The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-08-19

ton and Other Items of
Public Interest.
Miss Harriet Sheasgreen re-
turned Tuesday from ten days
stay with Newport frinds.
After a brief visit with her son
in this city, Mrs. Mary Bryson has
returned to Eugene.
Miss Naomi Cowan of Leba-
non, visited friends in this city
Thursday,
Mrs. E. w. S. Pratt and fam
lily left Thursday for visit at the
Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs R. J. Moses
were independence visitors Thurs
day.
i. L. Underwood and family
geft Wednesday for Portlsnd to see
the Fair.
j. NJ. Nolan and family return
ed Tuesday from a two weeks So
journ at Newport.
IN. B. Avery returned Tues
day from stay of five weeks at
Newport.
j. H. Harris and family are
home from four days fishing trip
at Nashville. They report good
catch,
Misses Leah and Gertrude
Barclay. Edna and Ada Finley left
Thursday for two weeks visit at
the Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Bryan and
Misses Grace Starr and Ivy Barclay
have been sight seeing at the Fair
the past week.
Mrs. Jerome Welch of Sioux
City, Iowa, arrived Thursday and
has since been the guest of rela-
Sives.
Julius Westfeldt dtwho has alread-
ybuilt one dwelling house this season
ds planning two more. They are to
DE located in the vicinity of his
2ome in the northern part of town.
According to Frank Whitaker
Ehe grain yield in the south end of
Benton is running 10 to 16 bushels.
The Newman boys got turnout of
On bI1She1S Der acre
Mrs. Estes and children, who
have spent the summer with Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Siup-on, left Sat
urday for their home IN San Fran
cisco.
"A. J. Johnson and family re-
turned the first of the week from a
fortnight spent in visiting relatives
in Portland and sightseeing at the
Exposition.
George Pruett. after a visit
with his brother Ralph Pruett, left
Tuesday for Portland where he will
see the Exposition before going TO
Philadelphia to enter college.
Mrs. w. T. Hewitt and child.
zen left Tuesday tor their home al
Stockton, California, after a two
months visit at the home of Mrs.
Barclay.
Mrs. Hibbs and son, the latter
of whom is an o. A c. student
were in Corvallis Thursday enroute
to Gheir home in CASTOR, from an
extended sojourn ir their cottage al
Newport.
Much threshing remains to be
done. Cloudy days of the past
week have filled everybody with
concern. All the threshers are re
ported far behind their work, due
to the extra yield of straw and thu
largely increased acreage. The es
tin1ate is that in Benton there art
two acres in cultivation this year Il
whera there was one last.
Wednesdays Albany Demo
~uat.-A young couple married il
Portland, came up on the moor
train on their way to Corvallis
where they will reside. They at
tracted general attention on &C
count of the usual lovesick manifes
tations it seems impossible for new
iy married people to hide.
Peach picking begins in th
Kiger. orchard Monday. and will b
in progress all next week. Th
varieties are Early Crawford an
eCharlottes, the best for cannin
purposes. Parties so desiring ca
take boxes and do their own pick
ing. The quality of the peaches
very fine. The orchard is cor
troHed by John Kiger.
Though current reports are
the contrary, there will be an unu:
aual aggregate of school money fc
distribution this autumn. Tt
amount in Benton will averag
nearly 81 per pupil according'to th