The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-20

Thomas Nolan returned Sa'ur-
day af er q few days's visit In Port
la,d.
Niles Hettie Lilly returned Sat
urday from a visit with Pr land and
Salem friends and relatives.
Niece, Eva aad Evea Applegate
arrived Fritay from Yoncalla. and
are the guests Of friends.
Miss Alice Stevens left Monday
for her home at Cen ntralia, Washing
top, after a TWO weeks' visit with Cor
wallis friends.
-Mre. CoDrsd Meyer raturned
Saturday ID ber home In Albany, al
ter a weeks visit at the home OF MI.
AID Mre Philip Phile.
The Linn county council P. OF II.
has adopted resolution requesting
the Linn county court not to employ
a county road master.
Arthur Garrett, Har I'D Rum
bauph. Royal Shaw and Forrest
Smithson spent Sunday with Albany
fiepds.
A BASKET social is to Re given
by the Wornan's Relief Corps In Odd
Fellewshall Friday:evenipg. The bask
ess supplied by the young la lies will
be sold separately. The proceeds Of
the social are for the benefit OF the
Ccrps. The public Is invited.
Que of the Corvallis colony 10
Los Angeles writes home that she Is
eating green peas, green beans, gre an
corn. ard a variety OF other vegetables
incident to a webf1ot summer She
adds that big oranges sell at 25 cents
a bucke.full. and that the ladies go
sbroad In summer attire.
Nevada cirIzs ans are raising fund
of $4,000 for the purpose OF sending
the Nevada State band to the Worlds
Fair az an attraction. The land is
composed Of 40 musicians, and Ia oDe
of the strongest musical cr2anfza-
tlons 10 tre West. AT the close oi
the exposition 1t is intend I'd to make
an eastern tour as au advertisement
for Nevada.
The officers elected Saturday by
Corvallis Grange are: W. E. Yates
master; GEORGE Coote, nverseer; Geo
w. Denman, lecturer; Ellsworth En-
win, gate keeper; J. B. Horner, inside
gate keeper; q. L. French. secretary
q. l.. Sheid, treasurer: Mrs. james
Wlthycombe, ceres; Miss Margare
Smell. Pomona; Miss Helen Crawf1ld
Flora; Mre. Ida Callahan, LADY as
sistart steward; Professor Cordles
assist ant steward; Mrs. Tssbelle Hor
nfr, stewart.
A letter from him, announces tn
arrival OF J. d. Gihaon at Los Ar
eeles, Calf, rnia. The weather thei
now, he writes, ia about the eame
June weather in Webfoot, with IN
highest temperature ranging rom
to so degrees. and the minimum frol
As to SIS. Except a light shower
September, there has been no "a
there since last April, and everythin
Is dry. with much dust flying.
The initial appearance Of d
Driver 10 a series Of lectures at Il
First Methodist church has been d
ferre to next Sunday morning. VIII
1t is given out as certain that he "
be on hand The latest delav In
coming Is on account of series
meetings that be has bean corductil
az Cottage Grove, In which so er2
interest was manifest that the loo
congregation consented to POI
ponement Of his initial date here.
Corn that has attained the RI
old age of 40 years. and yet appes
to be "a good as on the day that
was harve sted. will be shown at
World's Fair by an Indiana farm
L. L. Pence. pioneer settler
Graut county, harvested al unusu
lv large corn crop in the fall # IL
He put aside 100 bushels of tn
years harvest and kept 1t In an OF
crib. II has remained there e.
since and received no Treatment OF
than to allow the air to PASS thror
1t at all times.
William Albrecht, the well kno
Corvallis gardener. suggests that
is the time ofy9ar for persons
contemplate planting, to look o
their list garden materials with
view to purchases Of seeds, and
introductions of trees, shrubs, plal
etc. Send for them now, as you
get them at lower rates and sec
the advantage of betug able to
just what Is wantet. Lay In a 6
ply Of manure 50 1t may be on b
when wanted. Destroy the eggs
the destructive caterpillar if any
seen near the ends of the .tw
Much can now be done to facili
the spring garden work.