BOOSTERS FRGM
BROWNSVILLE HE!
Large Delegation Boosting for
Big Attendance at Pioneer
Picnic.
15 AUTOS BEAR POSTERS
GIVING DATES OF EVENT
Brief Address Made By Rev,
Kohler of Brownsville on First
Street This Morning.
(Continued from Friday, June 6)
Arriving shortly sifter 11 o'clock, a
large delegation of prominent busi
ness men from Brownsville this morn
ing advertised the Pioneer Picnic
which is to be held in that city July
18, 19 and 20, and left for Corvallis
where the members of the party will
b'e the guests of the Commercial club
of that place for lunch.
Three automobiles containing rep
resentatives of the local Commercial
club met the Brownsville business
men several miles out of Albany and
escorted them to the corner of First
and Broadalbin streets, where Mayor
Stanard of Brownsville arose in his
automobile and presented Rev. Koh
ler who briefly told of the plans being
made for the event by his fellow town
men and invited the people of Albany
to be present.
On the fifteen automobiles bearing
the delegation of Brownsville boost
ers were huge posters advertising the
date of the picnic.
COUNTY COURT CONVENED
TEMPORARILY THIS MORNING
The county court convened tempo
rarily this forenoon :it"ter remaining in
session lor the past two das busily
auditing hills, passiitg upon road pe
titions and receiving a delegation in
the interest of milking a public park
out of the court house grounds, and
all of tli members left on the noon
train for Lebanon, near which place
tlicy will inspect a rock crushter and
incidentally lake in the Lebanon
Strawberry Fair. The members of
the court will return tonight and to
morrow will resume the present term
of court. N' a-ti'm lias been taken
relative to making a public ur out
of the court house grounds.
SCIO COUPLE WERE MARRIED
HERE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
Mr. F.thil G. Arnold ami Mis M.
luilela Cyru- were united in mar
riage yeslcrd:iy afternoon at the Bap
tist parsonage bv the Rev. Klhert 11.
Hicks.
Tile couple beloni; to e-timahle fam
ilies of Scio where they both have
many friends. A number of intimate
friends and' relatives were present at
the ceremony. After the nuptial knot
was tied the newlyweds left on a
short honeymoon to points north and
upon their return will make their
home at Scio.
Horse Bites Man's Cheek.
While attempting to shoe one of the
horses of the circus in the blacksmith
shop of the bin teift of the Sells-I'lolo
shows here yesterday, one of the
blacksmiths in the employ of the cir
cus nearly got Ins cheek bitten off.
the horse objected to being shod,
became unmanageable and in the scuf
fle between horse and man. the an
imal bit the man on the cheek.
Balloon Peddler Arrested.
A balloon peddler, win is supposed
to have been with the Sells- l-'loto cir
cus, was arrested here yesterday
charged with creating a disturbance
on the streets. Comity officials who
made the arrest refused to state the
nature of the charge or what was done
with the man. but it is understood that
the man was relieved of his balloons,
given a severe lecture, and set free.
Guardian Appointed.
County Judge McKnight has ap
pointed Mrs. Mabel H. Ruiter. the
mother of Herthel Hoflich, age 5.
ouardian of the child upon applica
tion. The child has an estate of the
nrobab e value of S6UU and the guar
dian will be required to furnish bonds
in this amount.
To Set Spike Today.
Mark Woodruff of the F., E. & E.
came in Wednesday evening for a
conference today with Manager M. .1
Duryca regarding the celebration to
mark the completion of the Eugene-Monroe-Cnrvallis
line of the P., K. c'
E. Mr. Woodruff went to the from
..,.. in c ln.tv th u-o-l- i CT'tliv
along C. A. Murphcv. sccrctarv of
il,. r.,n.--,1l;t rnmmi-rri.il rlnh. will lie
licre S.turd:iv for the conference.
Eugene Register.
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News Beginning With Thii Head Is
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SATURDAY. JUNE 7.
