The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-07-24

Mrs. M. L. Ireland went to
Newport Monday for a ten days
stay.
Miss Marie Groves left Sunday
for visit with McMinnville rela-
tives.
Mrs. Ed Andrews was the
guest over Sunday of Portland
relatives.
Mrs. ]. R. Smith and daughter
Grace, were guests over Sunday of
Independence friends.
-Kline's base ball team is to
play another game with the New
port team next Sunday.
Miss Mary Sutherland returned
Saturday to her home at Shedds.
She was accompanied by Miss Ma
bel Ready.
The electric light company is
setting 1e new poles from the old
plant to the new one. They expect
to have day service about the first
of August.
Miss Margaret Mccormack
leaves in the morning for her home
at Lebanon. after a two weeks Wis
it with Miss Mary Elgin.
w. S. Linville left Sunday to
spend week at his old home at
Parker. A large family reunion
occurred there yesterday,
| Misses Lillian Ranney and
Iva Barclay spent Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Bar
clay.
!: Excursion to Newport leaves
Corvallis at eight O. clock tomorrow
morning.
Miss Louise Webber of Port.
land passed through this city yes
terday enroute to Newport for a
/ weeks stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving M. Gler
of Eugene spent Saturday in this
city. They were enroute to Dallas
> where they expect to spend a month
e with relatives.
Miss Bertha Thrasher is ex
pected to arrive tomorrow for Wis
y it of month with her parents.
= Mrs. Ed Andrews returne'
= Monday from a visit of few day
- = in Portland. She was accompanie'
a home by her brother.
e Mrs. Sarah Elgin and childre
:. left today for Newport where the
# will camp for month.
u Sheriff Stevens of Portland wa
s Corvallis visitor Saturday. Will
{ in the city he was guest at til
II Jacobs home.
n Mort Abbey of Condor passe
+ through this city Saturday. H
5. was on his way to Newport TO Wis
his parents.
is The peaches in tie John Kige
e orchard will be ready for pick in
j. the last days of this week. Tn
" crop of Hales Early and Charlotte
r is very fair, and there will be
}. small yield of Early Crawfords wit
e better crop of late Crawfords
n Those who wish to do their ow
N picking will be allowed to do so &
d a dollar bushel. The orchard
d located on Kiger Island south {
% town. In most orchards in this vi
IT cinity, the peaches are almost a tc
st tai failure.
TT There is, if promise is wort
m anything, to be an end of the block
aiding of streets by the Souther
1e Pacihc railroad trains The matte
to has been the subject of CON
s. plant for a long time. Last FIR
S. day, after an unusually aggravatin
lie case of it, J. B. Irvine, superinter
II dent ofstreets wrote Superintendent
a. Fields concerning the matter.
IN letter received by Mr.. Irvine thi
IN morning, Superintendent Fields e,
re presses thanks for the fact that hi
ut attention has been called to the cor
to dition, and adds, that measures wi
ly be taken to prevent further occu,
to rences of the sort. Teams, pede.
S. trians, women, baby carriages an
n everything else were held up fe
i. full fifteen minutes by long trai
,g Friday, the incident being but OF
of hundreds of the kind that hay
e happened.
to The barn and contents, tt
De house and contents. and STAG
as containing IS tons of hay owned
tn Haman Lewis, few miles. north {
re Corvallis was burned last weel
al The house caught fire at six O. cloc
1T Friday night, and was totally de
at troyed, involving loss of abol
ty 5000. At the same time the fo
l.