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FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1913.
The Bucket Brigade
No city in llic state is more
ready to extend the hand of goo 1
fellowship to the new business
man than Albany. The stranci
is invariably given a cordial wel
come and receives every courtesy
from the citizens. In our judg
ment, however, a larger bucket
brigade, and not a material in
crease in the number of busbies
men, is the crying need of Al
bany at this time.
No city in the Willamette Val
ley is better located, from the
standpoint of the manufacturer.
With two competitive lines ot
railroad and an open river to Port
land, the best of transportation
facilities arc available and the la
bor conditions are such as to ap
peal to the prudent capitalist.
lint in this day and age oppor
tunity doesn't travel around with
a powerful searchlight, looking
for some desirable city in which
to establish a manufacturing plant.
Enterprising towns not infre
quently provide the searchlight,
and when the proposition appears
to be meritorious, occasionaly a
little hard cash.
A million tramps arc made
every year because they wait for
something to turn up. A million
towns have remained towns, when
they might have been cities for
the same reason.
Albany has reached a critical
stage in the development of her
manufacturing industries. We are
at the present time, a prosperous
county seat town, dependent
largely upon a rich agricultural
and timber country tributary to
our borders. There is no city in
Western Oregon which has better
people, a better climate, more nat
ural resources, or a greater oppor
tunity for development than Al
bany. Irrespective of whether or
not new manufacturing industries
arc secured, the town will contin
ue to make a substantial increase
in population. The country is ca
pable of supporting a larger city
when properly developed.
llut if we would convert a pros
perous town into a metropolitan
city of twenty-five or thirty thou
sand people, a larger pay roll is
absolutely essential. This can be
done with proper effort, but it will
take) the active co-operation of
every business and professional
man in the cilv.
COURTSHIP BY MAIL
COST RANCHER $23.35
OrderBride Turns Down Wash
ington Man at Sight; 91 r.i
Look Good Enough.
Wenatcbce, Wash., May U When
a rancher who owns a quarter section
near Uriel", in ihe upper Kntiat valley,
journeyed to this city to claim a bride
he nu t with a ul ditappointmcnt, lor
she turned him down at first siht.
Two months ao this young woman,
lo is our of the handsomest hru
neles in Wcnalehee, advertised in a
matrimonial paper. The rancher ans
wered it. For a month very warm let
ters parsed, lie felt so much encour
aged thai he ordered a new suit of
elolhes from a mail order house, pay
ing $M.l5 in advance, lie could not
wait for the new clntlu's, so came here
wearing hi-, working duds. This was
a fatal mistake.
He called on the young l.tdv ami im
mediately a- -crtcd his proprietary in
terest. He w.is stunned v. hen she said
"I was only jokinu. I do not want
to many anybody. Gie i te hack my
letters this instant."
"Give back your letters nothing!
shrieked the irate rancher. This is no
joke. You sent me your regards in
every letter and you've got to marry
me. I've already spent $23.35 for a
suit to get married in.
He then visited police headquarters,
where he told his troubles. The chief
sent for an attorney, who gave the
lovelorn rancher this advice:
"Better ive her up. You might
possibly force her to many you, but
a woman who marries : man against
her will general 1 makes life wretched
for linn ever afterward.
"Well," said l:e reluctantly, "if I
had money enough I wouldn't let her
slip, lust look at these letters.
The young h'.dy wrote she would
help him in all the frrm work, for,
while she hr.d always lived in town.
she has visited her uncle on his big
ranch many times. Her o:?ly fear was
of a sow when it looked straight
her. She gave her address, where she
lives with her parents, blie particu
larly requested him not to divulge
this information, but expressed no
other fear that they would not marry
except that she might not look Rood
enough to him.
Administrator's Notice
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been by the County
Court ot J. inn County, Uregon, duly
appointed administrator of the estate
of Margaret S. Muutcith, late of said
County, deceased. All persons hav
ing claims against the estate of said
deceased are hereby required to pre
sent the same, with proper vouchers.
to the undersigned, at the office of
Hewitt & Sox, in the City of Albany,
in said County, within six months
from the date of this notice.
