G. H. NEWS
M- P. Wood Recommended for
fruit Inspector.
The county court discussed the mat
ter of a fruit inspector and ordered M.
F. Wood, of Tangent, recommended to
Horticultural Commissioner Park for
the office. Mr. Wood, is a graduate of
the 0. A. C. , and had charge of the
horticultural work for three years, then
was three years connected with Idaho
University.
During the year 1908 Rev. J.J. Evans
led in the marriage record with 26 to
his credit. Rev. Douglas performed
19, Judge Stewart 13. Judge Duncan
15 and Justice Swan 14, being those
over ten.
Hunters' licenses: John Durham, H
C. Jackson, Hans Hams.
Deeds recorded:
Elmer and Elvira Wagstaft to An
drew Wagstaft: 19.375 a 11 1 W . . $ 1
Chatel mortgage $2500.
The county court made the formal
levy for the year as follows: high
sehool 5 mills, special road 1.6 mills,
general road 1.5 mills, state, county and
schools 8.50 mills. Total 12 mills.
A Small Wreck.
There was a small wreck at the east
end of the S. P. yard this noon. On
account of a shortage of help L. E.
Moe, of the yard, had the switch engine
down on the Y, when in backing up the
engine went into a freight going north
on the main line, it not haying been
seen, the driver, of. the engine being on
11 nn.4-W aiAa alnna Thft dwifoh PHPine
was thrown off on its side, the tender
over, and two freight cars on the freight
were mashed a little, but remained on
the track, not causing much delay.
DR. M. 11. KLLIS,
Physician and Surgeon
Albany, Oregon
Calls made in city and' country. Phone
Main 38. ,: ' ' ",',;''''
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE :
Notice is hereby given that the under
Binned administrator ot the estate of
Lavina 8. Chilris, deceased, will pur
suant lo ..tbe onter ot the County
Conrt ol Lino County, Oreioo, made
and eniered in tbe matter of the
eaiate ol said deceased on the 2nd day
of November, 1908, sell, at pmate Bale,
lor cash io hnnd.lrom aud atti-r me 28th
aay ol Ueceuiher,19u8, all t e '-..lowing
described real property twljuniag to
BBid estate, io-ii: :....,- j
Lots 3, 4, 6 6 13. )4. 15 16. 17' and
18 in Block 7 io riiil'a idmii utn the
town ol Sodaville, in Lion County, Ore
gon, as the tiaf apuear upon tbe ujapa
and plate o( faid addition now on file
and ol record io tbe office of the County
Recorder ol eaid county.
Lots numbered 6. 6. 7 and 8 in Block
5 in Hill's Addition to 'lie town ol
Sodavlne, in Linn Cou.itv, Oregon, ae
the earn- aoi.ear up n tbe rr-nnnlel plat
of said addition in the office of the
County Reco'rier ol eai.i couutt.
Slid i-aln to made imbjict in nfirm
atiu uy said O. unlv C6u' .
UEO. t: CHILLIS
HEWITT & POX, Adm it, traior.
Attorneys lui Admioi-lratir.
EXFGUTOR'S KOTiCE
No'icei-herb, aiven 'ha tne unlr
signed bv order ot ibeCou.iy Ouurt
of tbe Sta'e ol On-iion 1 r Liuii C- uuiv,
duly appoinie.1 t-xeuito' ol the 'am will
and te taini..t of Mary J. Auoepaugb,
deceos'd. all pi-rsooa havirni c.aima
againut the estate ol aid deceased are
hereby required to p eaent the eame,
with tbe propr vouobeie, to tbe under
eignea, at bin office, In Ibe Bl'tt IS i
tional Bank Building." in "he City of
Albany, In Liun O .uotv, Or-noo, wnb
ln six m ioths from tbe date ot Uiia
notke. .".'' . r '
Dated this 25 h day oi Decemeber.
1908
'FT. H. HEWITT, Executor.
