The Semi-weekly democrat. (Albany, Linn County, Or.) 1913-1926, March 11, 1913, Page 2, Image 2

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TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1913.
A Democratic Democrat.
"The- president regrets to
oll icrcd to announce that
deems it his duly to decline to sec
applicants for office personally,
except when he himself invites
Ihem to the White House for an
interview."
This is the opening paragraph
of Ihc first official statement to
come from the White House
since President Wilson assumed
the rei'ns of government. It was
dictated hy the president shortly
after break fast today.
"It is his purpose," the state
ment continues, "to devote his at
tention earnestly and constantly
to the business of government
and large questions of policy af
fecting the nation. lie knows
from experience as governor of
New Jersey that the greater part
of his time and energy would be
spent in interviewing candidates
for office unless lie sets an invar
iaDle rule. It is his intention to
deal with appointments through
the heads of the several executive
departments."
A precedent: of long standing
has been broken by Woodrow
Wilson, but the nation congratu
lates the president on his good
sense in setting aside foolish tra
dition for the good of the public
service.
When Wilson assumed the
oath of office he cast politics to
the four winds of heaven mid en
tered into a solemn contract with
himself to devote his entire time
and attention to the duties of his
office. To the department heads
all matters political will be re
ferred and the army of hungry of
fice seekers will no longer invade
he White House seeking posi
tion and favor at the hands of the
chief executive. President Wil
son proceeds upon the theorv that
his time belongs to the people of
the United States and that mere
matters ot political natronaw
Sllimbl l. linn, ll.wl I... II. ...... ...i... !
"""""I iin'.-,e .ini
have tiicno time to devote to (ttcs
liinis of this character. Ho takes
Hie poMiiou that tin- White
House shnulil no lunger be con
siilereil a political oleariui; house
anil that it is beneath the dini!;,
of the president to preside at the
pie-counter when by so doing he
is forced to neglect the nation's
bus'ness.
1'rcsidcnt Wilson is right and
his course will be commended In
die best citizenship of the coun
try
CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION;
CONDITIONS IMPROVE
According to Dun's Review a well
known and conservative financial pa
per the change of administration has
not affected business co'ntditioiis in
any line, a moderate increase being
shown in both exports and imports
over the same period two years ago.
The comment is as follows:
"Reports from the leading trade
centers continue very satisfactory in
most instances. There is a large dis
tribution of the principal products and
sustained activity in retail trade, par
ticularly in the sections which have
been favored with good weather con
ditions. Outside of those markets,
which, hy reason of their larger and
more sensitive speculative organisa
tion, have been directly affected by
the important events happening iii
various parts of the globe, business
sentiment, if not buoyant, at least
maintains a steady, conservative at
titude, even on the eve of the first
change in the political control of our
government in sixteen years. Aver
age daily bank exchanges continue to
show expansion and for February
gained 10.6 per cent over 1912 and .10.3
per cent over 191 1. The railroads,
which are about to arbitrate their dif
ferences with the firemen and are
still buying heavily of needed sup
plies in the iron market, gained 3.2
per cent ill gross earnings during the
first three weeks of February. The
exceptional activity in iron and steel
is fully maintained. The copper mar
ket, however, is depressed, with pro
duction outstripping demand. In tex
tiles there is a large movement of
merchandise ill the various divisions
of the cotton and woolen trades, not
withstanding labor troubles and pros
pective changes in the tariff. The silk
trade is increasingly active! The
shoe trade is also experiencing a fair
degree of activity and the New Eng
land mills continue to be busy with
supplementary orders. Sole leather
is firm, but uppers are easier, and
hides arc generally weaker. Winter
wheat has been benefited by a fall of
snow, but prices arc firmer because
ot an unproved export demand and
lower estimates o'f the Argentine crop.
The market for securities has again
been more or less unsettled. The in
terest and dividend payments due
March 1 are estimated at over $14,
000,000 more than last year, the in
crease being mainly in industrials,
'i imc money continues to be firmly
held, but European gold demands are
lessening. Our foreign commerce
continues to establish a large bal
ance in this nation's favor. During
the latest week the total commerce at
the port of New York amounted to
$37,44,K64 against $36,504,514 in 1912
and $30,738,045 in 1911. There was a
moderate increase over the two pre
ceding years in both exports and im
ports. "Liabilities of commercial failures
thus for reported for February
amount to $25,514,600, of which $12,
990,900 were in manufacturing, $12,
106,300 in trading and $417,400 in
other commercial lines. Failures this
week numbered 263 in the United
States against 366 last year, and 39
in Canada compared with 22 a year
ago.
