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VOL XXXII.
ALBANY. I. INN COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. JANUARY 20, 1920
No. 228
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VISITING NURSE
IS NOW EMPLOYED
BY RED CROSS IN
COUNTY OF LINN
Minn Charlotte Walker Form
er New York City Social
Worker, to Take Chance of
Work in County.
S K It V E I) OVERSEAS
I'uhlic Health to be (iuardcl;
Schools to he Visited and
Affected Children Will In?
Reported.
Itealiilng the value of guarding
the pub'lr health thr Linn County
Rrr froii Chaptrr now haa a
rounty health nurae of practical
Srrirnr who ia In serve the
puhllr under thr auapirrl of the
lird Croaa Chapter
Mla Walker wilt probably ilividr thr
ftrrvire worker of New York City and
an oversea nur.r ia to vtit the rj
r.il school of thr rounty md attend
mother' meeting and other simil
ar meeting where un opportunity
will lie tii vrn to present the value
of guarding thr public he ,1th by re
gulating cpnlrniiri and the spread of
all roniageou di-avt.
Mill Walker wil probuhy ilividr the
co inly into .rvrral division and vil
li school and consult with piretit
In rjch irrtion by omr yirmatie
pUn. Alt defective rhildrrii will be
' reported to thr pnrenta and alo to
the Iikt.I phy.irun in many'instanrea
Th rounty nur l to cooperate
with the teacher of the rur.il school
and follow up tho work of assisting
in having .ill chililicti treated when
necessary. The nure l alio to act
a. advisory nuro in any case of ill
ness and enn I"' rc irred by making
proper application.
The prne of the nurse U bring
p.iid o:t of the fund of the Red Cro
of thr pn'inty I'mutlHa, Clutanp Dc
chute and I. inn rountie. are the
o'dy rountie of thn seeir that p.iy
the etp-n-.- bv r'iblif jhscription.
1 he counties of Jackson, Coo ljinr.
Washington and Cnion are paying the
ixpris. of the r imty nurse out of
th public fund, of thr rounty. The
Slate Tib.reulo.i Society ia paying
the rXK-ne. of a eountv nurse In
Multnomah nnd Clarknmas rountie.
W. A K.i-tburn i the chairman, C.
H Cuslck treasurer and Mr. E. B.
Dunn secret'. ry of thr rn inly orgnn
in.itinn with office on the fifth floor
of the Firl N-itlonnl h-uik. Tlie roun
ty nurse run be rrnched by cullinif or
writing the arrrrtnry.
New Classified
WANTKD-CI'nn cotton rags at the
Democrat office.
FL'UNITURK WANTKD We wnnt
all kinds of furniture. stov, n.ng
es, etc. Will buy any quantity and
pay highest cmsIi price. Roe u. if
you have anything to sell. Albany
Furniture Kxclinng, 41B-417 Went
First St., Phone 7!i-J. j27lf
"OR SALK The two bourses at Nds.
20fi and 210 West f.th Street. Price
$.'111(10, with street pavement all paid
Do not disturb tenant. For in
spection inquiro of Benin Land Co.,
1:13 Lyon Street. 2UJH0
LOST Pocket book, tho ovcnlng of
the 27th, on 2nd Street, between
Montgomery nnd rail road. Finder
report to Townsend Store and rc
ceivo ruward. 27j31
FOR RKNT Two light houso keep
ing rooms to pnrties without child
ren. 33 Jefferson St. Phone 68-S-L
WANTED Man with a few hundred
dollars to finance himself In a pros
perous, legitimate business. See
Mr. C. W. Walton, at Hotel Albany.
Friday and Saturtlay. WW
FOR SALE I have on the Santlam
fBrm, near Jefferson, good milk
cowa to sell. Also work horses, a
car, steam engine and lumber to
trade for cattle. J. A. Zysett, Al
bany, Ore. W
FOR SALE Five passenger Over
land. New batteries and good tirea.
