E PROGRAM HELD AT COLLEGE ra ! ALBANY LEADS AI Mint ur int um, Annual Commencement of the Albany College Was Held This Morning. REV. PARSONS DELIVERED A SPLENDID ADDRESS Trustees of the College Met in Annual Session Yesterday Afternoon. Continued from Wednesday, June 11. The annual commencement exer cises of Albany College this morning ere very pleasing, instructive and in spiring. The president, the speaker, trustees, graduates, faculty and alum ni met at the college shortly before 10 o'clock and marched in academic procession to the First Presbyterian church. The scholastic cap and gown has been an attractive feature of this procession for some years. After the processional inarch, being played on the organ, an earnest invocation by Rev. D. 11. I-eech, and a pleasing solo by Miss Ina Hansen, Rev. William Parsons, of liugene, addressed (he as . sembly on the theme, "Vital Culture." He warned of the danger of h degen erating culture, and urged the need of Christian college culture for. the masses. Miss Mary Irvine played a Chopin polouaite and President Crooks made announcements. 'Then with felicitous words President Crooks presented certificates of work completed and graduation diplomas, while the audi ence proclaimed their pleasure and their appreciation of those whose work was well done with hearty ap plause. Mr. J. Stanley Van Winkle received Ihe degree of bachelor . of arts. Miss lllauehe Ruth llauimel was the, first graduate of the Con servatory in voice since the Conserv atory attained the standard of a four years' course. In closing Ihe pro gram she sang beautifully in Italian a solo from Pigolello. Mr. Henry Miike, a Japanese student, graduated from the academy in a four, years' commercial course, and Miss llessie Pears received a certificate from the shorthand course. The trustees of Albany College held their annual session yesterday at the college. There was a good attend ance lth of. local and out of , town 'trustees. ' - They adjourned at 5:30 o'clock to the parlors of Tremont Hall and thence lo the dining room where a first class luncheon was served to trustees and faculty by their wives. All voted this , luncheon to he one of the most successful ever given there. The company lingered in social con verse uitil compelled to, hasten away by the near approach of Ihe hour for Ihe annual commencement concert. ;SALEM MAN PROMOTING HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA (Professor Peterson Consulted with Meiphers of School Board This Afternoon. I'ntf. V. II. IVlcrinan of SMciti spent thi' day hvrv Imnstini; fur puh-lit- school on'lii'strns in I lit' uraili'tl m ltouls. lie took tlio matter up with llu- till fere tit im-tulu'is of tin school hoard, and will probably make formal application tor permission to eomluet llu- work at llu next board meetiiiK 1 1 seems that the experiment was ti ied with much .success in Salem last w inter. M Peterson has been eiianed in i this woik for a number of years and1 says the public schools offer a field of I action to chtMicn developing alonn lines of instrumental music such as the win Id has never before know n. In brief, the proposition is to or ganize the children who are studying llu different orchestra instruments tot the purpose of playing for the marcliiiiK. and since there is to be no expenditure of the public funds and the work is to be taken up merely as a : Held of action, for the benefit of Mr, Peterson's private pupils and all oth ers who wish to play there is hope that his reipiest will be panted. A Gift from W.C.T.U. The Hcuiocrat acknowtedKes the re ceipt of a beautiful hompiet of roses from the members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Last year the lVuuvr.it was remembered in the same manner and desires to aiMtu thank the ladies who compose tins worthy organization. o "Made-in-Oregon" Banquet. A "Made-ill Oregon" bautntet will be held in Corvallis tomorrow evening at O.W. Waldo Hall for the benelit of the Corvalhs Public I ibrarv and it will be Rien under the auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Corvatlis Commercial club I verybody is urg ed to attend. A charge of 5tV per plate will be made and the baiujuet will commence at 6 o'clock. W. M. Zoph, of Lebanon, is rryis lered at the St. Francis He is one of Lebanon's prominent buiness men. The Albany College Will Honor Name of Man Who Gave College Its Grounds. President Crooks announced the following items: Of the $2U),000 that must be paid in before Mr. James J. Mills $50,AXJ is payable, $172,000 is now in income-bearing securities and $10,000 more is also drawing interest and will be paid as soon as the exe cutors of an estate make their first payments. The trustees yesterday di rected the executive committee