PUBLIC LIBRARY IS
WELL PATRONIZED
President Hewitt of the Board
Makes Annual Report to the
City Council.
CONSTRUCTION WORK BEGINS
SOON ON NEW STRUCTURE
Plans Have Been Accepted By
Carnegie and Are Now in
Hands of Architect.
That the Albany Public Library is
a popular institution and has been
patronized heavily during the past
year was indicated in the annual re
port submitted to the city council last
evening by Judge Hewitt, president
of the board.
Judge Hewitt told of the condition
of the library at present and of the
progress being made toward securing
a Carnegie Library for this city. He
stated that many delays had been
experienced during the past few
months in the work of getting matters
in shape for the erection of the new
building but that from present indi
cations work on the new building
would be commenced early this
spring, the- plans which were only re
cently accepted by Carnegie now be
ing in the hands of the architect who
will draw up specifications at once.
When the work of preparing the
specifications is complete a contract
will be let and construction work be
gun. Judge Hewitt stated that in ad
dition to the $12,500 donated by An
drew Carnegie, an additional fund of
$5,000 had been provided, all of which
remains to be raised or guaranteed
before the erection of the building is
begun.
Judge Hewitt also informed the
council that since his last report, Mr.
and Mrs. S. E. Young had conveyed
to the library board a lo't at the cor
ner of Third and Ferry street as a gift
for the site of the building and that
the property is now ready for the
building. The report of Judge Hewitt
shows that the library is steadily in
creasing in popularity and that with
the completion of the new building it
is confidently anticipated that the de
maud for books and literature of all
kinds will be doubled and that the
board hopes to be able to meet this
demand.
The delay in commencing construc
tion of the new building was contrib
uted by Judge Hewitt to several
things. First, the amount contributed
by Carnegie was considered inade
quate to meet the demand of the
growing city. Second, a fund had to
be raised to supplement this amount,
which consumed considerable time,
and third, suitable plans plans had to
be prepared and when they were pre
pared and adopted by the board, they
were rejected by the Carnegie people.
This resulted in another delay while
new plans were being prepared and
sent to the Carnegie people for ap
proval. However, Judge Hewitt stated that
as soon as construction work is begun,
the building will be rushed to com
pletion and opened to the public. It
is planned to keep the library open
. six days each week, and to have the
books in shape for the accommoda
tion of the public. Judge Hewitt
closed his report by asking the city
council to continue the levy next year
for the support and maintenance of
the library.
The report of Judge Hewitt was
filed but the matter of continuing the
tax levy for the support and main
tenance of the library was continued
for the present by the council, as it
was understood that the library as
sociation still has a considerable
amount of funds on hand.
MANY DIVORCE CASES
FILED DURING YEAR 1912
Big Increase in All Forms of
Litigation During the Past
Year.
Is Linn county attempting to out
rival Reno, as a divorce center? This
is the qeustion which is being asked
by some of the old timers in Albany
when confronted with statistics com
piled .from the records of the county
clerk's office on the number of cases
filed during the past year.
From January first 1911 to Jan. 1st
1912, fifty-eight divorce complaints
have been filed with County Clerk
Willard Marks.
Driung the same period the aggre
gate number of civil and criminal
suits reaches the imposing total of
248, or 55 more than durintr the vear
preceeding.
In Department No. 1 (Judge Kcl
ley's Division) 129 cases were filed.
In Department No. 2 (Judge Gallo
way's Division) 169 cases were filed.
Of the 129 cases filed in Department
.No. I, ks were state cases.
News on This Page is
From Daily Issue of
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31.
S
PACIFIC TELEPHONE GO. WILL
INSTALL FIRE ALARM SWITCH
Contract With City of Albany
Will Be Made Immediately
and Work Begun.
To install an electric switch in this
office here, connecting with the local
fire alarm system, the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company last ev
ening submitted a contract to the city
officials for their approval.
