ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT. TUESDAY. JANUARY 11, 1916.
PAGE THREE
SOME ROAD IDEAS BY FARMER.
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Y. til weather In pleasant overli cad, but (In ccnblo under loot. Make your feet at comfortable
m pooible. dood ahoe aie mot lm.ortuni. You can buy economically here, The avlng now la
great ai we have
All Shoes on Sale
Except Ground Gripper Shoes
Extra special voluce In Murne' and children' high cut ahoea, button
and lace. Sizes S to 11, valuea to $2.50. Sale price , $1.48
Miuee' high cut button and lace ahoea, aizea ll'A to 2. Valuea to
U.00. Reduced to $1.79
Mliaea and childrcn'e vlcl and gunmetal ahoea. Size 5 to Vt, 9dc
11 at $1.29; W, to 2, at ..... $1.48
Hoy' button and lace ahoea, aicei 9 to 13, apecial $1.48
l)oy' button and lace ahoea, aizea I3J4 to 6. Special at $1.98
Women' patent leather, low heel, button ahoea, mat kid and cloth
top, ipeclul price $2.48
Worr.en'a gun metal and vicl, button and lace ahoea, low heela, aplen-
did every day alloc, at : $1-98
Womtn'i hoe, patent leather, button, a good aaaortment of aizea,
but not all aizea In every atyle. Regular price $5 Your choice, ....$1.98
Women' felt rr.ocraain alippcra, ribbon trimmed, price per pair 89c
Fourteen p."lra of Crovera Juliet, principally email aizea, $2.50 ahoea
for aale price $1-48
Worr.en'a alioca, 150 paira of our hlgheat grade. Odd lota reduced to
j : $2.48
Hoy' vicl button and lace ahoea, aizea to Wi, value to $2.75, re
duced to - . $1,95
MEN S SHOES
Men'a heavy Illucher thoea, tan and
black. Reduced for the Annivcrury
Sale to $2.25
Men' work ahoea, an extra good
value for trie money, price, pr $2.48
Men'a gun metal Blucher ahoea,
leather lined, a aplendid hoe for
winter wear. Extra good value. An
niversary aale price $2.9q
Men'a tan button hoe price to
$5.00. Sale $2.45
Men' tan, welt, Blucher work
ahoea, $4 grade, will be on aale at
Anniveraary Sale, for $2.95
Men'a thort rubber boota
$2.48 and $2.98
Men'a 12 to I 6lnch high top ahoet.
tan, price to $8, reduced to... $3.95
Men' 15 inch high top ahoea, tan.
two buckle, regular price $5.50,
Sale price $4.45
All ahoea not lilted in thia adver
tisement are on aale with the ex
ception of Ground Gripper.
Remnant
Ara Half
Prlc.
WImU
W.teh for
Our
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" Spadal
MaMaMwiaaM'
VALUES for CASH WORTH WHILE
Deliveries
Leave Store
Morning lit
8:30; 2nd
10:30-.Aft.r-noon
1st, 2;
2nd 4:30
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CITY NEWS
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Mr. Lane of Harrlburg
William Lane, of HarrUburit. wa
a prominent Albany visitor
yesterday, while here making the
Democrat a pleasant et-.ll.
Hotel' troublea
A ult has been brought in Ktigcnr
by Stephen Smeed the owner of the
Stnerd Hotel, against N. D. Hardy,
manager of the hold, asking for a
rereiver. It is aliened that the hold
is bring operated at a los by the
manager, and among other things he
h: an insolvent boarder 'who owes
$..
Twenty-Third Annual Ball
The Klk have issued invitations
for their twenty-third annual hall, to
he given in their hall on January 25.
Ilcmlershott's orchestra, of Eugene,
will fiiniiih the music, and tlugrand
march will In-Kin ai 8:30.
