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About Albany weekly democrat. (Albany, Linn County, Or.) 1912-1913 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1913)
The Albany Democrat l-ublislied b "i HOCKAT I'UULISI! I NG CO. WM. H. HOKNIUKOOK. Managing liditor. crcd at iht- poslottiec at Albany, ' mi, as second class mutter i-d imj ecning except Sun--.lird c ci J-rida. U.il i r.l it; .m.. icatmiis and inak ittlatu vs payable i the Ijein- I -'hll i.ss. SU11 S nt t. fill HK wel. IJHSCKI I'l luN KATES Daily. Mivered In carrier, per week $ .10 i-livered by carrier, per year $4-0(1 iiy mail, in advanca, per year 3.00 Ity mail, at the end of year 3.50 Weekly. VVhen paid in advance, one year $1.25 Kt end of year . 1.50 t end of three years. 2.00 Established in 1865 FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1913. "Let There Be Light." Several weeks ago the Demo crat urged the necessity of a uni form system of ornamental curb lighting. The installation of clus ter lights was suggested and the suggestion met with the unanim ous approval of the officers and directors of the Commercial Club. Albany is no longer a country town. It is one of the largest and most progressive cities in the Wil lamette Valley. As a railrpad center it is only surpassed by Portland and our stores would do credit to a city of twenty thou sand people. For the above reas ons we cannot well afford to re tain the unenviable reputation of being the poorest lighted city in western Oregon. If the expense of the installa tion and maintenance of a uniform system of curb lights is found to be greater than the city can well afford lo meet under the present rates demanded by the Oregon Power company, let the sugges tion contained in the annual mes sage of Mayor Gilbert be put into practical operation. Let the city operate its own street lighting system. In any event, "Let there be light." State Board of Control. The creation of a state board of control which would have general supervision of all state institu tions, would in our judgment save the taxpayers of Oregon thou sands of dollars annually. A separate and distinct board should be created and given full and complete authority to trans act the state's business. Each of the three members should be se lected because of their peculiar fitness for the duties of the office anil should be able to qualify as experts. This plan has been fol lowed in the eastern stales and has worked out successfully. Too Many Doctors. The member of the Oregon leg islature who hasn't some pet scheme to perfect the Oregon System, is a curiosity. Every thing from strychnine to castor oil has been prescribed and vet none of the solons appear to be devising any scheme whereby the serum of sanity can be in jected into the proceedings of the twenty-seventh t.'j.. islative assembly. If uur embryo-statesmen acquit themselves as well during the present session, as the people ,,f Oregon did at the Xovcmhcr election, they will have no apologies to make to their con stituents. An Age of Young Men. Opportunity is knocking louder at the doors of the young men of America m this year of our Lord l'M.i than it ever did at the doors of their fathers. Voting uien of ability and integ rity ate in demand in everv city and town in the land. The de mand is greater than the supply. In business, politics and in other walks of hie the door is standing wide open and a reception com mittee is waiting to extend the hand of good fellowship. A man's ability is no longer reckoned by the number of mile stones he has passed or by a long . line of brilliant ancestors." In the twentieth century ho must "make good." lie must prove his metal Kid like the man from Missouri, he must be able to "show" his employer. Bon-ljons and choice wares from the florist may make some impression on the mind of his best girl but the modern business man is looking for the young fellow who invests his savings in gov ernment bonds or who can write his check on a local bank. We ive seen but few men in this world who could hold Almighty Providence responsible for busi: ness failure. Good judgment, in dustry and honesty never go beg ging and these virtures are invar iably rewarded. Legislative Appropriations. Appropriation bills, which in the aggregate amount to over one million dollars, have been intro duced during the first week of the Oregon state legislature. These figures do not include some of the larger appropriations which will be presented at a later date and which, it is claimed, will amount to nearly five million dollars more. Extravagance on the part of the average legislature comes from a mistaken idea of what constitutes faithful and efficient public serv ice. The average member labors un der the impression that he must obtain a state appropriation for some local interest or subject him- selt to adverse criticism on the part of his constituents. This is a wrong conception of the duties of a public official. Members of the legislature arc not elected solely for the purpose of de pleting . the state treasury. True it is that many appro priations are necessary, but it is equally true that at every ses-, sion of the legislature thousands of dollars are appropriated which should have remained in the state treasury. The member who returns from Salem without an appropriation scalp to his belt, may be "dubbed'' a poor politician, but the Demo crat congratulates him in advance on his wisdom. ALBANY BOY MAKES A GOOD 0. A. C. DISPLAY C. M. Hartsock of This City Stands at Top of His Class at Corvallis. