KiTFPi Tl&'Rill9 WANTS DIVORCE ON THE
ARRIVES PEHHELESS
0.A.C.-WASHINGT0N
LINN COUNTY COUNCIL TO
m HERE SATURDAY
MARKETFORALBANY
E!
if
Hi ULUU ILL UU
Good Roads Lecturer and Drag
Inventor May Speak Here
Sometime Soon.
CITIZENS MAY BE URGED
TO ASSIST UNEMPLOYED
Commercial Club May Adopt
Resolutions Favoring Re
organization of Army.
Having considered several commun
ications one lhat may terminate in
the securing of a lecture of a good
roads advocate, another from the Cor
vallis Commercial club, asking the
local club to take part in a factory
promotion congress and another from
the United States -Military Academy
relative to the plan of passing- resolu.
tions favoring the reorganization of
the army, receiving the report ot the
manager relative to the action taken
in the regional bank matter and list
ening to a report of tiie president, in
which lie urged the people to endeav
or to do something towards the relief
of the unemployed, the regular weekly
meeting of the executive board of the
commercial club held last night ad
journed. Those who attended the meeting
were as follows:
President, J. S. Van Kinkle, Vice
President, F. P. Xutting, and Secret
ary, C. H. Stewart; and directors: S
X. Hraden, F. M. French, G. T. lloek
eiismith, J. J. lloydar, R. C. Hunt, A.
M. Hammer, J. H. Kobnett and M.
Senders.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
Good Roads Lecture.
A communication was received
from Mr. I). W. King, of Missouri,
inventor of the celebrated King Drag,
stating that he would pass through
this city about March 20th, and that
lie could be secured tor a lecture upon
good roads. "On motion Manager
Stewart was instructed to correspond
with Air. King and ascertain the cost
of a lecture, and if thought best by
the officers of the club that a mass
meeting should be arranged for to
which would be invited all the road
supervisors of the county and all oth
ers interested in good roads.
A communication was received from
the Corvallis Commercial Club in
viting this organization to take part in1
a Factories Promotion Congress, to
be held in that city on January 14th
and lain. On motion the invitation
was accepted and it was agreed that
the club should send a good large del
egation to take part in the meeting.
The matter of making the necessary
arrangements was left with the com
mittee on manufacturing.
A communication received from
Lieutenant A. V. Butler of the nited
States Military Academy at West
Point, enclosing a series of resolu
tions in relation to a plan for the
reorganization of the army of the
nited States, with the request tiiat the
Club should pass them and then
transmit the same .-to our delegation
m congress. The matter was refer
red to a special committee consisting
of Col. M. H. Ellis, Major C. B.
Winn, and Capt. F. M. Powell
Would Assist Unemployed.
Manager Stewart reported that a
telegram had been received from C.
C. Chapman, secretary of the Oregon
Development League on the 27 ins.,
asking for the assistance of this club
in securing the location of one of the
National Reserve Banks at Portland
In response to this request the fol
lowing telegram was sent to Hon.
Win. G. McAdoo. Sec. of the Trcas..
and Hon. David F. Houston, Sec. of
Agriculture. Washington, D. C. "Pa
cific Coast should by all means get
two Federal Reserve Banks, and one
of the in should be located in the
Northwest. The honor of being the
mo.-t important commercial center in
this region has heretofore been dis
puted. This is so no longer. Port
land is forging ahead rapidly and oi:
account of extremely favorable geo
graphical positions will continue to
lead all competitors. The trade of
Oregon, Idaho, Southern and Eastern
Washington and part of Montana cen
ters there, making conditions ideal
for transaction of financial business
wuli smaller cities of Northwest.
Flease investigate claims for Portland
closely before making final decision.
" Bank Matter Reported.
