The Soug of the Pioneer. By William Steward Gordon. I would sing a song tor the pioneer, That sturdy soul and bold Whose rugged worth to the western world Has never half been told. With buckskin leggins belt and knife, And trusted rifle true, He coped with nature, beast aad man And came out victor too. What if he ate but once a day And shivered in the rain! He whistled till the sun came out, Nor thought oi it again. But the panorama changes now The trappers disappear For red adventure is not all That makes a pioneer. Anon I see a bellowing team Crawl up the mountain crest And with its freight a wife and child And the future of the west. O'er acrid sand, o'er marsh and moor. And roaring canyons deep Mid panther screams and Indian yells Their lonely camp they keep. And suhb they rise and suns they set, But westward still and on, Till the road fades into a twisted trail, And the trail itself is gone. Thro' bristling forest dense and dim They hew a path to the sea. And blaze the way for the march of men And the millions yet to be. For civilization followed fast These men of brawn and brain, And o'er their trail the iron horse Soon galloped with his train. Their fathers won the eastern coast With its barren hills and ice, But these subdued a better land - This earthly paradisn. But where are now. those fearless souls, Of '52 and three? Meek, Nesmith, Whitman, Applegato, And a score of their degree? They rodo the gaunt black horse of Death Over the great divide They scaled the purple peak of Time . And camped on the farther side. And only a remnant now remains Of the men of '63, But the work they did will stand secure Till time has ceased to be. Then let us lift our hats to them, And raise three rousing cheers For those who tent on the earthly side, The honored pioneers. Written for the Pioneers Association, Albany, Oct. 1908. Tim Euglhdi. The Democrat a few days ago re marked: "A perusal of early Oregon history will mako one appreciate how close Oregonians came to being Eng lish." This was written after reading an account of the vote at Champoeg in February, 1841, when by the narrow margin of only 52 to 50 it was decided to have a provisional government, an action which kept this Oregon country in the United States. Otherwise it would have been Elgliah, and Oregon would now be a part of British Colum bia. At least this is the conclusion of the historian. The correspondent takes occuBien to complain, that as it is 20 per cont of the instructors in the 0. A. C. are English, or were in 1907, from shores noted for high tuxes, low wages, child labor, drunkenness, criminality, etc. That oyon the handsome trees on the O. A. C. campUB aro of English species, meaning Europcun, while the unsightly ones are natives of Oregon; that two of the English instructors in conversation with the correspondent aspersed Lu ther Burbank's woik, Burbank having tho misfortuno of being an American. All of which is interesting reading, which tho Democrat gives without fathoring it, never before having heard tho suggestions mndo. Under President Kerr the O. A. C. is certainly doing a good work for the cause of education, ami Prof. Kerr is American. Getting An Apple Reputation. Look out for one of the biggest crowds Albany has ever had on depot day. Two or three hundred will be hero from Portland, fifty or moro from Eugene, and others galore. The depot part is all right. The apple fair pnit, though, is tho important thing. The establishment of a reputation hero as nn apple raising country is something that will mean much for the country, There is a prevailing belief that with the same cure we can raise just as fine apples hero as at Hood Uiver, We natchie, North Yukima or the Rogue River valley, thus commanding just as high prices for both tho product, and the land on which it is raised. It is worth striving for. Hearst is telling whv ho lost confi dence in Mr. Bryan. An interesting item would be why nearly everybody in the country has lost tonfidono in Hearst. Saturday Night Thought!). j This has been an important week in the affairs of the country, for it has seen the rise of another man to the steps of the president's