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VOL. XLVIII.
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1913.
No. 59.
GAMP MEETING
Millard Pratt Becomes Irration
al at Camp Meeting Near
Crabtree Yesterday.
WAS BROUGHT HERE
AND PLACED IN JAIL
Had Presentiment That Young
LadyjHad Lived Her Alloted
Number of Years. .
Becoming irrational at a religious
meeting which was held yesterday
near the Santiam river three miles
west of Crabtree and entertaining a
presentiment that a young lady had
lived her allotted number of yrtirs,
Millard Spratt, age 21, became so vio
lent that he had to be overpowered
and brought to this city yesterday af
ternoon where he was turned over to
Sheriff Bodine and held in the county
jail pending an investigation as to his
sanity.
Dr. M. H. Ellis was called in this
morning and conducted the investiga
tion in the county jail and as far as
he could determine, Spratt was of
perfectly normal mind this morning
and seemed to' have fully recovered
from his delusion. It is believed that
Spratt suffered from a case of temp
orary insanity caused by the religious
meeting. Spratt was accordingly re
leased from custody by Sheriff Bodine
and he was taken back to his home
this afternoon by a number of his
friends.
According to a report it seemed
that Spratt had been in constant at
tendance at a religious camp meeting
which has been in progress near Crab
tree for .several weeks. The meeting
was held all day yesterday. Early
during the forenoon Spratt suddenly
fell into a violent religious spell and
proceeded to give voice to his pre
sentiments. It is claimed that he had
particular reference to a young lady,
whom he declared that he had been
told had lived her allotted time and
that this was her time to die. It is al
leged that Spratt even went so far as
to declare that he wrmld see that she
died if lie had to kill her himself.
Fearing that he would do harm, a
number of young men of the neigh
borhood, who were in attendance
the meeting, deemed it expedient to
overpower the man, which they did,
bringing him to Albany where he was
lodged in the county jail until this
morning.
ALBANY AUTO TRUCK TOURS
VALLEY WITH STUDENTS
Fred Westbrook Makes Enjoy
able Trip with Twenty O.A.C.
. Husbandry Pupils.
Making a trip clown the valley with
his auto truck and twenty students
was the enjoyable exepcrience last
week of Fred Westbrook, of this cily.
Leaving Corvallis last Tuesday at 6
o clock he took l'rot. hotter and twen
ty students of husbandry down the
west side, crossing over to Salem,
and back on the east side to Albany.
The students had their own camping
outfit, and did their own cooking
along the way. They were gone five
days, and their mission was visiting
the big dairy and stock farms of the
valley, getting some practical lessons
in dairying and stock raising from
men who have made the industry a
business.
Places visited were the big seven
teen hundred acre farm of T. B.
Stump, and the fourteen hundred acre
farm of Riddle & Sons, at Monmouth;
V. O. Norwood's dairy at Deery; F.
A. Coziers at Rickerall: t. c.
Keith's 420 acre farm at Perrydale;
Senator Hawley's, E. Linn's and Dome
Brothers, at McCoy: Hogg's, at Eola;
Painter's, six miles this side of Salem:
the asylum farm: E. D. Looney's,
near Tcfferson. and Dickson & Son's,
near Shedd.
LATE BEN M'ELHINEY WAS
LAID TO REST YESTERDAY
The late Ben McElhincy was laid to
rest vrsterday afternoon in the City
cemetery. The funeral services were
impressively conducted before a
led church by Rev. F. W. Emer
son at the First Christian church.
There were many beautiful floral of
ferings. t SSS
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MONDAY, MAY 19.
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'DOG" ORDINANCE IN HANDS
OF A LOCAL ATTORNEY
Opponents Now Admit That the
Referendum Can Not Be In
voked Under Oregon Laws.
While now conceding that it will
be impossible under the laws of the
state to invoke the referendum on
the so-called "dog' ordinance, a num
ber of local business men this morn
ing retained a well known local at
torney and placed the entire matter
in lus charge. It was stated this
morning on good authority that a
test case would be made and if pos
sible the ordinance will be knocked
out in the courts.
Those who are opposing the ordi
nance claim that they have no ob
jection to the destruction of "cur"
dogs but are opposed to the idea of
placing an unnecessary and unreason
able ban upon well bred animals when
the owners are willing to pay the tax
es. They contend that all dogs not
taxed should be killed but assert that
the payment of state and city taxes
on animals should entitle them to a
reasonable degree of freedom.