HEWITT & SOX.
Attorneys for Executor.
notice of final settlement
Notice is hereby given that Geo. W.
ft right, the ex'cutor ol the Ian will aoa
testament ol Gorge Knox, deceased,
baa filed hi- final acconn ai .noo ex
ecutor wi-n tbe O mm C e-k : Linn
Count. O eion; '"f ma' H J.
Dud.vii, Cminiy Jo'lue . I aid nouiity,
ba fix-d Mon.iav. J H IK 1
o'cloet 0. Ji. s '"e "me. and the
Conir) Court R iom a- in P'ace (or
bearing aaid Baal account n. ml nb
jariiojf i' ahv tbera to sai l account
and lie net'lemeut of wl re.
Date.l 'hie Drfcunh-r 16. 1908.
GEO. W. WRIGHT, Executor.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Notice la te.eby given that the
i ndertixned have been duiy appointed
joint adoiinUtratora of tbe estate ol
Anna Borowickj. deceased, by the Hon.
J.N. Duncan, C .ontv Jndiie of Linn
Couut. Slate, of O-uun. a" P'
una ar" he-ebv no'ified to present
iheir cliiois again" Ibe eatate ol eaid
dtOeaed. i! kny Ibere be, to the under
gignad adm nia'ratora at i heir residence
near Crabtree. Oregon, or to ILeir at
torney Geo. W. Wrigb-, at bi. law
office in Albany, Oregoo, vltbtn six
monlba (rom tbe date beteOI duly w
tBed aa n-qnired by ,
Dated ihia Nn..S8, 1908.- .
RUDOLPH B. OR'yiCK6.
R BOROVIOKB, "
Administrator.
GEO. W.WRIGHT,
AMoroey tor Admlniltrator.
TROUBLES.
Part of the awning in front of Owen
leutn's went down this morning, the
urn of snow getting 10 heavy, theawa
in: being aged.
The W. K. people had to get a light
rig. the heavy express wagon being; too
much for navigation.
The delivery people made only two
trips tu'aay, two alow travelling.
The R. F. D. men only wenc out a
wavs. the roads being too heavy.
The Home people repot ted eighteen
troubles this morning, and the Pacific
people said there were plenty around
town.
The plumbers have been busy.
Thirty inches of snew in places in
Eastern Oregon,
Hon. J.' K. Weather-ford returned this
noon from a legal trip to Salem,
W. J. Vanscuy ver, a prominent liquor
dealer, of Portland, died during last
night. . , '
Mr. and Mrs. George Miller h'ave re
turned from a visit with Mr. Miller's
folks in Eugene.
An appeal is made to the farmers to
feed the birds, the quail, pheasants and
others, else they will die.
Why Girles Leave Home was well
presented last night by a talented com
pany, an interesting drama.
There was no snow on the ground at
Cottage Grove yesterday afternoon, and
people there began to think they were
it.
Pictures of the snow, though not ap
preciated now, will be interesting when
it is all over and the usual good weather
prevails.
B.J. Hecker, the stock man, return
ed this noon from a Portland trip. He
expects to leave again in a few days on
anotner uenver trip.
Robert Conn last evening fell about
25 feet from a pole, while helping to
repair a break, but was not injured, ,
and is around again today.
T. A. Farmer, of this city, has
bought of A. Schmitt, the Parker farm
of 272 acres, near this city, which he
will take charge of next fall, when the
present lease expires.
The condition of Mrs. Fratie Beam is
very critical, and she is not expected
to live through the day, which will be
regre(tedj)y her large circie of warm
friends.
Two Kalama, Wash., men have been
sent to the penitentiary, under the new
state law, three years, for gambling.
That's rather strenuous, but the way to
knock it out.
' Word from ThostruD. Kolind. ' Den
mark, tells of three boys now in the
family of Rasmus Anderson, a , former
resident of Albany, the last; arriving
during the last year.'
