It Physician an ' u geon ilri ny Oregon Calls made in f'rv and country. Phone " W F JONES Vet6r: nary bin geon. Jefferson, (Jr. Bell phone farmer! 27 13 TKE T BE&T SB joar teeth out and Plato Dbd bridua work done. For out. of.towu satroiu we niBa plate orldita wo day if Boci MolirCiowni $5.00 22kBridTulh3.50 Gold Filllittra 1.00 Eniml Filling! 1.00 Sllnr Fllllnn .50 ttood Hubbar flam But Rubber 5.00 7.50 miei W.K.WlSt. Fumm in Miaun hintaii Extr'tlon .50 tl tlUl ItTllUIHID IB rtlllUB BEST METHODS "ralnlOBu iSxtrartiou Five when plmte or bride work 3i ordered. Conmltitla Froo. Yon cniiBotetbtWt pinJcta work an where, oj mart or how mucn 70a pay. Wise Dental Co. INCORPORATED Painless Dentists railing Bulldlnr. Third I Washington, PORTUND, OREGON OUlce Heatai IX M. to S f. at. lanqaTa. IU1 SWAIN'S BACK ACHE AND KIDNEY PILLS 'For kidney nd J bladder troubles -sciatica, rheumatic ' pains, ' neuralgia, headache, weariness and sleeplessness, ''that dragged 'down feeling;" EXPEL THE POISON MAKE LIFE A JOY Acting directly on the kidneys these mild pills give almost inrtant relief because they not only act as a tonic but clean the kidney tissue of impuri ties and expel the poison from the system. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR SWAIN'S PILLS So marvelous and universal are the results obtained that these pills are fully guaranteed. Every druggist has them. In 50-cent boxes only. If not satisfactory your money back. Don't delay don't run the risk of Bright's Disease. Get Swain's Kidney and Back Ache Fills today. 6WAIN MEDICINE CO., Inc. Kansas City, Mo. FOR SALE hi NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATRIX. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been appointed by the county judge of Linn county, Oregon, as administratrix of the estate of C. E. Fox, deceased, and ali persons hav ing claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same with th'e proper vouchers to the un dersigned administratrix at the omce of Percy R. Kelly, in Albany, Linn county, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. Albany, Oregon, September 9, 1910. ANNA FOX, Admr.x. PERCY R. KELLY, Atty for Admrx. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned administrator of the estate of John Barton, deceased, has this day filed in the County Court of Linn county, Oregon, his final account in the matter of said estate, and said court has fixed Monday, the 3rd day of October, 1910. at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. for hearing objections to ?i.',d account, if any there be, and ffor the settlement of said estate. J. V. BARTON, Ad-nr. HEWITT & SOX, Attys. for Admr. PROCURED AND DEFENDED. drawing 01 pliuto. for expert search and free report Free advice, how to obtain patent, trado mark, coprrlgau. etc, aj ALL COUNTRI E8. Business direct Kith Washington saves time, money and of ten the patent. Patent and Infringement Practice Exclusively. Write or come to as at 6aS Hints. Strait, opp. United State! Patent Oflce, WASHINGTON, D. C. CTjxrt M-'in'h und free nM,Tt on jwtentnUlity. rojrtL li.t.-tj elrt-'UncJ iimi:Tti .-, nuvtK TISED and SOLD. frt-. TRADC-MARXS, PEM 1 SION6 and COPYRIGHTS quKlily ol.l4JU.-0. Opposite u. s. i-atern umu-i fm toS&Jaii.. . IrtURSiJAY A POWER FRANCHISE GRANTED The comity court this morning granted a franchise to the Tri-State Railway and Power Co. for an electric power line trom bugene to Albany, far as this county is concerned, begin ning at sec. 6, tp, 16-3 West, on the line between Linn ana Lane, running 'i milea east of tiarrisourg, with branch line into that city, and thence through Shedd and Tangent to Albany. The name is the new one for the H. M. Byllesby & Co. owning the water and light plants, of Albany, Eugene, and many other cities in Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho. The franchise is secured for the new power line that is to come from the McKenzie through Eugene to Albany to furnish power for the ditterent plants, a move mat event ually will transform the operations of the different plants. The Weather. Range of temperature 76-44. The River 7 of a foot.'