BALL BOYS GUESTS
AT FINE BANQUET
H.B.MILLERSPENDS ALBANY WINS LAST
MISS MARY E. DREIER.
SAM SCHEPPS.
Twenty-one Surround Festive
Board at St. Charles Hotel
Last Evening.
F. H. STICKLEY OFFICIATED
ASTOASTMASTEROFSPREAD
Senders Is Complimented Upon
Splendid Management of the
Team During Season.
MONDAY
Twenty-one Albany men, including
the officers and stockholders of the
Albany Athletic Association, the
members of the local ball team, and
representatives of the press, were in
attendance at the banquet tendered
by the officers and stockholders of
the Albany Athletic Association to
the ball tossers of this city at the St.
Charles hotel from 8 to 11 o'clock
last evening. Good fellowship reign
ed supreme throughout the evening
and the event will always be a pleas
ant remembcrancc to those who at
tended. It was a fitting close to one
of the most successful ball seasons in
the history of the city.
Fred H. Stickley, a well known
commercial traveler of this city and
one of the stockholders of the asso
ciation, was appointed toastmaster at
the banquet and from all appearances
was thoroughly at home in that place
for he displayed much wit and orig
inality in calling on the various speak
ers during the evening and managed
to keep the crowd in good humor all
the time.
Dr. Henry J. Kavanaugh, president
of the association, was the first speak
er of the evening and in a few well
chosen wurds congratulated the mem
bers of the ball team on their splen
did record made this season and stat
ed that he hoped that next year would
be even better. He also congratulat
ed Manager Senders on his success
ful management of the team during
the season just closed.
A. G. Senders, who managed the
"Athletics" so efficiently during the
season, was called upon and gave a
report of the financial condition of
the team which was very good, and
complimented the members of the
"Athletics" on their record. He stat
ed that he hoped Albany would have
as good a team next year and closed
by wishing the members of the team
and the future manager of the team,
success. He also thanked the repre
sentatives of the Portland and Albany
newspapers for their support.
J. Otto Lee, one of the stockhold
ers of the association, in a few words
warmly complimented the members of
this year's team and said he hoped
the good work would continue.
W. H. Warner, better known as
"Jack," who has been a familiar fig
ure on the ball diamond in this city
for the past five years as official
scorer, made a hit with the crowd
when he read the record made by
each member of the team during the
season.
"Jack" also complimented the mem
bers of the team and the officers and
stockholders of the association on the
season's work.
Eugene Dooley, vice-president of
the association and the popular first
baseman of the local nine, gave an
interesting address during which he
commented on the season's playing
and complimented the manager of the
team and the officers of the associa
tion. Others who were called upon dur
ing the evening were: C. L. Mon
son, the crack center fielder and cap
tain of the "Athletics"; W. A. Salis
bury, pitcher and right fielder; Claude
Swann of Corvallis, right fielder;
"Bill" Patterson, the best "south-paw"
pitcher in the Willamette Valley;
Lyle Bigbee, another member of the
"Athletics' " star pitching staff; A. A.
Mickel, local agent of the Southern
Pacific company and the fast left
fielder of the local team; George
Dooley, who covered second base in
a commendable manner during the
season; Carter Lee, a familiar figure
at every game where he could be seen
at shortstop; Dave Patterson, who
with the exception of very few games,
caught throughout the season: Carson
Bigbee, the best amateur third-baseman
in Oregon, for whom the North
western League has been anxious to
secure, both by Portland and Van
couver, B. C.; Floyd South, a gradu
ate of Albany High School and a
prominent athlete of this city; Wil
lard L. Marks, local correspondent of
the Portland Oregonian; Clyde Ma
son, city editor of the Herald, and
Leland R. Gilbert, city editor of the
Albany Democrat, and Roy R. Knox,
one of the stockholders of the asso
ciation. Jerry Donovan, a well known com
mercial man and a member of the as
sociation, was absent in California,
and upon motion of the toastmaster
it was decided to send him a tele
gram, telling him of the close of a
most successful season and express
ing regret at his absence.
