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REGISTRATION OF LAND TITLE
In the Circuit Court o( the State
of Oregon for the County of Linn.
In the matter of the application ol
Ellen Morgan and Melissa J. Kitchen
to register the title to the following
described real property, to-wt:
Lots 2, 3, and 4, of Jason Wheeler s
Home Farm, as the same is designat
ed and described upon the plat of the
survey thereof on tile and of record
in the office of the county recorder
of Linn county, Oregon, all m sec
tion 17, in townshipp 11 south, range
3 west of the Willamette Meridian, in
Linn county, Oregon, against Sam
Sutter and all whom it may concern,
Defendants.
To all Whom It May Concern: ,
Take notice, that on the 10th day
of July, A. D. 1909, an application
lw enirt Ellen Morgan and
Melissa J. Kitchen m the Circuit
Court of the State of Oregon for
Linn county for initial registration of
ii. n tin. land above described.
Now, unless you appear on or before
the 18th day of August, A. D. 1909,
and show cause why such application
shall not be granted, the same will
j. i,b.n n 6 ennfessed. and a decree
will be entered according to the pray
er of the application, and you will be
f,,.or hnrrpfl from disputing the
Witness my hand and the seal of
the said Circuit Court, this 10th day
of July. A. D. 1909
County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of
the Circuit Court of Linn County,
0rCgn' HEWITT & SOX,
Applicant's Attorneys.
' REGISTRATION OF LAND TITLE
In the Circuit Court of the State of
- Oregon for Linn County.
In the matter of the application ot
Amanda P. Thompson to register the
title to the following described real
property, to-wit: .
The N. E. )4 of Block No. 121 m
' Hackleman's Addition to the City of
Albany, in Linn county, Oregon, the
division lines to run parallel with the
boundary lines of said Block, com
monly known as Lots Nos. 3 and 4
in said Block, against all whom it
may concern, Defendants.
To all Whom It May Concern:
Take notice, that on the 10th day
of July, A. D. 1909, an application was
filed by said Amanda P. Thompson
in the Circuit Court of the State of
r r ;m fMintv lor initial
's tn Hi,, land
above described. Now. unless you
uc ttftl, Hnv of
August, A. D. 1909. and show cause!
why such application shall not De Crawford have returned Irom the be
granted, the same will be taken as attle fair, where they saw all the sights,
confessed, and a decree will be en- a drav team tnjB morning took a
tered according to the prayer ot te
application, and you will be torcver
barred from disputing the same.
Witness my hand and the seal of
-the said Circuit Court, this 10th day
of July, A. D. 1909.
(Seal) J. W. MILLER,
County Clerk and ex-ofhcio Clerk of
the Circuit Court of Linn County,
0reS0' HEWITT & SOX,
Applicant's Attorneys.
REgTsTRATION OF TITLE
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for the County of Linn.
In the matter of the application of
Pearl Hout to register the title to
the following described premises, to
wit: Beginning at a point on the bank
of the Willamette River established
by Thomas A. Jones as the north
west corner of the Perry Earl D. L.
C. the same being Claim No. 68, Tp.
11, S. R. 5 W. Will. Mer., Linn coun
ty, Oregon, said corner being verified
as the same by VV. J. Willbanks, run
ning thence north 78 degrees 3 min
utes, east 12.99 chains, thence south
1 degree 5 minutes west 17.09 chains,
thence south 47 degrees 6 minutes
west 5.12 chains, thence north 87
degrees 47 minutes west 9 chains,
thence south 6.04 chains to the south-
west corner of said Donation Land
Claim, thence south 89 degrees 3S
minutes east with the south line of
said claim 29.73 chains, thence south
. 7 degrees 20 minutes W. 44.15 chains,
thence south 1 degree W. 14.65 chains
to the center of the public road,
thence north 89 degrees 19 minutes
cast 5.57 chains with the center of
the said road, thence north 30 min
utes east 14.63 chains, thence south
; 89 degrees 35 minutes cast 15.07 chains
to the center of a slough thence fol
lowing the nieanderings of said slough
in a northeasterly direction to a point
where said ' slough intersects the
south boundary line of the said Perry
Earl Donation Land Claim, thence
running north 89 degrees 38 minutes
west with said south boundary line of
said Perry Earl Donation Land
Claim 21.19 chains, thence north 37
degrees 10 minutes east 62.83 chains,
thence north 3 degrees 36 minutes
west 1.41 chains to. the .low water
mark of the Willamette river, thence
following the meanderings of said
a point directly opposite the place of
beginning, thence in a southerly di
rection to the place of beginning,
containing 234.04 acres.
