The Tobacco Habit.
A subscriber wants to run the edi
torial column of the Democrat today
find presents the following:
1. The habit is at war with temper
ance. Tobacco is an intoxicant. It is
a part of the merchandise of dram
shops, is an incentive to drunkenness.
The toper, rebuked by a professed tee
totler, with a quid or a cigar in his
mauth, might pertinently respond,
"Physician, heal thyself."
2. The habit is a self indulgence and
in flagrant conflict with the self-denying
spirit of the divine Founder of
Christianity. It numbers among its
slaves more than 150 millions of human
b.'ings. It hinders moral reform, and
it impedes progress.
3. The habit is essentiully filthy, and
"cleanliness," says the proverb, "is
next to godliness." Ladies of refine
ment involuntarily shrink from the
man who chews, or snuffs, or smokes,
unless custom has rendered them in
different to those vile practices.
4. The lips of the tobacco-chewer,
or habitual smoker are swelled and
saturated with a disgusting poison, the
gums are spongy and tender, and the
whole throat and mouth affected by its
uses.
5. The habit of using tobacco is in
consistent with the character of a
Christian gentleman. "St Paul," BiBh
op Hooker tells us, "was emphatically
a gentleman," Would he have pois
oned the air with sickening smoke, or
deluged the floor with liquid filthiness?
Never!
6, The habit injures the voice. The
chewer often croaks. The smoker nr.
, tictlates huskily. The snuffer speaks
through his nose.
7. The habit is costly. Official sta
tistics show that more money was
Bpent for tobacco in the United States
during 1871, than for bread, the staff
of life, $350,000,000 for tobacco in its
various forms; $200,000,000 for flour,
within the year.
8. The habit often lowers the self
respect of those who practice it. "I
love my pipe," said a clergyman, "but
despise myself for using it.
9. The habit disturbs the regular
pulsation ot the heart. Tobacco users
are thus in constant danger. Many
fall dead suddenly.
10. The habit weakens the mind. It
enfoebles the will, produces morbid ir
ritability, diseases the imagination
deadens the moral sensibilities, and is
therefore an "assault and battery" on
the nervous system, the intelect and
the soul.
11. The habit is u rebellion against
conscience. Those who indulge In it
know that it wastes time, money,
strength and life, and tramples on the
laws of nature, which are the laws of
God, hence it is a sin.
12. The habit is as contagious as
the cholera. Every mature smoker or
chewer infects dozens of youths with a
desire to follow his pernicious example,
Thus the evil Bpreads.
For a Clean Albauy.
The better the homes the better the
citizenship. Good homos do wonders
in making a better people. This is not
original with the Democrat but some
thing which is being worked out by
thinking men. tn some of the large
European cities the idea is being put
to the front in the endeavor to improve
the citizenship by the improvement of
the homes. In the slums particularly
the plan is to make conditions better
Neater homes, better sanitation. The
result every time will bo improvement
of the country. In a city the size of
Albany there is not the same amount
of work to be done; but the idea needs
promulgating just the same. Every
improvement of our homes is an im
mense booster for the city, both moral
y and physically. With about the low-
eat death rate in the world Albany may
well make a specialty of having this
the cloanest and neatest city in the
world, a city beautiful, ' And while we
are at it we do well all the time to
makd it just as clean a town morally, a
place for a home where the young may
be safely reared without fear of con
tamination,
A clean Albany.
(.Idea iinU Happiness.
The greatest proportion of happy
people aro not found in the big cities;
but in places like Albany, a fact not a
sentiment. In the largo cities a ma
jority of the inhabitants live unhappily
in misery and wretchedness. Even the
middle classes, who are not poverty
stricken lack the environments for hap
piness possessed in the rural city.
People living in the smaller cities do
well to cultivato a spirit of content
ment, not tlvnklng that they need to
go into the largo city in order to pros
per and enjoy life. Prosperity consists
in more than money making. Charac
tei building is a part of it.
Notice to Fruit Growers.
We shall be in the market for fruit
during the season of 1909. For inform
ation as to what varieties to plant etc,
call Home Phone 405?, or address Al
bany i'RKSKRViNG Co. Albany Ore. t6
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" Saturday Night Thoughts.
