NEW STAMPS FORTHE
PARCELS POST HERE
Will Be on Sale at Postoffice
After January 1 and Must Be
Placed on 4th Class Mail.
EACH STAMP DEPICTS SOME
BRANCH OF MAIL SERVICE
Package Sent by New Method
Must Bear Senders Name and
Address or It Won't Go.
Continued from Saturday, Dec. 28.
ti,. niw Rtnmns to' be used by the
parcels post have arrived in AlbanyJ
and will be on sale after January 1st
when the new measure goes into ei
fect. .
The one-cent stamp bears a picture
depicting the distribution of mail by
the clerks, the two-cent stamp illus
trates the work of the city carriers
and bears a picture of a carrier de
livering mail at a residence; the four
cent stamp depicts the rural mail
service and the picture engraved upon
it shows a rural mail wagon and
horse. , . , ...
The five-cent stamp, which illus
trates the railway mail service, bears
a picture of a train and the ten-cent
stamp bears a picture of an ocean
liner and mail teier depicting the
mail service on the water. The fif-tccn-cent
stamp has a picture of an
automobile mail wagon upon it and
illustrates the delivery of mail by this
method.
The twenty-cent stamp illustrates
the carrying of mail by aeroplane and
has a picture of one of these machines
upon it.
The twenty-five and scventy-five-ccnt
stamps illustrate two important
industries manufacturing and harv
esting, the former stamp bearing a
picture of a large factory and the lat
ter one of a threshing crew at work.
Beginning with January 1, all fourth
class matter weighing over four ounc
es must have these stamps upon the
package, otherwise it will not be de
livered. The ordinary postage stamps
cannot be used on this class of mail.
The parcels post system is divided
into eight zones with local and zone
rates for each zone on packages
weighing from one to eleven pounds.
Un and alter January i, an parcels
of merchandise, which come under the
fourth class, must have parcel post
stamps upon them before they will be
received.
Newspapers, photographs, circulars,
books and other printed matter now
included in the second and third
classes of mail matter, are not affect
ed by the parcel post law, and may
continue to move in the same manner
as before, bearing the regular letter
postage, and being received at the
package boxes on the streets. The
parcel post stamps cannot be used
on any of this class of matter, but
must be reserved solely for merchan
dise sent through the mails, and mov
ing as fourth class mail matter.
Until the public becomes acquaint
ed with the laws and regulations gov
erning use of the post for handling of
parcels, it is expected that much con
fusion wil result, and that probably
some of the parcels may be lost. The
name and address of the sender of a
package through the parcel post must
appear on all packages, as weN as the
address of the person to' receive the
package. Unless this condition is
complied with, the package will not be
handled.
Deputy State Game Warden Frank
L. Perkins of this city left' this morn
ing for a few days' trip to the moun
tains in the eastern part of the coun
ty. County Treasurer W. W. Francis of
this city returned home this morning
from Halsey where he visited friends
and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs." Charles Fedine of
Bend arrived in Albany yesterday and
are spending a few days in Albany.
They are guests at the Van Dran
hotel.
Riley Rucker, a prominent resident
of Lacomb, was transacting business
in Albany last evening.
Messrs. M. C. and George Yost
and Miss Hazel Yost of Airlie passed
through Albany this morning to Stay
ton where they will spend the holidays
with relatives.
U W. Chandler, a well known resi
dent of Drain, was looking after busi
ness matters in Albany this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Klus of Toledo re
turned home today alter spending the
Miss Grace Tiffany, sister of the
registrar of the University of Ore
gon, is visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Penland.
Attorney W. S. Risley of this city
was a pas-enger to Corvallis this
morning where he will look alter bus
iness matters today.
A. L. Geddes. county surveyor, left
this morning for Lebanon where he
spent the day nrrveving some roads in
that vicinity.
Dr. J. L. Hill of this city went out
to Lebanon this m rning where he
will spend the day looking alter pro
fessional matters.
H. Y. Kirkpatrick, the genial editor
of the Lebanon Express, arrived in
Albany this afternoon and is looking
after business matters in the county
seat. Mr. Kirkpatrick is being favor
ably mentioned for the postmastreship
at Lebanon.
