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About The Semi-weekly democrat. (Albany, Linn County, Or.) 1913-1926 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1913)
Of. "' .. VOL. XLVIII. " ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 19U. .; , -4 siei ia BE li PROVE Jefferson Street Is Also to Be Graveled and Graded Sometime Soon. CITY DADS DISPOSED OF MUCH BUSINESS P. E. & E. Will Be Required to Fix Track at the Corner of Lyon and First Street. What the Council Did Last Night Adopted recommendations of street committee for grading and graveling of Ninth street and block of Jefferson street north of First street. Passed ordinance requiring P. E. & E. to fix pavement at corner of Lyon and Eirst streets. Passed ordinance repealing sec- tion of old ordinance requiring taxing of dogs. Adopted street committees rc- port for opening of Oak street ( tVrtni gnntbnn to Salem roadfi. ffl A creed to tro in body to Cor- () vnllU to insneet a make of con crete cluster light posts with view to adopting it for proposed cily lighting system. Agreed that property owners nn Rvorukilbin street north of First street should petition for pavement. Ninlli street from Elm to Baker streets is to he graded and graveled its full width, according to a report in the form of a strong recommenda tion submitted last night before the meeting of the city council by the eommiitec on streets and public Pj;op-, erty. Likewise Jetterson street between Water and First streets is to undergo a similar improvement, according to the provisions made in the same re port. The matter of paving both of these thoroughfares lias been up before the council but have been remonstrated against. Member-; of the council have since been agitating the improvement of these two directs with the result of the action taken last night. Num erous complaints have been registered relative to the bad condition of both streets and rcnljing the imperative ness of improving them before it is too late, the members of the street committee were prompted to institute the drastic measure. Five m:iin cross town thoroughfares, all of which are naved. lead into Ninth street which is the city's impor tant south cud avenue and is heavily travelled. T; condition in certain places last winter were cited as a dis rrace to the citv and in view of these f ru't-s it was held thrtt the improvement should be made. Jefferson street is now having an unusually heavy travel diu to the Oreiton Electric freight ....,1 ji.p flouring mills located or, the river ban!:. Many big ruts ha been wrought in the surface of the street due to heavv hauling the past winter and it was held that if permit ted to go in this condition during the coining winter, it would be in an cx- tremclv dangerous condition and would ulace the citv liable to a dam ace suit. The matter of repairing the foot of P-roadalbin street in the same man ner wa dicucsed and the members of the council unanimously a creed that the property owners ought to peti tion for pavement or for the era veiling and gradinir of it from First to Water rts. ;-Hle from being an exceed ingly muddy place in the winter time it ha a heavy travel and it was point ed out that the wagons track the dirt and mud over the pavement. The heavv triffic over first street grinds the flirt into the pavement ami it is being gradual! v ruined. I he city street cleaning department is kept con tinuallv busv at this corner durinc th? winter months, according to statement made by Mayor Gilbert. and this work is running into monev. Mayor Gilbert announced that the alley running into the block between Broadalbin and Ellsworth street north of Fcrrv street, was in an exceedingly unsanitary condition, due to poor drainage and the trash which is per milled to stand by some ol the store keepers He said that it wn the mot unsightly place in the city and wai sur prised to find it in the condition it wa when he went to investigate the mat ter of complaint's reentered with him. He stated that the citv health officer ha repeatcdlv ordered the alley clean ed nnd ha threatened the imposition of the law for violation. The allev ha been cleaned from time to time, ctafed the mavnr. under the e order hut invariaMv it ha been allowed " become untidy acain. He recommend ed" t'Tit thf m?tfr be imm"dintelv iM-vp:!r,-i! d w'-:rn ' to be dn-ie. n-ii r rice. b ci' " ST ARRESTS ! IN Neighbors Became Alarmed and Sent in Call for Help; Hardware Man Responds. Early this forenoon quite a little excitement was caused in the western part of the city where it was reported thai a man dressed in a long coat, with white veil and gloves, was