The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-08-03
LOCAL LORE.
For advertisements IN this column the rate
of IS cents per fine will be charged.

Buck Creek neighborhood.
Mrs. E. R. Bryson and child
rem left today for visit in Port
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. John D Hoskins
of Walla Walla are the guests of
Mrs. L. B. Baldwin at Philomath.
Mrs. Hoskins and Mrs. Baldwin
are sisters. Mrs. Hoskins is au-
thority for the statement that the
mercury ranged from 81 TO 1oS for
Fl days in Walla Walla this sea-
son.
Wash Young, formerly of Ben
ton, a twin brother Of Jack Young,
has been a Corvallis visitor for
day or two. His home is at Sc
attic where both he and Jack have
become wealthy by the growth and
increase of values in the Puget
Sound metropolis. He is returning
from a sojourn in California, to
which state he IS shortly to return
to reside. His new home will be at
Santa Barbara.
1t was the proud boast Of a
Portland paper the other day that
a four-foot section of limb from a
plum tree bore $50 we'll developed
plums." Yesterday there was ex-
hibited in the Times office a limb
of equal length on which there was
159 fine, luscious peach plums.
The branch weighed "a pounds
On the four feet Of limb there was
nearly quarter of a bushel of fruit.
Two plums dropped while the limb
was being brought to the Times Of
fee which made the original mum.
Der 161. The grower was Samuel
Bane.
State Land Agent Oswald
West left this morning after hur-
ried visit to his hop yard on Kiger
Island. The latter comprises 80
acres and was formerly the Nc
Mahon-Sing On yard. Ia the farm
there is I4o acres of land, and a
peach orchard is to be set out the
coming season. Mr. West went
from Corvallis to Portland in an
swer to subpoena to appear in the
land fraud cases.
The janitorship at the court
house is still in the air. Eleve q
tried and true citizens offer them
selves as candidates for the posi-
ton, but up to the present, there is
no chosen one. Wednesday after
noon the position was declared va,
cant, but no permanent successor
waa selected. 1t is understood that
Judge Woodward had one candi-
date for the place. and that Com.
missioner Smith had another.
Court adjourned without an ap-
pointment, and H. H. Glassford
has been placed il temporary
charge. J. D. Wells. former jani-
tor, is out and has accepted posi-
tion as deputy game warden.
There is a swarm of bees in
Tom Vidito's chimney. They set
tied in the place some time ago,
and the story of the boy who had
some of it, is that there is lots oi
honey on the inside. He ought te
know for he was, when he told the
story, all swollen up with a stune
place, inflicted on his person by q
bee. The account is that the little
workers can be seen Jogging in and
out of the chimney at all hours ir
the prosecution OF their business il
! honey making. Recent account:
these columns of how similarIir
swarms of bees have settled in the
chimneys of Rich Irwin and VIM
Barclay, make the Vidito swarm ot
added intetest, and lead to the query
of, what have the bees in their bon
nets this year.
The cream of any newspaper
not only for the publisher but the
reader, is its advertisements. More
thought is expended by their writ
eTs on advertisements than on any
other stuff in the paper, and many
and many times, there are framed
up in them the keenest, best matte,
Of the day. They are the depart
: ment of he paper that cost money
which means that there is busines.
and brains, push and progress be
hind the space these advertise
ments occupy. There is always
1charming interest in every adver
q tisement. for they mirror the every
day doings Of the men and estab
lishments that are doing the busi
ness of the community.
| Albany Herald:-Carl Hode
7 yes erdAy shipped his saloon fix
/ lures TO Portland where he will
| hereafter conduct business. Sine
: June s. last, when by operation c
I law be was compelled to close hi
] saloon. he has conducted a sof