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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1905)
O H M STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST P O R T A G E R O A D W ILL PAY. N EED N O T V A C C IN A TE . Water In River Hat Interfered Children Cannot Be F orced to Take Precautionary M easures. With Ita Traffic. Haleru— In answer lo a n inquiry from Halein— “ That the Portage railway will lie m il sustaining when regular Hlate Health Officer Kolxrrt C. Ysnney, trallh- hue lieen established, there ia DO of Portland, Attorney (ieneral Craw d ou b t,” aaid Huperlntendent L. H. ford has rendered a decision holding <!ook, of the Gelilo Portage railway, that the Htate Hoard of Health has no when in Halein to attend a meeting of authority to require that children shall the Portage oommieelon. “ For varioua lie vaccinated tiefore gaining admission reaeuna we have not lieen getting the to the public school*. The attorney general quotes from the liiiaineeN we ahould have had at the atari, hut prneentdlBcultieo will lie re law cieating the hoaVd of health, show ing that the laiard has general super moved and avoided in the future. "I-ow water hen made It impossible vision of the health of the state and The for the Imata on the upper river to take power to establish quarantines. on wheat at aoine placee to bring It vaccination rule would not he in the down to Celilo. For eaample, at nature of a q u a 'a u tin e; hence the Lpientin there waa 12,000 sack* of Ixiard cannot find its authority in that wheat piled up on the ahore, but the provision. Neither does M r. Crawford think the water waa ao low ttie laiata could not get near enough to load. Home 150,000 clause giving the Itoard general sii|*er- earka of grain along the Upper Colum vision will authorize them to establish bia have been ahipped out by rail, when a new qualification for admission to the under normal conditions of water, it public schools unless there is apparent would have come down by laiat and the danger of an epidemic of sm allpox. portage road. “ I cannot give exact figures at pres A I D S T H E C A T A L O G U E H O U S E S . ent concerning the expenditure and in com e, because we have not made settle Baker City Merchant* Protest Against ments with transportation companies Numbering of Rural Boxes. when the charges are collected by one Raker City— The merchants of Baker line ami the amount apportioned. In City are circulating a petition asking round numbers I ahould say that It the p os tm a ster general to withdraw his coats us $800 a month to operate the order to the effect that all rural mail road and our income is aliout $000 a boxes must be numbered in consecutive month. If we were getting a 'l the order. In this work they have asked tratfic that is available and naturally the aid of all tiie merchants from Hoise tributary to the |iortage road, we would to Kpokane, and petitions have been have an income of $1,200 a month and sent to these towns for circulation. an expense of perhaps $1,000. We The merchants allege that the num- have handled 10,000 to 15,000 sacks of tiering of the mail boxes on the rural wheat this month, whereas we would free delivery routes would give the cat have handled much more if the boat* alogue houses in the large cities like cou ld have reached it.” New York, Chicago and 8t. I-ouis a L ow W A N T W A TE R FOR C AN AL. Deschutes Irrigation & Power C o m pany Files on Water Rights. Halem — The Deschutes Irrigation A *ower company ha* marie two water Dings to secure new sources of water apply for ita extensive irrigation sys- eui near Rend. The present source of upply is about tw o miles above the own of Bend, but it is understood that he land upon which the head gate is ocated is owned or controller! by A. M. »rake. The Deschutes con pany ha* mw made a tiling for 1,000 cubic feet >f water per second aliout three miles urther up the stream. The filing i* or the purpose of securing water for he Central Oregon canal. The other H ingis for 1,500 cubic inches per w on d at a point about 10 miles above tend, at Iteharn falls. Tiie tiling is or the purpose of securing water for he Benbam falls canal, which will ex end eastward and northward a distance if 30 to 40 miles, bringing the water o Prineville and irrigating large areas d land north of the canal. The Portland Irrigation com pany, epresented by Edwin Mays, of Port- arid, has tiled on 15,000 inches of vater in Chewaucan creek. Lake coun- y, the point of diversion being in sec- ion 34, township 33 south, range 18 last. Fruit Drier Closes Down. Freewater — J. P. McMinn, proprle- or of the large fruit drier north of •'reewater, lias closed for the season, liter a very short run, owing to the icacrity of prunes and the active de- iiand and high price paid for the green ruit, 75,000 |M)unds being the output bis year as compared with 200,000 rounds last year. Heretofore be has ihipped bis prunes east, disposing of he same in the large cities at prices rom 3 to 3t* cents a pound. He has mid half of this year’ s output at 0 •ents a pound to Pendleton and Walla iValla merchants. Sandlaks May Talk. Cloverdale — The Cloverdale Tele- one company this week completed i miles of new telephone line to ndlake. The company has also late- completed its line to D olph. This es Tillamook City telephone connec- n with every voting precinct in the ith part of the county. There is rdly a farm house from Tillam ook to ib creek that has not telephone .’ on- •tion, and it is hoped next year will the system extended to the valley way of W illam ina. The system now braces over tiO miles of wire. Winter Irrigation 1 Success. Vlilton— W . T. Shaw, the well known idson hay rancher, was In the city ently ami reports that irrigation on ) line of the Hudson Ray ditch is Teasing. This ditch uses the sur- is water of the W alla W alla river, 1 aa a result it can only irrigate when i ordinary irrigation season ends. C a r Shortage Felt. Freewater— Owing to the scarcity of a on this division the Peacock and gle mills are working at a great die- vantage on account of storage capaci- Iming blocked with mlllstnffs ready ship. Manager J. II. Hall advises has 20 cars of Hour and feed ready move and can get but one car a day. had not her mother told her of every nook and cranny In the old home?” At the far end of a gloomy room a Are glowed sleepily, and a gray-haired man sat In an armchair motionless be fore It. Edie crept in eoftly. As she neared him she perceived that his face waa very sad and weary looking. Home look upon his face made her think of her dead mother, and, almoat before she knew it, she had flung both her chubby arms a bout bis neck and kissed his cheek. To say that Ftalph Morley waa surpris ed but weakly expresses It; he waa thun derstruck, and gazed down in the dim pled little face In mute amazement. “ FJdle, little Edie!” he cried; “ is it little Edie, a child again, and come back to meV” “ Yes," aaid the child, clinging about his neck; “ I was mamma's little Edie. and I will be yours If you will let me.” Then he comprehended. It waa not hia own little sister, but It was her child; it waa her gentle, loving spirit speaking to him through her. And hia hard heart became tender, aa he folded the' child to hia breast and bowed his bead upon the soft, fair curia and wept. • e e e e e e Susie wearily wending her way home ward. pondering how best to expend the Along shout Thanksglvlu' time, when all small change which she dared spare for a Thanksgiving dinner, was overtaken j the leaves are down. And all the fruit’s been picked and all the by Karl Schilling, her own true love. hills are turiilu' brown. “ Oh, Susie!” he cried, breathlessly, There's somethin’ In the air that aeetna to stir your blood a hit. . "what do you think has happened? Look! That makes you glad you’re In the world here ia an invitation to Bleak Hall, from and that you're part o f It; my employer, requesting the presence ¡T he song the wind goes singly' In the ever j of my mother and myself at his Thanks green's auhllme; ! There's ginger In a man along about giving dinner to-morrow. What is the Thankaglvln’ time. world coming to?” “ I’m sqre I don’t know,” smiled finale. There's somethin' wonderful shout the Ice so thin amt white Across the narrow little rut that dried up in the night; 1 It's erlss crossed In a hundred ways with streaks snd veins and lines. And sparkles out like diamonds when the sun spunks up and shines. And when you break It with jo u r heel jon couldn’ t hardly tell Its rattle from the Jingle of a little stiver bell. "No, no; get In, right away— do get In,” commanded the excited child, and aa one in a dream Susie Green allowed herself to be assisted Into the carriage. “ I went to see Uncle Ralph, and I kissed him, and he kissed me, and called me 'hia llttla Edie,’ and— and 1 told him all about our hard times, and about that pain in your aide, and about Karl and bis Invalid mother, how you loved each other, and— all. Uncle Ralph said we were to live in his home after thia, and he would take care of us.” “ It la a fairy dream, Edie.” "No It leu’ t either; it’e true; and there li Uncle Italpb on the steps awaiting us.” It waa no dream. Susie realized it forcibly when the grave, atern man came quickly forward and took her gently in his arms and kissed her tenderly, and in a husky voice bade her “ welcome home.” Such a dinner aa waa ordered! fiuch light, and warmth, and beauty, aa filled the tnanaion throughout! Edie was in ecstasies and danced hither and thither like a stray sunbeam. Her lovely new dress and dainty slippers burdened her none; ahe enjoyed them among the oth er good things