The Albany Citizen from Albany, Oregon • 8

ALBANY CITUSr. FKIDAT. AtXCVXT 5, lflO. mi czstsoyc coovrx FISiT AT ALBANY THE KSaftbat wtta and a gt toagae fre- of aha tftfasussee ItMs la Tba UMIe Candy That Waa Mased aav erring "toppers" aa trial the depaty iiiamiarliair at oat of the "difeaear" pat as by offenders are more ingen-fcma tbaa convincing. Not long ago a giant patrolman, aceaaod at being abaat a quarter af a mfla off bla, beat, evolved this ex com, "Tea as.

It waa Ilka this, yoor honor. I waa ps trolling my post when I thought I beard a maa np the street yelling 'FIreL Flrer I raa In the direction of tba eoand. and. weald you believe m. Mr.

Commissioner, there stood a fellow ont an tba sidewalk trying to wake as a friend of bis en the second floor, and be waa yelling with an his might Meyer! Meyerl" "Well, that" a brand new one." said the trial commissioner, the suspicion of a smile classing bla face. "Complaint dismissed." New Tork Tribune. -V. Sumner's Ready Reply. Charles Sumner when in London gave a ready reply.

At a dinner given In his honor he spoke of "the ushes" of some dead bero. "Ashe! What American English!" rudely broke In aa Englishman. "Dost you mean, Mr. Sumner. We don't burn oar dead in this country." "Yet," Instantly replied Mr.

Sumner, with a courteous smile, "your poet Gray tells us that 'Even In our ashes live their wonted The American was not criticised again that evening. Argonaut A Glorious Part. "At last" exclaimed the low comedian, "I have a part that Just suits me." "Good." said the first old lady. "You are the only actor I ever knew who was thoroughly satisfied with bis part Whatiaitr "Oh, the part isn't much, as far as that goes, but I'm supposed to be a burglar, and I break into a pantry and at a real meal at every performance." Chicago Record-Herald. He Worked On.

Wife-George, this burning of the candle at both ends means an untimely grave. It is nearly 12 o'clock. Come to bed. GeorgeBut I'm doing this night work In order to find money enough to buy you a birthday present Wife-Well. If you will persist in working of course I can't stop it Good night dear.

The Way a Finaaeier'a Clerk Exasm-. periaed a Cipher. Wbea Wall treat Irs caught to-, fever far "Industrial combination" and began the reorganisation of everything la alght ana af the votaries of bigh finance found hlmaelf in Chicago ta extreme need of communicating with bla New Tork office. He almost completed an arrange-' sent for the consolidation of several western enterprises, but In order ta-get the final authority he needed from New Tork be mnst explain all be had done by wire to bis partners. There wss no time to write.

Be bad. no cipher code. For a long time berried to think put some way to send the Information so that It would be-plain to bis partners and meaningless to any one else His secret waa a valuable one and once sent over the wire-might be sold out to his rivals In Wall street for a large aum. At hut he decided to take the chances In plain English. Accordingly he wrote the message and gave it ta-.

bla assistant to send. an boor later, when tbe assistant came back, he asked blm. If be bad sent It "Not Just that way," said the clerk. "I rewrote it the first word on a Postal blank, the second on a Western Union, and so on. I sent half by each company, and neither half meant anything.

Then I sent a second message by one line, saying, 'Bead both mea-agea together, alternating The scheme was too simple for the-high financier to have evolved, bat It w6rked perfectly. Linen Is obtained from the flax plant, a small, delicate annual with a tiny blue flower. Tbe plant la pulled by hand In the summer, the seeds, known in commerce as linseed, being removed and the straw subjected to various processes to separate the fibrous part which constitutes tbe linen. First It la steeped In water and then passed through a drying and beating process on revolving wheels until all foreign matter is removed. It Is then ready for manufacture.

