OBSTRUCTION OF IMPROVE MENT. As Viewed by a Eugene Paper. -Eugene Guard: There is said to be a movement on foot to enjoin the city from paving Lrlain streets, for which contracts j have been let. We do not know who ( is back of the suit but it is safe to say i 4hat they will be property owners who ! are well able to pay for the improve-j miMit of their property. That is near- j ly always the case in a growing cily like Eugene. While it must be ad-' mitted that the cost of public work' frequently works a hardship upon . small property owners, it is the wcl1-to-do, non-progressive citizen who generally goes into the court to delay ( or prevent the progress of improve-1 mcnt work, men who generally main tain shacks on their properly, and grow wealthy in the increase of values which is the direct result of the labors and enterprise of their neighbors. Such ' property owners are a strong argu ment in favor of the principle of the single-tax on land and the exemption , of improvements. If you find a com munity where such persons are in the majority yon have a town where noth- I ing grows except moss on the rofs and grass in the streets. Where they are in the minority, as in Kugcnc, they annoy and hamper ihose who are will ing to spend their money and their energy in building up a city and mak ; jng it a desirable place of rc-idence, ' Money is not wasted which is spent an hard surface pavement, cement side walks and other permanent improve ments. It increases the value of every piece of property in the city. The if lea of public improvement should not be carried to the extreme, working a , hardship upon the people, hut it .should he a fixed, conservative policy, .keeping pace with the growth of the .town, itist as ' Kngene is carrying it .out. We have done no paving for over two years and there is a demand Ifor it from a majority of the people along many streets. These progres sive people should not be coerced by cou-t action to accept the retrogres sive views of those who have contrib uted to the growth of the community only as they have been compelled to. RUNNING A CITY. The following from the San Fran cisco Examiner contains much worth being digested by the people of every cily, big and small. A city is often judged by the men elected in it to oflice. Had officials always give a city a black eye, and good ones arc always a booster for it. Hut here is the ar ticle: The selection of a Mayor and of the other officers of the administration is, after all, chiefly a business mutter. It is of mi particular importance to the great bulk of San I'Yaneiseo's citizen ship whether one i)iau or another holds a job as mayor or any other of lice. The ftteslioii is of getting work done- of having our buildings , built, our schools put up and well run, the city prnlctccd from fire, the safety of life and property assured, the vicious and criminal elements overawed and order and decency preserved; our streets well paved and kept clean, our buihlinglaws enforced that light mid air and sanitary conditions may pre serve the health of the people who dwell beneath the roofs of San Fran cisco; good transportation enforced that our workers may get to and from their homes speedily and in comfort in short, the city housekeeping done in a way that will make San Francisco a pleasant place in which to live and do business. The voters have decided that M.r. Rolph is much the. fitter to get these things done for the citizens than any other candidate. The election of Mr. Kolph will give confidence to the men of San Francis co that the cily is to go energetically to work to prepare for the great fu ture thai lies within its grap. Hut, even more, it will give in other cities and states the confidence in our capac ity and character that has been lack ing. It will help to our rehabilitation In the eyes of the world. The fact that we have not deserved the low rcp titalion that has been fixed upon r.s does not make it any less important that we should shake it off when pos sible. And the election of a true, clean and cflicient citizen like Mr. Rolph to represent us will be taken by the world as notice that San Francisco is not the foul place that its critics have itroelaimed. It U