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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1903)
TH I8 IS TO WIN. COMPLETION OF THE GREAT NILE DAM. Who »win*« with er*ry wind that blowa Or changes with each changing tide. Into the harbor of tunvaa Ilia craft will never guide. B M Through storm or shine, 'gainst wind aud wave. With never-lagging courage he Must steer hia vessel ever on, Straight over life's rough sea. 11E whir of the machinery grew jL dim lu the ears of Sturdy Mo- ^ Quinn. Not that It had stopped, but the bussing lu his ears made it seem far away. The wonderful, almost human type setting machine at which he sat, was motionless, awaiting the lightning touch of his fingers. So Is the great ’•Dally” born each day to live and die. before the setting of the sun. The clamor of the newsboys outside meaut that It was almost 12. time for the first edition. They had finished their crap game and were Jabbering In many keys and tongues. A motley crew. Indeed, like none since the Tower of Bab«l. Sturdy heaved a sigh of relief as he finished the last word of a long col umn. for the dick of the keys made him nervous, for the first time In the many years he had been sitting at the same machine. He had done his work faithfully, but listlessly, for a week past. Yes. It was just a week to-night. How long a week may seem when you must watch each dawn. The foreman noticed this change and wondered. Sturdy had been his right hand man through many years of nerve-racking work, never missing a day. and always willing to share the burden of his overwrought chief. There was something so reassuring about this big man's calm voice: the echo of a self-reliant aud resource ful nature. No one dreamed of associating senti ment with the homely, quiet type setter, but Sturdy was In love. In love, as only a man of his shy, re served temperament can be; with a served temperament can be; with a sleeping lees of his heart. A week had passed since that mls- ■ e r ^ ^ jjlg h t when Mary had told him tl^^ Y M st V he Ifid i't love him, and never would, so It wasn’t right for them to see each other any more. They were sitting on a bench in the park. How well he remembered every detail. Tlie purr of the summer breeze In the trees, the stray curl that brushed his cheek: the daiuty hat, and pretty muslin dress, and Mary’s voice, almost a sob, as she laid her hand on his broad, strong shoulder, and asked him to forgive her for making him so un happy. Was there any one else, he had ask ed? No. It was only her duty to him. for whom she cared so much, but not quite enough. Sturdy had taken the blow silently, as all brave nten meet fate, but Mary had to almost lead him home, for this crumbling of tenderly cherished hopes had made the trees dance and the walk evade him. They said good-bye at the gate. Just as they had done many times a week for two years. Not that night, nor the next, did Sturdy realize it was to be for always, and that the little house he had se cretly picked out. dreamed about ami worked for would never lie “home,” for home meant only a place where Mary would be waiting for him when the day was over. He bore the first two days patiently, with a sort of numb resolution, but could stand it no longer. The third evening he stole up and bid in the shadow of some trees opposite lief house, feeling like a thief, but a thief who steals because he is hungry. lie had not long to wait before Mary crossed the street, almost at his elbow, but «lid not notice the silent figure un der the shadow of the trees. She stopped a moment to say good bye to a girl frlevl, then went in anil «inietly closed the door. Just then a man passed, looked keenly at the si lent watcher, as If interested In his study of the little house opposite. The dull routine of tin* day’s work did little to lighten Sturdy's burden. The buzzing in his head grew worse and the whir of the machinery harder to bear. His nerves were overwrought from lack of sleep. Another day was almost done, a hard, trying day, and it was a relief to go home and be qnlet. The air tubes belched forth their last batch of ‘‘matter,” generally “nds” which came In late, and appear under the head of “Too Late to Classify.” Busy looking little boys ran In al) directions, handing each man a few scribbled sheets. Sturdy absently took his share and began to play the keys before him. PERSONAL—Will young lady In white dress, black hat, who parted Qo E a s t^ ^ D balkh I n Vis the Rio Grande Western RAILWAY Groceries, Tobaccos, Harness Repairs, Etc. .... -AN I>- Denver & Rio Grand l Only RAILROAD transcontinental line To breast the storm, the wind* defeat. The waves o'ercome—this is to wiu. Who labors thus will hear at last The summons: “Enter in.’