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About Albany weekly democrat. (Albany, Linn County, Or.) 1912-1913 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1913)
The Albany Democrat lu til i tilted by i. Aim KAI 1'UlfUSIUNG CO. WM. H. HORN1BROOK, Managing Editor. ..u-icd ai ilic pugtuitice at Albany. iKiiii, as sccond-clais matter. iu ony evening except Sun . . .. ... published every Friday. ... ,.,h33 MATTER I. m . jimmiiiicatioiis and make Hitiantres payable to the Dcm- -lin CO. natives ul adilreh, sun ' always giv old as welt -INSCRIPTION RATES Daily. mered by carrier, per week-.$ .10 M-red by carrier, per year $4.00 iitil, in advance, per year 3.00 mail, at the end of year-. 3.50 Weekly. -" paid in advance, one year....$1.25 --nd of year - 1.50 'til of three years.... 2.U0 blsrablished in 1865 FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1913. The Judiciary of Idaho. The supreme court of Idaho has spoken. The editor and publisher of the Boise Capital News are convicted of contempt of court, denied the right of appeal and committed to jail because they re printed a criticism of Ex-Prcsi-dent Roosevelt against the court of that state for denying a place on the ballot to the Roosevelt electors. Never in the history of Ameri can jurisprudence has there been a more revolting misuse of power. Never has a court made a more colossal blunder or have its mem bers displayed so little judgment or shown a greater contempt for the freedom of the press. Any backwoods Justice of the Peace would have shown a higher con ception of the American ideals and traditions than did the gen tlemen who concurred in the ma jority opinion in this case. They have trampled under their feet a tradition of long standing and one which is at the very foundation of a republican form of government. They have set aside precedent, as sumed unto themselves a power which was never intentionally vested in any court, and brought the entire judiciary of the state into disrepute among fair minded citizens. Rut after all the writer is not surprised. We know something of the first citizens of Idaho, in cluding the members of the bii preme court of that state. The last named, arc pleasant gentle men to meet. They are affable and look more the part of judges than their recent decision would indicate. A good judge is seldom a good politician and strange as it may seem most of the supreme court judges of Idaho are selected from among the ranks of the poli ticians and not from the lawyers who have attained eminence in their chosen profession. The gen tlemen who concurred in the ma jority opinion in this case arc no exception to the above rule. When the constitutional amend ment providing for the recall was submitted at the last session of the Idaho legislature the members of Ibis court made no secret of their opposition to the provision providing for the recall of judges. Had judges not been excepted from the operation of the recall, the Democrat is firmly of the opinion that the majority mem bers of the highest tribunal in that slate would soon be called upon to give an accounting for their unprecedented and arbitrary de cision. "Doctor" Stephen A. Lowell. Posing as the friend of direct legislation, Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pendleton has prepared a series of amendments to existing statutes which will be introduced during the January session of the legislature by the Umatilla dele gation. According to the publish ed claim of the author, these amendments are intended to elim inate much of the criticism now directed against the Oregon Sys tem. The Democrat has examined the proposed amendments and finds some of (hem meritorious. These will be discussed through the columns of this publication at a later date. Judge Lowell will cause to be introduced a general law provid ing that not more than two con stitutional amendments and not more than five general laws shall be submitted at any election tin-, tier the initiative. According to the provisions of the proposed statute, all other petitions filed with the secretary of state shall take their places on the ballot at succeeding elections in the order in which they are filed. The "majority rule" amendment submitted to the electors at the last general election was bad enough. The proposal of Judge Lowell is worse. Had the learn ed Pendleton attorney been re tained to clip the wings of the ini tiative, he could hardly devise an instrument which would do the work more effectively than his proposed amendment. Pass the Lowell bill and every corporation in the state will begin filing friv olous amendments and general laws on the date the same is ap proved by the governor. The of fice of the secretary of state will be swamped with proposals of this character and as each law must be passed upon in the order in which it is filed, it will be several years before any meritorious legislation proposed by well meaning citi zens can be submitted to the elect ors. Stephen A. Lowell is doubtless an able lawyer and a good citizen, but as volunteer physician and