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VOL. XXV1L
ALBANY. LINN COUNTY, OREO ON, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1913.
No. 273
More Sewers and Improved
Street! Ordered at Last
Nights Session.
FIRST WEEK IN APRIL
IS CLEAN-UP WEEK
Council Aids Sales Day By
Giving Work and Loaning
Lumber.
The city council mrt in regular act
lion at 7 o'clock tail night, and
transacted a large amount ol regular
hiitincti. bcldct granting petitions
lor the paving of Second, Main and
Hakcr alreeta, mentioned in another
place in llna istuc.
The coniuiillce on account and
.iirreut expentes pretcntcd ila report,
..huh wai adopted, allowing tl.e pay
iiient ol hilla lo the amounl ol f7U.(M
Superintendent ol Slreeta Wood,
tecouiiiiendcd that a cement tidewalk
,.e placed on the toulh aide of 7ih
ireel. Mink 60. between Klin and
t'akima ilrccli. alto one on the X. K
corner ol block II. l-ot 4. on Rail
road meets and 4ih. Ilolh walki
cere ordered in. tailed al the expente
ot the property owners
A lire hydrant ) ordered placed
al Main and Water ttreeu. The near
,ii hydrant ia at 2nd and Madiaon
t.reett, and ia inconvenient for the
ireet department, and hydrant ia
: cded for lire protection.
A petition from property ownert
. hote property abullt on the alley
i mining through block 22. in which
I. located the I'nblic Library. wai
ccivcd The petitioner! ak that the
. ity dote the alley and that it be
! laintained in a manner that would be
lore tunable to the beauty of the
. oundt aurroiindinil the library. The
etiiinn wa referred to the commit
t.e on public workt. .
A iietillon from property owner.
n-1 Santiam Road wai presented, a.k
;n ( that the council have the slough
letween Santiam Knad and East 7th
.irect willed in.
I'elition lor a lateral aewer in block
of Central Add. wa presented and
A i .
A aewer wai petitioned for begtn-
'nil at Geary alreet trunk aewer at
'h alreet in Hryan't addition and run-
ng weal, norlh and r.onth through
I I H-ka II and 2.
Or II. M. Kllia appeared hrforc
I c council on behalf of the Civic Im-
'tivement commiitee of the Cnmmer
rl I club, advocating the planting of
' 'ca alo i I 'lie alreeta. The matter
v m referred to the committee on
I " il,c iitiorovemenia.
A. C. Sc h mil I appeared for a eom-
.fee on behalf of doting the alley
k of the library.
Tie Civic Improvement club wai
mlcd the tl.e of a team and scraper
.'or a few houra to be med in cleaning
1 1 the Iota at 2nd and Ferry urects
or Salea day. The club alao naked
for the me of 21MI feet of 2 by . 12
nch planks for ue at aale Day Salt-day.
Deferred lo coniuiillce on
Ircctt and public improvementa with
( t.wer to act.
Mayor Curl proclaimed the firat
week in April na general clean-up
. rek. During thia week the people
' Albany, together wilh the council
:i"d Civic Improvement club will
Van up the back yards, alreeta and
flleys of the city, and . beautify and
utilize the citv in general.
An ordinance waa presented to
rtiiend ordinance No. 152, to prohibit
i crsont from hitching teami or Icav
i r them aland in streets or alleya.
I I e ordinance waa referred to the
committee on ordinancca.
" The Wmvs and Meana committee
to which waa referred the matter of
bluing paving bonds for work done
l a', year, reported back and presented
i-n ordinance for the buying of inch
Y mdi, which waa patted by the coun
cM. A resolution nlrndurcil by Conn
r"nan l.yona asked for a new. com
I trie map of the cily for the record
er'! office. The matter waa referred
lo 'he committee on wava and means.
Another remlulion by Councilman
l.vnui granted the coustriictioin of a
sewer 1984 feet long, of H inch vitrl-f;-d
pipe, in Bryant'i addition.
Kctnlutlon No. 6 authorized the
construction of more aewer in Hackle-nan's
Woodlnnd addition, fnegiu
at Oak tlreet. betwen 7th and
? b, the probable coat of which it
nl-nnt, $330.
The engineer waa ordered to pre-n-.re
plana and specification! for the
l-n-rnvenient of I'ine atrect from Sa
Ir 'i Road lo Santiam road, grading
mid street and graveling it.
