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VOL. XLVIII.
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREG ON, FRIDAY, MAY 9. 1913.
NO. 55
BETESTEDTONIGHT
Efficiency at Real Fire Will Be
Demonstrated Tonight in
East End.
ALARM TO BE TURNED IN
BETWEEN7:30AND 8 O'CLOCK
Qualified in Speed and Hill
Climbing. Final Test This
Evening.
If you hear the fire alarm tonight
between 7:30 and 8 o'clock, don't he
alarmed for the fire will not amount
to much. The fire will be of coal oil
origin but this should not necessarily
cause any uneasiness. The confla
gration will happen in the East end
gratiou will happen in the East end.
The fire tonight is for the purpose
of testing the efficiency of the new
fire truck in extinguishing a real blaze.
The new apparatus is equipped with
two 45 gallons capacity chemical
tanks, and the fire is arranged for
the city officials and members of the
fire department who wished to see the
new truck in operation at a fire, be
fore finally concluding to purchase
it.
Scott, of the grocery firm of Scott
and Conn, is accumulating a large
number of old dry goods boxes and
other material and they are to be
piled in a vacant lot near the corner
of Main and Fourth streets. At the
stated time a quantity of coal oil
will be sprinkled over the pile and a
match will be touched to it. When
the fire is well under headway the
alarm will be sent in, the full box
number will be rung, and the new
truck will make the trip from Lyon
street fire house, up Lyon street and
out Fourth t street to Main street to
the scene of the fire.
The new apparatus will be in the
hands of the members of the fire de
partment, who have already been in
structed in its manipulation, but how
ever an experienced driver will drive
the truck. All of the city officials will
be on hr:id to watch the fire and it
promises to be a spectacular one. The
test will resemble in every detail a real
fire and it will be fought as such, as
the firemen are desirous of demon
strating and bringing out all of the
efficiency of the new aparatus. The
fire is to he no little blaze, according
to Mr. Scott, for he is scouring the
neighborhood for all the material he
can secure and the coal oil will not
be spared when it comes to sprinkl
ing it over the pile.
The arrangements have been so
completed that the fire will be well
under had way by thctnue of the ar
rival of the department, and this will
necessitate fast and furious work on
the part of the firemen in subduing
the flames before they get beyond
control. Spectators are warned not
to get close to the scene of the fire
ns there may be imminent danger of
someone getting injured or of getting
drenched.
In th speed and hill climbing test
given the truck Saturday it seems to
ho the opinion of members of the test
observing narty that the truck is per
fectly qualified in this degree of ef
ficiency. Tn the speed tst on Fifth
ficiency. Tn the sneed tst on Fifth
tl'e throttle was not wide open. In
the hill climbing test, it made Gih
on hill two miles north of here in
Ronton cotintv. at the rate of 12 miles
per hour on high gear.
WINNERS OF EDUCATIONAL
CONTEST ANNOUNCED TODAY
The winners of the prizes in the
County Educational School contest
were announced this afternoon. The
contest was open to every grammar
school pupil in the county, who were
offered the following five questions
t write their answers to them in
competition for the prizes:
1. What officers compose the Presi
dent's cabinet? 2 What is meant by
copyright? 3. Name all the uses you
can tor electricity. 4. How will the
Panama canal help the Pacific coast?
6. What country would you like best
to visit and why?
The prizes were a follows: First
one set of unit eel editors' perpetual
encyclopedia and dictionary, complete
in V) volumes. Second. $25 in gold
divided into five p.i-ts of eT-h. The
third prize consists of a valuable book
f i-nou 'ledge.
The following arc tho'se who won
:h- first and sc-'ond prizes:
First prize. Maude Alien, "th grade,
''strict No. 80. Shcdd. Oregon. Sec
ond prizes. Mildred Hughes, 8th
ij-rule. Lebanon grammar schaal, Leb
anon. Ruth Kreige. Mb grade Fair-
'eM grammar shaal. Waterloo. Anna
Lane. 5th grade South Brownsville
grammar school, Brownsville. Clara
McDonald. 5th grade, Jordon gram
mar school. Scio. Leo Wrier. 6th
grn-le. Cole grammar school Scio.
The teachers prize ns well as those
entitled to .Vd prizes will be an
nounced in the near future.
! SHERIFF BODINE ARRESTED
Jim Gleason Wanted on Charge
of Stealing Mflney in
Lane County.
Asserting that he didn't know any
thing about the charge against him
Jim Glcason, a young man about 20
years of age, arrested at the depot
on Xo. IS, this noon, by Sheriff Ho-
dine, went to the county jail for an !
afternoon s residence, while waiting
for the arrival oX the sheriff of Lane
county.