BIG REAL ESTATE FIRM
HAS BEEN INCORPORATED
Capitalized at $30,000 and Will
Have Its Main Office at
Lebanon.
For the purpose of buying and sell
ing real estate, articles incorporat
ing the Lebanon Investment Co. of
Lebanon, Ore., were filed Saturday
afternoon with County Clerk W. L.
Marks.
The principal office of the new com
pany will be located at Lebanon and
it is capitalized at $30,000, divided in
to 300 shares and the amount of-each
will be $300.
Officers of the company are as fol
lows: S. C. Stewart, president; A. M.
Reeves, vice-president; N. M. New
port, treasurer. T. D. O'Brien, sec
retary, all of whom reside at Lebanon.
There are five directors of the cor
poration who are the officers with the
exception of Mr. O'Brien and includ
ing J. N. Bellinger and F. W. Seeck,
both of Lebanon.
REV. EMERSON SPEAKS AT
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
Albany Pastor Will Mak&Two
Addresses Before MuJtnomah
Assembly in Portland.
Rev. F. V. Emerson, p.istor of the
Christian church. left this afternoon
for Portland, where he will deliver
two addresses before the Multnomah
county Sunday school convention
which convened there yesterday and
will adjourn tonight. The convention
is being held in the First Methodist
church of that city.
Rev. Emerson will speak at a ban
q x: c t :.t 6 . o'clock on the subject of
"The Boy and the Church,' and to
night he will address the convention
assembly on the subject of the "Pas
tur aud the Sunday School."
S. A. Sanford. of the First Xational
Bank, of Rosebnrg. alter a short visit
with his chum. O. A. Archibald, went
to Salem this afternoon. Mr. Sanford
is a former Linn county school teach
er. Rev. Brthcock. of Salem, passed
through the city this noon on his
way home from Eugene.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Miss Georgia Hodson left this af
ternoon for Portland. She leaves
Portland in the morning on steamer
"Breakwater" for Marshtield. She ex
pects to visit there for a month and
then return to this city to make her
home.
Frank Morrison, who has held a po
sition on the Salem Statesman for
eighteen years, was in the city this
noon on his way home from Newport,
with his arms full of rhododendrons.
Mr. Dick Landis, of near Eugene,
spent Sunday in Albany. He is now
associated with a former fellow O. A.
C. student, Mr. .Pearce, in a seventy
acre loganberry and prune orchard,
near Eugene. It is said that they have
the biggest loganberry tract in the
world.
Mrs. Naomi Hart, a resident of Al
bany about twenty years ago, died
at Salem last Saturday, and today the
"main were taken to this side of
Portland, where her son Chas. H.
Hart, resides. Mrs. Hart was a mem
ber of the Baptist church, a worthy
woman. She leaves two sons. Chas.
H and U. J., and two daughters.
Harry Hawkins went to Portland
this morning.
WORLD'S LARGEST
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71 Acres Have Been Planted
to Loganberries by Large
Company.
THE LINN AND BENTON
FARMERS SET PLANTS
Industry Is Assuming Large
Proportions as a Money
Making Crop.
That the loganberry culture is as
suming large proportions in the state
of Oregon as a money making indus
try is evident by the fact that many
acres of land throughout the valley
have recently been planted to this
product.
Among the many wonderful things
that have taken place in Lane county
during the past year, and that remain
yet unmentioned, is the progress made
by the Pier-Land Orchard people on
their large tract near Pleasant Hill.
This is referred to as wonderful for
the reason that on Friday, May 9,
they completed their large loganberry
planting, amounting to 71 acres in all,
which is, at the present time, the larg
est plantation of its kind in the world.
; Those who are not familiar with
the loganberry industry wilt pass this
by with a glance, classing it with the
every day happenings of life; but
when it is remembered that loganber
ries yield better than five tons to the
acre, and that it requires more than
350 pickers to handle a planting nf
this kind, there is some occasion for
study. Then again, such an enter
prise affords profitable employment
to women and children. The average
wage made by loganberry pickers is
from $2 to $2.50 pur day and the sea
son lasts from six to eight weeks. ,
Pierce & Landis. owners of this
large planting, will soon begin the
construction of driers to accommo
date their crop and their intention is
to dry everything on the ground as
the perishable nature of the " logan
berry w'll not permit of distant ship
ping in the fresh state.