to pro ceed to sell such part of the present campus as may not he needed during the short time the college remains in its present buildings; and also to draft plans for securing funds for - new buildings. It is expected that three funds will be raised for three new buildings, the funds to be $50,000, $50, 000 and $65,(0), and that building will commence as soon as $100,000 is raised. It is hoped to liavc three new buildings in the fall of 1914. The trustees passed a resolution to carry out a purpose they reached two years ago that the campus shall be named the Montcith Campus in honor of Mr. Thomas Montcith, the donor of the original campus, and He v. William J. Montcith, the first president of the college. The faculty is unchanged except that Miss Laura Anderson re turns from her year's leave of absence in Kurope. , City Council Meets. The regular meeting of the city council will be held this evening com mencing at 7:30 o'clock. Several im portant matters are to be disposed of together with the regular routine work . OREGON THESPIANS CRASHED LAST WEEK IN WASHINGTON "Bachelors Romance" Strands with Albany Man Playing Leading Rolle. Tip: tntlowiiiK article appeared in llu- Sunday Oregonian ' written I Uliymnnd, Wash.: "The Colonial Theater company, limited, Making 'The Bachelor's Ro mance with Richard Darling, a f.tr pier !)u!i:nss man of Albany, Oi., in the heavy lole, and an Albany farmer by the name of Shulz throwing ;ii the profits of hjs last year's hay crop to keep the company going, disbanded n this city Monday, after showing in Kelso, Chehalis and Raymond to small i.tidicnccs.' ''The Bachelor's Romance" was un til it reticheil Albany. "The Bachelor's Baby." Some misfortune overtook the "baby," but the "bachelor," un daunted, continued on his way. though under new management and willi an entirely new cast gathered up in Portland, where two weeks wer passed in rehearsing. A man named Sweeney went out as advance agent and billed the show at Kelso for its initial performance. A small audience gre.'ted the company at Kelso and at Chehalis the receipts were $5.40. The show then came to Raymond and gathered about $80 oiul then the crash. "The company carried a baggage car full of effects, which were dis posed of at bargains. The "cast" was paid and went to the city from whence they came, while the backer declared he was looking for a logging camp." It will be remembered that th "Bachelor's Baby" company stranded nere some tune ago and the Kogowavs bought the scenery and effects of the company. Richard Darlinir. it is un derstood, is the stage name of one of ine Kogowavs of this city, who re hashed the play and went on the road with it under the title of ihe "Bach elor's Romance." f d ffi (! A (S S) S) S 1 LEGISLATIVE RECORD. ( il By L. G. Lewelling. y,i,C)v?(.filSi?(f)?iS)vi)S)3ii House Bill No. 143. A law to regulate the business of commission merchants by compelling ihein to file with the Secretary of Slate a bond with sullicient sureties to be approved by the Railroad com mission. The bond is conditioned that he shall report to all persons con signing farm products to him, and pay them the proceeds of the sale less the commission. The amount of the bond shall be based upon the volume of business done by such commission merchant. Upon tiling Ihe bond the Secretary of Slalc shall issue a license to such person authorizing him to engaye in the commission business. Il'e must render a true statement in writing to (he consignor, during the following week, the amount for which the produce is sold, and the price re ceived therefor. A complaint may be made by any shipper and tiled with the Railroad commission upon the failure of any commission merchant lo comply with the ptovisions of this law. The R.iilroad coniiutNsinn must make an investigation. The complain ant may sue on the bond for the .imount due and unaccounted for with in one year after the cause of the ac ion accrues. The penalty for viola tion of this law i punished bv a fun of from $25 to $UX) and revocation of the license. The ohieet of nis law is to protect farmers from "tlv-hv-nighl" commis- ion merchants who advertise hish RESIDENTS OF FIFTH AVE. TO HOLD LAWN PARTY Sends More Products to Plant Than Any Other One Locality in Section. LEBANON FARM CONTRACTS FOUR TONS OF BERRIES Srawberries Are Pouring in Now; Capacity of Cannery Is Undaunted. According to information received here this morning, Albany is sending more products to the Corvallis can nery, through the farmers and fruit producers of this immediate section, than anv other one locality. Shipping of products grown in this section to the cannery is pursuant to an agreement entered into some time ago between the Albany Fruit Grow ers' association