Dated May 16, 1913.
C. D. MONTEITM,
Administrator.
HEWITT & SOX,
Attorneys for Administrator.
M 16-23-30 J 6-13
Executrix Notice
To all the creditors of William M.
Cook, deceased:
Yon and each of you are hereby no
tified that the undersigned has been
duly appointed executrix of the estate
and h'st will of said deeendent by the
county court of Linn county, Oregon;
therefore, all persons having any
claim against said estate are hereby
notified to present the same to the
undersigned, with the proper vouchers
at her residence in the city of Albany,
Linn county, Oregon, within six
months from the date hereof.
Dated this 161 h day of May, 1913.
MRS. H ATT IE SAYLOR,
Executrix of William M. Cook, de
ceased. W. R. BILYEU,
Attorney
Friday, May 16-23-30-J. 6-13 Wkly
Notice of Final Settlement.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has filed in the county court
of Linn county, Oregon, his final
account as administrator of the es
tate of Arnold Summer, deceased, and
that said court has fixed Monday, the
2nd day of June, 1913, at the hour of
one o'clock in the afternoon, as the
time for the hearing of objections to
said final account, and the settlement
thereof.
HEWITT & SOX.
Attorneys for Administrator.
W. F. SOMMER,
Administrator.
May 2-9-16-23-30
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned executor of the last will
and testament and estate of James
Freeman, deceased, has tiled with the
County Clerk of Linn County, Ore
gon, his final account in the matter
of said estate, and the County Court
has appointed Monday, the 9th day
of June, 1913, at the hour of one
o'clock in the afternoon of said day,
at the County Court room, in the
court house in the City of Albany,
Oregon, as the time and place for
hearing objections to said final ac
count, if any there he, and for the
final settlement of said estate.
Dated this 5th day of May. 1913.
Alonzo S. Freeman,
Executor of the Last Will and Tes
tament of James Freeman, Dec'd.
T.. M. Curl,
M9-16-23-30-J-6. Atty. for Executor.
SUMMONS
In the Circuit Court of the State
of Oregon, for the County of Linn.
Cora H. Driver, IMaintit'f, v Ralph
A. Driver, Defendant.
TO RALPH A. DRIVER, the above
named defendant:
In Ihe name of the State of Oregon.
You are hereby required to appear
ami answer a complaint of the above
named plaintiff in the above entitled
court now on file with the Clerk of
said court on or before the 24th day
of May, 113. and within si weeks
from the date ot the first publication
hereof, and you are hereby notified
that if you fail to appear and answer
said complaint as hereby required
plaintiff herein will apply to the court I
lor the rebel demanded in said Com-
plaint to-wit : For a decree of this
honorable court dissolving the bonds
of matrimony now existing between
plaintiff and defendant and that plain
tilt have a decree of divorce and that
she have the care, custody and control
and management of their minor child.
Dor t hea 1 enota Driver, and that she
have a decree against the defendant
compelling him to pav suit money
to the sum of at least $.MX and that
he be compelled to pay to the plaintiff
for the purpose of supporting and
maintaining and the care and educa
tion .! -imI mm.ir .-liU.I ttw f
S50.U) per month, ami for the costs
and disbursements of this suit to he
taxed.
This Summons is served by publi- ;
atiou m the Albany Semi Weekly
Democrat, by order of the Hop D
It. Mcknight. County Judge o'f Linn
County. Oregon, made at Albany.
Oreg.m. April 14. PM3. the date of the
first publication of this summons is i
Aprd IStlj, PMJ. ;11Id the date of the ,
last publication is M.IV 23rd. PM3
We.itln-rfoid -t" Weathertord.
Attorneys for Plaintiff !
AIS 25 M2 o lo 2X I
MRS. AR6ETSIN6ER REPORTED
AS RESTING COMFORTABLY
No Developments Have Attend
ed Efforts of Police in Chas
ing Down Assailants.