chair. It is the business of every loyal citizen now to give him a faithful support in the ad' ministration of the afairs of the coun try, and it is his business to remember that he is the servant not of the repub' lican party, whose machinery caused his election; but of the whole people, regardless of party, just as much the democrats, prohib'tionists, socialists, Hearstites and others, as if members of hid own party. Mr. Taft was prob' ably elected because the people are not willing to risk the experiments of new ideae, no mattei how good they may seem. Henry Watterson, one of . the shrewdest democrats in the country gives this reason. Personally Mr. Taft is not satisfactory to a good many who voted for him and supported him anyway, like Collier's. But Mr. Taft's character is something that will be established as the actual administra tion of affairs occur under his guidance, and then we shall see. It is to be hoped he proves a wise and safe in the office. Linn county has voted in favor of county high schools by a narrow mar gin,: perhaps that way because 'the matter is not generally understood. The high school is a great institution, and it is believed the act will prove a great thing for the schools of the county. A diawback has been the lack of facilities for work in the coun try. This ought gradually to work out a redemption. Some fear a continual contention among the different sections over the location of schools, but this ia something that will seek its level. 4 It is a pleasing fact to note the man ner in which Hearstism fell flat gene rally throughout the country, being given a support that was miserly, but more than it deserved. Based upon nothing but spleen, nursed in jealousy there was no excuse for the foundation of the party, and it will prove but a spasm. Character ought to count in every thing, in big things and in little things, and it will more and more. Men strive madly after office and wealth, the gen eral policy being that the end justifies the means, but after they have got them they have no greater wealth than the man who builds up a royal charac ter, one that stands for something in the world. A woman this week committed sui- cide in this county because she had lost a son several years ago. She showed the wrong Bpirit for this life. One needs to be philosophical and make the best of calamities, things that are bound to occur sometime in the course of human events. It is right that one should have a heart warm with emo- ... tion, capable of mourning, but it is not well to permit black ideas to dominate ' ones brain. Why the Difference. A now system of governmcrt is being much talked about, the commis-' sion Bystom, for municipal affairs.1 Ccder Rapids. Iowa, claims a reduction of 22 per cent under it. Why is it that under the present system expen- oos uro not placed at the lowest figure? It seema that'most officials are abso lutely reckless of other people's money, administering the affairs of a city re gardless of cost, whereas one should be just as careful of public business as of one's own affairs. An Mbany man this week received a letter from a man in a California city, where things are done with a flash and a dash, in which he expresses great appreciation of the Albany booster pamphlet, which, for a fact, has made a splendid impression all over the United States and Europe, where seen Judge Vanznnte, ot Portland, doesn't propose to perform nny moro marriage ceremonies, because some one claims to have discovered that marriage is th saicule of love. What rot. Some marriages are failures, but marriage is necessary and proper, and most of them aro moderately happy ones. President Roosevelt is preparing to hunt bears in Tennessee just as soon as he gets his message done. Dumb Animals, of Boston, will proceed to hunt Mr. Roosevelt and thump him good. An extra expense which the voters of the country failed to consider is the fact that all the chairs in tho White House will have to be enlarged. The Eugene hiirh school foot ball tenm with about one hundred fifty rooters, passed through for Salem, where the team was to play the Salem team this afternoon in tho fiercest game of the season. They gave the high school yell, and niado fun of Albany's horse car. Amung those noticed were Misse9 Flnp. enco Thrall and Cathcrino Watson. former Albany girls. C. H. NEWS, Probate: The name of Mary E. Hen- dricson was ordorcd changed to her former name Mary .E. Fronk. in estate oi unas. uoenrineer u. w. Cruson was appointed administrator, under $800 bonds. H. Y. Kirkpatrick. R. E. Wills and C. H. Ralston apprais ers. Deeds Recorded: Henry Shelden to R. B. Mason 527 53 a. $14000 Geo, Connerto Yosex Bros. 8.11 a 4 Ada J. 