John Claire Monteith
Mr. and Mr. John Claire Monteith,
of Portland, passed through the city
yesterday for Eugene, where last
CHICKEN PIE DINNER
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19
MENU
Chicken I'ie
Mashed rotator Kscallopcd Corn Baked Beans
Pickles Jelly
Salad
Peach Pie with whipped cream Coffee
Dinner erved from 1 1 a. m. 35c
$5 Will I nk the 111 Out of Chill
""' ' WITH ONE OF OUR LUMINOUS RADIATORS
Protect your home from an over-heated atove or furnace with a Pyrene
Flra Extinguisher ; 7
By having PYRENE on your auto you aave 15 per cent In Automobile
Imurance.
Ralston Electric Supply Co.
31. WEST SECOND STREET
night Mr. Monteith :'ng at the Phil
harmonic concert.
For Laymen's Convention
At 8:30 o'clock tonight there will
lc several representatives of Lay
men's missionary committee to con
fer with male member of the Albany
churches in reference to the state
convention of laymen, to be held at
Portland. Feb. 13 to 16. The effort i
to secure as large a list of delegates
from Albany as possible to attend the
convention.
Mia Foshay'a picture
The Orcgonian this morning gave
a picture of Miss Amelia Foshay,
Traveler's Aid secretary at Portland1,
ill a great work amonj girls travel
liiiKS along over the country. Miss
Foshay ii a former resident of Albany,
horn in ti:is county, daughter of the
late John Foshay, whose name con
tinues to he at the head of the firm of
Foshay & Mason,
Candidate for R-election
Pat McArthur, who recently began
serving Urcgon as congressman, has
startetl a petition for his renoinina
tion for the position. Under the two
year system a man is hardly in be
fore he has begun his work to be
in some more.
Ha 300 Pound Negro
Salem has a. 300 pound negro, who
is making scones at a grocery slore
there. lie was at the fair nt San Fran
cisco. It is hardly fair for salcni to
have the state fair and a three hun
dred pound negro too.
$20 for Three Minutes
Beginning next Saturday it will be
possible for Portland people to talk
with New York people, and all it will
cost will be $20 for three minutes.
Right here wc protest against the
rate as unreasonable, beyond the
reach of average people.
, Superior Service
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT , '
nablea u to attend to your banking needa promptly and efficiently.
Th willing cooperation of offlcara and employe make this Institu
tion a aaf and aatiafactory depository for your money.
"I CT NATIONAL BANK
1 SAVINGS BANK
CORVALLIS MEN WALKED
Lawyer Clarke and Barfoot Took
Jaunt in Snow to the Hub
City Sunday.
Attorney Arthur Clarke and R. A.
W. Barfoot, both prominent business
men of this city, were lonesome yes
terday and to while away the' hours
decided on a lively jaunt to Albany.
They walked all the long distance to
the Hub City; but nttcr dclibciatiion
paid car fare hack to Corvallis. This
information is given that friends of
the two gentlemen may not feel sur
prised or offended if they have ap
peared "stiff" and "cold" today. Gtf
zctet. No mention of whether Barfoot
froze his feet or not.
Linn County Man Who Has Been
Beeing Roada Make 8tatementa
, , . of Interest.
F.dilor Democrat: The undersigned
v. ho ha been on a visit just after the
I olidiiy with friends and relative in
the eastern part of this (I. inn and
Marion counties), waj very greatly
:n& agreeably surprised, over the con
dition of the roada. An this is an age
of good roads, the writer thought it
might be of some hrlp or value to give
his view in the matter, which he hopes
will he understood a it is meant,
namely for the interest of everybody,
especially the tax payer, and those ac
tually engaged in road work.
Wc, who live here on a level prairie
country and. have in places what wc
commonly term fair roads do. not
know to the full extent what road
work and the judicial spending of
public road money means. It used to
he the cutotn 25 or 30 years ago, that
any old way, to spend the public mon
ey on road and highways would do,
a long a yon would put in time, no
matter what work there was done,
nor in what shape. Now the above
system has been entirely done away
with up in. the eastern part of the
county, more so than right here in
the vicinity of Albany.