The first butter from the new Shel
burn creamery was received here last
night by County Cleric Miller, who
furnished the site for the creamery. It
is declared to be all right,
Geo. E. Waggoner, of Portland,
formerly of Coryallis, is a member of a
syndicate of Portland men who have
bought 3,000 acres near Sheridan,
known as the Bewley property.
The Oregons of Dallas last night de
feated the famous Red Wing basket
ball team 27 to 9, with the mercury 30
degrees below zero. outside. They have
been defeated only . at Stillwater.
The case of Chas. Curran et al. agt.
Oregon on writ of review, was up for
argument at 10 o'clock this forenoon.
'J. R. Wyatt and J. J,; Whitney appear
ing lor tne piaintirts ana tne district
attorney for the state.
A dispatch from Santa Cruz. Calif..
tells about it raining hot shot from the
clouds. One,cbild was burned, and a
roof set on fire, enough at least to
smpke. The pellets were about the
size of No. 8 shot and looked like lead.
The work of moving The Toggery to
the "new Elk's building was begun to
day.' ' Mr. Chester Stevenson, who is to
be associated with Chas. Cleek in the
store will not be here until about the
15th, having been unable to start as
soou as expected.
A. Vanderoool of Wells this mornintr
reported by phone five more inches of
snow during the night. Everything is
tied up tnere without any man. tne K.
F. D. men not appearing. Mr. Vander-
Eool recently lost a valuable $200 mpre,
y an accident.
Mrs. W. Lair Thompson went to Eu
gene this afternoon on a .visit with her
folks. Mr. Thompson will go to Slem
next week to see the legislature organ
ize, but is not a candidate for anything
having too much bussinessof his own to
attend to in Lakeview.
Mr and Mrs. Walter Govro will leave
tomorrow for Wasco, where Mrs. Govro
will visit a couple of months. Mr.
Govro is in line in thf. postal service and
will soon have an appointment.
Dr. W. D. Huntington, denlist, who
recentlv ODenedan office in the I. O. O. I
Temple, this af ernoon left for Port
land, where no nas rented an otrce ana
will practice, having decided not to lo
cate here.
Rev. Evere't L. Jones, of Sausalito,
Calif, left for home this afternoon.
Rev. Jones, one of Oreiion'i former
champion orators, h is a pastorate at
Sausalito, wnne ar.ti naingr.ne seminary
at San Selma, ten miles away, with an
elect' ie line between the pi ices easily
attending to both.
A large number wer present at the
session of the Alco Club last night,
lady's niiiht. Besidps thf usuinl games
some boxing exhihin .in vere niven by
Dennis Merrill, W. C. Burns and young
Jack Demnsey, of San Francisco, who
has been in the city several days. He
is a boxer of some note, recently being
in .a match ip Eastern Oregon.
A lad fs Auxiliary of theCommerciil
Club of Harrisburg has been' organiz d
with a former Albany lady, Mrs. E. E.
Upmyer as ' president. Mrs. R. K.
Burkon is secretary. Mrs. W.L. Wright
treasurer and Mrs. C. E. Mazon vice
president.
The report of ' Labor Commissioner
Hoff for 1909 is just out,, covering the
field in a comprehenslvf way. It shows
the statistics of Oraoii'Mrjdnstries fur
the two yean inm pet,, 1. 1906 to
Sept 30, 1608. a valuable' preduction.
Ir. Hoff ia a verr aampetent
tbe position.
LEBANON.
i'he E. A.
Joe M Flaherty has sold his bigstock
farm near Plainview to H. Knuths, of
Brownsville for $15,000
P. Kester, a well known farmer liv
ing near Plainview, has lost his right
eye through hemorrhage of the mem
ber. Postmaster Brown reports that the
business of the Lebanon postoffice dur
ing December was the largest of any
nvmth in the history of the office.
