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About Albany weekly democrat. (Albany, Linn County, Or.) 1912-1913 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1912)
WILL OPEN TILE William Overton of Albany Brick Yard Will Be Head of the New Enterprize. COMPANY SECURED OPTION ON McCLUNG PROPERTY Stock Is Not All Taken but It Is Beleived That It Will Sell Soon. Continued From Friday, Dec. 13. As soon as it was known that an effort was bcinu made to have the next legislature pass a stringent drainage law, the need of a tile fac tory at Albany was at Once seen, and arrangements arc now being made to start one near this city next spring. The company will have as its head Mr. Wiliam Overton, who is a veteran brick and tile manufacturer with an experience of over 3H years. After naving spent at years in (lie business in Kugland and the Eastern states he came out to Seattle and for 12 years successfully managed large factories on the Sound, and for the last two years has had charge of the Wcnt worth brick yard at Albany. The gentlemen who are organizing the new company have already secured an option on Ihe McClling property lying immediately south of Ihe Went worth brick yard. This tract consists of nine acres, Iwo-tliiids of which is covered with a deposit of brick and twelve feel. Ilesicies this there is .1 tile clay to the depth of from eight to railroad switch running direct to (lie properly, so thai the cars can lie loaded directly from the plant, mak ing this an ideal location for the man ufacture of tile and brick. The stock of the new company has not all been .subscribed. OFFICERS ABANDON HOPE OF Constable Catlin Returned Last Night From an All Day Search;' Still Beleives Man Dead. Returning Inst niht from 'an all day search for Paul Ackerman who is wanted on the charge of assault with intent to kill, Constable John Catlin is still firmly of the opinion that Ackerman has committed suicide. Since the shooting occurred Con stable Catlin has been out nearly every day attempting to locate the man, but has abandoned hope of find ing him alive. That the man was mentally unbal anced is the claim made by many of the people residing in the vicinity of Shcdds and this view seems to be shared by the officers. PASTOR HAS WAY OF HIS OWN TO PUNISH BAD BOYS His System Saved This One a $100 Fine and May Convert Him Besides. PULMAN ACCOMATIONS FOR BABIES IS THE PLAN Burlington System Plans 100 Special Coaches for Infant Glob Trotters. Chicago, Dec. 12. The Pullman company may be required to begin at once the construction of KM) or more special cars for babies. The passenger department of llic llui'liilglon system is gravely consid ering the advisability ui Ihe project. The order is expected almost any dav. "There is increasing evidence," I1. S. Kustis. passenger traffic manager, said today, "that Ihe modern baby is gelling to be something of a globe troiier. "It is further apparent lli.it a ma jority of the babies arc dissatisfied with the accommodations we provide for them. "I have heard a number of com plaints by proxy. Ilaelielors who travel a good deal have lold me that they have heard babies aelually cry ing on some of our trains. "Kor other travelers we have smok ing compartments, observation cars, libraries, barber shops, diners. Hul we make no provision for the babies. "We ought lo have a regular trav eling nursery on each of our through trains. "(.'barge the babies full fare and then see that Ihey escape all Ihe dis comforts of travel." Among passenger, agents of the lturlingtou system who gathered at the Hotel Sherman Ihe baby question was Ihe main topic. OR DIAMOND RING? WHICH, GIRLS? Minister Suggests Simple Tokens in Interest of Wooer's Exchequer. Huston. Poi 5 Tho Kiv, Leopold A. Xicv pastor of the Tremont street Methodist ehmeh. today offered suk K'Mious in solving the piobtem of the diamond riiii; as a token of the wed ding engagement. "Mark the engagement," he s:ivs. "by the grit ,f a simple and mepen Mve i in g. Later, w hen prosperity muiUs in the married eoiiple, then a diamond may he purchased. "KiOttoit Oupes everythim.' If a young woman does not get a dta.nond upon this event she inav infer tint love not eiy di t p hack of the other kind t i nig This is w rong It is a wrong to the oung man. and in many moaners it may hinder many voung nit ii lioiii getting engaged. "Many young men .ne no wdtie.i to hiiMiig chip- ol