The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-20


IS. G. Irwin of Newport, and Gale
Hill of Albany, were Corvallis visitors
Monday.
Miss Gertrude Barclay has been
in Corvallis the past week. the guest
cf Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh HerroD.
Next Sabbath Father Springer
will attend the mission at Soap Greek
and will not return until Monday.
Among those who attended the
Patti concert In Portland, were Mrs.
FL. Miller and Miss Pauline Kline.
Mrs. P. NJ. Abbey and Mrs. Marie
Chatterton and SOD Rich. of Newport,
attended the Patti concert Thursday
evening. .,
Ed. Bowen, recently from Snoho-
mish, Wash, has opened a CONNECTION
cry shop opposite the Berman grocery
store. He Is manufacturing choice
variety cf candies.
Father Springer went to Port
land laet week, to attend the public
installation Of the newly-tlected off,
GERS of the Catholic Order OF Fores-
ters, cathedral court.
Lee Henk1e has been incapaoitat-
ed + ,r work fer about two weeks on
account of an attack of rheumatism,
but he is again able to look after bis
business to some extent.
These who went to Portland to at
tend the semi-annual ceremonial ses-
sion of the Mystic Shriners were d.
W. Hall, Logan Hays. T. d. Crawford
M4ior Hardin, John Fulton, . l..
| Kline and 8. N. Wilkins.
-Horning Bros. is building a new
truck for Floyd Lane, Of the Corvallis
Transfer Company. The frame OF the
pl atform is 4x1O feet, and Is made
from 3x5 ipcn oak. When completed
Il will probably carry greater weight
than any other truck 10 the city.
-E.J. Garrow and friend, Mr.. NIL
Iler. who have bt en- visiting the for'
mer's family in Corvallis several weeks
returned Monday to Cazelle, Calf Mr.
Gorrow is 10 the sawmtll business
near Gazelle and Mr.. Miller is the
bookkeeper.
The etory is being told that Ho
mer Davebport, having two minute
,r tier be could not eff ,rd to keep, n
sent it to the sultan Of Morocco. Nov
Davenp' r5 bas just aceived dispatch
, fr ,m the sultan that her1 OF seven
teen camtl Is, elk Bartary sheep, bel
, ard chickens and numerous rugs, etc
t have been shipped to hin.
Benton county has b. far the low
est tax levy Of any county Yet report
ed. 1t Is believed to be lower by seV
ersl mills than the lew Ct any otfe
county In the etate. The next loves
9 81 far as reported is Lion, with lev
: { about 22 mills. Bentoo's IL 1t l.
9 mil-. or neer:y mills lower tina
Linn's.
0 -Nctwithstanding unfAvorab
n weather, work on the Thompson bus
u ness house is progressing quite rapl
Ia ly. The upper font has been cover
y with iron and neat corntce Is
place, The walls outside have be-
c-mented aud the roof Ia almost COT
:. pleted. This is the fist building
'e the kind ever erected in Corvallis. b
p it Is probable that others will folio
~ n -Renistratiop matters are prngres
ia Ing slowly in Benton. The time
of opening registration hooks was JaI
~ ary 4th, but up 70 this time only t
~ PRECINCTS out # Corvallis have
al ouested necessary blanks fcom
#. county clerk. who furni-hes them
application Of justices OF the pei
aud notaries public. The precin
pe having already requested blanks I
,rs Philomath and Alsea.
1t The members Of a basket
ne team, With a rev victory to th
er: credit. arrived II ,m Portland Mond
OF The &C IRE in the game with the Y.
al @. A, All Stars was 26 to 16. One
o4. the Portland par ers describes SWf
at as the ard at the game. and St
zen be threw IA out of is fouls. SWs
yer and Stokes were forwards, Moo
ner was center, and Steiwer aud Rineh
ign were guards. Coates was with
team, but did not enter the ga
n, The next game is Friday evening v
W.. W. the Willamette University team
@ ,ho Salem, the next with the Dallas tt
at Dallas, ard the next, prooa
with the State University ageregat
,ow at Eugene. Ia every case ret
,.s games will be played with each tt
nan at Corvallis.
ure The Glendale News publishes
get ures showing that the number OF n
up ey orders issued at the Corvallis p
and office during 1908 was .S32, aegre
of ing s1O,10l, and that the number
are orders paid was 1.031, aggrega
igs. 1856. It adds figures from
ate Glendale postoffice and then 9
"Thus it can be seen that Glendal
growing like a house a-tire, and