The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-23
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Circuit court next Monday.

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Circuit court next Monday.
Republican primaries next Sat
urday; democratic next Tuesday.
Miss Ruth. Finn of Albany.
Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. A.
G. Schmitt.
The Misses Danneman enter!
tained number of friends Satur-
day evening.
Rev. Father Springer went to
Yaquina Monday on a business
triy.
Mrs. Compton of Roseburg.
Is In Corvallis on a visit to the
family of her son. j Ffett.
Mr.. Patty. former driver of
Wells Fargo. has removed with
his family to the By Geer farm, q
mile west of town. 4
Mrs. MacLean and children
left Monday for Fort Morgan,
Colorado, to join DR.. MacLeaR,
where he is rector of hourishing
parish. =
An adjourned term OF the cir.
cuit court is to convene at the couft
house Saturday. 1t is ths usual
: preliminary meeting of the court,
Instituted by Judge Hamilton to fix
matters so that the jury may get to
work promptly after the regular
term begins. The adjourned ses-
sion is called to meet at nine a. m.
Saturday.
Many special trainloads ofties
pass back and forth now over the
c. & E. between Corvallis and Al
bany. The ties are from Yestside
sawmills. They are taken TO Lath-
am on the east side for treatment
to preserve them and are then
brought back and distributed for
use in the westside and P. & Y
tracks. .
An unconfrmed dispatch, dated
Toxic, March 22nd, declares that
Port Arthur has fallen Toxic
newspapers print the story in extra
editions. They state that the battle
began both on land and sea
sea and continued throughout Satur-
day, Saturday night and Sunday.
y and that it was renewed on Monday
morning, when the Russians sur
rendered.
The total number of elector!
that had registered up to yesterday
morning was ,o46. TIE total fig
ures for the same day two years age
were e67. The increase is 7e
Only about seven weeks remain TO
registering, which with nearly 2 90
voters, means that the rate of regis
tration must increase, or many vii
fail to get their names on the elec
ton rolls. The last day for register
ing is May z5th.
There are but 21 cases on tn
docket for the regular term of cir
cult court which ,convenes Monday
The number is the smallest sine
away back in the early days o
courts in Benton. The crimina
docket includes the Guier case, tn,
Small case, and the case agains
w. H. Wagner. Wagner was un
der two charges of assault at tn
November term and on trial wa
acquitted of one of them.
is probable that the other will b
dismissed.
Caves and settling of dirt in
lateral sewer on Adams betwee
Eighth and Ninth streets presen
conditions of danger. To the nortl
of the beaten track along which We
hicles pass the settling of the dir
has left trench of unknown depth
which, of course, is filled with water
A similar condition ssspresented t
the south of the track, and woe ma
come to the passer-by that vee1
either to the right or to the left
Both openings are under water, an
the depth can only be snrmised.
Benton is again out of del
with snug balance in the hands {
the treasurer. The call in anothe
column cancels all warrants outstar
ding, and relieves the county fro,
further interest payments for the pre-
ent. The condition, with only fiv
mill levy for county purposes, or
levy of only S.6 mills on the valuatio
of last year ought to be a source {
satisfaction to the people of til
county. But for the enormous Stat
taxes and State school taxes, De
sons outside of Corvallis would hay
small taxes fO nav thiS yeor