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About The Semi-weekly democrat. (Albany, Linn County, Or.) 1913-1926 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1913)
Was VOL. XLVIII. ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1913. No. 35. 1 s E Parcel Post Is One of Important Subjects Under Discussion by Delegates. OFFICERS WERE ELECTED FOR THE ENSUING YEAR The Carriers Go on Record as Favoring Better Roads in Willamette Valley. Meeting in Albany for the purpose of discussing matters of importance to the postal service and electing of ficers for the ensuing year, rural mail carriers from Linn and Benton coun ties held their annual meeting in this city late Saturday afternoon. The meeting convened at 3 p. m. at the armory with a large number of rural carriers present from all parts of the two counties. The rural mail carriers have had an organization for several years and meet during the year on holidays to discuss subjects of interest to the pos tal service. At the meeting which was held Saturday, the relation of the parcel post and better roads was the main topic of discussion.. In an address before the convention Mr. Alvin C. Baker urged the neces sity of maintaining a strong organiza tion, and said, that it was only with the united help of the members that such could be attained with the result of much benefit. Mr. C. W. Le Vce, secretary-treasurer of the association, also lalkcd along this line. The proposal of such a united effort met with the approval of the assem bly. Alter the regular business of the convention was disposed of, the elec tion of officers for the ensuing year took place with the following result: President, E. B. Cornett, Albany; vice president, Ben Martin, Corvallis; sec rctary-treasurer, C. W. Le Vee, Cor vallis. A. V, Sturm was the retiring president, the other members of the official board being incumbent during thy past year, with the' exception of Mr. Martin. PIONEER OF 1852 IS HONORED BY HIS FAMILY Joseph Yates of Corvallis Now 79 Years and Still Plays the Violin. Declaring that he never felt better in his lite and rendering a tew selec tions on the violin to prove the asser tion, Joseph Yates, a pioneer of Linn county and now in his seventy-ninth year, Saturday celebrated the anniver sary of his birth at his home in Cor vallis. The celebration was not arranged by Joseph Yates but by his immediate tamuy and was a complete surprise Joseph Yates crossed the plains in the vear 1852 and located in Linn county, being identified with much of the early history or this section ot the state. Later he moved to Corvallis where he has since resided. He is the father of Mayor J. Fred Yates of that citv and of W. ii. Yates of Albany. The following members of the fam ily attended the reunion: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Yates. Mayor Fred J. Yates and wife, of Corvallis; Attorney W. E. Yates of Vancouver, Wash.; W. E. Yates and wife of Albany; Mr. and Mrs. James McConnell of Shcdds; C. W. Yates and wife of Oakville; Vic tor Yates and wife of Oakville; Misses Lois Yates and Golda Yates of Al bany, Miss Elizabeth Chance, M. E. Canfield and Hyran Curry. WELL KNOWN LINN COUNTY PIONEER CALLED BY DEATH Asahel Fenton died at St. Mary's hospital Saturday at the age of 71 years from the effects of a disease of long standing. He had resided at So daville for a good many years, recent ly moving to Lebanon. He came to Oregon from the East in 1887. Be sides a wife he leaves one son, R. E. Fenton, of Portland, who has been in the city looking after the remains, which were taken to Lebanon this morning, where the funeral service and burial took place today. Clyde Williamson returned this morning from Shcdd, where he had been on district business for the Ep worth League. 00 News on This Page is From Daily Issue of MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 9 LINN COUNTY DELEGATION AT SALEM COMMENDED Strong Resolutions Passed at Meeting Held at the Fleener School House Saturday, Commending the members of the Linn county delegation to the Oregon state legislature for their support of measures proposed for the betterment of the rural schools, strong resolutions were passed at an educational school meet:ng held at Fleener school house Saturday and the same forwarded to the members of the delegation at Sa lem. The resolutions were as follows: Resolved: That we extend our sympathy to Supervisor J. W. Bolin, and regret his inability to be with us, and further Resolved: That we vote an aDDre- ciation of the loyalty of the Linn county