The Albany Citizen from Albany, Oregon • 1

VOL. 1 ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1910 NO. 28 TIMBER NOT DAMAGED MILITIA BOYS RETURN BOMB GOOD ROAD HfllSHED I ALBANY APPLE FAIR PEOPLE SHOULD PLAY Oregon and Western Colonisation Did Excellent Work in Fighting: Linn Lands Untouched by Fir A County Forest Fires II TO BUCK EAGLE I.1IIIE PREMIUM LIST IS OUT John E. BurcharsLof St Paul, Minn The members of Co.

6. of this city, vice-president and general manager of the Oregon and Western Colonization Company, which acquired the immense who were called to Brownsville last week to assist in fighting the fires which had been raging in that vicinity for some time, returned home Monday evening after several strenuous days tract of 800,000 acres of the old military road land grant last spring, was Building of line Means Improvement Represents An This Year's Event Certain Exhibits in All Classes in the city Saturday and took a run to Much For Entire County to Be First Class Expenditure of $25,000 Above the Average the edge of the company's holdings in in the mountains. The boys were taken to the scene of the Sweet Home district Mr. Burch ard was accompanied by Harry Hawk the fires in hacks and made their first ins of the Linnhaven who camp near the home of J. R.

Sprenger, SURVEY DATA IS BEING WORKED UP drove the auto. The company's hold innintapc cnnn in niiRitir, uiffk SAWMILL OUTFIT IS BEING INSTALLED NOVEMBER 910-11 ARE BATES SELECTED about three miles from Mover's Mill ni luiwiuiub www nbh vviiinv nun ings in Linn county alone amount to and fifteen miles above Brownsville, about 110,000 acres and comprise some of the mcst valuable timber in the After making camp the guardsmen were immediately put on the fire line northwest It was feared that the Prospects Good For Early Start on i Adequate Prices For All Classes Sure Air-Compressing Plant and Power of in charge of J. R. Sprenger and Sam recent fires might have gotten into the Sawyer, two able and efficient timber- tract but it was found that it had es Hone Races Principal Feature Amusement Wednesday Was Albany Day Construction-Settlements Made With Farmer to Bring Out Splendid Display of Fruit men, under whose charge much effective Drills to Be Soon Added to Min- i ing Equipment caped. Something over 10,000 acres of the land in Linn is suitable for orchard work was accomplished, On Saturday a bad fire was found and agricultural purposes, and the com and corralled after several hours hard pany expects to place it on thf market after a thorough examination has been work making trails, cutting brush, and A a meeting of the Linn County R.

F. Shier, general manager of the backfiring. made. Apple Fair board held Tuesday evening Word came Saturday night that an. Mr.

Burchard is an old-time friend The annual Linn county fair, which is held at Scio, opened last Tuesday and will close today. The weather has been perfect and in consequence the at at the Commercial Club rooms, arrange Black Eagle mine, was in the city Monday. Mr. Shier was superintending the shipment of a sawmill outfit which otner nre was assuming large propor J. W.

of the Albany In-terurban railroad, has effected settlement with nearly-all the farmers for damage titaTwas none to crops in using th survey through cultivated fields on the proposed line of the railway. The preliminary survey has been of Ethan W. Kibby of The Citizen, who was in his employ when Mr. Burchard tions near Sawyer's Mill and the camp ments were made for the premium lists of this year's event which, will be the is to be at once installed at the mine, was changed to that' locality on Sun published a newspaper in 1887 at Sault fourth annual Albany Apple Fair, to day morning. The men started to tendance has been good throughout the week.

Thousands of people have attended and thoroughly enjoyed them The plant is complete and represents an outlay of $3500. It will be used in held Nov. 9-10-11. I.t is proposed work on this fire at once and had the Ste. Marie, Mich.

The two had not met in 15 years until Sunday, when oompieted for the entire distance of the manufacture of lumber for the re situation well in hand when rain began selves. It is one of the best fairs that to make the coming exhibit the best yet held, and as this is an exceptional 1 80 miles and draftsmen are now they had an enjoyable visit together. duction plant which to be erected has been held in the county, and the rking up the field notes and profiles. to fall which aided materially in checking the fires and allowing the guards apple year it is anticipated the dis the coming winter, ore bunkers and viimirv ap iivu Dloava Prospects art bright for the early be varied exhibits have shown conclusively what this section of the Valley is plays will be varied and most excellent for material required in the general men to return to camp. Following are the prizes as far as ar operation of the mine.

D. H. 'Curl Dies of Dropsy at Leb-1 ginning of construction. Considerable of the right-of-way has been secured. There was no necessity for returning capable of producing.

