The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-09-06
Clerk Victor Moses was Wis
itor to Albany Monday.

-G. V. SkeltOn ana llttle SUI
are Fair visitors this week.
Misses Eva and Elva johnson
Of Portland are guests of Miss Ed
ma Groves.
Miss Hazel Weller left Tues.
day Tor her home at Brownsville,
after visit with Corvallis friends.
MIR. and Mrs. Harley Hall re-
turned Friday from weeks visit
at the Faii and other points.
Mrs. A. ]. Hall of Polk county
has been the guest since Monday OF
Corvallis relatives.
TO date, 1872 hunters licenses
and S4 fire permits have been 1ssu-
ed in Benton.
Mrs. M. Jacobs and daughters
are Portland visitors. They are
to be absent for two weeks.
Mrs. Lura Campbell, former
teacher in Corvallis schools, is to
teach at McCloud, California, the
coming year.
Miss Letha Patton of Ha1sey,
a former 0. A. G. student. has ac-
cepted a position in Hamilton's S
store at Albany.
J. W. Roberts, after visit
with Corvallis friends, left Monday
for Albany, enroute to his home at
Arapahoe, Nebraska.
Miss Lavlna Wood has been
confined at home with illness this
week. During her absence Miss
Mabel Wood is clerking at Moses
Bros store.
Mrs. Sherman Wade of East
ern Oregon, who has been visiting
her mother. Mrs. Rickard, for a
week expects to leave for her home
Friday.
Levi Oren has been laid up for
several days with very sore hand,
caused from splinter piercing it.
An operation was performed on the
member. and Mr.. Oren is able now
to be about.
MIR. and Mrs. S. E. Trask re-
turned Sunday to Yaquina, where
Mr.. Trask will resume charge
Of the general merchandise store
that he formerly conducted.
Her friends and relatives are
much concerned about the health
of Miss Louise Gilbert who is suf-
feriug at the family home in this
city with lung trouble. Members
of the family are all at the bedside.
One of the best crops reported
is that of Don Longbottom in Alsea
The yield of the farm was As bush
els per acre for oats aud 80 bushels
for wheat. On farms generally in
the Alsea, the crop is below the
average.
Benton county is practically On
cash basis. This year the coun-
ty paid cash for everything from
March 2eth to June 8th. The same
condition prevailed last year. Ben
ron is the only debtless county in
the state.
MIR. Melvin who was so rough
ly handled by bull last week is
rapidly recovering from the many
bruises he sustained> in the mixup.
He still at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. A. Hall, west of town.
The county board of Equaliz-
alton was in session all last week.
Very few taxpayers applied for
adjudication Of their assessments.
But few changes wene made, the
principal being two reductions. of
valuations to the amount of few
hundred. A large number of mat
tiers were continued for action by
the county court.
H. Shook of Salem. who is
experimenting the construction of a
high school building at klamath
Falls, few days ago fell through
stairway hole twelve feet to the
floor below and was considerably
bruised and somewhat crippled.
Mr.. Shook was the contractor that
built Mechanical Hall.
Connections over the Inde-
pendent telephone line with New
porf are delayed temporarily pend
ing the installation Of a switch
board at Summit. The local sys-
tenn has line working to Summit,
and a line to Summit from New
port has been completed save
the installation of phones and the
joining with the switchboard. The
mit-Newport line is built by
farmers along the way at a cost Of
more than $4,000.
BY an explosion of gasoline,
Mrs: w. S. McFadden was severely
burned last week. The family is