The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-08-31

R. H. Kaltz, the piano tuner,
will be at Hotel Corvallis next
week.
M. E. church, South, Sunday
school at 10 a. m. The regular
church services will be resumed
morning and evening. ]. A. Eli
son, pastor.
e. J. Harrington has two
three months old pigs that cost him
$50. They came from a well
known breeder at Spokane and ar
rived Wednesday. They are Big
Boned Poland China, and are de-
scendants Of P pen of swine that
took 20 prizes at the Lewis and
Clark fair. They are probably the
best bred hogs in the county.
"A sale of the Burt Lacy resi-
dence property took place Wednes-
day. It was purchased by J. SEN
ger, who paid $4,000 for it. Mr..
and Mrs. Senger leave tomorrow
for a three weeks visit with rela-
tives near San Francisco, after
which they return to Corvallis and
occupy their new home. The Cal
ifornia visit will be to a home which
Mr.. Senger has not seen for 80
Years.
| The Salem Journal says cards
have been scattered throughout the
valley, sent out from Independence
to attract people there for hoppick'
ing, which bear the expressions
"Plenty of booze and HI of g
Time" What do parents think ol
such a place for permitting thei1
boys and girls to go to pick hops
| The Journal rises up and protests
declaring sit will keep away de
cent families and is SANDER on thu
intelligence of the people"
The following real estate trans
fers have boen filed at the cour
house: M D Allen to J W Walter
, 15S acres, east of Monroe, S., 900
State of Oregon to Howard Morley
44o acres, $562; Sam King to Lilli
/ J. King, two lots in block IS. S.
u B Smith and wife to H F. Marti
and wife, 80 acres near Albany
l$175o; Charles Evans and wife t
Thomas Warren, SO acres in Alses
1868; M P Burnett, sheriff, 10 I
P Totten, tract in Alsea, $613; J.
ID Perkins to J K Weatherford, 1e
acres N E of Monroe, ST 200.
AT her home on Eighth sire,
yesterday, lawn party was give
by Mrs. W. A. Wells in honor ,
n Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Kirkpatric
: and their son, of San Francisco
: Sixteen friends and relatives of tt
Wiles family were present, and
feature was that each was require
to render the first recitation give
as child in the public school
years ago. Those present wer
Mesdames H. F. Fischer. AL
Smith, Johu Hayes, E. H. Taylo
John Smith, Lille Taylor, S. \
Wilkins. Annette Jacobs, MINI
Lee. Rose Selling, Charles Kohl
Fred Eerchtold and Walter Vile
-Kline's private fire departme,
was completed yesterday, and the
was test. From the alley back
the store, a stream was throw
from two inch hose through
! fve-eighths nozzle across the sd
n walk on the other side of the bloc
>, a distance of tul1 I2o feet. tt
efficacy of three such streams in
about the store in case of a bla:
would, it will be seen, be We,
10 great. The wonder is that 9th
establishments do not make simil
4 provisions for fighting fire.
The County board of Fqualiz
tion has been in session all wee
7e In all, not more than three doz,
taApa, ers have appeared to raise
kick against their taxes. The
are something like 1000 taxpay e
in the county. and the most of the
are saving tteir vials Of wrath
uncork at taxpaying time to t
sheriff, who has nothing to do wi
the fixing of the taxes. OF t
two or three dozen who have a
peared before the board, only a fe
have asked for their asses
ments to be lowered, and not O
: demanded raise. A reduction
S245 was made in Judge Voc
wards assessment, and a slight I
duction was made for Fred B
chanan.
The two railroads that trave1
Benton county pay taxes this ye
almost double that of former veal
The valuation per mile has be
practically doubled by Assess
Davis. The G. & E. which has
miles of track in Benton is assessed
n