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ALBANY. : WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
VOL. XLVIII.
ALBANY. LINN COUNTY. OREG ON, FRIDAY, JANUARY ?4, 1913.
No. 26.
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LOCAL BANKS MEET
First National Bank Makes a
Good Showing for the '
Past Year. . ' ,
FIRST SAVINGS IS ALSO IN'
PROSPEROUS CONDITION
All OldJOff leers of Both Insti
tutionsJAre Re-elected for
Ensuing Year.
Yesterday afternoon' the annual
stockholders meeting of the First Na
tional and First. Savings banks were
held in accordance with the' state
banking" laws which fixes the second
Tuesday of January as the date of the
annual meeting for all the bank of
the state of Oregon.
All the old officers and directors
were re-elected and an excellent spirit
of- harmony and good will prevailed
among the stockholders. Reports
were read covering the business of the
be in excellent condition. . The busi
ness done by both banks has been
very satisfactory, and a material addi
tion was made to the surplus fund of
each bank in .addition to the dividends
declared. Over thirteen thousand dol
lars in interest was paid by the First
Savings bank to' its depositors during
1912.
Plans for the coming year were laid,
and the new buildings of the two Sn:
stitutions were the subject of approv
ing discussion. The Savings bank is
now settled in its new building, which
was completed during the year, one
of the handsomest and most conveni
ent banking houses in the state. The
First National bank hopes to be oc
cupying its new building some time in
June of this year. This structure is
Albany's first fire-proof building and
will be equipped with every modern
office convenience. The banking
rooms wilL be furnished with every
thing that will "tend to the comfort
and convenience of depositors, and
furnish pverv faeilitv for the transac
tion of business. Exceptionally fine
bnrt -nmnlnliniic vnulta furnichifur
Emple room for storage of trunks and
boxes of silverware or other valuables
are being installed in addition to the
'armor plate coin vaults.
Each bank will then be in its own
home, owned entirely by itself, occu
pying, two of the most valuable cor
ners in the city. The beautiful view
from the top of the First National
DanK Duiiumg snowing a vista 01 uie
river winding for several miles on
either side of the city, suggcsted to
some of the stockholders the idea of a
roof garden for summer evenings, a
possibility which some future day
might be found practicable. . -
NEW COMMERCIAL CLUB
OFFICERS AT SCiQ
Members Making. Plans for a
BetterTrain and Lighting
Service.
Scio, Or., Jan. IS. The Commercial
Club has elected' two new officers
E. C. Perry, president; L. W. Charles,
secretary.
Tli Tnliih Viae taWn tin varinu mat
ters of improvement. As the train
service on the Corvallis St Eastern, be
tween here and Albany, is such that
much inconvenience is encountered by
people going to that place from here
and other points on the line, the Com
mercial Club is endeavoring to cause
a plan to be laid before the Southern
Pacific company for better service.
The Commercial Club of Albany has
heartily indorsed the plan and is giv
ing its aid in the matter. The pro
posed schedule would provide for a
train into Albany in the morning and
out in the evening. The present serv
. ice gives a train into Albany late in
the evening 'and out in the morning.
Another movement is to secure all
, night electric light service here. A
committee has been appointed to meet
with and bring before the council the
matter, as at present there are no
lights from 12 o'clock p. m, until 5
oxlock a. m.
S. D. C. Club Dance Tonight.
Invitations have been issued for sev
eral davs for a hall to he iriven at the
armory at 9 o'clock this evening by
the b. U. L. club ot this city. Thin
event is one of the leading social
events of the oresent season in this
city and a Urge crowd is expected lu
De present tonight.
Prof. E. L. Wilson left this morning
for Scio where he has & large class in
violin. He will return home this
evening.
" W. B. Stevens, one of Albany's most
progressive merchants, left this morn
ing for Brownsville where he will
spend the day looking after business
matters.
FIREMEN TESTED APPARATUS
TORE USED TOMORROW NIGHT
Practice Run to Be Made Be
tween 7:30 and 8 o'clock
Tomorrow Evening.
The members of the local fire de
partment were out on the street last
evening trying out some of the equip
ment which will be used tomorrow
during the' practice run and drill.
Another tryout will be held this even-
Tomorrow evening an alarm will be
turned in over the telephone by May
or Gilbert, and the firefighters will en
deavor to make record time in getting
the equipment to First -and Ferry
streets where they will carry a line
of hose to the top of the 3-story Odd
fellows temple from which a stream
of water will be thrown. -
Much interest is beincr manifested
in the work by the local firemen and
the members are eaeerly awaitinz the
arrival of the new auto chemical en
gine which was recently purchased by
the city and which will arrive here in
February.