'Vaughn to J. R. Rodney 4 lots H'e 4th ad 800 Thos. Johns to Meinert Ackerman and wife 20 acres 11-3 W 2000 Marriage license: Velva R. Lewis, aged 23, and Nellie G. McRae, aged 22, oi Lyons. Probate: In estate of J. A. Black burn. Wm Streitel, F. H. Webber and W. K. Winstead were appointed ap praisers. Ma'riage license M. P. Baltimore. aged 22, born in Or., and Bessie Gar- lick, aged 22, born in Neb. Deeds recorded: Frank Sticha to Rose Lillian Wesely, 6.18acres $ 800 Dennis Cooler to Daisy Hemen- way 40 acres 1 Mrs. D. P. Mason to Stephen Freerksen lot bl 1 Western ad. 10 Mortgage $250. COUNTY COURT Annlination of C M. Burkhart and others for a county road near Albany dismissed; also that of Mrs. Mary Mc- Coy and others. Bills allowed: nomnnroc R no H. Albers.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'." I;!".".;; 3000 Woodworth Drug Co 1.65 Herald 123.0,1 HenrvRavetal 84.25 E. C. Roberts ; K6.60 Inquest Chas. Gerlinger 14.30 Gilbert Bros 7.70 Jennings Bridge 14.25 W. H. Huiburt, ftate fair ex.. . 5.00 D. F Robnett 95.47 Half Stayton bridge repair 117.36 Dr. Davis 61.00 W. E. Ray 6.65 Stewart & Sox Co 6.30 Will. Val. Co 25.45 C. G. Rawings 19.25 Over 200 election warrants. OFFICIAL VOTE. The official vote for Linn county was enmnlpt.p.ri this fnrpnnnn hv Cnuntv PlfM-lr Mllloi. nnrl .Tiiatixoa Shorlrt nnrl ; Swan, and shows the following average totals. Taft electors 2195 Bryan electors .. 1806 Taf ta P1"1" 389 , . . ... onaun electors "? Debs electors 331 Hisgen electors 2 Countv hicrh school, for 1782 ' Against 1720 . ..... 1 Majority for 62 PERSONAL. Fred Ross is home on a visit. Mr. and Mrs. John Cooper have been in the city. Mrs. w. a. Chance and chiuren went to Halscy this afternoon. ' Mr. Sam May, of Portland, passed through for Harrifburg. his former homo, Editor Mathews, of Newport, went to Salem this afternoon. I H. G. Flcischhauer, of Portland, was in the city this noon between trains, on a business trip. ' Rev. F. H. Geselbracht arrived home this noon from Chicago with his books and furniture and is now anchored here. Mr. nnd Mrs. W. F. Reiner and Mrs. Chas. Wagner went to Eugene this af ternoon on a visit ut David Link's Tom Parker, of Cottage Grove re turned home last evening accompanied by Chas. Thomas, of Molalla, who will visit with Harry Parker for awhile. A CORBETT STORY. James J. Corbett delights in telling this story: Years ago when he was a bank clerk in San Francisco, he was going home one evening when he over took two of his neighbors assisting themselves to their respective domiciles. As ho passed one of them yelled out: "Hello Jimmy. Tut, tut, Ciisey. it's Mr. Corbett now. Sure and nint he in the bank? I'm ashamed 5f yez. Don't mind him Mr. Corbett, he's drunk." "Huh" replied Casey, "so its Mister Corbett now," then collecting himself he turned on Dugnn saying: "Who's drunk, me? It's a lie yertellin' Dugan and ye wouldn't dare say it to me face if I was sober." "No" hie coughed Dugan "I wouldn't because if ye was sober ye'd have since enough to know you were drunk." Crawford has just Ratten out a num ber of new Albany views for post cards, residence and business districts. The Democrat man was captured in a couple of them and Chas. Kneeht in another and they will sell regardless of these tacts. Knecht has them. Try a Patrick Gordon cigar 5 cents Burkhart Photographer. COUNTY COURT Witness fees before grand jury and regular cases allowed. $112.72 voluntary road work in Dist. 19 ordered duplicated. M. V. Krontz granted grain ware house license. The Zimmerfield road was ordered opened. Application of Eber H. Rhodes for a deed from Linn County to lot 4 bl 23, Albany, granted. Bills allowed: COUNTY OFFICERS. J N Duncan, judge $100 00 J W Miller, clerk 166 60 D S Smith, sheriff 166 66 Grant Froman, recorder 150 00 W V Francis, treasurer 83 55 W L Jackson, superintendent. .. S3 55 Del Smith deputy sheriff 60 00 WL Marks " clerk.. 