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VOL. XLVIII.'
ALBANT, LINN POUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY. MARCH 18, 1913.
No. 40.
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GITY FIRE LIMITS
City Dads in Regular Session
Last Night Passed Ordinance
to This Effect.
ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE
PREVENTION OF FIRES
A Building Ordinance That Is
"Real" Will Be Drafted by
Councilman Blount.
An ordinance to amend section 1 of
ordinance No. 417 entitled "An or
dinance to provide for the prevention
' of fires and the protection of persons
and property endangered thereby;
and to establish and define the fire
limits of the city of Albany and to
repeal all ordinances in conflict there
with," which was passed by the coun
cil May 22, 1906, and to extend the
fire limits of the city of Albany was
passed last evening at the regular
meeting of the city council after the
third reading.
Section 1 of the new ordinance
which becomes effective immediately
reads to the effect that: the fire lim
its of the city of Albany shall be ex
tended from the corner of Water and
Washington street, thence south on
Washington street to Third street,
thence easterly along Third street to
Ferry street, thence along Ferry
street to Lyon street, thence south
erly to Seventh street, thence easterly
to Baker street, thence north to First
street, thence to Lyon street, thence
north to Water street back to place
of beginning.
A iive discussion ensued prior to
the passage of this ordinance. It ap
peared that to some of the council
men the bill was not replete, some
holding that the north side of Water
street should be included within the
fire limits. Other members contend
ed that the limits -should not extend
at present any farther south than
Fifth street. However, Councilman
Blount dispelled all doubt, as. to in
cluding the north side of Water
street, in an address before the coun
cil, when he said that the property
abating the north side of this street
was no't of high value and that the
property owners could not afford to
erect buildings in compliance with the
ordinance on such unstable ground.
It was contended that to erect a
building on the water front according
to the articles of the proposed new
building ordinance, that a large sum
of money would be involved in the
construction of a substantial founda
tion and that the time is not ripe to
restrict the buildings on that side of
the street.
The matter of the extension of the
fire limits to Seventh street as pro
posed in the ordinance was left as it
stood by a majroity vote.
With reference to the proposed
building ordinance introduced at the
last session of the council, Council
man Blo'unt addressed the assembly,
saying that he had studied the arti
cles in the old building ordinance, as
well as the new ordinance, and that
he was of the opinion that both or
dinances had their good points as well
as their bad ones, and it is his opin
ion that now is the time for the city
council to adopt a building ordinance
from which a good result wilt be de
rived. Mr. Blount said in part: "I am of
the opinion that now is the time for
the passage of a building ordinance
for this city that is a real one. From
the articles of the new ordinance and
the old ordinance I believe that a
splendid building ordinance can be
drafted. Both ordinances have their
good and bad points and I don't think
that we ought to pass the new ordi
nance to take the place of the old one.
I don't think the new ordinance is
complete, nor do' I think that we want
to do away entirely with points in the
old ordinance. The essential feature
of a building ordinance should be a
statement as to what should consti
tute a building, in the way of dimen
sion, mainly of the foundation and
the walls and the material to' be used.
This is not fully exploited in the new
ordinance, which I think should be
amended and revised to this effect
and in several other respects."
By a unanimous vote, Mr. Blount
was appointed as a committee of one,
in view of his splendid qualifications,
to revise, alter or compose a building
ordinance to be submitted before the
council at the next meeting.
Bachelor Bankers' Banquet.
The bachelor bankers of the local
banks will hold their annual banquet
in the dining room of th-: New Ham
mel hotel tomorrow evening. Each
bachelor is to take one lady friend
and it is expected that a large crowd
will be present.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 13.
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RAILROAD CROSSINGS ON
WATER STREET TO BE FIXED
Jefferson to Be Paved Between
Waterand First Streets;
Resolution by Penland.
'W.' A." Eastburn addressed' the city
council last night in regard to the
promised improvement of railroad
crossings on Water street. Mr. East
burn claimed- that railroad officials
have time and again promised to re
pair these crossings but have so far
failed to act. . ....
Mr. Burns, a Southern Pacific of
ficial from Portland who was pres
ent at the session, replied to Mr.
Eastburn stating that the matter had.
been under advisement for some time
and that while he couldn't officially
assure that improvements would be
made, understood that action would
be taken in the matter at an early
date.
However, to push the matter as
rapidly as possible, it was referred
to the committee on street and pub
lic property.
