DISTRIBUTING ALBANY'S BOOKLETS. The Albany Commercial Club this ' year decided to distribute its own lit erature instead of having the railroad company do part of it as in the past. The Democrat recently referred to this editorially. In response Mr. William McMur ry, gei.,jlil passenger agent of the Southerly Pacific, writes the Demo crat: "I am confident that if the mem bers of the Albany Commercial Club understood the careful method of dis--tribution which we follow for com munity literature they would consider that they had made a great mistake by keeping all of the copies of their booklet in Albany. Jf it is possible for the Albany Commercial Club to make a better distribution than can be made through the various chan nels of the Harriman system it is certainly a sad commentary on the influence of the six thousand ot rcpi rescutatives of the llarrinian system throughout this country. "One of the chief purposes of the passenger department of the railroad is to get in touch with people who are apt to travel, and tne traveling pas scnucr agents and other represent tives throughout this country make it a point to find out who are coming wcsl, and to put into their hands such literature as would influence them to go to the section represented in such literature. Jiy retaining all of its cop ies Albany has thus cut itself off from what we consider an exceedingly val uable distribution, and I am positive that your community will be the loser thereby. "This form of distribution, however, is only one of the seven carefully worked out plans for placing the lit erature of the community right into the hands of the man who is anxious to get it. One of these plans is to send literature direct to inquiries which we receive as a resulj of adver tising. Then follows eight or ten letters from men all the way from the At lantic asking about Albany and this part of the coast, and for further in formation: "These letters will give you an idea of the character of the inquiries which we arc receiving as a result of our im mense advertising fund which is very much larger than that of all the com munities in Oregon put together. The above inquiries, however, arc the re sult of specific advertising that is being done by the Sunset Hbmcscck ers Bureau, it is customary for us to send out booklets and answer per sonally each inquiry. Inasmuch as we have put out in the neighborhood of a million copies of literature ad vertising Sunset Homeseekcrs Bureau, you can readily appreciate the volume of inquiries we are receiving. At present we have no books to send to the direct inquiries for information regarding Albany, and it is our opin ion that Albany is .missing in this re spect a very valuable distribution. "Other forms of distribution arc to editors, prominent business and pro fessional men throughout the country through the medium of our "com munity cases." In our opinion if the Albany booklet hud cost $1.00 per copy this distribution would be justi fied. We maintain bureaus in certain prominent cities especially for the dis tribution of literature to people actu ally going to the Pacific Northwest, or who arc particularly interested in this section. "We do not mail booklets to indis criminate lists no matter from what source they are received, nor do wc 'throw it promiscuously over the Cuiiuliy.' It is an admitted fact that the communities in Oregon which have taken advantage of our highly organized form of distribution are the ones that have received the greatest results in their community work. . "What we are all after are results for Oregon, and if (he Albany 'Com mercial Club can distribute this liter ature better than wc can, we are cer tainly glad to have the Club do so. Inasmuch, however, as I felt there was some misunderstanding as to our distribution 1 have asked space in your valuable publication to call some of the facts to the attention of your people in Albany." v AN AGE OF FAKERY. Some celebrated Marathon runners couldn't agree on who should win in a big race to be run in Portland, hence the race was declared oil. This is a fair sample of the fake and graft spirit of the age. When the men all came into Portland together it was mani fest that their racing was merely a trust concern, the men to divide the receipts whatever the outcome. Many of the big boxing matches arc on the same