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'UL. XLVIII.
ALBANY. LINN COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1913.
No. 86.
IS
New Lease Taken on Mining
Activities, is Opinion of
Albany Man.
HILL ROLFE AND
RAUCH RETURNED
I. ere Passengers on North
western. Which Brought
Survivors of Wreck.
That
try, ihat
a new It'
A!:. ski! is :i prospering coun
n lining activity lias gained
' nil that neotde all
the territory arc expected by recent!1
-.;n.c is the conceit.-.. i.; oi suuc-
ill--: i;
' -ax
men.
three
and oj mions giv.'ii out 1 i rt
by thiec piomincH AIj.uij
who returned Sunday from ;
weeks' lour of the b'g Nor:!
The party composed of District
Attorney Gale S. Hill, Manager
George Rolte of the Rolte theater
and C. D. Ranch, court reporter, re- i
turned to Seattle from Ketchikan,, on
the steamer xorthwestern, which oar-,
rilru l l uyilltb iliiu i sm nun ui uic i
wrecked steamship- State of Califor-1
nia and from there came direct to
Albany.
Their itinerary included stops at j
Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Cordo-!
va, Vaklcz ami Steward as tue priuct
nal ulaees visited by boat trip. In
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made railroad trip , the Coi.po; ;
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uecn expioreii u innv.i n.iciv nnu tut
nor ot the mountain r.irets.
In commenting on the trip all three,
men spoke in loud praises of Alaska
and contended that they never en
joyed a trip as much before.
"It was a trip well worth taking,"
said Mr. Ranch.
" "Alaska has a healthful and invig
orating climate." said Mr. Rolfe. "A
fellow feels different there "
In commenting on the trip Mr
Hilt said:
"I enjoyed my trip to Alaska very
much. It is a great country aud is
prospering, especial I v luneau. which
has a payroll of $30&0.09 per month,
including the Treadwell mines at
Douglas across the channel. Xew
mines are being opened at Juneau
which arc expected to exceed the
Treadwell mines. All of Alaska is
excited over new strikes at Shushana.
The people are going in by way of
Cordova by the hundreds."
Speaking of the terrible disaster
which befell the steamer State of Cal-I
ifornia Mr. Hill said: "Word of the
disaster was received on board :he
Northwestern soon after it happened
but was not communicated to the
passengers until the next day for fear
of the effect. The survivnrs of the
crew and passengers were taken to
Juneau by the steamir Jefferson,
where they were taken on board by
the Northwestern. Kleve.i bodies
were also taken aboard and they were
brought to Seattle. We arrived there
at 12:30 p. m. Friday.
"The rescued p;i:c!v;rrs of 'h? !1
fated ship tell practicallv the .same
storv which has been carried in the j
press reports. The survivors are
naturally more or less prostrated as
suit of their exnenen:
"The pilot told me that the State j
was oulv two or three Miip lengths , acre. (
from shore when she struck. The i Threshing is progressing under
bottom was virtuallv torn out, and ! 'deal conditions and the biggest run
then the air pressure was ?o great;'" 'c;irs 15 anticipated by the thresh
that it blew the superstructure of the t ers providing the weather keeps up
vessel to pieces." ns 'l nns been. Scores of machines,:
i including clover htillcrs and grain1
BOOTLEGGING REPORTED threshers are in the field working J
AT FOSTER BY HOTELMAN from dawn until dusk but it is tin-j
! dcrsfood that the work is somewhat j
Knr.tlLrintr is hcniicr nracticerl in '
I'nstnr nrfnrd in tn F R. Kim tin '
margcr ot the Hotel roster, who has ,
communicated 'with Special Trosecut-1
brewi?sareMpping liquor 'fnto Vhe '
visions of the law relating to proper
labeling of shipments. It is also al
leged that the express companies are
not keeping records of shipments as
the law requires. Ringo will call the
attention of local authorities to the
alleged violations. Salem Statesman.
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- JCOiMUS PLANS
IIIIUII 11UIIII UVII II1LLIU
Six. Men Seriously Injured;
Picked Up by Work Train
and Taken to Hospital.
Corvallis, Or.. Aug. 25.(Sne-
cial to Democrai.) Leaving the
4 city early yesterday morning on
a hand car just ahead of a work
train, a crew of section men in
the employ of the Portland, F.u-
gene & Eastern Railway met
with a serious accident at a point
a few miles from this city.
