ALBANY
HOT ' , .
NOON
LUNOHKS
At tbe Mission Parlors. ,
Holt again at the Holt corner. j
A neat place, Holt's Meat MatKet.
Choice lunches at the Vienna Bakery.
Trie best POSTS in Albany at tee j
SAW MILL.
Cedar fence posts 10c at Curtis Lum-i
ber Co's.
Have your feet attended to by Mrs. !
Driver 230 Lyon, both phone9. ,
Dr. W-. ft. Shinn. physician and ssr
geon. Calls answered Hay and nidit. .
Office, KSnn block, Residence 119 K 7th
street. Both phones.
George Miller, former pianist at
Dreandand. will traeh music in this
city with headquarters at Davenport's
Graduate of Berfin Conservatory of
Music.
New Years Spacial $S hand painted
Haviland plates for $1. Variety Store
313 W. 1st St.
Ole Oleson nexc Monday 'night, al
ways drawing, full of clean fun, and as
refreshing as an evening breeze.
Ne lenses in old frames, or old lenses
in new frames, whatever your eves
need, at Dawson's Drug Store, the
Guarantee Optical Co. ;
All members of the Methodist Sunday
school are urged to be present tomorrow !
the first Sunday of the big contest. The j
captains will choose sides and the
badges will be distributed. !
After doing splendid wont during the
holidays, including all day Christmas all
the men of the post office service will
have a holiday Monday, which they de
serve, and the delivery window will be
open only from 1 to 2.
This has been a skiddo year for Rev.
Esson, the popular pastor of the Christ
ian church. When he performs the
marriage of Mr Abe Meresse and Miss
Eva Huston it will make his record for
the year 23, and this is the day in which
1910 will skiddo.
We guarantee a perfect tit of Kryptok,
opifex, or any kind of bifocal lenses,
thus needing but one pair of spectacles
for both near and distant use. Ps'frn
nize a reliable home companv Call n't
Dawson's Drug Store. THEGUARA1
TEE OPTICAL CO.
The regular meeting of the Civic Im
provement Club will not be heM on
Monday next, as that day is observed
as a ho'iday. Executive Committee.
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19 a i. i m Bl . f i 1 J 1 i d !
Physician and Surgeon
; Albany, Oregon
Calls made in city and country. Phone
Main 38.
dntistry on the Pacific Coast 1b executed hero.
Wc li.iTo built upourroputatiouon it. Yon can
derNMul on qvaUty and cannot get better paink-ss
work onywlioio, no uiallur bow much jou jjbj.
UII'A..'
We flnlsk tHrto.Bnd
IxridKO work for out-of-town
ratrona in
ono day If desired.
Pstnless ortractloa
free when plates or
bridge woMt In order
Uomultation tret.
Molar Crowni $5.00
22k0ridjTwlli4.00
Gold Finioc tOO
Enamel Fillind 100
Silver Fillinss .50
Good Rjbber - nn
1.4.
fines S.UU
-jtiJ pi.tu 7.50
m. W. A. Will. PuiioHT iib MiMUU Pamlete ExIr'tiM .0
il mm imntiHiD la famine BKST mktmods
All work fully CTiaraatMd for fifteen Te
Wise Dental Co.,mc
Painless Dentists
FtlHllI Building, Third and Wjihlnrton P0RTUHD. OK.
OMc.HQUe: A. U. to 8 P. K. BaaiMJt,9ttl
Scotfs Sanial-Pepsin Capsules
A POSITIVE CURE
Forlnftammation orCatarrhof
tbe bladder and Diseased KW
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orst caoee of Vonorrhoeb
and Cilcrt. no matter of bow
!ocg euoding. A buolstel j
harmlcM. Sold by drngglBt.
frice 81.00. or 07 PO
paid, t!.M),3 boxes, $S,.K.
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1 HURSuAY
THE SCHOOL
MEETING.
:
the
5 1-2 Mills- rdered Levied
There were sixteen nresent at
annual school meeting last night, a very
important one.
