The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-19
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Little Henry was spending his
vacation on farm. 1t was his
first visit to the country, and he
had never seen threshing machine.
"Mamma!' he exclaimed one day.
rushing into the house. there's a
fire engine way in big field, an
it's pumpin seeds"
Quarterly communion and re-
ception Of members at the morning
service in the Presbyterian church :
next Sunday. c. E. meetings at
$50 p. m. and at 7:3o p. m. Tie
pastor will preach the first sermon
in series ON "Old Testament
Characters Subject for evening,
Adam" Good music and wei
c )me to all.
Late Crawford peaches from
the John Kiger orchard and deliv-
cred in the local market the first Of
the week were of excellence uu-
eclipsed by the famous Southern
Oregon peaches. The yield was
small per tree but the quality was
as good as the best of any cline.
When it comes into its own the
Willamette river bottom along its
entire length will be an immen Sc
peach orchard, sending fruit every
where.
"A performance filled with side
splitting situations and speeches
was "Uncle Josh Perkins farce
comedy at the Opera House We'd
nesday night. Uncle Josh himself
was a source of much merriment,
but his hired man Hiram, was a
character inimitable in concept on
and very ludicrous and effective in
rendition. A play witt Hiram as
the star part and rendered in no
jbetter form than Hiram's perform.
ance Wednesday night would give
fame and fortune to the man who
would create it. Manager Groves
is to be congratulated on Wednes-
day nights bill. The house was
packed.
In Good Samaritan hospital in
Portland, the doctors are trying tc
solve the problem Of what is the
malady with which Henderson w.
Murphy is suffering. He has been
ill ever since his return from the
Prineville country several week:
ago. II is case of stomach trouble
but its exact nature has notyet beer
: established. One theory is catarrf
: another cancer with a chance thai
J: still other complications are pres
| ent. The family and friends in
Z this city are awaiting with much
I concern the outcome of the exhaust
! i've inquiry into his ailment.
/ The news of the death of hi
I brother at Walla Walla, was re
] ceived Wednesday evening by Ly
: man A. Bundy. The deceased wa
| younger than the popular OA(
: man, and had been indisposed fo
I two or three years. Some time ag
! he wrote that he was enroute t
7 Walla Walla for surgical opera
| ton, and that was the last tiding
: received here until the Telegram
| Wednesday evening announcing
u his death. Lyman Bundy let
= Wednesday night expecting t
meet his mother enroute and pre-
y 1ceed together to Walla Walla. Th
burial will probably be at Dayton
Washington. Mr.. Bundy will b
absent week, possibly longer.
"A week from tomorrow, in ST
attic, occurs the hearing of tn
case in which the proposed deporl
alton of Esther Mitchell and Mau
Hurt Crefheld is involved. Th
women were ordered by the supe1
ior court of Seattle to be release
from Jail and be sent Ito Oregon
The action was taken after a SAINT
4 hearing had pronounced both
them as affected with a species
insanity. After Judge Frater ha
] ordered them deported the distri
attorney carried the matter to tt
. supreme court, where stay
proceedings was ordered and Juds
Feater cited to appear and sho
on why he appointed an insanity cor
mission and why he had orders
IN the women deported. Several b
Ca. legal firms will participate in Il
~ proceedings. 1t is the guess gene
ally that the action of Judge. Frat
old will be sustained, and that t
women will be sent to Oregon.
ry- Work on the Womsn's bull
ills ing at the college will begin in t1
,rv. weeks. Mr.. Shook the contracte
on was in town Wednesday looki1
over the ground. The contract W
signed Tuesday. Mr.. Shook is t
pha man who bl1iIt A oric11It11ral Ha