TO ATTEND MEETING
Entire Membership of Commer
cial Club Asked to Attend
Eugene Gathering.-
ARMY REORGANIZATION
PLAN TO BE PUSHED
Membership Committee Has Se
cured 26 New Members for
Local Club.
The entire membership of the Al
bany Commercial club is urged to at
tend a big booier meeting to be
held at Eugene on February i9. This
was the action taken hist night by the
executive board of the club in regular
session.
Those who attended were: Vice
president F. P. Naming, Secretary C.
H. Stewart and Directors S. N. Bra
den, W. A. Eastburn, F. M. French,
G. T, Hockensmith, J. J. Hoydar, R.
C. Hunt, F. H. Pfeiffer, J. H. Rob
nctt, J. W. Reeder and M. Senders.
The president being absent, Vice
President Nutting presided.
Army Reorganization Pushed.
Communication were received
from Senators Chamberlain and Lane,
and Representative Hawley acknowl
edging the receipt of the resolutions
recently passed by this club in rela
tion to the reorganization of the ar
my, and promising to do all in their
power to carry out the plan advocated
by the club.
Communications were received from
the Eugene Commercial club and
Tom Richardson, inviting the club
to attend the booster meeting to be
held in Eugene on February 19. On
motion the invitation was accepted,
and it was recommended that every
member of the club should attend if
possible. The matter of making the
necessary arrangements was referred
to the committee on conventions, with
the request that they should make a
report at the next tweeting of the
club.
New Members Secured.
The committee on membership
through their chairman, F. H. Pfeif
fer, reported verbally that they had
spent a few hours in making a can
vass for new members, and that they
had already secured twenty-six.
Manager Stewart reported that a
meeting had been held at the Club
rooms on January 28, to organize a
county committee to act in an advis
ory capacity to the Linn county del;
egation to the Willamette valley Ex
position Association. The meeting
was well attended and the following
committee was selected. Scio E. C.
Peery,; Lebanon, W. C. Stewart;
Brownsville, Ira Hutchings; Shed,
L. B. Kent; Harrisburg, J. J. Kramer;
Hiitscy, Geo. Laubner. Before ad
journing the delegates to the meeting
discussed the advisability of organiz
ing a Linn County Development
League, and finally decided to attempt
to bring this' about. A meeting for
this purpose was called to convene at
the rooms of the Albany Commercial
Club at 1:30 on Wednesday afternoon,
February 11th, and the secretary of
the Albany club was authorized to in
vite the different towns of the county
to send three delegates each to this
meeting.
Accepts Salesmanship. Art Gale,
of Dallas, who has been in the city
for the past two days attending busi
ness, has accepted the salesmanship
for the Portsmouth Land Company in
Eastern Oregon. He will leave in a
few days for Baker.
Harrisburg Undertaker Here Whi
ter Wright and wife, of Harrisburg.
are visitors in the city this afternoon.
Mr. Wright is 'the undetaker at Har
risbur. t? Hews on This Page u
From Daily Issue of i
() TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3
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TARIFF
ALBANY LUMBER COMPANY,
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT CLUB
MEETING WELL ATTENDED
Membership Committee Appoin
ted; Money Sent to Scholar
ship Fund.
"The best attended and moat en
thusiastic meeting held in Albany tor
months" was the verdict of those who
attended the meeting of the Civic
Improvement club yesterday after
noon. The sum of $10 was sent to the
scholarship loan fund of the federa
tion clubs of Oregon by the local or
ganization. Through this method of
assisting deserving you.ng men and
women sixteen boys have been edu
cated in Oregon.
A membership committee consisting
ut Mrs. J. C. Hammel, Mrs. Griff
King. Mrs. Tom Leigh, Mrs. Craw
ford, Mrs. E. C .Brandeberry, Mrs. F.
M. French, Mrs. Will Barrett, Mrs.
J. J. Collins and Mrs. R. C. Hunt
was appointed at the meeting. The
Rose committee has as yet not re
ceived a rtport from the school board
and the bridge lighting committee is
still waiting upon the county court
for formal action upon the recom
mendation of the committee.
The club plans to give another art
tea at a date to be announced later.
BROWNSVILLE MAN SEEKS
NOMINATION AS SHERIFF
W. J. Moore Files First Petition
With County Clerk
Democrat.
Wi J. Moore, a real estate dealer
of Brownsville, yesterday afternoon
filed with County Clerk Marks his pe
tition for the nomination to the office
of sheriff on the Democratic ticket.
