The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-30

uoon from Los Angeles.
Mrs. Vim. Crees is visiting with
her daughter, Mrs. Grosbeck, in
Portland this week.
The farce and entertainment
to be given in the Opera House to- =.
morrow night for the Village i'm
provement Society has been post
poned until Friday evening, May 10. ,
Principal Holmes of the pub
lie schools has accepted a position
as bookkeeper in saw mill at Os-
trander, Washington, and leaves in
June to enter upon his duties. He
will retire from the teaching busi-
ness and new principal will be
elected for Corvallis.
"A group picture of the Kline
baseball team of last season appears
in Spaulding's official baseball
guide, in which are all the big
league and amateur teams of the
country. The Kline baseball team
defeated the Rock Hill Team in a |
game on the college field last Sat
urday. The score was ) to o.
The King boarding house prop
erty on the southwest corner of the
block east across the street from
the court house has been sold to
S. L Kline of this city lor $4,000,
Trs. Samuel King who has
been in Portland for medical treat
. ment for several months, ever since
the Silver Thaw. is not materially
improved. 1t is understood that
I the family will take up apermrnent
residence in Portland as the result
i O. the sale.
Charles Blakeslee, an cl1time
A Corvallis resident, and a highly
/ esteemed citizen left yesterday with
B his family for Oregon City, which
h is to be their future home. His
h laundry in this city he recently
d sold to Ed Strange. and his resi-
h dence property has been purchased
Il by Prof. Covell. Mr.. Blakeslee
} has bought a steam laundry at Or
4 egou City, of which he assumed
possession yesterday morning, and
b which he will hereafter operate
\ Many friends regret the departure
of Mr.. Blakeslee aud family.
1 The sale of the Corvallis saw
mill is announced. 1t has passee
into the hands of a company o
which the incorporators are L. B
Menefee, Houston, Texas, Guy NJ
Standifen, Portland; and Percy Al
len Portland. 7. H. Williams, o
Houston, Texas, who arrives Thur
day, is to be manager and Jane
III Standifer of Houston, is to be book
keeper. There are to be no othe
changes in the force. The sale in
c1udes 2, 900 acres timber land. Th
capital stock is $1,000. The ne7
I owners are men of high bushes
- standing and will add greatly t
the importance of the industry.
IRA
M "A number of extreme interest O
the program at the oratorical cor
test in the Armory Saturday nigf
nd was double quartette OF NAL
VS. voices, consisting of John Fulto
and A. H. Stone, first tenors, Pro
Bradley and M. H.. Bauer, secon
no tenors, John A1ler and F. S. M
ew Louth. first BASES and B. w. JohI
son and Arthur Boquet second bas
am es. The music was sung witho1
an instrumental accompaniment ar
ice. with such excellent effect that the
md was strong recall. The organ
his zation is in regular practice ar
few towns can muster so excelle
90, an array of voices.
ent 1t has leaked out that consi
The cradle sums of money are ready
ing be invested in brick structures {
ons Main street if desirable buildil
sites can be obtained That owne
of lots vacant and occupied by Q
:a,- wooden buildings have been a
IL preached is known, but in all cas-
" the prices asked are said to ha
been too high; so high in fact th
ter brick buildings put on them wou
,ro- not pay interest. This is said
have upset plans for the presel
r,n Prices go up and prices go dow
~ M and what obtains tcday may
~ more than will o! tain tomorro
= The Main street would make gle
the strides ahead this summer if bui
Mil ing sites could be obtained at r,
site ! sonable figures.
ard.
*. "A feature of the oratorica1 CT
test Saturday night was the Fl
appearance of the college orchest
n The organization composed of S
am dents has been practicing sill
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