Of. Historical Society
WEEKLY
VOL. XLVIII.
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY, OREG ON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1912.
No. 12.
ALBA
NY
DEMOCRAT
EUGENEEXGURS10
WILL BEA SUCCESS
Ten Coaches Will Carry Crowds
from Hub City to Celebration
at Eugene Next Week.
ALBANY BAND TO ACCOMPANY
JUNKETERS TO LANE COUNTY
Attractive Badges and Banners
Have Been Ordered by the
Excursion Committee.
Ten big special cars have been re
served by the Oregon Electric ail
way to carry the people of Albany to
Eugene on Tuesday of next week
where they will help the people of
our sister city celebrate the advent of
the interurban into the metropolis of
Lane county and from present indi
cations fully 1000 people from Albany
and Linn county will attend the cele
bration there on that day.
Huee banners bearing catchy and
attractive inscriptions are now being
made tor the cars which will carry the
Albany junketers to Eugene, while
others are being made tor use in the
big parade which will take place fol
lowing the arrival of the train at that
city. Ihe Albany band will accom
pany the crowd and turnish music
throughout the dav and numerous
other noise makers are now being se
cured by the committee for use dur
ing the day.
Chairman E. H. McCune of the ex
cursion committee of the Commercial
club has ordered hundreds of attactiye
two-color badges which will be dis
tributed among the crowd on the
train while a large amount of booster
literature will be printed for distri
bution at Eugene during the progress
of the parade, liugene marie an ex
cellent showing at the recent railroad
celebration at this city and had the
largest delegation in the parade of any
other city in the valley and Albany
expects to send even a larger crowd
to the University City on October
15th.
The excursion train from Albany
will probably leave the passenger sta
tion at Fifth and Lyon streets not
later than 9:30 o'clock on the morning
of the fifteenth of October and will,
it is expetced, to reach Eugene some
where in the neighmorhood of 10:45
o'clock. The Oregon Electric com
pany has made a special reduced rate
og $1.30 for the round trip and every
man, woman and child in Albany and
Linn county who can possibly go is
urged to be at the electric depot at
Fifth and Lyon streets by 9 o'clock
on the morning of October 1 5th. Help
make the celebration at Eugene the
biggest and best ever held in the Wil
lamette valley.
The tickets will be in the hands of
the committee soon and everybody is
urged to secure them at the earliest
possible moment to avoid a rush for
them at the last minute. The ticket
committee consists of George San
ders, G. A. Flood. H. W. Barker, A.
M. Hammer, and J. C. Holbrook.
Make preparations at once to go to
Eugene on the big excursion train Oc
tober 15th and bring your friends and
neighbors with you. Eugene people
are making great preparations for the
entertainment of the visiting throngs
and the day will be one that will long
be remembered.
BIBLE WAS UNDOING
OF THIS THIEF
Fort Worth. Tex.. Oct. 9. His
footprint recorded on the dusty cover
of a Bible, sent Will Hargraves to
the penitentiary for two years, at
Denton, after his trial for burglary.
Hargraves robbed a grocery store
at Roanoake, near Denton, last
March.
The grocer next morning discover
ed the Bible on the floor, with the
footprint upon it. This imprint cor
responded exactly with the shoe of
Hargraves. He had bought shoes just
before the burglary at the store.
When confronted with the Bible
and the story of the footprint, the
defendant broke down, confessed and
was sentenced.
O
HALSEY MAN CLAIMS
A HARRISBURG BRIDE
County Clerk Marks today issued a
marriage license to V. E. Kenagy of
Halsey and Miss Bertha Xeuchswan
der of Harrisburg.
The groom is a native of Missouri
but is now engaged in farming in the
vicinity of Halsey. The marriage
will take place at the home of the
bridt's parents tomorrow.
La Follette for Wilson is one of the
most logical things in the history of
pontics, a very neat tnmg in these
days of inconsistency.