'1 he arrest was made upon the au
thority of a telephone message from
the slier iff at Eugene, giving a de
scription of the man wanted, so acc
urately that the young man was se
cured at once. He had a ticket for
Fall City, Neb., which he said was his
home. He declared that he was out
here looking over the country and
had concluded to' return home, and
that he had no idea at all about the
charge against him. -
The sheriff of Lane county tele
phoned that he was charged with
stealing some money at a logging
camp in the hills, where he had been
working. He will be taken back to
night and given a chance to dissap
prove the charge.
PRISONER DRINKS BEER IN
BENTON COUNTY JAIL
Otis Thayer, While Confined
Breaks Through Cell and
Secured Stored Liquor.
A Corvallis man, in the city today,
gave the particulars of a very live
event in that city yesterday. Otis
Thayer, who was up before the last
circuit court in Linn county ,on the
charge of violating the Sunday clos
ing law, and fined, was the central
figure in the story. Thayer lives just
across the Benton county bridge in
Linn county. His family went over
Lo Corvallis yesterday, and Thayer
followed. Upon being discovered by
the police intoxicated he was arrested,
but not until after a live fight. He was
then taken to the city jail.
Previous to that a young man had
been arrested, with a barrel of beer
in his possession. The beer was taken
to the city jail and placed in a cell.
When Thayer was left alone in the
cell he discovered the beer in the ad
joining cell, with the week partition
between, broke through, and took the
beer into his cell, helped himself to it,
broke the window of the pail open,
and atracting the attention of nassers
by gave several bottles of the beer
away. The police were notified, and
going to the jail, had another struggle
before getting the prisoner under con
trol. BROWNSVILLE WILL BE
SEEN OF ANNUAL REUNION
Dates Set For Holding of Big
Function Are June
11, 12 and 13.
At a recent meeting of the directors
of the Linn County Pioneer Asso
ciation, Brownsville was selected as
the place for holding the annual re
union (in Tune 11, 12 and 1 3. The
last day will be given over to the sons
and daughters of L;nn county pioneers :
and arrangements are being made to
have noted speakers for each day.
The reunions of the pioneers have
become notable events in Linn county
as home-coming time for people all
over the state.
Vice-President and General Man
ager McCormack, II. P. Hoey. assist
ant chief of construction and I. C.
Rhodes, traveling freight agent of the
Southern Pacific railroad passed
through the city yesterday afternoon
from Eugene and points south bound
for Portland after a tour of inspec
tion over the main line system of the
road of the valley.
EUGENE MOTORCYCLIST
VISITED ALBANY YESTERDAY
A party of 10 motorcyclists,, mem
bers of the Eugene Cycle club, were
in the city yesterday afternoon, mak
ing the trip from Eugene to this city
and return.
The party included several young
men from Eugene accompanied by
their lady friends. They left for Eu
gene at 3 o'clock by the way of Cor
vallis. jj)
News on This Page is
From Daily Issue of
MONDAY, MAY 5
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9
ALBANY DEFEATED
HDNEYMANSIDT09;
Hundreds of Local Fans Wit
nessed Big Contest on Local
Grounds Yesterday.
IT WAS NIP AND TUCK
FOR VISITORS AND LOCALS
Bigbee and Swan Starred For
Albany; Found NoT rouble
Hitting Van Hommisen.
Hundreds rf wild eyed and boister
ous fans saw the "Athletics" take
the fast Honeyman Hardware Com
pany's, baseball team of Portland to
task yesterday afternoon on the local
grounds by a score of 10 to 9. It was
the first game of the season's sched
ule, that the weather allowed to be
played during the present season. ,
Despite the fact that the game could
be characterized as a bunched hit con
test and a game full of hikes it was
full of good fielding plays and spec
tacular hits. It was nip and tuck
throughout the contest and during no
part of the game did the chance look
doubtful for either side. What one
team did the other followed suit and
when one player- erred the other per
formed likewise.. Everybody would go
up "in the air at the same time for
both sides and when the Honeyntans
would annex a score by these airy
plays on the part of the local boys,
Albany would go to , bat and come
right back at them on the Portland
ers' similar actions.
There was some dissatisfaction dur
ing a stage of the game over the um
piring of King, who presided in con
junction with Salisbury and it appear
ed that Albany got the worst of it.
This riled up some of the local follow
ing to such an extent that they wor
'ried the ""ump" considerably, and the
result was that two of the fans were
ejected from the grounds. However,
as a rule the umpiring was impartial
and some close decisions were called.
