The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-08-09
LOCAL LORE.
NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.
The Comings and Goings of People
Social Gossip, Personal Men
ton and Other Items of
Public Interest.

Prof. J. B. Horner is rusticat-
ing at Enterprise, Eastern Oregon
Miss Harriet Sheasgreen left
Saturday for a week at Newport.
Prof. Coote returned Saturday
from a week spent in Portland and
British Columbia.
Secretary Daily Of the college
board was up Saturday from Port
land on college business.
What Benton lacks in yield of
wheat she will make up in quality
and quantity The acreage is the
greatest III years.
Gus Harding has threshed
vetch that went ~ bushels per
acre, and has another field that is
expected to yield 80 bushel.
Rod. Nash passed through
town Sunday, enroute to the Stei-
wer farm in Mariou county, for a
visit.
1t took six coaches to carry
Sundays excursion to Newport.
All of them were we'll filled. Eigh-
tv six persons went from Corvallis.
Wheat is quoted al 70 cents at
he local mills. That is within
isht cents of the Portland price,
and ss high as is paid at any point
in the Valley. It is Salem price.
Misses Lucy and Emily Adams
who have been visiting relatives in
this city left Monday for Portland
to see the Fair. They will visit
the Yellowstone Park before return
ing to their home in Massachu-
+ sets.
W. H. Stats, we'll known iu
Benton, but now a resident of Bend,
Eestern Oregon, passed through
Corvallis Saturday, enroute tor
Newport for a month sojourn. He
is accompanied by his family.
Carpenter Wills at the college
is making extensive repairs to
Alpha Hall preparatory to the open
ing of school. Renewal of some
of the woodwork, papering and
painting are among the
improvements. An expense of $500
is to be incurred in the repairs.
college opens for the fall terE
Monday September IS. Entrancs
examinations take place on Friday
and Saturday September the IS the
and 10th. It will only be about
four weeks until students will be
arriving. The prospects are bet
tering for large attendance.
Wheat on Peter Rickard's S
farm went 20 bushel, on Ed. Buch-
anan's S the same, and the same at
Gus. Harding. Mr.. Harding says
there were berries enough in the
heads to have made 80 bushel pei
acre, bnt they are so shrunken and
small that they have apparently
lost one-third of their bulk. He
attributes this reduction to aphis.
Eight or ten loads of wheat
per day are arriving at the loca
mills. The grains are much
shriveled, showing. the millers say,
both the effects of the hot Saturday
and the bugs. Apparently. but TO,
the shrinking, the general yield OF
grain would have been fairly heavy
The early morning train vi
the eastside out of Corvallis is be
coming the popular route of travel
Passenger traffic On it is constantly
growing, and is sufficient to war
rant continuance of the presen
morning and evening service,
Wednesday the train carried
out forty passengers with ticke
sales of about 500.
"A misunderstanding exist
with reference to graveling streets
The city now requires propert
owners to pay for the work
On several streets notice has bee
given that such Improvement is
be made. Some property owner
have the idea that they cannot q
the grave1ing themselves, but tn
the city intends to do it. That
not, however, the purpose of tn
city. Property owners ne
themselves make the improvement
It they do not do so, the city will
Fred Ewart, eldest son of M
and Mrs. Charles Ewart has bes
in town day or two, looking owe
the electrical plant at the Q A
with view of entering college th
fall. He is Corvallis born bo.
He is likely young man who b
been several years employed as
electrician. He has noticed th
men in his line who have bee
educated in the theory as well
practical are rapidly forging
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