LOCAL JAIL OCCURS
Drilling Hole Through 14 Inch
Brick Wall, Three Prisoners
Escaped.
EVIDENTLY MADE CLEAN
GET-AWAY; NO WORD
James Wilson and Two Boys,
Harry Wright and Harvey
Thompson at Large.
The third jail break from the county
bastile in a little over two months
ocurrcd la.st ulhl between 0 and 7
o'clock, when three prisoners, James
Wilson, Harry Wrii;b and Harvey
Thompson secured their liberty by
drilling a hole 16 inches square
through the 14 inch brick of the wall
of the jail through which they craw
led, ClimhiiiK a tall iron fence about
the jail, they evidently have made a
clean get-away as word has been sent
to every quarter and nothing" has been
heard of the fugitives at 12 o'clock to
day. Two Previous Jail Breaks.
The first jail break ocurrcd during
the. night of October 19, when Charles
Smith ami Charles Davidson, await
ing the grand jury on forgery charges,
sawed their way to liberty. Smith was
sometime later caught at San Irran
cisco but Davidson is still at large.
The second break ocurrcd on De
cember 15, when two of the prisoners
who escaped ibis lime, Harry Wright
and Harry Thompson between the
ages of 16 and 17, being held for the
action of tlie'gr;Mid jury on burglary
charges, broke away while the prison
ers were bringing in wood. They
were caught later in the day by Sher
iff Bodinc and Constable Cat lin be
tween Ilalsey and Shedd. Wilson
was serving a sentence upon convic
tion of stealing an overcoat from the
cloak room of the United Presbyter
ian church a few days ago.
Authorities Up Stump.
The authorities have no idea as to
which direction (he fugitives went.
The other prisoners declared I hey
didn't know that their companions
'were missing until the sheriff inquir
ed of them.
At supper alt of the prisoners were
present and dined in the corridor, As
is the custom, the sheriff locks them
in the cells at 7 o'clock. Knteripj the
jiiil un this mission and missing the
prisoner;'., he enquired as lo where
they were, The oilier prisoners were
in ignorance. 1 nvestigatioii told the
tale.
Stove Poker Used.
In the north wall of the jail at the
bottom of a window sash, was a hole
about 1 inches square, drilled in the
14 inch brick wall. It is believed that
tin men had w.nked on the job for
some time. They u-ed a piece of
pijic, which v,i. used a; a poker for
ti e jail stove, I'sim; this as a chisel I
in crow I ar f.i-.hiou. it L h.dicvrd that
Ihe- A !- brt e f I c I i w' - h.M-ed :
the mot 1. 1 r bet ween the brie Is s. re-
mm tin; t" 'in "lie by one. It is said
tts.it ihe wall a - in a weakened condi
tion due lo an .ittenq t several y cr
am ot prtMMier'; to break out of the
i.'il. !
NOTES FROM CRABTREE
Crabtrce. Pi.. 1 V,- 'o. '1.1 - (Spe
evil to lVmoci.it -Mis S. Wirt and
liule d.nmhii i and hi r -iicr are
sjiendin-.: 1 he In Ii J.i with rcl.it i i' .
ivh Miller i quite ill at his home
threatened w ilh pin-n n'oni.i.
Scl'ool ch.M-d 1 Jl tl.i a 10 day -v.i-
ition.
Miss Kate I'.iM.m " bo b is been
isiinii; l ela! i es in 1 i I land im 1 he
pa si tnout li t ct ui m M home I'lH'-i'.ty
I'lie l.iteiatv Soctetv -.;. c .moihei
I la, "Ki ee.'int; I bit a Mo he- ;n -I
, " in ! lie c 'liu-a let S ill:: d.i
txeuinu K'ssiv Scott Tinner, ban
iosi! ich Milhi. oiiMntst. d ii.
,lMC, lo'llllst, ID nis'.icd s(.H!C
! ; t llll's,,' 1 1'C t I'Ull'i: CV V
pic; nt .oid ihei c w as a l.o.:e ei. .1
Nidi Aha Stolvcs i,.-i:;ncd her po-i-tioM
!:ci c a- le.wbc! ot (lie pt nu.iM
i t. ,i: d l c tin :'e.! :o ! i !:omu- v.