Perry Duncan, from Roseburg, has
bought a house and five lots (the Green
?lace) in the western part of town,
rom P. M. Scroggin.
H. C. Morrison a young man who
has been living in Albany, has arranged
to store a lot of ice in one of the ware
houses of this city, and when warm
weather comes will put on a wagon and
deliver ice to residents of the city as
ordered.
R. F. Simpson is making a business
of raising Mongolian pheasants at the
place of his father-in-law, Wm Millsap,
in this city. A lew days ago he shipped
a dozen nice young roosters, and has
over thirty young birds, mostly hens on
hand.
The world famous DeMoss lyric bards
will give the citizens of Lebanon one of
their pleasing entertainments next
Monday evening. They started their
concert career in 1872, and have since
visited every city in the United States
and all the prominent cities of Canada
and Europe.
News From Albany's Six Early
. Trains.
Mr, C. M. Giddings and son left on a
Portland trip. The latter recently
came here from Dakota, and hence
wasn't very much disturbed by a little
snow. In fact he seemed to think was
a good thing for a country, and we
don't net enough of it.
Judge J. J. Whitney went to Salem
on legal business.
S V. Hall returned to Berry to con
tinue logging operations.
Louis and W. E. Parker came down
from Plainview and reported juBt as
much snow as here, tne snow oeic nav
incr extended eastward.
O. A. Knighton and his new family
left for their home at Baird, Wash., a
townnear Spokane, whereiMr. . Knign
ton has a large farm;. . i . ;
I ...
Eugene Palmer went to Portlahd to
meet with thelegiilature committee of
the Grange, when the needs of the
state at the hands of the coming legis
lature will be reviewed, the urange nav
ing several matters in view, and among
others will insist on the retention of
the initiative, and referendum.
Miss McClain, with S. . Young and
Son went to Salem for a visit with her
'folks.
1 Hon. Tom Brandon came down from
Plainview on his way to Salem to help
run things for torty days, tie may ne
depended upon on the side of the people.
I W. W. Francis went to Salem on a
! short business trip.
! The big drays were earning their
money, working tnrougn eigne or nine
inches of snow. But it doesn't happen
often.
j Afthe Hitels.
J. H. Morris, Mill City,
j Geo. E. Boyer, Johnst wn, Penn.
' Geo. R. Claxton, Shane, Or.
j F. B. Van Cleve, Echo.
I Will Grimes, Harrisburg.
' Wm Dieting, Portland.
I W. H. Gutsch, Portland.
! H. R. Hogue, Walla Walla,
i' F. Gard, Gates. . .
G. W. Ahderson, Gates.
C. W. Traer, Corvallis.
A. T. Peterson, Toledo.
J. A. Waddle;' the well known liquor
drummer.
I G. W. Hollister, Portland.
Paul T. Gadeeu, up from Portland in
the interest of the smelter project.
, f. A. Chinook, Portland.
j Proposed Change in
i Laws. '
the Game
The annual meeting of the Oregon
Fish and Game Association, mostly a
Pjrtland affair was held- yesterday.
One thing proposed is attracting atten
I tion here, the proposal to have the law
changed limiting duck shooting to Dec.
1st instead of Feb. 1st, as now. Ducks
stop flying along the Columbia much
earlier than down 'the, Willamette,
I where the principal duck ' shooting oc
curs after Dec. 1st. Hunters will ob
ject to this change, made entirely in
the interest of Portland hurters.
, A good proposition, though, is to lim
, it the killing of Chinese pheasants to
I the male birds. Bounties are favored
I on wild animals of $5 and 5 cents on
crows.
The Best Service.
Last night in spite of the weather
ani the bad walking, there were over
140 attending the revival. Whiston
preached in spite of the weather and
all went away saying that it was worth
the effort
Have vii heard Whiaton? Hear
him once and you will certainly hear
him again. Meetings last only an nour
and a quarter and there is bomethine
doing from start to finish. Be there
to. nieht at 7:!W if you don't believe thia.