and the Benton Coun ty I-ruit Growers' association, owners and operators of the plant. When it was ascertained that Albany could not profitably support a cannery at pres ent and that the Corvallis cannery could handle a much larger output than it had heretofore been supplied with, the Corvallis Fruit Growers' as sociation got busy and invited the Al bany producers to co-operate with them. The matter was taken up by the local fruit growers' association and it was decided that each produc er of this sectoin should co-operate individually with the Corvallis plant by sending their left-over products to thai institution when the demand on the local market had failed. However, it is stated that Monroe, Bcllfountain, Alpine and Philomath are active competiibrs for the honor now held by Albany. Lebanon, Dal las and Amity arc also in the race. One farm near Lebanon has con tracted over four tons of gooseberries to the cannery and the products are now being delivered. Large ship ments of these berries are being re ceived daily from Amity and Dallas. Hundreds of pounds of strawber ries arc now pouring into the cannery, which has been considerably rc-ar-ranged and with the new' machinery recently installed it is' capable of .tak ing care of much more than the aver age daily run at present. Products will not be accepted at the cannery after 12 o'clock Saturdays and this-rule is for the protection' of the growers as all of the afternoon is required to dispose of the mornijig's offerings. The plant docs not run on Sundays and the produce brought in Saturday after noon would lay over until Monday, becoming spoiled or would have to be marked of inferior quality. June 20 from 7 Until 9 o'clock in the Evening Is Date Set for Occassion. Getting together on Fifth street'or Fifth Avenue, as people on that street would like to have it called, will be an event on Friday evening, June 20, from 7 to 9 o'clock, when a lawn party will be given at a central point on the street, the court house lawn, if secured for the auspicuous occasion. A meeting of the executive board of the Fifth Street Improvement club was held this morning at the store of the president, Mr. Braden. The arrangement is for an informal gathering with a talk by an O.A.C. landscape artist,- and one reside oftn landscape artist, and one resident of Fifth street, with a social session and refreshments consisting of Fifth av enue cake and ice cream. F. H. . Pfeiffcr, a prominent resi dent of the stree't, was appointed chairman of the refreshemnt co'mmit tee, and Mrs. Wteathcrford, Mrs. Crowcll, Mrs. F. H. Pfeiffer, Mrs. A. C. Schmitt, Mrs. E. L. Umphrey, Mrs. C. C. Bryant and Mrs. Walter Wor rell cake committee. Mr. Umphrey was appointed committee on grounds and' Mr. Nutting on speakers. General enthusiasm prevails all along the street and much interest is being taken in making it a beau tiful srve"t. It is desired that all tie fences shall come down, the curbs all be kept clean, as well as the lawns, that cement sidewalks prevail and that so far as posible there be floral dec orations. Manual Training Exhibit. There is on display at French's jewelry store three samples of man tii.l training furniture, made by S.eih French, a son of F. M. French and a member of the high school grad uating class, and the sample.; on ili.' il.iy attest his ability as a woj.l art ist. Petitipn for appointment of Guardian. A petition for the appointment ol a guardian of Anna M. Yautis, an incompetent person, to manage her estate consisting of real and personal property of the value of $4000 was tiled this afternoon in the county clerk' office by Attorney C. F. Sox in behalf of the petitioner, J. A. Mil lard, a half brother of the incompet cut. Mrs. P. B .Marshall will close her school with a big picnic Saturday ev ening. Ihe Harmony Grange held its reg ular session last Saturday taking Mr. and Mrs. YV. A. Martin as new 'mem bers. Bert Jordan, an instructor at O.A.C. and family will spend the summer here on his farm The big M'Keever strawberry patch will be opened this week to Ihe public. LOST A small dark brow n Shepard dog, in or near Albanv. Reward of $5 offered. Walalce 1 rua. Bell Phone Farmers .IS !.Vr,!&w' WILL OPEN' BERRY PATCH to pickers next Sunday June 15. one day only, at 2'ic a box. Charles Collins, Home phone 3815. J 10-1 2d I3w o 5T The supreme test of a pair '2" ot" Kisses is not the cost but the satisfaction they give. Dr. Lowe's glasses satisfy They represent the result of years of experience not of experiments. The proper filling of the proper glasses is his business Thai's his specialty. The result is absolute satisfaction Dr. Lowe will be in Albany June -V and 21 at St. Francis Hotel. Consult him. prices and after menu, sell tlirnJ and disappear eerivin.. a few shin- pocket the proceeds Joint Meeting of Grange. Linn county Pomona, P. oi H , will meet with the Crowfoot Grange Sat urday June 14. at 10 o'clock. A! day and evening session. ARCHIE C MILLER, master. F. M. MITCHELL, secretary dJ'nll-12 wj'nl'3 Bull For Sale. High grade, registered A.J.C.C. Jersey bull, of very famous strain: good breeder: in tine condition: verv OAKWOOD STOCK FARM Bell phone 5.'