The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-07-10

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Sunday in Portland.
Mrs. Charles Kohn. of Port
land, is a guest at the Jacobs home.
Miss Florence Adams left Sun
day for a weeks visit with Soap
Creek friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. McBee
have returned from a visit with
relatives in Washington.
"A certain Corvallis man is
absent minded. He telephoned to
his own Office the other day and in
quired il be was in
Judge McFadden and E. E.
Wilson left sunday to attend court
at Toledo. Mr.. Wilson returned
to-day.
Phil Metshan, ex-state treas
urer of Oregon was Corvallis
visitor yesterday for a few hour
He was accompanied by James
Cooper, of Independence.
Hiram Fleckinger who makes
his headquarters at the Bay, has
been in Corvallis day or two on
business.
Mrs. R. Graham was on Mon.
day a passenger to the Bay where
she went to join other members of
the family who are occupying their
cottage on Nye Creek.
The Independent telephone
people are fast developing their
system in Albany. They are
building there in the same sub
stantial manner that they built
the Corvallis lines. They have
$50 applications for phones already
and expect to have the .system in
operation within 80 days. The
same people are spending immense
sums of money in Portland where
they are building splendid system.
An adding machine is in use at
the assessors Office to make addi-
tions on the tax roll. A column
of figures 10 feet and three inches
in length was the unique perform
ance with the machine yesterday
morning. The machine was handled
by Janitor Wells, and it took lit.
tie more than half an hour to do
the job. The total at the end ol
the lengthy column was $4S5,75o.
Since accepting his appoint
ment as United States bank exam
iner, Claud Catch, of Salem, late
candidate for secretary of state has
been offered a position in a Port
land banking house at salary O.
SIS, 900 year, the employers offer
ing to retain him at the salary for {
period of ten years. The position
for reasons of health and other
wise, was declined and the examin
ership retained in spite of the low
er salary.
! An addition has been made tt
Odd Fellows cemetery. 1t Was plat
ted by G. V. Shelton on a survey
made by OAC students, and the
map was filed with the recorde,
yesterday. The addition contains
oI lots raising the total number &,
lots in the cemetery from 216 tt
3o7. 1t joins the main cemeter.
On the East. The addition wa
made because only few lots wer
left in the main cemetery and thes'
are not choice.
Hereafter. the Opera House
;. to be heated by steam. The fur
! + mace will be located under th
building, and will be placed in po
sition in the near future. J. M
Deeds, scenic artist. is now at worl
on the building, painting a numbe
of pieces of new scenery. For the
coming season about a dozen the
/ atrical companies have alread,
5 been booked, and as only the bette
. class of entertainments will be ad
mitted, it is proposed to have tn
= building changed and improved tt
t match the business.
March 18th, Isadore Jacob
. after climbing to the top of tn
stone steps at the entrance to til
court house, fell backwards an
slid down the entire flight. Hi
! knee was SO badly wrenched tina
the ligaments were torn loose fror
the bone. The following dav
: : was tsken to Portland. Saturday b
arrived in Corvallis for the frs
: time since. The entire period c
). his absence was spent in a Port1an
; hospital, nursing his injured knee
He is only able now to be about o
Z crutches. He will ultimately re
!. cover the use of his limb, but tt
u process of recovery is slow.
O Albert Kemp has under cor
ctruotiop for Milton Moroon T,