Albany college board
HOLDS MEETING TODAY
Members Will Remain Over
to Attend Banquet in Honor '
' of Dr. Crooks.
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At a well attended meeting of the
board of directors of the Albany Col;
lege held here this afternoon, plans
for a greater Albany College were
discussed and other business of great
er or less importance transacted.
Frank Miller, chairman of the Ore
gon state railroad commission, Fletch
er Linn of Portland and Rev. Babcock
of Salem were among the out of town
members who' attended the meeting.
All of the out of town members ex
pected to remain over until evening for
tne purpose ot attending trie Danquet
which will be tendered to Dr. Crooks
by the members of the Albany Com
mercial club. . . -
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE -
LINNHAVEN ORCHARD GO.
The Linnhaven Orchard Company
held its annual meeting yesterday at
the office of the company in this city
at which time the officers of the com
pany made their annual reports. From
the secretary's report thc( company
had received and paid out for clearing,
cultivating, and caring for the trees
and other expenses, $36,792.51.
Out of the capitalization of $200,000
common stock $135,000 had been is
sued and out ot the authorized $iuu.uuu
preferred stock, $35,500 had been is
sued, of which 2l3 shares had been
redeemed, leaving in the treasury $64,
500 of common 'stock and $64,500 of
preferred stock. .
Assets ot tne company.
Real estate $187,500.1)0
Personal property, tools, etc 2,500.00
Due on sale contracts, alter
all commissions and sale,
expenses- are deducted.. 94,626.25
Total $284,626.25
Liabilities of the company arc
Notes secured by mort-
gages ..- .:J .-.....,....$ 46,100.00
Notes and bills not se
cured 15,022.52
T.Mai
..$ 62,022.52
from lands
17,280.00
.... 23,390.00
25,505.00
19,271.25
6,780.00
2,100.00
300.00
Present annual income
nnw arAA is aa f 1 ti7 c
During the year 1913.....
During tne year ivi.......
During the year 1915....
During the year 1916
TWincr fcl,- r mi 1017
During the year 1918
uunng tne year iviv.
Total ....$ 94,626.25
The lands are being sold at $420.00
per acre, with $60.00 per acre cash and
$60.00 per acre annually until the total
amount is paid.
rrom the manager s report it was
learned that the company had cleared
190 acres and kept a force of from
five to seven men all work clearing
other lands at a total cost of $8.917.'59.
The company has Dlanted the 190
acres and cultivated and cared for the
400 acres, which includes the purchase
oi tne trees, tne surveying ot the
ground, etc., at a cost of $0,602.33.
The company has cleared away the
oW fence and built 360 rods of new
wire fence. - It has entered into a con
tract with the man who has the saw
mill on the property to take the saw
timber out of their slashing, which will
save the company from $15.00 to'
$3.w per acre in iiu clearing.
i ne condition ot tne company s
property: Number of acres-fit for cul
tivation, 2460; number of acres unfit
for cultivation, 40; number of acres
natural pasture. 190; number of acres
planted to apples one and two years
old, 400; number of acres cleared in
addition to the amount planted, 266;
number of acres partially cleared, 3u0;
number of acres slashed, 520; num
ber of acres hravy timber, 500; num
ber of acres light timber and brush,
514; number of acres fenced, 2500.
The company has issued 58 sale con
tracts covering 560 acres, three have
been forfeited covering 30 acres. Sold
two tor cash covering A) acrctt One
purchaser of 8 acres notifies the com-
SENATE BILL TO
SETTLE DISPUTE
If the Carson Bill Passes, Linn
Co. Will Loose 75,000 Acres
of Timber Land.
LINN DELEGATION WILL
INTRODUCE ITS OWN BILL
Manager Stewart of Commer
cial Club in Communication
with Senator Miller.
The dispute over the boundary line
in Linn and Marion counties was yes
terday presented to the legislature in
the form of Senate Bill Number 6,
which was introduced by Senator Car
son of Marion.
If this bill should become a law
seventy-five thousand acres of land in
the northeastern corner of Linn coun
ty will become a oortion of Marion
county.. The land embraced in the
disputed territory is in the vicinity of
Mt. Jefferson and comprises the larg
er part of the now famous township
11-. .It includes a large number of
acres of valuable timber lands.