A lateral aewer waa ordered in
I'b.cki II and 12 in Bryant's addi
tion. This contract will complete a much
needed stretch of hard surf hoc streets
In Albany, and will not only be the
c'-'-apest material in the long run but
v'N be economical in every way. Vis
itor! to the city will acclaim with
even louder praise than before, the
UNSPEAKABLE OUTRAGES
REPORTED IN PERSIA
Men Butchered and Women
Outraged and Killed By
the Natives.
( Ity United I'rets Anociutioti)
I'ctrograd, March 25. An Attyrian
inc. tenner arrived at Tillet from the
American million at Urumiah, I'cr-
ia, with 1 report of unipeakable out
rage, accompanied by bloody niaita
crei, committed by the Kurd, and
Turks upon Aityrian Christian men,
women und children He reported
that the American million and "is
ionariei in that di.trict are in grave
danger. The government ordered the
Kui.ian troopa stationed in the Pcr
tun province of Azerbijan lo the
scene of the outrage!, to march
against the Turks and Kurds. It ii
alleged the regular Turki.h troop,
look part in the attacks upon villages
centering around Uiunuah. Men were
butchered like dog., according to re
port., old women were outraged and
murdered, and young women carried
away as slaves. In one village the
Kurds willed every male and outraged
and mutilated every woman.
City News
Shelter Houm at Orleans
I-red Arnold, who came down from
Orleana lint morning, said the stale
railroad coiiimi.iioneri, after cxain
uigiug the ailualton there had order
ed a .heller boue, and the same will
be built by the U .K. in a few days,
a needed improvement.
Former Albany Woman
Mr.. A. Itecker. of Portland, arriv
ed tills morning from Eugene, where
he had been to vi.il her daughter
Mis. Mable Decker Klliot. She look
a jitney and went down to Main
trcei, her home for many years, go
ing to 1'ortl.ind tins afternoon.
Every Woman's Road
I he Reading of Mitt Josephine
Hammond, of Keed College, at the
I'rrth) temn church lait night, of her
own production, "F.very Woman's
koad." creaicd much inlercit, wilh a
wide divergence of opinion. Motl
were agreed that her enunciation ia
defective. Some thought much of the
conception of the production, and
ulbert did not fully under. tand it. It
it laid one needi to see the full pre
sentation as it will be given laier in
Cortland.
25 Days in Salem's Jail
Couitablr II. I lollingiworth re
lumed to Mill City thit morning after
a trip lo Salem, where he took Cecil
Sloan and II. McCoy on the charge
of drunk an ditorderly conduct, with
a 25 day lenience for the offence. It
ii rumored there may be other charg
et. Many Nations Represented
Father Lane made his regular week
ly trip to Portland this morning. He
reported a peculiar incident which oc
curred al his church on Sunday. In
hia church were natives of six of the
nations at war with each other, Eng
li.li, Irish, German, French, Russian
ami Amman, and everything wai
harmonious. If the people had their
way it worn! be Ihe same way in
Furone.
The Detroit Trapper
1'artic! coming down from Detroit
tail night reported that no trace had
been tecured of the. mining trapper
The fact that his dog remains wilh
him indicates serious trouble some
where. The opinion seems lo tie that
he went up French creek. He is said
tii be a man who rarely ever told
where he went before 'Starting on a
trapping expedition.
Small Tax Payments
The tax receipts this morning were
smallrr than usual, no very large con
cerns paying a great amount lo swell
the total. Among the larger ones
are Ilaker and Penny S.W4. N. P.
Pavne $115.90. Lebanon Realty Co.
2.i2oo Via M . C W. It. Stevens (Yj)
$120, P. I. Reese et al. $155 ), C. I-.
Snyder (',) $o, C. Hesse $1 l.. K.
Patterson (',) $67.3.1, John Ilronn
$117.19, lohn Flick $116.83, Philip
Swank $222.74. S. S Meyers
I. S. Lamar $123, Harvey I. Shelton
$10.37.
Taken Agency
Kenneth Merrill has made arrange-
nients for the agency of the Saturday
F.veniug Post and the Journal, and
expects to hove re-inlar headquarters
for them. It will he awhile before Ihe
takes charge of the work
'
excellent streets of the cily of Al
bany. Plans, specifications and estimate!
for the construction of the Collage
street sewer were submitted by the
city engineer, considered and ordered
placed on fille. The mater of acquir
ing the right of way in places where
it is needed waa referred to the com
mittee on ways and means with pow
er to act.
