ALBANY BEAT MEDFORD. Albany high continued its winning gaic by defeating Medfurd last night in u fast game 34 to 17. a decisive vic tory against the "strong team of the high school of that city, the plans for which were made by an Albany man. Tonight they will play Ashland and then Roseburg's D. Co. before meeting Cottage Grove. Suit Case of Whiskey ' A suit case at the deoo'. this noon caused considerable amusement. It had been sent from Salens as baggage and evidently handled roughly for whiskey was pouring out of the corners in floods, spreading out over the flior of the baggage room, making it smell like a saloon. A man does well to carry his whiskey suit casev and gene rally does. The 0. A. C, is to have show next Friday. l big poultry NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT. In the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Linn. In the matter of the estate of Al'iheus Nordyke, deceased. Notice is hereby. given that the un dersigned, Administratrix of the above entitled estate, has heretofore, on the 6th day of February, 1911, tiled her Final Account in the above entitled estate; that the above entitled court has made an order and decree setting and fixing the 13th day of March, 1911, at the hour of two o'clock in the after noon of said .day? in the County Court rnnm of the Countv Court of the State of Orenon for the County of Linn, which said court room is in the County Court House at Albany, Linn County, Uregon, as tne time ana tne 'nlnte for the hearine of said Final Ac count and any and all objections, if any there be, and the settlement there of.' All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified to be present at said time and place and make ODjec tions to said Final Account, if anj thev have. Dated at Albany, Uregon, tins llmi day of February. 1911. ANNA MARY XORDYKE, . Administrator of the Estate of Al pheus Nordyke, deceased. (MONDAY.) ALBANY'S THE BEST. BASKET BALL. The Alco club basket ball team Sat urday nieht were defeated bv the crack team of the 0. A. C. 24 to 10, making I a ru,l aknmini, nn-ainer lha fust Jltrirr- I gation. The team work of the farmers !. Miss Belle Slate spent Saturday and TANGENT i TUESDAY. Mr. Blevins has returned from Port land Melvin Lemmons has been on the sick list the last week. A few weeks ago the Albany Cem- is very ' effective. Their long passes mprrial Club answered a letter of in- with a man readv for them count. quiry from Miss Phila Lee Robinson, of Nevertheless the Albany boys continual- Wvomimr. Ohio Toaav a letter was received from Jus. E. Robinson, at-torney-at-law. father of the young lady, in which he declared that the Albany letter was the best among about hfty answers received, all the way from 1) broke up their plays, ihe hrst nun ended 11 to 3, without a field basket by Albany. The next halt was li to , with three field baskets bv the Alcos. George Booley and Park Stalnaker at forward. Gene Dooley at center and Rome, N. Y., through Pennsylvania to ( Torbet and Penland at guard formed Washington. Idaho end Oregon, and the Alco line, a erood one at every puint. was one of two properly addressed. It j was the only one knowing the meaning , of the word somewhere, and contained thedesiredinformationwithoutclaimingi At Eugene the Albany high defeated to be the onlv garden spot, a claim that, the Eugene high 36 to 31 on their own always repelled Mr. Rooinson. He was field. The Register says: The Albany after facts that would stand investiga- tisn. and has selected Walla Walla and Albany among the Northwest cities that will be investigated particularly. He wants a erood home for several days among other things and seemed to like the dry part or Albany. The Bachelor Elks. players seemed to be a little too fast for" the Eugene boys and outplayed them in everv rcsDect. Beeson and M. Bigbee starred for the visitors by their marvellous shooting of baskets, while Koch led the locals in scoring. . This : defeat puts Eugene out of the race for I the 'state championship. Bilyeu otli- ciated as referee and Van Martcr as umpire. Albany's Bachelor Elks held their NeWS From Albany's first annual banauet Saturday evening . at the Elks Temple in the banauet i irainS, room, with a tine menue prepared, it was a jolly crowd and a good time was It naa. It will DC maue an annual event, ,w ... o...jwj nil nannla in unless the vounsr ladies of Oretron do consult Wlth tne Standard Oil people in unless tne young laoies oi uregon uo -.