PITIABLE PICTURE
SEEN AT SHERIDAN
Blakenecl Ruins ot F'reity LiUie
Ciiy Was Viewed by uti
Albanyite.
PEOPLE ARE UNDAUNTED
AND PLAN PESUSCITATION
Loss Not As Great As Was First
Reported; Modern Structures
to Be Built.
Continue J from Tuesday, July --
Although living in blackened ruins
with here and there a tall gaunt pillar,
representing the ghost ot a tire-swept
business block or dwelling, the city
of Sheridan, one of the prettiest towns
in the valley, presents a pitiable pic
ture, as a result, ot" the $40C.(XX) lire
last week, but the people are un
daunted and are at present busy pre
paring plans for the restitution ot
their city, according, to a statement
made by D. J. Cricklanr, an Albany
traveling man.
'Tracticallv everything in the busi
ness district was devastated' said
i --:..i. i.,;,. n n result the peo
ple are buying everything and it will
onlyvbe a matter ot a short while be
fore the city is restored to a new and
substantial beginning. , ,
"As most of the ruined property
was covered bv substantial insurance
the loss is said not to have been as
great as was first reported ana - me
business blocks will be more modern
structures, which will probably mean
more to the place than many of the
wooden buildings which were lost.
"In the main business section ot
the town, nothing remains of the
;lit row of small wooden .".etures
which was intermimjled with a few
stone and brick buildings, but it mass
of charcoal, pieces of wire, and stone
foundations, all of which are badlj
Ch"lTthc residence district several of
the finest homes are missed and only
blackened heaps surrounding stone
Fireplaces, crumbled from the intense
heat, are found. Two great iroh
vaults stand above the rums like tall
sentinels. These are the VrppeTty of
the two banks, and it is believed that
he contents is intanct although the
the heat of the iron has prevented
them being opened. Most of the mon
ey of the town as well as many val
uable legal documents, were depos-
'te"TheCrbusiness houses are already
making active preparations to re
build, especially the grocery stores
and large shipments of supplies are
being shipped into the town every
day."
AUTO TIRE STOLEN WHILE
CAR STANDS IN STREET
Automobile Belonging to C. W.
. Tebault Relieved of Casing
and Inner Tube.
' ' When C. Wi Tebault returned late
last night, from a long tiresome tup
in' the country, he left his automobile
standing in trom ui "'
: . (.., (t r,f bp ni? directly undcl
an arc light and this mon ing when he
ir. his dismay he found that
nracti'callv a new tire from or.e ol
i.- mr,r wheels had been taken
Search failed to recover the missing
tire or the inner tube which was also
taken and it is believed that some bold
rWi,.r had deliberately dismounted
the lire during the night for the pur
po-e of stealing it. It was necessary
tn jack the wheel up, remove the air
pressure and resort to r. pair ot steel
imnlrments for removin" the clincher.
Ml of this was done practically uiv
der the arc light as the car had ap
parcntly been unmoved.
. o-
Milton McGuire went to Shedd this
noon where he will be engaged in
.hMmIikt :i wirinsr contract on the
new bank building for the Ralston
Electric Supply company,
rinrrnrc Cameron went to Har
risburz this noon on a brief business
r-rrn nd.
E. C. Roberts, of Lebanon trans
acted business here yesterday.
YOUNG LAOIES COMPLIMENT
YOUNG MEN BY PICNIC SUPPER
Cotni'limeiitins a number of younpt
men, a partv of younif ladies enter
tained last evening in Bryants park
liv a picnic supper. Followine the
repast members of tlie party (lathered
in a circle and resorted in concenial
conver'-atioi'. The hostesses were:
Misses Winifred Austin. Zona H.-ieht.
lone FIvnn. Julia Crov.cll. Helen Hul
bert. Mvrtlc Roberts. I.ora Taylor,
F.l-ie Bain. Gerty Taylor and Lila
T'atton. The miests were Messrs. D.
T. CricVbir. Clarence Tebrult. Clyde
Rober's. Harrv HawW"s. Bnh Rob
erts, Alfred Tebault. Buford Payne.
Veil Bain, Gordon Barrett and Byron
Tavlor.