surgeon for the Oregon initiative, he' is an utter failure. If the initi ative is bad, give it a generous dose of strychnine. Don't clip its wings and permit it to spend the remainder of its life, a permanent cripple. , , - The Secretary of Interior. The following editorial is re printed from the Oregon Messen ger of Salem : "It will not be many weeks 'now until President-elect Wilson se lects the members of his cabinet. In fact we may look for these ap pointments to be announced al most any time, and among them all there is none of greater im portance or interest to this great Western country than that of Sec retary of the Department of the Interior, and no state is more en titled to recognition than is Ore gon. "It must not be forgotten or overlooked that Oregon hereto fore has not had a square deal in matters pertaining to this depart ment, and now this state has a;i opportunity to place one of its ablest citizens in this important position, we believe, if no blunder is made, and for heaven's sake, let us avoid blunders at this time, es pecially in this particular instance. "Hundreds of thousands of acres of soil that will yield abund antly with a little water, now lie awaiting development in the states west of the Rocky Moun tains, and the next decade will see vast changes in this great unre claimed area. And in all this work of reclamation and develop ment, much depends upon the ma'n who will be appointed be tween now and March 4th to the Secretaryship of the Interior. Most of the western states have one or more candidates for the po sition, and some have more; but of all those mentioned so far we believe that Oregon has the ablest in the person of ex-Judge Will R, King. And in making this state ment vc do not feel that we arc casting any unfavorable reflection upon any other candidate from another state. We simply believe that Judge King's life-long resi dence in Oregon where he has, by the very nature of things, become familiar with subjects relating to western growth and development, give him claims to recognition that few, if any, others possess. "The man who holds this posi tion, whoever he may be, should', and doubtless will be a lawyer. Judge King here fills every re quirement, for he has been for 'twenty years one of the most prominent attorneys in this state, and as every one rn Oregon knows, served several years as a member of the supreme court. His long legal practice, together with his unlimited knowledge of questions which naturally will come before the Interior Depart ment place him easily at the head of the list of eligible candidates for Ibis important indorsement by the Democracy of California. Washington and Idaho, it is the plain duty of other states havrnir candidates to fall in line and there by make the appointment of Judge tsing certain. News Beginning With This Held It From Daily Issu of SATURDAY, JANUARY 4. 9(J A PIONEER ALBANY Conrad Meyer Who Conducted a Bakery and Grocery Here 38 Years to Rest Now. ARRIVED IN THIS CITY FROM RHODE ISLAND IN YEAR1871 He Accumulated Considerable Money and Much Valuable Property During Career. After being in business in Albany continuously for 38 years, Conrad Meyer, one of tfic pioneer citizens of this city and Linn county, retired from active duty 'on January 1 and will hereafter take life easy and no one deserves to more than this sturdy and industrious German, who came to Albany when the thriving little city of today was but a village on the south bank of the Willamette river. From the moment Mr. Meyer ar rived in Albany in the early spring o'f 1871, he has been one of the most prominent citizens of the city, and has made hundreds of warm friends among the people of Albany and the surrounding country. To these friends it is with great regret that they learn Conrad Meyer will be engaged i n CONRAD MEYER Pioneer Merchant Who Has Retired After 38 Years of Active Busi ness Life in Albany. business here no longer, for the pio neer merchant is respected highly by all those who have had the pleasure of dealing with him in years gone by. Mr. Meyer always carried an up-to-date stock of groceries in his little store at the corner of First and Brnadalbin street and during his busi ness career, treated everybody fairly and courteously, wiunnig many warm friends by his pleasant manner. Even strangers felt at home at Conrad Meyer's and it was a quiet day when one could walk into the Star Bakery and not find the genial proprietor dur ing his leisure time, conversing near the stove with a group o'f his acquaint ances. When Conrad Meyer left Germany in 18()6 he was twenty years of age. He was in good health and ambitious and chose the United States as the place in which to make his future home. Me came to New York from Germany by steamer and had been in this country but a short time when he secured a position in a bakery at Boston. Before leaving Germany, Mr. Mey er had served three years apprentice ship learning the baking trade, and when he accepted the position in Bos ton he was thoroughly experienced in his chosen work and he made good in that