HUL Gin SPECIAL WILL BE !
FIRST TRAIN INTO EUGENE!
Albany Is Honored by Officials
of Oregon Electric Train
Will Leave at 9:15 A.M.
When the "Hub City Special"
bearing over one thousand fesi-
dents of Albany and Linn conn-
ty passes over the rails of the
newly constructed link of the
S Oregon Electric Railway be-
tween this city and Eugene next
S Tuesday morning the line will
S have been otticially opened ny a
train from Albany for Albany
has been given the honor of run-
ning the first train over the new
line, by the officials of the in-
terurban.
The Albany train will be the
first electric tram to enter the
S city of Eugene and the officials
today notified the local couiuier-
cial club that they had decided
to run the train from this city
to Euirene ahead of all others.
including those from Portland
and Salem. This is certainly a
compliment to the city of Albany
and should cause its residents to
work harder than ever to make
the big excursion next week one
that will be remembered for
years to come.
E. H. McCune, chairman of
the excursion committee, noti-
fied the Democrat this afternoon S
that instead of eight coaches, the
"Hub City Special" would con-
sist of ten of the best coaches
owned by the company.
Great enthusiasm has been
aroused here over the coming
trip to Eugene and by the time
the train nulls out of the station S
next Tuesday morning, all prep-
arations for a grand time at the
metropolis of Lane county will
be comolete in every detail.
Don't forget that the excursion
from this city will leave prompt-
ly at 9:15 o'clock Tuesday morn-
ing.
S
Judge Hewitt returned home this
afternoon from McMinnviUc where he
has been looking after .legal matters
in the circuit court.
Mrs. Kitchen of Stayton who has
been visiting in this city for several
days at the home of J. S. Morgan
went to Brownsville this morning for
a few days visit with friends.
JOHNSON'S FATHER WILL
VOTE FOR WILSON
Sacramento, Cal., Oct. 9. Grove L.
Johnson, veteran republican and fath
er of Governor Johnson, candidate
for vice-president on the Roosevelt
progressive ticket, will vote the dem
ocratic ticket and advises all other
republicans in the state to do the
same. He would. vote far Wilson as a
rebuke to the theft of the ticket by
the third-termers in this state. In a
communication the elder Johnson
says :
I read with much pleasure in va
rious newspapers that republicans
should vote for Wilson to rebuke the
wicked theft of the republican party
by the Bull Moose state convention.
I have not voted the democratic
ticket since 1875, but this year I shall,
and I believe a majority of the voters
of California will do likewise."
WILL FINISH FIRST
STREET NEXT WEEK
When seen by the Democrat repre
sentative this morning, W. W. Ashby,
local superintendent of the Warren
Construction company, stated that
half the work on First street has been
completed and that the balance of the
work would be finished by the last
of next week. The paving extension
is being pushed as rapidly as possible
by Mr. Ashby and the greater portion
of the work will doubtless be com
pleted before the fall rains com
mence. J. B. Lewis of Bandon was in the
city yesterday looking after business
matters, while here being a guest at
the Van Dran hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Grier of Gates,
who were married in Albany yester
day, returned home this morning.
Attorney W. S. Risley 'of this city
went to Salem thi's morning where
he will spend the day looking after
business matters.
George Howe of this city was a
passenger to Brownsville this morn
ing where he will spend trie day vis
iting his sons who are in business
there.
J. G. Mullen, a prominent attorney
of North Bend who has just return
ed from an extended visit with rela-
h tives and friends in Michigan, is vis
iting m Albany at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Dooley.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fletcher of
this city went to Portland last even
ing for a few days' visit with friends
and relatives. Mr. Fletcher is the ef
ficient train director at the union de
pot. It isn't big splashes, but steady
iiowing, tnat inis me tank.
OREGON POWER COMPANY
NUUQN6 BIG ISifiPROVEMEEffTS
100.000 Feet of Pipe Laid Here;
New Mains installed
this Summer.
