The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-09
LOCAlLORE.
NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.

VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.
The Comings and Goings of People
Social Gossip, Personal Men
tion and Other Items of
Public Interest.
Miss Ethel Hesslan student al
OAC, left NJ onday f5r CIR ants Pass.
-J.K. Weatherf6rd and Edwin
Stone were 10 town on business M On.
. day.
President Catch Ie.uraed Mon
day from q brief business visit 10
Portland and Salem.
Mrs. Hare Of Albany, returne
to ber home Monday after visit
with Corvallis frie -ds.
Oscar Helly left yeste day for
his home 10 Portland. after q brief
business visit In Corvallis.
-Claud Hale, who finished the
commercial course at OAC, is now
stenograpber In prominent lawyers
Office at Roseburg.
Clyde Phillips returned Sunday
from the bedside Of his wifi. who re-
Gently underwent a surgical opera
tion Ia hospital at Salem.
Mrs. Jer ,me Post arrived Sunday
from Santa Rosa, Calf 'rnia, and is
guest at the home Of her father
Ben B attain near Philomath.
The city election occurs on the
third NJ ,ndav 10 May. The announ-
: cement Of the candidacy of Lee
Henkle for chief of police appears in
this issue.
Mrs. E. Bethers entersait ed &
number of friends at her home
Friday evening in homer of Mrs. A.
d. Morrison of Ca l5oD. The evening
wasspent pleasantly by tweaty que 'ts
The county court Is calling +
bids for an aetifcial stone sid swalk to
he construct d along the north site oil
the court house block. The notice to
bidders is to be fund In another col
umn. Bids sra to be opened Wed
nesday, April Oh.
Mrs. jessie S. Petit Flint re-
emily receis ed hfr oidira ion GER
tlficate from the Safe Spifitualistic
Assn. of Dragon. This gives her,
under the laws Of the s,a'e Of Greg n.
all the rights and privileges of the
Clergy Of other denominations.
The well b. ring busiress and ap-
piiances Of M. We'tmsn acr )ss the
Willamette has bean purcba' 'cd BY
A. N. Harlan. recently arivel from
Nebraska. NJ. Harlan Is an exper-
ienced man at the business. His ad-
vertlseme 1t appears elsewher'.
Two Nebr aska families arrived
Saturday, and for the present are To-
oa'e 10 Corvallis, where they expect
to resice. They are families of @. A.
Stowe aad A. P. Harlan. both of
VIII m uehlo her In 'aw Of J J. Cady.
They hail fl IL Rulbrook, Nebraska,
Tw) other families are expected to
. leave Holbroe K on the 15:b, with Cor
wallis q their de ,tinatlon.
-Harold Wells of Engepe, won tn e
Saturday Evening Posts f'es trip TO
the St. Louis fair prize, for selling
the most Posts during q given time
10 a city of less than $500 popula-
ton. From November to January
81 he sold 9,275 Posts. the next near
est being a boy 10 Pennsylvania. the
third 10 Maryland and the fourth 10
Indiana. The prize is worth at least
5000 and besides during the contest
Wells won $40 In cash, gold watch,
silver watch ard twelve sweaters.
-Mias Alice wlcklund was winner
of the local cratorical contest of the
Prohibition L.sgue, hell In college
chapel Saturday night. She was
awarded q gold medal as the fruit OF
her victory, and IL to represent the
local league 10 state or atorlcal con-
test to take place In Pnilomath next
month. Her subject was, THE Lila
Radiant" ard her theme the life aud
achievements of the late Frances
Willard. Second place ard silver
medal vera taken by Waldo E. Col
bert. The otnec contestant wa
Mark D. McCal.ister.
What promises to be the test
basket ball game of the season takes
place in College Arnory Fr'dty ev
eniug. 1t will be between the OA(
aud Dallas College teams, and unit
the last half ends, tie outcome will
be Involved 10 doubt. Last year th'
Dallas team dele ite1 the CAC mel
10 the latter's own te ritory, and thi
season defeated them again at Dallas
The style OF play of the two teams
very much the same, aud so eXcellen
Is the play of the Dallas men that tn
OAC players account the game as tn
hardest Of the year. The contest wi
undoubtedly attract large crowd.
A pretty Incident occurred in on
of the society halls at the ccllee
Saturday night. Il was the prese'