NEW YORK WOMEN NOW
DEMAND LOWER GAR STEPS
Fashionable Women of Metrop
olis Would Put an End to
Hosiery Display.
New York, Mar. 6. Twenty-live
women, representing the club women
of Jersey City and Hoboken, accom
panied by a messenger boy who car
ried a soap box on his head, went to
the chancery chambers in Jersey City
yesterday afternoon to protest to the
public utilities commission against the
height of the steps of trolley cars
owned by the Tublic Service corpora
tion. Among the club women, who were
led by Mrs. Hricc Callard, of Jersey
City, were Mrs. William Haackc -Mrs.
S.-C. Allison, Mrs. David Bishop, Mrs
D. Van Winkle, Mrs. William D. lid
wards and Mrs. V. l Smith.
Also there was a sprinkling of the
younger women who had been
brought along to give the utilities
commission a demonstration of what
it meant for a woman dressed in the
present day fashions lo climb aboard
street car without disturbing the
araiigement of her skirts, and giving
a liberal stocking display.
The messenger boy took the soap
box from his head and solemnly plac
ed it before the commission. This
box was exactly 17 inches high which
is the height of the trolley steps from
the ground on all ears owned by the
1 uhhc service corporation.
It was suggested to the women that
they defer their high-stepping demon
stration for two weeks, and by that
time new spring styles would be out,
when with the death of the hobble
skirt, a sevenleeu-incli step would not
be a ditlieult matter.
TANGENT NEWS.
At the pleasant home of Mr. and
Mrs. Shrader in Tangent. Miss l.etha.
their daughter, celebrated her thir
teenth birthday March 5th from 2 till
5 iVclock. by entertaining the teacher
and pupils of the Sunday school class
of which she is a member. A few
friends were also invited, making the
number 13. The time was spent in
games, interspersed Willi music,
closing with a dainty lunch served hy
Mrs. Shrader. alter which the guests
departed tor their various homes.
wishing Miss l.etha many happy re
turns oi i ne day.
CANADIAN BALL CLUB MAY
LOCATE TRAINING CAMP HERE
Manager Al Senders of the local
baseball club is in receipt of a letter
dated November S, written at Rose
burg, from the manager of the R.v
gina llaseball club, of the Western
Canadian league, in which the man
ager wished to know the probability
of his securing good baseball grounds
here for a suitable training camp for
his siiiad of 24. men. In the letter
it is slated that the grounds at Rose
burg are not suitable, for the purpose
and refers with favor to Albany. Be
fore returning to the north the Cana
dians will have a three weeks tryottt
at the training camp.
Manager Senders lias offered the
Kagiiia manager the free use of the
local grounds and it is expected that
this place will be accepted.
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FOR THIS CITY
Road Will Tap Timber Belt and
Will Be Twenty-six Miles
in Length.
PORTER BROTHERS BUY
102.000 ACRES TIMBER LAND
$4,000,000 Deal Is Closed in
Portland; Railroad Will Be
Built This Spring.
Porter Brothers, railroad contrac
tors, agreed yesterday morning to pay
$4,000,000 to the Oregon & Western
Colonization company for 102,000
iicres of land in Eastern Linn county,
containing 4,000,000,000 feet of what
is considered the best yellow fir tim
ber ever grown, and will begin imme
diate development of the property by
building a railroad to it from Albany,
26 miles away, and by erecting two
sawmills on the sunth fork of the
Santiam river, which runs through it.
1 he Oregon & Western Coloniza
tion conmpany is controlled by L. W.
Hill, chairman of the Great North
ern board of directors, and VV. P.
Davidson, ot rortland and bt. Paul.
