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VOL. XLVIII.
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1913.
No. 34.
ALBANY ELKS WILL
T
Will Entertain the 300 Visiting
Brothers from Capital City
and Eugene.
TWO SPECIAL TRAINS WILL
BRING ANTLERED HERD HERE
Huge Reception Committee to
Greet Delegations Upon
Arrival at S. P. Depot.
There'll be something doing in Al
bany tonight when over 250 Elks from
Salem anil Eugene come to this city
in answer to the summons that was
sent out several clays ago by the mem
bers of Albany lodge No. 359, B. P.
O. Elks, requesting their presence at
the Kangaroo court which will be held
tonight for the purpose of placing the
Salem and Eugene Elks on trial for
the crime of "unsociability."
Both the Salem and Eugene lodges
have arranged for special trains and
the members of the two lodges will
arrive in Albany at about 7:30 o'clock.
They will be met at the union depot
by a reception committee consisting
of nearly a hundred members of the
Albany lodge of Elks.
The Capital City delegation will
bring its own band and following the
reception at the depot af parade will
be formed and the procession will
march down Lyon street to the Elks
temple where the high jinks will take
place tonight.
The members of the Albany lodge
who will be in the reception commit
tee to greet the members of the ant-
1 1 1...-.I ..t 1, ,,,iirtn dpnnt. will be
attired in the attractive uniforms
worn by the Albany fclks at the na-
M-inA Trwliro reunion ill PoYt-
land last July, when they won the
grand prize offered to the lodge in
Oregon having the most members in
the big parade on Thursday of the
convention week.
This regalia consists of white plug
bats and long white coats trimmed
in purple.
Upon the arrival of the procession
at the temple this evening, the visiting
herd will be escorted to the lodge
rooms where lodge .will be convened
and the usual business of the order
transacted. After the close of the
lodge, the kangaroo court will be
opened and the three hundred visiting
Klks will lie required to take the wit
ness stand and tell why they have not
been more sociable with the Albany
lodge. . .
Severe punishment awaits tllc h.lk
who perjures himself while giving
testimony. Vaudeville stunts, vocal
solos, quartet selections, instrumental
music, snappy talks, and many other
interesting and amusing features have
been provided for the entertainment
this evening and none of the visiting
Elks are likely to return home this
evening disappointed in the treatment
accorded them by the Hub City Elks.
llesides the many entertainment fea
tures provided, probably one of the
most enjoyable features of the even
ing will be one of those famous feeds,
such as only Albany Elks are capable
of providing.
Chickens have been bought by the
the dozen, a large number of fat tur
keys are included in the edibles, as
well as several suckling pigs, which
have been under course of preparation
for several davs by Chef Neely of the
Kl'-s Club. The articles mentioned
above will be served with all the
trimmings.
The celebration which will be held
tonight by local Elks is in commem
oration of the fourth anniversary of
the dedication of their handsome
building which is one of the most at
tractive in the state.'
The committee in charge of the
jinks tonight consists of Harry Schlos
ser, William Eagles, George Taylor,
C. D. Ranch and Harry Cusick. Fred
Dawson is charimar of the entertain
ment committee.
H.J. JONES WILL OPEN
BOOK STORE MARCH 1ST
He Has Secured Lease on the
Building Next to the
Post Office.
H. J. Jones, whose stock was al
most entirely destroyed by fire during
the month of September, has secured
a lease on one-half of the Harnish
building next to the post office and
expects to open his store on March
1st.
His lease expired on the room in the
Baltimore building on January 1st and
he was forced to vacate. Since that
date his stock has been stored in the
sample rooms of the St. Charles hotel.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20.
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DEPUTY UNITED STATES
MARSHALL VISITS ALBANY
Serving Subpoenas Upon Local
People Who Will Testify in
Seattle Federal Court.
Deputy United States Marshal W.
B. Griffith of Portland arrived in Al
bany last evening and has been busy
today serving subpoenas on a number
of local people who' are required to
appear as witnesses in some cases to
be tried in the federal court at Seat
tle. Marshal Griffith visited five towns
yesterday serving subpoenas, return
ing to Portland this afternoon.
Among the towns visited by him yes
terday were Forest GroTt, Independ
ence, Corvallis, Lebanon and Albany.
