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VOL. XLVIII.
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY. AUGUST 26, 1913.
No. 85.
GATES OPEN 10
SPEEDING OF AUTOS IN
COUNTY TO BE CHECKED
BIG CROPS IN
01 KILLED IN
HALF MILLION FOR C. &
E. RECONSTRUCTION
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Party of Twenty Railroad Of-
ficials Arrived Here This
Afternoon.
ON SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF
NORTHWEST AND EAST
Entertained by Citizens with
Automobile Ride and Big
Reception.
Arriving this noon ;it 2 o'clock ov
er the Oregon Electric from Salem,
a party uf 10 Xorthern Pacific Immi
gration department representatives
from ihe. various large cities in the
N'ort Invest nd the Middle States,
headed by L. J. Bricker, of St. Paul,
general immigration agent, accompa
nied by a party of six prominent rail
road officials of Oregon and Presi
dent P. II. D'Arcy and Secretary
Fred S. Bynoi:, of the Salem Com
mercial club, were the guests of Al
banyites until 3 o'clock, at the end of
a Northwest sight seeing tour. The
idea of the trip is to give the immigra
tion department representatives a
chance to view the wide scope of
country and the volutnn of business
transacted over the lines of their rail
road system.
The railroad men will not go on to
Eugene as was first scheduled but
left here at 3 o'clock for Portland on
the return trip after visiting at various
places along the route of the Oregon
Electric between here and that place.
They will leave Portland either to
night or tomorrow morning on the
return trip to their home.
Met at the Oregon Electric depot
by a large delegation of citizens,
headed by Mayor Gilbert, President
Van Winkle and Manager Stewart of
the Commercial club, with " automo
biles piloted by A. C.. Schmitt, Ed.
Tvler, in the Barrett car, F. M.
French. J. A. Howard, P. A. Young,
Lee Hulbert. in the Hulbert car and
D. O. Woodworth, the big party were
taken on a sight seeing tour of the
city and country immediately adja
cent. Returning to the Commercial
club parlors the p?rty of disinguished
guests were given a hearty welcome
and a short impromptu meeting was
held.
The personnel of the immigration
representatives is r.s follows:
L. J. Baker, general immigrr.tion
agent. St. Paul; C. E. Arney, western
immigration and industrial agent. Spo
kane; Prof. H. E. Willard, develop
ment, agent, St. Paul ;J. L. Moore,
traveling immigration agent, Billings,
Montana; J. L. Daugherty. traveling
immigration agent, Chicago; John E.
Fox, immigration agent, Chicago;
O. L. Stark, traveling immi"rrtion
agent, Kansas City; S. M. Ewen, trav
eling immigration agent, Klizabcth
ton, Tennessee; George A. Jobes,
traveling immigration . agent, Cin
cinnnati, Ohio; L. S. Wood, immigra
tion department. St. Paul.
They were accompanied by the fol
lowing who joined them at Portland
and at Salem: P. E. Schwabe. of the
immigration commission of Oregon ;
V. H. Ornishy. traveling freight agent
of the Xorthern Pacific; II. G. Smith,
traveling passenger agent, of the
same road: R. H. Crozier, assistant
general passenger agent of the S. P.
& S.; F. H. F'ogarty, assistant gen
eral freight agent of the Xorthern Pa
cific : Carl R. Gray, general super
intendent of the Oregon Electric, and
the president and secretary of the
Salem Commercial club.
The party was scheduled to have
arrived here this morning hut. got left
in Portland, taking the next train
from there direct to Albany. Enroutc
hack they stop off at Salem, practical
ly winding up their two weeks' trip.
F. G. Goddard, a prominent resi
dent of Mill City returned last night
to that place after a short business
visit in Albany.
Ray Houston is spending a few
days at Newport.
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Si'edds. Phinview. Harri'hurg.
T.ebanan. Brownville. Sweet
Home, Scio, and all other points
in the county not already repre-
sented. Anyone desirine to act
as the representative of the paper 'V
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County Court Is Considering
Stringent Measures Gov
erning Traffic.
That the county court is consider
ing adopting stringent measures gov
erning the speeding of automobiles
upon the county roads and across
bridges, was a statement made this
aPtenuoou by County Judge Bruce
McKnight.