Richard Landi, a former Albany
young man. is the junior member of
the firm of Pier--and Orchard Co.,
and it will be noted that the name is
derived from a contraction of the
names of the two partners. Mr. Lan
dis was in the city Saturday and while
here sold several thousand loganberry
"lan is to prominent Linn county
formers.
H. P. Karstens, who resides in Ben
ton county four miles northwest of
here, has purchased 8000 plants which
he has already set out on a 12 acre
t'-u-t and Tom Watkins will set out
3000 plants on a 5 acre tract in this
ounty. .M r. Karstens will probably
have the distinction of having the
largest loganberry farm in this imme
diate section.
SPRINGFIELD GIRL WEDDED
TO DALLAS MAN HERE
Mr. Walter Easier, of Dallas, and
Miss Bessie New, formerly of Spring
field, but now a resident of this city,
i ( re united in marriage Friday afle"
noon at the Methodist parsonage by
Ry;. ). 11. Levcii. The ceremony
u,v; a c;uiet one. rn; a few of the in
ornate friends f ;hc couple beimj
present.
Alter the wed-ling the newlywcds
Ic't i-r Dalhs vvure thev will vis'r
f ir a few days with led lives of the
fifoot-i alter which they w"l ret-irn
to make their home.
PROMINENT LINN COUNTY
RANCHERS NAME FARMS
The big stock ranch of B. F. Raines,
located near Lacomh, will hereafter
be known as the "Clovcrdalc Stock
Farm" as that title has been granted
Mr. Raines for his farm by the sccrc
tary of state through the county
clerk's office. G. F. Johnston, of
Lyons, has also been granted the priv
ilegc to call his big agricultural farm
near that place by the name of "Win
tcrbrook." This is pursuant to a cus
torn adopted recently, throughout the
state that each farm be given a name
to be registered with the secretary of
state. Through this course there will
be no conflicting in names.
9 S 35 S S(?i95
"s Dr. KIlis wishes the Democrat
J to announce that all bids for the
construction of the library build-
ing must be placed on file at the
office of Judge Hewitt prior to
12 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
C'
IS UNDER ARREST
Wanted at Eugene on Serious
Charge Made by Woman
of That City.
HE WAS TAKEN SOUTH
YESTERDAY MORNING
Stoutly Denies the Charge and
States That Its "Put
Up Job."
Upon telephonic communication
from the sheriff of Lane county,
Chief of Police Austin arrested Harry
Argetsinger Saturday afternoon short
ly atter o o clock on complaint ot a
Eugene woman, who charges Arget
singer with being the father of a child
born to her Friday night.
Argetsinger was intercepted at one
of the moving picture shows, by Chief
Austin, shortly alter, the telephone
call was turned in, and lodged in the
county jail. He was taken to Eugene
yesterday morning by Deputy Sheriff
Lopely, ot Lane county, where he will
be turned over to the authorities.
When seen yesterday afternoon m
his cell at the county jail Argetsinger
stoutly denied the charge and stated
that it was a "put up job." It is un
derstood that he admits knowing the
woman but her name could not be
learned. Argetsinger was not dis
posed to talk much about the case.
Local police know nothing ot the
charge other than that the prisoner
was arrested on an order from the
Lane county sheriff who stated that
he was wanted on the charge at Eu
gene. Details concerning the case
could not be learned here this morn
ing. Argetsinger is the husband of the
woman who figured in the alleged as
sault case here several days ago. They
were recently married in Albany.
Major Hammel Here.
Major Stanley J. Hammel, of Port
land, formerly of this city, arrived
here Saturday evening for an over
Sunday visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mis J. C. llanimel. of Ihe II n i
Hamn el. Major i';.ninn. reiunifd
hon.c Saturday night. For th l-st
year rni. a half he . bem sv.r ju.jc
as major of the Co5t rt'U;ry
reserves of Oregon and was formerly
captain of the local militia company.
J. D. Mickel, Oregon's dairy and
toou commissioner, was in the city
last Saturday evening, on his way
home from Crabtree, where he hail
been to speak at public meetings, in
the interest of the dairy industry.
Mrs. Bert Westbrook this morning
returned from Brownsville, accompan
ied by her sister.
SUBSCRIBER COMPLIMENTS
REV. W. P. WHITE
Albany, Oregon, M"ay 19, 1913.
