T
Representative Are to Discuss
Proposed Change in the
Linn-Marion Boundary.
BY PASSAGE OF CARSON BILL
LINN WOULD LOSE TIMBER
C. H. Stewart Has Prepared a
Bill Permanently Locating
the Disputed Line.
Continued from Saturday. January 18.
That there will be a joint meeting
of representatives from Linn and
Marion counties at Salem next Tues
day evening relative to the boundary
line between these two counties, was
the information contained in a letter
which was received this morning by
C. H. Stewart, manager of the Albany
Commercial Club. From present in
dications a delegation from this city
including Manager Stewart, County
Judge McKnight and other citizens
will attend the meeting in the Capi
tal City.
A bill has been introduced in the
legislature by Senator Carson to have
the boundary line between Linn and
Marion counties changed. If the bill
proposed by Senator Carson passes,
this county wilHose over 90,000 acres
of valuable timber land located in the
eastern part of the county near Mt
Jefferson.
Manager Stewart of the Commercial
Club has pre;. jred a bill providing for
the permanent location of the bound
ary line. This bill has been sent to
Salem and will be introduced in the
legislature. The bill prepared by Mr.
Stewart is as follows:
A Bill for an Act to amend section
2564 of Lord's Oregon Laws.
Be it enacted by the people of the
state of Oregon:
Be it enacted by the legislative as
sembly of the state of Oregon:
Section 1. That Section 2564 of
Lord's Oregon Laws be amended so
as to read as follows:
Section 2564. The Southern bound
ary of Marion county and fhe northern
boundary of Linn county shall be as
follows: Commencing in the middle
of the main channel of the Willam
'ette river opposite the center of the
mouth of the Santiam river; thence
up said Santiam river to the Nortn
Fork; thence up said North Fork tj
the point where said stream intersects
the section line between sections 2.X
and 53, in Tp. 10, S. R. 7 E. Will.
Mer. which point is one mile north
of the Second Standard Parallel;
thence east to the summit o'f the Cas
cade Mountains.
An effort is being made by the peo
ple of Marion and Linn counties to
settle the boundary so that it will be
entirely satisfactory to both counties
and at the meeting at Salem lieKt
Tuesday evening plans for this work
will be discussed.
JUDGE GALLOWAY WILL .
CONVENE COURT MONDAY
Divorce Suits Will Be Tried and
a Large Number of Motions
Disposed of.
Judge Wiliam Galloway will arrive
in Albany Monday and convene the
January term of the circuit court.
A number of cases have been set
down for trial during the January
term, including- the case of H. C.
Jackson vs. Hugh Cumniings and Glen
Ireland. This is a case growing out
of a dispute over a horse trade and is
in the nature of an injunction suit.
Some five or six divorce cases will
also be presented to the judge for final
adjudication at the January term and
a large number of motions and de
murrers will be disposed of.
It seems to be the opinion of the
majority of the members of the local
bar that . this session will not last
over a week or ten days.
LOCAL PAINTER ENJOYED
SNOWSTORM YESTERDAY
While other local people were en
gaged in snowballing yesterday. Hen
ry Suesens, the local painter, enjoyed
the afternoon in an entirely different
manner.
When the snow had reached the
depth of several inches, Suesens
rigged up a pair of Norwegian skces,
upon which he spent a portion of the
afternoon walking about the business
section. Henry is proficient .in the
use of the skee and was the center of
attraction as he proceeded along Sec
ond street yesterday.
A. H. Lea of Portland, recently a
candidate for the office of state dairy
and food commissioner, was in the
city yesterday stopping at the Re
vere hotel.
E. T. Judd. a prominent dairyman
o'f Salem, was in Albany yesterday
attending the meeting of the cream
erymen of the valley which was held
at the Revere hotel.
MILLIONS OF FIELD MICE
SEEN TODAY BY FARMERS
Railroad Track Between Albany
and Knox Butte Is Covered
with Them Now.