notice tha t San 'raneisco is a place into which men may bring their money and their fam ilies and be safe. FRIDAY. Man of Mystery Arrives. Secrets are not safe. Albany people ImviiiK socrt'tA had hotter padlock thvm us Hiehurd Hnle it in the city. This man has created no end of excitement and comment throughout tho leading cities, hs buttled tho police foreon of two continent and Htmtied the entire Bcientittc world by his wonderful p -worn of mental Hcieneo and tolepiilhy. Mr. Halo while hero will answer (vov ot charge nny ami nil question from the Bta(;o ot the l)i eiimlaiul tltratre. The intentions must ht tiled and left ut (he box nl!icc. Tne first three nights of his onongeuient hero he will olfer tho grout block spirit ciibinet mystery, t.ound uowu helpless with ropes. IimmI eutVed, phuekh'd and chnine l, ho given n most wonderful exhibition. A eoinniiiteo of relinbloeitiicenitw.il be on the stage during tho entire performance. Pon't miss tht opening night. No ndvaiico in prices. That Santiam t5riotc. IVnple re wondering how i: will be possible for truins on the Oregon Klee trie to i each Albany by January 1 when a bridge cannot lv co t, Icied for some time ntier then Knsy n luh A safe temporary bridge wul bet uui. of wood and hIhu used fur false work tor the permanent structure. If tne weather la reasonably grd duriog (V , NYv. and Dec , look out fur ears I y VM I The Democrat. The Daily Delivered, 10 cents f. week; in advance for one, year, 4.0" iy mail, in advance for one year $3, at ind of year $:i.50. The Weekly Advance per year $1.25. At end of year $1.50. Alter 3 yes-TS at 12. SATURDAY NIGHT THOUGHTS. Turkey and Italy in beginning war proceedings are the leading world's event of the week. They have been having some trouble over Tripoli, and are now bristling up to each other like a couple of -roosters with lead galTs. It may amount to something; but it should not. There is absolutely tin cfnSf in n mllnle OI liatlOHS CICIIO- . ; cr.-.n-ly going to war these modern days i.f arbitration, In the U. S. the trip of the president has attracted wide attention bccaiHC , of his candidacy for reelection. Just as soon as a man is elected he begins running for reelection, and, under the present system that's about all the of lice amounts to politics, more than service. There should be one term on independent service. The beginning of a big; strike of the T7...1.. -.....! u I) CI. ....... .... .... ,,,..., of immensreonn'-uru.-cmt-ry; one that is liable to be far reaching in its effect, perhaps involving iu the cud many more than at the start, and, if may be a light to the hnish, one hat bound to conic and be settled sonic way, and should be. 1 An ctcction at San hrancisco this week has attracted national attention because of the great moral issue in volved. San h'raneisco has had the k I reputation of having about lhc rotlcn- est government in the U. S.. and peo- pic everywhere were intensely :ntcr- ested in seeing a hangc. It has come, I a 1 1 1 1 ii muhh uic an .lu.iiwiiiiiK. mn and it looks like an awakening: but will it be permanent . ami will it amount lo much in a cily of only 12,tX)0 cliim-h members out of a population of half a million. It U doubtful, I This week the Albany cily council , granted lis fourth gas plant franchise. 'All the others have been more hot 'air than gas. ami the Uemocrat has not fullv settled which this will be. ' I A little mixing of 1'ortlanders and ! Albanvites this week was one of local' interest, an enjoyable social event tb:it mav amount to" something in a busi- ness way, 4 Tn nntimiat ort bnse hall U nmv nn its autumn legs, while foot ball is get ting on the gridiron, indoor base ball, faM and furious, is starting, and the basket ball is about ready for the toss ing. Some kind of sport seems neces sary for modern existence, and there is certainly plenty of offering. A reas onable amount of it is good for the ' plavcr and the observer. ! A scientist this week obtained a lit tle of notoriety by declaring that the immortality of the soul is a myth, lie has figured it all out; but lie has not, and cannot. It is beyond the ken of the scientist, Holy writ throws the 'lalcmcut back iu his teeth, and a su