The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-02
LOCAL LORE.
NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.
The Comings and Goings OF People,
Social Gossip, Personal Men
tion and O her Items of
Public Interest.


Public Interest.
Rev. Clark Bower of Albauy. will
address the missionary rally at the
church OF Christ Wednesday evening.
A. J. Hal ard Melvin. Baldwin
have rsturoed to BueDa Vista ef er q
STAY OF several days in ard about
Corvallis.
Mr.. and Mr.. J. S. Powell were
recent visitors in Crrvalli. guests of
their d.ughtrr. Mr.. Colver and hus-
band
One half of his farm tire, miles
southwest of Philomath has been sold
by Otis Skiptoo to W. H. Wagpe", of
Corvallis. Tae portion sold comprises
100 acres, AID 1t lie urde stood tha,
the figure is about S2,0U0.
John Whitsker aHd f,milr request
the TINES to express prof 'ui d graft
tude to neighbors and friends whose
assistance ard sympathy Wa. 80 man
ifest during the Illness aud fur e al
of thu late Joseph Whitaker,
The old Me -hodlst church pr 'p-
erty changed bands Monday. The
buyer is William Everett, ard the
price paid is 81 400. The old build
Ing ts to be moved away and dwell
ing erAc'eI. The sale was made by
the real estate firm OF White and
Stone.
George Ovens. an old soldi'r.
and resident of Kings Valley left
yesterday to be'ome aa inmate Of the
Soldiers home at Roseburg He was
Ia the volunteer service In Missouri
during the Civil Wa. He expects
to remain at the Home until Nav. and
then return to his place in Kings
Valley.
"A double bill IF basket ball is to
take place at the Armory this We'd
nesdaY e,ening. The OAC men will
play a return game with the Port
laud All Stars, whom they defeated
in the latters twn TERRITORY at the
beginning of the season. The Port
land team. however, has been strength
enc I, and the outcome OF the coming
contest will be Uncertain until time
is called Ia the last haf. The other
feature OF the progr an will lie game
between the two OAC teams OF ha SIX
ct bal girls. The d1uole game will
undoubtedly attr act lar- e crowd.
Search for q shotgun. occa asioncd
by peculiar circumstances, was in
progrsss MoGday. The gun Was In
the bottom of slough sone Were
up the Willamette. John Huber
hunted with it Saturday, and as be
waded in the supposed shallow wat
ers of the slough b e suddenly stepped
into hole, and went uI der. He cav
ed himself by dropping the gun and
swimming to shore. The experience
was as unpleasant as it was haz ,rd-
GUS, and it is piece OF good fortune
that Johns best girl was not LETT a
widow. At last accounts, thu gun
was still in the bottom Of the slough.
The members of the Sorosis lit
erary society at the college were en-
tertsined by the Jeffersonlaus Sat-
>urjay evening, The occ ,sion Wa,
made highly interesting by the fact
thas the guests of the evening assum-
ed various characters with make-ups
out of the Or 1ioary. One young lady
assumed the we'll known character cf
Anona, aud another Laughing Water
and both were resp'eadent In beads.
buckskln, f athers and red blankets.
Two others were "two little girls 10
blue" aud third was "sold!er boy"
Two others were disguised az Japan
ese maidens, and another in sombrero
spurs, and pistols was Texas Ann.
Games and refreshments were feature as
OF the eveaiug.
Families were mixed In the bask-
ct ball game at the Armory Friday
night. Gordon Moores of Oregon
City. was forward for the Eugene
team, and his brother Merrill played
center and forward for the OAC men
Fred Steiwer was brought down by
the Eugene men as their re'eree
while his brother Karl, played guard
for the coliegiaus. The lineup of the
Eugene team was, Moores and Lat
ourette, forwards; Hugg. center; Per
kins and Penlaud, guards. For OAC
Swan and Cate were forwards, Moores
center, and Steiwer and Rinehart
guards. In the second BALI Moore;
was one OF the forwards for OAC and
Grover Gate was center.
Why Japan and Russia are al
war Is told in an article by Senator
Beverldge In another column. Tue
story is replete with interest, show
ing what japan was given as the
fruit OF her victory over China. anC
how the Triple Alliance, consisting o
Russia, France and Germany, force5
Japan togive back the cedsd terri
tory. 1t shows how Russia thereafter
occupied the very territory japan hac
been made give up, Port Arthur In.
cluded. How. under the treaty Rus,
sia promised to evacuate Manchuria
and that how, instead of eyacuating
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