acting very oddly; leaping in the air, striking out wildly and throwing his gloves on the ground, all of which convinced some of the good people that he was insane and needed restraint. It was decided that the ease should be reported to the committee on streets and public property and Coun cilman Htilbert was called upon to in vestigate. Now Hulbert thought that he was bettei qualified to adjust the mechanism of a washing machine than of a crazy man but took an assistant and went after him and finally landed his man. He proved to be none other than Street Commissioner Junkin who had been trying to get a s'.varm of bees over some of the bumps in that part of the city and into a hive, but that some of the bees had become cross, got inside his bee bonnet and upper cut him a few times around the" mouth. SHEOD MAN INJURED By RUNAWAY COLTS Leg Broken in Two Places Be low Knee; Horses Fright ened at Harrow. Shecld, Or., July 10. (Special to Democrat.) While attempting to load a harrow on a sled, a team of yonni; nits driven by U A. Scott, became frightened here Tuesday evening and awav. the harrow struck Scott it a point below the knee and broke his leg in two places. Dr. Davis, of nam' was summoned and dressed the wonhds. Mr. Scott is suffering a rent deal of pain as a result of the ccident hut his recovery is expected bv the phvsician . in aUeubuicjp, - TODAY FOR SEATTLE Will Motor to Metropolis of Washington and Attend Cost Congress. Leaving this morning on an auto nomic trip to Seattle, l' K. Churchill and wife, accompanied by their son !--lmer, Sarah Sloan and busa Scars ci Medford, expect to visit a number of cities and towns between Albany and Seattle and will spend an entire month on their vacation. The party will stop over at Poitland and from there will motor to Scalil; by way of Vancouver, 11. C . . 1 r . Churchill will attend the Cost Con s at Seattle, which place he ox--.cied to reach by Sunday night. WANTS- OiVORCE FROM WIFE WHO 0E5ERTE0 HIM Charging that his wife wilfully and without cause deserted him in the year 19;9, Charles K.olbt through his attorney, Elmer C. Richardson, ha. started suit in the circuit court of Linn county for legal separation from Elizabeth Kolb. The couple were married in Bis mark, North Dakota, April 13, 1919. As a result ot the union there is one daughter, now in the custody of the defendant. The plaintiff has been a resident of Linn county for the past year coming here from North Da kota. In the complaint it is stipulated that the plaintiff is the owner of 160 acres of land in that state. o ) Statement? are ngain bemg mailed to subscribers who are behind more than one year on 1' their subscription. No one has s- intentionally been overlooked and the editor assures drlin- 3 i ; cti t subscribers thar he will t it 'V'tt.-v order is sent 1 ' Th- dr. f.n w! -d'ripti"ii expires r.l-pply Mmr-P'-d on tli.' "E yr.;tr paper. v rctirn : '-h your is now wrapper tf '' Ct ' Nfiws on This Page is From Daily Isue of THURSDAY, JULY 10. mm GRANTED PENSIONS County Judge McKnight Rend ered Decision on 28 Applic ations Today. MANY APPLICANTS LABOR UNDER MISAPPREHENSION County Will .Pay Out $375 Monthly; Seven Petitions Were Dismissed. After thoroughly investigating the applications for widows pensions and consulting District Attorney Gale S. Kill as to legal points, County Judge Bruce MeKjuight rendered his decision on 2S of the applications today, which were filed during the month of June. Thirty applications have thus tar been filed but two of thenj were filed during the present month and did not come up betorc the county court tor consideration with those filed last month but however, will be passed upon later. hitteen of the tinnlications were granted, seven being dismissed and six were continued pending furthcrin vestigation. County jmlge McKnight stated tuts morning that there appeared to be much misapprehension concerning the rovisions of the law which was passed by the last legislature granting pen sions to widows with children who are in need. Various incidents contribute to this fact, judging from the rejected applications. It is believed that had it uot been for hundreds of inquiries to the county judge and in the eountv ,-Ierk's office concerning the provi ions of the law that many more ap plications would have been filed. One of the seven applications which was dismissed, was from a woman who gave her age as 71, being the mother of six children, and the age of the oldest child is .34. This "of 'ourc was filed under a misappre hension as the law plainly and sncci ficaliy states that a widow in need nnd being the mo i her of children under 16 years of age is eligible to a pension. or can a woman go awav from tin. ti'tc .and come back 'expecting lo re ceive a pension. A man applied at he county clerk' office and inquired 'nr in formation concerning the law. 1 ! wanted tn 1 'vi x if his mother, who at pre-cnt v.