. Prediction; showers tonight and Fei day. Lawyer A. C. Condit came up from Salem this noon. R. R. McKinney, of Holley, returned today from Portland. Frank Burn, a one handed bop-picker at Eugene picks seven boxes a dsjy. Mrs. W. B. Struble returned last night from Seaview, much improved. Dr. and Mrs. Blake, of Ashland re turned this noon from a Newport out ing. Lafallett, the insurgeant .is now about fifty thousand ahead in Wiscon sin. H. A. Lake and family left this after noon tor Paxton, Neb. on a four week's visit with relatives. J. M. Williams, of Eugene left this weeK tor Atlanta, ua,, to attend tne supreme lodge of Odd Fellows. Superintendent Briggs left-this after noon for Cottage Grove after his fam ily. They will reside at Calapooia and 4th streets. , Mr. and Mrs. T. H. C. Brasfield, of bhedd, left this afternoon on an east' ern trip. John D. Roseclair was hanged to-day at Salem at 12:30 o clock, as a just punishment for killing his wife several months ago. Tne Portland, Eugene and Eastern R. R. has asked a franchise in Corvallis. and promises to begin vork there with in six months. i J. H. Mears, of Shedd, was in the city to-day. To-morrow he and Mrs. Mears will leave for the east on a visit at their old .home. Mrs. Tweedale and brother J. J Little, of Sacramento, returned last night from a Portland trip. Mr. Little ; will leave for home tonight. Wilson Peery, a, prominent high school ; student for several years, left today wicn nis motner lor uorvaius, wnere he will enter tne u. A. L. E. E. Parrish has sold 45 acres of his ; farm near this city to F. R. Cottage. i recently here from the east, the con . sideration being $2800. J. C. Hammell, of the Hotel Revere, has returned from his hop field, near ! Corvallis, where he has been looking alter picxing lor a couple weens. One woman threw some acid on an other woman at Eugene yesterday. It was parity warded off and only a little went into the face of the victim. The Charles Gray farm, seven miles from Snrinp-field. was sold this week to two California men at $200 an acre. Too-much for land just for farming. George Colton, a member of the cele brated hoy's city council, of Portland, is in the city on a few days visit, the guest of his grandmother, Mrs. George. Miss Anna Farrell, after spending the summer at the home of her folks in this city, left today for Harrison, Idaho, where she will teach the coming year At the stock show at Portland this week Ed. Schoel and W. B. Davis have swept the field on Chester Whites, winning all the prizes, about neck and neck. The Warren Construction Co. has be gun paving seven blocks at Cottage Grove, the city using its own roller and furnishing the rock for the pavement, a good start. The members of the Epworth League last evening at the parsonage held a Looking Backward social, and a fine time was had in games, etc , with some choice refreshments. A Portland physician accuses other Portland physicians of many criminal operations. He is probably on the right track. There are physicians who make a business of it, about the lowest of all trades, Eugene Register: W. L. Gilham ! lineman for the S. P. Co., has been or Wed to transfer his headquarter from Eugene to Albany, as it is more cen trally located for his division extends from Woodburn to Cottage Grove. Rev. Arthur A. Hauderich, of gt Louis has just been sentenced to the penitentiary for stealing $18.10 in money and seventeen watches from his fellow theological students. Of all peo ple the minister needs to be the most careful about his personal conduct. Thre is something doing over at tne ! Independence hop yards. J. vv.reter son, a sr-m :in r gh'lery man. whipped his 18 ye::r oiJ daughter. This made the hon pickers mad. and they went to Petersen's house, took him out, tied