-,,,,, imnrnvaments here. their duty and put tnem into a Benedict r.. , ; , nt in Club. The following are the members, Sf"LjrLl La- most of whom were present: Deputy " !" Y. t,-- District Attorney Gale S. Hill, Fred ollne tank- Weatherford, F. G. Will, Chris A. , .,. t , Vandran, Al. Sternberg, Frank Brrrett, R.R. Com. F. J. Miller, Bert War Harry Schlosser, Clyde Dannals, F. J. ford, the senate's mailing clerk, and Devine, Ed. Barrett, Clair Dawson, Bert Veal and Roy Yates, stenogra Dr W. R. Bilyeu, Wayne Dawson, Jas. phers, returned to Salem to look after H. Curran, Geo. Rolf, L. E. Dyer, ' their various duties. Herman Hoflich, Dr. R. C. Hunt, Bert ! Francis, Fred Ficklin, A. J. Wyatt, 1 Prof Cordley, of theO.A.C, returned Bvron Tavlor. Alfred Abraham, Henry home after a trin to Hood River, where Kirsch, E. L Hunter and A. Z Allen, he made arrangements for the estab- - ' ltshment oi an industrial station. A ! man will be kept there under the O.A. Alkanv in immnn ' C. but oaid for by Hood River orch J ardists, to look after the fruit interests, ; will be made an annual event, Six Earlv W. F. Howard went to Portland to Sunday with her patents Miss Beulah Buler spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents atCorvallis. Active work will beg n on the drama, A Bunch of Roses, at ones. It will be put on at the entertainment Feb. 24. Miss Mae White spent Wednesday afternoon in Tangent, visiting with Mamie Beeson She left for her homo in Idaho Thursday. The Misses Georgia Blevins and Cora Scott nave returned from Corvallis where they have been taking tne short course at the O. A. 0. The Tangent school is to give an en tertainment at the Maccabee Hall Feb. 24. Admission 25c and 33c. An ovster supper afterwards. The best talent has been secured and a large crowd is desired. The proceeds are to be used for the betterment of the schoul. , In spite of the rain Friday, the Tan pent Literary was well attended. The aeoate was decided in favor of the affirmative Thequestion was: Resolved that we should exclude all Asiatics. Tne speakers on the affirmative were Herbert Driver, Bert Langdon and Carl Driver, tin the negative Mr. Brown. Paul Diiver and Fred Forester. Good arguments were put up on each side BIRTCHET WAS FIRST. The oratorical contest at Presyteriao church last night to select a represent ative of Albany College to the siate oratorical contest at Eugene, was attended by a small audience. well repaid by a program of rare merit. There THOSE WHO PASSED. Following is a list ef teachers pass ing the recent examination: First-Ethel Oirlesbee. Chas. S. C anning. Nora E Kemp, D. N. Will iamson, w. J. Green- 2nd grade. Beatrice DeVaney, Mary A. Hannah, Edna R. Blevins, G. C. Nance, Hazel Rolfe, Ethel O. Eakin. Vernita Earl, Mury Bell Martin, Zeta were three contestants, who presented A, Prichard. Marion Harrison. Huber orations on popuiur sunjec.s that i G. Lee, vVatdo H. Morgan, B. G. appealed to the audience, any one of j Thompson, Walter K. Wood, I. V, which would do credit to tho college. Kane. Grover Birtchet was given first place I Third grade. Edna Russell, Ruth with a strong oration, well delivered, Siih, Frank Allen, Margaret N. onNaiionalConservation.oneof the most Sutherland, Ruth Alton Gleason, Sarah important subjects before the public. , Bradshaw Halbert B. Hawken, Elsie Miss Lucille Hart was second and was Jones, Edith M. Olson, aonointed delegate to the state conven- j Primaries. Mae Roberts, Mattie E. tion. Her subject was Tho Husks. Nedry. Edna M..Reblam. Miss Ruth Smith presented On Middle The highest average was that of GSund.' , r, . .' . Vernita Earl 92 5-11, with G. C. Nance Tne judges were Prof. C ark of the seennrl t s a.i l u. u., iiarry j. Kounds ot the I'ortland Y. M any 0. A. and Father Lane of. Alb- borne