The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-02-04
LOCAL LORE.
NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.

Inc 00UIlHSS aHG SOluSS Vi IGOpie
Social Gossip, Personal Men
ton and Other Items of
Public Interest.
IN. F. Gillespie, after many
years service there, has resigned
his position at S. L. Kline's.
Presbyterian church, Rev..
IL. S. Bush: Bible school 10 a.
n. Preaching II a. NJ, Rev. DR..
Harsha, subject, "How to Obey"
An airship tournament will be
an attraction at the Lewis and
Clark Exposition. Large prizes
will be awarded to the successful
contestan rs.
"A $65 sewing machine was re-
Gently won by Miss Rose Chipman
in drawing in a dry goods es-
tablishment at Oregon City. The
machine was received by the win
ner in this city few days ago.
The regular monthly services
will be held in the Episcopal
church both morning and evening
on Sunday next at the usual. hours.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all. Services will be conducted by
Rev. H. D. Chambers.
The Don Juan de Austria, one
of the Spanish fleet which Admir-
al Dewey sunk in the battle of
Manila Bay, has been raised and
repaired and will be sent to Port
land to be exhibited at the Lewis
and Clark Centennial. The ves-
sci will be anchored during the
Fair in the Willamette river, ad-
joining the Fair grounds, together
with number Of Uncle Sam S
newest and finest warships.
On account of recent changes
in our force, and ir order to intro
duce our present employees to the
the public, I make the following
announcement: W. S. Linville,
cashier; Miss Madge Baldwin,
stenographer; 6. w. Belt, clothing
department; A. T. Grugett, fur
nishing department; Ralph Pruett,
dry goods; Miss Melvena Elgin,
assistant dry goods department;
Frank Thrasher. grocery depart
ment; 0. V. Hurt, wholesale de-
partment; Walter H. Kline, assist.
manager. S. L. Kline, proprietor,
The White House, Corvallis, Ore.
For the year ending Decem-
Der 81, 1904, the total rainfall at
Corvallis was 5o.2I inches. The
figures are considerably above the
normal Tie rainfall for January
was q.o7 inches The greatest in
"a hours during the month was
z.I8 inches on the 23rd. The
highest TEN perature was on the
23rd. 50 degrees, and the lowest on
the nth. Seventeen days were
rainy, II were clear, three were
part cloudy and II cloudy. There
was snowfall from January 18th to
E5th with an aggregate of is inch
es. The total rainfall from the 1st
Of Septembe- to February 1st was
24.S3.
There will be great mass
meeting in the Opera House Sun
day, at 8 and 7;3o p. m. These
two will be union evangelistic serv-
ices, Rev. Harsha " i'll speak at 5,
on, "Christ's Tenderest Invitation"
at7:3o on s'Life Made Anew and
Mr.. S. N. Steele who has large
number of special music books for
this occasion will have charge of
the large chorus choir and conduct
the music. It is expected that
there will be from so to 100 in the
choir. Come and bring all your
friends. Rev. Harsha and Mr..
Steel will continue the union serv-
ices all this week in the Presbyter-
ian church. Bible reading every
day at 3 o'clock. Evening service
7:3o. Union Young Peoples meet
ing Sunday evening, $50 at the
Christian church.
The U. S. grand jury Tuesday
night rendered three indictments:
The first one charges John H.
Mitchell, Binger Hermann, Steph-
en- A. D. Puter, Horace G. Nc
Kin1ey, Emma L. Watson, Dan
w. Tarp1ey. Ebert K. Brown
Mrs. Nellie Brown, Henry A. Young
Frank H. Ws1gamot, Clark E,
Loomis, and Salmon B. Ormsby
are guilty of the crime of conspir
acy to defraud the government
out Of portion of its public land:
in township II south Of range !
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