The board reported the high school at 1
work, doing a werk equal to auy in the
state outside of Portland, with a com-
mercial department so crowned an as-
sistant teacher has been added. The j
enrollment is 2f 5, and there is a corps
of 35 teachers with an enrollment of
1047 in all. A new roof has been placed:
on the central building and the central,
Madison and Maple buildings painted, j
and all the buildings are crowded. The
estimates for the coming year were
Kivuu aa uniuws. saiauca ?-u,iu 11,
janitors $!.827, bond interest $3150. 1
water, lights and power $750, wood
:. .. ... : 0 T7
$i)00, insurance SoUO. incidentals iuuu
m . ..-.- .-,.. mi . mi i
: .r1. i:
$4500, total $15,000. leaving a deficit of j
$13,261.7i, needing a levy of 5 mills, j
which upon motion was ordered, also
mill for an opuon on a new tuilding
site.
The New Laundry.
The new Albany Steam Laundry,
Wvatt Brothers Dronrietors. at 7th and
Jackson streets, will be ready for bus-
. .. t L. . . . ... .. ....... J . Tkn
IRCIR LUC 11131, Ul UtJJVV WCCK. Alio Qftland.
mangle arrived yesterday and is being '
set iup by a Portland machinist, who . D T D. '
eaewitit. It weighs seven tons, tot- p-Head, the Piano man,
reaches 100 inches and has five rolls. It ho recently resigned from the , Eiler
is a Columbia, one of the best in the House here went to Portland to see
state. The other machinery to ir keep- "bout "e reported three or four
ing with it, the best to be secured. The ther P'?n0 PRsl,n8' but exPected
Wyatt Bros, are circulating their price to remam wth the Eilers.
'lists, and report a large business in
flight. I T-iti Clelan, Albany agent of the
'Or';gonian returned on the early train
i from Portland, where he had been to
The Scene Of IL .visit Mr. Slocum, head of the circula-
tion department, who has been sick for
The scenes of -The Time, Tho Place tw0 ?r thre months, now slowly im
.and The Girl" are laid at a sanitarium P':v,n- SIocum l? PPu'ar .man
in Virginia, whence Johnny Hicks, a Wlth the aeems- a nustler m the bu3'-
ihappy-go-'liicky gambler, arid his "'pal," neBS-
Tom Cunningham, flee to escape-arrest,
the result of a physical encounter the Mrs. G. E. Nicholls and Constance
previous night in Boston. Before the went to Portland on a day's trip,
police catch up with them, the sani- Henry Hector, of North Albany, left
tarium is placed under quarantine, on a Portland trip.
Cunninghnm, the "pal," is in real'ty a Mr. Pitman and family left for Port
rich man's son. and the first love com land on a visit with Mrs. Pitman's sis-
plication begins when he becomes in-
! fatuated with Mariraret Simnson "the
Girl", who is at the sanitarium with
ner father, a farmer, aod her brother,
and a party of boarding school girls.
At Albany Wednesday, Jan. e.
T. J. Anderson, of Hamsburg,
in town today.
Salem is to have a $100,000 six
Masonic temple.
story
' Miss Ruth tjoggs, of Salem, is visit-
ing iMiss cernice uaraner.
Mrs. J. N. Chambers returned this
noon from e Portland visit.
W. B. Dickinson and wife, of Hood
' River, have been in the eity.
Miss Lucy Jones has been appointed
deputy sheritt ot union county
Tom VI . Zoosman, of Portland, "form-
eriy of this city, has been in the city.
The Booth-Kelly Co. report' a bad
lumber market and will reducfi wages
Jan. 1.
Miss Belle Chance, of the Portland
schools, arrived this noon on a visit
i with her folks.
Th nnnni,!! moot:nr f , no-nn
; Editorial Association will be held in
I Portland January 6.
Mr. Abe Meresse. now a Vale news-
paper man. formerly 'of the Herald, is
expected tonight. More later.
Governor-elect Os West is on his way
home from Los Angeles, where he was
quite a lion tor several weeks.
Prof. Kent, of the O. A. C. retorned
this noon from an eastern Oregon trm.
being at Pendleton and other places.