Pres. Van Winkle reported to some
extent what other towns in the Val
ley were doing in relation to taking
care of the floating population, furn
ishing them with cheap board and
lodging,, finding them employment,
etc., and proposed that this commun
ity should endeavor to do something
along this line. Remarks were made
by M. Senders, L. E. Hamilton, J. J.
l-lnviir. .'. '1. Pteii'ter, J. A. Howard
S. X. Braden and others. A commit
tee was appointed by the president
to investigate the matter.
Want Allen Appointed F. J. Den
ny and J- T. Funk are in the city to
day with a petition a.-king the county
court to appoint M. S. Allen super-v:-
r. Road Hitr:i-t N'o .M.
Mother and Aunt Visits Mrs. T. G.
Bligh of Salem and Mrs. Robert Irvin,
of Canada, arrived in Albany today to
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Frank, Bligh.
Mrs. Bligh is the mother of Mr. Bligh
and Mr?. Irvin i? an aunt, whom he
ha rnt eeen in 15 year-.
J. P. Locan of Kings Valley trans
acted business here this afternoon.
Mrs. Pearl Hassler, Claims
Husband Has Never Contri
buted to Her Support.
CI.
::g desertion. IVarl M. lias
filed suit in tiie circuit cour:
.-Icr h;
.;;;gir.st i rrin W. Hasskr on tiie
grounds of non-support. Attorney S.
M. Garland of Lebanon represents the
plaintiff. They were married i:i Mul
.iiuma.i County on July J9, 1907. They
have resided in Linn County for the
a.-: year, l iiere is one child. Beulah
Grace, for whom the plaint iff a?i;s
the custody.
It is alleged that during their mar
ried life the defendant has contrib
uted nothing to support the plaintiff
and the minor child that by her own
labor the plaintiff has supported her
self and the child.
It is alleged lhat the desertion oc
curred on July 29. 1907 and that they
have ever since lived separate and
apart.
MEXICAN REBELS ATTACK
THE CITY OF OJINEGA
Federals Resist Attack But It
Beieived That Town Will
Be Captured.
(By United Press Association.)
Presido, Tex., Dec. ot).- M cxican
rebels pressed the Ojiuego garrison
hard this morning and it seemed cer
tain that they would take the town.
The raiik and file of its defenders
are mutinous. They wanted to sur
render and their officers only made
them fight under threats that they
would kill them if they gave up the
defense of the city. In fact they did
kill a number of the federal soldiers.
The rebel attack began last night
and lasted three hours when they
were finally repulsed. They slept on
the field until daylight when the
fighting was resumed. Many were
killed in the attack. The number of
federals in the garrison is believed to
number four thousand and the rebels
have about the same strength.
Battle Still Progresses.
Fl Paso. Dee. 30. i General Scott,
commanding the United States
troops at Port Bliss received the fol
lowing telegram this afternoon from
Presido:
"Engagement is still progressing5 on
three sides of Ojinugo. Generals
1 lodrigucs, Sebastian and Caritanza
arrived during the night. It is not
believed that the main body of the
rebel armv will participate. The Oj
inaga garrison appears to be hemmed
GEORGE DAGGETT WANTS
E FROM FLDT A
Charging plain and straight deser
tion, George W. Daggett has filed
suit for divorce against Flora Dag
rctt in tiie circuit court. The plain
tiff in represented by Attorney H. B.
Chess, of Lebanon.
The couple were married in May
20, 1910. There are no children. It
is claimed that the desertion occur
red on December 5, 1912 and they
have since lived separate and apart.
Bligh Here on Business T.G. Bligh
manager of the Bligh Amusement
Company, operating picture and
vaudeville theaters in Albany and Sa
lem, was in the city yesterday after
noon and evening, attending business
mat.ters. He returned last night to
his home in Salem.
Notarial Certificate Filed F. W.
Chase yesterday filed his certificate
or notarial commission with County
Clerk Marks.
Weather Fair. The range of tem
perature for 24 hours ending at 8 o
clock this morning was 45 to 34 de
grees. The river was 4.2 feet. The
rainfall for the same period was .07
inches. The weather prediction is
rain tonight and Wednesday.