Following are those who attended
the banquet, which was itself a mas
terpiece in the culinary art and a
credit to the chef of the hostelry:
F. II. Stickley. Dr. Kavanaugh. Eu
scne Donley, A. G. Senders. J. O.
Lee. W. A. Salisbury, C. L. M"nson.
A. A. Mickel. R. R. Knox. George
Dooley. W. H. Warner. William Pat
terson, Floyd South. Claude Swan,
Carter l.ee. Leland R. Gilbert, Wil
hrd L. Marks, Clyde Mason. Carson
Bigbee, Dave Patterson and Lyle
Bigbec.
Prsiident Wimin'i Trd Union
Leigu Prograisive DalegaU.
$250,000 COMPANY FILES
ARTICLES 0FINC0RP0RATI0N
The "Calapooia Timber Company"
is the name of a new corporation
which filed its articles of incorpora
tion at the County Clerk's office this
morning.
The articles were signed by Geo.
A. Mathews, James McCallum and C.
C. Carter. The principal place of
business is designated as Albany and
the capital stock of the new corpor
ation is placed at $250,000.00.
According to the articles, the pur
pose of the company is to purchase,
lease, hire and otherwise acquire real
estate and timber lands and to sell,
mortgage, bond or otherwise dispose
of the same and to manufacture, and
carry on a business as saw mill pro
prietors and timber and lumber deal
ers. WAVES A BOTTLE OF
LIQUOR AT POLICE CHIEF
Driving through the streets of Al
bany and waving a bottle of liquor
at Chief of Police Ellis Daughtry,
cost J. R. BcCullough a fine of ten
dollars and costs wlren he was ar
raigned before City Recorder Van
Tassel this morning. He entered a
plea of guilty to the charge of being
drunk and disorderly.
Alex Rcid entered a plea of guilty
to the same offense and received a
similar fine.
Both of the parties were unable to
pay their fine and were committed
to jail.
HOMER A. DOWD OF THIS
WILL RETURN WITH BRIDE
On Wednesday, September 1 1th,
Homer A. Dowd of this city was unit
ed in marriage with Miss Rose Elea
nor Henry of West Haven, Connecti
cut. The bride and groom will arrive in
Albany tonight and 'will be at home
to their friends in the handsome new
cottage recently erected by the
groom in Sunrise addition.
The groom holds a responsible po
sition with the Cameron Planing Mill
and has a host of friends in this city.
The bride is said to have been one
of the most popular young women in
West Haven. x
BENTON COUNTY OFFICERS
RAID BLIND PIGS
In a raid made on the blind ptgs
located just across the river in Ben
ton county the Benton county offi
cers Saturday night located and de
stroyed some beer, the exact amount
of which could not be learned.
The Benton county officers were
accompanied by John Catlin.
GEO. SANDERS ATTENDS A
TELEPHONE MEETING
Returning Saturday night from a
meeting of Bell Telephone managers
at Portland, Geo. Sanders, local man
ager for the Bell, reports one of the
most interesting m?-tings ever held
by employees of the company.
Collectors for the BH1 Company at
Seattle, Portland and Tacoma and the
managers of the larger exchanges in
Oregon and Washington, including
the district superintendents, were in
attendance at the meeting.
Nina Propst, aged IS years, was this
morning committed to the state in
sane hospital at Salem by County
Judge Duncan.
Mrs. Wm. Parker and daughter Al
zina returned Inst night from a week's
outing at the bay.
Paul I Infer of Salem passed
through Albany this afternoon to Cor
vallis where he will enter the O. A.
C.
Attorney Guy Lcwelling returned
this afternoon from Tangent where
he spent Sunday with his parents.
Homer Dowd of this city who left
Albany several weeks ago for Con
necticut after a bride, is expected
home tonight.
