The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-04-03
LOCAL LORE.
For advertisements In this column the rate
of IS cents per line viii be charged.

Mrs. R. NJ Gilbert left yester-
day for a months visit with her
daughter in McMinnville.
Lets go fishing at Hodes Gun
Store. Biggest and most complete
line of fishing tackle in town. All
kinds of repair work guaranteed.
Miss Ryth Catch of Salem is
visiting her grandparents in this
city. She arrived Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McHen-
ry were given a delightful surprise
at their home Friday evening by
about twenty guests. Refresh
ments were served.
w. P. Laferty is fitting up a
couple of rooms for business pur-
poses between his brick occupied
by Hollenberg & Cady and the Pi
oneer g11n store. 1t is understood
that a. barber shopis to be installed
in the new rooms.
The remains of James L.
Kingsbury was buried Sunday in
Odd Fellows cemetery. Mr.. Kings
bury died in Salem Saturday and on
the evening Of that day the body was
shipped to friends in Corvallis.
Deceased, until recently, had been
a resident of Lower Alsea where he
made his home with his sister, Mrs.
R. S. Barclay. He was 81 years of
age and unmarried.
Miss Cauthorn entertained
her music pupils at her home Sat-
urday afternoon. There was a
musical program and light refresh
ments were served. Those taking
part were; Claude Whitehorn, Alex
Hays, Helen Huston, Edna Woos-
ter, Florence Berchtold, Misses
Ranney, Ada Finley, Marie Cathey,
Inez Johnson and Pauline Davis.
ALL taxes on which at least half
the amount has not been paid are
delinquent now. The last day for
payment was yesterday. A large
number paid half and took until
October to liquidate the remainder.
In all 1880 persons have taken out
receipts. The number is exactly
six more than had paid up the same
time last year. when the total was
2,o44.
The Western Union telegraph
Office Is now at the northeast cor
ner of Madison and Main, a joint
occupant of the building with Ger.
hard's stationery establishment.
The managers desk is tthe south
window, and is very cosy and con.
venient. The Wells Fargo es-
tablishment is still at the former
quarters in the Occidental Hote.
building. The removal of thetele
graph Office was competed yester
day.
"A knowledge of Shakesp are
and his plays is by no means es
sential to derive pleasure and enter
talnment from Mr.. Fredericl
Warde's Shakespearian recitals
Shakespeare's characters are sale
to portray every human virtue
emotion and weakness and in the
delineation of these characters by
Mr.. Ward, the rich. the poor, the
educated and the unlettered fine
pleasure, entertainment and .edu
cation.
The administration building al
the University of Idaho, burned te
the ground Friday night, entailine
a loss of nearly 100000. 1t i.
said to have been the finest build
ing in Idaho. 1t cost originally
$23o,ooo. Among other II ings i,
contained the Office of Prof. French
formerly of o. A. c. New Mining
buildings in course of erection viii
be used for the purposes to which
the administration building was de
voted until the latter can be re
built.
AT the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Taylor Porter. in this city, Mr..
Pearl Carter, Of Wells. and Mis-:
Rosa Price of Fairmount, were
united In marriage Saturday. Tht
knot was tied in the presence of {
few friends and the brides father
at one o'clock p. NJ, Rev. T. T,
Vincent officiating. The bride i:
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dill
lard Price of Fairmount precinct
and neice of Taylor Porter. She
was formerly pupil in the Corval
lis public schools. The groom i.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Carter ol
Wells, and is likely young man
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter are to reside
on farm near Wells.
Miss Carrie Baker has recover
ed from her late attack OF typhoic
fever, and by that token the las
vestige of the disease has disap
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