The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-03-25

President T. NJ. Catch return
ed Thursday from attendance at a
session of the Development League
at Salem.
Late word from Portland is to
the effect that J. NJ. Nolan is no
better. He has been for three weeks
or more in a hospital there, and
has been several times under the
surgeons knife. Alarm is net felt,
but it Is expected that his stay in
the hospital will be somewhat pro-
longed.
The steamboat Oregona arriv-
ed up yesterday and is hauling
wheat to the Corvallis Mills from
warehouses up the river. She will
be engaged in the traffic as long as
the stage of water will permit. The
Willamette is now six. feet three
inches. Two weeks ago, it was but
a foot and alf above the summer
stage.
congregational church tomor.
row-Worehie at II a. N. Subject
of sermon, "Cllrist's First Coming,
Its Effect Upo', the World, Its Eff
feet Upon the Individual" Subject
for evening sermon, "Christ's Sec
ond Coming, When Will 1t Be,
What Will 1t Be to You2"'
Two teams are practicing for
an indoor game of base ball to be
played in the armory the latter
part of next week. Many of the
players are extra geodsm men and the
indications are that the game will
be highly interesting. One is q
down town team, and the struggle
will be case of the town against
the college.
-Prof. F. S. Haroun, formerly
of Philomath and now manager of
business college at Eugene is sued
by his wife for divorce, and Miss
Maud Decker is named as CORE
spondent. Adultery is the grounds.
In card, Haroun denies every
thing and~says it is blackmail. Mr..
and Mrs. Haroun were married in
Missouri in August 1884, and four
children are the issue. Miss Deck
er is an assistant in the business
college.
The first debate of the series
for the Catch cup occurs in College
chapel Tuesday evening, and will
be between the Pierian and Phila-
|ldelphian literary societies. The
team of the former is, Miss Alice
Edwards, Miss Minnie Phillips and
Miss Maud Roberts. The other
team is, Elmer Rawsou, Fred Roth
and Arthur Berman. The question
is, 'Resolved-That a Nation Ad.
vanced in Civilization Is Justified
in the Interest of Humanity al
Large in Enforcing Its Authority
Upon an Inferior People. The
young ladies have the negative ot
the question. The latter is the
same team that debated for the Pie.
rians last year.
Henry Bailey, a livery man Of
Port Townsend has been in Corval-
lis since Tuesday purchasing stock
for use ip his business, and for 9th
er purposes. Soon after his arrival
he bought fifteen head of horses
from Jesse Wiley and shipped these
by rail Thursday. This is the larg.
est single shipment of horses from
this point in many years. Mr.
Bailey remains here and with the
assistance of Mr.. Wiley hopes to
secure twenty additional horses
within the next two weeks. Horses
weighing from 1880 pounds and
heavier, medium age, is the class of
animals desired. Mr.. Bailey was
at one time a resident of Benton,
having worked as farm hand in
Willamette precinct, twenty years
ago. He is now a person of con.
siderable means and refers with in
terest to his experience in Benton
, , when he worked long hours on a
ranch at so cents per day. Many
people here have kindly remem-
brances of Mr.. Bailey.