The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-05

lSIudy iIOm business tIlp 10 juno
tiou.
Mrs. Thomas Leese is a guest
at the Portland Sanitarium for a
few weeks.
Mrs, H. w. Kaupisch returns
tonight from attendance at Grand
Opera in Portland.
Mrs. John Smith went to Port
land Wednesday to attend the
Opera.
The Ladies Social Whist Club
is entertained this afternoon at the
home of Mrs. L. +. Wilson.
Some of the rooms at the
public school were dismissed yes
terday afternoon on account of the !
funeral of little May Mattley, pupil
whose death occurred Tuesday
night.
During t be late stormy days,
all athletic activities at the college
have been suspended, for fear the
4 athletes might get dro wned.
\ Rev. Mock, president of Dali
4 las College, will preach at M. E.
\ church Sunday morning, and Rev.
4 Lindsay OF Hillsboro in theevening.
\ Special music has been prepared for
4 the occasion.
4 Frank Huber has arrived for
a brief visit at home. He has been
a meat cutter in an Astoria
market, and is to return in ! a day
or two to resume his duties.
\ Arrival of homeseekers from
4 the East has been more slack
in the past few days than VIXEN
\ the low rates first went into eff
\ feet, but a renewal of the increased
y numbers is expected. The low
rates continue through the month.
i e. E. Wilson has been ap-
pointed administrator Of the estate
of Nancy J. Slagle with bond fix
ed at $500. Nancy J. Slagle died
in Umatilla county in February
1875 leaving an estate in Benton
that is valued at SIS 900. The
heirs are a husband and daughter
residing at Sloan Springs, Arkan-
sas, son in Manila, P. I. and :
daughter in Wichita, Kansas.
1t is said that the report C
those charged with correcting th
extensions on the tax rolls has beel
completed, and is ready for filing
with the court. Its contents hav
not been given out, and probabl
\ will not be on account of ofhcia
courtesy until first submitted to th
h county court which authorized th
corrections to be made. It ha
leaked out, however, that when th
roll was turned over by the cler
\ the sheriff was only charged wit
- taxes aggregating about $500
and that when the correcting {
eo- extensions was totaled up it shove
M Tx about $4,000.
Corvallis has the create:
hat water system in Western Oregon
ank There is no better in the worl'
but It is an asset on which to buil1
town, and the town is building
New buildings are going up. Ne
the people are coming in. The colles
for is growing. The county is grow
:rict ing. Fancy sheep, fancy horse
, be fancy cattle, fancy hogs and fanc
the dairy products are coming IN fro
terry the farm. Why not add that ez
,ads tremely valuable feature of tidyir
led. up the streets and beautifying tt
! at dooryards? Would it not, in tt
midst of this growth, be splei
did investment.
Co. Mr.. and Mrs. Schriber arri
,lav ed Tuesday from California aft
zoe an extended absence. Mrs. Schri
an er went East last summer and r,
anne turned to California to spend tt
,am winter at Berkeley, where she Wi
joined by Mr.. Schriber sever
months ago. After the absene
Nat they like Oregon better than eve
ONE They brought home more than 1e
tion ca1,a lilies for use in decorati,
Don. the church for the limited Eva
Der gelical conference. now in sessio
died
II Spraying for San Jose sea
the has been at standstil1 for 10 da,
ooI. on account o. rain. The statemn
of of the fruit Inspector is that it
ave- not too late yet to spray in mo
Odd orchards. Until the blossoms ope
it is all right to apply the lin
sulphur solution, the inspector say
Ia llan One four acre prune orchard we
-, of town has been cut down durir