The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-03-23
LOCAL LORE.
aTEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.
/ ne Comings and Goings of People
Social Gossip. Personal Men
ton and Other Items OF
Public Interest.

Precedent Catch left yesterday
fer NJ hama, Marion county, to-
z1eud the inter-term vacation.
Mics Bessie Bush of o. A. c.,
IS spending few days with her
qarents in Kings Valley.
Mics Pauline Davis is to enter
sssjn a number of friends this eve
ming 10 honor of her eighteenth
birthday.
After a visit of several days
with friends 10 this city Miss Hell
at Steiwer returned yesterday to
her home at Jefferson. ri &A4:
Mrs. Emma T. Kline, of this
city, has been honored by the pres.
sdent of the National Woman's Re-
lief Corps with al appointment on
her staff as nstional special aide.
-Albauy had fire Sunday eve
nins in which Simpsons Grill was
destroyed. The owner is George
Simpson, brother of j. II. 'SimP-
sou and Mrs. M. S. Woodcock, OF
this city
The Locke Broa., north of town
left today for Salem with q bunch
of beef cattle. This is the Asecosd
bunch they have taken from this
vicinity within the past ten days.
Reuben Patty has been ap'
poiu,ed administrator of the estate
of ]. H. Patty, who died July 5,
1905. The bond of the adminlnls'
traitor was fixed at 81 900.
Elsie May Miller, aged sixteen
years was last Saturday taken TO
aE,e Bows and Girls Aid Society 10
Portland by Mr.. and Mre., John
Wells. The young girl is the child
OF Harvey and Viola Miller.
Determinations for the second
term at the college ended Wednes-
1aV and there is vacation until the
re.opanlng for the spring term next
T0esiay.
"A unique entertainment was
given by Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Toni
son, the 18th of this month to Il
girls, 13 years old, in booor of theil
daughier Rosa s 9Th birthday. A
ride on a hayrack to their hom'
one mile south of Town. supper
games and music WAS enjoyed b.
all
"A Kansas mao's vile let hin
run the mouse and get his own meal
for a week o. two. He cooked a
he thought. the breakfast food ever,
morning. Wnen the wife returned
she noticed toat her husband twlt
tered and he himself acknowledge
an inclination to warble. 1t wa
found that he had cooked and ea,ei
a whole package of canary seed.
"A letter received Wednesda
fron the bedside of Mrs. John day
who Is critically i'll with typhoid
fever at Forest Grove, states tha
.eEae y no. in proving, and that be
4Ee1er etapds at 103, day and night
4'he writer ef the letter states tha
if ne plications arise, Mrs. Da
may recover, but that if everythin
is not the most favorable, there i
no hope
"A Kansas man away from
hon recaived dispatch from hi
wife, saving, Come to zee me a
once. am diving" He took th
train Immediately and reached
home eight hours later. His wifi
received him j0yfully. When h
was able 10 speak, he asked he
what she meant by sending hin
such q message. II wanted to sa,
that mas dying TO see you," tn
wife explained, "but the man woul,
only te1 roe 8end ten words for
quarter"
The closing exercises for th
year Of The College of Philomath oc
Cured at Philomath today. Th
usual spring term has been elimin
ated Cor this year, because of th
fre which destroyed the colleg
building last TALL. Ever since, th
boarding LalI has been occupied 70
class work, and the Methodist build
ing fJr church services of the de
nomiuaiio1. the trustees of th
college hsve voted to rebuild, an
the work of securing funds for th
purpose is in progress. The Phil
omathic society gave its anniversa
xy entertainment last evening.
The Corvallis creamery mad
over & ton Of .butter Wednesday
The establishment is turning ou
nearly 1000 pounds of butter
week. That aggregate SO early i
the season makes promise of an i'm
mense output during the year. Las
wear the business ran above $75, ,OO(
It is one Of the big industries {
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