The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-01-25


returned Sunday from brief vsit
with Portland friends.
Miss Rena Spencer left on
Mondays boat tor visit with rel
atives at Cove, Oregon.
Mrs. G. S. O. Humbert re-
turned Mo- day to Eugene after a
ten days visit with friends in this
city.
james E. West OF Hoskins,
made final proof on his homestead
Monday. His witnesses were Wal
lace Franfz and Howard Bush.
The resignation of W. E..
Yates Yves accepted and J. F. Yates
was e ted city attorney by the
council Monday night.
Guy Newton and William
Newton and family returned to
Portland on Mondays boat after a
months S stay IN Corvallis.
The resignation of Monroe
Cam ron as councilman in the Sec
ond ward wss accepted at meet
ing of the city council Monday
night. Ed Buxton was elected to
the vacancy. Mr.. Cameron's term
would have expired in June.
Two hundred and fifty acres
off the farm of John Whitaker was
sold last week to J. E. Zeigler of
Gervais, for $1,000. The sale in
cludes the hopyard ard was nego-
t'ated by James L. Lewis.
Amber & Waters have sold
the 45-acre home Of G. Dexton, just
west of Philomath, to A. Woods,
late of Monmouth, Oregon. The
price is $2,25o, Mr.. Woods taking
possession March 1st.
The Corvallis Grange will
meet next Saturday the 28th inst.
at O clock p, m. The officers for
the coming year will be installed by
the Willamette Grange. A good
time is guaranteed. All GraDgers
are requested to be present and take
part in the work.
The force at the county clerks
Office is engaged in making extern
sions on the tax roll. The work
cannot be closed up until after Feb
ruary first, on account of bills pend
ing in the legislature. Within
few days after the 1st, however, the
wo K will be completed, and the
rolls be turned over to Sheriff
Blu nett for collection of taxes.
Preparatory to the collection
of taxes, Sheriff Burnett is making
out lists Of taxpayers and the vslu-
ations f their property to be sent
into all the precincts for the conven-
fence of ttose who have taxes to
paw. By means of these lists each
individual can certain the amount
Of his tax and send it to the sheriff
without making trip to Corvallis,
expressly for the purpose. The ar
rangement, though it involves con-
siderable trouble for the sheriff
is time-saver for Taxpayers.
AT a meeting Monday night
the city council adopted an ordi,
nance prescribing regulations to be
observed in connecting houses and
toilets with sewers. The work
must be under the inspection of the
chef # p lice. All the fittings,
the materials to be us d and essen
tials in the work are des gnated in
the ordinance. A resolution was
adopted directing that in all instan-
ces, connections must be made by
July 1st at all residences served by
water and lateral sewers.
The Western Union Telegraph
Company is arranging to install a
sy stem of electric clocks in Corva1-
lis business houses. The company
furnishes the clock, and charges 81
per month for use of it. Each
clock is connected by telegraph
with clock in the Western Union
Office. known as the sub master
clock. 1t is the regulator of per-
feet character and its time is abso-
1utely accurate. 1t regulates each
of the other clocks to the fraction
of second. correcting time every
hour if necessary. Each day at
noon, time is sent out by telegraph
by the observatory at Portland, and
the net result is that absolutely cor
rect time is provided for in the sys-
TEN. A number of business places
have already ordered the. clocks.
among them most of the jewelers.,
and the postofice. .
/ "A new attraction for the opera
| house is Mahara' S carnival of Min
! ct,e1ev dated for February Ath. II