The price for the armory opening
dance has been placed at 2.50 a couple,
50c for extra ladies and 50c for visitors.
Rev. P. S. McKnieht is the chamnion
knot tyer of Salem. His record this
year is 50, a total of 548 people he has
united in marriage.
The population of Dallas is 2181 ac-
cording to the census, where over 3 000
has been claimed. Dallas is sore. In
1900 it was 1270.
D . nj Mn..n
ZZ- V p"Cftealit'r h
intendent at Portland, passed throuch
this noon lor a meeting with superu
tendents at Eugene, with Rev. Abbetf.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Irvine returned
this morning .from Phoenix, Ariz.,
where they spent seueral weeks, with
i the mercury at 80 to 90 most of the
time.
Mr. Neff. a timber purchaser from
the east for a large company, is looking
vu timber in this locality with a D res
pect of erecting a manufacturing plant
' in this localily.
TetracEina, the famous singer, left
San Francisco yesterday at 11:20 for
; Portland and will pass through the citv
tomorrow morning carrying her high
j notes with her.
A lot 50 hy 100 feet at Morrison an !
Park streets, Portland, yesterday sold
for $210,000 to a Boston girl, who will
erect a ten story building. In 1901 ii
was worth J21.000.
The n2w officers of St. John's lodge
are Geo. E. Sanders master, Dr. W. R.
BilyeuS. W., Dave Keller J. W., Ed.
Washburn sec, R. W. Woods S. D., S.
S. Gilbert J. D., W. E. Baker tyler.
The Oak Park high school foot ball
team and Washington high of Portland
will play font ball Saturday. With two
weeks of training under a crack coach
Albany has a team that can beat either
one of them.
Entering the box office of the Grand
opera house at Tulsa, Ok., last night, in
which the manager was making settle
ment with the company playing there,
turn hnvR seized a sack of monev cm-
j raining about $1000 and escaped on a
.northbound tr. in. Men in autonobilet
I pursued the thieves for time, but
I fi-nllv Inung trace of them, abandoned
tbacbu.
WHO WILL
GET $8000.
An interesting will case will come up
m Denver .uis Marie Murphy, a
stenographer, rormerly of t-ortland,
(lied in Denver, leaving property valued
at $8,000, to her landlady and nurse in
Denver. 'Jn a furmer will she had left
the property to' her half brothers,
Waller and Charles, residing with Mrs.
Anna Cox, of Albany. Miss Murphy's
folks reside at Munners
It is claimed
that the Denver people took advantage I
of the girl's condition, which was weak, I
in order to secure her properly and it
will be contested. The girl's mind is ;
said to have been somewhat unsound
for some time. She went by a number
of names, Grace Thompson in Portland
and Mrs. Montelliin Denver. The facts i
were brought out by an investigation
made by father Blake of Portland.
The property had been left the girl by
i i : .t u. it i
iter KrHimiaiiier, miu il is uiuuiil win
be secured for the rightful heirs,
f Aiit rrn r- rilhonn e iv r-aiM. '
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John Cat,lni mKhtwatch, left for
s t testifv before the cmni ,-urv
in a case against some railroad car
I thieyes, who operated last October.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Barker left for
Portland on a visit with their son Ben
-and family. Ben is now a conductor on
the Oregon Electric running from fort-
,k d t0 Hillsboro, with his home in
.
ter and family.
Mr. Merrill, Pacific Telephone dem-
onstrator, after an Albany visit left on
tne motor southward.
Mr. and Mrs
Chas. Cleek went to
Portland.
Mrs. W. W. Rowell went to Portland
to investigate a rooming house proposi
tion. Mrs. C. F. Bigbee left on a Salem
visit.
Rev. G. W. Nelson returned to St.
Johns, after a Corvallis visit and spend-
in th'e mvht at Albany at the home of
j) Bussard. The other day through a
slip of the cog his initials were given as
H. A., those of the popular soda maker.
C. M. Hall and family returned to
Salem after a visit at the home of Mr.
na" 3 r, mrs. uuy Newport.