Car all In good shape. ' Inquire at
Highway Garago. JJUM
THEY MADE ME DO
IT SAYS MANACBK
Chicago Theatre Forced to
Put in Smoking Room
for Women
CHICAGO, Jan., 2t Hy A. I'. A
Chicago tin-Hire announced today thai
h had opened up a smoking room for
women. "They drove mu to It", the
manager alil. "I found girl ainok
ing In ih wjh room, liouiloir and
lobby. Thry will .moke am thry mun
be provided with auitabk- quarters."
Hun par y To lie
Monarchy, Sayn
'Premier Huszar
HL'DAI'KST, Jan, 29-A. P.
Hungary will Iw monarchy and a new
king will be chorit inimriliatrly afti r
Premier lluaiar.
inc naiionai aasenioij -v,i.,iri-t
peaKtng ai j
' niin'i gathering.
BURLESON OUSTS
FRANKiMYERS
Portland Postmaster and As
sistant arc .Retired
From Office
Conaid. rahle interest i mnnifotrd
by local democrat over thr removal
of Potmater Kronk S. Myi-r from
the Portland office. Myers and hit
av.i.iam, ll.irry Dur.ind, who ha
been in that office for the lat 20
yu.ra. have lieen rnnetrd to let go
of their job on Jan , .11.
Mryert ha not been amicable with
the majority of Orruon Di-mocrat
for aomr lime and many effort have
been made to Ket him out of offire.
The U tter reiiietiii hi re.itjnation
c 1110 from Po.tm.ister Ci-nernl Hurlr
a Myer h.i been cloe to Prcident
Wilvoti rnd Itur'raon and lip to the
.P'cnt all effort to dilmlr him
have been fruitlcan. It ia nut known
what iiiellioiU with u'd in rnu.inif
In rmitfuation, bit inefficiency i
one of the charirr. It i prrumed
tint rhurifea of liloyolty pr ferrrd
neiunst Durand by Myer a year at'O
wire rrioniblr for hi diarh.irire. al
thntiph nn inveti.'ntion at thnt time
1 1 ve a clean latc.
The chnoinT of a turrror will
l.e a mater of ronidrrnble intrret
!o Democrats throiitthout thr Uitr.
Land and Labor
Party is Iteing
Formed in Salem
P.M. KM, Jan. 2! A. P. Fifty lab
or union nnd stnt" grange representa
tives attended a convention where it
is expected later today to form n third
politic-nl purty, a "land nnd labor
party."
Frank Coulter, of Portland, who
helped to promote the non-pnrtisan
league, Iji South Dnkotn said that the
league hail made South Dakota the
banner state in the union and urged
n nimilur party here.
273 Dogs of Linn
County Wear 5340
Feet of Leather
In addition to the many financiul
burdens of the denr people now comes
! on the dog license expense. More
! than a mile of leather is now being
worn in the county hy 373 dogs who
have tho authority under the luw to
live as dogs. The county clerk is do
ing a fine business in this line nnd
hns sold up to dntc 6340 feet of leathei
or a strip three fourths of an Inch
wido and more thnn a mile long and
still they co-me.
A SPECIAL DINNER DANCE at Al
bany Hotel Saturday evening from
6 o'clock to 8 p. m. $1.00 plate. Also
special dinner every Sunday from
B:30 o'clock to 8 p. m., $1.00 plate.
B. R. WESTBROOK, Prop.
2!)j.H.
WILLAMETTE GARAGE now open
for business. Expert auto repair
ing by job or hour. Give us a trial.
J. A. Maybcrry, Prop., 218 East
1st St. 2!j31'
WANTED Furnished or partly furn
ished house by Monday. Will lease
for one year or more, no objection
to distance. Address X. Y. Care of
Democrat. 29J31
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
MAN IS CANDIDATE
E. L. Coburn Announces In
tention to run for Sec
retary of State
PORTLAND. Jan. 2.-liy A. P.
