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eooeooooooeooooo O Member f .THK ASSOCIATED O O PKKH8. Th wily paper la Llun O O county carrying A. I. dispatches O OOOOOpOOOOOOOOOO ALBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT 000000000000000 o e O Tonight and Sunday Fair O O o OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO VOL. XXXII. 1. 1. 1 ALBANY,' LINN COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8,1919 No. 184 FARMERSDEMAND OFCOUNTYCOURT THAT CO. AGENT BE PERMANENT Delegation of Farmers, Busi ness and Professional Men Ask Court to Include $2000 Item in Budget NEED POINTED OUT Agent is Regarded as Leader in Each Community and Connecting Link With State and Govt Activities. ' A delegation ( farmers, a lock ' man. bankers, and business aim from various eeellune o( tha coun ty and repreaeating every landing Interest In tha coanty appeared balora tha coanty court today aaklng that tha county . Includa In tha Annual County budget f 3)00 In addition to tha 12600 slat and federal funda received J In tha county for, tha eapenae of tha county agent which haa been '""'paid by private aubacrlption for tha laat two years. Tha drlcga'tion also filed a petition signed by tax payer representing mora than two million dollar aaasea ad valuation of property. W. W. ToUnd, representing tha farmer waa tho Aral to apeak and presented the view of tha farmers In a way that could not be misunderstood, ahow-t Ing that tha Farm Bureau in addition to being of financial value direct. wa " .tha county agent was tha leader of every community and the connecting link between the ordinary farmer, stock raiaer, Vultrymaav. and tha ......... th " 7T ' O. A. C and th work In othor own- - . ... , tie done by agrnta and the general VttMmt LewU by Attorney General market at large whereby tho farmer, Palmer Saturday night" aa tha town buaineeafnao. may com- Secrecy still aurrounded th proal bin and reap result beyond the denfa proposal. alngle aUn.lard of doing buaincaa There were pcrsiatent rumors that A. C. Schmltt and K. D. Cuaicfc. tho president proposal waa that the . presidents of Albany banka. next . apoka In th Interest of tho county agent ana ecuing ions ui luipon sncs of th agent aa a representative .... . . ..... of the farmers Interest. A. M. Minor . . r.norl nf th. work don. bv the agent in diatrlbutlng poison and tho . . (Continued on Page 8) oooooooooooooooooo vww ri. iitlFlKD e . OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WANTED Two boy with bicycle to ... . deliver Albany Democrat in uie city. MOONEY'S . TRANSFER, aollclU city hauling and country tripe. Prompt rvico and reasonable rate.. 0fflcetTy,7n.e;.V,IUl omce. corner 2nd and BroadaWn. .r!, aT' ,, t. . i. FOR SALE- Kill V Uto f like , new. driven only a ahort . time. .-,,;. - " wsy isaraf?f, .or. inv w d8tf. rno hit t.loht Mitrhell aix. in good condition. Inquire at 618 W. iWr V". " ,; who has been divorced in the .tate of 2nd St, or Phone 621. 8dl4 Uie8 Suddenly Waahington, appeared tor Uccnso to FOR SALE 8 White leghorn cock- . 1 day with a witnes. reli, fall grown, Tankort atrain.' Call Phone loT-M, oecween s ana $ In evening. Ask for W. M. Scud- ,jori s . 8dl0 WANTED Two furnished houo - . keeping room, close In. Call at Elite Bakery for Mr. Wolf. 8dl0 WANTED Dinning room flrl at Van ' Dran Hotel. 