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About Albany weekly democrat. (Albany, Linn County, Or.) 1912-1913 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1912)
WEST NAMES IN FORGAMERON'S JOB Ousted Official to Oppose H. M. "Esterly; Tom Word Appointed "Special Agent" by Gov. GRAND JURY TAKES UP DISTRICT ATTORNEY PROBE Letters From State Executive to Stevens and Slover Define Their Duties. FRIDAY After appointing H. M. Esterly as District Attorney to take the place of George J. Cameron and seeing- to it personally that the new prosecutor received proper recognition from the circuit court, Governor West yester day turned his vice crusade guns from the district attorney's otVice to the sheriffs office, directing a letter to Sheriff Stevens in which his duties as sheriff are set forth. The letter is labeled, "Letter No. 1." Another letter was directed to the sheriff and to the chief of police requesting both officals to give what ever assistance might be. needed to Tom Word, who has been appointed "special agent." The appointment of Attorney Es terly as district attorney, was made about noon yesterday, after the gov ernor and Mr. Esterly had looked in to the situation from a lcgalstand point. A few minutes after Air. Es terly accepted the position, the gov ernor dictated a letter to Circuit Judge Morrow and another to the grand jury, in which the fact that the appointment had been made was set forth. The first appearance of the prose cutor was at 2 o'clock, when the gov ernor and Mr. Esterly walked into the private office of Judge Morrow and gave the judge the letter an nouncing the appointment. Later the two went to the grand jury room where Mr. Esterly was admitted on the governor's letter. Convinced that the new prosecutor was going to get the recognition of the courts and the grand jury, the governor went to his private office in the Gerlinger building and dictated the letters to the sheriff and chief of police. The letter appointing Mr. Esterly as district attorney reads: "I have been informed by Mr. W. H. Evans, designated by me as district attorney in and for the fourth judicial district, to fill the vacancy caused by the re . nioval of George J. Cameron, that it will be impossible for him to accept the appointment. In view of this in formation, therefore, I have today ap pointed -H. M. Esterly, of Portland, as district attorney in and for the fourth judicial district to succeed Mr. - Cameron and to fulfill the duties of that office until such time as his suc cessor may be elected and qualified. 1 have made this appointment imr suant to the authority vested in me by Section 1720, Chapter 18, Lord'3 Oregon haws.'' District Attorney Cameron is still holding onto his office on the belief that the action of the governor is not legal. This morning he will take his first action by bringing quo warranto proceedings in the circuit court. Such a hearing as will be held will bring out the legal phases of the situ ation and it is believed a decision can be secured within a short time, much depending upon what court hears the case. Under the statute it is possible fur the case to be decided by the su preme court or by the circuit court, either having jurisdiction. There seems no doubt but that Pre siding Judge Morrow will recognize Mr. Esterly as district attorney, judging from proceedings yesterday. Judge Morrow said that the state law under which Governor West has or dered the district attorney removed gives the governor that authority on its face. This leaves nothing for the circuit judge to do but to recognize the act i n of the g tvernnr as legal until the action is questioned, it is said. When it is questioned the legal phase of the situation will be decid ed. Oregonian. CITY OFFICIALS MAKE TRIP OF INSPECTION YOTDAY The mayor and members of the city council spent the greater portion of yesterday afternoon inspecting the work of tiie Warren Construction company and found that the paving was being laid in accordance with the contract. The First street culvert was also inspected by the city officials and Elm Street was visited in order to as certain just how much grading and graveling would be necessary. Mr. and Mr?. C. S. T-ruce and family and M"is Blanche ttruce of this city arc camping at the Grohon: hop 'yard where they will spend a few weeks enjoying an outing. Mr. V. J. Ortel and ?nn Ralph of Spokane arrived in Albany l.i-t night ami will vi-it with relatives in this cty. Mr?. Ortcl s a i-rcr of W. M. Farkrr and a sifter of Mrs. Wheeler of this city. KarJ and Chnrles Fortmillcr of this city who have been spending the past few weeks at Newport, returned limine thi ai"t-rponn after having had a mijst enjoyable outing. FOM TON OF HALIBUT GAU6HT AT NEWPORT Many Improvements Are Being Made at Resort City Says W. M. Parker. SI That four tons of halbut were caught near Newport during the past week and shipped to the Portland mar ket is the statement of V. M. Par leer wha has returned from a hr;ei out ing at the bay. "One nv i caught eleven fin.; sai i: on, cac.i of which measured anut 51 i feet io ig," said Mr. Parke-, .nd liie fishing tills car is said to be intah better