This sale disposes of all the property
held by the company west of the Cas
cade mountains, They still have 95.-
000 acres of timber and approximate
ly oUU.UUU acres or range and farm
land east of the mountains, all of
which was a part of the 800,000 acres
military wagon road grant, which
they bought about three years ago.
riavmg sold the greater part of
their timber property they will de
vole their attention exclusively now
to settling the remaining farm land,
which will be sold in tracts of 80 and
160 acres.
Negotiations for this sale had been
pending for three months. Actual
consummation was effected last Mon
day, when L. W. Hill came to Port
land. I his transaction really was the
occasion of Mr. Hill's recent visit to
the city.
Porter Brothers, the purchasers, are
among the most aggressive and pro
gressive, concerns in the Northwest.
While they have confined their oper
ations heretofore to railroad contract
ing and such other activity immedi
ately attending that kind of work,
they have arranged now to widen the
scope of their operations.
1 hey propose to cut the timber on
their newly acquired land 'as fast as
it can be hauled away. Some of it
will be locircd and broueht to Port
land to be cut, but much of it will be
worked into lumber riuh t on the
ground. For this purpose at least
two sawmills of large capacity will I
have to be built.
It is understood that within a short
while a corporation will be formed to
handle this properly. The four Por
ter brothers Andrew R. and Johnson
P., of Portland, and John D. and
Richard 13.. of Spokane probably
will be ihc only stockholders.
All the contracts and papers neces
sary were drawn yesterday. Mr. Da
vidson left immediately for St. Paul.
Mr. II ill is on his way to California.
Oregonian.
ALBANY MILITARY CLUB
' HOLDS REGULAR MEETING
Elected;Officersto Fill Vacan
cies; Captain Powell Drills
Company on Streets.
The regular monthly meeting of the
.Albany .Military Hub was held last
night at the armorv. niter the drill .
and considerable business was trans-
acted
The committee of the Friday Night
Dancing Club, in charge of the Fri
day night dances, made an interesting
report, to tne eltect that the dance
given last Friday was a splendid so
eial success. Members of the com
mittee were highly elated over the
prospects of the dances becoming
popular, as indicated by the big at
tendance. Invitations have been is
sued only to leading people of the
city ami a large crowd is anticipated
ar uie second nance ot the series.
which will be he d loniulit All th
holding membership cards are cor-
uuiny iiivucu to attend.
Other business that came up before
the meeting was the election of a
first vice-president of the club to fill
tne vacancy caused by the resignation
ot Lieutenant II. O. Stalnaker, who
win leave in a short time for Mon
tana. Second Vice-President C. W.
Tebault Jr. was elected to fill the
vacancy and Corporal Albert Kullan
der was elected to the second vice
presidency. Kullander was made to
resign the office of chaplain to ac
cept the higher charge and Private
Hans Flo was named as chaplain.
An unusually large number turned
out for drill and the weather being
ideal. Captain 1". M. Powell t,..,i- h.
boys on a tour of the city. The com
pany was manned south on Ells
worth street to Seventh, north on
I. yon down First to Hroadalbin. and
up Fourth to the armory. Several
extended order movements were ex
ecuted together with close order for-
mjuons ami consu erab e -atteniinn
was attracted by the splendid mili
tary appearance of the company and
the umiormitv of the
ecuted.
BOY SCOUTS ADD NEW
EMBERS 10 THEIR RANKS
Fourteen Candidates Pass the
Examinations to Enter Be
fore Court of Honor.
Aspirants to the ranks of the boy
scouts who were brought up and ex
amined by the court of honor, in ses
sion last Tuesday niht at the Y. M.
C. A., and who passed the examina
tion numbered 14, who are now bona
tide members of the scouts.
The boy scout movement in this
city has met with much favor and the
support of local people who have en
couraged their children to join the
organization, knowing that the work
of the association is interesting as
well as educational.
The new members wh; were initi
ated into the ranks Tuesday night are
as follows: Alfred Gentry, Ernest
Dohnert, Roy Crowder, Charles
Barnes, Luther Waller, Lowell Simp
son, Jessie Ellis, Eldon Snell, Willard
Holm, Albert Thompson, Charles
Pfeiffer, Errol Wiliams, Leonard
Waller. Kenneth Goins.
