The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-10-27

The u. of O. football tea m
plays Chetnawa at Eugene tomor-
row.
Mrs. R. M. Gilbert has return
ed from a visit to her daughter at
Salem.
Misses May Hurt and Attic
Bray arrived home Tuesday from a
three weeks visit in Portland and
Oregon City.
William Graham is employed
in the drug store of Graham &
Workman during the absence of
Henry Wortham in California.
Henry Flickinger, "a we'll
known resident OF Polk county, is
the guest this week of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Caroline Maxfeld.
Tuesday evening the ladies of
the Presbyterian church are to give
halloween party at the home of
Mrs. J. H. Simpson to which all
are invited. Refreshments 10 cents.
The receipts of the local post
Office increased more than eleven
per cent during the last year, ad-
vancing from $4,000 in 1904 to
$3.50 in 1905.
! An Afternoon Tea is in
progress this afternoon at Alpha
Hall from 3 to S. The guests num-
Der thirty and are assembled by
Mrs. Homer in honor of Mrs. W.
E. Yates, who with her family
leaves tomorrow for her new home
at Vancouver. Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lay are recent
arrivals in Corvallis from Eastern
Oregon, and occupy the Ingle
house on Third street. They come
from a country where snow is now
two feet deep on the mountains,
and it remains there until the mid
die of June or first of July. A let
ter from their son received within
the past few days, states that it is
showing every day at the old home.
GA Human Slave" is the title
to the bill to be given in theatric-
al performance at the Opera House
Tuesday night. It is by Chicago
company, and the local manage
ment believes it to be first class in
all respects. A carload of scenery
is among the effects. The week of
the 5th is to be the period for a
Portland engagement by the same
company, the Corvallis date having
been secured by the local manage
ment while the company waits for
a Portland theatre.
| -Today's dispatches tell of act
ivity in the wheat market, with a
rise of one to one and one-fourth
cents in Liverpool, and two cent
, advance in Chicago. The changed
conditions are due in part to polit-
ica1 troubles and a shortened crop
in portions of Russia. In the local
market the price remains at 62
cents. There are claims that Eu-
rope has no wheat, and that later
on, there is bound to be big ad-
vance in the cereal,
"A divorce has been filed in the
circuit court in which Harvey Sar.
gent is the defendant, and his wife
the plaintiff. The couple were
| married in Apr 1902. Mrs. Sargent s
: complaint alleges that since May
l 1904 the defendant has continually
lived apart from her, all without
just cause or provacation. She
asks for a decree of absolute d.
vorce, for the costs and disburse
ments Of the proceeding. and fol
her maiden name, Emma c. In
!, gram.
: Apparently the Lebanon edit
S ion of Mike Kline and his funkie,
: are getting into trouble in the Lint
S county circuit court. A dispatch
t from Albany to the Portland Jour
S nal says: Luke Jennings and G
B. Hansard, two Lebanon socia
club members, were indicted by th'
grand jury today, charged with vi
: olating the local prohibition law
Both were arrested, arraigned ane
: placed Under bonds for trial"
II Eugene Register:-The sup
| porters of the university ball team
: are awakening to the possibilities o
/ the great games now SO near a
:. hand. For the first time band i
5 being organized to assist the root
n ers in their demonstrations of loyal
i ty. College songs are bsins
o arranged for band, and th'
e game Saturday will be the occasion
i of a grand rehearsal of the perform