Applicant and Plaintiff versus
Charles F. Gcrlach, G. R. Farre,
W. J. Willbanks, and M. C. Will
banks, his wife, and "All whom it
may concern," Defendants.
Take notice, that on the 13th day
of July, 1909, an application was filed
' by said Pearl Hout in the Circuit
Court of the State of Oregon for the
County of Linn, for an initial regis
tration of the title of the land above
described.
Now. unless you appear on or before
the 26th day of August, 1909, and
show cause why such application
shall not be granted, the same will be
taken as confessed and a decree will
be entered according to the prayer of
the application, and you will be for
ever barred from disputing the same.
Witness my hand and seal of the
Circuit Court of the State of Oregon
for the County of Linn.
Dated at Albany, Oregon, July 13,
1909.
(Seal of Circuit Courtl
J. W. MILLER,
Clerk of Linn County. Oregon, and
Kx-Officio Clerk of the Circuit
Court of the State of Oregon for
Linn County.
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M"NDA V
END OF THE
BIBLE SCHOOL.
The second annual Bible school closed
last night with an address by Rev.Frank
A. Ferris, of Sheridan, on crying
stones, with illustrations, a very in
structive effort showing what the an
cient relics in stone tell ot me irutnsin
the Bible, confirming its narration.
With the pictures of monuments ana
stones were illustrated tne stories or
the lives of Joseph and Moses, closing
with a picture of Sinai.
r. Ferris also spoke at tne parK in
the afternoon. SaturdaV evening Prof .
J. P. Ewine of Portland gave a fine
J. C. rawing ui rurimiiu .
address on English history and her !
k.,iirfin. H r..in with views. All
buildings and ruins with views. Au
address particularly commended was
tnat oi iioii. bamuei Vjonnen ui twu
land Saturday afternoon on civic con-j
The school has been a great success
so far as the program went; but not in
the attendance and suoDort.
1 Prevfous t lasfeveffithe total re-
ceipte were $227,and the expenses $350.
Some has been raised to make up the
deficit It has not been definitefy de-
eided whether the school shall be made
permanent, orplaced elsewhere, inere
It came
are numerous B"- " " "
roSKme. wmch is taken
into consideration.
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Prof. H. L. Hopkins, of Eugene, was
in town today.
Stowell Dawson returned from the
Bay this noon.
Jos. h. Ralston returned this noon
from a short Bay trip.
M. E. Pneue. a prominent Salem law-
yer was in the city yesterday. 1
M. Senders and family have returned
from their Cascadia outing trip.
J. W. Swank and family left this
morning for Cascadia on their summer'B
outing.
Mr and Mrs. S. H. Goin of Jefferson
. c 1-.. . u 1 nt w W
spent ounuay at mc iiumc wi i, . ... - - .., --- .
Francis clared. One of them had a Klickitat
Dr. Tracey Parker, of Portland, re- pamphlet as a booster. They are wel
turned this non from his annual New- come to their big crops and wind and ,
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returned this
Miss Margaret Barker
noon from Seattle, where she has been
uttpndin? the fair.
Dr. Londa B. Grey and Grandpa
' short run, half a block, when they were
stopped, with little damage as the re
sult.
The summor school, at the college, is
the largest in its history, now number
ing sixty five. SpUndid work is being
done.