Attorney Samuel M. Garland of
Lebanon arrived in Albany this after
noon and is looking after legal matter
at the court house.
FOR A NEW
TRIAL IS OVERRULED
Judge Kelly Declines to Re-open
the Case of 0. Black Vs.
Mary E. Hurst.
Judge Kelly of the circuit court of
Linn county yesterday overruled the
motion for a new trial in the case of
O. Black vs. Mary Hurst and the case
will doubtless be taken to the supreme
court by the plaintiff who lost his
case in the lower court.
The plaintiff claims that he is the
heir at law of Alexander Black and
wife and as such entitled to a share
in a valuable piece of farm property
in Linn county.
In his motion for a new trial the
plaintiff filed a number of affidavits
bearing on the question involved in
the suit and claimed newly discovered
evidence strengthening his contention
that he is the lawful heir of the de
ccndant and Alxeander Black.
KLAMATH FALLS MAN TRIES
TO KILL FAMILY OF 6 PEOPLE
Klamath Falls, Dec. 27. George
Gowan, aged 35 years, is lying at the
point of death in the Blackburn hos
pital in this city as the alleged re
sult of his own effort to destroy an
entire family of 6ix persons.
Gowan for the past year has at
tempted to show attentions to Miss
Adeline Beck, aged 17 years, but has
been persistently rebuffed.
According to her relatives, frenzied
by these results it is said he went to
the home of his sweetheart's father,
Charles F. Beck, tonight and under
the pretext of securing a drink of wa
ter stepped mto tne Kitcnen irom
whence a moment later an explosion
occurred, which wrecked the house
and all but killed the five occupants
in the adjoining room. Walls and
ceilincs were demolished.
Gowan was found lying on the
kitchen floor with his face almost en
tirely blown away, his left hand lac
erated and himself unconscious.
The motive for the desperate act is
attributed to the tact that the l-year-
old daughter of Beck had spurned the
attentions of Gowan, resulting in a
refusal to marry.
CHAPEL CAR "ST ANTHONY" HAS
ARRIVED HERE FROM E. OREGON
The chapel car "St. Anthony'
which has been touring Eastern Ore
cro'n for several months, arrived in Al
bany this morning and will be station
ed here at the Union depot tomorrow.
The car is in charge of Mr. George
Hennessy, who is well known to Al
bany people who are invited to inspect
the car.
Next week the car will begin its
missionary work along the lines ot the
Co'rvallis & Eastern, both between
Albany and Yaquina and Albany and
Detroit, and will remain in this tern
tory several weeks.
X. W. Boom went to Corvallis this
afternoon on a short business trip,
Dr. L. E. Tracy of this city who
has been ill for several weeks with
pneumonia, is recovering rapidly and
will soon be about again, a fact his
many friends will be glad to learn.
Robyn Nelson, city engineer of Cas
tie Rock, Wash., is in the city on i
holiday visit with his folks. He came
within 53 votes of being elected coun
ty engineer.
Mrs. Sherman Thompson and
daughter Beatrice, of Harrington,
Wash., are in the city on a visit. Mrs.
Thompson is a former Albany wo
man, prominent years ago in musical
circles.
Neil Bain of the Albany State Bank
left today for Aurora where, he will be
a guest at a house party held in that
city.
MISFITS.
Contributed by F. P. Nutting.
3
Seeking distinction an aviator has
flown over S. F. at night, with lights
flashing in the sky.
The new eo'vernor of Mich, has giv
en away his auto, horses and all riding
vehicles, and hercattcr win walk
What about his family, and perhap
his mind will change when his corn
eet to hurtinc.
A man in N. Y. city is called Rock
efcller's pastor. Bet he has some
fun some day explaining that to the
real Master of the world.
Pocketbooks can now take a rest
until the big clearance sales, when the
bargain counters will set the $$$ go
ing. By the way, Albany is the place.
During the holiday season people
came here from all over this part of
the valley to do their trading. Al
bany is the trade hub.
Eggs can now be reached by com
mon people.
