PAOE POOR
New Goods for Your
Spring Sewing
New Dcvonshires, 20c yd.
New Amoskeag Dress Ginghams 10c yd.
New Percales, best quality, 15c yd.
Wool Cliallies SOc
A beautiful assortment
of New Spring Styles
Chiffon Taffeta 1.35
36 inches wide. Shown
' in all new shades.
33-inch Imported Pongee, 33c yd.
32-inch Striped Crepe Waisting at
$1.35 to $1.50 yd.
Black and white check Wool Goods
50c to $2 yd.
FLOOD'S STORE
334 West First St.
HEAVY DOWNPOUR BRINGS
(Continued from Page I).
Eugene, Feb. 7. The ri.-er rose
eight feet the past twenty-four hours,
reaching seven feet above the flood
stage and is still rising.
' Portland, Feb. 7. The weather bu
reau has warned against high water
in the Willamette, the river rising rap
idly at Albany, Salem, McMinnville,
and Jefferson. Shippers are moving
goods from loner docks. Rain and
colder is predicted in western Oregon.
Portland, Feb. 7. A chinook wind
has swept away, the snow and the
Willametc river is rising at an unpre
cedented rate. It already has over
flowed the banks in some places.
Damage is feared throughout the val
ley. It rose six inches an hour at
some points.
Calling His Bluff.
"I'm awfully sorry that my engage
ments prevent my attending your char
It' concert, but t shall be with yon In
spirit"
"fc-plendid. -And where would you
like your spirit to sit? I have tickets
here for mark. 4 marks and 10
marks." Fllcgende Blaetter.
FORMER TEXAS MAN
MAKES SOME COMMENTS
A former Texas man has shown the
Democrat the following with si
comments of his own:
Sulphur Springs, Texas, Jan. 24.
Six out of the seven Texas breweries
against which Attorney General Ii.
Looncy filed an ouster suit here
agreed today to plead guilty. They
will pay $276,000 in penalties and $10,-
rOOO as the state's costs, ami will have
their charters forfeited. They will ac
cept an injunction restriining them
from making any contribution here
after to political funds.
The breweries were accused of con
spiring to violate the anti-trust laws.
and of collecting $1,200,000 a year to
fight prohibition. The money was
spent to promote anti-prohibition leg
islation, it was alleged.
A few months ago at San Antonio.
Tex., six breweries outside of Texas
were fined a similar sum by the fed
eral court for contributing SI. 000.000
to aid in defeating prohibition at a
state-wide election held in Texas three
years ago. One man in San Antonio
fwas sentenced 'to serve two years in
the state penitentiary for buying 100
! Mexican voters at $1.00 each, to vote
against prohibition. One of the -breweries
wr.s the famous Milwaukee brew
i ery. One was the famous St. Louis
' brewer-. The others were Ohio. Illi
inois. and Indiana breweries. Two
million dollars bought negro, Mexi
can, tramp and bum votes, enough
combined with a small luimber of re
spectable people to defeat state-wide
prohibition in Texas by about 5.000
majority.
Wm. M. OLMSTEAD.
Weather at Tacoma.
Tacoma, Feb. 7. Danger of serious
floods is imminent unless the temper
ature cools gradually, from the deep
snow which is melting. No damage
has resulted thus far since the chinook
wind started to thaw. Freight trains
moved today for the first time in more
than a week.- Transcontinental rail
roads are all operating.
Elks' Dance.
An informal dance will be given by
the lady Elks at the temple Tuesday
evening. All Elks are cordially invit
ed.' f7-9
WANTED A good work horse, at
Tlie Farmers' Feed table. W. L.
Halloway. f7-9
LOST Opal brooch, 6 opals; in city.
Return to office L. M. Curl. f5-8
HUB
Theatre
"GRAFT"
Big Serial Picture
with Harry D.
Carey and Jane
Novak
Starting Sat
urday, Feb. 12
BABY
CONTEST
Suicide at Eugene.
