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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1904)
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Fred Baily lias returned from Washington. | l TH E LOCAL F IE L D Last Friday evening, Sept. 23d, a E. Roy made a business trip to ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ crowd of young people assembled at Fort land the first of the week. Houses for rent continue soiree in the home of Mr. C. D. Wilson, in Fox John A. Ditter was down from Sub Valley, for the usual round of gayeties. town. limity yesterday on business. Pleasant conversation and interesting Adam Shepard is home from East games were the order of the evening's A. L. Slireve lias finished bis work ern Oregon. entertainment, and the enjoyable at the Reform School and is at home X. J. Gehlen lias moved into the 1 luncheon at an agreeable time is well J. F. Cook is here from Alhuny, and Apple house. worthy of mention with that which will do carpeuter work about town for Mrs. Hailey is preparing to m ove' entertained the company. two or three weeks. Mr. Wilson and daughters, Misses onto her farm west of town. R. L. Morton will preach his initial Mabel, Alta, Fannie and Ruth, and Wanted— music pupils. sermon a* pastor of the Christian son Ralph were the entertainers, while Miss C lara L ad . church Sunday morning the entertained were Mr. and Mrs. Ed I>r. Wilbur X. Pintler, dentist, will Eliza Roy, Della Harold and Del- be in his office in Stay ton the 16th to Trask and family, the Misses Bodeker nmr Calwdell leave soon for Salem to and visiting sister Mrs. Rose Bodeker- :<lst of each month. attend business college. The Slayton Hotel now contains a Berry of Stayton, Misses Lulu, Myrtle Miss Frances Foster lias returned new piano and the guests of Landlord and Carrie Mills, Matilda Siegmund, from an extended visit with tin: fami 1 -esley and wife are enjoying the mu- Xellie McRae and Ella Johnston; ly of M. M. Balsley, at Jefferson. Messrs. Lloyd Anderson, Frank and sic. W. E. Thomas and wife returned Ralph Patterson. John and Lloyd Dr. Kitchen and wife are packing Trask, Charley Brietzke, Jack Johns yesterday from a visit with I.C Small- their household goods, preparatory to ton, Fred and John Mariels, Frank mon and w ife, at Inde|>endenoe. leaving for their new home at Grant's Siegmund, Benj. and John Bodeker, Misses Anna, Lucy and Rosa Stai- Pass. Carl Cashatt, John and Claude Surry ger, of Sublimity, have been visiting A. Griffith, who recently arrived and Clyde McRae. at the Inuiie of their sister, Mrs Clias. here from Washington, has rented Brown, the past week. Cyrus Clark’s place, across the river A u c t io n Sales. Don’t forget the basket social at the from town. Tuesday, Oct 11, commencing at 10 opera house to-morrow night, given by The new bank fixtures have ar o’clock a. m., T. W. Gentry will sell at tlie young ladies of the Catholic rived and are in place, and it is ex- auction on his farm 3 miles southeast church. Everyone is invited. jiected the bank will be open for busi of Aumsville, 2 cows giving milk, 3 Mrs. J. E. Brown entertained a par ness early next week. dry fat cows, 2 heifers 3 years old, 4 ty of ladies at a car|a*t rag sewing l*ee Mrs. J. W. McCulloch and children 2-year old steers, 1 yearling heifer, 2 Thursday afternoon. In the evening left the first of the week for Salem, yearling steers, 5 ewes, 1 buck, l boar, she was given a surprise by a crowd of where they will visit a few days before 20 pigs, 18 shoats, 6 sows, 1 30 30 young people. returning to their home at Yale. Marlin rifle, 1 shot gun, and other Grandma Kearns expects to leave J. A. Richards, of Mehama, passed things. Usual terms. soon for Southern Oregon, where she through town Tuesday on his way and her daughter will reside during home from McMinuville, where he has Desiring to close out some of his the winter. Her son Jo will occupy been the past couple of weeks crying wagons, buggies, etc., Philip Meier her house in town during her absence. auction sales. will offer at public sale at his place of Frank Silhavy is entitled to the Since J. E. Whitehead began clos business in Sublimity, Ore., on Satur premium for large turnips. 