This is the first nomination applica
tion filed in Linn county for the pri
mary election to be held on May 15.
The election will be' held in Novem
ber. Mr. Moore is well known at
Brownsville and throughout that sec
tion of the county. He is a staunch
Democrat.
ORGAN EXPERT PRAISES
NEW METHODIST INSTRUMENT
Says It Is the Most Wonderful
Organ of Its Class in
Northwest.
, Jas. A. Bamford, of Portland was in
the city yesterday, returning home
this morning, the occasion of his vis
it to Albany being to inspect the new
ly installed pipe organ at the Method
ist Episcopal church of this city. He
was employed by the local congrega
tion to act for them in making sue)
inspection.
Mr. Bamford is one of the foremost
authorities on pipe organ construc
tion on the Pacific Coast, and the pur
chasers of the -new organ naturally
sought his expert opinion, before for
mal acceptance of their purchase.
They are highly gratified with his re
port alter the thorough examinations
lie made. He was most enthusiastic.
Mr. Bamford said: "It is certainly
the most wonderful instrument of its
class and capacity in the Xorthwcst
in tone, volume, operation and gener
al efficiency: I speak advisedly for I
have critically examined most of
those now in use."
This is what if known as a twelve
Mop organ including Vox Humana,
with certain combinations increasing
its stop efficiency, it contains seven
hundred and twcnlv active pipes.
This church is to he congratulated
upon their enterprise shown in se
curing this new and valuable acquisi
tion. A recital for formal opening
of the new organ at an early date,
is being planned, when the people of
Albany will have an opportunity to
bear it and approve for themselves.
A baby boy was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph A. Cale.
is OFF !
All No. 2
Seymour Washburn and S. P,
Bach Named Defendants in
Suit Filed Today.
JUDGEMENT IN SUM OF
$500 AND COSTS ASKED
Furnished Bond forW. J. Hauser
Over YearAgo.Oo Was Held
on Drastic Charge.
Seymour Washburn and S. P. Bach,
prominent Lebanon busmen men, are
named defendants in a suit filed this,
morning in the circuit court lor the
recovery of $.0 Loud money. The
case is broug:ii by the state of Ore
gon, represtiiu J by County Attorney
Gale S. Mil,. -According to the alle
gations, Washburn and Bach furnish
ed bonds over a year ago for one
VV. J. Hauser, charged with giving
intoxicating liquor to a minor. Haus
er, it is claimed, jumped his bail and
it has never been paid.
Case was Criminal Action.
On October 4, 1912, it is alleged, a
criminal action was brought by the
state against Hauser, who was charg
ed with having given intoxicating liq
uor to Gladys Harlan, a girl under the
age of 18. A warrant for his arrest
was issued on tiiat date.
Arraigned before a justice court in
Albany on October 5, Hauser, it is
claimed, waived examination and was
bound over to the grand jury. His
bonds were fixed at $500, which he
furnished himself. He was indicted it
is alleged, on October 26 and on Oc
tober 28, appeared 'before the circuit
court and w-as given time to plead,
entering a plea of not guilty on Oc
tober 29.
Failed to Appear at Trial.
It is alleged that on January 25,
Washburn and Bach furnished the
bond in .the sum of $500 for the de
fendant, but that neither Hauser nor
his bondsmen appeared on February
3, when the case was called for trial.
An order was then entered by the
court declaring the bond forfeited
and issuing a bench warrant for the
arrest of the defendant.
It is alleged that since that time
dant has never appeared and
excused his neglect and failure to ap-
i ear and has since resided beyond t'le
jurisdiction! of the circuit cottrtt of
Linn county.
ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC
MARKET HERE IS URGED
Albany, Or., Feb. 3. (To the Edi
tor.) The committee appointed to
agitate the establishment ot a publi
market in Albany held a meeting ii:
the committee room of the l-irst .Na
tional Bank recently. The following
granges were represented: Linn cuiiii
ty, Pomona, Linn County Business
Council, Morning Star, Grand Prairie,
Western Star and Tangent.
After considerable discussion, the
following committee was appinted to
present the matter to the mayor and
city council: L. R. Reynolds, K. M.
