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v. o- "52Lf 00009 0 0 00000000 0, O Mabr el TUB ASSOCIATED 0 0 I'KKHH. The only paper In Linn 0 Otoualy carrying A. P. dispatch O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O ':.-' O O Tonight sad Friday Fait . O O 0 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAILY DEMOCRAT U VOL. XXXII. ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1919 No. 187 ALBANY COUNTY'S SHARE OF STATE TAX TO BE. $134,335 SAYS TAX COMMISSION Total liudget for County To .be About $.'83:8, in Ad dition to Levies Made by Cities and Towns. , INCREASE 40 PER CENT. Millofr Rnad To Mnrlrst JtllliaXC IVUBU tax, iT.UrH.Cl RoadH, Soldiers' Education- al Bill and Other Items In- crease Linn's Tax $10,000 State Tat Commissioner Frank K. Loveall notlllrd County Clerk K. M. Russell today that Ih total aisle tai for Man county far tha ensuing year I IIM.S3S, which b an Increase aver last year of a a- proximately forty iter cent. ... Three reasons ar evident as to tha Increase. The Pierce Market Road Mil. approved by tha people, add 130,000 and the Educational bill for the support of soldier, sailors ami ageaaver known la In sight.. No Im-i BUTTE Mont Dee. II The heavi marine, and the Increase of the six mediate relaxation of the rigid eon-: t r 'V,- " ,torm ,h. hi per cent of the staU tax budget. pine-' ed by the Stat Tax Commission. Tha Market Roads Bill call for a one per cent tax In th. stat wl,.cn makea about t.10,000 for thla county wnicn win do mnmni w in nrn ,.,.. M,.rt,..K..muun. .ith a on per cent levy on th eounty property which will be done, according to the report of th rojrri. Tie court wii also eauujnn market roads In th county to expend tMi fund, which will mean about $00,000 nor for roads under thla act, and also increase th tax levy two mill, on -H eoinv eronerrv. T" Intel amount of funds In th state, for market roads onrtVr th Pierce Act Is IM0.4t..t?. The total fund for th relief of eotd. Icrs, sailor and marine, under th Educational relief art, totals 111,283 .44 an icrease of six per cent under the law placed bv th Stat Tag Com mission is I IDS .087.09. This Is the state tax and I In ad dition to the 1448,923 set forth In the budiret of the Linn County Court. The total budget for Linn county will ap proximate I5S3,2M. " President And Department of State in Accord WASHINGTON. Dec , 11. By A I . mere la not now and nover been .ny difference of opinion P. There Is not now and nover ta tween Prenident WiNon and the State Drnartment on handling Mexican af fairs, Secretary Robert Lansing said 'today, dlscuaning published reports that the Persident's attitude On the Fall resolution was a reversal of th policy of th State department. 'OOOOOCO SO O "O009( NRV CLASSIFIED 8 a - deliver Albany Democrat In the city. for SALE-4-drawer vertical Fii- ing Cabinet at bargain, phone 9i,' ' ldl3 FOR SALE A four room house and 2 Iota In East Albany. Price 11000. 1Q0 down and 110 a month. ScVBnxioUi t0 wj this year's classic. rtonicn ana iiornosy, L,yon oi dll. FOR SALE A B-Voom house and 2 'lota in Sunrise Addition. Electric lights, garago, chicken house, con crete floor in basement, etc., Price $2200, $200 down balance monthly. See noflich and Homback, 825 Lyon Street. dll WANTED Good milk cow. Call ift 538 West Second St 11(113 FOR SALE Five good sleds, welh Ironed, light weight Inquire of Eastman Brothers. HdlS 8IR KNIGHTS ATTENTION if&m&Z. Special Conclave of Tern- i' . pie Commandory No. 8, this Friday afternoon, and ven- V4-' Ing. At 4:30, conferring of 'A the Red Cross degre. Din ner at 6j30. At 7:30 the Order of the Tempi will be conferred. All Sir Knight, welcom. " John R, Penland, E. C. 11dl9. COAL STRIKE IS THING OF PASTi Miners Returning to Work; President Wires Ap preciation to Lewis WASHINGTON, Dc. 11 By A. P. President Wilson today telegraphed Acting President Lewis, of th niln workers, hi appreciation of th patri otic action takif by th minora ye tonlay at Indianapolis In calling off tha atrikt. Washington M Intra Obatlnata ELLENHHURG, Wash., Dec. 11 Tha coal miners of CI Klum and Roslyn fields near here will not re- . , ..,.. ,0 of the mme-work.ri of America orders them U end the strike, accord- ?lvhonm mnn'" 1nm th Mlnera Resuming Work CHICAGO. lec. 11 Difficulty In notifying miners that tha coal alrik la over prevented general resumption of coal production today. Most opto- mlstie reports coma from Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. Kansas reported no resamptiosw . , ' Relief In Sight CHICAGO, Dec. 11-Relief from. on of tha most serious coal short. .ervation measures ar in prospect, but tha return to tha mines of tho first miners and, the abatement, ex-' , lh. east and tl.a far north., WMt of sever weather, held f rth f ma nope lor a rapia return to normal r:....u .u' k.iu.