Editor Democrat: I'lea-iC allow me
to say that was a strong and good
lermoM that Dr. W. P. White deliv
ered in the L P. church last evening
on the subject of ihe second coming
of Christ. The writer wishes every
paper in the land would or could
publish it. for it was second to none
on the subject, is my opinion, truly is
it, it Christ should come in our day
it would be as a thief in the night. J
would gladly give five dollars for that
sermon in manuscript form.
A. J. CAROTIIERS.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRL SICK
WITH MEASLES WRITES POEM
The following was written by an
Albany high school girl, relative to her
sentiments while confined to her
home with a case of measles:
I ketched the things at high school
An they're croppin' out so thick,
I'm a takin' of them harder
Than a half a ton of brick;
They're gcttin' most as num'rous
As the leaves upon the trees,
Because I have, dog on it!
Them awful mcasley ineasc.
Them things arc on my eyelids,
On my face an' on my head,
They're gettin' so ferocious
That they've driven me to bed;
I crumple up and shiver
At the slightest little breeze,
An' wish that I'd been slighted
When they passed them measley
The Ladies' Home Journal will he
out tomorrow, with a nw serial.
Time of His Life, and other good
things. See Riley LohatiKh for one.
PRINCIPALS IN CUTTING
SCRAPE FINED $10 AND COSTS
Arthur McManama and Norman
Baitinger Were Tried in the
Police Court Saturday.
Arthur McManama and Norman
Baitinger, principles in Friday after
neon's cutting scrap, each rr-c:ved a
fire of $10 and costs tn the police
court late Saturday aftet':vvm, in
charges of disordery conduct ai.d
fighting within the city limits.
The fight rent! red Fiiday after
noon in the Southern Pacific railroad
yard, when llatlii ,( r is alleged to
have called Mc-Manama a name after
he had been offended by the latter.
The men proceeded to clash with the
rest It the MiMamuna freely used a
pocket 1 nite, uflictiug a serious cut
on l'aitii gor's right baud and on the
back of his neck, both men are em
ployees of the V-u'bcrn Pacific rail
'' I . unpiny. Cnl- King made the
an est.
NO BASEBALL GAME PLAYED
HERE YESTERDAY, RAIN
Mammoth Plans of Salem
to Come to Albany Were
Frustrated.
Owing to the heavy rainfall Satur
day, Manager Senders was compelled
to call off the Salem-Alhany baseball
game. This makes the third Sunday
game during the present season that
rain has prevented baseball from being
played here.
Yesterday's game promised to bo
one ot the biggest contests of the
season and would probably have had
the largest attendance of any game
to be played here -this season, as Sa
lem had planned to come here in a
seven car special train, which would
have meant that several hundred Sa
lem fans would have been out to the
field to cheer their team to victory,
necessitating 'the attendance of an un
precedented number of local fans.
However, the game will be played Kit
er in the season.
LATE JOHN J. LEABO WAS
WELL KNOWN PIONEER
Crossed Plains in Nine Months
from Missouri by Ox Team
in 1846.
John J. Lcabo who passed away at
his home at Peoria Thursday, was
born in Atchison county, Mo., on the
9th day of April, 1S43, and crossed the
plaines with his parents in 1K46. The
family were nine mouths on the road,
traveling with ox teams. They set
tled in French's prairie below Salem
where they resided for some time
The late John Leabo was married to
Mary Long of Independence, Ore
in 1K71, and there was, born to them
three daughters.
The deceased was interred in the
Pine Grove cemetery at Peoria, on
May 16. He was a member of the
"Latter Day Saints" church and a true
Christian. He leaves a wife and four
children to mourn his death. Mrs,
Mary Lcabo, Hazel Leabo, Bruce Lea
bo, and Jesse Leabo, of Peoria, Ore.,
and Mrs. Ella Price of Ccntralia,
Wash., besides four sisters, three bro
thers and several grand children.
(ffiffiffifflrt'
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr. and Mrs. Clans Vehrs, of Port
land, Mr. Person, father of Mrs,
Vehrs, and Mrs. Reed, a sister, and
two children, of the East, were in the
city today on their way to Lebanon
for a visit.
Railroad Commissioners Miller and
Campbell, and Mrs. Miller and Mrs.
Campbell, this noon returned from
Newport, where the commissioners
had been to hear a telephone case,
under the public utilities act.
Judge Harris, of Eugene, went to
Toledo this afternoon to hold a short
term of court for some special busi
ness. Mrs. Rova E. Hayes Mangus and
daughter, of Portland, after a visit at
(he home of Mrs. Mangus' father, 7..
