The Stayton mail., November 03, 1905, Image 5

T h E S T A Y T O N MAIL
C. D. At IXANDCN, t’ ulillehar
Knlerud at th« Hatiifflo* at Stayton. Oregon aa
ii.ail l u a tU r ol tha eecoud cl»»»
1 MB Malt. 1» mailed regularly
it» aolmcrtlr
a r t until a d riinlui order to ilia. ..ntliiua la ra
sa if a d and all arrearag e* a t * paid
BUSINESS D IRECTO RY
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^ y i L B U l t N. I'IN TL E K , I). M.
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DENTIST
O fflcs o v e r F re d H o c k 'a Ktirre
BTAYTON
QU
OREGON
J . W C OLE
Olile«’ anil residence on Third Street,
one b.ock north of |irilitili|( office.
BTAYTON, OREGON
A BKAUCIIAMI*.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
BTAYTON, OREGON
JO H N
M liIN K liL *
M m hunt Tdilor
I have on hand a fu ll l i n e of «amples
(or Bpriug and Summer Suita.
Repairing and ( leaning a Spe< iaHy
BTAYTON
OREGON
f. SILH AVY’S
Wagon and Paint Shop
Hep» ring and Painting Wagon«,
Ruggirà, Etc., a Specialty
New
Wagon»,
llacka and Ruggire
Diade to order.
rirat-< laaa Work Guaranteed
Water Street
BTAYTON, OREGON
CITY MEAT MARKET
S e a t a k At S t o w a l l
1'aalara lu
Fresh, S a lt and Sm oked
M EA TS
HIGHEST M A R K E T PRICE PAID
FOR STO C K AND HIDES
Stayton, Oregon
Stayton State Bank
Incorporated
CAPITAL, $20,000
P. 0 . rHEHBu, Prea
N F K K R F a . Vice fra »
W. L. » KP.KKri. Ca»tiler
Tranaact* a General Hanking Haainea«
BTAYTON, OREGON
W. E. THOMAS
Undertaker-Embalmer
Good A oortm ent of
Casket* and Cate*
Perennai attention given to funeral»
when deaired. Embalm ing after latent
method«
A Fint-Clas* Hearse
at a Moderate Charge
B u rial R ob«*, Shoe*, G lo v e* and H oaiary
Furniahed
Telegraph or Telephone at My Expense
W . E . TH OM AS
STA YTO N , O R E .
Job Printing
Keep it in your mind
that The Mail print«
Note Heads, Bill
Heads, Letter Heads,
Envelopes
O r Anything Else You May
Want at Very Low Prices
T he too old-at forty m erchant look«*!
thoughtful.
M eanwhile the girl clerk wn* feed
lug envelope* Into the addre*«ing m a­
chine, which wn* printing them (each
with a different name anil address) at
the rate of 2,000 an hour.
The t o n f m erchant seemed to want
to link qiieatlona.
‘‘Quite altuple,” aaid the new m an­
ager. ‘‘Every ctmtomer ou our hook*
Ini* hi* name and addre*» net up In
rubber type. T h e hoy doe* thl* In hi*
«pare time. T he addre*«, net up In a
little metal galley, 1 m then attache«! to
one of thcMc endlea* ch ain * which paaa
through the machine. Each time an
envelope I n printed by the machine the
T b l* la a pit ra hie.
lie who run* chain m ore« round no aa to bring an ­
may read; <>r. In tine the modern te r other MildrcNM lnt<* poaitlori for the next
alon, he who travel* per Mercedea will envelope. Simple, Isn 't It?”
at-e the world.
“ In my time It wouhl have taken a
T here wmb (lin t n too old at-f«»riy man nlxmt four «lay« to do what that
m erchant, li e had tolled— tolled unto m achine doe* in one hour,” aaid the
groyne*«
m erchant, muatngly.
Hut fortune had not come
“ Hut till* lan't your day; 1t‘a our«,”
He pared the point of a quill pen (he an Id the new manager.
remembered Ilia fath er living one In
“ W hat n ext?” naked the m erchant
th at very room), and gazed gloomily o f the pant.
at an an cient Inkntnml Ml led with a
“ Next com e* the envelope Healing
Vlacoiia. tarllke innaa. And the »plrlt m achine,” snlil the new manager re
that waa In liim evaporated and dried
up like Ida Ink. with only the drcga of
gall and Iron left behind.
He thought of the day* of fret and
worry, the night* of cram ping pen
work, when he had act till the Minnll
hour* checking Eiffel T ow er* of fig
lire* and w riting letter* which an
ottlce !*oy had amtldged Into gray Inde
clphcrahlllly with the aid o f a copying
| book and a brttah charged with aolld
aloppineaa.