that had befallen them. Rut Susie protested feebly. “ Indeed, Uncle Ralph, you are more than kind, more than generous; how can I ever repay you?” “ By forgiving my former cruelty and loving me a little, and wearing the pretty things your maid haa selected. It will please me to have you wear them.” And when Suaie entered the parlor in her lovely trailing blue satin, Edie sprang from her uncle's arms with a lit tle cry of rapture. "Oh! how beautiful you are, finale!” The sound of carriage wheels here di- A HANDFUL Cf TURKEY THOUGHTS. great advantage, as these big concerns would lie enabled to send out their cat alogues and other literature to every patron along every rural free delivery route without knowing the names of the parties, as tiie literature could be | Along about Thankaglvln' time It seem* somehow, as though addressed to Hox 24, or any number, The sky was nearer to us than It waa a and reach its destination. while ago; Start Free Library. Raker City — Raker City now has a free public Horary, the council having ratified the Appointment of the library commission as named by Mayor C. A. Johns. A special library tax will lie voted on tiie the next June election, and in the meantime Andrew Carnegie will l»e asked to renew the offer ftf $1,000 made atmut a year ago for the establishment of a library in thia city. The present library was instituted by a private library association and con ducted for tiie benefit of the public at a small membership fee. Nucleus of Permanent Exhibit. Ontario— The Malhetir county exhib it returned from the fair at Portland is lieing installed in the office of Don Carlos Boyd. It is to be made the nu cleus of a permanent exhibit of the products of the county. And when It's clear how clear It la— the crisp, fresh air, 1 mean— You'd almost think It blew through sieves somewhere to make It clean. ! Oh, when It's whiskin' strong and free, lt’ a • nothin' but a crime To uot get out and stir, along about Thankaglvln' time. It's almost like a miracle to see the first snow flj. To watch the million little chunks come dartin' from the sky. To bear them bounce against the panes, to watch the wild things, tamed. Go tumblin' down to melt as though they kind of felt ashamed, And when dsrkn* ns comes and lets the wind go murmuring. It's like the sweet old lullabies our mothers used to slug. Along about Thankaglvln' time thrre's somethin' In the air That seems to make you brisk and atrong, that kind o f crimps your hair; You feel all ready for the storina you know you’ll have to meet. You're not afraid o f anything that's walkin' 'round on feet. And lookin' at It any way, the old earth'a quite auhllme. Although It's bare and brown along about Thankaglvln’ time. —8. E. Klaer, In Chicago Record-HeraId. PO RTLAND M ARKETS. Wheat— Club, 78c per bushel; blue- stem, 75c; valley, 7 4® 7 5c; red, (19c. Oats— No. 1 white feed, $2*5; gray, $26 per ton. Barley— Feed, $21.50(422 per ton; brewing, $ 2 2 0 2 2 .5 0 ; rolled, $22.50® 23.50. Rye— $1.50(41.60 per cental. Hay— Kastern Oregon tim othy, $15® 16 per ton ; valley tim othy, $11@ 12; clover, $ 8 ® 9 ; grain, $8®9. Fruits— Apples, $1® 1.50 per box; hucklelrerries, 7c per pound; pears, $1 2 5 ® 1 .5 0 p e r b o x ; grapes, $1.50® 1.75 per l>ox; Concord, 15c per basket; quinces, $1 per l»ox. Vegetables— Beans, wax, 10® 12c per pou n d ; cabbage, l ® l b 4 c per pound; cauliflower, $1.75@2.25 per dozen; cel ery, 75c per dozen; cucumbers, 60@60c per dozen; pumpkins, ? g @ lc per pound; tomatoes, $1 per crate; sprouts, 7 )* c per pound; squash, * 4 ® l c per pound; turnips, 90c® $l per sack; car rots, 65® 75c per sack; beets, 85c@ $l per sack. Onions — Oregon yellow Danvers, $1.25 per sack. Potatoes — Fancy graded Burbanks, 75® 80c per sack; ordinary, 5 5 ® 60c; Merced sweets, sacks, $1 90; crates, $2.15. Butter — Fancy creamery, 2 5 ® 2 7 'ac per pound. Flggs— Oregon ranch, 3 2 la ® 35c per dozen. Poultry— Average old bens, ll@ 1 2 c per pound; young roosters, 9 ® 10c; springs, 11 ® 12c; dressed chickens, 12® 14c; turkeys, live, 17 V*® 18c; geese, live, 8 ® 1 0 c; ducks, 14®15c. Hops— Oregon, 1905, choice, 9 @ l l c ; olds, 7 ' 12® 10c. W ool— Kastern Oregon average best, 1 9® 2 1c; lower grades down to 15c, a c cording to shrinkage; valley, 25®27c per pound; mohair, choice, 30c. Beef — Dressed hulls, l ® 2 c per p o u n j; cows, 3 ® 4 c; country steers, 4 ® 4 lt c . Veal— Dressed, 3@7>^c per pound. Mutton— Dres-ed, fancy, 7 ® 7 '„ c per pound; ordinary, 4 ® 5 c : lambs, 7>*®8c. Pork— Dreseed, 6 ® 7 )^ c per pound. Z /: * i Fw EDIE’S MISSION . "Susie, to-morrow's Thanksgiving.” Lower over her sewing drooped the golden head, and a tear trembled on her eyelash as she answered: “ Yea, darling.” “ Aren't we going to have Thanksgiv ing?” continued the child, "a little bit of a Thanksgiving, Susie? IIow mean