An eastern writer says J. Pierpont (
Morgan is not a man, but a super-!
man. being in rank with the mytho-
logical gods of prehistoric ages. What
idiocy. Of course he is a man, a
present day reality, bossing seventeen
billions of dollars.
A great race is on for the future
qucenship of the Pacific Coast, with
Los Angeles. Portland, San Francis
co and Seattle, mentioned alphabeti
cally, in the race. Here's for a vic
tory for Portland.
If you fine a plain black s?lf-filling I
fountain pen bring it to the Misfit!
man. He lo'st one and wants it back, j
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Fire Alarm Turned in from the
Clover Leaf Dairy at Midnight
Fire Department Makes Run.
STIMATED LOSS BETWEEN
$800 AND $1000 ON PLANT
oss Only Partly Covered by
Insurance; New Plant Will
Be Erected This Week.
A defective flue in the bottling
works of the Clover Leaf Dairy which
located lust southeast of Albany
was the origin of a fire which com
pletely destroyed the bottling plant
and caused the owners of the estab-
ishment a financial loss of between
$800.00 and $1000.00 at a late hour last
evening. 1 he building was. insured tor
The manager was no't at the plant
at the time the fire broke out and the
alarm was turned in by one of the
neighbors. The fire department made
a quick run but before they reached
the plant learned that no water con
nections had been made in the vicinity
of the plant, and returned to the fire
house.
The building was completely de
stroyed and the management found it
necessary to suspend milk delivery
until- the first of the week at which
time they expect to have a new plant
constructed.
S
News Beginning With This Head Is
From Daily Issue of
MONDAY, DECEMBER 30.
?
82-YEAR OLD MAN SEEKING
HOME TO ENTERTAIN FATHER
May Purchase Home at Newport
Soon; 113-Year Old Sire to
' Visit Him at Early Date.
When J. K. Wcatherford of this
citv. Dresidcnt of the Corvallis &
Eastern railway, was in Newportt a
few days ago he was conversing with
R. A. Bensell, a well known resident
of that place, when an aged man ap'
proached and inquired if they were ac
nuainted with the Yaauina Bay coun
try. Mr. Bensell replied that he had
been a resident there 50 years.
The stranger who proved to be
T.pwis White, of Oroville. Calif., stat
ed that he was looking for a place to
locate as his father intended to visit
him. When he said that his father
intended to visit mm, both Mr.
Wcatherford and Mr. Bensell looked
uo in astonishment.
"How old are you?" asked Mr. Ben
sell. "lust 82 vears." replied the stranger,
"but my father is 113 years of age
and practices medicine in New York
state. So I may be with you a long
.: it i j t 1 unT
Both Mr. Wcatherford and Mr.
Bensell. neither of whom had fully re
covered from the statements made by
the stranger, assured him that he
would undoubtedly reach a ripe old
age, should he decide to make the re-
sort his residence.
MOOSE WILL GIVE ANNUAL
BALL TOMORROW EVENING
' One of the leading events for New
Year's Eve in this city is the big ball
to be given by Willamette Lodge No.
859, Loyal Order of Moose at their
hall, corner Jof Second and Lyon,
streets at 9 o'clock tomorrow even
ing. Invitations for the event were issued
last week and a large crowd of Al
bany people and many from other
points will be in attendance.
Following is the committee having
the ball in charge: T. E. Coleman,
Frank Tracy and W. H. Warner.
Cal Headlcy of Portland was in Al
bany yesterday visiting friends and
relatives. He is a former Albany res
ident and is now employed in build
ing depots for the Oregon Electric
Ry-
I.. T. Ellis of Corvallis returned
home this morning after spending
Sunday in this . city visiting friends
and relatives.
Henry Stewart, a prosperous farm
residing a few miles southwest of
this city, left this morning for Shel-
i mirn wnerc he will spend the
lay vis-
iting relatives. Ml- was accompanied
by his brother, C. Stewart of Eu
gene who is visiting at his home.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Shaw
f thi
city left this morning for Mill City
where they will spend several days
visiting their sons, J. K. and Angus A.