-is residing in Cali fornia, conht sect' a pension it sin ou!d return to the state, lie said that she had four children and that '-r- ivas the. youngest. County Clerk Marks tnld him that under this con 'it ion, his mother would be -twice barred from receiving a pension, bc ;.'.ue she would be classed as a uon ! --ident and lux an -o -he was the mother of children all of whom were of age. h'our other applications dismissed were from women having hu sands living, by separation and divorce. The 'cmaiuing 2 had property and were in rood circumstances. With the granting of 15 of the pe titions, the coimty will imy out in 'vps ions month K I lie sum of $375. 'rihu'd as follows: Two families of c'y rhihlren ep.rh will each receive sJ7 ifi !)r month. wo families of five r-li'!hirMi each will receive S40 each. one fnmilv of four children $32.50. (iirpfi families of three children each $25. three families of two children "nc'i $17 50 nnd four families of one Hiild each. $10. TELEPHONE COMPANY AT LEBANON HIS NEW MANAGER New President and Board of Directors Have Been Chosen by Mutual Company. Lebanon, Or., July 10. Chas. II. Button, who last week succeeded to the management of the Lebanon Tele phone company, and wife, are now permanent re-idents of Lebanon. Mr. Button has, until coming here, been connected with the Home Telephone company, at Latirande. He has been elected to lhe portion of secretary and general manager or ine company, j ne :act that -Mr. r.utton has purchased a good Mzed block of the company's -iock. will add to his permanency in Lebanon. W. I) Brown. who-e L'ood hu-ine- judgment ami clo-r attention to the htiMiiets has helned in a larire ineature to make the affairs of the compain- MiiTrs-Liii. will rem e i r ohi hu- im:m dency ot the company. . Carlton was elected to succeed him, and the oilier members of the board of direc tors are: K. G. Miller. J. V Ha it. V . L. Smith, If. C. Witman. Chas. II. Button and Th.vl Hall. I. A f'help'. who has been manager of the o'ti e. has covered hi1 coiinre linn with the company. 3 FILED HERE TODAY! Albany Lumber Company Com mences Ejection Proceedings in Justice Court. DISTRICT ATTORNEY HILL REPRESENTS PLAINTIFF Kennedy, Peacock and Mark: Named As Defendants in Complaint Filed. Acting upon the advise of the city authorities, the Albany Lumber com pany today filed a suit in ejectment against Dan Kennedy, A I Peacock, and E. T. Marks, the alleged proprie tors of a barn located in the rear o: the Russ House. District Attorney Gale S. Hill rep resents the plaintiff and in the com plaint it is alleged the Albany Lumber company is entitled to the use and possession of the property in question. It is further alleged that the barn i a common public nuisance and the court is requested to restrain the de fendants from further use of the prem ises. The action was started I hit morning before Judge Swan and the hearing will lake place on Monday All three of the defendants have heretofore been indicted and convicted under trie local option law and it is 'under stood that no defense will be made to the suit. Were Married in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brotherton ar rived last night and arc at home in this citv. Mr. Brother ton has been residing here for some time while en 'Viged in conducting a painting shop. He recently loft for New York slate where he was married and has now re- Lturited.to make his permanent home. . o Returnes to Corvallis. Mrs. S. If. Shane, wife of the prom inent Cra v ford svi lie optician, who have been visiting relatives and friemb :n this city for the pat two weeks left for Brownsville and Albany yes terday, where she will vi-it for sever al week's before returning to her home. Salem Statesman. Albany Man Visits Salem. Bert R. We-tbrook. of the new St Francis hotel at Albany, and Mrs Wetbmok were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kiank Ward in this city dii'Miu the cherry fair. They returned to Ah 'a:iv Sup day evening.