bais. One hardly knows these days whether a square deal is be ing presented or not so rampant is fakei-m. liven in business affairs one has to keep one's eyes peeled un til they ache. A LITTLE PROBLEM. There is talk of having congress pass a law against football in the dis trict of Columbia, and congress al lmvs the saloon to run wide open evii-ywluio, going into partnership with it to the extent of a tax upon it. which it m-cs is collected. Football causes about twenty deaths a year in t lie United States, ibe saloon about one hundred thou -and. being five thousand times as many. Prom an arithmetical or any other kind of a standpoint which should congress be the most vigilant in stopping in the country? DON'T IT? An Indiana millionaire killed himself yesterday, and, yet some people want io bo rich. SATURDAY NIGHT' THOUGHTS A hobo bandit up in Idaho held a posse of men at bay for some time; but the inevitable resulted and he finally was riddled with bullets. Fool ish man. Any man is foolish who takes the law into his own hands. There is just one proper life, law abiding, God fearing and men do well to be decent. Perhaps it is a fact that men arc not all built for the same high standard; but all mi n can do their best towards being respectable citizens. .After a big trial in Paris, after ac quittal, a prominent woman threat ens to come to the United States on a lecture tour. The newspaper accounts of her trial were all the people of this country ought to stand for their share of the unfortunate affair. Just mere notoriety is not enough to enable person to make a success on the lec ture platform. There needs to be character and ability back of being conspicuous for a few days. The air has been full of football tli week, on account of the championship game, so far as Oregon is concerned, being nearby, just tip the road a ways. Albany has looked on mostly indiffer ently, having friends in both places; and putting up for the support of each more than the people in the counties themselves, and hence not being in position to champion cither side; hut at the places the feeling has been in tense. Life itself is a contest, a fight all the time against something, so it is natural to like to see the kind that is merely for diversion for a change from the real thing. The divorce department of the cir cuit court has been in session at Alb any this week. More strictly it is the equity department, but the divorce cases become so conspicuous that the department becomes noted for such cases. Every year forty or fifty peo ple in Linn county try to secure sep aration from the person . they pledged to cherish and support until death did them part. Some of the stories reveal some harrowing things in the lives of people. Take that case, for instance, in which in three and a half years the couple moved about thirty times. Wasn't that enough to make' any one tired bf married life, and wasn't a man who would exact such a thing a stick of the worst order. Good, every day common sense, is needed, not only in married life, but in all the other relationships of life, about as much as anything. Down in Nicaragua there has been some trouble. Some of our men have been captured for being with the revo lutionists. What should be done de pends upon the circumstances. Our people have no more right to butt into the affairs of other nations than they have to butt into our affairs. Isn't that plain. NO BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE IN OREGON McMinnville T. R. : Professor J. B. Horner delivered a niasterfull address before the Yamhill County teachers' institute in this city Thursday evening. His subject was "Oregon Literature." It is a long call from Egypt to Oregon, yet the lamp of learning lias made the journey. Professor Horner's address dealt with the literature of the. state, which sines with lustre undimnied. Sam L. Simp son, Edwin Markham, Joaquin Miller, Mrs. Ella Higginson, and many others named in the address have given to Oregon a literature chiefly its own. It is not flattering to Oregon, how ever, the fact that the state has no great hook publishing house capable of grouping the gems of Oregon lit erature into appropriate settings. Oregon has been honored by the men and women who have made Oregon's literature. Neither the people, of Ore gon nor those of the English speaking world wilt forget them. But Oregon should honor them more and reap greater glory from their achievements. AEROPLANE ARISTOCRATS. Something new in the amusements of the world is the aviator exhibition. Just now it is somewhat of a fad, and prices are hii;h for aviators, the Frenchman wanting $S0,0t)l) to make a display at I.os Angeles. He should be turned down. In n few years the men will be paying for a chance to show their wares. It is worth some thing to see an aeroplane fly, if one has never seen one do the trick: but there is no occasion for anything fancy in prices, and these aeroplane ari.