delegation in the .present ses sion of the legislature, on their stand on all questions and measures propos ed for the betterment of the rural school. Resolved: That we extend our thanks to Mr. Waldon Morgan, the board of directors and the patrons of r teener district tor the royal manner in which they have entertained us to day. Resolved: That it is the sense of this meeting that the rural schools of Linn county owe much to the faith ful, well-directed efforts of our es teemed county superintendent, W. L. Jackson. BEAM a HEGKER HAVE . MOVED THEIR OFFICE The Real Estate Firm Is Now Located at Second and Lyon Streets. The real estate firm of Beam & Heckcr have moved their office into the building at Second and Lyon street, recently vacated by L. J. Gray & Co. They make this change in order to be on the ground floor and meet newcomers as they go down Lyon street. Plate glass windows are being put in the building, giving bet ter advantage for display. Mr. Heck er went to Portland this morning in the interest of the;- North Albany tracts. Saturday the firm sold a cou ple of good tracts to some newcomers from the east, who report others get ting ready to come out here. They are delighted with the appearance of things in the Willamette Valley, and particularly with the North Albany DR. WHITE PREACHED STRONG SERIN LAST EVENING Dr. White of the United Presbyter ian church last night preached his sec ond scrmonou the Bible and science. He declared ithat 'things that seemed absurd a hundred years ago are now recognized scientific farts, and that there is not a single demonstrated fact in science not in keeping with the teachings of the Bible, it refers to the earth swinging on nothing and as a circle, several thousand years be fore GalHlleo. and to the course of the waters. The order of creation as given by Moses is absolutely correct. If it had been chance it was one in a trillion. The order is: the heavens, earth, water, light, firmament, grass, herbs, trees, heavenly bodies, fish, moving things, fowls, creeping things, cattle and man. Man independent of God is a failure. Everything points to the fact that you can't disobey God with impunity and that it is possible to live a victorious life in a perverse generation. It was learned late this afternoon that County Commissioner T. J. But ler, who has been confined to his bed with pneumonia for the past week, has improved considerably and is now resting comfortably. He passed through the crisis of his illness Sun day night and his condition at present is regarded as excellent by the at tending physician. Miss Jessie Bibce, a teacher in the Oakville school, returned to that place last night after spending the week as a guest of Miss Frances Nelson. Owing to the. fact that some of our subscribers have as yet been unable to respond to the state- ments mailed out during the past week, the special offer to delin- quent subscribers will be held open for a limited time in order to give all patrons an opportun- ity to pay up their old subscrip- tion at the advance rate of $1.25 oer annum instead of at SI. 50. All subscribers who have received statements are ureed to remit for their subscription by return mail I if possible to do so; otherwise to i acknowledge receipt of same, , giving the management some idea I of when the account will be set tied. ' ; j TDECI EFFECTS LINN CO. Lane County Case Decides a Point Which Makes Invalid Special Road Tax. EIGHT LINN COUNTY DISTRICTS EFFECTED Judge Mcknight and District Attorney Hill Held a Conference Today. Holding that the procedure under which .ill special road tax levies were, made, are invalid, the supreme court of Oregon Saturday handed down a decision which effects nearly every county in the state. The case went up from Lane coun ty in the state of Oregon. The case went up from Lane coun ty on an appeal from the circuit court and has been under advisement for some time. As soon as the decision reached Al bany, the matter was immediately called to the attention of District At torney Gale S. Hill, and he and the county judge held a conference in re Karcl to the matter this morning. Eight districts in Linn county where a special road tax has been voted arc affected by the new court decision and the county court may direct Sher iff Bodinc to collect no further road taxes in the districts which are af fected. It is understood that this plan was adopted by the county court of Lane county and the same plan will be followed here if the district attorney finds that such action can be taken by the court. GOOD LECTURES