- Salem States man. O. K. Sully, manager of the Cut Rate Mercantile Company is attend ing to business matters in Portland. Carbon Bigbec left yesterday for Marshfield where he will be employed during the coining summer, lie will play baseball with the Marslifield team. ii. IT. Todd, vice president of the Wiliauu-tte University, passed through i he city this noon enroute to Harris burg. Bom To Mi", nnd Mrs. W. Bollock. Mondav morning a ten and one half pound boy. Conrad Meyer and family expect to leave Saturday morning for New port, where they will spend the sum mer. CHAUTAUQUA PROVES BIG DRAWING CARD FOR ALBANY Program BetterThan Any Dur ing Any Previous Year; Re ceives Congratulations. According to the claims made by many citizen- of Albany the Chautau qua this year is bigger, better and more generally patronized than dur ing any previous year. The program is larger and more aried and nevi.r !''. the purchaser of Chautauqua ticket received more j f,,r j, money than dnrin the present ; session, ores of people are camperl on the grounds and the talent thus far se cured will compare favorably with that pre-ented on the programs in eastern .it;e-. The management has received any ..Mmi...r -,f .iwMnlMimK rm die m;m. rr i -liirh ihn t.-mir. In been eon and tlw. rfor(-r ot the Hm ti tni'iua hoard are elated over thei largr attendance. Mr. nnd Mr. Taniec Buck, land, arrived this noon nnd the true-t ot Mr. atid Mrs. T. G. "n - until. later Koing to Newport for a brief outing. LpOH son HniLHUAU MEN UMi ON SECRET iSSIO! Big Eastern Capitalist Accom pany Officials on Trip to the Oregon Coast. Leaving this morning for the Coast, j. i. VYeaiherlord, president ol the Coi a His Jc Eastern railway, D. V. Campbell, manager of the Uarri uian lines tor Oregon, A. B. Weather ford, secretary of the Corvallis & Eastern and a party of capitalists from the east, expect to spend the greater portion of the week at Toledo, New port and other points on the Pacific Coasr. While President Weather ford and other members of the party declined to give out in detail the purpose oi the trip it is understood that they go on a mission connected with important railroad and timber matters. lhe capitalists who accompanied the railroad officials are believed to rep resent a big eastern syndicate and arc said to be here in search of invest ments. Installation Postponed, The installation of officers of the Albany camp of Woodmen of the Vbrld, which was to take place to morrow night has been deferred until vfter the Chautauqua assembly. WOMEN'S CONFERENCE WAS OF SPECIAL INTERESI Many Pleasing and Interesting Addresses Were Made and Reports Submitted. A session of the Chautauqua ui spe cial interest was the convention o! women's clubs at the auditorium yes terday afternoon. M rs. i I curie I la Brown of this city, presided. liarrisburg was represented by Mrs. (no. J. Willicliu, who told of the wo-'k of the Civic Improvement chin of tha. c'ly, among oilier things taking .:iiai 'ic of and making a success o line po'.'.i to fair. Mrs. Geo. Waggoner spoke for lhe Lebanon clubs, telling, specially, of Liu: 'ork of the Civic Improvement club mi buying 1 we nt y acres of .-uiinrban property for a city park. Mrs. C. '. Stauard told of lhe work of the Civic Improvement club at Brownsville. Mrs. Crane spoke for the women ol he ( ). A. ('., telling of the oi ;ani:-:ri n'on of the women of the facuf'y and 'he wives and daughters of ili' ;.'"' ! soi's in a club that is doi.ig cvd !ei,l worl". .Mrs. Lee represented the cIipk at Corvallis, telling of the different cr v.aitizalions and theiri work. h'or Albany Mrs. I,. Tracv gave 9 sketch of the civic improvement lub. which has jprnt over $5,000 for Mie bi'Ueiineiil of Albany, including tit (it pot park, and ha a ba!:m-:e on hand ol over 70; Mis Klizabe'.ii irviui l'oi ijic Modern Ti a velcrs, wan have at d'd'fcrent times given lhe pu'di; library SM16 in all, expended for .took; be sides helping to raise about $5,0Oi' for I!'.-- new building, including ttr- yiir l ami the site by a member, Mrs. S. K. Young ami her husband, with a plan for more work- in the future: Mrs Viola P. bYaukliu, for the Shake spearean club: Mrs. C. V. I.itt'er for the book ebibs, and Mrs. , S. Vav Winkle for the donieMic science club ALBANY NURSERY CO. WILL GIVE SPLENDID TROPHY A big silver cup on display in the window of 1 .M. I'rench & Son's jew elry st roe is to be given by the Al bany Nursery Co., Inc., of this city, for the best Hl-box display of Yellow Xewton I'ippin apples at the Califor nia Apple Show which is to be held at Walunville, Calif., October 6 to 11. The cup has been engraved and will make a splendid trophy. G. W. L'c li ne baker, manager of the nursery company, stated yesterday that the apple show is a big affair iu that part of California and .said that for the past two years his company has taken the highest awards at lhe show for lhe best display of nursery stock. He -ay that his company has furnished considerable stock lo that section and that