ABOUT SEATTLE. WN.
F. P. Nutting Writes a Letter
Telling of Portland's Chief
Rival.
GIVES INCIDENTS OF
INTEREST TO CHURCHES
Says Seattle Spirit Is Warm
Enough to Hatch Eggs;
Enjoys Trip.
Continne-l 'ni Wj1-'' , Auk. 27.
My l T. Xuitiiijf.
Seal lli. V;isli., Amk. 25. (Special
to Democrat.) Up on the Sound of
I 'limit, iu this city of immense dis
tances, I am writiiiK - fi'w .sententious
parajiaplis for the readers of the
lciiiMcrat inteitleil in the doings of
I'ortland's chief rival.
The trip here was made iu about
ten hours time, a distance of approx
imately 2(A) miles, for :'.u even $S fare.
If consideration of scenery played
any part in the matter the Willamette
Valley part of it should have it prem
ium. " Nice, ripe plums here, 5 for a
iiiek'ic," cried hy a crowd of hoys at
V odl iu rii( reminder of an old-time
Albany practice when the Hub was
it small village like Woodbuni, was
rthoitt the only excitement on the way
to Portland, reached al 11:30 a. in.
Two ;wu a (piaiter hours were spent
at the best, big citv iu the Northwest,
long enough to lunch at the depot
restaurant, at double price, and a walk
up Sixth street.
Seattle w;i reached at H:M), with
'lie electric lights iu a blaze, and a
brother and daughter waiting. A
three mile ride into South Seattle fid
lowed, and I have now been here
long enough to i;ct my bearing-; and
know the directions of the compass.
Seattle is a big city of about .m,HK
built on the bias and otherwise up and
flown, aroiitit a body of water called
Union, and between a long lake and
a sound, covering a very laitfc terri
tory not long ago a wilderness, even
now showing its wihluess, both in the
scenery and some of wr people. In--ide
the city limits you ran pick wild
blackberries and htiekclberrics, and
no into dense forests a thick and
dark as any iu the C'iscadcs. Kvery
where. there arc subsided lots covered
with mad rona and many oi her kilnN
of trees and shrubbery, ihe streets
.it" built till t the sides of hills and
the bottom of the rear pari of a house
is about on a level with the lop of
th" front of it, I ue is certainly k"'p
mies-inn; btil Seattleites like it. al-o
the Seattle spirit, is warm enough to
hatch eggs.
Some people declare Seattle about
the most tniMioral citv iu the country,
but ttiat is difficult to fiyurc on. ;iml
il is lTobablv about like imisl big cit
ies. With the bad there are some
nii:htlv fine people along (lie boule
vards and amidst the inadronrt-.
S.iturdav we rode across the citv
past tin ure.it W i-ilMiuMmi ipdwr-dtv. I
into Kavenua and Coweti parks, de
liv; 111 ful places. Stiudav tnoi nimr the
writer attended Sunday -vIhm.I at .''.-j
Pirsi. Al. I-., church, with about J.l
pr'srit. thoiti;!' the a vera "e attend
ance is nearly double thai. The men's
class was latp-ht bv a millionaire,
Thomas S 1 ihhy. who t:i.',d. a for
tipie in lasl.;i The entire school
seemed alive wit h warmth and ood
fellowship. The pastor of the chnrcli.
Kev. I co":ud is aid to : nv n of
force, ami certaiulv has a pleasing per
sonable It is said that mve on a
time a Seattle reporter impersonated
a hobo and visited several churches,
at all of which he received a cold i e
ee'tio'i except at tins one. where he
wis iiivcn the s.nue treatment accord
rd ot'..--s Then a walk of , few
blocks brought us to the Kir-t p,,--bvterian
church iust as a chime of
bells responded lo the touch of the
epert organist, pealim; in a program
nt intense -ierest apea!ing to the!
senses, closing with an able uo-pc)
sermon by the nrc.it Or. Mathews j
took twelve men to take up the col j
lection. Ihe chairs were alt apparelled I
in M vk cosiunies and the talent."
preacher niostened his thro it with
water from a v liver cup Vvordinn
lo the stoiv at this church the bubo j
reported was reieeted.
