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- WEEKLY- DEMOCRAT OL. XLVIII. ALBANY, LINN COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1913.. No. 25. AliBAJN PUBLIC BANQUET TO BE BIG AFFAIR Dinner Will Be Se. ved by the Albany Commercial Club to Honor Local College. PRES. CROOKS EXTENDED CONGRATULATIONS OF CLUB Organization Endorses the Pro posed Pacific Highway; C. & E. Schedule Discussed.' In appreciation of the splendid work done by President Crooks and his staff of able assistants in securing $250,000 endowment for Albany Col lege, -the Albany Commercial Club at its recular meeting last evening decided by a unanimous vote to give a public banquet at an eariy uaic h honor of this great achievement and the following committee was appoint ed to make the necessary arrange ments for the event: J. 3. van win kle, president; C. H. Stewart, manag er, and E. H. McCune and C. E. Sox, directors. The members of the Commercial nh ftillv realize the importance at tached to the movement which has secured an endowment of a quarter of a million of dollars for Albany Col lege and the effect that it will have upon the future of Albany and Linn county, and it was decided to cele brate the event in a proper manner. The banquet promises to be one of thp Ini-frfst affairs held in this citv for years. The committee will probably meet this afternoon tot arrange, some ot the preliminary aetaus. Manager Stewart of' the Commcr -rial rinh was nn motion of the mem bers last evening, instructed to extend , the congratulations of the club to President Crooks for his magnificent ' work in bringing to a successful close tne campaign lor ou.uuu lor tile en dowment of the college. A communication to the Albany manager of the Eugene Commercial club was read-, asking tor an expres sion from the local organization re garding Hs attitude toward the pro posed raclllc tiignway ana o.n mo tion Manager Stewart was instructed to notify Mr. Duryca that the club fa vored the 'highway and would co-operate with other clubs of the valley in taking action toward securing it. The matter of securing a change of schedule on the eastern division of the Corvallis & Eastern' railway that would be mlore beneficial to the people of Eastern Linn county was discussed by the club and referred to the comimitte on railroads with in structions to investigate the matter. The. change of schedule was men tioned in the Democrat a few nights - ago and the movement was started by the residents of Scio who desire to have a train schedule arranged which will enable them to come to Albany and return 'home the same day. LINN COUNTY COUPLE WEQ IN PORTLAND ON MONDAY A wedding ceremony was perform ed at Portland on Mo'nday, Jan. 6, in which a couple of Linn county peo ple took a prominent part. At the residence of the bride's sister, Mrs. W. E. Carlon. Mr. John R. Williamson, of Oakville, and Mrs. Anna. Barton, of this city, were united in marriage, Rev. W. A. Spauldmg officiating in a pretty ceremony. The groom is a prosperous farmer and the bride is a former popular clerk in the Hamilton store, both estimable people, old residents of Linn county. Among those attending were the parents of the groom, Mr. aird Mrs. S. P. Williamson, of Oakville, and son Melvin,' of this city, and Mrs. Eva Patterson, sister, of the groom, and daughter, Miss Eda, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Williamson left on a trip up the Columbia, after which they will return to their home at Uakviilc on Friday. CHRISTIAN CHURCH TEAM WON THE INDOOR BASEBALL GAME One of the best games of indoor baseball played in Albany for several months was the one at the" Armory L'iSt evening between the teams from the Methodist and Christian churches which resulted in victory for the lat ter team by the score of 16 to 14. A fair sized crowd witnessed the con test which was umpired impartially nv r, f. isutting. News on This Page Is From Daily Issue of WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8. 8) CREAMERY MEN OF VALLEY HELD MEETING YESTERDAY Will Form Strong Organization Here on January 17; Want to Secure Rights in Market. - A large number of creamerymen from various points of the Willamette Valley met yesterday afternoon at the rooms of the Albany Commercial club to discuss plans -for an organiza tion for the purpose of getting their rights in the Portland market. At present the large Portland con cerns make their own quotations and are-ablfl to ship burter into Oregon from t-o bast and sell it at a large profit, thus preventing creamerymen of the valley from securing the top market price lor the product manu factured here. Representatives were here from eitrht creameries yesterday and a strong organization will be perfected here on Friday, Jan. 17. , . 30 YEARS' ROMANCE LEADS TO Love Was Lost When Families Were Separated, but Is .Revived. . New York, Jan. 7. