The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-02-06
LOCAL LORE.
NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.
The Comings and Goings of People
Social Gossip, Personal Men
ton and Other Items of
Public Interest.

Public Interest.
Miss Myrtle Trask arrived
from Woodburn Monday for a visit
Mith her brother, s. E. Tra>k.
Mrs. Rialto Weatherford and
children of Harrisburg are the
guests of relatives in this city.
Marion Stokes, a former stu
dent of o. A. c., vas a guest at
the S. N. Wilkins home from Fri
day until Monday.
H. H. Ling, agent at Summit,
has been transferred to Toledo, J.
E. Franklin, former agent at the
latter place having resigned. =
Saturdays Yaquina bound
train broke a valve stem on the en-
CINE half way between Corvallis
and Philomath causing two hours
delay. -
Mrs. Trimb1e of Albany is Wis
1ting in Corvallis with her daughter
Mrs. John Brown. .
Miss Louise Cooper left yester-
day evening for a two weeks visit
with Harrisburg and Grants Pass
friends.
The Wooing of Bernice'' by
Wilson Barrett. will be rendered by
Inez ST. German Proebstel at the
Reading Room benefit given at the
Opera House on The 10th.
-Henry Hammersley and fami-
ly departed Monday morning TOT
Alsea, where they have purchased
the old Taylor place, which they
are 10 occupy. i,
Frank Groves. who for severa,
wears has been employed at the
Brenerton navy yards, arrived II
Corvallis Saturday and may remain
here.
Wilbur Starr of Monroe was Ii
Corvallis yesterday and was accom-
panied home by Claude Starr an(
son, who go for L visit with rela
-tives.
Services at the Presbytet1al
church are to continue throughou
the week, conducted by Rev. J. K
N. Bell. There is great interest /
the meetings, which are unusual
successful.
Divorce suits were filed Mon
day at the county clerks office a
follow: Plutarch Lewis VS. Aimed
Lewis; Myrtle Benson VS. John I
Benson. The grounds in each cas-
is desertion.
"A delightful meeting of til
Barnacle club occurred at Fish
er's Hal! Saturday evening. tt
hail was prettily decorated wit
Oregon grape and ferns and til
music inspiring. About twent
couples were present.
Mrs. Floyd Williams is to sa
from Seattle on the 10th inst f
Manila. Her husband, who is
route there from San Francisco v
the Coptic, should reach the PhiliI
pine capital today or tomorrow.
The Chemawa girls are to pie
basket ball at the Armory Frida
might. They were defeated be:
last year, and are coming back
wipe out the score,-if they Cal
The OAC girls are at hard practi
daily, in the hope of reeling off a
other defeat tor their opponent
The outcome will be watched vii
considerable interest.
The steamboat Walker, whie
has been hauling wheat from upp
river points to the Corvallis Flou
ing mills, has completed her wo,
and gone to Portland. The la
load of grain came down from abo,
Saturday. The branch warehou
at Peoria was emptied as was Il
Finley warehouse. The wheat
Boonvi11e is to be hauled to Corva
lis by team.
The funeral of little five We;
old Laurence Hu1burt, son of M
and Mrs. Jacob Hulburt, occurr1
at the Catholic church at II o'cloe
Sunday. The services were col
Quoted by Father 9urri, of M
Minnville, and intermeht was
the Catholic cemetery. The fune
al Is said to have been the large
held for a child, in Corvallis
years, many friends coming fro
Monroe, Wells and other places.
Miss Agnes Wilson, who W:
the first Corvallis candidate to ent,
the contest for the Oregonian' S FRI
trip to Yellowstone Park, leads
this, the eleventh district, wit
5,777 votes. A picture of Mi
Wilson appeared in Sundays Or
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