11c raised ing out his stock of shoes he has been day, Oct. 8, commencing at 10 o’clock some this year that are immense, and too busy to attend to the repairing, a. m , 3 Parry hacks with extension taste as fine as they look. The seed and has secured Mr. Lansfield, of Fern top, 3 Wayne hacks without top, 5 was sent him from Moravia by his Ridge, to do the work. Parry buggies, 1 heavy Clark rig, two brother. Miss Myrta Siegmund leaves Satur 3J Rushford farm wagons, l 3-inch Kerber &. Klecker now occupy the day for Gervais, where she will attend Rushford farm wagon, 1 Eli one-horse room vacated by E. Roy with their school, and her brother Chas. leaves wagon, some old farm wagons and line of shoes, clothing ami hats. This the same day for Salem, where he will hacks, 2 Smalley feed cutters, hack room gives them a large amount of ami buggy tongues, 1 set of buggy attend business college. store space, and they are adding a lot 1 find nothing better for liver de wheels, 1 set of hack wheels, 2 l ' bar of new goods. rangement and constipation than spike tooth harrows, 1 Ini|<erial spring Someone with apparently no regard Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver tooth lever harrow, all kinds double for the hereafter, traded axes with Tablets.— L. F. Andrews, Des Moines, trees, single trees, and neck yokes for Mrs. Briggs without her permission, farm wagons and buggies. Free l>eer Iowa. For sale by Brewer Drug Co. leaving her an old, worn out ax in will be furnished. Usual terms. Hen- j W. H. Sherman, who went from place of her good one. She will l»e ry Downing, auctioneer. here to Sweet Home and purchased a very glad to have her own ax returned. general merchandise store, has sold NOTICE. W e s t S ta yto n . his business at that place and bought As I contemplate going away about Beptemlier 29, 1904. Lindsey’s stock of goods at Jefferson, j Oct. 1st, I very respectfully invite all Editor Stayton Mail: those who are indebted to me to come J. E. Grier was at Albany Saturday Dear Sir and Friend— News makes and Sunday to visit his sister, Mrs. in and settle, as 1 desire to close up the Mail go. Mine may I k * stale, hilt my business. Any one wishing house Caldwell, who was very sick. Late here we go. \Ve are attending sales word regatding her condition is that hold goods please call. now. Seeding is in progress. The J. M. K itchex . she is very low, with no prospect for happy hop pickers have returned well recovery. The supreme court of the State of rewarded, and it looks like more ja*o- J. N. Jones, of Cottage Grove, visit- j Washington recently rendered a de ple in the country. Some pickers ed at the home of his daughter, Mrs. cision that volunteer firemen cannot found after coming home that they Winter, seveial days this week, and lie exempted from poll tax, such ex had “ been picked” during their ab also with his many friends about ^ emption being considered in opposi sence to the hopfields. Uncle Davie town. His sons were over from Scio '< tion to the constitution of the United Reece, the onion king, reports his Wednesday. States. The question was brought to plantation minus 10 bushels onions. An old time team— an ox and a the notice of the supreme bench of Another gentleman “ kicks” la*cause horse driven together— was to be seen Oregon, and it agrees with the rul he did not take his pump with him in town Wednesday. It answered all ing of the Washington court. In view when he left, so the other fellow had the purposes of a pair of Percherons, of this decision, the county courts in that to do. Mr. C. Johnson, across the road, is |s;orer by 2J tons of good and was not nearly so fractious as a counties where volunteer fire compa grain hay He threatens to make the nies exist, members of which have pair of bunch-grasoes. heretofore been exempt from poll tax, miscreant’s name public if proper dis L. 8. Lambert has a large force of have decided to collect such tax from cipline is not used. men and teams at work on the roads. all firemen who are not exempt by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fery, from Over 150 loads of gravel have been age. Road Supervisor Lambert, act Iowa, are visiting at the home of Mr. placed on the Sublimity road from ing under orders front the county Mike Fery, west ot Stayton. Henry Miller’s north to the district court, has notified the members of the Miss Susie Ferry and cousin Henry line. Gravel is also being placed on Stayton fire company that the poll are pleasure tripping at Yaquina Bay. other roads leading from town. tax must be paid. There is consider Mr. and Mrs. John Walker gave a W. H. Cooper left us an apple yes able “ kicking” about the matter, but farewell dance to theii neighla-rs and terday that for size holds over