One witness from Lebanon is re
quired to go to St. Joe, Missouri, to
testify.
CUTS HOLE IN ROOF TO
PUT BEDSTEAD IN PLAGE
Doors and Windowsin Old Fash
ioned House Too Small, but
Problem Is Quickly Solved.
Lansdale, Pa., Feb. 20. When Mil
ton Gerhard of Upper Hanover town
ship, just married, purchased an old
fashioned house and found thatt his
most prized possession, an antique
bedstead, could not be taken in in the
usual way, the windows and doors
being too small, he did not become
discouraged.
Instead Gerhard got busy. With the
aid of interested neighbors and watch
ed by a gaping crowd of pasersby, he
climbed to the roof of the house,
armed with saw, hatchet, rule and oth
er implements.
He ripped the shingles off the roof
fur' a space just as big as the bedstead.
Then he sawed the crosspieces to a
space as large as the length of the
bed
Then the beds' re. I was hoisted to
the roof bv a rope and tackle.
It was lowered into the attic, the
flour of which constituted the ceilintf
of the room in which the bed was to
k Finally ;i hole was made throiiKh
the flooring ol the attic, and the bed
was lowered through tlr.t hole into
the n mi where Gerhard wanted ir.
It was some jot) a job that cost
some money and took some time. But
it viiu''i a led Gerhard's spirit of de
i.erniinaiion; he wanted what he want
ed and he got it..
COLLEGIANS DEFEATED STARS
AT BASKETBALL, 30 TO 28
Fast Contest Played a Y.M.C.A.
Gym Last Evening Witnessed
by Large Crowd.
The basketball game which was
played at the Y. M. C. A. gym last
evening between the Albany College
quintet and a team of former stars,
resulted in victory for the collegians
by a sec re of 30 to 28.
'I he game was fast and furious from
start to finish and at the end of the
first half it looked like the s.'ars were
not able to "come back" for the score
stood 14 to 10 in favor of the college
five.
However, in the second half of the
contest the balloon went up and the
stars left the collegians behind, the
score standing z8 to A) in their tavor
until the last five minutes of the game
when the college boys opened the
throttle and in a whirlwind finish
threw five baskets, winning the con
test by the score of 30 to 28.
Folowine is the lineup of the teams
and the points made by each player:
College Points.
Custer C 6
Bass F 10
H. Hodge F 8
Cushman G 0
A. Hodge O 6
All-Stars. Points.
Kropp C 2
Stalnaker F 18
Viereck F 6
Torbct G 1
Pcnland .G 1
Mrs. M. J. Kitchen of this city left
this morning for Stayton where she
will spend several days visiting friends
and relatives.
F. P. Devaney of Lebanon who has
been visiting relatives near Jefferson
for several days, returned home this
morning.
Tudire Hewitt of this city left this
morning for Portland where he will
spend the day looking after several
matters which reiji-ire bis presence
in the Capital City.
Miss Irene May of Roseburg was
visiting friends in Albany yesterday,
while here stopping at the Van Dran
hotel.
C. T. Lillard and W. C. Cecil, two
wealthy, ranchers of Harney county
who have been spending several days
in Albany visiting their old friend, V.
H. Hogan, returned home this morning.
SHERIFF RECEIVES
THE TAX ROLL
County Clerk Turned Over the
Books at Noon Today and
Notices Being Prepared.
TOTAL TAXES ARE tVER ,
HALF MILLIIN OF HOLLARS
City Tax in Albany $45,862.06;
Extra Fores Working an
Notices.
That over a half million dollars will
be collected in taxes front the proper
ty owners of Linn county during the
present year is indicated from the
tax roll of which at noon today was
turned over to sheriff D. H. Bodine
by County Clerk Willard Marks.
The exact amouiut, of the taxes to be
collected, including all special levies
for schools, roads and cities, is $518.
567.25. Of 'this sum $267,500.00 is to
be collected for state, coutny, school
and high school purposes, while the
amount raised for the general road
taxlo be apportioned among the var
ious districts in the county is $89,-
166.94.
The amount to be collected on the
city tax in the city of Albany reaches
the total of $45,862.05.
