FACTS OF SUNDAY
IL
Local Missionary Gives Some
Interesting Data About the
Splendid Association.
17,281 SUNDAY SCHOOLS
ORGANIZED IN SIX YEARS
Much Commendable Work Is
; Being Done by This Union
Says Writer.
Continued from S.ilnnlay, April 5.
Many residents of I.inn county
have been watching with increasing
interest the operations of the Ameri
can Sunday School Union in these
iliiw.i. nf the Pacific Northwest.
' The net gain in the number of
Sunday schools in continental United
States for the six years ending l'Jll
w9 17.2X1
Ten thousand nine hundred and
twptitv nine or 6() ikt cent of that
number was the result of work of
the American Sunday School union
(besides reorganizing and reviving
(i,325 other schools.) leaving to all
the other Sunday school forces of the
country the organization of the other
4(1 ncr cent of (i.912 schools.
Durinir the nasi X') years the society
has organized 125,01X1 Sunday schools
and gathered into them S,5IK),(HK)
scholars anil teachers; au average of
nearly four schools lor every day
of the eighty nine years.
During the .year eliding March 1
the twelve missionaries o'f the Atneri'
can Sunday School Union in Oregon,
Washington and Idaho worliing in
places not reaclieil liy (tiler christian
agencies, accomplished a great work
which is briefly and partly indicated
ill the loltowmg summary ot t lie
year's report:
Sunday Schools organized
Sunday Schools rc-orgaliized .
Teachers
Scholars
Number brought into existing
....147
13
.. 557
4547
schools 728
Total brought into Sunday
Schools 5,832
Visits to Need Schools 513
I'astoral Visits to Homes 91114
lliblcs and Testaments Hist IrtKO
Value of (iood Reading I )ist....$8H475
Sermons and Addresses del 12(11
I'rofesscd conversions 274
Preaching Stations Opened for
Pastors 32
J otat Miles 'raveled (largely
in rural districts.) 61,731
Work among the children pays the
best, but more than 35t),KX) ellildren
of sclloo'l age in these three states
are not in any Sunday school
About 3,000 young people of school
age or more than 40 per cent of the
school census of l.imt county are not
reached by any Sunday school.
Judge l.iudsey of the juvenile court
of Denver said "Take care of the
child and the state will take care of
itself."
Very truly,
G. V ROIlUHOUr.lt,
Missionary of the American Sunday
School Union.
CHARLES SOUTH TO BE HEARD
HERE IN VIOLIN RECITAL
Former Linn County Young Man
Is Rare Artist With Great
Instrument.
Local music lovers are looking for
ward with much interest to the com
ing violin and piano recital to be
giv en under the auspices of the Ladies
Aid Society of the hirst 1'resbyterian
church in the auditorium of the
church Friday evening April IS.
It will be a joint recital of the vio
lin and piano by C harles South, vio
linist and Pavid Campbell, pianist,
both of Kugenc. These young men are
musical artists ot raic talent ami have
been the recipients of many flatter
ing press accounts.
It v the fact that Mr. South is a
native of Lii n county where he spent
his early boyhood a large attendance
is anticipated. Mr. South has been
a violin student for the past o years.
Three years ot" this lime he spent at
the Boston Conservatory of Music
and the remainder in I'.urope where
he studied under noted violinists of
the continent. He has but recently
returned from Kurope.
CELEBRATED THEIR TENTH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Palmer were
the reecipu tits of a tin show er List
nieju at their home, comer Sith
and Vine stieels on the occasion of
their tenth wedding annivei sat y
when about twenty ulaiixes and
1m nds cnscmhlrd at the home.
The part y was a sin pi te to Mr.
and Mis. rainier but they proved io
be gracious entertainers during the
evening. Game were pliyid and the
hosier sVi ved a splendid lunch.