That the stat.nts made by thr
farmers living in various parts of Linn
county regarding the great number of
i ice that havi; been infesting th'ir
liekls luring the past few months has
if-t ben exaggerated is apparent from
the statements nuu.e to the Deim crnt
representative this, morning by. al
wt Maxwell and John C.:ibtr:, two
well known farmers residing tour
miles east of this city.
Messrs Maxwell and L'.aijtree. both
of whom have farms near Knox Butte,
decided to walk to Albany tins ii.tu
lug, and accordingly started to this
on y over the tracks ot the l.orvallis
& Eastern railway. On their way in
to town they saw mil ions of the
mice on the railroad' track vhere they
h d been driven hv the high v aft-r
w1 ich has prevailed in the ountiv
for the past few days. Tin- trad: for
several miles between tin butte and
Albany was tilack with mice.
Not oniy have the mice infested -he
farms in the eastern po-lici -f t'.e
county b it they have jeen reported to
be in all sections of the . i my Sev
eral farmers living in the vi.-imtv of
1 .'intent organized l lew days at'oand
started out on a ij-.ice hunt wnh ihe
restiit that thousar 'j of hem were
itdltd within a few davs.
WIFE FLOGS HER HUBBY;
OTHER WOMAN FLEES
PhiLiilolnliin Tik 10 lr..:
(jrelis today informed a woman who
u.iu given uer niisDanu a inning" with
a cat-'o-nine-tails because she found
linn with finAtl.r ....... ...... .1.... t i
done perfectly right, advised other
numeii in me courtroom to do like
wise. :mrl Hiin m3,l.. it,- .... :r-
, ...... ....... nugi j will:
anil r.-ither mo..!.- ltcK-,.,.l "...-.I.- "
and go home together.
Kiciiarii Hinklc was the husband,
and his wife. Lillian, swung the sting
ing whip. The whipping took place
last midnight in front of the Reading
lermin.il, on Market street. Mrs
Hinklc last night watched a colored
boy to watch her husband. The boy
saw Hinkle and a young woman en
ter a cafe. He telephoned Mrs. Hin
kle, who, properly armed, arrived in
time to see her husband leave the
cafe. Again and again she flogged
Hinkle. The other woman fled.
J-lmkle said he had been a "ner-
fectlv dutiful tmcl-,.,.1 f- i.
. i,uiii iitc ie-
urinnmcr nf tip Nnw vr ,.t:i i-,..
night."
S)
MISFITS r
Contributed By F. P. Nuttine.
3
We have to take the slop weather
Will Hip nncl.;n 1 i.wl .l It
smile whatever is going.
But never irrnwl nttnt il.D ........ t
at home until you have read about it
uacK Jiasr
The present legislature is going to
be good; but wait for the past tense.
A .... .tt t ..
""Jul,t 'ieu now me cniidren
of other people should be governed;
but when it comes to one's own
llinrn'. -i r,,k .I,.. .-I !.. .t . .
.......... u .u itiai iiiitc!, juugment.
There is a strict law against the
selling of cigarettes to a bov. akn
against .the boy smoking them. It is
a good one to enforce.
Tllpre in nkn n low nf l.nnl.t. .t .
ought to operate. The cigarette grad
ually dethrones the mind and weakens
the body.
The hoy who has a spark of ambi
tion will do well not to imitate; but
to say no and keep his mind and fing
ers clean.
With one divorce to four or five
marriages, on this coast, there is a big
field for home promotion, particularly,
as is true, that a good many others
are on the ragged edge of discontent.
A cone! manv tllitlire rtnPMtn tr.
break up home life into chapters of
disagreement, things that should be
avoided rather than sought.
District Attorney Gale S. Hill left
this morning for Salem where he will
spent the day looking after business
matters. He will return home this
evening.
Mrs. Eugene Matlock and child of
this city who have been visiting rela
tives at Cottage Grove for the past
few days, returned home this evening.
Geo. W. Hughes left this morninir
on a business tr ( o Salem. He ex
pects to return tonight.
H. R. Sherrill, member of the citv
council of Harris' arrived in Al
bany this morning and has been at
tending to business matters here in
this citv during the creatcr nortion
of the day.