nim to a tree, ana a woman in the crowd g:.ve him thirty very live laphes, One of the new teachers in the Rose jurg schools the coming year will be Miss Vera Horner, daughter of Prof. I. B. Horner, of the O. A . C. She was orn in Roseburg r r.d is a graduate of -.he Corvallis high schoel, the O. A. C. ind the U of O., a young lady of Undid character and attainments. IN THE MAIL. A pamphlet of 17 pages containing the address of James J. Hill at the National Conservation Congress at St. Paul, Minn., yesterday, Bent out from that city. Quick work. The address is an able one. Among other things he says: "There are dangers inseparable trom national control anil conduce oi affairs The machine is too big and too distant: its operation is slow, cumbrous and costly." Again "The battle of the ages is the continued in crease of public expenditure and public debt, making capital and credit suffer. insisting on a return to nonesc ana practical econ omy." A post card from New Orleans, which ueg'ua. oy euiiauiuiiunui auicuuitioiib the state of Louisiana two years ago perpetually freed from all taxation all monies invested or which may be in vested in paper secured by real estate. As a result many large tracts of virgin and immense fertile low lands around New Or pnnn nrp now heme reclaimed. settled and cultivated." Therefore sea j roiea ana cultivates.. i wrerore bbb , the Louisiana exhibit at the Chicago , Land Exposition Nov. 4 to the 28th. A magazine section containing the j address of Henry M. Byllesby, the head , of the Northwestern Corporation that owns the Albany water and light plant, on eneineerinir and commercial skill applied to the operation and manage- ment of niihlie. servien ei.rnnrationa. The Democrat recently DUblished most 1 ) of this address. News From Albany's Six Trains. fir .1 I. Rill Mino C.aaaia Thnmnann and Mrs. Georgia) Hobbs left for Sher- wood. Mr. ana Mrs. Kutus Thompson went yesterday. The cause of the trio is a vending to taKe place tonight De- twe u Dr. Fred Thompson, of Stayton, formerly of Sherwood, son of Mr. Rufus Thompson, ana Miss jNora tflnmlll, an accomplished youmr lady ot Sherwood. After a wedding trip they will be at home at Stayton. .1 A number of people left for Portland ' to attend the stock show and races, ; among them P. C. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hogan and M. McAlpin. The fair is proving a great success, iuii vve.mi.utic Fifteen or twenty Albany Elks left for Toledo to attend the Lincoln county fair and pay the bunch of Elks there a fraternal visit. Qanotnii MllToi rtama Anmrt tmm 1 .oK. anon and went to Salem. H will make an issue of the coming election. . with splendid prospects of again -being elect - cd to the omce he has hlled so well. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pfeiffer left on their eastern trip, . They will go di- rectly to Chicago, where Mr. Pfeiffer will stop, going to Milwaukee, while Mrs. Pieitter goes further east for a visit with relatives. Hon. S. M. Pennington and daughter Mrs. Alice P. Richards left on a visit with relatives at Industry, 111., not a son as s'tated by the Democrat, but an other Pennington of the same name. They expect to be gone two months. table will go into ettect on the Corvallis Dr. Star came down from Browns-' & Eastern, when trains will run as fol ville. lows: Will arrive at 6:55, 10:10, ex- Miss Belle Chance of the Portland eept. Sunday, 11:55 a. m. on Sunday schools, returned home accompanied by .only, and 6:10 p. m. all from Corvallis her father. i only. The Corvallis trains will return Mrs. W. B. Chance and children went at 7.40 a. m., 11:55 a. m., except Sun to Crawfordsville for a visit. day, 12:35 p. m. on Sunday only, and John Giblin left on a Bay trip. 1 7:50 p. m. Dr. Cathey, of Corvallis, went to The Yaquina train will arrive at 11:55 Portland. and leave at 12:35 p. m. on week days Rev. Knott went to Marion counly. MrB. Tom Riley came over from Cor