-toerats should be turned down emphatically. No single tax for the Democrat. It won't work; but the single tax people all the same have n pretty good idea m making people do something with their vacant lots. It is timo Albany got a hustle on and made the owners of tro erty in the southern suburbs of the town do something with it then. selves. or sell to some one who will. C. H. NEWS. Deeds recorded: Jas. Garfield Newcomb Beveral lota Tangent ? . $ 235 Geo. W. Simpson to Mabel simp son 255 acres 3.91 acres, 149.89 acres, lot 4 bl 4 Albany, part . block 12 Albany, 10.89 acres 11. 4 W, 2 lots bl 10 Albany, 90 by 90 feet bl 55 Albany and half section 12-1 E.. . . 1 L, H. Hawley to P.T. Starr 98.. dl) acres 10 W. B. urow, by Sheriff, to D. B. Troutman and wife 30 acres. . . 1275 Mortgages $500, $50 and $200. Inventory filed in estate of Henry tyieeic. value oi ail Liinn uounty prop erty $32,385. 1633 hunters licenses: $2532 in all. anglers- 31 births, 18 deaths in October, ac cording to the report of the health officer. Not a death from contagious diseases. Probate: In estate of Sarah Myers, A. J. Hill, .1. W. Grimes and J. D. Bennett were appointed appraisers. In estate L. C. Miller Dec. 20 set for nnal settlement. Marriage license: J. F. Bartu. 23. and Nettie L. Stepanek, 23, Crabtree. ' Tremont Flatt. 11-3 West, in 12 ten acre tracts, one of 11.92 and one of iz.Od, by Owen Beam and wife, and Frank Caldwell. The first filincr undor tne new law. Deeds recorded: Darnell W, Gilvrey to G. Persing er 14.68 acres S 400 J. A. Bilyeu to Jos. Holub & wf one acre . 225 Nancey J. Teal to Anton Kobzu bo acres Bond Rights of wav to the Central Orecon and Pacific Railroad Co. out of Browns ville, bv N. G. Rice. Jennie Glass et a!., Philip Stortz, Wm. E. Bowers. Hugh L. Montgomery. Calanooia Land Co., Eveline Montgomery, Jacob Rossi, n. ci. moon, k. k. lempieton. PERSONAL AND SOCIAL W. H. Buoy, a former Albany op erator, now a Portland business man, has been in the city today. Miss Parker, who has been in the S. P. office several months, left this after noon for McMinnville, to reside. A slip of the tongue or pen made the Democrat say Mrs. Tom Nolan instead of Mrs., Tom Callahan. There isn't any Mrs. Tom Nolan, but certainly ought to be. It is time Tom was mar ried, but there has been a Mrs. Tom Callahan for twenty years, and the two Tom's are brothers-in law, so no harm was done. An Albany Osteopath Did it. The Democrat mentioned seeing Full back Keek of the 0. A. C. come to Al bany in the morning on crutches and walking out Lyon street at noon as easily as any one, due to Albany's curative qualities. It transpires that this was correct. Keck had just re ceived an hour's.- treatment for his strained ankle from Dr. Virginia Lew eaux, enabling him to walk easily, and in the hrst halt at Eugene he played the star game of the twenty-two men in it. r oot oall men declare he is the best lull back 'in the N. W. Lena reivers Good, A large audience saw the presenta tion of Lena Rivers at the Opera House last night. One of Mrs. Holmes bes,t novels, read by nearly everybody, peo ple generally were interested in seeing how it was dramatised, and were pleas ed with the offering. The Company was a good one. NO. 35 REPORT Of THE CONDITION of ALBANY STATE BANK at Albany. Oregon, in the State of Oregon, at the close of business, November 16, 1909. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $ SS. 501.50 Overdrafts, secured and un secured 251.46 Bonds, securities, etc 1,615.99 Hunlfimr himp fnrnitnrp find livlnres IS 67!) SS I Due from banks (not reserve banks i,sli. 6b uus i rum approved reserve banks . 