Mrs. Harry Argetsmgcr, the allcrd
victim of the fiendish attack of ui
masked men yesterday morning at
her apartments in the Nellie Richards
residence, was reported this morning
as resting comfortably. The harrow
ing experience completely unnerved
the young lady, and it was feared
that she would become ill as a result.
All yesterday afternoon she was hys
terical but physicians succeeded in
quieting her nerves.
Although Sheriff Bodine and Chief
of Police Austin have been working
vigilantly on the case in an effort to
gain some clue to the perpetrators of
the crime, their efforts thus far proved
fruitless. Chief Austin briefly inter
viewed the victim this morning but
it failed to throw any light upon the
incident. She was unable to give the
police further detail.
It is understood that a handkerchief
bearing the letter "W" was found
near the Richards' home and that jyi
effort is being made to' find the own
er. Improbable though it seems, the
investigation thus far conducted by the
police has failed to discover a single
person who' saw the men leave the
house after committing the crime.
Chief Austin intimated this morn
ing that the investigation will continue
and that the police will not relax their
vigilance in an effort to run the of
fenders down.
R. M. Jennings, of the Oregon Pow
evening. Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Holt, of Port
land, were in the city last night on
daughter, a student in the O. A. C,
their way home from a visit with their
where she is taking the course of
domestic science.
Notice of Appointment of Administra
tor Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been duly appointed
Administrator of the Estate of Will
iam Neeley, deceased, and all persons
having claims against said estate are
required to present said claims, with
the proper vouchers, within six
months trom this date at the office
of Gale S. Hill, in Cusick Bank Build
ing, Albany, Linn count v, Oregon.
Dated May 14, 1913.'
CHARLES E. NEELEY,
Administrator.
GALE S. II ILL,
Attorney for Administrator.
MM6-23-30-J-6-13
Application to Register Title.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for the county of Linn.
Department No. 2.
In the Matter of the application of
James N. Reiley. to Register Title to
the following described real property
situated in the County of Linn ana
state ot Oregon, tuwit:
Beginning at the southwest corner
of Section 35 in Township 10 South,
Range I West of the Willamette Meri
dian in Linn County, Oregon, and
from thence runninu North 6.91
chains to Crabtree creek; thence North
72 degrees Last along said Creek 3.6U
chains; thence INurth oUJa degrees Hast
along said Creek J. la chains; thence
North 68 degrees 15 minutes East
along said Creek 3.91 clfains; thence
South .9.86 chains to a point in the
South boundary line of and East 10
chains distant from the Southwest
corner of said Section; thence
East along the South boundary
line of said Section, 12. chains; thence
Southerly along the East boundary
line of the West halt ot the N. V.
H of Section 2 in T. U, S. R. 2, W.
ot the Will. Mer., Oregon, 23.30
chains, thence West 4.49 chains
to the East boundary line of
the Southern Pacific Right of Way;
thence south 14 degrees 4a minutes
East along said Right, of Way, 15.51
chains to the South boundary line of
the N. W. Y of said Section 2; thence
West 19.30 chains to the S W. cor. of
the N. W. J'4 of said Section 2; thence
N. 0 degrees 35 minutes W. 4(130,
chains to the N. W. cor, of said Sec
tion 2; thenic W. 2. chains to the
place of beginning, containing 84.96
acres more or less, save and except
ing therefrom the Right of Way of
the s. P. R. R. Co., described as fol
lows, towit: beginning on the South
boundary line of and East 19.30 chains
distant from the S. W. corner of N.
W. i of said Section 2, in said Tp.
and Range and from thence running
. 14 degrees 43 minutes . M.2; '
chains to said Crabtree Creek; thence;
West 62 ft.: thence S. 14 degrees 45
minutes h. M.Ja chains; thence Last
o2 ft. to the place of beginning, con
taining 4.06 acres more or less.
Also: the North half of the South
halt ot the Northeast quarter of Sec
tion in Township 11 South. Ranee
j vVest ol the Will. Mer.. Oregon.