1 have alre:idv done the street car
act until the citv has about been cov-'
rred. The system seems a ho.mI one.
The cars are entered from the side. I
:oid o"lv at a stop Passengers put!
in their own evict foe with a mail!
watching and furnishing change.
Meeting old friends has been n i
pjeasant evpenencc: Walter and
deorije 1 prrett. prosperous s'me men,
formerly of Albanv; .lack Smiley, a
former Mbanv iob printer, in the
Mine Pusme-s 'uM-e: (,eo, Farrv. with,
the Se.iMle Hardware Co. for thirtv j
vears, once an Alb.mv man, whose ,
home sir, fa in-. the sound, is the I
e-vv of all who see it. worth a for-I
tune: and three former boyhoo.U
ft tend- -d Ww York dav-. one a suc
cessful hwver. one in a nood position
in the citv m eminent and the other
a check man at he dock j
Weather Fair.
The maximum tetnpet iture yr!er
dav wa- devices The mini-nuni '.
temper. oire this mornim- w.i 55 de-j
rces The river is at 1 f,-t.
Hr-.Tth to head ?ohe K-.-r fitted'
' ow - js A) ;
GIRL HAS NARROW ESCAPE
IN POWOER EXPLOSION
Miss Lola Jones, of Berlin,
Sustains Burns on Arm
and Face.
Lebanon, Or., Aug. 27. The Ex
press says the following: Starting
a fire iu the yard early Ibis morning
at the home of her parents, .Mr. and
Mrs. (ieorge Jones, near Berlin, Miss
Kola Jones sustained burns sufficient
ly serious to place her under medi
cal treatment.
Kiglit ur ten pounds of blasting
powder which had been kept around
the place for sonic time and which
was .supposed lo have been spolied
by becoming damp, was thrown up
on a pile of ashes where rubbish had
been consumed sometime previous.
Unconscious of ihe danger which she
was iu Miss Jones selected this spot
lo make a fire prepartory to
healing the wash water. Placing some
kindling upon the pile of ashes she
started a fire and a sudden explosion
followed, throwing . the fire in all di
rections. Miss Jones was badly burned about
the face and arms and while her con
dition is not critical she will suffer
considerable pain for some time as a
result of the strange accident. The
unfortunate young lady was taken to
the house where her wounds were
dressed by a local physician. She is
said lo be resting as comfortably as
can be expected under -the circumstances.
New Dead Horse Hill Road
Near tugene is upen to
AM Traffic.
PLANS COVLR YEARS
WORK FOR BOULEVARD
Trails Offer Easier Travel;
Phone Station at Summit
of Mountains.
ALBANYITES TOOK LONG
TOUR OF COUNTY YESTERDAY
Rev. W. P. White and F. M.
French Take Friends on
Automobile Trip.
Leaving here yesterday morning, a
party of Albauyites toured hum coun
ty up the Calapooia as far as I'oster
and down the Sautiam back to Leb
anon, thence to Albany, arriving
home last evening.
Members of (he parly traveling iu
i wo automobiles were : Kev. W. I
White. Mr. ami Mr--. C. II. Stewart
and Miss lliabeth Irvine iu one car
and Mr. ami Mrs. K M. French and
Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Tweedale and A.
II. Close, of Stockton, Calif., who is
i-iting at the French home, iu the
other car.
1 ,ea ving here, the first slop was
I Ma in view, then to Brownsville and
iu or ile r as follows : Craw fords ville,
I lolley. Sweet H oine. Foster, back
lo Sweet 1 1 ome for dinner, then to
Waterloo, Sodaville. Lebanon, Tall
man and then to Albany.
