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ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREG ON, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1913.
NO. 56.
DR. JONES FIRST
OREGON TEACHER
Granted Permit to Teach in the
Schools of Marion County
in Year 1859.
HE RECITES INTERESTING
INCIDENTS OF EARLY DAYS
Is Pioneer Physician of Linn
County; Kesident of Soda
vilie for 15 Years.
Dr. D. M. Jones, of Sodaville, hale
and hearty at 75 years, visited Albany
Tuesday for" the first time in several
months. When interviewed by a rep
resentative of the Democrat, the doct
or talked interestingly of the olden
days, and the conversation developed
the fact that aside from having the
distinction of being one of Linn coun
ty's pioneer physicians. Dr. Jones
holds a document that is probably
one of the, first permits issued in Ore-
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DR; D. M. JONES
gon to a school teacher.
The paper was issued in 1857 in
Marion county' when Oregon was a
territory. It reads as follows:
"Marion County, O. T., March the
18th, 1857. I, William - P. Pugh,
County Superintendent of Common
Schools in Marion County aforesaid
do hereby certify that I have exam
ined Daniel Jones as to his acquire
ments in the various branches of
science, required to be taught in the
public schools of his Territory and
am of the opinion that he is qualified
tn tench a common school in said
county, for a term of one year from
the date hereof.
"WM, J. PUGH,
"County Superintendent.1
Dr. Xones- with his parents, crossed
the plains from Missouri, his native
state, in the year 1852 at the age of
15 years. The trip was made1 by ox
team and it required the entire year.
The family located in Marion county
15 miles cast of Salem, where they
took up a claim. Dr. Jones was a
hard student during his earlier life,
completing his education in the log
school house, several miles from his
father's farm. He then decided to
teach school which he did for several
years until his health failed. After
sometime he concluded to take up
the study of medicine, and entered
Willamette University, graduating
prior to 1866.
Dr. Jones recites interesting facts
relative to school days in the early
-'i-s f (Venn's history. He asserts
that the schools were constructed out
,s ami that they were miles
apart.
"The students and teachers
wouldn't think anything of riding
j--qpharlc rnilcs to school, and
they would go over the roughest
roads, across plains, up hill and down
dale but this did not deter them from
attending school. There were plenty
ni horses at their disposal then and
the school children would come on
one and go back on another." .
In the year 1870 the doctor came
to Albany where he put out h;s shing
1" ns a physician, after practicing for
several years in Marion county. He
st-t-s th.it more money was made
in the profession then than at the pres
ent time. Llthough it required more
time tn visit a patient and much per
severence. "Many is the time I have ridden
50 miles on horseback through roads
nearly miring my saddle blanket to
pttcnH a patient." stnted the doctor,
"we physicians of those ycirs didn't
think anything about i and were go
ing pII of the time We would make
a f;r with one horse and return to
Sta-t out again with another."
Some y;rs later Dr. one removed
to Sodav'llc where he has resided for
thr bst 15 years. He is the owner pf
4V aTes of land in that section.
nhi-h t ' his drsire to dispose of
n"d soon a he is successful in
dning this he intend to come back to
AM anv to ma'-'e his permanent home.
ALBANY GUN CLUB ENJOYS
SHOOT AT CQRVALLIS
Members of Club of That City
to Reciprocate Favor by
Coming Here.
A number of the members of the
Albany Gun Club went over to Cor
vallis yesterday afternoon to enjoy
a joint shoot with the members of the
newly organized gun club of that city.
The local Gun Club men report hav
ing a most enjoyable afternoon.
The Corvallis gun club members
were urged to reciprocate the favor
by coming over to the city and join
the local shooters in a shoot on the
local range, which they gladly ac
cepted. The. trip to Corvallis was made yes
terday in three automobiles, W. G.
Kallack, R. C. Churchill and Marshall
Woodworth, taking over the follow
ing: Phil Baltimore, Frank Hackle
man, John Krench, Frank Tracy,
Grant Froman, John Xceley, John
Warner, Dr. Leininger, Fred Wcath
erford, W. W. Ashby iwid John Simp
son. LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL
DEFEATS ALBANY 12-10
Local Lads Made Costly Errors;
Batters Fell Down at the -Wrong
Time.