WRECKTHIS MORNING DELAYS
NOON TRAIN FROM PORTLAND
Train No. 28 Northbound De
railed Near Reform School;
No One Injured.
Delayed on account of a wreck near
the Reform school, Southern Pacific
train number 19, southbound, due to
arrive here at 12:25 o'clock this after
noon will not arrive until sometime
late this afternoon between 4 and
o'clock.
The wreck which caused the delay
occurred this morning about 10
o'clock, just as train number 28 north
bound was pulling past the reform
school, when the engine, tender and
one baggage car derailed, caused by
the spreading of the track. As far as
could be learned at the depot this
noon no one was injured in the acci
dent and a wrecking crew has been
busy all morning endeavoring to re
place the derailed train. The latest
reoort stated that the work was rap
idly progressing and that from present
indications it will be completed in
time to let the southbound train pro
ceed in time to reach here about 4
o'clock.
COLLEGE SENIOR CLASS
PLAY TO BE GIVEN MONDAY
"The Elopement of Ellen" Will
Be Staged on Campus at
.6:30 o'Clock.
The senior class of Albany college
will present its annual play on the
college campus at 6:30 o'clock Mon
day evening. "The Elopement of El
len" is an entertaining comedy in
three acts. The performance is free
and all friends of the college are in
vited to be present. The cast of the
play is as follows: Richard Ford, a'
devoted husband, Irvin Custer; Molly,
his wife, Dana Cushman; Robert
Shephard, Molly's brother, Frank
Hatfield; Max Ten Eych. a chum of
Robert's. Stanley Van Winkle; Dor
othy March, engaged to Max, a guest
of Mrs. Ford's, Helen Hulbert; June
Haverhill, Wellesley '14, who is doing
some investigation in economic cours
es during the summer, Ruth Knowles:
John Hume, rector of St. Agnes.
Louis Jones.
SCIO NEWSPAPER MAN
BOOSTS HIS HOME TOWN
Arriving - this morning from Scio,
L. . V. Charles, editor and proprietor
of the Sann'am Xews, his wife ami son
nl the greater portion ol the day in
Albany.
V lien asked tins morning as to
business conditions in Scio, Mr. Char
les stated this morning that the town
never appeared to be more prosperous.
Two new brick buildings and a num-
her o: residences are in course ot con
struction at ihe present time and oth
er minor improvements are being
ninde.
Mr. Charles is a good newspaper
man and is publishing a better paper
than is warranted by the advertising
patronage.
Uncalled for Letters. !
Albany. Or:-., June 7th. 191.1.
Letters remaining i;i the postoffiee 1
uncalled for. and advertised June 7th,
P. Mrs. I.ulu Henneti. V:.;s )r-
otliy Cook. Mrs. Lizzie Heathner,
Hendrick & McQueen, Mrs. Carrie
Jesus, Lee Longneckcr, Connie Mil-'
!er. i .-;p ,to;;,.i (i".mn), I la re i
M one v. Mr. Lrinra Moore, Win. !
Pratt.' Claude Penncll (2), Ruth Pratt.!
Eva St. Clare, Chas. Wirt, Miss
Maude WiUnn, I. II. Winn.
J. S. VAN WINKLE, P. M.
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The new road building machinery,
recently purchased by the county
court, including a combination roller-tractor
and scarifier is being tried
on the Pacific highway just south of
the city limits and tuns lar has proven
:o work very satisfactory.
. Street Paving Operations Started
Work of tearing up the street pre-,
punitory -to commencing paving op
erations was started this morning by
the V arren Construction company,
on Water street near the Oregon El
ectric depot in the east end. Jefferson
street is to be paved from Water to
First street. i
New Wood Saw. j
Harry N'eelcy has just completed
the construction of a gasoline wood
saw which will be operated by him !
during the present season. He will
still remain in his present buiucs
but will hire an experienced man to
handle the saw.
Prof. Leslie Sharn went to Salem
'his noon to attend the strawberry
"air and attend the baseball game be- j
tween the Albany and Lebanon high
school teams.
Mrs. William Neely and daughter!
