OLD GQUNGiLMEN
After Four Years of Faithful
Service Snell and Chambers
Retire From Office.
COUNCILMEN-ELECT BLOUNT
AND JOHNSON BEGIN DUTIES
Mayor Gilbert Extends Thanks
te the Retiring Alderman for
Services Rendered.
The adjourned meeting of the city
council which was held last eveninK
at the city hall was its last one for
two of the members of that body,
Councilman Robert D. Snell of the
third ward and Councilman J. N.
Chambers of the second ward retir
ing after four years of faithful service
for :the city of Albany.
Their places were taken by fc. A.
. Johnson, a well known Albany flour
manufacturer, who was recently elect
ed councilman from the third ward,
and Fred T. Blount, a local building
contractor, whom the people ot the
second ward have selected to repre
sent them in the. council. .
Mayor Gilbert in a neat speech com
plimented Messrs. Snell and Cham
bers, the retiring councilmen, for the
splendid manner in which they have
performed their duties for the people.
"Both of you have given four years
of faithful servioe to the city, said
Mayor Gilbert. "You were always
here and . 1 know and feel satisfied
that you have always worked for the
best interests of the city during your
term of office, both during the year
-i i -...1 ;n th nrprenincr ones.
JUSl tlUSCU UlIU " V f- fa
I want to thank both of you for your
co-operation ana iiarmumyu
- . .. ,l..Mic whllp in Office
lstraiiou oi juut - -
and I sincerely hope that the New
Year win De one ui yivpv....
y Councilman Chambers arose and
said: j . y
it- T u.mt tn s.iv that 1
in TClllWK i - -j
have always taken pride and pleasure
- : u n-;,ir the four
in serving nit .-..J.
i 1 oorol a rnimcilman 1
years iuai i a-t' . ---
have been in Albany most of the time
and I probably naven i uuuitu n-
u: :-.nMUDn,nnts th.it have
many uik i"'"u'"" .
been made during that time as much
as an outsider wouiu.
..T i, nlnnG,irp nf 1-ipmtr a mem
ber of the first council that awarded
a paving contract in tins city, v
... f. .T. .1 - In... hlnrtc thpil. lilt t ie
omy jtavcu n." ----
movement for hard-surfaced streets
has grown rapidly and .many of our
local thoroughfares are now paved
one ot tne best asseis nun "-j
have.
"We tried for several years to get a
new city charter and were recently
successful. We now have a modern
electric railway through the valley
which was completed last year. Many
people kicked when we granted the
company a franchise and they kick On
lots of other things, but I feel that
their kicks should be taken as com
pliments for any man who is doing
right and working for the best, inter
ests of the city is bound to make
somebody growl.
"1 want to thank the mayor, city
officers, and members of the council
for the courtesies extended to me
while a member of this body and 1
bespeak for my successor a prosper
ous administration and I would ask
that he be accorded the same cour
tesies that have been extended to me.
Mr. Blount, my successor, has been a
resident of this city for many years
and I am sure will give a good account
of himself." . .
Councilman Snell, the retiring coun
cilman from the third ward, address
ed the mayor and council briefly,
thanking them for courtesies extended
to him during his term of office, and
said that he hoped the future would
be prosperous for the city.
Councilman Henry Lyons arose and
requested that a vote of thanks be ex
tended by the members of the council
to Messrs. Chambers and Snell for
their energetic administration and co
operation during the past four years.
A motion to this effect was made and
unanimously carried. The old coun
cil adjourned sine die.
Mayor Gilbert, Recorder Van Tas
sel and all the members of the old
council, including J. R. Hulbert. John
Simpson, M. J. Cameron, J. N. Cham
bers, R. D. Snell, and Henry Lyons
were present last evening. .
When the new council met a few
minutes after the adjournment' of the
old council, the following officers
were in their places: Mayor Gilbert,
Recorder Van Tassel, and Councilmen
Lyons. Johnson, Blount, Cameron,
Simpson and Hulbert. The same rules
of order that have been used in the
past were adopted and it was decid
ed to keep the same offices for 1913.
Mavor Gilbert appointed the follow
ing standing committees for the year:
Wavs and Means Councilmen Simp
son, Hulbert and Johnson: Ordinanc
es Couiicil.nen Lyons. Blount and
Cameron; Accounts, and Current Ex
penses Councilnic; HulheH. John
son and Simpson: Ftrci-ts and Public
Property Councilmen Cameron, Hul
bert and Johnson; Fire and Water
Councilmen lllount. Lyons and Hul
hrrt: Health and Police Councilmen
Johnson, Cameron and Lyons; Licen
ses Councilmen Simpson, Cameron
and I.vons; Printing and Supplies
Councilmen Blount, Simpson and
Johnson.