IS ISSUED BY
U. S. FOREST SERVICE
Signs Posted Along the Trails
Caution Against Starting
Fires; Dry Weather.
With the camping season fairly on,
the United States iorest service has
posted along all the trails through the
government reserves warning notices
to travelers against starting fires.
These are printed in big letters on
waterproof cards which are nailed on
trees beside the road. All point out
that carlessness in regard to camp
fires and matches oiten lead to enor
mous damage and advises each indi
vidual to see that no blaze can be
traceable to him.
1'orest rangers frequently report the
discovery of embryonic holocausts
nrouud camping spots, where pleasure
seekers failed to extinguish the last
embers of their fire. Sometimes these
smolder and spring up to such pro
portions that thousands of dollars'
worth of damage to timber results
before the flames can be put under
control.
The series of placards summarizes
tile whole object of the forest service
and it is designed that, by the time
that the traveler has covered a mile
or so of forest trail, he will have ab
sorbed, whether consciously or not,
most of the tenets of the gospel of
fire prevention.
So far no fires have sprung up in
the forest undergrowth, but the con-
linuance of the hot, dry weather of
the last few days is dreaded hv the
department. If high winds spring up
through the forest region, fires are
almost bound to occur, according to
forestry officials who have warned the
rangers to be more than ever on their
guard.
CAMPERS ARE MOVING
FROM CHAUTAUQUA PARK
Work of Replacing the Grounds
in Normal Condition Will
Now Proceed.
Chautauqua park was a lively place
yesterday when scores of tents were
being struck and today the park which
tor the past two weeks has furnished
so much pleasure and amusement for
vast throngs, is practically desolate,
save for a few belated campers" who
are reluctant to break camp.
Work ot placing the grounds in
normal condition will -proceed im
mediately. Electric bulbs are, to be
taken down, strets to be cleared and
numerous obstructions are to be re
moved. The auditorium is to under
go its usual overhauling for the win
ter. When the work is completed the
grounds will trulv present a desolate
as pect, not mainly because the Chau
tauqua -is over, but because of the
plans of Hub Bryant, who will close
the park to tresnassintr until next
assembly.
o
. Rev, Leech to Go On Outing.
Rev. D. H. Leech and son Arch
procured hunting and fishing licenses
this morning from County Clerk
Marks, Sometime within the. next
week they will leave on a protracted
outing, going from here to Cascadia,
bv way of horse and cart and from
there on farther up they will pack to
Clear lake. They have planned a
genuine outing for recreation.
CORVALLIS MAN WEDS AN
ALRANY YOONG LADY
Oscar Troxel and Miss Ethel
Wheeler Are at Home in
Heart City.
Owing to the press of Chautauqua
duties, rue announcement ot the mar
riage of Mr. Oscar Arnold Tro.xel
and Miss Ethel Wheeler was neglect
ed until today.
In the presence of a few relatives
and intimate friends, the couple were
married at the home of the bride's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Wheeler,
who resides in Wright's Addition,
Rev. D. H. Leech officiating.
The bride is a well and favorably
known young lady of this city. The
bridceroom i in the employ of the
Corvallis & Eastern railroad at Cor
vallis. where the newly weds have
made their home.
" DOG PASSES TO
HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS
Located by Acting Chief of Police
Griff King, under a floo rof the Walk
er residence at 5th and Madison
streets, the alleged mad dog, which
yesterday gave the people of Albany
more than a mild .scare, was shot by
Constable John Cat lin and Officer
Roger.
A sawed off shot gun wa used by
tnc officers in killing the animal.
Buford Payne went to Shedd t li i -noon
where he will engage in com-
pie ting the wiring in the new bank
building for the Ralston company.
FARMERS WEAR
jWeallicr !ias Ecei;'
"deal for
Gar cen
brewing Urain and
Truck.
CROPS APPEAR TO BE
BETTER THAN IN YEARS
Hops Will Be Better Than Aver
age Grade; Oats Not Dam
aged by Rains.
With corn, pumpkins, squashes, mel
ons, growing at a rate almost percep
tible, and potatoes fairly crowding out
of their hills, hops climbing over wires
inches a day, and with haymaking up-
der ideal conditions, Linn county far-1
mers have welcomed witli broad
smiles the weather of the past week.
