The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-08-06
LOCAL LORE.
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Peaches at the Kiger orchard
are now ri e. and ready for picking
People who want them are invited
to come and do their own picking.
Con Gerhard and family re-
turned Wednesday from a tIrree
weeks outing at Lake Creek, Lane
county.
Among the guests registered
at Hotel Corvallis Thursdav. were
E.O. Potter, Eugene; W J. Wilsey
Prescott, Arizona; George H. Az
drews and w. w. Bretherton. Port
land.
There was quiet wedding ov-
er at the county clerks Office We'd
nesday. TT. Vincent was the Off
ciating minister, aud the witnesses
were 'he county clerk and the coun-
ty recorder. The groom was IA.
Barnes and the bride Miss Pearl
Stacy, both of Fairmount.
News from the bedside of Bey
Rickard is favorable. An operati-
on for floating kidney was perform
ed upon him Monday forenoon in
a Portland hospital. and he rallied
from the shock in an encouraging
manner. The operation that was to
have been performed for the relief
of a arrangement of the stomach,
however, was postponed. as it was
not thought advisable to under
take it at present, owing to the Sc
rious nature of the ailment.
News from there by telephone
Thursday morning stated that the
depot at Suver station had been
consumed by fire at nine o'clock.
1t is supposed to have caught from
a spark dropped by the freight
that passed there a short time be-
fore. The warehouse burned at
Suver only few months ago, and
this second calamity will have a
most depressing effect on the viii
lage and adjacent country.
There was jolly hay rack par
ty Wednesday night. 1t was given
by tbs yonng people of the Pfesby-
terian church. and between IS and
80 were in the crowd that left Cor
wallis at an early hour in the even
ing, headed for French Grove, a
few miles west of town. Upon ar
rival at the spot, a camp fire was
started, and after time of merry
making and fun. refreshments we've
served and the return to Corvallis
begun. The affair was one of the
most enjoyable of outdoor enter
tainments given here this season.
-J.W.Sweavey, member of the
we'll known hop firm of Sweavy
Brothers, of Eugene, who have ov.
er 100 acres of hops, and whose es
TINA es are usually correct concern
ing the hop industry, has express
ed some very pronounced opin ons
regarding the coming crop. "A.
mong other things. he said to a
d Guard Reporter that the price OF
hops this year would not -ach the
figures that it did last year. because
reports from Germany, England,
New York aud all parts of the Pa
cifc Coast indicated good crops
which would keep the price dowa.
He did not think that the IS cent
mark would be reached at all,
whereas last year a great many
sales were made at that figure and
many higher than that. MrSweavy
hasjust returned from trip through
the valley and says that every hop
yard he saw looked fine except
one near Hubbard, Marion county,
which is located on high piece
OF ground. The vines were literal.
ly cooked by the hot sun. This is
on account of the lack of moisture
in the ground. Oo the 1owland:
moisture is plentiful and the yards
look fine.
There were two astonished
boys out on the Locke farm north
OF Corvallis Thursday night. They
were Otto and Walter Locke, ane
the cause of their surprise was hay
rack, loaded with young people,
that rolled up to the farm house al
an early hour Thursday evening
The crowd came from Corvallis, anc
numbered about rs. The party
was planned by Mrs. Horace Locke,
and all the details were carried out
in charming and satisfactory man
ner. AT the Locke home, ice cream
cake and home made candy were
features that occupied the time and
added to the joy of the occasion.
After season of gaiety and merry.
nIv Il.