The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-11-20

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with her sister, Mrs. A. Morrison.
Charles School, who conduct
ed a meat market for some time at
ISpringfeld and later resided at Al
lbany, has returned TO Corvallis to
locate permanently.
1t may be of interest to Cor
wallis theatre goers to know that !
Manager. Groves refused to book
five companies last month and three
already this month, on account Of
his policy of engaging only first
class attractions.
"A. ]. Gator, who was accid-
emily that through the ankle last
week, has been brought to Corval
lis, where treatment will be more
convenient. The bullet passed
diagonally through the ankle joint
crushing several bones. A piece of
bone twice the size of marble was
removed yesterday morning. DR..
Pernot, who has the case, has hopes
of saving the limb.
George Taylor living west of
town, sold sixteen pigs the other
day to a local buyer for S219.
Their average was seven months.
Their only feed was 100 bushels of
lcracked wheat, worth Sc cents a
bus1el and the chopping. They
were sold at five and three fourths
on foot. Hogs are paying crop
lin Willamette.
On a back street the other
night, citizen, carrying lantern
was engaged In search for some
thing he had apparently lost.
! Around and around In the vicinity
I Of a certain spot he kept searching
= A passerby came along, and stop.
ping on the sidewalk. observed the
EIlonely searcher. At last his inter-
est got the better of him and lift
ing his voice, heinquired: 'Wha
have you lost there, neighbour
l Holding his lantern aloft and gaz
ing searchingly around, the seeke
Ereplied, "Thele's street light her
somewhere, and am trying to fnt
sit."
There is very general salts
Z faction over the increase by til
council of the salary of Night OF
D fcer Osburn from $50 to $50 pc
month. The vote for the advanc
was unanimous and was made O
the ground of the higher price {
necessities and the correspondent
increase in the cost of living. ]
was also made because Mr.. Osbur
is faithful and extremely capabl
officer, one of the best Corvalli
has ever had. Though, as expel
fence has proven, an officers life
often in great hazard, Mr.. Osburn
salary now is no more than that II
ceived by laborers.
Benton county is sending az
pies to Portland to use in provin
that Willamette apples are as goo
as those grown at Hood River
The show is at the irstigation {
Millard Lownsdale. and was Dor
of the discussion of Willamette al
pies as compared with Hood Rive
(which discussion was precipitate
by the TIMES. The shipment
! Benton apples for participation
the show went down yesterda,
They are consignments from tt
. or b rds of Georgee Armstrong
from the Meeker orchard. and Sc,
eral boxes contributed by Fran
Groves.
The water cases, which it W.
expected wonld be heard at II
coming term of the circuit cour
are to go over to the spring tern
Stipulatlons by the attorneys tods
provided for the postponement. II
cases are two in number, one
ID which DR.. Farra seeks to epjoin Il
city from taking water from Roe
Creek on account of the sawmill !
owns Tear Philomath. The 9th
case is condemnation proceedin,
brought by the Water Board f
taking water out of Rock Creek
which DR.. Farra is named as d
A fendant.
, The light and water comm
tee ofthe council is keeping +;
eye on the electric lights the
nights. Whether or not it was G,
ot the committee that hunted wi
a lantern The other night for sire
liz III aud couldn't find it, is II
known but some people aver tn
it was. The city council refer,
last month light bill to the COZ
mittee. Complaint has been ma
+: that the lights are not what th
were before the long franchise &c
: granted, and far short of what tll
! used to be when Johnson Port
T ran the establishment. They We
excellent 1iphfS thot Mr. p, -