The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-11

| Friday evening of this week.
The windows viii, all be in the
new pos Office building in a few
days. " ~ ~
TIE E. w. s. Pratt jewelry
store is undergoing a change. A
new glass front is being put 10
which will give the store an up-,o-
date appearance.
Officers elected by the Reb. k
aha M ,ndsy evening w+rt: N. G.,
Lulu SpapgIer; V. G., M.rgaret
Fowells; Sec, Maud Hayes; treas,
Fannie Oren; finan. sec., Emily
| He enkle.
Telephone companies each ba.e
forces of men at work in C(rval.
liz in various capacities and the i'm.
provemente give the city a progress
sive air. Much money is going in.
to circulation from these sources.
-The dance given Friday even.
irg by the Gamma Delta Phi fra
tern,ty boys was one Of tie m st
successful ever ts of the season. The
hall was prettily adorned with hun.
dreds of olIege pennants, cosy COR
ners, couchea, rugs, etc., and the
guests numbered fifty. The mem
bers Of the fraternity are, Charles
Watts, Car StebInger, j. rs Lingaas,
Chauncey Harding, Rov Nichols,
Mr.. Cropp and Warren B4rnel'.
AT the city council last mig htit
was determined to allow the electric
light company but two-thirds Of the
charge for street lighting on the
ground that the ligh are but two
thirds as good as those Furnished
bv J. NJ Porter. A settlement was
affected with Mrs. Thomas whose
husband was killed by cavein OF
The water ditch. She is to be paid
50 besides the $50 paid for funeral
expenses.
"A farmer bad horse and was
anxious to sell, and one day while
driving boarder the horse stopped
so frequently as to lead he boarder
to ask: "What ails your horse
that be stops so often? Is he halky 2"
"No," replied the farmer, "he's all
right. It's simply he's 80 darned
afraid somebody will say whoa
and be WON'T. hear it, that he stops
to listen." 7,7
"A decisive defeat was admins
tered by the O.. A. G.. team to a
Monmouth aggregation at basket
ball in the college Armory, Friday
evening. The score was 43 to IA.
, The line up Of the O. A. c. men
was, forws rde, Reed and Swami;
, captain; center, Foster and Cate;
; guards, Rooper ard Bilyeu. 10 the
second half Benson and Spires went
: in at guard and Dugan Rooper at
, forward. There was a big crowd.
The ficlals were Wilkins of o. A.
7 c. and Tharp of Monmouth.
: Work on the Johnson bank
,, building Is being pushed. The
: north and east walls are above the
windows. The pressed brick col
: umns for support Of the glass front
are being put in now. Workmen
are dressing the granite for use
about the windows. It. came from
e California and it's non arrival caus-
S ed much delay in operations on the
Y structure. The work is prosecuted
under canvass and to the layman
z who watches 1t, looks like COM
$ Portable winter job.
Monday night the Rebekss
! held an open session at their rooms
, in Odd Fellows Hall, and many
!, friends of the organ zation enjoyed
!, its spitality. A leading feature
of tue entertainment was aguessing
contest. An elaborate wedding
and bridal tour was planned by a
] committee, and the names of the
bridal pair, attendants, places vitit-
l Led, persons met with on the wedding
4 tour, scenes witnessed. etc., were
!, indicated by the title of musical
, numbers rendered by various mem
bers. The degree Of success in un-
folding the plot depended upon
) ones knowledge Of the names of
musical number rendered, So the
/. plan of amusement served a double
; effect-the pleasure of fine music
t al programme and the excitement
} ment of contest. Miss Gle o John.
t son was awarded first honors in
t the contest and S Hartsock cap
tured the bnoby prize, a tin horn.
Mr.. Hsrtsock's friends will be
pleased 10 know that bi Christmas
festivities are to begin so far in ad-
vance. Other interesting features
of the evening were an exhibtlor
: OF ''living pictures" and splendid