The Wjlam
j A Salem paper says:
"At the Willamette recital, the club
made a big hit and wjn a higher place
in the hearts of the Salem people than
ever before. The seleccion were given
i with a spirit, while the tone coloring
expression couio noc D6 excelled.
Everyone was highly pleased with this
the first appearance, which boded well
tor tbe success ot t!ie trip south. Trie
songs are of especially high quality and
are sure to please, which, with the
! stunts and the sketch, will prove an
' irresistable attraclion. There is the
repuisite ginger, snap, and go that, is
the life of such a college organization,
and it can well be representative of the
s.irit of Willamette.
I At the opera house Saturday night.
Will Be Repeated.
The Christmas exercises of the First
Presbyterian church will be repeated
I tonight for the Denefit of those who
could not Bet in the church Sabbath
evening. All those who took part are
ur(te! t0 be 'nere Promptly at 7:30. In
i addition to the stereopticon slides on
line nativity ana ine moBt famous ma-
' donnas, theVrld's greatest conception
the entire lite ot Christ will be
shown: over 80 in all. An offering: wi
be taken for the benefit of the Sabbath
school Christmas tree.
Ole Is All Kighi.
Therein a good deal of interest be
ing shown in the forthcoming produc
tion of J'01e Olson" which comes to
Albany Monday night.
To those who appreciate strictly re
fined comedy, free from horse-play or
anything suggestive, and at the same
time exquisitely funny, ''Ole Olson"
will be of more than usual interest.
Without doubt and beyond all ques
tion "Ole Olson" has proven itself to
be the greatest Sweedish dialect com
edy ever presented.
Paid the Fine.
Eugene Register: W. M. Riley, who
assauited Mayor Matlock Sunday morn
ing and was fine'' $50, paid $48 in I n
court yesterday morning and was re
leased. He had laid one day in jail
which took off $2. The money was
fumished by a Eugene citizen, whom
the boy's father had telephoned to put
it up.
The Weather.
Range of temperature 51-35.
The river is 4.8 feet.
Prediction I occasional rain tonight
and Friday.
CITY COUNCIL,
The Hydrants and Lights Located.
Present the Mayor, recorder, m .r
shal.stieet superintendent and Coun il
men .tfarshall. Chambers, Snelt and
Lurl.
Bills allowed: P. R. Kelly $100, Al
Benson $5.50, John Kruse 75c,
Hulburt Uhling Com pan y. $6.4;"',
Barrett tiros., Aloany Trans
fer Co. 55c, Aatson Bros. $20.12, M.
Ludwig $2.15, Albany Lumber Co.
$31 12,
Peter Klley $75 00, K. A
Murphy 23c, M. Neeley $3.50, O. P,
Dannals $1.00, r . VV. Horsky tSOc, O. a.
P.owell 80c. 12. V. Sox 80c. J. D. Creu
$0,10, J. A. Vonnda $12.30, J. A.
Warner $35. CO.
Continued: Fred Dawson $55.00.
a report of the street superintendent
waa read .hat the part of the ice works
on 3r(J street had not been removed as
ordered. Referred ta the citv attnrnev
.... . . " .
and authorized to proceed for the en-
foicement of the order.
A petition asked for removal of a
nuisance at 125 E 4th. The chief of
liuisui
lice wa3 d.rectwl to abate it
A resolution was passed providing for
the pavement of Ellsworth St. 3rd to
9th.
A new heater was ordered for the fire
department.
The Pennywinkle bridge was ordered
rebuilt.
Councilman Snell reported the chem
ical engine removed.
Upon resolution the hydrants and new
electric lights were formally ordered
placed as follows:
The hvdronts
At First and Washington, Ferry,
Broadalbin. Ellsworth. lA'on. Mont
gomery and Pine.
Second and Washington, f erry, Broad
albin, Ellsworth, Lyon, Railroad, Jeff
erson, Madison, Main, Oak and Cleve
land, 3rd and r erry. Ellsworth. Montgom
ery, JacKson, Lafayette and Hill
4iii huu wasuingiuu,
.Broadalbin,
Lyon and Jelterson.