city. After several months in Boston, Mr. Meyer went to Providence, Rhode Island, where he secured another po' sition. It was while he was working in Providence that the desire to sec the Pacific coast grew upon him and he finally decided to come west. At Prvoidence. he secured passage on a vessel bound for Panama and after several days on the ocean, he reached the port of Aspinwall where he disembarked and crossed the isth mus by railroad to the city of Pana ma, on the Pacific ocean. He spent a few days here and board ed the first boat for San Francisco where he arrived the latter part of April in 1So7. Mr. Mever spent over .1 week in the city by the Golden Gate and nine days later was a passen ger on the ''trough steamer bound to Portland, where he arrived on May 2, 1S67. The great metropolis of today was nothing but a small town at that time and built along the west bank of the Willamette river and most of the business houses on Front and First streets, with residences scattered about in the immediate vicinity. The site of the building occupied until recently by l.ipnian. Wolfe & Company at the corner of Third and Washington streets, was offered to Mr. Meyers shortly after his arrival in Portland for the sum of $225, on terms of $50 down and $20 per month with no interest. He declined to purchase and had he bought that par ticular piece of property and kept it until toilav. he would be worth near ly one million dollars. The man who offered to sell him the property at that time was a car penter and his employer had given him the land for back wages due him. After his arriv.il in P.,TtK.l Mr Meyer opened a confectionery store STATE ASSOCIATION FORMED BY SPORTSMEN F. P. Tracy Is Elecled Vice President and A. B. Weather ford Is a Director. Representative sportsmen of the state met at the Commercial club last evening as guests o'f the Kane Coun ty Fish and Game association and or ganized a state association for the pur pose of "bringing the sportsmen of the state into more intimate relations; for procuring and maintaining proper legislation for the protection and propagation of all sorts of game, and for the vigorous enforcement of the game laws, and for the promotion of kindly intercourse and generous em ulation among sportsmen at the trap shooting contests." A committee to draft a constitution was appointed, and Eugene was select ed as the place for the holding of the first annual trap shoot, which is planned for the coming summer. Dr. F. M. Day of Eugene was elected president; F. P. Tracey, Albany, vice president; E. A. Bean, Eugene, secretary-treasurer. Directors are: Mor ris Abraham, Portland; A. B. Weath erford, Albany; William Beable. On tario; C. P. Murph- Baker; T. R. Sceley. Medford, and Ira Johnson, Couuille. Register. THE GOLDEN RULE STORE MAY LOCATE IN ALBANY Representives of Concern Said to Have Been in Albany In vestigating Conditions. That the Golden Rule Syndicate of stores is planning to open a branch house in Albany and other cities and towns in the Willamette Valley is the rumor which has gained circulation in the business circles of this city. It is known that parties have been in Albany during the past three weeks investigating local conditions but whether they represented the syndi cate above mentiiined or not has not been confirmed. , The Golden Rule Syndicate is said to have strong financial backing and in the event that the management determines to open open a store here it is probable that they will erect heir own building and Rut in a large stock of goods. Mrs. H. H. Hewitt of this city went to Salem this morning where she will spend Sunday visiting friends and rel atives. HARMONY GRANGE ELECTS OFFICERS FOR THE NEW YEAR Harmony Grange at a meeting held Dec. 21, 1912, elected the following officers for the year 1913: Master, V. M. Powell; overseer, J. M. Cor nelius; lecturer, Viola Cornett; chap lain. J. VV. Propst; steward, H. E. Mullen; assistant steward, Geo. Sump ter; Ceres, Mrs. S. Wirt; Pomona, Ar tie Richards; Flora, Mrs. M. Cor nelius: lady asssitaut steward, Clara Cornelius. which he conducted for nearly four years, coining to Albany in 1871. He was employed in this city for three or four years and in 1875, with John Fox as his partner, he opened a grocery store and bakery at the corner of First and Uroadalbin streets, where he has been engaged in business ever since. Meyer and Fox were in business together for sixteen months, Fox selling his interest to Meyer at the end of that time. During the time that Meyer and Fox were engaged in business togeth er, they baked ail their- own bread, cakes, pies, etc., taking turn about in the bakeshop and store. After buying his partner's interest, Mr. Meyer looked after the establishment by himself and was finally compelled, by the steady increase in business, to employ a baker, all of his time be ing required in the management of the store. He later purchased the building and ground occupied by his store. In 1876. Mr. Meyer was married in Co'rvallis to Miss Katie Radamak er and went to housekeeping in the home which he