"From practically all parts of the
county," said the judge, "have come
complaints relative to the excessive
speeding of automobiles, especially
across the county bridges, causing
considerable damage to them. With
a little thoughtlessness, combined
with reckless and fast driving, an au
tomobilist can do much damage to a
bridge. Scores of bridges have been
damaged in this manner and it has
cost the county money to repair them
when but a little regulation governing
the traffic of an automobile could pre
vent all of this unnecessary expense.
The county court is seriously con
sidering adopting stringent regula
tions governing the speed of automo
biles in the county and in all prob
ability special officers will be depu
tized to make arrests for violations.
Upon conviction the offenders will in
all likelihood be prosecuted as in vio
lations of a city ordinance."
GRADING FOR ROAD BED '
BEGINS AT INDEPENDENCE
Large Crew Starts Construct
ion Work on Proposed
Valley Siletz Line.
Independence, Or., Aug. 20. A spe- j
cial train was" run over the Indepen-:
deuce & Monmouth railway to Airlie
yesterday, carrying a trainload of la
borers for work on the Valley & Si-,
letz Railway. The railway company
secured the right of way over the j
old Southern Pacific tracks at Airlie,;
to Hoskins, in condemnation proceed- j
ings'in the circuit court last week, j
Work started today on the actual j
construction. The right of way agent
will begin immediately buying up the
right of way beyond Hoskins, as it;
is the plan of the company to build
into the Spaulding camp this year,,
completing the road to the Siletz Ba-:
sin next year. j
The sawmill at Hoskins, which was!
purchased by the Cobb & Mitchell in-1
teres ts to saw out railway timbers,
started to work last Thursday at saw
ing ties and bridge timbers for the j
road, and as fast as the grading is
done these will be distributed along
the right of way. Machinery for the ;
work is now on the ground.
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CITY NEWS.
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Munkers Catches Runaway Boy.
While riding on top of a coach of the
Shasta Limited, a tewlve year old re
form school lad who had escaped
from that institution, was taken into
cur-tody of A. I. Munkers Wednes
day night when the train stopped
and an attendant took him back to
the reform school yesterday.
Off for Camp After the Ball. The
militia company will enjoy a fine
dance at the armory this evening and
by daylight will be ot'f on their spe
cial train for their 10 days' practice
outing at Fort Stevens. All those
holding tickets are invited to attend
the dance.
Through Train to Tangent Ask
ing if he could secure a through train
to Tangent, and answered by South
ern Pacific Ticket Agent Hubert Birt
chett that lie could, E. A. Johnson, of
the Albany Mill & Elevator Co., then
asked for an excursion ticket to tbat
place, which was given him and he
left on the noon train for Tangent
on a brief business errand. The in
cident caused much merriment, being
one of many humorous episodes en
acted by Alt-. Johnson, who is one of
Albany's leading councilmen.
Failed to Get Check Cashed. When
ja young man entered the Schultz ero
I eery store on Lyon street yesterdav
to purchase some goods he tendered
a check in payment, to be told he
would have to be identified before it
would be cashed. The young man
left the store. supposedly to find
' someone to identity him, but did not
return, leaving the check and goods
t lie was to have purchased.
! Former Albany Boy Visits Here.
j Arriving here yesterday, Karl Ab
bott, formerly of this city, but now in
the employ of the Xorthern Pacific
at Portland, is the guet of friends.
He is a son of Rev. J. T. Abbott, of
Ftu'ene. who i- district superintend
ent of the Methodist church and for
merly pastor of the local church.
Left for Portland. Mr. and Mrs.
'. W. A. Ballack and daughter, accom
panied by Miss Helen Hulbert left
in the Ballnck tr.r this morning for
Portland. They will take a trip up
t lie Columbia and spend several days
in and around the Rose City before
: returning to Albany.
Claim That Land Values Are
Too High Is Shattered by
Reports.
CLOVER SEED SHOWS
LARGE PROFITS THIS YEAR
Farmers Prosperous and Land
Properly Farmed ShowsGood
Interest on Investment.
The claim that land values in Linn
county are too high has been com
pletely shattered by reports coming .
this week from the country disiricrs
giving detailed accounts of enormous
yields of clover and other crops
Perry Parker, a well known farmer
residing on Albany Prainc is not
through threshing but it is estimated
that his clover will run 10 bushel to
the acre. He will produce tii'ire than
1000 bushels of clover and clover seed
sells at $9 per bushel. Prom this crop
alone he will realize over 5J."XlO.