Easiness Change. ,
J. T.'Wentworth of the Albany Sup
ply Co. has .old the busin.ss of the
company here ti E. Christensen. re
cently from Kansas, who has taken
charge of it. He is an experience)
bosrneas man. A fine wholesale holi
ness -ha. been worked up. one continual
ly growing. Albany being a good cen
ter for it Mr. Wentworth expect, to
devote htet-meto his property interests.
4 PORTLAND
SUITS.
A divorce suit just, begun Is: R. B.
Pomeroy agt. Hattie M. Pomeroy, Ed
and A. R. Mendehsll attorneys. The
custody of the only child is asked by
the iatner.
A new suit in the circuit court is: C.
A. Patterson aet. Lueila Parrish, to re
cover $2,320 and interest ".nd $205 at
torney a tees. Carter & Uutur at
torneys. Harry Holmes, the well known comed
ian, has a suit against tne southern
Pacific to recover some lost .baggage.
with his paraphenalia.
JaB. Plumb has sued Robert Wake
field, the contractor, for $25,000, with
Claud Strahan, a former Albany boy,
as his attorney.
Prospecting in Alaska.
The Daily Alaska Dispatch, of Juneau,
of Dec. 29th, contains the following
about a party of whom oneD. E. Junk
in, is a Linn county man, father of
Glen Junkin, of this aity.
Geo. w. r oster, the vetnran south
eastern Alaska mining man, who head
ed a party of mining experts and engi
neers to Port Houghton, returned from
the work of inspection today, accom
panied by the party, consisting of J. E.
Reeves, Geo. Higgins, Fred Martin and
D. E. Junkin. The party brought sev
eral tons of ore which will be taken to
Seattle on the Jefferson. Tests will be
made of the ore and if satisfactory the
the party will return to this city in April
with machinery to operate the mine on
a large scale. '
Hard on Tramps.
A crowd of itinerants floated into town
last night with the snow, and , twenty-
six of them last night applied for lodg-1
ing in the city jail, where they slept
over nieht. this morning starting ou' i
in the snow after something to eat,
with snow shoveling jobs ahead. The
weather is hard on the hobo element.
ne iota i tax in L,ane county win be skirmishing. He will make an issue ot
15 mills, as follows: high school 1 mill, ' his road law, named after him. It has
school library .05 mills, county 7.31, t been changed some, as amended pro
schools 3.56, state 8.08. Eugene1 s tax, viding for the state to pay three eight's
on a basis of full valuation will be 32 'of the cost, the county fB three eight's
millo Alhan.,'a mill t.a OK milla t nll 1 I ..I t .U
mills. Albany's will be 25 mills in all.
FRIDAY"
DEATH OF
MRS. BEAM.
Mrs. Fratie Beam, wife of the late
A. O. Beam, died this forenoon, after
a short illness, at the age of 44 years,
leaving many to mourn the death of a
splendid woman.
She was born at Calhoun. Mo. Dec. 29.
1864, coming to Or. about twenty years
ago, settling in Amany. Mr. Beam
was in btfsinesB for many years until
his death a few years aero.
She was a devoted member of the
Presbyterian church, the Eastern Star,
Rathbone Sisters and Lady Maccabees,
prominent in the works of the church
and orders.
She leaves one.son, Mr. Owen Beam,
who has the sympathy of all in his loss.
Two brothers, M. D. Lewis of Salt
Lake, and Geo. W. Lewis of Portland,
and one sister, Mrs- Una . Veatch, i of
Idaho, survive' her.
It is thought the funeral will be held
on Sunday, but the hour has not yet
been set.
Frank Lines has been attending the
special O. A. C. farmers course.
Dr. A. J. Hodges and L. H. Fish re
turned last night from a Portland trip.
