LOCAL LORE. Charles Porter left Sunday for Southern Oregon for-a weeks vacation. . - Miss Kate Gerhard was called to Albany Saturday to be at the bedside of a friend who la dangerously 111, E J Garrow who a week ago was brought home ill. left Mondav to re sume his duties at McCloud Calitor Bla. ' " - The W E 0 will give a basket so cial at their hall Saturday evening , Novels t, A short program, .baskets sold at twenty five cents each, Doors - open at 7,30. "v Hubert Hodes, who has been io 1 . A i . tuo cujjioy ui a large Lueiuaucuu oa- tabllshment in Chicago for several years, is expected to arrive in Cor vallls about next Saturday, to reside. He is the son of Gustave Hodes r Invitations are out for the marriage- tomorrow at the home of the bride's father, of Miss Laura Cau thorn daughter of W L Cauthorn of Wells: and Judd Smith, son of Mr and Mrs I WB Smith of Willamette precinct. - Mrs S H Barnard arrived Satur day. She is the widow of the late S H Barnard, an old time Cor vallls -itewho died last year. With her Bister, Mrs David King, Mrs Barnard left Monday, to visit relatives at To ledo. " ' The Salem Journal says the scar city of China pheasants around Al bany is accounted for by their look ing at the faces of Albany citizens, that a look of the averege Albanian's face is enough to make a pheasant go off and die. J Neville, whose son died recent ly a week after arrival in Corvallis, left Monday for his former home in Northern Kinsaa. He was accom panied by his son, and also Mrs Ne- wllla 1 1 1 ii ..... t11 r-tnr Aft ' ilnnivKnit f v, I m vino, uio niuunou uauxuhoi'iu-iair. The latter goes to .. Colorado to join relatives. William Martin Friend and Jessie Pearl Flsk, both of Philomath, were married Saturday, The knot was tied in the judge's room, County Judge Watters officiating- The groom, whose father purchased the Bishop Castle place, arrived this year from the East. - At Birmingham, Alabama, Wed . nesday last, John E Skelton, former Corvallislte, and a brother.; of Prof Skelton of the College, was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Laura Lang, of Birmingham. - Mr and Mrs Skelton are to reside at Kockwood, Tennessee .where the former is chemist of the Boane Iron Company. A number of friends gave Miss Minnie Woldt a surprise party Satur day evening. . The following were present: Misses, Gladys Moore, Edna Thrasher, ' Maggie Evers, Lizzie Thrasher, Maud Gleason, Elnora Book waiter, Lei a Alexander, Ruth -Lilly and Minnie Woldt. Kratz Cronise, Ernest Miller, Ernest Avery, Helman Hall, - Ed - Hogue, Charles Shenofleld, Ed Pratt, Boy Bell, Collie Cathey and Otto Woldt. In a decision at Salem Saturday Judge Burnett of the third judicial district decided that hop contracts were not binding. In the case passed on, a hop grower who had contracted his crop and had received money ad vances refused to surrender his crop to the buyer. The contract had bsen made during the seasons of cultiva tion and picking. Judge Burnett beld that the contract was void and cannot be enforced. Unfortunately the decision comes too late to be of benefit to growers generally, as near ly all those who contracted have sur rendered their crops. The arrival from Seattle Monday of the O AO football men was the oc casion of an enthusiastic demonstra tion at the railway station. - It hap pened at the noon hour, and students by - the hundred, together with many of the faculty and many townspeople were on band to meet them. The knowledge that In team work and strength the OAO men had done their f nil duty and that Seattle only won the larger score by the accident of two lucky place kicks caused general satisfaction to all. The reception to the team was most hearty. rW S Miller, In charge of a party of men arrived Sunday from a trip of blasting out snags in the Willamette. The work was under direction of the government engineers at Portland. Th5 party started at Corvallis in small boats, and made the trip as far as Portland, blasting on the way. As soon as there is more water, the snag boat will take ap the work where the party left off. The river is lower now than at low water. The Santiam is said by the party to be lower than has ever been known. It will take . much rain to enable boats to reach Corvallis. -The members of the party were, Wll liam Beld, M E .Dunn, Isaac Smith and Frank Cole. . ' . Miss Lettle . Wicks, left Monday for Los Angeles. Friends tendered ber a farewell party at the