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Curtis. Bullard are at their apartments today in the Pasadena, Broadway and Sixty-first streets, hap py in the thought that their romance of thirty years' standing has had a happy ending. They just have been married in the chapel of the Good Shepherd,' on Ninth avenue, a few friends being in vited to witness the ceremony. Mrs. Helen Bullard, wife of Dr. Edward Bullard of Brooklyn, attend ed the bride and Bernard Fuller, was best man. Bpth bride and bridegroom are wealthy, the latter being the head of a large patent medicine concern. Thirty years ago they met, when Mrs. Bullard was Miss Helen. Lister. Later she became Mrs. Helen Rollins. The love which sprang into being at that time was lost when their fam ilies became separated and they drift ed apart." After a few years Mrs. Rol lins'-1 husband died;. ' Acrain she met Mr. Bullard. but at that time his mother had been taken ill and was an invalid in a hospital. He asked Mrs. Rollins to wait. She agreed, and for twenty years they have been sweethearts. A year ago Mr. Bullard's mother,-who had been a great sufferer and to whom the so'n was devoted; died. 1 hen tne date tor the wedding was set. After another year s wait they wer6 married. . , AN EGGLESS HEN TRIED- TD DIE, THE OWNER SAYS Mary, Despondent Since Auto Damaged Her Laying Ap paratus Attempted Suicide. New York, Jan. .7. Conscience- stricken, her owner says, because. though eggs are high priced, she had not been able to contribute her quota, Mary, the pet hen of Miss Hannah Mace of North Tarrytown, attempted suicide yesterday morning. Mary flew up on a wire tence and sticking ner head through one o'f the holes, jumped off. There she was slowly strangling to death when her owner, attracted by the cackling of other chickens, ran out and grabbed her. io a woriu rrnorter Aliss Mace said: "Alary was hit by an automobile some months ago and since that time she has not been able to lay any eggs. When the other hens were lay ing plentifully she was ingoo'd spirits, out alter a wnnc sne noticed tne nens were not laying the usual number and it preyed on her mind. Mary of ten would go witnout tooa so tne otn er hens could have it. "As the eggs became fewer and fewer Mary became more despondent, and for a week I have noticed a far away look in her yes. She didn't care about her perso'nal appearance. Fin ally sne began to starve herselt. and when death didn't come quickly erough she tried suicide.--! hope 1 can pull her through, but I'm afraid Mary is not long tor this world. Tears came to Miss Mace's eyes. L. R. Fiefds, superintendent of the Southern Pacific company, arrived in Albany yesterday afrernocn and is looking after business matters in this city today. L. S. Logan, a well known resident of Pendleton, arrive. in Albanv this morning from Eugene and is looking alter Dusiness matters here today. Mrs. P. A. Younur of this citv went to Portland this morning where h will visit friends and reiat;ves for a few days. W. H. Jenkins, the genial traveling passenger agent o'f the Southern Pa cific company, was visiting the local merchants this morn in it while trans- acting official business in Albany. HARD RAIN YESTERDAY WETS RAILWAY OFFICIALS TO SKIN Superintendent Fields andOther Heads of Southern Pacific Company Inspect Line. Caught in the hard rain which fell in the Willamette Valley yesterday afternoon, a party of prominent offi cials o'f the Southern Pacific company, including Superintendent L. R. Fields, General Freight Agent H. A. Hhv shaw and Assistant General Freight Agent J. H. Mulchay, were drenched to the skiir when they arrived in Al bany yesterday afternoon on a gaso line speeder from Salem. However, the officials don't mind a little thing like that, for it is a part of the busi ness, - The officials who are making an inspection trip of the main line from Portland to i Southern Oregon were compelled to" use the gasoline speed er as Superintendent Field's private car is in the shop for repairs. The use of the speeder also gives them a better chance to inspect the line. The officials spent the night here at the Van Dran hotel and this morning visited the (merchants ot the city, in the interest of the Southern Pacific. The party left this afternoon for Eu gene, iney win also visit otner towns in the southern part of the state and will return to Portland the latter part of-the we( . - ERIL IN PHOTOGRAPHING BEAUTIES OF THE HAREM Baron de Meyer Tells How the Swordsmen of the Turkish Sultan Nearly Got Him. New York, Jan. 7. Baron De Mey er arrived the other day, accompanied by the baroness who says she intends hereafter to fence European women and not break a lance or two with the American girls who defeated her last year. ... During the summer the baron said he leased a house near Constantinople as he had received many requests from the Sultan to make photographs for the empire. As a special courtesy the sultan permitted the baron to make the photographs of six of the most beautiful Women of