To start off with in the very first
inning, Shortstop Lee, for Albany let
pass an easy drive, with two of the
Honeymans on base, who scored on
this error. Then the Honeymans took
the field and let Albany score two runs
much in the same way. Patterson,
who pitched for Albany, was a little
wild in the fore part of the game and
walked several men. but however he
came to himself in time to pitch in us
ual good form. The Albany boys
found little difficulty in hitting Van
Hoomissen who was on the mound for
the hardware men. He was later re
placed by Dillard.
Bigbee and Swan played a star game
for Albany. A feature of Rigbcc's
plaving was a catch he made of a
wild foul, when he ran in between
several vehicles close to the east fence,
and caught th ball, after Dillard had
fouled several of Patterson's twisters.
Gamer was easily the star for the
Honeymans.
The score:
Albany 10 11 fi
Honeymans 9 8 2
Batteries Patteon and Patterson;
Van Hoomi'-scn. Dillard and Schultz.
Manager Sender announces that
next Sundav the will be a game be
tween the fast 'nights of Columbus,
of Portland, and the Athletics. This
tram defeated Salem vesterday at that
place hy a score of 2 to 0.
CLOVER SEED SPROUTINGS
rUuNU IU ot vALUADLtl
Buena Vista Farmers Leave
Grain Standing When It
Appears in Sprout.
Many acres of grain stubble from
last year's crop are standging in the
fields in the vicinity of Jinena Vista
as the result of a volunteer clover
growing through in thick clumps, ac
cording to W. H. Holes, a farmer
from that section who was in this
city today. The, farmers did not
touch the fields a1 soon as this case,
ase the seed derived from the clover
plants will be much more valuable
than grain.
"Hundreds of acres of oats are yet
to be planted in this county on ac
count of the frequent rains," he says.
"Because of the lateness of the sea
son early-maturing varieties of oats
will have to be planted, and many of
the fields will have to be cut for hay,
as the fall rains will probably ruin the
crops before harvest time will be on."
Geo. DcVancy went to Salem this!
morning lo attend to a deal in pro- j
gress. lie has been residing at Oak- j
land for three months but will now re-!
turn to Albany to make his home,
Albany always looks good Jo the man
once a resident of the city.
CJE.
FINED $25 TODAY
Complaint Sworn to by E. W.
Dooley Before Police Judge
Van Tassel.
CASE HEARD IN RECORDERS
COURT THIS AFTERNOON
''Mashing" Is Charge Laid at
Door of the Defendant by
Girls Father.
That an attempt to make a mash
upon a young lady cm the streets of
this city is an improper am) unprofit
able course to pursue, was indicated in
the police court this morning when
O. P. Crist, a brakeman on the C.
& E. railroad, was fined by Police
Judge Van Tassel $25 and costs ami
given a jnd sentence not to exceed 12
days in the event the fine was not
paid.
Crist was arrested shortly after 12
o'clock this afternoon by Policeman
King n'n a complaint sworn out by
E. W. Dooley. father of Irene Dooley,
the young lady, who it is claimed was
insulted by Crist Saturday night as
she came out of the Empire theater
accompanied by another girl friend.
It is fharged in the complaint that
Crist lyul followed the girls down
First street to the show. He entered
the theater the same time they did
and took a scat near where they were
seated. At the completion of the per
formance, it is charged that Crist fol
lowed the girls out of the theater and
when they reached the street, he in
quired if he could not accompany
them home. It is claimed that the
girls made no reply and completely
ignored the intruder. However, it is
claimed he proceeded to take up a
position beside the Dooley girl,
It is aliened that he was so per
sistent in his attentions that the girls
became indignant and managed to
get rid of him. Upon arriving home
the Dooley girl told ot the incident
to her parents and Mr. Dooley became
indignant over the matter, winch re
sulted in his swearing out a complaint
against the alleged masher.
When arraigned in police court this
afternoon shortly after one o'clock,
Crist plead guilty to the charge. Not
having the money to pay the fine he
was given an opportunity to secure
the money but up until 2:30 oYloek
had not been successful in his efforts.
If the fine is not paid he will be sent
to the city jail or given the alternative
of working on the streets for a period
not to exceed 12 days.
Manv complaints have been regis
tered from time to time at police head
iiuarlers relative to incidents o'f this
nature and the police are determined
to prosecute all cases of this char
acter. Terrill Fine $12.
T. I. Terrill, proprietor of the
Oregon Restaurant, was arrested and
convicted in the police court this af
ternoon on a charge of circulating
o'hsrene advertising cards. I le was
fined $12. Griff King made the ar
rest. Harry Hawkins went to Portland
this afternoon on the O. E.
