VOL. XLIX
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREGON. TUESDAY. FtBKUARY 3. 1014.
No. 54
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9TH ST. PETITiGN
HAS BEEN ACCEPTED
City Engineer Is Instructed to j
Prepare Plans to Submit
February 11.
STREET TO BE IMPROVED
AT AM EARLY DATE
Sidewalks in Main Business
District Will Be 12 Feet
Wide Hereafter.
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Important Things the Council
Did Last Night.
Accepted petition ior improve-
mem of Xiutli street and instruc-
ted the city engineer to prepare
plans and specifications for same
and submit them by February 11.
Passed ordinance requiring
thai all isdcwalks to be construe-
ted between First and Second
streets on streets between Wash-
ington and linker, inclusive, be
12 feet in width.
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Two important street Improvement
measures were passrd upon last night
by the city council. Sidewalks hereaf
ter will be ordered constructed 12 feet
wide between First and Second streets
on the streets between Washington
and Ferry streets. Practically all the
sidewalks in this territory now meet
lliis regulation. Plans and specifica
tions tor the improvement of Ninth
street, as per petition, are to be sub
mitted by the city engineer by Feb
ruary 11.
All members of the council were
present except Cameron, who is con
lined to his home with sickness.
Improvement Petition Adopted.
The coinmiktee on streets and public
property, to whom was referred the
matter ot the petition tor the improve
merit of Ninth street, rendered a re
port, rccomtmending its adoption. On
, motion the report was adopted by the
council.
The committee on accounts and cur
rent expenses rendered its usual re
port which was adopted and the re
corder was ordered to draw warrants
ior a grist of bills contained therein.
Plans By February H
A resolution introduced by Coun
cilman McElmurry and adopted, direc
ted the city engineer to prepare plans
and specifications for the improve
ment of Ninth street by gravel bitu
lithic and El-Oso asphaltic concrete,
said specifications to be filed with the
recorder not later than February 11.
The matter of adding a third paving
specification to the petition in order
that a third paving concern may enter
bids was discussed but was dropped
titioned for bids on two kinds of pave
ment. Sidewalks Enlarged.
An ordinance to amend section 4 of
ordinance No. 468 entitled "An ordi
nance relating to the construction of
sidewalks and curbing within certain
minis aim repealing an uiuni.un.es in
conthct, was pessed making section
4 of the ordinance read "all sidewalks
that may be constructed on Washing
ton, Ferry, Broadalbin, Ellsworth, Ly
on and Baker streets, running from
First to Second streets shall be 12
feet wide."
They Want Sewer.
Ten properly owners petitioned for
the construction ot an eignt inch later
ier-
ewer turougu block la ot Hackle -
man s jrd addition and Mock oi(
Hackleman's 4th addition, to connect
with the 12 inch trunk sewer on Oak
street. It, was referred to the street
committee with power to act.
Fifty-one residents petitioned for
installation of ck:tric lights on
Eightiii street between Baker ai.d Mad
ison, setting up tiiat that section of
the street is entirely without illumina
tion at present. The petition was re
ferred to the street committee with
power to act.
Ordinances Repealed.
An ordinance to repeal ordinances
ios. ooo. ooo, ojo ami uo was iiuiu -
duced by Councilman Johnson and up -
on being read the second time by ti:le
nlv was lett over, that the recorder
may check up to see that ih
her are correct.
The matter of having the city hooks
experted was brought up by Council
man Pi'i:'ter. hi motion i.ie matte
was referred to the commirtee on
ways and means. The committee wiil
con-tilt an expert, and report at the
next meeting of the council.
Wants Name Withdrawn.