F. H. Porter of Halsey, representative-elect
from Linn county to the
state legislature, passed through Al
bany this morning to Portland where
he will look after business matters today.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL FINZER
COMPLIMENTS LOCALTROOPS
Writes a Letter Congratulating;
Members for Excellent Show
ing Made Recently.
Captain Frank M. Powell of this
city; received a personal letter from
Adjutant-General W. E. Kinzer of
the Oregon National Guard, compli
menting him upon the very excellent
showing made by the members of the
Mttn L-ompanv, Coast Artillery Corps
O. N. G., of this city, at the quarterly
inspection and muster which was
held at the armory on Saturday even-
ng, Liecember .:1st.
Ihe inspection was witnessed bv
several hundred Albany people, manv
of whom were loud in their praise of
tne appearance made Dy the guards
men who were attired in blue dress
uniform. The members of the local
company are highly elated over the
contents ot the letter received by
Cant. Powell from General l'inzer.
regarding the inspection.
ALBANY BUSINESSMEN WILL
GO TO PORTLAND TOMORROW
Will Cooperate with President
Crooks in Closing College
Endowment Campaign.
The following Albany business men
ill go to Portland tomorrow morn
ing to assist in closing the .campaign
there for funds for the Albany Col
lege endowment fund: D. P. Mason,
J. L. Tomlinson, L. E. Hamilton, C
H. Stewart, J. O. Lee, Owen Beam,
Fred Fortmillcr, C. C. Cameron and
J. S. Van Winkle.
The metropolis will be thoroughly
covered tomorrow in the last effort to
secure the amount necessary to com
plete the endowment for a new Al
bany College.
A committee with Wiliam Fortmil
lcr as chairman will work in Albany
all day tomorrow securing funds.
ETHEL BARRYMORE'S PLAY
"SUNDAY" TO BE PRESENTED
Seibert-Morrison Stock Co. to
Present Popular Piece at
Opera House Thursday.
The Seibcrt & Lindley players leave
today for Corvallis to' play the first
three days of the week, returning to
Albany Thursday to finish the last
three davs of the week.
The play will be a comdey drama
in four acts. To those who do not
know the play "Sunday," it is suffi
cient to sav that it is one of Ethe
Barrymore's greatest successes, a play
that has carried her on the top wave
o'f popularity when new plays have
failed.
"Sunday" takes one from the great
West to England, keeps one there for
a time, and then brings one back to
the plains and mountains that every
true westerner holds dear. Never for
a moment docs the play drag.
The characters are lifelike and rca
and the story is enthralling, holding
you spell-bound with its realism from
the rise of the curtain in the first act
until it finally falls on the last scene.
If you go to' see "Sunday" you will sec
a splendid play presented by a splen'
did company.
CITY NEWS.
Albany and Linn county was vis
ited by a severe wind storm accom
panied by rain Saturday evening and
Sur.day but no damage of any serious
consequence has been reported as a
result.
A large crowd of local young peo
ple enjoyed the dance given by the
Soiree Club at the armory Saturday
evening. Music was furnished by the
Chautauqua orchestra of this city.
Rev. F. II. Gesclbracht announces
that there will be a meeting of the
congregation of the First Presbyterian
church at the church this evening at
7:30 o'clock.. AH members and their
friends arc urged to attend.
Work is progressing rapidly now on
the new Hotel Hammel which will be
thrown open tn the public about the
middle of January. The rooms are
being tinted and the woodwork stain
ed and the tcrazza is being placed in
the lobby. From present indications
the hostelry will he the best one in
the Willamette Valley when complet
ed. The funerar services of the late Mrs.
Schlosvr were held at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon from the family home.
214 South Ferry street. The srrviee
were attended by a large number of
friends and many beautiful floral piec
es were contributed.
There will be a
game of basketball
this evenint? at H
at the Alco Lint:
!o clock between the teams of Albany
and Corvallis. Both teams are said
to be in excellent condition -and a fast
game is anticipated.
In response to many inquiries made
during the past few days, the Demo
crat Publishing Company wishes to
announce that the Democrat will be
published on New Year's day.
