The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-03-13
LOCAL LORE.
wEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF. +

TIE c onings and Goings of People
Social Gossip. .Peraoual Men
iioh and Other Items of l
Public. Interest. =,
II. Z. Broadley aud wife of
Hoskins have been visiting at the
CT. Troxe! home for several
days.
-James Croshong of Kings Val
lev was the guest tver Sunday of
his daughter, Mrs. F. B., Horning.
Miss Matte Strong returned
to Portland Monday to- resume her
studies at St. Marys academy.
f. B Horring is adding de-
cided imp ovement> to'-4his part OF
town, in the shape ofa cement walk
along his residence block. The ex-
ample is a good one.
Mrs. Mary Miller, who has
been seriously i'll, is reported as
improving, although still confined
to her bed.
Revival services, conducted by
Rev. 7. L. Jones, of Amity, will
begin at the M. +. chu,c ,ch, Thurs
sdav night, to continue indefinitely.
Frank Hurt. former Corval-
lis boy, has been appointed deputy
assessor Of King county, Washing
ton. where he resides.
Misses Virginia and Eugenia
Shelby, the Wells Fargo agents,
have purchased the Ash property
or Water street, and moved into
the residence Monday. .->,.- :-...-l
Mr.. and Mrs Arnold King rei
turned home Sunday from several
days spent in Albany. where Mr..
King was engaged with the tele.
phone company work.
"A surprise party was rendered
Miss Vera Chambers Saturday eve,
hing in honor Of her roth birthday.
There were about twenty present,
and delightful time is reported.
Dainty refreshments were feature.
Miss Helen Yockey, of the Ga
zette force. spent Sunday with AL
bany relatives. Miss Anna Ches-
ney, formerly with the Gazette, is
now engaged as book keeper in
that city.
News from the Whitby home
is to the effect that the daughter,
Miss Isabel, whose life was for q
time despaired of, has so far recov
cred as TO be about the house with
the use Of a cane. This will be
welcome news to the young lady
many friends in Benton
There were several horse races
on Ki9er track, Sunday. Three
races were between an animal be-
longing to Jesse Brown. and anoth
er belonging to Mr.. Vidlto, the
Brown nag coming out victor twice
The purse is said to have been IS {
side.
The yellow bird dog that ha:
followed the bicycle of DR.. Perno
for several years, until it has b"
come familiar figure to Corvalli:
people, met an untimely end Mon
day morning. The Albany trai,
ran over the animal near the Viii
Wicks home, and slices of dog wert
scattered broadcast in that locality
-Burd Croft, who was'in Port
land last week, invested in two lot
at ST. Johns, where property is nov
on the boom. Fred Croft also pur
chased lot, and now the boy
await developments, hoping to re
alize "speck' on their ventura.
Mr.. Biddings and family arriv
ed Saturday from Portland and ar
located in the Trask house, on
door south of the Christian church
Mr.. Biddings is the man who will
make the ice cream and attend t.
other business at the new plant be
ing built on Water street by H. w
Kaupisch, of the Corvallis cream
ely.
This is the way the Ashland
Tribune talks about O. A. c. bas
ket bail men, in speaking of las
Friday nights game: 90. A. c
boys played with remarkable skill
Their team work and handling O
-',e f9ail generally was marvellous
Whenever Nort11erner go
the ball there was always man il
position to receive it and pass 1t OF
to their opponent S goal. The sci
ence aud skill. displayed by littl
Swami was strong feature of tn
game. He threw baskets with sucl
accuracy that 1t was almost sur
that if half a chance to cage tn
ball presented itself he made tn
score, To see Iitt1e "Swaunie'