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis. Ore.. Jan. 21. Nearly 1,000 guests attended the fourth annual en gineering show at the Oregon Agri cultural College Friday and Saturday nights, assuring the necessary sup port for the Student Engineer, the monthly magazine issued by the stu dents, for the benefit of which the show was given. Perhaps as much interest was man ifested in the civil engineering exhib its as in any other department. 11. M. McNaulcc, of Portland, was assisted by Ii. 11. I.oken in arranging the dis plays. There was one of irrigation engineering prepared by H. M. Teel, Echo; H. Clough, Canyonvilte; A K. Andrews, Medlord and A. A. Clau sen, The Dalles. The cement test ing was- done by V. 11. Whitley, Vic toria, 11. C, assisted by D. R. Smith, St. Johns and E. Scovill, Grants Pass. R. K. Kdgecombc of the faculty, with Mr. McXamee and 1!. 1). Irving. Washington, U. C, made a demonstra tion of surveying .nstruments and ce lestial observations. A bacteriological analysis of sewage was shown by W. II. Xihhler, Gervais. and tl. C. Jones. Portland, with assistants, showed how topographic surveying is done. A mu nicipal engineering display was pre pared by H. Hddy, Roschurg, and Hen ry Odeen, Portland. The font young men who show ed the possibilities in highway eunmeer ing have reason for pride in the e cclleuce of their displays. Thcv were l". M. Hartsock. Albany; T. Voo'c. Oak Grove; George Montgomery. AI hambra, Cal.. and 11. W. Kusse!. Heav er Hill. Mr. Scovill with 1). R Smith and W. 11. Whitley had also tl e ma sonry anil foundations exhibits, al though the paving materials were shown by the Warren Urn's.. Portland. P. M. Rinearson, Milwaukee, and J O liaker. FOUR YEARS ENOUGH TO LIVE WITH ANY Pittsburg. Jan. Jl. "Four years is oK enough to live with any num." This was the only excuse the wile of William A Nagel gae when she left him in according to the lummy ot the husband today. Thev were married Jan. 14. 1004, ami lived together until May JO. IW. and hav ing exceeded the limit as t what, ac cording t" her idea, the Period i.f mar Hal hie should be Mrs. N.igel left her husband. The latter testified that on the dav she Kit his wife quarrelled with him and hit him over the head with a cup He said he tried to induce his wife to return and live with him after she left, but she would not. Olii, H. Stalnaker returned to this city this morning from HaUey where he spent Sunday at the home of Mr and Mr T. P. Pat ton. Me was ac companied to this citv by Miss I.ila Patton. FELL IN ALBANY The Youngsters and Grown-ups Engage in Snowballing Here Yesterday Afternoon. LOCAL AMD LONG DISTANCE PHQr:Z SERVICE KEPT UP Local Owners of Sleighs Are Disappointed When Rain Falls and Prevents Rides. The snow which commenced falling in Albany yesterday morning kept in creasing in volume yesterday after noon until at 4 o'clock fully five inches of the beautiful covered the ground. On nearly every street in the city crowds of children and grown-ups too were seen engaged in snowballing -and many an innocent pedestrian had his hat knocked from his head by a snow ball fired with accurate aim by some mischievous youngster. Pretty girls on their way home from school were objects of attack by the boy.s and many of the girls were compelled to submit to having their faces washed before they were allowed to proceed on their way. Many of the girls, however, were fully able to take care of themselves and the writer saw one boy get rolled in the snow by a high school girl who got'lhalf-Nelso'n on him and put him on his back in a jiffy, and calling to her girl friends to assist her, the youth was given his deserts. The flakes of snow which fell yes terday were large fluffy ones and the sidewalks throughout the city were soon covered to the depth of several inches. Downtown merchants and clerks were .kept busy t for several hours shoveling the snow from the walks in front of their stores, stop ping their work occasionally to re turn the fire of snowballs directed at them by some friend passing by. Automobiles were driven through the streets with diffirulty and when