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ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1019
No. 188
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COLDEST WEATHER RECORDED
IN OVER- 30 YEARS EXPERIENCED
IN ALBANY AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST
MERCURY DROPS TO 11 UELOW ZERO HERE
LAST NIGHT; ELLENSBURG, WASH., FEELS
COLD AT 31 BELOW; MEDFORD ISOLATED BY
WORST STORM IN HISTORY OT VALLEY.
Th record fur cold weather
for a great muy year w brok
en her last night when th merc
ury dropped to II degree below
aero, according to th report of '
local weather forratV K. M.
French ft Boo.
In 1881 it la said .that th th.r
mom Iter showed 10' degree Mow
aero. Tho tero point waa reached at
V o'clock lat night and tha weather
dropped at about - two drgr an
hour until the extreme waa reached.
' Houses all over tho city arc . la bad.
,way and plumber ara working over
, tit to repair broken plpae., It i
difficult to heat up In aom hnnve and
building and. there 1 considerable
discomfort. Indication point to aior
cold weather tonight
, Th total inowfairtodaU U 25 1-2
Inch. Residents at Tangent report
that tha mercury atood at 14 degree
blow aero at 8 o'clock this moi
inc.
Cold at Portland
PORTLAND, Or., Dec.; 12 By
Associated Press. Only thro time
sine th local branch of th weather
barren was established has Portland
experienced colder weather than to
day when the thermometer drnped to
fo-ir degrees below (era. Th storm
has abated her and throughout the
state, but trains are moving slowly
and Irregulorly. ,
Th Willamette river ha froxen
over for th third time In the recol
lection of whit men In thi section.
It la not sufficiently to walk upon,
however. . Milk deliveries ar bring
made to (tores but not to residence.
SO IVlow at Kttrnsburg
ELLEN'SHL'RG. Wash.. Dee. 12
Government theremomlters early to
day registered 31 degree below xero,
th lowest on record.
Medford I Isolated
" MEDFORD. Or.. Dec. 12-For 80
hours Medford and Jackson county
have been cut off from th rest of th
world by th most severe snow storm
and cold weather In history. Tele
graph and power lines ar oat of cam
mission. No paper hav been pub
lished her sine Wednesday.
Jefferson Cat Off
Two feet of mow on th ground
nd . th thermomlter showing eight
degree abov aero la th situation
her tho morning. Nearly all the
country schools ara closed also the
' town school. Tho rural mnil carriers
are unable to make their rounds on
account of th deep snow and as
good many telrphon lines ar down,
a lot of th farmora are completely
Isolated. . ... : ,
Brownsville House
Destroyed By Fire
A Brownsville (welling house was
entirely destroyed by fir yesterday
morning at 9 o'clock with all of its
contents. The houso was owned by
Thos Lacy who was using it as a
kind of work shop inwhich he had
been- weaving carpets. It is assumed
that th fir started from a fir left
In th building. Owing to the snow
no assistance could be rendorad.
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. , 8ALEMAN WANTED For Albany
' and Linn county. , Good opporcun
ity for right party. So Mr. Bmlth,
Albany hotel. Friday . and Saturday.
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FREE DEMONSTRATION The
Rogers Violet Ray High Frequency
generator.- Tak. electrical treat
ments for your ailmenta. Call Mr.
' Smith for appointment. Hotel Al
bany. Agebts Wanted 12I1S-
FOR. SALE A four room house and
2 loU in East Albany. Price $1000,
$100 down and $10 month. See
Hoflich and Homback, Lyon St.
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FOR SALE A 8-room house and "5
lot In Sunris Addition. Electric
light garage chicken hous con
crete floor in basement etc., Prlc
ho
$2200, $200 down balane monthlyJO
See Hoflich and Horn back, 825 Lyon
Street. 12dl3
HUMAN AID IS
BADLY NEEDED
Feathered Friends Repay
Feeding Many Times
Over
Ornithologist of Albany and all
people With a kindly plac in their
heart for the we feathered songsters
hav prepared feeding place already
for them.'. Thousands of srnall birds
a well as larger gam birds will die
if snow lay on th ground much
longer. . . . . .
Piece of aurt nailed to window sills
or in boxea outside windows will
bring a awarm of eager, hungry lit -
tie bird. An ordinary bushel box
makes a good fowling plac. ft can
be nailed to a post, tro or fasten
ed anywhere out of reach of prowl
ing cat. Bread crumb, bird seed,
grain, crackers, etc., ar relished. Th
aurt, fastened down so that th birds
must tug at It, is th test foodstuff.