NEWS NOTES FROM MILL
cur AND THAT VICINIT
Mill City, Dec. 29. (Special to
Democrat) R. S. Shaw and family
spent Christmas with J. K. Shaw.
Mr. Ohling from Camp 16 is spend
ing the holidays in Albany.
A small fire occurred last night in
the picture show, doing but little
damage.
J. M. Wadsworth has been confined
to his home the past week with bron
chitis. Carl Mason who is attending school
in Salem is spending the holidays at
the home of his father, Geo. H. Ma
son. Te largest dance ever given here
m the new opera house was enjoyed
Christmas night by over 200 people,
including many young people from
St ay ton, Lyons and Gates. It was
given under the auspices of the Bas
ket Ball Club. A large crowd at
tended the Christmas tree at the op-
i era house Chri-tmas Eve A fine
i i.rogram was rendered by the Sunday
school classes, directed by .Mrs.
! Smith, the popular teacher.
I A good many cases of grippe are
. reported about town.
i Gladys Conser is rapidly recover
In: from a severe attack of pneumon-
Delegation of Twenty Greeks
Consulted Mayor Gilbert
Relative to Money.
CLAIMED THEY COULDN'T
COLLECT FROM K. R. CO.
Have Been Working on Section
of C. & E. Track Near Phil
omath for Sometime.
Asserting the grievance that they
had been unable to collect their wages
after being discharged, 20 Greeks to
day shortly before twelve o'4Ioek
consulted with Mayor Gilbert with
the result that the mayor patched
up the fidiculties.
1 he Greeks have been working on
the C. &. E. Railroad near Philomath
for the past 49 days under Foreman
C. Pearson. They were engaged in
raising and leveling a stretch o i
track; having been transported from
Portland.
Labored Under Misunderstanding
Arriving in Albany this morning
on passes furnishe.d them by the fore
man, tiie delegation apparently labor
ing under a misunderstanding, called
upon Chief of Police Austin at the
City Recorder's office, where they ex
plained their troubles.
According to the spokesman of the
crowd, they started to work on Nov
ember 11. Later two of their number
were "canned" and when they in
quired as to the reason the foreman
was quoted as saying that if they
didn't like it, he would "can" the
whole bunch. The spokesman said
that they had been hid off for the
past two days, then discharged, were
unable to collect the money and were
penniless. He said that wages for 27
days of work were due them.
Chief of Police Austin informed the
delegation that he had no authority in
the matter whatever, and upon sug
gestion of Recorder Van Tassel the
Greeks proceeded to Mavor Gilbert's
place of business. There they laid the
same grievance.
Wages Paid this Afternoon.
The mayor called up A. A. Mickcl,
local agent of the S. P. Company, and
asked him about the matter, and was
informed that the wages due the
Greeks had arrived and would be paid
to them this afternoon.
Accordingly the Greeks assembled
at the depot this afternoon, were paid
off and left on the .3 o'clock Oregon
Electric for Port kind. 1 1 appeared
that the Greeks expected their trans
portation to Portland to be paid but
it is believed that the company will
refund the money upon their arrival
in the Rose Citv.
Funeral this Afternoon The funer
al of A. V. Beeson was held this af
ternoon at the home. Rev. D. H.
Leech conducted the services which
were under the ausnices of the Odd
fellows lodge. Interment took place
in te city cemetery. A large number
of the members of the G. A. R. were
present. The deceasd was a member
of this order also.
JUSTICE DISTRICTS OF
LINN COUNTY HAVE ALSO
BEEN RE-ARRANGED
Is the Result of Re-arranging
of Voting Precincts; Laid Out
to Conform Therewith;County
Comprised of 12 Districts.
As the result of the rc-arram.'ing
of all the voting precincts of the
county, it became necessary to re
arrange the justice districts through
out tiie county to conform therewith,
and this work was completed by the
county court Saturday. The result
was officially announced this after
noon by County Clerk VV. L. Marks.