Containing in the aggregate 12496
acres more or less. All lying and be
ing in Linn County. Oregon.
vs.
J. W. Keller. M. E. Kinzer. and all
whom it may concern,
Defendants.
Take Notice:
That on the 14th day of May. 1913.
an Application was filed by the above
named James V Reiley. in the Cir
cuit Court of the State of Oregon, for
Linn County, for initial registration
of the title of land above described.
. Now
tort the lth
you appear on or be
lay of June. 1113. andj
show cau-e why such application shall
m,t be i;rated the s:imc will be taken
cornered and a Decree will be en-
tered according to the nr.iver of the
Xpplieation. and vou will he forever'
barred from disputing the Mine.
W. L. MARKS. j
County Clerk of Linn County. Ore-;
gon .on! F OnVto CK-rV of the!
aboe entitled Circuit Court. !
Wni S RISE FY, j
Attorney for ApnhVnnt. I
W-Mlo-23 -30Tti-l3;
ALBANYPASTORSAW
Greatest Missionary Exhibit
Ever Shown Is Now Open
at Big Coliseum.
PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS
ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE
Rev. Franklin H. Geselbracht
Writes His Impressions of
Show for Democrat.
By Franklin H. Gesselbracht.
Chicago, 111., May 13. The great
est missionary object lesson the world
has ever seen is now open to" Chica
go's gaze. Several years have been
spent in gathering exhibits from the
uttermost parts of the earth. Chi
cago newspapers are giving the ex
hibit first page notice. President Wil
son opened the exposition by press
ing a button in Washington and Secre
tary of State Bryan will make the no
table address, his western trip made
postponement necessary. Two thou
sand s'wards in native costume from
500 ci churches have been in train
ing for months to inform the inquir
ing public on the smallest detail. Cap
ital of $100,000 was needed to carry
forward this missionary endeavor and
all profits will go to the treasurer of
the Missionary Education Movement
of twenty denominations.
All winter Chicago has been inter
ested in automobiles, pure food, and
land shows. Now Chicagoians are
literally pouring into a "Missionary
Show." It-is being advertised on the
bill boards and in the newspapers like
all other shows. The attendance of
the first week has forged ahead of
all calculations. It is wonderful to
bring the churches thus together in
a great forward movement. Thursday
was Episcopal Day, Monday was
Presbyterian Day and tomorrow will
be Congregational Day. University
professors and millionaires work, in
the various booths with housewives
and show girls.
Ringling Bros, bring their three
ring circus to the coliseum, so one can
gain a size of the building. Exhibits
cover all the . floor space and the
galleries.
Africa greets us on the right of the
entrance. Here are the familiar huts,
cooking utensils and the implements
of bloody warfare. The 20 pound
ring of brass for the neck of the fa
vorite wife, to be worn until twisted
off or filed off, would certainly make
a devoted spouse ever conscious of
her husband. Rubber, natural and re
fined are also shown by the steward
ess. Teachers taught native schools
and missionaries sang the translated
gospel hymns. The witch doctor with
veritible horns circled through the
crowd.
Next came the leper missions. Lep
rosy is the open sore of three-fourths
of the world. The pictures are horrible
in their misery. Then came the dis
play of the beneficent medical mis
sions that are dispelling incautatious
and nameless as well as shameless
concoctions.
Fetichism, Shintoism, Mohammed
anism, Confucianism, Tooism, Budd
hism, Hinduism are pictured in the
Hall of Religions at the south end.
In the "Hermit" kingdom the stand
ard living room is 8 x 8. The Korean
missionary shows movable type stuck
in wax actually antedating by 50
years the Guthenberg invention.
Japanese stewardesses were enter
taining as I entered, by a formal tea
service to afternoon callers. The
small native room, the dainty kinionas,
the squatted position on the floor and
the obeisance to' the ground were at
tractive indeed. About were Japanese
shops and signs, jinrikishas and cov
ered sedan chairs.
"In China" wc find a joss house to
the left and on the right numerous
wayside shrines to be seen through
out the country. A temple interior
is open to inspection, then a preaching
hall in all simplicity. A great pagoda
is the central feature of the Chinese
section.
