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