A communication was read from L.
T. Shipley, superintendent of the post
office relating to the sidewalk in
front of the new building. The mat
ter waa referred to the mayor, re
corder and city attorney with power
to act.
The matter of removing the tele
graph pole at the east end of rourth
slree'. was left to the street superin
tendent and the cily attorney, wih
the necessary authority to act
ALLIED FLEET
Making Violent Bombardment
of All the Forts Near the
Narrows.
SOME OF THE FORTS
ARE REPLYING FEEBLY
Two British Torpedo Boats
Made a Daring Dash Past
Several of the Forts.
(Ity United Press Association)
London, March 25. A dispatch
from the iiland of Tenedos reports
ilu. allip.i lleei entered the Dardan
elles today opening a violent bom
bardment against tne torts near tne
narrows. Several lortt near nuia
Huhr replied feebly but soon ceaied
firing. The bombardment was con'
ttnuing according to the last worn
from Tenedos.
I j.H.In March 25 Athena dit-
boat destroyers had made a daring
!..!! into the I'aruancncs siraua, run
ning by the entrance forts and pene
trating shortly beyond Kjlid Hahr.
Iuring the daih the flotilla of war
hipi kept up a conlinnoua bombard
ment lo draw the fire of the font.
On the return trip the dettroyen ran
the gauntlet of lalvol on both sides
of the straits, but escaped damage.
Their observation! confirmed Ihe re
port! of the aviators that the font
w,ri ...wrrlv damaged bv the bom
bardment a week ago.
Ruaaians Advancing.
London. March 2S. The firat stage
of the great battle preceding the Rus
sian advance agaimt Budapest hat
resulted in a victory for the Slavs.
Petrograd and Vienna reports are
greed thai the cur t troops won
their wav throuuh Dukla Hast in the
Carpathians, and were-' entrenched
within 15 nnlei of Hartla. I XI miles
northeast of the Hungarian capital.
Near Hartfa. aa well ss between Lup
know and Uszok passes, the Russians
are attempting to batter down the
w eakening resistance of the Austrian!.
Since the fall of Przemysl the fight
ing in the Carpathians has been on
a fifty mile front, the mott important
fighting in the Hungarian campaign
Depressed over Przemysl.
n.r1in Mnrrh 25 The drnression
iii Germany incidental to the fall of
Pixemysl is oi'lutt by official claim!
that the success of the all'c' efl iris
I.; fo-ce the Dardanelles is utterly ;m--xtftsible
under ihe present conditions.
Since the outbreak of th- war, the
dciin-c ,tas been strengthened im
mensely, making ihem almjit ir.-
i....n.,iiL ..'ill. , 1. r rnncilNl in.
land batctrici and big Krupp guns.
mannea oy ucriiuni.-
Russisns Resuming Offensive.
Berlin. March 25. The war office
dispatches states that the Russians
who were rolled back into Grondo
ten days ago with heavy losses, are
resuming an energetic offensive
movement in the Polish battle area.
Attacks ' upon Angustowo were re
pulsed by Ihe Germans. A simul
taneous attack notheast of Przasnysz
was checked by the German artillery.
Germans Retaliating.
Pclrograd. March 25. Germany has
begun retaliatory measures against
the Russians, promised recently when
Berlin alleged the Slavs had ruthless
ly destroyed German property in East
Prussia. Dispatchea declare that the
Germana put a torch to the Russian
government buildings in Suwalki
province, announcing the action was
taken to repay the enemies for al
leged outrages committed during the
Slav occupation of Memel. The glore
of burning buildings was visible for
miles on Tuesday night.
CASTLE ROCK MAN KILLED
BY THE CARS AT PENDLETON
(Rv United Tress Association)
Pendleton, March 25. William
Tearson, of Castle Rock, Wash., waa
found beside the railroad tracks near
here with both feet aevered. He was
stealing a ride. He was brought here
and died soon after arrival,
t-
Short Storv Hour-
Tomorrow afternoon the regular
short storv hour will be enjoyed at
the library at 4 o'clock, with Miss
Ryan, of Ihe Madison scnooi, as me
atory teller.
Knights of Pythias, Attention I
Special meeting this Thursday ev.
eninir at 7:31) n. m. Several candl
dates for the rank of Esquire. Full
attendance deiired. Viiiting brothers
welcome.
