VOL. XLVIII.
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1913.
NO 49.
HERALD FOREMAN
IKES AFFIDAVIT
Gives Out Statement of Number
of Papers Printed in the
Office.
FOREMAN AND MANAGER
FAIL TO AGREE ON FIGURES
Herald Accuses Democrat of
Dishonest Methods; Answer
ed by Their Foreman.
Conducting a persistent campaign
of misrepresentation and making un
warranted and unjustifiable attacks
upon the Democrat, E. M. Reagon,
the business manager of the Evening
Herald, has at last succeeded in at
tracting the attention o'f this publica
tion. Not until he accused the Democrat
of using dishonest methods in secur
ing our large list of advertising pa
trons, has the Democrat been willing
to burden its subscribers with a re
ply. The Democrat has always been,
and now is, in a position to ignore
the Herald and were it not for the
open charge of dishonesty printed in
a recent issue of the Herald, the
Democrat would adopt its usual cus
tom and permit these attacks to go
unchallenged. It has been our ob
servation that "its the dog that's hit
that velps" and if the Democrat were
not hitting the Herald, and hitting
it hard, the attacks upon this publi
cation would end.
We know of no hettcr way of an
swering the Herald than through the
sworn affidavit of a man, who until
Saturday night held the position as
foreman of that publication, and who
has held this position for the past
two years.
The sworn affidavit of Mr. Reagan
shows the average daily circulation
of that paper to be 1080; while the
sworn affidavit of the Foreman, as
published below, shows that the total
circulatir-l, including exchanges is be
tween seven and eight hundred. ': -The
a'fidavit of the former em
ployee of the Herald is submitted
for what it is worth and our sub
scribers are at liberty to draw
their own conclusions as to which of
the two gentlemen named told the
truth.
The following is reprinted verbatim
from an affidavit filed with the post
office authorities at Albany, Oregon,
by the Albany Evening Herald. The
affidavit is signed by E. M. Reagon,
and subscribed and sworn to before
L. L. Swan on November 29th. 1912.
"Average number of copies of each
issue of this publication sold or dis
tributed through the mails or other
wise to paid subscribers during the
six months preceding the date of this
statement. 1080."
The following affidavit covers the
same time and is subscribed and sworn
to by T. G. Ruth, who until Saturday
night held the position as foreman of
the Herald, the affidavit having made
before Attorney Dan Johnson;
State of Oregon,
County of Linn ss.
I. T. G. Ruth, being first duly sworn,
depose and say that for the past two
years I have held, the position as
foreman of the Albany Daily Herald,
of Albany Oregon; that I resigned
from such position on April 12th, 1913;
that I had' general charge o'f the back
office of said paper and know of my
own personal knowledge the number
of papers printed on both the daily
and Semi-Weekly issues; that at no
time except on Saturdays when extra
naners were orinted have there been
more than Eight hundred and forty
papers printed on the Daily per (lay,
about fiftv or sixty of which were ex
tra papers: that at no' time during the
same period except when extra pa
pers are printed has there been more
on : t . t c : ir.-i.l-.
man euu copies ui ine jeuii- vv ccmy
printed and of this number at least
fifty of which are extra papers; that
a very considerable number of these
naners on both the daily and Semi
Weekly papers are used as exchanges
and for the purpose prooving adver
tisements from firms located outside
of the county;
T. G. RUTH
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 14th day of April 1913.
DAN JOHNSTON
Notary Public for Oregon.
(Seal)
State of Oregon,
Cnuntv of I. inn. s.
We. Win. H. Hornibrook. Manas
injr Editor, and Edward Viereck, Fore
man of the Albany Daily Democrat,
being first duly sworn, depose and say
that the number papers printed per
day for subscribers to the above named
paper is 1050: that of this number, the
average number of extra copies per
day js approximately titteen.
VM. H. HORXIBROOK
EDWARD VIERECK
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 14th day of April 1913
F. P. NUTTING
Notary Public.
r.rr, F Warner, of Scio. after sev
eral days' visit in Albany with his
on and daunhter. returned to his
LINN COUNTY HAS SEVERAL
VERY TALL
Three Men Over Six Feet in
Height Applied For Fishing
License.
Three men over six (cet tall made
application at the county clerk's of
fice Saturday for fishing licenses.
They were, Owen King, of Halscy,
6 feet 4 inches. 190 pounds; C. L.