According to statistics compiled by
H. P. Morton ol the Oregon Power
company, there are 92.539 feet of pipe
in use in Albany at the present time,
a large portion of which was laid
during the present year.
During the summer of 1912 the
Oregon Power company laid 250 feet
of 10-inch pipe on Baker street, 80
feet of 6-inch pipe on Caiapooia
street, approximately one mile of 4
inch pipe on First. Fourth, Filth Sixth
and Seventh streets; 1100 feet of 3
inch pipe on Water street; 860 feet of
2-inch pipe on Tenth, Maple, Walnut,
Front, Pine and Washington streets.
The company is now completing
the laying of the 3-inch pipe on Wa
ter street. This will about cover all
the work done in this line this sum
mer. In nearly every instance where
the 4-inch pipe has been laid, 2-inch
pipe which was laid 32 years ago was
taken up, indicating that the com
pany is improving the service.
The entire amount of pipe now in
use in the city is 92,539 feet.
W.H.GENTEMANN FILES SUIT
FOB S5.00Q DJUIA6ES TODAY
S. B. Powers Defendant in Action
Brought by Dairyman for
Breech of Agreement.
W. H. Gentemann today filed
suit in the circuit court here for (
5 $50tX damages which he alleges
he is entitled to because of the
failure of S. B. Powers to abide
by the terms of an agreement
made between the two parties
last spring relative to forming a
partnership in the dairy business,
Weatherford & Weatherford ap-
pear for the plaintiff.
1SS10DG00LDWEDSEJ.
RUSSELL HERE LAST EVENING
A quiet wedding was solemnized at
the Methodist parsonage at 8 o'clock
last evening when Miss Maude Gould
of this city was united in marriage io
E. W. Russell by the Rev. D. H.
Leech of the First Methodist chuich.
The bride is a young lady of esti
mable character and the groom is
employed by the Union Bridge and
Construction Co. who are construct
ing bridges for the Oregon Electric.
They will reside here for the present,
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News on This Page is 6
From Daily Issue of
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9.
CLARK WILL SPEAK
IN ALBANY MONDAY
Local members oi the Progressive
party are the authority for the state
ment, that Hon. A. E. Clark, pro
gressive candidate for United States
senator, will speak in the Opera
House on .Monday evening.
Mr. Clark is making an aggressive
campaign and expects to visit every
county in the state prior to the elec
tion on November 5th.
S. I. M'Danicl, a local monument
dealer, went to Kingston this morn
ing to complete the work of installing
a handsome monument m a private
cemetery m that vicinity.
Read Dowlin, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Dowlin of this city, who
was recently operated on at the uood
Samaritan hospital in Portland, has
resumed his duties at the freight of
fice of the Southern Pacific in this
city.
W. H. Bowman is having a cement
sidewalk constructed along the Third
street property at the corner of Third
and Lyon streets. The new walk will
idd greatly to the appearance of the
property.
Mayor S. V. Wennerstcn of Leb
anon passed through Albany this
morning to Portland where he will
spend the day looking after business
matters.
Dr. W. H. Davis of this city re
turner! home tnis morning tram iiu
gene where he made one of the nrirt
cipal addresses at the tuberculosis
congress which was held there ye
leruay.
Mrs. X. E. Olirt and Mrs. William
Ohn and daughter of Mill Citv re
turned home this morning after beimr
in Albany on a short shopping trip
yesieraay.
F. M, French, official watch insnee
tor of the S. P. and C & E. railroad,
left this morning to inspect the watch
es of the employees of the iatter road
between Albany and Yaqmna.
CONGRESSMAN TO INSPECT
THE HARBOR AT TILLAMOOK!
Owners of Timber Lands Anxious
to improve Harbor to Aid
Lumber Industry.
