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About The Semi-weekly democrat. (Albany, Linn County, Or.) 1913-1926 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1913)
- 1AK' VOL. XLIX LtiAN Y. LINN COUNTY. OREt. ON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 12, 1913. No. 13. BIS OF Y J. CI HELD Reprasantatives from Eugene. Salem, and Other Points Here Yesterday. THE MEETING IS TO BE SEMI-ANNUAL AFFAIR Next Meeting Held in Salem; Membership Campaign In augurated for October. Meeting bore yerterday. represen tatives from Eugene, Salem. Portland and other points, met with local rep resentatives of the Y. M. C. A. Wil lamette Valley Association m quar- j terlv conference. ' The meeting was held in Brvants I Park in open air, where an auspicious1 program was carried nut. Previous-1 ly the visitors were taken on a sight J seeing tour of the city, in air.omo-1 bile aud afoot, many preferring to go that way. Later the hosts and , guc-ts assembled in the dining room ! of the St. Francis hotel for snpp-. j Manager Westhrook granting 'ho ex-, elusive use of the grill to the nig pari v from 5 unl il 6 o'clock. I ! ere the conference was completed with ; a few .short talks, when it v:;-.s de-! culed fhat the conference o made ; i emi-a mual affair. The ivxt meet-' ii-- - he held in Salem durbv Eel- . ruary or March. Ai the open air meeting in Bry ant's Park, at which A. C. Sdiniitt presided, the program was opened with a devotional service conducted hv Samuel Roome. prr-ident of the Kituene a --o.'ia t ion. This was fol io wi'i! bv a period of instructions irt which every member ' present . ams" in turn, introduced himself and gave the place from which he -came. Then followed a statement of work, being done in the Eugene. Salem and Albany Y. M. C. A. associations. . The general secretaries of each as-, neiatiou responded, wlio were IT. V. Compton. of SMem. De1r Foster, of Albany and Kimirv Miller of Eu gene. i Twenty-five minute- were given up to 'i iy k--nbe!-shin discussion, which ' wis led liy C. E. Sn, president of' t1'.- locd association. It was decided! to hold a membership campaign in ' October, in which 'the three as-ocia-' lions were to eo'nne'.e for honors in securing the greatest number of mem bers. A committee was appointed to lay the plans for the campaign, wi-b W. T. Stalev. of Salm. nre-i-dent of the V. M.'C. A. hoard of the Omta Citv :iso"iation a chairman .,..,1 rou'-wed of the general secre taries and membership ebairmans o: a -h :i"0'-y!!ou. Conoeration in athletics of the rhv--icl dcv lament wis ur;'ed in -o abl-es- by C. IT. Wood. physical di v(v!nr of the Eugene association. Tie was appointed eh airman of a com-Mii-'"e to ,-, '-range :'o" conocratiou, in 1-ohling conte-1 - and other events. Th- n;her member of the committee mc'riY the ohvsical directors of Al- ---v "Mem and the chairman of the physic:1. 1 committee of each in stitution. At present the Alhanv as sociation led a diuis-ion upon the sub ire t of "t:ivuieipg the associa tion." and I. TV Rhodes, the state secretary spoke upon the religious wo.-k Following the completion of this address the meet it. if adjourned t the St Francis hotel. "What ha service in the associa tion meant to me." formed the sub ject unnn which W. J. Stalev. presi dent of the Salem association was then called upon for an address He was followed bv Flmer Richardson, of Alhanv: Fred Stickler, of Eugene: Kd. Tallman. of "Salem; Dr. C. V. Littler, of Alhanv, an dl. R Rhodes, of Portland, all of whom spoke brief ly upon the subject. Those attending the conference were: C. W. Southworth aud fa mil v. Eti cene: A. A. Schramer, Salem: Fred G. Stickles. Fugene: L. H. Sharp. Al bany; J. P. Riad. Salem, C. A. Dal zell. Eugene: S. R. Wallace. Salem; T. C. Dunn. Fugene: P. W. Brown, Fugene: Glen C. Wiles. Salem: W." J. Stalev. Salem; J. TI. Ralston. .Albany: S. E. Williamson, Alhanv; C. E. Sox. Albany: T.ucile Stalev, Salem: A. X. Minton. Salem: Ed. Tallman, Jr., Sa lem : F. Kinney Miller. Fugene : M r. and Mrs. L. H. Compton, Salem; Sam Ronnie. Fugene: IV H. Schmidt. Eu gene: T. Stenhach. Salem. C. II. Wood. 