The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-11-28
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The Coffee Club met yesterday
for the transaction of business and
the pleasures that always accom-
pany an afternoon tea.
Miss Eva French of Albany
was the guest of Mrs. Cecil Cathey
from Friday until Monday.
Lester D. Smith and bride
moved into their new residence in
Jobs addition.
Sam Dolan was the guest of
Albany friends from Friday until
Monday.
Miss Baber of Forest Grove re-
turned to her home Monday after a
visit at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. o. Trine.
Tom Nolan left today for Sc
attic to see the big Thanksgiving
game between o. A. G. and the
University of Washington.
j. Whitsitt and family moved
Monday from Jobs addition to the
Off Wilson farm, which they will
occupy The coming year.
Mrs. H. S. Eddy and family,
late of Eastern Oregon, have locat-
ed In Corvallis, occupying the Mil
Ter house on Third street.
George Brown and family now
occupy part Of the Charles Everett
house on north Main street. They
moved Saturday.
E. F. Strouts of Summit was
In Corvallis Saturday, purchasing
furniture for his boarding house at
that place.
AT the regular monthly meet
ing of the Ladies Coffee Club Mon
DAY afternoon it was decided to give
q card party Saturday night. De-
cember end.
"A new rectory Is being built
at Peoria by the people of the M.
E. church, South. The paper and
carpet go from the Blackledge fur
niture store.
Basket social at Plymouth
church on the evening of Thanks
giving day, Thursday of this week.
You are invited to come.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lie Skipton
have been in Portland for the past
week. Mr.. Skipton has placed
himself in care of a physician in
that city and may remain for some
time.
THE Sunny Side of Life" at
the First Methodist church Friday
night, will be a holiday lecture,
humorous in character and of great
merit. The speaker is DR.. Short,
Of. Portland.
The work Of improvement on
the Congregational church is near.
ing an end. The interior has beer
re-papered and re-painted, the pull
pit has been extended and a new
carpet will be laid. Later, a fur
mace is to be put in.
Eggs are now selling at g.
cents a dozen, in the local market
One dealer states that he remem
bers only one time when they were
higher. About fifteen years age
they reached forty cents.
"A penny candy store has been
opened in the building formerly oc'
cupied by the steam laundry. L
is conducted by Mrs. Charlie:
Young and her son Harvey, anc
will no doubt be largely patronizee
by the youthful population of Cor
wallis.
The new mems furnishing
goods store of A. K. Russ is nov
open to the public in the building
formerly occupied by. the Grefo:
jewelry store. Mr.. Russ is among
the new business men of Corvallis
and will no doubt receive a welcom
from the public.
Members of the Ellsworth Re
lief Corps No. 7 of this city ar
making up a fund for the furnish
ing of a cottage of the Old Soldier
Home at Roseburg. They vii
give an entertainment soon t.
which the public is invited. Dom
forget the old soldier who carriet
the musket in '62.
Five dozen China pheasants lef
Corvallis this afternoon for the stat
of Kansas, where an attempt vii
be made to propagate them an
stock the state with game. The,
were ordered of Gene M. Simpso.
by the state game warden Of Kan
sas. and were shipped to the latter
address. Most of the birds wei
grown in the yards of Samuel Ban
who closed out his entire stock
Mr.. Simpson for the Kansns deal