LELAND R. GILBERT, M. V
BIG CROWD EXPECTED
FOR SATURDAY SALES
Governor Wlthycomb Will De
liver Address to Sales
Day Visitors.
Wilh continued good weather the
Public Sales Day committee will have
their hands full in caring for the
crowds that arc in prospect for Sat
urday's sales. Chairman Fisher pre
dicla a record breaking attendance
and from the number of entries for
the sale it looks like hit guess is cor
rect. The commiitee hat tecured
Governor James Wilhycombe to de
liver an address, .and many people
will come to the city to hear bun, if
for nothing else.
The sales day commiitee of the
Commercial club has appointed the
following commiitee to receive Gov
ernor Wilhycombe.
J. S. Van Winkle. R. K. Ohling. J
K. Weatherford. Senator E. D Cu
sick. W. L. Marks. Gale S. Hill. P. D.
Gilbert. E. M. Reagan. K. P. Nutting.
A. C. Schmitt L. M. Curl. H. II. Hew
itt. Mark Y. Weatherford. C. H. Slew
art, P. A. Young. L. K. Hamilton,
David Mason, 'A. M. Hammer. Dr.
Kobnett and A. L. Fisher.
This committee will receive the gov
ernor, provide for his entertainment
and escort him to the speaking stand.
Auctioneer budtell wil start the
sale at 10 o'clock as before, and con
tinue until noon. During the norm
hou rthe boys' fife and drum corps
and other attractions will amuse the
visitors, and at 1 o'clock Governor
Wilhycombe s address will be heard.
After that the sale will start again and
continue during the afternoon. The
list of entriea is given below:
123RD ANNIVERSARY OF
DISCOVERY OF COLOMBIA
Portland, March 24. As a finale
of the week of celebration in honor
of the opening of The Dalles-Celilo
canal, numbers of citizens of the Co
lumbia basin are planning to extend
their Journey to the Panama Pacific
International Exposition, wl ere tbey
will celebrate "Columtir. River Day"
on May 10th, in honor of the 123rd
anniversary of the discovery of the
Columbia river in 1792 by Captain
Robert Gray. Tl.e large percentage
of the exenrsionista will take their
automobiles with them and, after
touring the exposition city and Cali
fornia points, will make the return
overland in tbeir machines. The
plan is to nuke the entire trip going
by water, taking steamboat .it Lewis
ton, Pasco, Kenewick, Wallula, Uma
tilla and other river ports, and trans
ferring to the ocean lines at Astoria.
The travelers propose to widely ad
vertise the fact that they have made
an all-wateri voyage of from 500
miles inland in the Columbia basin
to tbe- Panama-Pacific International
Exposition, incidentally distributing
information respecting The Dalles-
Celilo canal and ils effect upon the
commerce of the Columbia basin.
Many of the retail grocers of the In
land Empire will be in the party as
delegates to the National Convenion
in San Francisco, May 10th. "Colum
bia River Day" has been officially
designated by President Charles C.
Moore, of the Exposition board of di
rectors.
Sinking of Denver a Mystery.
tBv United Press Association)
New York. March 25. Officials of
the Mallory line said no further word
had been received from the captain of
the Denver and that the sinking of
the liner was as much a mystery as
ever. The liner Magnetic will reach
the pier tomorrow, and the Manhat
tan will dock Sunday. These vessels
carry the survivors of the Denver.
-a
A New Ladies' Store
The Toggery having recently en
larged their store facilities by mov
ing into the former locatioin of
Chambers & McCune in the Elks
building, have arranged to open a new
suit and cloak department to be run
in connection with their other lines
of trade. The large - and spacious
store quarters have been rearranged
throughout and neautiful fixtures ad.
ded and every facility provided for
the carrying on of greater business
undertakings. The new suit and
cloak department will he located in
the west half of the building and is so
arranged as to make of it practically
a atore by itself. This store will make
a specialty of the latest things in
high grade and stylish suits, coats and
dresses, and will sell at popular prk-
ea. . complete new line nas neen
ordered trom .New York kind .the
store will be in readiness tor busi
nets Monday. March 29. Mrs. Craw.
ford, formerly with S. E. Young &
son of this city will be in charge.