Scott Inman. of Eugene, committed
suicide yesterday-evening at 5 o'clock,
by jumping into the Willamette from
the bridge. He had gone to the bridge
; with his brother-in-law, H. L. Burt
and was watching tic water when he
suddenly jumped headfirst into the
stream. His body could, not be found.
He was despondent, being out of
work. He had been working in Port
land as a steward on a river steamer.
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PERSONAL MENTION
'-
so
W. B. Chance went to Salem today.
Miss Gladys Davis returned to the
Mty from Faycttevillc this morning.
V. J. Drinkard, of Halsey, was an
Albany visitor Saturday and Sunday.
A. C. Brandes and G. E. Ganett, of
Corvallis were in the city yesterday.
Geo. S. Sardain, of McMinnville, was
an Albany visitor yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Royal Shaw, of Mill
City, spent yesterday in the city.
J. A. Gerwick, of Crabtree, regis
tered at the Hotel Albr-ny yesterday.
$sssssssssti)s$
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FOOLED THE INSPECTOR.
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But East End Butcher Is Made
to Purchase a New Set of $
" Scales. .
IS
(S
"So that's tl'.e reason you : n sell
meat so cheap is it?" remarked a man
to John Grcenmau, who owns a small
butcher shop in the Eisi End of the
city, Saturday afternoon. "What do
you mean?" querried Greenmnn. "1
mean that you are giving your custom
ers short weight." retorted t!ie strang
er. "I'd like to know what that) has
to do with you," came from Green-
man. "I'll show you what it has to
do with me," replied the other men
acingly. "1 am from the state depart
ment of weights and measures."
With tl:at the gentleman pulled out
pound weight from his pocket and
threw it on the scales. It failed to
pull the scales down and showed that
Grcenman had been selling two ounc
es of meat too much to his customers.
on every pound. But this is as much
of a violation of" the law . as
if he were selling meat two ounces
short on the pound, so Grcenman was
ordered to buy a new cct of scales. It
was his first offense, the scales were
borrowed and Grcenman was ignorant
'of their shortcoming. This morning he
went to Portland to buy a correct set
and will not be caught over or under
selling again.
"He made me a lot of work," said
Grcenman. "It took me two hours to
unwrap, re-weigh and tic up the or
ders that were ready to go out. And he
laved there and saw that I did it,
The Old Calendar
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invites complaints trom its pa-
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Come Here Without Fail! Come and Share in These Daily Bargain Events
Rousing Sales Every Day
This Week
in -r LCEStr, , r- BATH TOWELS LADIES' SHOES
Val. and lorchon Edgings and Extra large and heavy, a 50c Grey top. button, patent leather
Insertions. Values to 15c Yd. value. Shoes $3.50 value.
Our Price, yard Our 'Price, each . TUESDAY ONLY, pair
5c 29c $2.85
SERGE SUITINGS MEN'S DRESS SHIRTS KNIT WAISTS
Red, brown, navy, wine, black . . ... . ..
serges, and black and white 1 ancy slr'les and plains. Children's ISc Knit Under
check. 36-inch Wool Suitings Laundered cuffs. All sizes to waists. Sines 2 to 13 years.
YARD b'i $1.25 to $1.50 values, each Special each .
39c I 98c I 11c
MAIL ORDERS FILLED SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
WHERE YOU SPEND the LEAST and GET the MOST FOR IT
Worth's Dept. Store
BOTH PHONES 80
Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods
NEW WALLACE BLDG.
Mid the Lesson the Small Investor
Needs ta Learn.