The Lebanon High School base ball
team won a loosely played game from
the Albany High bchool here yester
day afternoon on the local ' grtunds
by a score of 12 to 10. Despite the
fact that the local boys onthit the vis
itors, they were unable to annex the
necessary scores to cinch the game by
the fact that their batteries fell down
at the physiological moment
The Albany boys played a desperate
game and strived hard to defeat their
fast opponents but the Lebanon boys
put it over them on fielding. Costly
errors on the part of the local team
played an important part in the result
of the contest.
There was a fairly large crowd of
rooters out and the Lebanon team
brought over quite a large number of
faithfuls with them. Prior to the
game the big Albany high school band
paraded down through the streets with
the ball tossers in line and rendered
several concerts to draw a' crowd to
the field. During the game the band
played several selections.
The score:
R H E
Lebanon 12 7 6
Albay 10 9 10
Batteries Bellinger and Mitchell
Southard; French-Rcxfor and Hector,
ROAD TO MONROE IS
NEARLY COMPLETED
R. F. Smithwick, engineer in charge
of thc( construction of the Eugene
Monroe division of the Portland. Eu
gene & Eastern Railway, announces
when seen on his way through this
city at the depot last night, that these
two cities will be lin'-cd by steel in a
very short time, eight miles of track
only remaining to be laid. It will
probably take two weeks to finish the
road so that trains can run over it.
There 500.000 yards of gravel at Cor
vallis to be used in ballasting the new
road, and this work will begin at once.
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PERSONAL MENTION.
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Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Clark, of New
ton, 111., have been- in the city, while
on a tour of Western Oregon. They
liked the appearance o'f things around
Albany very much.
W. W. Ashby went to" Lebanon this
morning to look after the Drcliniinarv
work in the construction of about 18
blocks of gravel bitulithic pavement
there this summer.
Carter Lee. who has been playing
with the Albany Athletics, left this
noon for La Grande, where he has
signed with the team of that city for
the coming season,
Mrs. Dick Rodgers went to Water
loo this morninir to see her mother.
who is nearly blind. She expects to
take ner away lor special treatment.
The Golden Rule yesterday com
plcted'a new sign on the Washington
street side of their building which
overs the entire wall of the store.
Mr. and Mrs. Ponpleton, of Port
land, were in the city this afternoon
on their way home from Eugene.
H. B. Cusick returned this morning
trom a trip up the U. t.
Chief Engineer Wickcfsham. of the
Oregon Electric, was in the city today
looking after matters here.
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THURSDAY, MAY S
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HOTEL OPENING
Prominent Railroad Officials
Attend Elaborate Banquet
at Lebanon Last Night.
NEW HOTEL IS ONE OF'
THE BEST IN OREGON
Building Cost $50,000and Was
Built by Lebanon Capital;
J. C. Devine Proprietor.
. Attended by prominent railroad of
ficials and others who have been iden
tified with tile development of the
Willamette valley, the formal ooeninc
of the new hotel at Lebanon last night,
yas one ot the most successful func
tions of its kind ever held in the his
tory of Linn county.
Met at the train by a delegation of
'prominent local business men, the
speakers aftd other visitors were con
veyed in autoino'hiles on a sight see
ing trip through the beautiful and fer
tile agricultural country tributary to
Lebanon and were shown every cour
tesy by the members of the reception
committee.
Nearly 200 guests assembled in the
banquet hall of the hotel at 8 p. m.
and an elaborate eight course dinner
was served by the genial proprietor.
State Senator M. A. Miller acted
as to'astmaster and in a few well chos
en words introduced the various
speakers.
Mayor V. S. Winnerstcu delivered
the address of welcome to the visit
ors and was followed by Phi! Mcts
chan, Jr., of Portland; Mrs. Randolph
Kuhn, W. H. Jenkins, of the Southern
Pacific; R. D. Skinner, President J.
II. Young, of the Oregon Electric;
Mrs. Edith Tozier Weathcrred. Wm.
M. Hornibrook, President W. J. Kerr,
of the Oregon Agricultural College;
Tom Richardson. M. E. Reed, who
represented Porter Bros; J. K. Weath
crford, President of the Corvallis &
Eastern R. R. Co.; Mark Woodruff,
publicity agent for the Portland, Eu
gene & Eastern and others. Music
was furnished early in the evening
by the Lebanon brass band and dur
ing the banquet by the orchestra. A
teature ot (the evening which was
greatly enjoyed was a vocal selection
by Miss Lena B. Tartar.