Members who were taken in three
weeks ago after passing the examina
tion before the court of honor were:
Pierson Conradt, Hugh Conradt, Har
old Irvin, Verne Briggs, Vernon Hen
derson. J. M. CHAMBERS ELECTED
EXALTED RULER OF ELKS
Harry Schlosser, W. M. Parker
and J. J. Coliins Elected
Knightsfor Ensuing Year.
At a well attended meeting of the
Elks lodge held last evening officers
for the ensuing year were electc I and
a large volume of routine business
transacted. Reports from the various
corriy.ittces, including the report from
the finance committee, were read and
the finances of the order found to be
in excellent condition.
The following officers were elected:
Exalted Ruler J. N. Chambers.
Esteemed Leading Knight Harry
Sclilosser.
Esteemed Loyal Knight Walter
ML Parker.
Esteemed Lecturing Knight J. J.
Collins.
Secretary Jack Warner.
Treasurer Harrv Cusick.
Tyler W. A. McGilvery. .
Trustee (three-year term) O. P.
Dannals.
Delegare to Grand Lodge A. W.
Nowersox.
The grand lodge (will meet this
year at Rochester, New York, and
.Mr. bowcrsox, who has held the no-
sition of exalted ruler for the past
year, expects to attend the meeting.
Mrs. Morris, of Turner, this noon
returned from McMinnville. whore
she had been to attend the funeral of
her cousin. II. E. Hilleary, and is the
guest of Miss Clara Perry.
SHARP WAS REMOVED TO
JAIL YESTERDAY EVENING
R. T. Sharp, who was convicted of
violation of the local option liquo'r
law, in Judge Kelly's court at the
last session, and sentenced to serve
20 days in the county jail, and after
resting in the jail for three days was
taken to the hospital with a severe
attack of pneumonia, was recoil fined
to the jail yesterday afternoon by
Sheriff Ilo'dine.
Sharp who has been in the hospital
for the last six days had sufficienly
recovered to be removed, and it is
understood that the time he spent at
the hospital will count as part of his
20 days' sentence. This will make
Sharp a balance of 12 days to rest in
the county jail.
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S ".KauiN A J. riUIM. WIS)
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Mrs. Flattie Reeves, president, and
Mrs. Kerns, patriotic instructor of
the Ladies of the G. A. R. of Oregon,
went out to Lebanon and Brownsville
this morning to meet with the Ladies
of the G. A. R. of those cities. They
are on a trip up the vallcv.
Dr. E. VV. Howard, of Brownsville,
has been in the city today looking
after county seat business. Dr. How
ard is one of Albany College's former
students who is making good in his
profession.
Capt. C. L. Dick, of Salem, has been
in the city today seeing our mer
chants. W. P. Ireland, o'f Corvallis, father-in-law
of M. D. Hammel, assistant
manager of the Hotel Hammel. was
a visitor in this city this morning.
H. A. Albright, formerly of Eugene,
but now a traveling man out of Port
land, is stopping at the new Hammel.
A. Fuller went out to Lebanon.
Miss Madie Armstrong, an expert
milliner, arrived in the city this morn
ing from Butte, Montana.
Dr. and Mrs. P. J. Bartle. of Eu
gene, were registered at the new
Hammel last night.
V. S. Smith, of Newport, stonned
at the Flammel over night.
tt. l.. snell, who established an au
tomobile insurance company at Eu
gene last fall, is registered at the
Hammel. Mr. Snell reoorts that over
half a million dollars worth of insur
ance has been written in his eomnanv
on automobiles in this section.
Pan McKercher. a former Ah.mv
College student, who is doinn nA) as
a commercial traveler, was in the city
louay, going io saiem this afternoon.
! ROCKY WILLIS SUSTAINS
BADLY MASHED FOOT
Accident Happened at Kingston
This Morning While Local
Man WasAdjustingEngine.
When attending to adjust some
mechanism about the wheels of his
engine, while it was standing on a
slight incline where it was blocked,
two miles east of Kingston, this
morning. Rocky Wilis, the popular
and efficient engineer of the eastern
division of the C. & E. R. R., sus
tained a severely mashed foot.
The unfortunate man was hurried
to this city, arriving at noon, and
was taken to his home on West Fifth
street in an automobile, where he re
ceived medical attention. Mrs. Wil
lis informed the reporter over the
phone this afternoon that although
Mr. Willis was not seriously hurt, he
was suffering with considerable pain.