excellent music was (riven. Miss Olmsted performing well while the judges were deliberating. There were eight failures. WON AGAIN. Death ot Joe Claik. Ausical Reception. Jos. Clark died in Portland last night at the age of 52 years, of asthma and a complication of diseases. He was born in Illinois, and came with his folks to Albany about thirty fivo years ago. He was married here to Miss Flora Cowan, who with a son and daughter survive him. SimmnnB Mncrn7.ini nf Npw York. any has been received with a splendid illus-1 trated wnteup of Albany, prepared by i a lady here last fall. Two Albany street scenes, two strawberry patches, a stock farm, a residence scene showing the home of J. H. Simpson and others near him. a river steamer and a Chinese and narticularlv Dests. This first one of the kind in the N . W. the Mrs. F. E. Allen and son of Marsh- field, left for home, after several weeks visit at Albany and Lebanon. Ihey went to Portland, there ta ins the Break wfter for an ocean voyage down the coast. Marshfield DeoDle will re- pheasant are shown. The wri'eup is an joice when a railroad is built out to the excellent one. It declares that Albany valley. tary of the union at Portland. He re sided at Albany c good many years, going from here to Portland to reside about httcen years ago. He was a brother of Mrs. D. S. Sm'th, Mrs. W. A. Cox ana Mrs. G. W. Young, of this city. He was a memrer of the Knights of Pythias, a man well liked and leaves many old-time friends in Albany who will regret hearing of his death - tsy nis own request his body will be cremated tomorrow, with funeral ser vices at the crematory in Portland. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. : is not slow, bub conservative and that Notice is hereby given that the un-j there is no class distinction here and the dersigned was, on the 6th day of Feb- icity is dry.' ruarv, 1911, by order of the County Court of Linn County, Oregon, duly made and entered of record, duly ap . pointed administrator of the estate c f Katherine Mliller. decerned. All per sons having claims against the estate of said deceased are hereby notified to present the same with proper vouchers. within six months from ths date of this notice to the undersigned Administrator of said estate at his office, in Albany, in Linn County, Ore gon. Dated this 7th day of February, 191 1. j H. H. hthAVll 1, Administrator. Death of Mbs Lizzie bidders. Miss Lizzie Ridder. died last night at Rev Esson went to Portland. Harry Hawkins left on a Salem Trip William and Chas. Holloway went to corvallis. Robert Shinn, O.A.C. student, re turned to Corvallis. Lawyer Allen, of Eugene, arrived on a short business trip. Dr. muck uenney, ot rortiano, re- the ho:re of her mother, Mrs. Bertha- turned home after a visit with his Dar- iviuu-sio, urai ouvci. 01.0 woo a ents Mr. and Mrs. jonn Liennev. hereof the Catholic church, a young lady of splendid character and attain ments. The funeral servi.es will bo held at the residence Wednesday, February 15, at 2 p. m,. to which iriends are invited. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. To all whom it may concern: Notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern that the undersigned 111. W. D. Hixter left this noon for the ocean. Ward L. Hull, of Champaign, was in the city. has filed his final account in the mat- 1 th it ,hia nnnn ' - ter of the estate of N. G. McDonald, deceased, in the county court of Linn county, Oregon, and said court has fixed the 6th day of March, 1911, at the hour .of 9 o'clock a. m. of said day as the time for hearing and settling all objections to sa'd account, therefore, all persons having any objection to said account are hereby notified and required to appear and file the same in said court on or before said last men- Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Milloy of Scan- poose spent Sunday in Albany visiting elatives. The new Adventist church being built onAVest 6th St. is. now ready for the shingling. Mrs. F. J. Horton of Hillsboro, has been visiting with her- parents Elder and Mrs. I. G. Knight, the past week. An operation was performed yesterday