ALBANY WEEKLY DEM
OCKAT
VOL. XLVIII.
ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1912.
No. 21.
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Will Give Concert at Armory
Under Auspices of Albany
Military Club Dec. 31.
BAND WAS ORGANIZED AT
COLLEGE 20 YEARS AGO
Has Been Under Leadership of
Prof. Harry L. Beard for the
Past Eight Years.
Albany people are looking forward
with interest to the concert to be giv
en at the armory at this city on the
evening of December 31st by the
splendid cadet band of thirty pieces
of the Oregon Agricultural College
.hirh imnear here on that date
.Jnr the ausDices of the Albany
Military Club. 'The band is to touy
western Oregon during the holidays
and the first concert will be given m
tliis ritv.
The O. A. C. band, which is to tour
western Oregon during the holidays
has been organized over twenty
years. The organization is now in its
eighth year under the leadership of
1-1 1 ltannl
Mr. lieard is himself a graduate of
O. A. C. in the class ot vv. uuring
his college course he was a member
of the band, being a student leader
over two years. Sh.ortly after gradu
ation he entered the army, where he
..i,,.,i i thn 35th Infantry band for
two years in the Philippine islands,
being promoted to.tne raim ui piw
fir.nl mimiririn..
Throughout his term of enlistment
Mr. Beard devoted his time and ener
iim Qtnriv nf the cornet and
harmony under the instruction of
Frank X. Hcric, one of the best
bad-masters in the service. Since he
was mustered out of the army, he
has kept up the study of cornet,
having studied two years under A. F.
Weldon, one of America's best teach
ers of cornefc-
Since taking charge of the college
band in 1905, it has been the aim of
Mr. Beard to cultivate a taste for the
best there is in music. The band has
rapidly improved and has become
well known throughout the Northwest
as a high-class musical organization.
Many important engagements have
. been filled and many others have
been refused' because it is hard for a
student organization to get away
from school.
For this reason the band is taking
its present tour during the holidays.
The band will travel in a private car,
and besides the regular players, there
will be a vocalist, who will sing from
grand opera, to the accompaniment of
the full hand.
One of the clarinet players, V. D.
Colvig .better known as "Pinto, the
Nightmare of Caricature," is an ex
ceptionally good cartoonist. He
promises a very interesting stunt to
Je put on during the intermission.
With the easel, some large paper and
crayon, he will furnish fifteen min
utes' of lively entertainment. He
works with lightning rapidity and
with a piece of crayon in each hand,
he will actually draw two pictures at
the same time.
The face of some well known pcr-
enn in n;irh tnwn will nrobablv aPPCar
in the drawing before the stunt is fin
ished.
The musical program will be se
lected from the works of such mas
ters as Verdi, Wagner, and Rossini,
Bizet, and others, while enough of the
late popular music will be used that
all tastes will be pleased. A detailed
description of the program will be
given later.
U. OF 0. GLEE CLUB HELD
BIG REHEARSAL LUST NIGHT
TTnlvnrcltv nf OrPtrnn. EuCCne. DcC.
10. Tonight, the first dress rehearial
of the year was held by the Oregon
Glee Club in preparation for the con
cert in the Albany theatre, next Fri
day evening. The club sang the ten
or twelve rousing college airs and
popular songs with a spirit and har
mony that elicited from the experts
present, "The best ever." The re
hearsal has given the twenty odd
members of the club a confidence
which makes the concert in Albany
and assured success. The selection of
the music by M. L. Boman, the di
rector of the club, has been most for
tunate. .
..The Glee Club will go to Albany,
Friday afternoon, and return the same
evening, arriving in Eugene at 1:1a
a m. This will he the first time that
an Oregon Glee Club has made a spe
cial trip to Albany to give a concert.
A number of the students at the Uni
versity from Albany are planning to
go home for the concert.
1 fn email catlgnt them. 1 ne express
F Icon Carpenter of Salt Lake I train as stopped by the station ma
Oitv arrived in Albany last evening I ter ;A 1 1 awleyville jus.t as it was dra -
and 'has been looking alter business , ing out of the slatnin.
i'l.itlcrs in this citv today. j "
I G. eisner ot i.en.inon reiurnc'i
li-.'mc today after a sh"t trip to this
, j'V ,ei HlS'lH'SS.
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Brown of
Cotvallis spent several hours in Al
! n:;v yesterday afternoon on a ChriM
r.'jS s'hiij ping trip.
Invitation Is Extended to the
Public to Witness Drill on
That Evening.