Wliile driving the car at a
high rate of speed the wheels
It'll ihe rr.uk- on a hridue and
the car and occupants tumbles
more than 12 feet, one of the
men being pinned underneath
the car and the others seriously (s j
injured. Ihe injured men were (SJ j
picked up by the crew on the j
worlv train and hurried back to
Corvallis where they ar enow un- j
der the care of physicians in the j
local hospital. It was stated
this morning that the condition
of one ot the men was critical s) ,
mid 1ip mav die as .1 result of I
llls '"juries.
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FIRE DESTROYS BUILDING
' ON MONTGOMERY STREET
incendiary Origin is Believed
To be Cause of Early
Morning Blaze.
Catching fire for the third time
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unit: niOlUUS. eariV OUlUiaV inorillllLr. !
aM cf which were apparently of in- j
cimliary origin, the old frame building i
M. c. 1.......,
on Montgomery street between rir.;t
and second streets, belonmnir to Dr.
j, l. Hill, and used about a year ago
by the city as a pest house, was com
pletely destroyed. There is no insur
ance. The blaze was discovered by Her
man Hector, at about 2:1a o clock.
Hector turned in the alarm over the i
tiell telephone, which was quickly re- ,
spouueu to by the lire department. -
Lnnn t Iip arrival of the firemen the
entire buildlm
0ned bv the flames which were shoot-!
ing 1UU icet in the air. ror awhile '
tear was entertained for the safety of :
other buildings in the block but three ;
hoses were run out and the firemen j
succeeded in subduing the flames.!
not until the building was complete
ly destroyed but avoiding damage to
the adjacent buildings.
CHOPS ABE YIELDING
OVER AVERAGE HARVEST!
Oats, Clover and Wheat Be
tween Albany and Lebanon
Running Good.
According to the reports from the
ection between Lebanon ami this
clI'.
tne grain crops are panning out i
an average yield this season tor that !
section. Clover is threshing from 6
to 10 bushels per acre. Wheat is.
ranging from
! Oto 25 bushels per .
handicapped ny tne iacK oi necessary
hands and teams to man some of the
PftYS FINE FOR ALLOWING
MINOR TO PLAY BILLIARDS1
ArmlcrtiPrl hi nmrnincr hnfnm fir.
cuit judge Kelly on an idictment re- a calibre revolver was found upon
turned against him by the March!11'5 person.
grand jury chargin him with permit-! The weapon was strapped about
ting a minor to play billiards for I n's wait and concealed under his
profit, Otto Thayer pleaded guilty ! coat- Althougn this is in violation reservation who could get there at
:md wn finrrf and mt w-hirli of the state law, only charges of '. tended the exercises, and many citi-
he paid.
Thaver operates a pool and billiard
i.it .u- u- t
r'..... fr, r-.rt--.ii;. -.a
arrested on the charge last rebruary.
Hc gave bonds for his release and
II. IS UCeil UUl Ull S1IILC IIIUICI-
, men!.
He Wouldn't Advertise
There was a man in our town.
And he was wonderous wise;
He swore fit was his policy)
He would not advertise.
But one day he advertised.
And thereby hangs a tale.
The ad wa set in quite small tvpe
And headed "Sheriff's Sale.''
Brandon (Tex.) Observer.
MB I 1 1 I P-III-IIA
HiKNUUIT
Wednesday Business Men Will
Hold Big Picnic-Partial
Holiday.
FIREMENS TOURN A-
MEN THELD LABOR DAY
! w . n 1 r r-
iCltlZeilS tO Participate in P. E.
& E. Celebration at
Monroe.
T, t f wccks are to bfi rath.
,. , .
I"'ely onesas the following pro.
: gram of coming public events will m-
dic:iie says the Corvallis Kepumican
I Wednesday, August 27; picnic ol
Corvallis business men at Avery
j grove. There will be a general sus
j pension of business that day, the
I banks, drug stores, hardware store
1 and meat markets being the excep
I tions to the rule. There will be no
i issues of newspapers that day.
I Monday, September 1. Labor Day:
j Tournament of the State Firemen's
! Association wit.li teams from many
cities and towns competing here for
numerous valuable trophies. This
will be a bin affair and one that will
provide genuine entertainment for the
1 spectators as well as good sport lor
the fire boys.
i Wednesday, September 3: P.. E. &
K. celebration at Monroe. Round
Inn t uto I Irnin nrv.'iJ IS. S. 1 no
: . . . ...
