The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-04-09
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LOCAL LORE.
NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.
The Comings and Goings of People
Social Gossip, Personal Men
ton and Other Items of
Public Interest.

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ton and Other Items of
Public Interest.
"A. J. Williams executor, has filed
his 1--we 1tcr7 in the estate of William
Wyatt. The aggregate OF property is
81 ,337'
"A 'er to Chest Ave~y from
a fr'end there ssys there was 10 inch
es of snow all over Lake county on
March 3lst.
Mrs. J. A. Spangler left San
Frs 1cisco Thursday by steamer for
Oregon. She is exr ected iu Corvallis
next week.
10 the qua -dianship estate OF
Mabel E. Howe. Fiark L. Howe has
been released and discharged as
guardian.
The McCarsy horse sale that was
to have occurred ln Por,lard on the
26, q, and 28lh OF next month has
been de .lared eff.
H. G. Horton has sod to J. W.
Ray small tract OF land adjoiniDg
Corvallis on the ncrtb. The con-
eidera ion is $675.
Glen King and family left Thur
day morning for their home at Occur
.d'AIene. They spent the winter In
Califo ornia, and stopped on the way
home fer visit with Benton rela ives.
Recently the TIME, related that a
brother In Missouri wanted to know
the whereabouts of J. B. Hines. The
latter lives south OF Monroe, and af-
ter silence of many years is now In
communication with his Eastern
brother.
The friends who met D. L. Van
desburg Of Iowa, when he was here
ca visit recently. will be pleased to
les that be has sold bis farm and
expects to come to Oregon. He has
selected Corvallis as the objective
point.
The revival at the Church Of
Christ will close Sunday evening.
Thera have been number of addi-
tlons to the church during this spe-
cial service. There will be no serv-
ices Saturday night. Sunday is rally
day There will be services at the
usual hours and also at $50 10 the
afternoon.
-Mr.sard Mrs. J. l. Appl gate
take this means Of thanking their
friends and neighbors who wera &c
kind to them during the sickness at
death Of their son, Hardy, and trust
that when sorrow enters their home:
loving hands may help and kind
friends smpathize with them and
tighten the SAD hours Of death.
Last Wednesday morning Miss
Agnes McGee and August WinkIe o
JunctioD, Or. were united 10 thu
bends of matt imony at the bride'
home, Rev. Father Springer officiating
After the ceremony those presen
partook OF dainty br akfast, afte
which the newly married couple lef
for Junction, taking with them the bes
wishes Of friends ard relatives.
james Horning. after severa
weeks spent on his homestead on Ell
Greek, has been in town for severa
days. He has built a two stor,
house 16 "a on his place, aud Is t.
occupy 1t at once with his famil,
His house Is built from 10 foot board
split from cedar trees, cut In the vi
cinity. He Is located midway be
tween Tidewater and Angola post
Offices.
Ivan Daniels, formerly of C,r
wallis, Is one of the mu usicians will
the Wiedemann Company which is t,
play all next week at the Oper
House. Mr.. DaGlels has been witt
the company for year Or two, an,
during the time has journeyei th
country from Omaha south warl t
the Gulf ard westward to the Coas
playing In al principal cities an
towns. He plays tuba In the ban
and plano in the orchestra.
"A considerable acreage in tn
vicinity of Corvallis is being set to hop
this spring. Twenty to 25 acres Is t
be planted by Johnson Porter on hi
farm three miles north of Corvalll
Within quarter of mile of til
same Yard, Mr.. Ireland of Indepene
ence, Is setting out about 25 acre
additional to what Is known as th
Cooper yard on the old Elgin farm
Besides these, Chipamen have lease
eighty acres of fine land of Henri
Gerhard on the island, and are settin
1t to hops. The additions will IL
crease the hop acreage OF the vicinit
about l30 acres. unknown partie
are also negotiating with John Stab
busch for the purpose OF devoting
80 hop culture.
Monday was the day and fi1
o'clock the hour, when the time Il
avoiding the penalty 10 taxpaying e.
pired. At that time, all taxes G
which no payments have been mac
became delinquent. A good man
pieces Of Benton county property, e
peclally a number of timber claim
are on the delinquent list. The tot
number of tax receipts issued at I'll