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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1904)
THE STÄYT0N MÄIL Hy E. D A L EXA N D ER . A N i n t h Y har . D R U G G IS T S baili«-«. Antonio* We have the most select line of Xmas goods ever brought to Stayton. hile Mu K« LiOwnry'i Chocolat«« P ii rM1 Conili, Manicure H«-t«, Work Box««*, ( itovi' Boxes, X it i mb Curda. C«mll«'*, Nut«, Gifts for everybody. If un decided let us select your gifts for you. We guarantee to please both as to quality and price. i < ►range», Banana* ! It it i* « , l# IIIO I)( mul Fig* N O T A N S u b tc rlp tlo n , $ 1 .2 & P E R A N NU M O W O A N ST A Y T O N , MARION C O U N T Y , O R EG O N , DECEM BER Brewer Drug Co. Salem N K W H H A P K N , We mention a few of the large line we carry. Our Reduction Sale Continues Is This Hot Air? Stayton Thu Ktnte*mnn says “ H. K. Ha*.an of the Iliismtii Mining Co. expect* to leave next Tuesday for the Kantian« mining district, where hi* company is , Hook* mid Fan putting in a railroad. Mr. IAt«*an cy Stationery s ill remain in the district several day* his object being to get a gang of sur , Mirror*, Fancy veyor* started on a *urvey that will Comb* nnd Hriuhn extend from Mehmna into the Cas- ciule* above Elkhorn. The road when completed will lie twenty-eight mile* Perfume*, per- funi«* Atomizer* long, with six mile* of switches, and Album* 1 will open up a large mining district. Toilet Cn**** A survey has already hcen completed (biff and Collar front (bite* into the district, but ow Boxe» ing to it* having a grade of 10 per ct. Doll* mul tt«-rap Hook* it wa* found to lie impracticable. The grade on the new survey will lie atiout 4 per cent. Mr Ha««Hn exjiecte to i have the road completed and in run ning order in about «even month*. 2 A Merry (Christmas and A Happy New Year To my many customers and friends. G . D. TROTTER, S T A Y T O N , OREGON. A POISON RIN GS. J e n rlrr Let us show you our Clothing bar gains. Remember, we are offering a!! Dress Goods at a liberal reduction in price. Let us show them to you. 1 The Pt*ck’* Bad Boy «how company that exhibited here Tuemlay gave a decidedly tire«onie entertainment— a sort of continuous vaudeville perform ance of the same turn. Toward the close of the performance vote* were taken a* to the handsomest lady, the liest looking man, and the laziest man of town. None of the persons voted for appreciated the honor (!). Home «if the town’* lie*t and «mat enterpris ing citizens were nominated as the laziest men in town, and some of the ho.nliest as the most handsome. Huch contest* are ridiculous and uncalled for and should be discouraged by all right minded people. On such occa sion* irresponsible and ill bred |ier- son* are given an opportunity t«i pub licly insult |ierson* of character nnd high standing in the community, with little fear of lieing called upon to an* wer for the insult. The traveling fak ir* who arrange these affair* are only interested in the money they can se en re from those who patronize them, but th r ttl-feeling- t h * jl V”»ve in a community are often many and far- reaching. NllMBtR 46 1904. X o r r llr A d opted o f F a sh io n . hr W ow rs Poison rings are in high demand In Tnx«*lo, not that there are any modem Borglas or M«-dlcls in the fashionuble colony, but ber-ause Mr*. Grenville Kane wore on«' at a dance a short time ago. nnd Mrs. ('aaitnir «le Kham. on her re«-eut arrlvnl from Newport showed another, say* the New York Press. The suggestion was adopted Instantly by the new beauty, Mrs. William Pierson Hamilton, and by Mrs. Arthur E. Gran- nls. who never la Eiehlndhand In recog nising the value o f a novelty. Need less to aay, none o f the rings contains the tlnt«*at drop o f poison. Instead the little chamt*er In each circlet once filled with a deadly drug now hold« a wee bit of powerful smelling salt«. Mrs. H«-nry Trevor wears a poison ring that Is said to have trelonged to a member of Richelieu’s household. It Is set with a sapphire hedged with al ternating diamonds and topazes. Pres sure on a spring In one side of the hoop distills a. mlcrisk'oplc drop of liquid through one of the surrounding stones, which, though necessarily hollow. Is so small the aperture Is Imperceptible save on the closest examination. W here P rrs U llo n Is E l l q a r t t * . Peculation 1« the etiquette In Russia, says the London Chronicle They are building Just off the Newskl Prospect In 8t. Petersburg a memorial church on the spot where Alexand«*r II. was assassinated. It cannot get finished. Triumph Side Lights. The present writer has seen It at Inter Rose Becker viaited Alta Clark Sat vals o f years, knowing that several urday. hundreds of thousands o f rubles are I. B Carter was a Stayton caller yearly* devoted to Its completion. No progress Is visible. Y«*ar after year the N . ). G E H L E N , Administrator. Monday. scaffoldings are as before. On the last Otto Miller visited at Jacob Stai- occasion be Inquired from bis compan ion. a Cossack officer o f the guards. ger’* Sunday. counter