The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-26
LOCAL LORE.
NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.

VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.
The Comings and Goings of People.
Social Gossip. Personal Men
ton and Other Items of
Public Interest.
Mr.. Mary Avery left Thursday
for visit until Monoay at Salem.
A new show window has been
place fn the north side ct the mlliin-
cry store OF Mrs. J. Mason.
-Char'es Heckert's new cottage 10
Jobs Addition Is now receiving the
fois hing touches, and Is she rtly to te
occupied.
There will he services at the
Catholic church romorrow. Mass az
1910 a. IN. and evening service at
z 80 p. %.
-Fifty--ixth aoniver ary ef Md
ern Splritualiem en- Sur day, March
9th. Services Will be held 10 Bar
rett Lyceum at p. m. A cordial in-
vltation TO all.
"A pair of fine White Wyardot.e
chickens was received by DR.. Lester,
the otbec day from the famous poul-
try var is ; R. G. Dustin, at Mail
borough, Massachusetts,
"A complete system Of rerairs has
been added to the resid snce prop rsy
next dor north OF J. M Gamer on's on
Eighth street, owned by Mrs. 81. @.
Miller. Mrs. Miller moved into the
place Tuesday.
Additions to the Rsber reeid snce
property, recently acquired by Adoiph
Peterson. adj materially to it's sp-
pearance and value. A. new porch,
an addition to the rear. a handsome
window In the front and other new
arrangements have done much for
the place. ...--
MIR. School, lat re OF the Vicinity Of
Eugene, has purchased the residence
property In Jobs Addition. recently
occupied by Mrs. q. @. Miller aud
family. With his family, Mr.. School
moved into the house Wednesday.
A new barn and woodshed are im-
provements that he has made to the
place.
"A buggy that started for PhiIo-
math from the Vidito stables Wednee-
day failed to get outside the city lin
Its. In the sea of mud In tue vicln-
ity cf the carriage factcry 1t sank SO
deep in hole that single tree gave
way when attempt was mad9 to pull
the vshic,e our. That let the tongue
down and the team attempted to run
Clate Miller wss driver and he held
the hors es, though the tongue was
broken in the process.
"A big force of workmen resumed
opera tions Thursday In the fItther
dlsman'ling Of the carriage, factt ry
building, and It's removal to Altauy.
The roof has engaged attention, and
huge sections If 1t, one after another
were torn "f' ard sent down a chute
to the south ard If the structure.
The east porEion ef the building still
remains intact. and according to the
accounts is to so continue.
1t has been decided to en'er a
field and track te An in the indoor
meet which takes pace 10 the gym
nasium of Columbia University at
Portland, April 16lh. The meet is
given by Columbia University, and
medals aggregating about 5000 10 val
ue are offered az prizes. The schedule
includes nearly all the events incident
to an out door meet, save the l,ng
hurdles, the hammer throw and the
100 yard dash, the track being too
short for the latter contests. The
OAC team will Re selected tally 10
April, ard will comprise about 10
men.
The sudden disappearance of Mr.
Langley worried bis family Tueeday
He went off in the morning, aud 8,
night hal not returned. A ssarch
wos instituted, In which John Young
and several ladies Joined. Chief Lane
wac routed out andinquirles were made
everywhere. The wider the search,
the more disheartening was the my=.
terry until the Dilley home was reach
ed about IL O'clock, where it was
lerrned that The Fix and NJ. Lang
ley were out on the search for Creffieic
and Incidentally anxious to pocket tic
reward. The detectives arrived about
midnight to learn that they had hear
searched for, while "huniing Creffielo
by grab"
The scarcity of hens that a.,
willing to set Is growing more aue
more marked. Local poultrYmen arr
buying everything Of the kidd they
can lay their haads on and ara still
a long way short OF suffic.ency o
hens for hatchiug purposes. Th,
point has bean ie achsd in which the
once despised ben with cluck wouIe
command a premium at any poultry
house. All sorts Of indignirlss used t
he hnared upOn her in tho eff,rt r.