Ex-United States Consul To
Japan Encourages the Pear
Industry In Valley.
THINKS WILLAMETTE VALLEY
BEST PEAR LAND IN WORLD
Says Opening of Panama Canal
Will Furnish Markets For
the Oregon Fruit Crop.
H. B. Miller of Portland. ex-United
States consul to Japan, arrived in Al
bany yesterday morning by automo
bile from Eugene and after spending
the afternoon and evening in Albany,
left this morning for Portland via
Sheridan.
Mr. Miller, accompanied bv his
daughters and son, Kenneth C. Mil
ler of Sheridan, have been touring
the Willamette Valley by automobile
for the past two weeks, inspecting the
various apple orchards, with a view to
selecting the vest varieties of apples
to oe planted on his ranch in am
hill county.
When interviewed hist evening at
the St. Francis hotel by the Democrat
representative Mr. Miller said:
"After retiring from the consular
service in 1909, I purchased 135 acres
of land in Yamhill county which I
plant eel in apples. At the time ot
planting 1 selected, as an experiment,
three kinds of apples Gravensteiu.
Jonathan and King. It was my inten
tion to plant these three varieties
and to keep a close watch on their
growth and if when they bore fruit
I found that other varieties would do
better than these, 1 would graft the
trees.
"The Kings and Jonathans have
done fine, but the Gravensteins I will
graft. I think that the best apple to
grow is the Jonathan, and I think
so more than ever after visiting the
various orchards in the valley. This
variety of apple is of remarkably fine
color and flavor an ideal table apple.
"I have 40 acres in apples in my
Yamhill coiry orchard, 20 acres of
prunes, 20 acres of pears, and am go
ing to plant 50 acres more in pears.
"I think that the Willamette valley
is the coming pear section of the
world and would encourage the
growth of this fruit, for which the
soil is especially adapted. The Bart
lett pear does remarkably well in the
Willamette Valley. The best pear or
chard I have yet seen is the big Wal
lace orchard near Salem which
shipped 300 tons of pears this year
which brought $25 per ton.
"I was in Great Britain two years
ago and found by inquiry that the
people of England consume more
fruit than most other countries es
pecially during the holidays. In Liv
erpool I saw Hood River apples on
the stands and they seemed to sell
rapidly. The people of England sel
dom buy a box of apples at a time,
preferring to purchase them by the
dozen.
"When the Panama canal is opened
it will make England a great market
for our fruit, especially pears, for
which there is a big demand, and I
think the Willamette Valley should
supply Great Britain with all this
fruit they need. At present it costs
about 75 ccnls to transport a box of
apples to England from America but
with the opening of the canal this will
be cut in half.
1 would advise all prospective or
chardists to visit the various orchards
in the valley before planting and see
the fruit on the trees, for this I be
lieve is a much safer way of selecting
the varieties of apples to plant, than
by judging the kind of apple to plant
by looking at them in a box, as many
do now."
Mr. Miller has been in the fruit
growing business for nearly 30 years
formerly owning a big orchard near
Medtord which he sold two years ago,
and is now devoting his time to his
Yamhill county place which is being
managed by his son Kenneth.
He is a brother of Railroad Com
missioner Frank J. Miller of Salem
and was U. S. consul .to Japan from
1904-09, and for five years previous
to that time was stationed in China.
GRAND COMMANDER THIEL-
SON TO BE HERE TONIGHT
Grand Commander H. B. Thiclson
of the Knight Templars lodg; of Ore
gon, will pay an official vist to ihe
Albany lodge this evening.
Mr. Thielson lias visited a nun? be
of Oregon cr.i-.s during the w few
months in crvi.i'vrion with his ofncial
duties and his visit here is an event
of more than usual importance in
local Masonic circles.
