The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-03-20
Opening at Miss Johnson's on
Thursday and Friday, Mar. 22, 23.

southern u Benton today to serve pa
pers for his father, the sheriff.
M. Mitchell and family arrived
in Corvallis Sunday from Iowa,
looking for location.
IS. w. Pearce and wife of San
Francisco. were Corvallis visitors
over Sunday.
John Creson is confined to his
home with illness. There is some
fear that the ailment is typhoid.
L. L Taylor, a student at the
college, left for Portland today to
be gone the remainder of the week. !
Miss Dolly Howard returned to
her home at Monroe Saturday after
a visit with Corvallis relatives.
Miss Helen crawford's physi-
cal culture classes will givesa1public
exhibition in the college Armory
Wednesday afternoon.
"A literary and musical enter
tainment will be given In. College
chapel, Wednesday evening March
20, for the benefit ofthe. Village I'M
provement Society.
-Thirty' Republican candidates
for legislative honors in Marion
county with only FIVE places to fill,
shows humming conditions there
and that political preferment should
be classed as a digni6ed profession.
An Alsea subscriber writes:
Kindly state in the Times the
lowest temperature recorded for the
Willamette Valley In the last ten
years, thereby evening up differ
ence of opinion here The college
records give the date as January
24th, 1902 and the temperature, II
above.
Three representatives are at
work getting a right of way be-
tween Albany and Corvallis for the
wire that is to convey power for the
Corvallis electric light and other
plants. =. The route is along the
railroad line and most of it has
been secured in the three days the
men have been operating.
From the 6rst day of last Sep
tember up to the first of the curren
month, 1918 inches of rain fell.
The amount is about the average
for the period. The total rainfall
for February was 6 76. The high
est temperature was 50 on the Isl
and 10Th. and the lowest was 2S o,
the 5th, 9th. 9th, nth, aud 18th
The number of days on which rair
fell was IS; clear days, II; par
cloudy 2; clio, dy, ID
i The horse races Saturday af
ternoon attracted a large crowd
| The schedule of the performance.
was published in Fridays Times
and everything went off according
to programme. In the running
Peter K1ine's roam beat Georg
Browns horse, and Gene Tortora';
mare, ridden by Mike Kline, ais
:, beat the Brown animal, the dis
tance in both being quarter. II
the handicap, the Brown horse witt
a start of I72 IL feet, beat th
Tortora mare. There was consid
cradle betting on the outcome of al
1.-The races.
The local prohibition contes
occurred In college chapel Frfda
evening. The judges on compos
ton were: Pres. Caldwell, Prot
Robestson and Prof. Schmitt; thos
, on delivery were, J. D. " Butler c
Monmouth, Rev. C. T. Hurd an
Rev. J.@B. Ellison. The program
: was as follows: piano solo, eli,
Johnson; Grafton, Americas gres
Problem John Schroeder. recital
t tion, 1.-The Rivals Mary Dame
man; oration. "a Call to Action,
Ethel Higdon; violin solo, Whine
fred Gates, Grafton, 1.-The Respor
sibility of a Great Nation" Elme
RaWson; music. John Sehroede
: was awarded first place and a hant
some $40 gold medal; Elmer Raw
son, second place and a So so mex
. al. Mr.. Schroeder will represer
0. A. c. In the state contest to /
held in Corvallis, April goth. =
Even Lent did not prevent ii
:, dulgence in social gaiety last tsweel
The Coffee club entertained abot
! SO guests Saturday night with
i dancing party. With fir decor,
, tions, cosy corners, japanese lar
: terms and pretty girls, Firema
Hall was a scene of beauty. Feel
!, ter's orchestra furnished delightfi
; music. Under Japa anese unnbref
+ with Japanese lanterns suspende
; from it, Mrs. II. w. Kaupisch ar
Miss Mary Nolan served sherb,