The Goey goddess Kali or Black
Mother dominates "India." Various
images, revolting in their terrifying
aspect, nevertheless attract ignorant
and superstitious votaries by their very
repulsiveness. Here arc the "Tower's
of Silence" where the Parsee place
their beloved dead as prey for vul
Mires, there a pl.iin wooden stretcher
covered with spikes whereon a fakir
actually lay. by day and by night, for
13 years. Yonder is a Zenana open
to the gaze of male eves.
Burma, the Island World, and the
Mohammedan exhibit in the balcony
await us but we cannot add further
details. The facts about the American
Indian and the frontier are known in
Oregon, the emigrant and the negro
problems are a large part of the
present day social question.
The world in Chicago is certainly
worth a visit and for 5 weeks after
noon and evening will be open to the
public. May missionary knowledge
and zeal flourish and abound!
The spectacular pageants of dark
ness and light is the talk of the
town.
Professors Lewis and Tartar, of the
O. A. C. went to Portland this morn
ing to attend a prune growers meet
ing. Joe Fernando, the good natuml
Italian roustab uit at the depot for
several mouth, in a new suit of
clothes, left this morning for Hood
River, "where he will work for a
lumber company.
Mr. and Mrs. Starr, of Prmviuville,
last night were in the citv on their
way home from a Portland trip.
20 OFFICERSARE TO
Nineteen Committees Are to
Handle the Work of 40th
Annual Session.
THE CONVENTION WILL
LAST FOR FOUR DAYS
Oliver Wilson, MasterNational
Grange Is Most Important
Speaker on Program.
The officers of the State Grage who
will conduct the coming sessions are:
Master, C. E. Spence, of Oregon
City; overseer, T. L. Lee, of Looking
Glass; lecturer, H. A, Darnell, ot
Lents; steward, Robert S. Grant, of
Waverly; Assistant steward, Charles
H-. Hayes, of Sherwood; chaplain,
Cyrus H. Walker, o'f Albany; treas
urer, H. Hirschberg, of Independence;
secretary, Mrs, M. S. Howard, of
Mulino; gatekeeper, C. C. Borland, of
O.regon City; Ceres, Mrs. Laura Mc
Morris, . of Condon ; Pomona, Airs.
Cora E. Buker, of Waldport; Flora,
Mrs. R. F. Go'ff, of Hay Creek: Lit);
(ssistuui steward, Mrs. E. R. Allen,
of Tanjj(-.':i ; xecutive committee, C.
E. Spence of Oregon City, C. L. Shaw
of Albany, and B. L. Lecdy, of Corval
lis; legislative committee, C. E.
Spence of Oregon City, C. D. ifuff
mau of La Grande and E. A. Bond
or Irving.
The lollowing coram it '-.vs hive 'cen
named to bandit the wrK of the lor
tietii annual session:
Credentials Mary S. Howard, Mul
ino; W. L. Whitby, Carvollis; H. R.
lindlcy. Portland; Mrs. Nettie Peter
sou 'iiist; J. G. jarvis, Hood Live--;
Mrs. F. E. Butler, Knapni
Finance F. E. Butler. Mnaopa:
S; Dahlberg, Murphy; James Barr,
Ciatskanie; R. Rasnuissen, Corbett;
A. V. Underwood, Dufur.
Division of labor M. Swallow, Ore
tgo'n City; John Coovert, Ona; O.
Applegate, Drain; Elizabeth Head
nck, Alsea; Mrs. E. E. Dow, Astoria;
Airs. Daisy Johnson, Lyons.
Forestry G. N. Sager, Gresham: 1
A. Miller, Lone Rock; L. H. Hc'aJ
riek. Alsea, Airs. F. E. Butler, Knap
pa; Mrs. Rose Adams. Scappoose.
Pure food Olivia Swallow, Oregon
City; Mrs. O. Applegate, Drain; Mrs.
S. Sexton, Hugo; F. W. Neely, Fr-e-water;
George Grout, La Grande; T.