(.-olden spike that marks the complc-
Hon ot the line connectmR Corvallis
:'" i-ui-'eiie, ,im u.e ui e 111.11 8 "
this citv a position in the main line
of an important railway system, will
be driven. Kugenc will send its
band and its Radiators besides hund
reds of citizens interested in the cel
ebration. Monroe is making great
preparations.
September IS. 19 and .20: ttcnton
Count v Fair and annual school fair.
Held in the great armory of the Orc-
iron Atrricultura Collctre. Ihe fair
board is workup
activelv and the
rrrpt cnr pcc nf tht tinibrt.'iLmnr ic
Sentember 19.
enrollment of stu-
uents at (). A. L. begins while the
college opens for work September 23.
The attendance at the college this
year will be very heavy,
Mrs. James Gil-dirist of Portland
spent Sunday as a guest of Miss
Mathews.
Miss Jessie Anderson, the efficient
clerk at the Flood store returned Sal
unlay from a ten days outing at New-
ort.
Mrs. L. F.. Shepperd left this niorn
irg fur Vancouver, B. C.
Louis Jos He returned this noon to
is home in Salem after transacting
incss here.
W. R. Davidson of Salem trans
acted business here this morning.
Mr-. A. L. Fagle and daughter arc
registered at lhe St. Francis.
Mrs. C. M. Ream is enjoying an
outing at Newport. She is stopping
at the Abbey hnue.
Mrs. C. I. Driver has returned from
an outing at Newport.
ARRESTED FOR EXCEEDING
MOTORING SPEED LIMIT
; W. M. Davis Of Eligeiie, GiveS
Motorcycle and Revolver
as Bail.
Arrested yesterday afternoon on a
charge of .-pecding on a motorcycle,
W. M. Davis, a young man from Eu
gene, was taken in custody by Chief i
ot Police King and when searched.!
1 speeding were preferred against the
young man by the officer. Davis
m.nntniiip I h:it l ' v:itoit tint
concealed and iravc as his reason for
carrying n, as navmg oeeu target
practicing:
. . --- j"-
i give up his revolver and motorcycle
i in default of bail, and returned to
Kugenc last evening. He said he
would send money to cover bis $10
fine and costs and would return here
next Sunday for his motorcycle,
which is being held in the city ja
Weather Fair.
The maximum temperature yester
day afternoon was HK degrees and the
minimum this morning was 52 de -
grces. The river is 1.4 feet.
GIVES UP JOB
C. H. Oliver Says He Is Dis
gusted With His Duties and
Will Resign From Office.
NO JOB FORiWHITE MAN
SAYS DOG-CATCHER
Killing and Impounding Doys
Gets on Nerves. Makes
Too Many Enemies.
Declaring that he is sick and tired
of his duties as poundmaster and that
the position is no job for a white
man, C. H. Oliver this morning in
formed Mayor Gilbert that he would
forthwith hand in his resignation.
Oliver accepted the position some
two weeks ago.
In speaking of his duties he made
the following statement to a Demo
crat representative:
"1 have served as a member of the
regular army and have always had
the friendship and good will of Un
people with whom 1 came in contact.
I have made more enemies during my
two weeks term of office than I have
made during my entire life. 1 am
thoroughly disgusted with the duties
and from my own experience say thai
it is no job for a while man."
His resignation will be handed in
his
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; lUUiiv anu iiiv iip iuiiiiiin.ni ui
! ',, llcxt mec.ins of the council. Why 1
j lhe job? ,
RETURNS FROM CONCLAVE
OF KNIGHT TEMPLARS
Returning ye'dci'd;')' noon, Mr. and
M rs. George Taylor, t arrived home
front Denver and various other plac
es, including the Yellowstone Nation
al Park, and report a most enjoyable
trip.
At Denver Mr. and Mrs. Taylor
attended the Knight Templar con
clave. Later they went to the na
tional park where they enjoyed a
tour of the great national reserve.
The Taylors have been away for
about two weeks.
Miss Selina Tebailll. who has been
a guest at the home of C. W. Tehaull
during the summer will leave tomor
row morning for Portland and Spu
kane at which places she will visit
before returning to her home home
at Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. Hugh llilyeu after visiting at
lhe home of Mr. and Mrs. John G,
Ilryant went to Jel'fer-on this noon
to visit with relatives.
Uolla I'.ruce is expected home this
afternoon from F.phrata. Wash ,
where he has been working in a ce
ment plant for the past three months.
