The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-02-12
LOCAL LORE.

days.
Jobs addition is to have
building in which to house fire ap-
par4tus. The citizens there have
offered to build structure for The
purpI Ise, if the city will furnish the
lumbar. Tue city council accepted
tue offer Last night and authorized
$500 expecded for lumber. The
citizens have furnished a site near
the Blakeslee fruit drier.
The following real estate trans
fers have been filed for record: Eliz-
abeth A. Barker and husbaDo TO
Isaac and lone Stroud, two lots on
Tenth street, S17oo; c: J.>Cele and
wife to James R. Bailey, one lot in
Avery and Wells addition, 5000; J.
q. Irvine and wife to James 4.
Bailey four lots in Avery and Wells
addition, $475; Oscar Gustafson and
wife to G. ]. Wagner. TRACTION Col
fege Hill, 81 900; John H. Hacker
to e. l.. Davis, l9 acres south of
Philomath, $1,000.
Corvallis merchants are ap-
parently adopting new business
policy. Though the county is
network of R. F. D. mail routes
aud rural phones, which tend to
divorce business from the town,
they are advertising less than at any
time 10 several years. These are
the times when goods are sold in
larger per cent. than ever before by
advertising. The farmer sees the
advertise u. ns in the local paper
and be phones or writes for the ar
sicle.
Will Dunlap reached his hon 10
Linn county, near Shedd, last We'd
nesday from the logging woods
above Springfield, where be was in
jured some time ago. His jaw was
broken in three places by the fall
he sustained from a dam. All the
fractures are knitting, however, a cd
q phone message frem bis home this
90 ming indicated that he would
soon be able to be out. In the ac-
cident be sustained several bruises
in addition to his other injuries,
but they were not consequential {.
"A tryout for debating team
for o. A.>C is to occur at the col
lege Saturday night. TIE subject
'js Resolved That the Monroe
Doctrine Should Be Abandoned" :"
A few minutes before the debate be.
gins each spe aker will receive notice
as to which side of the question be
-is to defend. Selections will be
made according to the merits OF
each effort, three speakers being
chosen. Among the contestants
will be Weatherford, Stebbinger,
Wilkins, Selleck. Woods, Spillman,
Kelly, Clark and Mics Dunlap.
"A friend ilom the North Lad
gone 10 visit tbs colonel, who lived
10 the swampy Mississippi River
bottouns of Louisiana. There was
no mosquito netting over the bed
and in the morning when the negro
came with the water and towels, tpe
tortured visitor asked: "Sam, why
is it that yon have no mosquito net.
ting over the beds? Doesn't the
colonel have any in his room?''
f'No, suh," replied Sam II DONE
see how he stands it. - well, sub, u
said Sam, 81 reckon it jes dis way:
in de fo' part Nv de night, sub, de
>colonel's mos centrally SO 'toxicat-
ed dat hs don't pay no 'tention to
de skeeters, and ie de las part Nv
de night. sub, de skeeters Is mos
gen'raiy so 'toxicsted dat dey don't
pay no 'teution to de colonel"
in the probate court: E. E.
Wilson has filed a pstition to be
appointed guardian of the estate oil
Eliza A. Knight, insane. Thomas
Taylor, George Peters and A. c.
Ball have been appointed apprais.
ers of the estate of A. M Peek
Henrietta Randall executriz of the
estate Of Louisa J. Stewart has filed
her. final account and March 9th
has been set as the date for hearing
objections. The executrix has S.,
IA to be turned over TO the devisees
March 9th has been set as the date
for hearing objections to the fua
ssettement of the estate of William
Seeker. A. l.. Liilard has beer
discharged as the guardian of th'
teatate of J. B. Lillard, the latte
having attained his mejority
March 9Th is the date for final set
element of the estate of Mary Gar
iinghouse. e. E. Wilson has beel
appointed Guardian ad litem fo
Robert, Ina, Jean aud Harry Hol
royd.