W e will dose out our en ANOTHER BIQ PIANO DEAL.
l THE LOCAL FIELD
tire stock at a very low cost.
♦
♦
Twenty Seven Carloads, Worth
♦3 00 Ladies’ S hoes.......... **.50
$100,000, of Fine, New
Chair repairing doue at Slayton
2.75 “
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U6
Chair Factory.
Pianos Involved.
200
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1 50
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The Order of Foresters at Sublimity
1.65 “
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is preparing to organize a l>and.
125 Girls’ Shoes..................
1 25 Gilt Edge Shoes..........
Mrs. Walker and children visited at
50c Baby
“
the home of Dr. Kitchen this week.
3.50 Men’s
“
Misses Ahhie Gohlen and Susan
“
“
StretT are visiting friends at Mt. Angel. J 2 50
50c Ladies’ Rubbers..........
Mrs. E. G. Seigimind and daughter
75c Men’s
“
Myrta visited friends in town Tuesday, j
35c Children’s “
D. \V. Cramer w rites to have Tns
M ail sent him at Los Angeles, Calif.
1 35
160
1 00
35
3.00
2.00
.40
-0.»
.25
E.V. Ferguson.
The K. O. T. M. dance last night
O l l I T t A KY.
was well attended and everybody had
a good time.
Mrs. Matthew Bass died Monday
Lester and Nellie Holt, of Crabtree, evening, following the birth and death
visited this week at the home of their of an infant child. The cause of death
aunt, Mrs. W. H Queener.
was acute Bright’s disease.
Alice Rosetta Gore was lx>rn Aug. 2,
Cash paid for hides at the Chair
1861,
in Grant county, Wia. She was
Factory, Stay ton.
manied
to Mr. Ba»s April 26, 1676,
The children of St. Boniface School,
and
came
to Oregon in 1663. She was
at Sublimity, give a musical and lit
the
mother
of eight children, four of
erary entertainment this afternoon.
whom survive to mourn her death.
Dr. Wilbur N. Pintler, dentist, will
he in his office in Stavton the 16th to She became a member of the M. E.
church eight years ago.
31st of each month.
The funeral service was held at home
Old chairs repaired and made new
in this place, Tuesday, the 29th, con
at Stayton Chair Factory.
ducted by Rev. Elkins, and was at
Wm. Brown left Saturday last for tended by a large number of sympu
his home in Northeastern Calif. His thizing friends.
father, Jas. Brown, is much improved.
M AKK1KD.
N. Lambert, one of the substantial
Wednesday evening, l>ec. 23, at the
farmers north of Sublimity, is one of
residence of the officiating minister,
the latest accessions to T he M ails
Rev. T. B. Griswold, at Albany, occur
growing list.
red the marriage of Geo. C. Johnston,
A. C. Thomas and wife left the first of Scio, and Miss Flora A. Layton, of
of the week for Tacoma, Wash. We \ Lacomb.
Both these young people
look to see them return to Stayton are quite well known in and about
soon to reside.
Stayton, and their many friends will
Work on the new Fret! Rock Mer join ns in be*t wishes.
cantile Co. store will be completed HO W ARD-VAN NUYS-At the home
next week, and new goods will begin
of the bride’s parents, m West Stay-
to arrive soon.
ton, Sunday, December 27, 1903, at
11 o’clock a. in., Miss .Myrtle Van
W. M. Thomas and wife left Satur
Nuys to Mr. George Howard.
day last for a visit at Sodaville, from
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and
where they will return to their home
Mrs. R. W. Van Nuys, of West Stay
in Tacoma, Wash.
ton, and the groom is a prosperous
Mrs. Herbert Downing left for her young farmer in the neighborhood of
home near Lebanon, Monday, after an Stayton. The wedding was a very quiet
extended stay at the home of her fa- j atiair, being attended by only the im
ther, Henry Keene.
mediate relatives of the contracting
M rs. W.C. Uren. of Chataroy, Wash., parties. They will reside upon the
expects to leave the first of next week groom’s farm near Stayton.
for her home. Her father, Htnry
One of rlie most frightful disasters
Keene, may accompany her.
in years occurred in Chicago Wednes
The Jones boys have sold their Scio day afternoon. During the matinee
saloon to W. E. Savage, a former resi performance of “ Bluebeard” at tlie
dent of that place, recently arrived new Iroquois theatre, the house took
from the Klondike.
fire behind the scenes, and between
Services at the Christian church, 600 and 700 persons, mostly women
Sunday. Subject of the morning ser and children, were killed by being
mon, “ Talents:” in the evening, “ Some burned, smothered or trampled on,
and several hundred were injured. The
things we can do without.”
Several new subscribers have been story of the affair is appalling.