Councilman Lyons Mated that ow
ing to the amount of time required to
serve on the streets and public prop
erty committee he would be in favor
of compensation for the members of
that committee. Mayor Gilbert in a
short address to the new council told
oi the work that had been accomplish-
WESTERN STAR GRANGE IS
OPPOSED TO APPROPRIATION
Not in Favor of State Granting
Funds for Construction of
Interstate Bridge.
The information given to the
Democrat yesterday relative to
a resolution recently passed by
Western Star Grange No. 309 ap
pears to have been erroneous and
for the benefit of those who are
interested we will say that the
information was given to us by a
member of one of Linn county's
granges and that it was publish
ed 'as handed in.
The article in last evening's
Democrat read to the effect, that
Western Star Grange favored an
appropriation by the state for the
construction of an interstate
bridge across the Columbia river
at Vancouver.,
We are informed today by F.
M. Mitchell that Western Star
Grange recently passed a resolu
tion opposing any appropriation
by the state for this purpose, the
members believing that the re
sults to be obtained from such a
project would not justify the ex
penditure of money asked for
from the state, and that the rep
resentatives to the legislature
from Linn county would be in-
structed to oppose any appropri
ation from the state for this pur
pose. The Linn County Council
which met at Bussard's hall in
this city last Saturday went on
record as approving the action
taken by Western Star Grange in
the interstate bridge matter, and
the resolution passed by West
ern Star Grange was adopted.
THE COUNTY COURT .LEFT-
TODAY FOR CAPITAL CITY
Joint Accounts Between Two
Counties for Preceeding Year
Will Be Settled.
Leaving today for S;ilem the mem
bers of the county court of Linn coun
ty will hold a session this morning
with the commissioners ' of Marion
county for the purpose of settling the
joint accounts of the two counties
for the year 1912. County Judge Dun
can accomDanied the newly elected
members of the court. He is familiar
with all the business transactions be
tween the two counties and will be
of great assistance in sottling up the
business tor the preceding year.
PASTOR, CRITICIZED,
NOW A FLOORWALKER
Censured for Advanced Ideas,
He Resigns and Takes a
Mercantile Job.
Fort Worth, Tex., Jan. 7. Mem
bers of the congregation of the Hemp
hill Presbyterian church are balloting
on whether they will-accept the res:?
nation of their pastor, Rev. J. P.
Hicks, just now a floorwalker in the
hosiery department of a big depart
ment store. t
The polls close the second Sunday
in January and the preacher is hoping
they accept his resignation, for a
taste of floorwalking has spoiled him
for the pulpit.
Hicks' advanced ideas of theology
invited criticism among his flock and,
without apologizing, he resigned. Too
many of the church members, how
ever, sympathized with him and the
ballot was taken as the best means of
determining his relative popularity.
The preacher and W. G. Burton, de
partment store head, are close friends.
Burton a few days ago commented
on the lack of help during the Christ
mas rush.
"Hire me," Hicks said. 'If they ac
cept my resignation, I'll need money
to meet old obligations." . .
"You're on," the merchant said,
and Hicks went to work. '
The floorwalker went home tired
the first night of his new workSatur
day night, and the next morning he
preached a sermon on "Why I Resign
ed, or Cogs in the Wheels of Prog
ress.'" Hicks is a deep student, and until
he took his new job, never knew any
thing familiarly but theology. Some
of the more staid members of his
congregation regard his latest venture
as the most daring and unconventional
thing he ever attempted, but it is not'
his first dep?rtnre from convention.
.
CITY NEWS.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Albany
will hold itS(annuaI meeting on Thurs
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. L. E. Blain, corner of
Seventh and Broadalbin streets. All
those interested in charitable work
are invited to attend- Mrs. A. H.
Martin, Secy.
There will be a meeting of the Al
bany Retail Merchants' Association at
the Commercial Club tomorrow even
' -g at 8 o'clock. Every merchant in
ed in the past year and said that he
hoped the coming year would be a
larger and successful one, and that the
work would be carried on in the same
friendly spirit as in the past.
ALBANY PEOPLE
Eighteen Suggestions for the
Name for Portland, Eugene
& Eastern Railway.
PROMINENT CITIZENS OF
ALBANY SUBMIT NAMES
$50 Gold Watch Is Prize Offer
ed by Company for Best
Name Suggested.
Eighteen Albany people have thus
far filed claims against that $50 in
gold which the Portland, Eugene &
Eastern Railway Company is offering
for the best nickname for the new
road which will be running" its big
steel passenger coaches through the
streets of this city by this date next
year at the lattest. Each of them has
received a nicely worded letter ac
knowledging the filing of the entry
in the nickname contest and a few
lines briefly outlining the purposes
of the company.