A resolution from John R. Penland,
city engineer, to pave Jefferson street
with gravel bituhthic, north to First
street and south to Water street was
ordered placed on file. At the in
stance of Mr. Penland, with reference
to the establishment of a grade on
Tenth street between Elm to Vine
streets, the matter was also referred
to the committee on streets and pub
lic property.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO SALEM
SATURDAY TAKE 1 0'CLOCK CAR
Committee in Charge of Albany
Delegation Met at Commer
cial Club This Morning.
After canvassing the business
district of the city all the morn
ing to ascertain how many local
people could be depended upon
to take advantage of the pro
posed excursion to Salem Sat
urday the committee of five
prominent business men, met at
the , Commercial Club rooms
shortly before noon and came to
the conclusion that the special
train t service " offered-- by the
.Southern Pacific Co. would not
be accepted. This conclusion on
the part of the committee was
occasioned by the fact that there
was an improbability of selling
the necessary tickets for the ex
cursion, in view of the fact
that on Saturday many local
merchants and business men
would be unable to depart from
their business.
However, the matter will not
be dropped for a large number
have signified their intention of
going. The committee author
ized the announcement that it is
its desire that all those intending
to go should leave on the 1
o'clock train, that all Albany
people may arrive in the Capital
City about the same time. The
big parade is scheduled to take
place at two o'clock and those
arriving at 1 o'clock will get
there in time to witness this
pageant.
CAIN RECEIVES SENTENCE
FROM 1 TO 7 YEARS IN PRISON
B. A. Cain who pleaded guilty to an
indictment of larceny betore Judge
Kelly Monday afternoon, when his
case was set for trial, was arraigned
this morning at 9 o'clock and received
a sentence of from 1 to 7 years in the
penitentiary.
Cain was indicted by the grand jury
early last week on a chare of larceny
from an office when it was alleged
that he appropriated some overcoats
from the office of the Albany Stables,
early in January. He was replaced in
the county jail pending his removal
to the state prison.
Oregon Electric Across Calapooia.
A crew of workmen have been en
gaged today in laying the track of
the Oregon ( Electric freight line
across the foot of Calapooia street
just below the bridge.
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Owing to the fact that some of
o'ur subscribers have as yet been
unable to respond to the statc-
ments mailed out during the past
week, the special offer to dclin-
quent subscribers will be held
open Tor a limited time in order
to give all patrons an opportun-
ity to pay up their old subscrip-
tion at th: advance rate of $1.25
ier annum instead of at $1.50.
All subscribers who' have received
statements are urged to remit for
thrir subscription by return mail
if possible to do so; otherwise to
D acknowledge receipt of same,
giving the management some idea
of when the account will be set-
tied.
LOOT
STORE
Establishment of R. Goldblatt
Entered Last Night and Many
Articles Taken.
ROBBERS MAKE AWAY WITH
CLOTHES, REVOLVERS, ETC.
Two Men Are Suspected of the
Crime; Attempt Is Being
Made to Intercept Them.
Robbers critered the seqond hand
clothing store of R. Goldblatt on East
First street some time last night and
succeeded in making their get-away
with a number of valuable articles.
When Mr. Goldblatt opened the place
this morning, he discovered to his
dismay, goods strewn from one end
of the store to the other. It ap
peared as though the burglars were
particular as to what they took, ran
sacking the' stock for special sizei
of every manner of wearing apparel.
Several shelves were completely
demoralized of their stock of suits of
clothes, shirts and underwear. Some
watches, revolvers, cutlery and jew
elry were missing besides several
suits of clothes and underwear, socks,
collars, shoes and shirts.
When seen this morning Mr., Gold
blatt was much excited over
the matter and said that he would
give a handsome reward for the cap
ture and conviction of the burglars.
It is just a week ago' today that an
alleged attempt was made to burn
the store, resulting in considerable
damage to the stock. The proprietor
offered a reward of $50 for the con
viction of the supposed incendiaries,
but nothing was done in the matter.
However, Mr. Goldblatt stated that
he had his suspicions in regard to
the identity of the burglars who en
tered his store last night, and has en
listed the services of Chief of Police
Austin in chasing down his clues. It
is believed that the crime was com
mitted by two young men who came
here recently and who hare been seen
loafing in the neighborhood for sev
eral days.
It is evident that Mr. Goldblatt has
had ill luck since , establishing his
business in this city. Shortly after
opening the store, the Franklin
House burned down, resulting in
damages to the extent of $200 to the
Goldblatt concern. Later his son was
taken ill with appendicitis and had
to be operated upon, followed closely
by the attempt to burn the building.