the harem, but as tney would be veiled while posing the baron was forced to take his pic tures' from" behind a screen, -As a orecautionarv measure the sul tan stationed two swordsmen within a few feet of the baron. After several pictures had been made the baron moved his camera shehtlv. The move ment upset the screen and down it fell revealing the unveiled beauties. For anv man to gaze upon charms so sedulously concealed is a terrible offense in Turkey and the swo'rd ex perts would have made short work of the baron had he not made a hasty exit and met the royal chamberlain on the way. Later the sultan apolo gized and the baron finished his pho tographic studies. T. R. Shaw, manager of the Ham mond Lumber company of Mill City, returned home this morning alter oe ing in Albany yesterday afternoon on a Dimness in p. Dr. W. H" Davis o'f this city was a passenger this morning to Lebanon where he was railed on professional business. He returned nome this at ternoon. H. A. Hinshaw, general freight agent, and J. H. Mulchay, assistant treight agent, ot the Southern facihc, were visiting Albany merchants this morning. E. J. Richards of Mill City who spent yesterday in Albany looking al ter business matters, returned home this morning. William H. Hornibrook. editor the Democrut. left this morning for Portland where he will spend the (lay looking alter business matters. S CITY NEWS. . X lie O L. ' 1 4111,13 UUitl Ul wna v.iijr today placed its handsome new auto dus in commission, n is a iu-y.iMCTi' ger Buick. and attracted much alien tion at the passenger stations of the southern facihc and Uregon fclec trie railways. The merchants of Albany are re quested not to forget the big meeting to he held at 8 oclock this evening in the rooms of the Albany Commer cial Club. Every retail merchant in this citv is especially requested to he present and all who arc interested in the coming convention on January Aind are invited to attend. The citv council will meet in regu lar session at 7 o'clock this evening and from present indications it will be a long session. Much important business will be acted upon this even ing and Mayor Gilbert will deliver his annual message to the city council. F. M. French & Sons, jewelers, pf this city, won the prize for the best decorated window in the United States during Christmas, advertising "Simmons' Chains." The- first prize was $10fKO. A photograph of the window is on exhibition at the store. SHORT COURSE AT COLLEGE OPENS WITH CROP LECTURE Prof. Scudder Gives Advice on Grasses. Hay, Vetch and Othei Feed Crops. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, Or., Jan. 7. Forage crops and their use formed the subject of Prof. H. B. Scuddcr's opening lecture at the Oregon Agricultural College short course yesterday afternoon. He gave some good advice as to what to plant in different regions and as to harvest ing. "By forage crops we mean rough age, soiling crops, pasture crops, sil age and hay crops," said Prof. Scud der in introduction. "The importance of forage in Oregon is great, partly because the soil and climatic condi tions arc for the most part favorable. The hay crop is most important in Vestern Oregon, where soiling croos are also produced. The grass crop in Western Oregon is very important, and if tame grasses arc sown they will soon become an important asset of the farm. They require lots of water, and are far less important in eastern Oregon than west of the mountains. "Various things determine lite value of. forage. The effect upon soil fer tility is an important consideration. They vary, also, in digestibility. Some crops are much more watery than oth ers. Vetch, though less valuable than clover, has good qualities, being very cosmoooiitan and naving a icnoency to increase fertility rather than de crease it. It is valuable for many kinds of feeding, as ha v. fed green as a soiling crop, and as pasture, though it is not generally so grown, it can be used as silage, either alone or mixed with corn. ''The timcbf planting vetch makes it valuable, as it mav be put in the ground any time of year that is con venient, though the tall is prcterable. It is not ottcn sown in the spring. The smooth vetch is the variety much grown in western Oregon, but in tne eastern part of the state it cannot stand the cold, so the hairy variety is used,- as a winter cover crop. It is a waste of time to be trying other than he smooth variety ncrc in the western portion of the state. "A crop of vetch sown the first o'f October would be ready early in May, and a crop sown in December would be ready the first week in June. AUSTRALIAN PLANTERS ARE CANNIBAL VICTIMS Believed to Have Been Devour ed by Tribe of Savages From Unexplored Regions. Svdnev. Australia. Tan. 7. Butcher ed by natives in New Guinea was the fate of two planters, James and Her mann Weber, at their plantation in the heart of the "nigger country." They were set upon by a savage tribe of cannibals, who