The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-08


day with Albany friends.
The mid winter meeting of the
O A c board of regents occurs to-
morrow in the presidents office at
the college. |
Miss Florence Adams return
ed Saturday to resume teaching
near Wells.
M. P. Fruit, the ferryman.
has been having an easy time the
past few days. The high water
prevented operation of the ferry
from Friday to Monday.
Inmates of the Jess Spencer
home went into mourning last Fri,
day. One of their magpies, while
enjoying the freedom of the house
obtained a dose of rough On rats"
and the stuff proved to be equally
as rough on the bird as 1t could
possibly be on rodents. 1t killed
the magpie ina short time after
being taken. Hence those tears.
People have been wondering
how patrons would be able to
reach the new postoffiee, in view
of the blockade along the south
si1e of the new brick building now
under construction, but the situat-
lion has been relieved in so far as
it is possible to remedy it at this
time, by construction of a walk
from the front of the postoffice
directly across the street.
| "A Southern man tells of con-
versation he overheard between
the cook and the maid, both ne
groes, with reference to a recent
funeral of member of their race
at which funeral there had been a
profusion of floral tributes. Said
the cook:
| Oats all very we'll. Mandy; but
when 1 dies, 1 don't want no flow
ers on my grave. Jes' plant a good
water melon vine; an when she
gets ripe, you come dar, an don't
you eat it, but jes bus it on The
grave, an let de good old juice
dribble down thro de ground!"
"A Kings Valley correspond
ent complains about the mail con
nectious in that important section
A change recently made by the
ipostofhce department causes big
: delays in certain localities. The
correspondent says: The Wrer
: and Hoskins mail carrier does no
| tgo to Kings Valley any more ane
consequently we on the route hne
!, Our mail privileges cousiderabl.
: curtziled and the Kings Valley peo
pie must depend on the R. F. D
from Air!ie which brings the mai
from one to three days later thai
by the old route from Wren.
e. An Irishman in a large cit,
= was wandering around hunting ST
Luke's hospital, when he met
i man who looked kindly and prov
! led to bessa policeman. He asked
I" Do you know. sor, where is ST
,fLuke's hospital. I want to g
u there. - The big policeman re
piled: "Sure, l do me frient. Yo,
-lgo down to the Mkt corner, tur
TO the lift about half a block, an
1 there right in the center you wi
: fnd the finest saloon in the cit
& run by Tim Murphy. He is
d big, foine lookin' man and tind
;. bal hisef: he will be behint tn
i bar. You walk up to him an
1briskly say; To hell with th
d Pope When you wake up 20
e will be ir St. Luke's hospita
good day, sor.'
III The mother of JIG. Lowe
y dead. Mr.. Lowe, who lett Corva
lis in answer to telegram ths
summoned him, reached the, bee
side "a hours before she passe
. away. The patient was still Cor
scious and was able to convers
with her son. The funeral occur
=. ed at ElReno, Oklahoma last weel
1e ~ Mr.. Lowe will return to Corvall
in the neer future. Mrs. Low
: visited her son in Corvallis for sey
eral weeks year and a half. :sags
She was lady of lofty and arniab
: character. and won many war;
Is friends during her visit. She col
. tributed a shout article TO th
a TIMES commendatcry of Corvafl
er and the people and which attrac
5 ed Favorable attention at the TIM
s An amusing story Of amatet
sport comes from Rockville, Mar.
: land, where each year there is bel
a series Of races to all corners.
The sun was blazing down on
. field of hot, excited horses an
a linen, all waiting for TALL raw