Not to Slam. The Elderly Lady-They say bla wife has money. The Younger Well, that Isn't his fault They've only been married a short time. $3.19 A BttJe corned between acta enlivened things at a Broadway theater ana alght iaat weak. A middle aged maa accompanied by hta wife aat directly behind a pretty young girl and ear escort At tha end of the Brat act tba middle aged man want oat for -fresh air." Ha cam back bringing tba smell of tha fraab air and gayer epirtta wttb aim.

Hi wire gave him a startled glance, and Ilka a Bash her band went np to hie vaat There dangling from the top button waa a buacb of brown, early puff. There waa a dyaamitkal second aa tba wife beM the puffs In bar white gloved band and looked at them. Now aba war not a Jealous wife Just a common, sense Uttle woman, ready to meet an emergency. She looked at tba bead about her. The pretty girl's back hair looked aa If a piece bad fallen out Tba wife leaned over to the aide away from the girl's escort and whispered.

Tba girl lipped a band down and back, and tha wife stealthily laid tha bunch of puffs which her husband bad carried away on bla vest burton in tba owner's band. The latter kept them concealed, gently and artfully reached up. pinned them into place, and escort watching the rising curtain, was none tba wiser, New Tork Times. HIS STUPID MISTAKE. Much to Hi 8urprise It Waa Promptly Rectified.

A well known Londoner waa plan ning an entertainment on an elaborate scale to be given to various friends In the neighborhood of bis country eat Unfortunately his nearest neigh bor, a close relative. Is highly uncongenial to himself and his Intimates, and' be racked his brains to devise a scheme by which be might av.iid the necessity of inviting the undesirable cousin to be among his guests. 'I have It!" be announced to his wife at breakfast on the morning of the event "I'll send him some tickets for the play tonight in town. Of course he'll be delighted, as be seldom has an opportunlry of going to the theater." The tickets were accordingly sent and the host with an easy conscience proceeded to enjoy the company of bis friends. But his satisfaction was of short duration.

At the height of the festivities, much to his surprise, in walked the objectionable neighbor. 'Such a stupid mistake yon made.1" be announced as be approached bis cousin. "As soon as I heard about your party I knew that you must have sent me the tickets for the wrong night so I got them changed for tomorrow evening and came right over here as soon as I could." London Tatler. $3.19 From Aug. 6 to Aug.

13 we offer the choice of any Boys' Knee Pants Suit in the house for $3.19. This includes the "Best Ever" Suits, worth $5.00, $6.50, $8.50 and $10.00. THE TRACY CLOTHING CO. I Circuit of Few Ante thou to Be Held TUa Pall. A circuit of annual apple shows is likely to result from the recent visit of C.

C. Chapman, manager of the promotion committee of the Portland Commercial Club, who returned Monday from a two-weeks' trip through Washington and British Columbia, where, he visited the principal commercial bodies, making addresses at Seattle, Spokane and, Tacoma. That, applegrowing is destined to become one of the principal industries of the Pacific Northwest is the opinion gained by Mr. Chapman on his trip, and he believes that a chain of annual apple exhibits in various parts of this, territory is one of the best means of promoting this industry. The first show to be held this year will be at Albany during the latter part of October.

This will be followed by, the Oregon apple' show in Portland early in November, the National apple show at Spokane and the Canadian apple show at Vancouver. These four exhibits will be the principal ones held in the Northwest this year. "In another year," says Mr. Chapman, "I believe apple shows will be regular features in the centers of every apple-growing community in this section. People are just beginning to realize the importance of exhibiting their products and meeting together for the' purpose of comparing results and giving each other the benefits of their experience." POSTAL RECEIPTS GROW July Report of Local Office' Shows Increase of 22 Per Cent Perhaps no one thing is a better criterion of the growth of a community, than increasing postal receipts and this being true Albany is shown to be jogging along at a very satisfactory pace.