P. C. Anderson of this city left this
morning for Portland to attend the
funeral of his old friend. William Fra-
zier, ex-sheriff of Multnomah county.
who was killed this week by being
struck by a streetcar.
E. G. Pueh of Shedds was transact
ing business in Albany this afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred N'ewton of Port
land arrived in Albany this afternoon
to spend Sunday in this city at the
home of Mrs. Sox's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Sox.
J. C. Gibbs of Corvallist returned
home this morning after looking af
ter business matters in the Hub Cit
yesterday afternoon.
STOLEN PROPERTY
IS RECOVERED
N. Smith of Linn County Gets
Judgement Aainst Oregon
City Farmer.
THE DEFENDANT WILL NOT
PERFECT AN APPEAL
Horse Missed a Year Ago Is
Identified by Plaintiff's
Brother-in-law.
That Geo. Brown of Oregon City
will not anneal the case in which .1
judgment was rendered against him
last Monday in tavor ot i. Miinn oi
Halsev. was the word received today
by Hewitt & Sox of this city.
1 his case was tried at wrcgon uiy
before a iurv and a judgment ren
dered in favor of the plaintiff.
It appeared from the evidence that
during the month of October, 1911,
Smith missed a mare from his place
in the vicinity of Halsey. In June,
1912, Smith's brother-iti-law, A. Cum
mings, was visiting r.t t'nc home of
Geo. Brown of Oregon City and rec
ognized the mare in the Brown stable.
He later communicated this inforina
tion to Smith ajid the latter made a
triD to Oregon Citv to identify the
property. Smith then retained Hewitt
& box ot Albany and Drougnt suit in
replevin for the recovery of the mare
and a colt which had been bo'rn dur
ing the time the animal was in the
custody of the defendant.
In his answer to the complaint the
defendant allced that he had pur
chased the animal from a horse trader
and paid the sum of $125.00 for the
nroperty. . It was not claimed by the
plaintiff that Brown knew the proper
ty was stolen at the time of the pur
chase. S
News Beginning With This Head Is
MONDAY, JANUARY 20.
From Daily Issue of
CYRUS H. WALKER SUGGESTS
NAME FOR ELECTRIC RAILWAY
Well Known Linn County Grang
er Would Name Road "Web
foot Wonder Route."
Competing for the honor of nick
naming the Portland, Eugene & East
em Railway company is Cyrus H.
Walker, of Albany, who claims to be
the oldest living native son of the
state. Born in 1838 Mr. Walker,
who is now, 74 years of age, saw the
beginnings of the first railroads in
Oregon, and "hopes to be of service
for many years to come to my native
Oregon." '
"As early as 1864 Joseph Gaston,
who now resides at Portland, toured
the west side of the valley in an ef
fort to secure subscriptions toward
building a railroad," relates Mr. Walk
er. "At that time I was a poor farmer,
or rather a poor boy trying to get a
start on a farm, and I could only con
tribute $10 in money.
"There were two railroads trying to
get start out of Portland and the
most intense rivalry existed as to
which would break ground first. 1 he
road between the lower and upper
Olsi.-uIcs of the Columbia was in o,
i-raticn, but the two roads referred to
were to be constructed for the devil
npnicut of the Willamette Villty
proper.
".'.!r. Gaston so managed his affairs
that he and his associates broke
ground or, April 14, 1868, if my mem
ory is correct, and the place was nn
mtdiatc'y south of what is now kin.'.vi:
as Marciuam Gulch. At any rat-: it
was near what is now the Fourth
street crossing of a deep gulch. I
handled one of the shovels in remov
ing the ground, and on April 16 of the
same year 1 was present on the east
side of the river to pick up the shovel
that fell from the hand of S. G. Klliott
and aid in starting the first railroad
for the development of the east side
o'f the Willamette, and so far as 1
know 1 am the only living man who
aided in both those ceremonies.
"Ben Holladay was the master spir
it who pushed the line on up the river
and worked the men day and night
in order to secure a land grant which
depended on the construction of a
definite number of miles of track.
"The changes since that time are
marvelous and no one can glory in
them more than I do."