family home Friday evening, A program was rendered as follows : vocal solo, Mrs E F Pernot: recitation, LuraFleit vocal solo, Miss Mabel, Keady: vocal solo, Mr Kllpack, The evening was spent In games and other , amuse ments, and In the discussion of a dainty lunch, The affair was managed by the ladies of the Episcopal church, of which Miss Wicks has been Organ ist for a ; number of ' years. Among those present were, Mrs Keady, Mrs Hout, Mrs Jones Mrs Pernot; Misses Cara Wilson, - Mabel Keady, "Mary Jones Ethel LInville and Alice Jones; J G - Kllpack. Will Johnson, . Allen Airtb, Clifford Gardner Archie Boquet Philip Gerhard, Mr Scott and Bev. Kilpack, Wheat 55. - ' County Judge Watters went to. Alsea Monday. ' . J D Irvine arrived from Browns ville Monday on a business trip. . Sam Tnurston is very ill at Mon mouth. The disease is typhoid fever. J G Kilpack returned yesterday from a brief-visit with Salem fiiends. Joaquin Miller passed through Eugene Monday, en route to New York to pursue Hcerary work. The monthly Presbyterian tea occurs this afternoon In Mrs Horner's rooms at Cauthorn Hall. Ed MeCalls came up from Salem Saturday to bold down a position in the Steam Laundry for a few . days. About twenty five couples, atten ded the FIremans hop-last.Friday eve ning. All bad an enjoyable-time. - Wheat advanced In the local mar ket Saturday to 55 cents. The reason assigned for the advance . is better prices abroad. Mr and Mrs Thomas Ktrkpatrick returned Saturday to their home in San Francisco, after a two week's vl8itwith relatives. Mrs Parrish, mother of Minnie Allison, the latter of whom Is now Mrs W W Saunders, died In Kalispell Mon tana, Monday. Mrs Saunders, is to arrive in Eugene with the body,' Sat urday. ' At nine o'clock this morning, Mr Oorrie Bushnell of Seattle and Mtss Harriet Herron are to be united In marriage at the home of the bride's parents, Mr and Mrs Hugh Herron of Irish Bend, The date has Dot yet been set for production by local talent of "The Troubles of a Married man." In few days, notice will be given of when the box sheet will- be open. Special music has been sent for, for the occa sion by Rathyn Turney, and Hoe or chestral music will be one of the fea tures. ' . - , Sherin Jtsurnett has received an invitation to attend the execution of A L BeldiDg, set for next Friday morning between six and eight o'clock in Portland. The invitation is sub ject the Multnomah sheriff says, to a stay of execution that may be grant ed by the supreme court upon legal moves now pending. ; In the estate of Leslie M Mattoon the inventoryof property has been&led in the probate court. The personal property is valued at $1,212, and real estate at 84,025 ; total $5,237. The sum of $213 has been set aside for the'use of widow and child. The ad ministratrix is authorized to sell per sonal property at private sale. New deeds tiled for record are: L F Wilkinson te S S Henkle, 256 acres nine miles south of Corvallis, $1300. T O Howell et al to W- N Clark, 170 acres near Blodgett, $100 A E Laws to W T Mlr.0, nine lots in Job's addition, $225, Mary B Davis and husband to W W Sydor' and" wile, four lots In Jobs addition, $10. Bobert Keyes. who with several sisters was recently sent by the coun ty court to the Boys and Girls' Home at Portland has been heard from. He writes County Judge " Watters that a week" after his arrival at the Home he was adopted by a man nam ftd Bickertr Speakng of Mr Bickert and his home, the lad says, , "It is the best place in the world," W A Wells has bought two blocks of Corvallis property. The first lies on the Philomath road between, the John Bickard and TJ G Berry blocks, and was purchased of J W Foster The price is supposed to have been about $500. The other block is in Job's addition, lying north of the Minor property. It was secured from S M Beal of Boise City. Idaho. The figure Is not known, i'ranK Helta, who has been ser ving on the United States petit jury in Portland for the past two weeks! arrived yesterday, and left during the afternoon for his home onFlveBlvers. Mr Bier of Corvallis, ' another juror. remains in Portland, and Hugh Her ron, who came home a few. days ago, Is to return to Portland next Sunday, to complete his service on the jury. . . QUITTED HOME But After Twelve Days Came Back Again Corvallis Lad's Lesson. ; TO SELL PROPERTY Sheriff Has Warrant List Changes! for Delinquent n Law m a s'UDDorniy contested same here this afternoon the OAO