Tower, appropriately named for his
6 feet 5 inches of manhood, 180
pounds and Cloyd D. Rauch, 6 feet 1
inch, both of this city. Their nearest
competitors from aheight standpoint
was D. J. Ballentyne of this city, who
is 5 feet ll'A inches.
According to County Clerk Marks
Saturday was a big day for the sale
of fishing licenses and as a result
of the day's business transacted at
the clerk's office crowds of local nim
rods infested the lakes and streams
throughout this section of the county
yesterday in pursuit o'f the palate
soothing edibles of the clear depths
DR. W. B. GOQK VETERINARY
LOUIES IN THIS CITY
Graduate of Big Eastern Col
lege Opens Office at Palace
Feed Stable.
Dr. W. B. Cook, a veterinary sur
geon, has favored this city by estab
lishing an office here, having decided
to locate in Albany.
The doctor is a graduate of the In
diana Veterinary college of Indian
apolis, nd.,and comes as a highly
recommended veterinary surgeon.
His home is in Cincinatti, Ohio,
where he has practiced his profession
for three years after graduating from
college.
Dr. Cook has opened an office at
the Palace Feed stables, foot of Ferry
street, and his residence is at the
corner of Sixth and Ferry streets.
He arrived in the city about a week
ago and before deciding to locate
here had visited several cities of the
valley with a view of locating.
JUOSE GALLOWAY ADJOURNED
MARCH TERM OF COURT
Divorce Was Granted to Anna
Bretthauer; Case of Cladek
Vs. Poste Not Decided.
After granting a divorce to Anna
Bretenhauer from George Bretten
haucr on a charge of desertion Cir
cuit Judge Galloway adjourned the
March term of his court until May 17.
Durine the term the iudire disposed
of many cases and the docket is con
siderably cleared up. Judge Gallo
way left for his home in McMinnville
late Saturday atternoon.
Ihe judge did not render a deci
sion in the case of Cladek vs. Poole
as was expected Saturday afternoon
but took the case under advisement.
This is a case to foreclose a mort
gage. CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET
IN ADJOURNED SESSION
Special Session of City Fathers
for Purpose of Considering
New Building Ordinance.
The city council will convene an ad
journed session tonight at 7 o'clock
for the purpose of further considering
the new building ordinance as intro
duced at the last meeting of the coun
cil.
The ordinance will be read tonight
for the second time and placed upon
its final passage. At the last session
the ordinance was read the first time
and upon. motion was read the second
time by title only. Upon a motion it
was referred to a committee on or
dinances and this committee will ren
der its report tonight along with the
second reading of the ordinance.
The ordinance was drafted by Coun
cilman Blount from the articles of the
old ordinance and many new clauses
have been inserted. It pertains to the
fire limits and the construction of
buildings therein and provides for
protection against fires and repeals
all ordinances in conflict with the pro
visions of its articles.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hogan Satur
day evening returned from a week's
stay in Portland.
News on This Page is
From Daily Issue of
MONDAY. APRIL 14.
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T
OF HULEN TEAM
Eight of the 12 Men Thus Far
Reported Are from This
Slate.
FIRST REAL PRACTICE WAS
HELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Manager Hulen Will Take Six
teen Men North With
Him.
iweive ot Manager liulen s men are
here for the three weeks' try out
with the Regina team, of the Western
Canada league were out yesterday af
ternoon for the first real partcice since
arriving in the city.
Before tomorrow it is expected that
four more men will report here for
practice, making sixteen in all. Man
ager Hulen is reputed to be one of
the best baseball judges in the North
west league, and is an old time base
ball player, having played in some of
the best leagues of the country. He
has been connected with the Western
Canadian league for the past five
years, having managed the Medicine
Hat team for three years and this
year will make his third year as man
ager of the Regina team. Manager
Hnlen has been a resident of Roseburg
off and on' during this period, where
he is engaged in some kind of mercan
tile business. He is well familiar with
all the players of Southern Oregon
from which section the majority of
his material is selected.
Eight of the twelve men who have
thus far reported, are Oregon boys
and several of them have played at
(lincrent times' with semi-prolession
al teams in Portland. Four of them
hail from Roseburg, and one each
from Eugene, Grants Pass, Cottage
Grove and Crcswell.
Catcher Dave Davidson, better
known as"Pop,"' is the only man who
was with the Regina team last year.
has played with two teams under
the management of Hulen in this
league for the last five years and is
old timer at the game. Besides
Davidson there are two other catch
ers on the staff who are Al Baker, of
Oakland, Calif., and Llye Gray ' of
Roseburg. The former has been play-
ng tor the oast two seasons with
Medford and Grants Pass, and the
latter has played in the same territory.