diamonds for their engagement T' v c. -not atl'otd the prtee oi a u! sione. "It would he wise for the VottM ; women to Mau a reform m this di leelioii. h might well begin with the Well to do." San Francisco, Dec. 12. Novel pun ishment was given yesterday to one of a u aim of hoys who have been disturbing revival meetings recently at the Outdoor Art Uufo hall, in Mill Valley. After Evangelist Green and Pastor H. K. Lewis had stood the hooting and jeering and other interruptions as long as they could, they gave chase to the hoys last Thursday night. One of them was caught. He gave the name of Madison Manning, and said he "didn't mean no harm." Hut he was turned over to the au thorities and called for trial before Town Recorder Thomas Fotlrcll. lie was found guilty and fined $1(X).. "Here, that won't do," said Pastor Lewis, when lie heard of it. "We don't want any revenge like that. Let me lake the boy. 1 will punish him." So Manning was turned over to the mercies of the minister. Some one suggested that the disturber be taken into lite woodshed and given a sound strapping. Hut 1 'as tor Lewis has different ideas. At the revival meeting last night he marched the hoy right on the platform and told him to get up and face the audience. ''Now apologize," said the pastor. "Tell them that you are sorry and we will forgive you. Then go and take a seat in the front row and listen to ihe sermon. Then ask Christ to for give you. We will save your soul." The hoy stammered an apology, which was worth just $100 to him, and then became an interested listener to the exhortations. At last reports he was expected to become a eon-vert. S BEING SEGUED Albany Commercial Club Is Obtaining Information from Towns About Cluster Lights. TEN OREGON CITIES HAVE INSTALLED CLUSTER SYSTEM List of Questions Is Sent to Municapal Authorties;Repies Now Being Received. A SMALL FARM PLAN FOR THE MIDDLE-AGED Jobless Men Nearing the "You Are-Too-Old" Line Are Sought to Be Helped. That the campaign for cluster lights in Albany is bciyj,' taken up in a busi ness like manner by the Albany Commercial Club is indicated by the fact that Manager Stewart has direct ed letters to the authorities of ten different cities in Oregon wherein cluster lights are already in use, ask ing for detail information covering the new system of street lighting. These questions include a request for information concerning the kind of post and average cost of same, in cluding the installation; number of posts to each block and how many feet apart; size of blocks; whether city or property owners pay for post and installation; size of lamps used; whether city or property owner pays for surrcnt; whether lights burn all night and whether the wood poles carrying the current are located on the streets or alleys. ' Cluster liglits are now in use in Ashland, Medford, Grants Pass, Rose burg. Salem. Portland. The Dalles. Pendleton, and Baker City and the let ters have been addressed to the mu nicipal authorities of these cities. A number of replies have already been received and the information col lected will be submitted to a meeting of the Commercial Club at an early date. A. C. SCHMITT SPEAKS AT THE PORTLAND MEETING Delivers an Address Before the Men's Progressive Club of Rose City. Returning yesterday from Portland where he addressed the members of the Men's Progressive Club of that city at the Mt. Tabor. Presbyterian church on the subject, "Relation of our Organization to the Community," A; C. Schmitt, vice-president of the First National bank of this city, re ports an interesting and instructive program. A number of prominent business men of Portland spoke at the meeting. L. E. Schmitt, brother of A. C. Schmitt of Albany, is the president of the organization. COMMITTEE RAISING MONEY FOR THE NEW Y. M. C. A. Seven Committee's Out This Morning; Amount Raised Is Not Known. MEN WOULDN'T CONVICT THE DISORDERLY WOMEN Albany District-Attorney Could Not Get a Jury aluf Agreed to Let All Off with Fines. Clm-iiKo. Dec. II. Jobless men of ihe city who are Hearing middle life are piing to be shipped to the coun try to plow out their salvation on live -acre truck farms, if the idnns of ihe Ami-I'orty-fivc-Year Limit League r.re realized. Tenement districts are to be de populated and men who have spent over half of their lives as mechanics and clerk arc to be iven hoes and shoviis and torm a community of middle awed