THE OFFICE of S. E. Young &
Son will remain open 'ki their store
building at the corner of Rrbadalhin
and Second atreets the rest of the
month. lAnnl first and thereafter
their office will be in Room 509 First
National Bank Building. m24-31
3 STREETS PAVED
Petetions Granted For Hard
Surface on Second, Main
and Baker St's.
ASPHALTIC-CONCKETE WILL
BE MATERIAL USED IN WORK
Engineer Ordered to Have the
Plans ajid Specifications
Ready By April 28.
By granting three petitions which
were nroentcd latl nignt. ine ci
council opened the way to the laying
of aixteen more blocks of hard sur
face uavement in Albany. Second
street from Lyon to Main wai repre
sented by 30 property ownen. repre
senting a majority of 186 9-H) feet of
lineal frontage on that atreet. Among
the larger property owners signing
fur the work in this street are Mag-,
vie S Uhl. 419 feet: Mary V. Riley.
345 feet; W. P. Christy. 198 feet: W.
C. Burni, 132 feet, and Charlie Fox.
112 feet. The majority of the other
signers owned 66 feet frontage.
Tbe six signers of the Main street
petition from Water to Fourt St. with
their footage are Peter Ruittner, J24
feet; W. C. Christy. 124 feet: Marga
ret K-iefer, 73 feet; T. D. Babb. 39
feet; J. L. HiU, 126 feet; C. H. Lemke.
124 feet.
Maggie S. Uhl. 224 feet: Charlie L.
Fox. 112 ttet; M. McAlpin. 112 feet:
H. S. Truckmeier. 110 feet, and J. M.
V. Bilyeu. 66 feet, are the signers of
ihe Baker street petition, which will
be paved from F'irM to Third. The
heaviest signers on the three petitions
are Maggie S. Uhl with a total of 715
feet: Mary V. Riley. 345 feet: W. C.
Christy. 322 feet, and Charlie L.
Fox. 248 feet.
The oetitions specify that the ma
terial used shall be asphalts cement,
which was used on 9th street. South
Ferry, and J few; .Other places last
year.
Plans and speciiicationt win re
prepared by the city engineer and
preparations made to receive bids at
the earliest possible date. Resolu
tions were introduced by Councilman
McElmurry and adopted by the coun-
il authorizing Citv Engineer John
PenlanH to prepare plans and specifi
cations for grading, paving, installing
curbing, draining system and file
such plans and probable costs by Ap
ril 28.
It is hard v likelv that a remon
strance against the work will be filed,
for with a maioritv of over 256 feet
on the petitions it wood be nearly im
possible for objectors to defeat it.
Expected Attack Nit
(By United Press Assoriationi
Paris. March 25. For the third
time in a week Paris has experienced
all ihe thrills of an unexpected Zeo-
pelin raid. Searchlights swept the
sky and airmen wilh aeroplanes
bristlintr with machine guns, circled
over the citv. only tb find the report
of the German raiders as false alarm.
That little activity was reported from
the battle front came in an otticiai
statement except in isolated German
attacks.
ADDITIONAL CLASSIFIED.
FOR SALE 10 gallons wild black
berries, with tars. S1.U0 a gallon.
Phone Home 126.0. m24-27
FOR RENT 8 room house, good lo
catioin, 1st street. D. O. Wood
worth. m23-30
FOUND Pair of eyeglasser, at the
Democrat office. miitt
FOR SALE CHEAP Or will trade
one 240 and one 120 egg Petalumo
incubators, and one hot air Cypress
brooder. Call at Sudtell's Furni
ture and Storage Co.,- 134 W. 2nd.
m23-25
WANTED Lawn mowing, garden
spading, window washing, etc.. Bell
phone 410-J. Home 235 Rid.
m22-25
GARDENING Also expert in flow
er, tree and plant culture, txpen
ence in Germany. Carl Hart, Russ
House, phone 12. - mJ5 2
FOR RENT Eight room house. I Spanish war vet, has been trausterred
barn, chicken yard. lots. or for to one of the best runs o.t the S I ...
sale. K. Yogelski, R. D. 6. Box to begin work ; on the 31st. Hie trans
it m to.27 ter stations all over the U. S. are bc-
46 m 20-27
WANTED TO RENT about 100
acres of pasture land. Inquire F.
H.' Pfeiffer, 441-J. Bell phone.
ml 8-25
FOR SALE High grade $450 piano.
