The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-01-19
LOCAL LORE.
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Milton Berry of Portland Is in
Corvallis for a few days.
E. A. Thurston is to be at
Wells on Saturday the 27th inst,
for the purpose of registering vot-
ers for the coming primary and ell
ection.
w. D. Fechter, formerly of
Corvallis, and we'll known here,
was married in Albany Wednesday
to Miss Edith Chiswell of that city.
The bride has resided for a long
time in Albany, and is well known
in Corvallis.
The February number of the
OAC Barometer is to be a military
edition, according to present plans.
It will contain matter descriptive
of the military department, includ-
ing many pictures of officers. COM
panies and the regiment. A large
edition is to be printed.
CThe Corvallis Albany stage
had a time ofSit Thursday morning,
When two miles out from Albany.
the horses ran away, breaking loose
from the stage and leaving it In the
road The horses ran to Dick
Kiger's place, and word was sent
on to Corvallis for a team to come
after the belated mail wagon.
The OAC basket ball girls go
Monmouth tomorrow to play the
State Normal School team at that
place. The team is, center, Miss
Kate Moore; guards, Misses Ethel
Linville and Frances Gellatly; for
wards, Misses Winnie Logan and
Myrtle Harrington; subs, Misses
Alma Edwards and Claire Holgate.
Mrs. Trine is to act as chaperone.
"A programme set with gems OF
literature and portrayed by a dram
attic reader of great powers, with
bits of humor, delightful solos and
popular selections by a Florodora
sextette of young ladies, such is the
bill for the Rose Eytinge recita.
at the Opera House tonight. Re.
served seats SO cents.
Logan Hays, formerly of Cor
wallis has become a director and
head b%ookkeeper in a new bank es
tablished in Portland the first Of
the year. The new institution ha:
magnificent quarters in the newly
built Elks temple on Seventh &
Stark. The announcement of the
institution appears in another col
umn of this issue.
Registration for the coming
primaries and election, is proceed
ing but slowly. Supplies are OF
hand at the clerks office for jus
tees and notaries to take up tn,
work of registering. and all suct
officers who wish to do so shouIe
send III application tor blanks. TIL
law provides that the blanks shall
be issued only ION application"
AS a recognition of the tow,
in which it was written, Rose Ely
tinge, at her recital tonight, will
read Sam L. Simpsons "Beauti
full Willamette" The story goe.
that in a fit of melancholy. San
Simpson, then a resident of Corval
lis went to the Willamette edge
bent on self-destruction, but tina
thoughts of the beauty of the rive
possessed his mind. and instead
the beautiful lines that will live a!
long as the English tongue is spok
en-, we're written.
AT the last regular meeting O
Friendship lodge A. o. U. w. the
following officers were installed by
Grand Master Workman F. Berch
told, w. c. Corbett, P. M. w.
John F. Allen, M. w.; E. Holgate
foreman: A. Roy Woodcock, re
corder; Clyde n. Woodcock, fin
ancier; S. L. Kline, receiver; J. T
Porter, guide;$F. G. Clark, I. w.
W. B. Lacy, O.. W.
r. M. Gilbert has gone to Ia
coma as a representative of ths
WateA Board to inspect material.
used and to watch the construction
of wood stave pine being mann
featured for the mountain water
pipe line for Corvallis. The pipt
is manufactured by the Washing
ton Pipe & foundry Company
which has a large plant at Tacoma
The inspection of the pipe as it il
made, is provided for in the con
tract between the Water Board ane
the Washington Pipe Company.
Yesterday, a meeting of farm
ers took place at Blodgett, the pur
pose of which was to complete ar
engagements for a trunk line of teie
phone from Summit to Corvallis
J. A. Wood and Paul Truitt O
Blodgett were in Corvallis Wednes