The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-02-23
Basket ball tonight.

j. j. Cady returned yesterday
from a business visit to Shedd.
The annual basketball game
between the State University and
0. A. c. team takes place in the
college armory tonight.
"A. K. Handy arrived Wednes-
daysfrom Iowa, where he went sew.
eral weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Nolan went
to Portland yesterday for a sojourn>
of a few days.
Misses Vesta Wallace and Eva
French, Of Albany, attended the
Armory hop Thursday evening.
Miss Elizabeth Snipes, of The
Dalles, arrived yesterday for a
weeks visit with college friends.
Two Eastern families arrived
Wednesday. They are the advance
guard of he large list of incomers
expected as a result of the low rail-
road rates which went into effect
February 18th. In these rates, it
only costs $25 fare from any Ms.
souri, river point to Oregon. Five
carloade of immigrants came into
Portland a day or two ago. Some
believe more Eastern people will
settle in Oregon this year than
came last year.
Harry Walker, the victim of
the dynamite explosion Is rapidly
recovering, and bids fair to emerge
from bis late experience with but
slight permanent injury. The sight
of the Injured eye is coming back
fast and will apparently be as good
as ever within a short time. He is
also able to hear a little in the ear
that was SO badly torn, and there is
hope that the condition of that Or
gan will much improve.
There is a slight change for the
better in the condition of w. R.
Dll!ey, the Corvallis boy who is i'll
with typhoid fever at Little Falls,
Washington. Three others who
were stricken with the disease, at
the same place and about the same
time. have died. All four drank
water from the same we'll, which
water, it is said by the physicians,
to be the source of the disease.
The new dwelling of J R Brown,
west of the Bodine warehouse, is
now i n the hands of the painters
and paper hangers. Of carpenter
work only two or three days of in.
side finishing remains to he done.
The building is not to be occupied
however, until the latter part of the
coming month.
The lodge Of Wsshipgtons Gel
ebrated Washington's birthday in
an appropriate manner in the Odd
Fellows hall last night. There was
an attendance of over 100, and a
long literary and musical program.
An address was made by John w.
Ingle, aod there was a banquet as
a closing feature Of the occasion.
The Washingtons is q Of the la1g-
est lodges in town, having a mem.
bership of about 125.
Deputy Master of State Grange
George W. Denmap, has called a
meeting of thu county convention of
delegates. This is a meeting when
delegates to the State Grange are
chosen, and suggestions on legisla-
ton are offered. The meeting oc-
ours Saturday, March 3. at 1 p. m.
in the Office Of the school superin-
tendent.
An Oregonian dispatch says tn
committee on mines and mining
agreed today to make a favorable
report on the Mondell bill provid-
ing tor the endowment of schools OF
departments of mining in connec-
ton with state colleges for the ben.
eft of agriculture and mechanic
arts. Under the bill money derived
from the sale of lands in the various
states and territories is to be devot.
ed to the new departments,
The amount to be given each de.
partment for the first year is to be
$1,000, and thereafter 1t is to In
crease $1,000 a year until the
amount reaches $2o,o 600 annually
The states and territories which are
to profit by the bills are Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Kan
sas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Mexico, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah,
Washington and Wyoming.