This week a remarkable thing hap-
pened in Oregon. A republican state
Legislature elected a democrat for U.
S Senator, They had to do it, because
they had pledged themselves to vote
for the choice of the people for y. S,
Senator. They did well. A 1 man
always does who keeps his word.
Everybody ought to do that much,
but in this age of venality it is often
not the case,
Republican papers are telling about
the wonderful lesson learned, and how
they will not be caught again. It is
possible the same thing may not hap
pen just like it, but in four years from
now the men who pledge themselves
to abide by the vote of the people are
the ones who will be elected, and the
others will get left. A democrat may
not get the popular vote again, because
there is only one George Chamberlain
in Oregon; but the man who gets the
choice of the people, even if it is Jona
than Bourne again, with all his short
comings will be the one elected by the
state legislature.
The state legislature has gotten down
to business and has begun grinding out
appropriations, with prospects of an
enormous total for the people to place
their shoulders under. But there
should be no growling for the men
elected are of that kind, and the people
in referendum have not spoken out yery
loudly. When this legislature is over
there will be some more work for the
referendum committee in the interest
of the people, and it will be done.
This is the revival season of the year.
a special time for effort in the interest
ot a better manhood and womanhood
through the gospel of Jesus Christ.
That should be the great object, not
the increasing of church member
ship alone, alwas commendable, but for
salvation from sin. It is not a question
of the number to go through the form
of being taken into the church, but the
number who really make a turn about,
on such a solid basis of belief, as to
make them willing to sacrifice their
own passions and deBires for their fel
low men. The genuine conversion
takes away much of one's selfishness,
and building up a spirit of forbearance
and love. Men never become perfect,
but they do raise the standard of char -actor
into a royal manhood. In genu
ine Christianity there is a spirit of tol
erance, an appreciation of human weak
ness, a willingness to continually jump
up after a stumble and try again, a
perpetual warfare against the tendency '
downward.
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A Bample of the graft system of the
state legislature, which the people sub
mit to term after term was illustrated
this week. Out of 45 clerks only seven
wore found at work and thirty were
not found at all, just drawing their
salary, the money of the people,
Something is the mattor of the dear
public when it votes for men for mem
bers of the legislature who introduce
bills to prevent the use of hatpins over
ten inches long and hotel sheets under
nine feet.
Frenzied Thoughts.
Tom Piatt is writing a book. If he
tells all ho knows, it will be among the
six best sellers.
Roosevelt will hunt in the Congo re'
gion, but not for evidence concerning
the rubber business.
"uncle Andy Carnegie has an
nounced that he is two years older than
he thought he was. With all her blunt
frankness, he cannot immagine Mrs,
Hetty Green making any such state
ment concerning herself.
"Carry Nation was warmly received
in Glascow," says a headline. There is
generally a hot time in Carrie's neigh
borhood. A Fool Bill
The bill introduced in the legislature
prohibiting a candidate from making a
preelection pledge is the height of
foolishness, and of course will be dealt
with as it deserves to be by the mem
bers. Even a republican legislature
will not stand for anything so ridicu
lous. The Weather.
Albany got another dose of the beau
tisul last evening, two inches of very
sloppy snow fulling, and this morning
the ground was white. The temnera-
turo went down to 29 during the Right.
uuring tne day tne maximum was 43.
The river kept rising until about 3 a,
m , when it began falling. It reached
23.8 feet. It has since fallen over a
toot.
The prediction is. Rain or snow t-
night and Sunday.
Mr. Ueals made a goo J hit at the
snow flurry.
APPLES. Baldwins and Jonathans fi r
sale. J. O. Gibson, phone 40:4
Home. 14 1
WANTED. Girl to do general house
work. Apply at 739 Washingtm
street.
C. H. NEWS.
RpenrnVr's office:
Release of mortgage $1547.
Circuit court:
Suit to register title by Jerome C.
Garman et al, No. 49. Hewitt & Sox,
attorneys.
