LOCAL LORE.
For advertisements in this column the rate
of: 15 cents per line will be charged.
Norris & Rowe's circus is to
' i be in Oorvallis May ioth.
Dr. George Ainslie of Portland
is the guest of Corvallis friends.
O. A. Dearing is in town. He
has a position -with the American
Tpye Fonnders at Portland. .
Mesdames Althouse and Kelly
of Albany, were Sunday guests of
Mrs. F. A! Helm.
V Father Springer went to Port
land Monday for a business visit.
Mrs. Haenel of Monroe, was
'the guest over Easter of Corvallis
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ridder
of Wells, were guests of Corvallis
friends this week. "
Miss Bessie Michael arrived
Saturday from Portland for a visit
. with friends.
' Mrs. Greer departed Saturday
for Eastern Oregon for a visit with
her daughter.
After a visit with relatives in
Washington "Grandma Feese ar
rived home a few days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Yates visit
ed Albany friends Sunday.
John F. Steiwer of. Jefferson.
was buying stock in the vicinity of
Monroe, Monday. -
V A Shirt Waist dancing party
is to be given by the Coffee Club,
Friday evening. Fechter's orches
tra is to furnish the music. '
David Howard was committed
to the asylum Monday. His trouble
is of suicidal character and mostly
pccasioned by lack of . employment.
After ah extended visit with
her uncle J. H. Harris in Corval
lis, Miss Cloy Buchanan left Satur
day for California, enroute to her
home in Tennessee.
Miss Edna Gillett, bookkeeper
for R. M. Wade & Co., left Satur
day for a visit with her parents at
Crawfordsville. . V. :
Miss Hattie Moses is a guest
at the home of Rev. and Mrs; P.
see, dnd she arrived Friday
There is a new clerk at the
R. M. Wade hardware. He is H.
L: Hall, and he entered upon his
new duties Saturday morning. Mr.
v Jt3.au taxes tne position mauevauaui
tt ti . '-. : . . .
by the resignation 01 w . u. rnce
who has been for over a year a
salesman in the establishment.
The senior class lias selected,
LeRoy Harlan, class poet; -Alice
Wicklund and Ray L. Stout, class
orators; Lena Tartar, Edna Smith
and Mabel Keady, class song;
. Maude Roberts, class will; Delbert
. Proebstal, class prophet; Leon Web
ber, historian
James Robinson ; the well
known Wren farmer, is severely
ill at the Occidental-Hotel in this
city. He arrived there Monday
from Cottage Grove, where he has
been under treatment by Dr. Ben
' Tob for the past two weeks. His
friends are more or less concerned
about his case.
. A huge smoke in tne direction
of the Shotpouch country attracted
the attention of Corvallisites early
Monday morning. Inquiry elicit
ed the comforting information that
the smoke probaly came from W.
J. Wilkbank's camp fire, as on
. the classic Shotpouch, he fried his
morning fish. Accompanied by
Mr. Leonard, Mr. Wilbanks re
turned last night from a several
days' fishing trip to that part of
the country. ' t
At an adjourned meeting Mon
day night the city council adopted
a resolution ' directed in the interest
of a franchise for the ' Independent
Telephone Company that is now
seeking concessions in the city of
Portland. The resolution testifies
as to the efficient character of the
service of the Corvallis Independ
ent system and declares that ar
rangements by which direct com
munication could be had by them
with Portland merchants and resi
dents would be of reciprocal value
to all parties.
' It was necessary to throw open
the annex to accommodate the
crowd that gathered at the Meth-
., odist Episcopal church Sunday ev
ening to listen - to the exceilent
Easter program that had been; pre-
. pared. Besides various class exer
cises, music by the Sunday school
choir, and a short but very inter
esting and earnest address by the
pastor, there was a "vocal duet by
Mildred Starr and Vivian Wellsher
that was beautifully rendered, and
a vocal solo by Evelyn Cathey that
pleased all who listened. ' The dec
orations in the church were ' fir
boughs and cut flowers, ' and the
effect was most pleasing
Miss Winnifred Gates, who is
teaching school near Wells, spent
Sunday with relatives in Corvallis,
Walter Kline has been confin
ed at home with illness since Satur
day. . Harry Holgate made ' a brief
visit to his father - and si-ter Sun
day, leaving the next day for Port
land. .The regular monthly meeting
of the Village Improvement Society
will be held next Friday evening at
at the County Court Room at 8.00
o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. DeVarney, Mrs.