5th and Walnut, Montgomery and
Madison.
6th and Broadalbin, Lyon, Railroad
and Jefferson. -
7th and Maple, Ferry, Ellsworth and
Madison.
8th and Walnut, Broadalbin and
Lyon.
The new lights
At First and Ferry, Ellsworth. Hill
and Denver.
Water and Harrison.
2nd and Broadalbin, Baker, Jackson
and Madison.
Third and Thurston,
4th and Washington and Railroad.
5th and Ferry and iNiain.
6th and Walnut, IJilsworth and
Thurston.
7t;h and Broadalbin and Montgomery.
9th and Walnut and Broadalbin.
11th and Ferry.
60 candle powers at Cleveland and
Santiam and Santiam and Pine, instead
of one big light at the former, each to
cost $2.50.
One change is from Fifth and
worth to 6th and Ellsworth.
Ells-
MARRIED.
Bachelder Snelling. On Thursday
noon, Dec. 29, at the home of the
bride's mother, in Albany, by Judge
J. N. Duncan, Mr, John 11. Bachelder,
and .viiss Bena Snelling, of this city,
were united in marriage. The cere
mony was private,
The groom is a prominent attorney
of Lakeview. where the bride has been
the past two years, and the bride is a
lady of many splendid qualities, with a
hose of friends in Oregon. She is a
niece of Ju'lgo Burnett.
Mr. and Mrs. Bachelder after a short
bridal trip will return to Lakeview to
make their home.
At the Depot.
Next Mouday A. U. Barker, the vet
eran baggage master, will assume the
position ot train director, and travellers
will look to him for instructions. Mr.
Frank Smit',i, who has filled the position
in a papular manner, will go to the
freight department.
Frank Smith, who is making good as
baggage master will remain. Gerald
Blackburn will bt night man, succeed
ing iv ilbur B .irk hart.
Agent Yiickell is proving a competent
man in his position.
The Main Line.
The Eugene Guard Bays that H A.
Brandon, construction engineer of the
S. P., states positively thkt the main
line ot the S. P. when the road is omi
pleted to Klamath Falls, will pass Eu
gene as now,' taking the present main
line at Springfield junction. Some have
claimed it would come by way of Leba
ncn and the road past that city; but if
this had been the case heavier rails
would nave been laid.
Or. Apples East.
Recently a Christmas box of Linn
county apples from the orchard of F.
M. Mitchell were expressed by Rev.
Geselbracht to relatives near St. Paul
They have just written back the high
est kind of praise for the "particularly
fine flavor" and when haVcd "some of
the best ever tatted" "like the famous
old Spitz .nbergs of York State years
ago."
hepner the best.
On its ensterh Oregon trip the U. O.
Glee Club took in th following receipts:
Hood River $180, Hpppner $181, Pen
dleton $104 65, Ontario $150, Baker $150.
At Ontario and Heppner the principal
boosting for the concert was done hy
O. A. C. men showing a splendid spirit.
FRIDAY.
A LIVE '
' INSANE MAN!
It took five men to bring Adam Hintz
down from Waterloo last evening,
"ost of the trouble was before Lebanon
was reached. On the train navigation
was much easier, and when Hintz was
up before Judge Duncan and Dr. Wal
lace last night he was much easier ano
in fact behaved himself verv well. The
charge was insanity, and it was abund
antly sustained. Hintz drove his fain-
i'v out of doors numerous times and is
said to have terrorized the neighbor
hood. Tne stories about him show a
pretty bad disposition and a demented j
mind. He was taken to tho asylum J
and will probably have to be kept there
for some time.
J. A. McCullough went toHalsey this
afternoon.
Lawyer L. R. Edmunson, of Eugeno,
was in the city on a business trip.
There will be no railroad strike, th
differences having been settled throu). I
arbitration.
J. A. Howard was called to Ami'.y
by the illness of his mother, who
been visiting there.
Mrs. P. Cohen left this'afternoon on
a few days visit with Portland relatives,
of whom she has many there.
Mrs. J. P. Munkors, of Munkers, re
turned home this noon after a visit at
ihe home of I. A. Munkers.
