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.
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216-218 W. First Street
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