Invitations have been received an
nouncing that the quarterly inspec
tion of the Fifth Company, Coast Ar
tillery Corps, O. N. G., of this city
will be held at. the armory in thi
city on the evening of Saturday, De
cember 21, followed by a dance on
the new floor which was recently
placed in perfect condition by Port
land experts at the expense of sever
al hundred dollars.
The quarterly inspection will take
place at 8 o'clock sharp, with Captain
Frank M. Powell of this city as in
specting officer. The entire com
mand has been ordered to report at
the armorv earlv in the evening in
dress uniform, including black shoes
and white gloves and collars. The
inspection will probably consume
forty-five minutes, including the drill
which will lollow the inspection.
The local company of coast artil
lery which is in command of Cap
tain Prank M. Powell and Lieuten
ants Herman O. Stalnaker and Le
land R. Gilbert, is in excellent shape
and the members are well drilled,
The residents of this city are cordially
invited to attend the inspection and a
large crowd will be appreciated by
the militiamen.
SLEPT 200 HOURS; DIED
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
Strange Case of Mrs. Harlan
Puzzled Willamette Valley
Physicans.
After being asleep for more than
two hundcrd hours from which she
only once showed signs of arousing
from her slumber, Mrs. J. R. Harlan
died late yesterday afternoon at the
Lorvailis hospital.
With five physicians in consulta
tion over the strange case and with
every art of medicine used to arouse
the woman from her slumbers, it was
impossible to save her life.
The deceased was over seventy
years of age and had suffered for
some time prior to death wrth spinal
trouble. The physicians attributed
her long sleep to a nervous condition
brought about by this trouble.
This is the third case of this char
acter in the Harlan family and in all
three of the cases, none of the pa
tients' ever recovered.
Mrs. Harlan is an aunt, of Mrs.
Chas. Kiefer who resides at 1104
East Water street in this city. Mrs.
Kliefcr visited Mrs. Harlan at the
hospital Monday morning.
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LOCOMOTIVE IN CHASE
OF RUNAWAY HORSES
Animals Stopped After Three
Mile Run and Collision With'
Train Is Averted.
Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 10. Jin
and Sal, a spirited pair of roans owned
by John Schaeffer, the farmer m
charge of Ronald's castle at New
town, have won the distinction there
of being the only pair of runaway
horses in the township that were
ever chased by a locomotive.
John HoJian, station agent, who dis
patched the engine aiter the horses,
is being praised for averting the pos
sible derailment of the Bridgeport
express over the Berkshire division,
through a collision between the train
and the heavy lumber box wagon
drawn by the frightened horses.
Schaeffer, accompanied by E. B.
Beers, was driving the team through
Newtown streets, when a nut broke
and allowed the whiffktrees to drop
upon the heels of the horses. I nat
started them into a mad run. Both
men tugged at the reins, but could
not check the animals. At the rail
road station both men were thrown
nut nnrl the horses took to the tracks.
running toward Hawlcyville. four
miles away, at breakneck speed. Ho
lian, the agent, telegraphed to Haw
lcyville to flag the express, and had
nil enuine detached from a freight
train sent after the runaways. There
is a straightaway stretch tor two
miles from the station, and the horses
were out of sight before the engine
got under way. .
The horses were no match for the
locomotive. The engine overtook the
runaways and ran behind them, slow
ing for several hundred feet, the en
gineer blowing his whistle terrifical
ly. The horses ran to one side and
the locomotive passed. The engine
was stopped in a tunnel a mile from
Hawlcyville. anil the horses were un
able to pass. When they halted the
! 1 A Heidecke of Detroit returned
! 1 .-.me this morning after spending
; yesterday in this city on business.
j" I A 'Wassom. a resident of Leb-
' .p'..n wns in Albany last evening on
la ,hort business trips.
Open River Is Subject Under
Discussion by Willamette
Valley Delegates.
J. W. MORGAN OF CORVALLIS
WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT
Data on Business Available Will
Be Furnished Government By
Commercial Clubs.
Returning last night from Salem
where he attended the Open River
meeting as a delegate from the Al
bany Commercial Club, J. S. Van
Winkle reports an interesting mect-
The meeting was called to order in
the Board of Trade rooms at 7:30,
with delegates from nearly every city
and town in the Willamette .Valley in
attendance.
