The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-05-24
Strawberries were sold about
town yesterday at 10 cente per box.


town yesterday at 10 cents per box.
-Tne senior excursion is to take
place next Monday, instead Of next
Saturday as was announced in the
last issue of the TIMFs.
LIN a ball game between Corvallis
and independent teams, the former
won by score of 4 TO 2.
w. O. Trine and Floyd Will
liams Witnessed the Eugene-Wash-
ington track meet at Eugene last
Saturday.
Ernest W. Arnold, of Bsrke-
ley, California, arrived Sunday for
a two months stay among his boy
hood friends.
Ed Crawford, of Salem, spent
Sunday with his parents in this
city.
Saturday, the engagement Of
Miss Olga Hewitt, of Albany, to Dr..
G. A. Bushnell, of Ohio, was an
nounced. The marriags is to occur
next month.
in Corvallis Sunday afternoon
there was game of base ball be-
tween the Oak Grove and Corval-
lis nine. The score was 18 to s in
fayor of the local nine.
The Corvallis Holy Rollers
and the Rock Hill team played a
game of base ball near Lebanon,
Saturday. There were IA innings,
and the score stood 6 to 5 in favor
of Corvallis.
The will of the late Father
Metayer, OF Albany, has been filed
| for probate. The estate is valued
at $25, 600, and is left to Fred G.
D5vine, who has been for a y ar
past the secretary and companion
of deceased. Bequests of $4,000
are left to relatives, housekeeper
anC nurse.
Robert Withycombe, of the
Union Experiment station left We'd
nesday for Portland, after a brief
visit at home. The Union station
is TO make an exhibit at the Lewis
and CLARK, and 1t falls on Mr..
Mr.. Withycombe to arrange it., and
that is the occasion of his presence
in Portland.
"A Tillamook dispatch says: 1t
is the general impression here that
B. L. Eddy, well-known Tillamook
attorney, will be appointed to the
registership of the land Office al
Roseburg, vice J. T. Bridges re-
moved. senator Fulton has strong
ly endorsed Mr.. Eddy, and it is
said the recommendation has been
approved at Washington.
The annual Inspection of the
0. A. G. cadet regiment occurred
Friday. The officer was Captain
Winn, chief aid to General Near.
thur of the department of the Paci
ic. The drill began at eight O'Clock
in the morning and with but slight
intermission at noon lasted until
five in the evening. 1t was ex-
iremely thorough ID character, and
is said to have been much to the
satisfaction of the inspecting off.
cial. The guard mount Of one ot
the battalions, Captin Winn is quot
ed IS declaring to be as good as il
usual in the United States army
The official records he pronounced
the best he had ev' seen at mill
tary institution. Various other de
partments were the subject Of fav
orable comment.
Friday, roses grown in Co rva
lis, will be a feature on the plat
form at Commencement exercise
in a Nebraska town. The occasion
\ is a acknowledgements Of the higt
school at Arapahoe, the forme
home town OF o. F. Gray. of tn
firm of Wellsher & Gray. Mr.. Gray
daughter was a member of the sen
ior class, and had she remained a
Arapahoe, would have been par
ticipant in the graduating exercis
next Friday. In lieu of her owl
presence, Miss Ora y and her par
ents sent Monday evening bi
basket ofroses, which will reach thei
destination in time, and be sourc
of extreme pleasure and admiration
to the Nebraskans, who are not &C
customed to the sight Of roses, suc
as grow in Oregon.Mr. Grayis tosen
another basket for use at Arapaho
,, on decoration day. Most !. of ttth
roses sent Monday are from th