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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1904)
THE STAYTON MAIL H y U. U N in t h A L E X A N D E It. A Hur« nirn (nr Min* of N O T A N S u b s c r ip t i o n , $ 1 .3 3 P I k A N N U M U H O A N STAYTON, MARION COUNTY, OREGON. MARCH u , 1904. Y ear . Goat Foot Remedy N U W M P A P U H . Brewer Drug Co. Formalin DRUGGISTS. Grain. (ll)lltll. for Remember that we Soaps— Fancy, manufacture a com Toilet and Shaving plete line of Flavor ing Extracts, guaran Oranges, Lemons, teed strength and Candies and Nuts. pure products. Follow i n k in » Lint * Razor Strops, Ext. Banana, Sr raw *»t-rry, Face Powders, Li-rnnn, Y’ linilla, Orange, Razors, Toilet Waters Ks*pherry, Pineapple, etc. and creams, Rubber Goods, Iti Hpices we hare Pep|»er> Domestic and Syringes, Xu Onega, Mustard, <’ in- Imported Hot Water Bottles nanion, Allspice, Cloves, Perfumes. (linger, etr. all reduced. • The date for holding the Marion The Htayton Mail i. a real gnml pa county republican primaries is March per ami a credit to the town in which 28th, and the convention is called to The democratic M i. pllt'IUlieil. Anil it Í» published meet March 3»*t. in a g<MMl (own, too. Hut in it* hint | primarif* will la* held March 2Cth, l-.ne jt complain* that the Milverton and iin- county convention April 14th. Appenl anil the Slayton correspond Htuyton is entitled to six delegates to ent are injuring Slayton hy saying the republican and seven to the demo that it would lie a better town if it cratic county convention*. of the Lucky Persons? & & STAYTON. had a railroad Candidly, it i* not Must bay or Do Nothing. «•any to *ee the point to thi* coin plaint.! Washington, March 10— The Presi Mtice any town without a railroad! d e n t to-day issued this executive or would la* a heller one with a railroad der: “ All officials of the government connection. are directed not only to observe the The Slayton p«|»-r complain* that President'* proclamation of neutrality suet) new» report* “ ml ver line the de pending the war, hut to abstain from fect* of the town.” Hut if a town i* either action or apeech which can le troubled with the “ defect” of not hav gitimately cause irritation to either of ing a railroad how i* it ever going to the combatants.” The same good ad set-tire that npalern convcuienee if the vice should apply to all good ritisen*. iui|iren*iot| i* *tildiou*ly given out to Huy your spring clothing at Trotter's. the world that it airead) ha* one? The way Iti get a thing you haven’t County Officers. got, i» to let |*-ople know you haven’t There are numerous candidate* al got it and want it. ready in the field for the various coun I tur esteemed Slayton cuntx-mpor- ty offices. For circuit judge the re ary closes its coinpluint with the re publican aspirants are Burnett and L. mark that “ when tim Statesman edit K. Adams, of Salem, J. K. Wyatt, of or has served a* long in the editorial Lion, Jnint's McCain, of Yamhill. i-iiair as he ha* in the gubernatori.il Democrats, \V. R. Hilveu and R. P. chair, lie will learn the use of the blue- Boise. For prosecuting attorney Web pencil, and many intellectual feat* ster Holmes will probably be pitted will meet their just due.” against the present incumbent, Hart. To which it may tie said that the ed For county judge. W. W Hail, W . itor of the Statesman ha* never y e t ! C. Hubbard, W. M. Hunt, J. H. Scott *een any of the Slayton correspond and ti. P. Terrell are talked of. ence until it appeared in print. There The present clerk, J. W. Howland: are a great many men employed on treasurer, W. Y. Richardson; recorder, the Statesman and there is work for J ('. Meigmund; school superintendent I hem all, all hough we are not aware Moores, and Surveyor Herrick will that any Slayton correspondence has probably meet with no opposition, all Iwcn printed that in any way has been being ca(table men serving their first t-aleulated to injure that prosperous little eity. The oject of the Statesman term. For the office of sheritr there are is to assist in the development of ev many candidates, B. H. Collettli, the ery section, town and country, of Ma present official, W. H. Downing, W. J. rion county and of the entire state. Culver, H. A. Snyder, of Aurora, John The above is from the editorial page son, of WiHHiburn. Martin, of 1 urner, of the Statesman, and is a very fair and others. return for our remarks of a week ago. A note of family pride was at nick The Statesman editor fail* to