Editor Stewart of the Toledo Sen
tinel and Editor ( )Imstead of the
Stayton Mail arrived in Albany Sat
urday and attended the press meeting.
Phil Rates was also numbered among
the arrivals.
Frank liarrett was an over Sun
day visitor with relatives in Portland.
INDIANS ON RESERVATION
TAKE OATH OF ALLEGAINCE
Siletz Is Scene of Flag Pre
sentation by Wanamaker
Expedition.
Toledo, Or., Aug. 22. Dr. Joseph :
K. Dixon, leader of the Rodman Wan-1
amaker Expedition of Citizenship to j
the North American Indians, with his i
j assistants, arrived here in the special ;
(car Signet last evening, and went to j
j Siletz, where exercises were held at
j 10 o'clock today. Kvcry Indian on the 1
. zens from here and other towns are.
i attending.
I ir I t-n I' rrir hf fiihrrif :iri(l ft ut
- imv-rrnmcnt emnlovees met the inein-
oers oi me expedition uerc anu l - s -
i corted them to Siletz. Ihe Indians
tribal costumes, and after the chiefs
n ... ...
of the different tribes signed the dec -
laration of allegiance to the govern -
ment, each was presented with a flag,
This work is incident to the crcc-
tton of a National Monument at Fort
Wadworth, in New York harbor, pro
jected by Rodman Wanamaker in hon
or of the North American Indian.
Thce representatives are visiting ev-
erv Indian reservation in the United
; States holding these exercise and
I presenting the flag.
1
MRS. HENRY DinMER PASS-
Ffl AWAY THIS AFTFRNflflN
Operated Upon at Noon But
Fails to Recover From
Effects of Operation.
o Mrs. Diltmer, wife of a prom: a
nent farmer residing seven miles
southeast of this city, was
brought to St. Mary's hospital
and died at 2:45 this afternoon
from hemorrhage caused bv pre-
mature childbirth. The ainbu-
lance was dispatched to the Dill-
mer farm this morning and the
patient underwent an operation
shortly after arrival in Albany.
Her condition was critical early
this morning and physicians en-
tertained but little hope of her
a) recovery, the operation being re-
A1 sorted to oulv in hone that her
life might possibly be saved by
the knife. '
The deceased was well and fa-
voiably known in I. inn county
and leaves a husband, a brother
and two sisters to mourn her
death.
t
Mis Freida Wiederman left
morning for Vancouver, H. C.
this
INDIGNANT CITIZENS RAID
DOB POUND SATURDAY NIGHT
All Animals Released by West
Albany People. Dogs Sing
Their Own Funeral Dirge.
llecaiise their slumbers have been
continually disturbed by the dogs im
prisoned in the pound at the end of
Second street, a crowd of indignant
West Albany citizens Saturday night
made a raid on the place and released
all the dogs collected by the pound
mast ei
Complaints have been pouring in
to the city authorities for several
weeks because of l lie noise made by
the impounded animals but before
taking the law into their own baud
the citizens first phoned to Mayor
Gilbert informing him that they pro
posed to release the dogs within a
hall hour if some action was not tak
en at once by the city.
After catching the dogs the city
poundmaster is required to keep the
animals a certain length of time be
fore killing them but wliile waiting
for the grim reaper, they sang their
own funeral dirge.
MOOSE WILL ROLD BIG
BANQUET SATURDAY NIGHT
Is Result of Membership Con
test in Which Loosers
Banquet Winners.
As the result of a membership con
It st in which the loners were to ban
quet the winners, the local. .order of
Moose will hold a banquet in the
lodtre hall Wednesday night.
lhe contest was held between two
teams, captained by Irb Schult. and
Oscar Kogoway. The latter team
lost by failing to secure a larger num
ber ol applications man me lormer.
As a result loO new members have
joined the order.
The banquet is to be an elaborate
affair to which all of the members
are invited. The Moose are looking
forward to it with fond expectations
as it is understood that the members
of the losing team arc planning a
rare treat.
COUPLE SURPRISE FRIENDS
nv AMMnimrmin MADDllPC
DI HIINUUIIUMU ITIHnniHUL'nx-tt.ng of newspaper men.
