The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-09-27
LOCAL LORE.
NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.

he Comings and Goings of People
Social Gossip, Personal Men
tion and Other Items of
Public Interest.
Arthur and Miss Hettie Lilly
are spending this week at Portland.
Grover Avery returned Sunday
from a weeks visit at the Fair.
White and New Home Sewing
machines at j. H. Harris.
Miss Ethel Pierce of Hillsboro
and Mrs. M. Weeks of Poatland
are guests of Mrs. Sarah Moore.
Tom Davis, the Benton county
assessor, is spending a week at the
Fair.
Carl and H. E. Hodes left Sat-
urday for few days visit at the
Fair.
"A marriage license was issued
Friday to Jo-eph R. Harlan and
Nancy Pratt.
Uncle Ned Tommy, did you
ehrow your old shoes after the
bride? Tommy "a born diplomat)
Nav, l throwed mas old slippers.
-S3,16o. so is the value Of the
estate of Rhoda Taylor as per the
inventory of Administrator w. K.
Taylor filed last week.
Mrs. George Bowers of Van
~couver, B. c. is in the city visiting
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Bier.
Mr.. Bowers is now in the wholesale
and retail liquor business in Var
.Couver.
Next Saturday is Portland day
at the Fair, and, in a proclamation,
Governor Chamberlain has declar-
ed the occasion a legal holiday.
Public Offices at the court house
aud otherwnere will be closed.
J. c. Ward, pharmacist with
the Capital Drug Company is an
other former star on the gridiror
and graduate of o. A. c., and he
is studiously engaged in learning
signals and preparing for the great
game ON Saturday,.
Manfred Sets is Temporarily
ianitor at the court house. He has
been put on as relief for Janito1
Wells whose time is largely occu
pied with service of papers anc
gathering evidence in the liquor
Ease.
-Malinda F Starr has been ap
pointed executrix of the estate o
her mother, Mary A. Garlinghoust
with bond fixed at $1o,ooo He
sureties are Joseph Yates and Vim
Bogue. NJ NJ. Waltz, Rober
Kyle and A D. LeMas,er have
been appointed appraisers of the es
tate.
Peter Whitaker has just finish
ed building fine stable and higl
scorrall for the home Of the imported
Percheron stallion Fanion which
was bought by company of far
rners this fall. The building is OF
elle farm of Monroe Childers who ha
charge of Fanion. Fanion will b
FIVE years old the 9TH of next Apri
and weighs row about 1850 pounds
Sadie c, we'll known rae
mare owned by Reuben c. Kige
was drowned in the Willamette th
other day. She was in a pastuI
on Kiger Island farm, and appa1
emily went down to the rivers edg
ltooget drink. There was log a
the spot. and for some reason c
another she got outside the log an
was unable to regain the bank
She was the mother of Pilot an
was brood mare of much value
She was II years old.
Salem Statesman:-J. J. Thur
ton, prominent farmer of Poi
county, is in the city for an indie
inite stay to visit his brother San
who is suffering from a pre-
tracted spell of fever. Thursto
Bros. are heavily interested in tt
lumber business in Linn county
and have for several months pa
maintained an Office in Salem fl
wholesaling lumber to local yard
In case Sam Thurston is compelle
to remove to southern California {
account of his health. as he is no
advised to do, his brother Zip
will continue the business in Sale
for the present. Zip" is an alun
nus of the Oregon Agricultural CO
1ege, and is taking a keen intere
in the coming football game to
played on Corvallis field next Sa
7urday between a team, made I