The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-10-31
LOCAL LORE.
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Father Springer was business
visitor in Newport over Sunday.
Miss Erma Sutherland of Port
land is the guest of Mrs. Austin
Laferty.
Mrs. jamie Hays .returned yes
terday to her home al Dallas after
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. A. 7. Cru
gett.
F. Berchtold was one of the
speakers at a celebration of the 37th
anniversary Of the A. 0. U. W. in
Albany Friday evening.
Unique invitations have been
issued by Rev. and Mrs. Simpson
to the young people OF the church
for Halloween pprty to be given
at the rectory tonight.
New residents in the city are
Mrs. Sarah A. Kemp and daugh-
ter, of St. Johns. They are the
widow and daughter of the late
: Rev. w. A. Kemp, and were form
er1y residents of Corvallis.
James Scott and Nancy E.
McElhiney are to be welded in
this town tomorrow. They are
aged respectively 90 and so years,
and are estimable people from Fair
mount precinct. The license for
their union was issued Monday.
The will of the late Charles
M. Smith has been filed for pro-
bate at the clerks Office. 1t leaves
to each of the six children 500
each, and the remainder Of the es-
tate valued at $40, ooo,s goes to the
widow. Mrs. Smith is named as
executrix, to serve without bonds.
Building operations in Corval-
lis are still wide spread. The near
approach of winter appears not to
have perceptibly slackened the act
ivity. Sawmill men say bills fo1
lumber for new dwelling houses
ceme in as frequently now as they
did in the middle of summer. 1t is
guessed that the number of dwell
ings built during the season is
double that of any former year.
L ester Smith, eldest son. o.
Mrs. G. M. Smith who resides OF
Odd Fellows hill, was married Sun
day to Miss Elva Reed, daughter o
Mrs. William Reed, who resides OF
the Stewart place north of town
The wedding occurred at the hom'
of the brides parents, and the kno
was tied by Rev. Feese of TIL
Methodist church. The youna
couple left Monday for
brief visit in Kings Valley.
The entertainment given th
ladies of the Feronian literary soci
ETY. Saturday night by the Philadel
phian society was unusually pleas
ant. There was a program tha
consisted of an instrumental mum
ber by Mr.. Frank, a recitation b
Walter Waggoner, banjo solo b
Mr.. Poe, followed by an encor
number. and a farce by Messrs Be
man. johnson, Jordan and Dicker
A supper was the concluding fes
ture of this enjoyable affair.
News of the burning of the co
1ege building at Philomath we
flashed into Corvallis by telephon
but short time after the fire star
ed. Thus directed, many Corva1l
people were able to see the smol
from the burning structure whic
rose skyward in huge column
the westward. The fire brokeol
shortly after two o clock, aud in Il
TIMES Office. the story of it sws
written and in type shortly aft.
four o'c1ock. The new centur
has marvellous conveniences.
"A richly dressed lady enterir
New York car. found every Sc,
filed. A man got up to give Il
lady his seat. Alter carefully wi
ing the seat off with her dainty la,
handkerchief, she sat down. II
man who was a laboref, after e
aiming her for moment, sal
Excuse me lady. I forgot som
thing The lady arose, and aft
very carefully busting the seat wi
a large bandanna handkerchie
with which he whipped from b
pocket, he sH down. saying polit
", "Thank you mada&
The Portland n@spapers cof
ment much now onEhe annual gar
of footbaH betwesR U. of o. al
OAC. They saysit is a game cor
ing to be to Oregon what the a
nual Berkeley Stanford game is