The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-06-24

the Benton county clerks office was
Issued Wednesday to George W.
Humphrey, of Monroe.
Mrs. S. L. Kline returned Wed.
nesday evening from Oregon City,
where she went as delegate to the
w. R. C. state convention. Mrs.
Kline had the honor of being select
ed as delegate to the national W.
R. G. convention at Denver.
Tomorrow morning at the First
Methodist church there will be
sermon by Rev. Feese on the subject
Standing the Test After a Thor
ough Examination In view #
the fact that next week. in this citv,
occurs the Sunday school convex
ton, the evening topic tomorrow
will be, "The Scope of the Sunday
School,
"A lar9 treat is promised Cor
Wallis people on June Nth. The
occasion is an entertainment t. be
given by tue Presbyterian ard M.
E. churches, combined, at which
the appearance is promised of Pres
,dent PiDkey, Of the Cincinnati
School of Oratory. Further men
ton of the affair will appear later.
On a first come, first served
basis, nickel apiece will be PAID
+ t the TIMES Office for oae copy
each of issues of the TIMES referred
to in the following request from w.
l.. Patterson, an old O. A. G.. boy
at Baker City. ut has so happen
ed that 1 have failed to receive the
Issues of the TINES cont aiming the
Fl Id meet bstween n the O. A. G. and
U. of o. aud the Sal N meet. Would
be pleased to have these two issues
m allied to me. In common with
you other people, 1 have been inter.
ested in the remark able achieve.
ments of "our boys"
Senator J. H. Mitchell is on
trial in Portland. The poor old
man is unquestionably guilty. The
slighte-t doubt of that was removed
when Judge Bennett pleaded the
venerable senator's age, his care
lessness in his own business affairs
as line of defense that would be
followed. The evide nee of the gov.
ernment is overwhelming. Kribs
test flying as to conversations with
Mitchell about expediting the tim
Der claims, and Judge Tanner swear
ing that the senator received half
of the fees for expediting them and
that the latter knew at the time
WI a. the fees were for.
-Philomath correspondent in
Salem Statesman: Henry Ambleo
announces his intention to removr
81 90 to Corvallis. His removal te
the county seat will put him in
closer touch with his business, the
major part of which now centers
at Corvallis I'M tead of Phil
omsth, as formerly. The rtal
estate finn of which he is the
leading partner will station a
n an here TO look aft-r ils in'ereet
Philomath people seriously regre,
to Ioe Mr.. Amber from the roll Of
its citizel s. He has been in buei.
ness here for about eight years, dur
ing which time be has been potent
fact iu the building up and i'm
provems Mt of the community. Al
a result of his schemes of advel It's
ing hundreds of eat tsrners have mi
grated to Oregon, settling in ths
Pbiloms tn. Corvallis district OF
somewhere in the vii annette Val
ley.
1t used recently to be fashion
able to peddle about this town th'
statement that the legislature coule
not change the water bill so "a tt
make the commission elective. Sill
| ly as was the statement, it fooled {
number of innocent people, and FOL
time, duped them into opposition
to mouitain water. The publicly
given opinion of all the best law
yers in Corvallis that the chang
I can be made, aud the resolution o
the water committee itself suggest
ing that such change be made ane
declaring the right of the people tt
make it, has, however, completely
exploded that argument, and th'
water question in the coming elec
ton goes TO the people squarely or
its merits. There is absolutely nj
side issue. The question is SO shaped
that a man is either against bring
ing good water into this town, O
he is for it. If a man is against it
he simply insists that many of hi
neighbors shall be compelled t.
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