If th feeding boa ia near a window,
th bird-host will be owr-pald for his
trouble in th gleeful, grateful scene low in th snow until it wool be
lli hungry guests will enact and cornea full of snow, it then cannot
which he may watch. rise or get out of th drift. And
Th most common suffuse rs observ- hay must be provided, for pasture is
ed in Albany ar Juntos,, robins, varie- covered of coarse,
gated thrushes, cheery little rusty 8om' sheepmen have bean nblj to
t,r.g
rl'a
ng sparrows, meadowlarks, bam-
and Nuttall's white-crowned
sparrow, chickadees, beautiful cher
ry bird, gracklca and blackbird, and
many others. . In yard having auch
aa evergreen about, birds from the
covert will be see It, such as brown
ere peers, spotted creepers, red-shafted
flicker, several varieties of wood-
peckers, towhoes and ether ordinarily
sliy bird friends. ' Soma " lowland
dwellers, auch aa plover and snipe,
aandpeepa and belted kingfishers,
ar coming clos to residences.
Gam birds such a pheasant and
"bobs" hav littl food left now. Th
few clumps of dock and tarweed pro- It was aom 37 years ago, say old
trading abov too anow hav been time Oregonians, that things became
threshed out. Th gam bird readi- mixed up above and Dakota weather
ly withstand tha cold, but weaken was doled out to th Willamette Val
rapidly if they cannot find foodstuffs. Ivy. Th present cool snap recalls
It is reportedthe state gam com- tho daya in the minds of many.
mission will go fifty-fifty with private Th Willamette river froxa, and war
bodies in fording game birds. Soma crossed on planks. Deep snow lay
local aid must be given, or hundreds over the .whole valley. At Portland
of pheasant in a weakened slate will skating waa popular on th river.
fall prey to hunting cat and. dogs.
Eared vowla, barn owl, Cooper's and
sharp-shinned hawks, blue dart and
a host of other birds of prey are busy
night and day searching out the help
leas bobs and chinabirds.
Carter Tired
Of Buckwheat
Cakes and Sausage
Kenneth Carter returned last night
from Bend Ore., where h. had been on
a business trip. When he reached
Bend there was a foot of (now on
the ground but before he left a 72
hour's steady foil loft a carpet of 47
inches,
About 100 miles from Bend
his train was stalled and h
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th. train '
two nights and a day In
until snow ploughs could open up th
track. One engine and plough turn
ed over In front of the train. He re-
porta the snow doep all along th.
Columbia river valley. Carter state
that h does not want to sc. buck
wheat hat cakes and sausage for
some time, for that la the diet with
which the Tamiujars were served
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when other food gave out
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Meeting Postponed
A. C. Schmitt, secretary and
treasurer nf tho Linn County
Good Roads Association an
nounces that the meeting to
have been held at th St. Fran
cla tomorrow has been post
poned on. week on acount of
It not being possible to have
the proper atendance from the
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rural districts of th. county.
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FARMERS MAY FEEL LOSSES
IF SNOW DOES NOT DISAPPEAR
SOON ACCORDING TO REPORTS
STOCK IN NEED OF FEED IS ALREADY SUFFER
ING; WHEELED VEHICLES MAKE POOR
ROADS; HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES . LOW 1 IN
SOME CASES. ,
Boss aufferlng and loaa la un
avoidable If th present fall of
now remain long, aay report
today from country district.
And If atlll another blanket
'hould rover th present depth,
heavy stock loaae wou'd Inevit
ably reault. ,
Cattle are standing the 'old well,
wherever they can b fid. Tho
stockmen who war depending on
HBU1IIIK V flU -.
ar facing a difficult probl-m. Whirl
ed vehicle can make Jilt It progre's
over the roads, even whore broken
out. Until yesterday.
few country
road had been broken,
Sheep Must lie Sheltered
Heavy sleds ar th only means of
making solid roads over which loads
of feed can be hauled. 'Where l-d
runner pack tha road solidly, watron
wheel merely chop up the .iov. A
big horsa can scarcely pull a buggy
ven on a well-traveled rood. . Little
feed can be hauled by teams and wag-
on.
Th many huudred head of sheep
pastured in big fields will suffer, it
Is predicted, where they --unnct be
gotten under sheds. . Many Bock are
in Held where no aheds aru. avail
able, or where th adulters var too
(mall to accommodate th ''heep.
Stockmen declare that if a sheep will
mors iarg flocks of sheep to shutter
by breaking m narrow, hard trail for
them with a team and a long, heavy
plank, dragged endwise through the
anow. Th sheep can be driven along
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Weather Phenomena of Old
en Days Recalled by
Present Storm
Much suffering occurred. Some stork
was lost. And the cold spell did not
break for five weeks.