The Linn countv delegation will in
troduce another bill at a later date
which will be in accordance with the
claims of Linn county and the nem
bers are hopeful of securing its pas
sage. Manager Stewart of the Albany
Commercial Club is in communication
with Senator Milter and received a
copy of Senate Bill No. 6 thsi morn
ing. .
PARSONS TELEPHONE CO.
HELD ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the Parsons
Telephone company was held at the
Price school house, five " miles' south
east of 'this city, last night and the
following o'fficers and directors were
elected for the ensuing term: .W. F. I
jrarsons, prcMueni; i,. n.. ueng, sec
retary; and E. M. Burkhart, W. C.
Muller and Moses Erb, directors.
At the meeting last evening plans
were discussed for the rebuilding of
the fifteen miles of line owned bv the
company, five of which were rebuilt
last summer. A contract was also
made with the Pacific Telephone com
pany tor pole privileges..
INDOOR BASEBALL.
The second game cf indoor baseball
between the teams of the Methodist
and Christian churches which was
played at the armory last evening re
sulted in defeat iui - the latter by a
score of 21 to 9. The first game was
one by the Christian church team by
a score of 16 to 14 and the game for
the championship will be played next
week. The batteries in last evening's
game were: Methodist Berry and
Van Winkle; Christian, Hood and
Dowlin.
pany that he cannot keep up his" fu
ture payments.
Of the land sold the company has
cleared and planted to' apples 400
acres, which is in fine condition.
Some of the most prominent business-
men of Albany such as P. A.
Younsr. Mm. Bain of the Albany State
Bank, E. D. Cusick of the J. W. Cusick
& Co., bankers; Judge ri. n. Hewitt;
O. A. Archibald, cashier of the First
National bank, and Fisher fit Pen
land, the engineers, have appraised the
land owned by the company and sets
its value at $75 per acre or a total of
$187,500.00, and the personal property
at $2,500.00, making a total of $190,
000.00, with net amount coming in
from the sales contracts $94,626.25, or
the total assets of the company $284.
626.251 After deductnig the indebted
ness of the company, $62,022.52, leav
ing the net value of the company's
property over and above all debts,
$222,60375. .
From the secretary's report it is
learned that the annual income from
the contracts on the land that is now
sold, not counting on any future sales,
will be $17,280 in 1913; $23,390 in 1914;
$25,500 in 1915; $19,271.25 in 1916, etc
To cultivate the 400 acres and to
finish clearing and planting the rest of
the land sold, not now planted, and
other expenses will cost $14,250.00,
which will leave a surplus of $3030.00
in 1913. And if there be ne more land
told at all there will be a surplus of
$11,640 in 1914, which could be ap
plied upon the indebtedness, or clear
ing. $15,000.00 surplus in 1915, which
could be applied upon the debts or
upon development, thus proving that
the company is self supporting and it
seems that there is absolutely nothing
to prevent the gentlrmtn Trho have
done so much to develop the Willam
ette Valley in the wty of fruit culture
from ultimate success.
After the reports of the officers
were received and adopted Mr. C. O.
Lauritzen, the salrs manager, explain
ed to the stockholders his future plan
for selling the tracts, which wee very
promising and after discussion of oth
er business of the company the stock
holders adjourned to meet February
14th at which time the officers for the
ensuing year will be elecjed.
ALBANYWILLHDNOR
DR. CROOKSTONIGHT
Elaborate Preparations Being
Made for Banquet Which Will
Be Held Tonight.
PROMINENT EDUCATORS
WILL ALSO BE PRESENT
Preparations Are Being Made
for Entertainment, ot
150 Guests.
: An event long to be remembered
in local business and educational cir
cles will be the banquet tendered to
night by the members of the Albany
Commercial Club to Dr. H. M. Crooks
o'f the Albany College.
preparations are being made by the
various committees in charge for the
reception and entertainment of -between
125 and 150 guests. Not only
the local business men, but the mem
bers of the college board and other
friends of the institution from various
sections of the state will be in at
tendance. A program committee, consisting of
E. H-McCune, D. O. Woodworth and
C. E. Sox was appointed at the last
meeting of the Albany Commercial
Club.
J. S. Van Winkle, president of the
Albany Commercial Club, will act as
toastmaster and while no set or o cram
has been announced, it is probable that
a numoer or prominent educators will
be called upon for brief remarks.
the banquet will be held in the new
Presbyterian church : building this
evening at 6:30. - .
