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VOL. XLVIII. " ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 19U. .; , -4
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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.
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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.
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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-
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THURSDAY, JULY 10.
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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.
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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.
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