vallis. ' Senator A. J. Johnson, of Corvallis, passed through for Portland. Mrs. C. P. Bishop, of Salem, returned home after an Albany visit. Henry Sprenger came down from Shedd. Miss Cecil Knox left for Mitchell South Dakota on a visit with her' aunt. New Bell Directory The Pacific Tel. and Tel. Co. will issue a new directory October 1st, be ing the third this year. In addition to the regular Linn and Benton county list it will contain the names of the 125 subscribers at Jefferson, which has heretofore appeared in the Marion county list but have been added to the Albany lisc on account of the large number of calls between the two places. The names of 130 subscribers of the Airlie Independent Telephone Co. will also appear in this list. That Company havinp contracted for he connection with the lines of the Pacific Tel. and Tel. Co. Daath or 13. C. Flagg. B. O. Flagg died at 2:30 o'clock this morning at his home in this city at the age of 78 years. He was born in Wis consin and came to Albany nine years ago, a worthy citizen and Christian man. He was a member of the M E. church. He leave? a wife and three children, Mrs. Jesse Davenport of McMinnville, Harvey Flagg, of Bridal Veil, and Etna Flagg ol Albany. The funeral will be held at the M. E. Church tomorrow a. 2 p. m. At the Hotels W. W. Chesman, Eugena. O. M. Washliurn. Coburg. A Stant, Wendlin. C. E. Pueh, Gresham. Mrs. J. R. Wyatt, Portland. G. E. Crewell, Eudnne. W. H. Sherman, Jefferson. C. W. Henry, Roieborg. 13. M. Endicott, Joseph. L. M Keeder, Salem. Bud Kribs, Portland. BOURNE AS A BOOSTER. The Oregon System is Capturing the Country Manager Struble recently wrote Sen ator Bourne complimenting him upon the work he had done for Oregon, ne has just received an answe", in which he says: The most effective "boosting" I have ever done for Oregon was the delivery of my address in the Senate on May 5th, last, when I declared thnt Oregon has evolved, an i demonstrated the best system ot popular government in the world, in which aduress 1 gave an ex tended explanation and discussion of the Oregon system. Since that speech was delivered I have had requests for 1,600,000 copies and I have responded by distributing 1,350,000 copies. I pre sume ultimately I shall respond to all requests although 1 hnd it difficult and jte j - to k with tne 3emana As a result thKe Oregon 8V8. tem is being verbay discusae'd in 'b!. most every city, village and hamlet in the United States. The progressive elements in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, California. Colorado, Washington, Ari zona and New Mexico have gono on record in favor of the Orecron svstem and I have very strong assurance that j Minnesota and Wisconsin will nursue the same course. The Oregon system! will be held up as a mcdel of good gov- i eminent until that system has been i adopted in practically every state in Farlu tnu Union. I believu that popular gov tariy erament, as demonstrated .in Oregon. has done more than any other one thing to advertise this State throughout the . Union, and in making this assertion I do not in anv WSV disDarap-B the effortB of commercial organizations or take uuuuo ereuii , Hiyseu. n wb oot mv speech that did the work, but uo uleiuu oyateui uuu we ureguu peu- P'e whose intelligence, independence, courageandpersistencedemonstratedthe pupuiur government, i wan meosenger.conveying meinior- nation to the world and I feel it an , honor to have had the opportunity to 1U 1U IUO U1VVUUJBUL. Would Not Be Missed. (With aDoloeies to Mikado.) The news has transpired that a blind i pigs is around, Ana we've got him on the list, A sneaking offender who might well be under ground, There's the fellow who wants just one I city hall site, ' Tha vool oat a to rlaalafahn lrnnolrn tUa other fellow out, The man with manv lota who will not , suhscribe a mite To Keep the town a going with a I . Doost ana a snout. There's the scorching auto driver who - never sees a