B. Patton, Macleay.
Woman's Work Mrs. R. L. Dahl
berg, Murphy; Mrs. Ida S. Fimlley,
Portland; Mrs. Addic Grout, La
Grande; Mrs. J. L. Jones, Parkplacc;
Mrs. S. L. Stevens, Gervais.
Assessment and taxation Barnett
Y. Roe, Gaston; H. R. Findley, Port
tha Stevens, Crow; Mrs. Carrie L.
land; A. H. Gage, Burns; Mrs. Ber
Shiclds, Gervais; M:rs. Lloyd Worth,
Medical Springs.
Legislation A. C. Libby, Jefferson;
M. V. Thomas, Sandy; J. R. Springer,
Holley.; Mrs. Hanna Mudgett, Ore
gon City; Mrs. Bertha Stevens, Crow;
Mrs. A. V. Underwood, Dufur.
Co-operation E. E. Blanchard,
Grants Pass; O. C. Young, Culver;
C. S. Dow, Astoria; J. George John
son, Junction City; Mrs. Cordelia
Kenaston, Mayvillc; Mrs. J. G. Jarvis,
Hood River.
Transportation S. Sexton, Hugo;
Scott Leonard, Independence; Fred R.
Adams, Scappoose, Mrs. Lucy Miller,
Lone Rock; Mrs. J, G. Grae, Wilbur.
By-laws A. T. Buxton, Forest
Grove; J. W. Black. Portland; B. G.
Leedy, Corvallis; Mrs. E. E. Blanch
ard. Grants Pass; Mrs. F. O. Good,
Cleveland; Josephine Bessey, Marsh
field. Good roads T. J. Cruder, Lents;
J. L. Boggs, Roseburg; George Gal
bratth. Sherwood; Mrs. Rose Adams,
Scappoose; Mrs. E. M. Dean, Nyssa;
Mrs. Edna Hamilton, Fossil.
Education J. L. Jones, Parkplace;
J. D. Gustin, Beaverton; Mrs. Julia
Brown, Junction City; Mrs. Grace
Libby. Jefferson.
Oregon Agricultural College T. E.
Graa Wilbur; J. Jarvis. Hood
River; H. E. Bessey. Marshftcld; Ruth
oung. Culver; Mrs. Nettie Peterson,
Mist.
Mileage and per diem Frank Peter
son, Mist; L. O. Kenaston. Maryville;
Frank Loughary. Monmouth; Mrs.
Bertha Stevens; Crow; Mrs. Alice
Patton. Macley; Carrie McGee, Don
na. Dormant Granges Mrs. Mary
Whitby, Corvallis; Mrs. G. N. Sager,
Gresham: Mrs. L. Hurner. Carlcton;
R. A. Wright, Aurora; J. R. McGee,
Donna; Ralph Hamilton. Fossil.
Agriculture W. II. Stevens, Ger
vais; J. W. Parrish, Toledo; Randolph
Brown, Junction City; Mrs. F. W.
Neely. Frecwater; Airs. Barnett Y.
Roe. Gaston; Mrs. E. W. Ferrell,
Klondike.
Appeals E. E) Shields. Gervais;
G. 1-. Johnson, Lyons; Church Ste
vens. Crow; Barbara Galbraith. Sher
wood; Mrs. R. P. Rasmussen. Cor
bett; Mrs. M. C. Leonard. Indepen
dence, Resolutions F. D. Cornett. Albanv;
L. Hurner. Carlton; Lloyd J. Worth,
Medical Springs; Mrs. J. Maude
Laughary, Monmouth; Mrs. Emma
Springer. Holley; Mrs. T. J. Kruder,
Lents.
Good of the order Mrs. Ida L.
Gustin, Beaverton: Mrs. Viola Cor
nett. Albany: Mrs. Maggie Gage
Burn: K. O. Good. Cleveland; E.
rerrcii. Klondike; t. M Dean. Nyssa.
News on This Page is
Fr?m Daily Issue of
TUESDAY, MAY 13.