eleven of Corvallis went down before - Wash ington University by a score of 6 . to 16. Weak defensive play on both sides characterized the game. fXhe result' comes as a . genuine surprise as the U W. team was,generally . sup posed to be vulnerable ' this season. It Is especially- a dissapointment to the U O team, as, in the event that OAO won the game the "Varsity eleven expected in turn to wrest a crame from OAC, thus acquiring title to the northwest championship.! Eugece Begister. ' -Wood for Sale I have sOO acres of timber land to clear. Will sell wood in stump or give wood for clearing ground, have fir, oak cedar and asn. o miles west of Corvallis. ....... P A Kline, Things had gone wrong at school He told, the folks at home about it in the evening! , The" father took the side of the professor and, 'be fore the conversation ended spoke sharply to his. son. ? i Next morning there was a va cant chair at the table. All day long there was an " absentee from i . - . ArAi r ii tne Doys classes, ine miner mauc hinquent. inquiry around, and the ; ;:.mother-k,.i worried. No trace of the missing lad could be obtained. The search was shortly given up, - and matters allowed to take their course. - The lad. went away two weeks ago . last Monday. . ' Last Friday, he returned to his Corvallis home. - He was met "and welcomed as though - nothing had happened . Little by little his story came out. He had left home with $1.25 in bis pocket. He went north along the Westside, hunting work. There was little or none to be had. The average . wages offer ed him was sixty cents per day, and at that figure, one farmer oi fered him- half a" day's . work at dieeine potatoes. Another farmer offered him the samer figure for half a day's work of some - other kind. He accepted - neither be cause the injury to his only Suit of clothes would be more than the thirty cents would amount to.- ' By and by his money ran out, and subsistance became difficult. He slept in barns, and ate green armies. At last his situation be came more distressing than -.':he could bear, and he turned his foot steps homeward. - He knew there would be a father's and mother's welcome and abundance ot every thing there. He is under-, the fam lly roof now, and realizes as never before.' how precious after all, is home. : HE'S A LULU So She Said But she Callea Him Post Instead of Coach. - With" the season at its height, football is much discussed, now. All those who talk about .it, are not familiar with the game, its ev blutions, appurtenances and lore, An old inhabitant learned for the first time that the Washington el even won out over the OAC men, not by field movements, line-bucks and such, but by two place kicks, "Gosh," he said "Dew place kicks count? Then let 'em put my mother-in-law in as a main kicker in the next game OAC hez, and they'll win. I tell ye she kin kick harder and find the place oftener than anything that wears shoe leather, ez I hev full- reason ter know." - ; An uninitiated lady, deeply inter ested in the game, ventured her opinion as to whether or not OAC would win at Seattle. She had full confidence in Coach Herbold, but in referring to him; she used the word ''Post" for "Coach," "Oh I tell ye we'll win," she said enthusiastically. "Seattle aint got no post as good as we got. Mr Herbold, he's our post, and he's a lulu. What he don't know about : being post, aint worth . knowing. Oh, yes indeed, in foot ball, the post is the main -thing." COLLEGE ENROLLMENT Buy your red clover seed at ZierolPs. He has an excellent quality. CASTORIV : Tor Infants and Children. 1 Ri3 Kind You Have Always Bong) Bears the Signature of 7 It is Four Hundred I and? Forty Now Is Greater Than Last Year. The enrollment at the college is 440 now. . 1 he figures axe larger than that at the same time in r any previous year. :The nnmber is larg er now than it was at the Christ mas holidays, the end of the first term last year. - Then it vwas ' 432 or eight less than at - the - present time. This does not include stud ents in music. , ; L' : : : If the enrollment advances for the rest of the year ' in the same proportion that it did for the same time last year, the final figures for the year will considerably exceed 500. ,- . ,: - ;' .-, " - Wanted - Woodchopbers. S Bicknell. Corval lis. ' New line of art squat es and rugs at Nolan & Callahan's. " Missionary Tea r A Presbyterian Missionary Tea will be given next Wednesday afternoon at Mrs J B Horner's. Almost cordial in vitation is extended to all. The delinquent 1 list is in the hands of Sheriff Burnett, ' for Jinal collection of taxes. 