-i th mines will b yielding 7S per eenti normal by Friday night, s OREGON "TO MEET HARVARD crimson Players Decide n. . - to V4mie TV est iwr new Years Game Lo Angeles, Dee, II. By A. . P, Th University of Oregon fcot ball team waa today select ed to meet Harvard University ' at the, Tournament of Roues at Pasadena en New Year day In' In th animal east versus the west game. C Harvard, earlier in the day, had "re'd 10 eome L The announcement that the annual foot ball gam between the west and i. . k. . .,.Hiil.il will 1 thS Th. - pacific coast stnte.. and Oregonians will rejoin over th choice of the state University team to represent this sec tion. Although Oregon and Washing ton had each lost a game, Oregon lost to Washington Stat College early In in season and the Litter was laler defeated by Washington and 0. A. C, bmh of which team, were defeated, by ' the University of Oregon. Oregon I wnn frnm vVJi.Mni.lnn 21 to IS. There 1 nM no other cnoiMi ttpteiMf w"h,n,f,on had dcfe,,cd 0rc- iron. i low Oregon', famai. team do-' f.,ted the University of Prnmyi-1 vanla 14 to 0. and the year previous Washington State defeated Brow by the same score. Harvard will come Miss Fox To ' Tell of Work 'wJ,j'oy Eijening Miss Elisabeth Fox, on,w,vosMn ft .f n mnA nn. nf the ITl IsT." f.1 a.. workers in Franca will speak of JfrJ experiences abroad at the home of Miss Flora Mason, Friday night Dee ember 12 at 8:30. Thos who hav heard Mist Fox sptnk vr even know of h i' iharming jiTsonVity are expectlntr lh" knenes. pleasure In hearing her Friday even Ing. Miss Belle Jeffrey, of Seattle will accompany Ian Fox and toll of the worlds Service Program of the Y. W. C A. 'Tho wo.nen and mon also of Albany are cordially urged to avail them, selves of 'hit opportunity. THERM0M1TER REGISTERS ELEVEN DEGREES ABOVE ZERO HERE LAST NIGHT; CONDITIONS AREJMPROVED. STATE CONTINUES TO SUFFER FROM WORST STORM IN YEARS; PORTLAND RESIDENTS FEEL LACK OF MILK AND GROCERY DELIVERIES; FIRE DEPARTMENT UNABLE TO REACH BLAZE. PORTLAND. Dae. 11. By A. " Ps Although tha coldest. wcathrr of tha yar waa experienced last night tha storm situation has improved 'somewhat locally. ' Tha thermometer recorded 13 6-10 degree above aero during the night f r.in. .rrhrimr but frivht A few trains are arriving but freight traffic la virtually at n stand still. Locally there are no milk or other deliveries, although tha neighborhood store are supplied. Street cars on several line are moving. Almost impaasiblu streets gave trouble. An early morning flra was un- checked dua to the Inability of the fire department to reach the burning dwelling, which waa destroyed with a nominal loss. . RorU from different parts of tha state indicate prostration of busl- ness. Telegraph and telephone wire ar badly crippled. - v Stores I ripple Butte ,-..,,, .. ,, lhi. : fnMMH 1. Mill lMMJ.il.1. 4n um. f" thrrm follr . ineiM of ,nov m ,nc, , O.cloek I1Jlt n.nt , n . ... ftuuKi uisr,viLiitr,fKui all u nit nuucu FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRES Anarchists Must Go WASHINGTON,-Dec. 11 By A. P. The Supreme Court today declined to interfere in the deportation pro ceedings against Aelxander Berkman but granted a stay of ' xccution of a week in toe case Alabama MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 11 By A. P. Fears are Entertained for the safety of hundreds of persons living along the rivers of central and southern Alabama, which are overflowing as aresultof heavy rains. Five lives are known 1 to have been lost todate. Carl Gray Heads Union Pacic NEW YORK. Dec. 1 1 By A. P. Carl PwCray was elected president of the Union Pacific here today. He be- fan his carrer as a telegraph operator for the Santa Fe lines, le was at one time President of the Oregon Electric rail road. ' Colorado Adopts Suffrage DENVER, Dec. 1 1 By A. P. The House of Repre sentatives of the Colorado . " """I" " . uffr8e ratification resolution. The senate will probably .ii r- iuiiuw tuiiiviiuw. Villistas Seek Reprisals EAGLE PASS, Tex., Dec. 1 1 By A. P. In reprisal for the recent execution of General Felipe Angeles, 400 Vil liastas early Tuesday attacked the town of Muzquiz, state of Coahuila. looting the stores, seizing several prominent citi- zens as hostages, according today. French Tiirer Visits London LONDON, Dec. 1 l-By A. P.