Corvallis, Or.. Aug. 23. Married
May 24 at Tacorna, Vane G. Gibson
and Miss Per G. Pougridge, of Cor
vallis, announced the event last night
when a large number of Corvallis so-
Iciety people gathered at the Lough-
ridge honii in expectation of being)
i d ( ol lie Ctl if.l KCMlt III Ol uie yuiiiiK
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Mr. Gibson is station agent here
r the Portland, Kugenc & hastern
; Railway, and Mrs. Gibson is chief
1 clerk to Superintendent George
D.
' O Conner.
( Jwintf to the prominence of the
bride ami bridegroom they had been
unmercifully "jellied" by friends, and
in a spirit of revenge Mr. Gibson and
Miss Koughridgc planned a wedding
way from home. Accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. O'Conner they went to
Taeoma May 23 and were married the
next day at the First Presbyterian
church.
eiGUT TIMRFR
lll,IDCn
m mm
But Little Damage Reported
Thus Far to Forest of San
tiam Watershed.
ONLY SIX SMALL FIRES
HAVE BEEN RECORDED
Worst Season Is Yet to Be
Gone Through; Remarkable
Patrol System.
That there has been but little dam
age thus far this season to the forest
by tires was learned through Man
ager Stewart of the Commercial club
this afternoon who has consulted tue
reports and records in the local for
estry office of F. 11. llrundage, su
perintendent of the national forest
district comprising the Sauliaiu water-shed.
According to reports in the office
only six small fires have t litis far
been encountered ami each were caus
ed by lightning within the past few
weeks. Four of these fires happened
near Detroit and the other two near
Cascadia. IhU little damage was
done by either.
lowever, the worst period tor for
est fires is to be gone throtigii with.
1 his period is conceded to be Ironi
August 25 to September 15. If the
weather remains as it now is at the
present lime there will most likely
be plenty oi forest blazes. Uut it the
rains set in some lime soon the
chance will be lessened. However
but little trouble is anticipated this
season from fires, for there are scores
oi men in the limber, vigilant and
alert To intercept any blaze or to call
for help in case of u fire.
The report appears to be universal
that but little damage has resulted to
the forests throughout the state and
forestry officials are of the opinion
that the dry season will pass off with
out timber loss. This fact is attrib
uted to the remarkable system of pa
trol the government and state and
private timber interests have develop
ed, an above all to the co-operation
which has existed between the three.
VALLEY EDITORS INDORSE
DAVENPORT SHAFT SCHEME
Proposal Will Come Before the
State Editorial Associ
ation. TIil Willamette Valley Fditoriat
association, which met here Saturday
al'U-riioon, endorsed the movement
launched by the Portland newspaper
men at Silvertou last Sunday for the
erection of a monument over the grav,.
of Homer Davenport. The editors
agreed to get behind the move m net
through their papers and pledge them
selves to raise money. The endorse
ment will be presented before the ed
itorial asocial ioii, which meets in
Porllaud October 17 and IK, upon the
invitation of the Portland Press club.
The Willamette Valley Fditorial as
sociation will also meet as guest of
the Portland club. The idea of this
is to give the establishment of the
memorial in honor of the renowned
cartoonist national pro niincncc.
j Those authorized to receive funds for
the erection of the monument are:
j Governor West, State Treasurer Kay,
j 1 1. K. 1 1 odges of the Silvertou Ap-
peal, and Shad Kranlz of the Port
land Press club.
On the morning of October 17, a
I special train will start from Fugeno
over the Willamette Valley line for
Porllaud carrying the various cdi
i tors of the valley from the varsity
ci,y ?y i,oi,,ts chii the big
Wheat Goes 56 Bushels.
Toledo, Wash., Aug. 23. Thresh-
; mg Mas hecu finished ny some ol
; the farmers. I. Frey had one piece
i of wheat that yielded 56 bushels to
t the acre. One field of his oats yield
j ed 65 bushels an acre. II. Dieriuger
I got H2 bushels of oats to the acre.
' rncinonii i o, w n i c rv. r w is.
FOR STATE FAIR EXHIBIT
j Salem. Or., Aug. 22.-The state fish
;,, K;imr commission has advised
Secretary I rank Meredith of the state
fair that the commission wdi have at
the state fair this year an exhibit of
i several hundred native and foreign
' pheasants and wild and tame water
fowls. A cage covering a space of
40 by A) feet will be built, in the
' center of which will be a large tank
; of water for the water birds. There
will be 200 pheasants. The exhibit
will be in charge of Gene Simpson,
who has charge of the state game
: farm at Corvallis.