The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-05-10

bell has just completed two terms
of school at Hood River.
w. o. Heckart of Eugene, has
been awarded the contract for
building a high school at klamath
Falls. The contract price is $2e,
500.
Dock Jackson has purchased
the two lots in the Northeast cor7
ner of the Irwin block, and is Short
ly to begin the erection of modern
residence thereon.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Rose ar
rived Monday from St. Louis, Mo.
Until May 3rd Mrs. Rose was Miss
Kate Meyers, the couple having
been sweethearts for twenty years.
-"You are beautiful enough to
be wooed by an emperor" Am I
beautiful enough to be wooed by
duke?" YES indeed, but not
rich enough
Eve can't have everything in
this life.'' said the philosopher"
"No," answered Stax, 1.-The ideal
but impossible combination is a
millionaire menu with a deck hand
The State of Iowa pays Prof.
Holden $4,000 a year, says an
Iowa paper, to teach farmers how
to grow grain at profit. The
State grew Fl 1-2 bushels to the
acre, but under the teaching of
Prof. Holden, the crop was increas-
ed to 40 bushels an acre. The in
creased value of the crop was
$40, 900, 900.
Mr.. Hurd, owner Of the tug
Roscoe which makes occasional
trips into Yaquina Bay, was in
town yesterday on business. His
home is at Coos Bay where he is an
extensive operator in mercantile,
shipping. salmon canning and other
ways. The Roscoe is now at va
qnina. whittier Mr.. Hurd went
yesterday for the trip home by
water.
Tie bid Of J. R. Smith & Co.
was submitted at meeting of the
council Monday evening, offering
to construct two block, sewer lat
eral through the Marshall Miller
block and Southern Pacific block to
the S. P. railroad depot. The fig
ure in the bid was $585. The
matter was referred to the sewer
committee with instructions to
notify the parties.
Mrs. 7. Moron returned Fri
day from a weeks visit at Hood
River. While there Mrs. Norton
attended, last Tuesday. the mar
riage of her son, Dolph R. Norton
and Miss Cora Copple. With his
brother-in-law, Hugh Smith, the
groom is engaged in the plumbing
business. The bride has been a
teacher in the public schools OF
Hood River for the past three
years.
Wool has reached IS I-2 cents
in the local market. A dealer said
yesterday that best lots now would
bring that amount. In other cases,
he said, no more than rs cents
could be paid. A feature of the
situation, is the fact that practical.
ly all the clip is sold. Most of it is
yet on the backs of the sheep. but
the farmer has bargained it away al
figures ranging from 22 up to
rs Ia. A large part of it went at
"a and rs cents. Shearing is in
progress, and in a small way, de
liveries have already begun. One
firm shipped 5000 pounds the 9th.
er day and was shipping another
5000 yesterday.
No street carnival is to unfold its
tents in the town. By that token
some people are glad, and some
are out of humor. Some wanted
the attractiont some did not. Some
say that it would have brought
to town all the population of the
county to spend money with Cor
wallis dealers and caravansaries,
and others that obviously it would
have taken out more money than it
would have brought in. The Fire
men voted against hooking ur
with the shows on the ground, it is
said, that they should have had Is
per cent instead of the IS per cent
of the proceeds that the carnival
people offered. The advance agent
wouldn't grant the IS per cent,
saying that if the Firemen would
nav salaries and EXPENSES and oive