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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1913.
Right Kind of Factories.
In commenting on the matter
of securing more manufacturing
enterprises, the JCugene Register
had the following to say in its
issue of February 19th:
"C. S. Williams, responding to
the toast "Factories in luigene,"
at the monthly dinner of the Com
mercial club Tuesday night, pre
sented some facts that should be
given careful study hi campaigns
for more factories in the city.
What he had to say is given more
weight by the fact that he is a
manufacturer himself, and there
fore speaks with ai inside know
ledge that those of us who merely
want factories for the bucket bri
gade that they bring with them
do not possess.
"Oregon is a sparsely settled
country, said Mr. Williams, and
the problem of the manufacturer,
consequently, is to find a market
that will justify operations on a
scale that will make cheap produc
tion possible. This necessarily re
stricts the manufacturing field for
the present to industries that en
joy special advantages by reason
of unusually cheap and easily
available raw material, and that
are not compelled to manufacture
in huge quantities to meet a
sharply competitive price.
Industries that not only furnish
a pay-roll for the cities hut develop-the
surrounding country by
providing a steady and reliable
market (or agricultural products
are strongly favored by Mr. Wil
liams. Among these are creamer
ies, milk condensing factories and
canneries. All of these make it
easier for the man on lite small
tract to make a comfortable living
with money in the bank at the end
of the year.
"The stimulating effect of such
factories as these is double. They
furnish employment for labor in
the cities, and they provide a con
tinuous market for the products
of the soil. !y providing a mar
ket, they hasten settlement of.thc
country, which is Oregon's great
est need."
The Business Outlook.
The following is reprinted from
the last issue of Dun's Review:
lliisiuess maintains its position
of steaily, conservative expansion,
as yet unaffected, in any material
respect, hv the stiirui"; events
happening or impending rn many
parts of the world. Although the
renewed war in the Halkan pe
ninsula continues to put a strain
upon the international markets, it
is noteworthy that the situation in
I'aris seems easier.'' Kuropcam
crop advices are somewhat disap
pointing, hut the winter wheat
outlook in this countrv is favor
able, in spite of considerable snow
deficiency. The weather in the
West and Southwest has recently
been piite severe and this ac
counts for some falling off in the
rale of gain in tailtoad earnings,
which in l lie first week of Febru
ary were .!.( per cent larger than
last year. While the eastern rail
roads ate threatened with a strike
of their firemen, there is still a
prospect of amicable adjustment
liy arbitration. Wailroad purchas
es of eipiipmcut continue to be
the leading feature of the iron and
steel trade, which maintains its
favorable aspects, notwithstand
ing a falling off in amount of un
filed orders of the principal pro
ducer last month. Premiums con-
tintie to 1e readily paid for prompt
deliveries of finished products, j
The dry goods business is season
ably active in all its principal de
partments. Retail trade in most
of the leading centers is active,
not only in textiles, but in other
branches of merchandise as well.
The situation in this and other re
spects shows a marked improve
ment over a year ago. New Eng
land shoe factories arc fully em
ployed, and the orders from dis
tributors are large anil often urg
ent. Bank clearings continue to
expand and Hi the latest week re
vealed a gain of 5.1 per cent over
last year and. 7-4 per cent over
1911. The foreign commerce ex
hibit is still one of great increase
over recent years In the latest
week at the port of New York the
total commerce was $44,914,65f,
against ?2'J ,688,028 in 1912 and
$26,534,723 in 1911. Exports,
while $1,479,852 less than the im
ports, were nearly $9,000,000 larg
er than last year and $8,000,000
larger than in 191 1.
Liabilities of commercial fail
ures thus far reported for Febru
ary amount to $5,051,400, of which
SI, 584, 100 were in inanufacturing,
$3,316,800 in trading and $150,
500 in other commercial lines.
Failures this week numbered 320
in the United States against 334
last year, and 33 in Canada com
pared with 34 a year ago. ',
Senate Declines to Consider
Owen Bill.
The United Slates senate re
cently, by a tie vole, refused to
take up the consideration of the
Owen bill. This does not finally
dispose of the bill as it still retains
ils place on the senate calendar
and can he called up at any time
and considered by a majority vote
of those senators present. As it
is realized by those friendly to
public health legislation that there
is little chance of the bill passing
the house at the present session,
the lie vote on the question of its
consideration can justly be regard
ed with satisfaction by the friends
of a broader national health or
ganization. It is generally un
derstood that Senator Owen will
introduce a bill at the next ses
sion of congress, if the present bill
does not pass, but it is highly
probable that such a bill will be
redrafted and considerably modi
fied. If this is the case, says the
Journal of the American Medical
Association, it is to be hoped that
Senator Owen will go back to the
original plan and draft a bill call
ing for a Department of Health,
with a secretary rn the cabinet.