'Eugene: I. B. Rhodes. Port land: C. V. Littler. Alhanv: J. A. Howard. Alhanv: II. V. Compton. Sa lem: M. P.u-et". Boi-e. Ida.: II. W. Torhet. Alhanv: R. IV Miller. Eu cmr: T. O. Halt. Eugene: Dr. Epper Iv. S, l. -i: A C. Schmitt. All anv: Dr Tas Withvcombc. Corvallis : M r Howe!!. O. A C : Clvdc Brvant. Al bany: Herbert Babb. Alhr.ny: .1. L T- un tin -on. and I Mo I'o-tcr. 'not!; of Albany. r i-,- v.. returned la Puger:e. M. P-- Herald GO RV ALLIS MAN SEES BIS FUTURE FOR VALLEY Tells About Monroe Celebra tion and Crop Prospects for the Present Year. Monroe, Or., SepL 8. Have just returned from the ceremony of driv in "the golden spike" that opens tor ireight as well as passenger busi ness the Portland, Eugene & Fasten: railway, which has already put on new freight trains as well as passen ger trains for the accommodation of its rapidly increasing business. At that celebration President Van Winkle, of the Albany Commercial club, in his well-known eloquent man ner, made a very strong appeal to i. ii jsc pre.-ent to stand logetuer for tiie six big counties ot the Willam ette valley. Linn, Lane, Benton, Mar ion, Yamhill and Washington, m one grand ciiort to induce the settlers who are coming to tins state at the invitation of the railroads, to locate m one of these rich counties, wnere there are unexcelled resourcs for dairying, fruit raising, stock raising, and general farming. What will benefit one community, will ocneiit all. President Strahuru ot the P., E. & E, at the same meet ing just before he drove the "gold en spike" proinij-ed tiie hearty slip port ot his company in all' these great enterprises, as yet in their iulaucy. It lias been estimated thai the Wil lamette valley alone, when brought ' up to it-- highest point oi develop-' mcnt, will easily support a population j ui .-i,uOvl,U(U. i'h ink ot it as many j pmple a there are now in the en- j ,:re sla'.e almost. W-iiile in 'he harvest fields around j Monroe, a few days ago, 1 noticed that the crops, while very large in I acreage, wouid only average in wheat about 2U bushels to the acre. Uats ' were better, and many acres oi po tatoes which last year couhi only be ; given away for stock feeding pur- j poses, will this year bring in good re- : l urns, as will the many orchards of i mat section. ( hie linn alone, with J headquarters in L'orvallis, has iwu im mense orchards near .Monroe, and has planted many acres more this 1 spring. I Over in the Perry dale, Rickerall, ' .McCoy and Amity district-;, where 1 happened to be a short lime ago, I. saw oats that went 7 bushels to , the acre, and wheat more than 4ll 1 bushels to the acre. In these districts, as in the .Monroe and Curvallis and Alha'nj' districts, there will be a verv , heavy crop of hop- geathered, now al- ready being pic lad by thousands ot bands. In the 1 n dependence hop yards t lie re are alone over pick . rs at work, who receiv e 5ll cents for every box they pick. One man told me 1 : i s-1 Saturday night m Cor va Mis, that lie had that day picked IS box es of hops the biggest single days , :clmg i ; anyone in that particular yard, while he said that each of his two daughters had, on the same day, eam-d $.1.11, All-iu-all. the Willamette valley cannot fail to be the garden spot of the stale, as well as that of the Cnion. W. C. COWGILL. IN HEALTH BULLETIN Ranks High in Marriages. Births and But Few I ifectious Diseases. According to the April. Mav and state board of health, l.inn county-! ranks fourth of all the counties of; the state in number of marriages fori the month ot April, tilth in May and fourth in June. In April Linn county has 18 mar riages, as compared to 214 for Mult nomah, 30 for Lane and 29 for Mar ion. In Mav there were 20 marriages. In June 38.' The deaths for these three months respectively were: Male and female. 22-12. 