Hunters licenses: W. A. Gilderman,
H. F. Mcllwain, Chas. Wolfe, S. E.
Russell, P. E. Prettyman. Total, 115.
Second account approved in estate of
van Benton .lucieer et al, minors.
Hunters licenses: Virgil Rice, Holley;
Daniel uonnor, Albany.
Transcript of judgment filed in C. A.
Patterson agt. Luella C Parrish, for
$3015.65, from Multnomah county.
Deeds recorded:
Alfred E. Meyer, to R. O. Waddle,
40 acres $2520
Sarah Helmick to Frieta Gay,
60 by 111 feet block 83 acres. . . 1
Mortgage for $700.
Assignment mortgage for $3523.
Some new cases for the clerks office,
have arrived, and will be placed in pos
ition soon.
PERSONAL
AND SOCIAL
J. A. Wilson, of Salem, was in the
city this auernoon.
C. H. Burggraf went to McMinnville
this afternoon on architectural business.
A. I. Davis, of Thomas, was in town
today. He hasn't much confidence in
the Sanderson bridge.
Mr. Jake Bilyeu, who has been at
Boring, Multnomah county, returned
this afternoon.
J. A. Shaw returned this noon from
Astoria, where he has been looking
alter tne Dusiness ot ma uurcis Mm
ber Co. ;
W Hoeue. a former Albany boy. who
has been in ualitornia tne last tnree
years, is in town from Klamath Falls,
Oregon.
Mr. Al. H. Ewart arrived last night
from Ukiah. Calif.. 23 hours late.
meeting many delays on the way, omj
ing to attend the tunurai oi nis motner,
W. L. Grove, of Tangent, was in
town to-dav. He and his family will
reside there during the construction of
a residence on the farm near Shedd he
recently bought.
Mr. Chester Stevenson and wife ar.
rived from North Yakima and will
make their home in Albany. Mr,
Stevenson will be associated with his
brother-in law in the Toggery. He was
formerly a clerk in the freight depart
ment of the 8. P. here, and both have
many friends who ae glad to see them
residents or AiDany again.
In and Around
Albany,
The Democrat man lost a 'pair of
fold-rimmed eye-glasses somewhere.
Ins any one seen them lying around
loose.
A fire in hi Henry's car, standing
near the depot last evening caused some
excitement tor awhile, it was put out
without much difficulty, and was not
very serious.
Miss Harkness wants twenty more
subscribers to Sunset to comDlete her
250, and has a week in which to get
them. Subscribe and give Albany a
boost in the big inaugural trip.
Basket Ball Tonight.
The best game of the season is the
girl's game tonight, Albany H. S
against Chemawa with the follow fast
lineups:
Chemawa Katie Henry and Maggie
Jerry forwards, Violet Edwards center
and Mary Gibeau and Annie Olsen for
wards. Ethel Lagan and Ella Farris
subs.
Albany Mildred McBrideand Norma
Urettoz guards, Ulara Eckert center,
Dollie Bending and Alice Martin for
wards, Elsie Bain aud Ella Howard
subs.
Officials Tebeau referee, Marks urn
Dire. Admission 25 cents. Game at 8
o clock,
Some Texas Cotton.
The Democrat appreciates a box of
cotton from Cersicaru, Tex., sent by
J. K. Haight, of this city, who is down
there selling Spaulding buggies.
Speaking of the weather Mr. Haight
writes; "It is cold and foggy, with
lots of rain for Texas. Tne north
winds are something fierce, and we
had some snow."
I'TOinimy obulncd, or rtt. tlETURNEO.
HO VKARfl CXPENICNCI. in. -MARCK Ul
TM LOWIST. SnkI model, photo or iJsrteli for
Kirort mrcb. and fro tfpsrt on intrutAMIUy.
INTmwOKMKflT mlf coa.nirtd brfore ftU
court, rumni obtain! Uiroueh n. ADVC1I
TtlH and SOLD, rroo. TRADI.MAftXS, FVN
IOMS and OOPTRIOHTt quickly obtained.
Opposite U. . Pstsnt Offlos,
WASHINGTON, O. O.
LEGISLATIVE
DOINGS.