He ttiought o f the headache* and
1 IIK A HlTIIMOlf XTKK.
the ri-atle*» night* III which lie lived
again through the petty annoyanceM of morselessl.v. “ Now tn your day one
j tlie day, and a* he dlapatched a boy «iflh-e boy using »Ingle tongue power
with ii m essage (he liad alw ay* haled would probably «tick down alwtut forty
■ teleptioneal he decide«] to end It all.
envelope* In an hour. T his little m a­
So In* retired and lived econom ically chine »«ail* nine tbonaand in th at time.
In the auhtirh*. ami another man You »ee, It In quite »mail. You Just
! retgued In hi* atead. T h l* I* the pro­ put the pile o f letter* In at the top Hnd
logue
turn th l* handle. Then the letter»
Six month* paaaed. Ttie too old at <now typed, duplicated. ad«lr«»»»ed and
forty m erchant a ja fn vfaited hi* old *«»ale«l by m achinery) fall out on the
office. It wit* In * lie name room, lint— table.
Oh! I wouldn’t try to count
Th e new m anager waa H eate d at a them. It might »train your arith m e­
roll top deak. Hefore him wan a pho­ tic to ke«»p pace with the m achine.”
nograph with n neat recording mouth-
T he rotary duplicator and the “Ad-
piece. Into thl* he dresaograph" were »till w orking mer
w a s » p e a k i n g rily. "A ould you like to see the other
qu ickly: “ I want tilin g*?” a«ke«l the new manager.
two thou valid cop-
“ Now thl* m achine,” he aaid, mov­
le* of the follow
ing over to another Instrum ent In a
log letter pouted to neat looking case, “not only prints let­
our regular cun ters In ex a ct Imitation of typew riting,
tom er* In tim e for but It nl*o print* a «llfferent name and
the four
o'clock
address on each nnd adds a perfect
mall
till*
a fter Imitation o f your signature In black
noon. T a k e down: Ink nt the bottom .”
•Hear S ira —Owing
“ I begin to feel very old,” »aid the
to our having new form er ow ner o f the business. “ I sup­
luhor • Having ma
pose your ch ief cashier la made of
«•hlnery In nil our levers and sprocket* nnd your confi­
fnetort«»*, we are dential clerk la driven by a m ain­
aide to quote lower spring?”
for all our good*,
"W ell, I tlilnk there are cog wheels
w h i r h you will nnd spacing gears in them, too,” said
note are now ten the new m anager. “ Sow, here Is the
per cent cheaper Ixiok typew riter, with which we keep
tlinn those ofTered
our ledgers, nnd. In fact, nil the book*
hy foreign compel In otir firm. We only use pens here
Itora. A glance at as pipe cleaners. You lay the book on
th e follow ing fig the table, so, draw the m achine over
ure* will------ ’ ”
It. and make your entries cleanly and
F o r thirty aec- neatly.
ond* he continue«!
“ Hut bound books a re now out of
to talk Into the date. T he hxiso lea f book Is the mod­
phonograph. Then ern Idea. Hr. and Cr. sheets are of
he r e m o v e d the different colored
papers, nnd the
a d d u k ss o u r a th ,
w in cylinder and
leaves can be removed and relnserte«!
hande«l It to a hoy who carrl»*d It Into in the binder at a moment’s notice.”
the next room w here the p atter of
“Then nil you have to do Is to cast
many typew riter« B o u n d « * ! like hnil up the figures,” said the old m erchant.
on the r«v>f.
“ Pardon me, we do nothing o f the
T he too-old nt forty m erchant looked
on with sm iling toleration.
" I think you made a m istake In that
letter,” he mild. " I heard you dictate
th at you wanted tw o thousand copies.
I suppose you inennt tw o dozen.”
T he return sm ile w as o f tender com
passion. He w as Informed ’th a t two
thousand w as correct.
"H ut yon said they w ere to he sent
olT hy tho four o’clock mall, nnd It Is
one-thirty now. How ever big your
staff mny he you can hardly have two
thousand Icttt'r» typed nnd the envel­
opes nddresaed and stamped In two
and a h alf hours."
“ I shall employ exactly one girl
clerk nnd n boy on th at Job,” remarked
the new m anager, leaning back lu x­
uriously In his chair, "an d If they trle«l
they could do double the quantity In
the tim e.”
He rose. "P erh a p s you would like
to see the m iracle?” he said an he
opened the door next to hla room.