Work is progressing on the new
added to our list the past couple of
walk
to the cemetery. The expense of
months. Tell your neighbor he ought
building
the walk is to lie divided be
to take T he M ail and quit borrowing
tween
the
Masons, the Odd Fellows,
yours.
Wm. Mount and wife, of Silverton, and the town. This walk, which
and Mrs. Guy Buffington, of Roseburg, should be built by adjacent property
were guests at the M. A. Stayton home owners, emphasizes the fact that the
over Christmas. The ladies are daugh toundaries of the incorporation are
altogether too small.
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Stayton.
When bilious try a dose of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
and realize for once how quickly a
firtt-class up-to-date medicine will cor
rect the disorder. For sale by Brewer
Drug Co.
Mr. Samuels was home from Port
land over last Sunday, returning Mon
day accompanied by his two oldest
daughters. Misses Hallie and Katie
Shelly also accompanied him, for a
visit with Portland friends.
Mr. Wm. S. Crane, of California,
Md., suffered for years w ith rheumat
ism and lumbago. He was finally sd-
vised to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm,
which lie did and it effected a com
plete cure. For sale by Brew er Drug Co
On the night of the Masonic ban
quet, the 18th, Mrs. Uriah Whitney
sustained a fall on the walk near W.
II. Hobson’s and severely bruised one
of her shoulders. She has since suffer
ed considerable pain and inconvenience
from the injury.
There will he a meeting of the Di
rectors of the Farmers’ Fire Relief
Association held at the Sublimity pub
lic school house, Jan. fitli, 1904, at 10
a. m. Also tiie eighth annual session
ol the members of the Farmers’ Fire
Relief Association of Sublimity, Ore.,
on the same day at 11 a. m. Every
body interested in farmers' mutual in
surance is invited to attend.
C has . H ottinukk , See.
Mrs. F. H. Downs anti baby, of
A rate of one fare w ill l>e made by
Downs Station, are guests at tlie J. P.
the C. A E. K, R. for the round trip)
Davie home. Yesterday morning the
iietween all stations during Christmas I
little toddler got hold of a buttle of
holidays. Tickets for sale and good
croup medicine, and drank a good
going Saturday, Dec. 19th to Saturday
sized quantity of it. Except lor mak
Jan. 2, 1904, and for return at any
ing it pretty sick for a while, no harm
time on or before Monday, Jan. 4th.
was done.
G rief K ino , Agent, Kingston, Or.
W A NT ED— F A ITH FU L PE RSON
Wednesday noon, the 30th, at the
TO TRAVEL for well established house
home of the bride, near Fox Valley,
in a few counties, calling on retail
occurred the marriage of Geo. Berry
merchants and agents.
Local terri
to Miss Rosa Bodeker. The bride is
tory. Salary *20 00 |>er week with ex-
tine of Fox Valley’s most estimable
> | m : usch additional, all payable in casli
voting Indies. The groom is an in
each week. Money for expenses ad
dustrious young man from the upper
vanced. Position permanent. Business
country, and at present employed by successful and rushing. — Standard
House, 330 Dearborn St., Chicago.
Gardner Bros as teamster.
Eilers Piano House organized five
more eo operative piano cluhs-sale and
delivery to la-gin at once— price* vir
tually cut in two— payments of *5
monthly in Club A, and *1.60 a week
in Club It.
Over four hundred fine, new piano*
were sold inside of five weeks in the
Fall of 1902 by Filers Piano House on
the eo operative plan, which was then
for the first time introduced in West
ern piano selling. The idea originated
in Philadelphia, and i* a plan that ap
peals at once to the best judgement of
practical people. Five hundred pianos
can tie sold in five lots a great deal
cheaper than they can be sold in the
regular retail way to live hundred in
dividual buyers.
It is tiie M i m i c principal of selling
large quantities to u single ti.in up-
pli >d to selling One Hundred Pianos
tons many |»eople who unite in one
Cltili for that purchase.
Two
of
M onth«
I* rr |» m r * t i o n .
Over two months of most |>aiii*-tak-
ing preparation have lieen devoted to
tlie*e five new piano clubs. Over a
bundled thousand dollars worth of
strictly standard, brand new, fully
warranted Pianos are involved, among
them tiie most costly Kimballs, and
Cliickerings, and Weber*, together
with such famous makes a* the Vose,
the Hobart M Cable, the Hallett A
Davis and twenty other high grade
makes.
B etter
Than
Last
few
oT
the
B riers.
It is ini|H>n*ible for (is to make de
tailed mention of prices here. Suffice
it to say that Pianos for which ordin
arily *225 and *250 is asked are now
*118, *137 up to *l*’»4 and *178 for the
regular *275 and *300 styles. (Class A )
In Class B are found the choicest of
Marshall A Wentlel, Ricca A Won,
Weser and the beautiful Bailey pianos.
