tOCAl AND yBSONU Mr. IL W. Skallerud was a Portland visitor Monday. Mr. A. K. Russ came-' home from Portland Monday evening.'. Prof. C. E. Bridwell ' was a passenger from Albany Monday 4 Sam Hartsock is taking a lit-, tie rest and recreaticji , at Port land. - ; ' Miss Opal Mcpevitt of Dallas is visiting her brother C. T. Mc Devitt. ; ' G. B. Standish,'. of Loraine, Lane county, is visiting at the Tharp home. . W. P, Lafferty has bought the Francisco residence in . Dixon's 2d addition: ; ! Miss Mary Danaman is again behind the counter . at Graham & Wells drug store. Claude Starr came 'in from The Dalles Monday to visit relatives and. friends. . '.. Mr. Wetherla went to Port land Thursday to look after new goods for her millinery store.. Mr. 'Lee McGinnis came up from Portland Monday to take, charge of the water . plant as secretary. ? I Workmen are busy installing a new 8000 lb. boiler fox. the; heating plant of the new Y. M. C A. building. I Mrs. Frank Irvine came up : from Portland Monday to ar range for removal !of theij house hold effects to Portland. 1 ! Attorney J. F. Yates wsnt down to Portland yesterday to round up some legal business; in regard to land cases. . . ' David Whaley sold to Gene Tortori the residence and three lots on 7th and Adams Sts. The consideration is not known. Mr. C. S. Butler, a ' former resident, came up from Portland Tuesday and is looking around with a view of coming back to Corvallis to live. ' Adolph Fromherz made final proof of his homestead claim near Bellfouutain, Wednesday. Witnesses were W. C. Graves .and George Thompson.' ' ; -' 'Gene Tortori has sold to Jim Lewis, for Mr. Lipton, of Falls City, the residence on the corner of Fifth and Harrison streets. Consideration hot given. . Jessie Irvine met with quite a a painful accident Wednesday. ' While splitting wood he struck the blade of the ax in the left hand making a severe wound. ' Nye Scott,' of Philomath, is very sick with appendicitis at his home and is attended by Dr. Newth of that city and Dr. Johnson of Corvallis.. " ;' , Miss Lillian McVicker, who of about 4000 feet. It .will eer has been visiting several weeks ain be a Srea convenience in Portland anl, Oregon City, ? the numerous families living returned to ner Home in city the first of the week. ; Sheriff W. Gel lath' has rented Gene Tortori's property, com monly known as the Seely place, on 7th and Adams Sts., and will move his family to town at once. Willis ( Vidito, Fire Warden for the S. P. railroad in the Al sea country, has been visiting the people at home for the past week. He returned to his work yesterday. Mrs. Iona M. Courtney, of Woodlawn, Multnomah county, made final proof on her timber claim in Alsea, Wednesday. Her i witnesses were Sam Warheld and W. P. Shough. The ladies of the Woman's Relief Corps had an interesting meeting at the residence of Mrs. Lee Henkle Wednesday after noon. Tea and watermelon and ceike were served. R. F. Yates has rented the "Ecker residence on 15th and Harrison streets. Mrs. Yates canie over from Albany yester day and they will soon be com fortably settled. ' A marriage license was issued by Clerk Moses last Wednesday, to W. Shupp, the C. & E. agent at Philomath, and Miss Laura Clark, daughter of F. P. Clark, a merchant of that town. :." ""James E.'Dunh'ani,"-rwho' was for fourteen years afamiliar fig ure, and a local printer; in Cor vallisdiSd in; Marshalltown, Io wa about a week ago. He left here about a year ago. CaDt. McAlexander and wife ! came in from California Monr day, .... xir, MCAiexauaer is cum mandant at O AC and will SDehd his time until school opening in arranging his work. : " Gene Branson, son of J. A. Branson, is very sick at the fam ily home on 5th, beween Madi son and Monroe Sts. 