Nothing better ranged: Capt. Shier says that everything is or of a higher class can be seen any- to the fire line owing to the heavy dowjn- anoa Snndsy progressing satisfactorily at the mine. Representatives of the company state that on the whole but little difficulty where else in Orezon-and that is say- pour of rain, and camp was broken at CLASS A Linn eounty barred Grand prize, It is expected to have the Bmelter in D. H. Curl died at his home in the southern part of Lebanon, Sunday eve 5:30 and moved several miles away to a mg a good has been experienced in that direction.

operation next year, An extensive ore best county exhibit $50 cash, and $100 ning at 8 o'clock, after an illness of cup by Linn county. 2d prize, $50 house owned by the Sawyers, where the night was spent, the company leaving for home at 9:30 Monday morning. The exhibit of grains and grasses was particularly good. Fruit, vegetables and other products of the soil were body has been uncovered and there is a large quantity of rock on the stock several months, of dropsy, at the age cash, 3d, $20 cash. as the people generally are quick to perceive the great benefits that will be derived by the construction of the line and are disposed to help the project of 51 years, one month and 14 days.

piles awaiting treatment. An air com. Most of the damage wss done to the fully up to the high standard of pre Mr. Curl was born near Scio, in this pressor and power drills will be put in CLASS Club or community exhibit. vious exhibits.

The hjestock show was Linn i county, July 14, 1859, and was married along by playing fair. There area small timber and in the heavy underbrush, but a large area was burned operation at an early date. The main perhaps not as extensive as could be county only best 10-box exhibit, three to Miss Fannie Funk, in Scio, Novem few "dogs in tbe manger" however, tunnel into the mine has already been desired, but what was exhibited clearly over and the settlers were given plenty ber, 1878. In 1881 he moved to Eastern driven a distance of over 800 feet or more varieties, prizes to be an nounced evidenced that Linn county farmers are Oregon, where he lived until 1901, oi cause lor alarm, the nre in many cases coming within a hundred yards of With the completion this week of the rapidly improving their horseflesh, when he returned to Linn county, who will try to exact a full pound of flesh. In sections where people of this class may try to hold up the company, new lines will be run and the rout changed, thus passing up the flocks and herds.

The exhibits in, their their homes. Mayor E. Hilleary, CLASS-C Free-for-all-Best five-box exhibit bridge across Tincup Creek, the wagon road to the mine will be practically fin where he lived up to the time of his H. Wayne Stanard, Secretary of the entirety were highly creditable in every death. A widow and three sons, Roy, ished from Gates to the mine.

It will Commercial Club, and Editor Brown, of tnree or more varities, 1st, $30 cash, 2d, $15 cash, 3d, $5 cash. respect. Audle and Byron, survive him. He has surprise a grert many to learn that this two brothers living in Albany, Dr. road will have cost in all $25,000, and H.

Curl and Attorney L. M. Curl, both W. TEBAULT HONORED class First and second prizes of $5 and $2 the Brownsville Times, visited the camp and after looking the situation over expressed themselves as well pleased with the work done by the The principal feature of amusement was the horse races, and they by far attracted the greatest amount of attention during that part of the daily pro this is one of the strongest indications of whom were present at the funeral of the faith that is placed in the per- services. Mr.

Curl was an honest and People of Lacomb Express Apprecia will be given for the best single box exhibits, as follows: miuiency oi tne mine. Three years gram. There was a good card of events Albany men. upright man, being square in all of his ago Marion -county appropriated $4000 Tho boys were supplied with fruit each day. many entrants and suitable dealings with his fellow men.

Rev, for the road. In 1908-09 the Black purses to be pulled down that insured excitinsr contests. The Miller Amuse- Eagle expended $10,000 in the work, Baker conducted the funeral services in the Baptist church, after which his and fresh meat by the settlers in the vicinity of the camp and no sickness occurred, all standing tne trip well. $8,000 was put in by other interests ment company, with its balloon ascen and this year the to the Black remains were taken to Providence cemetery for burial. Lebanon Express.

sions and other shows also contributed its quota to the general gaiety of the THEY GOT TOGETHER Eagle Company Nrill be $3,000, thus totalling all for the improve No. 1, Yellow Newton Pippen, No. 2, Spitzenberg. No. 8, King.

No. 4, Baldwin. No. 6, Red Cheek Pippin. No.

6, Ben Davis. No. 7, Grimes Golden. No. 8, Jonathan.

No. 9, Wagener. No. 10, Stark. No.

11, Monmouth Black Twig. No. 12. Gano. occasion.