Major Mclndoc. government engi
neer for the Pacific Coast district,
was present and made a brief state
ment as to the necessity of insuring
the active co-operation of the resi
dents of the Willamette Valley if
support is expected from the govern
ment. He pointed out that in other
sections of the state, Port Districts
have been formed through which
every taxpayer benefited by the open
river would he compelled to pay his
share towards the improvement of the
channel. He urged the various Com
mercial Clubs to prepare as much
data as possible showing the ton
nage available at the present time and
the probable amount of business avail
able for the future.
After the open river question was
discussed by the delegates, J. W.
Morgan of Corvallis was elected pres
ident and instructed to furnish blanks
to the various commercial clubs for
the data on the probable amount of
Unfile in the event the river is open
ed to navigation
A committee wa also requested to
draft a resolution assuring the tfov
crnmcnt that the people of the Wil
lamette Valley will De glacl to co
operate in raising funds. for river im
nrnvements and SUL'ireStin&r that it be
adopted by the various commercial
clubs in the territory which will be
benefited.
The meeting was adiourncd to meet
at the call of th? n'-.vly elected presi
dent. BROTHER OF ALBANY WAN IS
KILLED BY THE CARS IN OHIO
0. E. Gilchrist of This City Re
ceives Word Announcing the
Death of His Brother,
O. E. Gilchrist, a brakeman em
ployed on the Corvallis and Eastern
railway and residing at 828 East
Second street, received a telegram
from Cleveland, Ohio, last evening
slating that his only brother, Elton
Gilchrist, who was employed as a
brakeman on the Big Four railroad
at Cleveland, had been accidentally
killed by the cars while he was at his
work. The telegram gave no particu
lars of the accident.
Mr. Gilchrist upon receipt of the
telegram announcing the death of his
brother immediately made arrange
ments to go East and left this morn
ing at 4:30 o'clock for Cleveland to
make arrangements for the - funeral.
He will be absent from Albany about
three weeks.'
E. L. WIEOER RESTING EASY
AT HOWE ON WASHINGTON ST.
E. L. Wieder, who was injured yes
terday while enroute to Albany on a
gasoline speeder from Pirtlc station
on the Oregon Electric, is not serious
ly injured and is resting easy today
at his home on South Washington
street.
His injuries consisted if a badly
wrenched ankle and a cut about six
inches long on the tot) of his head,
ami numerous bruises on various parts
of the body. He will be confined to
his home for about ten days at least,
Edmond M. Parxsr. son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Parker, has accepted a
position as abstract clerk with the
Southern Pacific railway at Albany,
having commenced his duties this
morning. He graduated from the Al
bany High school In t year and his
fri. lids predict that he will soon be
idvaiiced by the railroad company to
i more important position.
Sarah F. Tn-ado has filed applica
ti n for appointment as administratrix
I o: (lie estate of the late M. William
! G:cbc.1cr who died intestate on June 13
I t i the prr-sent year. The probable
value of th estate is placed in the,
j petition at $875.1X1. j
Paul Ackerman of Shedds Be
lieved to Have Committed
Suicide.
Constable Catlin who has been
working on the case of the myster
ious disappearance of Paul Ackerman
of Shedds who on Sunday evening
last fired several shots from a revolv
er at M. E. Nicewood who, accom
panied by Miss Temple Brock, were
driving along the road between Tan
gent and Shedds, stated today that
although he scoured the surrounding
country thoroughly he found no trace
of the missing man whom he believes
has committed suicide.
Catlin stated today that he learned
from the young man's father that his
son had told him last Sunday morn
ing that if Miss Brock didn't marry
him he would commit suicide and
nearly Everybody to whom Catlin
talked while at Shedds on Monday are
of the opinion that young Ackerman
has made good his threat to end his
life. Several parties of relatives and
friends of the young man are search
ing the surrounding country but so
far the search has been without avail
ROSES OF ALL VARIETIES ARE
STILL BLOOMING IN ALBANY
Balmy December Weather in
the Willamette Valley; East
Shivers With the Cold.
That hundreds of families in Al
bany will decorate their Christmas
tables with roses picked from their
yards is indicated by the fact that in
yards and lawns throughout the city,
roses of all varieties and colors are
still in full bloom while the bushes
are . heavily covered with buds that
will bloom within the next week.
The month of December which
causes the Easterners to shiver with
the cold and their fuel bills to as
sume startling proportions has no ter
rors for Orcgonians who are enjoy
ing perfect weather right now, and
with Christmas but two weeks away
at that.
Wonder how an Easterner would
like to spend Christmas in Albauy
with roses blooming in the yards and
the lawns covered with real green
grassf-
SUPERINTENDENT DAVIDSON
INSPECTS STREET GRADE
Later Leaves for Gray Where
He Made an Inspection of
Branch Corvallis Road.