S.'G. Si-nons left this afternoon for
Seattle to look after some mining in
terests. :' '- ' '' i". '-
The city council of La Grande has
signed a contract for a $146,000 water
system of its own.
Miss Margaret Cundiff, of Eugene,
returned home last night after a visit
at Lebanon and Alhany.
Frank Clevenger, who has been work
ing at Electron, Wash., several monthB
has returned to Albany and may re
main here.
Salem levy will be as follows: State
and county 10.90 mills, city 6 mills,
school district 4 mills. . Total 20.90
mills.
Horan the man who won first prize at
Snokane on anDles. values his orchard
of fifty acres at $250,000. He has been
offered $100,000 for it.
E. W. Langdon and family are due
to arrive in New York city today or
tomorrow, when they will go up the
Hudson to place Miss Grace in school
Mr. Nat Wither, after a visit with
his folks at Lebanon left last night for
California where he is engaged in help
ing to build some sky-scrapers.
Mrs. Frank Powell last nighc enter
tained B B. A. A. Club in a deliirhttul
manner, a fine time being had. Eight
een ladies were present in spite ot the
snow.
Mr. George Paul, who docs the Devil
act sometimes, wi h his company of
performers arrived this noon on their
way to Lebanon and other places south
on a winter tour.
Six night riders at Union Cily' Tenn.,
yesterday were convicted ol murder in
the first decree and w II have to hang.
which will aerve them right. Courts
of juatico do well to punish lawlessness
of all kinile, and particularly this kind.
F. M. French has a chunk of ice
with a rose frozen inside it. something
which happened naturally at his home,
the icvclt- formine around the growing
and blooming rose. Rosea in January
are the order here; but this ice part is
a freak.
Salem Statesman. The case of Geo.
Planer, who took anneal to the supreme
ourt and secured a reversal from Judge
Burnett '.opinion, respicting thecarry.
- c "f der nam. during closed season,
will be tried at Albany, according to
Pl.n..... Tt! . ilrnraiv f'.a Q Hill
who wia here yeateraay.
A CHARMING
SPEAKER.
Here is what an Eastern paper says
of Jacob Riis, to be here Mondy night,
at the U. P. church.
"A delightful lecture, the charm and
the value of which, in the case ol that
delivered by Mr. Jacob A. Riis at the
College Street Church last evening, it
is impossible to describe. A packed
house greeted Mr. Riia' first appear
ance in this city; and their absorbing
interest in the man and his presenta
tion of Tony, 8 hardships was shown in
their free applause, ready laughter and
as ready sighs. The man himself with
his simple modesty, his quick humor,
his magnificient enthusiasm, his over
flowing humanity, is a personality which
will never be forgotten, it it safe to
say, by any one fortunate enough to
hear him speak. It is easy to see
wherein lies his success among the peo
ple of the slums; his whole being rad
iates a more than friendliness a
brotherliness which rdaches the hearts
of even an audience of an evening and
makes one regard him like a personal
friend. Mr. Riis speaks, not from
notes but, to paraphrase his own words
irom nis neau, nis neart anu ma iiuuua,
so rapidly do the thoughts come that
the words fairlv tumble over each other
and from an apparently inexhaustible
fnlfmmlo"
fount of supply."
News From Albany's Six
Trains.
Early
Germain, the wizard, and his troup,
left on the 4:18 train for Grants Pass,
where they are to show tonight. They
came over from Corvallis with their
baeeaee in three liverv rigs, leaving
there at 1 o'clock, just making tbe
train. The livery men declared it was
the longest ride and hardest pull they
ever had, and they wouldn't make
it
again for anything in the world They
-
u"v
Senator A. J. Johnson, of Corvallis,
went to Salem to be ready for the leg
ialnr.iirn. and to do Home nreliminnrv
UI1U bllo (Jlucii. uniiai vuc-iuui ui, 111-
Bteau ol one-ulira us ueiore. xne vonr-
missioners have been given a salary in
stead of expenses as before, and the
engineer's salary raised to $2400 a year,
instead of $1800. It will have a hard
road to travel. , ; ,,, ,,jr
R. F. Shier, the copper miner, left
for the mines after being in the valley
for sometime, tie am not anticipate
much trouble in getting into the mines.
senator M. A. miner went to aaiem
to be readv for the comine fight.