T. Hayes, at Tangent, arrived this
noon for a visit at the home of D. W.
Merrill.
G. W. Johnson, a prominent Salem
merchant, was in the city this noon on
his way home from Newport. Mrs.
Johnson remained for a longer stay
on the beach.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Taylor, of Seat
tle, left for home this morning after
a viit with Mrs. Taylor's sister, Mrs.
E. T. T. Fishrr. They were on their
way home from Los Angeles.
E GALL
T
Passed Upon Three Divorce
Cases and Took Two Other
Cases Under Advisement.
HE HELD COURT IN THIS
CITY FOR TWO DAYS
McGilvery vs. Watson and
Forester vs. Postal Telegraph
Co. to Be Decided Later.
Circuit Judge Galloway in the two
days he held court here in Depart
ment No. 2 of the circuit court, dis
posed of three divorce cases and after
hearing the testimony in two legal
cases, took them under advisement,
adjourned court Saturday afternoon
and returned to his home in Salem
Saturday evening.
x he case ot A. W. McOuvcry
against. M. E. Watson and others for
the recovery of the cost of material
and labor in the construction of an ad
dition to the Magnolia steam laundry
building which is owned by the de
fendants, who claimed that the work
was not done as stipulated in a con
tract, was heard Saturday afternoon
and judge Galloway took it under ad
visement. 1 lie case ot Ueorgina rors
ter and others against the Postal Tel
egraph company which was tried Fri
day, was also taken under advisement.
The plaintiffs seek to enjoin the tele
graph company from stringing wires
across their property located near
Tangent.
On the grounds that he is an habit
ual drunkard, Judge Galloway grant
ed a divorce to Mrs. Mary E. Sheltou
from A. J. Shelton who failed to put
in an appearance when the trial came
up Saturday morning. Mrs. Lena
Muetze, who also charged, that her
husband, August Muetze, was addict
ed to drunkenness, was granted a de
cree Saturday. Attorney C' C, Bryant
appeared for the plaintiff in the for
mer case and Attorney N. M. New-
port, of Lebanon, appcared-"for . tho
plaintiff in the latter ease.
Charging that her husband, G. M.
Masselt, spent Ihe biggest portion of
his time in pool halls and other sim
ilar joints, continually leaving her
home alone and that he refused to ac
company her to church or to any oth
er public gathering, Mrs. S. L. Massett
was granted an absolute decree of di
vorce on the grounds of cruel and in
human treatment, Saturday afternoon
by Judge Galloway.
Mrs. liassett further alleged that
her husband was guilty in various oth
er ways of violating his matrimonial
vows. She claimed that he was a
spendthrift and that on one occasion
he sold a luirse belonging to her,
without consulting her, in order lo
procure money to satisfy, his lust
lor pleasure at pool halls ami like
places.
Attorneys Wcatherford and Weath
er ford represented the plaintiff in the
case.
ALBANY CLUB WOMEN ATTEND
COMMONWEALTH CONGRESS
Woman's Day at Eugene Was
Great Success; Many Del
egates Attend Meeting.
Such themes as the value of higher
eilueatinll, the need of loftier iikals
of education, the inspiration coining
from hroader preparation, were ahly
presented by faduates from many
colleges and universities.
President and Mrs. Campbell and all
the loyal faculty and students had left
nothing midline for the- comfort and
pleasure of the K'lests. Banquets, au
tomobile rides and classic entertain
ment made the day one long to be re
membered for its happiness.
Special mention must be made of
the dramatic recital by I'rof. Heddie
and his pupils, and the orchestra by
Miss Forbes.
The scenes from "A Mid-summer
NiKht's Dream" and "Peer (Jynt"
were most artistically iven. The
costumes were rich ami true to the
play w hile the actiu was of the binh
esl order. The folk dance in Peer
(iyut was very beautiful.
Mrs. I ranklin from the Shakespeare
dub and Mrs. Ocsclbracht from the
Modern Travelers attended from Al
bany. Partition Suit.
A suit for partition on 1C7 acres of
lind which is part of tile old claim
f Milton Rodger, located ill town
ship 14, south of range 4 west of the
W M., was filed in the county clerk's
office this morning Volccta I). Cum
rnmgj is named as the plaintiff against
J. A. Bosserman and others as de
ftrwi.'iiit v
E. W. Haines, of Forest Grove, has
been in the city.