The Misses McKnight .returned to Jefferson. Miss Gertrude Reeves, of Lebanon returned to Willamette University at Salem, after a visit home. Miss Hazel Rolf returned from a visit with her folks in Eugene. Misses Leila Patton and Nancev Ral ston returned from a Sunday visit with their folks in rlalsey. tioned date. Dated this 3rd day of upon Elmer Warford, for appendicitis, rebruary, lyll. ana ne is auing wen. A. R. McDONALD, Miss Edna Acheson, of the U. O., Executor of said estate, spent Sunday at the home of her grand W. R. BILYEU, Atty for Executor, i father, M . Acheson. , M iss Pearl S evens, of Eugene, re turned home last night after a visit with Miss Elsie Bain. Born at the home of S W. Ross, Saturday, Feb. 11, to Mr. and Mrs Maurice Fairbairn. a girl. Ysterday was the birthday of Lincoln, EXECUTRIX NOTICE. To all whom it may concern: Notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern that the undersigned has filed her final account in the mat ter of the estate of Henry A. Cleek, deceased, in the county court of UmlfJ"1 county, Oregon, and that said court tributes were paid tb his memory has fixed Monday, the 6th day of March, 1911. at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. of said date as the time for hear ing and settling all objections to said account. Therefore, all persons hav ing any objection to said account are hereby notified and required to file the same in said court on or before said last mentioned date. Dated this 27th day of Januarv, lWll. SARAH M. CLEEK, Executrix of said estate. V. R. BILYEU, Atty. for Executrix. REFEREE'S SALE. Notice is hereby giv.cn that the un dersigned referee will on Monday, the 13th day of February, 1911, at the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon, at the front door of t!:c Court House, in the City of Albany, Linn County, Oregon, pursuant to the decree and order of sale duly made and entered in the Cir cuit Court of the State of Oregon, for Linn County, on December 6, 1910, in that certain suit pending in said Court, wherein John Shaffer is plaintiff and William Bilyeu is de fendant, sell at public auction, to the highest and best bidder for cash in hand subject to confirmation by said court, all the right, title and interest of the above named plaintiff and de fendant in the following described nremises, to-wit: The north one-half of the northwest one-fourth of the northeast one-fourth of section 2, Tp. 12 south range 1 W. of the Will. Mer. in Linn County, Oregon. C. E. SOX, Referee. C. C. BRYANT. Attv for plaintiff. First publication January 13, 1911. Last February 10, 1911. L. L. Swan retnrned thi noon from Newport. The breakers yesterday were immense, breaking most of the dvkes. L L. Potts and mother yesterday te turned fnim Long Bench, Calif m. Potts did not like it there at all Thev have rented a house at C'alapoi.ia and Ninth and will remain rere. F.ugen" Curd. A number of high -ch'til girls gave a farewell party th'F jfierroon to Miss Bernice Inges, whi went to Albany today with her father, to reside. Mr. and Mrs. R S. Shaw returned this noon from Salem. Mr. Shaw Sat urday rt turned from a tri to Lo? Angeles looking after the branch yat: of the Curtis Lumber Co. Mr. Chas. McCulloueh. of Fo'tlnm', head man with Tull" & Gihbi. of Port land, Bpent Sunday with his folks in this city. Mr. McCulloueh as recently in the east buying extensively for his firm. Newport and Hornbach are reportert to have bought the lot at the corner of Lyon and Tenth str et, of the street car people. It is now occupied tw them, the street bar.i and T. W. Hornback's real estate office. It wnl always be a va'uable property. J. E. Cochran, section foremen at this city has just received a gold medal for having the best kept section alone the line during 1909, then along Leona and Bowell Springs. Can he make the same record with the Albany section. . Through an advertisement In the Oregonian A. Linguist of San Jose, has imit been able to find his son Edward Linquist, lost for for couple of years. He was residing on the farm of Claud Davis south-east of this city. Mr. Lin quist formerly resided in Corvallis. Albany College. Tuesday is registration day for" th second semester. 