The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-01-09
LOCAL LORE.
NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLL. IN RIEF.

Tae Comings and Goings of People
Social Gossip, Personal Men
ton and Other Items of
Public Interest.
Miss Maud Hurt went IT, Port
land Saturday for a brief stay.
Mrs. Ellsworth Erwin returned
Sunday from a holiday visit with
relatives a. n nth Yamhill.
Miss. Ella Johnson returned tc.
day from 3 brief visit in Philc-
mRth.
A spirited revival is N pro-
gress at Bsulab. 1t is being con.
Quoted by Evangelist Phelps.
john Carmichael. who recent
ly arrived from Cro-sields, Alberta,
Canada, and porchssed land near
O4kvills, ia to occupy tAe place i'm
mediately with his family.
Mr.. Shepard a brother of the
three we'll known Shepard boys that
have graduated from o. A. c., has
entered college and intends to take
a diploma from the institution He
has been attending Willa mette Uni
wersity,
M. Bugnap, who for so Letime
has been csnueated with the Am
b.er & Walters real estate firm, left
yesterday for Phil ,math to take
charge of the Office If the firm at
that place. He will be permanent
~ located at that place hereafter.
In Odd Fellows hall Thursday
night there is TO be a 10 Mt In ttlla.
ton Of TINS newly elected off GERS Of
the Woodmnn Of tbs World AID the
Women oi Woodcrat. There will
be a literary ana musical program.
Recent real estate tran sfers
made by Amber q Waters, are as
follows: Al Kemp and wife to
John Carmichael, If Ctoss6eld, AL.
berta, Canada, 81 acres Of land near
Oakvills, Linn county, for $3,2C0;
Charles Osbufn to Maggie and An.
ma Peterson, house and lot, Cor.
vallie, price $50; F. H. Nef and
wife to M. Buruap,sshouse and lot,
Philomsth, price 500.
Maud H .fnap, who has been
for several m ,nths playing with
Willard, in England, is shortly TO
return with that distinguished actor
TO the United S a'es. They are to
open in New York in "The Fools
Revenge" with Miss Hoffman as
leading lady. TIE play is an old
one, and the first time it was pio-
duceG, Rose EYtiugs, now e%cj1urn-
ing in c rival i, was leading lady
and Edwin B oth, the leading man.
That was in 1884. 81
"A small boy who lives in az
important railroad ce,'er had beer
accustomed to vieitlng the station
and making friends with the eff
Gers Of the company. He persuad
ed his aunt to play train viii him
the other day. He arranged the
chairs in a line and then said:
"You be engineer and FIJI be con-
ductor. Lend me your watch ard
get up into the CAB" Hsthen hur
ried down the p! atforn, timepiece.
ia hand. 'Pu | out, you red-head,
Ipie-faced jay" he shouted at the
a%stonished young woman. why
WillieT !" che exclaimed In amaze
ment. That's right, chew the rag
he retorted. Pull out. We are
five minutes late already"
10 Collegs chapel yesterda7
morning S. L. Kline announced
that he would pay e cash prize Of
1875 to any O. A. c. student who
would win one of the prizes describ-
ed below: Berkeley, Jan. 3.-John-
Barrett, United States minister to
Colombia, has offered prizes of S1oo,
S75 and $50 for which students ia
any American college, university
or teChDtcal sGho0i may compete
during The academic year of 1906
6. The papers. typewriter, +
not to exceed 10, coo words in length
and must be cent By September ],
1906, to the president of Columbia
College, New York. There are FIVE
political and economic subjects to
choose from andfve historical. The
political subjects dsal With the Mon
roe doctrine, the Panama canal,
possibilities Of trade with South
America, the present progress Of
South America and the practicable.
ity of the Pan-American railway.
The historical subjects include re-
views of the influences and condi.1
tons that worked for the indepeud-
enoe and establishmentaof the Sonth
American republics, also those of
Central American and Mexican, of
the character and achievements of
Bolivar and San Martin, also of the