The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-24

= Mrs. Mary Bryson arrived Mop
day from winters visit In Southern
California.
-Dolph Kerr, who is an employe of
the Silverton q 1ur:ng miils. paid bis
parents and friends In Corvallis brief
visit, returning Monday.
Tam Case came over from Albany
Monday to pay bis taxes. greet his
friends, and exchange comments on
the weather.
> Mrs. E. A. Cummings came down
from Cottage Grove on a ehort visit
to her parents, Mr.. aud Mrs. L. ID.
Wellsher. She returned home Tues
day.
"A very good house greeted the
jubilee singers at the Opera house
Monday evening. The performance
Is warmly CONNER dad by some Of
those who attended.
A carload CT dried prunes Is to
leave Corvallis Thursday morning for
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The fruit came
from the Paddock o.chard across the
Willamette, and is shipped by Mr..
Paddock on consignment to Milwau-
kie commission house. The sizls are
30 4O's, 40-5O's, and 5O-60's. All the
fruit has been processed and packed by
the Corvallis Prune Processing Com
pany. The packing is in 90, so and
80 pound boxes being faced. Packing
began Friday afternoon and was COM
pleued yesterday, eight men ard half
a dozen women and giils being en-
ploy The car will carry away a.
bout $4,000 pounds of the fruit.
Monday evening was gala occa-
sion 10 Rebekah hall. The local lodge
was at home to the Independence and
Philomath lodges Of the order. The
Independence members came by spe-
cial train to the number of 80, and
there were dozen Philomites. Three
candidates rode the goat and this fea-
ture was followed by banquet. There
was an address OF welcome by Mrs.
Pernot and a response by Mrs. Wal
ker, noble grand of the Independence
lodge. Miss Spangler sang vocal So
los and there were selections by the
Woodcock orchestra. The special
train, carrying the Independence del
egation home left at II O'clock.
School patrons OF smaller dis
tricts complain much a. the provision
Of the law~which permits apportioned
money to follow pupils who attend
school In adjoining districts. The fault
is mostly found 10 districts adioioing
Corvallis. Philomsth and Monr3 De,
where advantage Is taken # the
larger schools by pupils of the smaller
districts. Considerable sums OF ap-
portioned money thus fnds its way
out of districts already weak as to
school resources ard diminish sch 90!
terms ali ready abbreviated. By all
these. the test of the law likely to be
made at the coming term of the cir
cult court will be watche with inter
est.
-lp the state circuit court OF Multi.
nomah county, Alma NJ. Miller has
begun divorce proceedings against
Charles Miller. The parties disagreed
to such an extent that both concluded
some time ago that marriage, so fal
at least as their relations were con
cerned, Is a failure. In her complaint
Mrs. Miller accuses Billy of be
ing very bad actor gener
ally. and If all the meauness laid
to him Is proven he is a harder citizar
than his fslends here ever believed
him TO be. Billy will not combat the
allegations of the complaint, there
haviog, 1t is said, been full under
standing between the euncongenial par
ties, respecting their affairs, pecuniary
as we'll as personal. Mrs. Muller ask:
neither for property nor for alimony
She desires to resume her nader
name of Alma NJ. Dow. There are nc
children. Both parties are we'll knayr
here. They were married In. Linr
county March 13, 1901.
That august place, the city coun
Gil chamber, is 10 state of almost to
tai wreck. A Heppner flood or a Gal
weston horror could scarcely have LET
it In a more dilapidated condition
The roof has leaked from time imme
mortal, and at various times make
shift efforts to repair holes have beer
made. Some times these attempts
have been temporarily eficaclous, but
in some instances they have yielded
no benefit. In the late rains the roo
for space about IL feet square di
rectly over the chamber has practical.
ly collapsed, and almost as much wa
ter runs through 1t as falls outside
The mating on the aoor is completely
soaked, and puddles Of water stant
here and there, sometimes an inch ol
TWO In depth. The plaster on the cell
ing IL likewise soaked, and will proba.
bly, drop. The whole interior look
more like some deserted and haunted
house than the assembling place o
the solons of gre 1t municipality.
Charles Colbert has made queel
kind of a dining table on whichhe has
applied for a patent. One section O