200 acres of the Sol King farm has
tUSi f IrWBRnd tmnr 8n
Falls, Mon for $16,500, over $80 an
li anyone says appies win not Keep in
this country show Smith the window of
tne liinn ana Benton omce, wnere mere
is. a dandv apple that has kept since
last fall.
A niiiii i-.-j
in. re. maggie riinuua, arriveu yeater-
day from Indiana on a visit with her
hrnthor I niinfw I nmmiaainnnp T .1
d.,h., ,ii, k.j o f
thirtv vears
n vr in j j ...
Dr. Marshall and daughter, Miss Eya -
line, returned home Saturday evening
from their Los Angeles trip, coming
earlier than they had intended, glad to
bo back in the best place in the world.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Watson left to-,
Jay for their new home at Electron,
Wash., about thirty miles from Ta-
coma, where Mr. Watson will work in
the power department. Albany loses
some splendid citizens, Electron's gain.
Mrs. Kate Cundiff and daughter. Miss
Margaret, left Saturday evening for
San Francisco, where on Wednesday
miaa marBaret aim .r. nnniuitrw il
be united in marriage, residing in Oak-
,B , (Particularly agreeable to Albany people
Among those in Albany with a view is the lettering on the outside, as fol
of locating if they can secure, satisfac-; lows:
tory properties are Mr. McCampbell, I P. E. & E. Rv Co.
recently ot umo, and Mr. opeer of
rowier, taiir., ootn united rresoyte
rians. Mr and Mrs. Elmer Ries arrived from
Eugene Saturday evening, Mr. Ries
having been transferred here to have
charge of the office ot the Warren Con
struction Co for whom he will keep the
books, with headquarters just west of
the Democrat office.
W. L, Marks, E. S. Robe and W. W.
Francis returned yesterday from Spok
ane, Kalispel and Couer D'Alene, where
they registered in the land lottery, get
ting three whacKs at the affair. Thev
visitel Seattle on the way back, taking
in the fair.
A pecu iar coincidence is the fact that
J. R, Ream, who is going to have to
leave the corner of Second and Broad
albin street on account of the post office
being located there, when in Eugene al
so resided on the new post office corner.
There were about four hundred on the
Newport excursion yesterday, including
a Portland base ball club that won
against Newport 10 to 7. On the way
out seven of them got smart at Philo
math nd got left, having to walk to
Corvaliis.
Chas Pfeiffer is putting a new front
in the building on Ellsworth street, to
be used as the office of the W. F. Co.,
and Western Union, a splendid place
for the business, giving the W. F. Co.,
thn advantages of the alley for their
part of the bus'ness.
The Salem Journal devotes a page to
the effort being made to secure an appro
priation from the county for th? com
pletion of the road to the Gold Creek
mines, giving in full the petition with
the signers and the resolution of the
business men.
J. R. Cartwright and Barney May at
Harrisburg, on Saturday sold 299 bales
of last year's hops to Hart & Wood, at
7 cents, and 127 bales of 1906 hops at
4 1-2 cents. Ithardly pays to keep hops:
In order to secure money for extend
ing its system the Willamette Valley
Cc.has'excuted a mortgage on its val
ley plants, including the Albany plant,
and big. improvement mav be exDect!.
including tne buildme of lhe road h.
, tween Albany and Eugene. I
JUMPED FROM
THE RIDGE.
Mr. August Krieger, a prosperous
farmer of Benton county, jumped frcm
the steel bridge Saturday evening
about 6:30 o'clock, making the leap
head first from the highest point, with
suicidal intent. A man was fishing not
far below and a' once proceeded o his
rescue, getting him out, and he was
taken to St. Mary's hospital, where it
was found that he was bruised
and injured internally.
Mr. Krieger has been taken to hts
home in Benton county, and is reported
to be getting along well, certainly a
remarkable escape from death.