Declaring that it was ai:ain-t the
policy of ihe railroad company to en
ter ino such proceed;iu'-. II. H. Holes,
of the C. & E. and representing the
S. P., addressed the council, requesting-
that the name of John H. Stevens,
as superintendent of the C. Sr K. rail
road ::nd in behalf of the S. P.. be
taken off of the Ninth street pavinn IS'iJdS'SiSltHI
pe'ition. a it wa signed under a mi- j &
understanding. The signature repre-: New on Thit Page it $
scuts about f0 feet of property front-! Pnm DsiW Ixaue of 9
r.ge. Mr Boles was informed that! THURSDAY. JANUARY 29
the Petition was now a public recorn
and that it was too late to erase the
mm SISTERS INSTALL
. NEW SET OF OFFICERS
Mrs. Emily Hill Ward Assumes
Office As Iviost Excellent
Chief.
Mrs. Emily Hill Ward has been in
Mailed as most excellent Vinci of Al
pha Temple, No. 1, Pythian Sisters, of
Alluny. i he lodge will move into it
new hall within a Jew weeks.
The Albany temple of this organi
zation is, as its name implies, the
first one of the order instituted in
Oregon. Mrs. Hill's mother, Mrs. J.
L. Hill, was the first excellent chief
of the local temple. Mrs. Geo. W.
1 loe listed ler, now of Portland, and
then a resident of Albany, instituted
this temple. She is the "Mother of
the Pythian Sisters of Oregon," be
ing the first member of the order in
the state and the first grand chief
chosen when the grand lodge ot Ore
gon was formed. She had secured
her degree as a member of the order
when she accompanied her husband.
George W. Hochstcdlcr, when he
went to the supreme, lodge of the
Knights of Pythias as a supreme rep
resentative trom this state, and when
she returned to her home in Albany
formed Alpha temple. No. 1.
BROWNSVILLE WOMAN IN
POSTMASTERSHIP RACE
Miss Lenore Powell Announced
Her Candidacy for Posi
tion Yesterday.
When Miss Lenore Powell announc
ed her candidacy ior the postmaster
ship of Brownsville, anorber turn de
veloped, presenting an unusual situa
tion. With the postmaster of Browns
ville to be chosen by the popular vote,
with five active and two prospective
candidates and with a woman in the
brace, the contest for the position prom
ises to be the most interesting ever
held in this section of the state.
The election will toe held February
7, and Fred M. Brown, who is in Al
bany today, says that the Australian
ballot system of voting will be used
and fnat the regular state election
laws will govern the procedure. All
of the patrons of the office, whether
living in the city or on rural routes,
and without respect to their political
affiliations, will be entitled to vote.
A total vote of about 1000 is expected.
This unusual method of choosing
a postmaster was selected after there
were four active aspirants for the of
fice in the field. These four candi
dates, J. P. Cooley, W. J. Moore, Hen
ry Blakely and J. W. Bolin, met and
signed an agreement calling for the
election. Later Frdd E. Harrison
entered the race, but he has deter
mined to withdraw. Besides Miss
Powell, who announced her candidacy
today, B. S. Martin and H. B. David-
sou are said to be posisble candidates,
Miss Powell, who entered the race
today, is an ex-teaoher in the fort
land public schools.
W. C. Cowgill, field agent "f the
Albany Creamery Association, who
has just returned from the Coast, re
ports the worst storms in a quarter
of a century, the highest tide last
Sunday, with ' Yaquina river 8 feet
1.;.t1i .,f..r titMt-L- -i-wt tin. mniui.
ta,ns covered with snow this mom
ing Notwithstanding the bad wiath
er, fishing was fairly good, and the
dairy farmers are shipping bnueriat
tn the creameries every day.
I name but that his request would be
entered. Mr. Stevens was out of the
I city and had telephoned Mr. Boles to
I appear before the council for him.
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Following their actioin, the request
of the city council at the time of vis
it of the unemployed army, E. C.
krausc, assistant chief and Otto Swen
5on, fireman, of the Albany fire de
partment, tendered their resignations
which were accepted.
Gasoline Tank Bought.