'The phy sicians attribute his trouble to excessive playing in' the J Will amette river. " ; Lost On. Tuesday last Mrs. J R. Smith lost her purse, on the road between Corvallis and the Porter, .place, south of town Finder will please return to own er or leave word at this office. ' - .78 Courtney Allen, who lives in the Dechutes country in eastern Oregon, is in the city making arrangements for his wife and daughter lor the winter. The latter will be a student at OAC. Mr Allen will look after interests at home. , R. P. Tracy, of Eastern Ore gon, is a new student at the OA C this . year, and is located at Mr. Holgate's. He is a bright young man, with some business experience and -hence realizes what it means to have a good education. .' - Arnold King and wife, of Top penish, Wash, are now in Port land, en route to this city, where they expect to reside. They were former residents of Corval lis, Mr. King being in . the em ploy of the Willamette Valley Company. C. C. Hollenberg and wife, who went to Long Beach, Cali fornia, about a year ago, came back Wednesday to make Cor vallis their future home. That's the proper thing to do, and we extend them a hearty welcome, for they, are good people. .; Mr. F. L. Miller has sold. out his grocery department and. is having the partition in the rear of the ropm taken out and en larging the other branches of his business, It will add ma terially to the general appear ance of the store. Mr. Wills is erecting a new seven room house on his lot in the rear of Hielig Hall, to be oc: cupied by himself and family when completed. He is hust ling matters as rapidly as possi ble to get out of the way of the new landlord at the Heilig. A sidewalk is now being con sidered from the Whiteside place across Oak Creek and may be continued out as far as Mil lel's chicken ranch, a distance season. - , , The thought has been sug gested that a new hitch rack on the north side of the court house square of a neat and durable pattern of iron would be very wise as welll as convenient to those doing business at the county seat. The wooden ones soon rot off at the bottom and have to be replaced quite often. Mr. G. A. Mason, was in from J the Alsea country, Tuesday, look ing after business interest. He informs us that the new gravel road being constructed under the supervision of Mr. Malone, is now almost completed and the citizens are elated in the thought of being able to get away , from home during the rainy season without having to walk. They are highly pleased with the work done by Mr. Malone. A. E. Bell has sold his prop erty, consisting of 2 acres on College Hill, to James Emery, a son of Prof. Emery who- was connectad with the College some 20 years ago. Mr. Bell will move to his farm in Linn county.: Mr. Bell and family have ' lived in Corvallis several years and have gathered around them a host of friends and acquaintances who will be sorry to see them leave us. We wish them, success' in i their new home. - - At thef home .ofJtfrs C. E. PfitWrson.' on "Monday afternoon, j a reception was tenderedto the friends and -neighbors of Mrs.; E. E. Burger, by tlie lames oi the Congregational church. Ac companied by her hushand and little ' daughter, Mrs. Burger left Tuesday morning for South Dakota with the ' intention of making their home there. They have made many friends here and Corvallis people are hoping they will follow the example of others who have done likewise- return to "Eden." .J. M. Nolan & Son now have their dressmaking department, on the second floor in the Fish er building, finished and ready for business. It :is .neatly ar ranged and will be in charge - of Madam Twombly, who arrived in Corvallis Monday evening. Mrs. Twombly comes to Corval lis from Seattle and ' has . had many years of experience. The Nolans know how to cater to the trade and in this department the reputation of the home wilL be tully sustained under the management of this lady. " We really had no idea of giv ing offense, Mr. Moore. .Simply ca'led attention to the fact that the question of sex was, not charged against the prisoner at bar, hence it was irrelevant, im material, redundant, and calcu lated to prejudice the minds of the people before he, she or it had been called to triaL . The people seem to "know nothing about this