The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-08-16


visitor Saturday.
Miss Mabel Ready left Satur-
day to spend few days at Soda
vile.
&C. w. Adams returned Satur-
day from week Of sightseeing at
Portland and the Fair.
Rev. Holt of Woodlands, Cal.
left Monday after week spent in
Corvallis and at Newport. During
his stay here, Rev. Holt conducted
services at the Episcopal church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Winslow
returned to Corvallis Saturday from
a weeks visit at Newport, and
Sunday left for their home at Pen
dleton.
Alpha Hall is to be IN charge
hereafter of Mrs. J. B. Horner.
The building has just been through
complete course of repairs, and is
already occupied by Mrs. Horner,
preparatory to the opening of col
lege.
Among those who went to
Newport Sunday were, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J. Handy, Henry Worth
am, George Lilly, Mrs. Anna Haw-
ley, Miss Eva Starr, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. L. Hall and Mrs. 7. F. Mem
men of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Oren of
New Point, Missouri, were guests
from Saturday until Monday, of
the formers brother, Levi Or7n
and family. The visitors have
been at the Fair.
IS. L. Kline DR.. Withycombe
and John Allen have been appoint
ed delegates to represent Corvallis
and Benton county at the sessions
of the Trans-Mississippi congress
in Portland beginning today and
continuing throughout the week.
Ezra Dixon left for his home
in Portland Monday after a visit o.
two or three weeks with old Ben
ton friends and relatives. He ha:
resided since time immemorial a
Philomath until three years ago
when he went to Portland to work
| at the carpenter trade.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Tapscott o
Lewiston, Idaho, visited Corvalli.
friends this week, enroute to thei
home from an outing at Newport
Mr.. Tapscott was at one time
steam boat man on the Willamette
with headquarters at Corvallis
while his wife will be remembered
as Miss Alta Brown, one of the ''cen
trails in the Bel telephone Office il
Corvallis.
S. B. Huston Of Hillsboro, ex
state senator and ex-democrat wa
in town yesterday laying the wire
to land, if possible, the nomination
for Congress on the republican tick
ct. During his visit he frankly &C
knowledged the purpose of his er
rand. He served a term in th
Oregon state senate, as a democrat
having in the election in which b
; was chosen, defeated the lat
Thomas H. Tongue for the place
"A movement was afoot Mon
day to start another club in Corva
, lis. A Seattle man was in town
looking for a suitable building. an
for the purpose made examinatio
of the store room next door sout
of the First National. In answe
to questions be stated first that
. was to be.a theatre, and then &C
nitted that six girls were to be
., feature, with dancing and drink:
the liquors being served on th
same principle as that in vogue {
the Corvallis Social aud Athlet
club. The plan, of course, invol7
ed about as notorious a place a
: : could be conducted. The part
making the application was youn
: man. Some people think the a
plication is part of a concerto
plan to make Corvallis for the pre-
ent as rough a place as possible
: and for ulterior purposes. {
course Mr.. Woodcock did not |,
t his building for any such purpos
a and though it is not certain, it
a believed that no other building w
Il obtained and that the plan W
e abandoned.
: West Side Enterprise:-Tl
! Salem Independence auto is "dol
= for" Its choo-choo is silent.
is taken off the run. Clouds
: dust, frightened horses, broken ri
6 need no longer be nightmares f
= team drivers. Bad roads are a
signed as the cause of taking {
the auto. Bad management E
E the case more nearly. A cumbe
/ some machine. weighing some 20
: pounds, with a 16-horse power e