The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-07-31
Miss Oaatta Jones is spending
a week with S,lem relatives.

oiu utS OdTOHT shOp tOOHy ana leIC |
bis afternoon for Lebanon to locate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spangler and
laughter, Miss Lulu, are to leave
oday f"r stay of several weeks
t the beach.
Miss Lois Pratt left Monday
or visit at the home of DR.. Alt
nan, in Salem.
"A number of young people en-
Dyed an informal dance at Ray
nond's hall Saturday evening. |
Men wanted. Saw mill and
lumber yard laborersS s. IS per day. |
$2.2o to$3.oo. Steady
work. Apply to Booth Kelly Lum-
Der Co. Eugene, Or. tt.
The Ridder thre,hing machine
began operations in the north end
of Benton this morning. The Coo
per machine starts next Monday.
Mrs. Laughlin Of North Yam
hill, arrived Saturday and is Wis
iting at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Ellsworth Erwin.
j M. Nolan and family, &C.
companied by Miss O'Leary, expect
to leave tom:rrow for Newport for
an outing of several weeks. They
will live a Damon's.
Mics Myrtle Shonkwiler, of
Portland, passed through this city
today enroute to Newport where
she will join her sister, Mrs. R. M,
Davissop.
On the Tom Cooper farm they
are running the binder by moon
light now. 1t ran until II O. clock
last night and was afeld at the
break of day this morning. The
grain is ripening faster than sim
gle binder can cut it during the or
dinary hours of the working day.
ALBANY Herald: Charles Shupe
while crossing Ysquina Bay on the
steamer last Sunday, lost his fine
Panama hat the gentle zephyr blow
ing at thu time carrying the fancy
Panama far beyond the reach o. th:e
owner and that gentleman retul ned
home wearing cap.
My daughter has learned one
thing at boarding school this year, -
exclaimed the man, "and that is
how to write legible hand. How
did it happen?" asked a friend.
"She kept writing home for money
said No. 1, "and | ssnt back word
couldn't read word of her let.
ters. 1t soon cured her of that
Chinese chiroeraphy."
"A little Corvallis girl, who had
been impressed with the lesson thai
she must always be good, had beer
taught that everything she did was
saen by God. One day, setting of
to school. her pet dog would follow
She told him to 60 home in vain
At length. stamping her little fon1
Oh the sidewalk, she said: &c,
home at once; It's bad enough te
have God always locking after ms
without yeur following me every
where I CO."
! As though the telephone peo
pie did not have trouble enough al
a result OF toe lightning, an cleo
trio light wire broke Sunday eve
ming and fell athwart the wires o
both the Bell aud the Irdspenden
companies. The high voltage or
the electric wire overcharged lhs
phone wires and havoc resulted
The shock in the Offices alarmed
the operators whose late xpsriencz;
with lightning on the wires made
them alert for danger. and a rev
storm was suggested when The el,c
trio wire got 10 its work. S vera
teler bone col S were burned cut l.
the contact. A coil is the very f,t
wire wound aronnd piece of S f
iron in the phone instrumen
The number of Mountain wa
ter patrons up to last night wa
900, and orders for connections t,
! be made are still coming in. Th
completed portion of the plant ha
been turned over to the Water com
mission, consisting of Judge Nc
Fadden, Robert Huston, S. L
Kline and F. L. Miller, which per
sons have charge Of operating tn
system. Brady Burnett whom tn
commission has appointed superin
tendent, has an Office ON the frs
floor at the city hall which is reach
ed by Independent telephone. Th
', superirtendent's salary has bee
fixed at $50 per month.
They have stray dog over :
| the court house that seems destine
+. to become public property. He
i an Irish Setter, and apparently
5 bird dog Of the first class. He al
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