phase of the case and you seem to have been the only one snooping around seeking in formation along this line; so tell, I Moore and tell us true did the examination fall to you? If he, ' she or it, really is a woman it would, make another splendid sensational headline for the Times and give Mpore news. ' For the latest in Pyrography see Gbaham & Wells. j-77-84 No Credit For School Books. Postivelv no credit will be given on books for the public school at l;.. A. ijerhakd s. 78-79. Our new stock of 'Pvfography wood and .leather, has just ar rived. Graham & Wells. Sudden Death. Mrs. Ella Clark died sudden ly at the Hammel Hop Yard on Sunday morningof heart failure and her remains were shipped to" Dawson, Nebr'., "on Tuesday. She leaves a b usband and two children to mourn her loss. They had only been here a short time couiing from Nebr., and the father will take the two children to Idaho. Voters Attention. The noil books for Benton county will open on next Mon day morning for registration for the Nov. election. Persons who registered for the June election will not be required to register again except those who have changed their places of residence. Give this matter your attention now so as to avoid confusion at the election. To Exchange Upright piano, nearly new, for team, cows, or ... 1 T7. "IT ' what nave you. see area ire- land. 78-79 Married. Churton Wolfer.. of Portland was married to Miss Nina V. Mayberry on Sept. 13, Rev. S: A. Douglas officiating. Wolfer is an express messenger running out of Portland and the young lady is a daughter of J. F. May- berry, living near AlDany. " For sale House and two lots. 342 Tenth street, corner Adam.s Address GH. Carl, Fossil, Ore. - .-"57tf Needed Improvements. - :. For some time the city coun cil, have had under considera tion a proposition of . the Will amette Valley Co. to erect a new pole line and replace the arc lights now in use with the latest patterns used in the cities. The question was acted upon . Mon day night and the company will now proceed with the work as i rapidly as possible. - - - - TAFT AND SHERMAN- CLUB ; - "- rj--. fii? v ? " M : AH persons, rega'fdless of party affiliations, who are anxious J to see Taft & Sherman elected are requested to meet at the - court room on Tuesday evening, Sept. 22d and participate in the organ ization of a Taft and Sherman cUb. 5 Signed by Chairmen , ; Geo. E. Lilly, C. V, Johnson, , ; i . . Geo. AV-Desman. ; The Annual ' Conference of the M.'E.! Church will be held at Salem on Wednesday, Sep tember 23rd. ? - ; . Recall Rev. Leech. As the Annual Conference of the M. E. Church' is to be' held at Salem next . week . and the ministers are to be relocated at this meeting we sincerely 1 hope our Methodist brethern will look to the recall of Rev. Leech. As a minister he .seems to have given universal satisfaction and as a citizen he has won a host of friends amongall classes of peo ple. Nothing wolud please: us better than to have him - stay with us. ' m - ; Good Fishing at Newport. Advices have just been re ceived that silversides and Chin ook salmon are being caught on trolls in Yaquina Bay. 77-9 : Lost A gold bracelet on the streets .pf Corvallis. Name and date inside . bracelet. Finder please leave at residence of Cal Thrasher. ' Lina Baty. ' 76-77. Millinery at Home. My new fall stock of Millinery is now ready for inspection at my store, between 10th and 11th on Polk' street, Jobs addition. Would be pleased to have you call and see me.1 I pay no rent hence I can sell very cheap. Mrs. W. A. Buchanan.. '.- ; . 78-79. And They All Came Back. Thomas Keene and family and Mr. Chapman and fahily put in an appearance, Wednes-day- after an, . absence .tof two years. They were formerly from the east, and lived across the river in Linn County, but they longed to see the . blizzards and cyclones of Kansas once more. For'two years they stood it but like the prodical son they had to come home. Narrow Escape. . Mr. Joseph Yates had '& nar row escape at Albany on Mon day evening. 