preme Kaith tells of life everlasting. Like one Tom Paine he may get a day's notice, and that is all. And brought to Valley for Care Rdieit Tronson, a quarter blood SiU-tz Indian, was brought to tho valley from Newport, for care, with a ferious bullet wound in his hip. Ho was at the mouth cf the Silc-tz fishing, when a couple piinnerv fishermen engaged m a drunken row. and were shouting nt each other with rules, when one of them in hia drunkenness turned on Tronson who was w atching the tight and b gnu shooting at him. and a big bullet went eh ar through his Ought, smashing the boinv The shooter tl si and Tronson was hrovifht cut fur hospital treatment. A dispatch Knid he wan hrought to AUuny, but this was a mistake. The Weather. Kange of temperature t9 40 The river is 1 8 fei-t, having risen some. I'redietior.: oeeasioni! rain tonight or Si'turdny. GOV WE&T Says Hell Can't Stop the from Prevailing. Right Gov. West is at least having plenty of experience these days over his honor system policy, and he will be backed generally by most people, though whacked by the politician. He believes in triving the man down a chance. realizing that after ail he is no worse than half the men-out of the peniten- tiary. Here is what he said in Portland to a Journal man: i nave no pomicai amumons ne said with unUBual warmth my ilchv- ment of the convicts has lost me most - ...UH rf ntf nnhtinn fnonrld hut id iruimmr me friends among the business men and taxpayers. "I expect something to happen; 1 ex- pect to bo crucilied because of this. But in spite of opposition 1 will succeed, because it is right, and all bell can't OKI), IIIU. "I don't intend to be a candidate for senator. I will not be. I wouldn't make acood sciutor. There are dozens of murrfic-tter than I, who can go to Washington' wear plug hats and frock coats and play potter with the other senators. 1 want to stav in O n - t n e i can wiLii liiu oeupiu L uku, uihi wiiuio i can " "Zt m? 0am$U ' rm of oH.ce oxp r s and noth ng m.in , ,,,. ,,,-. ,lnr,iprt hiwi. if ..,,., t onooaitmn airainat mo should rouse me toomucn. By the Man Aboul Town, ' The Man about Town Inst evening han ni3 jr8t rije on tho Oregon Ulectric. U was on n bicyclo along the grade of the extension uf Water street, east of ucary street, lurougu mo icriiiu iiutk hart field. A couple teams and four-1 teen men were at work among some . stumps, jerking them out with pulleys i and blasting them to pieces where stub b-jrn. Olio held beyond Geary street has been completely graded, only need tag n few more touches. Evening; up uneven land until it can be squinted along is no small job, but that is what : a railroad require, and it has to be J welt done to stand a travel of fifty miles an hour. I The M. A. T. took a look nt tho high ' sehool team in practice on the college (grounds. The boys are doing splendid Work Under the Coach, r'red Newton, of the Home Telephone Co. Newton was tackle on tho famous Michigan team for two years, and made a reputation as a player, competent to handle the Albany nigh, one of the best high school teams in the 11. S , fans here believe better than anything in Portland. The brick work on the new St. Francis Hotel has been completed and the roof is being hurried on before more rain tumbles. It is practically a five story structure. IVoplo are wondering who will get it. There are various rumors. Indoor baao ball has struck the young men of tho town hard. There are prac tice games every hight at the armory and Alco gym. It is a fast atlair, bang, smash and there vmi are. A mud turtle could steal a base, but it takes a quick eye to hit and snappy work to catch nn ntr t u h:,t. Annual Mum Show. Preparations are being made for the annual Chrysanthemum Fair at the Hub in Novomht"-. The eonuniite-! request those expect ing to eyhihit lo report to Mrs. J. V. I'iekover. 