The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-06-29

Darwin Nash of Nashville, was In
the city Saturday.
e. A. HorDaday and family have
gone TO Nashville for an extended sum
mer vacation.
"A gold watch charm recently ad-
vertised for in the "Times" as lost,
has been restored to the owner.
Bridge Carpenter Gilbert was en-
gagged Monday 10 placing new decking
on the Oak Creek bridge, mile west
ofCorvallis.
-Mrs. @. E. Sox ard little son re-
turned Monday to their home in Alba
ny after visit with Mics Louise Web
ber of this city.
Inv oicing the stock In the j. D.
Mann furniture store has been in pro-
gress for the past four days, and will
be completed by this morning.
"A special meeting of the Coffee
Club Is called for tomorrow, Thursday,
at four O'Clock, to consider matters re-
latipg to the celebration. The buei-
ness Is important and a full attendance
is desired.
The steam laundry is now in com.
plete running order again. and began
operations yesterday morning. An in
cident of the removal is the addition
of new appliances and machinery and
an increase of capacity with assurance
that better work than ever will be
done hereafter.
The eight-months-old infant of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Newton died in
Portland Monday, and the interment
took place in Locke cemetery yester-
day afternoon. The funeral party ar
rived with the remains by the West
side train. Rev. Mark Noble conduct
ed the funeral service.
The marriage Of Miss Emma Mar.
tin and Ralph Merchant occurred In
Portland the 18th. The bride is Sec
ond daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs W. P
Martin, who resided for many years
in this city. Mr. Merchants employ
ed at the store of Olds, Workman &
Kings.
Saturday night an Albany confet.
ii seller on the outskirts OF the carni
val grounds threw some confetti iI
the face of an Albany woman accom-.
panied by her husband, when the lat
ter requested him to stop. He delib
erately did it again, and then some
thing happened. The smart Aleck
young man was given a thorough
whipping, and the husband was uni
versally endorsed for good job.
The tie vote for constable in AL
sea precinct remains unsettled. The
candidates were Lon Rycraft ano
Thomas Bradley, and both We're cite6
to appear last Saturday at the clerks
office for settlement by lot of which
should have the office. Neither can
didate, however. appeared at the houl
named, and the default makes it ne
cessary for the county court to ap
point man to fill the vacancy.
The Independent Telephone Co
has an office now, and there is regula
Communication with Philomath and o
the farmers line north of town. Th'
Office is on the second floor ofthe Zie
rolf brick. and Miss Adams is IL
charge. The Philomath line has sew
eral subscribers In Pniloma tn and a
long the way between the two towns
and new phones are being put In eve
ry day. The progress Of construction
on the local system is more or less re
tarded by delays In the delivery Q
poles.
| There is guessing locally over tn
question of how big the crowd will b
at the coming celebration. One maj
in position to know figures out tina
more people will be In Corvallis at tina
time than have been In attendance a
I any local celebration since the At
when they had the sham battle. ,Th
latter instance was about q dozs
years ago. The fact that Dallas an,
Lebanon are the nearest towns tha
are celebrating makes iI likely tina
Corvallis will have very large Grove
An innovation on the usual Gus
tom has been planned by the geners
committee for public convenience a
the celebration. Many will approve
but others, of course, will kick. Their
are always thoee who Kick. A ma
who fell heir to fortune of $4,000
kicked because the Inheritance WASH
all money instead of part real estate
The proposed innovation is temporar
seats to be placed at the outer edge {
the pavement along the principe
blocks on Main street. 1t will be
resting place for the aged, infirm an
weary. It will be place for mother
with babes 10 their arms to rest for
moment. They won't be able to se
much, but they will get that preciou