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About The Semi-weekly democrat. (Albany, Linn County, Or.) 1913-1926 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1913)
FIRS! DEBATES TO BE HELD FRIDAY FORMER ALBANY MAN HON OREO SY GOVERNOR WEST Albany, Lebanon and Corvallis Will Meet in Triangular Conference Contest- Floyde Bilyeu Will Head State Fish and Game Commission. Appointment Yesterday. TO BE HELD HERE CUT HATE MERCANTILE STORE STOCK DAMAGED BY FIRE INCOME TAX MEASURE WILL BE AT ISSUE Ruby Moench, Archer Leech, Miles MoKey and Margaret Gibsen Represent Albany. Friday is the date on which the first debates for this section of the statu this year will be held for the Oregon hili school championship, when the high schools of Albany, Lebanon and Corvallis will meet in a IriaiiRular contest. Kach school will have two teams of two debaters each in t'liia contest. "Resolved that the income tax is a desirable feature of a state ay stem of taxation for OreKOii" will he the ques tion discussed in all three of the de hates. Lebanon's affirmative team will meet Albany's negative team at this city, Albany's affirmative team will go to Corvallis to meet the neg ative team of the Benton county capi tal and Corvallis' affirmative team will meet Lebanon's negative team in the Strawberry City. Albany High Sc'hool will be repre sented in the contest by Ruby Moench and Archer Leech, forming the affirm ative team, and Miles Mclvey and Margaret Gibson, comuosing the neg ative team. The Lebanon debaters will be Marcus Deer and Henrietta Durst, on the affirmative team and Russell Hall and Guy Frum on the negative team. John T. Kennedy, of the James Kennedy Construction company went to Eugene this noon on a business trip. S. H. Cobb, of Oregon City, trans acted business here t'his morning, re turning home this afternoon. Con Gerhart, of Corvallis, was in the city yesterday morning on busi ness, lie is a well known insurance iiiuu of that city. George P. Ktxol and wife of Slay ton, art visitors in the city. S. C. Stewart, manager of the Leb anon Light, Winter and Power com pany, ol Lebanon, was in the city yes terday afternoon on business. He is a sou of C. II. Stewart of I'll is city. K. K. I.ooni'v, of Jefferson, trans acted business here yesierdav after noon, returning home this noon. I). !1. Slump, of Monmouth, trans acted business here yesterday after noon. A. J. Italxer. of Eugene, was a busi ness visitor in All 1,111 v yesterday, re turning home last evening. A. . Ri'inI, nl Toledo, attended business matters here yesterday 1 noniing. He returned home thi noon. Allied Tehanll lelurnrd late last night from a bu-iuess Inn to Scio in the interest of the Tehanll Real Es tate Co. I le made t'he trip in a rig and reports the n id . ,h being very mudil v. J nhii ( 'unmnglu ni. t liar :h in the cily llii luorniin.'., ing lui--iiiess. Erne-t Welch, of Gate-., w,i city yesierdav on hiiMiiesv TANGENT BASKET SOCIAL NETS GOOD SUM OF MONEY riMiui " attend th. Eloyd Bilyeu, a former resi- 5) dent of Albany but now a pros- & perous young business man of 4 Portland, was yesterday appoint- cd by Governor West as a mem- her of the state fish and game commission. T'he other member CsJ is H. II. Clifford of Baker coun- ty. The commission was later organized by the election of Bil- yeu as chairman and Clifford as secretary. The third member will be appointed in the near fu- ture. Eloyd Bilyeu is a son of J. M. V. Bilyeu of this city and has a large circle of friends in Albany who were pleased to learn of his selection as a member of the fish and game commission. He was recently elected vice-presi- dent of the Jackson club of Port- land and is one of the young Democrats of Oregon who has taken an active part in politics. ). LINN COUNTY MAY HAVE EIGHT WOMEN SERVING ' AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS If All Elected Last Wefck Qualify and Three Running fer Office at Haltey Are Elected Win That lull Be the Number. If all of the women elected in city elections in Linn county last week itiahiy, this county will have five wo men serving in municipal offices after January 1. It may have eight should Mrs, Ida Cumimiugs be elected mayor of Halsey and two other candidates ir i..e city council win in the election tomorrow. In elections held last Monday Miss H eleu V. Crawford was chosen city recorder of Lebanon; Mrs. N. Bridges and Mrs. L. A. Simons were elected conncilmen, of councilwoiueii, as the case may be, in Sodaville, and Mrs. J. A. Thompson and M is. Charles Ly ons were chosen members of the cily council in Sweet Home. Miss Crawford for many years was instructor 111 elocution m the Oregon Agricultural College and is one ot the best-known women in tin's part of the stale. She has a peach .and walnut or chard in the edge ot l.ehauon and by careful, scientific