There are twelve justice districts in
the county under the new arrange
ment. The following is a list, the
number representing the district and
the precincts comprising it, being
given immediately after;
Twelve Precincts,
bany No. 3, Albany No. 4. Albany No.
1. Albany No. J. Albany No. 2, Al
5, Albany No. 6, Albany No. 7, Al
bany No. 8, Albany No. 9, Calapooia,
Knox Butte, Price, Sunrise, Syracu.se.
2 Center, Orleans. Peoria. Shedd,
Tangent. 3. East HaLey, West Hal
sey. 4. North Harri.-bur South
Harrisburg, Rowland. 5. North
Brownsville, Last Brownsville, South
Brownsville, West Brownsville. 6.
Crowfoot, Lebanon, North Lebanon,
South Lebanon, Strawberry, Tallman,
Tennessee. 7. Berlin, Sodaville,
Waterloo. 8. Foster. Sweet Home.
9. CrawtunLville. Hollev. 10. La
comb, Providence, Santiam. 11, Jord
an, Kingston, North Scio, South Scio,
Shclburn. 12. Fox Valley, Mill City,
Rock Creek.
t
y News cn This Pag n
, From Da:W Isiue of '4
v Tuesday, December 30.
4
Big Oregon and Seattle Institu
tions Are to Battle on
Gridiron Here.
CONTRACTS SIGNED IN
PORTLAND LAST WEEK
Game Is Scheduled for Next
October31; Promises to Out
rival Aggie-Oregon Contest.
That Album- will get tiie big Ore
gon Agricultural College University
of Washington football game next fail
a contest that bids fair to outrival the
O. A. C. -Oregon game in importance,
and from point of attendance, unless
the two Oregon Colleges play in
Portland, was the word received late
yesterday afternoon m Albany from
Corvallis.
Authorities Give Information.
The information, it is said, came
direct from the college authorities.
Albany was assured the game, it is
said, when Dr. K. J. Stewart, director
of athletics at the O. A. C and Ralph
Horr, graduate manager of Washing
ton, met in Portland the end of last
week and signed the contract.
That the coming season will be a
busy one for O. A. C. is indicated by
the tact that two games with Multno
mah and one with Willamette in addi
tion to the regular Northwest Con
ference program has bee,u scheduled.
All Conference Teams to Play
Last season the IX A. C. team was
the only one in the conference that
met every other conference team and
the coming season every team will
play one or more games with each
team in the league, that is, providing
the Washington U. comes to t In
ter ms demanded by Idaho.
That Dobie was forced to climb
down from the dictatorship of the
conference athletics was (indicated .
when O. A. C. ami Idaho ignored
Washington in arranging the sched
ule and named the conditions under
which they would play the Seattle
institution and esjv-ially when C). A.
C. and Idaho proceeded to stage a
"nine at Portland. It is believed that
these two teams will be stronger next
vear than either Oregon, Pullman or
Whitman.
The date of the big game for Al
bany will be on October 31.
May Dance After 1.30.
Portland .cDe. 30. Despite the fact
that Mayor Albee has banned the
drinking of liquor in all grills after
1.15 o'clock New Year's morning, the
patrons, if not too hilarious, may
dance. The dancing must be done on
the floor, however, and not on :hc
tables as in times gone by.
A. T. Edmunds of Salem attended
business here this morning.
Fred Endicott, bus driver of the
Hotel St. Francis, who has been visit
ing friends in Seattle for the past few
days, returned home last night and is
PacK on the job.
Mat Chambers was in Albany todav
re' ew-'-g his Democrat subscription.
A. E. Books and wife of Hoover
spent yesterday in Albany, returning
last night.
D. Diflim of Hoaiiiam, Wash., is in
the city on business.
J. S. McFarland of Tangent trans
acted business here this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Barshard of
Summit, were visitors in Albany yes
terday.