COUNCIL ADOPTS STREET
SUPT'S. RECOMMENDATIONS
It Is Expected That the Mayor
Will Call Special Meeting For
Consideration of Lights.
The recommendation for street im
provements of Street Superintendent
Glen M. Junkin was adopted by the
city council last night at its regular
session. t
The improvements recommended
and adopted are the following: A
cement sidewalk on the west side of
lots 1 and 8 in block 50 on Hill street,
a cement sidewalk on the west side
of lots 7 and 8 block 7, on Lyon
street; a cement sidewalk on the west
side of lot 1 block 105 on Railroad
street.
The committee on fire and water
was authorized to fix the cistern at
the corner of Second and . Baker
streets, at the instance of Council
man Lyons. The cistern is to be re
cemented and placed in proper condi
tion to hold water.
Mayor Gilbert reported that it was
his intention to call a special meeting
of the council for further considera
tion of the cluster lighting system
some time last week, but that he had
deferred it for a later date. It was
intimated that the meeting would be'
called some time this week.
FRANK ALBRECHT FOUND
GUILTY- LAST EVENING
After consuming the greater por
tion of the day in the trial of the
case of State of Oregon vs. Frank
Albrecht charged with a violation of
the local option law, the case was
given to the jury at 4 o'clock yester
day afternoon.
The jury was out until 8:30 last
night when they brought in a verdict
of guilty- as charged.
John H. Stevens, general superin
tendent of the C. & E. R. R., went
to San Francisco yesterday where he
will confer with railroad heads.
Y CASE IS
NOW ON TRIAL
Jurymen Being Examined To
day and List May Be Com
pleted This Evening.
BELIEVING IN UNWRITTEN
LAW DISQUALIFIES MANY
Case Will Be One of Hardest
Contested in the History
of the County.
That the case of the State of Ore
gon vs. Ralph Henry.-charged with
murder in the first degree, will be
bitterly contested by both the attor
neys for the prosecution and the de
fense is indicated by the length of
time already consumed in securing a
list of jurymen for the trial of the
case.
Although the case was called for
trial at 4 p. m. yesterday, only six
juryiflcn were secured up to noon to
day and it is probable that the list
will not be completed until. this even
ing. The jurymen already, accepted arc
as follows: Ml L. Forester, of Tan
gent, J. W. Prickett, of Lebanon,
John W. Wolf of Brownsville, W.
Wilson of Shelburn, Put man Kestcr
of Plainvicw and Jolin R. Trask of
Lyons.
In answer to the questions of the
attorneys, many of the j'irymen have
disqualified themselves by the state
ment that they are in favor of the un
written law, which is expected to play
an important part in the trial of the
case.
Two Runaway Boys Intercepted.
Two young boys between the ages
of twelve and sixteen were intercept
ed on the streets last night by Night
'i'orfteman- Marshall, and upon 'inves
tigation it was learned that the
youngsters had run away from home.
They were thoroughly penitent when
taken into custody and. expressed an
unmistakable desire to return to their
homes at Lively, Ore. When found
by the policeman they were appar
ently looking for a place to spend the
night. Their parents were notified
and the boys were put aboard a train
this morning by Chief of Police Aus
tin and. sent home.
EASTERN CAPITALIST'S
WOULD ESTABLISH GAS PLANT
Fred L Plant, a Recent New
Comer, Addresses City Coun
cil in Regard to Matter.
Fred L. Plant, a recent newcomer
from Minnesota, addressed the city
council last night, to ascertain the
attitude of the council in regard to
the location of a gas plant in this city.
Mr. Plant wished to know if there
was anything pending with reference
to a proposition of this kind and said
if there was not, that he was certain
he could interest some Kastcrn capi
talist with reference to the establish
ment of such a plant here.
The gentleman was assured by the
council that the field was open but
that there was a probability of a sim
ilar proposition being presented any
day, judging from action taken in
the past. Mr. Plant desired that the
council give him at least 90 days in
which to communicate with the East
ern people, holding the proposition
open for him during that time. This
the council refused to do, whereupon
Mr. Plant decided to drop the matter
until the council may see fit to ex
tend him the time specified.
This incident brought to the mind
of Councilman Simpson, the subject
of the gas bonds now pending and
upon a motion which was carried, the
city attorney was ordered to collect
the bonds, if they are cillectablc.
