The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-06-21
LOCAL LORE.
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of San Francisco, arrived yesterday
for a visit with relatives.
j. J. Cady returned the first
of this week from a several days
trip to Portland.
j. D. Stains departed Sunday
for his home in Crook county after
visit in this city.
-"Bilr' Francisco and wife re-
turned Monday from a few days
visit to the Exposition.
Mrs. Mollie Starns and
daughter returned to their home
in Salem Saturday, after brief
visit In Corvallis.
Miss Cecil Erwin who is suf-
fering from typhoid fever, is report
ed as being some better.
Mrs. Nettie Stow left yester-
day for her home in Nebraska
after visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. B. Cramer.
After a visit of ten days with
Corvallis friends Miss Myrtle
Shonkwiler returned yesterday to
Oregon City.
Mrs. Joseph Wilson and
children have taken rooms with
Mrs. B. w. Wilson for the present.
The family is to leave shortly to
join Joseph Wilson in Nevada.
Alton Coates is now in the
employ of the famous A. G.
Spaulding Co.. of Chicago, the
biggest sporting goods house in
the United States.
e. R. Bryson, Miss Helen
Ho1gate, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Kiger, Mrs. Rennie, w. o. Trine
and A. Johnson returned from
Portland on Saturdays evening
train.
Among those returning from
the Exposition yesterday were Mr..
and Mrs. M. M. Davis; Miss Paul
Inc Davis, Miss Mary Nolan. Miss
Lulu Spangler.
Mrs. Helen E. Borst and
daughter Gladys left Thursday for
their home in Centralia, Washing
ton. Enroute they will spend a
week at the Fair.
Mrs. J.E. Conner arrived
Monday from Santa Rosa, Califor-
MIA, for visit with her brother,
Willard Linville.
Mrs. M. P. Burnett left yes
terday for a visit with relatives at
Baker City. She was accompan-
led to Portland by Sheriff Burnett
who will spend few days at the
Fair.
e. ]. Dunn has disposed of his.
interest in the grocery store Of
Dunn & Thatcher. The new part
ner in the firm is A. P. johnson,
who has already taken his place in
~the establishment. The transact
ion was closed the last of the week.
Everybody who has been
there, declares the Fair to be good.
The enterprise is not on so stupen-
dous scale as at St. Louis, but all
the exhibits are good and of sudlc-
lent value from the standpoint of
education that all should see them.
Portland hotel men are charg-
ing more for rooms than they did
before the Fair. That is the state
ment Of most people who have
tried 1t. Rooms, in many instances
that were $1.5o per day, are So. 30
now. There are said to be many
good private places where comfort.
able rooms can be had at reason
able rates. Restaurant prices ac-
cording to most accounts, are not
materially changed.
Beginning in Portland today,
occurs the National Good Roads
convention. The programme con-
tinues through four days, and in-
wolves speakers from half the states
in the Union, many OF them men of
national reputation. Every phase
of roads and road building, with
information from all parts of the
earth are comprised in the topics
for discussion. If all the people Of
Oregon could attend and hear the
various addresses, an immen e
movement would be certain to re-
suit that would start a mighty rev.
olution in the condition of public
highways in the state.
AT Simpson chapel this, We'd
nesday evening occurs the eighth
grade graduating exercises of
pupils from the schools of districts