The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-05-07

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were guests of Monroe friends
over Sunday.
Mrs. Charles M. Cady, of
Pa1isade Colorado arrived Friday
and is a guest at the home of ]. 7.
Cady, her father-in-1aw.
The frame work is up on a
new house that Peter Bengen is
erecting on lots West of the Den
man property near the college. 1t |
is near the house of Mr.. Imbler
which is now nearing completion
MAY 18TH. Watch for the pro.
gram next week. Among other
things a humorous selection en-
titled TOO Much Soda in the Bis
cult" Entertainment given for
the benefit Of the Free Reading
Room. May 17th.
j. c. Hammel discredits the
report that he is considering hotel
proposition in Albany. He is still
pushing plan for new and ele-
giant hotel properly in Corvallis.
The fire loss sustained by NJ.
Porter in the burning of his resi-
dence and contents has been ad-
justed by Hubbard Bryant of
Albany. His policy was for 81, 200
and was in the Oregon Fire Relief
of McMinnville. The full amount
was allowed, and has been paid.
The terms upon which the
transfer of the Corvallis saw1nill
was made have never been made
/ public, and are not now definitely
1 known. The figure however is
said to have been $50, 900 in cash,
: and a large tract of land i'll Texas
aggregating in all, about SIS, 900
) The new firm OWNS many mill:
3 and is said to have unlimited capi
d tai.
A Albany Herald More hote
talk has it that the erection of
hotel building on the corner o
1 First and Lion street opposite tn
/ Russ House is in contemplation
E The lot which is now occupied b.
E the Burkhart real estate agency, i
| the property of J. K. Weatherford
h Mr.. Hanmel, former proprietor G
4 the Corvallis Hotel, the principe
hostelry of the city Up the rive,
has had his eye On Albany as
hotel town and has consulted wit
Mr.. Weatherford concerning th
matter of erecting a building here
1 Asked about the matter yesterday
Mr.. Weatherford admitted that til
subject had been presented to hi
i but indicated that he would be
no great hurry about building.
The fact that D.. Kerr, tt
newly elected president of the co
lege was born in the Mormo
church. has been published by
y few of the newspapers. Inciden
~. ally the principal and best reeor
oe mendations of DR.. Kerr came fro
we'll known anti Mormon sources
- - Utah. and were remarkable for the
unreserved and unstinted CONNIE
80 80 dation Of the atil:ty and sterlir
Is IS worth of DR.. Kerr. One thing &c
~ tain is, that if a man is born in tt
- - Mormon church and subsequent
withdraws from it, he is, if th
church is bad church, entitled
we infinitely more credit than a m;
rd- who was never so identified.
B.
no. The TIMES is to move in
B. few days to the room formerly 0
30: cupied by the Bell Telephone {
B. flee. Two or three reasons o
Z. casion the change, foremost amor
zin which is the fact that patrons
nd the paper have for long time COZ
rec planned at the long climb on
stairway in order to reach the {
er. flee. For their convenience al
II. acknowledgment of their 1or
rd steadfast patronage the removal
,ck a ground floor is made. One 9th
Err reason is that there are a few su
70 scribers with whom it is a1mo
;on impossible to find the way to t
ear office to pay subscription and t
ian paper is going into quarters
vo easy to find that even a wayfaril
man cannot fail to see it.
ian In the lcng relay race fre
es. Salem to Portland Saturday whel
ter in ten Indian runners from t
de- Chemawa Indian traiI,ing sche
He competed against ten white m
ac- from the Portland Y M c A t
out Drawn and endurance of I,
ged American Iudian proved superi
yile to that of the white men, and t
ZEE, honor of delivering the Governo
ed. message to Mayor Lane of Portla
mt, fell to the lot of Amos Smoker
eft. fifteen year old klamath India
the At exactly six minutes past thl