Mr. Krieger came over to tne city
iring the day with his family, whom
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during the day with his family
he left at Mr. Chas. Kroeachel
ne lett at mr i,nas. ivroesc .
complained . ! not feeling well. Just
, . , , s 7 ZC
whjtoon his &
said he was miserable, that he had been
working in the hay field and that he
had probably been overneated. The
act was probably caused by temporary
aberration of the mind. Mr. Krieger
recently sold part of -his farm and was
making arrangements to build. Only a
day or two before he i had been . offered
- 'h'rhe Vot on
the rai'imr and sat some time before he
jumped, and itseemed as if he had to
5u. L:" ' . ' . " j IV LZ. ,hW
biiui. nil vyvo miu otvum wi i.iw ..
water, 80 feet below.
He has 10,000 or $15,000 cash and it
is said didn't know what to do with it,
a fact bothering him a good deal, i
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News From Albany's Six Early
T ,
' ms.
, !
two men starting ior tneir nomes up
the Columbia, were boosting that coun-
try. One told about what immense
crops could be had without rain. Withno
rain since February the wheat outlook
is good.
"Tho win I id mhflf rinoa if " hp ne.
of a big variety, with a better expiate,
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I o ,'j.. .i.-uj i.,i. o-
rived from Preseott, Ariz
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rived irom rrescoct, Ariz , wnere sne iumo, uw iimuniaui. mi. otuvau n oi outwwu " w-1 -resides,
left for the home of her father ore of Oregon's best known authors. prrv Parker was Jn town last even-
Mr. McDonahue, at Munkers, on a visit
being accompanied by Mrs. John Scott,
of this city. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Stanard.
of
Brownsville, lett tor Newport.
Lawyer Risley lef- for Corvallis.
Mr. and Mrs. R, B. Montague return
ed from Lebanon,
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eI;
by a live crowd of young peop who
1n 3pend three or four weeks there:
, Stanley Van Winkle, Olin Douglas,
Helen Gilbert, Mae and Mina McDonald
Bnd Hazel Smith.
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' Prof L. A. Wiley returned from Leb
anon.
M A ...
M,r8' Pates o Corvallis
left
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i. a. rneips, manaeer oi tne L,eoa-
non branch of the Pacific telephone
i business, went to Harrisburg.
1 Morris Bigbee went to Clackamas to
jom his company
H. 0. Harknes's left for Scio to build
cement piers '
S. V. Hall' returned to his logging
camp.
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The New Street Car.
The new street car arrived and is on
daty. It is entirely new, the same
size and appearance of the old one, but
improved, having the push button
vi( amo ' othef tl)in pg , w""
button 8er-
vice among other things. . What will be
Albany Division.
It is numbered 1, applying directly to
the Albany service. The old one will be
returned to Eugene!
Left for California.
Miss Norma Greffoz left Saturday
evening on the overland for California
to reside. Her folks will join her later,
returning to their former home there.
Miss Norma was a member of the
champion high school basket ball team,
a popular student, and there was a
large crowd of her young friena at the
depot, giving her a farewell reception.
Games were played and a live time had.
The Weather.
Range of temperature 71-55
Rainfall .03 inch in two days.
The river has kept falling and is
feet.
1.4
Three Brownsville automobiles were
in town yesterday. The city has eight.
D." H. Lemaster was up at Corvallis
for killing deer out of season, and it
cost him $60.
Rev. John Lir.don, of Oregon City,
has gone east to join Billy Sunday!
who will begin his next season's cam
paign at Boulder, Colo., on Aug. 20.
The O. A. C. has become almost a
millionaire, by courto9yof the people of
Oregon, the total value of the lands,
buildings and equipments figuring up
$683,000.
The two year old child of W. D.
Brown, of Lebanon, Saturday fell ir, a
dish pan of hot water and was seriously
scalded. Mrs. Brown had been scald
ing a chicken.
Paul C. Bates, the well known news
paper man, of Portland, has bought the
Col. Smith ranch, near Lamonta. Crook
county, paying $20,000 fur it.
Ex 'Jfinrcsman J . N Williamsjn,
who is viaiiiug in Linn countrv. nwn
onof the largest sheen ran:hej in the
NurlnwtMi, and has become quite
wealthy.
