ADVERTISE PICNIC
Big Automobile Excursion Will
Leave That City Friday and
Tour Three Counties.
ODD FELLOWS WILL
INITIATE FOURTEEN TONIGHT
F. C. Houser Elected Noble
Grand and A. A. Gordon Vice
Grand of Local Lodge.
OWNERS OF DOGS
TWENTY CARS WILL
MAKE BIG JUNKET
Albany Autoist Invited to Join
Expedition; Plans Subject
to Weather Conditions.
Continued from Wednesday, June 4s
For tlic purpose of :i(K rrtisint; the
l.iiin Coiinly ! 'inneer ricnie which is.
to hi- held ill llroivusville June K, V)
and 20, the I'.rmvnsvillc Coimncrci.'if
chili will rnmln'ct an ::iitimi(il)ilc tour
through three! counties. About 2(1
automobile loads of people composed
ui promiucnl business nun of that
city will co.mpMsc the big junketing
parly which will leave liiownsville
Friday morning.
Relative lo ihe trip I lie following'
letter ret'rived this morning from
Charles Sterling, president of Ihe
Jlrown-ville Commercial club by Man
ager C. II. Stewart of ihe Albany
Commerrial club explains the idea
and itinerary of I he trip in detail:
The Itrownsvillc Commercial club
will conduct an auloniobile tour
through I. inn, llentou and l.aue coun
ties slarling from here Friday morn
ing at 8 a.m. June filli. for the nur-no'-e
of advertising the I. inn County
Pioneer I'irnic to be held here lime
If. I'). and 20. There will be about
20 auloniobile loads composed of club
ineinher i, Mayor anil members of the
City Council and others interested in
Hie movement, we will pass through
your city about 11 o'clock and would
benlcased to meet as many of yolir
ciliens as we can eonvenientlv during
our brief slay in your city and we ex
tend an invitation to the 'Automobile
owners oi your section to loin us on
on '.nil as we icei mat Alhauy is m-
terec..i , ii'e silcces of the Pioneer
1'iciiic equally with ourelvcs. The
lo"r will take in Lebanon, Albany.
Corvallis (one hour slon for lunch),
Monroe. TlliictiOn Citv Pir.n.
Sonim-Md, Cnhurv, ITarrisburcr, and
haet; lo llrowiisvillc. In .nddi'iirm ir
the rcTMhr posters for distributing
we win nave namirrs giving the date
ro-rt i-'iee of the Picnic attached to
Ihe 'ides of our cars. The plans set
Tr,. 5Mnject to weather condi
tifflis."
At a recent meeting o: Oddfellow
lodge the following officers were
elected for the ensuing term: I". C.
Houser, Noble Grand, and A. A. Gor
don, Vice-Grand. The newly elected
officers will be installed on the first
meeting in July. The remaining of
ficers will be elected during the last
meeting, in November.
Tonight the Oddfellows lodge will
initiate a class of fourteen candidates,
l ilt: work will be put on by the Hal
sry team and w ill lie .followed by re-ireshmeuts.
FIRST MARRIAGE LICENSE
UNDER NEW LAW ISSUED
Portland Railway Clerk and
Corvallis School Teacher
Are to Be Wedded.
The first marriage license to be is
sued in I. in n county under the new
ui.irri.itfu law as passed by the last
letfiatiire, requiring physician's cer
litieanls of men applicants, was is
sued yesterday hy County Clerk Marks
to Victor Uikey, aged 40, a radway
mail clerk of Portland and Miss Jo
sephine Kdith Hathaway, aed 25, a
school teacher of Corvallis. Mr. Dick
ey immediately after applying for the
license displayed a legal physician's
certihcate as to his physical condition
and was immediately granted the li
cense to wed.
Are Warned to Bear in Mind
That Dog Ordinance Is in
Full Force and Effect.
MANY COMPLAINTS FROM
OWNERS OF CANINES
Poundmaster Has Not Yet Been
Appointed But , Local Police
Are Covering Office. ,
0. A. C. WILL GRADUATE
LARGE LIST OF STUDENTS
Eight Linn County Young Men
and Women Are Among Those
to Receive Diplomas.
MANY WIDOWS APPLY FOR
PENSION UNDER NEW LAW
County Clerk Marks Stated This
Morning That Several Ap
plications Were Filed.
County Clerk Willard L. Marks
staled this morning that as the result
irf the Mothers' Pension bill becom
ing effective yesterday with a horde
ot otlier Dills pas.scl by the last legis
lature, many widows have applied at
his office (or pensions hy letter, under
the provisions of the new law.
The Mothers' Pension bill provides
fur Ihe assistance of mothers and
widows, whose husbands are dead
and who reside in slate institutions,
nr are physically or mentally unable
r olherwisc to work to gain a livcli
In od The applications lor pensions
will go before County Judge llrm-c
Mcknight for action and according to
the law the county courts of Ihe dif
ferent counties arc to act upon them
as piovided hy the law.
LEBANON COMMERCIAL
CLUB EXTENDS INVITATION
A. M. Reeves Invites Albany
and Salem Clubs to Attend
Annual Strawberry Fair.