Cyrus H. Walker was born to Rev.
Flkanah Walker and his wife while
the parents were missionaries to the
Indians of the Columbia country. He
was named for the founder of Robek
Seminary in Turkey, where most of
the "Young Turks" o'f recent history
on that side of the world were edu
cated. Mr. Walker was in the Whit,
man massacre of 1847 and remembers
many incidents in the Cayuse Indian
war .' He served in the war of the re
bellion as a member of B company of
the First Oregon Infantry and was
mustered out at Camp Russell, the
spot now occupied by the state fair
grounds near Salem. Of late years
Mr. Walker has been concerned in
organizing locals for the state grange,
having 43 of. them to his credit.
"The Webfoot Wonder Route" was
TANGENT MAN THREATENS TO
SHOOT SEVERAL CHILDREN
Became Enraged When Young
ster Hit Him in the Back with
a Snowball Last Week.
Because a youngster hit him in the
back with a snowball during the snow
storm at Tangent a few days ago, Will
Adams, a resident of that village, is
alleged to have drawn a revolver and
threatened to kill the boy and several
of his playmates.
From information given the Demo
crat, a number of small children were
enjoying the snow near the- Southern
Pacific depot at Tangent and were
throwing snowballs at each other,
when Adams passed along- the street.
One of the hoys of the crowd, through
a spirit of mischief, threw a snowball
which struck Adams in the back.
While the children were laughing
over the accurate aim of the youngster
who threw the snowball, Adams be
came enraged and whipped out1 a re
volver, threatening to shoot the whole
bunch. While no complaint has yet
been brought against him, it is said
that the father of one of the children
has intimated that he would file a
complaint against him.
JOHN R. PENLAND TAKES
A NEW PARTNER TODAY
Walter M. Eaton of San Fran
cisco Is Now Junior Member
of Well Known Firm.
John R. Penland, city engineer of
Albany, this morning announced that
the firm of Fisher and Penland has
been dissolved, Mr. Fisher retiring
from the firm and his place being tak
en by Walter M. Eaton, a recent ar
rival from San Francisco.
The name of the new firm will be
Penland & Eaton and offices will be
maintained in the Albany State Bank
building on First street.
Mr. Eaton is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Oregon and was formerly
in the government service. He comes
to Albany with excellent recommen
dations. Mr. Penland is considered one of
the best civil engineers in this section
of the state and during the four years
that he has been a resident o'f Albany,
has enjoyed an exceptionally good
business.
tllP 1111-kn.t tnp E.lnlnJ t... Vf . I .. 11
....... ..i.bi.u uy 1,11, VVillliei
.IS a mmnnlililr .I.a
be awarded for the best nickname for
ine i-ortlaiul. luigcnc ft Eastern.
Time Great Oeanwmce Sal San tike Slhoe Departmnneimt lis Now Gonirag on. Anmomigst
tike HuairaaJliredla of Fairs of Good! Shoes Aire
Omit UnnMSMaMy Large
Sizes.
Florsheim in gun metal, button and blucher. Regular 5.00 at . . $335
Gun metal, tan and patent leather. Button and blucher. Reg. 3.50 to 5 285
All high-tops are on sale at sharp reductions. Regular 12-inch 5.00 at . 375
All Other High-Tops at Similar Reductions .
Sizes 4 to 8; tan, patent, gun metal and box calf; high-tops, button and (J -fl "P
blucher. Regular prices 2.00 and 2.25 . .... A J, .OO
High-Tops in gun metal, tan and patent velvet tops. Sizes 8 12 to 11. 1 Of
Rcgular 2.25 and 2.50 at 1 ,OD
Sizes 11 1-2 to 2; gun metal and patent jockey. Tan high
button. Regular 2.75 to 3.00
Lsidllp Mmft&iiirii Efts 5.00 a,.d 6.00 at '..$3 85
Button, tan, patent whitetop, 16 buttons. Gun metal also
ular prices 4.00 and 4.50 at
THE
Quality
STORE
CONTRACTORS BEGIN WORK
OF REMODELING BUILDING
Active Operations Begun This
Morning on New Theatre for
Rolfe and Sternberg.