APPLES SHIPPED FROM HALSEY ment Members of Comerdal Club Talk and Burkhart was the leader of a tion His Good Work A big barbecue and picnic was held at Lacomb last Friday in honor of Tebault, president of theTebault Real Estate Company, of Albany. It was attended by several hundred people of tbe surrounding country, who enjoyad a pleasant It was onu of the largest and most successful picnics ever held here. Mr. Tebault has made a large number of sales of land in the vicinity of Lacomb and as a result of his successful efforts that part of Linn county has enjoyed a rapid growth in the past year. Wishing to show their appreci- ation of Mr.

Tebault' splendid work in The development of the Black Eagle "Smoke Up" brass band composed of players from N. T. Sneed Sells 1910 Crop of muie.jfvhich is essentially a copper Albany, Lebanon and Brownsville, The "Get-together meeting held at 1300 Boxes ftion, will mean a great deal for which furnished excellent music thru the commercial club rooms Tuesday Halsey has placed her name on th mining industry of this section of out the week. night was Well attended and a hummer list of the fruit shipping stations in Oregon. from start to finish.

A number of Oregon, N. T. Sneed last week dis When it is once placed in the pro- was Albany Day and a considerable contingent went over, in autoa earlv in the morning from the impromptu and a right good tinTel" "lnlPe tfven posed of his 1910 apple crop, amounting approximately to thirteen hundred to the industry that will result in at Hub, others by train and other con' joyed by everyone in attendance. A tracting capital necessary for the devel veyancea. Quite a number have spent boxes, for seventy cents a box net the buyer doing the packing.

Six hundred lunch and smoker followed the speech- the greater part of the week there, so making and was a pleasant feature of No. 13, Northerh Spy. No. 14, Rome Beauty. CLASS Best commercial packed box, $10 cash.

CLASS Plate exhibit ten or more varieties, 1st $5, 2d, $2. CLASS Special premium exhibit, to be announced later. The committee is now opment or a district that gives every promise of being one of the richest in the development of this long-neglected part of the eounty, a number of local people arranged this picnic in his honor. boxes of Gravensteins were in the lot Albany has been well represented. the social gathering.

These meetings the Western country. i Many more would undoubtedly have are held monthly, and afford an oppor A big barbecue was the center of at taken in the fair from here, were it and the buyer said they were the finest he had ever seen, which goes to prove that the Willamette Valley is not behind Hood River or any other place in traction at th picnic. Several calves Grain Not a Back Number tunity for all members of the club to become better acquainted with each not for the handicap of distance, which makes it impossible to put in a full day The Willamette Valley is not yet out other. An impetus is also given the were roasted and at noon meat was served to all of the people on the picnic grounds. the production of spples.

of the grain business. The Sain ranch there. The fair grounds are splendidly at work arranging for the prizes tor work of' boosting all together for better and bigger Albany. Mr. Sneed's experience amply dem in Scroggins Valley, Washington county, located and in every way ideal.

In the afternoon a program was ren this class. onstrates th fact that proper car' of orchards will yield large returns in this dered and talks were made by several Yesterday was Lebanon Day and brought out a big crowd. This is Scio The officers and committees of the Apple Fair board are as follows: productive valley. New Money Order Form Careless and forgetful people who Day and winds up the 1910 event has just turned on 117 bushels of oats per acre from a field of 87 acres. Most of the Willamette Valley land is becoming too valuable to use for grain-growing, but if any believes that grain-growing has been abandoned by reason of Linn county's prominent men.

Rev. Loree, pastor of the Baptist church, presided during the program and addresses were made by Hon. S. Chairman, Judge C. H.

Stewart Secretary, E. L. Jones. Treasurer, F. M.

French. patronize the money order department of the postoffices will be compelled to Fine Gravensteins Sent East New Candidates Oat W. A. Kimsey of this city, hss filed his declaration as a Democratic candi Finance: F. M.

French, W. A. East- The Linnhaven Orchard Company this week packed several boxes of reform their habits. September 1 a new form of money order and a changed system of recording them was estab M. Garland and State Senator M.

A. Miller, of Lebanon; Judge H. H. Hewitt Evert L. Jones, Willard L.

Marks date for nomination for the office of burn, H. Bryant of any deterioration in soil or climate, the yields of both oats and wheat which are now being secured, ought to cause a revision of opinion. Oregonian. Building and decorations: J. C.

Hol- county treasurer lished. Receipts will continue to be and F. E. Van' Tassell, of Albany; Gravensteins which were shipped to the St Paul office for exhibition purposes. The apples were grown in the hnmi orchards of F.

M. Mitchell and brook, F. J. Fletcher, J. A.

Howard. Milton J. Knew, of Mill City, has de issued, but if the customer loses the John Turnidge of Lacomb; A. M. Tem- Premiums and advertising: D.

clared his intention toi a Republican candidate for th office of justice of Rumbaugb, S. A. Lasselle, C. H. pleton of Brownsville and C.