The Lebanon betel is owned by J.
C. Devine and was recently erected
at a cost of $50,000. It is a modem
eighty-five room building, four stories
in height, and equipped with every
convenience. The building was built
entirely by local capital and would
prove a credit to a city four times the
size of Lebanon.
Among the Albany people who at
tended th; function at Lebanon last
night were Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Weath
erford and Mr and Mrs. Bert West
brook of the St. Francis hotel.
EUGENE BANK MEN MET
THERE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
Group Three of Oregon State
Bankers Assn. Perfected
Organization at Eugene.
Bankers . of Group Three of the
Oregon State Bankers' Association,
perfected organization at Eugene yes
terday, discussed taxation of banks
during the afternoon and then closed
the meeting with a banquet last night.
A score of bankers from Lane and
Douglas counties attended. Coos coun
ty was not represented, but there
were several bankers from Portland
and one each from Salem and Albany
there. The officers elected are as
follows:
Chairman, Alexander Martin, Jr.,
Eugene; vice-chairman, J. M. Thoren,
Roscburg; secretary, II. G. Keeney,
cresweu; treasurer, HcrDcrt takm
Cottage Grove.
M. B. CRAFT'S MEAT BUYER
RETURNED WITH FINE HEARD
E. Derry, buyer for the M. D. Craft
Meat Market, eturncd this morning
from a several days' trip up around
Creswcll, bringing with him 30 head
of the best looking young steers which
he bought in that neighborhood.
The animals were left at the
slaughter pen in the West end and will
be butchered as the supply nf meat
i nthc market may require. Mr. Craft
has paid Mr. Derry a very high com
pliment at the unusually fine herd
he brought back with him and the
steers have been the center of manv
remark from people who have seen
tncm.
W. A. Williams, a nromiiient For
r: Grove man, spent last night in the
city.
JOINT INSTITUTE OF
Pronounced to Be Most Suc
cessful Session; Many Del
egates Present.
MRS. HOWE OF BROWNSVILLE
WAS AWARDED GOLD MEDAL
A Splendid Musical Program
Rendered During Closing
Session Last Night.
With a splendid program, including
special musical numbers on the occa
sion of the Matrons Gold Medal con
test, which was held last night at the
First Metho(Ust church commencing
at 7:30 o'clock,, the joint institute
of the W. C. T. U. of Linn and Ben
ton comities closed what was gener
ally pronounced to be a most success
ful session.
Mrs. Howe, of Brownsville, was
awarded the gold medal for her recita
tion on the subject of "Temperance."
Airs. John Archibald, of Oakville, was
awarded second place. Other contest
ants for the honor were Mrs. Has
kins, of Philomath, and Mrs. Hood, of
Corvallis. All .of the recitations were
exceedingly good and were very in
teresting to the large audience present.
Miss Grace Cleland, a senior o'f the
high school, and a singer of note fa
vored the assembly witii a beautifully
rendered solo. Dr. C. V. Littler and
Mr. A. M. Hammer sang a duet, to
the great pleasure of those present,
Miss Margaret Gibson, o'f Benton
county, and Miss Cecil Bicknell, of
Linn county, rendered pleasant recita
tions. The aftemon session of the insti
tute contained a very interesting pro
gram and many able addresses were
made by the ladies of the W. C. T.
U. who came here as delegates from
the large towns of Linn and Benton
counties.
The following is the program as it
was rendered with a list of the speak
ers and subjects upon which they
spokev
"Praise Service." Mrs. Unttie -Wrflf.
"Our- Rcipousihility for the Train
ing of our Young People," Mrs. Ed
gar. "Effects of Scientific Tempcr
encc Instruction," Mrs. Nellie Tuni
son. "On Habit," Mrs. Anna Foster.
"On Public Sentiment," Mrs. Emma
Gellatly. "On Business," Mrs. Gil
ham. Music: "Woman's Ballot as a
Factor in Moral Reforms," Mrs. Alice
Fletcher. "Temperance Laws of Our
State," Rev. Duncan, "Round Table
or Question Box," Mr Henrietta
Brown.
Mr. .-.nil Mrs. F. Hamilton, of
Portland, were Albany ..visitors yes
terday. COUNTY COURT STILL
GRINDS ON ROAD PETITIONS
Fifteen Petitions Are to Come
Up Before the Present
Session.
