The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-12

into tne CITY treasury wednesday.
| "A new two.stofy dwelling is going
iup On lots owned by M. s. Woodcock
In Jobs addition. The frame Is al
ready up.
The recital of the musical depart
ment at the college, takessplac in the
chapel this evening. Tue doors close
at 8 o'clock sharp. ~
The willamette reached a stage
of Is feet In the late rise. Thursday
evening 1t began to fall, and at noon
yesterday IL was at Is 1-2 foot stage.
"A telephone message yester lay
morning called Mrs. Sarah Cautncrn
to Rickr cal to be at the bedside Of her
cousin, Miss Allie Burch. who is seri-
ously Ill.
up to yesterday morning 1,135
persons had paid taxes. On the same
date last year the number was 915, or
220 l.ss. The big rush OF the season
as expected today.
The lumber ID on the ground for
a new dwelling house to be erected on
E A. Morgan's property In Jobs ad-
dition. The building when completed
is to be occupied by Cliff ord Kerr and
family.
The wide popularity of Mahara's
minstrels Is shown by the fact that the
company played to a 1854 house in Chi
CO, California, town but few hun.
deed larger than Corvallis. The show
is said to have 40people.
Owing to threatened hoetilities in
the immediate vicinity, Mrs. q. B.
Miller. formerly of Corvallis, and
whose husband is q. S. consul at Niu
Chwang, has been mpelled to re-
move fr IN that city to place OF great
r safety.
-Dis,ioction has been won by
Thomas Bilyeu, an o. A. G. graduate,
who Is now student at Cornell. He
has received commission by the Cor
nell authorities tt go to St. Louis and
make drawings of certain machinery
to be displayed at the Worlds Fair.
Balls Bakery has changed hands.
The new proprietor Is L. E. Bender, a
wide-awake business man. late of Ash-
land. He took possession of the es-
t.blishment yester lay morning. Nc.
Hall who retires, has been Corvallis
business man for more than dozen
years, and has many friends.
The local institute and parents
meeting scheduled to take place In
Philomath next Friday, has been post
poned by Supt. Denman until April
9th. The postponemeut was made In
order not to interfere with the closing
exerciees If the Philomath public
schools which take place March 25th.
This week +. L. Miller received
from Connecticut four fine Buff Or
piugton chickens-three pullets and a
,ckerel. These chickens are the off
sprinR OF prize winners at the great
poultry shows of Chicago, Boston, and
M adlson Square Gardens, and are un-
doubtedly the best OF the Buff Orping.
ton strain to be secured anywhere.
MANY persons are calling at the
clerks office for copies of the Local
Option and Primary Election laws,
both of which are to be submitted to
the voters under the Ini iative at the
coming election. The first named is
fairly brief. covering only about doz-
en- pages, but the other is 80 long that
it forms pamphlet of over 40 pages.
Those who complain at high taxes
10 Benton will be interested In hearing
from their brother taxpayers 10 the
town of Ottumwa, Iowa. J. W. Wood
of this city, receives a newsp sper from
there, and late issue contains the iu-
terestine ioformstlon that the tax levy
there is 96 mills. The tax on a $500
property there ia S4s. In Corvallis
1t would be $3.50. In Benton. out
outside of Incorporated towns.
1t would be $500.
In Wednesdays account of the
application OF the @. & E. for a. reduc.
tion of taxes and of the county courts
refusal to grant the petition, "The
Times" failed to announce that
Commissioner Irwin sat on
Tue CnToue anu lueu Will
the other members OF the court
In the refusal TO grant the railroad
company's petltion. Commissioner
Irwin was there 10 all his pristine beau
ty, and was in hermony with the 9th
ers iu passing on the petition.
When Tommy Whitehorn LEFT
Corvallis to j lin his family in Califor.
mia, ne was not quite certain where
he would find them, a situation brough,
about by irregular malls at that time
Letters received here from him give
| the Information that all is well with
! him. Tommy Is interested in the
prune business to some extent here
He stepped into grocery store a
Golden Gate Park and inquired th'
price of some good-looking 1880 Ital
ian prupes on display. "They art
worth Is cents apound," said tn
groceryman. Whitehorn was sur
prised that they we're so high aud af
fected decision not to buy on tha