The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-30
LOCAL LORE.
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Miss Lila Waugaman of Nc
Minnville, was the guest over Sun
day Of Corvallis friends.
Mr.. Haggerty. president of the
the Oregon Fire Relief Association
of McMinnville, spent Saturday in
the city on business, returning Sun
day.
Tom Vidito and Clint Heron
were among the Corvallis sports
who were cunning on the Sabbath.
In addition to a number OF China
pheasants they bagged seven jack
rabbits.
Ladies of the w. R. c. will
give a Halloween entertainment
and supper at Odd Fellows hall
Wednesday the 31st inst. Supper
at7 P. m. IS cents. Public cordial
ly invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold King
attended a social hop at Wells,
Saturday evening. and spent Sun
day with the latter's parents at
the Hecker home.
Mrs. S. G. Irwin and daught-
er Of Nye Creek. passed through
Corvallis Monday on their way to
Berkeley, where they expect to
spend a portion ofthe winter. They
were ac> ompanied to Corvallis by
Mr.. Irwin.
Asa Alexander has in his yard
at Ninth & VanBuren streets, an
Italian chestnut tree which has
come into prolific bearing at eight
years old. Several samples of nuts
from the tree left at the TINES Of
fee measure three inches in cir
cumference.
Col. Thorp wrote from Massa-
chusetts that he was at the histor.
ical town of Plymouth, famous as
the landing place of the Pilgrims.
THE lasting rock" " he says, ION
which they first stepped with Miles
Standish to meet the Indians on
shore is still here. I stood on it
today just for the curiosity of the
thing. I have also seen many rel
les of the Mayhower."
! The brick work of the lear
and side walls Of the new postofhce
building are completed up to the
ceiling joists. To the casual OBJ
server and perhaps to others, this
part of the work seems to have been
done in record breaking time by
Chilly Headrick and Sam Hughes.
Workmen are now engaged in lay
ling the pressed brick of which the
front of the building is to be con-
structed.
A scoreless game was the out
come of the football struggle be.
tween OAC and the University oi
| Washington elevens at Seattle Sat
urday. Though the Washington
ians had in the game six veterans
with Captain Grim at their head,
they could not score on the Ore
Igonians. The play was largely q
puneing contest. OAC was weak
ened in the very opening OF the
play by the forced retirement o.
Looney. Pendergrass and Wolf
did the best work for OAC. The
game was witnessed by 1900 people
The OAC team arrived home
| Sunday noon and were wa rmly vel
| coined.
| Saturday a skating rink wa
opened at the opera house by S
Plymale, with favorable prospect:
of a long run of business. Nj
Plymale has had much experienc,
in the conduct of this form o
amusement, and there is no doub
that by reason of the excel1en
management which seems assure'
the rink will soon become, a popu-
lar resort for both gentlemen an
I ladies. Children are to be admitte
to the rink between the hours of
and e. There will be speci.
= hours for beginners, and such 9th
er arrangements as experience ha
:. shown are acceptable to the pnbli,
Good order is one of the condition
which Mr.. Plymale insists upol
n No hoodlumism, such as is to
e. common at such resorts, is pei
1nitted.
id Saturday evening was locke
forward TO with delightful anticip
ton by recipie nts of Invitation
= to the dancing party of Professo
.is F. D. McLouth, F. L, Kent, JOB
y McDougall, and W. T. Shay
D. Fishers hall was the scene of a ga
and merry throng that reluctant
"a dispersed at midnight. Couch
w and cosy corners added much
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