The conditions of the country up
there are entirely different Ih.m ours
here. Here wc have what wc night
call entirely level country; up there
alt kinds of condition imaginable,
steep hills which will l ave to be cut
down, all the way from two to 10 feet
and filled in below, solid rock to be
blasted out, scepy hills which harbor
at the foot the stickiest' of red and
yellow clay, and last but not least, a
bluish white clay, in which nothing
will scour, anil sticks to a shovel as
well as to the road graders, so that it
will have to be removed with a kind of
scraper from all tools.
There used to be rock filled up on
the side of the road in long stretches
weighing from a few pounds up to a
ton apiece. The road leading up from
Stayton to Jordan which is nearly 12
miles, us-d to be, that you would have
to have a four horse team to a load
wciKhing from 1500 to 2000 pounds.
and was considered a heavy load. Now
this has all chanKed in the last eight
years, so that there only remain two
miles of highway to be fixed between
Stayton and Jordan, and a person can
ake the automobile and go between
ihovc mentioned places right on this
date which is Jan. 12.
Those supervisors who have con
ducted above mentioned road work,
for the last eight years, are deserving
of honor and praise, as also the tax
payers who have stood by their su
pervisors in building up their main
highways to such a standard.
Now there is a widespread opinion
about the cost of construction ranging
from about $1000 up to $2000 a mile
for grading and finishing a common
thoroughfare with gravel, putting in
culverts, etc. District No. 2s. com
monly called Jordan district, has, dur
ing th; last season put in four miles
of road, graded it along hillsides, made
cuts, and where necessary put in cul
verts (and these arc made of etnerete)
the rock were hauled on hngh piles
and a good portion of them blaster'
out of solid quarries, crushed a'lii
hauled oh above said four miles of
road, at an expense of $3800 for the
four miles of road, this including ev
erything, excepting repairs on rr.achi'i
ciy Another mile if road in the
s'.imc district already graded, received
coating of gra-"l, " haulej aSv. t
M tec quart'! 's . t ;. from i'vi-a
Creek, comprising 7 30 yards for
$361.67 actual figures gotten from 'he
supervisors.
l';stnct No. ' kn tv i as the Kings-
l. f district has done 'he smc wo-k
iiH'e: the same condit.c.ns. and ap
proximately the same colt lvirh dis
trict owns its ow.i rjk .'rusher, ami
under ordinary conditions it takes
nine teams to take the erushe-! rock
away from the crusher, hauline; it one
mile. The work is beirii l t,S in the
morning, and if one ra-.n or team is 15
minutes late, he will have to be 15
minutes ahead ofime next day. Thfre
are three or four different groups at
the same time working in different
places, working under sub-bosses, am',
all under supervision of the supervis
or. Traction engines are hired for
$8 a day including a man to run it.
The one at the crusher receives $1 a
day less than the one on the grader.
Teams with man" and wagons, $3.50.
. Now the county court has fixed the
price for men and teams working on
the road, single men I think arc al
lowed $2 per day. Above districts hire
their lose men for $1.75 and get plen
ty of help, thereby saving money and
getting more road.
Now, knowing the above country as
well as the writer, it is strange that
under such adverse conditions, roads
can he built nt such small expense,
while here on the prairie the roads
in places are in such a deplorable
condition. Why should the graveling
This Gold Weather
Call for more and warmer clothe. "Vou simply mutt have warm comfortable clothing If you want to
keep well. An Albany doctor said: "If people would use more judgment and dress warmer and pro
tect themselve this cold weather there would be less sicknes." Just now we are thinking about.
Sweaters and
Mackinaws
All wool Shaker knit ruff neck w eater In Navy, cardinal and Ox
ford, $6.00 values $4.95
Pure worsted Saxony yarn ruff neck aweater. In cardinal and white,
$7.50 valuea . - $6.3S
Medium weight, pure wool ruff neck aweater in Oxford and Cardinal,
$6.00 valuea .. - - $4.95
Good weight Pfiater knit, all wool ruffneck sweater, navy and Oxford
special $6.00 value : . $4.65
Corrig'an knit all wool ruff neck aweater in cardinal only a $7.00 val-
Dark Oxford raglan sleeve ruffneck, all wool, $6.50 value ..$4.95
Shaker knit Oxford, ruff neck sweater, all wool, a $5.00 value $3.85
Youths' pure wool ruff neck aweater, aizea 32, 34, 36 in navy, cardinal
and oxford, $4.50 value $3.85
Youth' oxford ruff neck $3.50 value .
