The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-05-06
LOCAL. LORE.
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was the guest few days this week
of his son, student at OAC.
Mrs. Sydney Trask arrived
Thursday from Yaquina for a visit
at the home Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. P. A. Moses.
Miss Sarah Wilhelm and Miss
Miller of Monroe, were guests OF
Corvallis friends Wednesday.
Mrs. A. D. Morrison returned
yesterday to her home at Carlton,
after a visit at the home of her
father.
The public school at Mountain
View is winner of the five dollar
prize offered by the county court
for the best exhibit of Benton coun-
ty woods. The strongest competit-
or was the Bellfountain school. In
each instance, the collection is very
fine and well worth the trouble of
any citizen to make trip to the
court house to see.
Local parties who may be in
terested in the closing ofthe evan
amaker Half price sale of the Cen
tury Dictionary and Cyclopedia and
Atlas" can secure full particulars
by telephoning or addressing w.
D. Sleep, representative Of John
Wanamaker. New York, who will
be at Hotel Corvallis until Satur-
day night, May 9th. Attention is
called to the Wanamaker Anounce-
ment in all the May numbers of
leading magazines.
"A largely attended meeting of
the Citizens League occurred at
City Hall Tuesday evening. A dis
cussion of the water proposition
was principal feature, and wide
ly interesting one. There was
no vote on the proposition, the pur-
pose of the discussion as explained
by President Johnson, being to get
all present into an interchange of
ideas so that all the conditions and
facts could be better understood.
The meeting was full of interest.
and it stands as an evidence that
the League is entering upon Lew
is and Clark year of usefulness and
progressiveness.
The contracts have been sign
ed for track meet en- College field
between the track teams of OAC
and the University of Washington.
The meet will no doubt be closely
contested. and accordingly the
most exciting to take place On OAC
field this season. The Seattle team
has held the Northwest champion.
ship for number of years. Trine's :
men expect to dispute for the title
this year, and their bid for it will
undoubtedly be strong one. The
meet occurs Thursday, May 18th
A midweek date was arranged fol
by Manager Stimson in order tt
give businessmen and clerks an op
portunity to attend.
AT a meeting of the Citizens
League Tuesday night, a report o
the committee on Transportation
embodied correspondence relating
to expenditure of funds in improve
ment of the upper Willamette by
government engineers at Portland
The sum available for the William,
cite and Yamhi11 rivers is $4,000
A letter from Captain Langftt O.
the engineer corps, written to the
committee, announced that the
government dredge would shortly
be at Corvallis, to begin dredging
work down stream, in an effort to
clear away bars in the hope of pro-
viding for summer navigation fo,
light draught boats.
Two years ago it was timber
Last year it was cheese and chit
tim, but this. time it is the chicken
habit that has struck Alsea. The
valley has long been noted for th
product of the hen, but in the pas
the old Dominic hen had full swa,
when it came to the propagation o
her species. This time honoret
custom has been abandoned on sew
eral of the farms Of late, as NJ
less than eight new incubators have
gone into the valley this spring ant
the fever mounts higher and high
er. A correspondent predicts tha'
this time next season, anyone
wanting Matching machine cal
get one for half price, with th'
present owners experience thrown
in.
The columns of the Times ar,
wide open to any or all who 'desir,
to discuss the water question. Pub
lie rather than private discussion
is the easiest way for the exac