The county court is still grinding
away on an unusual amount of road
petitions, there being 15 road petitions
on the docket in all. This is consid
ered an unusually large number of
load petitions to come up before a
session of the county court and from
present indications the court will rc
ma'n in session for the next two days.
It could not be learned late this
forenoon if any action had been taken
on any of the petitions. Eight of the
petitions are new and seven have been
pending from the last session.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Burkhart, of
Lebanon, went to Portland on the O.
E. this forenoon.
IRVINE WERE LAID TO REST
t The remains of the late Mrs.
S. G. Irvine were laid to rest this
afternoon in the city cemetery,
after impressive funeral services
9 at the United Presbyterian
church, conducted by Rev. W.
P. White, pastor of the church.
Friends and relatives of the
deceased crowded the big church
to' pay their last respects to the
'J departed one, who was held in
high esteem and beloved by all
who knew her. Many beautiful
m Moral offerings adorned the cask-
et.
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F. F. Hohson, o'f Grants Pass, wai
in the city yesterday evening.
TOWN OF MONROE, ORE., TO
BE INCORPORATED AS CITY
James Bailey Elected First
Mayor; City Marshall and
Councilmen Chosen.
The town of Monroe is to be incor
porated. The voters of Monroe voted
in favor of incorporating Tuesday at
tile election by a majority o'f 26 out
of a total of 113 votes. The county
election had supervision over the elec
tion. James Bailey was elected first may
or of Monroe. All of the votes save
two' were cast for him. The matter
o'f preserving the peace of the little
town was intrusted into the hands of
Ira Lcinnion who will act as the town
marshal!.
The' following councilnien were
elected: W. A. McGillis, W. T. Mor
ris. Fred Taylor, E. E. Brimmer, C.
F. Wilson. E. J. Martin.-
There was more opposition to' incor
poration than was anticipated, 38
voters casting mcir ballots against
he measure while 75 favored it. The
vote will be canvassed by the county
court and the incorporation of the
town declared.
MR. AND MRS. HENRY SGHOEL
RETURNED FROM TOUR
Were Delighted With the Exper
iences of Six Months Spent
Away from Home.
Mr. and Mlrs. Henry Sehoel, of
Shedd, hist night returned from .a
tour of the United States, seeing their
own country in a very effective and
enjoyable way. They were delighted
with the experiences of the six months
spent away from home.
They went east by way of California
spending two mouths in that state,
then going through Texas to Nev
Orleans, passing through the South
en states, with their wonderful de
velopment, up to Washington, where
they remained a few days. Then they
went to New York, with its intense
life, thence up the Hudson to our
name's sahe, and west through Syra
cuse, Rochester, Buffalo and other
big eastern cities to Chicago. They
visited-in Iowa with 'relatives, return
ing home by way of the Canadian Pa
cific.
Speaking of the tipping business,
.carried, to excess fevcrywherq, Mr.
9hoel, said that as ifar as (t is carried
in the East, he struck nothing to
equal the boat coming down on t1i
sound trom Vancouver, li. L.t to be
attle. Everywhere, though, the game
is a great one to get pay for nn un
necessary service.
W. L, Wright, a prominent Harris
burg merchant, was in the city last
evening. .
RETAIL MERCHANTS MET LAST
NIGHT AT COMMERCIAL CLUB
Members of the Albany Retail
Merchants' Association met last cve
ing at the Commercial elb for the
purpose of discussing important hat
ters pertaining to the organization.
The subject of trading stamps was
the main topic of discussion and as
the meeting was a private one, the ac
tion taken by the merchants in this
matter could not be learned. However,
it was intimated that nothing definite
was done.
PERSONAL MENTION.
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W. H. Jenkins, passenger agent of
the Southern Pacific, returned this
morning from Lebanon quite enthu
siastic over the opening banuct for
the new Hotel Lebanon, one of the
best places in the valley. The only
complaint Mr. Jenkins had was that
he always got too much to eat for
the money. The ba'nuct lasted until
after one a. m., and was quite an
event in Lebanon.
M. V. Wcatherford last night re
turned from Pendleton, where he had
been to argue before the supreme
court tne appeal on tile motion lor a
new trial in the Taylor niurded case,
one attracting considerable attention
in Eastern Oregon. This morning he
went to Portland on mrtrc legal busi
ness. Rev. T. J. Wilson, Mrs. Jennie Wil
son Shumacker and Mr. and Mrs. Wil
son, of Eugene, arrived this noon to
attend the funeral o'f their friend r.f
many years Mrs. S. G. Irvine, this
aitcrnoon.