Good tone, nearlv new. ' Will sell
for $105. Call 127 W. 4th. m25al
FOUND Check drawn on Willam
ette State Bank. Owner can have
same by calling at this office, prov
ing property and paying for this
ad. , m25-27
City Treasurer's Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the nn
dersigned treasurer of the city of Al
bany. Oreiron. has funds on hand to
pav General Fund Warrants Nos. 203
to 305 inc., of the issue of 1913.
Interest will cease with this date,
March 25. 1915.
If. B. CUSICK.
m25-27 City Treasurer,
HIGH SCHOOL'S FIRST
CROSS COUNTRY RON
Over Three Mile Oourse, Start-
ing
Tomorrow Afternoon
at 4 o'clock.
The Albany high school tomorrow
afternoon, beginning at 4 o'clock will
have its lirst cross country run,
which it is proposed to make an an
nual event. Ten boys have entered,
ready for the pistol's crack.
They will go down the Salem road
past the Jewish cemetery, out past
tiie brick yard, over to the Santiam
road and back that road to the school
houe, covering about three miles.
For first prize Prof. Marquam has
offered a gold medal, and for the lec
ond prize Hauler Brot. will give a
baseball bat, and there will be a few
others. It promises to be a fast
event.
Dr. William Parsons of the Central
Presbyterian church, Eugene, will
make tbe preparatory address in the
First Presbyterian tonight at 7:3U
o'clock. The session will gladly con
fer with alt those who desire to unite
with the church.
City News
Santiam Fanners
Ed Cooper, after an Albany vitit.
returned thia morning to the farm
of himself and brother at the mouth
of the Santiam, where they are doing
some exensive clearing. His brother
Charles, after teaching thirteen years
it now making farming his business
Will Run Farm
Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Barnes went to
Thomas this morning, and will here
after make their home near that city.
having bought a 246 acre stock farm,
which they will hereafter run. Dur
ing the past year Mr. Barnes had
charge of the Sternberg store at Sck.
Runs a Caterpillar
Geo. Ilines these days is running
his new caterpillar plow on his place
a few miles from 'Albany, and it
works to a charm, a fine thing for
rapid and effective plowing.
Former Albany Mill Mao
James F. Ash, of Pendleton, aftel
an Albany visit, leu for the southern
part of the state on a business trip.
Mr. Ash is a former employee of the
Albany woolen mills, which were
burned on March 29. 1905. just ten
years ago. He is now with the wool
en mill at Pendleton, and has been
ior ten years and cer. He observed
a great change here since leaving.
Copying the Movie.
Emulating s:cnes that be saw a:
the moving picture shdws, Paul
Hayes was arrested on a charge oi
t:raling. His case was brought be
fore ludge McKniglns juvenile court
this morning, and upon the non-ap
pearance of th-: ct-'nplaining witness
i-.c raso was discussed on tl:e jrtm-i.-:
.i the lad ! oc good in the in
rare Ct.ajU-uqua Board Meets
The board of directors of the Chau
tauqua association will meet in the
Commercial club rooms at 4 o'clock
this evening.
Picture Man Arrested
Upon complaint of a resident of
this city Officer King arrested an
atrent lor an enlarging picture con-
cern as he was about to board the
train for Lebanon last evening,
charging him with assault in connec
tion with the collection of a claim lor
picture enlargement. Upon examina
tion at the district attorney s oltice
he was allowed to go after being given
some logical and much ueeded advice.
Gus Barker has Pneumonia
That his father, A. D. Barker, for
mer A'.bany baggage master, had the
uncuntonia. was the statement of En
gineer Ben Barker, of the 10 a. m.
Oregon Electric train this morning.
It was not yet known how serious
it would be. but on account of Mr.
Barker being paralyzed his friends
fear it will be hard to tight it ott
Bia- Brother Here
Prof. Lyons, one of Oregon's best
big brothers, was in the city this noon
on his wav home from Salem, silver
ton and one or two other places,
where he talks big brother. Ho is do
ing a splendid work, and setting peo
ple generally to thinking, and as well
acting.
Han Been Transferred
A .C. Baker, the popular t-ar.sfct
man at the depot, and also a leading
ing discontinued for economy, 4MJ
of them in all, and Albany had to take
us medicines with the other Places
Mr. Baker has made hosts of friends
here who will be sorry to see him go.