Upon motion the mayor and record
er were authorized to enter into a
contract with the Pacific company for
the installation of the switch, and the
work will betrin soon.
The switch will be installed for the
purpose of having fire alarms turned
in by the operators at the telephone of
fice when they are requested to do so
by phone.
. Alany'calls are frequently sent in to
the telephone operators requesting
that the fire alarm be sounded, and by
laving the switch right in the office,
the alarm may be spunded without de
lay. By the use of the switch to be in
stalled by the Pacific Telephone com
pany, anyone desiring to have an
alarm of fire turned in will notify cen
tral who will sound the general
alarm..
The chief engineer of the fire de
partment will then go to the telephone
where he will be connected immdi
ately.with the party calling for an
alarm.
By this means, the exact location of
the be ascertained, saving much time
and confusion, and perhaps a big fire
loss.
SCHOOL BOARD WANTS BIG
SUM FOR SCHOOL PROPERTY
Ask $22,500 for Proposed Site
of New City Hail Which Is to
Be Erected Here.
The school board of District No. 5
last evening presented a proposition
to the city council offreing to sell to
the city of Albany the property now
occupied by the Central school as a
site for the new city hall for the sum
of $22,500.
This proposition when read to the
council created much discussion by
the members, several of whom were of
the opinion that the board was asking
too much for the property.
Upon motion the matter was re
ferred to the committee on ways and
means with instructions to investi
gate and submit a report at the next
meeting of the council on next Mon
day evening.
BABY M'LEAN'S $10,000 ,
PARTY WAS GORGEOUS
Hundreds of Presents Are Still
Coming In White Burro
Pleases Him Most.
Washington, Dec. 31. Baby Vin
cent Walsh McLean's $10,000 birthday
party, given yesterday at the Walsh
home, broke all records for gorgeous
and ingenious juvenile entertainments.
Gifts came m hundred lots, and in
hundred lots they still are coming.
The greater number are yet to be
opened for the inspection of the three-year-old
recipient, and two secretaries
will be required to get the notes of
thanks off in proper time.
The one best gift of the whole col
lection is the snow burro which came
as a gift from Mrs. McLean to her
only son. The burro has a ' long
pedigree, a shaggy coat and a peace
ful disposition. He arived several
days ago, Dec. 18, that being the
birthday of Baby Vincent.
A giant bull moose, white as snow,
shares , the place of honor with the
burro in the affections of the child.
This also was a gift from Mrs. Mc
Lean, and it appeared for the first
time yesterday, creating a great sen
sation. The birthday cake, which had the
place of honor on the table specially
constructed for the comfort of the
tiny guests, was a real wonder, with
its tier after tier of frosted "terraces"
and pinacle crowned with a trio of
birthday candles.
Boxes of cake, with the monogram
of the celebrant, together with won
derful mechanicla toys, were given to
the guests as they set off home at the
close of the afternoon. For enter
tainment there was a circus with a
real clown. Punch and Judy show and
a vaudeville entertainment.
Explanatory Note Baby McLean is
heir to between ninety and one hun
dred million dollars.
J. R. Shaw, manager of the Ham
mond Lumber company of Mill City,
returned home this morning aftei a
short' business trip to Albany.
Mr. and Mrs T. K. Wcathcrtnrd of
this citv left this noTing for Port
land where they will spend New
Year's with friends and relatives.
D. W. Rumbaugh. county fruit in
spector, left this morning for Lyons
where he will look alter matters on
his fruit farm in that vicinity.
J. W. Dickson of Shed.1.1. iiresidenl-
clcct of the Oregon Dairymen's As
sociation, arrived in Albany this min
ing and is looking after business mat
ters in the county seat today.
R. S. Fields of Salem arrived in Al
bany last evening from the Capital
City, and is transacting business here
today.
J. B. Leatherman of Albany Died
at His Home in This City at
11 o'Clock This Morning.
