The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-04-09

Miles Mary Elgin is visiting friends
and relatives at Carlton.
-Edwin Rose left Wednesday f r
Portland for brief visit.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Will Rick
ard. near Mountain View, a IL pound
SOD.
Thirty little guests were enter.
tained by Adria Greff,z, Wednesday,
In observance of her 10th birthday.
Local dealers believe that the
wool market will open at Is to Is
cents. Shearing will begiu in a fsw
weeks.
-Egge ere 16 cents in the local
market. Barring a couple Of days,
when they were Is. the price is the
lowest of the season.
Oscar Starr and family left We'd
nesday to reside in Portland. NJ.
Starr has been employed for the past
year at the Central Planning Mills.
-Mre. Herbert Kittridge, of Arcata,
Calf. is expected to arrive today for
an extended visit with relatives. Her
children arrived Thursday.
DO you know anything about the
M rmeas, Tommy" asked the teach
er. "Yes'm," replied the boy. "With
the Mormons a wife is sometimes
twins"
"A banquet and general good
time were features at meeting of the
Lions Monday evening, when each
member of the order brought an in
vited guest to the festivities.
-Copgre egational church-Sunday
morning, "Barriers Burned Away At
ter-What?' 10 the evening, "The
Game Of Chance; Are you Playing
i'?' Come.
United Evangelical church-Serv-
ices next Sunday at II a. m. and 7:45
p. N. Morning theme, Excepting Gods
Charge" in the evening, "a Revival
in Sychar."
Frazier, the well-known Portland
horsebuyer is to be at the brick livery
stable today. He wants draught hor-
ses Of 400 pounds and upwards. His
advertisement appears elsewhere.
Farmers ara having trouble 10 &C.
curing necessary farm help. Men are
on the street almost every day look
log for laborers to aid 10 seeding and
other farm operations, but few are to
be had.
Small lots of mobair are beginning
to be delivered in the local market
The prevailing price is 80 cents. Lo-
cal dealers express belief that the
price will not go higher.
"A new sidewalk along the north
side f the Opera house and another
on the north and east of the Groves
property corner OF Fou rth and Adams
are among the new improvements.
The Commercial restaurant, under
the management of Clarence Chip
man, re-opens to the public at moor
today. Improvements inside the build
ing, make the place far more at'rac
tive than formerly.
The total number of packages oi
mail deliveredand collectedon the three
R. Ed. routes out of Corvallis during
March was: Route No. 1. delivered
4974, collected, $50, total, 1854. Rout,
No. 2, delivered, 3539, collected. 669
total, 4208. Route No. 3, delivered
37l1, collected, 595, total, 45O6.
The next debate in the college Sc
ries takes place in o. A. @ chapel Of
Saturday night of next week. Th
contestants are teams from the Zero
nian and Pierian societies, each O
which has won victory 10 the cur
rent series. The question is, "Resolv
ed that co-education Is detrimental t
the best interest OF students" Th
Feronians have the affirmative.
johnson Porter Is preparing to plan
an orchard OF 800 peach trees on hi
farm north OF town. The orchard |
to be located in the bottom near tn
Willamette, where experience ha
shown conditions to be favorable fo
peach production. The trees to be sc
out are mostly Early Crawfords Albel
tas.
The following precinct officer
were nominated at Saturdays demo
cratic conventions: Philomath, justic'
r. J. Moses; constable, B. F. Ellsworth
Soap Creek, justice. al Thurston, cor
stable, D. Vanderpool. Monroe, jus
tice. J. b. Hines: constable. J. @. Loo
ney. Kings Valley, justice, W. I
Price; constable, NJ. F. Watson. Coz
Wallis, justice. E. Holgate; constable
John Wells Jr., Blcdgett, justice, Cha
Scott; constable, G. W. Wood.
Peter Bilyeu's team attempted
) dash on Its own account on Mai
street Wednesday. AS usual variot
people undertook 10 stop the rur
: away, In each instant without su
) cess until Miller's store was reache
, There tall bystander climbed In tt
back end of the wagon, hurried 70
ward and seizsd the reins. By tt
7 time the Willamette bank was rsacl
J ed the horses were well under col
: troll but there rein broke. Nothin
? daunted, the man jumped to tt
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