When he has completed threshing op
erations a more detailed statement of
his net and gross profits will be print
ed in these columns.
C. P. Widmei, who resides east of
Albany has titty-five acres of laud ir.
clover. It is conservatively estimated
that he will produce five hundred
bushels on this land and tint his re
turns will amount to nearly $5,oV).
Jenks Brothers of Tangent have n )t
completed threshing operations but
their clever seed is going p:i;c bush
els ;j the acre. They have two huud-.
n 1 ; -v-r.;?, in this even and it is ,on-sef-it.ely
estrr.Mcd that th ' v.V, ri
al I- more than $12,000 whe;i tne
s.'im i marketed Vestedav 1e,:V;
brothers threshed spring oats which
was sowed on land which last year
was in clover. This crop will go bet
ter than ninety bushels to the acre.
M. ' Forester is threshing his alstkc
clover which is running ten bushels
to the acre. The value of his crop is
estimated at between $10,000 and $12,
000. Farmers of Linn county are request
ed to send in to the Democrat reports
of their yields for the present year.
River Lower Today.
The maximum temperature yester
day afternoon was S7 degrees, the min
imum was 5.3. The river is at 1.5 feet.
C.5E.
PRACTICALLY COMPLETED
Reconstruction of Viaduct with
Steel Spans and Girders
Nearly Finished.
The Corvallis & Eastern railroad
bridge via duet, leading from the foot
of the bridge to tiie draw on this side
of the river, has been practically com
pleted by reconstruction and girding
with steel spans and girders. An ex
ceptionally heavy steel span has been
placed over First street which makes
the bridge at this point one of the
most substantial railroad structures
or its kind in this section. At var
ious places on the viaduct and on the
draw, steel girders have been installed
to strengthen the bridge, which is con
structed of enormous timbers.
Traffic can mow pass over the
bridge undeterred. A little inconven
ience along this line was experienced
during the work but it caused what i
is considered but little delay in view 1
of the tremendous undertaking, of
reconstructing the bridge to its prcs- I
cut extent, without tying up the trains
entirely. The work is considered a
remarkable engineering feat.
WHEAT GOES UP TO
UU UUOIILLU I Ml nUIIL
Milling and Threshing Is Pro
gressing Under Ideal Condi
tions Says Johnson.
That the average yield of wheat
thus far threshed in this section is 51)
bushels per acre and that threshing
and milling is progressing under ideal
conditions with prospects for one of
the largest crops in several years, was
tile statement marie this morning by
A. Johnson, of the Albany Mill &
Klevator Co.
"The outlook for a large grain crop
is good," said Mr. Johnson." Thresh
ing and milling is progressing on the
most favorably condition, and I be
lieve that 5(1 bushels per arre for
wheat is a conservative estimate of
the yield"
The Car Tunis Turtle Between
Salem and Albany; Charles
Black of Dalles Killed.
FORMER ALBANY MAN
AMONG THOSE INJURED
Newspaperman from Dalles
Only Occupant of Car to
Escape Without Injury.
Salem, Or.. Aug. 21. (Special to
Democrat.) Driven at a high rate of
speed, a motor car occupied by live
business men from Dallas, this morn
ing turned turtle at a point about
three miles this side of Salem, killing
Charles l!l;;ck, a city employee of Dal
las and seriously injuring Carl Wil
liams and 11. Wallace.
The members of the party left Dal
las yesterday on a motor trip to So
lent and were on their homeward
journey when the accident occurred.
The machine was making quick
time when at a .sharp turn
in the road the wheels skid
ded and the car made three com
plete turns, lilack was pinned under
the wreckage and died shortly after
wards. Charles liilyeu, formerly ol
this city and a son of a well known
Lin u county citizen, was quite ser
iously injured but was able to walk
a miie and a half to a farmers home
where he phoned for a physician. II.
Hammond of the I'olk County Ob
server, was riding in the car and was
the only, member of the party who
escaped without injury.
WILL ADVERTISE ALBANY
THROUGHOUT THE EAST
More people for Oregon is the slo
gan of t'iie commercial clubs and pro
gressive citizens of our great state.