8dl0.. oa a ncvx O 1 Yt- 4fA -. VVAfl 1 fcU OCTCnil ii.j wr , paatur call 475-R. Team U d Co. I r u. - 1 69 I ' ' FOR HOUSE WRECKING eall . v 8d90 I FARM FOR SALE 481-2 Acre All In cultivation, nice bungalow, fair bam running water the year a round. Situated, 8 mile from Al bany. Postea.lon eanbo given , onco. Price f 110 per -acre. J. V. Piva. Albany Stat Bank Bid 8dll BARGAIN S Have torn good bar gains In Residence property, tltuat od on paved Street., eall at office for Information aa I do not care to - hav tenant dlturbd. J. V. Pip Albany Stat Bank Bldg. 8dll FOR SALE or trad for motorcycle Chalmer. Roadster, In good running order. Inquire at 288 W. 2nd St GIRLS STOPPED BY STRANGE MEN Thtfee Albany Girls Fright ened on Way Home From Church 'A iha thraa Phillips girl of Has el wood addition ware going homo from church last night at about 9:00 o'clock they war atoppvd by four young man driving an automobile on wait IHh iraet nd commanded to take a rida In tha car. The girla became great, ly frightened and iuccacded In resist, lug tha demanda of tha offender and finklly made (hare way to the home of Chief Cailin In the Wretern part of tha city and were taken to their home. It i reported thai numerou petty offene against mural decency an tha law ar being comilted by to called young man that reflect no cred it on them iclv, Tha officer bav tho name of thota who are on tha black lint and who will be brojtfht to Justice at tha first opportunity and on tba slightest violation of law and order. SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE EXPECTED White House Sees Hope of Miners Accepting Pro posal by Tuesday WASHINGTON. Dec. 8 By A. P. lfif frr flj.tt1i.mMit tnmnliimf nt " mrov.r.y ulwn " opera tore and the government," was expresaed in a formal whitchouae statement today. The atatement aald: ... . . . . ... . . ... . -..-..J .V- i- w " through tho acceptance by th miners of a plan fur definite settle-' ., propoaed, the president, which! .... . . oronosa waa submitted to Act no- miners accept for the present th M P" advanc propoaod, that the - - condition be left to a commia- . .. ...u.l.tl V. MM.tJ. f Some assurances ar said to hav hrn aTlv" ragarding the parsonnell of the conuniaaion. Grand Jury Postponed INDIANAPOLISDpc 8 AssembK Ing of the federal grand Jury, sum. moned to lnvetigate the alleged vlo- lotion of the Lever act, and anti tmmt law lit Ananlnat avifaanM -nf) . ... oVolera, in connection with the al Wk haa been poatponed until tomorrow.. CHICAGO, bee. 8-Hundred. of wer, wlthlrnwn ,rora th railroad of the country t: mmily , the MMdtawrt uth IoothwMt- 0Henl , " England ncel nearly three. hundred trains Wednesday, ri. run "'" ...,. pionnr , --'. - - - ."or daj(hter. Mr. E. J. Shumaker, in Jefferson last Saturday. The ftin- ! took place at Scio this afternoon t 2 o'clock. Mrs. Gill ha. reaided , In Scio and vicinity most of her life -nd leave, a host of friend, to mourn i her death. ' PpAM North I -iKal fVr. ' " I Mr. and Mr Roy Frltiwater, of Lebanon wer Albany buslnes visit-: j : . ' oareruay aiiemoon. VlalU Parents ' . . , Mia Mabel Keebler, of th Demo crat office spent tho week end Yistt ing ner parents near ieDanon. Republicans to ' Meet in Capital WASHINGTOnTdoo. 8 By A. P. Republican leaden from every state are arriving In Washington today to , A peace-time regular army of 100, confer ori candidate prevloua to the 000 men and 18,000 officers lias bten meeting nf the national committee . tomorrow which will select the tmi sub-committee framing; the army ro and tho plae for th 1920 coirver.. organisation bill. The combat troop. tlon. r '? ' DIRECTION OF FOREIGN POLICY OF GOVERNMENT RESTS SOLELY UPON PRESfflENT, SAYS WILSON -s-ssBSBiwtsBe ""-' ' IN LETTER TO SENATOR FALL CHIEF EXECU TIVE Rf(UESTS WITHDRAWAL OF RESOLU TION ASKING SEVERANCE OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH MEXICO WASHINGTON, Dec 8 By Aaaoclatcd Pre--President WU aoa today prepared a letter on the Mexican aituation for traaa iaaion to Senator Fall, one of tha committee conferring with tha Prealdent laat week, who In traduced a reaolutioa aakmg tha president to aever diplomatic re lationa with Mexico. . JJrealdent Wllaon would be "grave ly concerned to aeo