Uncle Ralph ia to let you work so when------ " "Hush. Edie! you must not talk thus. Uncle Ralph is very kind in letting us have this cottage rent free, otherwise my needle would not support us.” Rut little Edie could not help thinking of the great grim house upon the hill, and the great grim man who utterly ig nored his poor relation. She thought ■o long and so intently about it that at Inst a daring resolution entered her curly head. “ I'll go and see him and tell him all about it, so 1 will! I'm not afraid of him If he is big and grim and cross.” And without pausing to consider the doubtful undertaking, away she went in the direction of the stately mansion dark and gloomy which was the home of the misanthropic unde, who from being one of the pleasantest of young fellows, in bygone days, hail changed thus sadly. Rumor said for two reasons— because his betrothed, beautiful Nellie Clyde, had deserted him for her German music teacher, and because his petted, idolized young sister had fallen in love with a poor clerk and married him. "I will never forgive you, never," he had said to her, sternly, "not because your husband is poor, but because he is shiftless.” And she had gone, proudly, with brave trust In her young husband— alas, but to find h^r brother's words prophetic. The knowledge broke her heart, nnd she died, and was soon followed by her drunken husband, leaving their two daughters in bitter poverty. Edie rnng the hell of the great bouse with such violence that it brought the footmnn in grent haste to the door. "1 have come to see my Uncle Ralph,” she said, breathlessly. “ I suppose he's In his study? Oh, you needn’ t show me the way; 1 ¡know it," and she coolly ran by Kim up the polished stairw*»— for i The gobbler grow* rotund. And so we shout “ Hooray!” And hurl our hat On high thereat And romp and frisk and play. And sigh, by sudden rapture stunned: “ Alack, a well a day! ' While thus we fllp- Flap o'er the sand And gaily skip Joy’ s saraband. We watch him spread his tall As on he proudly struts. And see him puffed And crisp and stuffed With bread and sage and nuts. Till we would oi. the fork Impale Ills choicest Juicy cut*— While Fancy's hreese Fills us a sigh With argosies Of golden pie. Oh. bird of rare renown That makes the eagle look To all Intents Like seven cents. You're greater when the cook. Who knows Just how to do you brown. And knows It like a book. Makes yon In glee A roasted dream— A sympho-nee Or bliss supreme! Full soon o'er you. blithe fowl. The knife and fork will clash; And first we'll hold You hot, then cold. And later In that hash Which whisks the whiskers off the scowl Of sorrow like a flash; While hand In hand We sigh and swoon In fairy land Beneath the moon. —R. K. Munklttrlck. In Sunday Magazine. "Uncle Ralph is no doubt beginning to appreciate yon, Karl.” “ Rut he was that cross this morning, he resembled an Icicle more than any thing else. There must be some mis take.” "N o,” said Susie, gravely: "it is a very kind invitation, and you must accept It.” "Oh. certainly; but how very surpris ing. What will mother say? Our paths divide here. Susie, so. for the present I will say good-night.” llis mother surprised! If she was. she betrayed It only by sudden pale ness, then a slight color, and placing her bowed head in her hands she sobbed softly. Susie, hastening homeward, beheld a pair of superb horses and an elegant car riage at their humble door, and Edie, with bright, eager face, came bounding to meet her. "Oh, Susie! I’ ve been to see Uncle Ralph, and oh! he loves me, he does truly, and you, too. and— and you’rs t j come with me in the carriage, you know, to his house; he said so, and— he sent me sfter you.” “ Are you mad, Edie?" sxclsimed the Incredulous elder sister. verted her attention. “ It is Karl” she cried, running to the window. Y’ es, it was Karl, and the surprise he felt upon meeting his betrothed, robed like a princess, in her uncle's parlor, increased when he presented his pale, lovely mother to his employer. "M y mother. Mr. Morley." he began, then paused. for a glance at his employ er's white, agitated face; and his moth er's downcast and softly-flushed, told him they had met before. “ Nellie! Nellie Clyde!” "Yes,” she answered, softly. “ Nelli* Clyde Schilling, a widow, old and poor, to whom you sent an invitation to a Thanksgiving dinner.” “ Nellie!" he repeated, eagerly, "yott would not have come to mock me in my solitude and loneliness, unless— unless the past was to be forgotten! Shall it not he as it was, twenty years ago?” "1— I did not suppose you would feel thus, at this late day,” she said, in con fusion. “ I only thought w* might be friends once more.” “ And so we will,” he cried, “ the very best friends the world has ever known. Oh, what a Thanksgiving you brought me, Uttle Edie!” — The Uearthaton*b