LEAVES WIFE, DAUGHTER AND
TWO BROTHERS TO MOURN
Served 3 Years in Civil War
and Has Been Resident of
State Since 1876.
After an illness of several weeks,
Prof. J. B. Leatherman, a well known
and highly respected citizen of Al
bany, passed away at 11 o'clock this
morning at his home at Ninth and
Broadalbin streets, aged 67 years.
The news of his death came as a
shock to his many friends in Albany
and Linn county, many of whom were
not aware that he was ill, and the sym
pathy of the entire community is ex
tended to the grief-stricken family.
The deceased left to mourn his
death a wife, Mrs. Edith Leatherman,
and a daughter, Mrs. Conrad A. Mey
er, both of this city. He also left two
brothers to mourn his death, C. F.
Leatherman of Gravel Ford, Oregon,
and W. H. Leatherman of Wilbur,
Oregon.
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been completed but will pro'bably be
made in time to announce the details
through the columns of the local
newsnaoers tomorrow atternoon,
. Prof. Leatherman, whose death oc
curred this morning, was one of Ore
gon's best known educators and has
for many years been engaged in teach
ing school in various cities of the state
including Portland, Woodburn, Al
bany, and Lebanon. He was for ten
iyears principal of the Montavilla
school at rortlanu and was at one
time principal of the Madison school
of this city. i -
He was a member of the Christian
church and always led a Christian life,
and was interested in anything that
tended to improve the moral and com
mercial welfare of this city. He was
a member of the Masonic lodge and
of the Eastern Star.
J. B. Leatherman was born at Sand
wich, Illinois, on October 16, 1845,
and spent his boyhood days in that
state. He' served three years in. the
Civil War and came to Oregon in
1872, locating at Woodburn. He
moved tot Albany about ten years ago
and has lived here continuously since
that time.
ODDFELLOWS WILL INSTALL
OFFICERS TOMORROW NIGHT
The Albany Oddfellows will hold
their regular meeting at 8 o'clock to
morrow evening at which time the of
ficers for the ensunig term will be
duly installed. All members of the
local lodge are requested to attend
and all visiting Oddfellows in good
standing are cordially invited to be
be present.
Following are the officers to be in
stalled: Henry McEImurry, N. G.;
F. C. Houser, V. G.j A. C. Baker,
Rcc. Sec. j A. F. Luther, treasurer; A.
M. Holt, financial secretary; E. R.
Cummings, warden; John H. Goins,
conductor; C. W. Bock, O. G.; C. O.
R. Anderson, I. G.; G. W. Wright,
R. S. & G.; A. A. Gordon, L. S. & G.;
C. C. Bray, R. S. S.; Ross McKech
nie, L. S. S.; and W. A. Eastburn,
chaplain.
ANNUAL REPORT OF ALBANY
LIBRARY FOR YEAR OF 1912
Following is the annual report of
judge Hewitt, president ot the Albany
Public Library board, which was sub
mitted to the council last evening:
Receipts:
Cash on hand January 1, 1911, $198
.01; Received from city treasurer Oct.
26, 1912, $500; received from other
sources April 29, 1912, $18.25; total,
Disbursements:-
el-,-., i;kr;nH i-n. ...I...
$55; binding books, $13.20; electric
supplies, $475; new shelving and
work,, $16.85; chairs, $4.50; wood and
sawing same, $16.20; labor, $4.00:
o:i i ' i!i
nun unucri, lurmer uurarian, 5o
printing. $8.60: insurance. $20 20
drayage, $3.30; total, $286.60. Cash
on nana, zv.oo.
Money received:
From Modern Travelers and other
sources, $589.64; interest on moneys
deposited in banks, $4.29; total, $593-
.Moneys paid out:
For books purchased and other ex
penses, $449.50; for magazines, $68.65;
total, $518.15. Balance on hand $75.78.