HARRISBURG MAN LEFT AN
ESTATE OF OVER-$35,000
Asking the county court to appoint
her as executrix of the estate of her
husband, the late E. E. L'pmcycr of
I f arriburg, Kathcrine L'pmeyer to
day filed her petition with the county
clerk.
In the petition the probable Value of
the real estate If -ft by the deceased
is placed at S.ls.O).') and the prob
able value of the personal property at
$2500. The rental value of the real
estate is placed at $3000.00 per annum.
GAME OF SEASON
Large Crowd Sees Maxmeyer
Batted Out of the Box In the
Third Inning.
ATHLETICS SCORE SIX RUNS
IN THE LAST OF THE THIRD
Visitors Made Four Runs When
They Rallied In the Fifth
Inning of Contest,
Before a large and enthusiastic
crowd of fans who tilled the grand
stand and bleachers at the ball park,
the "Athletics" yesterday afternoon
defeated Maxmeyer's Stars of Port
laud by a score of 12 to 4, batting
Alaxmeycr out ot the box at the close
of the third inning when his place
was taken by Hewitt.
The "Athletics" started hitting
Maxmeyer in the first inning. Swan
making the first run when Gene
Dooley slammed out a beautitul 3-bag-
ger. Another 3-bagger by Dave Pat
terson, the next man at bat, scored
Dooley.
Carson Biiibee then lined out a
single which the visitors were un-
ible to stop, and he circled the bases
for a home run but was called out by
Umpire Burnside for cutting second
base.
The visitors were unable to score
in the first four innings and no more
runs were made after the first inning,
until Albany came to bat again in the
third, when the balloon went up,
Swan, W. Patterson, E. Dooley, G.
Dooley, D. Patterson and C. Big
bee crossing the plate for six more
tallies. Albany made four more runs
in the fourth tuning, and the visitors
rallied in the fifth and came back with
four runs to their credit.
After the fifth inning no scores
were made by either side, and the
game ended with the score Albany 12,
I'ortlaiul 4. Albany made V hits ami
2 errors during the game and Port
land is credited with 9 hits and 8 er
rors. During the last of the seventh the
fire in the east end of town attracted
many fans away from the game.
Ihe hatteries in yesterdays game
were: Maxmeyer, Hewitt and Glea-
son for Portland and Patterson and
Patterson for Albany.
LADIES AID BARREL
HELD HUGE HIGHBALL
WAYNESBURG, Pa., Sept. 18. An
ordinary, harmless-appearing barrel
of water, with the words "All wel
come" painted on it, was the magnet
that drew many hundreds of visitors
at the Wayncsburg fair. The barrel
had been placed at a stand along side
the refreshment booth of the Ladies'
Aid Society of the Methodist church
and filled with clear water for the
thirsty.
Bystanders began to notice that the
drinkers seemed to linger a long while
over their cup of water.
Wayncsburg being a dry town in a
dry county, those who placed the
spring water on tap did not suspect
anything until one of them decided to
experiment. Then the barrel was
roiled out of the crowd s reach.
One of the Ladies' Aid member:
confessed having borrowed the bar
rel. It had contained whisksy ten
years old which only had been emp
tied a few days before. The members
of the Ladies Aid Society arc now in
consolable.
PORTER EXPLAINS POSITION
ON STATEMENT NO. 1
Halsey, Or., Sept. 21, 1912.
Editor Democrat. Albany. Ore.
Dear Sir: In a recent issue of the
Democrat. I noticed an article signed
"Progressive," in which it was asked
that each nominee for the Legislature
make a statement in regard to the
election ot U. r. senator.
I admit that I may be a little thick
headed in regard to these matters, but
I thought that the people settled this,
a little over four years airo. when
they enacted a law instructing the
members fit the Legislature to vote
for that candidate for U. S. senator
who received the highest number of
the people s votes for that position
This is one of the laws of the state
of Oregon.
Then why this excitement about
Statement .No. 1?