I n 1 latch is s;.( ndm- pai t o
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hltcci:e
iiss bos,- Mfvei h.i- been cm -;
hitil a- piimaiy tcaclur lor the
1 c
Mr. and M i - Allied l'ie:cc came
,.n.c V !r isMnas i to .pcud the
..'.! :t i I 'f p . s 1 cut
Mrs. Fred Hnwster and tliaitdin.i
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COUNTY JAIL PRISONERS
GRATEFUL FOR FINE DINNER
Prepare Resolution Thanking
Sheriff and Mrs. Al Bodine
for Xmas Repast.
J t; rm grateful for the Xinria diu
hl'.' :.er ed th:m, the main feaiurc be
in' a twe!e pound turkey, tlr pris. ,i
' of the county pail prepared ;u
following resolution.
" Wc, the undersigned inmates of
'.he county jail, extend our hearty
thanks to Sheriff J J. H. Kodinc and
Mrs. Al liodine for the splendid tur
key dinner that was served to us in
the jail on Christinas Day. It consist
ed of a 12 pound turkey which was
cooked most elegantly with nice dres
sing and fine gravy, cranberry sauce
and mince pie, candy and nuts ami a
nice lot of apples. The dinner wa;
enjoyed by all of us immensely. We
feel especially grateful to Rev. D. H.
Leech for calling upon us. He pres
ented us with a Christinas card and
a beautiful btmch of flowers, which
were highly appreciated."
JAM ICS HART,
DEN KENNEDY,
PAUL ACKER MAN.
JAMES WILSON,
HARRY WRIGHT,
HARVEY THOMPSON.
CITY NBWS.
9
Spend Outing at Newport Leav
ing this noon, E. E. Wiles and family
went to Newport to spend a week's
outing.
McDermott Returns Arriving in
Albany this morning from Portland,
John McDermott formerly advertising
nun of this city, has been shaking
hands with friends. He is now en
gaged in wax figure work in Portland.
He will remain here for the next two
days.
80-Acre Farm Sold Closing the
ileal this morning, Encd Hoflich sold
8 One res of land near Lyons belonging
to W. E. Smith to A. G. Porter at a
consideration of $4,000.
To Spend Week at Newport Leav
ing this noon, Mr. and Mrs. W. IJ.
Stevens, son Kenneth and (laughter
Ailccn, went to Newport to spend the
next week.
Justice Shedd Here on Business
Justice of the peace C. J. Shedd of
Shedd spent the morning- in Albany
transacting business. He is propriet
or of a general merchandise store of
Shedd and came down to look over a
line of goods on display at the Hotel
Hammel by a Portland wholesale
house representative.
Entertains at Dinner Last night at
ihe Hotel Hammel, Mr. and Mrs. J.
1 1 . Shaw were entertained at dinner
by their son, Robert Shaw of Astoria,
formerly of Mill City. Mr. Shaw and
family are here visiting Mr. and Mrs.
J. II. Shaw.
Good Act at the Rolfe The Queen
City Four made a big hit at the
Rolfe yesterday and last night to a
packet! house. Their comedy is good
md the Ij.mnony singing is exception
ally good. They will appear a-jatu
today and toni-rht for the last time.
biir three reel feature and a roaring
comedy are are pictures.
Scnttlc Democrat Here it. A. Hill
; ;:.::. i;v.:t IV :;:o.-:-a: of Seattle and
i former resident ot this city was a
:''ca-n't caller at the Democrat office
t'sis Tiiotnin. Mr. Hill U a pi actisiiii1,
l.'wyer in Washington and has ;.lways
been prominent in the political circles
of thai si.,tc
Track Foreman Went to Gates
I e.iv i: t;;is morning J. A Curry,
li.'dv. Living foreman of rK C. cv. b'...
Weill to t iates to i csi-.ine )y.s du: tc
of -iij'ei inli-ndiiK the !a " of 15
miles of new track near thai place,
aher -.petiditii' Christmas al his home
in this city.