The advice of one ot the larce bunks
of the country Is that every imeshmikl
Invest bis surplus, whether large or
mall, in dlvldeud Keeu.-ltles of the best
lass, whether rullroad. real estate or
farm inortgaia-s or public mill lies, for
"To keep money Idle Is a costly oper
ation" Let every reader at this nnlclo re
member i bat with nx utile as 5 or $10
he cub muke ttrsl payment ou the pur-
hr.se of u first class $100 bond. Let
every reader. who has a few hundred
dollars to spare put It In a good JoOO
ur $1,000 bond ou the partial payment
plan, uuil let It earn something. Five
hundred dullurs Invested lu a U per
cut bond (with the income deHlted
lu a savings bunk ill 4 per ecuti will
double Itself In twelve years that Is,
the &CO Will have become 1.000 In
that time. ' Till Jl.issi at U per cent
will earu f!0 a year ur over SI a week
for lis Hriesor. Even ut 5 tier cent
It will double In fifteen yearn and at 4
per ceut In eighteen year.
The Icmhoii the small Investor wants
to lenrn Is that his money Is Just as
good us chut of the lurger Investor.
The former has greater need of being
careful because be has less to spare.
Lenrn ty be a careful Investor. The
flrst thing the careful buyer does If he
wants to buy a burse, a cow. a bouse
or a farm, a bond or a share of slock
la to make a careful Investigation
Schoolboys muy swap the Jackkulves
they hold lu their closed hands, but
grownup men ought to know lietter.
The humblest Investor can buy with us
great safety ns I be proudest, for both
can deal with the same bankers or
brokers In these days when small lots
are popular with Arms uf established
character. Leslie's Weekly.
A, sheaf ot days this ribbon li.U.
A wliule Ions year
Of ihnu sad litno and snow and bloom
Was irathoriHl li.ro
On this old calondnr.
It dwliullad slowly, loaf by Isaf.
Just mm s roM
Whoso full blown petals seek the sod
Was each iluy's class
On tuts old cslonosr.
And now the end. and thsre art loft
For wltnsfl brief
Tho imlnliHl scroll and sllkon band
Tint held tho shout
On this eld ctilsndsr.
Hut somewhere, soma time, wo will and
Tho Knthditri lenves
llmntl In rocord of our Itvos
VI. t elmir nn-.l .hosvos
On lltln old cslondsr.
M.mphls Coinmorolal Appeal.
SURFACE CAR LOSSES NOT
DUE TO EXODUS TO WAR.
Head of Bureau of Immigration Thinks
Taxlcabs and Jitneys Ara Cause.
T. V. Powderly of the bureau of lui
migration In discussing the statement
by the public service commission that
the fulling off of street cur truffle In
Now York aud other Inrgo cities during
the past your was due to tho exodus uf
uieu who went to Kuropo on account
of the war said that no stntlstics
compiled by the government wul
throw any light cn this matter.
Mr. Powderly tioliitcd out that tilt
total number who left tho country last
year was only UUUtll, a number e i
tlrely too small when distributed
through the country, even If It all came
from tho largo clt'os. to have any ap
preciable effect on street car trnlllc.
"The fact Is," said Mr. Powderly,
'that the movement of Immigrants and
emigrants since the war began has
been tremendously reduced, in the
year ended June. 11)14, we received
Into the United States l.LM!MNO. Pol
the year ended June 30, 11113, the mini
bor of luitulgrauU was only 320.700.
tho smallest number slnco IS'.
The only large movement, cum
parntlvely, durlug the past few months
has Ihx-u tho return af Itams reserr
Ixts. There has been a, net gain of III)
migration from Prance and Knglaiid
none whatever from Austria and Hun-
nary and only a very slight gulu from
Uormany. There, was a net loss of
Itnlliiu pupulatlon in this country since
July 1 of uver 0..ooa Their going
wuuld hardly afford a reaaob for less
street car truffle.
"I am Inclined to think the slow,
hesitating character of the service on
the street curs uf most of the largo
eltles has more to do with reduced
truffle. The luxlrnb aud thedltuey can
account fur sumo fulling off tio doflbL'
BIRD ROOSTS.
Safety First as It Is Practiced by the
Feathered Tribes.
One of the best ways to prepare for
a long Journey Is to make a short one.