W. Tebault th guest of honor. The recent A. B. Custer near Albany, and were stub and forgets the number or date upon which it was issued there will be no way by which" the order may be May Sell Killed Timber By recent instructions issued by th peace for District No.

14 1-2. beauties both as to coloring and size. the Of- Program speakers: H. H. Hewitt, ly organized Lacomb band furnished musk during the afternoon.

Commissioner of the General Land traced. The books of record will show F. H. Weber, of Brownsville, will run for the office of committeeman in th North Brownsville district as a Re E. L.

Jones, Geo. H. CrowelL fice to Louis L. Sharp, Chief of the Home From the East only the number of the money order, Th various speakers paid fitting Exhibits: J. M.

Hawkins, C. Percy A. Young, of S. E. Young its date and the amount for which it tribute to th rapid growth and develop Stewart F.

M. French, J. A. Howard, publican. First Field Division, the homesteaders upon public lands within the burned areas Oregon, Washington and Son, has arrived home from an extend issued.

W. A. Eastbum. ed business trip to the Eastern markets, ment of this part of th county, tbe great natural wealth of the country surrounding Lacomb and it consequent Paving Is Finished Voters Register Fast Th Warren Construction Company Northern Idaho, who are occupying land in good faith, will be permitted to cut remove and sell the timber on the where heavy purchases were made of Fall and Winter goods for Albany's big department store. Mrs.

Young prospect of development and to the Voters are now registering rapidly at good work of Mr. Tebault in behalf finished its paving contract here Wednesday, with the completion of th two blocks on First street, east of the eounty clerk's office, and it is expected that the registration in Linn joined her husband in Portland and ac the community and all of Linn eounty. claims which has been killed by the forest fires. companied him home. county will approximate the full list Lyon.

The company has don its work when the books close September 14. splendidly and with rapidity. In all 88 Oregonian Editor Her E. N. Blythe, Northwest of the Morning Oregonian, was in the city yesterday and fraternized with Deputy County Clerk Willard Marks, the Albany correspondent Mr.

Blythe is putting in part of a well-earned vacation in th upper Willamette Valley. Mrs. Blythe accomplished her husband and they are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J.

H. Ralston. M. A. Miller in the Gi Celt Trimnted Calisf Eros.

Th Albany Colt trimmed th Cahef Bros, baseball team to a peak last Sun There are now 2198 on the registers, Good Crops la Beaton W. W. Dresser returned Wednesday from a business trip into Benton blocks of bitulithic hav been added to th paved district and th improvement with political affiliations divided as fol Senator Milton A. Miller was In town Tuesday. Mr.

Miller has an lows: Republican, 1265; Democratic, is decidedly noticeable. eounty. Mr. Dresser states that crops day afternoon in on of th best games of th eaon by th score of 4 to 0. It nounced his candidacy to succeed him 698; Independent, 64; Prohibitionist 58; generally throughout that district are self as state senator from Linn.

It "Psakia Shew" at Janet iosi Socialist 81, and miscellaneous, 30. excellent and the fanners are in censer Junction City is to hav a "Pnnkin queue wearing broad smiles. now up to the Republicans to enter a good man for the contest The county has had too much of Mr. Miller and the Show" September 16 and 17. These Services at Episcopal Church Mine Host Grant Pirtle, of th St Charles, en loved a visit this week idate were set so as to enable th Worth Hastoa to Baa Services will be held at the Episcopal tune is rips for a change.

was a pitcheis' battle from start to finish, "Wild Bill" Patterson of Ui Colte and Hewitt for th Portland visitors both doing splendid work. Neither aid scored until th seventh inning when th homo team connected with th sphere. Coat, Steven. DeoWy and Patterson were; th tacky ones in scoring. managers to send exhibit to th county The powers that be in the Democrat ehhureh, corner Broadalbin and Sixth streets, Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Shaw are home fair at Eugene, to be held September 21 to 24. Tho display will consist of vegetables, train and fruit with th from Rev.

and Mrs. F. H. Daboey, of Liberty, who have been on the coast during tbe summer. Rev, Daboey was formerly an lows school teacher, and Mr.

Pirtle was on of hk pupfla. ic ring hav decided to support Worth Huston for th shrievalty, and it is said that ho will enter th rac for the from Foley Springs, where Mr. Shaw Rev. Maraden, the new pastor, win deliver the sermon. All are cordially in- went for treatment His health is pumpkin as th main feature.

nomination without any opposition. I vited to attend. much improved..