K. L. Coburn. .county rlrrk of Jose
phine County, today announced hit
candidacy for the republican nomina
tion for Secretary of State In thr
May primaries. II; said that south
ern Oregon U bark of him ond thai
he will make an aggresiv campaign
elsewhere in the state.
Hi platform include i the prewr
vution of. Oregon' natural rrwurcc
forests, good roadt and Irrigation.
Hrlirf Ian Reduced
WASHINGTON, Jan. Si- A. P.
Secretary CarUr (.la before the
houe committee tod.iy reduced the
f I r,0,(00 .mm loan j'rupo-rd for Polund
Austria and Arrnonia to lJ.r..)0J,Utl.
JACK JOHNSON
WOULD RETURN
Plans to Negotiate With U.
S. Attorney to Return
and Face Charges
MKXirO CITY. Jan . 29 By A. P.
Jack Juhnon. former heavyweight
champion box r of the world, plan to
'' return to the United State immediat-
ely to f.ice chnrirrt pondine; airiinst
j him at Chiraito acrordinn to a letter
! he thownl the Aori.ited Prr which
! he had written to Charle Cline L'n-
, ited State Attorney at Chiratro.
Johnton hope to afanirr hit leiral
' difficultica in time to f ieht Ja-.k
' Dempaey lieforc the latter meet Cr
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i pentli r. the champion ol r.uropr.
I Johnson ay that
t meet him In-fore he
I world' championship
Dempey must
run claim the
flllCAfiO, Jan. 21t Unconditional
.urrendi r i the only basi on which
loc. 1 federal officials will treat with
Jac'.; John-on, ("line s'tited.
Albro Dickinson
Hurt in Accident
at Ilaymnod, Wash.vn tanAv p- lights
have been installed at yth and Madison
Word was received here this morn- I and 8th and Jefferson and a fiOO c. p.
irg thnt Albro Dic'kinon, n former lump placet! at 9th and Montgomery
Albai.y man, win -vei!y injured Inst I Councilman Calavan requested that
evining when- the automobile w;hich ja 100 c. p. light be placed the 5th and
he wn driving w. nt off of a bridge Geary Sts. and a motion to that ef-
Raymond. Wash. Dickenson in
I pinned jnder the car and would have
ilr.ivn' h.ul not timely Assistance
been i I hand. II vn removed from
under h;s car ntnl taken to a hopi'!il
I whvre he it recovering.
I D'cVutvon is well known in Albany,
' having lived hi re for nianv year.
i He was formerly empfoyed in the
Will Jcwctrv store. He is a brofVr
in'lnw of Mrs. C. C. Cameron and
' Mrs llifrv Schlosser. II" is engf--
cd in the furnitvr? nnd ut-.dertal ini
business nt Rnymond.
A lhany Chamber of
Commerce to Have
Banquet Feb.
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The Albany Chamber of Commerce
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is preparing 10 eoio n oik net-nf-m-m-
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er meeting and banquet here the1
evening of February lith. The profes-1
al..nnl a1.l Kllutnf,K 1tin Htld WADIell '
of the city nre all expected to be in
attendance. Speakers from Ashland,
Eugone and Corvallis Chamber of
Commerce arc to be in attendnnccand
discuss business matters of mutual
importance. The committee on ar
rangements met at the clubs rooms
Inst night and are preparing for the
event.
Parties Still
Deadlocked on
Peace Treaty
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20 A. P.
Negotiations between Democratic and
republican leader who have apparent
ly approached a deadlock on the
ireatv compromise, will not be return
ed until tomorrow, owing to the nb
trnce of Senator Lcnroot, one of the
Republican leaders.
COUNCIL STRIKES
AT INFLUENZA IN
TIME TO CAUTION
PEOPLE ON CARE
Strict Rules of State Hoard of
Health ;to be Enforced
Five Cases are now Re
ported. BUSINESS TRANSACTED
Committee Given Power to
Purchase Site for Dump
Dump Ground; Street
Commissioner gets Raise.