THAYER ALLEGED ROAD HOUSE
PROPRIETOR IS IN CUSTODY
Otcy Thayer who is alleged to be
the keeper of a rjiirstionablc resort
on the C'orvallis road this side of that
city was arrested there early this
morning by Sheriff Gcllalcly of Ben
ton county and brought to this city
this noon and turned ovcV to Sher
iff Bodine.
It is understood that Thayer is
charged with running a road house,
where it is alleged he has violated
the local option liquor law. He was
taken before Judge Swan this after
noon but it could not be learned
whether he furnished bonds or not.
RAILROAD WOULD DONATE
LAND OCCUPIED BY STREET
Col. Eddy, on Behalf of S. P.
Co. Offers Site at Intersection
of Ninth and R. R. Track.
Colonel ' Eddy, superintendent of
construction of the Southern Pacific
Railroad company of Portland, ap
peared before the regular session, of
the council last evening in regard to
the proposed extension of Ninth
street from Montgomery street across
the Southern Pacific tracks. It ap
peal's that at the present time (he
street, as now traveled, in a half circle
over the tracks, is located on rail
road property and it was to remove
the street from . this property that
the council proposed a plan some
time ago to construct the street
straight across the tracks.
After some discussion Col. Eddy,
who produced a blue print sketch of
the intersection with the proposed
extension of the street, made the
proposition on behalf of the railroad
company; that the land now occu
pied by the street wil be donated
to the city provided the rt'ad remains
as it now is. It is claimed by the
railroad official that the proposed
change would hinder the switching
facilities in the railroad yard, at the
same time hazarding the traffic over
the crossing.
The matter was referred to the
committee on streets and public prop
erty. HOBO FALLS FROM BRAKE
RODS; HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Fritz Brewer Meets with Ac
cident Early This Morning at
Southern Pacific Depot.
That Fritz Brewer, a young Ger
man beating his way from Portland
to San Francisco, is not a corpse in
stead of a patient at St. Mary s hos
pital, is the greatest wonder in the
world.
Brewer and another undcr-train
tourist, giving the name of Jack Noo
nan, who had co'me in on the under
rods, when No. IS, southbound, left
the depot at this dity about 4:30,
climbed on the rods,' boarding near
the north end NUnd -pipe. Young'
Brewer first got on the single rod,
which no't being satisfactory, he at
tempted to climb over to the double
rods, slipped and fell head first to the
middle of the track, one of his feet
catching in the brake-beam, and he
was dragged head and shoulders
down along the Grants Pans sand
track, the train starting out quite rap
idly. Brewer cried' lustily, and his
companion helped make a noise.' A
freight train, in charge of Conductor
Lilly, was standing on the track
south. The men heard the noise, saw
the critical situation of the hobo, and
did their beat to signal the engineer.
As the end car reached Conductor
Lilly he jumped behind, turned on
the emergency brake and the train
stopped, in the meantime the young
hobo had been dragged a block
through the sand. When he reached
the stone base at the south stand
pipe, he was all in. Then the train
stopped and the felow was taken out.
A couple of policemen were sent for
and helped the man down to the hosr
pital, where he is doing well, not
seriously hurt, but badly bruised.
Along the track near the south
stand-pipe buttons, blood, parts of a
leather belt and other pieces of the
fcllow'j clothing were found, speak
ing for the seriousness of the situ
ation. "I thought it was all up with the
fellow," said his companion to a Dem
ocrat representative. "He certainly
had a close call and it looked as if he
would never peep again, but the train
stopped just in time to save his neck."
MANY BILLS ALLOWED
BY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT
The following bills were allowed by
the council at its regular session last
night:
Albany Lumber Co., $19.90; Curtiss
Lumber Co., $13.91; Watson Bros.,
60c; E. II. Horsky, $59.50; J. W. Driv
er, $1.00; Jliilbert-Ohling Hardware
Co., $.1.05; M. Senders & Co., 50c;
Ralston Electric Co., $5.90; Southern
F'acific Co., $10.19; C. P. feebler,
$2.00; Martin Ludwig, 15c; Htilbcrt
Ohling Hardware Co., $2 45; C. G.
Rawlings, $875; Eugene E. Malfait,
$175; Oregon Power Co., $1.00; Ore
gon Power Co., $160.00; Oregon Pow
er Co , $287.50; Albany Sand & Gravel
Co., $4.50; Griff King, $75.00; Geo.
