The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-12-01
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The Ladies Coffee club will
give a card party at their hall on
Saturday evening December end.
Mrs. McBee and daughter,
left Wednesday for a Wis
it with Salem relatives.
Miss Gertrude Wilson is at
Oak Ridge. spending a few days
with relatives.
Mrs. A. D. Morrison left We'd
nesday for her home at Carlton, af-
ter a visit with Corvallis relatives
and friends.
Miss Minnie Woldt returned to
her home in Portland Thursday
morning, after a weeks visit with
friends.
Henry McBee aud family went
to Salem Wednesday to spend
Thanksgiving with relatives. They
are to return Sunday.
Misses Alice Edwards and
Claire Starr are spending the
Thanksgiving vacation at their
homes near Be1lfountain.
There will be no services or
Sunday school in the Congregation
al church on Sunday because of the
remodeling of the Auditorium.
Miss Thayer arrived from
Portland Wednesday for a few days
visit with her brothers, Edward
and Darwin Thayer at Cauthorn
Hall.
License to wed was issued by
Clerk Moses Wednesday to Jonas
c. Mann and Miss Ella Secdenberg
both of Philomath precinct. The
wedding occurred yesterday.
AT Monroe, the removal of tie
Wilhelm stock of merchandise into
the new store is in progress. 1t
began last Monday and two weeks
will be required to complete the
job.
I'm the county court, John
Whitaker has been appointed adj
ministrator of the estate of Par
melia Wrinkle, deceased, and his
bond filed at $1,000. P. M. Zier-
off is named surety, and the ap-
praisers are T. w. B. Smith and
Monroe Childers.
"A drill that was said to have
been very fine, was given Wednes-
day afternoon at the armory by the
physical culture class of o. A. c.
1t was a public exhibition and there
was a large crowd present, these
graceful exercises being much ad-
mired by the public generally.
I'm answer to a summons, Mrs.
J. Mason left last night for Sar
Francisco, to be at the bedside OF
her son Chester. recently injured il
a fall of 20 feet from a building or
which he was employed. The in
formation is that he is much worse
than was at first supposed, and the
mother has gone to be absent an in
definite period. The millinary es
Enlistment, meantime, is in charge
of Mrs. VIM. Crees.
Mrs. William Leadbettei dice
at the family home near the Cath
Ollie cemetery Thursday morning,
after a long illness. The funeral i:
to occur Sunday. The deceased is
a native of Scotland having beer
born in hampshire, May II, 1858
She lived for a time in Canada
aad has been for several years {
resident of Benton county.
The stage mail from Albany
for the next few months, will b.
somewhat later in arrival. Half al
hour more time is allowed by thu
schedule during winter months
and a consequence will be that dis
tribution at the postofice will b.
correspondingly postponed. TIT
mail is one of the heaviest that ar
rives at the local Office.
Oswald West, state land agent
was in town over Thanksgiving
looking after his hopyard on th'
island south of town. MI. Yves
has revolutionized the affairs of tn.
state land Office, and made Of TIL
state land agency au establishment
for the defense of the public domain
of the commonwealth. By hi:
energy. he has searched out small
tracts of land owned here and Their,
by the state, of which the state hat
no account whatever, the sales o
which already aggregate more thai
$40, 900. He has run down man,
frauds and brought the perpetrator
to the surface, and it is suspects
that he is on the track of more
with a prospect of development
to follow.