1 The seventh number in the Collec Lecture course is Gilbert A., Eldridge, Impersonator, Friday, Feb.' 17. Mr. Eldridge is a very great attraction tie has a record of brillicnt successt-t on the platform. Alban , College local oratorical con test, preliminary to the state oratorical contest to be held this year at Eugene, will be held tonight at the Presbyterian cnurcn. Grover Birtchet will delivt:; an oration on National Conservation Lucile Hart on The Husks: and Ruth Smith on Middle Ground. The judgi , will be Father Lane of Albany. Harold J. Rounds of the Portland Y. M. C. A., and a third one probably from the U O. There will be special music. It is desired that the contest begin at 7:45. Albany high school last night contin ued its winning strenk by defeating Rosoburg 55 to 20 in a game showing tho nnlpnrlid niRttlf nnrl pypallpnt-. Iruin A receptii-n will be given by the Civic ing of the Albany boys, lmprovemen' Club at the beautiful The game with Cottage Grove was hnmn nf Mm W. P PfnifTAr nn RmnH. nostnoned until the return nf the Al- ialbin and Sixth, on Thursday afternoon, bany team from Klamath Falls, where The program is in the hands of Mrs. they will play tomorrow night, tonight I Prof. Flo, which in-ures a delightful playing at Ashland. Klamath Falls treat. Albany sustains the unviable gives $100 for the game. who reputaton of having a people greatly appreciate high 'class music, and in these receptions .an effort will be made to gratify this taste. A cordial invitation is extended to all ladies to spend a most enjoyable after- News from Albanys Trains. Six Early He was a brick mason by noun and help on a cause in which all ouin be interested. Refreshments will be served and 25c fund. Sheriff and Mrs. Smith and W. A. Cox went to Portland to attend the fu neral of .Vrs. Smiths brother, Joe charged, which goes into the park Clark, to be' held at the crematory thisi fund. 'fi- The Legislature. This is the last week of the legisla ture, with an immense siL'ht to do. The house is far behind thi senate. The senate has disposed of the good roads bill, the eight hour law, the publicity commission and the state purchasing board, which the house will tackle this i week. Today was to be devoted to the roaas bill. A good many bills have passed h th houses, but many of them are local affairs, such as fixing salaries of county and other otlices a Hood or them. The governor ras signed seven bills. including the $50,000 appropriation for the Astoria centennial. Friday night at 12 o'clock will close the session. It was reported that today the gov ernor would v to the bill of Bowerman for an assistant secretary of state, and certainly should do so. A farewell Reception. Mrs. Maggie Cameron last night gave a reception at her home in honor of Mr. Carl Thunnemann, enjoyed by a live crowd of young people, mostly fellow clerks in the Hamilton Store. Mr. Thunneman in a few days will go to Eureka, Calif ., where he has accepted a position. He has made good in an eminent manner as decorator and adver tising specialist in the Hamilton Store, and as well has made many warm personal friends who will regret seaing him leave Albany An as expression of appreciation he was presented with an alligator hand bag. G. 'W. Pennebaker left for Portland , to attend a state convention of Oregon nurserymen Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. An important gathering of men in the interest of one of the stato's best industries. Commissioner Butler went up to Gooch on the C. & E. on bridge busi ness. Commissioner Butler wants to see the legislature pass a good roads bill, but like, a good many others is not impressed with the one that was hatched in Portland, full of jobs and in the interest-of automobilists. The P 0. Building. The Wether, Range of temperature fur 24 hours 44-32. Rainfall .46 inch. "Che river is 6 3 feet. Prediction: rain or snow tonight and tomorrow. John Wills went to Corvallis. I Fred Kerr, the druggist, left on a Portland trip. Chas. Hunter, son of Mrs. Vea Can non, of Greshnm, left for home after