Simons, $26.00; Gilbert Bros., $7.00;
Gilbert Bros., $66.75; Tcrrill & Per
leche, $10.00.
Senator M. A. Miller came down
from Lebanon this afternoon to look
after his annual tax bill.
Harry Winkler, a popular Corval
lis confectioner, went to Scio this
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hoover of De
troit, returned this noo'n from New
port, where they have been spending
several weeks at the Hoover cottage.
2000 TAX RECEIPTS
ISSUED BY SHERIFF
The Deputy Tax Collectors in
Sheriff Bodine's Office Are
Kept Busy Every Minute.
THE COLONIZATION CO. OF
OREGON TO PAY $20,000
List of Taxpayers of This County
Who Pay $500 or More
Is Given.
There has not been a dull moment
at the sheriff's office since tax col
lection started early m February. Up
to the present time a little over two
thousand tax roceints have bin fi!il
The receipts arc for varied sums of
money and the special office force
employed has kept continually on the
move to cope with the rapid influx of
tax money from every part of the
country, embodying special road and
school taxes. Sheriff Bodine is au-
tnority lor the statement that the
taxes have been comiuir in ranidlv
and consistently and at the present
time the rush is conceded to be prac
tically over, for ,lhc largest portion
of the tax roll has been collected.
There are a good many heavy tax
payers in this county and according
10 inc lax receipts mere, are many
who .pay several hundred dollars in
taxes every year. Out of the first
two thousand receipts the lowest tax
paid this year was twelve cents, by
F. W. Spcilccr, on a lot in Fairdalc
addition, located one mile south of
this city. However, a large major
ity of the receipts arc for sums vary
ing from $50 to $500. Nevertheless,
there are many taxpayers who pay
from $1 to $50. ,
Late yesterday afternoon Mr. E.
H. Rhodes of this city paid his taxes
amounting to $1,000.00. Mr. Rhodes
is an extensive property owner of
this county and owns several of the
county's best farms. According to
Sheriff Bodine the Wells Fargo Ex
press Co. hold a tax bill for more
than $1,000.00 in taxes on land owned
by that company in this section.
According to the information given
out by W. D. Washburn, a deputy
tax collector, the Oregon and West
ern Colonization Co. arc to pay a tax
assessment of $20,U00.O0 totlay. This
is the tax assessed on 102,000 acres
of timber lands in eastern Linn coun
ty which was recentlv sold m f,.n..r
Bros, at a consideration of $4,000,000.
lie colonization company originally
owned the land, selling it to the Por
ter Bros.' syndicate, and according to
the terms of the sale, were to deliver
it free from iiicumbcrance with the
taxes paid to date.
Among those' who have paid a sum
of $500 or more in taxes arc the fol
lowing: On February 28, W. D.
Porter of Shedd. n.ml thr ,,, ,.
$556.34, on 1365 acres in township 13,
4 west of the W. M., and on town
lots in sueuii. un february 16, C. A
Y"1'"' of, this city, paid the sum
of $50774, on property in Montcith's
South addition and Pipe's addition to
Albany. February 26 Carl Grcll,
whose address was omitted from the
receipt, paid $542.42 on 961 acres lo
" ' township 12, 3 west of the
W. M. James Dcmpsey, whose ad
dress is given as T.icotna, Wash., on
February 26, paid $583.19, on lands
in township 10, 4 west of the W. M.
This list includes all o'f the tax pay
ers above the sum of $500 up to the
present time, but it is understood
that there arc several more on the
lists who are to pay this amount.
S. P. RAILROAO OFFICIALS
' HERE THIS AFTERNOON
Claim That the New Hammel
Would Prove Credit to City
of 50,000 People.
Arriving at noon today from Eu
gene, John M. Scott, general pas
senger agent of the Southern Pacific
railway; 11. A. Hinshaw, general
freight agent, and W. II. Jenkins,
traveling passenger agent visited a
large number of local business men,
and this afternoon returned to Port
land. The officials stopped at the New
Hammel hotel and asserted that the
hotel would prove a credit to a city
of 50,0110 population. All three of the
railroad men remarked about the
wonderful improvement going on in
the Hub City and predicted that the
town would continue to grow in pop
ulation. Before leaving Albany the officials
visited Lebanon but asserted that
their visit in the eastern portion of
the county had nothing to do with
the proposed extension of the line to
the timber belt.
Geo. E. Sanders went over to
Philomath this morning on telephone
business.