The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-11-16
LOCAL LORE.


Mangas home.
George R. Hall and daughter
Ma y eft Thursday tor San Jose,
California, seking medical skill for
the former. The rnalady is sup
posed TO be cancer.
Married yesterday atthe BRIDES
parents Nj. and Mrs J, o. Stats in
d Ill Miss Be tha Stats and Byron
Gill of Airlie.
Born last week to Mr.. and
Mrs Palmer at Baker City a
daughter. Mrs Palmer was for
merly Miss Jennie Gellatly.
Will some authority kindly ex
plain tn S elling reformt hat makes
sweet Alice =" spell it Alyse?"
The Dales Chronicle.
Harold Woodcoek has retnrn-
ed from a six week visit at Baker
City.
Mrs J. A. c. Mile is agent
for a collection of books that make
deoirab Christmas gif S. A phone
will bring her to your residence
Independent phone 338.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Chip
man were tended a farewell party
by members of the Washington
logde previous to their departure
for heir new home.
Toto (aged FOUR The earth
don't go round, GO it?
Mini { az d iive)- Teacher says
it does and I bell W her; if the
earth dom. turn, how is it that
every Saturday night papa can t
stand up?
The following subjects will be
discussed next Sunday by Rev. 3.
II. G bbs. pastor of the M. E.
c u -ch South. At II a, m."Wom
ans Work ard Influence. At T.
3op. m. prayer"
"A Little Faith" is the morn
ing subject at the Presbyterian
church for next Sunday and "Ab-
raham the friend of God' the eve
ming subject G. F.. meet ng at
$50 P. m.
L aving dates of the boats are
Monday, wednesday, and Friday
as usual. The Pomona, which ar
rived up for the first time last Sat-
urday is in the service. Mr.. Huff
man who was agent last season
has arrived and resumed his old
position as agent at the docks.
The Dalles Chronicle: Mr..
Francis J. Henry promises to do
whaf the great San francisco earth
quake could not do shake the
Honorable Abrahsml Ruef and
fiddle-scraping mayor loose from
the graft.
Ny G. D. Mercer spent two
days in this vicinity this week in
vestigating the grass question Mr..
Mercer recently purchased a fam
near Eugine and has stocked it
wi h Percheron brood mares, of
whic he brought S1I 200 worth to
the state. He was guest at the
home of L. L. Books.
Another big prize has been
contributed for next years Benton
County fair. 1t came as a sur.
prise to superintendent Denman
1t is from the Butter Seed Com
')pany of Portland and is as follows:
Seeds to the amount of $500 pack
ages will be furnished foi CROWN :.
product for the fair This is
equivalent 10 aigift of $125. In
addition a cash prize of S1 each 1ior
tue best display OF flowers, 81 70
the best display OF veget4 bles and
and Is for the person winning
the greatest number of prizes for
products grown from Buffers seeds.
Brooks & Sons, snurserynen at
Carlton, Oregon has contributed
two prizes of S. esch in nursery
stock, as follows. walnut English,
black or Japanese, or ornamental
shrubbery or berries. Already the
list of prizes fcots up more than
5000. Money makes the mare
go, and prizes make the fair go.
AS the new pas CT of the Cor
wallis Baptist church I desire to ex-
tend through the columns of the
TIMES a most cord al invitati' to
the services of this church, Subj
ect for next Sunday morning at
eleven o'clock will be Hunger
ing and Thirsting after Righteous
ness The evening subject:
Walking With Cod" A class
for little folks will be organized in
the Sunday school next Sunday
anornlng. Children who are no
regular attendants elsewhere are
invited to come Persons who