Many more bills were introduced yes
terday, besides many personal and local
bills the following being of general in
terest: In the house:
Bean Insurance department with
$400 commissioner.
Farrell--Rsgulating nse of hat pins,
limited to ten inches.
Reynolds -Taxing legacies of $2000
or more.
Bonebrake $130,000 for more build
ings at O. A. O.
Brooks and Bean Prohibiting any
candidate to make any preelection
pledge, a whack at statement numbei
one.
Farrell Making stockholders in sav
ings and state banks responsible for
double the amount or utocK.
McCue $153,000 foi land and dorm
itories at Weston, Monmouth and Ash
land normias-
Leininweber Preventing discrimin
ation in passenger rates.
Reynolds Creating office of fire
marshal.
In the senate:
Cole Prohibiting secret societies in
public schools.
Johnson Increasing the appropria
tion of the O. A. C. to $100,000.
Coffey 'That all criminal insane,
rapists and criminals twice convicted be
sterilized.
Abraham -Dividing the state into five
normal school districts.
Also making it a misdemeanor to kill
a human being Dy mistaKe tor an an
imal. J. Miller Fixing the salary of the
school superintendent of Linn county at
$1200, and $300 for clerk hire and $300
for travelling expenses.
Kay -For sanitarium for tubercolosis
patient.
F. J. Miller Bill of the conservation
commission for a water code.
Smith Prohibiting paying for circu
lation of initiative and roforondum
petitions.
Smith of Marlon For only one state
normal, with appropriation of $100,000
for it.
Kay For bounties: cougars $10,
wildcat $5. '
Hart For inspection of mines by
deputy labor commissioners.
Both houses have passed several bills.
In the house Jones bill for extending
the time for the use of the $300,000 for
the locks, to March 1911, Dimick, in
creasing the penalties for highway rob-
oery and local bills. In the senate six.
one permitting renewal of judgments
every ten years, another providing tor
appe als in justice courts within thirty
days.
Some new bills are:
In the house:
Brooks-$15,000 for Snake River in
Malheur county.
Mahone Two bills hiWn? Chinese.
Davis For office of boiler inspector
at $2500 and $900 for clerk.
Hawley For a state veterinary at
$2,000.
McDonald Prohibiting manufacture
and sale of cigarettes.
Bryant Protecting crabs and clams.
Rusk $15,000 for topographical maDS
Miller Creating county of Nesmith.
In the senate:
Parrish $2500 annually for exper
iment station in Eastern Oregon. aJso
$750 annually for fair at John Day
Schofieltl Permitting any one over
21 to serve summon s.
Mulitt - Exempting state, county,
city and school district bonis from tax
ation. Barrett Limiting the catch of crabs
in Lincoln county to 50 a day.
Nottingham IRequiring berry hnl
locks to be 4 1 2 inches square, 2 7-8
deep, 53.46 cubic inches.
The normals only want $328,000, the
O A. C $465,000 and the U. O. money
galore.
The clerk abuse was shown in an in
vestigation in the senate. Out of 45
clerks only seven were at work, 8 were
doing nothing and the others could not
be found at all.
RELIGIOUS
M. E. church south: Corner Mont
gomery and 3rd. Services at 11 a. m.
Sunday 24th. Subject: "Consecration."
A cordial invitation is extended to the
public. Geo. M. Gardner, Pastor.
United Presbyterian: Morning'text:
"For none might enter into the king's
gate clothed in ackcloth." Evening
text: "The power of an endless life."
Pastor's Bible class at 11:45 a. m. You
are invited.
St. Mary's church: Services Sunday
at 8 and 10:30 a. m. The pastor will
officiate and preach from the gospel of
the day. Father Moran will conduct
the Sunday services at Lebanon. The
public is cordially invited.
Evangelical church: Sabbath school
at 10 a. m. Preaching services at 11 a.
m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject,
"Reward of a Fruitless Life" Even
ing subject, "Whom Will YouServe?"
H. K. Geil, Pastor.
First Presbyterian church. F. H.
Geselbracht. minister. Morning ser
vice 10:30, theme Science and Chris
tianity: Faith. Evening seruice 7:30,
theme: Possibilities of a Changed Life.