Mr. and Mt. C. M. Snider, uvint
hew comet s In mi the ea-t. ate the
guests ol Mi and Mis ,u' llani'iul
It i probable that tlu may conclude
to locale here.
MISS RUTH GREEN WINS
ORATORICAL CONTEST
Was Awarded First Place For
Oration on "Mans True
Greatness" at Halsey.
Miss Ruth Green, a sophomore in
first place in the local Iuk" school
the Ilalscv Hitfh school, was awarded
oratorical contest at Halsey last nipht.
Iter oratory on the subject ot -Man s
True Greatness" was a uroduct of deep
thought and preparation, and her de
livery was , excellent. Mr. Minor
Boyd was awarded second place, and
he deserves much credit for his ex
cellent oration. The other contestants
were Miss Calantha Doutfhtery, Mr.
I.elland Bond, Mr. Glenn Stevenson,
Miss Elizabeth Cuminins and Miss
Goldic Wells.
With an attendance of only twenty
five, the Halsey hitfh school is to be
complemented on such a contest as
the one held last niht. Much credit
is due to Prof. Ired Shepman, prin
cipal of the hiyh school, and his able
assistants.
The judges of the contest were, Mr.
Robertson of Halsey, Louis A. Jones
and I'rof. O. V. White of Albany
College.
EX-SHERIFF 0. S. SMITH
MAKES FINE SHOWING
Handled a Large Volume of
Money For Years and Expert
Commends Record.
Something has been said lately in
relation to the splendid record of one
of our county officers, and he was
juslly entitled to the good words even
if he did default in the amount of
five cents. Now there are others
who have just as good a record, and
even belter, and one of them is Mr.
1). S. Smith, who has just retired from
the sheriff's office, after holding it
continuously since IW6. The expert
who has been investigating the books
of the co'tinty officers has finished up
the work in the sheriff's office, and
he makes the report that ought to he
a source of much gratification to Mr.
Smith and his host of friends in this
county.
The tax rolls turned over to him for
collection have been as follows:
;1 906 $2.34, 1 65.35 ; I W $235,31)5.
46; 1)0H .130,590; 1 (WW $332,646.42;
010 $422,837.02; 1911 $512.884.)i2i
The expert says that he has made
a thorough and complete examination
of the evidences of money received
by the sheriff from all sources, and
finds that he has accounted for it all
and turned it in to the treasurer. The
amount collected, totals $2,075,826.52,
and the expert reports that this ex
ceeds the amount due by $3.30, and
the county court has drawn Mr, Smith
a warrant for that amount to square
the books. When you take into ac
count the fact that this enormous
amount of money was almost alto
gether received from taxes, and gen
erally in small amounts, it will have
to be admitted that the achievement
is almost unparalted. Still, this is no
more than was expected by Mr.
Smith's friends who are not confined
to any o'uc party, and their confi
dence in his ability to make good, ac
counts for the fact that, being a Dem
ocrat, he could hold the office so long
in a county having a Republican ma
jority of over one thousand.
1S.T.C. MITCHELL PASSES
AWAY AT RIPE AGE OF 83
Funeral Services Will Be Held
Tomorrow Afternoon at the
Home of Her Daughter.
Mrs. T. C Mitchell passed away at
the homo of her daughter, Mrs. II.
I). Uurkhart, last night at It o'clock,
at the age ot 83 years, after a linger
ing illness of over two years.
The deceased is survived by seven
children whit are: V. C. Mitchell and
Mrs. II. D. liurkhart, of this city; Mrs.
Milton Merger, o'f Nebraska; T. H.
and C K. Mitchell, of Portland; K.
C. Mitchell, of Ohio, and O. V.
Mitchell, of Montana.
The funeral services will be held
Sunday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
H. D. lUtikhart. on the Santiam Koad.
TWO CLUB DANCES WERE
WELL ATTENDED LAST NIGHT
One Was Held at Bussards Hall
and Other at Armory; First
Dance of E. D. C.