a Linn county visit. W. B. Chance left for the hills be vond Lebanon to inHDect some mills." Lawyers Garland and TU.ssing arrived from Lebanon and Brownsville. Dr. Prill, of Scio, roturnod homo A 1 tter "eceived hv Ihe Commercial Club today fr m Congr- ssman Hawlov states that .the nri.liminarv nlans nre being drawn, to be submittnd to the nftcr a trip twelve miles boyond Cor- cabinet officials, when drawings will vallis to visit a patient. follow and it 1 1 probable bids will be Dr. Davis wont out Lebanon way to advertised for the last nf the summer, visit a patient. It is somethinc liat tlPS to take Its, J. A. Bilyou returned to Scio. course, th-'.'s nil, I Tom Young roturnod to Lebanon to complete the painting of the interior ot u 4 'the new M. E. church. Mrs. J. J. Collins is spending the Week in Corvallis, attending O.A.C. Mrs. C. Mo-dhorst, of Portland. Ib Visiting with Dr and Mrs. W. A Cox. Mrs; P. T. Wentwor'th. of- Ashland, is visuing at tne nome or ner racner in. law T. J. Wentworth. i Mrs. Sophronin Rooinett, of Salem. Tom Bi'yeu's Cash Changer. H. M. Byllesby & Co have purchased !f ?ff?r h" been made to' the electric light plant at Coburg ISSt" Missionary Program. The Woman's 1 issionarv Societv o the First Presbyterian church held i s its unnuai praise service WaBt evening The following program was given; The Westminister Guild Miss Am Olmsted. The North Pacific Boaid-Mrs. E. 1' Bradley. Causes for praise: The Jubilee Ye i Miss Flora Madon. The Home r'h-l -Mrs. F. II. Uesi-.braeht. The Olio. -Mrs. H. N. Bo.iley. Solo Mrs. Hans Fin. Rf view for 191U-Mrs. F. H. Gese. bracht. Duet -Mrs. Hans Flo and Ea Fortmiller. The program was an inspiring on and comment was free that the larli had done excellently. A thank off. r ing was taken. Lancr & Co. have leased Dronertv for a branch wholesale house in Eugede. The residence of Grant Williamson, in Benton county was hurned a few days ago. Under a bill redistricting Oregon, Linn will have one senator and only two representatives. Mrs. Alice Dodd of Salem, formerly of Albany, is now in tgypt. bhe wi go from there to Naples. Goorge Myers, of Salem. Saturday was sentenced by Judge Kelley one to fifteen years. A big effort was made to secure a parole. Robert L. Uuiss, of Woodburn once --in Albany boy, and Miss Helen Ale Kinney, a teacher, were married at Woodburn Saturday evening. On an investment of $80 last sd "ne (leo. Hall of Oakland, Or., has cleaned op $7i 8. 35 above expenses, and has Silver Threads Wednesday. Next Wednesday comes "Silv Threads" a play of New England Li in four acts by Martin V. Merle. The Btory of the play is founded ni the old familiar song of our Father', time, "Silver Threads Among the Gold,' the memory of which has benn k r.i green ana is incidentally sung during the first act by Richard J. Jo who will be well remembered by In former connection with Minstrels, "Tt -Old Homestead" and In vaudevilv Mr. Jose last season, for the firm tim in bis career of nearly a quarter rf century took up the legitimate draiu as a means to give to the phbhc, nn his many admirers, the familiar ballxr and hymns, the singing of which liu: made him famous. A renresentntive of tho U. S. Cashier Co., of Portland, has been in the city this week with one of the money changers of Tom ttilytu, a native of this county. The machine is a wonder- to in fka m B ..idt .tu i 4 lul one, uuiHz tnuKS mat appeal 10 ine MrT W B Chance 818ter' , business man on sight. Bilyeu is said aara. rt. u. finance. 'nil.,.nnunl.nMnvi - hi- i. An effort has been made to' got the vention. maklntr him a rich man. He obirci.:, grauuaiea irom tne u. A. u., wnere ne 1 got the training that made the invon- Prof. C. H. Palmer, arrived this tion possible. The Company is pushing noon to look after his Alhinv stud nts, the sale of tho machine and. is said to accompanied by Mrs. Palmer. have orders amounting to a quarter of Formtr Chief of Police L. W. Bob- mil ion ajiead. it will be added to aim inu buiu mauo B universal one hi 11. meets a demand for quick work in a fast age that strikes every business man at sight. Th Great No t en Car. ertson died at Portland vesterday. He was chief under Mayor Pennoyer. Enormous police grafts are being dis covered in Seattle. The modern nnlice X system is to receive piy for protecting II vice. Vale seems to be a newspaper grave yaro. uotn papers there have gone to ... . ., the wall. One run the other out, and Th" 0reKon exhibit car. of the Great then was shipwrecked itself. 