Electrical interurban railroad devel
opment in the United States is the
product of the last 10 years. During
that ;;me the cities and communities
served by them have outstripped all.
others in growth of population and
business importance. It is this fact
that the Portland, Eugene & Eastern
is endeavoring to impress upon the
people of the Willamette valley, that
there may be co-operation in "letting
the world know that the district is to
have 340 miles of railroad that will
make every and any point just "30
minutes from the farm,"
It was probabk that J. Basinski, 41$
West K-ifth street, had the notion that
the P. E. & E. was destined to raise
ne mischief with the immigration
towards the West when he suggested
"The Buster Brown Route" to the
committee. The Royal Route to
wealth, as suggested by him, -might
p!o'c true for those settler? who will
be induced to come here, after the
roau is constructed.
Glenn Ohling, a country lad, sub
mitted 12' nicknames beginning with
"Sunbeam Route" and passing along
through the changes of an Oregon
diiy o "Sun Pog."
J. E. Torbct made a bid for the
money with "United Electric'1 and a
design lor an announcing board, carry
ing t list of names for tnrivi. Among;
them were Albany Hummer, Varsity
Spivia!, Queen Valley Lim.ted. and
a slip nt Salein with "Capital Accom
modation." Walter K. Dresser, of Presoyterian
Co'h.'ge, thinks it ought to ')e "Stray
Horn,' while Mrs. T. E. MarMi. K
J. D. 1, looked over the map oi"
Mraifcht tracks and concluded that
Oregon speeder would, do. Mrs
V. S. Smithy, Twelfth and H;'il streets,
sttbm'tted "Threo-In-One It .ute."
Sarah Pearson Adams is one of a
larcc number to select "Peerless" as
y u;table nickname.
R. A. Newport, manager for the
Newport Jersey Cattle rarm, 1;
strong for "Pacific Arrow" route,
while Barney Glenn stands for "Pa
cific Alsca."
J. C. Way, 620 West Fourth street,
is an opponent of the use of the name
"Webfoot" in connection with Ore
gon and has written a strong letter
asking that the road be named the
China Pheasant Koutc, using pic
tures of the bird in advertising.
J. A. Croft wants "Valley View'
adoDted because the new electric sys
tem will reach all portions of the real
agricultural portions of the valley, in
stead of following the river winnings
T. M. Gallagher, 1539 East Second St.
is of the oninion that "Pee Wee Pike'
would about express the idea, and
Cecil Croft wants it "St. Mary's
Road," after the well known peak of
that name.
Viola Price Franklin exercised con
siderable ingenuity in evolmg Or-
apavalc Route" out of Oregon's apple
vale, while Miss Emma R. Bruckman
thinks "Paradise of America" would
be a suitable recognition of the Wil
lamette Valley.
A. L Hodges wants it "Pacific Elec
trie," while Dan Johnston joins the
Peer crowd. nee Line hJcctnc
would suit E. H. Rhodes, "The Yel
low Fir" is satisfactory to J. V. Pipe
Mr. Pine believes that the P. E & E
will eventually reach the big fir for
ests now standing.
Albany is expected to be present and
all citizens interested in the coming
convention are invited to attend.
The report of Chief of Police Aus
tin for the month of December, 1912.
which was read at the council meeting
last night, was as follows: Drunk 9,
violating plumbing ordinance 1, ho-
A fire which started from the stove
at the skating rink yesterday after
noon threatened for several minutes
to assume large proportions and de
stroy the place. However, the blaze
was quenched before any serious dam
age was done.
?Irs. Emma Crosno', the popular
singer at the Empire theatre in this
city, left yesterday afternoon for Cor
vallis where the has accepted a two
weeks' engagement; She will sing at
the Crystal theatre in that city.
SHEDDS FARMER HAS TAKEN
DEOCTAT NEARLY 40 YEARS!
W..Post Residing in Southern
Part of County Renewed His
Subscription Yesterday.
W. Post, a prosperous farmer resid
ing on the Oregon Electric, five miles
southwest of Shedds, was in the city
yesterday and renewed his subscrip
tion to the Democrat, He states that
he has taken the Democrat nearly 40
years and couldn't do without it.
Mr. Post was raised in the vicinity
of his present home and with the ex
ception of eight years which he spent
in eastern Oregon has lived in Linn
county since 1872. He was married
in 1876 and on the 13th day of this
mouth will be 69 years of age.
Mr. Post says he is enjoying excel
lent health and from all appearances
he is, for he appers to be of ususually
fine physique for a man of his ad
vanced age.
Owing to the fact that a large num
ber of the members of the hoard of
directors of the Albany Conwnercial
club attended the lecture delivered by
Htshop uell at the U. 1. church, no
meeting of the Commercial club was
held last evening. It is possible that
,m effort will be made to hold a meet
ing tonight.
An event of more than usual inter
est to the members of the First Prcs-
byterirn church will be a social and
chicken pie dinner which will be held
in the basement of the new church
building on Wednesday night. This
II be the tirst event ot its kind to be
held in the fine new building.
