The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-05-07
Born Wednesday to Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Hyncie, daughter.

appralSer3 are j.. ID. u ElWdfuS, george
Humphrey and ". D. Barclay.
Mr.. Thompson arrived Tuesday
from Kansas, and expects to locate.
His family is expected in two weeks.
Otto F. L. Herse and family &C.
cupy the Jensen cottage on Cottage
Hill. The removal occurred Wednee
day.
The members Of Barnum and AL
pha lodges are to meet 10 Odd Fel-
lows hall this, Saturday evening to
maze arrangements for the funeral OF
the late NJ. Jacobs.
Fred Getchell arrived from Wa
conta, iowa, Wednesday, aud Is the
guest for week or 10 days at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Francis
CO.
William Herkess and family who
recently sold their farm near Corval-
lie, are to leave next Wednesday for
Califor mia, to reside. Their home their
is likely to be in Sacramento county.
Subject at NJ. E. church, South,
tomorrow morning, Religious Educa-
ton of ChildreD;" evening, "Desiyn of
Baptism" Sunday school at 10 a. N.
ALI are welcome.
Congregational church tomorrow,
morning subject, "The Mighty God;"
evening. "Causes Of the French Revo-
luton, Being Reply to Roman
Catholic Priest on that Subject"
Supreme lecturer j. G. Tate, lee
tured before large audience at the
Congregational church Tuesday even
ing with the order OF A. o. q. W. as
his subjecr. He was accompanied to
Corvallis by G. @. Hogue OF Albany.
Dr.. Pernot and wife expect to leave
about the 10th for four months trip
10 the East, Including visit to the
Worlds Fair at St. Louis. DR.. Pernot
is also to devote a portion Of his ab-
sence to post graduate work 10 medi-
ciDe.
The fire department had call to
duty Tuesday afternoon. The occa-
sion was blazs 10 the roof of the Da-
laba house, supposed to have caught
from spark from the steam laundry
engine. The fire was extinguished be-
fore serious damage was done.
Logan Hays left Thursday for a
month. to be spent 10 the Bohemia
mining district, where he and other
local stockholders have a group Of
mines. He has months leave of alb.
sence, during which time R. A. Moore
Of Roseburg, Ia on duty at the West
ern Union and Wells Fargo offices.
In the county court Thursday the
application of E. M. Kimball for q
gateway 10x2 feet wide through the
lands Of A. D. Huard, Mrs. E. M. Kim
ball and W. @. Folletr was considered,
and the board of road viewers we're in-
structed to meet at Alsea store at 10
o'clock. May 18th, to locate the same
and assess damages, and to report at
the next term OF the county court.
Mrs. Miner, former wife of E. A..
Miner, who came to Corvallis to at
tend the funeral of the late James
Dunn, Is to leave Sunday for her home
in Portland. Her eldest daughter,
we'll remembered in Corvallis, Is now
10 japan, where she Is the wife of an
attache Of the y. R. & N. Company.
Registration closes next Saturday.
Under decision by the attorney-gen
eral, all returns from notaries public,
justices Of the peace Of electors regis
tered muet reach the county clerk by
five o'clock on the evening of Satur-
day, May 14th. The letter OF the at
torney-general appears elsewhere.
County Clerk Moses has received
from parties at Springfield, Illinois, an
inquiry as to the whereabouts Of John
L. Cooper. or his heirs. Cooper is said
by the inquirers to have resided In
Benton county about the year 1870.
Persons who know anything about
him should address the county clerk.
The county clerks office is kept
open from seven o'clock each evening,
now, Sundays excepted, for the bene-
fit of voters whose work prevents
them from registering during the day.
The convenience Is much appreciated,
and almost every evening number
Of workingmen avail themselves Of the
opportunity.
A dispatch to the Portland Jour
nal says: Henry Mckinney, one Of
the foremost athletes at the University
of Oregon, will be compelled to leave
college in a few days. His father is
very i'll at bis home 10 Eastern Oregon
The absence of Mckinney will be Sc
we're blow to the university track team
In the tryout Saturday he took frs
place in the hammer-throw, shotpu
and discus, and is counted sure win
uer in these events. He will return tt
college at the opening of next year.