The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-07-01
LOCAL LORE.
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Grant EIgin returned Wednes-
day evening from visit in Port
land.
IT. w. Scott of Boise, Idaho,
is guest at the w. B. Ready
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Con Gerhard
left Wednesday for a weeks visit
at the Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. w: S. McFad-
den returned Wednesday evening
from a brief visit in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Callahan ex-
pect to leave Monday for three
weeks sojourn at Newport. They
are to occupy the Covell cottage on
Nye Creek.
Miss Agnes Weber has enter
ed the Good Samaritan hospital at
Portland for three years course
which will fiji her for a trained
nurse.
Mrs. Emily Hartford, who has
spent several months at the home
of her sister, Mrs. B. A. Cathey,
left Wednesday for her home in
Los Angeles.
Mrs. w. L. Jones and Mrs.
Meyers of Jefferson, two OF the
best known people of that city,
were sufocated by gas in their
room at Portland. where they were
stopping while attending the Fair.
They were found dead Wednesday
morning.
"A party of Albany Maccabees
assisted Wednesday evening in the
initiation of ten members in the 10.
cal lodge. Those in the party
were, ]. S. VanWinkle, Casper
Kropp, A. Senders, G. w. Golf, C..
N. Mckee and Fred Hockspier.
Miss Maud Hayes. we'll
known Corvallis girl and popular
OAC student, is to leave about
July 18th for Nevada, where she
has accepted a position as cook for
the white employees that are con-
nected with ah Indian agency.
The position was offered her by
A. w. Moses, who is here from
Nevada for a visit Many friends
unite in good wishes for the young
lady's future.
Ed Strange of this city is a be.
lever in wood pipe. At Ogden
Utah. he saw wood pipe taken ur
that had been in use in the distri-
button system of the city for &C
years, and which was subsequently
sold to farmers in the vicinity for
use in irrigating their farms. Thi:
pipe was spirally wound with
a fat hoop iron and in an occasion
al section this had partly rusted a.
way. In the main, however. the
pipe seemed sound. The chang
was made in the system at Ogde1
because the city had outgrown the
works and required larger distrib
uting mains. The new pipe line
seven miles in length is built o.
redwood pipe.
Married, at Albany Wednes
day, Miss Dora P. Porter and S. D
White of Lewiston, Idaho. Th'
groom is secretary of the Volline
Clear Water Co., vice president o
the Lewiston Foundry & Machin
Works, and is actively engaged a
one of their managers of the Mer
chants Credit Rating House Q
Lewiston. He is native of Chi
cago. and resided at Peoria, Ill, be
fore going to Lewiston five year
ago. The bride is the younges
daughter of Mrs. P. J. Porter. wa
born at Shedds, is graduate of
AC and the Drexel University {
Philadelphia. and for three year
has been instructor of domesti
science in the U. of I. at Moscow
Ashland is town not muc
larger than is Corvallis. A dis
patch in the Oregonian Januar
3rd was as follows: "The reve
nues of the water system of Ash
land for the year just closed hav
amounted to 1,671.S5, accordin
to the report of the water work
commissioner, just filed. Durin
the past year the system has bee
extended considerably. The cit
is bonded in the sum of $50, 1000 o
account of the water system, but
pays handsome revenue in add
ton to interest and operating ez
penses.' Ashland's experienc
with rI1h1ic1v ovu,ad e,,e+a-, /,