Sabbath School 11:45: Jumor endeavor
3; Christian Endeavor 6:30. Every one
u cordially invited to be present.
M. E. church: There will be patri
otic address at the M. E. church Sun
day at 10:30 on "Some Danger", that
Menace America. A program pre
pared by the Home Missionary Society
will be used. The theme in the even
ing, 7:30, will be "f or His bake or
"Serving God through Humanity."
Class meeting 10 o'clocic. Sunday
school 11:45. Junior League 3 o'clock.
Epw.rth League, 6:30.
Try a cup of coffee and a sandwich at
Fronk's near the depot.
, M1SFITS.JJ
Forty days of notoriety.
Appropriation bills galore.
The small streams slopped over.
The back scratching at Salem is - ter
rific. The referendum will again be invok
ed, and should be.
Oregon is paying two colleges for do
ing the work of one.
The Columbia can cause a good deal
of trouble when it tries.
Illinois has a deadlock. Better gel
into Statement No. 1 wagon;
Wanted and wanted badly, more
houses for rental, in Albany.
The people will sustain statement
number one by a big majority.
The Columbia river is blocked with
ice gorges, the Willamette is spring
like.
Boost the fruit interests of the coun
try. Make (his a Hood River in im
portance. If the O. A. C. tries to get too much
it will also have some referendum ex
perience. Farrell will now take a seat with
Kellaher for fool bill introduction. His
hat pin bill is a lula.
It is safe to say the state legislature
will not spend much time debating the
length of hotel sheets.
The crankiest thing in the world
would be a newspaper if it followed the
whipis of everybody.
A Missouri man has sixty feet of sons
all of them church members but one.
There are ten of them.
With a contest between a pitchfork
and a big stick there ought to be some
thing doing for the crowd.
This should be a record breaking house
building year in Albany, we must
have them or quit advertising.
In four years from now the men who
make the pledges will he the ones
elected. The others will get left
Kellaher with his nine foot sheet bill
and Farrell with his ten inch hat bill
are due for fame with the fools of
Shakespeare.
Another fool legislator who ought to
be sent home is Brooks, who wants
men fined and imprisoned who make
pledges before election.
Even the state fair board, seeing the
temerity of others comes to the front
with a demand for $50,000 of the peo
ple s money for their show.
What would a merchant be thought
of if he advertised goods he did not
have. Albany needs houses for new
comers it has been sending for.
With Linn county paying more state
taxes than any county in the state ex
cept Multnomah and Marion it certain
y 13 entitled to a little $20,000 armory.
The pocket books of the people are
going to be slaughtered by this legis
lature. The figures are now estimated
at $4,000,000, more than double usual
appropriations.
The normal schools will be punctured
during the session. . The state should
have two good schools, one in eastern
Oregon, one in western Oregon, that's
all. . .
Those protests down at Salem were
childish enough. Every man had vol-
untarily gone into the pledging business
and had to be to be elected. It will be
the same next time.
Now that the senatorial contest is
over the Democrat wishes to remark
that one of the biggest campaign lies
ever uttered was the oft repeated one
that a large number of Democrats voted
for Cake a republican in the interest
of Governor Chamberlain's election.
Cake was a stronger man than Fulton.
COAL
Barrett Bros.
Call up Home Phone 74. Bell Red 811.
drawuuf or photo, (or export tvarcli mil frc report. I
Krve ftJVtce, how to obtain puanu, trade mark,
coprnghta. eta, tN ALL COUNTRIES. I
jiuinrss dlrett rUh Washington tvct fW, I
BoritBrn a Nn nrrrNnrn monnoaeLi
momty ana ojtn nt pawni.
Pitwt ind InfrhftmMt Predict Exc'cilraty,
Write or cone touU
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WASHINGTON,
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TELEGRAPH. -
Chicago Jan. 21. The death list may
reaeh 6b as a result of the explosion of
the crib in lake Michigan. In the
morgue 47 bodies, mutilated beyond
recogonization, repose in 47 sacks.