Referred to the committee on fire
and water after a salesman had ex-
plained ahe proposition before the
councilmen, the matter of the pur
chase of a gasoline tank for fire en
gine house No. 2, to supply the auto
truck, was disposed ol on the spot
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; nrfierp(i a tq.lk h
j Fire Chief Horsky called attention
! tn t1i rnndttinn rf t-'-io fire akirtll sv-
lium"!tem as the result of the recent wind
storm. I ne matter was reierred to a
committee tor investigation and an
1 expert, electrician will probably be crn-
i to put tte -yMem in goou
working order, at an earlv d;i
Mayor Curl called attention to tiie
matter of the probable opening of
Ten til Mrt -t through the block be
tween Wtnhingon and Ferry streets,
saying it lias been calle-'' to hi- at-
mion by a resident of that sec'ioii
It was the concensus of opinion that
the rn .tter was foreign to the present
work of t it c council mi the matter
was dropped without dicu-ion.
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ADVISORY BOARD
WAS ORGANIZED
Will Assist Members of the
Willamette Valley Exposi
tion Association.
SIX PRINCIPAL TOWNS
OF COUNTY REPRESENTED
Plan Launched to Combine All
Localities in One Big
Organization.
A meeting was held at the Com
mercial club yesterday afternoon and
an organization to act in an advisory
capacity to ihe Linn county members
of the Willamette Valley Exposition
Association, was perfected.
The following persons were pres
ent: Albany Judge McKnight, Com
missioner Butler, J. S. Van Winkle
ard C. 11. Stewart. Seio E. C. Pec
ry. Lebanon E. C. Roberts; Browns
ville F. M. Br.jwn and Ira Hutch
ings; Halsey H. J. Secck; Harris
burg J. J. Cramer.
Judge McKnight was chosen to pre
side over the meeting and C. H. Stew
art acted as secretary.
E. C. Roberts and .C. H. Stewart,
members of the Willamette Valley As
sociation, explained the object and
plans of tihe association, and after a
thorough discussion of the matter, it
was decided that an advisory As
sociation should be created, consist
ing of one person from each of the
principal towns oi me county, aim on
lected to represent their respective lo-
lities: Scio, L. C. Pecry; Lebanon,
S. C. Stewart: Brownsville, Ira Hut'
chings; Halsey, Geo. Laubner; Har-
nsburg, J. J. Cramer; bhedd, L. B.
Kent.
Before the meeting adjourned the
matter of a closer affiliation among
the different localities of the county
was brought up for discussion. - It
was thought by all present that a
great deal of good could be accom
plished by combining in one organi
zation, all 'the different localities of
our county. It was decided unani
mously that an attempt should be
made to bring this about. To this
end it was ordered that an invitation
be extended to each of the principal
towns of the county to select three
delegates to attend a meeting to be
held at the rooms of the Albany
Commercial club on Wednesday, Feb
ruary lltih, at 1:00 o'clock p. m. for
the purpose stated above.
A Good Man Gone.
Yesterday afternoon at th Raptis
church was field the funeral of one of
Albany's best citizens. J. C. Way was
taken seriously ill last Saturday at
his home. o24 West rourtli street
and suffered severely until near the
end, which came about o clock Mon
day morning. The fact that the calam
ity came so suddenly made it a shock
to the entire community, and especial
ly to his many friends, who thought
him very strong physically, since he
rarely e .cr complained even whe.i
sii tiering intense pain. His final dl
ncsst was borne br.wely, clwer fud
.uui in the faith of Christ in whom h?
professed his unqualified trust, even
when dying. Mr. Way was horn at
CITY NEWS
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Marriage License Issued. This
morning a marriage license was issued
to Edgar S. Russell, age 20, ami Adc
lia Maple McCun, age 19, both of
Sweet Home.
Will Attend Auto Show. M. P.
Cndy, one of the proprietors of the
Albany Garage, lett this morning for
Portland to attend the automobile
show. While in the Rose City he will
make arrangements for the delivery of
several Ovcrand cars at Albany. The
Albany Garage is headquarters for
tli is make of car.
Flue Burned Out. A fine in the
building occupied by the Hamilton
store burned out this morning. The
flame as d shot out of the-chimney
attracted the attention of many peo
ple on Firs-t. street, No danger of
damage to the building was felt and
tiie fire department wr.s not called.