The "Telephone Girl" Is Subject
rotuoiiow night Rev. Libert 11, Hicks
is going to preach at the HapiiM
church, comer Fifth and Lyon Mi eels
at Toll on the subject "The Tele
phone liitl," If you are not interest
ed in religion on w ill enjoy many
tilings that will be brought out in
this si-hinon. Come. One of the lo
cal telephone companies kindly volun
tecied lo put in a megaphone for the
Quorum Was Not Present ed
it d met ting of the Albany Ch.uitan
iin. i ssiviation hoard this niorniiK
tailed to ma lei iahe because of the
abstuv of a 1 1 no runt. 11 ow ever, a
'iiccing will be held ui'.hin the next
it w das to discus- matters pertain
irg lo t!ie coming asscni'dy and mote
-pn ia llv about the talent secured
and et to be engaged
.1. V. Kane of Summit was a busi
I'c-s ishor in the ci' tod iv.
y (' r n m y
News on This Pnt?e is
Prom DniW Issue ot
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27
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Rose City Bankers and Com
mercial Organization Have
Started Campaign.
LOCAL COMMERCIAL CLUB
ENTERS INTO THE EFFORTS
Indications are Favorable for
Establishment of Two Banks
on the Coast.
Portland bankers and commercial
organizations have started a campaign
for the establishment of a Regional
Reserve Bank at that place and this
morning Manager Stewart of the Al
bany Commercial club received a tele
gram from C. C. Chapman, secretary
of the Oregon Development League,
asking for the assistance of the Al
bany business men in this matter. In
response to this request the follow
ing telegram was sent this afternoon
to Hon. Win. G. McAdoo, Secretary
of the Treasury and Hon. David S.
Houston. Secretary of Agriculture at
Washington:
Albany, Or., Dec. 27. The Pacific
Coast should by all means get two of
the Federal Reserve banks and one
of them should Jie located in the
northwest. The honor of being the
in this region has heretofore been dis
puted, but this is so no longer. Port
land is forging ahead rapidly and on
account of her cxtercmly favorable
geographical position will continue
to lead all competitors. The trade
of Oregon, Idaho, Southern and East
ern Washington and a part of Mon
tana centers there, making conditions
ideal for the transaction of financial
business with the smaller cities of
the Northwest. Please investigate
these claims for Portland closely be
fore making final decision.
"The campaign for the establish
ment of one of the Federal Reserve
banks at Portland seems to be pro
gressing nicely," said Manager Stew
art this afternoon. "The bankers and
commercial organizations of the en
tire state arc being lined up togeth
er under the leadership of Mr. C. C.
Chapman, Secretary of the Oregon
Development League, and are work
ing strongly for it, and the Oregon
delegation in Congress at Washing
ton is also doing everything possible
to bring it about. The new law pro
vides that there shall be no more
than twelve and no less than eight of
these banks established and the mat
ter of their number and location is
left to Mr. M'Adoo, Secretary of the
Treasury, and Mr. Houston, Secre
tary of Agriculture. If it is decided
that eight would be suflicieut it is sup
posed that this coast should only get
one of them, and it would be located
at San Francisco, but as President
Wilson ha, always insisted upon there
in':1.: twelve of the-e haul::? and he
now has the power to secure that num
ber it ts ah no -t sure that we will
V-ve then. In that case this coast
sl on'd qc: two and one should be lo
c.'Vd in the Northwest and at Port
land." I)oor, Windoiv., Mould in$, Glnst,
Store nntl O if ire Fixtures
jj Fisher, BnulemV Co,
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CHRISTMAS CAROL WRITTEN
BY LINN COUNTY PEOPLE
Mrs. Percy R. Kelly of Albany
Composed Music and Miss
Porter Wrote Words.
Composed by two Linn county mu
sicians, a Christmas carol was ung
L hrisuna Lve in the exercises in :hc
.'lethodist church at HaLey, and the
fact that it was written by local peo
pl j made its .rendition a unique fea
ture of t!ie LIiristi..as exercise.;.
The words were written by Miss
Gertrude Porter of Halaey, daughter
of Frank H. Porter, representative in
the state legislature from Linn county
and the music was composed by Mrs.