Manager Hulen s pitching stall con
sists of Ari Hargraves, of Roseburg,
John F. Irwin, of Oakland, Calif., D.
W. Rankin, of Creswell, and S. Bier,
of Eugene. Hargraves was raised in
fortland where he learned the game.
He played last year with Gresham in
the tri-city league. He has-also play
ed with other Portland teams. He has
been residing in Roseburg for the
past year. Irwin gained his main ex
perience in baseball, with the Oakland
High School team of which he was
captain for two years. He also played
with the University or Lalifcorma
team. For the past two seasons he
has managed teams at Glendale and
rort Klamath in Southern Oregon.
Rankin has played with various teams
of the valley and Bier played last
season with the Maysville, Kentucky
team of the Blue Grass League. Prior
to that time he played in several teams
in the Middle West.
First sackcr, Earl Hull, has played
ball at Cottage Grove for several
years. Last year he played with Ray
mond in the Washington state league.
Infield Jack Hargraves is a brother
of Art, gaining his experience of base
ball mainly in the tri-city league and
around Portland. Dinkey Williams,
another infielder, hailing from Grants
Pass, has played with various teams
in Medford. He had a mid-season
try-out wiih Sacramento in the state
league but was disqualified. How
ever, he is reputed to be a comer.
Outfielders Charles Look, better
known as "Doc," oS Seattle, and James
Jewett, of Roseburg, are here for
duty. Cook played last season with
the Ketchikan team of the Southeast
Alaska league and Jewett has played
in Southern Oregon.
JOHN M'CHESNEY SECURED
CONTRACT FOR THEATRE
It was learned shortly before
press time that Contractor John
McChesney had landed the con-
tract for the construction of the
Bligh theater corner First and
Broadalbin streets. The sum in-
volved in the contract could not
be learned at the hour of going
topress.
The Meyers of this city are
constructing the building upon
which the well known theatrical
man of Salem. Mr. T. G. Bligh
has taken a ten year lease.
S
M COMMISSION
IS
Session Convened This After
noon at County Court House
Under Councilman Miller.
MANY WITNESSES ARE TO
TESTIFY AT THE SESSION
State Railroad Governor Will
Leave on Inspection Tour
Tomorrow Morning.
Chairman Miller and Commission
ers Campbell and Aichison, compos
ing tlje Oregon State Railroad com
mission arrived in the city this noon
and are holding an open session this
afternoon in the county court room
for the purpose of taking testimony
with reference to' the condition of the
Corvallis & Eastern R. R.
1 he inmnrv is under the supervision
of Chairman Miller before the other
two members of the commission and
leading railroad officials are present
including President J. K. eather
ford of this city. Up until three
o'clock all of those who came before
the session had not testified. . The
witnesses are those who reside along
the route of the road and owners of
land through which the road runs.
Several prominent commercial fig-i
tires and heavy shippers of the rail
road are included among the wit
nesses.
A complete investigation is being
conducted into the condition of the
tracks, road bed and ctuipment of
the road and the subject of train
schedules will receive the undivided
attention of the commissioners.
The investigation was instigated
over 'the fact that many accidents
have recently happened on this road
ami by the fact that numerous com
plaints have been coming before the
commission from the people depend
ent upon the roadjor their wellarc.
Sum mine ut all of these evidences
and factfe "regarding the-ircumstances
of the railroad the investigation is
being" made upon the commission's
own motion, as the official term goes.
This means that the commissioners
took the matter up of their own ac
cord. The inquiry is a formal one and the
official reporter for the commission
is taking the testimony submitted at
the meeting. It is probable that the
session will last all the afternoon.
Tomorrow the commissioners will
leave on a special train for an in
spection trip over the entire eastern
division of the road, going to Hoover
and returning the same evening. Stops
will be made at all stations and it is
probable that some of the officials
of the railroad will go along, ready to
give their side of any disputed ques
tion. Wednesday a special train will con
vey the commissioners over the west
ern division of the road, making stops
at all the stations. In the evening
the Newport Commercial club will
tender a banquet to the investigators.
W. A. Ledbcttcr, of the Albany
Nurseries, returned to Polk county
this morninff. where he is doing ex
tensive work for the company. He
showed- some Franqucttc walnuts
from the 80 acre orchard of John
Stumn. in Polk county, The trees
are now eight years old and yielding
from 30 to SO pounds to the tree.
