The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-09-28
Fisher sells the Trowbrigde piano.

Fisher sells the Trowbrigde piano.
Among the new students at
the college is a son of State Treasurer
Moore of Salem, and a son of
Judge HI. Benson, of klamath
county.
Richard Irwin is the owner of
fancy buck sheep. The animal
is of the Lincoln breed, and was
purchased of Stump, the we'll known
Polk county breeder. The Lincoln
sheep have been used by Peter
Whitaker and Monroe Childers for
several years. and are fast becom-
ing popular in Southern Benton.
-Philomaih College opened We'd
nesday with fine attendance. An
address of welcome to the students
was delivered by o. V. White dean
of the faculty. The opening pro
gramme included, a vocal duet,
Mrs. Fisher and Prof. Goodrich !;
address, EBishop Castle, "What
may we Expect of you,'' reading,
Miss Johnson; duet. Mrs. Fisher
and Miss Sneak; and vocal solo,
Prof, Goodrich. Prof. Grossly of
McKeesport, Pennsylvania. has ar
rived and will be principal of the
commercial department. Prof.
Goodrich is the new professor of
mathematics, and is counted a
strong addition to the faculty. An
excellent year is anticipated by all
friends of the college.
The hop house in the yard op-
Grated under lease by Newton AL
ford near Philomath was burned
yesterday morning, together with
$4,000 pounds OF dried hops stored
in the building. The yard has
always been known as the thinner
man yard, and is one of the oldest
in the valley. The fire occurred
about five o'clock in the morning,
and everything about the house
was destroyed. Five or six thous-
and pounds of unpicked hops were
still on the vines, enough to make
about five days picking for the force
employed in the yard. These will
be saved by picking them and dry
ing them in other driers. The loss
is about Sc, 900, but is fully cover.
ed by insurance in the McMinn-
vile company. The origin of the
fire is supposed to be defective hues
in the drier. which was old and
badly worn.
George Hines, who is the
leading spirit in the Oregon His.
torical Society left today after a Wis
it of a couple of days in Corvallis
During his stay he interviewed
several old pioneers, securing much
material for the use of the society
A complete file OF the Oregon City
ARGUS was secured a short time
Iago by Mr.. Hines from D. w
Craig. the publisher of the paper
who now resides at an advanced ag'
near Salem. He also has a file o
the Occidental Messenger, a papel
THAT was published by ''Lons
Primer" Hall and Tony Noltner il
Corvallis about 1883. The society
rooms are in the City Hall at Port
land where there is a collection o
articles of great historic value,
chief portion of which has beel
gathered by Mr.. Hines. In Cor
wallis interviewed Sol King, A. M
Witham, Mrs. Martha Avery ant
others.
"A man fresh from San Fran
cisco throws illumination aroun'
the calamity that befell that cit.
last April. They were moving th
debris from the ruins of huge SIX
scraper there the other day, and b
looked on. Scores of bodies h
says were taken out from beneatl
the ruins. In one spot what seem
ed to be family of five from thei
proximity to each other and gener
al appear ances. was found. Under
meath ruins everywhere bodies ar
found and instead of the small fig
ures at which the fatalities of tha
terrible week are placed, he say
the victims are to be counted by th
tens of thousands, reaching a,
1enormous total. The true facts c
the appalling loss of life he declare
are not for prudential reasons, dis
closed by the newspapers or cor
respondents.
The case of Mrs. F. M. Maj
tin is attracting considerable al
tention. She is the wife of F. M
Martin who, about a year ago pur
chased and settled on the farm {
A. F. Tyler on Beaver Greek. Re
, Gently she went to St Johns to al
tend campmeeting, and while sh
was there, her husband here re
!: ceived intelligence that she had be
come mentally derapged. He hui
ried to the scene, and after a tim