The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-10-22
LOCAL LORE.
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Mr.. Aurey, of Coos County,
has been in town for "a few days,
looking for location
Tonight. the two eleyens that
play the game of football on col
lege field this afternoon. will go, in
a body to see the Mystic Midgets.
The teams are the Portland High
School first eleven and the second
OAC team.
Mrs. J. S. Watkins, three
daughters and two sons arrived
from Nevada, Iowa Thursday, and
are at Hotel Corvallis. They are
the family of Mr.. Watkins who
bought the McFadden farm near
Monroe Mr.. Wat ins is enroute
to Corvallis with car of effects,
and is expected IL few days.
Supplemental registration for
the presidential election ended at
the clerks Office Thursday even
ing. During the period allowed
for the purpose, 40 voters register
ed, and 26 persons who had regis
tered for the June election changed
to other voting places. The ad-
ditions and subtraction< leave a
total now registered for the Nov
ember election of 1894.
About fifteen girls at OAC are
out every night for basket ball
practice, and are doing good work.
The coaching is being done by
Marion Stokes and Claude Swami,
and there is every reason to believe
that the coming season for this
class of games will be most interest
ing. Most of the old players are
out for practice, with a goodly
number of players from the new
material that is always available at
the opening ofcollege. 9-2z-
There is a new proprietor at
the City restaurant on south Main
street He is E. h. White, who
was at one time furniture dealer,
and later on real estate agent, in
Corvallis. Mr.. White took poss-
ession of the restaurant several days
ago, and his family will be his as
sistants in carrying on the business
His rauch a mile west of town,
recently purchased of Mr. Rice, has
been leased by Mr.. White to his
brother-in-law, Homer Simpson,
who is to arrive from Waldport i'm
mediately for the purpose of taking
charge of the premises.
"A special train from Albany
is to bring Albany people to Cor
Wallis to see the Utah-OAC football
game next Wednesday. Excur-
sionists ill come on the afternoon
train and be taken home by spec
ial train immediately. after the
game. Information is that big
crowd is coming from Albany.
Arrangements are also pe:fecting
for a special from Dallas, Mon
mouth and way points, with pros
poets for a favorable outcome for
the negotiations A letter from
Mr.. Hirschberg to the local man
agement received yesterday gives
assurance that the special will be
run if satisfactory arrangements
can be made with Superintendent
Fields of the Southern Pacific, and
that negotiations with that end in
view are pending.
They still talk alb ut the two
strangers who want to gamble on
the outcome of the big interstate
game of football next Wednesday.
Down town and in College circles
the incident is much discussed.
Some aver that the strangers have
a complete line On the play of the
OAC men. Some say that they
have not been only at the match
games, but that they have been on
the field at practice time, They
are declared to be old football play
ers. anxious now to turn an honest
penny on the Utah Oregon game.
They are now at Seattle to see the
Utah Washington game, to be
played there this afternoon. They
left word that they will be back
again Sunday or Monday. Good
advice to Corvallisites is not to
listen to their offers to bet. The
sport itself is innocent, and ought
not to be made trick to gamble
on.
A carload of prunes was ship.
ped to Salem Wednesday by Henry
Stone, and sold to Mr.. Tillson of
that city, for three and a half
cents per pound. The car COM
prised the prune stocks of Mr.,