Congressman W. C. Hawley who
addressed a meeting at Lebanon last
night passed through Albany this
morning to Salem. He has been in
Toledo and Newport since he was in
Albany a few days ago and tomor
row will go to Tillamook to look
after matters pertaining to the pro
posed new jetty for which he secured
an appropriation of $100,000.
He stated that many of the owners
of timber land in Tillamook county
were anxious to improve the harbor
to facilitate the shipping of lumber
and that many of them had donated
funds for the work.
I1TS MO RED SOX FLAY
TIE GAME TODAY AT BOSTON
Contest Is Called at Close of
Eleventh Inning with the
Score 6 to 6.
S The second same of the
world's championship baseball
series which was played at Fen-
way Park in Boston this after-
noon resulted in the game being
called at the end of the eleventh
inning with each of the teams
having six runs to their credit.
Matthewson twirled today s ts?
game for the Giants with Collins
sj an the mound tor Boston, ihe x
game this afternoon was attend-
S ed by 30,000 tans and was tar t)
more exciting than was the game
at New York yesterday. The
third game of the series will be
played at the polo grounds at
New York tomorrow afternoon.
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MISSED TRAIN ANO
LOST HIS BRIDE
Great BarYitieton, Mass., Oct. 9.
Ella C. Wolcott of Sheffield met
Everett C. Mundy at Elmhurst, N. Y.,
m the summer vacation months. bh
is a bright, vivacious girl and comes
trom an excellent bhenicld family.
M undy is a printer, and works lit
Dover, Del
He oronosed, was accepted and the
wedding was set for Sept, 26. Invita
tions were sent out, and on the date
set all was ready for the wedding,
but the bridegroom came not. Later
there came a telegram snymg that he
could not come. He said he had miss
ed the train and suggested that the
bride-to-be advise him what to do.
She wired him that he had better
stay where he was. lie wired back
that he could come on Saturday, but
Miss Wolcott replied that Saturday
would not do and declared the wed
ding off.
STATE CHAIRMAN WILL
AOORESS WILSON CLUB
Fhat Hon. Rert E. Haney, chair
man of the democratic state central
committee, will address the members
of the Wilson and Marshall Club of
Albany n Thursday evening was the
word received from Portland late yes
terday afternoon.
The meeting will be held at the
court house and all members of the
Wilson Club, including those who arc
in sympathy with Governor Wilson
in the present campaign, are invited
to be present.
A suit to register title was filed in
the circuit court today by j. W, Cus
icfc & Company vs. G. H. Hough,
et al.
Mrs. M. O. Ashby and Miss Ashby
who- nave been visiting at the home
of W. W. Ashby of this city during
the summer months, have returned to
their home in St. Louis.
Riley Lobaugh this morning receiv
ed the current number of the Satur
day Evening Post which can now be
secured trom htm. An interesting
story entitled "His Majesty Bunker
tican by Harry J-con Wilson begins
in this issue.
Dtirinsr the absence of Wm. Ho-
flein, the conductor on the Albany
Newport train, Tom Riley is officiat
ing as conductor. Tom has just re
turned from a two weeks' vacation
trip and says he feels fine and dandy.
Cecil fi. Conn is acting as train di
rector at the union depot during the
absence ot Kobert r etcher who is in
Portland on a few days trip.
Councilman J. N. Chambers who
has been at 3olcy Springs for the
past three weeks recuperating from a
recent severe attack of rheumatism,
has returned home. He is feeling fine
again and has resumed his duties at
the store.
H. Liebe, a timber inspector in the
employ of the Southern Pacific, was
in Albany this morning, going to r-u
gene this afternoon.
OFFICIAL SCHEDULE OF
ELECTRIC TRAINS FOR OCT. 15
Manager Stewart Receives the
Time Card from Electric
Company Today.