C. E. 1 lowland, the local contractor
and his force of carpenters, com
menced operations this morning tear
ing out the walls and partitions in the
rooms recently vacated by the Veirick
barber shop and the Albany hard
ware Co. which will be made into one
large room tor the new Empire thea
tre which will be erected at once by
Al Sternberg and George Rolfe.
The new theater will be one of the
most modern in the Wlilbmette val
ley ami will have a seating capacity
of six hundred. The theater will be
45 feet wide aiul 103 deep, and over
ten thousand dollars will be spent in
remodeling the building.
Pete Reuttner also commenced op
eration this morning at the Meyer's
corner and wil liu the course of a few
days have the two frame buildings on
their way to Kast Albany where they
will be placed upon the lot at the
corner of Third and Main streets. As
soon as the buildings have been mov
ed, work will begin on the excavation
of the new Hligh theater. .
NEW STORE WILL OPEN
ITS DOORS TOMORROW
Cut-Rate Mercantile Company
Is Name of New Business
House.
With a full and complete line of
shoes, underwear, drygoods, notions
a;:d ladies' and gents' furnishing
goods, the Cut-Rate Mercantile com
pany will open the doors of their
new store in this city tomorrow morn
ing. The store is located in the Balti
more block on East First street and
is owned by D. H. I'arks & Company,
the members of which firm arc former
residents of Portland.
New fixtures have been installed
and the members propose to carry a
kirge stock of merchandise.
WANTED Ry capable middle-aged
woman, a situation as housekeeper.
Would cook for men on ranch or
would take charge of elderly couple.
Good cook. Home Phone 263.
Dly 21-25-WklyJ24
Prof. E. L. Wilson of this city went
to Corvallis this morninir where he is
spending the day. '
FALL ST YL
Slnoe Bonsnmess Has Left Maray Lnmes witli Qmly a Few
We Are Closniag Onat Tllhese Nunmralbers
at Bargain Prices
0 i
These are only a few of the many shoes on
them, in every instance they are Actual
JUDGE GALL
T
Case of H. C. Jackson Vs. Hugh
Cuminings et a) on Trial
This Afternoon.
MANY CASES ARE CONTINUED
FOR THIS TERM OF COURT
Default Entered in One Case
This Morning; Court Will Be
Held Tomorrow.
Judge Win. Galloway arrived thi
morning from Salem and convened
court at 9 a. m.
A number of motions and demurrers
wore taken up and disposed of this
morning and this afternoon the case of
11. C. Jackson vs. Hugh Cttmmiugs
and Glen Ireland was set for trial.
The nlaintift" is represented liv
Wcatherford & Weatherford. The de
fendant Cummmgs is represented by
Gale S. Hill ami the Defendant Ire
land by W. S. McFadden of Corval
lis. This is a suit growing out of the
sale of a stallion to the defendants in
which land was taken as part pay
ment on the transaction. An injunc
tion suit is brought to restrain the sate
of the land. It is anticipated that the
case will be concluded late this after
noon. The case of the Dixon State Bank
vs. J. M. Flaherty and E. B. Todd
vs. Geo. Roush were continued.
In the case of A. C. Schultz vs..
J. 1 1. Mulligan a motion to strike
out a portion of the answer was ar
gued this morning and taken under
advisement by the court. The case of
the Oregon klectric R. R. Co. vs. L,
D. Bates was continued. In the case
of J. O. Brown vs. D. G. Murray de-.
fault decree was entered ftguinst the
defendant.
Judge Galloway will return to Al
bany tomorrow and hold court during
the greater portion of the day.
C. H. Fracr, a well known creamery
man of Eugene, was in Albany yes
terday attending the meeting of the
creamcrymen which was held m the
parlors of the Revere hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Shaw of this
city left this morning for Mill City
where they will spend a few days vis
iting with their sons, J. R. and Angus
A.
- tops in
$2.48
lace. Reg'
3.15
sale. See
Bargains
EST.
ICES