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About The Semi-weekly democrat. (Albany, Linn County, Or.) 1913-1926 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1913)
VOL. XLVIII. ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1913. No. 80. IE PASS TO HAVE SCENIC ROAD Lane and Crook Counties Co operate with Government to Provide Highway. FEDERAL ENGINEERS COMMEND WORK Good Grade Over Summit Will Converge Eastern Oregon Traffic. Eugene. Or., Aug. 2. With the dis patch of additional men to the summit of the Cascade last week, work will be redoubled on the construction of a better grade for crossing the moun tains by way of the McKenzie Pass. When this work, and other in con templation, is completed, the McKen zie river road will offer one of the best highways into Central Oregon from the Willamette valley. Just before the summit is reached there is a stretch of road with a grade of 25 feet in 100, but a nicw piece of road in which the maximum grade will be 100 per cent will be completed soon. The entire right of way for the new roau na mci-h - iv.u mm u . j zim teet ot graue nas necn conipicicu. The work thus undertaken is be ing paid for by the National Fores: service and is being done under the supervision of the Lane countv court. Six thons.ircl dollars is now available for the construction work and next year piobuhly double this amount will be spen:. Engineers Commend Wort. i" vr.vk -..w bcinc carried sneriallv commended by a party of fed eral and state engineers, who crossed the mountains last week on a tour of inspection. The trip, however, is not one for the novice to attempt. Tt is a moun tain road and as such requires skill. With the contemplated changes in grades in the widening of the road way, however, the road will be per fectly safe for anvone with a reason able amount of skill. Plans for the future improvement of the road involves, in addition to expenditures bv the national forest service, contributions by Crook and T.ri'ie counties. Cro-V- roi-ntv contemplates issuing $?00.0nn in bond. with the proceeds of which approximately 200 miles of rod conld be repaired and rebuilt. Completion of a feasible road through to the summit open no the possibility of making the McKenzie pass the converging point of three Entern Oregon roads. One from the north would be used by Central Ore gon people wbo do not wish to ship their automobile? down the Columbia river from The Dalles. Another, in cluding the Prineville-Mitchell road toward the Blue mountains, would be a part of a trans-state highway. From the southward would come Portland bound travel. Mi-s Tione FJvnn. of Medtord. wlin lia been tlip luet of Miss Myrtle Roberts for the past month, returned to her home yesterday. Rollin I.obaugh returned to Fort land this morning after visiting ovct Sunthv with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. E. I.obaugh. Y. M. C. A. DIRECTORS WILL MEET TONIGHT The board of directors of the Y. M. C. A. will meet tonight at the Y. M. C. A. for the purpose of discuss ing matters of importance concerning the institution. Among the matters to be discussed is the proposition of installing a publis wimming tank here. The matter originally came up before the Commercial club, and that body endorsed the plan, referring it to the Y. M. C. A. officials. Pending the outcome of the discussion tonight will rest the responsibility of the prop osition beng promoted by that in stitution. o ft Democrat Wants Correspondent The Democrat desires to se- cure a local correspondent at Shcdds, Plainview, Harrisburg. I-cbanan. Brownsville, Sweet Home. Scio, and all other points in the county not already repre- sented. Anyone desiring to act as the representative of the paper 9 will please inform the manage- mcnt at an early date. J23-tf sss 1? ' S News on This Page is P From railv Iue of MONDAY. AUGUST . 