$ Manager Stewart of the Al-
J? bank Commercial Club this at- &
ternoon received the official
schedule of the excursion trains
over the Oregon Electric on
$ Oct. 15 when ihe line will be
s official !v opened to Kugene. &
The Jhih Citv Special, which t
is the train which will carry the
? crowd from Albany, wiH consist S
of eight or ten coaches and wilt
& leave the electric depot at Fifth &
and Lyon streets promptly at
S 9:15 o'clock, arriving at Eugene is
at 11:15. Returning the Albany
train will leave Eugene at 7:3t) &
p. m.
The Salem train will arrive in
Albany enroute to Eugene at
s5 t:Mt a. m. and at Eugene at is?
3 11:45 a. m. Returning the Salem
train will leave Eugene at 7 &
o'clock p. m. (
The Portland train will arrive
& at Albany at 10:15 a. m. and Eu
5 gene at MAS and returning wilt
-5 leave Eugene at 6;3tf p. tu fc
0S
BOYS JUMPING ON FREiBHT
TRAINS CAUSES COMPLAINTS
Numerous complainis have
been heartl lately about vonnir
boys jumping on freight trains as
tbey pass atimtf Fifth street and
S many people have stated that
they have seen hoys haiiRing on
the cars while they were going
along the street. This is a very
uangerous practice tor smalt w
hoys to indtilKe in and parents
S should see that the practice is
stopped at once before someone
is injured for life or killed. It
might' also be well for parents
to instruct their children about
running in front of an approach-
v mpr tram as many have been e
doing near the Central school of
late for the street in that vicin-
tty is dangerous enough anyway
without the children taking
chances.
S
ALBANY FARMER HAS
NEW PIP INB DEVICE
S. S. Gilbert is installing the Saxs
ton water system at the H. D. Bnrtr
hart farm, two miles east of Albany,
Mr. Bttrkhart saw one of the new
water pumps at the state fair at Sa
lem and concluded that he would in
stall one in his Linn county residence.
I he new pumping device is oper
ated through a coil in the kitchen
range which generates enough steam
to pump water for domestic use from
the farm well, it takes the place al
a windmill or gasoline engine, and
after the pump is once installed, the
power costs nothing.
CONTRACT 18 LET FOB
DHUBOH IMPROVEMENTS
Contractor McChcsney was award
ed the contract for eomfiletinr the
basement of the United Presbyterian
church and has already commenced
the work of plastering. New wood
work will be installed and the walls
decorated.
The contract for decorating the
walls of the interior of the church
wifl bet let during the present week.
j. C. Jlammel, proprietor of the Re
vere hotel, returned home this after
noon from Corvallis where he looked
after matters on his hop ranch yes
terday. .
George A. Pritchard of the editor
ial department of the Oreuoman
came up from Portland yesterday
morning and is visiting friends in Al
bany touay.
E, Ilartsock, who was in the city
yesterday, reported having sold re
cently 50 worth of strawberries from
a little over halt an acre, a remarkable
record for the fail season. The Ma-
goon is the only berry that has been
bearing at this time. Mr. Ilartsock
thinks that with irrigation we could
have strawberries here every fail.
1 hey certainly have offered a Sfden
did dish for the season.
Today is the ninetieth birthday of
Hon. John Jimto, of safem, one of
the valleys best known pioneer cttt
zens. He is the author of Minto pass
up in the hills, paving a way across
the mountains, and has been promi
nent in the upbuilding of the Wil
lamette Valley. He is also the father
of numerous Mtntos, who have made
names in the doings of the state.
Mr. and Mrs, Fred Newton of Port
land drove up to Albany last evening
by auto and spent the day here at the
home ot Mrs. Newton a parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Sox.
Byron . Taylor, a well known
young business man of Corvallis, was
m Albany this afternoon on a short
business trip.