22,482. S6 Exchange for clearing house 4S7.S0 unsn on nana , iv, ho.lv . Expenses l,Ui4.Ut Total $92,111.70 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in 30,000.00 Undivided proms 379.28 Individual deposit subject. . to check 40,614. 6S Demand certificate of deposit 775. 00 Time certiticutesluf deposit 18,406.91 Savings deposit 1.935 SO Total $ 92,111.70 j State ok Oreuon countyIok linn )-ss j 1, II. N. Houley, Cashier of the above nan.ed bank, do solenilv swear that the i above Ptatoment is true to the best of mv knowledge anil belief. ! 11. N. HOl'I.KY, Cashier. I Subscribed and sworn to before me ' tits 2 lh day of Nov.. 1I' , J. .1. Cv'.LLINS. . i1-v nlc'r I Oiibeit, C. ti. Kawlins, Directors. j ut,nv fnir.i. ..in. i.i.ui, i . u. i MISFITS. A smile is better than a pill for med icine. Character building requires good ma terial. Too many men who don't succeed keep at it. Ring all the bells, the game. , Wolf is to be in Take care of yourself today, wait until tomorrow. Don't Lo, the poor Indian completely squelched. has now been This is the great day, U, 0. and O. A. C. in the mud at Eugene. No boy is so small but what a many men are watching him. good Some avlatorn will be netded to reach the price of iiour, eggs and butter. It takes the women to do things. $520 at one clatter for the depot park, is a good one. Nicaragua had better leave our boys alone or she will get it in the neck and no foolishness. A Hood River apple sold at a fair in Cineinnatti for $3.75. But Hood River will have to jump aome to sell a whole box for $21.50. Full back Keck.of the O. A. C., who came to the city this morning walking with his crutches this noon walked to the depot from down street , as briskly an any. one. Albany is the greatest curative center going. Alma Bell, a New York girl killed her lover because he went back on her for another girl. She said she would and she did. Strange but she is re - ceiving many bouquets in her cell, and her case is exciting wide interest. Speaking of the Shriners pilgrimage to Albany the Woodburn Independent says: "The Woodburn men there re port one of the finest banquets ever served on sucn un occasion. A sam ple of the many compliments thrown at the Albany pilgrimage. A Scio merchant gives his prices and those of a Portland mail order house, showing how over a dollar can be saved on his goods in an order of less than $20, and yet some people go crazy over these mail order concerns, not appreciat ing the fact that their own institutions are entitled to consideration regardless of the fact of receiving better treat ment and making money by trading at home. C H NEWS Deeds recorded: C. J. Spitzhart to G. W. Rock well, et al, 2 tracts $7800 G. W. Richardson to Albert Fitze, 2'tracts 9000 C. H. McFarland to J. B. Cox, 12.50 acres 1562 W. O. Bond to Ellen Vanderlip. halt block Halsey 525 Frobate: Final settlement in estates of Addie and David Andrews set for Dec. 27. Marriage license: A. A. Bos3, aged 24, and Nancy Wilkerson, 19, of Leb anon, being the second marriage of the latter just 6 months and one day after divorce from first husband. What burbank Has Done. What a debt we owe Luther Burbank, "The Wonderworker of the Plant World!" To enumerate and describe the improvements and creations he has brought about among the fruits, Hew ers, and vegetables would fake column after column and yet would prove very interesting reading. Burbank has taken from the desert cactus its prickly spines and given to mankind a rich nutritious food, grow ing on irrigated ground as much as four hundred tons per acre. He has made the blackberry vine as smooth as a willow and made its ber ries larger than ever known. He has a new crimson pieplant with leaves more than twelve feet incirdum ference and.tenderest of stem almost as large as ones wrist. You should hear this wonderful story : u A.-. ff n ;ll..uf M..fA l., ...... K.. 111 HIC Jul 111 Ul Mil lliuauniiu icuuic uj ! nnn whn is nn inrimntp fripnd of Rlir- b.mk. and who knows his work from close observation. Mr. Adrian who is to deliver this lecture Monday evening at the United Presbyterian church is "gifted as few men are with the skill of narative and the power of elo- nuence. Admission oc. At the Hotels O. S. Boyles, Brownsville J. M. Shenhord, Stayton Fred Craft. Salem Lawyer C. h. Hawkins, Toledo A. B. Milsap and family, Lebanon B. G. Schmitt. Corvalhs M. O. Marvin, San Dipgo R. M. Marvin, Corvnllis Fred J. Porter. Corvallis John Wither, Lebanon H. D. Hint, Berkeley Retiring from Business' Everything in the store to be closed out ,v jan st. , MBS. G. E. NICHOLS. , i, nn.