Sheriff Bodine has employed four
extra men to assist in mailing out the
'tax notices and expects to complete
this work this evening. The entire
force at the sheriff's office is work
ing overtime and will doubtless be
overworked tor the next tnirty uays
hv reason of the large volume ot lax
ation business which will pass through
'that office.
FAMED WOMAN UNHAPPY
DESPITE HER RICHES
The Owner of "Perfect Foot" Is
Seeking Freedom from
Matrimony.
Chicago, Feb. 20. Mrs. Clara Smith
HniKinn. well-known calendar and
stage model and owner of a "perfect
foot " wants a divorce from Wat L.
Houston, wealthy banker, rancher and
broker of Omaha and Denver, and
nephew of the famous Sam Houston,
president of the republic of Texas.
Mrs. Houston declared her hus
band became angry when she dis-
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U,iyCU 111.1 I'JUl -.
swer. she said, to a demand that she
be allowed to engage in Business was
that she must put up a "for women
only" sign.
"Once I was waited on by two
maids, had an automobile and fast
horses, a town house in Omaha, a
t r, ,-,,,,.1, . t Pltt Neb..
and a summer place at Seymour Lake,
with sola) ana more 10 spcuu cicu
month," said the model.
"Now 1 am making my own living,
and it is much more interesting than
having my husband take me to the
atres fnin- iiiirhts a week to show me
off to his friends."
BRICKWORK IS COMPLETED
ON NEW BANK BUILDING
Plastering Will Be Finished
Within Next Twe Days; Fine
Fire Escapes for Structure.
The brick work on the new 5-story
building now under course of con
struction at the corner of First and
Broadalbin streets for the First Na
tional bank of this city was completed
this afternoon and the plastering will
be finished within the next two days.
The bank will probably be moved
to the new building sometime early in
June but the offices on the upper
floors will undoubtedly be ready for
use by the middle of April according
to present indications.
This building when completed will
be the finest banking building in Ore
gon outside of Portland. It is con
structed of solid concrete and yellow
pressed brick and when completed
will cost approximately $75,000. The
furnishings of the building will be the
best money can buy and the building
will he equipped with the most mod
ern type of fire escapes and elevators.
The building itself is a credit to a
city many times the size of AiDany
BY GIVING HIS BLOOD
Roumanians on Way Home to
Fight Turks Meet Accident
in San Francisco.
San Francisco, Feb. 20. The jour
ney of two patriotic Roumanian broth
ers, enroute to their fatherland to
hunt against the Turks, was inter
rupted yesterday when Sinii Alili was
accidentally overcome by gas in his
room at H37 Folsom street. Willing
to risk his life for his brother as well
as his country, Fine Alili submitted
to a transtusion operation at the Cen
tral Emergency hospital. Last night
both men were cluing well and the
physicians say they will soon be ready
to resume their journey.
1 he Ann brothers arrived in the
city Friday night from Colfax, where
they had been employed as track la
borers for the Southern Pacific. They
took adjoining rooms at the Folsoni
strcet Judging house.
Ignorant of the operation of the
gas jet, Simi went to sleep with the
valve turned on. His brother detect
ed the odor of gas toward morning
and rescued him. When Dr. Russell
C. Ryan at the hospital announced
that a transfusion operation would be
necessary to save Simi's life, Fine of
fered his blood.
The arms of the two brothers were
joined for about 16 minutes, during
which time 20 ounces of Fine's blood
coursed into the veins of his weakened
brother. Simi did not regain con
sciousness, but his heart beats became
stronger and more regular. His mar
velous physical condition assures his
swift recovery, the physicians assert.
As soon as Simi is well again, the
two brothers will continue on their
way to join the Roumanian army.
Two more cases of blood transfu
sion were given to the Central Kmer
gency staff in the evening. Paul and
Albert Mo'ran were discovered uncon
conscious in their room at 954 Eddv
street. Gas was leaking from a
cracked jet.
Fail! Moran was taken to the Uni
versity of California hospital, where
Charles Dyrnc, a ptient, volunteered
to give his blood. Dr. Howard Nafs
ziger of the Central Emergency per
formed the operation.
Albert Mo'ran was won back to life
through the blood of Arthur Eide, 865
Eddy street, a friend. Dr. R. C. Lyon
and Dr. W. H. Harris performed this
operation. It is thought that both
boys'will recover. -, . .. .
