The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-09
LOCAL LORE.
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Wheat, 70. &xEfss{s

Born, Sunday to Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Rickard, daughter.
Edwin Rose, who is i'll at his
home with typhoid fever is very
weak, but gradually improving.
Many are going on the excur-
sion of the Rebekahs and Knights
of Pythias to Albany Friday even
ing. The train leaves the c. & E.
station at $50, sharp.
There has beena drop in wheat
in the Chicago market. Yesterday
morning May wheat there was 92,
and July S8.
There will be services at the
Episcopal church, Corvallis, Thurs
day evening next. Rev. Coney will
occupy the pulpit.
After winters visit in the East,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cronk arrived home
Friday. They are glad to be again
in Webfoot.
"A minstrel performance with 40
people, ladies chorus and other
features appear at the Opera house
next Tuesday evening.
The marriage of Miss Hulda
Holden of the OAC, class of 'oS,
and George c. Guild occurred in
Portland last Friday evening. The
groom is a traveller for the R. Gair
Print Company.
Rural telephone building is ac-
tive in Alsea. By and by, nearly all
the houses in that valley will be in
speaking distance of each other.
The latest additions to the system
there are extentions to Oscar Tom S,
on Fall Greek, and to Ruble's Mill,
six miles this side of the store in
the other direction.
An OAC man is to lead the State
University team in an interstate
debate with a team from the Uni
versity of Washington. He is Fred
Steiwer, who graduated from the
college in 1902. and has been since
last September special student al
the state university. Many friends
here hope the OAC mans team
may win.
Bay Rickard arrived in Corval-
lis Sunday morning from Tuscan
Springs California, whittier he
went two or three weeks ago fol
treatment. However, he did no
receive the benefit hoped for Al
once, his, suffering continued, ant
he decided to return home. Tht
latter part of the trip homeware
was attended with extreme agony
Manager Koehler of the South
ern Pacific says, eff a new train i
to be run over the Westside to Cor
wallis, I know nothing about it.
1t is possible that the train may
not be put on, but the fact that Man
ager Koehler processes to know
nothing about it has not yet killed
off current belief that thes matter i.
under consideration by the company
and that the new service is likely t,
be scheduled. There is an eterna
fitness of things that makes peopl
believe this: that if the new train i
not put on, at least it ought to be
Mr.. B. L. Turner and Mis-
Cecil Bryant were married Sunda,
afternoon at the home of the bride
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Bryan
a short distance north of Corvallis
Only near relatives of the youn,
people were present. Judge Hol
gate ofhciated. After the ceremon,
the company were invited to par
take of an elegant and substantial
dinner. An attending circumstanc
of interest was that 2o years ag
on the same farm, then owned b,
Mrs. Bryant S father Haman Lewis
Judge Holgate performed sinila
service for the brides parents. B
L. Turner is son of R. r. Turne
of Corvallis.
Recently the local management
received an application for dat
for minstrel performance at tn
Corvallis Opera house. The repl
was: "The local management i
advertising that only first clas
attractions are to be listed. and
proposes to keep this promise t
patrons. If your show is a goo
clean one and the performanc
strictly first class, a date can b
given; otherwise it is not wante
at all, 4" The answer that came bac
was that it was such a managemer
that the company wanted to pla
under, because itlmeant high clas
performance to high class audiens
and satisfaction for all. The re-