than usual." "The post office at Newport will be moved during the middle of Sep tember to the new Odd Fellows building on the hill, about eiirht blocks "from the place where the office is now located. "Real estate seems to be rather ac tive at Newport just at the present , time, two lots and a small cottage t having sold only a few days before I left for $2000. Mr. Woodcock of Cor- 1 vallis who owns considerable property in and around Newport has made arrangement for the erection of twel ve cottages on his property. The contract for the new doeK and build ing for the new power boat, which : will be installed as a part of the life saving equipment, has been let and other minor improvements are be-; ing made. j "A large number of the people j who have been spending the summer j at Newport are now leaving for their i homes but there are between sev- entv-five and one hundred dailv ar- j rivals." WRIGHTMAN FINED FOR ' VIOLATION OF GAME LAWS Roseburg, Or., Aug. 29. Mutilat ing the carcass of a female deer he had killed in order to disguise the sex was an act to which a plea of guilty was entered in the the justice court here by Frank T. Wrightman. ex-sheriff of Marion county. Me paid the minimum fine of $50. Wright man was camped near Cow Creek Canyon, soulh. of this city, with a party of friends, one of whom was the present Marion county sheriff. Marry Minto. As he was on his way to camp with the carcass of the doe, Wrightman was intercepted by De puty Game Warden F. 1$. Herring ton, of Grants Pass, whose curiosity resulted in Wrightman's arrest on the spot. Wrightman is the present grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Oregon and was for a number of years clerk of the corpora tion department at Salem, under the late secretary of state, Frank Benson, of this city. 15 EIGHTY YEARS OLD AND WORKS IN FIELDS New Have:', Mo., Aug. 29. Henry Jenkins has been working hard in. the !:arve.-t field hcie for the las'Wo weeks. He pitches wheat on the hot test days, even if he is more thaii 80 years old. He does not know his exact age, but can prove that he has twenty-two children, the youngest 22 years o':J, and moe than forty-five grand:liild ren. He has three great-grandchildren. Jenkins does not chew or smnke, but plays ball, wrestled and pitches horse shoes, he seldom eats more than two meals a day. "A man ought to work all the time he can. so people will respect and ci'il him industrious," he say-,. 'JU't when he gets too old to work it ain't wrong to steal chickens." The body of Ray Palmer who was killed on the Oregon Electric track here yesterday was shipped to Port land this morning where interment will be made. The deceased lias a sis ter who resides in Portland. F. U. Will of Portland, a former Albany music dealer, arrived in Al bany this noon from Newport where he has been spending the past few weeks with his family at the beach. Mr. Will and family resided in this city for many years. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Weatherford returned home last evening on the flier from Portland where they spent yesterday. Mr. Weatherford looking after business matters. M. M. Palmer, of. Black Lick. Penn.. arrived in Albany late yester day afternoon and is luoking oyer the country with the idea of making this place his permanent home. President Crooks of Albany Col lege returned home last evening from Portland where he has been looking after business matters for several days. I N. D. Pratt and daughters, the ' Misses Let tie, Ada. awl Sara, re turned lu. me Inst night from Detroit j where they have been enjoying an outtng in the Cascades for several i weeks. i Mr. and Mrs. George Pratt of Sc i at tie who have been spending the past few weeks at Detroit, arrived in Albany last evening and after a short visit at the home of N. I. Pratt, will return to their home in , Washington. Tom Summers and Lclland Cowan i of this rity hv't .this afternoon f-r j Independence where tin y will spend the next few days picl ing hops in i the Burton yard near that city. Cow , an who is a corporal in the local mi litia company returned home but evening from Fort Stevens with the boys. fi w S fj fj SWITCH ENGINE REFUSES TO REMAIN ON THE RAILS Jumps Track Again Yesterday Afternoon In Same Place as On Day Previous. The switch engine used by the Southern Pacific company in their yards at this city refuses to stay on the rails and not content with jump ing the track on Wednesday after noon, repeated the stunt again at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon in identi cally the same spot that it was thrown off before. Fortunately no one was injured. When the engine started leaving the rails. Switchman Hare who was riding on the foot-board on the rear end of the tender, climbed to the top of the oil tank and Vardmaster Elba Burnett who was with him, jumped, thus saving himself from injury. The engine was backing at the time it left the rails yesterday and was slightly damaged. The wheels of the tender and the rear wheels of the engine left the rails just like they did on Wednesday when several feet of track was torn up. No cause was given for the acci dent yesterday, but it is