Moneys received and disbursed by
uurarian
Receipts:
Cash on hand Dec. 31. 1911. $9 73
fines on overdue books, $68 41; cards
to non-resident borrowers, $3.00; to
tal. $X3.14.
Disbursements:
Postage. $5.52: freight. $9.60: e.
press. $1.33; cartage, $1.50; deposits
of n on -rodents returned, $4. 00; sup
plies, $4083; books, $5.65; total, $68-
4j. uaiance on nana with librarian,
$14.71.
Total number of books in library,
1943; total number added durincr vear.
750; total number circulated during
II LAST NIGHT
No Delegates Appointed to At
tend Irrigation Congress at
Portland.
MANUFACTURING PROPOSI
TION RECEIVES SUPPORT
Club Officers Then Go on Re
cord As Approving the Report;
Tregilgas Recommended.
The regular weekly meeting of the
officers and directors of the Albany
Commercial Club was called to order
last night by President Van Wingle.
Nine members of the board were pres
ent but adjourned the meeting at an
early hour to attend the school meet
ing. The matter of sending a delegation
to the Irrigation Congress at Portland
was discussed in detail but owing to
the fact that irrigation is not a ques
tion of great importance to the people
of this section of the state it was de
cided that no delegates should be ap
pointed. Chairman Hammer of the commit
tee appointed to investigate the pro
posed manufacturing proposition re
cently made to the club by J. H. Tre
gilgas submitted his report and the
same was unanimously adopted by
the club.
Mr. Hammer stated that he and oth
er members of the committee had
written a large number of letters ask
ine for a report on Mr. Tregilgas and
that they had received some excellent
recommendations from eastern con
cerns with whom he has been con
nected in the past. The committee
therefore recommended Mr. Tregilgas
to the people ot Albany as deserving
of support in his manufacturing en
terprise.
$16,900 YET TO BE RAISED
FOR THE COLLEGE FUND
Check for $1000 Received This
MorningfrpmDetroitjSimilar
Check from Philadelphia.
President Crooks of the Al
bany College received a tele
phone message from the Albany
members of the committee at
2:30 this afternoon which con
veyed the information that there
is yet $16,900.00 to be raised, for
the endowment fund of Albany
College. The Albany members
of the committee together with a
committee of Portland business
men, numbering about twenty in
all, are today canvassing among
the business interests of the Rose
City for funds.
This morning a check for $1,
000.00 was received from Detroit
and a check for a similar amount
this afternoon from Philadelphia.
The funds must all be raised by
12 o'clock this evening.
FATHER PELLETAN APPLIES
FOR CITIZENSHIP PAPERS
Rev. Father Peletan appeared at the
office of County Clerk Marks this
morning and filed his final application
for citizenship. Father Pelletan is a
native of France. He is well known
in this section of the state because of
his connection with the Trappist
Fathers Monastery which is located in
the Jordan Valley.
Grangers notice.
The Linn County Business Council
P. of H. will meet at Bussard's hall
in Albany on Saturday, January 4,
19)3, at 10 o'clock a. m.
D28-30-Jl-3dIy-J3wkly
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Taylor of Seattle
are visiting in Albany at the home of
Mrs. J aylor s sister, Mrs. L. 1. rish
er. They arc former Linn county
people.
W. H. Jenkins of Portland, the
genial traveling passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific company, arrived in
this city last night and is looking after
business matters here today.
year, 11.537; to'tal circulation of mag
azines, 2.4K1 ; largest daily circulation,
150; smallest daily circulation, 75;
number of books rebound, 30; num
ber of books repaired, 564; number of
newspapers ami periodicals currently
received, 43; number of borrower's
cards issued (hiring year, 501; number
of cards held by country borrowers,
185; increase of same during year, 56;
total number of borrower's cards in
force, 2136; number of days open dur
ing year. 154; number hours open each
week, 15; number of books added to li
brary during year by purchase, 391;
mi in her bonks donated during year,
35; books lost by borrowers, 5;
book condemned, .