Crops about Albany appear to be
bettor than for years. Everywhere
garden truck, hay and grain is grow
ing heavy crops, heavier in general
than in years and prices seem to be
good.
Potatoes are growing an enormous
crop, and prospects are that the prices
will be high, because ot the compara
tive failure of the California and east
ern crops. Later spring grain, es
pecially oats, is shooting up into a rec
rd crop. The early grain is to be a
heavy crop, but not nearly so much
so as that, planted late.
The hot weather of the past few
days the farmers declare to be just
the food for the squashes, cucumbers,
watermelons, musk-melons, and that
kind of truck, which they say re
quires lots of heat The wet weather
has given them a healthy start and
now they are forging ahead with the
car-marks of prosperity.
The hops are growing splendidly.
The growers declr.re the yield will
be above the average. .
Indications are for a good price.
Contracts are already being made for
over 15 cents, and the buyers appear
to be anxious to buy. Picking in the
yards, will ,begin. this year between
September 1 and 10.
Haying, .which has been going on
for several weeks is far from finished.
Some farmers have fineshed, but many
are in the midst of their work. It is
still a little early to fix a price on hay
this year, yet all are expecting much.
Tomatoes are a little behind, and
the early planted crops have been de
layed by the rain, but all over the
country garden truck and crops are
showing new life. Few crops if any
are below an average, and many are
m the record breaking class.
Miss Mary E. Sutherland, who con
ducted the domestic science depart
ment at Chautauqua, left this noon for
Shedd to visit with relatives. -
HE DECLARES SUCCESS
HINGES ON OPTIMISM
You Have Got to Have It to
Make Advertising or
Anything Pay.
Portland, Or., Ti!y f3. Op; :! n
in advertising was ihe keynote i ;' an
address delivered before the Portland
Ad club during iht past week by i".
G Lewis, publisher of the Womm s
Republic, with headquarters at S:
Louis, who is noted for the seven year
fight he had with the governincn;. Me
was indicted 12 liir.es, experienced
four trials and g.'incd an acquittal in
each.
"To make adwrtis ing pay or ar.y
nture succeed, .stated Mr. '.ewis
on ii.it i koi t'i ei opinio J"'w
r! . . ....... f ... i
but cling to o;iiniism and you will
come out all riijht. Disaster consists
of your great. opportunity if yw.
'., ot the ncr to . u:i m :t
I i-ok it in ti c fact. Xev.-r h U a
mortem .u! vcrtis : av -
th"n: else.
H ere is a :,Tca: ercn-e m the
it-.! optim'sm and pu:i. liar The
c-n . relieves it a:iu "lie ol:. - rncs to
rri iV you believe i h dhi kJawandon
;ra"c- you believe it. To make anv
kind of a success in advert l-'nL' ( r in
.i!itr.ipg else, one must be an upti-i
mist."
Roy Gilson, auditor of Adam? coun
ty, Washington, after visiting with
friends in Lebanon, passed through
the city this noon enroutc home.
Mrs. W. H. McCoy, son and daugh
ter, of Spokane. Wash., after visiting
here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. K.I
M. French and spending a few days
outing at Newport left for their home
this noon. Mrs. McCoy is a sjsier
of Mrs. French.
Mrs. Eva Rhodes Smith and ou,
of Oakland, Calif., arrived today for
a six weeks visit at the home of E.
If. Rhodes.
News Beginning With This Head Is
1) From Daily Isii of
S) WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
IP. E. & E. TRAINS TO
Work of Ballasting New Road
Bad Is tkii.g carried on
By Workman
PLANS FOR DEPOT ARE
BEING CONSIDERED NOW
Central Transfer Point and
Suburban Cars to Be
Established.
Trains will be running over the
Portland, Eugene & Eastern, t'rom Eu
gene to Portland within 30 days. Such
was the announcement made yester-l
day by J. V. Mali, assistant chief en
gineer of the P., E. & E. while in Eu
gene. He declared that the officials
lire doing everything to rush the con
struction of the new road.
"We shall have the road ballasted
and be running trains over the line
within a month," he said. "We have
opened a new gravel pit at Corvallis.
and are distributing from SO to UK)
carloads of gravel between there and
Eugene each day."