The growing realization of the im
portance of this subject and the
increasing support for it show the
educational value of the agitation
which has extended over the last
three years. The opposition has
reached its high-water mark, and
the false statements which were
so widely circulated regarding the
object of the measure and the pur
poses of its advocates have react
ed. The Owen bills have made
people think. If they will only
think hard enough arm! long
enough to realize the great im
portance of health conservation,
the eventual, inevitable result will
be the establishment of a national
Department of Health. Nothing
short of this should be the aim of
those who appreciate the present
public health conditions and the
needs of the future.
'KID' M'COY TO PREACH
THE GOSPEL OF HEALTH
Former Pugilist, Hobo, Saloon
Man, Will Talk in Schools
on Rational Living.
New York, Keb 22 Norman Selby.
best known as "Kid" McCoy of the
prize rinn, is to become an evangelist.
Ue will preach the H"Hd f health
at the Public b'ovutns which the So
cial V enter movement aim to estab
lish in the public school houses out
side of school hours. A strenuous
campaign has been started by Mrs.
Havid Kirk, widow of a Pittsburg mil
lionaire, to have the buddings util
ized in this ay.
On next Thursday niuht, Selby will
be heard tor the lirst tune. To a re
porter today he promised some "wal
lop V that w ill eclipse the famous
"corkscrew punch" that wvu htm
many victories as a fighter.
He declared that Ins determination
to torm't his career as a pugilist, hobo
and saloonkeeper and become an evan
gelist was the result of reading a
New York American editorial telling
how S,UX) human beings die needlessly
every year.
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CURE ALL YOUR ILLS
Cult Taken Up by Them Abjures
; Medicine, Tobacco and
Profanity.
Continued from Thursday, Feb. 20.
Husmu, Wash., Feb. 21. Timothy
George, an Indian rancher, !iittj near
here, is an eniiu-.su'.aiic exponent of a
religious sect called the Shakers. The
order a:- fi.Vudet! in Olympia about
seventeen years at;o, and now several
Indian tri'v-s throughout the North
west have become Shakers.
One redeeming feature of the order
is that a member does not swear, drink
smoke or use profane language. The
Yakima Indians boast of over 500
members belonging to the order, while
the Klickitats in this county include
sixty .members.
When asked what composed the vir
tues of tin; Shaker creed, Timothy
George replied, with much waving of
the arms:
"We all good 1 ndians. Help one
another. When one sick we all shake
his hands. Shake all the time until
he gets well. No medicine. We also
shake hands with each other when
some one sick. That makes him well.
We take care o'f family when some one
sivk. All good Indians."
PERSONAL MENTION.
John II. Stevens, vice-president and
superintendent of the Corvallis &
Kastern Railway Co., returned to Al
bany this morning from Corvallis
where he has been looking after busi
ness matters.
Carl K. Coe and Merrill V. Smith
of this city returned home last even
ing from Salem where they inspected
several makes of automobiles yester
day. Mrs. Nina Wadsworth Cahler of this
city went to' Mill City this morning
where she will spend several days vis
iting friends and relatives.
lohn A. Shaw left this morning for
Mill City where he will look after
business matters and visit his sons.
J. U. and Angus A., who reside there.
J. C. Lowe, manager of the Home
Telephone company at Corvallis, and
Frank Safley, manager of the same
company at Lebanon, have been sub
poenaed to appear before the federal
grand jury.
According to those who attended
the box social given by the Royal
.eignnors at tne woodmen nail last
evening it was a decided success and
everybody had a fine time.
I he concent, announced for tomor
row night at Shedds, by Mrs. Flo and
Miss Waggoner of Albany College
Conservatroy of Music, has been post
poned, probably to some time next
week, on account of Miss Waggoner
being confined to her room by a se
vere attack of the grippe.
E. V1. Nixson, a well known resi
dent of ilarrisburg arrived in Albany
this afternoon and will attend the Elks
banquet here tonight. Me stated this
afternoon that a large delegation from
IFarrishurg is expected on the late
train this afternoon.
District Attorney Gale S. Hill and
Attorney L. M. Cuil of this city left
this morning for Salem where they
will prepare to head the big delega
tion of Elks from the Capital City
which is coming to Albany tonight to
visit the local lodge
Will Harrctt returned last night
from a trip to Salem where he visited
the legislature and transacted some
business matters,
Mrs. Robert L. Conn of this city
left this morning for British Columbia
where she will join her husband who
is employed by an electric power
company. They will reside at Vic
toria. (Juard Johnson of the Oregon state
penitentiary, has been spending the
day here searching for two convicts
who escaped from the prison yester
day afternoon.