7 It is accompan ied by a warrant" 'which, commands that officer . to "advertise and sell property on which taxes continue to, remain unpaid. - ' ; Under the new law, the sheriff is not required toTlevy on the pro perty, nor to serve notice on the de- These steps were form erly necessary but the new, law eliminates them from the proceed ing. : Accordingly, it stands de linquents in hand to square up mat ters without further delay. Mean: time, interestrat 12 per cent; is run ning against all upaid taxes, in 'ad dition to the 10 per cent penalty. So far, the sheriff has set no date for the sale of property. It is : nec essary to advertise at least four weeks before the date of thesale. "- Under the new law, a feature of change is that at tax sales the pro perty does not go to the highest bidder. It goes to the buyer or bidder who will pay the amount of the taxes, and charge the least in terest. For instance, if Jones bids the amount of the taxes on certain advertised property and offers to charge 12 per cent interest, and Smith offers to" charge but eight per cent, Smith gets the property. The purpose of the law is to enable delinquents, if they elect to redeem the property, to get it back at the lowest possible interest rate. To Let on Shares. Fifty head of good Cotswold ewes, mostly two years old last- spring, Apply t3 ; . " " . ' - , William Crees. - - : To Rent. -A modern 10 room house, on ackson sts. . '. . ; S, N. Wilkins. 7th & gomfori and Style v. - . - When you try o.n a pair of shoes, look for two things-comfort and style. . " . ' - " - : You must have them both! Either one by itself is not enough. - It is easy to make a stylish shoe, but it is very difficult to combine : the two. To make a stylish shoe that is comfortable is the high art,- A shoe msy feel domfortable yet not fit properly. Now it must fit or you are sure to have tiouble. . And the better it fits, the better it will wear. - The one shoe that "fits where all others fail is Queen Quality." It fits because it is made in an infinate variety of sizes and styles to suit all shap?s of feet and all oc casions. If you want twice as many, chances in selection, try Queen Quality. $5000 in GOLD, given away to women in loo Quten Quality prizes. First Prize $1000 ask for particulars at S. L. KLINES .' JIYV For Sale or Exchange. - ' Fifty acres, part cultivated, rest pas ture, 25 miles, from - Portland, daily train and boat service, ew house and barn, 3 '-"y- - CLost. y.: . Dwing football parade Friday ;.even ing,$Waltham wach; silver - case,' open face, ; Suitable 'reward will be paid for ta return, : Finder please leave at Times office, -- Special Sale Women's Walking Skirts - A. 5 dozen lot of rainy day skirts arrived Saturday They were bought at a bargain and will be sold at a bar gain Not the common kind that come one dozen of a kind , but mind you, 5, dozen to choose from" and no two alike, ranging in price from $1.50 to $8 Many of these are exceptional values in grad uated flounces, seven gores with welt stitching on the seams, seven gores with inverted plait in the back, bell flare around bottom Don't believe this but come and see for yourself 1 :Sfvti miller Skillful Fitting oi Corsets In the fashions of today the abso lute correctness of the corset is of vital importance Its lines either make or mar the beauty of the smartly designed gowns The W B Erect Form Corset fits We carry a special model for you who are slender, for you who are stout, for you who are tall and for you I who are short You get the lone par ticular model that was made just for your figure F. miller TOP ROUND SHOES for men, always $3 50, never less. Aek some one who . - - has worn a pair about them, . Every pair sold means a satisfied customer and a new pair when the old ones are worn out . . aSfegkJTMide tc Guaranteed br ' fi Jt S B. Knppenheimer ta Cot - Mtt SsW America1! Leadioc - ' Jl Clothea Maker S - Sack Suits rCoPTTlgU, J9oa,bl B. KUFFBtHKIKSS ft OO, J Single and double breasted, two, three and four button, " Blacks, blues, browns, plaids, stiipes, mix tures, novelties. Fashioned according to the ideas of the lead ing metropolitan dress critics. $7.50 Some More $25.00 Some Less Kuppenheimer's shape-retaining, wear-resisting guaranteed clothing, sold only by F. L, Miller, Corvallis, Oregon, -