PRES. KERR HUES
ANNUAL RECEPTION
President of Board of Regents J,
K. Weatherford of Albasy
Attends College Event
STRAW VOTE SHOWS
WiLSOS FAR IN LEAD
Many Educational Men from
Various Parts of State Accept
President's invitation
Last night President and Mrs. W,
Kerr of O. A. C. cave their an
nual reception to the fsettiiy in honor
of the board of regcnts in the college
k iim.iaiuiii. i iic tjctoraimijs, plan
ned by the art department, were ap
propriate to the season, being lattices
covered with autumn leaves and
graceful vines. A straw vote for pres
ident oi the Untied States, tafectt by
sections according to the birthplaces
of the guests, created much merri
ment, and showed a large majority for
the candidate from Princeton Univer
sity, although there were votes far alt
the others, including La Follette as a
"dark horse
The bttartt of regents of O. A. C m
session yesterday, were also enter
tained by a three-coarse luncheon
planned, eooked and served by the
seniors of the domestic science course
under t he direction oi M rs. Alice
Marks Dolman,
The hmeheon was served in the
model dining room at ihe girls dor
mitory, and included bouillon with
bread sticks, olives and celery; veal
birds with brown sauee, creamed
cauliflower in crustades with baked
squash; rolls. Jelly, coffee, asparagus
cheese and nut salad with wafers; and
a steamed chocolate pudding with va
nilla sauce and whipped cream. The
table was decorated with scarlet sal
via. Miss Grace Hobbs, of Eugene,
Miss Emma Ueland of Roseburg,
Miss Helen Cowgill of Corvallis and
Miss Anna Johnson of Albany served
the meal, assisted ly the dozen other
members of the class.
The jruests included President J, K,
Weatherford of the hoard and Mrs.
Weatherford, Albany; Secretary E. E.
W! :t jt: - . n . ,
tiusfiit, iv.ioi; resent iv, tr
vttie, Portland; Regent J. T. Apper
5tin, Park Place; Regent and Mrs, C.
L. flawfey, .McCoy; ReBent and Mrs.
Walter M. Pierce, La Grande; Regent
H. von der Hcllctt, Wctten; Dr. Anna
.. Crayne, dean of women; President
W. J. Kerr; Dean Henrietta W. Cal
vin of the home economics depart
ment; and Prof. Ava It. iftlaiit, of
the domestic science department
Mrs. Clara H. Waldo was absent,
beinu stiff abroad, tmt she s.-ni n m,m.
her of fine pictures from IjiwU m
he hmiff in the parlors of the dormi
tory. Curvattia Timet,
MISFITS ss
Contributed by F, P, Nutting,
0fs5g;!g
The Misfit man, who neither
Smokes, drinks nor eats hav. atrare-
ctates the following from a funny col
umn as muen as any one;
Found; the Missing Link.
"Wha'U you drink?"
"Thanks, don't drink."
" 1 f avc a smoke."
"Nope, don't smoke."
"Do yon cat hay?"
"Of course J don't eat hay."
"Wet!, beat it then yott'r fit com
pany for neither man nor beast."
All the straws stand out like fiag
poles for Wilson.
The man with a rotten record al
ways well not to throw stones.
People who like good old fashioned
honesty ami integrity will do well to
read "Following a Star,"
The other day a listtc Portland boy,
seven years of age, son of a promi
nent Portland man, once an empfoyec
of the Democrat in its primitive days,
was riding on the cars, going free,
though over the limit age. His moth
er was obliged to scold htm for some
misconduct, when he ejaculated;
"I'll get even with yon, I'll tell the
conductor how old I am."
Why shouldn't the U. S. govern
ment do things along sensible lines
the same as people; why always so
mush red tape, delay and aggravation
before a thing is accomplished. A
system of promptness along human
lines is needed.
A lock system along the Willamette
from Portland to Cofvaffts, with four
locks, is a practical thing; but one
from there on to Eugene with the
requirement of a lock every mile or
two, at a prohibitive cost, ts not prac
tical. The enterprise from Corvallis
to Eugene should he entirely separate
from that between Corvallis and Port
land. Yesterday the linotype man made
the Misfit man say sinners for sing
ers. All singers are undoubtedly sin
ners, but a great many sinners are
not linger.