Arriving on the 11:10 train from
Portland this morning, Superintend
ent A. J. Davidson of the Oregon
Electric railway this afternoon in
spected the Water street grade and
gave out the statement that no effort
would be spared in completing the
work at an early date.
Later in the afternoon Superin
tendent Davidson left for Ulcvins
(now named Gray) where he will in
spect the work on the branch line
from that point to Corvallis.
22 MORE BIRTHS Tl
DEATHS IN NOVEMBER
The boys' arc still in the majority
if the report of the county health of
ficer of Linn county is to be consid
ered as an authority, the report of
that officer showing that there were
10 hovs and 17 irirls born during the
month of November. The report also
shows that there were 22 more births
than deaths during the same month,
the number of deaths being placed at
14 in the report.
DANCE GIVEN BY ALBANY ELKS
LAST NIGHT WELLATTENDED
A large crowd of the members of
the local hiks lodge awl their mentis
attended the annual lodge dance
which was in'ven in the ballrooms at
the temple last evening. The grand
(i;mcinif w.s indulged in until the hour
arch took place at nine o clock and
of midnight
Fine music was furnished by the
splendid Chautaumia Orchestra of ten
pieces of this city which is becoming
very popular in Albany.
One of the leading social events of
the year was the Elk. ball winch was
held at the Temple last evening and
attended by a large crowd ot Elks
and their ladies. A more complete
f .l(;C)(,;M flf ,. CVCni will appear in
,u. p,,rj;ii cnh,mn nn Saturday.
S. C. Barnes of Albany is register
ed at the Portland Hotel. Portland.
Mrs. R. L. Stinson of Salem was j
visiting friend in this city yesterday I
a'teriioon. While here she was a
guest at the St." Francis hotel.
Friends Enter Scrub Chickens
in Landlord's Name and Aw
ard Him Huge Tin Prize.
On display in the lobby of the Re
vere hotel in this city is a large cup
which was awarded to J. C. Hammcl,
the genial landlord of the hostelry,
by the Central Willamette Poultry
Association, as the sweepstakes on
Hamiltonian chickens at the recent
show.
The cup is not a silver one such as
are usually awarded to prize winners
at a poultry show, however, but is of
solid tin and was made especially
for Mr. Hummel at one of the local
tin shops. Attached to the cup is a
wide purple ribbon nearly two feet
long upon which the inscription
"sweepstakes" appears in white.
During the recent poultry show in
this city, a number of Hammet's
friends thought it would be a good
joke to enter a coop of scrub chick
ens in his name and accordingly they
set to work and secured three hard
looking hens and a rooster which they
nlaccd in a coon big enough for a
dozen hens. On the coop was placed
a placard which announced that the
chickens were of the famous Hamil
tonian variety and had been entered
by the landlord of the Revere. After
the show bad closed the tin cup and
blue ribbon were presented to Mr.
Hammel.
W. P. PERRY PASSES AWAY
LAST NIGHT IN LOS ANGLES
News of Death Was Received in
Albany This Morning By Miss
Clara Perry, A Daughter.
Miss Clara Perry of this city re
ceived a telegram this morning from
Lor. Amrelcs bearinc the sad news
that her father, W. P. Perry, passed
;.way in that city last night, after a
short illness, at the age of 73. The
deceased had been a resident of Los
ngeles for eight years and prior to
that time lived in Iowa at Burlington.
The deceased has visited in this city
on several occasions during the past
few years and will be romeruncreu
by many 'Albany people.
The deceased left to mourn his
death a wife, three daughters, Mrs.
VV. b. Martin ot los Angeles, Aliss
limma Perry of Los Angeles, and
Miss Clara Perry of Albany, and two
sons, Rev. VV. M. Perry, of Ontario,
Ca .. and O. E. Perrv of Albany. The
remains will probably be buried in
Los Angeles.
LINN HAS 500,000 ACRES
OF MERCHANTABLE TIMBER
Chief Fire Warden Gives Inter
esting Figures on Value of
Timber Holdings.
That there are over 500,000 acres
of merchantable timber in Linn coun
ty of the probable value of $100,000.00
per acre was the statement made
this morning to the Democrat repre
sentative by John Marrs, chief fire
warden for this district.
Mr. Marrs is now engaged in pre
paring a map which when finally com
pleted will show the exact amount of
merchantable timber in the county
and other data on the timber business
which will be of inestimable vnluc to
those engaged in this industry.