came from un explored regions. No trace of the bodies has been found. It is believ ed thev were devoured bv the blacks. lhe news was brought by triendly natives, who state that the same tribe has been carrying on a campaign of butchery throughout the district. n puimivc cxpeuiuuii u uctu formed with the idea of teaching the murderers a lesson. Papuans, the name given the black inhabitants of New Guinea, a British possession under the rule of the Aus tralian commonwealth, are supposed to be amenable to discipline, but oc casionally an outbreak of cannibalism occurs and the whites arc slaughtered mercilessly, Hon. C. L. Shaw of this city who was reelected at the recent election to represent Linn county at the state leg islature which i convenes next week, went to aalcm this morning. TANGENT NEWS Tangent has improved more in the last year than tor some tune past, lolin Need ham has built one new house and rearranged a pjrl of ti)c eld c!itol house into a ve:y com foM.-iHe i tiling, which is nc v oci't: nc! by he S. P. section forci.ian and Ins tnm-ly. L. r. rrrtith has built a nev oarn on his r-rxierty lately puu-.ased of Aii!1')1 feard. A D. Hudson built a nev bain on his p ace in the northeait part of langcn:. There arc six empty houses 'n Tan gent at this time, something very un us Vil at this time of the yeir. REPORT Mrs. Gerie Foster of Prineville ar rived here Saturday on a visit with her rather. I. M. Sharn. F. M. Sharp ami wife returned from an extended visit at sal cm, indepcn'l eifc, Corvallis and Philomath. (i C. Siei! i h her and wife went to Portland laji week o'n a vi-,;' with rt-la' it there. . '.fjimi'ttcc Irom the ' -k ica p ::inc -,f':.panv w. Ire 1. Thursday for the purpose of ?rranging lor a hrtter telephone sprvi-f between rlainview. fangrnt and AIb;nv. The cold snap, which co;in:enceJ on last alurlay has made it very unpleasant and difficult to gc around M"Si!SDUTHERII PACIFIC nui nunc inia munnniu Large, Crowd Attends Services , ; Which Were Held at St. " Mary's Catholic Cljurch. The funeral services of the late Mrs. Frank O'Brien, who died on MondayJ at ner nome in auiem.were neiu ai 10 o'clock this morning at St. Mary's Catholic church of this city, 1 Rev. Father. Lane officiating'. - Interment Lwas held in the City cemetery. -The services.of. Mrs. .O'Brien were attended oy a large aim sympathetic crowd of Albany people-who were well acquainted - with the deceased when she was a 'resident of Albany several years ago. Sie wasthe wife of Frank O'Brien, "who-with John Gib lin conducted the St. Charles hotel in Albany for mauy years, , Many beautiful floral pieces were contributed by the friends of the de ceased whp attended the services this morning. v METHODIST CHURCH TO HOLD SERIES OF SPECIAL MEETINGS Rev. John Lewtas of Tacoma Will Assist Rev. Leech ip the Work Which Begms in Feb. The official board of the First Meth odist church, of this city has planned for a few weeks' special meetings to begin about February 1. The Rev. John Lewtas of Regents' Park, Tacoma, has been secured to as sist the pastor, Rev. D. H. Leech. Dr. Lewtas is a well known evangelist and has traveled extensively, and dur ing his stav here will Drive several lec tures here on the countries through which he has traveled, including Tur key and other countries now in the public eye. - . flOOPSKIRTS REVIVED AGAIN NEXT FIVE YEARS Mrs. Minona Jones, in Answer ing Mrs. Catt, Sees No Danger of Trousers. Chicago: 'Tan. 16. Attempts to re form the fashions for women and sub; fltitute trousers for "hobble skirts are hopeless. Women are slaves ot fash ion, and, anyway, the sartorial reform should beginwith the men. . This is the answer o'f Mrs. Minona S. lones to the clothes .reform move ment started by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. the suffragist. "Mens clothes are an abomination. and I hate to sec them even on-men," asserted Mrs. Jones. "I certainly wouldn't change my garb for that of a man for anything. But there is go ing to be a change that will occur of its own volition. ' inside of five vears women will be wearink hoopsktrts and the trills oldcu days. It is just as certain to come about as anything. Fashion in dress always goes from. one extreme in an otner. mm uuw n is me tiuiu fitting dress. Five years will see the hoopskir t back, and it win be impos siblc to ;ct three women in an elc vator at the same time." Mrs. Tones, while opposing the pres ent dictate of fashion for women, has her ideals of whatj should constitute proper apparel for men. "I want to sec the men revert to the clothes of the old colonial time, clothes that had some distinction and color. Let the bright colors of the velvets, the knee breeches, the laces and the silks take the place of the prison garb that men atlect today. Woman mav be a slave to fashion, hut she is more independent than' man. What man would dare to wear a straw hat before June? Or would he make some radical change in