The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-11-10
LOCAL LORE.
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Mrs. J. M. Rosenberg of Sc
attic is guest of Miss Eda Jacobs.
Miss Eda Jacobs entertained
the Ladies Whist club Wednesday
afternoon.
If Eugene should skin OAC
tomorrow it would be forlorn out
fit that. would come home on the
excursion train.
Salem nal:-Corvallis
threatens to become the hen center
of Oregon-the Petaluma of the
North Pacific Coast.
Mrs. Carrie Woodcock Savage.
of Salem, is guest at the home of
her brother, M. S. Woodcock. She
arrived Wednesday.
The engagement Of Miss Mary
Stewart and Joseph Ralston of AL
bany is announced. Miss Stewart
has numerous friends in this city.
The afternoon tea for the La
dies Missionary society of the Pres
byterian church was held Wednes-
day at the home of Mrs. S. N. Will
kins.
"A. J. Neill, son and daughter,
of Peoria, Illinois, arrived yester-
day for a visit with Mrs. Mary Bar
clay. Mr.. Neill and Mrs. Barclay
are brother and sister.
Ohio democratic by 10000
when that state went republican
the last election by $4,000, is the
greatest of all the surprises of this
surprising election year.
The subject Of the sermon at
the Church Of Christ next Sunday
at II will be, What must I be to
be saved" In the evening at 7. &C
1.-THE objectionable SIM All are
invited to hear these sermons.
j. J. Cady left yesterday on a
business trip to Newport. The
Hollenbeg-Cady furniture establish
ment does a large trade in furniture.
wall paper and carpets in the sea
side town.
Assistant Manager Sam Da-
mon arrived yesterday from Inde-
pendence, Monmouth and Dallas
where he went to advertise the Eu-
gene game. and to work up a pas.
senger list for the special from those
towns to connect with the Corvallis
special excursian train to Eugene
Fifty to one hundred people are ex
pected from that vicinity.
An uncle of Judge McFadder
died at Salem Sunday. He wa
Hon. Galbreath S. McFadden o
Moundsville, West Virginia. He
was out on a visit to relatives, hav
ing expected to reach Corvallis thi:
week for sojourn at the home O.
Judge McFadden. He was sud
denly stricken with illness and dice
shortly after midnight Sunda,
morning. He was twice stat,
senator in West Virginia. and serv
ed two terms as superintendent o
the state psnitentiary. Though g.
years of age, he was still active il
the politics of his state.
There may yet be coal mine
In Benton county. From Charlie
Henderson of Blodgett. a specimen
of coal has been received by tn
real estate firm of Robinson & Ste
venson. The specimen was take
from the we'll of A. L. Richardson
of Blodgett, 20 feet below the sur
face of the earth. The thickness O
the sample shows the vein to b
about two inches thick, and there i
slate both above and below tn
vein. Parties familiar with coal
state that the veins In the sampl
indicate that there are other vein
of the ore nearby.
Wednesdays Eugene Register
The assembly hour at the Uni
versity will be given up this morr
ing to the student body and plan
for arousing enthusiasm for the bi;
Corvallis game next Saturday wi
be discussed. The students ar
very anxious that there be larg
attendance. Corvallis is coming b
the train load. Whenever Orego
plays at Corvallis the whole tow
closes up shop and goes. Whe
Pullman played Corvallis the after
dance was 1850, which compar
with the few hundred at the Che
mawa game yesterday. The gam
Saturday promises to be hot one
and besides it Is the last 'Varsit
game here this season.
The annual state convention {
the Good Roads Association of o.
egon is to meet this year in Corval
lis. The date for 1t has been pos
D0ned week nrioina11v If wa