, Thr City Council evidenred an
interna in the threatened return
of an influenza epidemic laxt ev
eninx and gave Dr. Jim. Myera,
rily health nflirrr, free reina in
preventing the apread of the dia
eaae. Dr. Myera reported that iero are
five caaea of influenza in the city at
preaent, five of acarlet fever and one
of aniall-pox. The acarb.-t fever caaea
are located at Victor BerKman'a, on
eaat Kirxt Street; R. D. Snell's, Miaa
F.mmett. eaat 8ond St.. J. Hall, 826
r . o i i i Plirar'.
tiam Road. Influenza was reported at
Ira Blodcet's, the Manchett home and
two caaea at Charlea Gray's, 90 Eaat
8th St.
The state board of health has ord
ered a romplete report of the condi
tion of the health of the c.ty every
! day. and in-ista on the proper isolation
of the disease when it is first discov
ered, Failure to obey the orders of
the board subjects the guilty person
to a fine of $100. Strict quarrantine
must be informed, even if an armed
i guard mutt lie placed belore every
hnnie affected.
The council met with Mayor L. M
Curl absent. The meeting was" pre
; sided over hy Counrilman Ofven Beam.
Tbe committee charged with secur
j ing a new site for a dump ground re
i ported that they had several in view
and they were given power to act. The
' Jones place, three miles south of the
j city on the Oukville mad was consid
! ered feasible.
I The Mountain States Power Co., re-
! ft was carried.
The report on the renaming of the
precinct boundaries of the city was
submitted hy the county court and the
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matter wns referred to City Attorney
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Dan Johnston to check up and work
out the new ward lines of the city.
A motion was pnssed authorizing
the City Recorder to draw salary war
rants for city employes for the next
year.
Councilman Holloway brought up
the mutl'.'r of increasing the salary
of t) street superintendent and it
, was1 derided to grant an increase of
$.100 a year, making the salary $1,500.
It hns been the custom to employ
special engineers to inspect paving
' work, which amounts to about $r00 a
year, but this work will now be dune
by the present street superintendent.
The matter of the clogging of the
1
ditch leading to the Crown Mills was
,. ,,
brought up by Councilman Holloway
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. at the suggestion of Manager C. A
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Albany Mail ti OS
Knit I in flnnttxtt
The society of Oregon composers
has offered prizes for the best Oregon
songs, from which to select an offic
ial song for the state. W. R. Kirk,
an Albany mnn, hat written a song
lajdlng the state and it submitting
hi Vertrs to the association. The
poem is printed in another column of
today's paper.
Ita'ian Strike Breaks
LONDON, Jan., 29-A. P. A Rome
dispatch tayt that an agreement on
all principal points at issue has been
reported between the It,il'nn Cabnet
and leaders of the strik'ntr railw.iy
mcn. It is expected tha 'striken will
return to work Immcdtely.
DEAD AIRMAN'S
TO GRAVE IN
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. ZM. The First aerial funeral ever held
was when the body of Charles Abrames of San Jose, California, aviat
or was taken from the aviation field to cemetery in plane piloted by
former companion of dead aviator. Picture telegraphed by Leiahman
Telegraphed picture service.
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JUDGE ORDERS ATTORNEYS WITH
REVOLVERS TO DEPOSIT WEAPONS
BEFOREENTERING COURT TODAY
500 Pound Weight
On Court House
Clock, Falls
A five-hundred pound weight broke
loose on the big clock at the court
1 hou l 11 'clock l nd came
down with arrash a few feet below,
musing more or lets confusion in the
vnrjpus officrt and the displacement
of tome plaster in the corridor of
th; tptier rooms of the temple of
jrstioe. Had it not been for the short
distance .the weight had to fall be-
I fore coming in contact with the joists
serious damage might have been the:
results.