8 PiRTLE CQTiPLAiNS IF THRASHER'S SNORING : Wants Police Judge Van Tassel ; to Find him Guilty of ! Misdemeanor. ! That snoring can be termed a mis demeanor, was indicated this morn ing in a verbal complaint filed with Recorder Van Tassel by Grant Pirtle, weight 290, against C. L. Thrasher, weignt 3ui. Recorder Van Tassel is to determine whether Thrasher is guilty of an offense and deal out the punishment accordingly. The case arose in the police court, when Pirtle, who is ever alert to put something over on Thrasher, who in turn, slips one over on the former when the chance affords, complained of the excessive snoring of the hitter. Pirtle said that his house is a block away from Thrasher but despite this the hitters snoring keeps him awake. Police Judge Van Tassel is to re volve the evidence over in his mind and it was intimated that the punish ment to be imposed upon Thrasher will be the cigars for the crowd. INDICATIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR BEST FAIR IN YEARS Dr. A. G. Prill of Linn County Fair Association Here Boosting Fair Arriving here this morning. Dr. A. G. Prill, president of the Linn county lair association, will boost and make final preparations for the holding of the fair at Scio, which will ot"n tor three days at Scio September 24. Indications, according to Dr. Prill are favorable for one of the most suc cessful fairs in years. With bumper crops reported everywhere this year will be unsurpassed from ;i .-tandpoint of quantity and quality. Special effort has been made to make the live stock and industrial fair de partments better than ever. The rac ing program will prove of exceptional interest as many well known horses will appear on the track. Prepara tions ha-ve been made at Scio for the handling of large crowds. NOT MORE THAN TWELVE ASSESSMENTS SAYS VIERECK Local Delegate to Head Camp W. 0. W. Tells of Important Change In Rules According to a letter received today by the editor of the Democrat from Louis Viereck who is now attending the head camp of the Woodmen of the World as the delegate from the Albany lodge, the Woodmen have made a limit of twelve assessments in any one year, all over the twelve to be taken out of the reserve fund. Mr. Viereck says that he is enjoying his trip but the weather in Denver is just a little too hot for an Oregon- i ian. The session will last a few days J longer than it was anticipated and he i will therefore be delayed in leaving on1 ins viit with mends ami relatives in the east. LOGGER HAS LEG BR OKEN MYSTERIOUSLY Shclburn, Or., Aug. 4. Edward Ly on had one of his less broken while logging for the E. L. Brandt sawmill one mile east of here. lie was at work with a team when in some man ner, which he cannot explain, he 1 was struck and knocked to the ground. When he tried to Ret up he found that his leg was broken. Dr. Hunt has obtained a lease on the rooms formerly occupied by Dr. Bilyeu in the Will building and ey pects to move into his new location in a few days. FARM HAND HAS SLEPT 3 DAYS; STILL COMATOSE Corvallis, Or., Aug. 4. Wallet, the young man employed at the Mahoney farm near Lewishurg, this county, fell aslep Wednesday while partaking of the evening meal, is still in a coma tose condition. So far all efforts to arouse him have proved unavailing. Killed a Deer Apiece. Returning yesterday from the foot hills near Cottnge Grove, where thev were the guests of friends on a deer hunt. J. R. Hulhurt and W. G. Ballack, each secured a trophy of one buck apiece. They report a most enjovahle outing and declare they are ready I to go to work for another year, to re i peat the next season. GAfiHESUN PLEADS FOR BIG MILITIA Secretary of War Asks Aid and Co-operation of All Business Men. IT TAKES TWO TO KEEP THE PEASE" HE SAS Major General Leonard Wood Urges Preparations in Case of War. Portland, Or., Aug. 4. (Special to Democrat.) The appeal for govern ment aid in securing 40 feet of water at the Columbia bar, which was made by J. X. Teal, taken under advise ment with a briel uassiug comment. Secretary of War Garrison and Ma jor General Leonard Wood, as honor guests at the .Multnomah hotel ban quet Saturday night, devoted their address to an uige.