Since the release of two prisoners
from the Linn county jail today Sher
iff Hodine has nine hoarders.
Frank Gdlins of Salem was in Al
bany last evening attending the Elks'
high jinks. He is a brother of J. J.
Collins and formerly resided in this
city.
Miss Georgia Blevens has resigned
her position as stenographer at the
Kaupisch creamery and today left for
Tangent, where she wit spend several
weeks visiting homo folks and numer
ous friends. Later she will return to
Corvallis and will be employed as
saleslady in Nolan s department store,
Gazette-Times.
News Beginning With This Head Is
From Daily Issue of
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21.
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EASTERN HOMESEEKERS
ARE INTERESTED IN ALBANY
That many prospective homeseek
ers are interested in this particular
section of the Willamette Valley ii
indicated by the large number of re
quests which the Democrat has been
icceiving during the past month for
sample copies of the paper. Nearly
c cry other day one or more letters
leach the editor requesting a sample
copy of the paper, and most of the
enters state that they expect to make
a trip through this vtcti-u of Oregon
durtug the year m.
Chief of Police Austin has beauti
tied the grounds surrounding his
home, comer Third and Washington
streets, bv having the hedges removed
and seeding the sloping terrace to
grass.
CQRVALL15 BUSINESS KEN
SUBSCRIBE CANNERY STOCK
The Subscriptions Represent
More Than $2000; Meeting
Held Wednesday.
cSs tlt:1: '
slow in giving the Corvallis cannery :
the financial support necessary to as
sure its success can have no further :
cause for doubt. At an informal meet-
ing at the Commercial CIut last niht. t
where the exact financial situation of j
the cannery was explained, twenty!
Corvallis business, men subscribed for j
more than 2.100 shares of cannery
stock, these shares representing a val : 1.
ue oi more than $2,000.
. i I" ""l ' Vi :'m" "'IVniversury of the dedication of the
busincs'siiK'n.Werc presenOnU when
these were given the definite informa
tion they had a right to know, they
responded readily to the need. Other
Corvallis business men, when they
take time to learn the exact facts, un-
(uestion;nly win respond in the same
way. Times.
HARMONY BRAMOE 13
IN GOOD CONOITiGN
The County Deputy A. C. Miller
Gives Interesting Account of
Improvements Being Made.
z Albany, Ore.. Feb. 20, 1913.
To the Albany Democrat:
Feb. 15th 1 had the pleasure o'f vis
iting Harmony Grange. Owing to
the busy season quite a few members
were absent, but those who were pres
ent were full of energy, and the time
passed pleasantly and profitably. Har
mony has accomplished wonders in
the past year. They have built a
good hall, with a convenient kitchen,
have horse-sheds nearly completed
and are out of debt. Their officers
and members are deeply interested in
grange work and are striving to ad
vance everything that may benefit the
grange and community.
ARCHIE C. MILLER,
County Deputy.
WOMAN LIVED IN ONE
HOME FOR SIXTY YEARS
Defendants in Eastern Eject
ment Suit Claim by Adverse
Possession.
Cumberland, Mr., Feb. 21. The
ejectment suit of the trustees of the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal against
Mrs. Margaret Murray, on trial here,
attracted much attention. Usually
ejectment cases are dry, but this one
had many unusual phases. One of the
interesting characters in the case, who
was present at the trial, is Mrs. Cath
erine Johnson, Mrs. MJurray's mother,
who is eighty-nine years or age.
Mrs. Johnson came to this city in
the forties and settled o'n the property
in dispute with her husband, who was
working on the waterway, and there
Mrs. Murray as a schoolgirl watched
the first boat that came up the stream
from Washington. Mrs. Murray and
her mother live in a brick dwelling.
A similar suit is to be tried in which
Owen Riley and his wife arc defend
ants. Mrs. Riley was Sarah Nugent, a
daughter of a canal worker, and she
has Hvcd all her life in the same house
she was born in 72 years ago.
1 he canal company claims the de
fendants are squatters. The defend
ants claim title by adverse possession
o'f more than 60 vears.
(Si
PERSONAL MENTION.
Walter L. Kline, one of the lead
ins merchants of Corvallis. was in
Albany last evening- attending the Elks
celebration. He returned home this
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Walter left -this
morning for Silvcrton. They have
been residing here for several months,
Mr. Walter conducting a campaign for
new members of the United Artisans.