any the probability is that no one will at friends Wednesday eve. All present thing we have seen since landing in tempt a contest in the courts. rejwrt a goial time. John has retired Oregon. It is a big one, for sure, and Bud Benson and family left yester from farming, ami is planning to get one of his own raising. He bought day for Idaho, where they will make the superiutendency of the Aumsville the tree for a Gravenstein, but it ( their home. switch yard. proved to be another variety, what | A i i awk E v a n . particular one he doesn’t know. f We wish some of our eastern friends could see Lee Brown’s apple orchard along the Stayton race. The trees are so heavily loaded that without props they could not carry their weight. He has been picking some of the ap- ' pies, and from eleven trees secured 90 bushels of fruit. Ves Downing and wife, who reside atmut three miles southeast of town, mourn the loss of their youngest child, a boy of two and a half years, who died Wednesday of cholera infantum. I The funeral was held yesterday. Mr. Downing and a child alxint eight are both quite sick with a similar trouble. A H e g l n n ln g tif t h e S r M n K ' t w a k in g. Msrrjr- Portraits I will give one 16x20 enlarged portrait with every dozen best cab- inets ordered before Oct. 15. A ll work in the latest style and up-to-date. L. L. SOURS. T l u i b . r I. H lld . A r t J u n e .1, I H 7 S f o r r u b l l e a l Io n . N o tic e United Slate* U r n ) Office, Oregon c ity , O regon, Heptcmhe r 21,1S04. Notice I* hereby given that In com pliance with tne provision* of the act o f Congress of June 3, 1S7S, entitled ‘ "An act for tin-sale of tim ber land« In the State* of C aliforn ia,O re gon, Nevada, and Washington Territory,” aa extended to all the public and state« by a.it of August 4, lt>92, Don A. Smith, of Oates, county of Marlon, State of Oregon, ha* this dav filed In this office his sworn statement No. Crtl’l for the purchase of the N 1, of S l , of Section No. 12, in township No. 9 south, range 9 east, and w ill offer proof to show that the land sought la more valuable for ita timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and tnes- tabllah hts claim befora the Register and Re eel ver of this office at Oregon City, Oregon, on Thursday, the Sth day of December, 1904. He name* as witnesses: W illiam T. Clark, of Gatea, Oregon, Robert Morehouse, of Klkhorn, Oregon, f'harle* ftalns, of Klkhorn, Oregon, fianlel K sln s,of Klkhorn, Oregon. Any and all persons claim ing adversely the above-described lands arc requested to Hie their rial in* In this office on or before said 81b day of December, 1904. AbogRWoH 8. O k n au , Register. F U R N IT U R E When people buy Furniture they want reliable goods at prices that are right. Our stock is the larg est and choicest ever shown in Stayton, and we have marked our goods at a very low figure. 10 to 15 Per Cent Diseount having an extra large line of Rockers, we will offer them for a short time at a discount of from io to 15 per cent. Now is your opportunity to purchase a rock er at a very low price. M. STREFF& CO., Stayton Clothing, Dress Goods, Shoes, Groceries — — We have just received a new line of ready-to- wear Clothing and we wish to draw the attention of our many customers to the fact that these suits were all made up this summer. Please bear in mind that we buy our goods direct from the facto ry, thus saving the middle man’s profit. Remember we can and do compete with any clothing house on the coast regarding quality and price. Look over our line. It will pay you. Bring us your produce and we will give you the highest maket pripe obtainable. Yours truly, KERBER & KLECKER, Slayton, Or. Exciting Shoe News W e sold more shoes the past week than in any one month before. Quite a number have bought two or three pairs for future use because they know Whitehead’s Shoes have saved their dol lars at the regular price, and at one fourth off they are a snap nobody can afford to miss. W e have a lot of Children’ s Felt Slippers, fur trimmed, and to move them quick we will cut the price in two: Six«** 5| to H..................................315c Size» 8 to I I ..................................45c Si«*« 11 to 2 ..................................50c I,»dies $1.50 for trimmed slippers, 80e Men’» Linen Collars, 10c. Men's Kuid»*r Collars, 15c, A few large men wanted for our extra sizes in shirts at 35c. Bring in your repairing. 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