* •— Los Angeles Herald. STURDY M’QUINN W . H. Cooper passing directly through TH E ASSOUAN DAM. SHOWING 5 OK TH E 108 SLUICE GATES. HE great Assouan dam I kxui for Egypt and one of the most wonder ful achievements of ttiau has been completed and dedicated. The Assouan darn and the Asslout barrage art* monuments to British en gineering skill and progressive policy. These great works, which have cost between $ 100 ,(> 00 , 00 (i and $125,000,000, will systematize irrigation, impart security to crop* aud stability to harvests, and widen the area of Nile lauds under cultivation. The Assouan dam Is ouo and one-fourth miles long and will hold the water 347.fi feet at>ove the level of the Mediterranean. The dam is pierced by 180 o|K>uliigs. each twenty-three feet high and seven feet wide. Each sluice is fitted with steel gates, adjustable at will, so as to enable the water to go in aud out. An Idea of the Immensity of the labor Involved lu the construction may lx* obtained from tin* fact that the foundations of some of the sluices go seventy-five feet below the ordinary rock surface. The Nile will be held up by a dam UK) feet thick at the lutse and the valley above It will be flooded for fifty miles. The exi>erts, by way of comparison, calculate that *Ue reservoir will b«Ud water enough for a year’s full supply for every town and village In the United Kingdom. The engineering works also Include an o|s*n weir or bar rage at Asslout, a long way down the Nile, by which the distribution of tin* water from the great reservoir Is secured over a large area. T • Salt Lake City, Leadville, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver. S T A Y T O N , OR. JA C . M IS S L E R , Blacksmith and llurscshocr Oregon. Stayton, All work done in s satisfactory man- 1 ner at reaHonahle prices. Hpecial a t tention given to horseshoeing. Him ¡a «»ii W a t e r HI, m i l o f K iller IlM g . TICKETS TU AND FROM AIA Three splendidly o^uip|N*d trains E daily To ALL points ast . Through Bleeping ami Din ing Cars aud Free Reclining Chair Cars. The most magnificent scen ery in America hy daylight. Stop overs allowed on all claMses of tickets. For chea|>e«i rates and de scriptive literature address J . D. Mansfield, Points E ast VIA. Sh or t tins to St. Paul, Duluth, Minneapolis, Chicago Oen rral (ig snt, s o d points Kaal. 124, Third St., Portland, Or. Through Pala«« and Tourist Stsspsva. Dining and Huffsl Smoking Library Cars. Daily T ra in s , Past T i m a A Weak Stomach Indigestion Is often caused by over» sating. Au eminent authority says the harm done thus exceeds that from the excessive use of alcohol. Eat all the good food you want butdon’tover- load the stomach. A weak stomach may refuse to digest what you eat. Then you need a good dlgestant like Kodol, which digests your food with out the stomach's aid. This rest and the wholesome tonics Kodol contains toon restore health. Dieting unneces sary. Kodol quickly relieve# the feel ing of fulnesa and bloating from which some people suffer after meals. Absolutely cures Indigestion. Kodol N aturo’sT o n lo . For Raisa. Folders and Full In fo rm ation Ro- «a rd lug tickets, rosica, sto, call on or addresa I. W. PM A LON, 1. V A. M. DICKSON. c. t . a 122 THIRD ST., PORTLAND. A. B. C. DF.NNI8TON, O. W. P. A., I l i F irs t Avenus. HKATTI.K. WASH. SUBSCRIBE I'OR “ T H E M A IL ” Fr»psrs<l only by E. C. I i s W i t t AO o .,* b lrs g w XsaAL buttlscuul*Jc«IV, tins*thsMo. slaw S o ld with friend last evening atmut 8. at Elm aud Chestnut-sts.. be at same cor ner this evening at if? Admirer. It was unusually deserted the next evening out by Elm and Chestnut-sts., except for a dapper young titan stand ing on the corner, gazing up at a house across the way. Suddenly, its if sprung from the earth, a man stepped up and dealt him a stinging blow be tween the eyes. It was an uneven combat from the first, and in less time than it takes to tell It, the dapper youth lay In a crumpled heap at the feet of Sturdy McQulnn. A crowd had gathered at a small ur chin’s cry of “fight.” and Just as Stur dy was preparing quietly to depart a policeman stepped tip and marched both victor and victim off to the sta tion-house. No one had heard a woman’s scream from behind the closed blinds of the little house opposite, but Mary had seen both the “Personal” and Let avenger. A strange, new light burned in her eyes as she paced the floor, long ing for morning. Early the next day, Mr. Stevens, the foreman of the composing-room, was wanted at the telephone. A puzzled expression spread over his face as he heard his absent typeset ter’s embarrassed request that he come down to the district police station. A cab was soon speedily covering the distance, and the newspaper man was received with great deference at. head quarters. Yes; the prisoner had vlo leiitly assaulted a man, without prov ocation. Of course, if he was a friend of Mr. Stevens it would he all right; in fact, he could go right along with him now. The culprit was summoned and blinked