With nearly 2500 trees, it is. easy to
figure a fine income trom the busi
ness, the 1'retz orchard, near Aier
lecn last year had an output of about
$50,000. speaking for the profitable
ness of the walnut business when
properly run.
A. W. Blackburn, a prominent Leb
anon druggist, formerly of this city,
went to Portland this morning.
Cecil Cathey is - now doing the
towns around Albany with his book
keeping system. He covers the ter
ritory from Ashland to Astoria and
east to Baker.
Jas. Racett, elevator man at the St.
rrancis. left this morning tor rort
land, and thence to Idaho, where he
will do the bell-hop act.
REGULAR WEEKLY SESSION
OF COMMERCIAL CLUB
The regular Weekly session of the
Commercial club will be held tonight
and it is hoped that a full attendance
of the official board will be Dresent
Manager Stewart announced that
several matters of importance are to
come up including the subject of sev
eral correspondents. It is probable
that the committee which has charge
of preparing the big clam feast
the occassion of the rejuvenation cere
mony of the club will report at the
meeting tonight, with regard to the
progress attending their ellorts.
Hon. J. K. Wcatherfurd went
Salem this morning.
to
NQU1RY
DEARTH IN MATRIMONIAL
ACTIVITY AT LEBANON
Brought to Public Notice by
Paster of One of Largest
Churches There.
That there is a dearth of matri
monial activity in Lebanon and vi
cinity was brought to public notice by
the report of the pastor of one of the
largest churches to his congregation
last Sunday.
He announced that the church had
a membership of nearly 300 and in the
half year of his pastorate he had ta
ken in 50 new members, that he had
conducted three funeral services of
members, that the finances of the
church were in splendid condition, but
that he had not performed a single
marriage ceremony, nor had there
been a marriage among Ins congrega
tion or membership in the half year.
This the pastor declared was some
thing he had never experienced be
fore in his score of years in the min
istry. REV. CUMMINS TO TAKE
CHARGE OF ST. PETERS
Arch-Deacon Chambers Makes
Announcement at Service
Last Evening.
St. Fetcrs Episcopal church is to
have another rector in the person o'f
Rev. J. D. Cummins, of Philadelphia
according to an announcement maU
by Arch Deacon Chambers from the
pulpit ot the church last evening.
Mr. Chambers conducted the -services
at the church yesterday evening.
In announcing the fact that Rev. Cum
mins had been secured to take charge
of the local rcctorate, the archdeacon
said that the minister had been hmhlv
recommended ami that he considered
the choice a very fortunate one. Rev.
Cummins will not arrive in this city
until sometime the lore part ot bept
ember at which time he will assume
charge of his duties.
LONELY MAN SUCCUMBED
AT NORTH ALBANY SATURDAY
Nothing Could Be Learned of
the Past History of Frank
Archer.
Frank Archer, an aged resident of
North Albany, died suddenly at his
home Saturday morning after a lin
gering illness of brights disease.
. 1 he deceased was regarded by res
idents of North Albany as a very
peculiar old man. He lived in solitary
lontincss, save in the discharge of his
duties for a livlihood as a gardncr
for people of the neighborhood.'
iNothing could be learned ot the
past history of the man, as he never
was disposed to talk of himself. How
ever, he had previously said that he
came to this country from Minnesota
and has resided at North Albany for
the past six years.
Whether he has any relatives could
nol he learned as he positively re
fused to talk on his death bed with re
gard to himself, save that he has
some money in the bank and that he
has an insurance policy for $1000 in
favor of a little girl. I'rienda who
cared for him during his illness have
failed to .find any money belonging
to him in the local banks and no trace
of the policy can be found.
l ie funeral services were held yes
terdav afternoon, the services being
conducted by residents of North Al
bany. Interment was in the cemetery
at that place.
NEW SIDEWALK TO BE LAID
IN FRONT OF BANK BUILDING
Workmen are busy today tearing
up the' old cement sidewalk in front
of the new First National Bank build
ing, preparatory to replacing it with
a modern cement sidewalk.
The old walk is probably the oldest
sidewalk of its kind in the city and
was laid in front of the old S. r-
Youn & Son store years ago. This
store building was .removed to make
way for the new building. This cor
ner is probablv the most conspicuous
corner in the business district and the
o d sidewalk shows much evidence of
usage.