I contend that every member of the
Legislature next winter must vote
for the people's choice, without regard
to his individual preference.
In my petition filed before the pri
maries last spring. I stated that the
law would be my guide in the election
of U. S. senators. I will most surely
follow that statement and vote for the
people's choice. The men that signed
btatnirnt .No 1 cannot do more.
Very truly yours,
F. II. PORTER
Charley Pat ton of Portland spent
sum ay in Albany.
County Judge Duncan and Commis
sioner Butler left this afternoon for
the Green bridge near Jefferson. The
structure will be opened to travel in
a few flays. Judge Duncan will also
go t5 bcio before returning.
On of th Men SutpecUd
In Rosenthal Murder Ct
CHAUTAUQUA ENTERTAINER
HAS OPERATION PERFORMED
The Chicago Tribune of a recent
date, besides presenting a picture of
a prominent Albany Chautauqua per
former of the Assembly of 1911, gives
an interesting writeup about her, then
.Miss sarah Winner, reader and en
tertainer with Dr. Sadler, one of the
most popular features of the Chau
tauqua of that year. On Aug. 28 of
this year Miss WHmer was married
to Edward Van Bond, at the same
time a sister of Mrs. Sadler, a profes-
sional nurse and chum of Miss VVil
mer, being married to Mr. Kellogg.
Mrs. ootid immediately attcrwards
was taken to the hospital where an
operation was performed upon her by
In. aadler tor an attection ot the
throat, and Mrs. Kellogg again put
on her white cap and officiated as
nurse. The Tribune makes quite a
feature of the story.
MRS. SARAH BALTIMORE OF
SPOKANE IS VISITING HERE
Mrs. Sarah Baltimore, of Spokane.
is in the citv on a visit at the home
of Mr. P. J. Baltimore, and will spend
the winter here. Mie is a former Al
bany lady, residing here for many
years, a pioneer I .inn county citizen,
who has many old-time friends here.
Her home was at Washington and
Seventh streets for a number of
years before leaving here eleven years
ago. Her daughter, Mrs. Ava Reed,
is now in Portland receiving special
treatment.
DR. HARRY LANE EXTENDS
LINN COUNTY ITINERARY
That Dr. Lane proposes to make a
complete canvas of (he political sit
uation in I. inn county is indicated by
the itinerary which has just been
made public.
iJr. Lane and Senator Miller will
speak in llrownsvillc Friday night, at
Sweet Home at one o'clock Satur
day afternoon, at Lebanon Saturday
night, at l.acomb at one o'clock Mon
day afternoon and at Scio Monday
night.
HALSEY MAN DIES FROM
RUPTURED BLOOD VESSEL
While full particulars could not be
obtained up to the hour of going to
press, woril was received here this
1110 rning of the death of Mr. Bond
who resides one mile east of llalsey.
It seems that bis death was due to
the rupture of a blood vessel produc
ed from over-exertion while working
on bis farm.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF CITY
' OPENED THIS MORNING
The public schools of this city
opened this morning and at the
time of going to press, the en-
rollment was 924, divided as fol
lows: Madison school, 300; Ccn-
tral school 2K4; Maple school,
170; High school 170. Regular
classes will begin tomorrow
morning.
Kd Derry, who is employed at the
Craft market, left this morning for
Pendli-ton where he will attend the
roundup.
Kdmund C. Anderson went to Cor
vallis this afternoon where he will at
tend t he Oregon Agricultural Col
lege. Attorney M. V. Weatherford left
this afternoon for McMinnville where
he will look after legal matfvrs to
day, John Ciblin of Salem, formerly pro
prietor of the St. Charles hotel in this
city, is visiting here today. He has
been living in Seattle the past year.
Mrs. Klmcr T). Dannals left this
afternoon for Walla Walla, where she
will visit friends and relatives this
week.
E
Early Morning Blaze Destroys
Vienna Bakery, Owned by C.
