The Stayton mail., July 14, 1905, Image 9

from West Htayton for 92.75, good go­
ing Saturday p. in. or any train of
Staylon Mail Supplement j I Sunday,
returning Sunday and Mon-
Htayton had a celebration yesterday 1 day, giving all Sunday and Monday in
that w m fur from Iwing “ out of sight’’ Portland. The same arrangement aj>-
for it was visable everywhere from the ; plies from Portland, giving Portland
night before until the duy niter, lion. ' |M*ople a chance to visit Valley |>ointa
H. F. M til key w m orator of the day, ami at greatly reduced rates.
addressed, aa be put it, an acre of en­
In another place will he found the
thusiastic citizens, There waa a braas
band and a good one too, with miisic ga- flrst ail vertisement that has appeared
lore, and |>atriotic hook » and decided in this paper from an out of town mer­
departure made by Mian Hard nor, who cantile firm (except Sublimity, which
waa called upon to read tin- Declaration j is right at home) since we have had
of Inde|iendence, and who instead of the M a il , nearly four years. Many
readmit rc|icntcd it from memory, and times have we been offered advertising
that too, in a manner that emphasized from the large stores in Salem, blit
and drew out the nobility of its mugnif- considered that as long as the merch­
cent aentcnces. Htayton surely had a ants of our home town used our avail­
Fourth that anybody in that section able advertising space, we could get a-
will remember as a record breaker.----- long without outside advertising. How­
ever, some of the advertisers have seen
Capital Journal.
fit to withdraw their patronage, and
The city ought to own the Masonic we have advertising space for sale. As
park if possible, or at any rate, a reve­ long as that is the case, the man with
nue should tie derived frpin it sufficient the cash to pay can have it. Any mer­
to defray the expenses of always keep- chant in Htayton would tie glad to sell
it g it in excellent condition. A gen- j a Salem man a bill of goods, and why
t leman from Hcio, who is well acquain­ should we not sell our extra adv. space?
ted with the Willamette valley remark­ Every local buisnes* man who adver­
ed to the writer last week that StAy- tises, benefits not only himself and the
ton had the best located and handsom­ printer, but the town in general. The
est park in the valley, if properly advertiser draws custom to the town,
canal for. A little money rightly e x - j and the non-advertiser benefits from
|H-ndfd would be of great benefit to the it. Patronize the advertiser.
grounds. All under brush should he ;
Sublimity Gleanings.
cleared away, numerous trees taken out
Miss
Mary Becker came home from
near the stand and the others top|ied
some- good shade treee planted along Portland Friday last, for a months stay
the fence on the west and north tiouud- at home.
Jos. Ditter and Mrs. Clias. Hot linger
aries, substantial closets should be er­
ected, and a good well put down, and left for Portland Friday, to the Expo-
pure water always at hand ior public sition.
gatherings. The Masonic order, the ! (Seo. Weathered had the misfortune
owners of the property, have always | to lose a valuable horse Friday, w hile
generously given the use of the ground going to Slayton the horse became
fret to the public but as the town grows frightened and jumped over the hauks
public gatherings will become more on Miller’s hill.
numerous, larger crowds will need to
J. A. Ditter and Fred (¡ray visited
be accommodated, and the expense of at Salem Tuesday.
keeping in proper shape will be consid­
Rev. Chas. Soroski returned from
erable. If the town owned the park all Portland Tuesday.
the people would contribute toward
Sisters M. Vincent and Anthony of
keeping it in order, but if the lodge is
Beaverton *{>ent the week here visiting
to continue to own it, they should put
relatives.
it in good condition and charge enough
E. Eckerlen and family of Salem
for its use to keep it so.
visited at the home of H. Miller Sun­
Portland and Return Only $2.75 day. They left for Salem in the even­
The Southern Pacific Co. is now ing excepting Miss Mary Eckerlen who
selling round trip tickets to Portland will remain there for a few weeks visit.