1 Northern, containing a Linn county ex- J.A.Howard left this afternoon for 117 71. S ..ST. " Amity, where H. L. Jones, father of mrs. Howard, a prominent there, is lying critically ill. George Myers of Salem has appealed i his case nd is out on bail. A pardon I will be asked. hy shouldn't Myers go to jail the same as any one else, if 164 60 wor.h of turkeys left lor a!,,iliu start for the coming year. i Th ..,: .t.. n,t Saterday evening a yard engine on 1 from TiliamooK to !!mnnn Rlvor naa the S. P. end an electric car collided at wrecked yesterday -nd six men on First street and Hawthorne ave , Port- board drowned on'v ,mo l...in.r uun,i and, and FraiiK Boone w.is killed urn! the pntrlnnnr " live or six injured. r,vornor w.t vna,-,tv votn,i ,u Elinor GIjiiii, author of Three '.Vwk ; bill providing for an asstHtant secretary he must Jii'nsatioiial novei of thH nee. f ui.it. nml i i -r,.Mt f. ias arrived in New York from Eu op '. ! thus ounctnrlnir nno nf f hn linwnrman ihe is preparing a religious novel. It j nchemes for getting even with every vill evidently be a warm number. body. Mayor Dilliug of Seattle is pulling c0 p. j. prier, for miny years ne lid oown in a manner Hut w,.l editor of the Walla Walla Htatesm n, uit the women wb elected him. now of Poit ami, went to Toledo this fnoy want a reasonably clean city am fternoon, for some hard work on his .na are to bo c immenac-j ror in-jir , f;irrnj hoping it will help a serious case mercial Club, is at Atlanta, III., today. Inmnrrnm i? tvtll Km af Mlntow ot M..L. pioneer jmRW on tho i6thi Morlon 17tn Peolla i loin, bondon mills the zuth, Little York the 21st, Keithsburg 22nd, then into Indiana, at Morning Sun the 23rd, Winfield tho 24th, Richland 25.h, Hid rick 2-Uh, Fremont 28th. If any one has fri -nds at any of the places it would te proper to write them to visit tho car. At Marshall, Mich., sample, 2,000 people visited it and Wil lamette and Rogue River Valleys we e particularly asked about, jmarids. Tho cmmprcial club nf Corvallis i raising 3500 hnnus fur the location of he Thorpe Truck Manufacturing it that city. The First National he d-t-d tho liol with t l'iO, Benton National 5300. Tho clock will he stopped F iday night to give the legislature rnor. time; out any one with sense knows ma' Hopping the clock doesn't stop the time. 12 o'clock is 12 o'clock just the tame reuardless of the clock in the itate house. California is seeking to secure a con stitutional amendment that shall pre vent the reversing of cases on techmcil Lies. A cood thing. iudve. though, should never allow technicality to rule. The supreme oench should be made of d Ife.ent stulf. of lumbago. Mr. Goo. Brown, who has sold tiin proptrty near this city, left this alter no.n for Walla Walla, whore ho is at work in a cracker factory and bakery. His brother. W. J. Brown wi'l live on a place recently bought by him, near Eugene. Lunt Salurdny evening a very pleas ant surprise party was given in honor -f Mins Vera Taylor at her home on !-;.-i-t hirst street. A delightful time was had with music, etc. Refresh mer ts wereserved. It was Miss Vera's hinhilay and those who helped her eel' luate were: Golda Yates, Agnes Will Dnllv Rnmlinov Ifoilh Van A level headed j W nkle, Glenn Taylor, Harry Taylor, Ktune uowuo, can ianneia. Darwin ( i rnegie, Glen Willard ana George S rine. In the City. L. T. Woodword, Salein. C. W. Bean, Salem. Hugh B. Ksson, Portland. L. W. Josse, Salem. C. A. Dobell, Corvallis. Chas, F. Ilammon, Ouray, Colo. The Weather. Rnii"o of temperature 39-J0. RaiiifaW .40 inch. The river 7.1 feet. Prediction: fair tonight and Wednes. day. Urann Ball At Grand Prarie Grange Hail No. 10 Friday Feb. 17. Music hv Purl-hart . orchestra. Gojd supper. OABTOTllA. IWtM yllw Kind In Haw Ahmars totgH