The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-12-29

the return of County Clerk Moses
from his wedding trip.
Don't forget the street parade
aud cor csrt by the Jerry from
Kerry" band next Wednesday at q
p. m.
Jerry from Kerry is the title of
a musical farce-comedy to be pro-
duced at the Opera house next
Wednesday night by a Boston COM
pany. There are 20 people in the
aggregation, and every account lie
big hly credi;able to the performance
they give,
-"Carnality, the foe to Good
Resolutions" is the topic for the
morning aermon, and "Tbe Certair-
ties and Uncertainties of Life" the
theme for the evening sermon at the
Methodist church Sunday. There
is to be Q watch night service from
1890 to midnight Sunday evening,
to which the public ls invited.
Sam Ewing, one of the propri-
etors of the Benton County sawmill
was married in Portland Wednes-
day to Miss Hodges, who formerly
resided at the sawmill. The err
emooy was witnessed by M. and
Mrs. Finn, the former of whom is
Mr.. Ewiug's partner 10 the lumber
business. M. and MIS-. Ewing ar
rived via the Westside today and
are to leave for Philomath, to re-
side.
An Astoria dispatch yesterday
says that the government station at
North Head was wrecked by light
ming Tuesday. Operator Killlher
was knocked eenseless temporarily,
valuable meteorological instruments
were destroyed, the house set on
fire, and telephone instruments
shattered and the nickel fixtures
III. t d. The wires were burned
anu twisted | aiding to the cables.
TIE is"u.e was saved but the en-
ire at blishment will have to tie
reconstructed.
In hunters licenses, Benton
county paid 1892 the past year, for
the privilege of bunting. That
means that 492 licenses were issued
at a dollar each. All the licenses
will expire with the old year, Sun
day night. January Let, which will
be Monday, 10 hunter will have a
right to shoot on his old license,
which means that the duck hunter
must take out a new license at once,
or go out Of business. The license
t~ken out, on orsafter January lit
will be good for the year 1906, fol
W Iis h ,ea-on many hunters who
wish . o get the benefit of the est o.
the duck shooting season will prob
ably provide themselves with a new
license at once No less than IL
ooo hunters licenses were taken ou'
in the Stats during the year 1915
Editor Bennett, Of the Irrigor
I%rripator, vas In town for a few
hours "Wednesday afternoon, enlist
ing interest ofnewspaper men in thu
meeting of the Oregon Press Asso
citation and the Development League
to be held at Portland January 12tl
and 18th. Mr.. Bennett is a mai
OF so, and a most amiable person
He is called the Bill Nye of Ore
gon journalism on account of hum
orous letters that be writes from
Rabbitville. Formerly Mr.. Ben
nett resided in Portland, but he lef
there in 1894 and went to New Yorl
City, where with two sons he no,
has a job printing establishment
utilizing 16 presses and 80 men
He established the Irrigstor in
new Eastern Or gon town q coupl
f of years ago.
| There was good cheer at th
; home of Lewis Hartley on Christ
mas day. All the Hartley's With
: hailing distance were there. Anon
them were N. B. Hartley, wife an
tiny son, of Cottage Grove, Mr.. an
: Mrs. Will Potts and three children
lately arrived from Ottumwa, Iowa
II (Mrs. Potts is a daughter of Levi
Harley and has come here to live
$ Mr.. J. G. Hartley, wife and min
children. A daughter of Mrs. /.
f G. Hartley has lately arrived frer
Oklahoma with her husband, M
e Charles Forsythe and one chile
S Three weeks ago they were in til
: southland where the "cotton bloI
som grows and were found thel
in the cotton. patch. The
:; will very likely make this the:
home. Counting Lewis Hartle.
wife and Miss Sophia, there wei
% present.