GEORGE TAYLOR WILL ATTEND
IMPERIAL COUNCIL SHRINE
Elected Delegate at the Annual
Meeting of Al Kader Temple
at Portland Saturday.
At the annual meeting of the Mys
tic Shrine which was held Saturday
evening at Portland, the name of
George Taylor was placed in nomina
tion by A. H. Lea, as one of the
delegates to' the Imperial Council
which will convene at Dallas, Texas,
next June and he was elected upon
the first ballot.
Mr. lavlor received a telecram to
this effect Saturday evening from Mr.
.ea who extended Ins congratulations.
Mr. Taylor who will represent Al
Kader Temple at Dallas next sum
mer is prominent in the Masonic fra
trenity here and the honor conferred
upon him at Portland Saturday will
be received with satisfaction by all
of his Albany friends.
AIGRETTE FROM ROOSTERS
IS THE LATEST DISCOVERY
A Revelation About "Fancy"
Feathers That Will Surprise
Many Women.
Washintrton. Dec. 29. From offi
cial authority it appears that the wo
men of America in large numbers un
der the mistaken supposition that they
arc wearing "fancy feathers on their
hats, are in reality disporting the
feathers of the common or garden
rooster and other ordinary fowls of
the prlctanat type.
This information is calculated to
give Dame Fashion hysterics, but nev
ertheless it seems reliable.
A rcecnt consular report deals with
the American protection of the egret
a species of heron, with white plum
age ot tne sott ana nowing variety.
rrom the li-gret is obtained the aig
rette of commerce.
Efforts to raise the heron on
commercial scale having failed, the
rooster was selected and found to be
the best.
MRS. ANNA REBECCA WAIT
PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY
Mrs. Anna Rebecca Wait, a pioneer
resident of the Willamette Valley for
many years, passed away at her home
in Benton county yesterday morning
at the age of 50 years, leaving a hits
band, V. O. Wait, to mourn her death
The funeral services will be held at
the l'ortmillcr Chapel tomorrow after
noon at 1:30 o clock and interment
will take place in the City cemetery.
1 he deceased has been a resident o
North Albany for many years.
WELL KNOWN ALBANY YOUNG
COUPLE MARRIED YESTERDA
Rev. Leech Performs Ceremony
at the Methodist Parsonage
Sunday Afternoon.
A orcttv wedding was solemnized
at the Methodist parsonage in this city
yesterday afternoon at 3 o clock when
Miss bmma Crook was united tn
marriage to Mr. Henry Harder, Rev,
D. H. Leech of the First Mcthodis
church officiating. Only the immedi
ate friends of the coutde attended,
The bride is one of Albany's popular
vouutf ladies, of many accomplish
ments and splendid character. The
groom has lived in North Albany for
many years and is wen Known amoni
the younger set of this city where h
has manv friends.
He is one of the efficient salesmen
in the implement house of Waldo An
derson & Son where he has been em
ployed for several months.
The ncwlyweds have the congratu
iations of the Democrat and ot thei
many friends in tins city, I hey wi
make their home in Albany.
EVERT L JONES IS APPOINTED
DEPOTY DISTRICT ATTORNE'
Evert L. Jones, a graduate of Al
bany College and a former resident o
Albany, was on Saturday appointed
di'"ty district attorney of Multno
mah county by Walter H. Evans, dis
trict attorney-elect of that county.
Jones will have charge of the juvenile
court cases and his appointment to
that work has been approved by
Judge Gatcns.
Jones formerly conducted the Al
bany Citizen, a weekly newspaper
whirh suspended operations after be
ing in the field but a short time.
Miss Myrtle Densmorc returned to
Salem after spending the week-end
with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Docksteader of
this city spent Christmas in Portland
at the home of Mrs. Docksteader's
sister, Miss E. W. Prichard.
Henry Cmnmings of Gates return
ed home this morning after spending
Sunday in Albany.
BE
North Albany Farmers Voted
5-Mill Tax at Meeting Held
Saturday Afternoon.
LOCAL BANKING FIRM GIVES
SUM OF $100 TOWARD WORK
Benton County Will Furnish the
Crushed Rock, Steam Roller,
and Road Expert.