had erected upon prop erty purchased by him a short time before at Fifth and Calapooia streets. This property consisted of a quarter block which he still owns and where he still resides. To the home originally erected by htm. Mr. Meyer has made additions from time to time and today has a large nad attractive residence, sur rounded by various kinds of shrub bery and flowers of many varieties. He keeps his property in excellent shape all the tune and his home is greatly admired by local and visiting people. Mr. Meyer seldom absented him self from his store unless he was ill, and by hard work and honest dealing, he has succeeded in saving a comfort able sum of money, besides being the owner of much valuable property in this city from which he received a good inco'me. In addition to his property in Al bany. Mr. Meyers also maintains a summer home at Newport, where he aud the members of his family have spVnt the summer months for the past 14 years, enjoying the cool sea breezes that blow in from the Pa cific ocean. During the post year or so Mr. Meyer's health has not been as goo'd as in former years and after consider ing everything he finally concluded to retire from business and will spend his declining years enjoying life, free RECEPTION TO BANKERS IS A MOST ENJOYABLE AFFAIR Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Irvine Hosts to Officers and Employers of Two Institutions. The reception tendered by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Irvine at their Sixth street home last evening to the officers, stockholders and employees of the First -National and First Savings Bank was a most enjoyable event and attended by nearly fifty invited guests. The Irvine home was beautifully decorated for the occasion with potted plants and fern and everything was greatly enjoyed by all. A musical program was rendered including pi ano and violin selections by Prof. E. L. Wilson and his mother, Sirs. Fran ces Wilson; flute solo by J. C. Irvine, and a selection by a trio composed of Mrs, Wilson, piano, Prof. Wilson, vio lin, and J. C. Irvine, flute. Mrs. Percy A. Young pleased the guests with a vocal selection and Clyde Williamson gave a number of readings. While the healthy growth of the as sets of the First Savings Bank was the principal cause for the celebration and reception lost evening, another im portant event celebrated by the guests was the birthday of Hiram Torbet, the assistant cashier of the institution. He refused to divulge, his age, but he is said to be in his 'steenth year. $2,714 FROM THE FISH AND GAME LICENSES Forty-one More Applications for Hunting Licenses Than for Fishing Permits. According to the record m the County Clerk's office forty-one more applications were made during the year 1912 for hunting licenses than were made during the same period for fishing -permits. The total receipts from fish and game licenses during the same year was $2714.00. There were 1112 hunt ing licenses, 1061 fishing licenses, and 261 combination licenses and one" non resident fishing license. While the figures were not avail able at a late hour this afternoon it seems certain that the receipts from hunting and fishing licenses in 1912 will exceed those for the preceeding year. . Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stoltnow of Gooch arrived in Albany last evening and are spending Saturday in this city on a short shopping trip. KILLED A LARGE COUGAR WITH A REVOLVER NEW YEARS A state bounty of ten dollars was claimed this morning Tit the office of County Clerk Marks by W. N. Broth crton of Scio who killed a large cou gar east of that place on New Year's day. The cougar measured seven feet from nose to tail. Mr. Brothcrton's dogs treed the animal and it was shot with a revolver, this being the only weapon which Brothcrton had at the time the cougar was located. from care and worry. He will di vide his time between this city and Newport. The stock of goods which Mr. Mey er had on hand was all purchased by four local firms including S. E. Young & Son, Gilbert Brothers, Beam-FIetch-cr company, and Tomiinson & Hol man, who yesterday divided up the goods and moved them to their re spective places of business. The building which has been occu pied for so many years by the Star Bakery and also the one that is occu pied by the Combination barber shop have been sold to Pete Ruetner who will move them to Main street where they will be used by Scott & Conn, the East End grocers. The buildings will be removed from the corner within the next few days to make room for the new $25,000 build ing to be erected by Mr. Meyer for T. G. Bligh, a well known theatrical man of Salem, who will open a new motion picture and vaudeville house here soon. While being interviewed at his home yesterday, Mr. Meyer stated that he wished to thank his many friends and patrons for their patronage and cour tesies extended to him during his bus iness career of 38 years in this city. "1 also wish my friends a happy and prosperous New Year," said Mr. Mey er, "and may they all enjoy health and happiness." Conrad Meyer who