1 17 W tilh M . both phones, litving htr some idea of when you think your plants promise to thnver. as the exact d:ite wants to be fixed ut a time when the most mums are at their bes:. .. PEEK INTO HIS POCKET ' . old -how the box of I'.ucklen's Ar j t'.ic.i S.ilvc th.it V. S. l.opcr. a carpen ( ter ot Marill v. , always carries. -"1 h.ic neve: ''it, wound, bruise, ' or ore it wouu. '"ion heal.' he wr i-.itest berf.. if burns. boiN, e.rnls, cli.ipped ban,! xd lips. K'er-sores -.kin-eruption, ecrctnj, co.is r..I piles. J5o at all druggists. STRIKE BEGUN At 10 o'clock today members of the Federated Uuions of Shopmen, on the Htr.iman system, Btruck all along the line. This included 24 men at this city, who promptly at 10 o'clock, under in structions, went out. Both S. P. and C. & E. men in the shop and yards am included, all the men at the shops but foreman Taylor, his son Harry, two hostlers, two watchmen and a black smith, said not to be eligihles. Men will be secured everywhere as fast as possible to take the places, and there is a possibility of sympathetic strikes, making the ourcomeof immense concern to the couDtry. THE OMAHA SHOW A meeting of the Omaha Land Show commissioners, was held at the com mercial club rooms at 10 a. m. today, with Mpesrs Johnson. Groves, Stevens and Moore, of Corvallis, Manager Free man of Eugene, and Messrs. Stewart and Marvin, of this city present. The details of preparing and caring for the exhibit were arranged and preparations made tor taking care ot It at Omaha. - A dispatch from Mr. Holbrook stated that he accepted the appointment as representative. A splendid spirit of union among the valley counties, is one of the best things anout the business. The display will be assembled at this city Thursday and shipped Friday in a refrigerator car. KILLED IN EUGENE R T.-.-.-ii.-t. ai Man Fled "3 num. and Was Captured. An old man named hebert, 80 years 0ift wa8 struck bv a four duor auto driven by F. Jensen, a traveller for a Portland house, this' forenoon, and died 80(m afterwards. Jensen, instead of stopping to tender aid, fled out of the city, which direction was not known men. rt uru was seill in every Uireciiun i i. i. L . i. . . rKi" answer for it. Great indignation pre- vailed in Eugene. NeWS from Albany's SlX Early Trains. No. 10, due at 4:18, arrived a 7:10. Amone the passengers were Mr and J h Tf ,"ia U.UI1L., WHO Weill, oui. to ijeuuiion, wnero they will spend the winter with their . , .. ti , - , . r s.i:i im- Hw..the feeder and owner of the Lebanon electric light plant for a mony year3. MissMiriamBradley.daughter of Prof E. P. Bradlev, principal of the high j school lust year, after a visit with ' Miss Blanche Hummel, went to Browns iville. Prof. Bradley has a position in , the Seattle schools and is now there. They will make that city their 'home the coming year. Mr. and Mrs. Oacnr Ingram of Leba- non, and Air. and Mrs. kverson, or De troit, Mich., out here on a visit arrived on their way to Newport, to see the bijr pond, the hitter's first trip to the facitic ocean. 1 hey are out here see ing things, which look pretty good. Miss Ethel Miller, of Sodaville, t former Albany real estate dealer, ar rived on her way to Gaston, near which piaeu sue aiii icucu nit: luuiiug iuii unu winter. A. C. Drown, Lebanon real estate dealer, went to Portland. Councilman K. 1J. snell lett on a two or three days Portland trip after some pointers. H. T. James left on a Canby visit. Mr. Mid Mrs. R. L. Burnett went to Portland to remain untu Monday, Rev. J. H. Duglas went up the C. & E. to preach tomorrow. (SaMiss Winnie Austin went to Portland for a few days visit with relatives. Mrs. Dr. Littler left foi- Portland for a visit with her parents. Misses Ruth and Martha Montague returned home after an outing at New port. Dr. H. A. Ketchum, of Salem, left for the country to preach tomorrow, having service somewhere every week. Surveyor Hugh fisher left on a Port land trip. Miss Say lor, of the Hamilton Store, returned from Junction, where she at tended the punkiu fair and visited rela tives. Chub Harris, a prominent Western Union man, of Portland, went over to Corvallis on line business. Mr. and Mrs. Royal Shaw went north Mis. J. A. McCullough lett on a Leb anon visit, her first one to that citv. A Kemarkable Auto Accident Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Robertson, of Portland, yesteniny hnd a-fnll of abeut 2tH feet do,vn an embankment near Martinez. Calif. Neither was seriously injured, after the accident walking to a farm house for aid Torning a corner their