Rev. Chambers, of the Episcopal
church, returned to Portland this
morn in if after snending Sunday in
Albany, preaching at the Episcopal
church. He has been coining here
for ten or twelve years, starting under
Bishop Morns.
Harold, D. Ellis, of Los Angeles,
has been in the city, his former home
looking after collections for the Urc
iron Nurseries Co. He now travel
out of I.os Angeles for the company
and reports a good California busi
n ess.
ALBANY HAS FAST
BASEBALL TEAM
It Will Probably Be the Fastest
Aggregation in the
Valley.
BASEBALL SEASON TO BE
FORMALLY OPENED SUNDAY
Practically All of the Old Play
ers Are Included in This
Years Lineup.
There is no doubt but that Albany
will be represented the coining season
bv one of the fastest teams in the
lley and this was strongly indicated
by the showing made Thursday after
noon at the baseball park against the
hard hitting and fast fielding Port
laud team of the Northwestern league.
The Albany boys lined up against
this team without having any practice
whatever and when they went on the
field for the first warm-up prior to
the game it was the first time the
aggregation had been together this
season. Some of the players had
had some individual practice but oth-
ers hadn't practiced at alt.
Regardless of their uupreparduess
for the contest, all of the members
of the team made a splendid showing,
by accurately lieldmg and hiltiiig the
ball hard. Few of them fanned and
during the game eight clean hits were
made off of two of Nick William's
best pitchers, Agnew and Doty. Con
sidering all of this and in view of
the sloppy condition of the field, Man
ager Al Senders is elated beyond ex
pression over the showing his team
made.
"Hill" Patcrson pitched a splendid
gam'c and allowed the Colts only two
runs during the five and one-half in
nings he pitched and his work indi
cates that he will exceed his splendid
record of last year. "Hill" Saulsbnry
who pitched the remainder of the
game was m no condition to play,
a lid.-, all owed ..the. ..ror-Uande-iwauy ..
hits. It is probable that with a little
practice he will round out into his
original form. Lyle Bigbec, a star
the pitchers mound ot last year
r the Athletics, who' is now rcsid-
ng in Eugene where he is attending
he university, "will probably pitch
r the team again this year. Captain
Monson, reputed to be one of the best
out fielders in the valley, played
throughout the game in mid-season
form, roping in several hard chances
and batting some hard liners. Micklc
was unable to play in this game on
account o'f being detained at his place
of business, but will be included in
the lmc-ui for the season. It is not
definitely known who will play the
other field position. It is probable
that Kyals who played the position
splendidly Thursday fir Martin will
be assigned to this place or else Hig
bec or Salisbury will play there when
not pitching.
Carson Bigbec has been signed for
third baseman again this year and
started out Thursday in his usual good
form, fie is said to be the speediest
it tie player in the valley. Carter
Lee will play short stop again this
season and Claud Swan, of Corvallis.
is slated as the regular second base
man, rtwan played several games with
the Athletics last year. Colbert, a
Corvallis lud, played first base and
made such a good record, at the bat
during the contest that it is probable
he will be slated as the regular first
sackcr, for he is quite adept at play
ing this position.
Colbert will also serve as reserve
catcher in place of Dave Patterson
who will be the regular catcher again
lhi& year.
As was scheduled the game between
the Regina aggregation and the Ath
letics was not played yesterday after
noon on account of the condition of
field but this game will take place
next Sunday with auspicious cere
monies. Ihe game will virtually open
the season in this city and Manager
Senders is now making arrangements
for the opening. According to his
ittan as indefinitely set forth at pres
ent a band at the head of the parade
will lead the nrocesston of fans and
players to the field, where Mayor Gil
bert will pitch the first ball over the
nlate to Grant Pirtlc who will stand
behind the batter, Charles Thrasher,
All three trcntlemen- are included
among Albany heavy weights. At the
completion of other ceremonies the
big contest will be on.
A. P. Blackburn, of Lebanon, this
morning left for Uki, Umatilla county,
where he will spend the summer look
ing after property in which he is in
terestcd.
Miss Grace Cronsh returned from
her school near Lebanon last Wed
nesday. C. C. Judson, of Ilalsey, was a busi
ness visitor in this city today. He has
been a subscriber of the Democrat
for the last 35 years,
A. C. Schmitt went to Portland on
the 9 a. m. train today.
Misses Swan and Pratt, of the
Crawfordsvillc schools, have been in
the city spending the spring vaca
tion here with friends and relatives.
home this forenoon.