The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-08-19
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Miss Louise Webber returned !
to Portland Monday.
-Wanted-Hay and Oats. 1. D.
Bodine, Phone 29o.
Miss Eva Starr left Thursday
for a weeks visit with her sister,
Mrs. Perry Van Fleet, in Portland.
R. L. Taylor's grocery store IN
Hoffman addition will be opened
for business next Monday.
George Mangas of Defiance,
Ohio, has been for a day or two the
guest of his brother, Henry Man
gas. He left for home yesterday.
Mrs. M. R. Keeney of Browns.
vile, is visiting her daughters Mrs.
Senger and Mrs. J. E. Wagner, in
Corvallis.
Wheat dropped two cents in
the local market Thursday. and is
now quoted at 6S. The change is
on account of a drop in the Port
land market.
The ice cream social given by
the Christian church people on the
court house lawn, Tuesday evening
was pleasant and profitable affair,
about SIS being realized.
Misses Henrietta and Frances
Harris of Portland, were in Corval-
lis Thursday, enroute to Newport
for vacation, The young 1gdies
are daughters of the late H. E.
Harris former Corvallis merchant.
"A homestead proof was sub
mitted at the clerks Office yester-
day by Columbus Weed. The
claim is in Willamette precinct, ten
miles beyond Philomath.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Wicks
leave today for a two weeks out
ing. They will go into camp at
Nye Greek. Miss Minnie Wilson
and Miss Agnes Wilson will accom-
pany them and remain a week.
"A telephone message Thurs.
day from the Johnson-W Wilson camp
at Yachats, stated that venison was
plentiful there, as B. w. johnson
had killed small deer and E. E.
Wilson had captured large one.
There is red bull in the city
pound. He is short horn, three
year old OF thereabouts. The Wis
IDLE marks are a slit in each ear
Unless claimed before that time,
the animal is to be sold to the high
est bidder Tuesday.
Steps of stone with up to date
adjuncts are to be placed at the
north and south entrances to the
Administration building at the col
lege. At the Armory the rotter
wooden flooring is to be replaced
with a floor of cement.
The glaring inconsistency be
tween preaching and practice wer'
never better illustrated than when
on "peace day" last week wore
was received that General Wood hat
just succeeded in killing 900 Moro
in the Philippines.
Mrs. G. A. Robinson returned
Tuesday from a four weeks visi
to Portland and Elmer, Washing
ton. She was accompanied on th
return by her daughter, Mrs. Johl
Kriens and children, who will visi
her parents and other Corvallis rel
atives.
For the kind sympathy am
assistance of neighbors and friend
in their late bereavement. Mr.. am
Mrs. Homer Lilly, who sustaine
this week the loss of child, retur
their profound thanks, and reques
the Times to give. this expressio
thereof.
AN English debtor, on bein
sued, admitted that he had bo1
rowed the money, but said that til
plaintiff knew at the time it was
Kathleen Mavoureen loan." 81
Kathleen Mavoureen loan?" ques
toned the court with a puzzle
look. That's it, your lordship-
one of the it may be for years an
it may be forever sort"
"A peculiar runaway occurre
Wednesday in the southern part {
Benton County. A drummer hire
a livery rig at Junction City an
drove to Bellefountain, and at th
latter place the team took fright an
ran away. 1t is five miles frol
Bellefountain to Monroe, and th
team ran the five mile stretch an
pulled UP at the livery stable i
Monroe without damage of an
sort to rig or horses.
"A certain venerable archde,
con engaged as new footman,
well recommended youth who hs
carxad &c cto h1a hox, T>do Er