Plans for the new central Eugene
depot to cover the entire block, he
said are held slightly in abeyance,
though generally rounded out. Prob
ably within 18 months this undertak
ing will be tinder way. Until then the
P., E. & E. trains will come into the
present Southern Pacific depot. It
will require nearly this time to elec
trify the new line, and until then the
first trains will be operated by steam.
The plans for the new station are
elaborate. It is to be a central trans
fer station, explained Mr. Hall for the
interurban and the city street cars.
Under the proposed plans, all Eugene
street car lines will run into the P.. E.
& E. trainshed and make their termi
nal and starting points the same as
that for the interurban lines. The
plan is that a passenger may step on
a street car any place in Eugene and
remain on the cars, with the exception
of the transfer inside the depot, all the
way to Portland.
The terminal yards at this point will
include probably, the trainshed and
depot, with freight yards and depot
and car barn. The buildings and
tracks will probably cover the entire
block, with the exception possibly of
the Y. M. L. A. building, which has
not yet been purchased by the railroad
company. Eugene Register.
Milt McGuire and Ruford Payne re
turned last night from Shedd where
they completed the wiring work on
the new bank building for the Ralston
Electric Supply company.
COUNTY JUDGE UNITES AGED
COUPLE IN MARRIAGE
Gold Hill Man Marrys Lyons
WomanLeft , on Brief
Honeymoon.
County Judge Bruce McKnight unit
ed in marriage shortly before noon to
day, John Pales, age 66, of Gold Mill,
and Mrs. M. M. C.odell, age 55, of
Lyons. County Clerk V. L. Marks
and Miss L, C). McCoy, a deputy in
his office acted as witnesses.
Shortly after the ceremony the cou
ple left on a north bound train on a
brief honeymoon after which they
will return to make their home at
Gold Mill. The marriage i the first
for Mr. Pates while it is the second
for his bride, beinlc the divorced wife
of M. M. Godcll and the mother of
, . , ,
1 1 t. "!. '.
Miss Greta Korlmiller left this noon
for Roseburg where she will be the
guest of friends for the next two
weeks,
A BIG
Get It At
10 Per Cent.
BOWERSQX TAKES A SHOT
AT WASHINGTON 0. C.
Local Man Assails Citizens of
Capital For Lack of Pat
riotism on July 4th.
Declaring that Washington D. C, is
the most unpatriotic city in America,
A. W. ilowersox who has just return
ed from Roches ter, X. V., where he
was a delegate to the Elk's grand
lodge assailed the citizens of the Cap
ital city because ot their lack ot pat
riotism on July 4th.
"We were in Washington on the
4th of July," said Howersox, "and
there were not as many flags floating
over the buildings as you will find in
our city ot Albany on a similar oceo
sion." Mr. and Mr. Howerox were gone
four weeks and visited Chicago, Mil
waukee, St. Paul, New York City, Ko
hester, Washington, D. C, and a num
ber of other points in the east. They
made the trip on the Elks' excursion
which left Seattle four weeks ago and
claim that they were never treated
hetter than tliey were by the members
of the Elks lodge in the cities in which
they visited.
There were 1350 Elks in attendance
at the meeting of the grand lodge and
it is aul to have been the most
cessful meeting of its kind ever held
in the history of the lodge.
M. Senders and wife left this morn
ing for a visit with friends and rela
lives in Eastern Washington.
A. Martins of Lyons, transacted
business here yesterday afternoon.
Prof. Hudson of the high'seho A fac
ulty, is in Portland visit in.; with
f; iends.
LOCAL SPORTSMEN ARE
OPPOSED TO U.S.REGULAT1QN
Meeting Held Last Night at Of
fice of L. G. Lewelling
Resolutions Prepared.
Meeting last night at the office of
L, G. Lewelling, about thirty local
sportsmen discussed the proposed new
regulation of game by federal gov
ernment. The meeting was called to order by
L. G. Lewelling and those present
condemned in no uncertain terms the
proposed change in the open season
for wild fowl. A committee of three,
consisting of Wnlter M. Parker, W.
Pollock, and L. G. Lewelling was ap
pointed with instruction to draft, suit
able resolutions which will be prepar
ed within the next two or three days
and forwarded to Washington.