The foundation of the old tower, on
which the clock and the city fire a
larm r-sts, it ffiid to be shattered
worse than the platforms of the lead-
,nK po,.uc..i parties oi me repuoi.c
and should be fixed with something
more modern.
Dr. John Guthrie
Dies at Corvallis
CORVALL13, Or., Jan. 20 Dr..
John M. Guthrie died of heart troub:e
Saturday evening on an Oregon elec
tric triin between Gr?y and Corvallis
He was en his wy home from east
ern Oregon. So quietly d-d the end
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"Tilt HVIIC VI Iftt'
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noticel that there was anything
the matter with him. i
The fumr;:l
Mnd tile body -maiion.
..rvices
t to Port!
were held
.rnd for cre-
Enumeration is
Hard Work, Says
One Who Served
Mrs. Laura J. Blume, who resides
on route two oi; of Albany, is of the
opinion that biking the census in no
small job. Speaking of her exper
iences she says:
"I completed the enumeration of
Syracuse precenct Saturday. Every
body gave me the desired information
with out any trouble. I put in aboil
four weeks time. Some whom I in
umerated worked in the day time and
could not be seen until night. I had
two logging camps on my list, one of
which I had to reach by walking over
the tresslc and steel bridge over the
Santiam and then have a bout take
me to the enmp. It was the hardest
days work I ever did."
Murder Not
To Have Priest
At His Death
OSSEN1NG, N. Y.. Jan. 29 A. P.
Gordon Fawcett Hamby, murderer.
bankrobbeV and train bandit, arrest
ed at Tacoma, Wash., for the murder
of two bank employes in Brooklyn,
will go to the death chair in Sing
Sing tonight without the benefit of the
clergy, if his request Is respected. He
ia apparently indifferent to his fate.'
BODY BORNE
AEROPLANE
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Six Jurrors Temporarily
Passed in I. W.W. Trial;
Flu. Takes Hold
MOXTESANO, Wash., Jan 29
By A. P. Attorney George Vander-
vcer, of the defense, was ordered by
'judge John Wilson to deposit his re
volver in the office of the county clerk
before entering the court room here
' after. Judge Wilson made the same
i request of the attorneys of both, the
prosecution and the defense, but Van-
derveer was the only lawyer who ad
mitted carrying a weapon.
The bailiffs questioner each veni
ernian and spectator today as to the
possession of a weapon before allow
ing them to enter the court room.
Influenza in this county has begun
t assume epidemic conditions. Ten
members of the American Legion are
confined to the temporary barracks as
infiucn:a suspects.
Six jjrrors have been temporarily
passed and six are in the box for ex
amination. W. E. Hall was arrested here last
night on the charge of spreading I.
W. W. propaganda among the venire
men at Hoquiam. Hall is an alleged
I. W. W. investigator.
Harry New Must
Go to Prison
LOS AVGELES. Jan. 29 A. P.
Harry New, convicted on the charge
cf murdering his sweetheart, was de
nied a now trial here today. He was
sentenced to not less than 10-years
in prison with a maximum of life
sentence.
Leaking Ship
! Is Not in Danger
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29 A. P.
The transport Mount Vernon which
is returning here in a leaky condi
tion is in no danger and is proceed
ing without assistance, a radiogram
states. Naval vessels have been sent
to meet the vessel, however.
Army Aviators
Not Being Held
BRONXVILLE, Tex., Jan. 29 A.
P. Lieut. E. F. Davis and G. E.
Grimes American Army aviators who
made a forced landing near Gurrero
yesterday are not held prisoners by
the Mexicans, and will probably fly
back to the United States today, it
was announced.
Eugene Men Buy
Besaurant Here
P. A. Smith and Will Jonet, both of
Eugene, hove purchased the restaur
ant at First and Lyon Sts. from Van
Coates and have named it the Ideal
Cafe. They are remodeling the place
and renovating it throughout and pro
pose to conduct a first class business.