W. L. Wright, a well known resi
dent of Ilarrisburg. was numbered
among the delegates from Ilarrisburg
who attended the Elks meeting last
night. While in Albany he had his
name enrolled on the Democrat sub
scription books.
'six. Gcorg? Yartii:, who recently
went to Southern California, has
bought a large alfalfa farm near Riv
erside, wh;ch he will operate. L'nder
the sjstem there crop of alfalfa is
!ct ed t tev four or five weeks,
ten or twel.e a vr.r. Mrs. Martin,
who is in : e it. vll go to Portland
h oi:, End tl en join Mr. Martin in
their new oine.
E. Kinney Miller and wife of Eu
gene arr guests at the hime of Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Parker. Mr. Miller is
the secretary of the Y. M. C. A. of
Eugene ami arrived this morning to
attend the formal opening of the Y,
M. C. A. this evening. Me is a cousin
of Mrs. Parker.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Stevenson and
their plumr. bright faced little daugh
ter, of Ashland, are visiting in the
city the guests of Mrs. Stevenson's
mother. Mrs. Henry Cleek. They own
a twelve-acre orchard, partly in the
city, and tike Ashland, a fine home
city.
ALBANY ELKS ENTERTAINED VISITING
BROTHERS IN ROYAL STYLE LAST NIGHT
AT THEIR HANDSOME TEMPLE HERE
The Salem and Eugene Members
Trains; Between 700 and 8C0 Elks Were in Attendance at
Big Celebration in Honor of Fourth Anniversary of Dedica
tion of Temple Here; Entertainment and Banquet Success.
Bctv.ccn 700 and 800 Elks from the
dues .of Salem, Eugene and Albany
attended the celebration of the 4th an-
home ui the .Albany antlcrea nerc,
which was. held in this city last even
ing. The Salem Elks', special train, con
sisting of three coaches, pulled into
the union depot at this city at 7:4o
clock bringing 125 of the live mem
bers of the Capital City lodge and a
band. They were greeted upon their
arrival here by the Albany band and a
reception committee composed of over
Kill members of the local lodge.
The Salem bunch were all provided
with giant torpedoes which were
thrown on the cement platform of the
depot causing them to explode with
a loud report, and for fully ten min
utes the noise was terrific, resembling
to' a great extent the musket fire of a
company of infantry.
When the noise subsided and the
smoke cleared away, greetings were
exchanged and the crowd waited for
the arrival of the Eugene special, the
Albany and Salem bands playing stir
ring airs.
The Eugene special of four coaches
arrived at 8 o'clock and when all had
detrained the crowd was increased by
over 150 more members of the herd
from the University City. The Eu
gene Elks also brought a band with
them.
After the arrival of the crowd from
Eugene the delegations from that city
and Salem together with the members
of the Albany lodge were lined up four
abreast and the procession headed by
George Rolfe, C. H. Burggraf and J.
D. Whitaker started down town.
The parade proceeded north on
I.yon street to Fifth, west on Fifth
to Ferry, north on Ferry to First,
and east on First to the Elks Temple.
Unon arrival at the temple the huge
crowd was ushered into the lodge
room where the regular weekly busi
ness session of Albany Lodge No. 359
was held. The session was concluded
at 10 o'clock and the visiting delega
tions informed that the remainder of
the evening would be devoted to a
social session.
Each lodc-e had prepared a short
program for the entertainment, Salem
Being given first honors. Judge D'Ar
cy of the Capital City presided dur
ing the rendering of the program by
the Salem lodge which consisted of
vocal solos by Brandenburg, music
by the Elks' orchestra of Salem, ma
gician stunts by Cook Patton, imper
sonations by L. Buckingham, vocal
SIX WILD CATS KILLED
NEAR MILL CITY
D. L. Turnidge Brought Hides
to Albany This Morning and
Claimed Bounty.
Arriving this morning from Mill
City, D. L. Turnidge presented to
County Clerk Witlard Marks a claim
for the bounty on six wild cats which
he killed recently in the foothills near
Mill City.
Two of the animals were killed the
same day, the dog having treed them
after a hard chase through the hills.
The largest cat killed' measured four
feet from the tip of his nose to the
tip of his tail. The bounty allowed
is two dollars for each cat which will
give Mr. Turnidge the sum of twelve
dollars tor his work.
ALBANY HIGH WILL PLAY AT
CORVALLIS SATURDAY NIGHT
Number of Local Fans Will See
Contest Which Will Be Played
at Guard Armory.
The fast basketball quintet of the
Albany High school will leave tomor
row evening for Corvallis where they
will play the high school five of that
city on the floor of the National
Guard armory.