B. W, Johnson, E- E. Wilson and
Fred Stimson returned Monday
from a brief fishing trip to Elk City.
James MeKenzie, , who is a
junior at O. A. C, left yesterday to
accept a position in the office of the
Dornbecker Furniture Company at
Portland.
Miss Mattie Strongr who is a
student at St. Mary's College in
Portland, is home for a few days
vitit with her parents.
It is told in town that B.-R.
Job of Cottage .Grove is part owner
in a mine that is about to be sold,
and that if the sa'e goes, his share
will be $50,000. The report doe3
not give the location of the mine.
Reports from the bedside of
Mrs. Cordley at the Good Samari
tan Hospital, Portland, are to the
effect that the danger period is
passed and that her improvement
is rapid. '- - "
The cantata given at the Pres
byterian church Sunday evening
was witnessed by a throng of peo
ple. Solos by Profs. Fulton and
Herse, Miss Spangler, Mrs. Lake,
Mr. Pruett, and Mr. Bouquet were
especially fine and have since been
the subject of much favorable com
ment. The entire affair was a
highly creditable production.
Delegates are to leave on the
early train this morning for Port
land, to attend the meetings of the
Oregon Development League in
session there today, and tomorrow,
all members of the Corvallis league
are invited to attend. There are to
be special trains for the accommo
dation of the delegates from all
parts of the state, and it is certain
that great good wiil result from the
A ninety acre tract of land four
miles west of Corvallis was sold
Friday by Mrs. M. Bohannon to
Frank Francisco. The price paid
was $40 per acre, . and the sale' was
negotiated by Ambler & Watters.
Mr.- Francisco expects , to build a
house and barn on the place next
year, after which : he will ' occupy
the property, with his family.
In a single day at Elk City re
cently nearly 300 trout from eight
to 10 inches in length were1 taken
in the Yaquina and Elk rivers,
within a radius of three miles of the
town. Marsh Simpson headed the
list with a catch of 56, a boy of 14,
resident of the place was next with
52, while a party of Corvallisites,
over there for the day captured 75.
. Jack Pernot the young son of
E. A. Pernot of Granger, was taken
to a Portland specialist yesterday
for an operation for removal of a
growth lrom the nose. A similar
operation was performed a few
months ago but a resort to the
knife has again become ne;essary
in order to effect a permanent cure.
The boy was accompanied to Port
land by Dr. Pernot and wife.
The sale of the stock and ve
hicles in the brick livery stable oc
curs this, Wsdnesday morning at
10 o'clock. The firm has to give
up the building on account of ex
piration of the lease, and a deter
mination to go out of the livery
business is the consequence. Every
thing in the barn will be sold, if
there are bidders to buy it. . . .,
Easter was a day to be remem
bered at the Congregational church.
In the morning the church was
well filled, while in the evening
chairs had to be carried in to seat
the throng. The choir of 20 voices
rendered music in solos, duets and
anthems, the male ' quartette of
students holding a prominent place.
A pleasant feature of the evening
was the part of the children, under
the leadership of Mr. R. H. Ken
nedy, superintendent of the Sab
both school. 4
1 There was a life sized run a
way in the western part of town at
1 1 130 a. m. Saturday. The. team
belonged to A. Butoff, who had
j ust purchased a fine new range
which was in the wagon when the
horses, a team of colts, became un
manageable near the public school
grounds, and started to run. "At
the corner of the Rev. Moore block
they ran up on the , sidewalk and
thencef across the street into the-
yardj of superintendent DeDtnan,
from whence they proceeded north
ward. When captured, the stove
1 was found to be a wreck. - v
A telegram summoned Alex
Rennie yesterday to Eugene, to be
at the bedside of his father, who is
seriously ill. '
-r-An Illinois woman, in a fit of
absent minded uess, forgot her baby
and left it la the train, having to
telegraph to recover it. . ; ',':
Mrs. Bruce Burnett left f 01;
Portland yesterday to join her hus
band who has a position in the bag
gage department at the Union
depot.
