The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-04-19

HI. w. Brooks, of the Portland
Journal, has been Corvallis visit
or since Monday.
Father Springer returned Mon
day evening from Albany, where
he was called to ofhciate at funer-
al
Mr.. and Mrs. Won der HELEN
are to arrive this week from south
ern Oregon, to spend Easter with
their children, George and Agnes,
who are students at O. A. G.
= Minister.-'Do you know,
little boy, that you should not fish
on the Sabbath day?'' Tommy
81 amt a-fshin', Boss; I'm jest
teachin' worms how ter swim"
Referendum petitions asking
submission of the appropriation bill
have been filed at the clerk Office.
They are from Be11fountain, and
are the first filed in Benton county.
There are As signers.
The order OF events for the
State Intercollegiate track meet at
Salem was agreed upon by the
managers at meeting at Salem
Monday. 1t is as follows: 100
yard dash, broad jump, 22o hurdle,
half mile run, discus, pole vault,
22o dash, hammer throw, mile run,
high jump, 40 run, 100 hurdle,
shotput, relay.
Mrs. J. A. Presley left yester-
day for her home at Myrtle Point,
after brief visit at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Wilkins. She
expects to return shortly and buy
a home and locate in Corvallis.
Her opinion of Corvallis after an
extended Eastern trip is that it is
the prettiest town she has seen,
An afternoon with I6 ladies as
guests was given Mrs. Presley by
Mrs. A. E. wilkins Saturday.
Two young men who, without
his permission, rode William Lead
better's horses a-fishing last Sun
day are known. The horses were
taken from the pasture, and when
the fishing ground was reached,
they were turned loose. It took
the rest of the day for the persons
Mr.. Leadbetter sent after them to
catch and get the horses home.
Mr.. Leadbetter is not exactly an
cry about it, but a repetition of the
case will result in a vigorous pros
ecution and a great deal of trouble
for the boys who do it..
Fruit & Waggoner, the popu-
lar liverymen, have arranged for an
auction sale of all the livestock and
vehicles in their brick stabler
Their lease expires in a short time.
and they have. after au extended
discussion of the matter, determin-
| ed to go out of business. They
have fine stable of horses, teams
and vehicles all of which are to
go under the hammer, at date
yet to be fixed, but expected to be
next Wednesday, April 26th. The
sale will be without reserve.
Ernst .Hinrichs of the last
graduating class at o. A. c. has
just received notice of his appoint
ment to a position in the great e.
lectrica1 works at Schenectady,
New York. He is to leave Hood
River in few days to take up his
new duties. A. S. Hall of the
same class left a mouth ago to take
| up position in the same establish
ment. He writes back that stud
ents from o. A. c. are admitted tc
the same place and on the same
basis with graduates or Stanford and
Berkeley. The plant turns out &c
to so carloads of finished product
| daily, and employs 10000 men.
Miss Eugenia Shelby arrived
| Monday from Portland, and assum-
ed charge OF Wells Fargo & CO..:
Office, vice S. L. Hays, resigned.
Miss Shelby is the daughter of Eu
gene Shelby, the well known super
intendent of the company with
headquarters at Portland, and has
been for a number of years stenog.
rapher and correspondent in the
Portland Office. Miss Shelby is an
obliging and capable business
woman and will doubtless become
popular with the Corvallis business
people, as well as in a social way
An adjourned meeting of the
city council was held Monday even
ing to hear the report of the com.