care of the property has developed one of the best small commercial orchards in the state. .She has been prominent in the work of the women's clubs in Lebanon and has taken an active interest in the up building of t he cit v. Besides M iss Crawford another woman was candi date lor office in Lebanon, running for cit v treasurer, but she was defeated by Wayne Greene, the present city treasurer. A peculiar coincidence in connection with the election in Sodaville was that the husbands of both of the women elected were chosen to cily ofiices 11 the same election, L, L, A. Simon- be nig elected citv recorder and . liiidg o i-iiv mar-dial. Three women ran for the count il in Sweet 11 nine, but one of them was de feated. Il is reported that twe wo men elected say they will imi quality, but it is possiidc tli.it they may ac cede to the demand to mi vc the pub lis and hence two of the sis members of the cit y's legisl.U i e body will be w oiih n. Matters Pertaining to the Pro gress and Welfare of Order Discussed. BLANCHARD WILL PRESENT 'PLAN OF CO-OPERATION B.C. Leedy Will Discuss Gen eral Grange Work-All Mem bers Urged to Attend. Blaze of Unknown Origin Last Night Caused But Little Damage to Building. T. gent. Dr., iVe. K.--( Special to nc1110cr.it.) -- A basket social was giv en in the school house l.iM Etiday exening nndci the auspices of the high ..thuol avsiMcd by the Tangent band. The program con-.i-led ot band uuiMC.i recitations, solos, and selections by. the new high school orchestra which; lias been organized only a few weeks, I consisting of fifteen pieces under the direction of II. I. Kobe, principal of the m IiooI, The proceeds of the so vial weie $-(0.-5 which is to he ap plied toward paying for a new piano for the school. The school now lias a c lass of piano students tautjht by Mi-s M.try livine of Lhe Albany Col lege conservatory. KIDDIES STERN LEY BATTLE I N LEAGU E CON V liSTS The M adUon second team and rhe Ci-nti.il second team will plav the de . id int: 4. one in .1 serif s ot three lor l he championship of a league c in fused ot the Madison and Central second teams r.cM Satni'dav at the Junior Athletic I'.irk at Ninth and Jackson s!ieet In t!ie previous con tests Central carried one game at 14 n it wniir .tadis-ii ii:urii the other by 6 to Of showing a decided variation, doubtless owing to the rapid" g: owtn ol tlie youngsters m the interim be tween the games. Admission gratis. MAN KILLS KOUR OFFICES Through being drawn the other dav as a member of the Linn count v grand jury, Henry W M c Ehnurry. of this ciiv. tor the next few months and ofticer of t'ie countv, citv a d school dtstivt in which he resides last spring M c Elm tin v was elec ted a member ot the Albany School board. In the citv election last Mon day he was c hosen councilman from t'e t'ord ward, winning a hotly-eon-trV.ed, three-cornered race. last month lie drawn as- a juror for the December teiin of court ami began his service on the ,uiu' dav as t!:e citv election East Wednesday Judge Kelly or dered a grand juiv envpanncled tor this term of court and MeKtiuurrv was one of the even men drawn. Mr MeElmurrv is an officer of the local order of I. D. D. E. and is treasurer of the I Vntoeratie countv central committee. Accepts New Position. tins Ab raham, who has been employed by I W. Cusick & Co, for some time has resigned his position ami accepted a position with the Eirst National Hank. He assumed his new duties t'.iis morning. 9TH STREET PROPERTY OWNERS HOLD MEETING " Meeting at the Yandian ho- v.1 tel last night for the purpose ot 1 discussing the pr tposcd pave- ' 1 inent it 'th stieet. a large mini- - her ot representative tavpyers vi discussed the matter of the nn- proxement of this street from all t-i angles. vrt A committee of five was fin v'1 ally appointed tor t'he puipose 01 ' obtaining timber data on various kinds of paving niatenal and .is ceiMin if it would be possible to V obtain a better price than that 1 charged for the improvement ot (1 other streets. This committee v will report at a later ilate and in 1 the meantime lit' effort will be made by Mr. Al by tt pusli the ' petition alreatlv eiiculateil. yi i ??J?lJl?? sf V? y t? For die purpose of discussing mai lers pertinent to the progress and welfare of the Oregon State Grange of Linn and pen ton counties, and more especially of the section adja cent to Albany, a grange institute will be held in Albany, December 16. This was the announcement made this morning by several prominent grangers, who are working earnestly to make the session a thoroughly ben eficial one. All of the members of the grange are urged to attend this meeting. The conference will convene at Woodman Hall at 9:30 o'clock and will last throughout the day. An in ttrestinir program is being prepared. The main features 'have already been arranged for. C. E. Hlanchad. of Grants Pass, one of the best- known grangers in the state, will be here and will present a plan of co-operation. B. G. Leedy, of Corvallis, a member of the state ex ecutive committee, will give an ad dress on general grange work. Any body else who would care to attend the meeting will he welcomed. 