The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-11-09
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor P. Moses

were accompanied by Mrs. Thomas
Bell.
City water rert for November
is delinquent after the 10th. Psya.
BILE at the ofice in the City hall.
Harry Cronise Is in Portland
ard his position at the Corvallis
and Eat tern station is being filled
bv Clar; nee Albin of Philomath.
Meantime, Bob Wilson is In charge
of the Philomath Office.
If the government would buy
the locks at Oregon City and make
them free as ought to be done: a
cent and half would be added to
the price of every bushel of wheat
growp in the Willamette Valley,
not only for one year, but for all
the years to come. Willamette Val
ley farmers ought to demand it.
"A telegram has summoned O..
V. Hurt TO Seattle, and he is to
leave this afternoon. The charac-
ter of the emergeney that occasioned
the summons is not krown. There
has be, L no decision yet by + su-
preme court Of the Esther Mitchell
Maud Crt field deportation case by
the supreme court of Washington.
Rev. G. H. Gibbs, pastor M
E. church, South, will preach next
Sunday on ths following subjects:
At II a. m., The Importan nee and
Manner of Studying the Bible" AT
$50 p. m.. "Doub ets and Scaf-
f RS" Sunday school at 10 a. NJ;
prayer nesting at o'clock.
Vineyard Brock, we'll known to
all oldtime Corvallisites figured in
an. ugly accident at Hood River,
Wednesday. With his family in g
c. rfiage, he drove aboard the ferry
boat and the boat started across the
stream. The horses suddenly be.
gan to back and before they could
be stopp i, had backed off the boat.
Fortunately there was only three
feet of water, and all escaped. Had
the boat been a little further on its
course, it would have been in 20
feet of water.
The revival at the Christian
church will close next Sunday eve
ming. There have been fifteen ad-
ditlons to the church thus far. The
audiences the past week have been
good, notwithsta. ding the rain.
Rev. HAndsaker announced the
following them es: Saturday eve
ming, "A Pardoned Convict" Sun
day morning, "How God Healed a
Leper." Evening, The Greatest
question in the Bible" The male
quartette will sing at Sundays
servi es.
1t is true story aud former
c rvallisitas were involved. A pi.
Gus aunt IVES the guest Of her niece
Her husband moved the lawn on
| Sunday much to the annoyance OF
the niece who thought of the effect
it would have on the aunt. II am
sorry my husband moved the lawn
this morning. 1t isn't often be
does that sort of thing, ycu know.
1t probab bly, annoyed you, dear aun'
tie." lob, it was no worry at all
dear niecy," replied the aunt
Don't worry about that. It's nc
use. Your husband is lost, any
way"
The Benton County Citizens
| Lee que is to take a hand in the
movement for government owner
ship Of the Oregon City locks and
/ free navigation Of the Willamette.
Tbs matter was discussed at Tues.
days meeting and placed in The
hands of the executive committee
with full authority to act for the
League. The committee has
formulated plans of comprehensive
character and is to begin at once g
campaign of agitation. TIE open
ing of the Willamette means higher
priced wheat, and a saving of freigh
charges on every pound of freight
shipped in or cut. Nobody is sc
deeply concerned in a free river al
are the farmers.
Temporarily, the Westside il
the through lime for the Southern
Pacific. Ever since Wednesday
evening the passenger trains anG
through freights that run on ths
Eastside north of Albany have use(
the Westside tracks, crossing be
tween Corvallis and Albany via th
: c. & E. The condition is due t,
the loss OF the railroad bridge owe
the Santiam at Jefferson. A neV
steel structure has been in process
OF being installed there and tsm
porarily false work was used for b
trains. Half an hour after a heav,
train crossed the bridge Wednasda