14-11. and 6-12. Births wre Male and female, 32-12, 24-16 and 22-18. Various other statistics pertaining to number of contagcous di-eases and deaths as result are given in the bul letin. Deaths in Linn countv from tubcruclosis in April were . in Mav 6, in June 2. In the three months, there were four case of typhoid fe ver and one death as the result. There were no caes of dyphtheria. There were 12 ca?e of scarlet fever, 1 case of measles. 7 ca-es of small pox, but no deaths resulted. There were no other infectious diseases. Leo Kropp spent Sunday at Cor .allis. Democrat Wants Correspondent T The Democrat de-ire to sc- 1 rurc a 1-tnt correspondent at T SVdd l. Plain view. Harri-burg. 1 I ebannn. Rrown-ville. Sweet Ifonip. Scio. and all other point- in the conrty not nlrrndy rcprp- T -ent"d. Anvoi-p dfiring to acf t'-f reTirentativc of tl:e papr-r ! will iitr.Tr inform the inan'ige- " 1 v.i'r.t at an early dae J2.-tf COLLEGE 10 HAVE FOOTBALL TEAM Local School Plans to Enter Athletic Field This Season with Zest. ONLY MINOR GAMES ARE TO BE PLAYED Aibany Is "Football Capital of Oregon'' on Account of 0. A. C Oregon Game. After having had no football team lor tiie past n o years Albany Col lege will be represented on the in tercollegiate gridiron again this fall. .1 cm Iters of the faculty have an nounced that the college will take up e game again and a team will be developed as r-oou as the school year opens. With the team composed entirely of new men the college will devote it- activities this year to minor games, but it is hoped that witli this start iha: the game will be developed each year ai the college until it will have a lean; eapame ot contesting on a , par with the oilier ins lit til ions the Male and reach the plane it en , joyi d in Albany College's halcyon .athletic davs of W0J and I'X'-V when . ii di naied the 'regoii Agn.ruiiur.il College and twice tied the I i.iver-.-i: v ot ( regon. . - the- Alhanv High School, al ; ways a strong contender for inter- scholastic honors in the Willam - cite valley, will put forth a good 'team this fall there will be consjd , erabie interest in football in this citv ; during the season soon to open, lint . vvhile taking prn:e in its local teams Albany will look forward with great est interest to the annual struggle , between the University of Oregon and Oregon Agricultural College, i which will lake place in this city again thi year, 1 Albany has been dubbed the "foot bal capital of Oregon" because it is ; the scene of the greatest game of the i year in the stale and because of its cntral location and splendid transpor tation facilities as well as good foot jhall field, liy these fads Albany will 1 probably retain the title for several years by continuing to be the site of j the big annual game which gave it ; the name. , Woodwork is Completed. Corvallis., Sept. S. The woodwork ' necessary in the remodeling of sci , ence hall at the ( ). A. C. has been i completed on the upper floor, pnd carpenters are giving way to painters and finishers. The rooms designed for pharmacy have been enlarged and i lighted by the addition of tvv odomm ! er windows. WOMAN ?M BUSY HIE L'erc Thrown From Vehicle When Horse Takes Freight al Train. Ilarrisburg. Or.. Sep. 8. The Bul letin says the following: What might have been a serious ac cident occurred Wednesday afternoon when Mrs. J. P. Uead and two child ren, one a baby of only 18 months old, were thrown from a buggy near the O. K. depot due to the horse be coming frightened at the approach of a south bound train. Mrs. Reed has been employ etl in one of the hop yards across the riv er. Her 18 months old baby had tak en sick and she wished to return home, and through the kindness of K. C, Shislcr, wdio had made a delivery of goods in the camp, she was permit ted to ride into town in his rig. Ac companying her as a driver was Har old Parker, a 12 year boy, who was expected to leave ihe horse and bug gy at the Shislcr stor.e They had just arrived at the depot and were about to alight when the whittle of the approaching train scared the horse which began plunging, the occu pants all falling out. The horse ran