Percy R. Kelly of Albany, wife of
Judge Kelly of the third judicial dis
trict. Miss Porter brought the words of
the carol to Professor C. H. Palmer,
saying she wanted some music w:-i.-ten
for them fo the carol might be
sung Christmas Eve at Halsey. Pro
fessor Palmer gave the manuscript to
Mrs. Kelly wno ha- displayed splend
id talent hereto for;; in musical com
position, and tho'tfth the time for the
work was very short, she aj ranged
the words to music and in a short
time iiad prepared a beautiful carol.
STRAW HAT WORN YESTE 1 1 "f
FOR SAKE OF STYLE
la Balmy Sunshine f Bay After
Christmas iaetzgar Wart
Stylish Straw.
A late model of the straw hats that
were in style this sumimer was seen
worn on the streets of Albany yes
terday by Archie Metzgar a clerk in
the shoe department of the S. E.
Young & Son store. Asked why he
wore it, Metzgar replied that the wea
ther was so balmy and the sunshine
so bright that he couldn't resist it.
From what he said it would appear
that a straw hat was worn in the
heart of the Willamette Valley on the
day after Christmas for the sake of
style and in other words for the rea
son that the weather warranted it.
However, another story is told by
Metzgar's close friends at the store.
hey said that sometime la.te this fall
he purchased a new hat, leaving the
straw hat at the store where it has re
mained until the present time, the
owner forgetting to take it home. It
Decline bothersome on several oc
casions and D. H. Hrattin, the ad
vertising manager, asked 'Metzgar, as
sind request, to remove it.
"All right" replied Metzgar. 'Tf
I don't take it home tonight I will
wear it home on Christmas."
That was several days before Christ
mas and the day rolled around and
still the hat was forgotten until yes
terday when Metzgar fulfilled his
k.-c. The hat didn't look very
much out of place at that for yester
day was a much betiter day than
Christmas Day and felt just like early
spring.
Mrs. L. Hutler of Mill City is in
the city visiting her daughters, Mrs.
F. P. Baltimore and Mrs. T. L. Alex
ander. Miss Opal Stevens went to Shedd
this noon to visit friends.
F. Porter Hess of Alpine was in
Albany this morning attending busi
ness. J. H. Mcnermott, a representative
of the Standard Oil Company, is in
ihe eitv todav.
Clearance Sale
During the next thirty davs, prior to taking inventory, we
will put on a CLEARANCE SALE. All Fall and Winter Goods
carried over must go, regardless of prices.
We will make special, low prices on Dress Goods, Ladies' RaincontJ, Kimomt, Svrsnt
ers, Lidies' and Children's Shoes, in fact nil heavy gonds, and all odds and ends.
Ol'R BARGAIN COl'NTERS will be loaded with exceptional bargains every day,
REMEMKNT COl'NTER Commencing January 1st we will place on sale a lot of
RKMKNKNTS that have accumulated, and ot prices th.it will move them quiekly.
Wishing All A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year
Kinne Mercantile Co.,
415-17 WEST FIRST STREET. '
LINNS PRECINCTS
E RE-ARRANGEi
County Court Today Completed
Work of Re-arranging AN
Voting Places.
MANY GIVEN UNIQUE
HISTORICAL NAKES
There Are Now 53 Precincis;
Albany Now Has Nine In
stead of Three.
Today the county court completed
the rearrangement of the precincts
of Linn county.
The rapid increase of the population
throughout the county and the adop
tion or woman suffrage is the reason
the precincts were rearranged, be
cause they were too large. Linn coun
ty now has 53 precincts instead of 34.
Nine Precincts in Albany
There are now nine precincts in the
city of Adlbany proper instead of
three and parts of two others under
the old arrangement. Calapooia and
Sunrise precincts include suburban
territory not inside the city limits.
