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VOL. XLVIII.
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1913.
No. 32.
COUNCIL HELD IIS
REGULAR MEETING
City Charter Recently Voted
Upon Will Be Resubmitted to
People in April.
ERRORS IN PRINTING HAS
RESULTED IN MUCH TROUBLE
Several Important Questions
Discussed by Council Last
Evening Here.
. The regular session of the city coun
cil was ilekl hist evening at the city
hall and was attended by Mayor Gil
bert, Recorder Van Tassel and Coun
cilmen Lvons, Johnson. Blount, Cam
eron Simpson and Hulbert.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved and the
report of the committee on accounts
and current expenses was adopted.
The committee on streets and pub
lic property relative to viewing Burk
hart Park reported that they had ex
amined the grounds and found them
to be well suited- as a location for a
,1'n-L. niu were favorable to. the
eilv acmiirin" 15 or 20 acres for park
purposes provided the property can
be secured on reasonable terms.
The streets and public property
committee also reported that they had
,l in vrive :it auv satisfactory
agreement with 11. Bryant regarding
Lie n.ii-1.- nronertv.
The petition of W. S. Weaver to
construct a cement wall on the prop
city of Conrad -Meyer was granted.
The petition of R. Goldblatz to alter
and repair a wooden huilding at I'irst
and l.von streets was not granted.
Resolution Xo. 3, introduced by
Councilman Lyons, providing for re
submitting the new charter of the
citv of Albany to the people at a
special election to be held on Wednes
day. April 16. 1013. was read and
adopted. An ordinance providing for
the election was also passed.
Typographical errors which w-erc.
made in tile printing. of the copies of
the new charter make it necessary to
vote on it again. I.. T.. Swan was
authorized to read "roof on the char
ter before it is reprinted, and the mat
ter of printing was referred to com
mittee on printing and supplies,
A communication from W. W.
Vaughn relative to construction of mu
nicipal lighting plant was read and
placed on file. On motion the fire
and water committee was ordered to
procure five new beds for the use of
the firemen at Engine House Xo. 2.
Tile beds will be placed on the second
floor of the building for use of the
eight firemen who will hereafter be
quartered there continuously.
Mayor Gilbert and Councilman
Simpson were on motion each allowed
expenses for their trip to Portland in
connection with the purchase of the
street flnsher. The mayor was au
thorized to arrange witli the county
court for the construction of a con
crete pesthouse at the expense of the
county, tiic building to be located
upon property of the city.
The committee on health and police
was authorized to confer with the
county court relative to arranging for
a joint co'unty and municipal rock pile
where county and city prisoners could
he worked. Council adjourned.
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS ARE
COMING HERE NEXT WEEK
Annual Convention Will Be Held
in Albany; Delegates Coming
from Linn and Benton.
Tliat the rural mail carriers of Linn
ami Benton counties are going to hold
their annual session in Albany on Sat
urday, February 22nd, was the state
ment made yesterday evening to a
representative of the Democrat by A.
O. Sturm of Lebanon, president o'f the
association.
Many important matters will be
discussed at the coming session, in
cluding better roads, future salaries,
parcel post, and other subjects of in
terest to the rural mail carriers. There
will be over fifty delegates in attend
ance at the convention on that day
from all parts of the two counties.
H. J. Moore, a former resident of
North Albany now residing in San
Diego, arrived in Albany this morn
ing and will spend a few weeks here
visiting his sons, Homer and Dick. He
will make a trip East before return
ing to California.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13.
PYTHIAN KNIGHTS ENJOY
VISIT TO LEBANON LODGE
Delegation from Albany Given
Royal Welcome in That City
Last Evening.
The delegation of Knights of Pyth
ias of this city wdio went to Lebanon
last evening to assist the Lebanon
Knights in the work of initiation of a
class of several candidates, returned
home this morning, loud in their
"raise of the treatment accorded them
by their Lebanon brothers.
Ihe ceremonial session required the
greater part of the evening and was
followed by a fine dinner which was
prepared and served by the ladies.
There was nothing missing at the ban
quet, which was greatly enjoyed by
tile visiting Knights from Albany,
Brownsville and Scio.
The following visiting Knights were
in attendance at the lodge meeting at
Lebanon last eveninir: Albany L. M.
Curl. Willard L. Marks, Kufus M.
Russell, E. 11. Craven. Noble Barton,
Leonard F. McClain A. V. McClain,
X. D. Conn. E. J. Upham. E. A. Tate,
Jo'hn G. Bryant, Charles B. Reynolds,
Walter B. Chance, W. W. Francis,
Albert L. Kullander and Leland R.