thing, The little yellow doe that howls all night, And those old worn out business street shacks. Everylasting eye-sores to one's sens itive Bight, ' They none of 'em would be missed. C. & C. Trains Beginning next Sunday (a new time 1 "my- un sunaays an extra will leave for Yaquina at 7:30 a. m. and return at 10.30 p. m. The Hoover train will continue to leave at 8 a. m. and return at 4 p. m. Married. Shirley Duncan. On Wednesday evening, Sept. 7, at the home of the bride's parents, atShedd, by Rev. W. P. white, of Aibany, Mr. B, S. Shiriey, jr., and Miss Lula E. Duncan. The wedding was a nice affair, attended by relatives and intimate friends, followed by ccngratulatians and a sumptuous lunch. Mr. and Mrs. Shirley are worthy young peodle with many friends whose best wishes they will have. The Mikado Was Good. The presentation nf the Mikado by the National-Pollard Company last night was greatly appreciated, well presented by the experienced young people of the company, with s me at tractive stage settings. The music was gnod. The Lord High Executioner was quite immense, well backed at every point. But the Mikado ia old and is not the di awing card of the late.1 product ion with shorter dresses. Fatal Accident. The remains of Mrs. Mary Jane Beard Wilson were brought from Jus nh last evening to Albany for burial. Two or three weeks ago she was riding horae back, wh?n she was thrown, rectiving injuries thnt terminated fatally. She was 20 i para of ap;p a daughter of Am brose Beard of this city, and had been mHrtictl oiilv a phort time. The fiir.c- al wiM take place at th'-' fan.i'v ie.-.idrnee, 508 E. 5th tomorrow at 10 a. m A Fine Picture. The pieture entitled "The Usurer" will be shown totiuht for tire last tinu at Dreamland. Thi3 picture is a bio graph and shouM not be mitred, li i i dramatic and exciting story from the tart to the finish. Tomorrow, Fri lay. there will be a new rxogrtm with a fcreat Biograp!i as a teatue. COUNTY CANDID Vf S. The time for filing anouncements of candidates for county otlices closes to night. The following have been filed: Republican: State Senator. Park B. Beatty, Hnlsey. Representative Everett L, Jones, Albany. Sheriff. Sol Lindley, Lebanon; A. M. Templeion, Brownsville. Clerk.-W. L. Marks, Albany; P. R. Conn, Albany. Recorder. Grant Froman, Albany ; Maiiun F. Wood, Tangent. Treasurer. W. W. Francis, Albany; C. Scott Tangent. Commissioner. O. H. Russell. Sweet rlom.. Coroner. W, P. Fortmiller, Albany. Justice. O T. Porter, dist. 1. Milton J. Knerr, dist. li4; E. G. Margason, dist, 8. Constable. John Catlin, dist. 2; Chas. A. Osburn, dist. 12. Committeemen. -F. H. Weber, N. Brownsville; R. K. Ohling, West, Al bany; L. M. Curl, East Albany; J. H. Turpin, Waterloo; J. C. Hardin, La comb; Chas. A. Warner, Nortb Scio. Democratic: State Senator. M. A. Miller, Leba non. Treasurer. iv. A. Kimsoy, Albany. Commissioner. C. H. Ellswick, Brownsville. Justices. J. N. Bilyeu dist. 12. Committeeman. G. W. Cruson, S, ieoanon. Some F.ugene Men. Three or four Eugene men came down ! nn th train thin mnrnino nhnrrlv of tor. wnrdp huoino- an flroimnioti onil von rl ing the morning news. One item struck them torcioiv, ana tney declares tney muBt get back to Eugene before the uregonian was seen tnere, ana tney hired Chas. Cline's automobile, with Mr. Cline hold of the wheel and started tacK at an uianeia rate. Now, wnat was it all about. Like a woman, we ' would like to know. FRIDAY. Miss Emma B. Croano. of the Empire, : returned this noon from a Portland trip. ! Mrs. H. A. Loveall and baby, of Lebanon are visiting at the home of W. A. Cox. , Adrian Moore Becured $200 bail yes- lerday and was released from the coun- ty jail. W . D. Washburn has begun the erec- tion of a new residence at Third and Main streets. i Miou Mnrnnn tho Bvontrollalip wnrtr. T,'khas Be" i the 'ty 0n " V'Slt W'th i Albany friends. Dr. R. E. Watkins, (of Butte, Mon.. is in the city on a visit with his mother