any' such resolu- tion paaa congress," . ha wrote fcVna tor Fall today, referring to Senator Fall'a revolution raquaating the preal dent to aever diplomatic rclatiomf with tha Carranta government. "It would constitute a reversal of our conatitutional . practice which might lead to very grave confusion in regard to tha guidance of our for- 500 CHINA BIRDS FOR LINN COUNTY State Commission to Distrib ute Feathered Celest- . ials Here Five hundred China pheaanU will t litOT.ted between Albany and I . ... CU.JJ Harriaburg, prooaoiy near ,bout March 1, accordmgto Carl D. Shoemaker tiale game vMrden. ihaae HV ' 'w fir,t v. iik...! i,Ar tha state game com ..- . ..:.. nol cv of ralUtUT pneaa- , ant. on game farm, at Corvalli. and Eugt-ne and holding them until after the fall shooting eeaon. Mr. Shoe maker will try tho plan out In Unn county. Seventy-iivc p" w 8600 bird raited on the farm were ..... ,hu before hunting nJ m0( of ,hem were only 8 month, old. The, fU ear prey to they hunter, and not 8 per cent ur- . .holinln barrage. holu Mr. Shoemaker give, vent to hi lir. n the recent .taw aalTlc commission lnve.tlgaUon trouble, 'making the following .UtemenU A. long a I am tate game ward- an i w;n n0t let any man tell me wh'lt ,m t0 do with trout fry or phfBS,nu or anything else; I .hall ' offic. ,0 the best Interests - " run my v... - of the .porUmen, whom I represent. Cupid to Find Way for Couple Who Would Wed """"""" ' i ' That Cuoid use. varioja way. ana meana to complete a marriage con tract 1 evidenced by a transaction now pending before ihe county clerk. Ev erett Lewis, of Monro Waah.-and Mr. d..,i;. Hmwn. a 17 year old wioow . BDeBrt that Mrs. Brown i mvwvmtm , r i i .k. .mta and very recent amt especially In Albany and a ahe i un der age the county clk has no authority to grant tho Ucen.e, The mother cf the would be bride is dead, and the father i. In part, unknown in the East ana she has no guardian. I The cniv move on tne checker board I-,Inf mill. now appear, the appointing of a guar oin nere ana u tne guaruian appoim. ed consents to tho transaction tha clerk would then hav the power on diT the law to grant the license. This is tho first easii of It hind to come up licfor' the clerk c'jrlng hi term 4 tfflc. Army of 300M0 ' Held in Favor WASHINGTON, Deo. By A. P. decided upon by th Hons Military ware fixed at 260,000. .i he wrote.. algn policy," he wrote., Tha presl dent expreaaed confidence that ha had tha aupport of every competent Con stitutional authority In the statement that the direction of the government' foreign affair were aaaigned by the eonatitutiiai to tha chief executive and to him alone. ' When tha letter waa received. Chair man Lodge of tha foreign relation committee, after conferring with Senators Fall and Brandegee, an- flounced that no further action on the - - Mexican aituation will tha committee. "We wanted to help," he aaid, "but now the cntir Mexican aituation goes to the president. The responiihil'ny la- upon his shoulders. Let h rest there." BERKMAN AND MISS GOLDMAN . DENIED BAIL NEW YORK, Dec 8 By A. P. Federal Judge Mayer today dismiss ed writes of hsbaes corpus obtained by Alexander Berkman and Fmma Goldman to prevent their deportation to Rnasia and declined to admit them to bail. It waa announced in court that th government planned to de port them within two week. SKATERS MAYBE . PLEASED WITH ICE WEDNESDAY " With the thermomiter down to 19 degree above aero last night and lea gathering on all Handing water, akat ing enthensiasts are anticipating a short season of the popular winter port John French, ton of F. M. French, local weather recorder, I authority' for the statement that if two more night like laat night ensue there will be skating Wednesday. Mr. French haa followed the weather re