BROWNSVILLE YOUNG MAN
MARRIED HERE LAST NIGHT
In the presence of a few friends,
Edwin Earl Roberts, of Iirownsville,
and Miss Mable Claire Snodgrass, re
cently from Minnesota, were united in
marriage at the Methodist parsonage
last night at 8 -o'clock by Rev. D. II .
Leech.
After the ceremony the couple left
for points unknown to their friends
Upon returning fhey will .make their
home in Itrowiisvillc.
G. T. I loekcnsmith and wife ex
pect to leave tomorrow morning in
their auto for Cascadia where they
wilt spend their summer vacation.
M rs, C. M . Ream is pending an
outing at Newport. She is expected
ho-ne the end of the week.
fudge J. X. I )u ma n retprned this
noon from a visit lo his farm in North
ern Linn county.
Mrs. Moiner .Mitchell went to Xew
virt I hi- noon for a brief outing.
SURVEYING?
se PENLAND & EATON
FOOM 1 Albany State Bank Bldg. Home 303 Bell 457-R.
SAVING TO FARMERS
CONKEY'S
Saves all that loss and
annoyance from flics
tormenting stock. Sold
on money-back agree
ment. If youknowwhat
flies cost you, you will
use Conkey's Fly
Knocker. If you don't
know, then let us tell
you some eye-opening
facts. Gallon, $1.00;
half-gal., 60c; quart,35c.
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IKIK5
SPECIAL ELECTION
Si
State Supreme Court Puts De
cision of Approval on the
Day Bill.
LIBBEY LOOSES SUIT
AGAINST SEC'Y 0LC0TT
Made Attempt to Enjoin State
Official from Calling the
Election November 4.
Salem, Or., July 2.V The supreme
court yesterday held that the Day bill
which provides for a special election
on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday of November of this year,
for the purpose of voting on referred
measures, is constitutional, says a re
port in the Statesman. Therefore the
voters of Oregon will have a chance
to pass on the measures on which the
referendum was invoked no November
4.
A. C. Libby was plaintiff in the ac
tion to restraing Secretary of State
lien V. Olcott from calling the spe
cial election under the bill, following
the decision of the court it will now
be the duly of Secretary Olcott to
call the election for the date speci
fied.' The case was originally tried in the
Marion county circuit courl, Judge
Gallowav deciding that the hill was
not constitutional. The chief conten
tion of Libby's attorneys was that the
act provided for 'an election without
stating what measures are to be voted
on, and also that the election demand
ed on the question of whether or not
referendum petitions were filed.
Again, it was contended that the act
was defective because it, did not pro
vide a method of payment of the
election expenses. The county courts
are not authorized to furnish election
supplies for the occasion, and this
point was dwelt on at length by the
attorneys.
The court calls attention to the fact
that Libby in reality had no legal
right to bring the injunction suit
against Secretary Olcott as he had not
shown that the issuance of the injunc
tion would work his harm in tiny way.
The court, however, decided to ignore
this point in order to get at the-tnnin
issue, of the voliditiy of the measure.
It is held that the act sufficiently
states the measures on which the vote
is to be taken, nnd that the legislature
may anticipate n condition likely to
arise in the future nnd therefore make
regulations governing such contin
gency. Unless the constitution for
bids it, the legislative assembly, fore
seeing possible referendums, might
with propriety provide a rule of action
in advance, controlling the procedure
in such a situation.
"The law," say the opinion, "is not
made to depend on anything except
constitutional authority. The election
mentioned may depend upon a con
tingency, but the election is not the
Inw. it is the enactment and not the
mere use of a law which gives it sanc
tion." Touching the tact that tlie bill did
not provide for financing the election,
the court says that it would be a vio
lation of the rule of contemporencous
construction if it should be decided
at this late dav that every case in
which the leutslaturp -Urects a refer
endum should also devise a plan for
holding that particular election com
plete in nil details.
Miss Beatrice Mankey after visiting
with Mrs. L. L. Potts left yesterday
for Crabtrcc to visit with friends.
C. W. Tebault returned this after
noon from a brief business trip to
Portland.
225 W. 2.1 St.
Bring In Thi Ad.