1 He was a passen ger on the East Side train from Portland, and in stepping off was thrown on the walk, strik ing on his head and ' inflicting several cuts on the back of his head and on the forehead. The shock was a severe oneto a man of his advanced age, being-74 years old. - He was placed on the C. & E. by friends and met at the station by his son J. F. His wounds were dressed by Dr.- Farra and although slightly disfigured "he is still in the ring." : - ... ". RAILROAD ACCOMODATIONS. Plenty ot Tickets and Everybody Welcome. .. We are informed by the C. & E. officials that tickets and ac comodations will be provided; for ail who desire to attend the Fair at Salem. Friday. , They have 1000 tickets on hand and can take care of 7000 people if necessary. Should it be neces sary to accomodate its patrons the train made up here will run direct to Salem, so you need have no fear of being disappointed. The fare for the round trip- will be $1.70 ; . ' : ;;: OAC has taken . greats pains to make Friday a .banner day at the fair. r With the weather so beautiful and everything so at tractive about the . fair grounds for this particular occasion, you will miss a rare treat if you stay at home. . - Don't fail to see the ; premium display at the Benton county booth. We have the ribbon ana you should show the boys how much you appreciate it. , : Don't . forget the meeting at the Circuit Court room Tuesday night.. Taft Club r .JL I.JL Ju.- w Are yonoin? what you can to populate your State ? OREGON NEEDS PEOPLE -Settlor, honest Farmers, Mechnn- ii-". Mer-hiinto, Glerkci, Pople vth brains, strong baods and a f Jmilliiua heart capital or no apita.I.- $ i '; , " The Southern Pacific Co, - .. (Lines in Oregon) , - Is sendirg tons of OMnn Hteratnfo to the East for distribution through evry available agencv. Will yon not help the ftood work . ' of building Oregon bv sending tt the names and addresses of yonr friends who are likely to be interested in this State? ' We . will be ulad to boor the expensa of sendins them complete inform ation abont OREGON and its opportunities. ' COLONIST TICKETS will be on sale during SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER fr m the East to all points in Oregon. The area , .. from a few principal cifes. FromJDenver "" Omaha $30.00 30.00 u : Kansas City 30.00 . " Cleveland . 44.75 " - St. Louis , 35.50 New York 55.00- " Chicago . 38.00 I tickets Can be -Prepaid If' yon wxnt to bHi? a triend or relative to Oregon, deposit the proper amonnt. with any of oar agents. The,tioket wilt then be furnished hv telegraph. . R. C. LINVLLE, Local Agent, Corvallis, Oregon. WW. McMURRAY, Gen. Pas-enger Anient, Portland, Or. KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES FOR MlN One of the most up-to-date stocks-of Men's Suits and Overcoats can be seen at our store, ranging in pricefrom $10 to $30. Ym will find the style you want for Fall in the Newest and Latest Weaves and Patterns. F L. MILLER, 142 Second St. Jersey Bull For Sale. : Descended from Grand Coin and Gold en Glow imported 10 testing 18 Ibf oatter fat in 7 days with S.st felf . Ad dress, M, S. Woodcock, Ot-tv-ilis Ore on. . ' ; . "The Most Comf orUble Place in the Honse." PORCH SHADES "... :(: : WE HAVE REFRIGERATORS OF ALL KIND8 O. J. BLACKLEDGE " When in Doubt About where to go for ' Job printing that is Artistic, --up-to-date, and all right in price, ' ' . besides being always deKvered on time . . Try the Gazett O ' From Louisville . $41.70 " Cincinnati 42.20 Bargain Sale OF: Dress Goods AND Shoes AT HENKLE & DAVIS' Own YourHomo THE First - National -. Bank ' ot Corvallis . has some TO WH LOTSl Near the ' State Agricultural College- which you can buy on tne waiAXtL? MENT PLAN or for cash. : Savo Ton on Twenty Dollar per month and pay the same on a town lot Thereafter BUILD YOUR HOMB on the lot and continue to make thaec' small monthly payments on the home and you will soon hare it paid for and nave no more rent to pay. For information address W. H SAVAGE Oorvmlllm, 0r