60 00 D B McKnight, assessor 200 00 MartBilyeu 40 00 H Williams, ferryman 40 00 C F Clayton, ferryman 40 00 ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION. ACCOUNT POOR. Aid Mrs. E.J. Cole $ 7 00 " Shaker 10 00 ' Indian Eliza 10 00 " D. Brewer 10 00 " Harvey Stewart , 10 00 " Wm. Cochell 9 00 " G. H. Forgey family 10 00 " Malatsker 6 00 Aug. Krooshnewsker 10 00 Chambers & McCune 5 00 Wm.ShulSz 4 50 Adams & Lemke 12 15 Foshay & Mason 12 93 O. H. Russell 8 00 Holcomb & Walker 80 Henry Albers 30 00 ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. E. P. Hurst 4 00 3 00 33 00 6 00 2 65 603 13 308 05 A. B. Kennedv T. J. Butler E. G. Pugh . a. ijiesing 1 - Feel et a . . . tt. weaver et al Everett Kyle & Epperly.: 4145 O. C. Lumber Co 8 69 O. E. Pomeroy et al 82 75 W.J Fisher 68 00 C. H.' Brown ... 3 49 D. Duncan 3 12 .7. H. Mears ... 6 40 U. G. Berry 2 95 J. P. Willbanks 24 00 E. E. Taylor 9 20 J. H. Safley et al 8150 uhas. Dillon 1 90 Hutching & Smith 9 36 E. E. Keebler 66 75 Jos. Welt A. E. Ziesing et al 149 50 Jesse Safley 4 00 s. a. Cole 25 00 CURRENT EXPENSES. W. W. Francis '. 15 00 N. M. Newport 3 00 Hughes & Knox '. . . 3 71 F. JK. Churchill 23 00 Home Tel. Co 13 60 . H. J. Jones. 2 05 miscellaneous ' A largo number of election bills.' John Catlin Constable C. M. Westbrook... 'ZIS63 et JUV' Urt-' 3 60 3 30 13 20 3 00 Lebanon E. A ... 9 50 C. F. Clayton ferry 35 00 Lebanon 53 83 Senders Feed Store 3 20 J. A. Rilven . 10 2S Spaulding Co 48 89 Coroner's inquest Surrell 10 00 T:1 O ftA JJ. E. Bilyeu 8 00 iuruner a inquest oawyer w ou JNixon 0 UO Harrisburg Bulletin: A geological survey is being made of tne toot mil country east of here. A gang of men with several teams have been working in a northerly direction from Coburg for several waeks. Lawrence Compton of Scio has com pleted the deal for the purchase of the Ernest Goodlin 66 acre tract north of town which he contracted for some time ago. J. R. Cartwright has finished planting four hundred acres of grain and two hundred acres of hay on his place ad joining this city on the south. Mrs. J. H. Goldson, living on the E. E. Upmeyer ranch, claims a distinction that a lot of us would be proud to pos sess. She shot and killed a deer all by nerseu last Saturday, snot it right the head where it ought to be shot. Lebanon. The E. A.: Mrs. C. H. Stewart and daughter, Mrs. Jos. Ralston, of Albany, are spending today with relatives in Leb anon. The first foot ball game of the season will occur tomorrow at the athletic park in this city between the Lebanon and Halsey high school teams. Game called at 2 p. m. V. H. Kent, who has been in charge of the Huzelwood cream station in this place fcr a few years, has resigned the position and left Wednesday with his family for Murphy. Josephine county, where he will take charge of a co-operative creamery. Mrs. Whitlow went to Marion on a visit at thohomeof her husband's folks. Lawyers t'ui-1 and Hill went to Port land A. L. Simpson went to Salem to Eugene this afternoon. going Mrs. Rainwater and son Elmer re turned to St. Johns. Clyde Dannuls, F. J. Devineand Isaac Butler went to Portland. Mr. Marks, of Lebanon, came down on a visit with his daughter, Mrs. E. S Robe. He is now 78 years of age. Rev. J. F. Lyon and wife, of Browns ville, went to Portland, where Rev. Lyon will preach tomorrow. STOP THAT PAIN by vibration the giv test invention of the age. Don't fail 10 try free demonstiation at Daw. son's Drug store next week, and be convinced. MISFITS. .Depot day a great day. .Everybody knows it suite Rockefeller, Come on Salem. The apples willbe here. Mrs. Taft will now be light. in the lime- 'Some people can be time. fooled all the Mr. Taft will now be busy paying his political debts. ' New things are evidently dangerous in a campaign. Wow for some real just the election kind. prosperity, not