The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-04-08

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more than last year or any other
year.
Mrs. Stratton, who is a sister
of Richard Williams of Portland.
and who has two sons in O. A. c.,
left for Portland Tuesday for fort
nights absence. She stops at Sa-
lem On her return to Corvallis to be
present at the dedication of a new
Congregational church, in which
she has placed memorial window
for her deceased parents.
The biggest railroad merger
yet proposed is the newly announc-
ed deal by which the New York
Central, the Chicago and North
western and Hartman lines are
joined into one system, extending
from ocean to ocean. Bigger and
bigger grow the mergers and con-
solidations. How long before all
the roads will be in one vast sys-
tenn? Then, what?
If those who look at Main
street and complain that the town
appears quiet will journey down to
Jobs addition their tune of quiet
conditions will change. There, the
sound of hammer and saw, the
whistle of the carpenter and the
hustle of building operations pre-
sent the opposite of quietude. A
new building for Mr.. Noyes, ano-
ther for Recorder, Vincent, and var
ious other operations are among the
things doings in the Addition,
which is now the busiest part of
Corvallis.
This afternoon occurs the try
out for selection of a team of ath-
letes to represent o. A. c. in the
indoor track meet at Columbia Uni
versity next Saturday. Many men
are in training, and there will Be
sharp competition for places on the
team and the opportunity it brings
to win the handsome gold medals
that Columbia University annually
hangs up to be contested for. In
this afternoons tryout nearly all
the events, both in field and track
will be pulled off.
-Friesse1, the Nevada football
player and sprinter is at the state
university, and the question be-
comes why did he leave the Univer-
sity of Nevada to enter the Univer-
sity Of Oregon? Since it is such
an unusual thing to do, how did it
happen to happen SO? The Eu-
gene Guard says: Friesse1 is now
at the University of Oregon, where
he is training with the track team,
aud is said to be crack all round
athlete, but the statement that the
U. o. is receiving a subsidy from
the Lewis and Clark Exposition is
ridiculous.
There has been rapid sale oi
lots in the Irwin block on Jefferson
between Eighth and Seventh,
which was recently placed on the
market. The block is divided into
six two lot tracts. Of the latter,
all but two have been sold. The
two unsold are, the northwest cor
ner and the southeast corner. The
middle tract on the East was seeur
ed by O. F. Gray, and those on the
the West by Ed Buxton who re.
sold them. Prof. J. B. Homer has
the southwest corner and E. D.
Jackson the northeast cornes. The
stipulation in all the sales is that
no barns shall be built on the prop
erty, and that the houses shall be
good ones. The block promises to
| become one of the best In town.
What is believed to be the big.
gest oak tree in the Willamette
Valley was measured the other day
by County Surveyor Jones and NJ
lP. Fruit. It is on the Wilson farm
between Halsey and Shedd and is
famed in that vicinity on account
Of its huge size. The Wilson's are
related, to the Swicks and Stewarts
of Corvallis. The. oak, at poin,
two feet from the ground is go feet
in circumference, giving it diam.
eter of nearly seven feet. At six
feet above the ground its girth is
~ feet, or more than seven feet il
diameter. It has an immense spread
of limb and gives evidence of hav.
ing been a monarch of the wild
prairie of the Willamette when on.
ly the coyote and the Red man in.
habited It, long centuries before the
White man had heard of it.
According to all accounts, q
poverty social given by the Relic.