Charles. S. Cochran of Eugene
transacted business here yesterday af-
MONEY
We are prepared to furnish mon
ey on farm loans in the Willam
ette Valley at the lowest current
rates of interest. Will give fiva
years time and allow the bor
rower liberal options of prepay
ment. If you can make more
money from your farm by ad
ding livestock and new machin
ery and new buildings we will let
you have the money for that
purpose. If you want to dis
pose of your place, the quick
est way to make a sale is to add
substantial improvement. When
in need of funds call on us.
We arc the only established
company making long time
loans in this county.
The Oregon Title
and Trust Co.
ALBANY,
0RKC0N
Meeting to Be Held at Buzzards
Hall Important Matters
to Come Up.
Xi'xl Xiniul.iy tl-.o l.iim Cmim
CouiK-il iu ilic Grange will meet n
luissanl Hall lor l!ic purpose ot ilis
cu-iMn:4 dinercm comincrci.iy in.u
tors.
Thf prohaliilitk'S arc that the mat
'. ot tiie establishment ot a iHttilu
market at Albany will he taken up
There is also a probability that tin
proposition of eooperaliou anions tin
farmers ami business men will be tak
en up ami iliseusseil t'urther. Sonu
actum may be taken in riard to pe
titioning the county court of the em
ployment of a laml expert, whose
duties it will be to cooperate with
ihc farmers, eiviim tlietu tree advice
as to the adaptability of the soils.
GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING
PRES. MOYER ASSAULT
Inquest Also in Progress Over
Cause of Theatre Fire; Full
Investigation Promised.
(.My United Press Association.)
Calumet, Dec. 30. The strike situa
tion in the copper district is not im
proved. It anything it is more tense
than it was yesterday and rioting is
feared. Here and at Ked ajeket sev
eral hundred members armed, of the
Citizens' Alliance are patrolling the
streets and forbidding strikers to eou
gegate. The Houghton county special grand
jury reconvened this' morning. Pros
ecutor Lucan promised a full and com
plete investigation of the charge that
before deportation. Mover was beaten
and shot by members of the Citizens
Alliance. Alliance members declared
that none of them had anvthing to do
with the beating and shooting.
At Red Jacket the coroner contin
ued the inuuest in regard as to the
cause of the panic. A dozen witnes
ses were called and examined ui to
noon but the testimony developed
no important new facts. Judge llilou
the niiuers' lawyer, said he will have
witnesses to swear at this afternoon's
session that members of the Citizens'
Alliance gave the false alarm of fire
which caused the tragedy. He added
that he was prepared to prove that
Alliance members were the ones who
assaulted .Mover.
STOLEN ARTICLES COULD
NOT BE LOCATED
Sheriff liodine and J. C. Ilothrook
yesterday drove as far as Tangent in
the hitter's rig, investigating hobo
camps and 'bos met on the road en
route in an effort to locate the robes
stolen Monday niht from Holbrook's
barn, but without success.
Sheriff Kodinc stated this afternoon
that they ran across scores of hoboes
and camps, lie said that the camps
and roads were fairly alive with them
going in both direct Kins laden with
blanket rolls. He said they stnnpt-d
nearly everyone in an eflort to lo
cate the stolen goods. At one place,
said the sheriff, they ran across a
barn containing twelve knights of the
wanderlust.
PERSONALS AND NEWS
NOTES FROM FAYETTEVILLE
Fayetteville, Or., Dec. 30. (Spe
cial to Democrat) Mr. John Johnson
of Portland arrived in Fayetteville
to spend Christmas with relatives in
this vicinity.
M r. and M rs. 1 1 illard Ackerman
ate Christmas dinner with Mr. and
M rs. Saxton.
James McConuel and wife spent
Christmas in Corvallis with Mrs. Mc
ConiieH's parents, Mr. "and Mrs. Jo
seph Yates.
Mrs. Klla Alford and daughter of
Harrisburg visited at the homes of
her sisters, Mrs. John and Parm Cur
tis last week.
