The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-02
LOCAL LORE.

Sldu lldSClCl ID SCllOdSly Aiy dHd
that he will be unable to fill the lee
ture engagement, in which he was
to have told about Russia and the
Mines of Siberia in College cha
pei Friday night. 1t is not likely
that Mr.. DeWindt will come to
Corvallis, at all.
The Twin Rock Cold Mining and
Milling Company is the name of a
new corporation which has filed
articles at the county clerks Office.
The incorporators are Lewis Hart
ley, Wallace Hartley and W. B..
Hartley, and the capital stock is
81, 800, 900. The principal business
Office is Corvallis, and it is the pur-
pose of the company to do ageneral
mining business.
The briefly told news matter,
usually found in this and the ad-
joining column, appears today on the
fourth page of the paper. The vol
ume of local news matter that the
paper prints is gradually
outgrowing what are usually en-
ployed as local pages, and recour-
Sc to, the fourth page for such
news, frequently becomes necessary.
The first of the series of debates
for the Catch cup occurred in col
lege chapel Monday evening, and
was won by the Feronians' Their
opponents were the Zetaga theans
and the question was "Resolved that
Capital Punishment should be
Abolished" The Feronians had
the affirmative, and their team was,
Florence Adams, Alice Jones and
Louise Gilbert. The Zetagatheans
were, J. c. Clark, R. c. Shepard
and c. c. Cate.
A $1,000 farm near Corvallis
changed hands last week. 1t was
the farm of Henry Stone, located a
few miles across the Willamette in
Linn. 1t was formerly owned by
the late David Bunty Irwin. The
purchaser is Joseph Montgomery,
who arrived from South Dakota
several weeks ago. The farm COM
pfises 100 acres, and possession is to
be given March goth. After his ar
rival in Corvallis, Mr.. Montgomery
spent some time in riding with real
estate men over Marion, Polk and
Yanhill counties but he ultimately
returned to this city and made the
purchase as above related.
The surplus supply of wood
about town is fast finding its way
into family wood houses, and thence
into heaters and kitchen stoves.
The prices at which it is being re-
tailed out to consumers is $4.25
and S., so per cord for fir and maple
and about the same price for. oak.
What the prices will be the coming
season is a question over which
buyers speculate. A prominent
wood seller said on the street Mon
day that considerably more wood
was being cut this winter than was
cut last. The larger cut is doubt
less occasioned by the better prices
which prevailed last season. It is
claimed that about 1000 cords of
wood is annually consumed in Cor
wallis.
The body of James Price who
died in Corvallis last week was star
ted on the long journey Saturday tc
a waiting grave. at Clear Lake,
Iowa. Death occurred at the Nor
gan home near the residence of J.
H. Harris, where the deceased resi-
ded and which was also.the home oi
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Price, the son
and daughter in-law. The elder
Price came to Corvallis last Decem-
Der, his son having arrived in Sept
ember. The body was accompan-
led East by the son, and his sister
Mrs. G. H. Arthur, who arrived
last week from her home at Grand
Junction, Colorado. Another daugh.
ter resides at Clear Lake, Iowa
where the burial is to take place.
The death of Mrs. Sarah c. Brat
ton, wife of Benjamin Bratton, oc
Cured at the family home near Phil
omath, Monday afternoon. The
funeral service was held at the home
yesterday afternoon, and the inter
ment will be in Brownsville cemete
ry today. The deceased was {
daughter of Eli Michael of Browns
vile, who lived for long time a
Lobster. She was a native of Ore
gon, and was married % years age
to Benjamin Bratton. She was 4s
years of age, and death resulted
from kidney disorder: The sur
viving members of the family are
the husband, and son and daugh
ter, Edward and Emma Bratton
The deceased was sister of Mrs
NJ. P. Fruit of this city.
Edward Rosendorf of Corvallis
is very low with com plicatec
case of pneumonia at Philadelphia
and alarm is felt for his safety