Claud Senger, has been suffer
ing with a mild attack of appendi
citis, but is improving, It was
feared at one time that an opera
tion would be necessary.
William .'Currin, formerly of
the Wade hardware firm is slowly
recovering from a critical illness, at
his home in McMinnville. 1 For
several days his life was despaired
.of.
Miss Ella M. Austin spent
Easter Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Johnson. Miss Aus
tin has been teaching a term of
school at Parkers.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rickard en
tertained about twenty of the small
friends of their little daughter,
Edna, with an Easter party Sun
day,, at their country home ten
miles south of town. The young
people reported having a famous
time. -
The Ninth Annual Meeting of
the East Willamette Association of
the Congregational church conven
ed, yesterday at Hubbard. The
delegates from the Corvallis and
Plymouth churches departing on
yesteurday's train were ; Rev. and
Mrs. Green, Mrs. Thomas Bell,
Mrs. Frederic Ferchtold, Mrs.
Martha Burnett, Mrs. Lucy Fran
cisco, Donald Hill, Miss Ida Coop-'
er Miss Cora Newton, Milton Wy
att, Willard Long, George Cooper.'
STECKLE TO COACH
Telegraphic Report From Htm, and' its
- Acceptance Yesterday,
Dr Steckle is to coach the OAC
football team next autumn. A tel
egram was received from him . at
Chicago yesterday afternoon, an
nouncing a willingness to come if
bis services were required, and re-questrhg-
an immediate"" "answer.
Within an hour the athletic com
mittee of the faculty had granted
Manager 'Stimson's request for
authority to close a contract, and an
acceptance was wired to the fam
ous coach at his .Eastern " address.
The news is the best thing in the
football line that has happened at
the college in a long time. It makes
it certain that OAC will have a ban
ner team next: year Manager
Stimson has many requests already
for games, and will begin- at once
to fill up the schedule.
AT MIDNIGHT.
Resorts , Must Close Then Council
Orders it and Owners Agree.
The city council has ordered all
places where cards, pool, billiards
or other games are played, to be
closed at midnight and remain clos
ed until five a. m. Recently an
ordinance was introduced laying
a nominal license on all card tables
the purpose being to provide for
the closing of ah places at mid
night. The purpose was to pro
vide, for clearing the streets at 12
o'clock. The police force is par
ticular were convinced that good
order and a better patrol of outly
ing parts with respect to fire could
be kept, if the night officer was not
compelled to remain v on Main
stre to look after stragglers and
midnight loungers. ; The ordinance
was read and referred to the health
committee, which reported Monday
night that the resort keepers had
agreed to close at midnight regul
arly provided the ' proposition to
tax card games be dropped. The
council agreed to the proposition,
adopted the lesolution requiring
midnight closing, and the ordinance
is held up, and will not - be passed
provided the midnight closing is
adhered to. The council's position
in the matter is good. Men who
lounge about after midnight are not
up to any good - to . - themselves or
anybody else and ought to be sent
to bed.
Largest line of matting in the city at
Blackledge's.
YATES & YATES.
Bert Yates and W. E, Yates have
formed a partnership under the
firm name of Yates & Yates. They
expect to do a general insurance
and abstract business They ; re
present good reliable insurance
companies, and will furnish accur
ate, neat and complete abstracts of
Benton county property at reason
able prices. Call on or write to
Yates & Yates, Corvallis, Or.
ITS GREAT SUCCESS.
The Elk- Rivet , Hatchery Millions of
Young Salmon.
The Elk River salmon hatchery
has been the past season the most
successful of all the hatcheries in
the state In proportion to its capac
ity. Immense success has attend
ed operations, both in the matter of
taking salmon and in hatching the
spawn. Between nine and ten mil
lions of eggs wre takeni which
-number exceeded the brooding ca
pacity of the tanks. To meet the
emergency, a large pond , was con
structed on the grounds near the
hatchery building, and fed from the
waters of the spring that supplies
the hatchery proper. As soon as
possible after the young fish were
hatched out. they were turned into
this'pond for such growth as they
require before being turned adrift.