his costume and show it oft r You seldom see two hats on wo men alike, but tjiere is eternal same ness or the mare costume. It is th stiff derby or the same colored and shaped soft hat the same cut of elothta. and all that. "Before women adopt man's cos tume let the men do some reforming on their own behalf. I am not in favor "f.H'C. present tight skirt, but that will pass away o'f its own accord. The women themselves will see to that, hut it is up to the men to show some independence and make radical re forms." JUDGE M'KNIGHT PERFORMS HIS FIRST MARRIAGE TODAY County Judge D. B. Mciwiight per formed his first marriage this after noon at 1 :30 o'clock, uniting Miss Anna Scefeld of Unlscy and Lester Powell of Brownsville. The bride ii a daughter of well known I fa Key people and -the groom is a son of Mr. and Mn. Chas. . Powell, prosperous farmers of Brownsville. The cere mony was witnessed by the bride's mother, Mrs. Henry Scefeld. H. J. McCracken. a well known boiler inspector of Portland, arrivrd in the Huh City hist evening and h transacting business matters here to day, fie is registered at (he Van Dran. ' E Will Install Electric Arcs at the Street Corners As Required by City of Albany. SUPERINTENDENT FIELDS CONFERS WITH THE MAYOR Railway Official Stated That Company Will Abide by the Terms of Ordinance. .While in Albany this morning, Sup erintendent L. R.. Fields of the South ern Pacific cofpany, called upon May or P. D. Gilbert and informed hiin that his company would comply with the ordinance recently passed by the city council which requires every rail way company having lines within the city limits to install an arc light at every corner on the streets through which its lines pass. This ordinance was passed by the council several months ago and was drawn up for the purpose of protect ing the safety of the public. By its terms each of the four railway com panies having tracks iu this city, the Southern Pacific, Corvallis & Eastern, Portland, Eugene & Eastern, and Ore gon Electric were required to place and maintain an arc light at each cor ner on the street through which its tracks pass. ' Following the passage of the ordi nance ar.d its signing by Mayor Gil bert, each of the four railway compan ies were notitied by the city recorder that the ordinance had become a law and informing them of the length of time that would be given each of them to comply with its terms. The sentiment of local people was somewhat divided as to whether the ordinance was a reasonable one or not but the majority of the people be- . HeVed that ij was a good ordinance and could be enforced. This seems to be the case since the Southern Pa cific has agreed to comply with its terms, l he uregon mcctnc company will probably also take the same view of the matter. . NEWTON D. WILLIAMS DIED 'AT HIS HOME LAST NIGHT Former Oklahoman Leaves Wife and Four Children to Mourn . His Death Aged 35. Newton D. Williams died at his h&me in this city at 10:20 o'clock last night after a lingering illness, at the age of 35 years. He leaves to mourn his death a wife and four children, a mother, five sisters, and two brothers. The deceased has been a resident o'f Albany about two years, moving with his family to this city from Vin ita, Oklahoma, in 1910. He wai a car penter by trade and was employed by M. J. Cameron & Son hi their planing mill for several months. Mr. Williams was a brother of Mrs. R. A. Smith and Mrs. Lloyd C. An derson of this city, both of whom were at his bedside when death came. Mrs. J. E. Williams, his mother, was also at his bedside at the end. The remains will be shipped to Vin ita, Oklahoma, for burial this week and will be accompanied by the wid ow and children and the mother. The deceased made many friends in Albany during his short residence here and the family is extended the sym pathy of all in their bereavement. Mrs. S. C. Stewart and daughter Miss Nan, of Lebanon, arrived in Al bany this afternoon on a short visit with friends and to do some shopping. They are former Albany people now residing in Lebanon where Mr. Stew- . art is president of the Lebanon State Bank. J. S. Van Winkle and Willard ,L. Marks will go to Lebanon this even ing to' assist in the .installation of the new officers of the Lebanon lodge, Knights of Pylhias. Mr. Marks will officiate as deputy grand chancellor. Mr. and Mrs. L. Walling, well known residents of Gates, arc in the city on a short shopping trip, while here stopping at the Van Dran hotel. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Kean spent yes terday afternoon in Albany visiting friends ami doing some chopping. They returned home last evening. Prrsident W. I. Kerr of the Oregon Agricultural College, passed through Albany this morning to Salem where he will attend a meeting of the hoard of rrgchts of the college. LOST Last November on the north Lebanon road, a black plush cape, half worn. Kinder please return to Democrat office. Jl7-24wkly