Miss Faync. went to Portland this
noon to visit with friends for a few
da vs.
Dr. and Mrs. C. V. Littler left to
day for Portland where they will visit
with relatives and sec the Rose Show.
Dr. Littler will also attend the an
nual meeting of the state dental o
;ct v whii h c nvencs in Portland
June 9th. 10th, I!th and 12th.
- anl Mr L. E. Hamilton and
;,. - T.- nuni ' r d among the vis
it the Lebanon strawberry fair
'-ar n 1 it niyht
M n- .1 Vr Francs arid Mr and
s 'i-r cc at Lil .mon yftr-
-it: 'iv.t the st:a" 1 rrrv ( .tr.
FIREMEN TO BE SHOWN
THROUGH CHAIR FACTORY
Fifteen Firefighters Will Fam
iliarize Themselves with
Conditions at Plant.
Fifteen firemen of the local fire
department will be taken on a sight
seeing tour of the Veal Chair fac
tory tomorrow morning, for the pur
pose of inspecting and investigating
the conditions in the factory and to
learn the location of numerous hy
drant take-offs, hand extinguishers
and the location of the highly inflam
able turpentine tanks, wares and oth
er articles used in the big manufactur
ing concern.
Mr. Bert Veal, manager of the fac
tory, extended the invitation to the
firemen to visit the plant, and as Fire
Chief Horsky is anxious to have his
men become familiar with the inter
iors of all of the big plants of the
city, and in order to have them reach
a certain degree of efficiency which
they are destined to do, the invitation
was gladly accepted by all of the fire
men. The tire lighters will assemble
at the factory at 10:30 o'clock and
will be conducted through the plant
by Mr. Veal.
ARRESTED FOR VIOLATION
OF SPEED ORDINANCE
Gets Lecture from Police Judge;
Dog Owners Clash with Police
Over Provisions of Law.
Recausc he violated the terms of
the new dog ordinance and incident
ally expressed himself in no uncertain
terms concerning its provisions when
reminded by an officer that he was
guilty, of its violation, -a man was yes
terday arrested and taken before Po
lice Judge Van Tassel, given a lecture
on the duty of the local officers in
enforcing the law and permitted to go
on his way without entering a plea to
the charge.
June
Women's black sateen Petti
coats, $1.25 and $1.50 grade
special 98c each. .
58 inch, mercerized Table Linen
special 39c yd.
64 inch mercerized Table Linen
special 49c yd.
Fancy Ribbons 3 and 4 inches
wide, special 10c yd.
Atfc-ntsfor T?T OOTVQ Agents for
Standard JUKJKJ U O Kuhu Reducing
Patterns 334 West First Street Corscts
Special Sale
of Lawn Mowers
During This Week Only
Clover Leaf 14-inch, Regular $3.50, Sale Price $2.50
Clover Leaf. 16-inch, Regular $3."5, Sale Price $2.75
Baby Grand Hall Bearing 16-inch, Regular $5.0, Sale Price $4.50
Ideal Ball Bearing, 16-inch. Regular $675, Sale Price $5.50
Admiral, Ball Bearing, 14-inch, Regular $7.X), Sale Price $5.75
Admiral, Ball Bearing, 16-inch, Regular $7.75, Sale Price...... $6.00
May Flower, Ball Bearing, 16-inch, Regular $10.01),
Sale Price, $7.50
May Flower, Ball Bearing, 18-inch, Regular $11.00
Sale Price, $8.00
Crcstlawn, Ball Bearing, 16-inch, Regular $16.00, Sale Price $12.00
Crcstlawn, Ball Bearing, 18 inch, Regular $18.00, Sale Price $14.00
Crcstlawn, Ball Bearing, 20-inch, Regular $20.00, Sale Price $16.00
At the
Barker Hardware Company
First Street
OREGON ELECTRIC GRADE
CAUSES OVERFLOW OF LAND
Railroad Company Sued Fori
$500 Damages by Mrs.
America F. Holbrook.
