The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-01-28

W1nd S Orm or iueSday nfgnI. Eu-
gene is wet town.
The loci oratorical contest
was scheduled to t.ke place in
College Armory after the TIMES
press hour last night
Government Inspector Hobbs
was in town Wednesday aod Thurs
day, but he found business in his
line very dull here.
The tax rate which Ashland
property owners are called upon to
pay this year IS 54 mills. That
wouldn't look very good to a Cor
wallis taxpayer.
Otis Taylor, of the class of 81
has been visiting his alma mater
during the we K. Mr.. Taylor is
eng gel il agricultural pursuits
near Hals@y.
Miss Nellie Barnhart enter
tanned a number of friends at her
home Thursday evening, that date
taving been her sixteenth annivers-
aTy.
Miss Grace Huff, who has
been sick with appendicitis, and
who recently underwent serious
operation for the removal Of an ap-
pendiceal abscess, is recovering.
"A Nebraska statesman has in
troduced a bill in the legislature to
prohibit football. Some relative or
friend of his must be manager of a
team and interested in good adver-
tising to swell gate receipts next
season.
The hoys basket ball team at
o. A. c. left yesterday afternoon to
play match game with the All
Star team at Portland last night.
Tonight they play game at Ore
gon City, and are to return home
Sunday. The team is accompanied
by Physical Director Trine.
Temporary repairs at the mouth
of the Jefferson street sewer were
completed Thursday. A rectang
ular bulkhsad was erected to pre-
vent caving, and the G. & E.
company brought carload of rock
to fill IN about the struc ure.
DIR. R4y Palmer's subject to-
morrow afternoon at 3 is "More
Than Match for the Devil" and
at 1880, docs Death End ALL, or
Shall We Live Aeain?" Both meet
ings will occur at the College Ar
mory.
Oregon sheriffs breathe easier
sine the failure of the legislature to
set whipping post in each county
for the benefit of Wife-bea'ers. It
looked as though the legislators
might reduce their salaries, impose
the additional duty of thrashing Of
lending husbands aud be required
to buy Their own blacksnakes.
!. An uau ual wind torn Tues
day night created such rattling
and banging as to induce the sup
position that well-ordered party
was paying its respects to newly
welded couple, but no damage
worth men1 oning resulted. The
wind attained velocity of twenty
miles an hour.
-Sevmonr Simpson and family,
Byrou Taylor reports, are now res
ide4ts of Spokans Falls. Mr..
Simpsons health is much improv-
ed, and Miss Pearl. the daughter,
q no was seriously i'll from pnlmo
| nary ailments when she left Corva1
lis, has almost entirely recovered
Mr.. Simp on conducts an employ
ment agency il connection with {
real estate business.
| Byron Taylor arrived Wednes
day from Sp;,kane Falls where
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j
c. Taylor, he had been sojournin,
several months. Mr.. Taylor
health has much improved since b
went to Spokane Falls, but he be
lieves it has been more as a resul
4 of treatment than of the climate
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor will retura t
Corvallis about the middle Of mex
. month to remain for a time. but Ia
ter they expect to go to yCalifornl
for n indefinite time.
j. L. Gator and W. II. Dill
returned Wednesday from Port1an
where they had been acting, as {
, S. grand jurors. Both were on til
case of George Sorenson, on tris
for an attempt to bribe U. S. Alto
ney John Hall, in connection wit
t the land fraud cases. Mr.. Cate
E speaks in high praise of sProsecu
A 4 Il.