Mr. Stewart stated this morning
hat conditions in the county look
fine, lie said thai threshing is on in
full Idasi and that he coiint"d from M)
to hnlli rs and thre diei s at work
in the fields.
CTTY NEWS.
Is Much Improved. After living
confined to his bed for the past week
with a severe attack of inflamatiou of
the bladder. Cenrge W. Iltiihes wa
this afternoon reported as much im
proved. Mr. Hughes has been evere
tv -id; and for awhile it was thought
in operation would be necessary bu
in view of his condition this after
noon, the physician in attendance is
ot the opinion ili;-t an operation is
unnecessary. An early recovery is
row expected for Mr. Hughes.
Marriage License Issued. This
morning a marriage license was is
sued to Will Huntley, age 2-, and
Mary N'ewtoii. age 1'), both of Al
bany. They will be married tomor
row. Taken to Portland Hospital. --Ch:'s.
I'rice. an employee of the Southern
Pacific Uailw ay who was injured
some week- ago was this nrniorg ta'"
en to Portland where he will rcciv e
iicitment in a hospital ih w.-.s con
veved 'o tl e train ; i i.h- ainhn lance
old n-,,-. ,u c.Ulpai'ied to tl- . ' by
I1- !a aii.Migli. His con. lii-on is no'
st i it us.
Car Tracks are Hcinn Repaired.
Woik of icpainug the car tracks at
the corner of Lyon and First streets,
as renin red by jii ordinance passed
by the city council, was begun yes
terday. Tin roadb-d is to be repaired
generally with new ties, a new grade
and surface brick, which are to be
made (lush with tlw pavement.
Missionary Society Meets. The
Woman's Missionary Society of the
First Presbyterian church met this
afternoon at the home of Mrs. W.
IL Stover. At si o'clock a covered
dish supper will be served to the
guests and their husbands, each lady
furnishing a dish. During the supper
short talks will nic made by the men.
Hop Pickers Leaving for Yards.
Yesterday and today score of peo
ple have been seen leaving for the
hop vards. Some of itiem are going
prepared to camp during the season
while others plan to go and come
to work Puking has started in the
various vards in this section.
City Council Meets Tonight. With
several matters of importance to
conic up the city council will meet to
night in tegular session Among mat
ters it be acted upon, it is under
!ood ti.it a drastic ordinance prohib
iting, auto and motorcycles from run
ning thtotigh the streets with ex
haust open will be pretculed lor ac
tion Hop Picking Starts. Hop picking
started this morning m the yard op
crated bv 1 Lo rv Schlo-er. located
one mile noi th of here Score of
pT. kct s u ei e put to w ot k.
By the last of this week a small sec
tion of the new road under construc
tion on the McKeuzic pass highway
will be thrown open to traffic, says
the Eugene. Register. This section,
though eliminating only a few hun
dred yards of the old road, cuts out
the worst part of Dead Horse hill,
and reduccsa 25 per cent grade to 10
per cent. Such is the news brought
by Clyde R. Sietz, who returned Sun
day from a two weeks' trip in the
McKeuzic valley forests. It will take
all of next year to reduce to the 10
per cent maximum all of the poor
grades, and it will take several years
to complete the reconstruction al
ready outlined on the mountain. This
includes 1 he proper surfacing and
crowning, in fact the making of vir
tually a bojilevard iu the mountains.
The grade that is eliminated by t:;c
new piece of road which is to be
thrown open this week makes t!u'
road enl irely accessible to all tynes
of automobiles. It is the fi: sr step
in making the MeKenzic pass load
the greatest inter-mountain highway
in the northwest. Before the govern
ment forestry department stops vir
tually the entire road up the moun
tain will be n hi ill.
Just before returning Mr. Sleilz
made a trip of inspection over th'.'
newly constructed South Fork. He
walked iu an hour and a half a dis
tance up the river to the Hardy Cabin
what over the old trail wh'ch for. 'led
the river nine times took seve-i houri
and a half to cover. The new trail is
that which will eventually be connec
ted to the Big Fall Creek trail into
the Willamette watershed. Crews of
men are working toward each other
on each t rail. M rs. Seitz and Miss
t trace Bingham accompanied Mr.