FATAL KICK, j
Re:eived by Jas. P. Crabtee
Crabtree.
of
Jas. P. Crabtree, better known as
Tinker Jim Crabtree, died at 1 o'closk
this morning, at his home at Crabtree,
from the effects of the kick of a horse
Saturday afternoon. He was with the
horse in front of Turnidge's store, when
the animal did the kicking, striking him
in the stomach, causing fatal internal
injuries.
He leaves a wife and five children,
one son John, four daughters, Mrs. A.
W. Long, Mrs, Uavid Horsburg, Mrs.
Ernest Titus and Miss Rose Crabtree,
all of this county.
At the Hotels
Prof. E. R. Lake, Corvallis.
W. H. Norton, Portland.
Tracey Hopkins, "
Virgil and Geo. Allison, Portland.
H. B. Moyer and wife, G. B. Tycer,
Brownsville.
J. E. Simpson, Eugene. .'
O W Ross, Idaho Falls. i
A. W. Gregory, A. W. Cook, R.
Sutcliffe and wife, Rockland, Me.
C. J. Simeral. Stay ton.
Ira S. Hill, Portland.
D. H. Starr. Marshfield.
Dr. Q. B. Long, Corvallis.
Frank B. Wire, Portland.
W. L. Swearinger, Brownsville.
Mrs. Chas. Knox, Corvallis.
Mrs. O. H. Davis, Eureka, Calif.
E. H. & W. D. Pugh, Salem.
A bUCfiestlOn.
An Albany man, who recently return-
ea irom i,a.iiornia ays ne saw in a good
many places neat seats at the end of de-
pots, ior people io sic oown out. aoors
He thought it would be a fine thing for i
the Albany depot to also be equipped
tnat way. and tne suggestion deserves
flULic. wuuiu nuu uiabciiaujr w
things if several seats were placed
tne west end.
An Oregon Author.
, Mr- and Mrs- r,enma H- stova11- of
1 Grants Pass, returned home this after-
noon from a visit with Mr. Stovall's
'j. UUII H. J. C II I.
One of his best books is a story called
Susanna, and be has written many de-
HgntHii snort SKetcnes i as wen as many
of Southern Oregon life.
Mr.
Stovall
- I is a graduate of the O. A.
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A PinKerton Pined,
I Saturday afternoon Giell Goodman, of
Court
was fined $10 and costs, $16. He had
1 been impersonating a Pinkerton detec
tive, claiming numerous things that
could not be substantiated and fina v
I ran up against a real Sleuth, John Cat-
1 ing a valuable lesson.
iiu, euuiug in iiuuuiu, iiu uuuul rtjsuiu
Returned to the Mts
H. F. Mcllwain left again for the
Cascade mountains, with headquarters
at Upper Soda, which hi declares the
best place up there. Since eoing there
the cougars and panthers and wildcats
have fast, depleted in numbers, and
sjme one declares Mr. Mcllwain has
just about gotten the limit, with a rec
ord that will make Mr. Roosevel . take
notice.
Next Year
The indications are that next year
v.illbea better onn yet in Albany.
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j Z' ' rAT,r "r
and Broadalbin streets, by the First
National Bank people, a brick by J. W.
Cusick & Co., on Broadalbin street, at
the site ot the one story brick offices, a
brick at the Myers corner, the founda
tion of the post office building, and
others.
Died at Tangent,
DavidMunn died atTangont last even
ing at the age of about 76 years.
tie
leaves a wite and several children. His
death was uuddon. He was down town
at Tangent in the morning, and had his
tnings pacKed ready tor a trip east on a
via,, .r u:- -u:u i
visit with some of his children
when
taken ill, dying shortly afterwards,
was east a few months ago on a
trip.
The Monday clean up.
He
like
First street was given a good clean
up this morning by the sweeping bri
gade: When this is done and voluntar
ily the city wagon should be around on
the jump and carry the debris away be
fore it gets spread all over everything,
but it generally lakes its time like a boy
on an errand.
