New Spring Goods in all sections of the store Cheney's shower-proof foulards, distinctive in patterns and colorings, 89c yard All-wool Challies, in the new Spring styles, 50c yard New styles in Neckwear 35c to 65c We are Albany agents for BUTTERICK PATTERNS. Get your Delineator here Watch for our daily Shoe Specials. We will have bargains in Men's, Women's, Children's, and Infant's Shoes Warner's, Red Fern, Gossard Corsets, Sahlia Forms, and Ferris Waists We Are Now Showing the New Materials, Wool Goods, Silks, and Wash Goods Get your Spring sewing done early so that you will be able to get on the outside when the warm days come. We have a splendid new stock Waist Cords, in silk, chenille, and crepe de chine 10c to 25c each Agent, for Standard Patterns FLOOD'S STORE Agent for Kabo Corset, WASH GOODS White voile, lace voile, crepe voile, rice cloth, barred dimity, flaxon, laws, Linweave, Indian head, Euglish suiting:, aute cloth, pique, liacn suitings, holly batiste, lawns, lace oloth, dim: ity, lace crepe Price per Yard 10c-20c SILKS The new Silks, Crepe-dc-Chine, Poplin, Soft Taffetas, Mcssaline, Jaguard, and Fancy Striped Mes salines, are here in all the new shades, including the Pastels. NEW MATERIALS Light and dark Percales, 36-in., fast color 15c Dress Ginghams, fast colors, 12 l-2c to 15c Romper and Devonshire VI th, 32-inch 20c Playground Cloth, fast colors, 27-inch, 15c Everett Chainbray Shirting ... 12 l-2c Sheeting aud Pillow Tubing. Table Linen, priced from $1 to $2.50. FOIWD Bracelet on Sixth street. Loser call Democrat, describe prop erty and pay for notice. ni o FOR SALE Car load of all split fir wood cheap, on siding at Gates. Box 105. Gntr. Or mO-12 Will Be Closed Thursday. The Hamilton store will be closed Thursday. Feb. 11th In order that we nlav have an ODDortumtv to assort I .nil niarlc ti m.n.h.nili.a r.-r- v- r .l ! I since our fire sale started from the debns and rearrange our stock in gen- er.il. We will be open again on Fri- Frcnoh Serge, 50-inch, per yard $1 to $2 Epingle Cloth, 52-inch $1.50 Basket Weave, 56-inch 1.75 Granite Cloth, 44-inch 1.00 Loano Cloth, 44-ineh 1.00 Menrietta's, 44-inch 1.00 Wool Challies, 27-inch, price per yard 50o Wool Crepes, 44-inch $1.00 Covert Cloth. 56-in 1.75 In the following sew shades: sand, porcelain, Belgium blue, holly green, cress green, duck, battleship, new shades of brown and black and white checks. Don't Waste Time and Energy by ironing in the old-fashioned way. A hot kitchenthe weary tramp, from stove to ironing board, board to stove truly that was the "sad" iron way Iron Electrically v as so many women are now doing. No walking, no over-heated kitchens, no smudge on delicate linen one 'iron In stead of three or four one Electric Iron te do the work of four.better and quicker. Don't let another ironing day come with out your Electric Iron. See your electrical dealer or call Oregon Power Co. Telephones 15 306 West Second St. SHOE SPECIAL FOR TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY . Men's block, run metal Blucher Shoes; heavy, double soles; medium low heels; broad toes; good comfortable last. Regular ff I price $4-00, tomorrow only WsJelJl Watch for our Wed- A !L n ft J? we are agents for the REmSASr.CE i o(PM MOULTON WIRE- WEDNESDAYS j A LESS UMBRELLAS. I day with lots of fresh fire sale bar gains. - - - - . - . L. E. & H. J. HAMILTON. Thad. Judd, of Portland, transacted business in Albany yesterday and went to Dever on the morning electric. MANY BUYING PIANOS ONLY A FEW DAYS MORE Three Pianos Sold Yesterday; Great Interest Being Shown. One who purchased a magnificent piano for S2P5.0O on $8.00 per month payments yesterday has a brother here who paid $47500 for exactly the tame instrui.ient two years ago. Mr. E. R. Van Dyke owing to other interests has to leave Albany. This . closing out sale is not a question of profit, in fact profits have been for gotten in the forced haste to close out this large stock of fine pianos quick- 'y- Shrewd buyers are taking advantage of this sale. Every piano is marked in plain figures. Eilers Music House, the nation's largest dealers are back of every instrument sold. Easy monthly payments are offered. Ev ery home can now have a piano. See the brand new $4X).tO piano offered now fo- $196.00 on $6.00 per month payme its See the $650 00 flayer-piano for $485.00, with $25.00 worth of free music. See the Chickering. STORE OPEN EVENINGS. E. R. VAN DYKE 120 West Second Street ALBANY, OREGON Vaude ville at the GLOBE THEATRE Wednesday and Thursday 10c AN ELK SIOflY OF THIRTY-FOUB YEARS AGO THE CARLTON baa reopened for business again. Dining room thor oughly renovated. Breakfast a la carte from 6 a. m. Regular 25c luncheon and supper. Short or der service all day. Try ua. E. Dohnert, Proprietor. Real Estate Loans & Insurance Collins & Taylor Hamme! Hotel