-t pica tor . wak ened responsibility and co-operation on the part of the business men of the country in building up a strong na tional g:.aru iy side .vn-i tnt -la.niii.g army ot fi.e United Slates. "There is a spirit in Wall street that I want directed toward the larger affairs of the department wit h which I a;u idciuiiied, -aiu bVc: clary Carri on. " J here is a larger sphere than that of the development of your own resources. Do you realize that in all the continental United States, you have on its feet and fully equipped fin action in case of war only 32,000 men "It a quarrel is forced on us, and I am the last man among you that would hope for such a tiling, do you realize that we have got to have lie LOht. our standing army a trained na tional guard to stand a second line and back of these we must have laws that will enable us to bring into action all of the able volunteers who are willing to bear arms? "It takes two to keep the peace, and no man can tell when in a contro versy between nations a point may be reached where it will be necessary to resort to armed aggression, no matter how much disposed we may be to avoid conflict." Major General Wright carried the same thought further, after touching lightly on the appeal that had been made by Mr. Teal earlier in the ev ening. M. SENDERS IS YOUNGEST GRANDFATHER IN ALBANY Perhaps the youngest grandfather in Albany is M. Senders of the firm of M. Senders & Co., a baby girl having been born last night to Mr. and Mrs. Murrv Marshall. Mr. Sen ders is iust forty-five of years of age and is as proud of the new title as he is of the new baby. DOGS SUPPOSED TO BE ID K NOT 10 AT ALL Investigation bv Police to Bear Out Early Reports. Fails Albany is having the first mad dog scare in its history. Three mad dogs have been reported here in the past ten days, but in one of these cases it has been established that ther was but little ground for the report, and in another some doubt is entertained as to whether or not the animal was really suffering from rabies The actions of the first mad dog killed, it is argued, were due to poison rather than rabies. A few clays later a report was made to police headquar ters that a mad dog had been -seen in the Southern Pacific railroad yards. This animal could not be found, hut from what facts the officer could gather it is believed that this do,? was not mad at all. Saturday officer kill ed a dog which had tried to claw through a screen door to reach vjne children, and which, from its appear ance and actions, was actually suf fering from rabies. NO HOMICIDES IN BENTON COUNTY DURING YEAR 1912 Corvallis, Or., Aug. 4. There were no homicides in Renton county dur ing 1912. George Dodd was shot at Willamette bridge, foot of Van Burcn street, but on the Linn county side of the river. The trial of the Hunip rey brothers was completed in 1912, but there was no killings within the county during the year. SHE WOULD HIT PROSPERITY Should Conductors and Train Men Strike Entire West Coast Would Be Effected. COMMERCE WOULD BE TIED UP UNIVERSALLY Suffering and Losses Would Be Brought to Thousands of Homes. Portland. Aug. A (Specainl to the Democrat. Should the coindnctors and brakemen embloyed by Southern Pa cific Company actually enter upon a .-trike it would prove to be the worst that could be given the present pros perity of the Pacific Coast, according to an official statement issued today by the railroad company. The strike would cut down the movement oi lumber toward the south and east. if not stop that activity altogether: it, would close hundreds of mills and turn thousands of men out of their employment: it would prevent the marketing ol one ot the largest crop: of recent vears in western Oregon it would bring suffering and losses to thousands of homes that are not concerned in the controversy between the trainmen, the Southern Pacific company and the Portland, luigcne & hastern Railroad Company. It is proposed that the strike of the trainmen shall take in all Southern Pai-ilic lines in the states of Oregon. California. Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. It is plain that no labor organiza tion has the right to precipitate such a calamity without great provocation. The defense of their own organiza tions, or a general cut in wages at a a time when the cost of living is high and increasing, might justify such a strike. The situation is that the Portland Eugene & Eastern Electric Raiva company is acknowledge to be asso ciated with the Southern Pacific sys tem. Under the plans the Portland, Eugene & Eastern is to be operated independently of the Southern Pa cific, but will take over a number of Southern Pacific lines as soon as they can be electrified. PARTY WILL SPEND OUT ING ON MAiiYT P'CAK A ;arty of Albany y"up.f people p:i-sed through Corvallis ;. esterdav en route lo Marys Peak wli'.'.'? th.