J. K. Weatherford Is Reelected President of Corvall Is & Eastean R. R. STEVENSISVICE-PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT NOW A. B. Weatherford Is Elected as Sec Directors Are Also Named Last Friday. TUESDAY The annual tmxtiiiK of the Corvallis & Ka stern Railway Company was lit'ld in lliis rity yesterday afternoon and the officers elected fur the ensu ing year. Hon. J. K. Weatherford of tins city who lias filhd the office of president ut th company lor the past lew years in an iriiuvnl im-u'ier was aain elected president, John 'I. Mev ens, the capable snpei inteiid'-nt of the Corvallis & KhsUtii, wa-. aain elect eil to that position in addition to be iiiK made vice-president of the com pany. A. H, Weathe.-.'iid, who has served in the capacity of .-.eerelay of the company Ut rlhe p'ist year, was unain elected to thai position and wil! look after all mailers ii-latin.-; to his office for another ye'ir. i ). V. C Campbell of Portland, e-te-ai stipei intcndc-nl of the Southern J'aeiiu lines in Ore gon, was elected Kcne.-al s.iperinti-iid-ent of Ihe Corvallis & ICasteiri; 'J'. V. Younger was elected perm ten dent of motive power, J. M. Scolt of Port land, general passenger aynt; II. A. Hinshaw general freiyiil agem, i. I-. Ilnrcki'alh i district engineer, A. K. 1 1 iiU'liinso'i purchasing gi-ii'., Colonel J. It. Kddy lax and right-of-way agent, anil (leorge At. I lot lord auditor. At Ihe directors' meeting which was held al the office of J. k. Weather ford on Friday, J. K. Weatherford, John II. Stevens and A. It. Weather ford were elected directors to serve for the ensuing year. o SHERIFF'S SALE Ity virtue of an Fxceution and Order of Sale to me directed, issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon f.r Linn County in the case of K. II. Liggetl, Plaintiff, vs. Henry l.orelz and Jennie Loretz, husband and wife, K. It. I .eabo, Lee M. Travis. C. W. I.iggitt, M. Itryant, A nun si Fischer and Joe i arris, I e fendants. I will on Saturday the Ulli day of October. 1IJ. at the hour of one o'clock p. in. at the front door of the Court House in Albany, Oregon, sell at public auction to ihe highest bidder for cash in hand the following described real properly, to-wit : Uenming at the Southwest corner of (he N'orlh half of the Donation Laud Claim of Kusscll Watts and wife. Not. No. J5S'J and Claim No. W, in Township 1 .1, Soul h Range 4 est of the Willamette Meridian. Oregon, ;nid runniiiL; thence Fast on said dni'-ion line o.l ehains, mote or le-.s. to a point which is lit 75 chains We si of the Fast boundary line of ihe Southuesi miarler of S.-c lion JH in s,iid Township and Range, thence North ? J5 chains, thence Fast I -M chains o the es bank of Lake t'leek. ihence Soiillurlv up said t'teck to the South bound. uv line of the North hall ol said Claim No. U, thence Fast on said di isi. n line "'o(i chains, more or b-;-. to a point u liich i- In r I chains esi of the l-.lst b. limit. ii v line of -.ml l Litu No Fv ibeliie N.M-lh ".in chains, thence et :';.t7 . Ii.uiis, to the center of th. I . iiiii Ro.id. I hence Not I ll al mg the cented of said Ro.,d 15 degree's ,10 minutes West S TS chains, more or less. I,, .ni in lei lor rmmr in the S"tilh hontiil'iv Inn- ! a b's aeie 1 1 a i' t eon v .1 lo I hincail McLaren h ibed as a, reais ol lecoul al pace .5S ,, 'o. , R.conl ol , ,ds. said Coi iu o - i id fail being sii rated in t !k S 'ill 1 1 v i - I rat t . i ol said ect ion JH m a'd ro-Mi!nr and Range, litem I . ! J :i , '. ,nis t.. the I as b' lind m ;:-t o! A -. 