Gilbert. Scio Walt Bilyeu and Frank
Shelton. Brownsville L. P. Gamble
and Frank Isom. Oregon City R.
Simmons.
LEGISLATORS VISIT OREGON
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Solons Guests of Young Cooks
Who Serve Luncheon to Them
at Waldo Hall.
Oregon Agricultural Cqllcge, Cor
vallis, Or., Feb. 12. The ways and
means committee of the state legis
lature visiting the Oregon Agricul
tural College yesterday, were the
guests of the girls of tile domestic
science department at a luncheon
which they prepared and served them
selves. Since it-was the opening day
of the new semester, when registra
tion was in progress and schedules
Somewhat upset, the young women
are the more to be complimented on
the success of their entertainment
over which some of the gues'ts waxod
eloouent.
The senators present were T. L.
Perkins. J. N. Burgess, C. L. Hnwley,
C. F. Lester, H. D. Pat ton and L C.
Smith. Representatives J. H. Carkin,
S. A. Hughes, L. L. Mann, . A
Westerlund. W. O. Smith and W. 15.
Potter, M'essrs. E. Hofer, William
llamley, Davis, Harra, Melone, Mea
rham. Vance, Brown and Walker
Pres. W. J. Kerr of the college, Pres.
.1. fs.. W eatherford and Secy. L. ii.
Wilson of the board of regents, Prof.
R. ID. Iletzel of the extension divis
ion. Pres. A. A. Clarke of the Cor
vallis Commercial Club, Mayor Yates,
and A. J. and B. W. Johnson of Co'r
vallis comprised the list of guests to
whom Dean Henrietta W. Calvin of
the economics department acted as
hostess.
The girls served five courses includ
ing salpicon (fruit salad) and wafers;
baked risli, tartar sauce, potato chips,
brown bread sandwiches and celery ;
roast pork, dressing, gravv. cauliflow
er, hot rolls, peach marmalade, olives
;nd coffee; niaccdnmc salad and cdu
cat or crackers ; apple dumplings and
pineapple sauce. I lie tahlcs were
decorated with pink carnations and
asparagus fern from O. A. C. green
houses. On their arrival the guests were met
at the station with automobiles by the
citv and college authorities and taken
to the campus, where they saw the
cadet regiment drill. After luncheon
they inspected Science Hall, for the
remodeling of which an appropriation
has been asked, to' suit the rooms orig
i inally meant for agricultural class
! rooms, for scientific laboratories for
i the departments of chemistry and
(pharmacy now insufficiently equipped,
j The need of a new gymnasium was
I shown them by the physical training
j department, as a student body of some
! 1.8)0 men and women is now using the
j same space given the students almost
20 years ago when the enrollment was
i about 3D0. The agricultural and cngi
i necring buildings were also inspected
with a view to certain changes desired,
l The visitors left on the evening train
tor balcm.
Dr. D. M. Jones of So'daville return
ed home today after an Albany visit
of several days. He is anxious to sell
his property in Soda vi He and return
to Albany, his former home for many
years, to reside. Dr. Jones was a
Linn county school teacher in the '50s,
afterwards beginning the practice of
medicine in this city, fifteen or twenty
years ago moving to Sodaville.
C. H. Burggraf, the architect, left
this afternoon on a trip up the road.
Rev. Hocking, of Shedd, returned
home this afternoon after an Albany
visit of several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Miltdnberger of
Nebraska are visiting here at the home
Nebraska arc visiting at the homes
Rurkhart of Albany.
F. H. Colpitts, the mining expert,
has returned from t Los Angeles,
where he has been fo'r some time in
the hills. He reports an immense
loss to fruit by the frosts and cold
weather.
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SENT TO THE PEN
Commodore Osborne Will Serve
from Three to Twenty Years
for Statutory Rape.
JUDGE KELLY PRONOUNCED
SENTENCE THIS MORNING
Defendant Will Not Appeal to
Supreme Court and Begun
Serving Term Today.'
That he must serve an indetermin
ate sentence of from three to twenty
years in the Oregon state penitentiary
was the sentence passed this morning
at 9 o'clock by Judge Kelly upon
Commodore Osborne ot Mielburn wiio
was found guilty last Saturday by a
jury in the circuit court or tnc crime
of statutory rape upon the person of
Alice Wheeler, a lo-year-old girl.
Before passing sentence, Judge Kel-
lv asked the defendant if he had any
thing to say and Osborne replied: 1
am not guiiiv ot tins crime, i nave a
wife and .1 respect her and other wo
men too. 1 hold no ill feeling toward
the court or members of the jury."