Each month of the present year has shown an increase over the corresponding month of 1909, July proving no exception as sfcown by Postmaster Van Winkle's The receipts for July, 1910, were $1495.33 as against $1216.39 for that month last year, an increase of $278.94, or approximately 22'A per cent. Garden Spot of America. Daniel Kelly, a hardware merchant of F.I Paso, 1 exas, was in the city early in the week looking up the advantages' this secion as a new location. Mr. Kelly went trom here to Salem, but expects to return here again.

He has visited the towns of Southern" Oregon and says that hc is more favorably impressed with this section of the state than any he has seen. Linn county impresses him as being the garden spot of America. 0 1 '-v-. The County Fair. The Citizen acknowledges press courtesies extended by the management of the Linn County Fair Association this week.

The fair; which is held at Scio August 30 to September 2 this fall, is expected to. eclipse all pievious events held in the county. A. G. Prill is president, and R.

Shclton secretary of -the association. Store Being Improved. The store building at 223 West First street, into which Alcorn Herdman have moved? the stock of goods of their 5, 10 and 15-cent store, being handsomely redecorated. The firm will be ready for business during the coming week. Republicans' Sweep (Continued from first page,) F.

M. Stellmacher also has his ear to the ground for the office of county clerk, and none else has yet appeared tc say him nay. Candidates for treasurer and record-ei are yet in embryce As" has been heretofore mentioned the redoubtable Milton A. will li'. given a clear field for the senator-ship.

There is none his peer in the Linn county Democratic ring and the most astute politicians make humble obeisance to him. For representative only two possibil ities have so far appeared conspicuous ly on the Democratic political horizon. They are Fielding J. Denny, of Shel- burn, and W. W.

Poland, of Shedd. Peter Bither, of Brownsville, is understood to have his lightning rod up for the county commissionership. There will be others, and it is safe to assume that this year's primaries and election in Linn county will not be devoid of interest Aa Incipient Blase Ftre on the roof of a woodshed on the premises of Fred Gould, near the corner of Fourth and Ferry streets Tuesday afternoon called out the Are department, but its services were not required to extinguish tha blase. But little damage resulted. KZL Lnlxr and BaiMings Total Mwmill town of Hoover, 57 miles, from Albany and the Eastern terminal of the E.

railway, was totally destroyed Monday night by a fire that started in the sawmill of the Hoover Lumber Company. The loss will amount to $100,000, the Hoover Lumber Company being the principal sufferer. Every building along the railroad track and the river was burned and escaped but a few shacks on the hillside above. Only a pile of ashes and smouldering debris today marks the site of a sawmill with a capacity of 40,000 feet daily, an immense lumber yard, a large, well-eauipped hotel, a general merchandise store, in which the Hoover postomce was located, and about 25 dwellings and bunkhouses. The fire started at 4 o'clock in the afternon and the flames spread so quickly that the inhabitants had to flee for their lives, and were able to save but a small part, of their Three box cars were standing on a nearby siding when the fire broke out, and what tff ects were saved were placed in these cars, which were started' down grade toward, Detroit only when they, too, were in danger of destruction while still being loaded.

No supplies other than those in the cars were saved. The people of Detroit looked after the fire sufferers, opened their homes to them and provided them with food and shelter. report that a party of prominent Albany people composetfof the families of R. Montgomery, N. D.

Pratt, and Rev. I. G. Knotts, who were camping out near Hoover, had lost their entire outfit, proved to be erroneous. These people ran Jo Hoover when the mill caught fire and when they saw the flames sweep up the canyon toward their camp, sweeping everything before it, they supposed that their camp outfit had burned.

But the next morning they found their camp safe, although the fire had swept around a space pf about 100 yards square. ACCEPTS INVITATION Commercial Club to Visit Upper Cala-pooia Valley. The executive board of the Commercial Club met in regular session Tuesday evening and transacted routine business. The manager reported receipts amounting to $206.34 since the last report. During the month of July 240 inquiries were received and 407 letters were written.

Collections for the month amounted to $341.89 and 205 pieces of literature were mailed. A communication from R. R. Mc-Kinney, of Holley, inviting the club ti visit the upper Calapooia valley was. read, and a committee of five, yet to be named, was authorized to arrange for the trip.