Loral weather prophets, while keep
ing an anxiou eye on the southwest
for signs of welcome rain-clouds, de
clare that wenther, like history, re
peat itself. Prepare for worse I
I Catholic Baxaar Postponed 1
The ladies of the Catholic Chdrc'i
nave auciueo. ro postpone ina usutsr
for Indefinite period. Announcement
Will W IIIsBUTJ miiCI
Battle In Progress
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Mexican Federal soldiers encounter-
,4 , villlsta rirces that raided Mui-;
nni mnA fii.httnr. t. r.mrl.i1 In nm. '
grass late yesterday, according to in
formation received here.
: BEAUTIFUL SNOW
By D. C. McClure
Show me the villain who wrote "Beautiful Snow,"
And I'll break him in two; I'll
111 "break -his old back; I'll tear from him his clothes, 3
I'll kick him all overrdfefocAte
I shoveled the "Beautiful" till way late last ngiht.
And back again at it before it was light.
I kinked my old spine, but feel yet that I'm able
To clean up the rascal that wrote that old fable,
tm a peace-loving man, as everyone knows.
It's many, many years since I've come to blows
witn any man. dui now i a
Where's the whelp that wrote
thia hi.
Sugar la Scare
Country' housewives, ' who lately
could only purchaa 25 cent worth of
ugar, are doing without sweeta in
many cases. Kerosene and other
common necessities ara being used
rnfullv hv those Hvuiar a distance
from town. Autay, on which most
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farmer depend for hopping errands,
on th. road., av. thos stuck and.111' nn,n that "n h"-
abandoned in the deep drifts. Many (,mile. ' The bolls and locks on the safe
people cam to town yesterday onjsr aUo connected up and It is im
horseback on brief errands. , , possible for anyone to tamper with
Phone Stilt Working them wihout starting the median-
Many old sheds in stock pastures i,m to 'w0king.
hav fallen from the weight of enow-? ' he signal also affords protection
drift on them. One turkey house in't(tajn hold-up. Many stations are
East Albany fell last night, killing ' pIaced .roond th bank and ho-jld
some turkeys; a chickehhouse in the jobbers appear on of several persons
sam quarter also is reported to hav eou,d kick gwitches and start th
cave in and killed several fowls. Many 'bc,f fag. It lf jmpo;ble to
neoole Tenort tne raiiere or ineir
house, sagging Wherever pos,ble , f , fcrt,ki of .
U,. roof. hav. been cleared of .now . of th twiA bof
Some weather propheU declare thatvt4rt ,UrDU ,
if sudden thaw occurs, aided by a' ... . . . . .
warm rain, the weight on roof
ill
greatly increase before . the snow
slides off.
Telephones
county are in good working order.
gme linea are down. Near Hackle-
man'a Grove, Albany, wire hav fall
en. There six-inch sheaths of ice
cover th lines. ' .
High Water May Follow
If the thaw, when It arrives, ia
warm and sudden, a record high water
la almost certain. With the entire
valley and mountains covered with in
almost unprecedented depth of frozen
water, a flood ia inevitable unlesa the
thaw be slow and gradual. ,
Late Dispatches By
Asosciated Press
Carpenter lasaea Challenge
PARIS, Dec, 12 George Carpet.
tier today issued a challenge to Jack
Dempsey for a bout for the world's
heavyweight championship.
Sufferag Is Ratified
DENVER, Color.do completed
ratification of woman's sufferag a-
mendmcnt today when the Houso of
Representative, unanimously passed
the Senate resolution.
Coal Production Increased
CHICGO A general increase in
the production of cool today was in
dicated by reports from all fields.
Some sections, however, some miners
are in rebellion against the terms of
President Wilson's proposal and de
sired a mora thorough understanding
of tho plan.
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. McXary Bill Passe
WASHINGTON The McNary bill
'jnder which government control of
sugar would be continued anotaer
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WASHINGTON Th. fotal nluJhf f
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th Country's important farm r o1
department or Agriculture esttsnavsl
tndsv. Thi i nearlv a half bfflaW
1 more than
crops.
the value of last
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his nose.
sure ukc to Know-
that stuff, 'Beautiful Snow a
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this year aggregates $14,092,748,' l'v The company is on of the largest
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BURGLAR ALARM
BEING INSTALLED
Albany State Bank Putting:
in Device to Protect
Against Robbery .
Th Albany State Bank Is this week
installing an electric burglar alarm
system In their big vault to protect
their books and fund and th funds
and valuables of their patrons.