-y will spend the next three days. They were equipped with blankets, camping utensils. guns, ammunition, fishing and every necessity for having one big time on the peak. The party in cluded Mr. and Mrs. Roland Hackel nvin, Mr. and M rs. Lloyd Gilchrist. Misses I'ernice Ilackelman and Mar garet Jacks and Messrs Tom Gilchrist and S. M. Bennet. Corvallis Repu lican. OLD DIVALS CHATED IN COUNTY JAIL SATURDAY M. E. Nicewood Greets Pris oner Who Attempted His Life Last December. M. E. Nicewood, of Tangent, and Paul Ackerman. met in the county jail here Saturday afternoon and chat ted pleasantly for the first time since December 7, when Ackerman shot Nicewood through the face with a rifle bullet. Nicewood was rifling in a buggy with Miss Tcmpa Brock, of Shedds, at the time of the shooting. The two men were rivals. Ackerman fled, and efforts to apprehend him fail" d "ntil lie surrendered himself volun tarily ten days ago. Meeting Nicewood on the street to day a friend of Ackermau's suggested that he go to the jail to visit the former rival. Though no animosity was shown during the Interview, Ack erman will be prosecuted. BREAKS THREE RIBS WHEN AUTO TURNS TURTLE Word was received here today that W. Wal-h, a well known travelling man wdio used lo make this territory, while driving his automobile accom panied by a party of friends along a road outside of Portland Saturday af ternoon sustained three broken ribs and a sprained back when the car ran into a ditch and turned turtle. Other ocrupants of the car escaped injury. V r. WaKh is well known here, having represented the Blake McFall Co. in this section for many years. Although confined in a hos pital his injuries are not regarded as serious. ALBANY LOCATORS OF BAIL- Took up Land More Than Six Years Ago. Suit Filed by Government Later Albany, Or., Aug. 4. Editor Dem ocrat, Dear Sir: The article iu yes- crd.iv s uregoiiian . concerning Ore gon and California railroad laud does not reier to locators or citizens ol Albany, who six years ago, long be fore the United States tiled its suit, made application to purchase such lands. Their right to make applica tion at that time was recognized by .mth the court and U. S. attorney, and all prior applicants were granted leave to intervene. The court decided about two years ago that the laud should forfeit to the United States nit ordered that no further settlement or other applications he made on said lands until the termination of the pending suit. It is for violating this last order that Southern Oregon locat ors are liable to be prosecuted. Respectfully, SUBSCRIBER MUZZLE PREFERABLE TO PRESENT PLAN SAYS DR. DAVIS City Health Officer Says That Undue Restraint of Dogs May Cause Fits That the practice of keeping a dog chained up continually may cause fits but that it will not produce rabies was the statement made to a Demo crat representative this morning by Dr. W. 11. Davis, city health officer tor Albany. "In my judgment," said the doctor, "an ordinance requiring the owners of dogs to keep the animals muzzled during the hot weather would he pre ferable to the idea of keeping them chained. "When a dog is tied up continually and thereby prevented from obtain ing exercise, this may be and often is, a contributing cause of fits. In my judgment, undue restraint will not however, cause rabies." ALBANY ATHLETICS DEFEAT THE M'MINNVILLE TIGERS Eighth Inning Batting Rally Nets Home Team 6 Runs. Score 9 to 3 With a whirlwind halting rally in the eighth inning, the Albany Athlet ics defeated the Mc M inuvillc Tigers here yesterday afternoon, 9 to 3. It was a hotly contested game until the eighth inning, when the Athletics fell on Goddard for seven hits and a walk, netting six runs. Albany scored three runs in the first i lining and the visitors t wo iu the fourth. McMinnville lied the score in the eighth, only to see lite tie broken, an avalanche of hits, sc-tre: K !1 K A I ham- 0 13 4 .McMinnville 3 7 2 Butteries Patterson and I'a'.ict sou ; oomlard and Wilson. . o IS LOOKING AFTER DEER CHASING HOUNDS Deputy Game Warden E. C. J ill had just returned from Oakridgc near which place he killed a number of deer chasing hounds belonging to a citizen of that vicinity. It was either submit to their being killed, or the owner coming to town and facing a serious violation of the game law. Mr. Hills also tied up a pack of these chasers at Lowell and if he can learn that tlicy are