port for aeveral years and can tell without going to tha lee whether or not condition ar right for skating. The maximum temperature yesterday was 44 degrera and it i. thought that a lower mark will be recorded today. Correct Number of Rings Guessed Alva Cox guessed the correct num ber of ring, in the window, of F. M. French & Son. jewelry .tore and wa. i .. j .1 i i . . w m.g ouereu as j prize. The correct number guessed by Mr. Cox wa. 1849. Thyra Prebler mi.sed it by ono gucssins; 1350 and winning an opal ring. .Several others guessed this number, but their ans wer, were received later and were not counted. The ring guessing contest ha been an annual holiday feature of this storo for several year, and always attract, a large following of interested spectator.. Newberry Heard Indictment Read GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Deci 8 By A. P. United States Senator Tru man Newberry and 13 others indict ed on charges of violating the elec tion laws stood mute when arraigned today in the United States District court . V, Pipe and Son Make Two Deals J. V. Pipe andi Son report they have .old the Eugene Palmer farm eonsiating of about 200 acres near Galtra to J. T. McDaniel. a farmer living In that vicinity. This Is one of the be.t grain farm, in the county and .old at a good price. Mr. Pip also .old tho last few day. th Tho. Johna place consisting of two acres and line Improvements located on th Corvslll. road to Frank M. Smith, who will occupy th place aa a homo. WOMEN NET $750 AT THEIR BAZZAR Presbyterian Ladies Make Great Success of En tertainment Tha baxaar and rummage al held at the Firtt Presbyterian church lait Wednesday nutted more than $760 to the ladies In charge and will go a long way toward clearing tha debt on tha church man which I being carried by tha ladies of tho church. Every kind of article sold well and while a large number of doll were old there were 30 left over which ar- placed on eala at the For miller Furniture tor. The ladie desire to. express their thank to the following who assisted in making the event a success: Prof. E. M. Perfect and hi splen did orchestra; F. M. Pfeiffer, W. H. Barker, W. H. Stover, G. A. Flood, Wm. Pollack ,and Roy Dowd. LOCAL ELKS I .... HOLD MEMORIAL Annual Program Carried out Honoring Members Who Have Passed on ' The annual 'memorial services of Albany Lodge No. 859, B. P. 0. Elks, were held Sunday afternoon in the local templo of the order. - The program wa. fitting, reverence being paid the departed members of the local lodge.' Members of Albany lodgo who have died during th last I year ar C. I. Berkley, T. J. Ander- son. John Giblin. L. J. Martin, Geo. , B. Simons. Ambrose Beard, W. L. Kimtev. Governor James Withycomb. Frank F. Toevs, Dr. J. L. Hill. . niKh chooU and other orgaaixaHon The exercise, were opened, with a nt delegates. The resolutions soh .election bv the Perfect Orchestra. , "'" approved gave, a lengthy This ira followed by a selection by the Elks Quartette composed of J. Palmer. Stanley Adams, Clinton Arch ibald and Clark Huston. The ritual istic opening was performed by the officer of the lodre. Dr. G. H. Young gave the invocation. Mrs. Fay Huntington, of Portland sang "Abide With Me." W. Mv Parker, secretary, read the roll call of th Absent brothers. The Vacant Chair" was sung by the EDcs quartette. The officer of the lodge gave the responsive service Mrs. Huntington ang "I'm a Pilgrim; I'm a Stranger." and after th oration a gain sang "Beyond he Dawn". The member of the lodge sansthe clos ing oob and Dr. Young pronounced the benediction. The memorial committee wa. com posed of E. D. Cusick, J. J. Barrett, Herman Hector, A. W. Bewersox and Dr.