Charging that she is impeded from
farming a tract of land, of which she
is the owner because it overflows
with water from the Calapooia creek
caused by the construction of a rail
road grade with improper drainage
facilities , Mrs. America F. Holbrook
has filed a $500 damage suit against
the Oregon Electric Railway com
pany. Mrs. Holbrook is the owner uf a
large tract of laud, located on the
Corvallis road south of here and in
her complaint she alleges that she
has been deterred from consistently
farming 17 acres of the land which
she claims has been partially covered
with water during the past winter
with water during high water stages
of the past winter caused by the rail
road grade, which she asserts was
constructed improperly and without
regard to proper drainage taciUties.
CARRY DRIVER IS GRANTED
DIVORCE BY JUDGE KELLY
James Driver Is Shaken on the
Grounds of Habitual Drunk
enness and Non-Support.
On the grounds that her husband
is a habitual drunkard and that he
;pent all of Ins money in saloons,
failing to support her, Mrs. Carry I,
Driver was granted a divorce late yes
terday afternoon by Circuit. Judge
kellv from James W. Uriver.
Mrs. Driver is a resident of this
city and has not resided with her hus
band for several mouths. The coup
le were married in Spokane Wash.,
over 12 years ago. There are no
children as a result of the union. At
torney J. C. Christy represented the
plaintiff.
Specials
SCOTTISH RITE BODIES TO I
BURN MORTGAGE TONIGHT
Big Banquet to Follow Impress
ive Program; Albany Man
Elected to Office.
One of the most important affairs in
the history of the Scottish Rite bod
ies of Oregon will be the burning to
night in Portland of the $55,000 mort
gage which has been against the Scot
tish Kite cathedral since the comple
tion of the building in 1902. The af
fair will be followed by a banquet
which will be attended by ab..ut OW)
persons.
i he class of the present reunion
met and organized last night with the
elect ion of the following officers:
President, rranklin 1. dnffith, Port
land; class orator, William K. BUyeu,
Albany; secretary -historian, George
W. Holcomb, Portland. K. G. Jones
was elected as honorary member.
The program will mark the close
of the 28th semi-annual reunion of the
Scottish Rite.
Local firemen are planning on an
other water fight to be held a week
from next Thursdav.
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A perfect fitting shoe insures absolute
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OUR PRICES ARE ALWAYS
LESS FOR SAME QUALITY
We Are Open Tonight Until
9 o'Clock
YOU CAN DO A LOT OP SHOPPING AFTER SUPPER.
It's Easy When Things Are Handy and the Prices Right.
That's the combination that makes this store famous through
out the Willamette Valley.
HAMILTONS
ALBANY'S BUSY STORE
ALBANY PEOPLE INVITED
TO CITIZENSHIP CONFERENCE
E. F.Sox, Mrs. Henreitta Brown
and Rev. Albon Esson Will
Attend Event.
Among the many distinguished peo
ple who have been invited to attend
the great Second Worlds Chritsian
Citizenship Conference to be held at
Portalnd, Oregon, June 2t)-July 6,
next are Mr. K. F. Sox, Mrs. Henriet
ta Brown and Rev. Albert Esson.
In fourteen states definite organiza
tions are now being formed under
State Secretaries anl it is certain that
sonic eminent man in this state has
been or will be named for this im
portant post.
More than 100 of the world's great
est orators have been invited to take
part in the Conference which will
doubtless attract 20,000 persons to
Portland. The affair is everywhere
regarded as the greatest religious and
social event of modern ti.nes.
Mrs. W. A. M'l.ain and Miss Leila
Mitchell went to Lebanon this morn-(
ing to attend the strawberry fair.
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Pretty Wash
Dresses
For Less Than You
pan Make Them
For girls from 4 to 14
years old various -styles
and patterns made up of
good quality percales,
ginghams, galatea, I udian
bead and Scotch zephyr
that are really less than
you can afford lo build
them for. All the late
styles are brought out
both in tight and dark col
ors. Uange in price from
$1.25
to
$4.50
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