NEW YEARS WELCOMED WITH NOISE
AND HILARITY BY ALBANY PEOPLE
Amid tht clang of bells, th blow
ing of whistle, the tooting of horn
' and tha ihrlvk of sirens, lama old Mr.
11)19 alowly allppod- out of existence
last night and bright and cheery llt
tla Nlnuteen-Twenty entered tha
threshold.
Tha midnight hour found a goodly
number of Albany paopla up to wel
coma in tha new year. Tha Aaasmbly
Club made merry at their regular
monthly danca at Mooaa Hall. Tha
Globe Theatre held a mid-night mati
nee which waa attended by a full
house. Many partlea were In progreaa
throughout tha city and nearly every
church held watch meetlnga. Many
f.mlllc. quietly ataid up without any
other axcuaa than to bid good-morn
Ing to tha new member of tha galaxy
of yaara.
Tha paat year haa been moat proa
peroUa ona for Albany, Linn County,
the etate and nation at large. Al
though having Juat paaaed through a
terrlffle war and aoma twenty billiona
of dollar having been apent In need
lral waate in providing tha ainewa of
warfare, tha country doea not even
aeem to feel the flnancutl drain, and la
njoylnb tha greateat period of pros
perity. reaalmlata and conaervatlvea may
nav their aay and dire reaulta may be
predicted for the coming year. Hut
there la no galniaylng tha fart that
thla haa been good year. There la
talk of high pricea for labor and com
moditiea, but thua far moat everyone
aeem to have withstood tha atraln.
Naturally, there ia deaire to aee
aoma thinga a little lower, but very
few people would like to go back to
the old timea.
The workman haa had money. The
farmer la bulging with con if ha waa
ny kind of an agrlgarlan. Tha do
poult in tha local bank atteat to
thla, aa la ahown in another column of
thla issue. The merchant have en
joyed th greatest year In the history
of th city. Salariea aa whole have
been higher and everyone haa had
more money and apent It freely In
The Peoples'
FULL LINE wram. w,
-of-
Fresh Groceries and Bakery Eats
ALSO "333
Glass and Aluminum Ware, Dishes, Crockery and Cuttlery
Customers Order by Phone and Pay By the Month ,
Holman & Jackson
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Albany Furniture
Manufacturing Company
Tj ,flffliiimmHim
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bettor living and mora luxuriea. Soma
have been wise enough to lay by a
good neat-egg while timea are good.
The trend of the timea la ahown In
tha wonderful demand that exlata for
automobilea of every deacrlption. Thi
aale of diamonda and Jewelry haa been
beyond tha wlldeat expectationaa. Fine
clothea at what would have formerly
been termed fabuloua pricea have aold
readily.
Yea, It haa been a great year and
there la no denying the fact. Although
there la no attempt to poae aa
prophet, It" la difficult to ace where
timea are going to. change during th
coming year. Many commoditiea wiil
tabllla aa production catchee up and
pricea win evesujr, wv .
atandarda of living will prevent any
decided alump In very many lines.
The excellent financial eyetem which
haa been constructed In thia country
prevent th manlplation of tha mon
ey market by any amall group of men,
and, to tall tha truth, very few would
want to attempt It now, anyway.
Tha Democrat haa had a moat suc
cessful year tha first of tha preset.;
firm, and tha publisher take thla op
portunity to thank their subscriber
and advertiser for their hearty co
operation and aupport and iuuvm
them 'that tha aama constant endeav
or to produce a bigger and better pap
er will be carried on in 1920.
Again wa wish you A Happy, Pros
perous and Contented New Year.
Went To Salens
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Fisher and
two daughters went to Salem thia
morning to spend the day with friends
Returned to Coosrr
Mrs. J. A. Comer left on th arly
train this morning for her horn at
Conser after visiting friends her.
From Toledo
County school superintendent R. P.
Coin of Lincoln county registered at
the Van Dran tost night on his re
turn to Toledo from th Stat Teach
er's convention at Portland.
"The Store of Service and Quality" -
Opposite Post Office
WHEN BUYING FURNITURE ' i !
Insist on Tables That Are ' " -! '
Made in Albany
Yours For A
TTnrmv and I'rosnerous
New Year.