Albany High has a strong team ca
pable of giving the Corvallis boys a
hard game and the contest there to
morrow evening promises to' be a
warm one from start to finish. A
large number of local basketball fans
will probably accompany the team to
Corvallis.
F. E. Looney. a well known Jersey
cattle man of Jefferson, was trans
acting business in Albany today and
while here renewed his subscription
to the Democrat. Mr. Loo'ney has
been engaged in the cattle business for
the past sixteen years and handles
only blooded stock.
Frank Jewell of Eugene was among
the crowd from the University City
attend;ng the Elks' celebration here
last eve ting. He is a former resident
of Albany where he was employed for
many years by Henry Broders.
Came to Hub City in Special
solo by George L. Snyder, and several
other novel stunts, ali of which won
applause from the crowd.
t-ol. Creed u. iiammoiui, exalted
Ruler oi the Eugene lodge, president
during . the entertainment given by
that -order, and which consisted of
short stories; songs and sketches con
tributed by different members.
Dr. W. H. Davis, past exalted ruler
o'f the Albany lodge of Elks, presided
during the entertainment contributed
by the local lodge and which was
probably the most, interesting of the
evening. The program was opened
with a fine baritone solo by George
Rolfe which when concluded brought
forth applause that caused the roof to
shake.
lie responded with an encore and
was assisted by the members of the
Empire male quartet consisting of
Clarke Huston, bass: Gerald C. Craw
ford, tenor: Jed Hnlbert, tenor; and
jay B. Palmer, baritone. Rolfe and
tile quartet were given a great ova
tion at the conclusion of the selection
and were required to give several en
cores, all oi which were evidently
greatly appreciated. They were called
unon many times during the remainder
o'f the evening.
One of the leading features of the
program given by the Albany lodge
was a fast wrestling bout between
Kcllv and Pctiland, two prominent
athletes of O. A. C. The bout was
won by Kelly. Music by Masck's or
chestra concluded the entertainment
for the evening, the banquet being
announced shortly afterward.
The Salem and Eugene delegations
were admitted to the banquet room
first and were followed by the mem
bers of the Albany lodge.
The feed was a revelation and a
credit to the chef, Charles Ncely of
the Elks' Club, who with a large force
of assistants, worked overtime for sev
eral days preparing the edibles which
included everything that appealed to
the palate of an Elk.
The visiting delegations from both
Salem and Eugene were loud in their
praise of the splendid hospitality
shown them by the Albany- Elks who
spared no pains or expense to greet
them in royal style and they certain
ly were successful in accomplishing
this if the many expressions heard
from visiting members is any indica
tion. The various committees from the
Albany lodge and the members in
general deserve great credit for the
splendid manner in which they han
dled the event which will be long re
membered by their brothers in Salem
and Eugene.
THIS PASTOR HAS
MARRIED 4,500 COUPLES
"Parson" of a Gretna Green
Hopes to Make His Record
5000 Before He Dies.
Bristol, Ten., Feb. 21. Forty cou
ples for December was the record
made by the Rev. Alfred H. Bur
roughs, "parson" of the Bristol Gretna
Green. Referring to this, the face of
the 80-ycar-old minister lit up with a
smile when he remarked:
"But the record was not satisfactory
to Cupid, I am sure, for he brought me
seven young couples on New Year's
day. These young people all came
from Virginia and West Virginia.
. P Burroughs has married about
4,aU0 couples, and, although an old
man. he expects by cherishing a hap
py disposition to be able to make his
record 5,000 before yielding to Father
Time.
PROGRAM BY PALMER
STUDIO OCTETTE TONIGHT
Will Be Given at the Christian
Church; Well Known Local
Musicians on Program.
An event of more than usual in
terest in local musical circles will be
the Palmer Studio Octett in ensemble
recital at the Christian church at 8:15
this evening.
The following well known musi
cians will be included on the pro
gram: Mrs. J. F. Watson, Miss Sara
Ula Tratt, Mrs. J. F. Watson, Mr.
Clare Lee, Mrs. F. II . Geselbracht,
Mrs. F. M. Powell. Mr. Fred Veal and
Mrs. C. H. Palmer. The program is
as follows:
"Unfold Ye Portals." Gounod;
(a) "I'm Wearing Awa'," (octet)
Footc; (b) "Since We Parted," Allit
son. Mr. Lee. "Break. Break, Break,"
F. H. Pease: "Legends." (trio), Mo'ch
ring; "The Storm," Rheinberger; "Bel
Raggio (quintet), Rossini, Miss Pratt
and ladies' chorus; "The Mariners,"
Randegger; "Goodbye," (trio), Tosti
Mr. Lee; "Hymn to Music," Dudley
Buck.