the storm increased in fury the own ers of the gasoline vehicles started for the garages immediately. Street car service was maintained in Albany throughout the afternqon, although at times it looked like the cars would have to be taken to the barns. The snow had its effect upon the electric light and telephone wires in various parts of the residence sections, but while many of the wires became heavily laden with snow and broke, the damage was not great enough to interfere much with the service. Neither of the telephone companies experienced any serious difficulty with their wires leading out of the city and service. was maintained without inter ruption during the afternoon and evening. Shortly after five o'clock some of the wires of the fire alarm svstem became crossed, causing the bell to ring the general alarm. Owners of sleighs in this city who were preparing to hitch Dobbin to the cutter and spend several hours driv ing about the city were doomed to disappointment, for the huge flakes of snow suddenly turned to rain and the streets were soon filled with slush and the sidewalks became so slippery that it was with much difficulty that one could even walk. Much of the snow melted during the night, assisted by the rain which poured down steadily throughout the evening. Street Superintendent Junkins hail a large force of men on the streets early this morning clearing awav the ice and snow from the cross streets and opening up the catch basins in order that the water on the streets could find its way to the sewer. The sun came out several times clur-in- today and has assisted materially in the work of ceitintr rid of tin slmii and by tomorrow morninu everv evi dence of a snowstorm will have dis appeared. On the foothills of the Coast Rnne,e mountains which are vis ible from Albany, the snowfall was very heavy. 44 BIRTHS DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER Only Three of the Adults Who Died During Same Month Were Under Sixty. According to the records in the county clerk's office there were fortv- j four births during the month of De cember in Linn county. Of this num ber, twenty-six were boys and eigh teen were girls. During the same period there were sixteen death. Of this number the majority were over sixty years of age. 1 he oldest was eighty-nine years and the youngest was one day old at the time of his death. Only three of the adults were under sixty years of age. Benjamin Brink, a young business, man of Portland and known as one o; the officers ot the juvenile court ri that citv. arrived in Albany this morn ing. Mr. Brink was a candidate on the democratic ticket in November tor the legislature. MISS OLGA STEEB HERE ON TUESDAY Worlds Greatest Woman Pianist Gives Concert at Armory on Evening of Jan. 21. TICKETS SELLING FAST AND RECORD CROWD EXPECTED Reception Announced to Have Been Given at Tremont Hall Was Called Off. Music lovers of the Hub City are eagerly awaiting the appearance here on next Tuesday evening at the ar mory of Miss Olga Steeb, the world's greatest living pianist, who was se cured at a great expense by the Al bany Military Club, to give a concert in this city. . Miss Steeb is one of the world's greatest artists and her recital here next Tuesday evening will be the musical event of the year in this sec tion of the state. She has played in all of the lar-eest cities in the world and upon the occasion of her recital in Portland last week, her audience arose to its feet and gave her the greatest ovation ever given any artist in that city. This has been the case in the majority of the cities where she has appeared. Miss Steeb has had but one ambi tion since she was sixteen year's of ;ige mat or becoming the world s most wonderful pianist and every step in her musical education has been made with- that object in view. She has finally realized her ambition and will demonstrate her abilities to the public at the armory next .Tuesday night. Owing to a number of other things that had been planned to occur on Tuesday afternoon, the reception thai was announced to have been given Miss Steeb by Mrs. Hans Flo at Tre mont Hall, has been postponed and will not be ' "'iat time. Tickets have been on sale for sev eral days at the Woodwo'rth dru store and the jewelry store of C. O. Anderson and these men have an nounced that the people of Albany have, been crowding into their stores in a steady stream for the past few days securing their tickets for the con cert. The reserved seats are selling for $1, the general admission tickets for 50 cents, children's tickets 35 cents. v D. 0. W00DW0RTH ELECTED ON THE Y. M. C. A. C. H. Cusick Resigns; Meeting of Board Held at Savings Bank Last Night. At a meeting of the board of di rectors of the local Y. M. C. A., held at the First Savings bank last night, the resignation of C. H. Cusick as a menSber of the board was ac 'tpted and D. O. Woodworth elected to fiI the vacancy. Lack of time was t!;e reason assigned by Mr. Cusick for his resignation. The final arrangement for the vii.i pie t ion of the transfer of t tic Alco Club properly to the local orgaui;:a tton were made and the propel ' v'!l be turned over at once. A large fireplace has been butlt in the new quarters, the locker room.' enlarged and the building is now re ceiving the finishing touches at .he hands of the painters and decorators, will be opened within the next two It is expected that the new quarters weeks. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the 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 arc hereby notified to present the same, with the proper vouchers, to the undersigned at his residence, in the City of Albany, Oregon, within six months from the date of this no'tice. Dated this 3rd dav of January. 1913. HARRY SCHLOSSER. HEWITT & SOX. Executor. Attorneys for Executor. J1Q-F7 LOCAL FIRM IS RETAINED IN LINCOLN COUNTY CASE Du-k January who is charged with the numler oi a man by the name of Roilney in Lincoln county, totlay re tained the (inn ot Weatherford 4 W'eathei iorii of this city to look after his interests in the trial of the case at the next term of the Lincoln coun ty circuit court. His preliminary hear ing was held several weeks ago and he was bound over to' the next term of the circuit court. The shooting oc curred near Mary' peak. H. K. Van Xess ot Kugene was transacting business in Albany yester day afternoon. He returned home last evening. REV. F. W. EMERSON BEGINS DUTIES HERE TOMORROW Formerly Pastor of the First Christian Church .of San Francisco, California. Rev. F. W. Emerson, who begins his work as pastor of the 1'irst Chris tian church of Albany, Sunday, Janu ary 19th, 1913, comes to our city well recommended as pastor, preacher, lecturer, scholar and citizen. He has had large experience, careful prepara tion for his work and the advantage of much travel. He was pastor of the First Christian church in Topeka. Kansas, for a number of years follow ing his collegiate and university work at Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1902 he re signed that pastorate in order to make the cam Dai "n for governor of Kansas, to' which candidacy he had been nominated by the prohibitionists of that state. He polled a vote that attested his personal popularity, bemcr many times larger than ever polled tor any candidate on that party ticket in tne state . The Pacific coast finally lured him ana he accepted a call to become sec retary and superintendent of Home Missions for Southern California. and Arizona under the board of home mis sions of his church. This work he performed fpr some time, and was then called to the pastorate of the First Christian church of San Fran cisco, California. This position he relinquished only because the living conditions in the ity were seriously affecting the health of members of his family and he was advised to take up a residence in an inland town Through Prof. Billing ton of Eugene Bible University, who is a personal triend ot Mr. Jimerson the church here and its attention call ed to' Mr. Emerson's availability and as several members ot the congrega tion had heard him in convention ad dresses at Portland and San Francis co, an invitation for a conference was quickly extended with tne pleasing re- suit mat mr, nmerson was peusuaa ed to come to Albany. He came with his family of three sons and two daughters io become a part of the religious and civic life of Albany. He is very hoful of the possibilities and opportunities m this city and his church people are very hopeful of large achievement under his experienced leadership. MISSIONARY WILL APPEAR IN NATIVE COSTUME Miss Carothers Will Speak at the Presbyterian Church Sunday Evening. Miss Elizabeth Carrouthers, a for mer resident of Albany and a returned missionary from Lakawn, Laos, will speak in native costume at the 5 o'clock vesper service at the Presby terian church tomorrow evening. This will prooably be the last op portunity to hear her as she contem plates returning to her work in the, near future. A very attractive pro gram of music and recitations will be given in connection with this address and all are cordially invited to attend. A silver offering will be taken fo: missions. The Droirram will be as follows: Voluntary, hymn, prayer by pastor, hymn, responsive readme, livmn. ad dress Miss Carrouthers, songs by boys, recitation Margaret Pcnnebak er, offerine. solo "The Pilnrim" (Ad ams) Mrs. Flo, recitation Miss Lou ise lilackweu, benediction. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT. Notice is hereby given tint the un dersitfned 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. AN'DERSOX, HEWITT & SOX. Administrator. Attorneys for Administrator. 