MANY PRODUCTS
ARE MADE HERE
Albany, tha 'Hub City' of th Will
ametie, la noted for what 71 the
question often asked by the atranger
and overlooked by many of our citi
(en. In addition to lliig favorably
located aa farming, fruit and atock
center It 1 noted fur numerous man
ufacturing plants.
It can boast of aving ona of the
Wt canneries in this part of tha state
it haa a fin meat packing plant that
''is still In its Infancy but sending out
Uhousanda of dolLira worth of high
'cUm meats. All kinds of furniture
far manufactured by Albany furnl-
I tur Co. Chairs by th Veal chair
I factory. A box factory I con
ducted by Roner brothers. Th Far
! West manufacturing plant is doing a
! thriving business in making mpny
! kinds of. ladders and wheel barrows.
I Siloes made by th Cameron plaining
mills. Sash and door made by the
Sears planing milla. Flour in great
abundance by th Portland flouring
mill plant here. C. G. Rawlings Is
th proprietor of th first class brick
yard for the new building of Albany
and elsewher. Th Sand and Crave)
company are tha producers of a high
clasa hard brick for special finishing
work.
Th Albany Tannery send out a fine
class of leather nude her and is
constantly Increasing In th demand
in outside markets. Th Albany
foundry Is another subitancial manu
facturing plant that is in a position
to manufacture any thing made of
iron In the moat up to date plant
Wm. Eagle makes cigars Candy
la produced Wholeaal. Th Albany
Lumber company manufacturing all
kind of lumber for the local and out
side market in addition to tha Ham
mond Lumber company yard which
keep In itoqk a big stock of all kinds
of lumber found On the ararket in
this part of tha stole. Albany in th
minds of th thinking elass haa
bright future as a producing center in
manufactured and agricultural pro
ducts.
WHEN AN8WERnQ tUaatfleds ada
etwrfly mention The Democrat.
Store
to
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RESOLVE TO SAVE
DURING NEW YEAR
W. S. S. and Thrift Stamps
Offer Excellent Induce
ments to Save
Many men are going to miaa the
pleasure of making their favorite re
solution thla New Years "I Won't
Drink Another Drop." New Years
wouldn't be New Year without reso
lution!. Next to th general apirit of
well wishing, perhaps th best thing
about New Year ia th chance It
seems to afford to blot out the mis
takes of tha paat and open new books
There la ona resolution that ought
to be mad by tippler, teetotalers,
and all of us. It is a resolution which
on is tempted to keep aa time goes
on rather than break Thia ia the
resolution:
"I 8HALL SAVE SOMETHING
EVERY WEEK."
Th person who makes that reso
lution and keeps ia predestine a sue
eeaaful future. A successful philos
opher said:
" If you want to know if you
ar going to be a success or a failure
in life yen can easily find out. The
tost ia simple and Infallible. Ar yoo
able to save money? If not, drop
out. You will fail as aura as you
live. You may not think ao, but you
will. The aeed of success is not in
you."
Th Government of the United
States of America asks you to make
thia New Years resolution. It pro
vides Thrift and War Savings Stamps
and Treasury Savings Certificates, all
securities of th government, to help
yon do it. Every post office and bank
handles them. The price of a Thrift
Stamp ia 25c the year round, and the
price of a War Savinga Stamp in Jan
uary ia $4.12. War Savings Stamps
and Treasury Savinga Certificates
bear four per cent interest compound
ed every three month.
Make that resolution.
LARGEST CHAIR
FACTORY HERE
R. Veal & Son Factory is
. Largest Exclusive Chair
Faetory on Coast
Albany proudly boasts of being the
seat and principal place of operation
of the largest exclusive chair factory
on the Pacific Coast The R. Veal A
Son Chair Factory, located at East
Sixjh and Main Streets,' employs a
force of more than 100 people and
turns out chairs of various grades for
the wholesale trade.
"A chair complete from th woods
to the retailer" ia the alogan of thia
institution. Operating its own woods
and logging crews, the Veal Chair
Factory takes the tree standing in
th forest, loga it to its saw mill on
th banks of th Willamette river at
Albany, cute th timber into boards
and transports it to the main factory
where) it ia taken through the manu
facturing process.