3 CITY NEWS. ft 99efteaft Baby Born to Rev. and Mrs. Emer son. Last nig-ht au 9 o'clock a baby girl was born to Rev, and Mrs. F. W. Eimfrson. Mother and daughter are bo I'll doing nicely. Here to Try Case. Arriving here this morning, Attorneys A. C. Wood cock of Eugene and G. O. Holtuan, of Dallas, arc here to appear tomor row before Judge Galloway for the plaintiff in the contested local option case at Harrishurg. Mayor of Niagara Here. M. Mc Claman, well known among his many Albany friends :is the mayor of Ni agara, but who in reality is an en gineer (.1 tlie Ureijon rower c jtupanv. was m the city yesterday uu! was un ion; n id at dinner last r.'u.'ht at the I Intel ilammel. The ot;i'-r members ot the i-artv were: E. D Citf ick, Gale S. Hill and H. E. riorum. Grange Wants Public Market. A public market will be established in Albany if the efforts ol" the Linn c uir.ty l'oiuona grange are .success ful. At its last essioii the grange adopted a resolution petitioning the . -11 y council 10 e.-:ablisu such a mar ket here. The Council Meels Tonight.- The city council will meet tonight in reg ular session. Matters of importance are to come up ami an extensive com- uittee report, it is understood, is to , c made. Galloway Here Tomorrow. Circuit Judge Gaiioway will be here tomor row to try the Harrishurg local option contest case. The court will be coii v cued at 10 o'clock. Swank Funeral Held. -r The remains of Kyrou Swank, who died in Salem, were" laid to rest this afternoon in i'.,e Sand Kuige cemetery. I'iie funer al services were held in the church near l'laniv iew. Doctors to Meet Here Tomorrow. The members o." I'.as district of tlie Willamette allev Medical .Wocia tiou will hold the regular meeting; here at the Commercial club toinor- j row night, com tneucing at S o'clock. It is expected that a large number j of physicians trout Eugene. Lebanon,: Cor ailis, 1 1 am-burg. Brownsville. letferson. and various ottier smallet places will be present. Many local; p'avstctaus will aUo attend. Arrested for Drunkenness. Jack ; Rains, a laborer, who is employed on ( a farm across tlie river, was arrested j this atterroon by Dfftcer King and j placed in the city j.ul. Rains was loitering at the Oregon Restaurant when approached by Officer AU Marshall and told to go home. 'lTne officer offered to assist him to his rtg but met with tlie reply: I 11 go homo when 1 get ready." A little later Rains went out on the street and was immediately pinched, Fire last night, at II o'clock damaged t'he stock of the Cut Rate Mercantile store to the extent of about $100 be fore the blaze was discovered and ex tinguished by the fire department. The damage is covered by insurance. The origin of the blaze is unknown. It was discovered a few seconds be fore 11 o'clock by Frank and Ed. Barrett and Grandpa Crawford, as they were coming out of the Elks' Temple, direcUy across l'he street. Two of the men rushed over and breaking in the door succeeded in moving miuch of the stock out of dan ger, while the third ran over to the Lyon street engine house, calling out l'he department. The fire originated on the floor about 16 feet from the stove, aopar ently catching in some loose papers. Comparatively little damage was done to the floor and all the damage was to the stock. The proprietor is un able to account for the fire. It is believed that had the blaze not been discovered in time, that a disaster ous fire would have resulted. BARBER ALLEGED TO HAVE SOLO MORTGAGED SROP Land Show Program. This after noon Miss Beulah Hinkley of Phe Commercial club received from Man ager Stewart a copy of the Oregon' Dav program which was given De cember S at the United States Laud show, at the Coliseum, Chicago. The program was epiite a protracted affair w it'll something doing every few min utes from 10 o'clock a. m. until 10 o'clock p. m. The Royal Rosarians and the Eugene Radiators took an J active part. Ten Oregon organiza tions were represented and the per sonnel of each representation is giv en. Mr. Stewart was one of the real Oregon farmers and was on the re ception committee. He gave three d'fferent addrcssps. Carl Bilyeu Claims S. B. Clark Has Skipped Out with $175 of His Money. Called to. the barber shop at thd foot of Lyon street near the S. P. depot t'ais noon, Chief of Police Aus tin received the complaint from Carl Bilyeu, who recently nurchaied the fixtures of the shop from S. B. Clark, for $175, that it was found a mort gage of $150 was against the prop erty, and that Clark 