The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-04-26
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be in Corvallis May 10th.
DIR. George Ainslie of Portland
is the guest of Corvallis friends.
20. A. Dearing is in town. He
has position with the American
Tpye Founders at Portland.
-Mesdames Althouse and Kelly
of Albany, were Sunday guests of
Mrs. F. A. Helm.
Father Springer went to Port
land Monday for business visit.
Mrs. Haenel of Monroe. was
the guest over Easter of Corvallis
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ridder
of Wells, were guests Of Corvallis
friends this week.
Miss Bessie Michael arrived
Saturday from Portland for visit
with friends.
Mrs. Greer departed Saturday
for Eastern Oregon for visit with
her daughter.
After visit with relatives in
Washington Grandma Feese ar
rived home few days ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Yates visit
ed Albany friends over Sunday.
John F. Steiwer Of Jefferson.
was buying stock in the vicinity of
Monroe, Monday.
"A Shirt Waist dancing party
is to be given by the Coffee Club.
Friday evening. Fechter's o-ches-
ira is to furnish the music.
David Howard was committed
to the asylum Monday. His trouble
is of suicidal character and mostly
occasioned by lack of employment.
After an extended visit with
her uncle J. H. Harris in Corval-
lis, Miss Cloy Buchanan left Satur-
day for California, enroute to her
home in Tennessee.
Miss Edna Gillett, bookkeeper
for R. NJ. Wade & Co., left Satur-
day for visit with her parents at
Charlottesville.
Miss Hattie Moses is a guest
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. P.
4 A. Mssess Her isorne is ia4Tennas
See, and she arrived Friday.
There is new clerk at the
R. M. Wade hardware. He is H.
L. Hail, and he entered upon his
new duties Saturday morning. Mr..
Hall takes the position made vacant
by the resignation of w. G. Price
who has been for over year q
salesman in the establishment.
The senior class has selected,
Leroy Harlan, class poet; Alice
Wicklund and Ray L. Stout, class
orators; Lena Tartar, Edna Smith
and Mabel Ready, class song;
Maude Roberts, class will; Delbert
Proebstal, class prophet; Leon Web
Der, historian.
James Robinson the we'll
known Wren farmer. is severely
i'll at the Occidental Hotel in this
city. He arrived there Monday
from Cottage Grove, where he has
been under treatment by DR.. Ben
Job for the past two weeks. His
friends are more or less concerned
about his case.
"A huge smoke in the direction
of the Shotpouch country attracted
the attention of Corvallisites early
Monday morning. Inquiry elicit
ed the comforting information that
the smoke probaly came from W.
J. Wilkbank's camp fire, as on
the classic Shotpouch, he fried his
morning fish. Accompanied by
Mr.. Leonard, Mr.. Wilbanks re-
turned last night from several
days fishing trip to that part of
the country.
AT an adjourned meeting Mon
day night the city council adopted
resolution directed in the interest
of franchise for the Independ ant
Telephone Company that is now
seeking concessions in the city of
Portland The resolution testifes
as to the efficient character of the
service of the Corvallis Independ-
ent system and declares that ar
rangements by which direct COM
munication could be had by them
with Portland merchants and resi-
dents would be of reciprocal value
to all parties.
1t was necessary to throw open