The Semi-Weekly Democrat Published by DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO. WM. II. HOKNIHKOOK, .Managing Kdilor. Kntcrcil at the pnstoffice at Albany, .Oregon, as second-class matter. Published every evening except Sun day. Semi-weekly published T'le.1 clays and Fridays. BUSINESS MATTER. Address all communications and make all remittances payable to the Dem ocrat Publishing Co. (n ordering changes of address, sub scribers should always give old as well as new address. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily Delivered by carrier, per month... .$ .40 Delivered by carrier, per year 4.00 by mail, at end of year 3.50 By mail in advance, per year 3.00 Semi-Weekly M end of year $1.50 When paid in advance, one year.... 1.25 CLASSIFIED RATES Ic per word for first publication ; J4c cr word thercalter, payable in ad vaucc. Minimum charge of 25c. Established in 1865. 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. -95)-)1g,S-ji New on This Page is From Dailv la-tin. nf tit & FRIDAY. MARCH 7 lil (S)(B(!)-!HJ-j(. 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. 35 ! S ".KauiN A J. riUIM. WIS) -j--jffl--4aAa-a--i-sn 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. ! 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. I 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.