ARE BOOKED FOR THIS CITY Series of Educational Talks " Will Be Presented by the Local Y. M. C. A. A valuable as well as interesting series of educational travel talks will be placed at the disposal of the people of this city by the Y. M. C. A. This association has secured Dr. C. D. Williamson, a well known lecturer, who will present the series entitled "Little Jaunts into Big Places," which will include many subjects which will be taken up separately. Included in the subjects will he tne Yosemitc National Park and Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Other places f national interest will be described by Dr. VVillamson who is familiar with his subjects, having traveled over the country quite extensively. The talk on the Yosemite National Park will be illustrated with over one hundred superbly colored transparen cies and the Grand Canyon with over a hundred colored stereopticon views. This educational treat will be pre sented by the Y. M. C. A. to the citi zens of Albany at the United Presby terian church Tuesday, February 25th, at eight p. m. flUNG PEOPLE PLACE BAN ON NEW DANCES Grizzley Bear Will Be Barred by Club Which Will Be Organized. Dissatisfied because some of those who attended the weekly dances of the Soiree Club persisted in indulging in the "brizzlcy Bear" and other for bidden dances, leading members of the club recently held a meeting at which it was decided to discontinue the dances and withdraw the member ship cards heretofore issued. This ac tion, it is said, meets with the unani mous approval of the members of the Albany Military Club. A new club, however, will be or ganized in the near future which will be known as the "Friday Night Club." Invitations will be issued to a limited number, and the modern dances will be strictly forbidden. W. B. Chance, mill inspector, went to Salem this afternoon to confer with hrs superior, the state labor commis sioner. Mr. and Mrs. William Gunn passed through the city this forenoon on their way from Eugene, where Mr. Gunn has been making faces for sev eral months, to Salem. Mr. Gunn sev eral months ago did some special work at Chambers & McCune's. a crayon artist of fine attainments. STATE LIBRARIAN MARVIN HERE SATURDAY EVENING Met with Members of the Local Library Board to Discuss Plans for New Building. Miss Cornelia Marvin, state librar ian, Sunday evening met with the board of the Albany Public Library, in the room of Architect Tobey, at the St. Francis, for the purpose of in specting the plans and specifications of the new Carnegie library. The plans have been completcdi and bids will be advertised for its construction in a few days. Miss Marvin, who has made a study of library buildings is pleased with the Albany prospect, adding a few suggestions from her long experience among library build ings. Albany will have a building that will be a credit to the city. The building will have a froutagc on Ferry street of 64 feet and reach back 58 feet, wth an L and entrance on Third, making the rear part cover 74 feet. The main entrance will be in the middle of the building on ler ry, rising about five feet, with about the same space below the ground for basement, in which will eventually be 'the auditorium, besides numerous small rooms for special purposes. The library' room will be a sightly one, well lighted, with a general read ing room on the south and the chil dren's room on the north, each having a fire place, the reference and stack rooms and office, and perhaps tem porary auditorium on the south, the former open, with the librarian's desk in the center. The architecture is attractive, pre senting an appearance much like that of the Salem library. The brick has not yet been agreed upon. Rev. Lcwtas, who closed his special meetings at the M. E, church last night, a splendid series of meetings, this morning went to Corvallis, where he had previously been, to see some of his friends before going elsewhere to conduct services. REV. EMERSON PREACHED ELOQUENT SERMON SUNDAY "Too Many Christians Regard ' Church as Ark of Refuge from ,. God's Wrath," Says Pastor. Declaring that the Christian relig ion is cither the greatest blessing or the greatest "humbug" in the history of the world, Rev. F. W. Emerson, pastor of the Christian church of this city, yesterday morning preached an eloquent sermon on the subject, "Gospel Triumphs Paganism. " The pastor arraigned the many new religious cults and asserted that they are in fact relics of by-gone ages, the ideas having been borrowed from the ancient Greeks and Romans. "The Christian