Clean up the streets and property for the apple fair. private Voters are ready to swallow anything when they gulp down a Cannon. The campaign may have been apath etic, but, gee, the i eople did vote. It is settled, settle down to business and settle up before the end of the ; year. Salem has knocked all the towns silly in the increase of postal receipts. One wonders how it all happened. The high school is an institution de serving a boost. Fill the country with them. This is a progressive age. The grounds around the depot could be immensely improved for theopening oay. grants rass sana is Better tnan old trash. T . Mr. Hitchcock is going to make public the list of contributors to the canmaien fund. Wonder if everything will be included. The average person can see faults in the doings of other people, but no glass in Hiiciioc euvugii w iciieei. tneir own imperfections President Roosevelt can now leave for the jungles of Africa and know that the country is safe in the hands of the man he selected. Every Albany store should have a good apple display during the fair. Be- :m Monday ana make your snow win iows apple windows. A gang of thugs down at Portland are scheming to steal the senatorship from Governor Chamberlain. The peo ple have spoken. Let them rule. Henry Watterson figures tha people believe it is better to endure the shortcomings ot the party in power tnan to embark upon an unknown sea. Coming down off Eugene's sleek paved streets upon Albany's gravel beds may be a come down, but we are going to get there, and forbearance is asked for awhile. Chairman Ryan, of Portland, says he was deceived. That the reports that came to headquarters were flattering and fooled him. Why can't people face the music. The vacant lot opposite the Hotel Revere has become a dumping ground for trash, an eye sore. A fine corner for a business block. Too bad to see it remain vacant so long. The Portland excursion is being ad vertised in the Portland papers as one to the Albany apple fair, a boost for the Linn county apples. The depot will take care of itself. It looks like an electric line for cer tain. The Democrat man who hears funny remarks twice a day wants to be on the front platform when the completion is celebrated. "Even Linn county, usually demo cratic", says the Eugene Register. But Linn countv has not been demo cratic for a good many years, and the registration showed 700 or 800 plurality 1 he usual nard winter is being pre dicted by the prophets, who think they Know trom signs, out oo not. iney may hit it, and they may miss it. It is all guess work. Ihe signs amount to nothing here. When a man like Taft can be elected on such a platform as he run on, and a man like Bryan can be defeated on a platform for the people, why say but come to think, what's the use. Lei's turn our attention to the train loads of goods waiting shipment if Taft was elected. The boys out at the depot are looking tor an artist capable of portraying the real situation when they leave the old "stamping erounds"for the new demit. with its modern conveniences. It will take a genius to do justice to the phiz of Gus Barker, in the little old shack for about thirty-five years. Col. Hofer, of the Salem Journal, is said to be an active candidate for Gov ernor two yearj hence, and, according to the report, is now quietly engaged in the primarv framework necessary un der the direct primary law. Please do not tell any one who told you The idea is not the Democrat's, but some one else's, just startiog on the rounds. TELEGRAPH. Portland, Nov. 5. The North Bank road will be formally, opened tomorrow. President Hill is staying at Seaside to- niisht H will .rnaa lha Pnlitmhia of i 7 o'clock in the morning and will reach Portland later in the day. New York. Nov. 6. West Virginia gives raft 20,000 plurality and he also leans in Missouri. Salem, Nov. 5.