it is for this rea-on that they have adopted the rule of giving the tronhy each vtar for the best apple exhibit, in order to keep up the interest and pride prevailing there relative to the culture of the crop. Attorney Mark Weather ford re turned last night from a Irip to Salem where he was railed on leal business. Deputy District Attorney Dan John--Mon has ci .inmem-eil (he erection "f a ! bungnlow on his .properly on Klls- - I worl tnct. Mo will ercrt a modern f TTawIey. con of Conre-snian i l Mawley, nnd a student the past winter; ; in 'he BoMon Teelinicnl School, is j Jay Miller left this noon for Port f Port-; visiting with relatives near Knox ; land to vMt with relatives for the will Lc ' Htittc. ! next few days, k-! I). P. Ma-on went to Trfferon thi non where he will offi.-nfe- nt the imeral of the I ie Charles Miller. PcALS IC Hereafter Owners of Canines in City Limits Will Not Have to Pay License. FRAMERS OF ORDINANCE NEGLECTED THIS FEATURE Councilman Lyons Asks Defin ition or "nummiy at Large" ana bivus htb Version. uog owners oi tne city ot Albany wul neieaaicr not ue requirea lo pay a iiLiiuL ut Uit uaa tuiHiiCJ. " LUmii-H luiii infant joaa,u in oiuuiuiice icptuuiig u bcckiun ui tuu UlU olUinUiiCu icquiliny luc iumu ui viujja WliiUU Lilc cny iniuLa US pel ouiiai jtj,i t,y . v nil Uic puutfu oi LUC xjti.am. oiuiiiancc uuu mu recent "uog u.uiiuiiiLi;, onicii uuta noL penniL Ueja to mil at ntrge iiniii inc. city iiiuiia, an uiLiitiaiicea uci'etuioru pass eu leiuuvu to uns Miuject arc ru I'taim ana li.c cic ui uugs lieicaiier win uc koeriieu emiiciy uy utcati last " u oi utuaiicca. w u,, u.e uug oidiuuiicc ' wa3 wnt icii lue nanieia, accuruing lo a siaie .uciii mauc uihi nigui uy oiinciluiaii i.iuiuii, uvgiigeiiuy ouiuteu a clause v.iiiuouyuig mm leaiure. Mnce, tnc qiieaiiun aiuc mat n uug owners were iu oe uojecieu to alien oiriiigent reg iiiauuua aa were aiu-gc Ulo uu cou uaneu m the ordinance, would they i-c required to pay a licence. Lily Ai tuiney Jt L,. b wan was iiialruclcd lo look mio me mailer with the result Uiai lie lound il would be necessary lo inline an ordinance repealing Unit pari ut the old ordinance passed uev li;U ycai'ii ;igu requiring tlie l;i.aliou oi dogs. .According to lhe uld ordinance lhe lax should be levied uu July 1 of eu-uli .year 'iiu.-Uuc;-wai -uol levied. . ii.us yciir being held up pending lhe outcome ul llie etlleiiienl ol liie ilog ordinance question. -When the question came up last nigut, Councilman Lyons aro.se and made a kuiglhy address in which hu asscru-d that he would like lo have ,ne iei:n "running ';it large" defined, and staling that he thought it was a . ha me lo people going around lhe streets with their dugs attached to a chain, lie said thai he had heard many remarks that the people were so blind in Albany thai they had lo have a dog lead them around. A short discussion ensued upon the conclusion of Mr, Lyon's remarks, who was asked to give his version of running at large, lie said that he would construe lhe term as meaning that when a dog is beyond the control of its owner or is so far away that n could not be called. However, the mailer was dropped when it was pointed oul that it would be a matter for the courts to decide. It was unanimously agreed Ihat Re corder Van Tassel could decide any question arising therefrom. During the discussion, there appear ed tf) be a sentiment that the taxation of dogs should be allowed to continue and that the term "running at large" should be carefully defined and pub lished conspicuously. II owever, this sentiment was lost when Recorder Van Tassel brought up the fact that it has cost the cily just as much as it gets out of it, to employ a man lo make the assessment s. NEWPORT EXCURSION FROM SPRINGFIELD AND EOGENE Southern Pacific Announces That Special Train Wil! Be Run Sunday. The Southern Pacific company an nounces an excursion from Springfield and Kugene to Xewport next Sunday, July l.V The Irain will leave Spring field at 5:15 and Kugene at 5:35 a. in., arriving at Newport al 12:40 in the afternoon. The train will leave there at 5:30 in the evening and arrive in l'.uene at 12:25 next morning and Sprinkfield m 2-A The fare for the round trip is $250 from Springfield, Kugene, Junction City. Harrishnrg and HaLey and less from ot her points further north, Otho Kroinan arrived this noon from Portland where he has been em ployed for the past seven months as eonduetor on the street car system. He formerly resided here and will make his temporary home here for the present. ': Mrs, Faber, formerly Mrs. Puss Wyatt. was visiting .with friends in litis city this afternoon. i!01