The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-02-06
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AoAN oNA
Mrs Ella Humhert will preach
at the Christian church next Sun
day, morning and evening.
The youngest daughter of
Thomas McGinnis who has be, n
quite sick with typhoid fever, is
improving.
DR.. and Mrs. II. S Pernot
left yesterday to attend the grand
op-ra, which opened at the Mar.
guam in Portland last evening.
Frank Lane and Joseph Pat.
terson left Saturday to take sdvan.
tsge of the grand opera season In
Portland, this week.
Salem Journal: There will be
a t,tal eclipse of The moon in the
early morning of Friday next, Feb.
ruary 9th. There will be several
other eclipses In April when the
primaries are held.
The school board at Eueeno,
On account of the typhoid fever ep.
I lemic 10 that town, is supplying
boiled water to the pupils of the
public school.
ii. J. Cady leavfs tomorrow on
q business trip to Newport. His
firm does a Considerable furniture
trade in that town.
ID. D. Berman has purchased
an interest In tire real estate firm
of Robinson & Stevenson. The
firm name now is Robinson, S ev-
enson & Bermar.
- Mrs. Floyd Williams ie coach
log the girls basketball team of
the Baker City high school. A
match l. on between tie Baker
City and La Grande high school
teams, with much interest 10 the
outcome.
-The fields are said, under the
comparatively dry weather condi-
t Gus of the past month, to be 10
good shape for ploughing, and ma
ny cams are at work daily, getting
the land ready for the seed. With
the large acreage Gown last fall, tie
pr Jspect now is for a large volume
of grain product the coming season
If crop conditions continue favora-
BILE.
L tiers from K. M. Gilbert,
sent by the Water Board to inspect
Corvallis water pipe at the
Tacoma works. relate thai
Shipment of pipe, lately 10.
terrupted by set of the Board
has been resumed. A carload left
Seattle Sunday, and is to be follow
t ed by snother in a few days. II
about a week the plant will tuTr
] out a carload a day. Mr.. Glider
inspects every piece of m teri,
used before and during the process
OF manufacture.
5 Work Is to begin on the Y. M
1 c. A. bulldog at tbs college juet a
. soon az material can be put On th
grouud. Local talent, contrary tt
first arrangement, is todothe build
E ing. After going over the bids, tn
building committee determined t
throw out all bids, which was done
Then Charles Heckert was employ
ed t, do the building, and the com
mittee will furnish the material.
Salem Journal: The furthe
fact leaks out that the com
bination of republicans and demo
Gratis who recently took charge q
a the Salem city government wa
formed secretly at the Office of tn
%anti.saloon league at orney, AMI 81
.work was directed from there. Thu
;, it would appear that there is bu
y one man in the city council Of an
: party who is not on record for til
policy of making Salem a close
town. This is not stated as an al
:, gumept for or against any one, bu
:, to show the progress we are max
ing toward prohibition. There al
Il those who look for the time wher
there will not be a saloon left i
hiSalem.
= Albany Herald: Mr.. Bake
residing near Heceta Head ligh
:. house, about ten days ago, mad
y quite a find on the beach. At
: point on the coast near his res
: depce a current sets in to the shor
: and many strange finds ere mad
on the beach. A few weeks ae
! Mr.. Baker, while on the shore, sa
a barrel in the surf rolling in wit
r every wave to again to be cal
:. ried out. Watching it for som
d time, he took advantage of a bi
wave that brought the barrel nea
the shore aud he rushed into til
= sea, catching the barrel. For
n half hour he struggled with hi
find, finally landing it high an
It dry. With the help of some friend
the barrel was taken to the hous
and an examination showed that