-.vr .Ul imM'V. I TELEGRAPH. Washington, Nov. 18. Two Amer icans discovered in the revolutionary army of Nicaragua were sentenced to death by Zelaya. Two American gun boats have been sent to Nicaragua and the meeting of Taft and the new Nica raguan ambassador has been postponed. Advices received from Nicaragua is that 500 men were butchered for hav ing revolutionary sympathies. Portland, Nov. 18. The Harriman lines are boycotting Portland on the purchase of supplies in order that the contractors may not buy 'f local houses The blow is aimed at the chamber of commerce committee. Portland, Nov. 18.-Jmdge Mc Credie returns to Portland tonight, and then it will be decided if here be out law or league ball. Washington, Nov. 18. The labor leaders were granted a stay of proceed ings to Nov. 29. Nampa, Nov. 19.. The Finn who de fied the officers yesterday and held a Doy as nostage in a room to shield him self was ousted retreated today. The posse riddled the room with bul lets. With gun in hand he leaped from the window, dying as he fell. rOTL,AND, jnov. 19. The storm on the coast is the worst in years. The wind is 38 miles at North Head. The wires re demoralized, buildings wreck ed at Grays Harbor. News 'from Albany's Six Early Trains. Mrs. Worrell and daughter, Miss Bertha, left for their former home at Bowling Green, Mo. , where they will visit at the home of a brother of Mrs. Worrell fpr three months. This is their first trip back after an absence of twenty-one vears. snent in Albanv. iost half as many as Mrs. Worrell hail lived in Missouri. The fine St. Anthonv chaDel car left up the C. &. E. in charge of Father , Lan.e- It is a fine thing, rich and well ! eq'"PPe". 1 On the Brownsville' train, from Brownsville, were 7,000 pounds of tur- key and over a ton of beef. Express messenger Grey was a busy young man for awhile. J. B. Cougill and daughter, Mrs. N. N. Newport, left on a Portland trio. W. E. Pears returned from a Browns ville trip. Prof. Kendall returned from Crow foot. Mrs. Fortmiller, and son Charles left on a Portland trip. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McKechnie re turned from a Corvallis visit. William Meyer went to Salem, where his daughter, Miss Maggie, has been in the hospital.' W. J. Showman, jr., of the Herald, returned to his home at Oregon City. ReachingtheSpot To Can Be Done, So Scores of Albany citizens bay. To cure an aching back. The pains of rheumatism, The tired-out feelings. You must reach the spot get at the cause. In most cases 'tis the kidneys. Loan's Kidney Pills are for the kid neys. James Grcehalgh, formerly of 707 E. Fifth St. Albany, Ore., says: "Earlv in the winter I had an attack of sciatic rheumatism and as I had always been a healthy man it seemed very severe. The pain was mostly in my kidneys and often extended into my limbs. I thought that treating the kidneys would be the best method to get relief and as Doan's Kidney Pills were highly recom mended, I obtained a supply. The pains began to lessen soon after 1 commenced the use of tnis remedy and I procured a second box. I had only started its use when the last trace of the trouble dis appeared and I gladly say that I have been free from it sines." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 :ents. FosterMilburn Co., Buffalo. New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. There is more catarrh :n this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable, t or a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven ca tarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treat ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufact ured ry F. Jv Cheney & Co., Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teasnooful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous sur saces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case t. fails to cure, oero ior circulars ano testimon ials. