The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-12-26

tHtr CITY. lucy leit IoF OaiSu tDls
0,or,ing.
tn. re viii he public installa-
ton Of all the M .sonie ordtrs w. d.
nesday evening, January 27th. All
members are requested to be pres
mi at 1886 sharp.
BIB Fl zsin mons got licked
in a prize fight the other day, but
his wife has since left him. aud
thir g. a.en't so bad with Robert
alter all.
M sse. Frances Belknap and
Bal Ma,lley l.it today for a few
days visit with Miss Margaret
Her, OF, al Irish Bend.
Ed. Aldri, b. an O A. c. grad
uate of three or four wears ago, is a
+ potter Cd The Pendleton Tribune.
Lionel Johnson, another graduate
of about the same time, is similarly
en- pioy ed on the Portland Telegram.
Mayor Johnson arrived Satur-
day Fl, m a six weeks trip in his
capacity as United States hank ex-
aminer. Most Of bis time was spent
in Montana. He leaves FOR anoth-
ar trip in a couple OF weeks.
The Christian Endeavor soc'e-
~ of the CONGREGATIONAL church is
to give d clam cbowter social in
the psrlors OF the church from 5 to
~ %. ~, Friday. The public is
invited.
-Twsnty-fve thousand Russian
soldiers in Mancburia have muLin-
led and the commsnder-in chief
wires that he is powerless TO stop
their excuses or eubdue them. A
quick and sure way to squelch
them would be to phone to Toxic
FIR a few Japs.
There are many new advertise
II, n,e this is>ne. Take a look at
t. ~. THY contain announce
mp, is nf reductions in rrices, and
Two VI other interesting statements
that are worth your while. Read
them all.
The arriving time at Philomath
of the Co'va;lls. Philomath stage
lie is 1890 a. NJ. The leaving
time from P.iilomath for Corvallis
and Albany, S five o'clock in the
evening. The new line which be-
gan operation last week gives Alsea
a much better nail service. 1t is
an extension Of the Alhanv.Corval.
lis star route to ~Ph,lomath, Vidito
Brothers b ing tbs carriers.
Paper f seven-column size is
u available for this issue of the
TIMES. Effort was made 10 get a.
supply in All any. but it was not to
be had. Tt was desirable on Az
count OF tue pt.s ure for advertis-
ing space, apd nv reason of the fail
ure to e the larger sized paper.
the amannt Of reading matter 10
thu Issue is unavoidabty reduced.
tn re was a tree, a Santa
| Clau-en' anti pirate Xmas exer-
clses AT the Methodiss church last
night The program Pra e.,
R-v. Faese; instrumental solo,
Frank White; recitation, Edwin
Everett; exercises. six little girls;
recitation, Mabel Farmer; violin du.
ct, Marion Cbappell, Winnifred
G .tes; recitation, Aleece Fischer
Cnristmss a%crostic; guitar solo, Mrs
Grace Hall; recitation, Ethel Wat
ters, vocal solo, Miss Beal, of Port
land; rescits ton, Mania Fitzmau'
rice; vocal solo, Mildred Starr
pantomime, Ger evieve Smith.
"A fonr-year-old at the home O
LIE Brown on Soap Greek swallowed
C arbolic acid yesterday. The mother
quickly telephoned a local pbysi
clan. and was told 10 administer E
spoon luof ale hol or whisky without
decay. Directions were hastily fol
lowed aod as nothing further hal
been heard of the CASE it is suppos
ed the remedy was successfully
applied. The case is a reminder
that dilute alcohol, or whisky, Of
brandy or kindred solutions il
which there is a large per cent. o
alcohol, are, if properly applied
very effective antidotes for poison
ing by carbolic acid. AS a LITTLE
bottle of the acid is nearly Away
in the home the fact of what is al
antidote ought 10 be remembered
Clarence Hyland is supposed
to have parted with Corvallis TO
good. While he languished in tn
city bastile the other day, he pro
posed to Chief Lane that if givel