The names of the new precincts as
now established, most of which are
taken from the names of towns which
they include or other geographical
names, are: Albany No. 1, Albany
No. 2, Albany No. 3, Albany No. 4,
Albany No. 4, Albany No. 5, Albany
No, 6, Albany No. 7, Albany No. 8,
Albany No. 9, Berlin, North Browns
ville, East Brownsville, South Brown
sville East Brownsville, West Browns
ville, Calapooia, Center, Crawfords
ville, Crowfoot, Foster, Fox Valley,
East Halsey. West Halsey, North
Harrisbnrg, South Harrisburg, Holley
Jordan, Kingston, Knox Butte, La
comb, Lebanon, North Lehano(n;,
South Lebanon, Mill 'City, Orleans,
Peoria, Price, Providence. Rock
Creek, Rowland, Santiam, North Scio,
South Scio, Shedd, Shelburn, Soda
ville. Strawberry, Sweet H'ome Sun
rise, Syracuse, Tallmn, Tangent,
Tennessee and aWterloo.
Named for History.
In selecting the names for many
of the precincts the members of the
county court considered the historical
facts and created the names according
ly. As a result several'of the precincts
are uniquely named.
For instance "Strawberry Precinct"
was the name given to a precinct ad
joining the city limits of Lebanon on
the south east and west sides and
which is apropos to the prominence of
the city as the strawberry center of
the county. The name of "Crow
foot", "Providence" anP fiSunris"
are among other unique names.
"Crowfoot" is south of Lebanon and
was the name born by a school dis
trict, the name being chosen for the
school house several year sago by the
fact that it was situated at a corner
where three roads come together in
the share of a crow's foot.
Many years ago Providence Church
SUCCESSOR TO W. 6. STEVENS
MASONS Will OBSERVE
ST. JOHNS DAY TONIGHT
Big Banquet and Other Feat
ures of Entertainment to
Mark Celebration.
With a big banquet and other fea
tures of entertainment, the Albany
lodge of Masons will tonight at the
lodge hall obsene St. John's Day
The event has been looked forward
to with more than usual interest and
it is one that a good deal of interest
centers in! It is expected that the
largest crowd of Masons and their
families will be assembled than at
any other similar occassion in the
history of the local order. All Ma
sons and tiieir families have been cor
dially invited to attend. Visiting
brethren will be especially welcomed.
The program will consist of music
and literary numbers. The program
will be held in the lodge hall, after
which the Masons and their guests
will repair to the banquet room.
Prominent Masons are scheduled for
addresses and well known musicians
have been engaged for musical num
bers. William Fortmiller is in charge of
the committee on entertainment and
S. S. Gilbert is chairman of the ban
quet committee. F. H. Pfieffer the
well known caterer, prepared the ban
quet. The program will begin promptly at
S o'clock. The first number will be a
selection by Wilson's Orchestra and
continue as follows: quartette, Mis
ses Lora Jane Taylor, Helen Hul
bert, Julia Crowell and Gertie Tay
lor; address, St. John's Day, J. T.
Plant, solo, 'Miss Louise Pirtle, solo,
H. A. Nelson; reading, Miss Hark
ness, solo, Miss Blanche Hammel;
special features under direction of
H. M. Crooks; refreshments, buffet
lunch, orchestra.
o
'C. E. Johnson of Summit transacted
business here this morning.
Robert Schroeder of Gates trans
acted business iu Albany this morn
ing. River on tiie Lcbanon-Scio road, and
as a result the community began to be
called by that name. Therefore the
court created Providence precinct out
of portions of Santiam and i..
precincts.
Nutting Names Sunrise,
Adjoining the city limits of Albany
is Sunrise precinct. A poultry yard
was established there several years
ago by W. E. Baker, which is called
by that name. As a result when that
vicinity began to get settled, F, P.
Nutting who was then editor of the
Democrat, dubbed the section Sunrise
i n frequent reference in the paper and
finally it began to be called by that
name. Tennessee is another rather
unique name selected for a precinct.
It is located north of Lebanon and
the neighborhood has born this name
for many years due to the fact that
several years ago a colony of people
from Tennessee settled there.
County Judge Bruce McrCnfght and
Commissioners O. IT. Russell and T.
J. Butler all have been residents of
Linn county for many years and tradi
thoroughly conversant with pioneer
hitory. so in naming the precincts
they have followed history ad tradi
tion a much as possible in naming
the new precinct?.
& CO.