When forty energetic and prosper
ous farmers residing on the Benton
county side of the Willamette .river
near Albany, met at the Oak Grove
schoolhouse Saturday afternoon and
unanimously voted a 5-niill tax to
defray the expense of placing crushed
rock on the road in their district, they
tarted a movement for better roads
that should be emulated by every
county in the Willamette Valley, Linn,
especially.
Ihe Uenton county court naa re
cently offered to furnish the crushed
ock needed tor the improvement or
the road, free, provided the farmers in
District Wo, J), in which tne road is
ocatcd. would vote the tax necessary
to defray the expenses of placing the
material on the road.
l he majority of the farmers were
enthusiastic regarding the proposition
and after discussing it among them
selves concluded that fa a-nmi tax
would be sufficient for carrying out
the work and a special election was
called for last Saturday afternoon for
the purpose of voting the tax.
Enthused by the prospect of t a
stretch of model road in their district,
the farmers from all sections of the
district flocked to the schoolhouse
Saturday afternoon, where the ques
tion ot better roads and the Denetits
to be derived from such an improve
ment were fully discussed, and when
the tax levy was voted upon it was
carried without a dissenting vote be
ing recorded.
Uwen beam ot this city, a member
of the firm of Heckcr & Beam, who
are the owners of considerable prop
erty in the North Albany district, was
present at the meeting and presented
the chairman, Charles Schoel, with
a check for $100, a donation toward
the work, by the banking tirm ot J.
W. Cusick & Company of this city.
The gift of the local bankers was
greatly appreciated and will be dupli
cated by the Benton county court who
have offered to duplicate any private
contribution made to the work.
Not onlv will the Benton county
court furnish the crushed rock neces
sary for the road improvement, but
that generous body win also nirnisn
a steam roller, a road expert to super
vise the work, and engineers to estab
lish the grades, all this in addition to
duplicating cash donations.
1 he road to be macadamized in
District No. S. is known as the Gib
son Hill or Thornton's Lake road, and
the portion to be improved begins at
the North Albany railway station and
runs in a northerly direction to Gib
son Hill, where it turns west. The
road from the railroad track to Gib
son Hill will be improved first and as
much further as the funds will permit.
llie work win begin early in tne,
spring as soon as the roaa is in con
dition for working and in all proba
bility the last of next year will see
the entire road Irom the Dig steel
bridge which spans the Willamette
river at this city to the Uak orove
chool house, a distance of three miles,
macadamized.
The portion of this road from the
steel bridge to the railroad, a- distance
of about a quarter of a mile, is in an
other district but it is believed that
the residents there will also co-operate
with the Benton county court in plac
ing the roadway in shape to conform
with the other portion of the road to
be improved in District No. 5. If this
action is taken, North Albany will
have nearly" four miles o'f macadam
road.
The county court of Benton county
and flic farmers in District No. 5 are
to be congratulated upon their pro
grcssivencss in the matter of road im
provement and the. roadway will un
doubtedly be a big advertisement for
that section, for it will be Ihe fir -it
macadamized road in this section of
the slate.
There is also talk of extending the
sidewalk which is now being con
structed from the residence of Win.
Peacock to the North Albany school
house and mention of which appeared
in the Democrat last week, to the
Oak Grove srhool house.
The crushed rock to be used on the
North Albany road, will be secured
at the quarry of the North Albany
Stone company which is located about
halt a mile north ot the steel ttrnige.
County Judge Moses and Commis
sioner Smith of Corvallis were here
recently, and accompanied by a num
ber of the farmers of North Albany,
visited the quarry where the rock was
inspected and found to be entirely sat
isfactory and excellent material for
road building.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Stewart of Eugene
are spending the holidays at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stewart of
Meadowbrook harm, five miles south
west of Albany,
Miss Alice Farnsworth who has
been visiting during the holidays at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Ho'rnibrook, returned last night to her
home at Eugene.
Dr. J. L. Hill of this city while in
Lebanon this morning ' attended a
meeting of the stock holders of the
Mexican mines in which he and many
Linn county men arc interested.