COUNCIL GRANTS OREGON
ELECTRIC TIME EXTENSION
Railway May Operate Freight
Over Fifth Street Until
April 1st 1913.
Attorney Gale S. Hill, representing
the Oregon Electric Railway, appear
ed before the city council last evening
and presented a resolution granting
the Oregon Electric company permis
sion to operate freight trains over
Fifth street until April 1, 1913.
After being discussed by the coun
cil, the Oregon Electric was granted
permission to operate freight trains
over that thoroughfare for that length
of time. The resolution provided that
steam eugjnes may be operated on
the street in case of emergency.
The delay in reaching an agreement
with the Southern Pacific regarding
the use of Water street for its freight
line is given as the reason for re
questing an extension of time for op
erating freight trains over Fifth
street, the failure to reach an agree
ment sooner, resulting in a delay on
the construction of the freight line
on Water street and the operation of
treignts through the city by that
route.
Several of the councilmen present
were of the opinion that owing to the
fact that the city is being continually
called upon for favors by the Oregon
liiectnc, that company should recip
rocate and fulfill some of the prom
ises it has made to the city regarding
crossings, etc. Attorney Hill prom
ised to take the matter up with the
company.
THIRD STREET RESIDENTS
PETITION FOR PAVEMENT
Would Have That Throughfare
From Calapooia to Vine Sts.
Hard Surfaced.
That residents on the extreme west
end of Third street are desirous of
having hard-surface streets in front
of their respective properties was in
dciated at the meeting of the city
council last evening when four of
the largest property owners in that
portion of the city petitioned the
council to have Third street from
Calapooia to Vine paved with gravel
bituhthic pavement. ;
Several of Albany's principal streets
were paved with this material during
the summer ana this Kind ot pavement
seems to be meeting with the approval
of the property owners. It is said
that Ninth street from Elm to Mont
gomery wlil be hard-surfaced during
the coming summer.
LINN COUNTY TOWNS
REPORT CITY LEVIES
The city levies for the extension of
the 1912 assessment roll of Linn coun
ty as reported to County Clerk Marks
are as follows: Albany, 13 mills;
Lebanon, 10 mills; Brownsville, 8
mills; Scio, 8 mills; Harrisburg, 7
mills; Halsey, 5 mills, and Sodaville,
4 mills. All of the cities and towns
in the county have not reported on
the city levies.
The public library will be open at
the usual hours tomorrow, regardless
of the fact that it is New Year's day.
The exhibit of books loaned by the
state library association is still here
and Mrs. Franklin and the other ladies
of the library will explain them to vis
itors. A Rank Offense.
"May we have the pleasure of your
com puny this evening, colonel?" she
asked.
The colonel drew himself np haughti
ly and replied, with every evidence of
offended dignity;
"Madum, 1 command a regiment
Neighborly.
Dobbs So you're living In the conn
try, eh? What kind of neighbor have
you? Are they desirable? Hobbe
Desirable! Great Bcott! We haven't
a thing they don't desire, especially
In the way of gardening Implement.
New Orleans Picayune.
Fred Gould returned last night
from a trip to Washington and re
ports having seen in that state nearly
15 feet of snow. Fred says that a
trip such as he has just taken will
make any Willamette Valley resident
satisfied with the climate.
Manager C. II. Stewart left this
morning on a business trip to Port
land. Notice to Advertisers.
9
Hereafter no advertisement of
any size will be accepted at the
Democrat office unless t tic cony
y is left with the foreman the day
before the same is lo be inserted
) in the paper. All copy for both
new advertisements and changes
') should be left at the office at the
T s;.me time or they will go over to
the next publication day. Unless
rj a rule of this sort is adopted the
paper will be l;ite every evening.
A compliance with the above rule
") by our pntrons will be greatly ap-
predated by the management.
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TO
San Francisco Capitalist Now
Wants Extension of Time
for Construction Work.