The product of the factory goes to
all parts of the west and to the Hawai
ian Islands. The' retail trade ia sup
plied through a force of aalesmen who
cover the territory and keep the mill
busy with the results of theri effort.
R. Veal and sons came to Oregon
in 1886 and bought out an old chair
factory at Stayton which had operat
ed for perhapa 30 years, before that
time. Two years later they moved
th plant to Albany where it began
a steady growth. Fred Veal, who waa
associated with hia father from the
time they came to Oregon, haa been
in active management of the factory
for the last 25 years.
New County to
Be Created
HARDIN Mont, Creation of Jo
Brown county out of portions of Big
Horn, Powder River and Rosebud coun
tie ia to be duscus'sed at a meeting
of residents of the district affected to
be held at Forsyth, January 7.
Ashland or Blrney would be the
county seat under the proposed plan
Most of the land to be embraced is
devoted to cattle raising.
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Many Prosecuted
For Profiteering
LONDON, In th past month there
have been 871 prosecutions in Eng.
land on charges of profiteering In
food supplies. Convictions were ob
tained in 861 caaes and fines ggre-
Wild Elk Are
Sent to New
York From Mont.
LVINGSTON Mont Wild alk form
Yellowstone national park have been
sent to hunting country In northern
New York slate, wher an attempt Is
to be made in propagate them. Hor
ace N. Albright, national director of
parka, was In Yellowstone to super.
vl th shipment. The elk are a gift
from park service to the state of New
York.
It Is thought th animals will thrive
in their new horn and if th exper
iment there proves successful, th an
imals ar later to be sent to other east
ern states on th northern tier.
French Soldier
Convicted After
Being Elected
PARIS, By Mail) An extraordin
ary story of th election of a French
soldier to th Chamber of Deputies
and hia subsequent conviction by
courtmartial and sentence to impris
onment for two years haa com to
light her. Lieutenant Verniers, of
artillery, ia th man. When the tick-
eta were being prepared for th elec
tion, aoldier candidate waa desired
in tha Department of the Njrd and
Verniers' nam waa proposed by
national republican senator who aaid
that Verniers had 56 wounds and had
received 17 citation for bravery.
Verniers was then in hospital but
he waa elected without appearing be
fore hia constituent. Later it
learned that ha- waa charged with
stealing 20,000 francs from the funds
of hi regiment. He waa eourtmar-
tialled and sentenced to two years im
prisonment and haa resigned from
th Chamber of Deputies, after having
been a member of that body for 48
hours.
GRAVES ARE
BEING CHECKED
PARIS, Dec. 81 American army of
ficer believe very few unidetified
bodiea will lie among America' aol
dier dead in Franc when the army
Graves Registration Service complete
a thorough rechecking of records now
in progress. Every grave record ia
being checked against the army's cas
ualty list Each little white cross or
six-pointed atar over the Jews is
having an embossed aluminum strip
placed on the back, duplicating the
name, rank and organization already
painted on the marker. Thia ia be
ing done as a precaution against the
possibility of winter weather wearing
away the stencilled information.
Nearly 70,000 American boys are
buried in the eleven districts of Franc
the Belgian battlefields and the Duchy
of Lundenburg. There are S8 ceme
teries of 300 or more graves, cared
for by discharged soldiers. The larg
est of these ia Romagne, north of Ver
dun where lie 23,000 of our men. The
next in sire is that at Thieraucourt
with 4,500 graves. Many of those
who fell in battle ar sleeping in
British and French military or the
French communal cemeteries. A few
were left where they were first put in
the ground, as in the Vosges moun
tains. All grave are under the care of
th commanding Graves Officer in the
eleven district and a caretaker
watches over them. Officers make
periodical inspection. Where practical,
grass has been aown on the battle
burying grounds and in the spring
thia work, previously hampered by the
task of grouping the bodies, will be
carried on.
When the present Graves Service
Administration took over headquart
ers in Paris jn August the records
were found to contain a list of 12,
000 names, of men buried but with-
out giving tha exact location of the
grave. The present check includes
the compilation of a complete direct
ory of every American grave. In the
first 18,000 graves recorded a fourth
of these unlocated ones were found
and properly marked. Inspection of
battlefield burying grounds have been
the alowest but tha American officers
said they expected tha work' when
finished would leave few of those
tragic mounds wherein would He an
American soldier, "name unknown.'
