The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-01-25
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Born, Jan 10th, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Hart Of Westwood, son.
Mrs. Ward Wisecarr'ver Of Nc.
Minnville, arrived yesterday and is
the guest of relatives.
TO accommodate a constantly
charging class in embroidery, !
Mrs. Adams will be 2.t her rooms
every day until furt,her notice.
AT Sheda, today, occurs the
marriage OF Mss Mccormick, late
teacher "a the Corvallis public
schools, and E. J. Thrift of Nc
Clodd, Cal.
Charles Heckart begins in a
day or two the work of over haul
iEg the Andrews house on Fifth
street. The improvements are to
include pantry. porch, bath room
woodshed, new floors and several
other additions and extensions.
-Seratcr George Wright of
Yamhill, spent Sunday in this city.
Mrs. Wright has been since Satur-
day, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. F. Wilson. The hostess and
guest are relatives. s
After the 1st inst the room oc-
cupied by the Woldt cleaning es-
Enlistment will house the real es-
tate firm of Robinson & Stevenson.
The cleaning firm will remove inte
>a9reom south of J. H. Harris store.
-Mary's Peak with practically
no snow on its summit, grass grow
Ing in the pastures and wheat in
the fields, the temperature 90 and
athe balmy atmosphere of spring, =
Rthese were the conditions Monday,
and they excited universal ,eom-
Ement.
"A certain man in town wanted
to put Bell phone in his house a
year ago, and they asked him $1.2s
a month for it. Representatives ot
the same company, the other day
invited him to take a phone, offer.
ing it three months free. TIE So
licitors, it is related. got the marble
heart and icy eye.
"A special communication O.
Corvallis lodge No "a, A. F. & A
M. will be held Saturday evening
for the purpose of receiving M. W
Grand Master Thos. Gray. Al
Masons are cordially invited.
The C1ackamas county maj
who discovered and moved an IS
ton meteor three quarters of a mill
to his own home with his one hors
and one boy, ought to have tn
stone or the $40, 600 it is worth
An Oregon City jury has Just aware
ed the huge find to the Oregon Cit,
Iron Works On whose land it fel
from the sky.
Toledo Leader: Benton coun
ty has the lowest assessment of an,
county in the state. Their assess
ment is only IS mills and come
the nearest of conforming to th
laws as to values. The county
out of debt and there seems to be
determination to keep it so, as Ser
ator Avery has introduced a bill t
do away with the county recorde
transferring his duties to the cour
ty clerk giving him a deputy, ais
to reduce the salary of the count
judge and school superintendent
5000 each. If he can only devils
some law to control road supervis
ors old Benton will be on the sur
road to prosperity and is to be cor
graduated.
The brick building occupie
by Fruit & Waggener as a liver
stable has changed hands. Th
property was owned by Mrs. House
formerly Mrs. Montgomery, no,
i@of Independence. It was purchas
ed several days ago by w. P. La
ferty. The deed has not been filed
but the figure at which the propert
changed hands is supposed to b
about So, 900. The statement
that later on. the entire building
! to be fitted up as a monster stor
room. The plans contemplate
sixteen-foot ceiling, a plate glas
front of modern type, and a fnel
arranged interior 100 feet deep an
so feet wide. Fruit & Waggene
have several offers of new quarter
for their business.
twenty-five to FIVE was th
score by which OAC basketba
girls defeated the Lebanon Hig
School team in a game in the Al