. $2.65
Cotton ruff neck aweater for work or everyday wear ,
75c
Winter underwear,
sox, wool shirts,
hats,men's, youths'
and boys' suits and
overcoats at bona
fide worthwhile
savings.
The Blain Clothing Go.
"For January Savings"
alone of 150 yawls of road or prob
ably 200 yards cost over $200 which
is right in front of my house, when
the Calapooia river runs the whole
length of the district with a beautiful
bed of gravel within a mile and a
half of this road. Why should gravel
be hauled from the river at Albany,
and paid for at the rate of ZlViC per
yard, and hauled from three to five
miles, and only two loads per day,
when it is so close, and costs nothing
if only the people along the road
were given a chance in the right time
of the season to get to the gravel?
Why is it that the road from my
house to Albany is in such fine shape
any time in the year, and trom my
house south is in an awful condition
in ' places, so that automobiles and
motorcycles have turned around by
my house and went by Corvallis to
Eugene? Why is the gas tractor which
offered to work for $15 a day, sub
stituted by a steam engine which
costs from $25 to $30 a day, both or
cither pulling the same load. There
is something wrong in the spending
of public money, and we can learn a
big lesson from those districts in east
Linn county in the way of construc
tion, in putting in full time for a
days work on public money, and by
all means spending every doMar which
is allotted us. from the general fund
the ri;;ht way. Let not those east
ern districts get ahc?d of us in the
way of building roads, as our con- lull last night was 1 iiich,or .10 inch
ditions here are of a nature to allow . of melted snow.
us to build two miles of road to their ; Took Body to Shelbum
one with the same money.
With our Hon. county court having
put in a county gravel plant, which
if run along commercial lines, will fur
nish an abundance of splendid road
material, and the supervisors giving
everybody . a . chance to help make
roads, not trying to lay their wires
from one year to another for the su
pervisorship, by having their friend;
from one end of the district go'to the
oilier, and doing all the work, we
will in a few years more, have roads
that everybody can travel and be
proud of. Don't let it appear, or have
it said, that the" best blood for road
making is 30 miles east of Albany.
Our honorable county court has
taken a good big step in the right di
rection by putting a gravel plant in.
now let them appoint the right man
to oversee the road work, and see to
it that a full 8 hours work is done,
and every dollar spent in the right
way and in the right plan.
With 'due respect.
A. A. BENDER. .
Weather Report
Yesterday's temperature for the 24
hours preceding 8 o'clock this morn
ing, was from 22 to 17 degrees. The
river fell four feet and now stands at
4.2 feet above low water. The snow-
Draw Trade and
Profits Into Your
Store
Use an electric sign. Persistency, pleasantly, effectively, it
impresses your name and your business upon every pass
erby, suggesting purchases. It is a constant influence
drawing trade to your doors.
Electric Signs Are
: Inexpensive
The first cost is soon covered by increased business, and
the cost of operation is slight. Let us figure on an Electric
Sign for your' establishment.
Oregon Power Co.
"Reliable Service"
Telephones 15 306 West Second St.
Wm. Fortmiller, Rev. Jas. Moore,
of the Methodist church, and Mr. and
Mrs. G. C. Moon went to Shelburn
this morning with the body of the
late E. P. Elliott, who was buried
there this afternoon.
Wm. Pollock went to' Portland on
business this morning.
5c and 10c
All this week
at the Albany
Opera House
did the people
of Albany
know the treat
in store for them
not one seat would
be vacant. The
wardrobes used
by this Company
are as good as
used by the largest
shows on the road;
the actors are as
well-trained and
experienced as any
one or two dollar
show behind the
foot lights today.
Sec them all this
week, your money
back if you do not
find this the best
show for the least
money ever put on
in the Albany
Opera House only
5c and 10c