-R. Robertson, an English laboring man was held up back of the Commercial street saloon last night and robbed of $25. The robbera were identified and warrants are out. Paris, Nov. 5. The protection of deserters by the German consulate has aroused France, and international dif ficulties are looming up. LINCOLN. Nov. 5 Bryan wired Taft congratulations. PnRTI.ANn Nnv.li nnrincr thp lhiilr fog tnis morning the Waverly Wood- stock and Waverly Richmond street cars collided and two passengers were in jured. Also the steamer Lurline struck ine steei onage araw, out was net ser iously damaged. New York, Nov. 5. C. W. Morse was sentenced to 15 years in the pen. Portland. Nov. 5. Hill denies the central Oregon railroad fight. He says he will not run an Oriental line . from Portland. I San Francisco. Nov. 6. The Ruef jury was completed after 70 days. A PRACTICAL THING. The Demonstration Train an Ed cator. The Southern Pacific's demonstra tion train came over from Corvallis, on time this morning, in charge of Con- I ductor Eugene Laforest, and though the fog was intense a good sized crowd ! was on hand at tha opening at 8:45 o clock and the train was packed until I the close. Besides there were two or three demonstration crowds on the. tin. fi Sh"TgrTfngaPPle The front car was a cow barn, with . u inntinig maenme, snowing tne opera- tion of one of those modern affairs, un- uer rryi. wunycomDe. The next car was devoted to general farming, showing the result of irriga tion on potatoes, practical tests of seeds before sowing, drainage, alfalfa raising, rotation in crops, etc. A 3 H. P. gaso line engine in this car lighted the whole train. The next car was devoted to dairying and horticulture in a practical way. The importance of spraying is made plain. Dairying machines and the value of good stuck was shown. An inter esting thing is that the average value of butter fat at Portland is 32.2 cents, while at Elgin, 111., it is 27.6 cents. High grade J erseys show a big increased value in the product and quality over common stock, as shown by a schedule of figures. The fourth car was devoted to horti culture, showing machinery, limbs, pests, eic. The demonstrations were well hand led by Professors Withycombe, Cordley, Lewis, Scudder, Kent and Allen, assist ed by several O. A. C. students. Messrs. Williams of the Oregonian, Hazen of the Telegram and Watson of the Journal were with the demonstra tion train. The train went from here to Shedd and will go as far south as Cottage Grove, thence back on the Springfield road to Brownsville, through Albany to Jeffer son, Salem, and other towns, ending the trip at Aurora on Wednesday. A splendid thing in the cause of an agricultural education, the Southern Pacific and O. A. C. am online tn credit for the great success of it. Im mense crowds were reported every where it has been. The New Sister's School. It is said the completion of the big annex to the Sister's Academy will mean a good deal for the school. That it will be made a high school with twelve grades, and will be on a footing with Columbia Univsrsity of Poitland! bringing students here from other parts M-i. i , . enjoy tne splendid tac lhties offered for Catholic students. The other Catholic schools are said to be running over with students, making such a school at this central point i'e sirable. $t800 C raft Disappeared Mr. Barager and family ai rived here today fromShattuck, Neb. Upon leav ing there he placed an $1800 draft in a tin box in his t.unk. When he arrived the box and draft had disappeared, but the trunk was locked as before, borne one had unlocked and locked it. 1 he banks have been notified, and he cannot lose anything. A crowd of members of the Lad" Maccabees went to Jefferson to attend the district convention. Through the thick fog the fo lowing. were recognized: Vnm?VVnn WL6' Read- Churchill. Voss. Kel ev. Kitchon d.i. ' and Miss Smead. Mrs. Jennie Brown and Mrs. Beeson returned from Brownsville, where they had been with the department president, h "IT' Ttlel reP"la i splendid time, features of the spaainn v,i- sentation of pictures by Mrs. Brown and Comrade Venner. On the 17fi the aoies oi the G. A. R. of this city, Mrs. brown reported would give a banquet which will be a fine affair. Mr. Dan Widmer, R. F. D. 4 went to Salem, where tomorrow he will unite hU r6 "".l that of Mi3s Em Voder recently from the east, in .ij;j young people. They will come to Al- Dany some time next week.