D. Van Dyke, on Second St.
BLAZE EVIDENTLY CAUSED
FROM A DEFECTIVE FLUE
Prune;Dryer Owned by Lasselle
Bros. Was Also Destroyed; ,
By Fire Yesterday.fj
While a piano on the sidewalk
played ragtime nuisic, the members
of the loeal fire department worked
hard this morning to incneh a fire
which broke out shortly after 1
o'clock, consuming the Vienna bak
ery conducted by C. D. Van Dyke on
Second 'street and threatening for
some time to burn two other frame
buildings in- the immediate vicinity.
The lire evidently originated from
a defective flue, as the blaze when dis
covered had broken through the roof
over the baking room and the building
was a roaring furnace when the fire
department arrived on the scene.
The Vienna bakery has been con
ducted in the buildine' humi'il for
several years by Mr. Van Dyke who
carried $11)0 insurance on his cake
machine, $151) on his soda fountain.
$1(1(1 on his baking equipment and
$11K) on his stock. J I is loss not cov
ered by insurance is approximately
$4511, while the building which was
owned by the Linn Investment com
pany was practically covered by in
surance. The frame building immediately
west of the Vicuna bakery was oc
cupied by K. Kogoway & Sons but
the damage to this structure was
slight as well as to the frame build
ing immediately east which was occu
pied by Idlers' Piano House and the
Reagan photograph gallery.
Neither the liilers people nor Rea
gan will suffer much loss as the pi
anos were removed before being dam
aged. Several fine pianos were removed
from the I'.ilers store and placed on
the sidewalk where one of the spec
tators at the fire proceeded to play all
the latest ragtime music while several
couples of young men danced in the
street much to the amusement of the
big crowd which lined the sidewalks.
The fire at the Vienna bakery early
this morning was the second one to
occurr in mis city in 24 hours, an
alarm having been sounded at 5
o'clock Sunday evening caused by the
burning of the big prune dryer owned
by Lasselle Bros, near Gearly street
in the extreme eastern portion of the
city.
I he fire was one of the most snce-
tacular seen in Albany for several
years, great clouds of black smoke
and flames being carried high into
the air, which caused people living
in this section of the city to believe
that several houses were burning in
t lie easlern section ot the city.
The fire originated in the dry kiln
and was apparently caused by spon
taneous combustion, ami owing to the
fact that the building was very drv
and that a stiff breee was blowing,
the structure was burned within a
few minutes.
Owing to the fact that the fire was
outside the city limits and there was
no water supply available, the fire de
partment did not complete its trip to
llie Maze which was over a mile from
the engine house.
The prune dryer had been in op
eration for about two weeks and the
crop would have .111 been dried in a
few days more. All of the dried
product had been shipped away, but
there were about 2(111 boxes of green
prunes destroyed with the building
and 15 cords of wood. The dryer was
valued at $2500 and was insured for
$1211(1.
OREGON CITY MAN IS
MARRIED HERE SATURDAY
George Carlton of Oregon City
claimed as his bride Kmma Hanks of
this city at the Presbyterian parson
age Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
the ceremony being performed by
Rev. Cieselbracht ami was witnessed
by only the immediate relatives and
friends of the contracting parties.
The Democrat joins with their
friends in extending congratulations.
THE WILSON CAMPAIGN
FUND IS N01O257.50
Previously acknowledged. .$252.50 ()
r) Wilson Democrat 5.110 ()
$257.50 ()
Physician Reports Three Births. .
Dr. Russell Wallace reports the fol
lowing births:
To Mrs. Ile.iry Meincit nwr Al
bany, on 1'Tds.y, Sept. 20, a sir'.
Weight 10 lbs.
To Mrs. Clyde Freeman, Albany, on
Friday, Sept. 20, a boy. Mother and
child both doing well.
To Mrs. II. A. Lake, Albany, 1140
West Kightli, on Saturday, Sept. 21,
a girl- All doing well.