Mrs. Dr. Shinn and family. r. and Mrs. K W. Williams, and rlnnorVifnr rptilrnprl Innf. nifrhh mm Now- port, where they had been for a week. Mrs. M. M Newton and daughter re cent arrivals from Dakota, have rooms at the Congregational parsonage, The Lebanon Criterion endorseB all of the assembly nominees but Hart', declaring for Crawford for attorney general. Girl wanted at the Crest Conf ection- j ary for housework and to assist in the store, uooa wages ana steaay worn, for right party. Miss Myrtle Pease, of the boys and boy's home of Portland, is in the cily this afternoon. Tonight she will go to Medford on a trip for the home. Mr. and Mrs. B. Stoddard, residents of Albany for several months, left this afternoon on a Roseburg visit after which they will go to Sandiego, to spend the winter and reside. The Corvallis and Eastern went through the form of its annual eleclion -in this city, elected J. P. O'Brien president, J. K. Weatherford vicepresi dent and H. E. Wilson secretary. F. J. Devine twelve days ago went to Astoria ana niB irienas or tne uiks are getting concerned about him. One grapevine is that he has been shang haied and taken to the Fiji Islands. The fire bell rang last evening at 5:40 caused by some rags at the home of E. J. Seeley catching fire and blazing up in a live manner. The fire was quickly extinguished and caused little damage. .The Democrat mentiond a young man being arreBted recently for being drunk and disorderly and fined, named Seeck, from Lebanon. It should have been from near Halsey. It was not one of the Lebanon Seecks at all. Chas. Coopey, the tailor, and H. M. Grant, of Portland arrived this noon on a short Albany business trip. Grant and Coopey had charge of the Albany woo en mills, which burned March 29, 1905, and were frequent visitors to Albany, Mr. Grant being here for some time personally in charge of the mill. The new school building at Lebanon was dedicated this week. The speakers were S. fv . Garland of Lebanon, At torney General Crawford. President Campbell and Superintendent Jackson. Mayor Reeves presided and Mrc Day and Prof. Wegner were heard in songs. The California legislature has appro, priated $10,000,000 for the Panama ex position San Francisco and her citizens will furnish another $7,500,00!). making a total of $17,500,000, with which San Francisco will go before congress ask ing for lit least $5,000,000, making thif the most expensive exposition cvei held. Who is the faste.-.t runner in Albany. Last evening on the college grounds Charles Anderson beat Hi Torbet at Gil, 75 and 100 vards. Anderson it is said will be in the high school this year, n valuable addition to the athletes of the eh ol. Ho is said to have beaten Bergman, the O. A. C. crack sprinter, in practice runs. Rev. A. V . Moses, of Corvallis, wap' in the city to day to attend the funeral of Mrs. Mary Beard Wilson, going this afternoon t Tangent, his former home for manv ytars. for a visit with his son ind family. Mr. Moses is one of Linn ounty's formT school superintendents and was also at one time principal of he Albonv school-", iow nearly an octo i-enarian, hut r'.'- ing the mental vig i.r of his younir days. DEATH OF J. L. HOWARD J. L. Howard died at his home in this city this morning of paralysis. He was born in Haywood Co., Tenn., May 12th, 1838. residing there until 1852. when with his father's family he moved to Iowa City, Iowa, later mov ing to Marshaltown, Iowa, where he was married to Miss Rachel Gillespie i 1 1862. In 1864 he crossed the plain by ox team, arriving in Yamhill Co.near McMinnville in November, where he resided for several years. He moved to Albany seven years ago, where he resided until his death. He was a kind father and devoted husband, giving his entire life for the comfort of his family and a devoted christian; being a member of the M. E. church. He leaves a wife and seven children, with one deceased. Those that sur vive him viith his wife, Mrs