The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-03-16
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Carpets at. cost at Hollenberg
& Cady's.
The second team men OF the
o. A. G. basket ball So uad met a
Waterloo at the Arm ory Tuesday
night in game withc the Independ-
ence Athletic Club smen. The lat
ter won out by ore of 22 to
nine. The score at he end of the
first half was nine to five in favor
of the visitors. The o. A. c. men
were Burns, Rooper, Bartlett, Col
we'll aud Spires. The Independ-
ence players were, Burch, Byers,
Craven, o. Byers and Shine, The
game was we'll played and was very
interesting to the audience
-Rumors are current on the
street of horse races that are to take
place at the Kiger track tomorrow.
In one, Gene Tortora is matching
P. A. Kline's horse against George
Browns for quarter mile dash.
In another race, the ToTtera mare,
ridden by Mike Kline, is to go
against the Brown horse a quarter
of mile. In third race, the
Tortora mare goes against the
Brown horse a quarter of mile
and gives the latter lead of a foot
for every pound it is outweighed by
the mare. This will give the horse
a lead Of 172 1-2 feet. The Torto-
ra mare weighed 1,o45 pounds
when put on the scales Wednesday.
-Four ring-necked pheasants.
better known as the English pleas
ant, were recently received from
Chicago by Samuel Bane. They
are all male BIRDS and are to be add
ed to Mr.. Bane's pheasant yards, in
which he has several varieties, in
cluding Mongolian, Amherst and
Golden. A dozen female ring
neeks are expected to arrive next
week from Cape Cod, Massachu-
sets. A letter from there received
day or two ago, related that the
birds were at large in fifty acre
lot and that they were getting so
much feed on the outside that they
would not follow the bait into the
nets where they could be shared for
shipment.
Contractor Mitchell is wrest.
ling with the problem of a scarcity
of men on the pipe line. Only ID
men were at work on the ditch a
day or two ago, when fifty would
have more nearly represented the
number wanted by the contractor
A gang of IS men was brought
from Portland some time ago, but
after short time they left to go in.
to railroad work in Southern Ore
gon. Later. gang was brought
from Dayton, Oregon, but some O
these have gone elsewhere. The
wages paid is 22 IL cents per hour
with an allowance of an hour pei
day on full pay for going to anc
from work. The railroad activity
in various parts of the Northwes
probably has much to do with the
scarcity of laboring men. 1t will
probably continue so all summer.
1t is the surmise of Prof. Cord
ley that the cold spell will be dead
ly. in its effects on myriads of Sal
Jose scale, and that out of sucf
damage as may have been wrough
by the chill there will come SOM
benefit. At the beginning of win
ter usually there is a generation o
San Jose scale but half grown
They usually survive the winte
and constitute a very large stock OF
hand for the ensuing season. U
to the arrival of the cold wave, the,
had survived the current winter
but it is considered very possible
by Prof. Cordley that the resultau
low temperatures have chilled ther
to death by the myriads. If SO
the fact will be manifest later on
when by lifting the lid to the seal
the bright yellow spot below, whicl
is in reality the insect, will be see
to have turned to brown, indicat
ing that the hated little scoundre
is no more. -
-Isadore Jacobs was the victir
Of serious accident late Tuesda
evening. He was in the act of as
cending the stone steps at the cou1
house entrance. When almost q
the top, he stumbled and fell. I
some unaccountable way, he seen
ed to sink down and roll backward