*186, *214, *226 and payments of *6
down and *1 60 a week buys them.
These are posi.ively the lowest prices
ever seen in print.
Corresponding reductions pievail
also in Class C, D E. Full particulars
W'll appear in these columns each
week till sale closes.
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New Goods! k
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Dry Goods
Clothing
Dress Goods
Shoes
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^ THEO. GEHLEN, Stayton. f
• 'MVMX'WX'jy 'A w m m w m a
c*
Year,
There i* no question now as to our
ability to fill these clubs. No one w ill
have to wait now for others to join,
nor until the club
is filled to
get his or her piano. Members of these
clubs do not even have to know now
wiio tiie other memliers of tiie club
are. Selection is not limited to a few
makes. The entire Eilers Piano House
lines are included ill these dub*. The
instruments are here in Portland for
you to select from. They have lieen
coming in each day at the rate of two
or more carloads, and on one single
day last week lio less than nine car
load* arrived. When you have chosen
your piano and made the initial pay
ment tiie Piano is delivered promptly,
accompanied t>y the manufacturer’s
guarantee and also by Filers Piano
House "Money hack if not satisfactory’’
agreement. And the payments range
from *1.50 a week (or *5 a month; in
*1.60, *2 and *2.50 a week, or corres
ponding amounts if you prefer to pay
by tiie month.
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Two organ clubs w ill be organized
by Jail. 2.
Remember when you deal with Fil
ers Piano House yon are dealing with
tiie strongest, largest and oldest Piano
firm, wiio sell instruments at all times
on their merits alone, and at prices
made possible only by the many
unique and up to-date advantages
they employ. Hale commences and
clubs are all open to-morrow. Earliest
buyers have the pick of tiie largest,
finest collection of Pisnos ever seen in
Portland. Eilers Piano House, 351
Washington street, cornerPark. Write
us for further particulars etc. Out of
town inquiries promptly attended to.
We want your shoe trade during 1904, and shall do our
best to merit it. Our increased business during the past
/ear assures us that good goods, low prices and fair dealing
are appreciated. See our shoes and furnishing goods.
J. E. W HITEHEAD, Stayton.
Another substantial brick ¿milling
tn l>.- aildeil 111 Haleni’it many hand-
.iiine *tructures. The Brewer Drug
Company, recently organised and in
corporated under 1 lie Oregon law*, of
which Dr. .1 11. Brewer, of tbiacity, i*
tiie principal stock holder, ha* a force
of men excavating, preparatory to tin*
erection of u modern brick building,
■ m tiie northeast, corner of Lila-rty
street*. This company will build a
brick block, 25x57$ feet, and two stor
ies high. The building will lie strictly
up to date in architecture, and will
have all tiie modern conveniences.
Tiie building will front on Court street,
and the entrance to the second story
will in-at tin* rear on Lila-rty street.
The ground Hour i* to furnish a mod
ern and convenient store room, while
tiie second floor will contain many
office and other rooms. Tiie fruit of
the new business block will la- provid
ed witll fine plate gla-s, and the build
ing w ill also have a spacious basement.
The estimated cost is about *6<XH), and
will lie a valuable addition to the Cap
ital City’s rapidly glowing business
center. It is not known whit kind of
a business will in- established in the
new store room when completed, but
there is no doubt hut that there will
be plenty of application* for the use of
the new building.—Statesman.
1 *
There iri consolation in the statement
made f j u medical authority that It Is
a “ cry bad practice to Jump out of bid
Immediately on nwnkcning in the
morning.
There Is n little more of tiie honor
able In the London visitors than In
their entertainers, the Boston Ancients.
The Londoners spell It with a “ u.”
WANTED—TRUSTWORTHY I. \
dy or gentleman to manage bosun-.*
in ibis county and adjoining territorv
(or house of solid tinaneial standing.
*20 (IO stringhi cash salary slid ex
penses pani each Monday direct from
headquarter*.
Ex pens» money ad
vanced; (termiilieut position. Address
M a unger, 605 Mnmm Bldg, l'Imago.
Portland and Return Only $2.75
The Southern Pacific Co. is now
selling round trip tickets to Portland
from West Slayton for *2 75, good giv
ing Saturday or Sunday, returning
Sunday and Monday, giving nl! day
Sunday and Monday in Portland. The
same arrangement applies from Port
land, giving Portland people a elilinee
to visit \ally points at greatly re
duced rates.
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The sultan appears to be willing to
agree to anything that does not Involve
Reports of the wheat reserve nnil the the ringing up of the cash register.
condition of the winter wheat warrant
There Is such a thing as milking too
the belief that the breakfast food crop fast. If the cow stops chewing her
end, steps around and acts as If things
Is entirely safe.
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