LIGHTS IN AN EASTERN
TOWN ARE MYSTERY
District in Kansas Is Excited
Over Uncanny Visitors; Ap
peared in Church Steeple.
Wichita, Kan., Feb. 20. The people
of Harper and the country south for
nine miles arc excited over strange
lights seen at the farm of Thomas
Davis, south of Flint Knob.
At first it was believed that those
who sent in the reports were exagger
ating the presence of a Jack-o'-Lan-tcrn,
but large numbers have investi
gated, and while the "ghost" docs not
a'ways appear, those who have seen
it no longer doubt it as a deep mys
tery.
lhc lights appear in three national
colors, and on two occasions seemed
to come from the steeple of an aban-
loncd church in the neighborhood.
but the chief object of their visita
tions is the home of Thomas Davis,
who has lived in tjic neighborhood for
ten years.
borne advanced the theory that it is
an attempt to drive the Davis family
from their farm, but their excellent
standing precludes such a motive, un
less it is the work of some land grab
ber seeking to depreciate the land val
ues. THE GUN CLUB ELECTED
OFFICERS LAST NIGHT
Appointed Committee to Solicit
Subscriptions for Proposed
Country Club.
For the purpose of acquiring from
twenty to forty acres of ground on
the line of an electric railway and
building and equipping a country club
house, the Albany Gun Club at a
meeting held in the Commercial Club
rooms last night authorized the ap
pointment of a committee for the
purpose of soliciting stock suhscrip
tions.
The meeting was well attended by
representative sportsmen of the city
and the entire matter of forming the
proposf d corporation was gone into
in detail by the members.
In addition to a discussion of the
matter of forming a country club, the
officers of the Albany Gun Club were
re-elected by a unanimous vote of the
members. The officers are, Grant
Froman, president; F. P, Tracy, sec
retary, and Neil flain, treasurer.
RiLEY AND ALBRIGHT ARE
RELEASED BY SHERIFF
Both Pay Fine of $150 Assess
ed by Justice of the Peace
Several Days Ago.
At seven p. m. today Wm. Riley
who has been confined in the county
jail for the past ten clays, was released
by Sheriif D. ti. Bodine, the $150.W
fine nssessed by Judge Swan having
heen paid into rthe county treasury.
Riley plead guilty in the justice court
to the charge of selling intoxicating
liquors in violaton of the locaj option
law and was given a sentence of ten
days in jail and a fine of $150.00
At 11 a. nn this morning, Frank Al
bright, who entered a plea of guilty
at 'the same time and who received
the same fine and jail sentence, was
also released from 'the custody of the
sheriff, his fine having been raised'
and paid over to the proper authori
ties. .
VANITY ENDS DISGUISE
OF GOWN-CLAD
Youth Who Worked as Servant
Gets Hair Marcelled and
Is Discovered.
Los Angeles, Feb. 20. Vanity prov
ed the undoing today of Frank, the
young German who for two, .years has
"worked out" as a domestic under
the name of Miss Anna Butcher, dur
ing all of which time his disguise had
never been penetrated. He is in the
city jail tonight, apparently embar
rassed by the male attire loaned him
by another prisoner.
When a rosy-checked, buxom-appearing
young woman entered a hnir
dressinir establishment here today and
ordered her hair "Marcelled," the at
tendant began the process of trans
forming the straight brunette hair into'
a wavy coiffure and discovered almost
immediately that she was working on
a wig. A close inspection of her pa
tron s face revealed a very slight
stubble. Then she went quietly out
and called. a policeman.
"I suppose I was like other women,-'
explained Butcher at the jail. "I
wasn't satisfied with the hair I had
and wanted it nice and wavy."
Butcher said he had a hard time in
getting employment as a man, but had
finally solved his economic program
by donning woman's dress and work
ing as a hired girl. "Five a week,
board and a room is better than any
thing I could get as a man," he said,
"and besides I like to do housework."
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PERSONAL MENTION.
Fred Dawson, the genial proprietor
of the Owl drugstore of this city,
spent yesterday afternoon in the Cap
ital City looking after business mat
ters. George II. Crowell of this city left
t His morning for Brownsville where
he wil spend the day looking after
business matters.