REMAINS OF DR. GIBSON
WERE BURIED YESTERDAY
The remains of the Rev. Dr. Gibson,,
who died several years ago',
were yesterday laid to rest in the City
cemeterv, L. E. Blain, E. F. Sox, F.
P. Nutting, J. C. Irvine, L. E. Hamil
ton and C. H. Stewart acting as pall
bearers. At the time of his death, the
remains were taken to San Francisco
and interred in a cemetery at that city.
ir. uiuson was ine tamer oi Mrs.
P. A. Young of this city and at the
time of his death was the oldest cler
gyman in the city of Can Francisco.
lie was considered one of the leading
pastors of the Pacific coast, and hnrl
a national reputation as a minister of
tne gospel.
In the report of a case filed at the
county clerk's office the title was
printed in the Democrat as follows:
"Fred Eberhardt vs. Henry and Isa
bella Ebcrhardt." The same should
have read, "Fred Eberhardt vs. Hen
ry and Isabella Sparling." This cor
rection is made at the request of one
of the parties to the suit.
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Contributed by F. P. Nutting.
(Dedicated to Albany College.)
way, when Harry Means Crooks is
ucmna mc pu5n wagon..
When a crowd pulls together some
thing has to occur.
It was a long way to the Hill, and
the road was crooked, but an indomni
table will, a supreme optimism and a
never-ceasing persistence, brought the
Hub to it.
The great colleges of the country
have been privately endowed. Per
haps-some day students will be com
ing to Albany from all over the Coast,
and Albany College will have a foot
bali team that will make Washington,
u. u. and u. a. u look like the new
ly wed kid.
Here's to President Crooks, who
kep at it until tie 'jumped the last'
nurdie.
A $250,000 touchdown Is one wor
thy of a surpentine march. It has
bier as great a victory for -Albany ai
for the college, meaning much in the
tuture progress of the city.
To him that hath shall be given, and
new buildings and equipment will
come much easier than the endow
ment. .
Crooks Hall will look well on the
new campus.
College Hill loop will take r'ht
The attention of the Portland. Eu
gene ai;d Eastern is called to the need
of an early start on -this important
u bur ban electric line.
A big start has been made; but we
must remember that we have just be
gun doing for a great Albany College
some day a university. '
WELL KNOWN ALBANY YOUNG
MAN PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY
William Koch, Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Koch Succumbs
to Brights Disease.
After an illness of several weeks,
William Koch, a well known young
man of this city and a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Koch, died last evening
of Brights disease at the age of 24
years, leaving, to mourn his death a
wife, his father and mother, a sister
Dora Koch, and two brothers, Fritz
and Arthur Koch, all residents of this
city. r
William Koch was born in Germany
on April 4, 1889, and came to the
united Mates with his parents when
he was two' vears of aire and lived in
and around Albany all of his life. He
was employed tor many years as a
telegraph operator, in the office of the
Postal TeletrraDh comoanv at this
city but of recent years has been
working at the barber trade, being
employed until last spring in the shop
of Louis Viereck.
The funeral services will be held to
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
First Christian church, conducted by
Rev. Stivcia, tiic pastor, interment
will take place in the City temetery.
BOY SCOUTS WILL MEET
HERE TOMORROW NIGHT
Thirty-Two Members Signed
Roll; Work Is Under Direction
of Hani Flo. -
A meeting of the Boy Scouts of
America will be held in the Armory
tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at which
all members are invited to' attend.
The meeting will be under the di
rection of the Scoutmaster Hans Flo,
and matters of importance to the
members will be discussed.
A local council will be ' organized
within the next two weeks and a cam
paign for a larger membershiD inaug
urated. -
There are thirty-two Boy. Scouts in
Albany at the present time and the
members are taking hold of the work
like veterans.
REPRESENTATIVE LEWELLING
PRESENTS PRISON BILL
Salem,. Or., Jan. 15. Representative
Lewelliug, of Linn, who was once a
guard at the Oregon state peniten
tiary, is the author of a joint resolu
tion which proposes to appoint a
committee composed of three mem
bers of the house and two members
of the senate, to investigate the books,
accounts, general management and
condition of the Oregon state peni
tentiary. Lewelliug, who was named
as chairman of the house committee
on public institutions, was attending
school here at the time he was em-
ployed at the prison.
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PERSONAL MENTION.
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The Alhanv hand met last eveniiin;
at the armory where several hours
were spent in practice. Albany nas
had an excellent band for several
years and an effort is being made to
make it one of the best in the Wil
lamette Valley.