Building to Be Erected. A one
story frame building is to be erected
on a lot on the north side of Third
street, between linker and I. yon. by
'rank Daunal-, the painter. It is to
j be occupied by the Mc Daniels Mon
umental works, which 1- at present lo
cated in t'hc Cameron building at Ly
on and Fourth -treet. Work of clear
i!: and excavating the lot preparatory
to laying the foundation for the build
ing w:i tarted this nnrnirg.
Debate Tomorrow Night. The Al
bany and Junction City high school
teams will debate Friday night on the
income tax. The local contest will
take place in the auditorium of the
high school. The public is jnvited and
the admission is free.
GOETHALS NAMED
Engineer Will Remain in Canal
Zone and Direct Work for
he Government.
OFFER FROM NEW YORK
MAYOR IS DECLINED
Acceptance of Nomination From
President Wilson Is For
an Indefinite Period.
(By United Press Association)
Washington, Jan. 29. Colonel Goe
thals has accepted the governorship
of the canal zone. He sent his accep
tance to the war department but the
text of the message was not made
public. Secretary Garrison made il
clear lihat his acceptance was uncondi
tional and for an indefinite length oi
time, disposing of the rumors that
Goethals would serve a year in the
canal zone and then accept the police
commissionership of New York City.
The president's nomination of Goe
thals will be sent to the senate today.
It's speedy confirmation is expected.
Tthe appointment was made effective
April lirst.
She-field, England, May 3rd, 1896, was
brought to America when four years
oU1( locating in Illinois for a short
i:me, from whence he came to Denni-
son, Iowa, Here he spent most of his
time until coming to Oregon some
five years ago. In 1896 he was mar
ied to Vena Low man and to that
union was born one son, Edmund T
Way, who lives at the home in mis
city. Having been, bereaved oi hi
wife, he was married the second time
Jan. 20, 1909 to Mrs. Myrtle Lawrcn
son of this city and to them were
born two children, Vena and Dorthca
who, with their mother,, survive him
He is also survived by three step
daughters, Misses Velma, Alice and
Lizzie Lawrenson. all of whom are
with their mother. A sad feature of
the event is that his only brother, h
J., who has for some years beer
honorable citizen of our town just
left last Thursday to locate in Kansas
City. Eproute he is now visiting
their only remaining sister in Iowa
Mr. Way was a member of th: Mod
ern Woodmen, Yeoman, Rebeccas,
Roval Neighbors and the Odd I'el
lows. The Odd Fellows uscl their
impressive services at the cemetery
which was preceded by the service
at church in charge oi rasior r-irer
H. Hicks. l he beautiful scripture
readinir contained in John 14 was an-
nronriate and helpful, and Mr. Hicks'
timely remarks dispensed comfort to
the mourners and expressed appreci
ation of Mr. Ways loyalty to the
Baptist church, of which he lias been
a member, serving as deacon, for
many years. He will be sadly misled
m home, church and town, hut, hi
glorified spirit rests in the Paradi.
of God.
CITY NEWS
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Return From California. Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Ralston have returned from
California where they have been
spending a portion of the winter.
Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon.
The funeral of Calvin Crandall will be
held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Methodist church. Rev. I.cech
will conduct the service and the burial
will he in the citv cemetery.
Grangers Petition Council. A pe
tition from the grange relative lo the
establishment of a public market in
Albany was received by Mayor Curl
yesterday and turned over to the com
mit te on streets and public property
last niirht for investigation.
Oratorical Tryout. An oratorical
tryout will be held at the college to
morrow at 9:30 to select the local con-h-Mant
for the intenoiIe;;i;i!e con-t'r-ren'M-
contest which will be held
March 1.1. Four will compete in the
tr.vonr.
Weather Fair. The range of tnn
nerature for 24 hours ending at 8
o'clock this morning was 4,i to 3.S
.1i..rr,M-s The r:iiut";ill for the same
.eriod was .03 of an inch. The ri er
- 3 1 feet The weather prediction
mi;, tonight and Friday.
Frank Rich Company Tonight.