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Sweet Home, Or., Sept. 9. F.ditor democrat: Noting a number of items in the columns of the papers relating to -school supervision, both for and against, 1 will endeavor to give it from a teacher's point of view. The main object, as I look at the supervisor law, is to bent tit the rural schools. You may take it in general throughout the state and the unex perienced teacher is hired in the rural schools ,aud the experienced teachers take the city schools where ample supervision is at hand. Xow if it were only reversed there would be a less need of supervisors, but as it is not the legislature passed a law pro viding each county with one or more schoolsupervisors to look after the unexperienced teachers and see that the work in the rural schools is car ried on in a profitable manner and the boys and girls get value received. Time' and again the unexperienced teacher is put in the rural schools with things to every disadvantage to do successful work. Lay after day, week after week the time goes on, not much has been accomplished, poor methods of instruction Have been used, a clear and definite knowl edge of the subject taught was lack ing on the teacher's part, ami not ;i visit or a word of encouragement from the parents. While under the new school system the supervisor vis its the schools of his district once or more a month and gives the down hearted, unexperienced teacher words of encouragement, and the best meth ods of instruction are molded out to him, and how to manage the school in general, to get the best results. This is a part of the duties of a sup ervisor as I see it. May I call your attention to the amount of money spent in Albany, I .ebanou, Lrowns ville ami other towns of our county for school supervision. Albany alone if you please spends as much if not more than the whole county spends for iis supervision, can you not see the reason why the rural school is not in step with the city schools? Ite cause our gray-haired falhers sat on a wooden slab, wrote his lessons with a goose it 1 1 1 , and did not see the face of a county school superintendent once a year, it is no sign our noys not irirls of today are compelled to put up with these things. We are living in a progressive age. and the new law providing tor (lie school suncrvisor is a step to promote the school system of this slate, to com pete with that of other states of this great union. Say nothing about the increase ol taxes lor it amounts it) a trifle to the average taxpayer, we should think of the good that may he derived from the small portion of our tax to help the school system of our county, and that our hoys and girls may leave our schools better fitted for life. Iteing in a position to know I will furthermore slate the schools of this county have progressed more un der the supervisor system than here tofore. Yours truly, F. L. GILBFRT. OAK GROVE NOTES. M is. Maud Williamson and son Ralph left for their home at Sell wood after a short visit with rela tives in ami an mnd Albany. Charles Uailcy of Palestine is bed fast with a light attack of typhoid fever. The oiitsiamling grain is reported as being damaged by the continuous rains for the past leu days. Mr. and Mrs. John Hyatt spent Thursday al the state fair. Mi. and Mrs. l'.yron Peebler of Finn co tin i w ei e isi ting hce Sun day. Prof. L. K. Ceil has been employed lo leach the l ak I Irove school lite i I'onnng ear and will bei.iu bis labors September ihe ,i.;)h. PM-V i A ipiiet w cddiii g was solemn i ed !at the country home of Mr. and Mis. 1.. W. iKlancy al high noon Sunday, when lluir daughter. Miss Jessie, was muted in marriage to Mi. Roderick I lo d, Jiisuee Paul F. Johnston i'llU'1,,11!!;. After a few days spent on ihe honc mooii the new ly-w eds will make ihcir home on the Uelaiuvy i.inu al Oak Cioe where they hae the be-t wishes of their many friends. ! 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II ELECTRIC FREIGHT LINE 15 PROBLEM Route Across Calapooia River Interferes With Plans of Chautauqua People. SUSPENSION BRIDGE CAN NOT BE CONSTRUCTED Chautauqua Officers and the HOr. El. Officials Investigate Route this Morning. A row of beautiful shade trees in Hryant's Park and an unobstructed entrance to the park are two of the knotty problems now confronting the Oregon Fleetric officials in their en deavor to build their freight Hue through the city and which they wish to adjust to the satisfaction of everybody concerned. When the Oregon Fleetric Com pany first applied for a franchise in Albany it wanted to operate its froight trains through the ctiy on Fifth street, the same thoroughfare over