A. M. Kecves, chairman of the ex
ecutive committee of the Lebanon
Commercial cluh, 1ms extended an
invitation lo the Salem Commercial
cluh and other citizens of the Capi
tal City lo attend the straw berry fair
lo be held in Lebanon June 6 and
7. according to a statement made yes
terdiy by Hon. M. A. Miller. A mim
ihr invitation has bern extended to
the Meal commercial club and all of
the citizens of Albany. June (i is
Gran.-e day. it is explained.' and there
;l t'.f -de the
m,v ..... -xri ;u:ornoon. Saturday i
Willamette day. and an automobile
parade will be ifiven.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis, Ore., June 4. This year's
graduating class at the Oregon Agri
cultural College is widely representa
tive the members coming from 24
counties of the stale and 12 other
states and foreign countries. There
are four each from Washington and
Oklahoma, three each from Idaho and
California, and one each from Illinois,
Michigan, Minnesota, New York,
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, liritish Co
lumbia and Japan.
The representation by counties is
naturally led by Henton with 16, fol
lowed closely by Multnomah with 13.
Linn 8, Lane 7, Marion 6, Yamhill 3,
Union 3, Lincoln 3, Washington 2,
Jackson 2, Clatsop 2, Dongas 2, and
1 each from Clackamas, Wasco, Klam
ath, I'olk, Gilliam, Harney, Crook,
Wallowa, Lake, Josephine, Tillamook
and Umatilla.
There are 35 graduating in agricul
ture, 20 in home economics, 13 in
electrical engineering, 12 in commerce,
m civil engineering, 3 each in min
ing engineering, pharmacy and music,
and 2 each in forestry and mechanical
engineering. Two take the master of
sciences degree in agriculture.
The list of Linn graduates is as fol
lows: Electrical engineering, Lester Tyc
er. liiownsville; commerce, M. E.
Caufield and A. J. Wilson, both of
Albany, and E. T. Pierce, of Harris
burg; civil engineering. Charles M.
Hartsock, Albany; agriculture, D
It rooks Hogau, Lebanon ; home eco
nomics, Anna M. Johnson and Amber
H. Spautding, both of Albany.
PERSONAL MENTION.
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V.. M. Combs of near this city re
turned Monday from Ashland where
he was called by the illness of his
mother, Mrs. S. J. Combs. Her
many friends hrce will be sorry to
learn there is but little hope for her
recovery.
Joint Riown, of Lebanon, is a busi
ness visitor in the citv this afternoon.
Miss Itertha Rowell. a resident of,
this citv for several months, left this
noon for Hoskins. where he will
make her future home. Laving accent
ed a position at that place.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cox. who re
side at the corner of Ninth and Mad
ison streets, have returned to their
home after having spent the past few
mouths at the home of their daughter.
Mrs, Clyde Reilly near Thomas, and
will again make their home in Albany.
According to a statement issued
this morning at police headquarters,
all owners of dogs must bear in mind
mat the "IJog Ordinance recently
passed by the city council is now and
lias been for some time in full force
and effect and any violation of its pro
visions will be subjected to the pen
alties as provided in the ordinance
and all of the dog owners should fur
ther bear in mind that the local po
lice are bound by their oath of olnce
itt enlorce the law.
Policeman GrifT King stated this
morning that lie lias received sev
eral complaints relative to the stnn
gency of the ordinance and that there
seems to be universal dissapproval
ot tlic ordinance hy dog owners.
"However," paid the officer, "the
ordinance is a law, stringent or not,
and it will have to be adhered to and
obeyed.
The council has not as yet appoint.
ed a pound master to take the place
caused hy the resignation of John
Catliu but the office is being covered
by the local police. According to the
provisions of the ordinance anyone
lias the power to seize a dog when in
their judgment it is becoming a nuis
ance and running willfully at lame.
Bounty is provided in all cases of im
pounding of the canines.
It will be remembered that a dog
alter its seizure in violation of the or
dinance will be impounded for 4S
hours and if the owner's name is borne
on the collar he will be notified and
given a chance to ransom the im
pounded dog. After 48 hours and the
dog Mas not been claimed it will
be killed in the most humane manner
possible.
COUNTY COURT WENT INTO
SESSION THIS MORNING
Many Road Petitions Are to
Come Up and Numerous
Bills to Be Audited.
," . ' "" i''"t is '
the title of an inti-rcsiiii n article by;
' ' . "' t1 .-, rem issue 1
nf I In- Country dull, in. mi that i ,'
designed lo be of iiitcrt'st in farmers,
i' .1 copy ftom Kilcv l.ohaugh.
i -r,,.. . V,
mum In, in Fugenr where she lias
',','n the guest of friends lor the past
week.
1 ? S s? j) j? if ? i i
1 Lost Property Restored.
' (
Huriiw tin- ast week the .-las-
siticil columns of the IVmov"r;'t
li.ivi ri'slo-i'il to t'uir r ic Ii t " t: I
1 oum-n a k til braei-lct an. I a pair
1 of wllitl' ej"' In K'lll ;si'
' the owners identified their prop- .
