The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-07-17

Marx McCallister of Salem. ar
rived Saturday for a visit with
Benton county friends.
James Mace of the Pacific
Coast Packing Co., Portland, left
Monday after spending a week in
buying cattle in Benton.
"A. Kyle has gone to Linn
county to build barn for J. H.
Simpson on the latter's farm near
Albany.
Charles Ball proved up Satur-
day on his homestead If 100 acres
in the Lobster country. His wit
nesses were Samuel Bowen and
Ernest Sapp.
Misses Louise and Juliet Coop
er left last evening to spend the
summer with their father. who with
his engineering party is at present
located near Sacramento. Calf.
Charles Shoel, who has been
engaged in the butcher business at
Springfield since last autumn, has
sold out and is looking for a new
location. He is visiting temporari-
ly with his parents in this city.
"A. L. Stevenson and family
now occupy the residence property
next door west of DR.. Pernot' S
home. Mr.. Stevenson recently ac-
quired the property by purchase
from Mrs. Addie Job.
The grand lodges of A. o. U.
W. and Degree of Honor are in
session in Portland this week. The
delegates from the Corvallis lodges
are Jesse Spencer for the Workmen
and Mrs. Beckwith for the Degree
of Honor. They went to Portland
yesterday. Prof. Berchtold is grand
master workman of the A. o. U.
w. and presides at the session OF
the grand lodge.
Henry Stone has returned te
town after a week OF two spent on
his Linn county farm, where b,
took care of lot offruit. He say!
he is not now nor has he been a can
didate for county ferryman. ane
that he wouldn't run the ferry 70,
500 month. He says the pres
ent ferryman, Mark Fruit is goo'
: enough, and that he has so ex
| pressed himself to the county judge
: Prof. Knisely of the colleg
, was programmed for a speech a
, the Pure Food Convention to b
: held at Hartford, Connecticut mex
week, and statement to that effec
appeared in the Sunday papers
t Prof. Knisely is not going howeve
a on account of pressure of work a
t the experiment station.
! "A thrifty summer school is il
{ progress at the college. being con
+ Quoted by Prof. Tartar. The chic
: work is preparation of teacher
= for better certificates ana in reviev
lines, and IS of them are takin
the course, which covers a perio'
t of FIVE weeks of instruction. Th
' classes are in session forenoons
the afternoons being given up t
! study.
;, -Ro, In Lightfoot one of th
: well known hor es owned by w. C
! Trine is tc be raff1ed off. Th'
! price fixed for him is ST. 50 and l. 5
tickets will issue at 81 each. The
/. are on sale at the drug stores, tn
e gun stores, and at Grant Elgin'
e harness shop. The drawing wi
q take place when the sale of th
d tickets is completed, of which du
: notice will be given.
;, The papers are telling it tha
q Ed Laskey, formerly of Blodget
j, is the first man to be cinched i
: Lane county for violation of the IL
- cal option law. The story is ths
J. he had bottle of tarantular juie
. which he claimed he secured i
Eugene and which he was oferin
to retail on the street at IS cents
'e drink. As the lowest fine unds
y the law is $50 it is supposed he ge
c. at least that amount. a
- "A youngster of about ten sun
: :. mers was saved from what wou
- probably have been a watery gra,
y - by Haman Bilyeu a day or two ae
:. The boy with other lads of his ag
: - besides several grown up peop
10 were swimming in the Willamet
- - off the o. P. incline. He got f
- y. out from shore and whether fro
os os fright or otherwise began to CO
- Justify for assistance. Bilyeu,
- powerful swimmer, hurried TO Il
roco11a or5 the 1i+f1a oi,n-, ,.,