'had skipped out. Chief Austin was asked to try and locate Clark and this the officer agreed to do. Meantime, it is said, that Bilyeu will start action in the matter immediately. Up until a few days ago the shop was conducted by Clark, when it was turned over to Bilyeu for $175. It was not until this morning, claims Bilyeu, that it was discovered a mort gage was against the property in the sum of $150. A penitentiary term is the penalty of such an offense as that Clark is alleged to have committed. MANY HOBOS ARE NOW ABROAD THROUGHOUT VALLEY in Changes of Precincts. County Clerk Marks is today busy checking over t'he changes of the county pre cincts made by the county court and will by tonight have the work com pleted. Tomorrow a report will be given of the changes, giving the new boundaries of the various precincts, as rearranged. The changes were made as a result of woman suffrage making the precincts to large as they were. Kendall Back on Job. After an ill ness of several weeks, Deputy -Sheriff Kendall went back on the job to day. McKnight Goes to Portland. Leav ing this noon, County Judge Mc Knight went to Portland to attend the county court convention being 'held there. Commissioner Russell went down yesterday and will join the judge upon his arrival. They will return tomorrow afternoon. Nineteen Were Quartered City Bastile Last Night; Police Are Busy. That scores of hobos are abroad not contrary to the prevailing condi tions of previous years, is indicated by the fact i)aat nearly every night the city jail has been crowded with 'sons of the wanderlust" dominated by a spirit of "1 am looking all over for a job but I hope I won't find it." Last night no less than 19 were quartered overnight in the city bas tile. The night before nearly as large a nunber were given lodging over night and the night before that fully 20 were turned loose t'he next morn ing and told to get a move on. The police have been kept busy chasing the bos. They are given 5 minutes to leave town, being told that the mayor is mad, because of their persistent loitering about the streets. Constable Catlin reported Vhis morning that he invited nine last night to board No. 221 and locate in other parts where there is plenty of, work. He said he saw them all safe ly on the train. Officer King said this morning that some bad looking char acters are among the army of "Weary Willies" and warns against anybody trying to ascertain if they are honest. Sudtell Attends Stock Show. Ben T. Sudtell, the local auctioneer left tJliis morning for Portland where he will attend the stock show. Will Admitted to Probate. Upon petition of S. J. Delaucey, Judge Mc knight this morning issued an order admitting the will of L. W. Delaucey, deceased, to probate. The petitioner was also appointed executrix. The de ceased passed away in Linn county, Nov. , 20, 1913, leaving an estate of $5,200, consisting of personal proper ty in t'his county and an estate in Ne braska. Eight heirs survive the de ceased, being his widow, S. J. Delan cev and seven children. I FURNITURE AT AUCTION EVERY SATURDAY, at 2 P. M. AT SUDTELL'S AUCTION HOUSE AT 128 W. 2nd St. Phone 134-R An extra fine lot of Furniture and furnishings at this week's sale, including 2 heavy Vernir Mar tin beds like new, costing $37.50, Turned oak dresser, dining tables with chairs to match, rock ing chairs, lot of new pictures, cook stoves and heaters, dishes, manyother articles to numerous to mention. Don't miss this sale. Auction sale every Saturday afternoon. Prizes given away free at every sale. ) i"1 v?1 i1 ? fl ? vn 3 7 3) S News on This Pag. it 8 Krom Daily Isaue ot WEDNESDAY, DEC, 10, 1913 ;.! ' j Uncalled for Ltttcrs. I Ai1 iny, iU'oii, oth, letters i t!!H-.illeJ tor aiut .n! iTlise.l Oec. 8. l'M.S: ' j I'. A. Hums. Mr- .1 II. llo.nl, Mrs. 1 j.lnu. Byion tJ, Ct. V. Hoo'.h, Koy " . Colwcll, C!kk. J. KemuT l-'rauk ' i primes, lolin (iitst.it'rom, 11. Y Gil- ' U -rie. Mrs. ll.utu- HollitieW. K. I.. ' : I Urrui:ton Kuun.i Henkle William " V. Jackson J.icol. A. 0. McCarthy, 'ill lYlter-on, Pacific Ntlr-ery Co.. I I rel W'irick. Mauley Wilson, Sarah Kl'.oailcs, Ct. S. Smith t-i, Mrs. l.ulu :l"clv. IV I. Stephens. O C, Thaver. I ' J. S. VAN WINKi.K r. M. rracncai Ln lies At Prices You Can Afford to Pay Ladies Hand Bags in New Styles, 50c to $5.00 Silk Scarfs in all shades, plain anil fringed 85c to $2.50 Fancy Aprons embroidered and lace trimmed 25c to 65c Ladies Umbrellas, in a great as sortment, priced 95c to $5.00 ea Fancy Ribbons in two lots. Special at 1 7c and 25c yd Children's Sweaters all sizes, $1.25 to $2.50 ea Infant's and Chtldrens Mittens and Gloves 15o to 25c pair Real values in Table Linens, Bed Spreads, Linen Towels, Silks Dress Goods, etc. Agents for Standard Pattern! FLOOD'S STORE 334 WEST FIRST STREET Agents for I Kabo Reducing Corsets