The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-07-26
NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.
The Comings and Goings of People
Social Gossip, Personal Men
ton and Other Items of
Public Interest.

Mis-. Harley Hall is visiting
relatives at Buena Vista for week.
Mrs. Grace Ward, Of Eugene,
arrived Saturday and is the guest
Of Corvallis relatives.
Work has commenced on the
new residence that Mrs. Sarah FL
gin IS building on the corner south
of the S. L. Kline home.
The Episcopal Sunday school
held a picnic Saturday afternoon
near Marys river. A good time is
reported.
The ladies of the Episcopal
Guild were pleasantly entertained
Friday afternoon az the home of
Mrs. George B. Ready. Dainty
refreshments were served.
Oswald West, state land agent,
spent Sunday in Corvallis. He
owns the 3o-acre hop yard on XII
ger Island and has about completed
a new hop house. Spraying is in
process at the yard.
MIR. aud Mrs. Allan Evans of
Illinois have arrived and are the
guests of R. c. Kiger, cousin of
Mr.. Evans. The visitors are out
on a tour of the coast and to see
the Lewis and Clark Fair. Mr..
Evans is one of the notable corn
growers IF his state.
Bathing in the Willamette, off
the o. R. & N. docks is popular
with young men about town now,
and almost every afternoon the
sport is INDUCED in. The small
boys do the same stunt in Marys
river at point known to them as
"The Old Ford"
The Seventh-day Adventists
begin a series of meetings in their
large tent located one block north
of the college campus. The meet.
1ngs begin next Thursday evening
and will be conducted by Pastors
J. J. Clark and c. J. Cole.
The Hales Early peach crop II
the R. c. Kiger orchard is now
ready tor picking. People who
furnish their own boxes and dc
their own picking can, Mr.. Kiger
requests the Times to say, have all
the peaches they want at fifty cents
per box. The crop is good.
One of the prettiest amateur
base ball games seen at Newport
for number of years was played
Sunday between Sile,z and Corval
lis in which the latter won by {
score of seven to six. Some of the
plays would have done credit te
professional teams.
The new residence of Hugh
Finley, under course of construc
ton on lots Immediately west o
Mrs. Sarah Cauthorn' residence
is rapidly approaching completion
The roof is on and enclosure of tht
framework largely completep. The
building is to cost 81 400. ano
Charles Heckert has the contract.
Last Sundays excursion car
ried 27o passengers into Newport
About seventy went from Corvallis
Enroute home an accident occurred
that delayed arrival into Corvalli
until after midnight. Betweei
Nortons and Nashville, something
about the locomotive gave away 81
that only two cars could be pullee
up to Summit at a time. Their
were six coaches, and it took three
trips and two hours or more Of de
lay to get all up to Summit.
Benton County has two repre-
sentatives on the jury in the new
trial of Congressman Williamson
DR.. Gesner and Commissione
Biggs. They are William Barc1a.
and Al Tharp, both of Souther.
Benton. One resides near Monro
and the other lives in the vicinit
of Bellefountain. Mr.. Barclay is
democrat and Mr.. Tharp repub
1ican. Both are straightforward
broadminded men, and neither vii
turn out to be with an obstreperou
minority in preventing a verdict
Both are old time residents Of th
county.
-Camped on the fiat near Mary
river bridge is family named NJ
Intyre. They have been there
fortnight or more while two son
worked in hay fields. Two year
ago, the McIntyres came to tn
Coast from Iowa, having at th
time journeyed through Corvallis
looking for a farm. They hav
been moving ever since having tax