Mrs. David Froman went to Dallas
this afternoon to be with her brother
George Wtird, of Black Rock, who
was reported dangurouslv iK. He
had been brought into Dallas for bet
ter medical attention.
Orville R. Emerson, a sun of Rev.
and Mrs. I W. Emerson, arrived
home yesterday afternoon after com
pleting his second year at the Univer
sity of California. He wil Ispend the
summer vacation here.
D. S. McWilliams, of Halscy, was
in the citv this nftcrnoon to attend
the funeral of Mrs. S. C. Irvine.
Deal Consumated This Morning
by Hecker & Beam Involves
1000 Acres.
LARGE TRACT TO BE
SUB DIVIDED AT ONCE
Russians Will Emigrate to This
Section Within a Short
Time.
It was- autho'ritatively confirmed
late this afternoon that the four Cana
dians have purchased a large tract
of land near here. The deal was con
sumated by Hecker & Beam. The
purchase involves an acreage of ap
proximately 1(XX) acres in Linn county.
The names of the four emissaries
of the large number of Russian set
tlers of Canada are as follows: M. F.
Kelhiil. ot Veilgin, bask.. Anton Pan-
off, Yorktou, Sask., W. Vcreshajin,
l'etrovka, Sask., and W. Lopshinoff,
of Glan Lake, Sask., who desire to
thank the members of the Albany
commercial chid and tile citizens ot
Albauv for the attention and hosnit-
ality shown them during their stay
nere.
When interviewed this afternoon
relative to the. purchase Mr. Owen
Beam authorized the following state
ment: ''The representatives of the Canadi
an colony recently in tour of the Wil
lamette valley, have consumated the
deal on the first block of land to be
taken over. They have purchased
laud aggregating a thousand acres,
owned by Mr. lj. J. Meeker and my
self. The land lies a few miles south
of this city in Linn county.
"The colony also has under contract
through their agents, Messrs. Hecker
and Beam, about 25(10 acres more
which they will colonize as soon as
they reach their Canadian colony.
"Messrs. Hewitt and Sox, attorneys
for the corporation, incorporated the
first colony today with a capital stock
of $100,000 known as the Swoboda
Colony under the legal name of In
dependent Doukkobars.
's the intention of the ineorpora-.
tions to place 10 families on the land
at once and the balance of them will
come along as they dispose of their
Canadian holdings.
"Mr. Jenkins, general passenger
agent of the S. 1J. system, is arranging
transportation over his. lines and oth
er lines over which the people will
come,
"The engineering firm of Penland &
Eaton have'tltc contract for subdivid
ing the lands and filing plats after
surveys for roadways and tracts have
been made. This work will be done
at once.
"The immigrants will bring here
with them the finest horses and blood
ed stock to be hail in this vicinity and
will also devote the laud to clover
raising, loganberry culture, diversified
farming and vegetable gardening. The
people come well recommended as
being the best of farmers and are
willing to become citizens of the
United States, as soon as possible.
Their long experience in general
farming makes them a valuable addi
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DIOGENES, LOOK HERE!
YOU'RE OUT OF A JOB
$250 Lost by Herman Heller,St.
Francis, but Is Restored
by Finder.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8. Leslie
Raincy of Iturlingame is one of San
Francisco's positively known honest
men.
Two days ago Herman Heller, lead
er of the St. Francis hotel orchestra,
fter a shoping trip with his wife at the
Emporium, dropped from his pocket
$250 in crisp $10 bills. He did not
discover his loss until several hours
later, when he made it known through
the lost and found columns of 'The
Examiner."
Yesterday afternoon while Heller
was mournfully leading his orchestra
at the hotel through a time-worn rag
time selection, Rainey appeared in the
tapestry room, and when Heller had
finished his music lie called him into
the corridor and restored him his lost
hills.
Rainey explained that he was pass
ing the Emporium when he noticed
the folded bunch of bills being kick
ed about the sidewalk by a throng of
pedestrians. He looked in the paper
next morning and found their owner
in the person of Heller.
Miss C. H. Essex, accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Jay Guth, arrived
yesterday from California. Mrs. C.
B. Essex rame to join her husband
who' recently engaged in business in
this city.