Seitz over the South Fork trail. They
are the first women to use this new
trail.
The forest telephone line has been
completed to the summit, and one of
the iron telephones for rangers use
has been installed on the lava beds
at the summit, ami a block house
j buill al Ihe line between the two coun
ties. This telephone is one of 13
j which have been curtailed in the for
I ests during the year, connecting the
I lookout stations with the central of
i fice at Eugene. At present the tele
, phone crew is pushing its li"c to Sis
j ters in the IVsehntes valley, giving
I lu gene telephone connection direct
t to Bend and Prinevillc.
FRED G. PLUMMER IS
Chief Geographer of Forestry
Succumbs at Home in
.Washington D. C.
Portland, Or., Aug. 27. News was'
received here yesterday by the ot fi-1
ci ils of the Cnitetl States forestry ser-
vice of the death of Fred Plumnier,
chief geographer of the service. Mr.
Plumnier died iu Washington. Aug-1
list 1, from an attack of heart failure.
Throughout his official life lie was
actively identified with the interests
of the N'orthwest. 1 le has scaled
every peak in the Cascade range, from
California far up into British Colum
bia and is familiar with all of the Ore
gon mountain. When in Portland
a short time ago he consulted with
members of the Maamas in regard
to naming 14 glaciers on Mt. Rainier.
Mr. Plummer was 4 years old. He
was a native of New S'ork. but his
home in latter years was in Califor
nia. Hrs 1 owe and Turner will
Af. be iu Seio September 4. Leb
" anon 5 a-id o. Albanv S and
. Jefferson 10 Pon't fail to have;
them test your eyes for glasses. One 1
charge cov ers cost of examination, :
frames, ami lenses. These glares
are guaranteed whether they cost $J
or more. Scores of Linn county ret-,
erences. iVn't forget the dates.' This 1
is the same Pr, Lowe that von know. I
vv k y a JO j
The Fashions for Fall
Await Your Inspection
Suits of the Higher Class
from such Famous Makers as
"Max Schwartz" and "Louis Barnett"
This week we take the greatest pleasure in exhibiting our Famous "Max
Schwartz," and "Louis Barnett" Suits for Fall 1913-styles and materials are abso
lutely exclusive.
Suits of imported matelasse, silk and wool poplins, velours, wool broche, bengaline,
Bedford cords, imported Duvetvne, diagonal boucle, eponge, cheviots and serges.
In a bewilderingly attractive display of colors black, navy, copen, mahogany, wis
teria, copper, electric blue, brown, taupe, terra cotta, raisin, green, tan gray and snuff.
They are shown in the new cutaway effects and novelty styles, combining brocades,
broadcloths, as well as plain and fancy striped velvets, brocaded poplins.
The trimmings have a tendency toward braid, velvet and plush, in colors, cuffs and
motifs, as well as many trimmed in self-material. Fur collars and cuffs are a feature
of many models. Another notable feature are the vests of broadcloth, velvet, fancy
brocaded materials and novelty broche. The skirts are very much draped in an al
most endless variety of attractive styles.
SEE THE WINDOW DISPLAY
of New Style Scrims and Curtain Nets
NEW FALL SWEATERS
For Women, Misses and Children at Prices Less
Than Ever Before
4 A
I CHAMBERS & McCUNE
ALBANY'S LEADING
CLOAK and SUIT STORE
Klks' Temple, First and Lyon Streets, Albany, Oregon
J
MILL CITY MAN WORKS
AMONG CHICAGO'S POOR
Prof. C. A. Lyon Has Returned
After Spending Summer
in Big City.
l'rof. Chester A. Lyon, supcrinten
ilent of tilt Mill City schools, return
ed t'l'om Chicago. III., this week, after
spendiuj; the -summer in that large
eity, working among t':e poor people
in the stockyards district, and in the
vicinity of Hull House settlement, of
which .lane Adams is the leader. Mr.