. Tangent. O vj.v wj'n 13-1,-IAl Mrs. Canfield and son Clark attend ed the O. A. C. graduation exercises I Corvallis vesterdav. F.3rl Can field, a son of Mrs. Canfield. was a member of the graduating class. Rev. W. P. White attended the graduating exercises at Corvallis yes terday morning. W. H. Hulburt left this morning for Falls City for a few days' outing ami incidentally to cast his fly in the streams of that section. Miss Lina McGuire visited with friends in Corvallis yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. M'Bride are having a new bungalow built. County Judge Bruce McKnight went to Portland yesterday on a brief business errand and returned late last night. Erank and Troy Hulburt of Shedds left this morning .for Falls City for a few days' outing. They went armed with substantial fishing tackle. Mrs. Walter Yates and daughter Miss Golda were in Corvallis yester day attending the O. A. C. graduating exercises. 15 APPLICATIONS FOR WIDOWS PENSIONS FILED County Clerk Willard L. Marks itated this morning tfiat 15 applica tion; for widows' pensions have been tiled in his office since June 3. By a law passed by the last legis lature entitled "Widows' Pension Law" it is provided that widows, liv ing in state institutions or who are unable to gain a livelihood because of old age or any othec adversity, may be granted a state pension. The ap plications are to come up before the county court for action. In renewing his subscription to the Democrat, F. G. Powers of Mosier says the paper is better than ever and encloses check to pay his subscription up to 1915. Charles Curry, of Woodburn, a for mer Albany young man, visited with friends in the city yesterday. CARL YORE ARRESTED IN EUGENE THIS MORNING Carl Yure, who was indicted by the last grand jury on a charge of violation of the local option law, and skipped out before papers were served upon htm. was arrested this morning in Eugene by Sheriff Parker of Lane county. Sheriff Bodine was notified and went to Eugene this forenoon and brought the prisoner here this after noon. He was confined in the city jail and will probably be given a pre liminary hearing in the justice court tomorrow. Mrs. A. L. Douglas and son Claire, of Creswell, after visiting here with friends over night, left this morning for Lebanon to be the guest of friends in that city. Miss Daisy Savage, a deputy in the county clerk's office, spent yesterday in Corvallis attending the O. A. C. graduating exercises. White Dresses for the Children We are showing a big line of Children's Dresses in white Daintily made of good materials, lace embroidery and ribbon trimmed. Priced $2.25 to $3.95 Each Sizes 6 to 14 years Agents for T7T ink Ti'C' Agents for Stanford" F LJJ J ,Q Kabo Reducing Patterns1 334 West; First Street Corsets Men's Clothing $12.50 Suits go for $ 7.89 $15.00 Suits go for 9.89 $18.00 Suits go for 11.89 $-'0.00 Suits go for ..' 13.89 $25.00 Suits go for 16.89 $30.00 Suits go for 18.89 $35.00 Suits go for 20.89 Men's $1.50 L'nion Suits 89c Mens $2.00 Union Suits $1.29 Men's $1.00 L'nion Suits 69c Men's 50c Shirts and Drawers 37c Men's $1.25 Night Robes ..89c Men's $1.25 anil $1.50 Pajamas 89c 50c Ties, all colors 19c "5c Ties, all colors 39c 25c Boston darters - 13c 15c Black ami Tan Hose 6c 25c Hose, all colors 19c 35c Silk Hose 23c 50c Suspenders 19c One I.ot $3.00 Hats, light colors 89c One Lot $3.00 Hats, black $1.39 Boys' Clothing $3.50 Suits go for $5.00 Suits go for $6.50 Suits go for $7.50 Suits go for $S.50 Suits go for $10.00 Suits go for $12.50 Suits go for Hoys' $1.00 Odd Pants I'ovs' 5c Shirts : P.oys' $1.00 Shirts - Boys' 50c Caps I'oys' Union Suits Boys Shirts and Drawers Boys Wash Suits Bovs' Wash Suits Tracy Clothing Company 330 West First Street Albany, Oregon Can You Afford to Overlook These Prices On Men's and Boys' Clothing and Furnishing Goods? Yc Guarantee Our Goods to Be the Best That Money Can Buy Not a Thing in Our Store That Is Not On Sale at a Big Reduction $3.00 and $3.50 Straw Hats $2.49 $3.00 and $3.50 Stiff and Soft Hats $2.49 Men's $1.5 Golf Shirts 79c Men's $1.50 and $2.00 Shirts .$1.19 Men's Work Shirts -41c Men's 15c Handkerchiefs, white 6c Men's 25c and 35c Linen Handkerchicfs..21c $2.39 ... 3.39 ... 4.39 ... 5.39 ... 6.39 ... 7.39 ... 8.39 69c 41c 69c 19c 41c 29c 69c 89c VS: