The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-04-09

Wheat 70.
Homer Davenport, tonight.
-Wiedemann's at the Opera
House all next week.
Miss Laurie Burnett left Thurs
day for her home at Independence.
A large shipment of apples, grown
in the Meeker orchard, left by boat
yesterday morning for Portland.
Ernest Miller went to Inde.
pendence this week where he has
accepted a position in the S P. OF
fee there.
The cartoons to be drawn by
Davenport in his lecture in the Ar
mory tonight are to be given a'ay
to holders of reserved seats.
The reserved seat sale shows
that big audience will greet Ho.
mer Davenport, the world-famed
cartoonist in the Armory tonight.
Press notices from all Valley
towns are loud in their praise.of the
Wiedemann Company and its per
formances. The company presents
a bill every night next week.
The republican congress
sional convention for this district
happens at Salem Wednesday, and
the state convention at Portland +,
Thursday.
-Theatre-goers are expecting
much of next weeks visit of the
Wiedemann Company. The COM
pany played last week in Albany to
crowded houses, and the newspaper
reports of the performances are ex-
tremely favorable.
-Theo Wellsher, whom tele-
gram called to Hoquiam Washington
to be at the bedside of his mother,
arrived home yesterday. The con-
dition of his mother is improved
and though for some time the worse
was expected, there is now hope of
a recovery.
The fftieth anniversary of the
wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Adam
Radir was celebrated at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Graham
Wednesday evening The couple
was married in Pittsburg, Pennsyl-
vania April 6, 1854, and later be
came pioneer residents of the vicinity
of Corvallis. AS a maiden Mrs
Radir was Miss Margaret Leethmar
and is native of the Emerald Isle
Mr.. Radir is native of Germany
The anniversary was celebrated witt
supper and a subsequent period o.
social conversation, in which many
old time friends participated.
Great sympathy was expressed
by bystanders on Main street Thurs
day afternoon for a stranger, whit
was in deep grief. The evidenc
of the mental and heart agon,
through which he was passing wa
observable by everyone. He was
travelling agent for Californi
nursery. About nidafternoon h
received telegram from San Fran
cisco, announcing the death of hi
wife. Five minutes before, he hat
dropped letter in the local post
office, addressed to her Later, h
called at the Office for the letter, ex
planning through sobs and tear
that it was no use now, and the in
cident moved deeply those gathere'
in the vestibuie.
City authorities have bee
bothered for several days with tn
problem of what to do with rubbish
A general cleaning up is to be in
augurated when things dry up
little, and the town is without
dumping ground. Plans are now afoc
to build a chute off the high ban,
to the river near Dixon Creek an
from there drop rubbish into tn
Willamette. If this arrangement
effected, then there will remain th
dilemma of what to do with dead an
mails. In the past, the city has ha
various burial places Things hav
developed however to make all c
them unavailable. A dead horse wa
started on the way to one of ther
the other day, and when half wa,
there the procession was halted b,
the owner and ordered back to towr
For the present the animal that die
is in danger of being denied decor
burial.
-Mordaunt A Goodnough, a
<. present director of the piano de
\ partment at the Oregon AgricuI
tural College. has resigned his pc
sition at that institution, his resig
nation to take effect at the end {
this term. Mr.. Goodnough ha
been elected principal of the plan