The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-05-13
LOCAL LORE.
NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.
The Cou1ings and Goings of People
Social Gossip. Personal Men
ton and Other Items of
Public Interest.

Public Interest.
ALI the regular services at the
M. E. church, South, Sunday
morning and evening.
There will be German preach
ing tomorrow at 2:3o p m. at the
Presbyterian church, BY J. c. Bey-
erline Of Albany. All are welcome.
Rev. H. D. Chambers. will
hold services in the Episcopal
church on Sunday next at the US
nal hours. A cordial invitation is
sextended to all to attend these
Services.
The Ladies of the Presbyser7
ian church will hold Rose Fair,
Saturday May Goth. Cash prizes
will be given for finest exhibits.
Look for fall particulars in our
!, next issue.
congregational church. Morn
! ing sermon, "The Universal Cos
pei" Evening sermon, "Isaiah,
or Israeps Greatest Prophet. :"
There will be service at Plymouth
at 500 O'Clock.
"A single piece of native copper,
weighing 1000 pounds, will be
part of the mining display from
Josephine county, Oregon, at the
Lewis and Clark Exposition.
An Ohio paper explains that
Mrs. Chadwick in her young days
borrowed $40 from a loan shark
and that the rest of her career in
frenzied finance was spent in an
endeavor to keep up the interest.
= Presbyterian church, M. S.
Bush, pastor. Morning subject;
The Church at Epfesus. Even
ing subject; 1.-THE Blind, Seeing;
the Seeing, Blind This will be
rose Sunday and the church will
be beautifully decorated. You are
invited.
-Duels to the death between
locomotives and trains, are the lat
est proposition for the Lewis and
Clark Fair A promoter writes that
he would like to place them on
once week, and guarantees in this
way to double>gate receipts On any
day. The plan is to have head-ou
: collisions al each performance, the
people being kept a certain distance
away for safety.
Pausiug uhcertain1y before a
desk in big insurance Office,
the Hlbernisn visitor said to the
clerk: hOi want to tex out a paw
Icy" Life, FIRE or mariner?
drawled sthe dapper clerk with in
finite sarcasm. All three; Dim
thinkin',' y replied the applicant,
t'O'im going for stoker il the
navy.
"A telephone message from Al.
sea to the Times yesterday is to ths
effect that trouble is a-brewing or
Five Rivers over the shooting 0
two head of cattle belonging to Ben
net Olsen. The cattle were running
: on the outrange, and Olsen receiv
ed a letter, informing him that un
less they were kept out Of the local
ity, they would be shot. That wa
{. week ago. No attention wa
paid to the letter of warning, ant
the cattle continued in the vicin
ity. Two of them were foun'
Wednesday, one dead and the othe
badly wounded from rifle shots
Whether the letter of warning wa
signed at all, and if SO. by whom
the Times did not learn. Th
statement Of the sender of the mes
sage was, that there is to be an in
vestigation, and that there is sus
pect in the case.
j. w. Ball, ex collector Q
customs for the Yaquina Bay dis
trict, was out from Newport Thurs
day. Jim used to have a bear, il
the cid days when the seaside bus
mess at Newport was not so hifa1u
tin, and fun was freer. Many
joke in which the bear furnished a
nusement for the seasiders. On
season, a cowboy, or at least
young man who wore cowbo
hat, was among those at Newpor
at that time. He was in the act c
climbing up a high bulkhead on
day, in front of Newport, just a
the bear was being led in that di
rection. As the mans head ar
peared above the wharf, the bea
appeared there, too. Both wer
equally startled. With q hoars
grow1 the bear reared to an uprigh