It will be made by automobile at an early date and is certain to be interesting. H. Stewart for the committee which is securing products from the country to be displayed in the East by the Great Northern railway, reported that satisfactory progress is being made arid that the Linn county showing will be a creditable one. The county court has agreed to stand the expenses of Prof. Parks, who will test road materials in this county.

Teachers' Examination Wednesday. The regular examination for applicants for teachers' state and county certificates will be held before County Superintendent W. L. Jackson at the court house next" Wednesday, beginning at 9 o'clock a. m.

The examination will continue three days for county and four days for state certificates. AUTO CRAZE IN KANSAS Farmers Are Investing Heavily in Oas Machines. F. Whipple, a capitalist of Cir-cleville, Kansas, Jrfias been visiting Attorney P. R.

Kelly, his nephew, the past month, expects to leave today en route home, and wil briefly visit i Portland and Seattle. Mr. Whipple has visited Albany annually for several years and thinks there is no section of the country quite as pleasant fur a summer outing. In speak' ing of the business conditions in his state, Mr. Whipple states that the farmers have never done so well there as during the past two years, but that there is becoming noticeable a mone tary stringency due part to in fisted land values and particularly to the automobile craze which is eating up the profits of the farm to a degree that is causing decided uneasiness in financial circles.

He states that prac tkally every farmer has a machine or two and is satisfied with none but the best. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been withdrawn from the banks within a couple of years and the money has gone into the coffers of the auto manufacturers. The sairte obtains in most ftf the Middle WestenTstates. Keataeary Hi 1777. 1777.

while Harredeburg. Ky so beast who Indiana ibai the tehabttaata were ta strait for tally bread, a young man. only sixteen yeara aid. made himself extremely oarfol by venturing oat of the fort before day-breeg and retoraieg With a load at game after nightfall This Intrepid youth waa Jameo Bay. afterward General Bay.

Oa day In tht year Just mentioned Bay 'and another young man war hooting at a mark near the fort, when tba second man was suddenly shot down by the Indiana. Bay looked In tba direction whence tba shot bad come, saw tba enemy and waa oa tba point of raising his rifle whan be waa net upon by another band who bad crept near blm unseen. He took to his bee Is and, being a quick run per. reached the fort amid a shower of bullets, bat the gates were hot and tba men inside were ao frightened that they dared not open them, rinding hlmaelf hut out Bay throw himself flat on tba ground in the rear of a stump, and bare, perhaps even step from tba fort and within lght of his mother, he lay for four hours, while the boiler of the Indiana tore up the ground oa either side of him. At last be grew Impatient and called ont to tha garrison: "For heaven's sake, dig a bole under tha cabin wall and take me tor Tha man Inside aat to work immediately, and the brave young hnnter waa speedily safe inside tba fort FORTUNE ISLAND.

Tha Story of the Buried Prize of an English Bueeaneor. An English buccaneer, having looted and tired a rich prise, found himself pursued In torn by a Spanish pirate, and in order to aava bis treasure sought some isolated shore on wbicb to bury it until tha time came to divide the spoils with bis followers. So be ran into tha Bahama group and, landing on a low lying strip of sand and palm trees, cached bis plunder and, naming the place Fortune Island, sailed away. He left a number of negro slaves behind to guard the burled treasure, and the present inhabitants are said to be descended from these slaves. The Fortune Islanders believe the old sea rover never returned for his chest and that it Is still bidden somewhere near the tide level.

It Is no uncommon sight for tourists on the rare occasions when a steamer stops there to see some half naked black man digging in the sand, probably in obedience to a dream or other sign. The natives are half civilized, exceedingly superstitious and very poor and live mostly on fish and fruit They do not attempt to plant vegetables, pre-fering to rely on the bounty of nature, a the tierce hurricanes thatsweep the Bahamas soon uproot and destroy gardens. The little colony la huddled together in a collection of squalid huts that are blown clear away in nearly every storm and have to be built anew. Tha island la nine miles long and a mile wide at the broadest part and Ilea 110 miles northeast of Cuba. New York Press.

