The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-19
LOCAL LORE.
NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.

The Comings and Goings of People.
Social Gossip. Personal Men
i 'tion and Other Items of
Public Interest.
e. J. Garraw LEFT "Wednesday for
his place of business near GazelN,
Calf.
Mrs. Bar. Gilbert OF Salem, ar
rived Thursday aud is the guest Of
Miss Edra Irvine.
Miss Heleo steiwer Of JEFF, rscn,
leaves II day AFT visiting several
days With Corva lis friends.
-Wade Mslone. the Alsea mereh-
ant, passed through town Wednes-
day enroute to Portland, to make
spring purchases.
Miss Lottia r ,ss. who has bfen
T some time at the bedside OF her
brother Edwin. left Wednesday for
her bome'iu Portland.
joe. Garrow arrived this week
for few svs's visit with his mother.
Joe ia located with his father at the
Motif Creek, California ss.wmills.
Mrs Minerva Kiger has been ell
ected by the Corva lis Lody Macca-
bees to attend the state CONVENTION,
Of the ordtr which meets in Portland,
April 22nd.
The democratic central commit
tee Is calad to meet in the county
court room az 11-15 tofav. It's bust
ness will be to fix the fates ffr rrim-
aries ard convention, aud to provide
for the precinct representation.
-Tht re is good deal of tearing
up about the building owned by Mr..
Small and racentlv occupied Az a
shooting calItrS. Their are ucd ouht-
edlY score inpr TO be made,
but the I EXT ent has nat been given
out.
An alarm cal'el out the depart
me1t Thur-tar. Tha occ 8sion wa a
snail hlaze between the ceiling and
rouf Of the kitchen Of J. W. Crawl rd's
house on Third street. A portion of
the ceiling va7 torn away and the
fire extingulsn"d i1 its incipiencY with
a garden hose. The damage was
nomi, al.
Fired Cameron, who has 40 ez-
tensivs relationship in this state,
disd in L9ramie, Wye. March 4, from
the effects Of al operation fir appen-
diciu1. Ha was IS yearl # age. De-
ceased vae nephey Of J. NJ. Gamer
on ard A. Cam ron Of this city, and
the Lsra'nie Republican speaks 10
high praise Of the young mau's qpal-
titles of manhood ard cirizenship.
An unknown ciizen was the OBJ
3 ject Of an attack with stale eggs Tues
day night The affaic happened on
the street in the vicuisy OF William
Moore's house, and tbe following
morning tt e remains Of the eggs scat.
tered along rne walk were mute evii-
encs If Whist tad happened. Neither
the purpose Of Fhe attack nor the
.ddeotitg Of tAe assailants is known.
blast, aud there seems to be not suffi-
cieu5 daylight for the boys to sa,isf,
their longings for the game. In this
stress of circumstances the arc lights
recently installed prlvei "A great re-
lief aad added several hours per DAY
TO the tile which may be day otad TO
the pastlme. TIE eloppY condition
OF the strt els Is the only hindrance
but any evening af er a fsw b .ur.
sunshine, an excite throng Of players
mayb4 seen in the giare Of the aEc
lights.
Among others who attended tue
Rosendorf funeral was Ed Hirschtery
who was for sev'rll yeats employee
In the stote Of tn late jacob Serde rs
In the Fisber building. That was il
the days of Auli Lang SyBe. and bi:
visit r-ca led several Incidents to old
1. timers. IL [ had been dera, sere
would fave / cen fde'' which lit Ii
Ed said When be hra!d that a his
citizen ami bis employer had t e n in 8
mild fracas. is an incident that ba,
sbean manv times told ard rAtod as 8
sresult of Mr. Hirschhe rg'@ visit. The
latter is now engaged In business II
: Iuoepel deGce. - N..-.
1 "A resolution adopted by tie city
council Monday night, fixes SS5as tn,
limit to be allowed FIR street light
ing. The resolution rec'tas thaf the
financial eorditioG OF the city Eend 9fs
it t.unwlse for the council to allow &
greater expenditure than tie fieur
named. The distribusion cf tie light:
is in the hands of tie street commit
tee, aud in the readjastment of tht
system the numhec Of applicants fol
lights is enormous. With the limi
placed at SS5 the committee Is fe
strlcted in Its operations a1d eauno
with the means at band, satisfy ev
cry applicant.
mo" said Henry D4nu TO tbs
man who was sounding him on th.
rural telephone question L tkiuk ]
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