The Frank Rich c-mpany will ot.en
an cngagemrn' toni'l" at the Illigh
theater. This is ;omp my No 2 To
morrow night the chorus girls' eon-tr-t
will be iriven. A feature will he
Miss .Mildred KdwrinK' stunt of get
ting out of a straight jacket. The only
ma'inee will ho Saturday afternoon
and the engagement will close that
night. Wntrh tomorrow's paper for
more detailed announcement.
10 SHUT NEST MONDAY
Parents Having Children for
First Year Classes Should
Send Them Then.
The second term oi the Albany pub,
lie schools open Monday. Feb. 2.
Parents having children for the first
year classes- should send them the
opening morning. Children not yet
six, !m; who will reach their sixth
birthday before the first of May, will
he accepted if room will permit. They
should be :aut in on the first day if
possible.
New students, eighth grade grad
uates, should report at the high school
lor registration ami assignment v n-
iay afternoon, Jan. .U). There will he
full session Monday, and unless ar
angemcnts for course, seats, and
books can be made before that time
the whole of Monday will be lost, as
the principal will have no time to con
sider the wants of the individual stu
dents during the day.
JANY WILL TOLERATE
STREET CAR 90 MORE DAYS
Council Grants P. E. & E. Ex-
tention of Time to Furnish
New Car.
O For 90 more long days Albany
will iliavc to tolerate the present street
car.
Declaring that they have been lis
appointed by the J. K. Gill Car Man
ufacturinur company, by not receiving
a shipment of new cars at the time
the order speclhcu, owing to tile in
ability on the part of the car company
to handle a rush ot business, i, u.
Billmirslcy, of Salem, superintendent
og the P., E. & E. said that the rail
way company was acting in the nest
of faith towards Albany, that thc
had done the best they could to meet
the requirements of the ordinance,
thai they would give Albany the first
new car received and asked an exten
sion of time from February, of 90
days in which to supply the new car.
The request was made before the
council last night and it was granted.
February 1 was the date set by the
ordinance win en the new car should
be furnished the Albany line, to take
the place of the "rattle trap" now in
use.
RESERVE BANK AT SAN ,
mm ISPLAN
McAdoo andHouston Holding
Hearings in Seattle; Plan
Receives Severe Blow.
(By United Press Association)
Seattle, Jan. 29. While Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo took pains
to inform the audience, when tihe re
gional bank hearing opened for pre
sentation of Seattle's chum for a
bank, that no significance should be
attached to any question asked by him
or Secretary of Agriculture Houston
i: is evident that the whole Pacific
Coast is to be included in one district
witih a central regional bank at San
l-rancisco.
The proposed pjm fio .embrace
Wushiui'ton, Oregon, Idaho and .Mon
tana in one district received a blow
when President Mackus of the Nation
al Hank of Commerce, representing
the Seattle Clearing House associa
tion, admitted that there is little trade
relations with ldaiiio, Oregon and
Montana.
A further setback was exnericuced
when it developed from f;iicsjous put
by the organization coiiiinil tee that
ee'n if the four states named, were in
cluded in one district, the capitalia -
tion of national banks will only total
forty -three million, and would there
fore be able to supply only two and
one-half million of the necessary four
million dollars under the six per cent
terms of the aw.
(iovernor Lister and Kit gene Wils
on, of Tacoma al-o spoke. I lie hear
ing cone hided this a iter noon. '1 he
CMinmittee goes to Portland tonight.
Urge Community Advancement.
Madison. Wis.. Jan. 29. The im-
I j roveinent of community lite in
all
itns and !n''s through larger use ot
school buildings, for community meet
ings in the evening - and on Satu. -days
was urged by speakers here to
day at the second day's ses-ions of the
I'ourt Wis. -on, in Country Life Con
ference. The speakers dwelt on th"
benefit s which miHi frerptent inter
ehanges of ideas would bring about
in the development of farms, poultry
ai d cattle raising, and even in mak
ing hoiif (-keeping more -ystematic and
b-s monotonou-.. I lie couicrciKe
will adjourn tomorrow afternoon.