read ns In the conversation between three smnll as we intended, however. W e are Heading boys the other day. The parts well aware that Stayion would bo a played by their respective grandfathers U tter town if it had a railroad. What In the civil war were being depicted by we object to is the insinuation of cer two of the hoys in vivid colors. The tain newspapers and correspondents career of each. It seemed, bad been halted by confinement in southern pris that U-eaiiso it haa no railroad, it is ons, and It waa on the latter fact that cnnaequently a “ poor” town— which i* the lads laid particular atress. The third youth, unable to match these re- far from the t ruth. Reguiding the use of the blue |»en- cltnla with any military achievement of hla own forefathers, preserved an envi c ;i in the Statesman office, we are ous silence for nwhlle and then, not to aware that the editor-in-chief sees he outdone, snlil disparagingly: “ Why, that’a not ao much. My Un little, if any, other than his own copy. However, in all daily newspaper offices rip Bill was In Jail a long time, and he waa never In the army nt all!” —Phila of our experience he is looked upon as delphia Ledger. the "boss” of the editorial stair, the F o u r K l»«ln of M u m . court of final resort, with general, if The late Sir Frederick Bramwell was not aetual supervision over the news columns. We presume it is much the same in the Statesman office. The Statesman is a good paper, pub lished in a good town. It lias im proved milch under its present editor, and is fast gaining in popularity and power. We I ki | k > it may use its grow ing influence to the end that Mtnyton may secure a railroad, and that the town may still lie classed among the living— by the correspondents— until that happy day arrives famous both ns a witness and arbi trator In engineering disputes. It Is re called that hi* brother, the Inte laird Justice Brnimvell, on giving advice to a young bnrrlster told him to be enre- fnl o f four kinds o f witnesses—first, o f the liar; second, of the liar who could only be adequately described by the aid o f a powerful adjective; third, o f the expert witness, and, finally, of “ my brother Fred.” Tlie S u r g e o n 1* Chur»»». " I hear you’re dissatisfied with your doctor’s bill.” “ Ye*. I don’t think he’s entitled to $2.10 for that operation.” People grow old hy thinking them “ Why n o t r selves old. A* surely a* they think “ Because If he was he’d claim more.” this It w ill come true, for thought to —Philadelphia Ledger. creative. & & & » & & & ç . f* House & Cleaning f* Time is Almost « Here & W ill You Be One Great Reduction in Clothes and Hair Brushes, Combs, and Comb and Brush Sets. N um ber $ 400.00 In cash And the busy wife, with the care of the family, the clubs, and various church duties, has not the time to give to the re arrangement and re-decoration of the house she would like. T o be given aw ay absolutely Free! W e have 400 men's suits of Clothing to sell this spring, ranging in price from $5 to $20 a suit. These suits are strictly up to date in pattern, cut, ma terial and workmanship. Our proposition is this»: T o the purchaser of every tenth suit of clothing w e sell w e give We wish to say we have the Curtains, Portiere*, Lounge Covers, Art Squares, small and medium Hugs; and those large reversible Hugs that will cover an entire floor. They are now the right thing for floor decoration. $io in Cash Free! Fifteen to 20 years ago you bought carpet by the strip, paid for it, and paid for it again by putting in hours of hard work sewing the strips together, or hired it done. Come in and look over our line of clothing and you will readily see that we have the goods and are fully able to do all w e claim. In addition to our large line of tailor made clothing, w e have on hand 350 samples for men's clothing, to be made from spe cial measurement at $12.50 to $75.00 per suit. Y ou will want a new suit for Easter. Ours is “ T h e Clothing T h at Satisfies.” Some are yet offering carpet for sale in this manner. Some are yet cutting grain with a cradle. Buy you a large rug. Put it on the floor. Be done with your work. Be up to date. * a * j a f* j G . D. TROTTER, Stayton. & WILL CLEAR THEM OUT is almost infinite. It is one of our T im b e r L a n d , A c t J u n e 3 . 1 8 7 8 .’ -N o tice to r P u b lic a tio n . very finest medium priced pianos and United St»te* Land Office, a readv seller. W ith the $135 Angel Oregon C ity, Oregon, January 4.1901. Notice is hereby given that in com pliance Combination Prices on Choice os the two will go for $403. This w ith the provisions of the act of Congress of combination is an immense bargain. JuneX W78, entitled “ An act for the sale of Pianos and Used Piano ber lands In the state.* of Californla.Oregon Brinkerlioff, the old standard favor tim Nevada, and Washington T erritory,” as e x Players. tended to all the Public lA»nd State* hy act of ite. Thi* is a superb style and can August 4,1892,011 ver Land!ngham.of Portland not be told from new. It is cased in county of Multnomah, state of Oregon, haa this day filed in this ofliee his sworn statement No. M u n i r f o r H o m e * T h a t I . a r k M i i t l c i a n * . mahogonv. W e have a Simplex play *S45. for the purchase of the S K 1, of Section No. 26in township N o.11 south.rangeNo. Scant, er, bran 1 new, that is a splendid and w ill offer proof to show that the land sought ta more valuable for it* tim ber or stone Special Reduction* That Wide Awake match, priced at $165. The two ins than for agricultural purposes.and to establish his claim to said land before the Register and Buyers W ill Jump A t— The Instru truments can be purchased for $383. R eceiver of this office at Oregon C itv. Oregon on Thursday, the 24th day of March. 19W. There are only a few of them, but ments and What They Can Be Pur He names as witnesses: George J. Friehette1 Daniel Reid, P. M. 9ul)ivan and Fred Florey, chased For— Small Prices, Easy they are the most genuine bargains nil of Portland, Oregon. Any and all persons claim in g adversely the ever offered music lovers. Payments Payments and Plenty of Time. above described lands are requested to tile down as little as $25 and remainder th eir claims in this oihee on or before said 24th day o f March, 1904. i of purchase $10 a month. AUiKRNOS 8. D r e w k r , Register. The Pianos which we are going to Every instrument guaranteed just sell at such low prices with these play as represented or no sale. Money back ers are odd styles of our regular line in every instance where there is not Eilers Piano of choice instruments. They have absolute satisfaction. House, 351 Washington street, corner seen little use, having been out on ; Park. Largest and most responsible rental but so short a time that they western dealers. Leading stores also cannot he told from a new instrument. Spokane, Wash., Man Francisco and Sacramento, Calif. There is a Job Printing Sherwood, a very dainty little piano in a mahogany case, as much as $225 or $240 is not a big price for it, but it goes this week with the $80 Harmon ist for $278. Ricca, very handsomely cased in oak. It belongs to the class of pianos that sell all the way from $250 and even *» much as $300 elsewhere. There is an oak Apollo that just matches it, which we have priced at the low figure of $120 and we are go ing to let the two instruments go for only $312. One of the Baily beauties, that are creating so mucq continent. A shrewd buyer would not hesitate about pay ing $250 for this one. The Harmon ist which matches it is priced at $100. The two will go for $300. The very popular Crown piano, or chestral size. It has a walnut case, beautifully carved. This is the piano of many tones, ami with a player, the variety of music to be gotten out of it T» Avoid * Tie Keep it in your mind that T h e M ail prints Vole. In the history of our comic literature there have been many genuine “ Irish hulls” recorded, but rarely one that Is of a neater brand than that encounter ed at a political gathering on Locust street above Broad, In Philadelphia, says the Record o f that city. A con vention of delegates had been called to revise the rules of the party, and In or der to expedite matters a delegate moved that a committee of fifteen be appointed to draft the proposed rules. Before this was ndopted another dele gate suggested that a committee of fif teen would be unwieldy and proposed an amendment reducing the number to eigh t This was agreed to, but before its adoption an aged delegate, with a rich Milesian brogue, arose and sol emnly prrgjoied, “ Mlsther Chairman, I move yer that the committee be ln- er’ased to noine, so that in case o f a tole vote there'll be a majarity o f wan.” Letter Heads, Bill Heads, Envelopes, Shipping Tags, Trespass Notices, Cards, Bills, There is s whole chapter or sounu advice In the admonition; “ Don't dodge difficulties; meet them, greet them, beat them.” I O r anything else you may want at very low prices.