I. yon i- a wry public spirited man,
and l-e is doine all he possibly can to
help the young hoys and girls of our
land to become good Christian citi
zens in the ttuest sense of t tic word.
He has made a thorough studv of the
juvenile court work, and has "made a
special effort to find out the causes
why so many children are dependent
or di-linucnt. l'rof. Lvon expects
to remain in Lebanon and visit his
sister, Mrs. Hert .1. I'arriott. until his
school work begins at Mill Citv.
GOTTAGEGRQVE IAN
BUYS LINN COUNTY FARM
I. Pugh Purchases Wright Tract
Near Larwood Through
Teabault Real Estate Co.
Closing a deal this morning, the
Tebault Real Estate Co., sold the
tliirteen acre farm of B. C. Wright,
located near Larwood to I. Pugh, of
Cottage Grove, who will move his
family here ami make his home here.
The piece of laud was sold last
summer by the Tebault Real Estate
Co. to Mr. Wright for Mrs. Fannie
Crce. Mr. Wright was formerly a
railroad man of Portland and with
his wife has since made his home on
the land.
Desiring to move to Colorado to
make his home with his aged lather
who resides on a farm in that state,
is the reason given bv Mr. Wright
for selling the property. The Wrights
will begin packing up to move im
mediately. Consideration of the" sale
is given as $1.11X1.
HAMMEL SHIPS HOP PICKERS
TO YARD NEAR CORVALLIS
Fifty Albanyites Leave This
Morning with Camping
Outfits SVIore To Go.
Leaving this morning at 7:30
o'clock for Corvallis, 50 Albany peo
ple left for the Ilamtnel hop vard
near that place, where they will en
gage iu picking hops.
The people were sent to the hop
yard at the expense of J. C. Hammel,
owner of the yard, as a kind of in
ducement to pick the crop. Camping
outfits and accessories were also ship
ped separately in a box car, especial
ly engaged by Mr. Hammel for this
purpose.
Tomorrow Mr. Hammel expects to
send 20 more people over and Fri
day about 10 will go, making SO Al
bany people in all at the yard.
Mr. Hammel says that" they will
so over there and make monev, re
turning here to spend it, which is
conceded by his friends to he a novel
way to bring additional monev into
the citv.
FOR SAI.K--N0 acre tract northeast
of O.tkville Station. All iu cultiva-,
lion and good land. For terms see O. ;
A. Archibald at First National li.mk.
4 S4 dlv wk 1 y
FOR SA1 F 10 acre tract at south
eml of Takona street, just east of
the new college site. Lavs fine for
division into 1 or J acre tract--. Al
so house and lot at corner of ,1-d
and Cal.n-ooia streets. For trrm
anlv to O. A. Archibald, at First
National IS.oik A4S-1 dlv-wklv
Strayed.
1 have a mare straved Weight
"50 tt : color blue crav. black m.iin
-o-d tail. Scar on hip and sidit c.ir.
Home nhone .ISlrt Mot-roe Crab
"r. R I'. D. Xo 4. box 4o. Albanv.
-o" dly aJJ-Jn wk aJti .
Complete
Showing
of Fail Goods
Practically every section of the store, now full
of New Merchandise
Womens' Kuff Neck Sweaters all
colors, $3.00 to $6.50 ea.
Childrcns' Sweaters all colors and
styles $1.25 to $4.00
Messaline Petticoats, all shades, at
52.95 ea.
Fancy Velvets and Velours
for coat and dress trimming. Just the
trimming you have been looking for.
Suitings and Coatings to suit everybody.
Agents for
Standard
Pattern
FLOOD'S STORE
334 WEST FIRST STREET
Agents for
Kabo Reducing
Corsets