The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-01-26
Mrs. Getchell of Milwaukee, is

Portland a day or two, on a busi.
ness trip.
Mid winter examinations have
been in progress at the public
school this week.
The o. A. c. basket ball boys
left for Independence today to play
the team OF the Independence Ath.
letic Club.
Sam Jones, the noted evangel-
lst orator, appears before all Alba
ny audience tonight.
Rev. E J. Thompson, of In
dependence, was in the city We'd
nesday, 10 attendance at the Fisher
Rand wedding.
Among the CO.. vallisites attend
irg the Calve concert in Portland
Monday evening, ere Frank Lane
and Jo.eph Patterson.
"Wednesday was the hftieth an
niversary Of the marriage of Mr..
and Mrs. J,seph Yates, of this city.
On account of the absence of a son
there waa no celebration.
--John-Fupny about Nam e
She's older by two years than | am,
and yet she can't begin to remem-
Der so far back as can The Moth
er-Of course not; it would not be
'adyllke.
The seven-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Mark Fruit has been very
i'll with fever for several days and
typhoid was feared for a time. A
change for the better today, how
ever, leads to the hope that the lat.
ter malady will bs escaped.
Corvallis Grange is called 10
meet at two o'clock tomorrow after
noon on the third floor of the ad.
5 mini, tration building at the col
lege, for installation Of officers. All
: members of the order are invited to
: ba present.
Expectation has been that the
o. A. c. track team would be weak
in the weights this season. If vii
: Dunlap and some others of the bis
men keep up their practice, the con.
trary will be true. Dunlap has al
: ready tossed the sixteen pound ham
mer ia! feet.
. -Bsllefountain has a central of
fee and local telephone circuits
There are nine local lines with al
aggregate subscription list of 10'
: subscribers. The to'al is to be fur
ther increased by addition of fou
more lines, now building or pro
5cted. The line between Corvalli
and Bellefoun'ain now is a trunl
wire.
AT the First Methodist churc'
a Sunday, the topic for the mornin'
d sermon will be-, why and How Je
sus Was Baptized;" evening
Language and Power of the Eye,
the first of a series ,f sermons O
, the 5 senses, sight, hearing, smell
:, speech and touch, and the effect
religion on each.
r. The last Of the two big steer
exhibited by the Lilly meat markt
l. at Christmas time, was slaughtere
the other day. It's dressed weigh
y was LIS pounds, which probabl
" indicates it to have been the largel
y ever killed in Corvallis. Jam.
- Taylor, the pioneer butcher of tt
= town once slaughtered a steer tbs
dressed something over Lie
pounds. The other of the two. bi
as steers exhibited on the street
IS, dressed 1,046.
~ Miss Agnes Wilson has bee
~ nominated as a candidate for tt
: Oregonian trip to Yellowstone Par
under the circulation contest Ina,
- gurated by the Oregonian. Unds
the arrangement, Corvallis, L
Grande, Hood River and Marshiel
~ are one district from which or
~ young lady will be sent on a trip
the Park with all expenses paid b
Is the Oregonian. OF course, in eac
g town there will be effort to hay
ef It's candidate win, which will hay
n the effect to increase the subscril
r tons. 1t is said Miss Wilson ha
I. a promise of 10000 votes before st
Y. consented for her name to be uset
Y. Friends of Miss Lulu Spangl'
Y, have also submitted her name as
n candidate for the trip, and man
ID votes are said to be available in hi
interest.
d "A new schedule is to go I'M
J. effect on the G.. & E. at once. tt
y Time card is not yet In the hands
lie the local agent, and all the detail
e, in the way of changes RI NJ
& known. The day will, howeve
ut begin as usual with the $50 trai
c. for Albany, and at $50 the san
IS train will arrive from Albany. tt
11:30 and 1.3o schedule will n
te be changed. The five o'clock ira!
IN i fer Alhanv will not leava until al