-G. E. Ritrtrs. The usher, were Harry L. Ruck, Leo J. Kropp, Wm. R. Bowdcn, Clarence CoU'n and Chsrlff. Fortmiller. Hub Stock Farm Sells Calf for $750 The Hub Stock Farm conducted by Cole and Harold have recently sold an 8 month short horn to McCor- mick Bros., of North Lebanon for 7bO. The Hun mock i arm is con stantly building op a fine herd 00 reentered cattle the proprietors hav intr bought a fine cow and calf at the Portland s'eck show, for which they pnid a fnncy price In order to building up their heard. Linn County 1. today the leading 'county in the .tate in thoroughbred live stock. . Chris M. Widmer Called by Death Chris M. Widmer, son ofMr. and Mrs. C. R. Widmer, of North Albany, died at 3:20 this afternoon at St Mary's hospital after an illness of more than five weeks following an operation for appendicitis. He leaves, besides his parents, a wife and two children and five brothers and four sisters! Funeral announcement will be made when word is received from a sister, Mrs. A. P. Martzler, in Tofield, Al berta. ,. v . ' No Expeditioa Planned. 1 FIUME, Dee., S-By A. P. Gab rielle D'Annunilo assured the- Aim elated Pre. yesterday that he I. not preparing an expedition again.t S pal ate or Liabach. We hav hi. word of honor that th statement Is tn. BOYSCONFERENCE BROUGHTTOCLOSE SUNDAY EVENING; WAS BIGSUCCESS More Than 250 Delegates From 30 Localities 'in Dis - trict Vote Approval of . Benefits of Gathering BANQUET. SATURDAY Jean Morris Ellis Pleases Delegates With Talk; Salem Chosen as Meeting . Place for Next Year. Th laat alder Boys Conference f the states f , Oregon and Idaho for this year, closed at the First Presbyterian church. 'last aight with aa attendance of er . eral hundred f Heads and dele gates present . The conference, according to the consensus of opinion waa a great suc cess and the delegates and leaders of the convention were loud in their appreciation of the hospitality of Al bany people and th information ami inspiration received from the numer ous, sessions of the convention. - Two hundred and five delegates reg istered and represented from twenty five to thirty different towns and i or al sections of the valley. '.Another commendable feature of the conven tion waa that all the leading church denominations, of this part of the- I iitjiti were well renresnted and aintf report of the number of delegate frsva the vaAiou churched and other organizations and recognised In de tail the services rendered by Albany people and others who took an aetfvet part in making th cnovention a suc eess. ,-f Saturday evening a banquet was served at the First Presbyterian church and a rousing reception given by the Albany high achooR studenta at the senior high school, spctading? a fine tableau entitled, "Wanting a wife," followed by a social hoar. The session yesterday was full of i:f 1. : : . .v i . terian church at 9:30 with Ivan B. Rhodes as instructor in BibTe study. The delegates attended the services in the various churches of the city. At S oVInrk th ikWatM as sembled and were addressed by Mrs. Jean Morris Ellis on the theme of "Helpful Relations" nv arhich the spcaser urove nome many iunaamental facts that no doubt will live in the lives of the youthful delegates. The evening program appeared to be the climax of the convention in more ways than one. The main speak er of the evening, Ivan B. Rhodes, selected as his text "Your Life Lives A f 1 . 1 1 ' ... .. . u anu win as nis illustration or proof three college men as mile posts m, the lives of those with whom they came in contact, and pictured in a vivid manner that the good men do rive after they are dead and gone. Faul Newmeyer, chairman of the meeting is the right . man for the place and called' on all the leaders of - (Continued on Page 8) ' ! ; SHOP ' 1 EARLY and shop early in the day j : ONLY' " ' . i a . - .hi ' More days until ' ' Christmas ; s:3b