R. A. Howard, six sons and one daughter, W. K., C. N.. J. A., S E , E. G. and Ella Howard, all of whom reside in Albany but O. N. Howard, who is a resident of Chic3, Cal., and were all iresent. Mr. Howard has one sister who re sides in Ralston, Or., who in the only mo left of his brothers and sisters or of his generation. All of the Beven children are church members. News From Albany's Six Early Trains. F. H. Hughson, of North Albany, went to Baiem to assist in placing anu looking after the Benton county exhibit at the fair. It will be in Charge Of Prof. PeaVCV. of the O. A. C. assisted by others of the college, and will be a nummer. mr. nutsunuuiaiuut) aurumuos two wagon loads of vetegables and nuivu uum junb Berooe me nvci-. .uo exhibit will be artistically placed and will bo hard to beat. Dr. Sievera of this city, went to Sa lem to make arrangements for taking down his string of fowls for competi tion in the poultry department. Last vAnr he won numerous nrst nrizes and is looking- for some blue ribbons this year. w. L. Gilham. head lineman of the g pi( between Eugene and Woodhurn, went to Salem to look after the wires at the crossing of the new line of the Portland, Eugene & Eastern R. R, Mr. Gilham will hereafter make' his headquarters at this city instead of Eugene, bringing his family here the first of next month. Among those going to the fair at Portland were Mrs. Tony Austin and Misa Maud Blount. Mrs. Claud Swan came over from Corvallis. . F. C. Eietcher came down from Plain- Vlew' Misses Lenore Powell and Hazel Wel ler came down from Brownsville and went to Portland, where they will teach the coming year. Miss Powell has been there two or three years and Miss Weller, formerly of the Albany schools, will have her first experience in Port land. For two or three years Bhe has been in the Pendleton schools. Mr. Loring, the S. P. depot Bupsrin tendent, went up to Jordan, where he has a farm. Here From Sisters. C, Allingham, of Sisters, formerly of Hulsey, was in the city to-day. Mrs. Allingham is visiting Corvallis relatives. They reside about eighteen miles west of Madras, one of the best towns in Crook county, growing rapidly. It is on the line of the new road building down from Shaniko and expectB to have the cars in about ninety days. Big things are expected from the arrival of the railroad. A Wife Murderer's Advice, John D. Roseclair, the wife murderer hanged at Salem yesterday, talked 15 minutes before the drop. He advised that wives should never attack their husbands, stating that his wife did this, throwing a pan of milk on him, and that he struck the pan with his knife accidently hitting his wife instead of the pan. The Weather. Range of temperature 73-42. The river .7 of a foot. Prediction: fair tonightand Saturday.' An explosion of oil yesterday in the fireroom of the battleship North Dakota resulted in a good many being killed and a hundred or more injured. George Maxwell, of this city, is lying ill in the hospital at Tacoma, with ineumonia. He is a member of the Foresters of thin citv. who will see hat he is well cared for. Over 17,000 attended the live stock (how and races at Portland yesterday, aid to be the largest ever at a fair in Oregon, except the Lewis and Clark fair J. W. Foster is building a $10,000 residence at Corvallis ( hat promises to oe tho best there, having tho fine homes of R A. Huston and others in the flhade. Benton county aalos: Christ M. Kuch o J. M. Hyatt 20 acres near Albany $10; J. M. Hyatt to L, W. Delancy, 20 icres $10; h. Wcntz to L. W. Delancy iO acres, $10. E. C. Roberts, of this county, has been elected as one of the judges at tho hig fruit fair at New Westminster, B. J. Oet 4. E. C. Armstrong of Marion jonnty will also be a judge.' Claud "latch has been transferred as ianK examiner to Southern California ind Arizona while the exhumer there lai been transferred to O e?on and "l.tho. Numerous other cbimftM have em made, under a new policy.