has retired after an active business life of nearly forty years duration in this city, was born in Bavaria, Germany, on December 4, 1845, and last month celebrated the 67th anniversary of his birth. He re ceived an education in the schools of Germany and also learned his trade in that country. Now that he can afford to retire from business, practically every resi dent of Albany and Linn county will be glad to learn that well known pio neer w.ll enjoy all the blessings and pleasures of life during his remaining days and with the Democrat will ex tend their congratulations and best wishes to him for future happiness and health. Mr. Meyer has a wife and three sons who will share the reward of his energy and labor with him. His youngest son, Conrad Jr.. was married in this city several months ago and has been managing his father s store tor the past year. He is a young man of excellent business ability and has many friends in this city, where he was born and raised. COUNTY COURT IS STILL IN SESSION Application For a New Road in District No. 23 Was Approved This Morning. WILLAPPOINT SUPERVISORS ON NEXT MONDAY JAN. 6 Judge Duncan Will Turn Over . Keys to Office to McKnight Tomorrow Evening. Cleaning up the accumulated busi ness of the year 1912 the county court of Linn county has been working hard during the past few days audit ing bills and clearing the decks for the incoming administration. The application of M. S. Bellinger nad others for a new county road in District No. 23 was this morning ap proved by the court. This application has been under consideration by the court for some time. In the matter of the application of R. A. Huber and others for a new county road in District Number 25 the report of the viewers as to dam ages was approved and the petition continued until the next regular tsrm. On Monday the court will make the appointments of road supervisors in Mhe several districts. County Judge Duncan will turn over the keys to liis office on Monday night at 12 o'clock to D. B. McKnight. WRECKED AT SEA, SUFFER AGONIES IN OPEN BOAT Six Drown or Die of Exposure, One Goes Mad and Attacks Captain, Two Survive. London, Jan. 3. The two survivors of the Danish steamship Volmer, who perc picked up in an open boat fifty miles off the Lizard by a trawler yes terday, relate terrible experiences. The Volmer was wrecked on Thurs day in the great gale. One of the small boats with nine of the crew was swamped, all being drowned. The second boat, with the captain and seven others aboard, managed to weather the heavy seas. They had no oars and no water, and were unable to obtain food from the air-tight tank. The chief engineer died. The chief officer went mad and tried to throttle the captain. Eventually all died or were washed overboard except the captain and one other. They also were washed out of the boat several times, but managed to scramble back. They suffered the agonies of thirst and exposure and lost consciousness when rescued. OAKVILLE Mr. F. G. Smith, wife and son, were visiting friends here New Year's dav. The steel bridge at Corvallis will soon be ready for use, but the people ot Linn county will have to make a fill eight feet deep and two hundred feet long. They will also' have to make some fills in the road as our supervisor didn't do any work in that end of the district. The ferry landing on both sides of the river is too steep and the result is the smashing of vehicles and the profanity of the traveling public. The U. S. Engineers are working between here and Harrisburg and are taking the snags out as they go. The winds of the last week wrapped our telephone lines together, cutting US Off from "fptitral" nA n country lines generally. ran grain ana vetch are making a vigorous growth but a freeze would knock it out unless a snow should fall first and we don't want to see either. A few cases of hog cholera caused some of our swine raisers to' call a doctor and have their hogs vaccinat ed. No new cases have developed since. Thc Oakville school is in charge o Prof. Bennett of Philomath. LITTLE ROSE BUD. o Mrs. W. T. Wiles of Wells who has been visiting here for several days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Wiles, returned home this afternoon. Dr. W. D. Ferguson who has been working in Portland for some time in the interest of the college endowment fund. IC crtn;n .. I J A I bany. Dr. F. G. Franklin of this city is , e " a visaing 111 in dependence and Dallas. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. ..y.vv ,a uttcuy given mat ine un dersigned was by order of the County Court of Linn County, Oregon, on the 3rd day of January, 1913, duly ap pointed executor of the last will and testament of Anna Schlosser, deceas ed. All persons having claims against the estate of said deceased are hereby notified to present the same, with the proper vouchers, to the undersigned at hu residence, in the City of Albany, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated this 3rd dav of January. 1913. t,r.,iIARRY SCHLOSSER. HEW ITT & SOX. Executor. Attorneys for Executor. J10-F7