The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-03-01

Gents will make no mistake IN
buying pair of our $500 shoes,
nobby and every pair guaranteed.
At ]. H. Harris
Miss Ellen Chamberlin has
arrived from an eighteen months
visit in the East, and is the guest
of Salem relatives.
There are signs that the refer
endum is to be invoked against the
big appropriation bill of the late
legislature. A mass meeting at Nc
Minnville appointed committee
to secure the necessary number of
signatures to the referendum pc
tition, and the committee has be-
gun work. A SOS, 900 appropria
ton for OAC is in the bill.
There will be a 1o'cent social
on Friday evening March 3rd at
the home of Mrs. Fred Clark, CIV
en- by the ladies of the Congrega-
tional church. Refreshments will
be served. Cake and candy will
be on sale during the evening. The
proceeds will go towards furnishing
the kitchen. of the church. Every
body come.
Robert Wilcox died at La
crosse, Washington, recently of con-
sumption at the age of 50 years S
mouths. Deceased was a Benton
county boy, and was in the black
smith business with his father.
Mr.. Wilcox lived for several years
in Philomath, later operating a
shop at Wren. He leaves a wife.
nee Belle Brannon, four boys and
two girls.
Additional laurels were added
to the already enviable reputation
of Mrs. T. M. Catch as hostess,
when, last Saturday afternoon her
delightful home on College Hill
was thrown open to two hundred
College co-eds from to. S. The
rooms were artistically decorated
throughout with ferns, vio1ets and
smi1ax. Mrs. Catch was assisted
in receiving her guests, by her
daughter, Miss Grace, and Miss
Smell, while Mrs. Callahan and
Mrs. Withycombe presided over the
dining tables. The afternoon was
one that the young ladies will long
remember.
"A movement is afoot to arm
OAC cadets with carbines in lieu of
the long and heavy Springfield ri
fles now in use. The government
is putting the new rifle in the
hands of the regulars, and by rea-
son of that the carbines are made
available for college. The car
bine is two pounds lighter and is
much better fitted for the use of
college boys than is the heavier
and longer Springfield rifles. Lieut..
Quinlan is also making effort to Sc
cure rapid fire gun and a modern
field piece tor the artillery detach-
ment in the place of the two old
style muzzle leaders now in use at
the college.
The uniform courtesy the pub
lie receives from the operators in
the Independent Telephone office
in part explains the popularity oi
the system. One man said he
hated to call them up becauee of
: their uniform amiability. Another
said he liked to do business over
that system because the operators
are always agreeable. It is prob
ably hard for the girls, sometimes.
Often, their answer is meek. and
aniab1e, when what the man at
the other end actually deserves is a
kick. The spite he may have at
somebody or something else, he
vents many time on the defense
less telephone operator, who can
not reply in kind. No place is
more trying, or effort less appre-
ciated than that of the telephone
girl, and that is what makes the
uniform courtesy and amiability
manifested by the Independent
girls so welcome feature to SUBJ
scribers.
Saturdays Times failed to re-
late that E. R. Bryson of Corvallis,
was prominently mentioned as one
OF the eligibles for appointment by
the governor to the new judgeship
in the second district. Long be-
fore the bill became law, it was
bruited about the capitol ard more
or less in the newspapers that the
new appointee was likely to be a
republican. on account of the well
known views of Governor Cham
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