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO.. 'Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti a ti on. -i usk. te vf -t . X Bomi tne $'tl,fl KM V Hate Always Bought jIlia Kind You Hate Always I tJignatnje of 1'ivmi.U.r obtained, op FEE RETURNED. SO YEARS' EXPERIENCE. Our CHARQtS ARC THE LOWEST. Send model, photo or alter, h for expert wftrch and free report on pntenuililIU.T. INFRINGEMENT ttiiu rotiducUii before nil court. Talent obtained thronph a. ADVER TISEOiUiil SOLO, free. TNAOE-MARKI. PEN SIONS and COPYRICHTS qUK-klr obtained. Opposite U. S. Patent Office, WASHINGTON, D. C. $25333,655 The Amount of PropertyaS As sessed, in Linn County. Following is the assessment of Linn county, as just completed by Assessor McKnight: Acres tillable land, 189.058 $ 5,534.405 Non-tillable land 794,350. . . . 9,965,190 Improvements 1,047,175 Town or city lots 1.204,115' Improvements 1.310,610 Improvements on other lands 19,610 Kailroad bed, 137.75miles .. 2,283,600 Telegraph and telephone 300 miles 161,620 Water ditches 179.9UO Street railway bed mile. . 7,000 R. R. rolling stock 272,500 Steamboats, etc 220,500 Mdse and stock in trade 648,800 Farming implements, wagons , etc 213,382 Money ( 123,395 Notes and accounts 73,665 Shares stock 150,000 Houseoold furniture, etc 311,895 Horses and mules, 8290 ' 566,080 Cattle, 22,583 392,975 Sheep and goats 37,334 . . . . 107,140 Swine, 7,402 , 29,060 Dogs, 1695 ' 11,195 Total $ 25,333,655 Last year 21,283,885 BOYS CONFERENCE. The Fourth Annual Conference will convene in this city on Friday, Nov. 26th and will be in session until Sunday evening, Nov. 28th. About sixty dele gates are expected from the different cities of Oregon, these delegates are all boys of high school grade, ranging from 14 to 18 years of age. Last yesr the Conference was held at Eugene. The organization is conducted under the supervision of the Young Men's Christian Association, and the purpose of the Conference is to talk over ways and means of organizing boys into cluhs for the purpose of Bib'le study and the development of clean and strong manhood. Quite a number of the larger towns in Oregon have such organizations among the boys, Albany has made a start, but more effort is needed along that line The opening session of the conference will be held Friday evening in the Chritian church. To this meeting, as well as to the Saturday evening meet ing, the public is invited. Manager Wallace R. Strutile will deliver the ad dress of welcome on Friday evening. A number of prominent Y. M. C. A. workers from Portland and other parts of the state will be here to takeapart in the discussions. On Saturday evening the visiting delegates will be banquet ted by the ladies of the different churches in the city. It has been de cided to invite all the boys of the Al bany high school to this banquet. Toasts and speeehes from vorious dele gations will bo heard at the close of the "feed". The closing session will likely be an illustrated talk. It is hoped that the boys of Albanv as well as those interested in boys' work- will attend as many of these sessions as possible. The Riverside Farm ED. SCHOFL. Proprietor Breeder and Importer of ,0. 1. C. Hogs S. C. White and Buff Leghorns, W. P. Rscks, Light Brahmas, R. C. Rhode Island Reds, White Cochin Bantams, Jl . B, Turkeys, WhH wi den Geese, l':h n Ducks, I'e ti Guinea" Winner ot J.7 prizes and 22 on Poultry at the Lewis & Clark Fair. Eggs in Season - Stock for Sale Phone, Farmers 95 - - - R P. D mo S "NOTICE'OF FINAL SETTLE MENT. Notice is hereby given, that the un dersigned; has tiled in the County Court of the State of Oregon for Linn County, his final account a Ad ministrator of the estate of David Andrews, late of said county, de ceased, and that said court has fixed Monday the 27th day of December, 1909, at the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon as the time for hearini? ob jections to said final account, and the settlement thereot. F. M. REDFIELD, HEWITT & SOX, Admr. Attorneys for Administrator. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE-"' MENT. Notice is hereby given, that the un dersigned, has filed in the County Court of the State of Oregon for Linn County, his final account as Adminis trator of the estate of Addie H. An drews, late of said county, deceased, and that said court has fixed Monday the 27th day of December, 1909, at the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon as the time for hearing obiections to said final account, and the settlement there of. F. M. REDFIELD. HEWITT & SOX. Admr. Attorneys for Administrator. 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