auto jumpovl off the han't, throw ing them out. and th y struck a hundred feet down in s.me thick bus es, wmch saved tlu-ir lives, roiling about a bun dred feet further. Toe auto turned live somersets and was mashed to splinters. The rseape was a marvelous one. The Weathe- Rsrge of temperature 7(M5. The river is up a little, 1 6 feet. rrdiction: ccosional rain tonight rid Sunday. MISFITS The mum Has kuni. Albany needs gas mighty bad f0v. conk fitoyej. Three times and out. have gas now tor sure. We ought to Water is free, but it costs a fortune to get it, all the same. Some people spend their lives discontented and die with a sour ach. being stom Bryan is not seriously dead yet. He was given a ten minute ovation in Kan sas City yesterday. Think of Taft being nominated on progressive platform, with his anti-pro gressive veto record. An Oklahoma congressman recently ffiikSVfn8 wacSfo " , L,ttert!' to eP ,n Practice. A man with $10,000 isn't a million aire, and a city of 6,000 can't do the things of a city of even 50,000. It will cost President Taft $18,000 it is saia to make nis present trip around "K "" "" , The woman who gets excited at a bargain counter, wonders what there is in base ball to call for so much stir. In an address at Kansas City yester terday W. J. Bryan said the conserva tion of man is the greatest of all things. Everybody is rejoicing at San Fran Cisco's deliverance, and yet some people talk as if there was no &ood in the world. Some one has figured out that it takes a string to fly a kite, but a bachelor has no strings to him, tied to nothing, and won't fly. The center of population struck an Indiana furniture factory, and it is gradually coming west towards Albany's fine factprY- According to Eugene miners Mana. ger O'Brien is fairly prancing around tsith naruniinnaca tn ararf ur.ris rn tha ' ' . . v " Oregon City drinks Willamette water, full of organisms, and, yet through ar up-co-nate nitration system, has never had any typhoid fever from it. A Second street read: sign this morning "Just married. Won't Be Up Till Noon. Call upon the clerk for treats." A death blow has been aimed at the lumber trust. It will probably strike it where the oil, steel and beef trust have been bit, bigger and stronger than ever. 'Albany's tax levy should not increase any faster than its assessment. This city will do well not to become tax ridden. It should keep improving with its growth. Mrs. Jeffries, who recently died, with her lust breath offered a prayer tor big Jim. He needs it. He lias made a great name, but thro away his character to set it. The son of a minister he has lived riotously. Juege McGinn declares Ralph K. Llunniway and Frank Kiernan, two Portland attorneys, public nuisances, becouse of their obstruction policies. Dunniwav has brought five suits to stop the Broadway bridge, and now has been sued to stop bringing suits Reports from the country are that even though wheat has been injured some it will be good for feed, and, as a ' matter of fact, is worth just about as j much for that as the market offers for other purposes. The loss by the recent rain is practically of no consequence. Addison Bennett told the story on himself that he awoke one morning with forty-two tooth picks m his pocket, with cherry stains on them. Troth picks, says Bennett, are a very uncer tain fruit after being at the North end. The new commercial club rooms of Eugene are to be furnished by Meier & rrank of Portland, which leads the Guarr" tocausticly remark: It is a bad example for a commercial club to set to advertise the fact that their home is furnished by a mail order department sture located in another city. Vv hack ! ! .' The proposal to have Chinese pheas ants for President Taft regardless of the law, is a silly one. The President should be given a good meal, without any snobishness. the people ot the u. S. don't appreciate the ancient custom of furnishing meals of nightingales' tongues for rulers. Let's have good sense even among politicians, Coquille Herald; A lady who is un familiar with railroad vernacular was at th'e .Vyrtle Point depot the other day when a mixed train 'as being made up. As one stction was backing up one brakeman called