Despite the fact that two welt
known dancing clubs gave their reg
ular Friday night dances last night,
both of the panics were well attended.
The regular dance o'f the Friday
day night dances laM night, both of
the parties were well attended.
The fir it dance .titer the l.cnlon
seai -n of the l-. D, Club, under the
supervision of Mr I'. Clinton lii;e
wis held la I ii i v; In in Uu -sards hall
and a laige number of the omiger
set were preen t. inclmlini; sex ei al
I memhet s ot the older -et A tv o
! piece ore he ; ra lui uished the music
tor the occasion.
Pie tegular dance of th eKiid.iv
I 'uht Dancing I bib was held .it the
j.umoty last niclit 1 !;e v'hataumn
j Oh lu -.ua tmm-duj (tie -plendid tini
i ic and a late number of the iimi.i1
' erow d ere pi cent There x ill be
j no d.uue in the anuoi ttet iday
night because the hat! i engaged.
BOYS ESCAPE
Officer King Located One of
the Boys in This City This
Morning.
CONSTABLE CATLIN IS IN
SEARCH OF THE OTHER
Will Return With Both of the
Youngsters If Catlin Makes
Arrest Today.
Hoarding a Corvallis & Eastern
train by mistake, an attendant from
the state reform school, this noon
road as far as North Albany before
he disco'vered his mistake and was
compelled to walk back to this city.
The attendant arrived this noon
from Salem and expected to take
two runaway boys from the reform
school back to the state capital.
The boy when intercepted this
morning at the depot by Policeman
King upon telephonic communication
from the school. The other boy
skinned before he could be caught
but .the secret of his hiding place was
divulged by the lad now in custody,
as being in a barn 4 miles outside of
the city limits. Constable John Cat
lin has been dispatched to that place
in pursuit of the wayward lad.
The boy when mtersepted this
morning gave his name as Joe Kamc
na and his age is given as 17 years.
He said that he has been an inmate
of the reform school fur some time
but didn't know how long. Kamena
did not show a disposition to talk
very much concerning himself. He
was nearly starved and was immed
iately taken to the Tcrril restaurant
on Lyon street where he ate raven
otisly.
I f Constable Catlin is successful
in taking the other lad into' custody
and bringing him to this city this
afternoon both boys will be taken
back to Salem this evening.
ALBANY HAS BLUE RIBBON
WINNING BULL TERRIER
Dog Belonging to E. H. McCune
Takes Sveepstake at
Kennel Show.
That this city has at least one blood
ed canine, and a blue ribbon winner
was learned this morning from a tele
gram from E. II. McCune, of Cham
bers & McCune. who is now in Port
land attending the kennel show.
Mr. McCune went down to enter
his little Huston bull terrier in the
show, and the dog took every blue
ribbon sweepstake and trophy in the
Boston terrier class, in competition
with entries from the leading cities
of the Pacific coast.
Following is the telegram received
this morning from Mr. McCune.
"F.ditor Albany Democrat:
"It will no doubt interest you and
the good people of Albany to know
that Albany is in the blue ribbon class,
when 1 tell you our Boston terrier
doggie Patrick 1 ienry, took every
blue ribbon sxveepstake and trophy in
the Boston terrier class for male dogs
in competition with Portland. Seattle.
San Francisco, Butte, Tacoma and
acxv 1 laven, Conn.
"K. H. M'CUXE"
S. M. Garland, wife and two of his '
children, went to Newport this af- 1
ternoon, to give Mr. Garland a needed
rest from business for a few days. ,
G. V. Simpson, a prominent Port- '
land commission merchant, formerly
of this city, arrived this'noon. " (
Mrs. Geo. J. Wilhelm, of Harris
burg, arrived this noon on an Al- i
bany trip, and is the guest of Mrs. i
J. G. Crawford.
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THREE CALLS KEEP
Policemen Griff King Was Busy
Man Yesterday Afternoon
Chasing Down Trouble.