E
Convention Called to Order at
10:30o'Clockby State Master
C. E. Spence.
OVER 220 OFFICERS
AND DELEGATES PRESENT
Head of National Organization
Here to Attend Session of
State Meeting.
With approximately 200 delegates
and 20 officers present the 40th an
nual convention of the Oregon State
Grange convened this morning at
10:30 o'clock. The delegates repre
sent thirty counties of the state, and
practically everyone is accompanied
by his wife. The business sessions
of the meeting will be held in the
Moose Hall, corner Lyon and Sec
ond streets and the decree work will
be put on in the armory, comer Fourth
and Lyon streets. 1 he convention
will last four days.
The meeting will be one of the most
important sessions of the state grange
in many years. Prominent officers
are here to attend the meetings and
are scheduled to make important ad
dresses to the delegates. Oliver Wil
son of Peoria, 111., master of the Na
tional grange, is among the important
speakers.
Several important matters are to
come up before the convention and
probably the most important is a
change in the manner of electing of
ficers, a system similar to the direct
primary which has been planned for
the grange. If the system is adopted
the candidates seeking offices will be
required to file petitions with the .
state officers, the elections to be held
in the local granges, the result being
reported to the State Grange officers
who will declare the elections when
the ot'ficejs thus chosen will be in
stalled at the following meeting of
the State Grange.
Another change which will be agi
tated is the system of electing dele
gates. Heretofore the delegates to
the annual convention have been chos
en by the several county conventions
and the new plan is to change this
mode of procedure so that each grange
may elect its own representatives.
Many of the delegates to the con
vention arrived .in the city yesterday
from different directions and commit
tees composed of members of the lo
cal order and a special committee
from the Albany Commercial club
met the trains and escorted the dele
gates to their lodging places. Ev
erything has been done to make the
convention one of the most pleasant
and biggest ever held.
C. E. Spence, of Oregon City, mas
ter of the State Grange, convened the
session this morning and after the
opening ritualistic ceremonies, the
meeting proceeded to the routine work
after which the general business as
mapped out was taken up. The bi
ennial election of officers took place
last year and this is not included in
this years program, therefore the en
tire time will be devoted to the con
sideration of matters of importance
to the order.
There are 189 granges in Oregon
and the total .membership of the or
der in this state is 10.740. Twenty
nine of the 34 counties of the state
have granges and will be represented
at the convention. Clackamas county
leads all of the counties of the state
in number of granges, having 18. and
Douglas and Linn rank next with 16
each. Other counties have the fol
lowing numbers: Baker 2. Benton 7,
Clatsop 6. Columbia 10, Coos 4. Crook
4. Gilliam S, Harney 4. Hood River
1. Jackson 2. Josephine 9. Lane 11,
Lincoln 7, Malheur 5. Marion 9. Mult
nomah 9, Polk 6, Sherman- 1. Tilla
mook 4, Umatilla 2, Union 5. Wal
lowa 1. Wasco 2. Washington 12,
Wheeler 1, Yamhill 7.
MANAGER SENDERS ALTERS
LINE-UP OF LOCAL TEAM
Bigbee Will Join Squad Sunday;
Lee Departs for Eastern
Oregon.
Manager Al Senders of the A'.banv
Athletics announces that there will be
two changes in his lineup for next
Sunday's game with the Salem team.
Lyle Bigbee. who has been playing a
successful season with the university
team as pitcher, will join the squad
then and Carter Lee. who has olayed
as shortstop for the Athletics since
tue season started, has departed for
hastern Oregon where he will finish
out the season in that section
Colbert, the Corvallis lad. who has
teen seen on the first sack, will prob
ably be switched to short. Rv.vs :n
all probability will handle the f.'rst
bag. Bigbee will be Senders main re
liance on the mound when Patterson
is playigg on the bench and it is prob
able that he will plav one of the field
ontions. He played with the local
team lat season.
W H. Jenkins. f the S. P.. was
Sjin the city this afternoon looking af-
tcr passenger matters.