with the buggy toward the business section, however, in turning the cor ner coming onto Smith -treet the vehicle struck a light pole and was literally reduced to splinters. That nor" of the occupant- were in the least injured is regarded as -omething of a mystery. Tim-. D. Alexander went to liurna Vi-ta hop vard Sundav on hi sinoto rycle. vi-iting Albany friends and en ioyine a square rural before return ing. M t Marcraret Smith spent Sun day i- itin:.' friend at Mason's hon yard near Pmena Vista. She reports picking proLrrrs.tnir splendidly in that section, and camping condition -ideal. JUDGE KELLY HAS FINISHED COURT Disposed of Several Cases During Week and Has Drawn Grand Jury. NOW HOLDING COURT TO PASS UPON DEMURRERS Tanton Against C.& E. Decided in Favor of Plaintiff; Jurors Dismissed. After disposing of several cast during the week and drawing a grand jury after the completion of the case of Tauten against the Corvallis & La stern Railroad, Circuit Judge K el ley dismissed the jury that has neen serving during the term, virtually completing the term of court as to trial cases Saturday aflernoon. Mow ever, the judge will continue to hold court here to argue several demur rers and pass upon motions. The case of H. J. Tauten against the Corvallis & Kaslern, was for dam ages as the result of baggage al leged to have bee.. ' shipment. Gooch to Xewport and the plaint il f claimed that due to carelessne-s it was lost by the railroad company aud thev asked for $148 damages. The case occupied the attention of the court the entire day. Taking of testimony was completed shortlv af ter 3 o'clock and following the argu ments of attorneys, the case went to the jury at 4:15 o'clock. At 5 :( M i o'clock it returned with a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $115. Al tor ne v L. G. Le welling represented the plaintiff and eathertord and Weather ford the defendant railroad. The -mry in the ease was as fol lows: W. A. Lane,' T. C. Ilrovvn. T. T. Punk. L. F.dward Over. R. L. P.ur nett, R. M. Goodrich. T. I.. Law son. T. B. Cornet t. P. How. K. I). Gilbert. iThomas O. Willsie and John P.mgeii j hcimcr. Immediately after , finishing the I -ession of court Saturday afternoon, ! Judge Kelly announced that the ca-e- set for today would he cout mued. Then the judge proceeded to draw a grand jury for the December term of court which will tonvene the firt M onday. Those chosen for the grand jurv rV a- follows: I. C. l'rown, Shedd: R. L, P.urni'tt, ralaponia : J. II. dr n"it. Sherld; M. C. lenks. Tangent: I.. F.dward Hver. Orleans: R. M. Goodrich, and George Taylor, Al bany. Judge Kelly named J. H. Cornet t to act as foreman. PIONEER OF 1815 DIED AT SALEM YESTERDAY Chester Skeels Succumbs at Home of Daughter at the Age of 80. Chester Skeels a pioneer f ISa. died at the advanced age of eighty v ears yesterday at the home of hi daughter, Mrs. K. II. Anderson, 1456 Chemcketa street. Salem. Mr. Skeels was horn near Colum bus, Ohio, August 6. 1833. II.? was married to Margaret C. Br, inn. in June I6th, 1855. In 1857 they moved to Piatt county. I II.. where he engaged ir farming until April, 185, when he moved with" his family to Oregon, ar riving here May 12. 1875. Soon after locating on a farm in Bentot: county about one mile north of Albany, where he engaged in raising fruit and market gardenmg until ho retired from active life. lie was the father of cle.t-t ehild rtn seven of whom arc le:ei-ed. Tho; e remaining arc Mrs. L II. .Airier - on ot 14M Lliemi-keta street. .-a!em. H. T. S!;.els. of Aid.' V .li ens Omniy, Washington , Mr .. Win Pce o-I.. . : X-.rlh Alban;-: Mrs P. M llm.'v.n. airo of North AlVmv: Mr. Win Vr.der, of Philomath fivjt'U. ' t re were seventv-riiij t-rand children and eight great grand child ren. He was a charter member of the Fairmont grange where he remained a nurnbrr in good -landing until hi death. The funeral will be held Tm--div, Sept. and the interim"! t at North Palestine cemetery. Mr-. Pred Srhultz and Mrs. Golf -pent Sunday at Newport. N-v.s i i This P.