PYRAMID OF GIZEH
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This wonderful testimony of the
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Bible allusions to it. the importance of
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tronomical and geographical deduc
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ciety, 17 Hicks Street, Brooklyn.
12 "
FRUIT INSPECTOR GIVES
ADVICE TO THE FARMERS
D. W. Rumbaugh Urges Linn
County People to Prune and
Clean up Fruit Trees.
Editor of Democrat:
The first of last year I called the
attention of the people of Linn county
to the fact that the month of January
was about the best time for the prun
ing and cleaning up of the fruit trees
and orchards, and advised them to be
gin operations at once. Many of them
followed the advice, and with splendid
results, but many did nothing at all.
Now I want to urge these people once
more to grub out and burn all unde
sirable trees, and to prune and clean
up the others ready for spraying at a
later date, and if the work is not done
this time I shall then have to resort
to sterner measures. When the time
comes to spray for scale, moss, etc.,
which depends somewhat upon the
season, but will probably be some time
in February or March, I will. send out
the latest formula for the preparation
of the spraying material.
D. W. RUMBAUGH,
Fruit Inspector.
WANTED: GOATS TO
GET THE MOSQUITOES
To Drive Away Malaria, Uncle
Sam Advertises for Billies
and Nannies.
Washington, Jan. 3. The war de
partment has posted this advertise
ment: "Wanted, by early spring, twenty
goats, Billies and Nannies, at Fort
Washington. Goats must be healthy
and strong."
Fort Washington, not far from
Washington, is the happy breeding
and hunting grounds or the malaria
bearing mospito. If requires mui:h
quinine to keep the soldiers fit. It is
believed that a herd ot goats would
bring about better conditions eat up
the grass and shrubs that harbor the
mosquito. Besides there is the antip
athy the little insect has for pungent
odors. Leaders of the movement say
that livery stable men kepe goats to
drive away fleas.
The war department docs not want
any fancy goats, but the old, tin-can-rating
varieiy. A bmich of pedigreed
Angora goats died from poison ivy
eaten near Fort Washington last year.
The war department doesn't want that
kind.
VISIT IN THIS CITY
Councilman Allen, Fire Chief
Keating and City Attorney
Goss in Party.
ATTENDED MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT
Invited by Mayor Gilbert to
Address Council and Gave
Interesting Talk.
Frank E. Allen, a former Albany
councilman and groceryman, now of
Marshficld, accompanied by John D
Goss, city attorney, and Dan B. Keat
ing, fire chief of that city, visited the
city council last evening. ,
They are visiting the various towns
and cities' of the Willamette Valley,
inspecting fire apparatus, with a view
of purchasing an auto' fire engine for
their cityt
Mr. Allen who is now a member of
the city council in Marslificld and an
old friend of Mayor Gilbert, was in
vited by the chief executive of the city
to make a few remarks during the
council meeting last evening.
Mr. Allen said: ,
"I am indeed glad to be back here
again for a short stay and to see a
few familiar faces here, especially
Mayor Gilbert's. He certainly makes
a dignified appearance in the chair.
I am glad to note the prosperity here
and the many wonderful changes that
have been made here since I left Al
bany a few years ago. Your new
buildings and paved streets arc a
credit to the-city. . t .
"We have our troubles in Marsh
field just the same as you do in Al
bany toward getting improvements,
but we manage to get them by hard
work. I am glad to have had the
privilege of addressing you and for
becoming acquainted with you.
City Attorney Goss of Marshficld
was called upon and said that he was
glad to note the many improvements
that had been made in Albany during
the past few years. He said that when
he visited Albany a few years ago
he wasn't favorably impressed with
the place but had now changed his
views.
He told of the time when he first
went to Marshficld, of the great activ
ity on constructing a railroad to Coos
Bay from Drain, and that at that time
people predicted Marshficld would
become a city of 25,000 within a few
years.
"However," said Mr. Goss, "all ac
tivity suddenly ceased and we are still
waiting for the railroad, which we
hope to sec completed to Marshfield
some day." Mr. Keating was also
called upon for a few remarks but
declined to speak.
Appropriate remarks Avcrc made by
Councilineii-elect Johnson and Blount
of this city and the council adjourned.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE
MENT. Notice is hereby given tint the un
dersigncd administrator of the estate
of W. A. Anderson, deceased, has filed
in the County Court of Linn County,
Oregon, his final account as .such ad
ministrator and that said court has
fixed Monday, the 10th day of Febru
ary, 1913, at the hour of one o'clock
in the afternoon, as the time for the
hearing of objections to said final ac
count and the settlement thereof.
J. C. ANDERSON,
HEWITT & SOX, t Administrator.
Attorneys for Administrator. J10F7
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