Postal Clerk Humphrey, of the C. &
E. reported two feet of snow on the
ground at Detroit when he left there
last night.
Mr. Louis Parker, of Portland, re
turned home, after a Linn county visit.
Mr. Parker remembered the coldest day
the Willamette valley ever had, 12 de
grees below zero on the 9th of January
1875, tomorrow being the anniversary
of it.
W. Lair Thompson left for Portland
before going to Salem to see the legis
lature convene. He says the people in
eastern Oregon dont want these proposed
reclamation laws. The scheme now
according to some of the signs, is to
make things so expensive for the prop
erty owners that eventually the re
clamation companies will have all the
property.
A Great Fight.
u
Notwithstanding the continued cold
the audience at the Christian church
was larger than at any time,, since the
snow fell; The evangelists and memb
ers are determined to fight it out to
victory. Over 200 were present and
were delighted with the sermon and
solos. Tne church was comfortable,
the sineino- was enthusiastic. - and the
sermon was of the hot variety, Buch as
Whiston usually gives and just right
for this kind of weather. Not a note
of discouragement is heard, the evan
gelists are well liked and - results are
assured. Hear Whiston tonight
Whiston and Longman will sine togeth
er tonight. , Don't tail to hear them.
Returned from the East.
' ' :'!.' .
Hon. J. M. Philpot,.' ot Harrisburg,
has been in the city to-day, oil his way
to Salem to help make laws for Oregon,
and prevent the making of bad laws.
Mr. fhilpotand wire nave just returned
from the east, where they spent sever
al months in Missouri, where Mr. Phil
pot was born, Pennsylvania and New
York. He was in New York during
election, in the midst of the great ex
citement of tha occasion.
While gone he found no place that s'lit-
ed him like the Willamette Valley, and
is glad to be home again, though he en
joyed the experiences of the trip. !
A Poetical Morning.
They had a poetical time at the ol
leee this forenoon, when Rev. W. S.
Gordon, the poet minister, spoke to the
students, presenting them a number ot
western pxems, displaying a marked
talent. The half hour was ereailv en
joyed by the students. Prof. Torbct
aluo got poetical and did some rhyming
nimseit.
An Insane Poy.
Edward M. Hallier, ' aged 18, was
brought down from Brownsville, and
committed to the asylum this forenoon.
Recently he was mixd no in some blind
pi; cases at Brownavilln, npd Is re-po-ted
fo have been 'very intemperate,
otherwise a pretty goml boy.'" ,.
Born to Mr. and 'ra. Abe King
0 orvallir, a boy, their tenth child.
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A SNAKE STORY
In Which a former Linn County
Man Has Part.
Rock Creek, (Ore.), January 3.
More than 1,000 crawling, squirming,
wriggling reptiles, including both harm
less and dangerous varieties, were un
covered in two dens yesterday by W.
K. France and Matt Chambers, farm-
erm who were aigging an irrigation
ditch near town.
The men used dynamite on a ledee of
rock, and the first blast uncovered a
pocket which was literally full of gar
ters, watersnakes, bullsnakes and blue
racers, from one to five feet lone.
Tnere were also twenty-five large liz
ards of an average length of nine inches.
The reptiles were allowed to crawl
away since they were harmless. Near
ly 800 were counted.
An hour later a second pocket con
taining only mountain rattlesnakes was
encountered, It was a warm, sunshiny
day and the rattlers wore lively and
fighting mad. There seemed to be
about. 300 of them and the farmers, de
ciding they were not . looking for a.
battle, knocked off work.
