It Pays to Buy Gloves of Dependable Quality ft Our glove stock is com posed entirely of the best makes. The initial investment is not the most important thing to consider when buying gloves. The return you re ceive in satisfactory service is what makes a pair of glaves a good or a poor investment. The gloves which comprise our stock are of absolutely trustworthy character the products of reliable manufac turers. They will fit well look well and wear well. The prices are no higher than what you would pay for poor er, quality. Fowne's gloves, $1.00 and $1.S0. SILK PETTICOATS THAT WILL WEAR TW are garments of exceptionally excellent quality. Every possible means have f to insure their giving satisfactory service. Carefully put together an well Sed mSdXiely fitS topV-nounces of fneraus width Colors to match or har SE with almost any garment. These grades, $4.00, $6.00, .,8.00. We Try to Please Our Custo iers. THAT is why we sell strictly high g. de unadulterated drugs. THAT is why our prices are so reasonable, and THAT is why we are careful and accurate in filling prescriptions. BURKH APT & LEE. F. G. WILL has the latest in Jewelry, Cut Glass and hand painted goods. Walter Parker Grocer md Baker US WEST FIRST 8TKKBT..ALBANT OREGON. First class goods in their season. PhODc Main 56 Electric Toasters Make Perfect Toast Ralston Electric Supply Co., 3'0 West Second Street. NOTICE. Shingles. Made in Albany my Mo. 1 Edg Grain the BEST in the market. Various trades and prices from $1.25 upwards Iverv bunch branded with my name. Look for it. Examine these shingles before buying elsewhere. E. A. THOMPSON. We use no dry kiln. THIS MORNINGiMEETING OF News From Albany's Six Early Trains. H. T. Wentworth. of Ashland, passed through on a trip to Portland. He formerly resided here. Since going to Ashland less than two years ago be has Duilt six brick blocks and two bunga lows and is now at work on a big school house at Gold Hill. He is one of Ash- lanj's best boosters. B. J. Hecker left for Oorvallis. For several months he has been gathering together bauds of Cotswold bucks. some of which have already been ship ped, in all about tour thousand, which will be taken to near Denver, with that city as the headauarters for dis tribution, and sold. They bring a tine price in the Colorado market. J. L- Irvine left on a Portland trip. A car load of Chalmers-Detroit cars of 1911 has iust been received in Portland and Mr Irvine will endeavor to secure one of them. Messrs Crowell. W eider and Karney, three young Burvevers. left for Millers to do some work for a few days. Miss McChesney left on a Newport outing trip. S. P. Barger arrived from Brownsville. H. K. Lugger left on a Lebanon trip. Five Medford school maams DS8ed through for the Bay in their new 16 cent Bats. Mayor A. M. Reeves and family, of Lebanon, went to Newport, for their summer's outing. Some OldJimers. COM. CLUB. At the depot this afternoon, when the 1:46 train arrived from the south there was an old time session of the legislature held, with Joe Purdom. now Western Union and N. P. Express man ; at uremercon, as Bergeant-at-arms. ana Hon. J. Clem, then a populist senator from this county, now a Lane county republican assemblyman, in it. Sever al live jokes followed. Theloiedu. A new steel ricue. with a cooking nlafo nn tnn a trHal miulam ntnvA no blacking, Keeps clean. Just take a look at it. A Albany Hd Co'a. Fresh salmon and other fish at Holt's Market. Present: President E. H. McCune, vice president E. D. Cusick, Secretary J. S. Van Winkle. Treasurer Wm Bain, Dr. M. H. Ellis, A. M. Hammer, L. E. Hamilton, J. L. Hill, J. R. Hul bert, E. A. Johnson, W. H. Marvin, Grant Pirtle, M. Senders, C. H. Stew art. The following communications were read: Letter from Manager Struble, on be half of the Albany Commercial Club, inviting the Hoover Lumber Co. to re buna their mill at Albany, and answer thereto trom said Company stating that they do not intend rebuilding at present. Letter from Frank W. Power, Secre tary of Oregon State Horticultural Society, asking if offer of $50.0 is to f o as one prize, or $35.00 for 1st and $15.00 for 2nd prize. It was ordered tnat it snouid be divided. Letter from C. C. Chapman Adver tising Co. giving estimates for news paper advertisements. On motion it was ordered that the Manager prepare copy and make contract for one month's advertisement. . Copy of letter from Manager Struble to Postmaster Merrick, of Portland. , was read, inviting him to participate in the next monthly "Get-together Meet ing". Mr. Merrick has written it will be impossible to come now. Letter from Dr. Prill relative to train to and from Munkern on Albany Day at the Linn County Fair, and indi cating that arrangements for holding train until 6:80 had failed. The secre tary waa instructed to take up the mat ter with the officers of the railroad. C. C. Page addreBBed the Board. Mr. Page and several other editors of the city were made associate mem bers of the