The Dalles, Jan. 21. Theicegeorge
imperils the canal at Celilo, the Col
umbia is a mass of piles of ice, from
Celilo falls to ,he Little Dalies. The
water is rapidly backing up to the gov
ernment buildings, which may go. The
Celilo Falls have disappeared, the wa
ter has backed up to their top.
Portland Jan 21. The Willamette
is rising at the rate of a foot an hour
blocked with a hugh amount of drift.
Steamers are unable to make their way
up the stream.
Forest Grove, Jan. 22. -Montoe
Huber, who murdered Wm. Heltzel at
the latlers barn near the banks last
night and fled, was found dead not tar
from the scene of the crime this morn
ing. He was slipping from the home of
William Thornburg, where he spent the
night, when he saw the officers ap
proaching. He fled about daybreak and two hours
later officers found his body in a clump
of bushes. He had committed suicide
using the rifle with which he shot Helt
zel. Portland Jan. 22. A rise in the
Willamette is checked at 20 feet 6.
inches stage, but may go higher. This
lacks seven inches of last year's fresh
et record. The train service is in bad
shape, all schedules annihilated, no
trains from the north or south in the
last 24 honrs.
FRUIT UNION
FORMED.
After some oratory yestesday after
noon at the meeting of the Linn county
Horticultural Society, a Linn county
union was ordered formed, and H.
Bryant, J. F. Peebler and D. W. Rum
baugh were appointed a committee to
prepare articles of incorporation. Over
thirty fruit growers at once ordered
their names for the new union. It is
proposed to have a common label and
unite in the sale of Linn countv fruit,
and as well in the packing of apples in
a marketable manner, the great secret
of success in the business.
Officers will be elected upon the per
fection of the organization. The Union
will act with the Willamette Valley
Apple Growers Union, as much as pos
sible. The step is a progressive one, the
most important yet taken, an incentive
to up-to date methods in fruit raising
as well as in selling.
News from Albany's Six
Trains.
Early
Mr. and Mrs. Will Barrett, Misses
Lottie Morgan and Letha McCullough
of the public schools and Mrs. Wilbur
E. Francis left this morning for Port
land to see Ben Hur, Gen. Lew Wal
lace's masterpiece, in a great stage
production. It is always a great thea
trical event worth going miles to wit
ness, and Albany always sends several
down to the event.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Morris, of Lebanon
came down this morning. Mr. Morris
is father of Mrs. Carter Lee.
Mrs. Jos C. Meyer, of Lebanon, came
down on tne vast) train.
Ernest Hornbach, of the lunch store,
was somewhat disgusted when he
reached his place of business at 7
o'clock. The boys the night before
had rolled two big snow balls against
the front door, great solid masses of
damp snow, causing quite a job to get
out of the way. But Ernest is one of
the boys himself and went at it philoso
phically. Mr. Harry Wilkins went to Portland.
Jos Weichman, the plumber, who
learned his trade with Ludwig, returned
to balem after doing a Eugene job.
Miss Tressa Acheson, of Portland,
returned home after an Albany visit of
several days.
Mr. Crawford, foreman of construct
ion work for the Home company, through
the valley, went north on the local. He
has been in Eugene in the hospital ill
for snveral weeks.
Trainmen reported nine or ten irches
of snow on the ground yet at Detroit
mostly the old article, which has re
mained, two or three more inches hav
ing been added.
A Double Sruprise Party.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Way, of West
Fifth Street, who united their fortunes
this week, were given a double surprise
last night."
Early in the evening several fellow
members of the Baptist church of Mrs.
Way, with their pastor, called for an
evening, and a fine time was had.
About 10 o'clock some cow bells and
other loud instuments were heard near
the front door, and upon investigation
it wa9 found that a crowd of fellow
members of the Lady Maccabees had
called to cay their respects to the
bride and groom, and the good time
was continued.
Will Continue.
The meetings at the Christian church
are proving so helpful that they will
continue through the following week.
Every night large numbers have heard
the evangelists with profit. More in
terest now prevails than at any time
during the meetings and large numbers
are yet expected to come into the chnrch.
Several will be biptizad following the
service this evening.
OA8TOHIA.
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