710F7 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT. Xotice is hereby given that the un dersigned executors of the last will and testament of Chnrlnft.. Vt (deceased, have filed in the Coun- ij oun oi nun county. Uregon, their final account as such executors and that said court has fixed Monday the 10th day of February. 1913. at the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon as the time for the hearing of objec tions to said final account and the set t'ement thereof. WM. F. REIXER. I'RAXK F. REINER HEWITT &- SOX. Executors. Attorneys for Executors. J10-F7 LOS r Last Xovcmhcr on the north Lebanon road, a black plush cape half worn. Finder plcae return to Democrat office. Jl"-24vrkly' FOR SALE Complete blacksmithing outfit and let of dies. R. Rogoway and Sons, 128-134 West Second Street JlO-Wkly tf TRAMP QUESTION IS UNDER DISCUSSION Mayor Gilbert Favors Working Hoboes on Highways of the County for Awhile. CHIEF EXECUTIVE TALKS MATTER OVER WITH COURT Police Chief Austin Suggests Municipal Rockpile Would Settle Question. One of the most serious problems now confronting the city officials is what to do with the hundreds of tramps that invade this city each montn, ana to discuss this problem. Mayor Gilbert this moVnintr rnfrrArl with the county court relative to work ing them on the roads of Linn county. The Plan of WOrkinc tramns on the county roads met with the annrnv.nl of juuge lUcKnight and other county and city officials and it is probable that some definite plan will be decided upon in the near future whereby the "gentlemen of the road" may be com pelled to help beautify the highways should they decide to remain in this city between trains. Mayor Gilbert says that the city is put to considerable expense each month furnishing food and shelter for the hoboes, and he believes that if they were compelled to work on the roads for awhile, there wouldn't be such u large number of them include Albany in their itinerary. Last night there were 18 hoboes locked up in the city jail where they spent the night and were escorted to the city limits this morning and given instructions to vamoose. Some of these men take the hint and leave but Others otll.r r,mnnrl 1. ,- . ;i . . JL Ji j"""-"" l" a aistance that they think the officers cannot see wueii mcy come back into the CltV. Th. rncilanf :lt. r ., It La' "pctiany in tne southern part of the city, are bothered -..j. illuming uy tramps asking for Something tn pnf 1 , . Ji J- u 1111--11: is seiaom one that is willing to work for his During the winter months, especial ly at t lt ti,na nf ll. .1. Pi-lrtl intest the cities and towns of the Pa- - ..i. tudH in uroves, remain ng n a Dace llist nnir '.. 1. b , . - e "uuBu m secure a bite to eat or a place to sleep. In Al- ti,r r ,, T Clt,es' m.a"y of -- usually iiUm up tne po lice officers and ask that they be lock! for they know that tliey will be shel tered from th, pl.,..,n i -,, , - "w,..-iii3 aim wilt De given a warm place to sleep. lZt?CteLA?Jn has, "Pressed .,..1 i -T IJ,or or 3 munici- - ,v. nuuis neaitny exercise making l.ttle rocks out of big ones w. h the aid of a sledge hammer A . sTcos'iff, ;Ckp'le ,has Prov very ,1,1. y F'aces as a cure tor n,L, fP ?'.,es"on. a pnly one treat- JL ,,a"lre is required to cause the patient to dodge Albany on Vail""' ,nP ,hOUgh ",e WillanLte citv 1. V" to' the ...viiiuu iui me care or the r "-n irouo e Dv the nil-4-?""f-,J,me f them b?eak into trn iM. ; '-"-'""cs a"d no amount of trouble is given residents of the citv It IS hiph u nrnk.U. ni.e action w'i,, be takVn mmediaTelv ' disposing of the tramp q,Sn 1 SUMMONS. In the Circuit r,,-, r-. . uime otate ot Oregon, for the County of Linn De nartmpnt Vrt o uiu. ue Arnettie Mitchell, Plaintiff Vu3,ilcW1' Defendant. defendant: '' "'e aTVe namcd OU arp liprpfn. j . and answer ,' .-.'"J"".to aPPcar above nan h" :jr.."M"a;V' 'e ,;.,, r p.... .urn in me above cZl?tCVrnow " "le with the from ,h,Xu. w,!U,!n of ii,; "rs Pi'b "cation pt this, summons.- and vou are ami n, " "'"!, " you fail aPPMr l?"1,"'" ,d complaint as hereby required, plainti.t will ,ake a decree herP;n- ; r "Vhe 5aid complaint iTbond mi,-;!.0.? dissolving . uiiv nereroiore and , ,eK'H'" bemeen plaintiff ?oldo';;:p'v;n'iffha.c- j j - '-'""iren ot piain- " . and delendant, and that plaintiff. tJ. Ji J- lu I,lrl"er relict as toJ,he Co"n r,cems equitable. I his summons is published in the Albany W eekly Democrat once a f i r- ""-'""Km. v-ountv luuge ?L ,?!M,',tr' Oregon. made on fe."aryJ-3' 19U' and the 'late of the ..ni.i.cuon nereot is January 24. C. C. BRYAXT. T, f ncy ior faintitt. Jan 24-Mar 7 C. L. Shaw of this -lt tft this morning for Oakville ,.; he will attend a meetmtr of tl, is being held at that place this after- News on This Pa u SATURDAY.JANuTrY 25. From Daily Issue of 51 S