Four toes of the right foot were bad
ly smashed.
The accident was a peculiar one
and ; is told to the effect that Mr.
Willis was endeavoring to' adjust
some parts of the engine, when the
block under the wheel slipped, and
while trying to kick it back in place
the man's foot was caught by the
wheel, with the result of mashing
four toes.
LECTURES ON PRODUCT OF
SOIL FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
Gardening Subject of Lecture
Given This Afternoon by
0. A. C. Students.
County School Superintendent
Jackson has just complete 1 the ar
rangement of a splendid ctltic.uion.il
feature io "he students of t,:e county
.chool; by securing a series .f lect-irc.-.
in u rticulture and fru.u'aire
to be ( hen in the schools of -he
Western end of the county.
L'pon prevailing upon the faculty
of the Oregon Agricultural Joi'.eg'a
lo -i::c; numbers of the .ra-b-a-mg
cia-s in rc tig the county lo lecture
to Mi-t.r.u on the products of
t.ic -i il, the college authoring w'ii
iii','ly complied. Accordingly the
first lecture of the series will be
given today, on the subject of garden
ing, when three conveyances set out
ir ('fl'erent directions this ailemoon
a. 1 o'clock. The three student
lecturers from th; collev; irv.wi "ii
ti r l '.on train.
The lectmes ,vc under tlij dircuion
of the college faculty, and i: is the
i"au 1'iat eaci lecturer will vi:t at
I-'.'l 'wo scioo's during tne after
::ooi: The i.evt lectur; of th writs
.v:!i oe given a- r later el.it. wii.Mi a
new subject v-ii' be taken up.
il i planned 'i-.u this will ..outi: -:c
pn:.i each s.'iool has been vis'led
.'u.'i fines. 'H.e ilfsti i-t- to be ov-
Co
hu-
Kno.i 'Li t-- and Grange Hall
WHEN SCAFFOLD FALLS
While nailiiifr boards on the frame
work for the foundation of the new
Hlhrh theater, Conrad Mover and V
Weaver, who were working on the
scatfolimj, sustained a severe lull yes
terday a iter noon at 4 o'clock, when
the tcatlohng which ,was not securely
placed tell.
Meyer is fuffqring this morning
with a strained hack as the result of
his Kill of about 12 feet on a pile of
lumber, and was unable to iro to work.
Weaver, however, is on the job this
niorutnii and but for tiie fact or
few bruises, he is uninjured. He te
into a pile of dirt when the frame
work toppled.
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PERSONAL MENTION.
S
F P. DeVancy, one of the valley's
oldest travelers, left this afternoon for
Nashville, Lincoln county, on a visit
with his son bam, his first trip to that
section.
Dr. Stewart, physical director of O.
A. C, was in the city this noon on his
way home from tugene, where he
had been with his basket ball squad.
Mrs. R. I. McElmurry and daughter
Mrs. Kune, of this .city, are visiting
Mrs. VVUIard eauthorn, of Wellsi
dale. Mrs. Cauthorn is a daughter of
Mrs. McElmurry and a sister of Mrs.
Kune. They will return the end of
the week.
Mr. C. G. Rawlings went to Port
land this morning to spend the day
looking after business matters.
Mr. Bachmeyer and wife have lo
cated in this city and a splendid dwel
ling is being erected for them on the
corner of Fifth and Montgomery
streets. Mr. Bachmeyer is the local
representative for the Aldon Candy
Co., of Portland.
Mr. T. G. Settlemier, of Blatchford,
a former resident of this city, was a
business visitor here today.
Mr. F. H. Mitchell and wife of Ne
braska who have been visiting at the
home of the former's brother, W. C.
Mitchell o'f this city, returned last
night to their Eastern home for the
purpose of packing up their goods and
coming to the coast. Mr. Mitchell
has purchased a druir store in Port
land and will make his future home
in that city.
Judge MeFadden of Corvallis ram.
over this noon to attend circuit court.
.Mrs. uuick. tne veteran W. C. T.
Chas. H. Cusiek w-nt ia tUm o
this afternoon.
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10 CANCEL DEBTS
Officers of First Presbyterian
Church Will Make Effort to
Raise All Obligations.