' city and paid for the advertise-
' nient. Sevei.il das aeo a purse
was restored to the owner v
tlnoiiLth the same medium. If .
1 on hie anything for rent s.t,
1 or trade try a lVinocrat want ad. s
1 Nearly exeryhod- (,, Albany ,
leads (lie lVinocrat aa-.! that
' in.ans that tliey ate almost oe-
' lam to read your advertisement.
' V ' y V r
The Linn County Court went into
regular session this morning.
Aside from the regular routine work
of auditing bills a large number of
road petitions are to come up during
tlie session. Numerous bills are to be
audited and it is probable that the
court will remain in session for the
next three days. It was stated this
morning by a court official that noth
ing of particular importance is to
come up during the present session.
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TANGENT NOTES
S
Mr. F. Wood made a business trip
to Salem and Portland and also vis
ited his brother who works for the
Hazelwood Cream company while
gone.
Mr. Starr, a former resident of Linn
enmity who now makes his home in
Portland with his daughters, was vis
iting friends in Tangent Sunday.
Mrs. Cox of Polk county visited her
sister, Mrs. D. C. M'Farland a few
days ago.
Geo. Smith of near Oakville was in
Tangent last Sunday:
Frank Stale has opened his black
smith shop in Tangent, where he may
be found ready for work in his line.
Chas. Jcnks lost a valuable cow a
few days ago. The animal ate too
much green clover.
The Tangent- Plainvicw- IndenenH-
ence Telephone company was remod
eling ami nxing up its lines which
pass through Tangent last week.
Rev. F.. It. Jones preached the bac
calaureate sermon for the Tangent
rugn scnooi graduates last Sunday;
he gave them much good advice arid
urged them to take up some line of
business and stay with it if they ex-
pccicn io ne suecesstui in lite,
j Prof. Lyons closed a very success
ful term of school this week: he is a
, line teacher and will be sadly missed
when he takes his departure, as he !
took great interest in the education
, of the young people and alo took a
prominent part in the Surdav school
ard cl'iirch work here: he will teach
tbe school at Mill City the coming
. year.
Farmers have finally finished up the
snrin" 'd i t s . ... '
auction to prenarin-; thri- Vds fn
sowing clover w'lich has 'o- t'.r lit
few years been found to be a profit-aM-
ero's
Fveryt'Mnt- in the wav of vegeta
tion is now niikin-r a tine -T-o'vli .vd
' e ''.eld; it t' i. time prcent a beauti
ful appearance.
RFPORTKR
WANTED
Six Experienced. Seamstresses
To work in the altering Dep't. Must have some
knowledge of altering Suits, Coats and Dresses.
Apply today before 6 p. m. or tomorrow, (circus
day) between 2 and 4 p. m.
EXTRAORDINARY
ANNOUNCEMENT
The many, many sales of Suits, Coats, Dresses; and
Skirts during pur Profit Sharing Sale have simply
swamped us in the Altering Dep t; our large force of ex
pert alterers are simply helpless and cannot promise to
alter and deliver any garment this week. For this
reason, in addition to our greatly reduced prices, we
will allow $1.50 on any suit, $1.00 on any coat or dress,
and 50c on any skirt purchased without an alteration.
any article you wish to buy
is on sale. No Reserve.
CHAMBERS & McCUNE
ALBANY'S LEADING
CLOAK and SUIT STORE
Elks' Temple, First and L,yon Streets, "Albany, Oregon
Postmaster J. S. Van Winkle has
nearly recovered from his recent at
tack of rheumatism and was able to
appear on the streets this morning.
He still sutlers considerable pain but
says he feels much better.
Mrs. Frank Whitteaker left early
this morning to Kansas City, Mo.,
called there by the illness of her aged
mother.
T. J. Taylor, a business man of
Medford. is in the citv on business.
Architect Burggraf went to Toledo
this noon on an errand of business.
J. O. Kcndrickson, a well known
resident of Newport, visited in Albany
vesterday afternoon, while on his wav
to Portland.
THE S
a
L0GAM COMTEST
The student in Graded or High School that submits the best store
slogan, condensed into as few words as possible, not to exceed six
words, will receive a cash prize of $5.00.
falfewikg SPECIALS &ircB nabw
e Tlheinni aft Ounce
Colgates Talcum Powder, .Shaving Stick, Shaving, Shaving
Cream, Dental Powder, Cold Cream, etc. Regular 25c at 15c.
Prints and Calicos at 5c Per Yard
Dress Ginehams at 8c Per Yard
Rippelette, excellent patterns at 9 l-2c Per Yard
Hair Switches at 1-3 OFF Regular Prices
All Millinery at 1-4 OFF Regular Prices
An excellent value in Overalls at 75c
Two lots of Suits tnat are especially low-priced. They com
ptire favorably with manv $25 Suits. Our prices
$12 and $15
Good shapes, best quality leathers in tan, gun metal and patent
leathers. Regular prices $3.50, $4 and $5
SPECIAL PRICE
$2.85
EST.
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