-Premier Cfemenceau, . r- . i t j rt n r .,r- . of France, arrived here today. He will confer with Premier loyd-George and Vitterio Scialoia, the Italian Foreign minister. . . . PARIS, Decl 1 By A. ed with L) Annunzio s volunteers at riume. many were killed and wounded on both sides, according to a Geneva dispatch to the Petit Parisien printed with reservations. . It; is said that L) Annunzio s troops had pillaged trench depots 8t Fiume. Committee on War Insurance '';. Tn Get Rusu Hurt v Hammerly, vf this city, ehairr of tha State Committer on ijr . Ji insurance of the Ameri can Leaa has received a letter .from the sv'LJrf of th atato orgnniita tion W, .hlm to get hi. commit tee orfsB.d and ready for wnrk. HammrHx.iU b aaed . to take care of i Vork for and Ben ton count. who a, 'slstance in this line, i'will aupp Stv'r Informatlan DeMssnry to .. ! governme ,wrnc or re-Ins V, policies or .It in force: Thrrmomlter Drops to 11 Above Zero In Night Tha storm situation Is greatly im proved in thla vicinity today. The thermomiter dropped to 11 degrees above xero last night and froi the Snow that had fallen into a compact mass. Paths which had been cut dur ing the day mad travel comparative ly easy all over th city. - Mora fear la now expressed over th results of th possible quick thaw than over tha snow itself. A sudden melting of the- mass of snow that cov ers tha Wilamette valley would re sult In on of the greatest floods in the history of tha state. But this is not anticipated and it is believed that the thaw will take its natural course. Th weather, prediction for tonight la snow and colder with moderate northerly winds. Train traffic Is rapidly resuming and several through trains have gone through from both directions, all of them late. The Oregon Elect re man aged to get Its tracks cleared this morning and trains are again going through to Eugene. Mail deliveries resumed again this morning with the arrival of the delayed eastern mail, as well si local. . of brgma Goldman. n Fears Floods legislature today adopted the to information reaching here P. French .troops have clash Roof Gives Way With Load of Snow Oie of the result of yesterday's snow storm waa the death of a fin jersey cow belonging to J. W. Rob erts, of West Second St The cow was kept in the old Curran estate barn on Water street back of M. Senders & Co', store and when the wecht nf the snow became too heavy yester day morning part of the atructuie caved In, the roof falling on the cow and breaking her back. She die) while Mr. Robert, was attempting to get her out Willi tfc MAW .- - Llll- Mt.t. . ...... .v " " rwmm .....m nw "stsavj, P's cped without Injury. LEGION-COLLEGE GAME ATTRACTS Opening Basket Ball Game of Season Creates Inter est for Tomorrow The batket tall game eiwen the Am':iiri Uk'ion and the tern t. re nine Albany College which wil b plnyed tomorrow evening is attract lug the attention of local sport foil-wars map are anxious to know the strength of both aggrega'.'ont. The legion will be represented by Bid. Moore, and Harry Kock, for wards; Beth French, center; F. F. Orambaugh and Ralph Bilyeu guards. The definite line up for the college has not been announced by Coach Mc NieL The game premises to be a warm one and a good crowd is expected In apite of the weather,. Saturday evening the legion team will play a team from Vancouver. FISHING RESORT TO BE PROTECTED Government to Take Care of Sport in Making Sale ' of Timber ', . Seventy million feet of timber on the Breitenbush River - within the Santiam National Forest haa Just been put up for sale by the District For ester. This is the largest tract or M-l presented to the students as soon as tional Forest timber to he put on the chapel is revived after the cold spell, market for several month in thia " believed that the stodento wffl . . n . take the matter up and debate it la District of the Forest Serv.ce. ' chapel and perhsps in debate, with " The timber lie on both sides of the, other coUeEes. The idea U to get s