TIME FOR COMPLETING THE
PLANT HERE HAS EXPIRED
Matter Will Be Acted Upon at
Meeting of City Council on
Wednesday Jan. 8.
One of the most important matters
discussed by the city council last even
ing was the franchise tor a gas plant
in Albany which was granted to W.
11. McGoldrick in September 1911 and
which was assigned in November of
that year to Leon Lowe, a San Fran
cisco capitalist. The time for having
the plant in operation has expired
and the bond ot $1UUU lurmshcd by
McGoldrick may be forfeited unless
the council takes other action on next
Monday evening.
Attorney L. M. Curl of this city
appeared before the council last even
ing and requested that Mr. Lowe be
granted an extension of six months
time in which to have the plant in
operation here. He informed the
council that he had every reason to
believe that Mr. Lowe was acting in
good faith in the matter of construct
ing a gas plant in Albany and said
that he had abundant proof that Lowe
has selected a site for. the plant in this
city and that a payment had been
made on the purchase price ot the
property. Also that a large amount
of machinery for use in the plant
here had been manufactured recently.
Mr. Curl stated that it had been the
intention of Mr. Lowe to begin the
construction of the plant here last
summer but that the expert manager
selected by Mr. Lowe to look after
the work of installing the local
plant had been sent to look after oth
er properties owned by Lowe and his
Associates, which required immedi
ate expert attention, and that this
work would prevent them from be
ginning operations at Albany this
winter.
That Lowe was very desirous of
locating a plant in this city was the
statement made by Attorney Curl last
evening who informed the council that
he believed that if Lowe was granted
the six months extension asked for,
the plant would undoubtedly be con
structed in that time.
Nearly every member of the coun
cil was in favor of granting an exten
sion of time to Mr. Lowe in order tcf
promote the expediency of the enter-
ftrisc, but after considerable discussion
y the mayor and members of the
council, action on the matter was de
ferred until the regular meeting on
January 8, 1913, at which time some
definite action will be taken on the
matter.
FORTUNE IS HELD UP,
BRIDE A HELLO
GIRL
Girl Who Eloped With Banker's
Heir Works While Waiting
Father's Forgiveness.
Denver, Dec. 31. Albert Combs, the
17-year-old son o'f a New York mil
lionaire banker, his chorus girl wife
and his fox terrier dog are in Denver
waiting for father to relent some
more. The sea of matrimony is a
troublesome one, thinks Albert, when
father is the only purser in sight.
When he reaches his majority Al
bert will receive a fortune of $35,000,
but a fellow can't feed a bride or buy
dog biscuits for a fox terrier for four
years on mere prospects.
When the young newly weds first
arrived in Denver, two months ago,
the pretty chorus girl bride, with
whom he eloped when she was a mem
ber of the "Kibs Waltz" company,
came to the reBcue of her youthful
husband's depleted finances by obtain
ing employment as a telephone girl.
Their income, however, was barely
sufficient to make both ends meet,
anil father Co'mbs was besieged with
pleadings for his parental blessing and
financial aid. It came finally when
Albert's star of hope was so dim it
could cast scarcely a single ray.
Albert's father has relented to a
certain extent. The boy has -mi uncle
here, Frank D. McCauley, well known
clubman and broker. McCaulcy holds
in trust something like $15,000 for Al
bert, and a portion of this is doled out
l( the young coupl- in a monthly al
lowance. lint the parental blessing is still
lacking.
Tha Wind Month.
November was railed by the ancient
HaxoiiK the wlnt mount, or wind month,
on nrcount of the gales then prevalent
It was nlsii named the blot monnt, or
IiIihmI mouth, from the ancient prnctle
(if I li, mi xlnii.'hterlnA cattle fur tho Win
ter provision.
J. W. Reader, manager of the local
yard of the Hammond Lumber com
pany, left this morning for Mill City
where he will spend the day looking
alter business matters.