BUILDING WILL BE ENTIRELY
COMPLETED EASTERSUNDAY
Churchmem Plan to Raise Sum
of $17,209 Next Tuesday;
Nearly $5000 Pledged.
The officers and members of the
First Presbyterian church are at
tempting a heroic task. They have
determine to make every effort to
raise all the indebtedness of the su
perb new structure just being com
pleted at Fifth and Broadalbin. The
last of the work is being done. The
organ builders are at work; the oak
pews arrived from .the East yesterday
and the church promises to be en
tirely ready by Easter Sunday.
As originally planned, the congre
gation expected to' build a brick
chprch without a finished basement,
without a pipe organ and with the
furniture to be purchased at a later
date. As the work progressed, how
ever, the certainty of the future
growth of Albany impressed them
more and more and the wisdom of
building the church complete was
admitted. Aid Was secured from Mr.
Andrew Carnegie vho gave half of
the purchase price o'f the pipe organ.
Pews of the finest grade were order
ed. The ladies' society furnished the
money for the finishing of the entire
basement.
The officers of the church met at
dinner in the basement of the church
on VVcdnesday night and appointed a
special committee to devise plans for
the campaign that would attempt to
raise all the remaining money re
quired to dedicate the church free of
debt. The building committee re
ported the total cost of the church
(a few small items being approxim
ated) to be $39,493.92. Of this
amount $22.2S4 has been paid or
pledged, leavinu a bnlaiiee of S17-
209.00 to be provided for. The com
mittee was instructed to provide a
plan of payment in four annual in
stallments and to canvass the entire
congregation for pledges to be made
conditional on the raising of the
whole by dedication day. It is the
determination that the glory of the
dedication day shall not he mnrrerl
by incessant and offensive begging.
ii ijusmihc dedication day will oe stm
ply a day of rejoicing with no collec
tions but free will offerings anfl nr.
elaborate scheme of raising money at
the dedication services.
If the members of the First Presby
terian church can succeed in carry
ing out this plan they will have done
what has seemed to be impossible.
The citizens of Albany have taken
more than ordinary interest in the
development of the splendid and com
plete structure that has been built by
this organization. But the question
has been frequently asked whether
the church has not assumed a too
great an indebtedness. Whether the
structure has not been planned and
carried out ahead of the times and
the present ability of the congrega
tion. The building is a great credit
to the members of the First Presbvte
r:a'l church and congregation ami they
deserve only praise for the tremend
ous effors. The community will
watch with great interest the progress
of the attempt to provide for the en
tire indebtedness before dedication
day.
A committee of about twenty mem
bers will canvass the entire church
and congregation on next Tuesday,
.March 11, expecting in one day to
cover practically all the field or at
least to go far enough to make cer
tain whether or no't the effort to raise
the entire amount can be successful.
At the dinner of the officers the other
night fifteen members present sub
scribed $4.M0 in addition to the sub
scriptions they had already made
t hese subscriptions were made with
the understanding that they were not
bS,S'imi"lcred valid ""'ess the en
ure $17,209 would be definitely pledg
ed on or before dedication day.
DEFECTIVE FLUEKED
SMALL FIRE IN DWELLING
Defective flue in the home of N.
A. Blodgett, corner Ninth and Wash
ington streets, caused a small fire
early yesterday morning. There was
no alarm turned in and the extent of
the damage, was a hole about three
feet square burnt in the roof of th-.
dwelling.
The blaze was extinguished bv the
use of a garden hose and buckets of
water, by Mr. Blodgett with the as
sistant of neighbors.
Advertised Letter List
The followillff letters remain itn.
called for and advertised at the post
?'!' Albany, Oregon, March 6,
1913: Mrs. O. C. Anderson. J. M.
Bradley. Sd. Co'mett, J. F. Conig. D.
.. -rowucr, airs, turn Hall, Mrs.
Janes Kerns. A. B. Littel (special),
.Mrs. Ida B Leach (3), Mrs. Lijtle
john, Mr. Lain (2). Earl Murdock,
Mr, Amanda Merrill, Mrs. Helen
Phelps. Mrs. Emma Scot.
J. S. VAN WINKLE, P. M.