Corvallis Wants to Be Beautiful
Prof. Peck and Prof. Hansen, jf :he
O. A. C. were in the cuy ihis noon,
the former going to Salem. He re
ports a live movement in Corvallis lo
beautify the city. Among others the
court house has taken notice and is
acting.
Y. M. C. A. Man 111
Irvin Custer, assistant to the sec
retary of Ihe Y. M. C. A., is suffering
from a slight illness.
River Stands Even
- The river maintained a level of 4.0
feet above low water for the past 48
hours uo to 8 o'clock this morning.
The temperature for the past 24 hours
was 54 to ii degrees.
DR. HILL'S TRIP
Told In Address Before An In
terested Albany Audience
at Baptist Church.
TRAVELLED 50,000 MILES
CROSSING EQUATOR 4 TIMES
One of Experiences A Long
Flight on a German Vessel
Off Africa.
Going around the world under dif
ficulties was certainly the experience
of Dr. J. L. Hill, of tl.is city, as told
by him at the Baptist church last
night, before a fair sized audience.
The docior in his own off-hliand way.
talking as fast as a simoon took his
judience with him, intensely interest
ed in the details, with tae serious side
auting many a smile and Uugh. Here
it about Uie narration. Dr. Hill and
Rev. Hicks left San Fr.-ncitco on May
27, of last year.
Their first landing place was la-
hiti. a rich French island, full of flow
ers without fragrance, cocoanuts, etc.
Ihe natives had their auto, with
plenty of money from their cocoanut
trade; but are a very ignorant people.
Rora Conda was the next stopping
place, full of bananas, oranges and to
many big cocoanuts one was in dan
ger of beinir killed from their falling
oi: one's head. The island i. Engliiii
and the government owns all the land.
:he inhajrtants all being renters.
Then dodirine living lish on the
tray the boat went to New Zealand,
where they were having trouble all
the time regardless of their reform
laws.
Sidney, Australia, was the next port
reached. In. Australia sports were
placed ahead of everything, with the
"rice" trace- course the great place
for the people. Melbourn and Ade
laide were aio visited. The people
ictually did not know the population
of their own cities. In one he had to
ask seven people bctore even getting
n guess and then it was all tne way
from 45.0UO to 400,000, the latter be
ing about right. At Adelaide one
man thought the population was 15,-
X whereas it was AiJ.utxi.
Everywhere they went the U. S.
was looked upon as the greatest coun-
ry m the world.
Then thev crossed the Indian ocean
to Ceylon, where the only drinkers
were the English. They were up the
Gulf of Aden, on August 5. when they
heard of the war. They were on a
German vessel, and there was some
thing doing rieht off. They turned
back, and even the men in the hold
began fighting. Reaching the Gulf ot
Arabia they painted the boat biacic
Going up the Persian gulf they ca.
tured an English vessel, got fxJ tons
of coal, and were said to have de
stroyed the boat, rrom there they
went south, past the mouth of the
Red Sea, and started to go around
Africa, by the wireless keeping track
of three vessels that were after the
boat. A Jap boat was met. and they
told the officer their boat was English
and put up a flag they had gotten
from the English vessel in the Per
sian gulf. Keeping in the dark at
nis'ht. and using greased wool in the
day the boat kept going, putting in at
Mozambique, where they remained
three weeks. On the main land were
negroes, wearing gunny sack clothes. -There
were no papers there, but an
industrial school was run.
The party secured passage on a
Portugese boat and continued south,
slopping next at Bcirra, a laiid of
lions, tigers and crocodiles. The
tires of vehicles had to be steel on ac
count of white ants eating everything
made of wood.
(Continued on Page 3.)
IMMIGRATION COMMISSION
ISSOES LIST OF FARMS
The Commercial club is in receipt
of a booklet entitled "Farm Lands m
t regon." published by the O-cgogn
Development League department of
the Oregon State Immigration com
mission. This nantnhlct is issued un
der the 'direction of the Farm Land
Bureau, and contains a lis? of over
300 farms in Oregon that are offered
for sale. The book it compiled for
the purpose of answering inquiries
regarding farm lands in Oregon.
When the commission receives a re
quest for information about farms one
of these books are mailed. Every
county in ti-c s'ate is represented,
and it is the desire to have every com
munity in, every county represented
in the future. The book will be is
sued every 90 days. Anyone having
a farm to sel'. may send a description
of it and the' price to the local Com
mercial club, and Linn county's list
will be sent to Portland in a group.