Long before this modern war cry was
raised The Mt. Angel Magazine, pub
lished by the lienedictine Fathers oi
Mt. Angel, Oregon, has worked for
the development of Oregon, liy its
special editions and being circulated
all over-the Union and Europe it was
instrumental of bringing to (he state
thousands of citizens. Another spe
cial edition i now in preparation.
The courtesy of free publicity is ex
tended to Albany. Mr. 1 L. Kans
dall, field editor, will call and make
all arrangements.
OALLES GETS SAME
LIGHT RATE AS ALBANY
Oregon Power Company Re
duces Rates in Polk County.
Morton Makes Trip.
Reduction of electric litfM rates of
the Oregon power company from 15
cents with no discount to 11 cents
per kilowattt with a discount on pay
ment of hills on or before the Kith
of each month, is the radical change
in prices of the company, soon to be
effective. The September bills will
be the first to experience this change.
While arrangements for this change
were made last week during the visit
here of K. X. Jennings, manager of
the company's plant at Kugeue, K. G.
Hunt, representing the Hillcsby com
pany, of Chicago, owners nf the Ore
gon I'ower Company and 11. K. Mor
ton, manager of the plant at Albany,
no word of the change was give out
until the first of this week, and owing
to the absence from the city of J. L.
White, manager of the local plant,
no further information in this direc
tion can be secured. Polk County
Observer.
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NOW ON CITY PAYROLL
New Regime Begins with In
struction with Automobile
Truck.
Ashland. Or.. Ana. 20 The citv
fire department, heretofore a volun- I
leer one and divorced from actual inu- j
niripal control, has been made by or-
dinancc a paid organization, in view of
the introduction of the fire auto truck. !
Hereafter there will be a fire rhiefj
and as.js;int( each to receive $75 a
month, l-'onr additional men will al- I
so be at the department's service and
these will be paid for actual time put
in in fit'httnir fires. A day off oc
ca.ionallv will he allowed the two'
chief officials: otherwise thry are I
compelled to lie on duty nixht and
day. ;
Officials Are to Do More Than
Was Asked by Railroad
Commission
An expenditure of nearly half a mil
lion dollars is involved in the pro
posal of the Southern 1'acific to im
prove its Corvallis line, according to
the statement of 1). V. Campbell, gen
eral superintendent of the Southern
Pacific lines in Oregon to the state
railroad commission.
The management of the Corvallis .t
Eastern has received an appropria
tion for the ballasting of the road
for a distance of more than thirty
five miles from Corvallis to
N'ortons. In addition seventy-five
pound rails will be laid from Nor
ton's to Yaquina May.
It is proposed lo slart tips work
and have it completed by the end of
the present year, and then push im
provement work on other parts of the
road. The railroad commission re
cently made an investigation of tin
road and recommended that the man
agement make certain improvements.
The officials of the road showed
themselves willing to do even more
than was asked of them. Corvallis
Times.
NEW INSTRUCTORS ARE
NAMEO FOR STATE COLLEGE
Illinois Men Called to Faculty
of Oregon Agricultural
College.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis. Aug. 20. Two new instructor
ships in the school of agriculture
have been created at Oregon Agricul
tural College by which Dr. Wiiiuifred
M. At wood, of the University of Chi
cago, is added to the faculty of the
department of botany, and K. Adams
Dutcher, University of Illinois, will
fill a position in the department of
chemistry. ...
Dr. Atwood is a graduate of Cor
nell College. Iowa, and after teaching
botany in the I lampion, la.. High
school, entered Chicago, where he
worked out his master's and doctor's
degrees as a teaching fellow. Mis
work at O. A. C. will be in plant phys
iology. Mr. Dutcher, instructor in agricul
tural chemistry, is a graduate of South
Dakota Agricultural College, with the
degree of master of science in agri
cultural chemistry, lie h 'so stud
ied at the universities of Ai. .ouri and
Illinois. At the latter institution he
has been laboratory assistant and in
structor in analytical chemistry.
Mrs. J. C. WiUon. of Cherokee, lo
w.i, ami Mrs. C. II. Wilson of Des
Moines, arrived in Albany last night
and are guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Win. it. I lornibrook. The
former is the mother of Mrs. llomi
hrouk and the latter the wife of Mrs.
I lornihrook's brother.
CHINA CONSUL GENERAL
VISITS RELATIVES HERE
Fred D. Fisher Has Faith in
China's Chief Executive and
Future of Republic.