So we find that many birds, before
they emlmrk on their great ulr voyuge
which Is to take them from their sum
mer to their winter borne, first make
dully trips between their sleeping qunr.
ters and their feeding grounds.
This Is the habit of our robin. Rob
ins raise two and sometimes three fam
ilies In one season. When the flrst
family leaves the nest early lu June
It Is taken by the father -robin to some
dense, leafy growth of young trees to
puss the night. To this place they re
turn .every night. Many other robins,
sometimes thousands of them, come lo
the sstnt woods. Such resorts ure
known as robin roosts. In flying to
il nil from them the young birds lenrn
how to find their woy.
Meanwhile mother robin Is patiently
sitting on her blue eggs, from which
In about two weeks' time another little
family will appear. In two weeks
more they also will be lurge enough to
leave the nest and can Join their broth
ers and slstors In the roost. ,
Oraekles. or crow blackbirds, have
the suiue habit. But since they have
only one family or brood both the par
ent birds go to the roost with their
young.
Sometime the robins ure joined by
the gracklcs and both by the European
starlings, which, brought to this coun
try and released In Central park. New
York. In 18U0, have since liccomo one
of the most abundant birds In our mid-
die Atlantic states. Much u roost Is
i (sited nightly by many thousands of
birds. Prank M. Chapman In St. Nleh.
olus. '
WHEN
please
answering classified ads,
mention the Democrat.
NOW 7.621 NATIONAL BANKS,
Charters Issued to 138 In 191B Law
Strictly Administered.
Tbe anuuul report uf the comptroller
of the currency shows that only fifty
four entirely new national banks wero
organised lu the last cnlendar year.
There were 1.18 nntlonnl banks char
tered lu that time, however. Of these
llfty-four. with an authorized capital ot
4.O32,0t)0. had been state banks und
thirty, with an authorized capital of
U.SU5.000. were reorganizations of pri
vate or state banks. Tbo strictness
wltb wblcb tho national banking act
bus Ix-en administered during the yenr
Is Indicated by the fact that, while 13S
charters wero grunted, 101 applications
fulled of approval, charters liclng de
nied. On Dec. 31. 1015, the total number uf
nntlonnl banks organized was 10.810,
of which 3,180 had discontinued busi
ness, leaving In existence 7.0'JI banks,
with an authorized capital of $1,077,
301.375 and circulation outstanding se
cured by United States bonds of $710,
571.758. Circulation to the amount of
$51. 7113.450. , covered by lawful money
deposited with tho treasurer nf the Unit
ed States on account uf liquidating and
Insolvent national banks and associa
tions wblcb bud reduced their circula
tion. Is also outstanding, making tho to
tal nmount uf national bank circulation
outstanding t77l.337.208. Of the 138
banks authorized to begin business,
wltb a total capital uf JS.3i!'.'.000. ninety-nine,
with a capital of $2,007,000,
bad Individual cnpltul of less than $30,
000 and thirty-nine, wltb a capital of
$3,005,000, had individual capital of
$50,000 or over.
UNION
R. W.
OF NATIONS SEEN.
Babson Presides at Anti-war
Meeting In Boston.
Members of the Society to Hllmlnulo
economic Causes of War met In
rnneull ball, lu Boston, and listened to
several addresses on how war can be
avoided.
Roger V. Ilahsou presided and read
a number uf telegrams from different
sections of tho country on the business
outlook after tho war.
Roger 8. Hour, discussing 111 need
of an International ling, declared' a
union of tuitions was coming. "Lot
prevention be our watchword." be said.
"The conviction Is steadily growing In
this country that It Is relatively unim
portant whether the knlscr's militarism
or England's niivalism Is responsible
for the war. '
"Tbo real guilt Is for the one who
left the matches around for tho boys
to play with. Ho Is the evil genius or
our civilization, whose gnrx! nnme Is
patriotism and whoso bntl name Is nationalism."
Other speakers were '.Va.'ler Wood of
Philadelphia. II. T.. Ilildgmuii and Ed
ward S. PaysonVf Boston, who talked
on Inlcriuitluniillsiu.