. The Scots Arrived.
Seattle, July 28. The Bugle Band of
50 pieces of tho 6th Duke of Conn
aught's Rifles, arrived at the Exposi
tion today and will furnish one of the
most unique musical feanires of the
Exposition. On Tuesday they will sere
nade the foreign and state buildings ut
the fair.
A 32 Pound Melon.
The Albany Supply Co. hii already,
received its second car loac. of water
melon , a splendid lot of this succulent j
eatables, that delights white people as)
much a-i dar!iie3. One or them weighed '
32 pounds. It was dumped off at the
home of the Democrat man, who is
wnndering how it wPI ever be eaten,
in me lumny s uig cuor in .-oaiue.
Perhaps some of the neighbors can help
-JUL
BARNEY'S
FRONT YARD
Invaded by the City of Browns
ville. War is on to the last ditch between
the city of Brownsville and Barney S.
Martin, the lawyer, or rather Barney's
wife, in whose name their home proper
ty is. A suit brought today by Elva
M. Mariin agt. Brownsville indicated
that under an order of the city council
Street Superintendent St.indish has al
ready begun to tear down the front
fence of the Martin residence, which
was stopped by the plaintiff and he r
husband, and a temporary injuction se
cured. Not only the fence but numer
ous fruit trees, grape vines and berry
vines are also in danger. The city
claims in Borne way the property.
J. K. Wcatherford and B. si. Martin
are the attorneys for the plaintiff.
TUESDAY.
Banker J. S. Cooper, ot Independence
: Aav .
was in town to-day. 1
H. T. Wentworth returned this noon
from a Portland trip ,
r'. M. r rencn weni io tne cay w
afternoon.
Mrs. H. C. Marshall came down from waa graoted. This is thfl Pacific tel
Shsdd this afternoon. ephone block. '
Dr. Marks, of Halsey, is an Albany . Application of J. A. Whitesides to be
visitor this afternoon. placed on a nuiary of $tiQ a montn was
Misses Fannie and Lillian Brenner . referred,
returred this noon from Portland. 1 Remonstrance atrainst the navement
Mrs. Hig'gins, of Vancouver, arrived
Schnltz One, Louis Krorschel was ordered with
D. W. Rumbaugh left this morning draw". a.nl a letter from Mrs. J. R.
for Medford to attend the school ol'Wyatt, by her husband, favored the
.niiw i oavement. John roshay spoke for the
apple pacKing. , remonstrance Councilmen Curl against
Mr. Guv Powers, of San Francisco, ,t . .,;ni.. j.j i:j
has been in the city on a visit with his
father Mr. W. M. Powers.
The remains of David Munn, who
Hied.at langeni., an OIU SUlUlCr, Will UO
" . . .'. """" .
Ketchel and.ijangrora are io ngni. in
Philadelphia
for $1,000, to be a six
round contest, within the law.
Mias Lora Vance returned to Portland
with Albany friends. More later.
tins uiioinuu.i 7 --
A. I. Cnolidce left a splendid monu-
! ment to his memory by giving the city
! ." ... front fc, .
at yy. M. Parker's buying groceries
by the wholesale for hii threshing cam -
paigni
rw nn Xfra Rn.r returned lo Port-
land this afternoon, after looking after
Dr. Marshall practice during her LOS
Angeles virit.
E. R. and G. R. Cummings loft this
afternoon l-?r SpoKanP. CMr P'Aleil,
and Kalispol td fUa 011 the lands to bo
opened to the public. !
The Evangelical church is running
along Fourth street on its way to thu
Menonite addition where it will change I
lts name. Pete Ruetner ia pulling it.
Booster Struble is temporarily a'
widower. Mrs. S havine irone to Lonir
Beacn, waan.,ior a ten-flays visit witn
her mothev-in-law, Mrs. T. T. Struble.