MARRIED
I Schultz-Cassidy.
Mr. Irwin R. bcYmltz and MTss Mamie
Cassidy were united in marriage, at the
rectory, last evening, Jan. 7, at 9
o'clock, Father Arthur Lane, officiat
ing. The marriage was private, only a
tew intimate tnends ana relatives be
ing present.
The groom is a son of H. R. Schultz,
manager of the opera house,' and also in
the inaurance business, a young man of
splendid character, and the bride is
well spoken of as a worthy young lady.
They nave the best wishes of their
many friends.
Annual Inspection Soon.
The members of G. Co. soon are to
be thoroughly inspected. The first in
spection will be on the 11th. when the
boys will appear in full equipment ready
lor murciung, wuu everyuung mat a
soldier needs for fightinir. ' The big in
spection though will be on the 21st, the
annual inspection, when Major Edward
t . McUluchlin, jr. ol the 4th Held ar
tillery, will have charge of observa--tions.
U Co. haB been steadily growing (and 3
now has a membership of 62, which it
is proposed to insrease to 75. Under '
Capt, Hammell it is doing splendid '
work, a popular organization. "'
The Cold Record.
As a matter of common interest the
following extract is taken from the
columns of the Democrat issued on the--22nd
day of January 1875:
"Last Sabbath morning the ther
mometer ptood at 16 degrees below
zero, which is colder than ever was
known before in this valley. On that day
the river was running full of ice, but it
did not entirely close up until Tuesday
morning, when it was completely gorged '
with ice and snow. During ' the fore
noon three men crossed on the ice at
Pierce's ferry which is something that
the oldest inhabitant never saw or'
heard of before, and it is probable it
may never occur again in a lite time".
One of our old pioneers informs us
that themomcters at that time ranged
from 10 to 16 degrees below zero in this
town.
: Good Attendance.
The report received by Superintend
ent Jackson, show the following schools
to have averaged 97 or more per cent
in attendence during December, and
entitled to. diplomas:
97 ner cent Dist. 1. RoBe Bierlv.
teacher: Dist. 25, 3. L. Howe, teacher:
district 49, Vida Nanney teacher; 79,
Addie Andrews,:: teacher: 102, E. E.
Munsey, teacher.
97.5 per cent Liist. b. Addie Sur-
rell, teacher.
97.6-Dlst. 67 T, J.'Goin, teacher.
98-DiBt. 87. C. F. Bigbee. teBcher:
dist. 24 Brownsville, J. W. Bolin,
teacher, and district 78. Anna Eneel.
teacher. ;:l
98.2 Dist. 61 Mary Fink, teacher
99 District 103, Modi Cox, teacher.
100- Dist. 128, Nora Kemp, theacher.
Died at Eugene.
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Register;. , ) ,,mjj
Died, at 6:30 a. m., .Thursday, Jan
uary 7, 1909, Mrs.iH. C. Davis after a
long illness of consumption at her home.
743 Mill street. .
She leaves a husband, H. C. Davis.
jon Carl, who is in Rush Medical col
lege, Chicago; and daughter Elsie.
Her rrother, Mrs. M. J Quick, of Hal
sey; sstni, Mrs. P. I. Starr of Corval
lis. and two hrotheis E B. Penland of
Halscy and L. E. Penland of Pendleton
survive her.
The Baptists.
At the annual business meeting of
fie Baptist church held last evening,
reports were read showing marked pro
gress during the year. Most of the old
officials were re-elected. It was unan
imously voted to add $150 to the salary
of the paBtor, Rev. S. A. Douglas. It
was voted after Feb. 1 to combine the
Sabbath school and morning preaching
'prvices. . i. macuonaia ana J. L.
f't'i'linson were chuaen as deacons.
A Missouri editor has been sued for
divorce by an irat) woman because he
saia tne nusbana naa gone to a happier
home. At least this is going the round..
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