The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-07-03

All kinds of Fireworks at
Campbells bakery.
Dow Walker spent Saturday
in this city, guest at the M. M.
| Davis home.
Mrs. Clifford Gould and child
rem left yesterday to spend month
at the Whitaker farm.
w. Clifford Nash of Portland
passed through this city Saturday,
enroute to Nashville, where he ex.
poets to visit his brothers for some
! weeks.
The ladies of the w. c. r. U.
are urged to be present at the reg
ular meeting this week, as import
ant business is to come before the
society.
Mrs. ]. E. Brattnober and Miss
O1eta Pettigrove of Seattle are Wis
itjng Mrs. H. c. Heron of Irish
! Bend.
Mrs. Charles Everett and chill
dren left Monday for Portland.
Mr.. Everett has been employed
there for some time and the family
expect to make Portland their
home.
The building at the northeast
corner of Jefferson and Main, has
been purchased by Miss Ella John
son, the milliner, who occupies it
with her establishment. The price
paid Mrs. Maud Hemphill, late
owner of the property. was between
So, 900 and So, 500, the figure not
having been made public.
AT a meeting of the Waters
court Saturday, the salary of the
county ferryman was reduced to $42
per month. The change from $50
to $42 was because Of the occupan-
cy of the newly built ferry house
which will save the ferryman IS to
$40 per month.
The new cement entrances to
the Administration building at the
college have been completed, and
are very slightly. They are semi
circular in form and with their easy
steps materially improve appear
ances. They are located at the
north and south entrances of the
Administration building.
The gang that has been con-
Meeting consumers with the noun
tain water mains has been engaged
since yesterday morning in conect-
ing city sewers with the new sys.
tenn. The work is in response to
the request of the city courcil,
which at a meeting Friday night
adopted a resolution instructing the
water commission tc supply noun
tain water for sewer flushing. 1t
is expected that the sewers will all
be connected by this evening and
that the work of supplying consum.
ers with mountain water will be re-
sumed at once
Sheriff Burnett and Deputy
District Attorney Bryson are to &C
to Seattle to testify in the Mitchell
case. They were subpoenaed re-
Gently by the defense with the TN
derstauding that they would go tc
Seattle ii telegraphed for. later. The
contingency being dependent or
whether OR not the admission OF
their testimony could be secured
Sunday both received word to ap-
pear at the trial, and both expect to
reach Seattle by Thursday morning
in time for the opening Of court
Both witnesses were present at ex
aminations of Creffeld as to hi:
sanity, and also at similar exami
nations Of many of his victims
Both went also to the Hurt house
It the time Of the big excitement
over Rollerisn in the spectacular
days two or three years ago, wher
it first broke out in the community
Those who use the county fer
ry now have new convenience. A
telephone has been added to the ap
pliances TOR rousting the terrymat
at the call of duty. It runs from
the new Terry house to box on th'
! east side OF the river. Instead o.
believing about and paving the
earth for half an hour or so. with {
gentle refrain of wicked cuss words
all belated traveller has to do now
is to open the telephone box, lift of
;, the receiver aud request the ferry.
man to get out of bed and bring the
boat over at once. The new device i
lung saver and possibly more o.
less of a soul saver. It costs moth
, ING arranomertS having heen made