E. C. Palmer, president of the Sig
nal Service Company, of Seattle, is
her directing the installation of the
apparatus, which Is being put in at a
cost of $1,600. yTh steel vault is
lind with hundreds of littl wires
placed at such intervals as to pre
vent anyone from' paasing between
them. Th win ar mad of an al
loy which is easily broken and is
, quickly burned, caosing the electric
'cjreuit c eloted anj iUrting two
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year and this adder service and pro-
the best possible banking convien-
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RED CROWN MUX
HAS PROSPERITY
$900,000 Paid out for Grain
in This Section; Capac
ity of Plant Doubled
The Albany Sed Crown Mills own
ed by the Portland Flour Mill Com
pany, and managed by C. J, Johns,
completed th installing of new mach
iiuiry today, and now have a capa
city of one hundred and sixty barrels
of flour per day, with the prospect
of they capacity of th plant being
ao"lea De,ore lnls umo n"r y
"df the "Ke ot the min
,how th,t ,h mP"y h" bot?ht
1 more ram 1 st Aug-
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six years, ine sale ol Hour to Al
bany merchants since the first of Oct
ober is more than th. total sale of
flour in the city add vicinity for the
first eight months of the years 1914
Th. mill has been run night and
day since September 27. Under pres
ent operations the plant can grind a
bout one half of the grain bought by
the company, while if the plant is in
creased to grind all of the wheat that
is bought here, it will no doubt bo a
! preat asset to this part of the state
Th, company is said reolixe tho:
thr.t all of the by-products of the mill
w,il f jnd ready sale hero at a price
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P-'l than sh.pp.ng it to
i other marlets.. In addition to filling
f ordinary contracts, the company is
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oss iu imii i v 9 v ara, vaua tivui iUt
; tn 140 nound Jute sacks.
financial Institutions in this part of
th. -f. mnA h.. ..:.! a...
this season about $900,000 to th. pro-
IMcucers of grain.
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Warning Issued Against O
Danger from High Water O
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T. P. Raekleman. on- if Al. C
kany's oldest and most prom in- O
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IwScrat and issues a warning towO
J people living along the Wil-
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O be on the lookout against high O
O ' water caused by the sudden 01
4 melting of the snow. Serious O
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9 he points out, and urges all in O
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9 fully watch the wind and rap- O
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MiU WATCHMAN
SHOT AT BY TWO
UNKNOWN MEN AT
HARRISBURG WED
W. F.' Woodcock, Guarding
- Old Pattison Lumber Mill,
Target for Bullets Which
Fly . Close to Body.
SHERIFF INVESTIGATES
Local Men Denounced Infer
ence of Suspicion Placed
Upon Representatives sent
to Mill to Get Logs.
W. F. Woodcock, keeper of the
defunct J. AL Patttsoa Laaiber
Co. mill at Harisburg, waa Ired
at Wednesday afternoon by two
men who apepared at th rear of
the ssilL Two shote were fired
one passing a few Inches in front
of Woodcock' face and the ether
a few feet In front of Uas.
At the second -shot Woodcock
threw himself on th floor, cither to
-cap. being Jut or to fool d.
be mjL A. he dJth on. of ho
(men was heard to remark something
like:
I -My Godt we've killed him!"
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Assailant Ron Away
With thi they turned and ran and
entered a boat which waa tied up
below the mill and rowed rapidly
down stream. Sheriff Kendall went
to. Harisburg yesterday and spent the
day investigating the circumstances
of the shooting.
The shooting would appear to be
due to trouble over the logs of the J.
Al. Pattiaon company, the president
of which was recently indictid in
the U. S. District Court for making
improper us of funds of the Lmn
ton Bank, near Portland. About
500,000 feet of logs rere taken over
by the Harirsborr First National
Bank, aa a creditor of th. institution
and were purchased at public sale by
Lee M. Travis, a Eugene attorney.
Travis, through J. L. Norwood, a
Harisburg attorney, sold tha logs to
the R. Veal 4 Son Chair Factory of
Albany. ,
- Teal Sends Fof" Logs
Fred Veal Wednesday sent L. t.
Hadley and John Fierstein, of thia
city, who are working at th. Veal
logging camp at Irish Bend, to Har
ris burg to tow away that portion of
th. logs which were tied' up at the
mill. Upon their presentation of the
matter to Woodcock th. latter refused
to let them have th. logs, stating
that he Jiad received orders from
Travis to hold them nntil Instructions
were received to release them. The
matter of payment had not been con
cluded, it is said.
The Veal representatives called up
th. office in this city and were in
structed to wait at Harirsburg until
the matter was settled.
Trouble is Encountered
. Mr. Veal this afternoon emphatic
ally denounced any attempt to place
suspicion upon his men in connection
with the shooting and refused to make
a statement in the case until Fierstein
and Hadley made a report. They ere
still at Harrisburg or at Irish Bend
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and shop early in the day
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More days to Shop until
' . Christmas
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