tanners. Money is I ho only thing needed to carry out the plan, and a plea for funds has been made by William P. Itlack, president of the leamie. "A bin tract of land, capable of sup porting several hundred families, has been offered our league at a price far below its market valuation and on very easy terms," said Itlack. "We propose cutting it up into five-acre truck farms, advancing sufficient mon ey for tools, seed, a small but com fortable cottage and provisions to sup port a family until the first crop shall have been marketed, allowing repay ment out of the crops, "We will need $150.0H0 for this en terprise, of which about $25,1KX is uei-ded immediately. THs work will not be a pauperizing charity, but n practical and self-sustaining philan thropy that will return enormous div idends in health, happiness and pros perity to many who would otherwise sink down to death in the degrada tion of the slums. "The experience of the Salvation nny and other organizations that have inaugurated successful farm col onies on a similar plan shows that $5lH is amply sufficient to establish a I. unit y.n such a farm and that the family cm repay its indebtedness in a few years. " l li'ise who contribute the needed , money vill have the naming of the, ;i -Munis who will earry out the plan. . We wish to build up a movement i lint will depopulate every tenement : district in exeiv city; a movement be I ide which all (he churches, hospitals, museums, libraries and peace palaces vf inn m- puuid notoriety limners will lade into inMnihe.uice ! MUs ludv. a teacher in the I.eht noii huh choo. pa-scd thiough l h,in this noon on her way to Salcf. Nile w is .uvomiunird by the mem bers ot the l.vKinon u.:!i . hoo! de Albany. N. Y., Dee. 12. District Attorney San ford was amazed today when matt after man announced em phatically that he would not convict a woman for keeping a disorderly house, no matter what the law pro vided. He was getting a jury for the trial of Ada Vann, which was to be the first of the trials of six women indicted by the extraordinary term of fhe grand jury. This grand jury in vestigated conditions unearthed by the senatorial committee appointed in l''ll to probe Albany county and city. Out of tweutynthree men examined eight disqualified themselves from acting by stating that-they disagreed with the law and that they would not convict. These men were all excused by the court. Four others announced that they disagreed with the law against disorderly houses, but would be governed by it in their ver dict. Three of these were excused by the district attorney. Mr. San ford was unable to com plete the jury, after several hours, and after a conference with attorneys he agreed to allow the women to be merely lined if they would plead guil ty. Their pleas weie accepted and each fined $200. Mad they been lonnd guilty by a jury or pleaded guilty at the opening of court all would have received prison sentences besides the fines. Profesosr Franklin of the Albany College goes to Sab-m tonight where he will act as a judge in a debate w hich will be held in thai city by high school students. The Junction City debating team passed through Albany this noon cn route for Corvallis where thev will meet the students of the high school of that city in debate this evening. Professor Metutosh, principal of the Lebanon High school, passed through Albany this noon enroutc for Independence. He was accompanied by the members of the high school lasketball team who will plav Inde pendence this evening and Dallas the folio-wing nieht With seven separate tfommittces consisting of three members each, the campaign for funds for the Y. M. f".. A. was launched in earnest this morning and while the committees in; nui "-umpicieu mcir moors up l.s, ...,u. b"'"S iu f ess, ii seems certain that the sum of $1500 will be raised before evening, and it is not without the range of proba bility that the $2000.00 necessary to put the affairs of the new organiza tion on a proper basis will be raised l.f,. -i r i : i jiiui-w i nwat ui uujsiinrsb iiuurs to night. One committee consisting of L. E. Hamilton, Win. Fortmillcr and Chas. Stewart raised $150.00 this morning and will resume the work of raising funds this afternoon. Assuming that all' other committees have raised the sanie sum, over $1000 Was subscribed this morning. In speaking of the matter this morning, Mr. Hamilton stated that he found the