A girl typlat waa taking down In
ahorthand the worda o f the letter as
they were dictated from the phono
graph on which ahe had placed the
wax cylinder. Thla waa completed In
one m inute forty five aeconda by the
w atch. She then adjuated a sheet of
w ax paper on her typew riting machine
and typed the letter.
A few mlnutea later the waxed pa­
per was fitted to a rotary duplicator,
and an office hoy waa reeling off eighty
coplea per minute.
"R a te o f 4,800 an hour," commented
the new m anager.
kind ” W ith calcu lating machines that
will tell you In ten seconds what
multiplied
hy
4.VJ.M73
am ounts to, and which will extra«-t
the square root «if
with a
few turn* o f a handle, the human
I bra In becom e* tot» »low for practical
! purpose*.
“ Now. If you will look nt this ‘Arlth-
moineter' for h moment, you will »ee
th at all you have to «1» Is to place the
(»ointerH nt the figures which you wish
to multiply, su b tract from or adii to­
gether, then turn this handle, and the
result will appear In th at row of
Mpa«-e* at the top.”
An office hoy now cam e up and re-
ported th a t the two thousand letters
had le ft the office a t 3:30.
" I t seem s to me th at brains are
quite obsolete,” said the antediluvian
m erchant.
"And th at Is the biggest m istake of
a ll," returned the tw entieth-century
manager, "D rain s are w hat we want,
and all we w ant. We are freed o f the
«>ld grinding routine that business men
u*e«l to break their heart* over; now
we have tim e to think. Our clerks
have shorter hour* and are better
paid; hut those we do employ have
brains, otherw ise we should have no
use for them.
“No. brains nre not a t a discount,
hut brainless handwork Is.”— M ontreal
Star.
F I8 H R F 8 T A U R A N T &
A F e a t u r e o f l,o u «i»n » m l P a r i s
th a t ia Lee* Com m on H ere.
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fhree Trains to the East Daily
T hr ough Pullm an »»anderd and tr>urf*tlfleep
log car» daily te Omaha. r b i c a r o . Apokana;
tou rlit aleeplng car» daily to Kanaaa City:
through Pullman touriat a l c * p . n g c a r s (person­
ally co nduct ed ) weekly to < i.u-ago, Kanaaa
C ity , racllnlug ch air car» (a aau tree) t« ha s t
H O U R S
P ortlan d io C hicaoo
No ch a ng e aI cara
LF.PAKT 1 1 IK K S< i u . p l l.hn
FOR
! from Portland, Ore.
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l f l 5 a m via
H’niiu g t'n
Atlantic
Kxnraaa
l 1-p iu vli
H 'n t tn g l’ n
Paul
P a *: Mail
6 14 p m
via
ftpokana
i-»lt t a k e , l e n v e r . r t
Worth, Omaha, K am a»
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Chicago
hall Lake, Denver, Ft
't '.rth. Om aha. Kariaa»
i lty. xt l » u i a , Chicago
and the East
vk al ia Walla, I>ewi«tfin.
Kpokaoe. Wallace, Pull
man. Miuneapolia. St
Pau l, lJuluth. Milvrau
l e e , Chicago and haai
A RRIV E
FROM
6:25 p m
7:15 a ia
Returning travelers from London.
1:00 a ra
I'arlM, and Herllu describe with pleas­
ure the “fish restau ran ts” in those
cities, and express some wonder that
there are not sim ilar restau ran ts here.
River Schedule
A “flali restau ran t” ia not one a t
For Aitorla, Way Point« and North Beach —
which fish is served exclusively, or Daiiy (except Sunday) i t t p m ; Saturd ay at 10
pm
Dally service (water jw rm itiin g ) an tho
even chiefly, hut a restaurant at which n ’Uia io eu « and Y a m h ill river*.
a specialty Is ma«le o f the service of
fish, nnd a t which usually some spe­
cial fish dl*h Is offere«l to patrons each
day.
Tor fu rth e r In fo rm ation , aak or writ« your
In I«ondon and Pnrls such restau- neereat t ir k e l ag ent or
rants m ake aa their ch ief specialty I
A . L . O R A IO
General Paa*en»er Agent,
sole, as popular In England as in |
France. The 1‘arls restau rants, In a«l- The Oregon Railroad A Navigation
Port­
land, Oregon.
dltlon, m ake a featu re o f crayfish, cod,
and mussels, and the London restau ­
rants of w hitebait nnd shrimp.