Mr. Marrs enjoys the distinction
of being the most successful fire
fighter in the state and his adminis
tration of the affairs of his office in
Linn county has attracted a great
many favorable comment.
UNITED-PRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL
IS A GREAT SUCCESS
One of the most successful socials
in the history of the United Presbyte
rian church was held last evening. A
short but excellent musical urogram
was prepared for the occasion and
refreshments served by the ladies of
the c mirth. A guessing contest m
whn-h the names of members and
Sabbath school children were used
was one of the most interesting parts
or the program,
Mr. and Mrs. George Kdelman and
t'-imily who left Albany last year lor
.Nebraska alter living in this valjey
for a year or more, have returned t
this city and are better satisfied than
ever that this is the only place in the
world in which to live.
Miss Lila Ilillon of Halscy is of
ficiating as one of the clerks in the
jewelry establishment of F. M.
French and Son during the holidays.
L. W. Smith, a well known resi
dent of Lyons, was transacting busi
ngs in tin's city yesterday afternoon,
fit returned home this morning.
Mi:
Lillian Tbrwker of Corvallis!
former Albany girl, was in the city!
.si evening on a short visit.
ocation of New City Hall May
Be Discussed by City Dads
at this Session.
TWO SITES NOW BEING CON
SIDERED FOR THE BUILDING
Many Favor Locating Structure
West of Lyon Street Near the
Other Public Buildings.
One of the Questions that will prob
ably come before the city council this
evening for discussion and action is
the matter of the location of a city
hall which has been hanging fire for
the past few years on this question,
some of the couucilmen being in favor
of the city hall being located on the
west side of Lyon street and others
favoring the east side.
Last week a proposition was made
the city by the firm of Collins and
Taylor, real estate dealers of this city,
to trade the city the corner property
at First and Itakur streets for the
property now owned by the city on
Lyon street between First and Sec
ond streets and occupied at present
by the engine house of Company
No. 2.
At the time the proposition was
read in the council, many of the coun
cilmcn considered it to be a good
trade and it is believed by many that
the terms made by the real estate men
will be accepted in the near future
and that the corner at First and Bak
er streets will eventually become the
site of the proposed city hall. It is
also said that a site on Fourth street
between Baker anjl Lyon is being
considered for the location of the city
hall, but this could not be verified.
The location of a city ball east of
Lyon street is opposed by many of
the residents of Albany who are of the
opinion that this building should be
located as near as possible to the busi
ness section and to the other public
buildings, including the postofficc
which will be erected at the corner
of Second and Broadalbin streets;
the Linn county courthouse; public
library, which will he erected at the
corner of Third and Ferry streets:
and other buildings for the use of the
public.
Jn other words, a civic center is fa
vored in Albany, with all of the pub
lic buildings located as near each oth
er as possible which would make it
convenient for the public and much
more attractive to visitors to the city.
It is also desired to have the city
hall where it will be seen by people
who visit the city.
A WIDOW LIVES ALONE
FOR TWENTY YEARS
Gives Hand to Next Door Neigh
bor; Now Two Farms
Are One.
Lead Mill, Ark., Dec. 10. Living
absolutely alone in her cabin on a
little ridge farm of 20 acres four
miles from Lead Hill, has become so
tiresome to Widow Matilda Atkin
son, 70 years old, that she has re
nounced that sort of life and given
her hand in marriage to "Old Bob"
Motley, 67 years old, and the two
small farms which formerly adjoined
will now be one.
Mrs. Atkinson came to this country
35 years ago from Texas. She came
with her brother-in-law, former Sher
iff John Atkinson, and took a sma 11
homestead. Her daughter and a sis
ter lived with her until 20 years ago,
wjien the sister married and the
daughter died. Since that time she
has lived alone and cultivated her
little farm.
She never came to town and was
seldom seen except by those who
caught a glimpse of her as they pass
ed her house on the road to Harrison.
Bob Motley, her nearest neighbor,
was a widower. He did her trading
in town for her and sometimes as
sisted her in the gathering of her
winter firewood. This association re
sulted in the marriage yesterday.
Justice of the Peace W. II. Molt of
Lead Hill was called to the Atkinson
farm to perform the ceremony.
J. B. Cougill, a local carpenter, was
a passenger on the electric to Gray
station, formerly Blevins, where he
will look after matters on his farm in
that vicinity.
If. M. Belts, a business man of Cen
tralia. Washington, was a visitor in
this city yesterday afternoon.
W. M. Parker, the genial grocer,
left this afternoon for his leased bunt
ing grounds near It levins where be
will spend the day slaughtering
ducks.
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