The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-04

morning SUBJECT at lue iSoOy
terian church The Scarlet Thread
Frank Becker Of Philonath
and Frank Jones of Pen dleton,
both for ner students Of Phllomath
College. entered the Agricultural
college Thursday.
Special Evangelistic services
are being conducted at the United
Evangelical church by the pastor
G. T. Hurd who will be assisted
next week by Rev. A. A. Winter
of Portland. Services every even
ing at 7:3o Saturday excepted.
TIE pastors subjects next S unday
will be a. II. =" Workers or Shirk-
ers Whlch?", p, IN. How to
get rid of sim" Good singing.
Special music.
Methodist church: Sunday
morning at II the pulpit will be
fiiled BY Rev. Presnall OF Wiscon-
sin. Evening services will be
conducted by Rev. Feese. His
subject will he "Sunshinv or Dis
agreeable during 1907, Which?"
Work On the concrete found
alton of the United Brethren church
a. Philomash has begun and it
will be- ready within ten days to
receive the supeIstructnre. The
ediflce will beiinished i'll the spring.
Marion Bennett, who for over
q year has baen employed Oh a
ranch near Stockton, California,
and who has been visiting his
parents at Philomath during the
holidays. r>tagusd Wednesday to
MS California houe.
Miss Emma, laughter of DR..
3. r. JOB Of Cottage Grove, re-
turned nome Wednesday after a
few days visit with Miss Laura
WaggoDer and other Corvallis
friends.
Lon Henkle, who owns and
conducts an extensive hop business
near Philo1ath, recently sold and
shipped to Portland 10000 pounds
of hops. The price received for
12ooe pounds was IS cents. The
last lot of 5000 pounds was sold
TO Carmichael Brothers.
There is a great treat In store
for the people Of Corvallis at the
Presbvterian church next Sunday
and Monday nights. Mr.. w. F.
Day of Portland, who secured all
ofRev. DR.. E. P. Hills lectures
on Egypt, Jerusalem, and Galilee
will be here to deliver these lectu-
res. They will he illustrated by
over 200 beautiful stereopticon
views which were selected by DR..
Hill. The public ia cordially in
Bited to enjoy these lectures.
After reside>ce of fifteen
gears in Corvallis. Alex .Renpie
left yesterday for Spokane Wash
ington to enter the employ of Flei-
schner, Mayer & company of Port
land who maintain headquarters
FOR business in the Washington city.
For about four weeks Mr.. Rennie
will be constantly on the road
and after that he will be alternately
in the Spokane office and trave :
ing He will be associated with
Ed Dunn, a former Corvallis boy
in the management of the Fieisch-
uer Mayner business in that
territory. Mr.. Rennie leaves a
sPotless reputation and many good
faiends in Corvallis. Mrs. Rennie
will not join her husband until
about the first of February.
Bert Bower we'll known GA
c graduate who with a dozen other
~OAC boys is in the employ of the
General Electric at Schenectady
New York. received a Christmas
present iu the way of promotion
by his employers, He was made
an operator in the power plant
of the great factory, The new
work. Is very interesting and in
structive, and much better pay.
The plant is one of the largest II
the world. Mr. Bower says: Il
can pull a switch in the lighting
lighting system and throw 10000
people in darkness, switch out
the factory circuit and throw IS
goo souls out of a job or that O.
the street railway system and make
o.coo people get off and walk.
The Buxton planning mills are
yet the scene of considerable activ'
ity, after doing the mill work
for the new postoffice. A job O
considerable extent which is being
done is the turning Of 500 shives