The variety o f fish procurable in
these two cities Is alm ost w itiiout lim ­
itation, hut a different fish each day re­
quires, In fa ct, only seven varieties. In
the preparation of which there are
many specialties.
W ashington has a larger variety of
T IM E CARD NO. 8 * .
fish than either London or P aris. The
oysters, lobsters, and crab s In the
m arket here are superior to those to No. t , t a r T a q u i n a : —
Le«v«a Albany . ..................................... 12:46 P M
he found In large European cities, and
l e t t o Core a li t a .................................. r ( t P k
the general «lenmitd for fish Is in ex- j Arrives Y a q u i a a ..................................... t:2u P M
c«*ss o f w h it It Is In the big cities o f j
other countries. Hut the custom pre­ K o. 1 , rot o r o l o g i —
Leave« Y a q u l n a ..................................... * 44 A M
vails for the most part here o f making
Leave» Co rra lU *.................................... 11:30 A M
fish or sea food a part o f the meal j Arr ivai A lb a n y ...................................... 12:15 P l i
furnished at a restaurant, nnd not n K o . 8 f o r A l b a n y - D o t r o l t
featu re o f it.— W ashington Post.
Loaraa Corvelli».................................... e oo A M
Corvallis & Eastern R.R.
G e o r d l e ’a R e v e n g e .
Arrive« A lba n y...................................... 6:40 A 11
Leave« Albany for D etro it................. 7:80 A M
Arrive* D e t r o i t ...................................... 12:U2 P M
A certain butcher in a village In the
north of England was standing before K o . 4 , f r e i e D e t r o i t : «
Leave« D e t r o i t ........................................ 12:38 A M
the shop o f Geordie, the baker, whose
Arrive» A l b a n y ......................................... 6:15 P M
Lv. Alban y tor C o r r e l i l a ...................... 7:15 P li
loaves o f bread were rath er sm all,
Arrivo C o rre lila ....................................... 7 :6 * P M
when Geordie cam e up the street.
“J u s t been In your shop, Geordie, buy-
T r a i n i 1 arrivo In Albany la
timo to
lu* a loaf.” said the butcher. "W h ere
«nnnect with tho S. P aouth bound train, aa
Is it?” asked Geordie. " In my w aist- ; « o l l a » giving two or threo ho ur* in Albany
coat pocket,-* said the butcher. No belora departure ot 8. P. no rth bound trala.
more was said, hut Geordie thought for
Train No. 8 co n n e c t! with the 9. P train» at
a long tim e how he could pay the
Corvallla and Albany, giving direot aervio* to
butcher hack in his own coin. A few Newport and ad ja cen t Beachoa.
days later, ns he stood before the
butcher's shop, an idea cam e to him.
Train No 8 for Detroit, via A lbany, leave*
M eeting the butcher ou his way home Corvallia at 6:00 a m and co nnect« with t b o
8. P A l b a n y - 1 cr t l a n d local train lea v in g A l­
fr«mi m arket, Geordie said: “Been In ba n y a t 7 a m . Train No. i leave« Alban y (or
your shop buyin’ a ca lf's head!” j Detroit at 7:30 a, m . arriv ing there at noon
giving ample tim e to re ach the Brtitenbualk
“W here Is it? " asked the butcher. “U n - ! not apring» t h e earn* day.
tier my h a t!" said Geordie, with an a n ­
nihilating look.
T ra in No. 4 conn ect» at Albany with t h e
Portland Albany local, w hich arrive» there at
A m an's mental balance Isn’t syn­ 7: to a nd rune to Corvallia leaving Albany a l
7:16 and arriv ing In Corvallia at 7:66 p, m.
onymous with his bank balance.
Fur further In form ation apply ta
T. B . C U R TIS, A ctin g Manrga«
THOS. COCKRELL, Agent. Albany.
H. a . CR 0N1SE, Agent, CarvallU.
HERE BOYS
Earn Money for a
S L I MME R T R I P
Every boy enjoy» a c h a r g e of alv
and th e fun to be had In t h *
m o u n ta in * or at the aeaahore,
bu t not every boy'» fa th er can
afford the expense. Wouldn’t It
be Jolly to earn th« m on ey your*
M iff
There 1» a way t h a t 1« aa aaay aa
It 1» «ure. I t la by g ettin g rah»
acrlber« for T H E P A C IF IC T H I S
AMD VINK.
Hundred« of boy« all ov «r th«
ao ntry are d oing thia and you
m ig h t Juat aa wall Kara your
•hare of th« profit«
Send • poatal today and w* will
len d you c o m p u t e tDitraettona,
together w ith a free ou tfit
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