thought to be due to a defective rail. An inves tigation of tiie track will probably be made today at the scene of this week's accidents. WILLIAM P. ELMORE AND BEULAH TYCER MARRIED County Clerk Willard Marks this afternoon issued a marriage license to W. C. Klmorc and Miss Bculah li. Tyccr of Brownsville. The bride is a member of a well known Brownsville family and the groom is the son of W. P. HI more president of the Bank of Brownsville and Democratic-Prohibition nominee for the State legi-laturc. The groom is employed in the bank and is said to be one of the best known young business men in the county. NEW CEMENT SIDEWALKS FOR BURKHART'S ADDITION The contract for the new cement sidewalks in Burkhart's addition has been awarded to Ed Umnhrcv. the i work on the new walks having been j commenced on Monday, and accord ing to (lie contract must be com pleted by the 1st of October. Six blocks of sidewalk will be built by Mr. Umtdirey in the new addition and will extend from the Salem to i. . c : i v nit jjiiiitiiii I'jd'i. ATCH TH Special Sales of Lumber for Cash For the Month of September Only $10.00 No. 1. Cedar Fence Posts, per 100 $10.0Q 11.00 1x6 No. 1. Fencing, rough AT THE ALBANY LUMBER COMPANY J. V. LEMON, Doctor Neurology and Ophtholmology a of the nervous and circulatory A drugless, rational and scientific of removing the cause of all nervous diseases'. I have no secrets from my patients, each one knows what I am doing, what it is for, what the results will be ami why they will be. Consultation' 1'khh. The worthy poor treated free.. One week's free treat ment to all who engaKc for as much as one month's treatment within one month from date of this announcement. Offices: SCIIMITT BLOCK Broadiilbin Street Albany, Oregon Dr. Lemon will be in Albany Monday nt 6 P. M. until Wednesday 9 P. M. and at Mill City from Thursday noon until Monday noon COOK WOULD SELL STOCK TO ALBANY PEOPLE To interest the business men of Al bany in the Provident Savings & Loan' Company of Portland is the mission of Mr. F. R. Cook, secretary of that corporation, who arrived in Albany yesterday. The matter will be formally pre sented to the executive committee of the Commercial Club at the next reg ular meeting and an effort will be made by Cook to induce the club to assist in obtaining stock subscrip tions. THURSDAY O PERSONAL MENTION. 1 Mrs. M. D. Hammel went to Cor valbs this. noon. Gene Doolcy of Dooley BrothersM grocery, leit last evening lor llavere, Montana, on a visit with relatives. Miss Belle Chance arrived this noon to visit with her brother Walter Chance of this city. Mrs. M. A. Watso nleft for Dayton this noon. M. W. Smith of Lebanon passed through this morning on his way to Portland. Mrs. J. D. Wood went to Philom ath this morning on a visit with her mother. B. T. Brannan went to Scio this morning to take in the county fair to day. J. E. Bridgeford went to the Scio fair this morning. Paul Collins went to Scio this morning for a day at the fair. D. II. Bodine was a passenger for Scio this morning. W. V.. Wadsworlh went to New port this noon. Chester Fdholm went to Jefferson this noon. Hilda Anderson was a passenger for Jefferson'this noon. Mrs. C. 4. Kdholm went to Jef ferson today. Bill Hayward, the well known LT. of ( ). trainer, passed through this noon on his way to his farm at Spok ane. S. M. Calavan went to Scio this morning to attend the fair, Sheriff Dawy Smith went to Scio this morning to attend the county fair. Mrs. K. V.. Flyer and son Tracy passed through this noon on their way from Newport to Eugene, wIutc Mrs. Byers will teach school the coming winter. Trary McTimmonds took the noon train for Shedds, Miss Gertrude Taylor went to Sil verton this morning to attend. J. S. Van Winkle went to Scio this morning. IS SPACE 11.00 SAWMILL of science system. method chronic B GEORGIA NEGRO IS CHAMPION CHICKEN THIEF Rome, Ga., Aug. 28. One thou sand stolen chickens in three mouths is the record of Henry Richardson, a negro, of this city. He told the police that his income from the fowls during that time had averaged $11)1 a month. The negro, who has made a full confession, said that he would often steal as many as fifty chickens in a night. He dressed them in the day time, and then sold them at just enough reduction from the market price to have no difficulty in dispos ing of them. 5? ' MISFITS Contributed By F. P. Nutting. i Germany has spent $10,1)110,000 per head for killing her enemies during the past tew years. Comment is not necessary. Money should be spent for things operating for peace. The man without a revolver is probably safer than the one with one. The marriage of a young man back in N. Y., weighing M5 pounds, to a young lady weighing oM) pounds, suggests so many jokes we refuse to make any suggestions at all. Drop down anywhere in this world and you will find some mighty good people. When hunting for blind pigs it is evidently necessary to go to the bot tom of things. The O. E. people who left a lot of trash at the Misfif man's corner are invited to call and clean up. If we didn't have to lake the weather as tl comes, good and bad, there would be some rail fewe re marks in this