PLEA FDR BETTER
FIRE PROTECTION
Councilman E. A. Johnson De
clares That Fire Engine Is
in Bad Shape.
ENGINE NO. 1 MAY BE
GIVEN NEW BOILER
If Present Equipment Would
Fail Firemen Would Be Up
Against It, Cited.
Declaring that the Albany fire de
partment was not efficient from a
standpoint of cuuipmcut, Councilman
1-.. A. Joihuson, speaking trom the
floor of the council chamber last
night, urged that some steps be taken
towards improving the department
along this luie, with tihe result that
the nvatter was referred to the fire
and water committee and the probabil
ities are that tihe disabled engine in
engine hou.se No. 1, on Second street,
wul be fixed up and re-tdaced in com
mission. The engine now' in use will
probably be kept as a reserve,
better Protection Is Plea.
Tiie keynote of Councilman John
sou's speech was a plea lor belter
lire protection. He granted thai as
far as the firemen were concerned,
that their work could not be improv
ed but declared that they were deler
red from always doing effective work
by the poor condition of the appara-
The fire engine of No. 2 engine
house on Lvon street, was tihe target
at which Councilman Johnson aimed
his remarks. He declared that it was
in an unfit condition ai present tt
he retained as the only reliance of the
department in ease of a fire. The
engine balked seriously at tue Doming
works fire several weeks ago, due to
worn out places in the boiler. . It was
repaired to some extent by tihe Al
bany Iron Works, hut he asserted
it may at any time become incapacitat
ed at a critical moment.
Might Be Up Against it.
'Then we would be up against it,"
he declared. "We wouldn't have a
thing lo substitute it. I would sug
gest that engine No. 1 be put in or dor.
1 understand that we count get a
new boiler for it at a reasonable
price. Ju oh is event we coum put a
into active use anu Keep engine no.
2 as a reserve."
Roy Woods of the Albany Iron
Works, was called upon and furnished
estimates of the probable cost. He
said a new boiler to replace the pres
ent one would cost about $WK). It will
be a plain black holler and will not
bear the nickle trimmings and dec
orations now on the engine
After some discussion, the matter
was referred lo the committee on fire
and water with instructions to repori
at an early date.
Alien Bill Hearing Delayed.
Washington, Jan. 29. At the per
sonal request of Secretary Bryan the
house immigration committee again
declined to hold hearings on the Ra
ker alien bill. It declared tihat Bryan
asked the postponement to prevent a
renewal of the dispute with Japan.
CITY TREASURERS YEARLY
SALARY WILL BE FIXED
The question of how ' much, per
year will the city treasurer receive oc
cupied the attention of the council
last night and the matter was refer
red lo ihe ways and means committee
for action.
II. M. Cusick, the city reasurer, un
der the provisions of the charter is
paid a yearly salary of $HHI per month
and such sums for extra service and
expenses as they amount lo.
The question arose when the com
mittee on accounts and current s ex
pense passed up ail item entered uti
1 '
le mi exlra service and ex
'$10.1.92." Later in the meet
lM'lls'
ing L in : i ma n j on n son moved mat
the il- '.er lie referred to the commit
tee. An opinion was expressed thai
if the treasurer's services were worth
more than $HA) per year, an ordi
ranec should be passed fixing the sal
ary al such a figure as would be right
ami .save the delay in auditing the
treasurer's account as he en:ers tl.i'iu
i'lom lime to lime during the year.
CONSPIRATORS SLATED
GONZALES FOR PRESIDENT
fl'.y I'ni'i'l I'rc-'s Awn'iatioti. 1
Mexico City, Jan. 2'). 'I'lial Gen
eral Kcrnamlo firmales would have
heen prrsiilcnt if ihe l"t aipiimt Mil-i-rta'r.
life snceii'liil, is the statement
contained ir the newspapers here,
tieneral Rovscon, it is asserted, was
sla'.ed lo he war iiiini!er. Rasron i
KciinU lo San Salvador, meaning that
tie has been exiled.