-ve ; n-:t t"-- ' MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. SOT 150 POUNDS OF HONEY TWO BEAR, HIT IN DEER "Cill" Bowman and Wife Have Returned From Wilds of Southern Oregon. That lie has been into the wilds where civilization is unknown and where big game, such as deer and hear are plentiful, was the statement made this morning by V. 11. "Bill" Bowman, Albany's picturesque type oi westerner, wi.o returned Saturday night from a month's burning trip in Southern Oregon. Air. Bowman in company with Mrs. Uowiuan leli here a month ago for Applegate, 11 miles from Grants Pass, where they visited with old time friends, li. J. Davidson aud daughter. Later the lour packed itn a camping outfit and retreated into the Siskiyou nioun tains for an out ing. Alter establishing a comfortabl a np for the ladies at the head of illiam creek. Mr. Hovvniau aud Mr. Davidson shouldered their guns and laden with equipment to spend nights m i ne woous, siarteu out on a pro tract etl hunting expedition, ihev cov ered much territory, going nearly lo the Laliiornia line, in a section that Mr. Uowman terms "The wilds of Oregon, far from civilization aud where game is plentiful. "We ran across a tree of wild bee hives said Mr. llowinan, "which we cut down and secured lal) mmmU of honey, which was all we could carry, leaving the greatest quantity. While we were engaged in these operations, two bears, evidently attracted by the honey, came lumbering through the undernrush. ' bagged them both. We also bagi;ed ihe limit of deer, lis no trouble to hunt there. Game is plentiful. My wife and myself feel much benefitted in health as a refill of the outing and we enjoyed every mo'iient of it." As evidence of killing deer, Mr. I'.owmau bronchi back with htm sev eral pounds of dried venison. 0! S'.imiirM" iJllYOMdi: Portland and Eastern Capitalists-Do Not Propose to Give Up Local Field. That G. h. kauch an associates will request the city authorities j v ot Albany for a new gas Iran- f) ! chUc became known today when W hJ the Democrat received a coin- 0 mimicatiou from Mr. Ranch in- 5 'i forming the editor that an appli- 'J cation will at once be made. W J The ordinance fiiM paed had !J some technical defects aud it w J was at iir.-.t reported that the grantees had concluded to aban- () ) don the idea of installing a gas W plant here. This was found lo 0 be incorrect. They propose to ) ) obtain the franchise and start ( ) construction just as soon as pus J hilde. S S4 !') ' i '") ) i AT CRAWFORD ORCHARD Between Four and Five Hun dred Bushels Produced Dur ing Present Season. The Democrat appreaciates a bas ket of peaches from l he orchard of M is-i Helen Crawford, of Lebanon, declared by good judges to be about the finest orchard in the valle. The peaches are of a very superior quality, not surpassed anywhere. Miss Craw ford has thirty acres in the suburbs of Lebanon, set out lo peaches, pears, apples and walnuts. I he peaches, now being picked, consist of Posters, Craw fords. Muirs, Solo ways, Cham pions and Parly Charlottes. This, the first season, sees a crop of be tween four and five hundred bushels, which have been sold to Bert Cotton, the Lebanon grocer, who is making a hit in their sale. The output will greatly increase the following years. The pears are the I'oro Diango, Boro Hosco and Harilelt; the walnuts the I-'arquette and the apples a large variety. W. A. Bodinr, of this city, has had charge of the development of the or chard, and has reason lo be proud of the result. E. S. Morgan, of Creswell. trans acted bit si ne-,-, here this uiorninu'. Mr-. C. P.. L-ex, Mr. and Mrs. Joe (iuth and family left Saturday fn a -hort plea -u re trip to Portland. Mr-. Es-ex i- a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guth. County Fruit Inspiclor W. Pum '.i:u;h wi-nt to Lebanon this noon on I a 1 r ii it in - pf tion lour, lie will vis it l'rown i lie before returning. J. J. Collins and family motored ; Sun day to New berg and Salem. Pert Crawford and Frank Danuah were numbered among Albany fin- .'' ' attrmb d the ball game at Cor . lbs Sunday. I READINESS FOR BEGINNING SCHOOL Air Preparedness Surrounds 0. A. C. With School Open ing Week Off. IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT COLLEGE NUMEROUS Remodelled Buildings, New Equipment and System of Travelways Completed. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, Or., Sept. 8. With the open ing of the school but one week away an air of preparedness surrounds Ore gon Agricultural College. Remodel ing buildings, new equipment and a complete system of travelways are almost in readiness for ihe arrival of hundreds of students whose registra tion ami assignments to classes will begin Friday, September P. A force of two hundred aud tillv laborers are hustling to complete lie improve ments and unless the unforseen hap pens, will succeed, v. lass worn negius the following Tuesday, and the in structional forces are fully prepared with belter facilities than ever before. While attendance gives every promise of breaking all former records, the added rooms and equipment insure the proper care and instruction of all who cuter. The rearranged grounds and build ing will present a most attractive ap pearance to the returning students as well as lo the new ones. Along the northern border of the campus the macadam roadway with its wide flank ing cement walks, will be the most striking as well as the most welcome change noled in the grounds. The remodeling of Science Hall to a fiord spacious and well lighted la bora lories is nearly completed and ihe building will be ready for use when school opens. Apparatus and material for instruction, demonstra tion and student practice, have been arraiii-M-d and brightened up. and all departments are better prepared than ever before for the proper training of many students. Cauthorn llafl has been painted, re paired and fitted up as an allraetive dormitory for girls, and Waldo is -wepl aud aired for I he scores of young women already beiuiiiug to arrive. Nu men ms f rat emit v houses are undergoing renovation ami repairs aud the college V. M. C. A. commit tees are in readiness in lend every needed assistance lo stiidenls seeking homes. Many important changes will also be noted in the faculties. Altogether there are forty new members, either additions to Ihe force of las year fir successors to members of ihe slaff, resigned or on leave of absence. WANTS DIVORCE FROM WIFE WHO DESERTED HI Charging desertion, Perry S. Bond, has filed suit in the circuit court against Annie Baud, for divorce up on the grounds that she has violated iier marital vows. The couple were in this county on April 22, 1913. There are ro child ren. In the complaint, the plaintiff al lej es that on August 27. 1012. the defendant without cause descried Hie plaintiff. At ihal lime Ihey were re siding al Halsey. It is alleged that ihe defendant removed from the lalc and has never returned . A mor A. Tussiug, an attorney of Brownsville, represents the plaintiff. MISS CLARA ECKERT IS BRIDE OF ARCHIE RAMSDEN The home of H. C. E. Eckert. cor ner of Fifth and Ellsworth streets, was the scene of a quiet wedding cer emony this afternoon when Miss Clara May Eckert and A re hie O. Uam-deti were united in marriage by by Pev. Franklin H. Geselbraetit, of ihe F'irst Presbyterian church, in the presence of in lima tc re la lives and friends. Immediately after the cere mony the couple left on a honey moon of two weeks which will be spent in traveling to points over the Portland, Eugene & Eastern. The bride is one of Albany's charm- I iug young ladies. She has spent the i greatesl portion of her life here and a graduate of Albany High school, i after which she took a special course in Albany College. She has a host of friend- here. I The bridegroom is a popular young man of Corvallis He formerly re--ided lore where he has many friends. At present he is in the employ of the P., E. K- F. , bing recently promoted lo the position of train diMialehcr. Mr. ami Mrs. Patnvlru will make t! ir home in Corvallis.