J. A. Wilson, of the Salem Brewery,
arrived this noon on a short Albany
business trip.
I. B. Rhodes, travelling secretary of
the Y. M. C. A. of Oregon, came up
this noon.
Win. Ehlert, Bill Brenner and crowd
have reached the Mexican mines all
right, according to reports.
A prominent Colorado man has just
cured himself of arthma and Bright's
disease by fasting four weeks. Heroic
but effective.
$110,000 will be asked by tho state
fair board tor improvements for the
fair grounds, making them among the
best in the country.
D. C. Bellinger', of Lebanon, has just
received from the east a bulfalo robe,
in response to 945 tobacco tugs Bent.
The tobacco cost $94.50.
The aviation meet at Los Angels is a
thriller, something daring being donn
daily. Yesterday Hoxsey went 4200
feet high over a mountain peak.
Mrs. S. 0. Worrell this aftornoon en
tertained a crowd of young music stu
dents in a social session. They took
their dolls for a p ay and romp with
their popular teacher.
Mrs. Geo. F. Nevins and Mrs. A. M.
Cannon and daughter of Portland, and
Mrs Greer, of Peoria, 111., a guest of
Mrs. Nevini, arrived this noon on an
Albany visit.
A fire at Waldport lastnii'ht destroy
ed the planing and shingle milt of the
Waldport Lumber Co. and the rest of
the mill property as well uh other prop
erty at the the town hud n close call.
The Guard reoorts a fight in the high
school at Eugene between Prof. Robin
son and a student nam?d Hammond.
It was hushed up, the student apologis
ing for his conduct, but it got into the
newspaper anyway.
Dr. Calvin White, state health officer,
upon returning to Portland from Eu
geno reported fifty ensos of typhoid
fever, due, he declared, to an utter dis
regard of sanitary measures. Not an
epidemic, but negligence.
Among the improvemedts In Albany
the past year have been numerous ad
ditions to tne plant ot Johnson a Best,
which is building up a splendid r epu
tat ion all through western Oregon.
A few days ago Conductor Frank
Cummins told a passenger to chnnge
cars at Tollman for Brownsville. After
leaving Tallman Conductor CummiiiB
found the man in tho rear car. lie had
changed all right.
Tomlinson & Holman have received
their bread mixer for their new bakery
to be established in their new store in
the bchmintt block, when they move
into it in a few weeks. They are pre'
paring extensive improvements.
A social event of wide Interest is the
Now Year's dance at the gym tomorrow
night. . Besides prominent Albany peo
pie a large number, it is reported, will
be here from other nlnces. The dec-
otntion8 promise to suipnBB all previous
eliorls.
Elbert Warford, of W illamette Uni
versity, returned home this noon. He
is a candidate for mailing clerk again,
with good prospects of securing
the position he filled in a popular posi
tion in the lust legislature, having a
wide circle of friends among the mem
bers elect.
Register: Sterling Foster writes the
Register from St Louis, Missouri, that
Oregon apples sell there at (10 cents a
dozen with demand increasing 100 per
cent per year according to grocery and
fruit men. The whole country wants
Oregon apples and there is a demand
for all we can grow.
Miss Margaret Templeton, of Pnr'
Innd, recent Ivgra.iuatcd from Denmnn'ii
School for Young Women, at San Fran
ciso. She was tho younghest in the
class, and yet received tho mortal for
the highest scholarship grade. Her
mother, Mrs. Chas. Templeton, is a
former Albany young lady, a grnduato
of Albany college.
Harry Hastings, one of the members
of the Columbia Park boys club ot San
Francico, while bathing in i,liicngf'
yesterday, where be was with the club,
dove in a tank at a natitorium and
failed to come up. He was fojnd
drowned, dying (rom heart disease
Tho Club mis in Albany several months
ago.
Frank U. Tichenor, recently in Alb
any at an W. O. W. meeting, manager
for Oregon, and J. L. Roberts will
pitch quotis for the championship of the
world at the state fair next September.