religion," said Rev. Emerson, "is the only religion which has stood the test of the ages. It is divine, and because of its divine in spiration has spread throughout the entire civilized world." "Too many churchmen," asserted the pastor, "regard the church as an ark of refuge from the wrath of God. Regular attendance at church services is not all that is required of the con sistent Christian. You must be a Christian mcssengi-r. You must as sist in the work of .spreading the gos pel." A STICKPIN IS FOUND IN MANS WHISKERS Theif Hid It There When Detec tives Take Up Hot Trail; Had Long Record. New York, Feb. 24. Detectives caught a new wrinkle yesterday when they found a diamond stickpin in the chin whiskers of James Feat her son, a thief with a long record. The pin belonged to Vandern S. Arnold, a broker, with ofices at 206 Broadway, who lost it in front of the Hotel Mc- Alpiu early yesterday morning when Feathcrson stepped up to him and ask ed for money. The man's whiskers struck Mr. Ar nold as being the funniest sight in years, whereupon, he laughed so hear tily that the other took offense. A hand shot out, a diamond stickpin left Mr. Arnold's cravat and was stow ed away in Mr. Feathcrson' bushy whiskers before the broker knew it. There were cries of "Stop thief!" a chase up Sixth avenue, and a capture. Some one found a comb and a detec tive raked the whiskers, which even tually yielded up the stickpin. W. A. Ledbetter went to Orcnco this afternoon to look after the ship ment of some nursery stock. Mrs. Dr. Lee, mother of Mrs. Fred Fortmillcr, went to Portland this morning on a visit with relatives. ALBANY WILL HAVE A TWILIGHT BASEBALL LEAGUE Movement Already on Foot to Perfect Organization by Hans Flo and Others. That Albany will have a Twilight baseball league again this year is in dicated from the interest being dis played by those who were formerly connected with the league during pre vious years. From present indications the organ ization will be perfected some time the first of March. The Twilight league, as has heretofore been conducted, is composed of players of the amateur class. Any young man of the city who is ranked as an amateur ball player, is eligible to play in the Twi light league. Among those who are taking an active interest in the or ganization of the league arc Prof. Hans Flo, Tom Stevens and Hiram Torbct, all of whom have been con nected with twilight baseball leagues in past seasons. While there hasn't been any definite plan set forth at the present time, it.is the opinion that the league will con sist of four teams and that the games will be played on the old college grounds, as before, or in Bryant's park. BUSINESS ACTIVITY GREATER HERE THAN IN OTHER TOWNS Carl E. Sox, Who Recently Re turned from Southern Oregon Tells of Conditions. That business conditions in the Wil lamette Valley arc on a more substan tial basis than in southern Oregon, was the statement made this morning by Attorney C. E. Sox who recently returned from a professional trip to Klamath Falls and other points in southern Oregon. "The prevailing sentiment among the business men of Klamath Falls ap pears to be that a new era of prosper ity will he established when the main line "of the Southern Pacifici! Klendv cd," said Mr. Sox, "and I am inclined to think that they arc right. A year ago Klamath Falls had four banks, but through consolidation this num ber has been reduced to two. This goes to show that business is not as active in the southern portion of the state as it is in Albany.' CORVALLIS DEFEATS THE ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL In :i strumous Kamc nf briskctlnill pla vctl lit C'nrvatlis Saturday i.ikIiIi 1 1'' Albany llitfh school met defeat at the hand of the 'aM aKKi'Klion of that :ty by a score of 31 'o 17. The Corvalli!. bo'yi outplayed the local team, but it was a name marked by sturdy effort on the part of the local (jiiintet. PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. and Mrs. S. K. llartsock, of Corvaljis, arrived this morning. Mr. llartsock went to Portland to attend a convention of Rexall dealers, while Mrs. llartsock remained in Albany on a visit with friends. Mr. llartsock is one of the valley's most popular and competent druggists, lie made his start in the store of Fred Dawson at this city. Mr. and Mrs. Royf Tucker, of Cor vallis, were in the city today. Mr. Tucker is a bookkeeper in the Hen ton County National bank. Lawyer A. A. Tussing, of Urowns vi 11c, was in the city today. Lawyer Allen, of Corvallis, arrived this morning on legal