Dr. Mary Marshall left this noon for
Newport for a needed rest and recu
peration. Ex-County Commissioner Henry
Sprenger, of Shcdd, was in the city to
day. jW'LLMM COOK SUCCUMBS TO
IN.I1IRFS RFRFIVFn IN Jill Y
Was Victim of Runaway Acci
dent Here Nearly Year Ago;
Funeral Tuesday.
William Cook died at the home of
his cousin, Mrs. A. L. Say lor, Sun
day morning, as the result of injuries
he received in a runaway accident last
July.
I he deceased was born near Paris.
Illinois, May 4. 1850. and died on his
f3 birthday, lie leaves one son, two
brothers and one sister to mourn his
(bath.. He was the son of John and
Martha Co'ok. He came to ( regon
in IKK? arriving in Harri-burg N'o
vcmber 15 of that year and has since
resided in Oregon.
He had been at the home of Al
Say lor for the last seven months
where all care ami attention was giv
en him, but he was too weak to r--gain
health. The funeral services will
be held from the Savior home. Tues
day afternoon at 2: Mi o'clock with in
terment in Rivervicw cemetery.
Theodore Easton, a former Albany
College student, has composed a song,
jMSt published by a Washin '.ton, I),
r house. It it rntitled. "Oh. I Love
a Summer's Niuht." and is a nrettv
affair, full of good sentiment. The
I music is by Jack Stanley.
Wt HERO OF, FIRE GETS
REWARD FOR SERVICE
Merle Bilyeu's. Well Directed
Efforts Intercepts a Sericus
Blaze at Chair Factory.
Young Merle Pilyeu, the employee
of the chair factory, whose prompt
Mid well directed efforts in discov
ering and extinguishing a fire Thurs
day night at the factory, is now wear
ing a new suit and complete on L t it as
a gift of K. Veal & Sons because of
his heroic and splendid service as a
result oi the lire.
The lad was standing on a sti ect
turner, three blocks from the fac
tor v, when he saw the fire through
cue of the windows, lie tpiickly ran
to the favtory, aroused K. A. B. veal,
who was in the office, turned in a lire'
al.wm by telephone, and, accompanied
by Mr. Veal, broke inlo the room in
which the tire was burning, Because
of his knowledge as employee of thai
department of the factory, young Bil-
yeu knew where to liud some tire ex
tinguishers, with which he and Mr,
Veal put out the fire.
Mr. Veal took the lad down town
Svturday and bought him a new suit,
hat, shoes and complete outfit.
LEBANONITES TO BE HOSTS
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Prominent Railroad Men and
Other Oregon People to
Attend Hotel opening.
According to a prominent Lebanon
ite who was in the city this morning,
arrangements are about completed for
the big Lebanon Commercial club
banquet to be given Wednesday night
on the occasion of the formal open
ing of the splendid new Hotel Leb
anon. The fete will bring to Leb
anon well known speakers in
cluding several railroad men who are
looking toward that section with a
view to building new lines.
Those who have accepted the in
vitation to be present and respond to
toasts are Robert Straho'rn', president
of the Portland, Eugeiie & Eastern
railroad, J. Mt Scott, of'the Southern
Pacific. R. D. Skinner, J. II. Young,
and officials of the Oregon Electric.
Phillip Metchan, Jr., of the Imperial
Hotel, Portland, W. II. Ho'rnibrook,
editor of the Democrat, M rs. Edyth
Tozier-Weatherred, of the Home
Manufacturers Association, W. J. Kerr
president of O. A. C, and J. 11. Eddy.
The visitors will arrive in Lebanon
on the. 1:30 train am will be taken
aboul the city and community by ;t
reception committee prior to the ban
piet.
FREE LUNCHES AND SCHOOL
BOOKS FOR STUDENTS
Resolutions Embodying These
Features and Free Uniforms
Adopted at Meeting.
The meeting last Saturday of the
Linn County Council Patrons of Hus
bandry was one of ihe most interest
ing and successful sesions ever held.
Owing to the press of farm work the
attendance was not very large but it
was all "gilt edged." Reports from
granges were very encouraging. After
an earnest and profitable discus-sion
resolutions were unanimously passed
in favor of the state furnishing uni
forms for all school children attend
ing public school in the state to be
worn during time of attending schools.
Also that the state provide warm
noon day lunches, and free school
hooks to all students attending
schools the state.