Osborne when he arose to receive
his sentence displayed no emotion and
heard the edict of the court in silence,
ilthouirh at times Ins hands and face
twitched and he appeared to be nerv
ous. Osborne received his sentence alone
this morning, neither his wife or other
relatives being in attendance at court
when sentence was passed and appar
ently he was unconscious of the fact
that from today on he will be con
fined within the four walls of the state
prist n.
The defendant will not appeal his
case to the supreme court but will be
gin serving his sentence this afternoon
when he arrives at the prison where
he was taken by Sheriff Bodine.
Commodore Osborne was indicted
by the grand jury last October for the
crime of statutory rape committed
during the months of May and June.
1912, upon the person of Alice Wheel
er, a 1 (i-year-old girl living at Shel
burn. Following his arrest lie was re
leased by furnishing bonds for $1000.
The trial of the case which was a
most sensational one was begun in
.this city on Friday of last week and
was given to the jury at 3 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon. A verdict of guilty
was returned at 6 o'clock the same
ovening.
THIS MAN WILL BE MORE .
THOUGHTFUL AFTER THIS
Man Sees aSnakejSwallow an
Egg and Decides to Watch
It DigestSurprised.
Watching a snake for forty-eight
hours to lind out how long it would
take the reptile to digest a lien's egg.
is not exactly an exhilirating occupa
tion, even tor a devoted naturalist.
Hut when the naturalist, weary from
his long vigil, finds that the snake has
spoiled 'the whole thing through
greedy stupidity, it becomes almost a
tragedy.
Chas Littlejohn, a taxidermist of
Redwood City and a naturalist of wide
reputation, was the person fooled bv
the snake. As a result, Littlejohn was
a sleepy and disgusted naturalist when
he came to preside last night over a
meeting of the San Mateo county
Game Protective Association.
Littlejohn keeps chickens. Last
Thursday evening he entered the
chicken house iust in time to m-e a
gopher snake swallowing an egg. The
snake's movements were impeded by
the large meal, and Littlejohn quickly
imprisoned it to watch for develop
ments. The shape of the egg could be
seen plainly, distending the snake's
skin,
The naturalist decided to find out
how long it would take the digestive
power o fthe snake to dissolve the egg
shell. He did not grieve over the egg
or waste time condemning the thiev -
ing snake. He simply sat down to
watch.
It was 6 p. m. when he began his
vigil. The snake went to sleep but
Littlejohn by pinching himself oc
casionally and drinking black coffee
and smokng, managed 1o keep awake
nearly all night. Tc next morning
the snake's stomach was just as big
in the spot where the egg rested. Lit
tlejohn was surprised. He had figured
on about four or five hours for the di
gestive operation.
He kept on watch all day and the
next night, with intervals snatched for
sleep. The egg seemed to get larger
nstead of smaller. It seemed to be a
particularly obstinate egg, refusing to
dissolve and add Xo the snake's happi
ness. Forty-eight hours had parsed before
Littlejohn lost patience, which speaks
largely for the endurance of a natur-
STATE SENATOR TO
John CarsOn, Prominent Salem
Attorney Will Represent
Alleged Bootlegger.
CAPITAL CITY LAWYER WILL
ALSO DEFEND JACK MILLER
Liquor Cases Will Be Tried in
Judge Swan's Court on Next
Saturday, Feb. 15.
Jim Hart, who was arrested yester
day morning by Sheriff Bodine, charg
ed with selling intoxicating liquor m
v.olaton of the local option law on
Sunday, Feb. 2 to R. Lt. Leabo, an
nounced this morning that he will
stand trial and Judge Swan staled that
Hart's case will be take.i up immedi
ately following the completion of the
trial of Jack Miller which is. set for 8
o'clock Sa'turday morning.
Hart and Miller will both be de
fended by Attorney John Carson of
Salem, who they have retained. Judge
Swan of this city set the cases for trial
Saturday, owing to the fact that At
torney Carson who is a member of the
state senate from Marion county can
ty cannot arrive here before 'that lime
as his duties at the capilol will com
pel him to remain there until that
time.
Miller and Hart were both arrested
on complaints signed by Sheriff Bo
dine as privaie prosecutor, charging
them wth selling intoxicating liquor
to R. B. Leabo in violation of the local
option law. Hart furnished bonds for
$s00, signed by George Rolfe and I.
Paulus and Miller secured his liberty
by giving a bond for $500 signed by
Henry Suesens and Curtis Chance.