business men willing to co-operate in the work and although thev had hretl en l!el nnnti r,.,.. of late for donations for variuos en terprises, seemed to tec! that the Y. M .C. A. is well worthv nf their cim port. ' i CLASSICAL MUSIC . CAUSES A RUMPUS Women in Hospital Liked ''Rag time" and the "Turkey Trot" Much Better. St. Louis, Dec. 12. An attempt to substitute phonographic operatic se lections from the sextet from "Lucia" and Caruso's '.'Quest a quella" for a ragtime production of an old fashion ed music box started a near riot in the women's department of the ob servation ward at the city hospital today. For several months the patients had the use of a music box. All day long it was kept busy turning out the "Turkey Trot," the "(Thicker Flip," "Oh Mistah Johnson," and other rag time melodies. It was a great favor ite with the women patients and was a sure sedative of any outbursts of vio lence. An attendant put a Caruso record into the machine and turned it loose. Caruso began whooping things up in great shape, and his great voice could be heard all over the building. The women patients gathered around the machine and stood aghast. They shook their heads in protest. By the time the records of the quar tet from Rigoletto and the sextet from "Lucia" had been played they were demanding that the phonograph be taken out, and made such a ruc tion that the music had to be stopped. Let That Xmas Gift Be a Useful One We have a vast assortment of Chafing Dishes, Casserols, Nickle Tea and Coffee Pots, Aluminum Goods, Alcohol Coffee Machines, Perculators, Silverware,- Table Cuttlery, Scissors and Shears, Pocket Knives, Ladies Sewing Sets, Manicuring Sets, - Safety and regular style Razors, Express and Coaster Wagons, Roller Skates, Mechanics Tools. Our stock all new and clean. . Give us a call, you will find it will pay you to buy our way. Darker Hardware Company 216-218 W. First Street iiiiii;iuiiiiii!!Ui;',i;iiii!ii!ii!ii is SPREADER The Spreader tsith the Beater on the Axle The Simplest Spreader Made yfiSNo Ckftches No Chains njplmB. Easy to Load Ro,l"BZw iw . . Nothing Else Like It D:."..r: nrnrADEU T?w Spreader with the Beater on the Axle h as much of an improve ireai.i 1 ...:r.r..:ct.u-.::3 an t..c ccii'-bhidcr was over the old reaper. It is made alone entirely liii-rc.;. i.ri; J i:-cri t::j ominary reader. '; Vi u V';7 r-''si? v,'"s, tl"ir' :n by tho Kemp & Burpee Manufacturing Company. U Uis .)c'.ro fcprcsdjr every spreader has been made along tho same general lines a3 1 e7ir vr.i .:sn from cno unl of the main axlo and transmitted, cither through chains jcacr, n.our.tcd a.iova atv in tha rear of the axle. Heretofore the only improvement in since t:a fir. t cno vaa mado i.i 1S7S has been in the refinement of details. miffi JOHN" I ment in crr new and did i .10 lirat r.anuro Ep"c:ul. r c. Up to tho tixo of tha ji.hr. I. this first snachine. r.-,7cr v or gears, to tno bci ra7?" R proancrs since tno first cno vas made :.i 1S7S has been in the refinement of details. i no uunn yecro sproaucr is a rartical ceyartur from the old method of construction. It is made alone S vnn "vm bi? J? n,Cr??t 'ff roment over the old style spreader. Come in and examine the machine and you ..a . uaciiy toe why tuo John Deere Spreader is so far superior to any spreader heretofore constructed. Ever, if For? Don't Need a New S breeder Now T !naJ? get ont of our sp . .. , , . , ... . - 4 ""- books. Ihey contain a number of art on wy farm manure should be used on the land, how it should be applied, how it should be stored t,ie value a;ui oileot of mine it in various ways. In addition there is a detail description of the John Deere Spreader with illustrations in colors of this spreader working in the field. S3 Si i Better Investigate .. It's Worth Your While We will have a special spreader expert at our store December 16th and 17th. Call and let him show you the John Deere. Sold and guaranteed by WALDO ANDERSON & SONS, Albany, Or. wmmmmmmmmm WATCH THIS SPACE 1 tc fT !' !". Ill,- ,..ti.-u, ;,-,t i'iioni.-iii,t. will lc in K-f-t.-is.-ii M, .ii.l.iv. IVc li," IVnul-l- ;ki, wile 1,11 lliis "l-:-!!!: ,-11 till- Si-UllniH I'.U-it',- ,'l Hi:l,r. K.ir-.i-i. win-,,- lli y will vivit with wl.i!i( ;uul li u-iuU $9.00 Per 100 Special Sales of Lumber for Cash November 18th to 30th, inclusive No. 1 CEDAR FENCE POSTS AA si BAH ..1 iigrs? AT THE SAWMILL ALBANY LUMBER COMPANY Per 100