Building At The ROLFE Wednesday and Thursday Recalled By Presence of the Hero of the Story, in Albany This Week. The presence of Charles Mc Knight, of Auburn, CMif., in the city, being here to attend the funeral of his fath er-in-law, J. R. Baltimore, brings up an elk story of many years ago, as wonderful as any ever told in truth or even fiction, and this one is true. It was first published in the Demo crat on June 17, 1881, and afterwards all over the country, among other prpers ti e Youth's Companion telling it. McKnight was then a toy of 15, living with his father, T. P. McKnight, at Lower Soda, where Mr. McKnight had a pleasaure resort for summer hunters and campers. At that time there was no restriction on elk or ' deer. One day Mr. McKnight .-nd Char- ley went out after some horses that had str.iyed sway. While gone they 'saw an elk, which Charley killed They took part of the animal home, but thinking that some wild animal might devour the rest Charley and his younger brother, Clyde, aiicd 13, took their blankets and went back to look after it. On reaching the place they were met by two more elk, which they slipped up on and (hot, killing both. Shortly afterwards., their dog began barking. Going to the place they found a two weeks' old calf elk, which they "feathered," so as to take it home with them. Suddenly the boys were faced by the infuriated mother, only 20 or 30 feet away, coming like a whirlwind, the Democrat said. It was either death or quick action by the boys, a situation that would have made a veteran hunter shake. Charley was equal to the occasion. Raising his gun he fired when the elk was hardly ten feet away, and he fell dead almost at his feet. Four elks for two boys was some killing. They slept in their blankets and in the morning took the calf elk home, and their father made many horseback trips to the place af ter elk meat, about fifteen hundred pounds in all. Mr. McKnight, who Is now Scout master at Auburn, secured tt copy of the story, and will take it mack for publication in his home paper,' to thow his fellow scouts what he did when a boy. "... GLOBE-DEMOCRAT CRITIC ' DESCRIBES FRIDAY'S PLAY The Democrat prima the following description of ToDay," which is to lie presented at the Opera House Fri day evening, clipping from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Globe Democrat's dramatic reporter has the following to say: "Some of the besetting sins cur rent in social life as George Broad hurst, a turgid delineator, believes he has seen them and now duly theatri calizes are on view this week at the Shnbert Theater under the general caption: Today. "The chief sin is woman's love of finery and around this theme the whole play revolves. "Lily Wagner" marriiM the son of immigrant parents and the young couple start house keeping under the old roof tree. They prosper to the point of opulence when t'i'inr diinster overtakes the hus band, 'Frederick Wagner.' who there upon has to retrench. The four go to a very moderate style of living. All accommodate thermclvcs to this sorely changed condition except the young wife, who, under the spell of evil female companionship, contracted n the day of wealth, treads the path I of dalliance and is surprised by her ' f. i f . -i .. .1 : nr . i. i ti ua.'UMU ill Ulic Ul IIIC GKdpaUCl, 1 ne human comedy resolves itself into dire tragedy when the husband kills his wife. Broadhurst's bold discarding of the happy ending and courageous cling ing to the verities is the bes: thing about the phy. The playwright evi dently doesn't care about convention al denouement. He want! to thrust home his lesson that the wages of this kind of sin as practiced hy "Lily Wag ner" must be death if society is to be saved. It isn't that he wants to put a premium on wife murder or that the resolution of what to do with woman who defiles her home, ruins her family and disgraces a good name is her sudden dispatch. According to Broadhurst, ' "Lily Wagner" has to die at her husband's hands because the playwright can thereby bring about a thrilling consequential climax, "TV dramatic necessity, and this, like any other kind, knows no law. ONE DAY ONLY To every lady coming into our Store Saturday, Mar. 20th, we will give free one pkg. of Sweet Pea seeds. Woodworth Drug Co. ADVERTISE IN THE DEMOCRAT IT PAYS WHEN answering classified ads, please mention the Democrat. A Challenge SSMSMSSMS mum nm III S lBtTMsasjsjsssMSMsssMSMaMi FIDELITY UNDERWRITERS NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL PRUSSIAN NATIONAL NETHERLANDS . WILLIAMSBURG CITY NAT. BEN FRANKLIN A certain Second St. Insur ance Agent is saying that my companies are "no good." Now Mr. Jealous Insurance Agent, either back up your lie, or quit your knocking. I hereby challenge you to place that statement over your signature. Yours for a square deal, I. R. SCHULTZ.