The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-07-31
LOCAL LORE.
NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.

j. E. Farmer is spending a
few days at the Coast.
-Kline's Handy Kids will play
a game of ball on the fiat Sunday.
president Catch is at Shasta
Springs, California, spending a
part of his vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Huston
returned Sunday night from New
.port. They went over Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Callahan arrived
:2Su uday evening from ten days
sol ourn at Elk City and Newport.
Mrs. A. Schubert and son. and
Miss Delphina Haenel went to
Newport Saturday for few days
stay.
John Sutherland, who has been
at Seattle for several weeks, has ar.
xIved and resumed his old position
as butter maker at the Kaupisch
creamery. -
George Cathey is studying
5acteriology in Portland ply
,sician's Office, and in the autumn
Is to enter his third year in the
study ofmedicine in one Of the
Oregon colleges.
w. S. Linville returned Sun
day from weeks visit with Park
~r and Carlton relatives. During
his visit he attended the annual
family reunion at the Davidson
aouae at Parker, which was very
pleasant affair.
Clerk Crawford at the college
7as TO move this week into his new
residence at the southeast corner of
Eighth & Adams. The finishing
touches are being added now. and
everything will be in readiness in
n day or two. The structure con-
gasas seven rooms and has all mod
EZRA cenveniences. lis cost was
$3.50.
The excursion Sunday clrried
E1eariy 800 passengers, of whom 81
went from Corvallls. The aches
HEere badly crowded going in, but
two extra cars were put on for the
Eetsrn trip and which gave ample
accommodations A special tram
:&rem Independence made couuect-
'acns morning and evening AMI car
Eied Il numbe of passengers.
The Kline base ball team got
BADLY wor=tzd in game at New
Sport SUNDAY. TIE score was 12 to
3. They went against a team of
extra good players. Richmond of
Albany, in the absence of Bayne,
pitched for the locals. The umpire
~was Chester Moores of Salem.
-Threshing operations are be-
':slnning in Benton this week. The
Sd Buchanan machine started Men
day at noon on grain at the Dick
; Scott place, and the Peter Rickard
machine is to begin Thursday The
:L<eder Brothers machine cs Corval.
lis starts thursday morning. The
W A. Gellatly machine begins op-
= eraeioas the first days ofrext week
g. Anaearlier start would have been
- made but fol hay baling opefa
1ious' 'in progress ON the Gellatly
farm. Ut is probable that every
ehuesuer in the county will be a6eld
-Blthin week. 4I5.S:
LIT appears that breach of
Che rifles of procedure was incident
:; al to the passage of the cement
sidewalk ordinance and that in or
der to make the measure effective
szt Will have to be passed again. It
became necessary in the process of
passing the ordinance to suspend
IKE rules, which can only be done
" tsya two-thirds vote of the council.
Less than two thirds of the men,
s-bers were present, which constitutes
ansirregularity that would be fatal
toythe legality Of the ordinance. It
will come up for passage at the
regular meeting on the second
Monday in August. Meantime a
great many property owners resid-
Jag in the district affected by the
measure are preparing to construct
wooden sidewalks or repair the old
orses so that early construction of a
cement walk will not be necessary
Portland Market Renorf.