The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-04-12
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County Clerk Moses visited
relatives at Yaquina over Sunday.
-Heber Swami of Portland, Wis
tied Corvallis relatives over Sun
day.
Large congregations were,
present both morning and evening
last Sunday at the Presbyterian
church, and the Bible school is
growing.
Two fine mohair heeces have
been secured for the Benton display
at the Lewis and Clark fair. They
are from. the herd of L. H. Hawley
in which two nannies each yielded
eight and half pounds. The
wool is more than a foot in length
and is very fine.
George Brown arrived Sunday
from the Sacramento Valley, Cali
fornia, where he was sent by the
Union Meat Company of Portland
=. to buy sheep for the Portland mar
ket. Large numbers Of mutton
were secured and shipped to Port
land by railroad. Sometime ago,
Mr.. Brown made a similar trip into
Eastern Oregon for the same
people.
Frank Conover, formerly of
Corvallis, is now at Butte, Mon
tana, where he holds a fine posi-
ton as a traveller for a big whole
sale house. The establishment is
one of the largest in Butte, and Mr..
Conover is one of the most trusted
men in the employ. His salary is
1000 year and expenses. He
and his family occupy brick res
idence which they built and own.
William Leadbetter arrived
Saturday, from New London, prov
ince of Ontario, Canada, after an
absence since the 4th of February.
He was called East by the death Of
his only brother. and business relat-
ed thereto. Two and three feet ot
snow, and temperature as low as
20 below, were among some Of the
trihing inconvenience that he en-
countered during his stay in Can
ada. He returned home via the
Canadian Pacific.
"A telephone message from AL
sea to the Times Monday, relates
how FIVE head of cattle died in the
valley last week as a result of pois
oning. Three of the animals be.
1onged to Mrs. Martha Slate. and
two TO Eldon Bowen. At first the
theory of larkspur or water hem
lock was advanced, but a postmor.
TEN showed this not to be true
Then surnise arose to the efec'
that perhaps the poisoning was BY
human hand and with malicious
intent. The phone message did
not reveal The name of the suspect,
if indeed a suspect there is in the
case.
Lieut.. Quin1an has received
from the Lewis snd Clark authori
ties the announcement that provis
ion has been made for the compel
tive military drill for which troph
: les are to be awarded the best drill
ed company. A list Of suggestion:
for conducting the drill was made
by Lieut.. Quinlan, and these have
all been Incorporated in the 6na
arrangement, save that the Oregon
National Guard is not admitted bu
is given an opportunity to drill a
gainst its own kind of soldiers
The o. A. c. cadets are to drill fo,
prizes during the period of thei
encampment at the Exposition
which is from June 18th to 18th
The council committee negoti
ating for an engineer to make pre-
1iminary survey for mountain waite
for Corvallis asked for and wa
granted further time ata meeting
of the council Monday night. Th'
committee is Councilnen Rennie
Hanse1 and Avery, and they are ii
communication with engineers al
Seattle, San Francisco, Portland
and other Coast points, some of the
latter being men of much promi
nence in their profession. Among
them is Mr.. Cummings who bull
the Seattle water works. the Dale
system and other important plants
He is expected in Corvallis in few
days. The committe proposes Il
proceed with extreme caution in or
der that no mistake may be made