The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-16

23O SACKS OF potdtoeS lol oAipiiiSht
to Portland.
"A Band of Mercy will be organ
lied under the auspices of the w.
G. T. U. in the Reading room, on
Saturday, March Io, at p. m. All
children cordially invited.
Frank Whitaker is in receipt
of Al sacks of fertilizing material
manufactured near Astoria. 1t is
said that the substance is the resi-
due of fish from which the oil has
been extracted.
The debate to have taken place
Monday night is to occur tomorrow
Thursday evening, in college cha
pei. 1t is between the Amicitlan
and Philadelphians, and the ques-
ton is the Primary Election law
upon which the people are to vote
in June. The speakers are, affirma-
tive, Brodie, Wells and Hirstel,
Amicitians; negative, Darby, Bea-
yer and Rawson, Philadelphians.
Mrs. Woods, mother of James
Pfouts, was buried here Sunday,
says the TIMES Monroe correspon-
dent. She was going to Pennsyl.
vania from California to visit sis
ter who was seriously i'll and it is
supposed she fell off the train in
Colorado about midnight. She was
found the next day by the section
hands. Mr.. Pfouts received the
telegram on Monday the 9TH and
started at once to bring the body
here for burial. He arrived here on
Sunday. Her purse containing
about $50 was lying near her and
about $7oo more was found on her
body. She was 7e years of age
and member of the Presbyterian
Church.
"A proposition to purchase a
chemical engine tor Corvallis
aroused a debate in the council
Monday night. A special com.
mittee recommended that 55-gal-
loa chemical. to cost $3.50, be pur.
chased. The members divided or
the proposition, one side urging
that the city could not afford the
expense and that such an engine
in Corvallis would be of doubtful
utility, and the friends of the ea
gine arguing for its purchase on the
ground of its extreme efficiency ii
the early stages of fires. On tht
vote four members went on RECORD
against the purchase, and three
for it.
"A novel method is invoked BY
an Fastener who was in town las
week for determining the desirabil
ity of places he visits in search 70
location. He visits the cemeterie
at each town or city, and by tn
number of graves there proceeds t.
figure out mathematically tn
healthfulness of the location H
has been ON the road now for sew
eral weeks, and at each place wher
conditions seem inviting, he mad
a pilgrimage to the cities of the dead
His announcement, made on tn
street after view of the Cervalli
cemeteries, was that this town seem
to be about the healthiest place h
has struck. He says that all til
towns out west1 are healthier tha
similar places in the East.
"A sea of mud between the tw
depots, a horseless and shaftles
buggy in the midst of the sea an
two forlorn and helpless ladies in th
buggy, that was scene in tow
Monday. The horse had trieds t
pull the buggy out of the mud hole
but the fastenings had parted an
he had fitted. A man came alon
and, ahold of the remaining piec
of shaft, tried to pull the buggy
a place where the ladies could aligl
without danger of drowning in tt
mire. But the piece broke, an
there the buggy stood, and thel
the ladies melancholy and ssforior1
sat. How relief finally came is ne
known, but it came. The buggy
now in the shop, and the ladies wi
not go to sea again until the flow
ers bloom and the swallows twitte
in the sunshine.
Since Sunday, DR.. Cathey ha
been sufferer with blood poison
ing. From the first, the attack wa
violent, and for a time some alar1
was felt. He was, however, muc
better yesterday morning. Th
trouble was contracted while Dl
Cathey performed an operation O
young Zumwalt, who recently ha
scarlet fever The operation wa
, for removal of an abscess, and poi:
onous matter is supposed to hay
found 1odgment in small abrasio
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