County Surveyor A. L. Gcddes left
this morning for Lebanon where he
will spend the day, doing some road
surveying near that city.
Isaac Miller, a prominent resident
of Lyons, returned home this morn
ing after looking after business mat
ters here yesterday.
George S. Blake, a well known resi
dent of Portland, was in Albany yes
terday visiting his sister, Mrs. Men
Kirk, who has been lil with typhoid
fever for several days. Mrs. Kirk is
improving now, a fact her many
friends will be clad to hear.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Lewis of Al
bany left this morning for Browns
ville where they will spend a few days
visiting friends and relatives.
Peter Bither and Charles Holloway,
well known residents of Brownsville,
passed through Albany this morning
to Salem where they will attend the
legislature today.
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Handsome New Home of Albany
Y. M.C. A. Will Be Opened to.
People of Hub City.
STATE SECRETARY RHODES
WILL ATTEND THIS EVENT
Local Residents Are Cordially
Invited to Inspect the New
Quarters Here.
Tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock, the
new home of the Albany Young( Men's
Christian Association will be formally
opened to the residents of Albany and
Linn county, all of whom are cordial
ly invited to be present and inspect
the rooms.
President Sox in an interview with
a Democrat representative this after
noon stated that a program including
musical numbers and short addresses
by prominent speakers had been ar
ranged for the opening tomorrow
evening.
He also urged the residents of Al
bany, especially the ladies, to attend
the opening tomorrow evening and in
spect the institution which has been
secured for this city for the purpose of
promoting the physical and moral de
velopment of Albany young men. The
visitors will be taken through the var
ious rooms of the association home
tomorrow evening and all details of
the workwill ho explained.
The home of the local association is
one of the most attractive in the en
tire Willamette Valley and has been
remodeled recently to meet the re
quirements of the local association.
The new home has a large parlor with
a iirepiace, a spacious lobby in which
is located a sanitary drinking fountain
donated by the members of the local
W. C, T. U., a music room, billiard
room, and office.
... Uu. JUiiroud, floo js lr?catcd tthc
room containing the bowling alleys,"
the furnace room, bath and locker
room, and the gymnasium. The
bowling alleys were recently over
hauled and are now in excellent con
dition. New covers have been nlaced
on the pool and billiard tables and
new tips placed on the cues, placing
this ecm ipiiicii t in good shape for use.
The shower baths are nil installed
and a large number of new lockers
have been constructed and some addi
tional paraphernalia placed in the
spacious (fymiiasium. Handball, bas
ketball and indoor baseball fields have
been marked out unoii the irvm Moor
and are now ready for action.
Among the K"18 made to the asso
ciation during the past few days is a
fine-clock bv l'"rank G. Will, the local
jeweler, and a sanitary drinking foun-
laiu ny me inemners ol tile W. U T.
U. Aniouir the sneakers at tomorrow
evenniK's opening will be I. H, Khode9
of Portland, state secretary of the
Oregon Y. M. C. A.
BROWNSVILLE WANTS OREGO N
ELECTRIC EXTENDED SOON
Mlrownsville, Or., Feb. 19. With the
view of securing better railway facil
ities for lirownsville anil the Cala
pooia valley the Commercial club has
taken action to send a delegation of
representative citizens to I'ortland to
confer with the officials of the Great
Northern Railway company to try and
induce the in to build a branch line of
the Oregon Klectric from the main
line west of Halsey through that town
to Brownsville this year.
The varied resources of the Cala
po'oia valley arc practically bottled up
because of no railroad providing an
outlet to the markets of Portland and
elsewhere. When the railroad reaches
Brownsville it is believed it will be an
easy matter to extend the line up the
Calapooia valley and to the immense
timbered resources of that scctfoti.
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61 DEMOCRAT SUBSCRIBERS
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the subscribers is indicated by the
quick response received from the
statements mailed out during the
present week.
Kach mail brings scores of letters
containing checks or money orders
from subscribers who have neglected
to settle their accounts and most of
whom include with their check, a let
ter expressing their appreciation of
the manner in which the Democrat is
conducted.
Hereafter the Democrat will send
to every subscriber once each year, or
oftener, a statement of his account.
This has been requested by many of
the patrons of the paper and will
doubtless prove more satisfactory to
both the publisher and the subscriber.