As soon as they became large
enough they were let through a
ditch or runway into the Elk river.
A similar pond is to be constructed
tiisr season tor use in case of furth
er emergency. '
-A few millions of . young salmon
have been hauled from the hatch
ery and turned qose in the Alsea
river, if, as they, say, salmon
c&wte back after three or fourvyears
to the waters in which they were
hatched, the future run . of salmon
into Yaquina Bay,., after two or
three years hence, will make salm
on canning the biggest - industry in
that section. There will be young
salmon at the hatchery for two
months yet to come, as it will take
that long to finish up operations
on the spawn taken during the past
season.
Tickets for Belshazzar.
Reserved seats are on sale at
Graham & Worthams for the pro
duction of Belshazzar to be given
at theOpera House Wednesday
and Thursday evenings of this
week 50 cents.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following deeds have been
filed for record:
J. W. Buford and wf to - Mable
Page. 2 lots bl. 23, Job's add. $60.
United States to M. G. Aldrich
paf5nt-to"i6tf "acres iu. Jo wer Alsea I
United States to Margaret J. Aid-
rich, patent to 160 acres in Alsea
W. A. Brown and wf to Charles
Homyer, 5 "a. adjoining Corvallis,
$1,300. : - ' . '
W. I. Leonard and wf to A, F.
Harlan, 2 blocks in Wells & Mc
Eroys add $1,570.
' Blocks for piers at Whitney's,
Are you going to build ? See Whitney
about concrete blocks. e than
rock or brick.
' For Sale.
Cigar clippings of our own manufact
ure, ' Rose & Son. m25 tf
:.. For Sale,
Two work horses. . w". K. Taylor.
Stockholders of Corvallis Indepen
dent Tel. Co.
. Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Cor
vallis Independent Telephone Company
will be held at the office of the Company
in Zierolf building in Corvallis, Oregon,
oil Wednesday, the 10th day of May,
1905. at the hour of eight o'clock in the
evening, for the purpose of electing di
rectors for the ensaing year, and the
transaction of such other . business as
may legally come before the meeting.
" f. Robert Johnson, sec.
Corvallis, Or. April 8, 1905.
Six dozen school hats for children , 30
cents each at Mrs, J. Mason's 3rd st.
AH new wall paper at Blackledge's.
Musical Instruments. .
For first class piano and organs at
prices unheard of elsewhere see or phone
M. A. Goodnough, 4th st. .': 2nd , door
north of court house. -
Again Open. -
The repair department of my bicycle
and sporting goods business is ' again
open for business second door south of
postoffice, Quick repairing or first cla ss
work a specialty. v
James K. Berry, .
Estimates cheerfully given on any
kind of concrete work at Whitney's.
For Sale. . '
Seed ; wheat . and Burbank pota
toes. f2S-tf " , Roy Rickard. v
Women s
We are now showing all the
newest and most popular styles
of Womens Oxfords both in tan
and black leathers.
A New Ribbon Tie
Price from $1.00 to $3.50; ;
For The Little Folks
Grecian Sandals, Strap Shoes,
Oxfords and Moccasin in the
newest Spring colors .
L, KLINE
The White House - ;- Corvallis, Oregon
We pay special attention to Mail Orders.
I Spring Display of Mens
j Fine Toggery!
An enticing arr
exclusive designs, in
r Neckwear, - Underwear,
Plain and' Fancy. Hosiery,"
Shirts, Gloves, Etc.
Kuppenheimer
Clothes Patterns are ex
. elusive. Spring Suits
$10 to $16.50
The Best $3 Hat on earth
is the
ury
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Moses
; Watches, Clocks, Jewelry
and Silverware.
, Eyes tested free of charge
and glasses fitted correctly
, at prices within reach of all
. Fine watch repairing a spe- .. . ,
cialty '. '- '
Pratt The Jeweler 6c Optician.
Oxfords
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