VV. E. Pears of this city left thin
morning for Portland where he will
look after business matters today. He
is in the employ of the Oregon Elec
tric railway at this city.
E. R. Huston, a former Albany
grocer, now a prosperous farmer liv
ing near Hcppner. Morrow county,
returned home this morning t after
spending the past two weeks in this
city looking after property interests
and Visiting friends and relatives.
D. W. Campbell, general superin
tendent, and T. W. Younger, two
?rominent officials of the Southern
'acific company, arrived in Albany
this morning and were looking after
business matters here.
Hon. Frank J. Miller, state railroad
commissioner, arrived in Albany this
morning to attend the meeting of the
board of directors of Albany College.
Henry McIIwain, a prosperous mer
chant of Leaburg, Lane county, ar
rived in Albanv last evenintr and is
looking after property interests. He,
is a former Albany resident and busi
ness man.
Messrs. Lee C. Hanncck and George
P. Gray of Portland, representing the
Oregon Homebuilders' association of
which Oliver K. ieffery is president,
have opened an Albany o'ffice at the
St. Francis hotel where they will be
glad to explain their proposition to
anyone in teres ten. '
News on This Psee ia
s WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15,
From Daily Issue of
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ELIZABETH SUITS
The Grey-Haired Widow Would
Have Been 100 Years Old
Within Few Months.
HAD BEEN CHARGE OF LINN
COUNTY FOR TWO YEARS
She Lived for Several Years in
Lebanon and Left Few Rel
atives; Buried Here Today.
With her 100th birthday but a .few-
months awav,' Mrs. Elizabeth Sutts,
a 'widow, passed away yesterday at
the county poor farm, four mile
southwest of this city, at the age of
99 years. She had been afflicted with
a tumor and a fall which she sustained
a short time ago hastened her death.
Coroner Fortmiller of this city was
notified of the death yesterday after
noon and brought the remains to Al
bany where they were interred in the
City cemetery today. Very little
could be learned of her family history
and the only living relatives that she is
known to have are several grand
children and a son-in-law. One of her
grand-daughters, a Miss Edwards, is
employed1 at Portland in the depart
ment store of Olds, Wortman & King.
Mrs. Sutts had been an inmate of
the county poor farm for the past two
years, having been brought to that
institution from Lebanon, in which
city she had resided for several years.
She is also said to have lived near
Lebanon for some time prior to mov-
ing into town. t, .
iWhilp- not"tnuclr CP her fam
ily hbtory is known, it is said
that her husband has been dead for
many years and that after attempting
to make her living by various occupa
tions, she was compelled by her ad
vanced age to' quit her labors and be
ing without friends or money, became
a charge of the county.
During the two years that
she has lived at the poor
farm she was always cheerful
and despite her advanced age was able
to get about with little help. No
friends or relatives attended the fu
neral services today and the gray
haired old lady whose past life has
undoubtedly been a. useful one and
probably devoted to making others
happy, was laid to' rest beneath the
sod in the City cemetery.
REED DOWLIN INJURED AT
ARMORY LAST EVENING
Flying Bat Strikes Him Be
tween Eyes Inflicting a Cut
Which Required Stitching.
Dunne? the progress of the indoor
baseball game at the armory i;it even
ing between the .teams ot the Metnou
ist and Christian churches, Rccd Dow
lin, a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Dow
lin of this city, was struck on the fore
head by a heavy bat which flew out o'f
the hands of Clarence Hruckman who
was at bat and came flying through
the air to the sidelines where Uowlin
was standing, striking htm between
the eyes and felling him to the floor.
He was not rendered unconscious
but suffered a long gash on the fore
head which required several stitches
to close. He was attended at his
home by Dr. Davis who was called and
dressed the wound.
Reed, who' is the catcher for the
Christian church indoor baseball team,
is employed in the freight office of
the Southern Pacific company at this
city and was at work today regardless
of his accident. He also injured his
knee slightly during the game last
evening.
CANADIAN CLAIMS GIRL OF
HARRISGURG AS HIS BRIDE
Young Couple Will Make Their
Home in the Northern
Country.
This morning at 10:30 o'clock Earn
est Pcrrin of Alberta, Canada, claimed
as his bride Miss Mac Thomas of
Harriaburg. The ceremony was per
formed at the M, E. parsonage by
Rev. D. If, Leech and was witnessed
by only the immediate relatives and
friends of the contracting parties.
The groom is engaged in the livery
business at Olds, Canada, and the new
ly mnrrird couple will leave for that
place within the next ten days.
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