which the passenger trains were to be run. The city officials objected to this however, and the matter was finally adjusted by the Fleetric company being given a franchise on Water street for their freight lines. Then the Fleetric company pro posed to operate its freight trains west on Water street to Calapooia, thence south to a point a short dis tance north of Second street where the road turned and crossed through the property of the old Crawford estate, crossing Third street near the ice works to Fourth street and thence out of town on this street, joining the main line near the cemetery. This route was found to be impracticable later and the feasibility of another route was then investigated. The latest route upon which the company is said to have figured was to cross the Calapooia near the Mag nolia mill to Bryant Park,, thence along the high ground along the north bank of the Calapooia for a short distance where it crossed the river again and followed the' south bank to the point where it joined the main line. The point where the road would en ter the park, if this route should he used, would affect the plans of the Chautauqua association, which holds a 10-year lease on the grounds, and wdiose members have been planning to construct a cable suspension bridge across the river from the alley be tween First and Second streets to the park. i Mr. riryant. the owner of the prop erty and its lessees, the members of the Chautauqua association, are also anxious to preserve the natural beau ty of the .park as much as possible in adition to maintaining an unob structed entrance to the grounds and how lo do this is the problem upon which they are now working in con junction with the railway company. This morning, Pr. M. IL Fllis, pres ident of the Albany Chautauqua .sn. ; L. F. Hamilton, vice presi dent: I. 11. Ralston, secretary; J. S. Van Winkle, chairman of the grounds commit tee, and 1. M. F'reneh .went over to the park with L. Griswold, resident engineer of the Oregon F.lec tric and I . C. Lewis, assistant right-of-way man. lo investigate proposed routes with a view of adjusting the matter satisfactorily. A meeting was ;,lso held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Comer cial club rooms ip regard to the mat ter. BOHEMIAN APPLIES FOR NATURALIZATION PAPERS Ant, ,it Wahv, a lluhi'inian ri-siiltiii: al Mill l'lt. in.ul,' a;ililt,-ati,.ll '.his in, 'tiling at ih,- ,-,,itlty ,-l,'vks ,,t';i,-i' liur liis iina! natln all atiun pap,'fs ami i li i s aiM'l'i" ati,"i "ill Ih- lu-anl lv tlu- Oulllt ill M.UU'll 1 W'al'r iM'iti' tu Aitii vii-a ft-, nil I.issa. : lluluuiiia. nstiia au,l lias a will' ami it,,- ,-ltil,Ii,n ili lii- with him at Mill t'uv. wlti-ro In- is ,nni!uveil in a InniK r i-anip as a lahui or. WORK WILL BEGIN ON FIRST 1LI ' Active woik will begin tomor- V tow m, : mug on tae excavation and i, !!:, ! 1:1 -n work for tile new 5 :., I, ml, ling to he erected at llie e,".ii,i ,, I'nt and llioad a'.l'in Mti,;s hy the l-'irst Na- ti.u'.il I'. '.r.k oi this city and en- ' li'.iclion u . ,i k will continue nn- ' til the completion oi the strife- V t.ne w' vh "ill he one of the h '!,. '!'.. s; I, ..nking houses in ' ' the state. l lither Ci, Mines of Ctlioll. "bo ha been spen, line the -uniincr in Albar at the home of his lather. C. M. tod dings, returned to I'asterll Oregon , tin morning. He is princip.il ot the high school at Cnion. FALL Air jowt fell dbftSies iromdly m ftlhaft jou caia gi ot amid sjoj ihh mc wafthir? SiF not yon h&d Ibster lb ftSnalt EQTOY SERGES COSSUKOY Tan, grey, navy blue, old rose, An excellent quality in black, red, brown, and Alice bice, in blue brown f nd white at 75c the 42 inch at $1 00 n ex'ra wei&nt anl quality in ' ' blue and brown, at $1.25 Also navy blue in the 48-inch, at $1.00 CHANGEABLE SILKS 56-inch, at $1.75 . . ... are particularly good this year. See our Green-Pink, Gold-Blue, WHIPCORDS and Red-Black, at $1.35 Navy blue and Royal blue . . , , , , , oc j c, en Brown-blue, brown-black, red at 85c and $1.50 ... ' . ' black, and cerece-brown, at $1.50 HEAVY DIAGONAL SERGES EFWGLE ... , , cc . , t In light brown and blue 50- In blue and brown 5o-inch, at inch at $1 59 Our salespuseiple wall JUDGE AND MRS.WOLVERTON VISIT RELATIVES NEAR HERE Mrs. Wolverton's Father, N. Price. Celebrated His 90th Birthday Yesterday. twine W'llvertim of the United Slates district cmrt of Portland, ac companied hy Mrs. Wolverton, who have been speiulini; several davs here at the home of Mrs. olvcrton s faiher, Ximrod Price, near this city, left for Monmouth this afternoon where thev will spend a few days he fore rettiriiim; to the metropolis. Ximrod Price, at whose home they have been visiting for the past few davs. was 90 wars of ai;e yesterday, and the event was celebrated hv a bitf lamilv dinner at which Judge and Mrs. 'Wolverton were guests. Price is one .,f l-inn county's pio neer citizens and is a prominent farm er. He is still in good health despite his advanced age and his many friends hope that he lives to enjoy many more happv birthdays. Itnlge Wolverton owns much prop erly in Albany and while here looked after matters in regard to it. Hie bulge continues to be interested in 'Albany and notes many changes here since his last visit. DESERTION IS CLAIM E By THIS WIFE I I ! Claiming desertion hy her husband. ; Mrs. l.iie Kod'.uy today tiled a com- ; plaint tor divorce against her husband, i.l. I). Rodney. I The complaint sets up the fact that the pl.umili and defendant were mar ried in licuton county on August : J.;th. llo. and that no children have i been born of the marriage. ' The plaintiff alo alleges t'iiat on or about the Till day of January. l"l the defendant deserted and abandoned the plaintiff, upon which she asks the curt for a decree dissolving the Fisher, BnuleiuS: Co. 1TM.RAI. DIRECTORS AM) rNDFRTAKK RS Vndortakinp Parlors. Srd and Hroaiialbin I.AM' ATT I'M) ANT Both Phones STORE ZJ) ( D) a few of ih mwij air now on d: be gladl .s aire mow Iberej als (&s new patterns s TANGENT NEWS Mrs. Lottie Perry who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Emma Jor dan for the past few days, has re turned to her home in Salem. Mrs. Mabel l'ilkins expects to leave soon for Astoria to join her husband where they expect to make their fu ture home. David Shearer, rural carrier on route Xo. 2, is taking his vacation ai.1 his sub, Mr. llrown. is carrying the mail. The excessive rain which com menced Sept. 28th and continued for ten or more days, has damaged the shocked grain in the fields. There is fully two-thirds of the grain still to thresh: and this will take at least twelve or fifteen days, as the number nf machines are so few much of it will have Ut stand in the fields so long that there will neces sarily be a lss to the farmers. There is also thousands of dollars worth of clover seed still in the fields which is also more or less damaged, as the en p is very heavy and will be hard to dry out. Tlte water in the smaller sloughs has been running and the ground is full wet to plow, and quite a few have started their plows. The vetch which is still unthreshed is also damaged, as it is quite So it and already growing in the shocks. In places there is a large quantity of i.ats in the fields which is not yet b. 'imd. and it also is likely to be damaged. Mrs. J. W. Swank and Mrs. Harry Wilkins went to Corvallis this morn ing where they will .spend the day visiting friends. THE PLACE TO GET THE BEST WE DEVELOP FILMS mate Miss Edriss Peery of Scio who has been visiting in Albany for sev eral days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Jackson, returned home this morning. Rufus Thompson returned from Lebanon this evening where he spent the day looking after business mat ters. Ali Kinds of Seeds for Fall Planting at Murphy's Seed Store 225 West Second Street Have you seen the beau tiful Porcelain Enameled Charter Oak Steel Range on display in our window We are going to give this Range awav ABSOLUTE LY FRLT! l'r.II particulars will be giv en at the store. JUST ARRIVED We have inst received 75 of the famous ALLWIX go carts, and for a short time we will give n discount of 25 per cent on any cart in the store. R. Rogoway & Son