Club. The entire Board was made a com mittee to solicit subscriptions for the Club, and all were instructed to begin work immediately. Remarks were made bv Dr Hill ad vocating the establishment of small lactones. Q. CO. HOME TONIGHT. The encampment at American Lake closed last night and the soldiers left for home this morning, the Southern Oregon and Willamette Valley boys first. They a-e due to arrive in Port land at 2 o'clock this afternoon and the Albany boys home on the 7:45 train to night. This will prooanry oe tne last encamp ment at American Lake. Speculators having gotten charge of the property have been robbing the government. Besides the water is said to ne poor. The nill test was not a success be. cause not sufficiently carried. out, but it is thought it might work.. Reports are that the Albany boys have been well and behaved themselves. The only accident was to Dr. Ed. Stew art, whose horse tun into a barbed wire fence and threw him twenty, feet. Use Johnson s beat. It is the Best. Made in Albany. Don't forget the Golden Arrow din. ner set at the Variety Store, 313 W 1st, Jelly glasses for 30c dozen at the' Variety Store, 313 W 1st St. F.G. Will for watches 70R SALE. Household furniture: BS Goldberg, 939 E8th street. t20 ALBANY OPERA HOUSE Thursday, Aug. 18 "They've Made the Whole Worlo Laugh" The Oldest and Best 1 Richard & Print's FAMOUS GEORGIA S. C.RUNYAN, Carpenter and Builder. Makes a specialty of repairing and job work. Shop 1020 Elm street. Home phome 426. Electric Appliance Co. 422 W. First Phones-Bell Black 2651, Home 411. Electrical Supplies and Fixtures. House and other wiring attended to promptly. Contracts made. ALB IN y REAL ESTATE CO., W. M. Dret-ser, Proprietor." Room 14 Albany State Bank Building. Property lists wanted, property for sale. A specialty of he new ALBANY H LIGHTS. Soe the plat. JERSEY DAIRY G. W. KUTHE, Prop. Fresh milk and cream. . Our wagons cover the city twice daily. Phones: Bell Black 2371; Home Main 144 DR. VIRGINIA V LEWEAUX. Osteopathic Physician. 1-3 Brenner Block. Albany. Phones: Office Home 359, Bell black 2751, Residence 394 Home, black 863 Bell Carmel, Lemon, Vanila, Strawberry and Ciocolate Ice Cream Orange Sherbet. ELITE CHOCOLATE SHOP ORDER A BOX of my UravenBtine apples, nicely packed, no windfalls, no worms, no scale; also crab apples and Hungarian prunes for sale. Both phones. F. M. Mitchell. t20 FOR RENT. Thirteen acres, with residence, miles from city. In quire at Democrat office. FOR SALE. House and two lots Hackleman's addition, $1700. B. F Ellsworth, Phone Black 3132. tl5 FOUND. A leather purse with notb ing in it. MINSTRELS Advance ticket sale atWoodworth'S'-' Drug Store. Price 85c, 60c, 75c.', . The latest styles in eye glass mountings. E. C. MEADE, Optometrist. 329 Second St. HELP WANTED i . , . . . Good Wages. Call at MAGNOLIA LAUNDRY. WAIT MEADE, WATCHES and FINE REPAIRING 329 Scior.u Stree, Between Ferry & Broadalbin. J. W. BENTLEY. boot and Bhoe maker and repairer, does first class work at reasonable prices. Next door to Democrat omee. see mm WOOD. Slab, east ot berry west of Kerry $2.25, cash on delivery. Pay the driver. A. W. Docksteder. Home phone black 176, or Bell black 321. aut Application for the purchase of the road land in Linn County now owned by the Oregon and Western Coloniza tion Co will now be received. Application blanks can be obtainedat thi- office. Ttrms: One fifth down, and trebtl in fiv years. All lends sold in letal tiulidivit-ions, from fortv acres to 320 acres m more. OWExs iiEAM Room 4 Stark Building. BARBER SHOP 236 West 2i.d St. First Class Work Guaranteed Geo. H. Ffddiman, Prop. SHOES REPAIRED whie you wait at burns bhoe btore. Ivext the f ost Office. 9t WE DON'T WANT TO SHOUT but some of the finest buildings in town are equipped with our plumbing work. We make a specialty of high class sanitary plumbing and will be glad to have you examine samples of our work. We have moved and are now at 118 West Second street. MD!N&SlUpr..?i A fine lot at our yard at this city, just ' burned. i f hone Home 43J. ; ALBANY BRICK CO J. G. Crawford's Photograph Gallery Is in the NewAlbany State Bank Build ng, second floor, with a complete equipment for pictue taking of all kinds. SINGER SEWING MACHINES for rent Allkintls of machines repaired at Burns' Shoe Store. 9t D. B. ADAMS, VACUUM CARPET SWEEPER Agent for the ONWARD SLIDING When You See It in Our Ad vertisement You Know It Is True. It is not our policy to conduct a sale every month in the year, and quote prices that we can't deliver. The pub lic don't expect it. It is a well known fact that for 40 years this store has always sold at a modest profit, first class goods that we can guarantee, and at the smallest possible price. ' However, during this Semi-Annual Clearance Sale, the above guaranteed merchandise is yours, and our mod est profit thrown in. Remember the house of quality, and the store that never disappoints. THE BLAIN CLOTHING CO. ""limtffij-n";