Rev.. and Mrs. Vr A. -Mosesr of Cor
vallis, were in the city yesterday af
ternoon, on their way home after a
visit with their son Jesse at Staytou,
and daughter, Mrs. Jenks at Tangent.
Dennis W. Merrill, the timber
cruiser and dealer, left this afternoon
for Toledo on limber business.
Mrs. Robert Conn returned this
noon from a visit with her folks at
Tangent.
G. L. Alexander returned today
from Portland, where he has been
several weeks officiating as 1. S.
juryman, and his partner, Mr. Kirk
patrick. went to Salem to look after
the state legislature.
MADAME NOROICA PLEASED
TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE
Immense Crowd HearsSoprano
Sing At Salem Armory Last
Evening at 8 o'Clock.
That Xordica is a singer of marvel
ous power was the universal opinion
of Ihe forty or fifty Albany people
who heard the celebrated prima donna
last night, at Salem, at the armory,
eforc an audience of about two thous
and music loving people of the Wil
lamette valley. She made a tremen
dous hit.
Xordica is a woman of striking per
sonality, singing with an expression
that reaches the heart. Her voice is
one of wonderful range and culture,
retaining its splendid' qualities, though
she is now fofiy-four years of age.
She i- majestic and queenly in her
bearing and sings with her soul as
well as with her voice.
An interesting feature was her re
i spouse to a call for the Star Spangled
Manner, which she sang with much
feeling, the immense audience joining
in the chorus. She also sang Home
Sweet Home, touching the hearts of
all, and Judge Kelly, of this city, who
was present, was heard to remark that
tU, mmr th'it h,. nniA an.
I nrerintc all the wav through.
The trip was greatly enjoyed by the
j crowd ot Albany people, a social as
' well as a musical event long lo be
I remembered.
j Among the Albany people who at
tended the concert were: Judge and
Mrs. P. R. Key, Dr. and Mrs. F.lmer
C. Gipe, Mrs. Fred P. Nutting, Mrs,
William II. Hortiibrook, Mr. an Mrs.
C, Clinton Page, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Pollack, Mrs. Nina Wadsworth
Cahlcr, Miss Madeline Rawlings, Mrs.
John G. Bryant, Miss Lettie Pratt.
Miss Ada Pratt, Saraella Pratt, Miss
Let ha McCullough. Mrs. Fred Daw
son, Miss Anna Dawson, Miss Janet
Dawson, Mrs. Frank M. Powell, Miss
Maude liryant, Ray Cleaver, Mrs. J.
R. Martin, Zilpha Galloway, Frank
Bryant and Mrs. Ham Flo.
alist. Finally Littlejohn became ex
hausted and decided to give it up. He
slit open the snake's skin over the
egg and out popped a china egg which
had been placed in the henhouse to
lure the biddies into false hope of
motherhood. It was quite a blow,
1,000,000 AUTOMOBILES
NOW IN UNITED STATES
License Numbers Not Indica
tive of Total Number of
Machines Used.
Xew York, February 13. Figures
sometimes lie. One may see an auto
mobile with the license tag number
"103,477, N. Y.," but there are nowhere
near as many automobiles as that run
ning in New York.
The same is true of other states, ac
cording to the official organ of the Au
tomobile Club of America, which de
clares that license numbers show
greatly intlatcd totals. The exact num
ber of cars in New York is not known,
but according to the comparison given
for .California, there are 86,174 license
numbers but only 3S,8 cars in actual
service. In Indiana, it is said, there
are actuelly 25, 197 cars, although 64,
000 are registered.
Nebraska is said to have 16,500 cars,
although registry numbers run as high
there as 33,277. lt is estimated that
throughout the country now there are
nearly a million automobiles in use,
or roughly one car to every hundred
persons.
PAfCEL POST GREAT THING
SAYS POSTMASTER JOHNSON
Grills Corvallis Merchants for
Not Advertising Their
Business Enough.
That the new parcel post will be a
great thing for ihe people and a poor
thing for the express companies, was
the opinion of Postmaster Johnson of
Corvallis who also f called upon the
business men of the city to meet the
new conditions, as follows:
There is no denying the fact that
several Corvallis business men ate
asleep.-. There is-n -woeful laek' Of co
operation among all o'f them. They
are not unitedly reaching out for
trade. Considering the increase in
population 1 very much doubt if Cor
vallis is doing the volume of business
she was 20 years ago. We are get
ting only the trade that comes to us
without effort.
How many of you are making a sat
isfactory increase in your sales? Of
course if you are satisfied all well and
good, but if not, it behooves us to
consider the cause of this apparent
stagnation and determine upon a rem
edy. If I were a business doctor called
in to make a diagnosis of the case I
should say I hat the patient was suf
fering externally from catalogues, and
internally from lack of co-operation.
