The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-10-05

home of Mr.. and Mrs Samuel
Wyatt, Mrs. W. S. Gilbert left
Monday for her home in Portland.
-Claud Cate, a member of last
years graduating class at OAC.
arrived yesterday from Hillsboro,
and is the guest of friends.
Mrs Louis Hollenberg left
yesterday for visit with Iowa
relatives. She will be absent six
weeks
IF. P. Sheasgreen leaves today
for a visit to relatives in far away
New Brunswick Enroute. stops
will be made in Michigan, Boston
and par of Canada for sight of
old scenes, after an absence of 20
years His itinerary will keep Mr..
Sheasgreen away from home for
about six weeks
The owner o. IN Alb,ny auto
mobile had his machine aud his
broth-r out for an airing Saturday
afternoon. The horse thev met
wrecked the buggy, threw out its.
occupants and nearly XII led one of
the latter. The autoist is now
face to face with firm of la ,yers,
claim for $50 damages and pos
sibly, a lawsuit. Autobubbling is
lovely. but it comes high.
"A list of promotions in the ca
det battalion at the college was to
have been announced yesterday
morning, but. on account of the ar
rival of the new commandant. the
matter was postponed. The pro-.
motions are occasioned by an in,
crease in the number of companies
and the consequent necessity for a
larger number of officers.
There are more families now
in Corvallis and her suburb. than
ever before. In spite Of the many
dwelling houses built and put in
habitable shape by repairs, every
possible shelter is filled to its ut
most fullness. Two old church
buildings have each been traps-
formed into two dwelling houses,
and the four resultant places shelf
er four families. Newcomers from
the East and Oregon families seek
ing educational facilities supply ma
terial for this large and constant
growth in population. A bigger
and better Corvallis is to be a
feature of the future.
Many people attended the
meetings of the County Board OF
Equalization in session at the
court house all last week. None
asked for a raise in assessment, but
! the requests for lowering Of va1u-
ations were as with one voice. IN
numerous instances virtue was
found in the claims of the taxpay.
ers, and changes were made. Sc
many matters came up for adjudi,
cation that the board was unable
to dispose of all in the week O
time allotted by law for the session
and a lot Of business went over te
be disposed of by the county court
Litigation is said to be likely
over Frank Whitaker's crop O.
hops, aggregating "a. 900 pounds
Formerly a contract existed il
which the output of the yard wa:
contracted for term of years te
Faber and Neis. The grove,
claims the contract is no longer il
effect, and proposes to dispose O
the crop at the best obtainabl'
figure to any conner. The sthe
insists on delivery, and therein
is the chance for a lawsuit. So far
no legal steps have been taken, bu
it is said to be the purpose o
neither side to yield, save at th'
end of a legal scrimnage.
Complaints multiply concern
iny the lack of water convenience
for use in required sewer connect
ions. In one new house unde
construction, the water supply ha
to be taken through the neighbor'
back yard with the lack of fore
and paucity of volume inciden
thereto. If the neighbor happen
to reed water at any particu1a
time, the occupants of the new
house will have to wait till he i
through. Requests for main wi Il
which to serve the new house az
not honored by the Water Com
pany, and for obvious reasons
The company, naturally enough
hesitates to make extensions Will
the water business is in so unsettled
a state. Until new arrangement
can be made, the unsettled condi