to another. "jumD on her when she comes by, run her beyond the bridge and cut her in two; send the head end ud to the depot " The lady r in as fast as she could and yelled "muidev." Tne Elks have jost had published a pretty booklet, giving the history and membership of the Albany Elks, with pictures of the officials. Churcmll did the work, a n?at job. If your children need glasses -ee Dr. Eaton, 'he optician. All work Rar-snteed. C H NEWS Dee' recorded! Frederick Olson to Nils 0n'istian Oison 160 acres $ 10 Chas. Wesely to C. C. Rilyeu 2 lets Scio 00 New Suits: R. B. Leabo agt. Henry Loretz to recover si 78 34. L. L. San attorney. Jas. Walters agt. Cordelia Walters for divorce. Married in Cheboygan, Mich, in 19 . Charge destrtion since Feb. 20, 19'ig. when she drew plaintiff's wages and left for Mich. v eatherford & Weatherford attorneys. Circuit Court: The case of Davison agt. Wilhelm, tried before Judge Galloway, was con tinued for argument, and court ad journed to Oct. 16. Marriage licenses; -Leslie L. Potts, 36, and Miss Mary Louise Hanke, 19; F..J. Hammel, 21, and Vivian Arnold, 16. One deed: John R. Morris to Nathan Clem & wife 2 lots Lebanon $ 500 Demurrers filed by Chas. F. Cooper and D. M. Cooper to the condemnation suit of the Oregon Electric. Marriage license: Jas. L. Fraden burg, 20, and Gertrude Meutze, 20, both of Lebanon, boin in Neb. and .-Vis. : - AT THE COURT HOUSE Petition of C. E. Larktree for guar dianship of Ray Leonard. Value of property $100, Notices appeal to supreme court in the cases of Elva Martin agt. browns- Mandate from supreme court re ceived in l'ualitin Academy agt Emma A Keene et al A stipulation was filed providing for the anneal of onlv one of the three tax cases of Linn & Lane Timber Co. agt. Linn county, the decision of the su preme court to cover the three cases, similar in character. New suits: Or. El. Co, agt. J.C.Por ter and wi.e to condemn right-of-way near halsey. G. S. Hill attorney. Deeds recorded : R. L DeVanev to F. E. Seehale, 95 acres f 1 Agreement Ed.Holloway and wife to' Sti:n?is for sale of 48.82 f-res. PERSONAL Maurice Winter has been here. Constance Nicholls went to Corvallis this afternoon. W. O. Nisley, the piano tuner, of Portland, is in town. Ex-Sheriff Rcss. of Toledo, went to Portland this afternoon Miss Thieison. of, Salem, returned this noou from the Bay. Mr3. Niles. of N.D., arrived this noon from Dayton on a visit with ner sister,. Mrs Bodley. Earl Fortmiller has strain made the U O. Glee Club, of which he w s a member when he was there before. E. C. Anderson has sold his fine resi dence property on Elm street to Ed. uorgan, and next week Mr. and Mrs. Anderson will go to Mondovia, Calif., far the benefit of .dr. Anderson s health. On Municipal Water Plant Will Investigate and Keport The committee of ten on investigation of the municipal ownership of an Alb any water plant, met last night at the commercial club rooms. At first there was talk of resigning and quitting. Then it was decided unanimously to continue the work of investigation at the committee's own expense, learn as much as possible by inquiry of other cities owning fheir own plant, estimate the cost of different systems as close as possible, and report to the council with recommendation, the best possible under the circumstances. 2nd and Lyon St. for Groceries and Vteats. Equalization Notice. The County Board of Equalization of taxes will meet at the oflice of the county clerk, Monday, October 18, 1911, and remain in session for six days, for the purpose of publicly ex amining the assessment roll and to correct errors in valuation, descrip tion or qualities of land, lots or other property. All persons interested are hereby notified to appear at the ap pointed time and place and. if it shall appear to said Hoard, that lands, lots or other property be assessed twice, or assessed in the name of any per son or perons not the owner thereof, or assessed under or beyond its value, or any land, lots or other property not assessed, tliev will make the proper correction. ".. D. B. McKNIGHT, Countv Assessor. If vour horse has HEAVES use Stone's Heave Drops. Price Si. For sale by all dri fists. Dr. S. C. STONK Salem . Oregon.