As a cure for the internal disorder 1
should recommend co-operation as a
specific, warranted to effect an early
and complete cure; externally
should insist upon catalogues and
more co-operation.
Catalogues suggest purchases. From
reading catalogues unheard of articles
become household necessities. Did it
ever occur to you that much trade is
diverted from local channels by cat'
aiogue suggestions, and that many
articles purchased elsewhere might
just as well have been bought at
home had the local business men tak
en pains to inform the public regard
ing the variety and quality of stocks
carried at home, Why can't the busi
ness men of Corvallis get together and
lomtly put out an illustrated cata
logue as often as twice a year. Mee
the catalogue houses on their own
ground. Go after the business in ;
practical way. Advertise your tner
chandise. Meet competition. Don't
complain anout the mail order houses
but fvt together, and with co-opera
i tiou and the proper business spirit
you can reclaim three-fourths of th
business now going to eastern mail
-de
houses.
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will be appreciated,
D KM OCR AT PUB. CO.
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If. J. Speer, a leading merchant of
Tangent, was in the city today.
Sill RIVER IS
Welcome Garland, A Prominent
Lebanon Youth Victim of
Sad Accident.
CANOE OVERTURNED AND 2
BOYS THROWN INTO WATER
Body Recovered After Search
by Joseph Smith and Will "
Chamberlain Yesterday. "
While in Lebanon last evening, the
Democrat representative heard the
details of a sad accident which oc
curred on the Santiam river at that
city yesterday afternoon and resulted
in the drowning of Welcome Goeh
rend, a 17-year-old youth and a prob
inent high school student of that city.
Yesterday being a holiday, ( ioeh
rend accompanied by Russell Hall, al
so about 17 years of age, secured a
canvas canoe and started up the swift
iver for a short trip. When Hearing
the bridge which spans the stream in
the eastern part of the city, the canoe
suddenly overturned throwing its two
occupants mlo the river.
voting Russell, who is a good swim
mer, managed to swim to shore, but
Goehrend, who was either unable to
swim or al tacked by heart failure,
sank immediately. Several of,, the
schoolmates of the young men wit
nessed the accident from shorn and
gave the alarm.
large crowd of Lebanon neon e
flocked to the river and a number of
men began dragging the river for the
body which was recovered wit hin an
hour by Joseph Smith and William
Chamberlain who dove to the bot
tom of the river several times before
they succeeded in locating it.
Alt etlorts to resuscitate the young
man were, without avail .itkI- the re
mains were taken to the undertaking
parlors ot l-.veretl, Kyle iv hpperly
and the parents of the drowned voiith
notified.
The drowned youth is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Goehrend residing in
the north part of Lebanon and the
father and molher together wilh other
children, survive' him. Young Goeh
rend was captain of the basketball
team of the Lebanon 1 liirh school
where he was prominent in the affairs
of that institution.
le was said to have been a vomiiu
man of excellent character and leaves
many friends in Lebanon lo mourn his
death.
HERE IS THE LATEST
Crystal Embroidery; Net Work
ed Over With Designs Like
Frost Lacing.
London, February 1,3. -There is a
craze just now for crystal embroideries
for wedding and evening gowns. A
particularly novel gown of this soft
was worn by Miss Swinfcn llrowu one
of the most recent society brides.
This was of satin nieteore, of softest
make, in the lustrous ivory of the
magnolia blossom. The upper skirt
was drawn away on either side like a
loop curtain over a petticoat of the
same material and draped up inlo three
pleats at the back. Cutting across the
gown, the right shoulder to the hem of
the left, was a wide band of deep
parehiiienl cream Brussels lace, bor
dered with net which was worked over
in a feather design of tiny crystal
like frost on a window pane.
The sweep of the lace was broken at
the wait by folds of meteore which
passed under cry-itad bands while the
corsage-wai; bordered with parchment
like lace.
EVANGELIST LEWTAS GAVE
FINE SERIN LAST NIGHT
The Attendance at Meeting Is
Excellent; Much Benefit Be
ing Received by People.
Rev. Jwlin I.cwtas prcichcd another
cxcllcnt sermon at the First Method-L-l
church last eenii k. and the larijc
crowds which attend both t lie after
p inn and evening meetings are befog
Kreatly benefited by the services, and
in almost every service a number ex
press their desire to become Chris
tians. The subject for this evening is
"Christ, the I'hysician." The i-iuic
by the chorus choir is excellent. The
public is invited to all the services.