol-
lowed a day later with an equally heavy
consignment.I It's arrival, after delay Of
four and half davs, together With
the regular Coast and Oregon mails,
gave the postoffice clerks plenty of
work to do. The most of Wednesday
and Thursday afternoons was spent In
wading through the big mass Of mail
matter.
| The foothills In the vicinity of
Corvallis were white with mantle of
snow yesterday forenoon. There was
a light fall of snow in town during the
early morning, but it was insufficient
to cover the ground. The weather for
several days has been unpleasantly
cold, but Is bearable when there is
read news from the east Of street cars
blockaded with snow In St. Louis, and
billiards. with the thermometer at ze-
70 In Vermont, New York and other
states.
-"When the "Times" went to press
yesterday afternoon, nearly all Cor
wallis was preparing to attend the
Queen Esther performance at the op-
era house last night. The box sheet
opened Wednesday. and long before
the day ended, all the desirable seats
were taken. There W re still a few re-
served seats left yesterday afternoon,
but all the indications were that the
house would be packed by the time
the curtain rose on the first act. The
sale of seats for tonight's performance
will begin about eight o'clock, this,
Saturday morning.
The Democratic state convention
held In Portland Tuesday, nominated
Judge James Hamilton for reelection
to his present position as circuit judge
Of the second Judicial district. There
was no opposition to his candidacy,
his well-known fitness for the place and
his high character and the ex-
celience of his past administrator
having made his selection foregone
conclusion. For district attorney, ol
this district, the convention named
Lee Travis Of Eugene. R. NJ. Veatct
was named as the democratic candi
date for Congress to make the race a
gainst Mr.. Hermann.
Upholstering.