The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-05-25
LOCAL LORE.
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Rockey E. Mason of ALBANY was
doing business in town Monday.
DIR. George Ainslie and sister
are guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Smith.
Miss Addie Hecker, of Wells, !
was the guest over Sunday of Miss
Ella King.
Miss Katherine Meiring. of
Salem, was the guest of Corvallis
friends the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldron of Ore
gon City, have been guests OF
Corvallis friends this week.
Mr.. Handy, of DesMoines Iowa is
a guest at the home of his cousin
Rev. Handsaker.
-Chittim peelers are much in
evidence now days. Loads of them
pass through town nearly every
day, bound for the neighboring
hills.
Henry Cummings and family
are to occupy the Denman resid-
ence the coming year. during the
absence in Pittsburg of Mrs. Den.
man and Miss Anna Denman.
The juvenile performers III the
late production of "Queen Esther
enjoyed an outing Saturday after
noon with Mrs. J. R. Smith as
chaperone.
Mrs. Brunk and Miss Bessie
Danneman returned Saturday from
attendance at the grand assembly of
the Rebekah lodge at Astoria. They
report the session very success
full and interesting one. and the at
tendance large.
Walter Bartges, the old o. P.
conductor, accompanied by his wife
has been a Corvallis visitor for
several days. They left Tuesday
for Philomath, and today are to
leave for their home in Ashland,
where Mr.. Bartges is engaged in
the mercantile business.
Morris & Rowe's circus was
the attraction in Corvallis Friday.
The huge tent. and the usual num-
ber of side shows, were pitched on
the fiat near the S. P. depot, and
there was a large attendance at
both the afternoon and evening
performances. The trained ami
mails did some splendid work, and
this feature alone was worth the
price of admission.
All the second hand goodsava-
liable about town have been rented
by the Adventists' for use in their
camps in Jobs addition during the
coming meetings. The grounds in
the western part of town are already
thickly dotted with tents, and 500
or more brethren of the faith are
expected to be in attendance from
May goth to June 5th.
George Wallace, the well
known section foreman, who was
for several years in charge of the
o. & c. section at Corvallis in the
old time, died on the 18th inst al
Silver Lake, Southeastern Oregon.
His malady was heart disease. He
was buried on the 10Th at Silver
Lake. His wife was Miss Kittredge
Benton county girl, who with {
daughter. survive him.
In the College chapel on ths
evening of May asth, an entertain
ment in the lecture line will be
given under the auspices of the Y
w. and Y. M. c. A. The speaker
of the evening are General Jouber
and Captain Mcdonnell. battle
SCARED heroes of the Boer war
The admission will be IS cents
and there is no doubt that the af
fair will be intensely interesting te
all W ho attend.
The Woodmen's S steamboat eX
cursion to Salem Sunday was yer,
successful, and according t
all accounts was very much enjoyed
by the excursionists. Two hundred
people, accompanied by the Corva1
lis cornet band left down the rive
at seven o clock. At Albany few
people joined the party, and still
others were taken aboard at Inde
pendence, at Buena Vista ane
when the Steamer Pomona pulled
into her dock at Salem 800 soul
were aboard. The arrival at Salen
was at II o clock, and the start 70
the return trip was at four. 1t wa
FIVE minutes to twelveswhen Corval
lis was reached.
Sam Moore. residing mil
northwest of this city, and VIII
a.