The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-03-25
Circuit court convenes Mon

KEY. reese went TO HOIllaHu
Wednesday for brief visit.
j. Z. Lewis went TO Portland
Thursday, on business trip.
Born, Tuesday, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Mike Bauer, a son.
Mrs. Gale has been quite ser
iously i'll this week.
Mrs. Emily Hartford went to
Portland Wednesday for a few
days visit.
An adjourned term of circuit
court is called for this morning at
nine o'clock.
Mrs. Ellen Mundy is slowly
recovering from weeks serious
illness with grippe.
The tryout for places on the
track team takes place on college
field next Saturday afternoon.
Miss Eta Smith returned
Thursday from a weeks visit at
Halsey, where her sister, Miss Ro-
bena Smith, is engaged in teaching
school.
-Born, yesterday, morning, to
Mr.. and Mrs. George Berry, son.
The parents are recent arrivals in
Corvallis.
Col. H. c. Darby of the Cadet
Regiment left Thursday for his
home n ar Salem to spend weeks
vacation.
The steamer Pomona arrived
up Thursday evening, and has re-
! sumed regular tri weekly trips be-
tween Corvallis and Portland.
Mrs. Charles w. Adams and
daughters, Essie and Dorothy are
to- leave in a few days for California
for visit. Mrs. Adams goes south
to seek health.
There are several cases of
measles about town. Among the
cases Is Stelena Barnell and little
son of John Creson, the latter being
quite severe case.
I The Lady Maccabees are to
/ give ball at the Opera house next
Friday night. The proceeds are to
go in aid of a rest room for ladies
at the Lewis and Clark.
/ An apron and bonnet sale will
be held Friday afternoon and even
ing at the Congregational church.
Sandwiches and coffee will be
served.
/ AT the First National bank
corner at 2: 80 this. Saturday after
noon, there is to be a demcnstra-
ton Of fire apparatus of new design
and device The demonstrator is
J. M. Rogers of Portland, who ar
rived yesterday. He has the Ander-
son coupling and spray nozzle.
/ Examinations for the end o1
the second term were concluded al
the college Thursday, and there Is
! an inter-term vacation until Mon.
/ day, when there will be registra.
ton for the final term of the year.
Numerous students went home fol
a hasty visit.
| Local real estate men complain
! that a just proportion of the i'm
migrants now arriving in Portland
is not reaching Benton. The ST.
rate from Missouri River points i:
. now in effect and trains reaching
Portland last week, came crowded
Large contingents of the home
seekers have reached Salem, Eu
gene and other east and west sidt
points. but only a comparative few
have found Corvallis. Some curios
ity is felt with respect to the con
dition, with some guessing as tt
whereabouts in the woodpile is -th'
niger.
The government wants bid
again. 1t wants to let contract fol
carrying the mail between Corvallis
and Inavale. It is only short tim,
ago that the department was ou
on the same errand. The trouble i!
that under the former call for bids
no bidders appeared, condition
that but rarely happens when tht
government has a job to let. Tht
new call is for bids to bring the
mail from Inava1e TO Corvallis by
1890 o'clock each morninn, 1eav
ing at two o'clock for the return
trip. The bids are to be opened
April 4th. The specifications are te
be seen and blanks to be had a
the Corvallis postof1ce.