business. Rev. D. C. McFarland, of Tangent, arrived this morning for a sho'rt Al bany visit. Kvcry time he comes to Albany he observes a striking appear ance. He and his family have taken the Democrat since it started, in fact took the Oregon D inorrat of 1H60, lion. Delazon Smith's paper. Dr. and Mrs. Sharp returned this morning from Shcdd, where Dr. Sharp conducted services in the U. P. church yesterday. Me is filling the supply there, well liked by the congregation. Miss Mary Parounagian, daughter of Rev. Parounagian, of Mrowusvillc. Saturday evening returned home after a several days' visit in Albany, the guest of Miss Violet Nutting. Mr. R. C. Morganson of Shcdds called at the Democrat office this af ternoon and renewed his subscription for another year, Mr. Morganson has taken the paper for the past twenty four years. Coroner William Fortmillcr has been confined to his bed since Wed nesday with a slight attack of pneu monia. He is reported as much im proved today and is resting comfortably. CHILDS DEATH IS E! Judge Swan Called to Peoria Sunday at Request of a Halsey Physician. HE BELEIVES THAT AN INQUEST IS UNNECESSARY Portion of Infants Stomach Will Be Taken to Corvallis for Analysis. Unable to respond to a call for an inquest which came from Dr. John son of Halsey, Coroner Fortmillcr yesterday detailed Justice of the Peace I... L. Swan to act as coioncr in a case at Peoria. The circumstances in icgard to the sudden death of the four mouths old child of Rose Starnes, aged 22 years, were regarded with suspicion and the request for an inquest made by the at tending physician. Judge Swan, accompanied by At torney Dan Johnston, left for Peoria Sunday and after making a thorough investigation concluded that an in quest was unnecessary. An autopsy was made by Dr. Johnson of Halsey and a portion of the deceased child's kidney will be taken today to the lab oratory at the Oregon Agricultural College for an analysis. The child died of poisoning which the mother says resulted fr'o'm the use of some condensed milk which had been permitted to stand open in the can for two days. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Essex and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Essex, and their chil dren, returned this noon from a Mc Minnvillc visit. Hon. Jack Latourette, a member of the legislature from Multnomah county, passed through the city this forenoon on his way back to Salem from Eugene, where he spent Sunday. He is a graduate of the U. O., and is one of the best champions the college lias. - ' i Mr. Ed. Dorian, went to his Crab Tree-Ta'rm- tn-fookfa f rer-Trf firrnr-forl-few days. t JUDGE H. H. HEWITT PAYS TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON An Albany Attorney Delivers a Strong Address at Presby terian Church Last Night. Paying an eloquent tribute to the life and character of Washington, Judge H. II. Hewitt delivered a strong address at the patriotic service held last night at the First Presbyterian church. Referring to Washington as the "Soldier-Statesman," the speaker as serted that no man in the history of the American nation has shown great er loyalty to a great cause, and none have accomplished more genuine good for their country. "My both training and temperament, Washington was an aristocrat," said the Speaker. "Lincoln was a man of the common people. It is a remark able histo'rical fact that these two men, both of whom represent differ ent classes, are today looked uuon as the two greatest ex-presidents of tne American republic. THREE MEN FINED IN LOCAL POLICE COURT A fine of $10 and costs each was imposed by Police Judge Van Tassel this morning on Men Ulaek, Ray Mc Intyre and Frank Cummings who were arrested yesterday by Chief of Police Austin and Policeman King on charges of drunkenness. All three men promptly paid their fines and were released. Commissioner T. J. Mutter is re ported better this afternoon, his many friends will be glad to know that he is gradually improving. I'loyd Lawton, a student of the Wil-!a-.iette Medical College at Salem and formerly a student at Albany College, arrived in the city Saturday night to vi't friends. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Gciscndorfer, r Cascadia, have returned from Southern California, where they spent several weeks, for recuperation after the strenuous work of looking after their mountain resort. Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Snow, of Co burg, were in the city yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Wise, of Yon calla, were Albany visitors.