Tichenor claims the championship of
the world, but Roberta does also, and is
the only man who has horetofuri
beaten Tichenor. Tichmnr defeated
the champ'ont of England, Scotland and
Canada and i iversl of the beat men tn
the U. S .
urn
Absolutely Pure
Tho only baking powder
made from Royal Crape
Cream of Tartar
No Alum, No Lime Phosphate
A WINTER
TOURNAMENT.
Corvallis is to have a big firemen's
tournament on Jan 2nd, mude possible
tty its new paved streets. All the bus
iness houses are to close in the after
noon for it. It will be run by Jack
Milne, master ot ceremonies, J. li.
Wells ollicial time keener. Caut. Rob
inson. Dave Ostium. J. B. Iivitre
judges, Muyor Johnson reforeo, and
1 nomas Graham starter.
The contests are to be a wet test for
time, extension ladder drill, a 50 yard
bidder race, ladder taising contest, life
saving race, rescuing dummy from top
of building, three man hose race, tug;
of war and some humorous stunts The
prizes will be hair brushes, picket
knives, razors, etc. given by the merch
ants. News
from Albanys
Trains.
Six Early;
A boy about eighteen years of ago,',
with dirty hiinds, but pretty good
clothes, bought n ticket for Halsey,
paying 55 cents, and had 10 cents left.
He was on his way buck to his home at
San Francisco, which he ran away from
in February 1909, going to Los Angeles,
and then to Salt Lake, Ogden, Pocn
tello, Numpit, La Grande and other
places along tho way, remaining at
some of them for somo time, working
lit dilfcrent things. Just now ho had
some collar buttons ho was selling, and
he cal'ed those who bought his friends.
A ragged life, and not much encourage--muiit
for thu boy with simp.
E. C. Roberts canio down from his
farm und orchard. It is locuted on the
i old abutidonud railroad of tho S. P. ru--I
nine from Tallman to Crobtroo. 'flu
truck is used now for shipping produce
out occasionlly, a good ninny car louds
in the veur, und Roberts says the old
bridge could have been rebuilt to stay
just as well as the new one.
Mr. Kuw, of Fall City, returned homo
after a visit at the home of his brother-in-law,
Mr. iMcTitnmpnds and other
Linn county relatives.
Chas. M. Straus, tho commercial,
traveller loft on his regular trip down '
the road, ufter the holiday vucation,.
season. .3
Lawyer S. M. Garlund arrived from:
Lebanon with a puckugo of deeds and:
other legal documents.
Barney Martin arrived from Browns
villo. Returned from Texas.
J. K. Huight returned this noon from
Texas, where he spent several months,
with Austin as his headquarters, in the
interest of tho Spaulding buggies and
automobiles. He reports things pretty
well dried up all through the south,,
with business in a somewhat had shape..
It seems mighty good to an Orogonian
to get hack here and Bee the green
things after bein where every thing
looks brown and seer. Mr. Haight will ,
remain here until further orders from
tho factory,
College Mirth.
for a b-eath of college life, for an
evening under the magic influence uf
mirth, melody, song, and Btory, for an
hour to think and dream about after
ward, the place to go is the program
given ny the Willamette University
Glee Club which will be given tomor
row night, Seats on buIo at Wood
worth's Drug Storo.
A Uood Business Straw.
mmm
The end of thia Much, post office your,
Mairh lil, will aeo thu Albany poet ullice
in (be $20,000 cIhhh, tn improvement
that will npoak for the commercial in
tereflta of the city. Thi monch has
tiven a iroo i one, nlmo'tt $2ti()0 for tho
hhI of BtumpH alone. This is (over a
$"0,000 pace, ritia to a larKOjholiday
lnnTale; hut it will be a regular
t lllla.
.111
The Weather.
Range of temperature 46-39.
'I he river is 4 8 fe-t.
The rainfall waB .68 Inch.
Prediction, showers.
KIWZ
The Mexican rebels yestorday met
vl'h another defimt. It will be thus
mil they are about wiped out.
A banquet Is to be given by lawyers
the Hotel Marion, Salem, toilght, a
..veil afTa r In honor of Judge Burnett.