after deer again, he will kill the whole pack. One notice is sufficient. Eugene Register. Mrs, J. C. Christy who recently fell rmil sprained her ankle, is recovering from the effects of lier injury. TWENTY TWO ALDANIANS PICNICED AT WATERLOO Leaving ycsterilay in four automo biles for Waterloo, a party of 22 Al banyilcs cnjoycii a pleasant picnic at that place, returning home early last evening. The big party was composed of Mr. ami Mrs. Anthony Austin, Mr. anil Mrs. O. M. Junkiu anil daughter, Mr. and Mrs. O. I). Austin and family Mr. ami Mrs. Ilallantyne, Mr. and. Mrs. Frank Pate and daughter, Mr. anil Mrs. Grant Pirtle and Mr. and Mrs. L. 11. Fish and family. Dinner and supper was served on the picnic grounds. inc chickens and several watermelons formed the top line item of the meals. ORDINARY FITS E. H. McCune Quotes Known Authority on Diseases of Dumb Animals. MAKES STRONG PLEA FOR BETTER TREATMENT Contends That Restraint and Lack of Exercise Causes Disease Among Dogs. Declaring that in both cases where illeged "mad dogs" have been killed y local police oiiicers, he has made an investigation ot the iacts. h.. H. Mc Cuue of uie firm of Chambers & Mc Cune this morning stated to a Demo crat representative that the first case was a result ot poison and in the sec ond dog was suffering from a fit. lo substantiate this statement, he tjuoled from Glover, a well known au thority on diseases of animals and the writer oi a number of texl books on this subject. The lollowing is from this well known authority: "In case of fits, the first symptoms may be absent, the annual on being a 1 1 ac k ed rushing a w ay w i ! d ly , ye I p iug as if in pain, running against ob jects as if partially blind, and per haps snapping viciously. Many dogs are destroyed when in this condition particularly if on a public thorough fare, as the cry, "mad dog' 'is at once raised; whereas all the poor animal requires is a little medicine and aU teution to restore him to his normal condition." 'The dog killed Saturday showed all of these symptoms," said Mr. Mc Cune and was clearly suffering from an .ordinary ..case of fits. "To those who have any knowledge of the diseases of dumb animals, their habits and the precautious necessary to preserve their health, it is a won der that there are not more cases sim ilar to the ones reported to the local papers by the city authorities. Ity the terms of the so called dog ordi nance, dogs are not permitted to ob tain any exercise whatever and it would not be at all surprising under the circumstances if more of them suffered from attacks of fits, o If there is anything that will produce fits iu dumb ani mals, keeping them continually tied by a rope or chain will accomplish that purpose." STOCK MARKET VARIED DURING PAST WEEK Heavy Receipts of Cattle, Hog Market Dropped Sheep House Slow Portland, Union Stock Yards, Aug. 4 keeeipts fur the week have been: Cattle, 1HH7; calves, 215; hogs, 2479; sheep, .K62; horses, 7. Heavy receipts of cattle for the week, and the fact that the best stuff was not suffering has caused the mar ket In decline from 25c to 5l)c. G'hmI choice stuff is in demand and would still bring a good price, hut there in no demand for a poor quality, which just demoralizes the market. The de horning of cattle is strongly urged, as iu many instances shippers receive from 25c to 40c less on account of the bruised condition of the stuff offered. $8.25 is the top on steers when good ones arc iu evidence. One extra choice lot of cows brought $7.50, but good cows are selling around $6.75 and $7.00. Fancy heifers would bring a good price hut there is wide range iu the class offered, as in the case with steers. Calves steady and bulls a shade lower. The hog market has dropped from ten cents to $0.70 for best light swine, and will probably go lower, as packers needs arc temporarily sup plied. The sheep bouse was slow and draggy, probably due to the hot wea ther. Not many receipts. Good ewes would bring $3.50, top weathers $.1.75 to $4.K), and top last of the mountain lambs, $5.50 to $5,75 but a general apathy exists in the sheep trade. Clyde Williams has returnc:! from Montana where he has proved up on a homestead. Clifford Simon, of near Shcdil, transacted business here this even ing. Albert Kullander, of Corvalls, vis ited with friends here yesterday.