Breitenbush Krver a abort distance , better understanding of the treaty and above Detroit, largely within the let the country think for itself, drainage of two small creeks known; The telegrams received yesterday a Canyon and Hansen creeka. The.. ,ollow!,1: j - ' . . . ,. . . - trarf rnntiiinrn tTt no H lion ft f Douplaa fir of medium atxe and fate, mdelgndmU, body of quality, and about nme million ;tjyonr imtitutlon request that tbey of sugar and western white pmea, noble fir. fir. western cedar, hemlock "d fir. silver nr. The minimum prices named in thai,. . .. , , va : t mvrtation for bids are $1.60 per M.' board Wt for Douglas fir, noble fir I and cedar, 3.00 for the pinea and 50e tor me oiner specie, m wmw, fully mature and, like crop, is ripe for harvesting. Since the Breithenbush river is a favorite resort for fishermen and va cationists, the contract for the sale-of the timber will contain special stipu lations to prevent the logging opera tions from marring the natural beauty of the banks of the stream or destroy- ing all the splendid virgin forest which the scenic road sometime to be built up the north bank of the river :n a. wm invc ti. t It is the established policy of the Forest Service in granting Termit3 to log mature timber within the Nation al Forests to do so with the least possible injury to the natural beauty To Attend Meeting ' of those localities which may be via- - Hu(th Hammerly and Leo Cox, lo ited by tourists and rccreationists. nl wpresentative, of the Metropoli that the National Foresta may attract fan Uft insuratice Company went to tourists and function as National SaIem hu momiBg for , playgrounds. with other agents of this district. German Reply Declared Back Down on Stand PARIS, Dec., 11. By A. P. The German reply to the Supreme Coun cil's note demanding the signing of the peace procotol has been received and is now undergoing translation by the German delegation,, substantially recapitulation on the Scapa Flow question and a proposal for a discus sion on other points. Former Linn Co. Woman is Dead In Portland Mrs. Allle Branstetter, a former Linn county woman who died Tuesday at a hospital in Portland, will be bur ied tomorrow at Harrisburg. Mrs. Branatotter was a duaghter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McMahan, of North Albany and sister of Arthur Mc Mahan, of the law firm of Weathr ford and Wyatt Mrs. Branstetter hed a responsible position in one of the shipyards In Portland during tho i-ar and her work caused an nbsces on her aide. An operation wa re sorted to hut blood poisoning act in and death wa. the result U. S. COLLEGES TO DEBATE TREATY PACTANDDISCUSS TERMS OF LEAGUE Albany College Invited to Take part in vote on Treaty by Students and Faculties of Country. ' TELEGRAMS RECEIVED Editors of Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Columbia University Dailies Take .Lead in Important Move. In order to assist congress fat obtaining the sentiment of the people of the United State bob the peace treaty and leagn eJ aatioes questions, the editors of . th daily newspapers ambushed ' at four of the country's leadiax tfdacational institationa arc tak iag the lead In Using a poll of the aeatimeat of college atodenta and facilities of the country. . The vote will be cast on January 13. and the results compiled and tabulated in th east' Albany Col lege yesterday received , telegrams from the edtors of the dailies at Yale, Harvard, Princeton' and Columbia Universities and the matter will be mumuj VAJUire, mutviy, vi . ' j -. t u , tH . OQ Jan 13th, th " . k ,v . . UJ VU ww iwu wn innua waa .. .. h.. ment of an advisory committee eon- - . .. . r., Hmd,. of Lowelf, of Tarvard, Hibben, of Prince ton and Butler of Columbia, win greatly appreciate your approval and aoope ration. r, Frederick P. Benedict, Editor-in-chief Columbia Spectator. John M. Harlan, Chairman Daily Princetonian. Briton Hadden, Chairman Tale Daily News. Fifield Workum, Prest Harvard Crimson. gECY op ALbANY COLLEGE, f I Albany, Oregon. I wn ou kind,y de,.ver follow . (Continued on' Pags tiree Buried at Orleans The body of Mrs. May Wood, wife of H. Wood, of Mill city, was brought to Albany from Portland yesterday and laid to rest at Orleans cemetery. Rev. Wm. L. Deming conructed the services. . SHOP EARLY and shop early in the day ONLY 11 More days to Shop until Cj.stmas 'vt.--.'ev7 . I wJ ). it