Mig Ann MrHridr of Portland i1-
YOU ARE LOSING MONEY
Unless You Get the Benefit of
Wholesale Lumber Prices
Now Quoted
ALBANY
Both Phones.
SURVEYING?
s PENLAND
Room 5, Newew Bligh Bldg.
Tangent Grangers Vote Unani
mously for Establishment
of Such Here.
URGE CO-OPERATIGN GF
FARMERS-MERCHANTS
Want County Court to Appoint
Soil Expert; Plan toTBuild
" New Hall.
Tangent, Dec. 30. (.Snecial to Detu-
i oral) The propoed establish men t
of a public market at Albany the plan
baited to bring about direct eoop
eraliou between th- farmers and nier-
hants and the used employment
of a county soil expert, were received
with favor at last Saturday's meet
ing of the Tangent (.iraugc.
The meeting was a rousing one ami
well attended. Officers for the ensu
ing year were elected.
Market Unanimously Favored.
The matter of a public market for
Albany was brought up before the
meeting following the reading of a
communication from the Morning
Star II range relativ e to the proposi
tion. The Tangent Grangers voted
unanimously in tavor of it.
The report ot the committee appoint
ed by the Pomona Grange to formu
late a plan of cooperation among the
farmers and merchants received fav
orable action. The recommendations
of the committee asking the county
court to appoint a soil expert was also
favored.
Want Farmers' Institute.
A committee was appointed to con
fer with the extension board of the
Oregon Agricultural College to ask
them to give the grangers a farmers'
institute during the month of Febru
ary or as soon thereatter as possinie.
Another meeting will be held on
Wednesday, January 14, at 10 o'clock
for the purpose of conferring degrees
and formulating a plan for the con
struction of a new hall, which is bad
ly needed. The members are earnest
ly requested to be present at this
meeting. It is probable that other
matters of importance will come up.
New Set of Officers.
The election of officers for the en
suing year resulted as follows:
Master, U. G. Smith; Orerseer, M.
F. Wood; Lecturer, Mrs. U. G. Smith
Steward, J. II. Scott; Assistant Stew
ard, K. U. Allen: Chaplain, K. H.
Jones; Treasurer, M. C. Itrown; Sec
retary, Mrs. K. )i. Allen; Gale Keep
er, Kd. Hawker; Ceres, Mrs. Helen
Howard; Pomona, Mrs. M. I' Wood;
Flora, Mrs. K. II. Jones; l.ady Stew
ard Assistant, Mrs. Cora 11. Driver
Installation the fourth Saturday in
January, P.) 14. Open session in the
afieriionn to invited -nests.
visiting al the home of her sister, Mrs.
Kalph Miller.
Miss Maine look the morning train
for Kttgene Saturday lo spend the
holidays.
Mrs. Susan Mcltridc and daughters
Isabel, Fli.aheth and Mary went to
Portland to visit daughter Iva and
family.
M iss Laura Pugh is visiting her
grandparents in Shedd.
Mrs. Itrown and daughter of Tan
gent returned with her niece Mrs.
Will Itacus of Peoria.
Sit jit. Maker will be at Greenback
school house Tuesday afternoon Dec.
M' to hold a meeting and lecture for
the purpose of discussing a rural high
school.
Mr. Denize of Philomath visited a
few days at the home of C. J. Law
son. Miss Lizzie Harton visited at the
home of Geo. Maxwell Saturday.
The Sheridan sisters came home
to spend Christmas with their mother,
a ud brother, M rs. Sheridan and Sam
James.
Mr. and Mrs. Fox of Tallman re
turned to their home Saturday after
spending Christinas at the home of
their daughter, Mrs. Muller of Pe
oria. Mrs. May me Pugh and daughter,
Lois arrived on the 10 o'clock train
on her way to visit her mother Mrs.
High Farwell of Shedd who has been
on the sick list for some time.
There was a family reunion at the
home of J. C. lirown ond Christmas
Dnv riboii' 45 bcintr nrennt.
by the
LUMBER CO.
& EATON
Bell 535-R.