You'll Always get 100 cents worth
for every dollar you spend at
THE GOLDEN RULE
We do not ad high rent, delivery, bookecpern, credits. Interest on
borrowed money, this means a saving to you, Mr. Man, better think
It over.
House dresses ;.. Wc
Bimgulow uproot '... 4!)c
Ladies' kid gloves ...
$1.00 Corsets
$1.50 Corsets
$2.00 Corsets
Silk bot hose ,.
Ladies' black hose ....
Ladies' black bote ....
Children's hose
Children's lisle hose
Wm
lc
98c
$1.49
2Jc
10c
. 2 for 25c
Ilk
2 fur 25c
$J.50 and $1 Men's pants $2.9H
$15.00 Men's suits $".90
$20.00 Men's suits $12.50
$25 Men's suits $16.50
Crossctt $5.00 shoes $J.9H
Crossett shoes $4.98
Hoys' ovetalls 3Jc, 49c
Men's oahkosh 75c
Men's underbill 75c
Roxford sox .. 5c
Whit leather sox 10c
PRICES THE SAME EVERY DAY
THE GOLDEN RULE
83 BUSY STORKS
TWELVE EHINGS IN MAIL.
A Sample of What Comes to a News
paper Office By Post Office
Continually.
Health iicw4 articlc-i on pnciiuuMiia
by the U. S. public health service.
Notice of sale of timl er by national
forestry service.
Three pages of industrial news sent
out from Portland, said to be edited
by Col. Hoier.
Report bv drnartuicut ui coiniuercc
of import!, and exports, showing enor
mous increase in exports.
Article by tiie department n( labor.
U, 5., on weight and weighing babies
Avcr.-.gc weight, girl 7 Iba. buys 7'i
pounds.
A clubbing olfcr for Today's .Mag
azine, Canton. Ohio, r.irc opportunity
to make money.
A page of clippiucs from tlie Peo
ple's Home Juir:',l, with invitation to
c them.
Another article tin the Avori:t n.iv.il
base, "Criminal Negligence of Unpre
pared slate."
Aiiiiouiifruiriil of the offer by S, 1',
of a valuable watch Job to employee
to six men lu each distiK l shupinind
ing hiitlic-il on s.ifely fir-,1 wok.
Census reports by department of
eiiiiiineree on -tcuui l.iuudi ics and
manufacture of .iiitniuobilcs, covering
1014, nearly two years late.
A scoop proposition for Scoop.
A copy of the Phoenix, a 7 by S
m.iM.iinc. a uiiiiie production, but
fttll tl tt .till! v.')l- "lV-r.
greed and f.iUc p.-.triotisiti ate playing
H.r nitiicliiel willi the .nil American
tradition."
A bulletin from the Wasiiiiuttnu
state experiment lalion; but we li' ve
our hands full keeping track of our
own O ,A. C, experiments, not surpassed.
LOST Small :ilk hnndb.ig on l-'irst
street cast nf Jelicrson. Finder
please cull llell phone .VI J.
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A
Time, worry and labor saved by cooking with the Home Gas Maker.
Light and cooking gas at cort of 3c an hour. Whiter and brighter
light than electricity. Can be Installed in any stove or range.
.Clean, safc.economical. Call 325 W. first St.
WEST COAST GAS CO.
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HPHE scientific shap-
mg of the Firestone
Non-Skid tread insures rli.it
you get all your money -
out in actual service.
Right-angled against skid in
any direction, this massive
good measure tread affords
maximum safety as well as
multiplied mileage. And
only the powerful Firestone
body could sustaiiv the bulk
and holding strain of the
Firestone Non-Skid tread.
All this good-measure build
ing is part of the Universal
Service of Firestone Tira
for any demand of road or
season.
Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company
"AmtHca't Largut Exclutlut
( 1 7ir and Kim Makm"
Akron, Ohio
Branches and Dealers Everywhere
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