A resolution passed by Ash Swale
grange commending the officers of
the state grange and the editor of the
Pacific Grange Bulletin for the econ
omical manner in which grange work
and extension work of the grange
had bceh carried tin during the past
year, in view of the fact I hat the dues
and f uiuls received from subordinate
granges were much below that of sim
ilar orders ; was presented by Fred
Harrison of Ash Swale grange, and
adopted.
President Scott was instructed to
present all the above resolutions to
the state grange that meets in Al
bany, May l.L under the "Good of
the Order." Co-operation was warm
ly discussed. Co-oneration is "in the
i air' and it will be one of the most
important matters that will come be
fore the state grange.
During the noon recess the ladies
of the Lfranie nut on a feast never
before excelled.
The next meeting will be held the
first Saturday in June and in Browns
ville the plan being for Ash Swab'
and Calapooia granges to unite as
entertainers,
CO K R ESPON'D EST.
Dr. Stuart, physical director of the
O. A. C, went to Port hind this after
noon by way of the Oregon Electric.
Dr. Pratt, of the Forbes church,
Portland, who preached in the Presby
terian rhureh yesterday, returned
home this afternoon.
00 NOT DISSOLVE
Stockholders at Meeting Sat
urday Votes Unanimously
For Maintance.
MANY PRODUCERS HAVE
PLEDGED THEIR SUPPORT
Association Will Proceed As
Heretofore and Will Carry
' Out Work Planned.
The Albany Fruit Growers Asso
ciation will not be dissolved.
Instead it will remain intact just
as it has been for the last two years
anil will receive the pledged and un
daunted support of leading producers
of this section, who are expected to
join the association, together with
its present members and any others
who may desire lo join the organiza
tion. This matter was definitely settled
at a meeting of the stockholders Sat
urday afternoon at the Commercial
club. The purpose of the meeting was
to discuss the advisability of contin
uing the organization under the pres
ent circumstances. Afler considerable
discussion along this line a vote was
taken and it was unanimously in fa
vor of the countinauce of the asso
ciation. The agitation of the feasibility of
maintaining the association under the
prevailing conditions is the result of
the inac! ivitiy and failure of local
farmers ami producers lo come for
ward and lend their assistance by
joining the movement towards the
perfect ion of a permanent and sub
stantial organization. Officials of the
association have time and again com
plained of the lack of interest shown
in the enterprise, and many campaigns
have been inaugurated to increase the
membership but the result has here-
ttforo .beuu liiscouragiug. ..No' par
ticular reason has been assigned for
the fact that this section should not
sitpnorl a strong fruit growers asso
ciation in view of 'this fact rests lar
gely the result of the vote of Satur
day's meeting.
Added to' the seemingly disinterest
edness of Ihe farmers of Linn county,
caused the failure of the association
.sometime ago to acquire enough stock
towards the erection of a cannery here
and this was based upon Ihe conten
tion that the section adjacent to Al
bany could not beneficially support
a. plant of this. nature al the present
time.
Accordingly this mailer was given
up and members of the local associa
tion decided to open negotiations wilh
ihe Benton County Fruit Growers
Association, which organization has
a plant at Corvallis, towards'the co
operation (f the two associations.
This was perfected to Ihe extent thai
each producer of this section should
co-operate individually wilh the Cor
vallis people during the coming season
for the disposal of their left over pro
ducts lo the cannery in lhat city. This
plan is to be carried out during the
summer. '
However, Ihe Albany Fruit Growers
Association as it now stands are con
tending for the establishment of a
cannery here by next fall as was set
forth at a previous mewing ami the
matter of increasing Ihe membership
will be vigilantly waged from now
on. It is b-lieved thai with the added
spirit and backbone, which was in
dicated and instilled into Ihe organi
zation at the meeting Saturday after
noon by the unanimous vote will serve
to rapidly increase the standing of
the association in the matter of mem-iH-rship.
OOCTOe AND HIS WIFE ON
THEIR WAY TO BOSTON
Made Trip From Atlantic to the
Pacific in an Auto; Left
Home Last August.
Arriving in their touring car this
morning. Dr. and Mrs. F. R. Dame
of Boston, were sren by a represent
ative of the Democrat and gave a
brief an mint of their long trip from
Boston to Los Angeles.
The doctor and his wife left thn
east last August and arrived in Los
Angeles oil the ,11st of Deieinbev
I hey are returning by way o'f Port
land and expect to reach home Uyk the
middle of August. But little diffi
culty has been experienced on the trip
and they both claim that they have
enjoyed every minute of the outing.
Mrs. J. A. McFeron and daughter,
of Portland, were in the city today on
their way home from a visit with
Brownsville relatives.
Col. E. I Infer, author o'f Jack Nor
ton and other publications, was in the
city Saturday evening.