Mrs. Gordon arrived home from
Forest Orovo, with her children, who
remained there while she and Rev. Gor-
idon did the sound c?untry.
C. E. Snx nnd Rev. Fltvd Dorris
have gone ta Detroit for an outing,
Rev. Dorris caught a wife up there
while tishing and Knows the streams
thoroughly, hence there will be some-
thing doing in troutdom.
G. W. Goff and wife of Albany have
been visiting his cousin, C. J. Fassett
near Irving Mr Fassett says he has
been trying for six years to ret him to
some UP here so that he might see what
a good olty Eugene is.-Eugene R-gis
te?. And thero are others
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Prineville Review! Lawrence Hyde
the youngest son of Dr. and Mra. E. 0.
Hyde, will assume duties at the power
house of the P. L. & W. Co., on 'he
first of the month. C. A. Lytle, who
has been holding theposltlon down, will
with his wile, move to the vVillamt tte'
wnere he intends reading I .w,
Mr. and Mrs. Bruc.- Stuart, of Fort-
land, were in the citv on their wav M
California, on their wedding trip, Mrs.-
Stuart was formerly Mrs. Claru Welch
Fleischheur. of this city. Mr. Stuart
is a brother of Wayne Stuart, tho well
known commercial traveller. Thev
have the best wishe3 of many friends
here.
Crook Co. Journal: Mrs
! had a runaway ilundav at
Isom Cleek
Lon Pine
j Gap. She was thrown from the buggy
and quite severely bruised. Her little
:i ...u ...:!. 1 n.
I girl who was with her at the time,
cl'mg to the hugy and escaped without
injury. The horse ran into a wire fence'
and stopped.
I Eugene Register: George W. Tavlor
returned today to Brownsville where he
has several well contracts. He says he
has enough in sight there to keep', (lis
machine going till midwinter. At Hal
sey he was obliged to quit on the' new
ciiy well on account of havi.ig struck
mineral water.
1 his spoiled the other
wells belonging to the city also
Krieger ecoverirfgi
August Krieger, who made the big
jump from the steel bridge, is doing
well. He was in bed all day yesterday,
I ut will soon be out. He needs a good
; re-it. having worked hard lately.
; His escape from death is the wonder
of the town. Where he struck the
water is only six or seven feet deep, a
sandy place. Instead of a boat cettinir
him out, he crawled to the bank himself,
and some campers at the end of the
J bridge brought him to the city, charg
: Ing him $5 for it. What Jo you thin't
of that, and they get their ground rent
tree.
Chose a BuieK.
.
J.L.Irvine has sold to Dr. Mary
Marshall a- Model 10 Buick, o ,e
those pretty light colored cars, s nuo'.h
running. Mrs. Marshall is a roj.iy
learning to run it and will soon use i'
in ner business, and as wen in toin-'
from her office to
her Benton coun'y
farm.
CITY COUNCIL
Lyon Street Is to Be Paved.
Bills were allowed as follows: H. G.
Fisher, $i33.75; F. K. Churchill, ?7 50;
C. G. Rawlings, $20.25; Dunn-rat,
$14.85; Herald, $14.85; J. W. Bruck
man, $1.25; A. G. Long, $92. U0; k M.
Redfield, $3.30; Albany Transfer Co.,
$18.25; John Catlin, $4.00; Chas. Wag
ner, $3.05; Barrett Bios., $5.60; R. A.
Murphy, $2.35; Ohling & Taylor, $2.25;
J. A. Whitesides, $24.00.
Continued: R. B. May berry, $3.60;
E. R. Cummings, $2.25: W. P. Morris,
$1.25; Albany Lumber Co., $62.22;
Ralston Sup. Co., $32.85.;
The Mayor protested against several
Btuus of poles being left in I the ground;
and the same were ordered.removed at
once.
Applications of John Spooner, team
ster and Guy Fox, night police, for in
crease of salary was denied.
Mr. Marshall of the committee re
ported the ditch would be kept running
for a year or two and might then be
abandoned.