Many of these are expected to be
Identified later when th description
of the body, marks in the. clothing
and sometimes a letter from home to
"Dear Jim," sent back to the War
Department, are seen by those who
have been grieving over their boy
listed among tha "missing."
None of the bodies may be return.
ed to the familiea yet but mothers and
fathers have been coming to France
to look at tha grave of their boy. Wel
fare organisations have organised ser
vloea to facilitate these visits and It
several of the , American cemeteries
th Your.g Men's Christian Associa
tion haa provided rest rooms.
FARMERS HAVE
VERYBUSYWEEK
Outside States Represented
In Enrollment; B. F.
Irvine Speaks
.Oregon Agricultural College, Cor-
vallia, "Something doing every min
uet of th time" is th order of things
at tha college. Farmers' week . This
big event for tha rural people of tha
state ha already attracted seven or
eight hundred farmers and homemak
era and scores are arriving by al
most every train. The program ia
varied something to Interest all per
sona present.
Sven outside states are represen
ted in th enrollment Montana, III-
inons, Michigan, Idaho, Washington,
Iowa and Minnesota and practically
every county in Oregon. Many grad
uates of th college ar back to get
the latest ideas on the various phases
af agriculture or of homemaklng.
Classes represented rang all th way
from 1871 to 1919.
B. F. Irvine, editorial writer for th
Portland Journal spoke before a large
audience in general assembly Tuesday
night on "Radicalism and Citizenship
His address was well received ,by
those present, particuarly by th Am
erican Legion "boys" who attended
and who are down on radicalism.
Various entertainment features were
provided, including two reels of educe,
tional pictures, a humorous skit en
titled "Now and Then" by S. S. Har
ralson, editor of the Benton county
Courier, and music by a college orches
tri.
The opening assembly, the "mixer",
was declared a great success by thos
present, the opening feature being an
oratorical contest in which representa
tives of virions sections of the state
told of the advantages of their res
pective community. C E Spence,
master of the State Grange, represen
ting the lower Willamette valley, was
awarded the prize of a box of apples
President W. J. Kerr gsve an address
of welcome and Albert Roberts of
The Dalles responded.
SULTAN CALLED
HARMLESS MAN
Mehmed VI is Last Enemy
Emperor Left, Posses- "
sions at Stake
CONSTANTINOPLE, People of
Constantinople call the Sultan, Meh
med VI, "a nice, harmless old man".
ilehmed VI is the last enemy empor-
or left, the man whose tmeporal pos
sessions are at stake in the making of
peace.
The Padishah, or "Father of All the
Sovereigns of the Earth", is short,
grey-haired, rather stoop-shouldered.
dark-eyed, with short white moutsache
etundcr the ehareristic beaked nose of
the Turk. Bereft of good counsellors,
worried by the actions of Moustapha
Kemal Pasha, leader of the Nation
alists, Mehamel is in quandary as
to how to save his people and his
throne. At that he doesn't worry too
much thanks to the pervading orien
tal spirit of fatalism.
Every Friday, the Turkish Sunday,
a crowd of Mussulman pitgrams and
foreigners gather to seen him go to
prayed. . The ceremony takes place
outside th plaace gates of Yildix on
the hills of Pent just above th Bos
phorus. There ar the Sultan'a of
ficial offices and also his harem in a
flower garden part of an immense
park.
The Sultan wearing a fei comes in
to view riding alowly in ;an open
phaeton, preceded by a single horse
man and followed on foot by a dozen
or more of his rcd-fczzed suite dress
ed in black frock coats and trousers
la the European style.
The Sultan bows right and left, in
response to the acclamations, look to
wards thcterrace wher are ranged th
foreigners, and bows pleasantly to
thm. The distance to th mosque s
passed, then at the door of the mosque
he steps out; from th interior ia
heard a chant of a male chorus, and
he disappears. Directly the general
Mussulman public is permitted to en
ter at another door of the moskue to
take place in theprayerswhichcontin
ue for a half hour. Meanwhile the
foreign visitors diapers; their cur
iosity in the Successor of the Pro-.
pret satisfied.