column occasionally thee harvest days, when sunshine is wanted. The state legislature should thor oughly establish the line between Linn and Marion .counties, particular ly towards the east end. Just now it is a very indefinite affair. Sev eral men after having paid taxes on their property in Linn county have discovered that the property has been sold for taxes in Marion county, though not in that county by a good flea I. ThotH'h shown the I. inn tax receipt the Marion officials have pig headrdly refused to do what is right. It is true that the wording of the statute is somewhat ambiguous, rent I ing: "Following the Santiam to the foothills ami then running to Mt. Jef ferson." The line should be so dis tinctly defined as to be absolutely definite. It will nifan a good deal to Linn county, for the spirit of the stat ute is plain enough that the property involved is in this county. THESE WOMEN LIVE FORTY YEARS IN SECLUSION New York. Aug. 28. Misses Abi gail and Anira Elia Robinson, sisters, of South Jamesport, L. I., both more than U years old, who have not been outside of their own vard for about 40 years, recently broke their seclu sion ami enjoyed an automobile ride to Ktverhead and witnessed a circus parade, the first they had seen since they were very young. .Neither ot the sisters had been in any sort of vehicle since their inrl- hood, and it is said the reason the women kept so close to their home was because they were afraid that someone would damage their house or try to steal something while they eie gone. When Mrs. J. h. Weir of Brooklyn, who has a country home at lames- port, invited them for a ride, they refused, but after considerable coax ing they got into the car and were wmsKeti away at a lively rale. They are enthusiastic over autoiuohilinur now. SPARKS FROM THE .. WIRE . On Hoard l.,ti,l..n X-.fi'. t-,.:.. Rochester, N. V., Aug. 28. President laft toniidit ris,iiwt,.,l n 1 l.l order directing the immediate dis- .......1. f II . fc 1 ' imn.ii uuiii j ar.aiua 10 iNicaragua ot the Tenth Infantry. Eroni his pri vate car in (he Rochester yards the picsmcur. teicgrapned to the acting Secretary of War to recall the order. A suffcicut force of marine:;, the president said tonight, would he in Managua, the i'ic;rtaguan capital, and Corinto, its principal seaport, early next week to insure the safety of American lives and property. Portland, Aug. 29. One of the largest grain deals ever put through in the Pacific Northwest came to light yesterday, lly the purchase of the Dayton barley pool, ja 11. Hnuser, the exporter of this city, practically secured a corner on all the brewery barley produced in this part of the country. Mr. Ilouscr accomplished a similar feat last year and is credited with cleaning up a quarter of a mil- linll dfilhiru 1i tl... t .. .l , ,,j u.i. wi. ,il IU li. l.ilSl year he sold his barley in the East. litis ye.ll ue win export it. Portland, Aug. 29. Walter If. Ev ans, Deputy United States District A M.irtw.if ....cl.tr.l..., ..ri..-.. .1.. .i:.. . . ..... ....j , til itl 11(11,11 lICCIIll- ed acceptance of Governor West's ap pointment to succeed George J. Cam eron, giving as his reason the nrgenr business demands of the office he now occupies. The governor h is re fnsed to announce any altcrualirc ap pointment, although he continued to assen mac L. 'micron is no longer ills- trii-l iilfnrmxr .mil 1 1 l.nl. .. I. I. ... tiniates that he has under considera tion names of possible appointees. in tne meantime, lie liotiis on tile the commission drawn up for Evans, say ing that, while the present situation makes it impossible for Mr. Evans to accept, he has not yet abandoned I:. pe that he may at a later date find it possible to assume the position. Logan, Utah, Aug. 2S. Huge hail stones driven by a heavy wind sw-pt fields and orchard fur 39 miles last night, stripping orchards, razing grain and clearingMigar bet fields. The loss to agriculturalists and fruit rowers has been enormous. The pa ill of the storm was five miles wide. .Paris, Aug. 2X. The pope is about to create a new American cardinal who is to reside ill Rome, aecird ing to a special dispatch received here. Mtirshfield, Or., Aug. 28. The fin al returns show that the proposed new Port of Coos May enried at the special election yesterday by a large majority. The vote 'or the Port was 793 and against it only KH. Advertised Letter List. Albany. Ore.. Aug. 2R. 1912. Letters addressed to the following persons remain uncalled for and ad verlisiil Aug. 29th, 92: li. liroth erton. Miss N'ellie liarnett, Wynd ham Itrown, Claude Ilnone, A. Mer rill. Jno, Merrill, Paul Miller. J. C. Miller. C. M. Stout, Roy Sehultz. C II. Sehiinter, E. C. Taylor, Grace Walker. J. S. VAX WINKLE, V. M. Warranty Deeds. G. C. Price et ux to Ercd Aldrich. Aug. 2, 1912. Lots in block 4 in Bryant's addition to Albany. $10.')). Margaret Vuuk to Laura Maxwell. July 19. 1912. Lands in claim 49, Tp. II. S. R. .1 west. SID.Mi). Margaret Vunk to John Maxwell. July 19. 1912. Lands in claim 49, Tp II, S. R. .1 west. Sin.no. Marriage License. r Marion Penning"!, age S3, horn in Mo., and Dolly V. Langford, age 39, born in Mo., both of Albany.