Mitchell, U. G. Smith, F. D. Cornett,
and A. C. Miller. Following this the
resolution from Morning Star grang'.
which was endorsed by the grange:
was presented at the meeting:
We, the members of Morning Star
Grange Xo. 311, believe it to be for
the best interests of the people of Al
bany and t lie surrounding country that
a market place he established and
maintained in Albany for the purpose
of sellingthc produce of the farm,
orchard and garden direct to the con
sumer and buyer.
It is therefore resolved that we
hereby petition the common council
of Albany to erect and maintain such
a market place and that only such
rules and regulations be enact er as
will be for the best interests of all
concerned. That only such charges
be made for the priviee o fgstihcs
lie made for the privileges of such
Common Sized 2x6, 2x8, 2x10
:$5.50 per M Cash:
SUITABLE FOR BARN FLOORS, SIDEWALKS, KTC.
LIQUOR CASES AR
E
ouijreii'e vuiu i iuuay ueciaeovr
Local Option Cases Effecting
Six Towns.
ELECTIONS NOT SET ASIDE
BY TECHNICAL OBJECTIONS
Faults in the Registration Act
' Shouldn't Set Aside Peoples
Will.
(By United Press Association)
Salem, Or., Feb. 3. The supreme
court today decided the local option
cases in favor of the drys, holding
that it is a settled tact that the elec
tion! cannot be set aside because of
technical objections raised.
People's Will Rules.
The court decided the faults aris
ing out of the 1913 registration act
and other alleged reasons, .shouldn't
avail in having "the will of the people
set aside."
The opinion of the court was writ
ten in the case appealed from Hills
boro. In deciding the Salem, Stay ton,
Oregon Ctiy, Springfield and Gresh
am cases, the court merely referred
to the Hillsboro opinion. Justice
Burnett was the only dissenter.
Mrs. F. Pautmeier returned this
morning from a visit with relatives in
the state of California.
Sheriff Bodine Moves. Sheriff and
Mrs. Bodine have moved from West
Fourth street into quarters provided
for the sheriff on the second floor oi.
the county jail. W. A. Bodine and
family, who have occupied the quar
ters have moved to Fifth and Railroad
streets. W. A. Bodine is a brother of
the sheriff.
Will Be Married this Afternoon.
Delos Foster, secretary of the Y. M.
C. A. and Miss Sadie Smith will be
married this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
at . the home of the bride's mother,
Mrs. Mary Smith, on West Sixth
street. The ceremony will be per
formed by a brother of the bride, Rev.
F. L. Smith, of Portland.
market as it is necessary for the suc
cessful operation of such market place.
It is our desire to cooperate with the
people of Albany, believing it will be
one step in building up the city and
surrounding country.
A. C. MTLLP.R.
MONEY
We are prepared to furnish mon
ey on farm loans in the Willam
ette Valley at the lowest current
r:itcs of interest. Will give five
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 hav the money for that
I''.r;-' --c. 1 f you want to dis
pose of your place, the quick
est way ;o make a s:i!e is to add
substantial improvements. When
in need of funds call on us.
We arc l lie only established
company making long time
loans in tins county.
The Oregon Title
and Trust Co.
ALBANY.
ORKGON
and 2x12 random lengths, in
Meet In New Mall. Meeting for
the first time in the new K. P. Hall,
members of Laurel Lodge last night
formally celebrated the occasion.
Prominent members of the order were
called upon by Leland R. Gilbert,
who acted as chancellor commander,
ami responded with short talks.
Arriving Daily
New Spring Goods
First and Foremost
Throughout the Full we have been combing- the east
ern markets for early deliveries to accommodate
early shoppers
We Have Succeeded
Spring Suits
Are in Our Windows
The first glimpse of Spring Suits can be had at our
store now. Advance styles that denote the highest
standard of Spring fashions. We invite your inspection.
Watch Our Windows and
Keep Posted
Visit the
Rug Department
Some Beauties Just In
Room-Size Rugs
In New Designs
Take a Glimpse at the
Ne w Silks
and
W oolens
Agency
for Ladies' Home Journal Patterns and Publications.
Learn about the New Spring Styles and how
to use them
Pattern Dep't
SURVEYING?
s PENLAND & EATON
Room 5, Newew Bligh Bldg. Jjcu J35.R,
LUMBER $5.50 !
Stock
East End 9th Street
Dr. Withycombe In Race. Dr.
.lames Withycombe of the O. A. C.
has entered the race for the Republi
can nomination fur governor. This
announcement was made Saturday by
Dr. Withycombe, after a conference
with frlcrds and advisers.
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