UNUSUAL HAPPENING
FOR PEACEFUL ALBANY
Slight Difficulties at the Depot,
East Second Street and on
Lyon Street.
Policeman Griff King was kept on
the jump yesterday afternoon answer
ing three police calls from different
parts of the city for varied offences.
The first call came in from the
Southern Pacific depot and the com
plaint was that a hobo had been loiter
ing around the station for sometime
and it was feared that he had no
visible means of support. Upon ar
riving at the scene King accosted the
man, inquiring as to where he was
going. The man replied that he had
been seeking work all morning, ar
riving early in the city from Portland
via first class passage. In response
to the police officer's question as to
whether he had any money, the man
displayed a wallet fairly full, saying
that he was waiting for a south bound
train. He was left unmolested.
The next call came in from a resi
dence on East Second street and the
complaint was that a man by the well
known name of John Smith was suf
fering from a state of intoxication.
Chief Austin and Policeman King both
rcspofided to this call, in view of the
fact that we have no patrol wagon
and it is surmised that they wished
to save the city dray age expense.
Smith was lifted before Police Judge
Van Tassel who imuosed a sentence
of five days in the city jail. However,
alter spending the night m jail, smith
xvas given a severe lecture by the re
corder this morning and paroled.
The next call came in from a farm
er at Xebergalls meat market on
Lyon street. The farmer complained
that the delivery wagons were block
ing the curb in front o'f the meat
market and would not permit him to
drive his wagon up in order to tin
load some produce. However, when
Policeman King arrived at the scene
the delivery wagons had dispersed
with their loads and the farmer was
peacefully unloading his wares.
Three police calls in rapid succes
sion during aif afternoon is considered
an unusual record in police circles.
In fact it is very seldom that there
are as many as this during a whole
day and the episodes of yesterday
afternoon establishing a record, in
police annals is considered an un
usual happening for peaceful and law
abiding Albany.
The river as recorded this morning
is 10.6 feet. The-rainfall for the last
24 hours .63 inches. The range of
temperature for the same period is
38-57 degrees.
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A full line
The
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high-grade hats .
We are the only agent on the coast that sells
his hats for $3
You can find just the shape to fit your face in soft
or stiff hats. All the new mixed browns, blues,
greys and pearls. A $4 hat for $3
Tracy Clothing Company
330
U. G. Smith went to' McMinnville
this afternoon to visit with a cousin,
a missionary in China for several
years, who with her husband is visit
ing in this country. While there he
will also have the pleasure of meet
ing an aunt he has not seem for a
long time.
Dr. Foster, o'f Lebanon, today re
turned from an Eastern Oregon trip,
after an absence of several weeks.
He liked Condon as well as any place
visited, and may conclude to locate
there.
Mrs. Tom Wright, nee Agnes
Craft, of Moscow, Idaho, is the guest
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. B.
Craft for a few days visit.
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Cadillac Brand children's dresses for
Spring and Summer.
Women's white waists, exquisitely made
in voiles and French batistes.
Wool challies in prettier patterns
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Patterns 334 West First Street Corscts
OA
of Men's and
from $1 to $5
We show the best $3 Hat made
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Conic In and See This Line
West First Street, Albany,
Everett Cummings, of this city, is
now doing the valley with Sara
Bernhardt pictures, this , afternoon
going to Eugene with them. They
are a drawing card.
Ex-County Clerk Frank Crabtree,
E. G. Cox and O. B. Marshall, prom
inent 'Bussard men, went to Oregon
City this afternoon to see about a
contract for balm and white fir wood,
on their places, for pulp for the paper
mill. They have several thousand
cords of it, and are ready for the pa
per market. -
Dr. C. V. Littler went to Salem
this afternoon to attend a banquet
tonight at the Marion hotel of the
M'arion County Dental Association.
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friend to see Snyder
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Albany
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