Mr. Miller reported on street sweepers
?t Salem and Kugene, the former hav-
mg tne Deiter one cosiing oou. kb-
f erred to committee on streets and
bic property with power t0 act.
Application of Chas. H. Burggraf.
for privilege of erecting a one-sto'y
brick 27 bv 102 feet on lot 3 block 18
of Lyon street was filed with fifteen
tuhn
nwnino- ordinance was nreaent-
"d and referr;d. It ia sald "the old
nrHinani.a ia riiifntHua
1 An ordinance proving for street signs
d d referred to ordinance
nmmittBn.
A J . -I.' nn Ainonna
I t ioD7 .i,ih:.: b- fi,o h.
: etc.. except Dy permission oi ine mayor.
was amended to limit the size of fire
crackers to 14 by 1 4 inches, 'lhe
Mayer asked that confetti also be pro;
hibited. Referred,
An ordinance giving estimntas of cost
' 0f paying Lyon St. to property owners
1 i total of $29,488.78 was read three
times and passed unanimously. There
will be a rebate, the actual cost being
, less than $2-50.
Orders were made for curbs, pnper
piping, the raising of tha street railway
MapK and (iues. in curbB ftp Lyon St.
The Mayor- signed the ordinance at
pnne,
An ordinance was also unanimously
passed providing for bids for pavingiaid
Lyon S.. to Aug. 11, and the manner
tnereof. w!tn 5000 bond?. The ordin-
anw WR8 signed.
Upon motion the meeting night was
I ordered changod to Wednesday.
News from Albany's Six Early
Trams.
Mayor and Mrs Wallace and Mr, and
Mrs. W. C. Tweedale were amon? a
good sized crowd leaving for the Bav
; Lawyer S. M. Garland and good sized
familyf o LebanoI)i als0 ,enfat fa
I port W Garland io return m a f 7w
days,
' '
... . , ,
, Dennis Merrill and Fred Ries, jr., left
, lr Detroit and then some more, in
f;u"ta;i!i'frfer3!- "lth P"8 equipped
iJ .,?, ?. m B? ?rrrUt ?f 5,gtit"
Laler ,ney wl" K 10 California for a
j,unt.
1
I
I The baggage fOoBi was chuck full and
funning over. It isn't half large enough,
'
t 'schools and M ia I i P n , !?y
t 'l?. H"uM'? tf.n?" ow.? 1 th
t ""'""i' .7UM ,B" l-,r c,ea"' W S8
the great fair.
F . 6. Wire, the furniture drummer,
left for the west side. He reported the
Parker family well scattered: Mrs. Park
er and He'en beiner at thn Run Mr
r-aiKer and l,ois in Portland, Ven
s,eattlevnd Martha at Long Beach.
Mr- and" Mrs Wire will go to Southern
Oregon for their outing.
F. H. Colpitts went to Portland.
Walter Whitlow, the postal clerk and
party of ten or twelve young people of
Portland, who came down from Detroit
last evening, left for their homes in
Portland. They reported too much rain
around Detroit for enjoyment, and they
did not make many catches of fiah. .
Lawyer Newport went to Salem.
Some mistletoe brought down from
Lebanon was an oddity at this time of
the year, being a Christmas plant.
An Evening Runaway,
There was a runaway last evening.
The horse of Mr. Cal Yatei, hitched to
a sulky, took a spin through an alley
or two and down upon the paved strpet
at the Burkhart & Lee corner, where
it was stopped. The dray teams of J.
E. Cownn und G. M. Knox, standing
there objected to so much snnn.l l,v ma
horao anj started io take a hand in the
running rusiness themselves, but were
promptly stopped und order prevailed
on the boulevard.
New Telephone Building.
The plans and specifieit:ons are al
ready for the new Pacific telephone
block at the corner of Lyon and Second
street, and the contra 't w ill soon be let
for this modern telep ion-; home. T i
plans indicate a fine one story itrj
ture of neat architec ur well arran 'o 1
for the large exchanje business of th.
company.
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