at hi* uncle’« store, helping Sublimity Gleanings. The officer smiled and explained that Those that attend«*! the party at N. the funds passed through the hands of them during the holiday rush. Krm**t Schott left for Portland Lambert’* Friday report a very pleas a grand duke, an uncle o f the present Mi«* Anna (tray j* spending the T i k i «day, where ho « i l l remain with czar, who drove down now and then to ant time. ! we«;k at the home of B. (teacher. hi* father, who i* »ink. see how things were going, but—the H. D. Pottinger was here represent officer ahrugged his shoulders and M .J Hitter, Simon B<*e«’.igheimer Chriat (lieheler reports a gooil days ing the Northwestern News Ass’n. laughed. Just what a grand duke and John Znlier were the Sublimity run at hi. grist mill. Frank Tate purchased an encyclo would do, was the implication. THEO. GEHLEN ESI, Poof Show. An American w in describing to an English sportsman the west of the past. “ Our old time wsetern rnineT,” be said, “ and an Ingenuous and simple mind. There wa* a vainer In Montana who m le Into Anacooda one day to see an ent.’-rtai'.inent thet had tx-en an nounce!. Thl* ent«?rt« lament w a i n play, but t*ie miner land never *een a play—a paocrama was the only sort of entertainment with which he had ever been regaled. “ L on i before the hour to begin be bought his .«rat and entered the hall. He sat them io solitude for about twen ty minute». He gazed *t the curtain Intently, i t wa* a poor curtain- noth ing but a gray, pyramidal mountain painted on U dark blue background. When the miner had looked his fill at It he rose and departed for hi« distant home. “ ‘A pretty r«>tten panoramer,’ he wa* heard to mutter as be mounted hi* horse.” A queer n s r r ls * * C e re m on y . Among the Kberrias of India the marriage ce*. *nony 1« very funny. Taking a nmrU portion of the hair of the bride and groom lu turn from the center o f the f6.-ehea«l. the priest draws it down on t* the bridge of the nose. Then, pouring oil on the head, he watches it carefully as It triokUa down tlx yoriicrn of hair. I f the oil runs straight on to the tip o f the no«»e their future w ill be fortunate, but If It spreads ore- the forehead or Rickies off on either side o f the nose, bad luck Is sure to follow. Their fortunes told, generally to their own satisfaction, the essential ard irrevocable part o f the ceremony tikes place. Standing up side by side, bdt with faces strictly averted, the bride and grooih mark each other’s forehead with “BinduP* (vermilion). “ H ow do you make out that you came off better than your accomplice when you were convicted and he a<*- qultted?” “ Because I had only to pay the line, while he had to pay the lawyer.” |M»ultry hulcher*. having killed nearly 400 of the lent lien'll trila*. Lou Lang wa* in from Silver Falla poedm containing thirty-three vol and reporta everything prosperous in umes, We«i nesdsy. Hov. Anton I.ainck made a short hi* vicinity. Several turkeys arc Ewing missvd ! v i.it to Portland. It being the 57th anniversary of this week. Ed Meier *yent nevernl day* with Mi*s Lena Staiger is spending the the bachelor*. Ed Hitter and Louis Mr*. Becker, last Sunday, a number of Indie* gathered there and report a week with her sister, Mrs. Chas.Brown Schott. very enjoyable time. of Stayton. do*. Ditter i* again behind the the old corners, but came direct to the Christmas novelties with us for distribution. We also beg to call the attention of the ladle* to our line of new ly arrived shoes. Call for the Princess Quality Shoe and com pare them with others. The result will greatly astonish you. Rememt>er we pay the highest market price for produce of all kinds. Try us and lie convinced. KERBER & KLECKER, Slayton, Or. have the whole doll family, from the largest down to the tiny rubber doll for the infants. and up-to-date. out at new store and left his entire stock of We And Christmas coming! Y ou will want a new suit of Clothes for y o u r self. Remember w e carry a select line of ready- to-wear Men's, Youth's, B oy’s and Children's Clothing. Every suit is a matchless bargain, for we buy direct from the factory, thus saving our customers the jobber's profit. is coming, it soon will be here, C Ahristmas The very best time of all the year. W hen old Santa Claus came in from Toyland this year he did not hang Thanksgiving Over Everything is new, clean, N o left over articles of former years found at the Fred Rock Mercantile Company's Store T a k e a day off and look around at the goods at the “ left-over” counters, then come in and let us sell you a bill of the bright, new choice patterns of 1904. See Santa Claus and his reindeer in our north window. Fred Rock Mercantile Co., Stayton, Ore. a Merry Christmas Comes And everyone will want a pair of fine shoes to wear on that day. We have just received a new line of FUSE SHOES FOR MEN AND WOMEN. Also a new supply of Boy’s School Shoes. When you want a Hat or a pair of Overalls come in and let us show you our line. We can please you. ALVA S n iT H , Stayton, Ore.