That he has absolute faith in Pres
ident Yen Sat Sai of China and that
under his leadership the new repub
lic will continue to undergo a remark
abe transformation for the wood, was
the statement made this morning by
Fred I), l-'isher, a consul general from
China, who arrived here yesterday
from Southern Oregon and is a Ktiesl
of his brother, County Assessor
Karl I., h'ishcr.
Mr. I'isher stated that he had beep
away from China so lon that, he was
not fully prepared lo comment au
thoritatively on the diplomatic sit
uation in China at the present time
but that from what he has rcail con
cerning the working of the republic
it is liis opinion that the country is
assiimiuK a modem, progressive and
substantial transformation and that i
he had absolute faith in the intent and j
purpose of the present chief execu
tive. Mr. Fisher is stationed at Mukden, I
Manchuria, where he has been for
li e pa t four years. He has been in
Mamchuria a aconsul general for Ihe
past eitflit years, ioin into Ihe ser
vi e 15 years aio, after heiiiK discharg
ed from Ihe Second Oregon Volun
teers in the Philippine Islands. He i
lias been in this country since decern-,
ber last on a :.i-k leave, spending the '
time in Southern Orcein where he1
h.'ts interests, for the benefit of his i
temporarily broken health. He said j
that his health had greatly improved
i"i e coming to Orenon. which he
oiisidi-rs his home, and that he will
leave in about a week for China to
snuie his duties.
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William Bell, Wins Prize by
buggesting "Willamette
Valley Line."
IS NOW PROPRIETOR OF
HOTEL AT NEWBERG
Resided Here on Small Farm
About One Year Ago; Gets
Check for $50.
William Hell, a former Albany
man, hut now a hotel man of New
berg, won the contest for the nick
name of the Portland, liiigcne & East
ern Railway company and its J50
miles of iutcrurhau electric line by
the name of "Willamette Valley
Line."
Mr. Hell, who is the proprietor of
the Imperial Hotel at .ewberg, Ore
gon, was found to be the only one of
ihe -,7l5 persons entering the nick
name contest, who offered the exact
wording finally determined upon, and
has been sent a check for $50.
The contest conducted by the pub
licity department of the new electric
railway company was one of the most
uni(tie methods of securius; a nick
name over adopted in the West. In
fact it attracted attention in all parts
of the United States. More than 1(K)
columns of reading mailer were prim
ed coucernitin the contest, while doz
ens of drawings for trademarks and
five poems were sent in.
The contest just decided was in fact
the second one. The first was lim
ited to newspaper men, "Webfoot
t
Route" bciuu considered the best
nickname offered. The announcement
of the selection of that name caused
editorial protests from newspapers,
and the press of the Willamette val
ley was swamped by letters of protest
from private citizens. Ilecausc of
Situation President Straliorn decided
lo open the contest to the Pacific
Coast.
The adoption of "Willamette Val
ley Line" was considered to have par
ticular application to the territory
served by the tif electric company.
Many combinations of words which
included the use of Willamette were
made, but Mr. Hell's was found to be
the only one which conformed exact
ly. The winner has been a resident
of N'ewberK for the past year. At
one time he was county clerk of Ra
cine county, Wisconsin, from which
place he came here about three years
ao and purchased a small farm on
the Corvallis roail in Henlon coun
ty less than a half mile west of here,
lie moved away from here about a
year ajjo and purchased the hotel at
Ncwbertf.
Mrs. Karl Hrandeberry and child-
11 returned last niht from a two
.veeks' otitiiiK at Xewport.
nl Meyer left this morning for
Portland to attend business matters.
GEORGE SPURLING WAS
BURIED AT LEBANON
Lebanon, Or., Aug. JO )nc of the
most largely al tended funerals held
in this city in years, was that nf
f Jeorge 11. Sjuirling, who met hi
death ly accident on Monday. Mr.
Spnrling. who was 7.1 years old. was
employed in the Lebanon Paper Mills,
and in some unknown niinrer fell
on a belt that carried him int 1 the
machinery, mangling hi body alum??
beyond recognition and jaihiiik in
vtaut death. Mesides bis wife, he
leaves three children residing in Leb
anon. Thcv arc Mrs. Clyd? Oliu
stcad, Mrs. Florence White and Sidney
Spurliug.