Surprise In Chinese. 'Some people." said an American consul to China, "live aa long as twenty years in China and never learn more than a doseo Chinese expressions. But not so my little girl. She used to meet me each evening with some new Chinese expression which he bad learned during the day. Now, the Chinese language, like the Japanese, is full of bonoriflcs.

and I fondly imagined one avenlng. when my little girl greeted me with some entirely new expressions, that she was saying something like this: 'Here comes the honorable personage, my "To verify my guess I asked a little Chinese boy to translate. At first be was rather backward, but I urged blm until be Anally said: excellency, your daughter ays. "Here cornea that old wooden headed bottle." Tea, there are aome surprises in Chinese." Not Interrupting at AIU At the piano Mrs. Eaton wss guiding Edith and Edward and Jack through the intricacies of an old' English melody when she became aware that the twins were sdding tbelr voices from an indiscreet distance and stopped playing.

"Children." she exclaimed, "you are not allowed to join In the chorus with Edith and Edwardr -We weren't" the twins protested, in slightly resentful tones. "We were singing something -quite different" Tooth's Companion. Shsksspeare Altered. A portable theater bad been pitched A ao out of the way spot where the prospective theatrical patrons were unsophisticated in matter dramatic. The players possessed the costume for "Hamlet" and Shakespeare's tragedy waa selected for representation.

It then occurred to the proprietors of tha show that the name might not attract ao they altered the title to "How the Stepfather Waa Paid Outr-Loo-don Mall. He Pleased Her. "8 he asked me bow old I thought aha waa." "What did you say "Well. I perjured myeelt Uke a Free Press. No amoaat of effort to aava the world can make ap for failure to aae tinea for tba ealvaUoa at year ewm tittle workL-Henry 1.

Cape. WE DEFY ANY STORE OR CATALOGUE HOUSE IN AMERICA TO BEAT THESE PRICES! Here are a few of the Rummag Sale Bargains: W. B. Corsets, 48c pair I Corsets 78c pair For choice of all broken lots and discon- tinued numbers of Corsets, worth up to Fora11 discontinued numbers of W. B.

$1.00 pair. Corsets, worth up to $2.00 pair. 98c pair $1.98 pair MISSES'. CHILDREN'S AND BOYS' OXFORDS For WOMEN'S PATENT KID, PATENT COLT PUMPS AND SLIPPERS yiCI or GUN METAL, Every Style, every size from i5 to 4 'la iTan. Patent $3.50 $4.00 Oxfords and Pamps.

Every Pair Leather, Vicl or Gun MetaL Regular Values np to New thU Maon. See Big Window Display. $2.50. See Windows. $9.87 $1.00 For Women's and Miea' Tailored Suits.

Actual For Children's $2.50 White or Ught Blue Duck and Values op ta $30.00. PiqBe CoaU' Every Suit New this season. Best of materials, lined with Skinner's Guaranteed Satin and Silk. JlttrCl For Regular 10c Linen Finished Torchon Lace. 16c yard For 25c and 35c 18-inch Cambric Corset Cover Oll PiCCC DreSSCS Embroidery.

Cheaper, in fact much Cheaper than you can bay the material for. QCi $L25 for any $2.50 one piece dress 3 e70l $L75 for any $3.50 one piece dress For Choice of this Season'. New Parasols, worth np SiLSSSftS Piece" dre. to $3.50. $3.75 or any $7.50 one piece dress There are prices prevailing that amaze the shrewdest shoppers, and the guarantee of this store is back of each and every articled It is impossible to list the many cut prices, but every department will contribute iust such bargains as you will find in this ad.

Our hats are selling for about 25c on the dollar, more than 75 per cent discount. Watch the Windows. CHAMBERS McCUNE Albany's Leading Cloak and Suit Store.