sheepishly out of two very black eyes at his chief, who was laugh ing heartily. “What has come over my steady right-hand tnan, I wonder?” But Sturdy was being piloted out to the cab and had no time to explain. At the entrance they almost col lided with a young girl, looking very much embarrassed. Sturdy stopped, looked helplessly first Ht Mary, then at his rescuer, who felt there was something very Important happening. "Mr. Stevens,” said a sweet even voice, “Sturdy and I are going to he married very soon, and seeing that he bus been with you for so long, and so fond of you, I knew you would like to know.” So Mary and her sadly damaged pa tient were driven home In the cab, bv B r i w c s D r u g C o -— 13 . T R A S K and Mr. Stevens chuckling audibly. Jumped on a car. He made straight for the office of the proprietor, where his counsel was much valued, emerg ing a few initiates later with n letter lu his hand which read: Mr. Sturdy McQuInn: Dear Sir We take pleasure In send ing you the enclosed check for $500, In acknowledgment of your 15 years of faithful service on our paper. Meet all trains on telephone or telegraph message. Prompt We trust you will soon recover from your slight illness, and report for work service. Messages prepaid. Good teams and drivers. ns usual, with an advance of $5 n week in salary. We remain, very truly yours. TH E EVENING T E L E G B A l’H. g ■■ ■' '■ 1 ■■■ — ■■ - — E. It. Whitcomb, Proprietor. — Buffalo News. Freight and Passenger C A R R IE R Stayton, - - Oregon HISTORIC CHANDELIERS. Rem oved from Riirlors o f W h i t e House to Copitol. %% Fine ^ & il Ohl landmarks are changing places. By permission of President Roosevelt the large crystal chandeliers which have hung In the parlors of the White At The House for many years, nre to Is* placed in the capitol. There are nine of these P ricks A lways RionT. ^ M f l l l O fflC C . chandeliers, valued at $1,5<M> each, and all ar«* of exceptional artistic merit. Two of them will he placed In the rooms of the ways and means and the appropriations committees, respective ly, where their numerous crystal prisms and silver mountings will pre sent a handsome contrast to the rich mahogany furniture of the rooms. Two of tlie largest chandeliers, taken W. W. ELDER, PRES. E. D. ALEXANDER, SEC Y . from the cast room, will hang In the lobby of the House of Representatives, No. 7.— 110 acres 5 miles from Stay* one will be placed in the handsomely If you have property for sale or want furnished room assigned to the com to buy a farm or town property, call ton. Well improved. ^t2.r> per aero, We are in constant cor- No. 9.—Good house, barn, and two mittee on the District of Columbia, an and see us. This property is other will be placed In the room re | respondence with eastern parties, and |,)tH ¡n Ktayton. your property may be just wl.at they W()rt| , $800, but if sold soon can bo served for the Vice-President, now | want. Let us sell it for you. had for only $500. This is a snap. occupied by Senator Frye, the presi No. 1—100 acres 2.J miles from Htay- House of 12 rooms, good barn, well, dent of the Semite pro tern; still an other will lx* placed In the room used ton; new house and barn; KM) acres in etc. Several lots, and nice orchard, hy the speaker of the House, and the cultivation; 2 wells and running water. at vory low price of $800. No. 2.— 120 a. in Linn county, near F ok H ale —Good store building nnd location of the other Is yet to lie de termined. In addition to the chande Htayton. Small house and barn, well small stock of general merchandise in liers, the President has presented to and springs. A cheap place at easy a lively littlo town. Price low. the cnpltol a number of marble man terms. Only $851). Foil H ale — 235 acres, 4 miles from No. 4 .—50 acres 4 miles from Dallas, Kingston; all fenced, 115 acres in cul tels and bookcases which have here tofore been in use In the White House, Polk Co. Good soil. Oak timber and tivation, 45 acres timber, balance pas and which will be valued by tin* Sena grubs. None plowed. Will sell at a low ture; comfortable house, fair barn and tors nnd Representatives to whose com price or exchange for Htayton suburb outbuildings; four springs and well. A mittee rooms they arc assigned because an property or improved place in the bargain at $20 per acre. of their beauty and their historic as country. 320 acres, all fonced, 150 acres un No. 6.— House, barn and 11 lots in der cultivation, 4 miles from town, sociations. Htayton. Price $500. This property half mile from school, 40 acres timber, In accord with the doctrine of the is well located and is dirt ch :ap for good spring and well—a fine farm, survival of the fittest, the last woman tlie money. only $16 per acre. on earth will be a dressmaker. 4* JOB PRINTING, Stayton Real Estate Company M any other farm and town prop:rties for sale or rent#