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THE STAYTON MAIL
Hy H. I). ALEXANDER.
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A. N K W S l ’ A I ' K K , NOT A N OKOAN
Subscription, SI. 2S P E K ANNUM
STAYTON, MARION COUNTY, OREGON. JANUARY io .N qo «
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New P. 0 Ruling.
Never in the history of Oregon
whs
The I’«xtmlister General h i» issued t,,u »tnte receiving aiich nn enormous
till* following owh r, whieh tmik effect
of advertising ns at the prea-
January 1st. It applies to all news cut time. The writers who are con­
papers which circulate through the testing for the HO prize* (♦.’>, 000 ) offer­
ed by the Portland Commercial Club,
mail«:
"A reasonable time will Is* allowed have seemingly been busy in every
puhlishcts to secure renewals of sub­ state in the 1'nion. Some of the con­
scriptions, hut unless subset iptiotis testants have written a series of arti­
arc expressly renewed after the term cles covering several editions of the
for which they arc paid, within the same newspaper, thoroughly discuss­
ing the attractions and resources of
following periods:
,
the state, (iovernor Chamberlain will
' Dailies, within three months;
be
requested to name his three judges
"W eeklies, within one year; they
and
they will la-gin their work Feb. 1.
shall not he counted in the legitimate
list of subscribers, and copies mailed
on account thereof shall not he accept-
ed for mailing at the s< com! class
postage rate, but may la- mailed at the
transient second class postage rate of
one cent for each four ounces o. frac­
tion thereof, prepaid hy stamps affix-
ed."
The order means that subscribers to
the MAll. who are in arrears for one
year or mote mu -1 renew their stih
seripliuna in order to enable us to con­
tinue sending tln-ir paper» through
the mails.
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According to this ruling it ap|a-ars
that the |K)st-uHice department is of
the opinion that publishers rnted help
in running their business. We should
much prefer to conduct our affair* in
our own way. However, the publish­
er is given no recourse and must ask
his subscrilM-r» to make prompt pay­
ments
N umber 49
CLEARANCE SALE
Is now on until Feb. 1st. 1908.
Come now and get the cream of a $25,000 stock of
goods before lines and sizes are broken.
SALE PRICES ON
Dress Goods
Application was made today for the (
probate of a will of the late Jason #2.50 52 in. blue, fancy
Wheeler, made April 7, 1900, when he
dress goods, with a red
was of sound mind, and burned Aug.
silk pin check—a beau­
L190J, when lie was of unsound mind,
ty. The advance pat­
the contents being given by the wit
tern for 1908.
Sale
m -s s c , I.. H. Montanyc and T. P.
price, per yd .......... $1.95
Hacklemuu from memory. It leaves
2.00 50 in. blue serge,
all the property to the widow, Mrs
steam shrunk, one of
Diana Wheeler and three daughters,
the
patterns for spring
Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Kitchen and Mis.
08. Always right, al­
Walker, now deceased.
It presents
w
ays gdod. A bargain
an interesting matter of solution.----
at sale price, per yard 1.58
Albany'Dem ocrat.
70c $6 in. all wool green­
ish check dress goods.
Good every month in
the year. Sale price, yd 57c
SALE PRICE ON
Men’s Overcoats
$25.00 men's black over­
coat, always right—has
heavy black satin lining
—a finished garment
sales price ............. $18.65
SALE PRICE O N
CLOTHING
$18.00 men’s suit
14.35
17.50 men’s suit
13.20
16.50 men’s suit
12.85
1.25 44 inch all wool
18.00 men's black over­
coat, with a slight tinge
of gray, a thorough gar­
ment, sale price........ 13.35
12.50 men’s grey over-i
14.50 men’s suit
11.45
The colonist rates, which resulted
coat, a good strong gar-
brown
serge,
a
pattern
in bringing such a vast immigration
men,
good for 3 winter's
12.50 men’s suit ..... 10.00
that is worn very much.
to Oregon during Kept, and O c t , 1907,
wear, sale price.................. 9.95
Good opportunity to
Mill be in effect for March and April
10.00 men’s suit v
8.40
buy a good piece of
of 1908. The rate applies to A id . rail­
Don’t tnink that winter is
8.50 men’s suit
... 7.35
road«, hi all rail points in Oregon, on
goods at a great reduc­
over with—we will have 100
the same basis as l>e/i>ri— ♦ ‘J i from
tion. You have been
7.50 men’s suit ..... 5.65
Kansas City, Minneajiolis and Duluth;
paying $1.50 to #1.75
6.50 men’s suit
4.95 therefore we will give 25 per
♦30 from >St. Louis; $33 from Chicago;
for
same
goods,
now
cent or
off on all men's crav-
The following is the Koll of Honor ♦•’>0 from New York. The fare is If2.1)0
on
sale
at,
per
yard
98c
5.00
men
s
suit
4.15
for the month of Dec. in School Dis­ U-»s on each ticket sold to a point east
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CncttC CQAtS.
trict No. 98: Edmond llerrling, John­ of Umatilla. An effort will be made
off on all women’s, misses and children’s suits, coats and jackets. $25 suit for 16.65;
nie Apple. Paul Kirsch, Mary Apple,
by all tin- commercial bodies 11. m oot $22 Suit fo r 1 4 .6 7 ; 18 .OO Suit fo r 12.00! 18 .OO COat fo r 12.00; I 5 .OO Suit fo r 10.00! 12.00 Suit
Agnes Kirsch, Ib-rtlia Smith, Addie
th.- stale .,f Oregon to make these two for 8.00. So on down the line— 1 j off, a great saving surely.
Steward and Ira Kirsch.
mom In add 20,000 to the population
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Some Good Advice.
To whom it may concern: " I f thorn
is a chance to boom business, boom it.
Don't pull a long face and look aw
tbough you had a sour stomach
Hold up your head, smile and look
for better things. Hide your little
hammer and try to speak well of
others, no matter how really small
yon may know yourself to lie. When
a stranger drupe in jolly him; tell him
this is the greatest town on earth-and
it iw.
Don't discourage him hy ,|M'aklng
ill of your ucigliliors, but lead him to
believe in- ha» at last struck a place
win-re white people live. Don't knock.
Help yourself along by becoming
popular and push your friends with
you— it is dead easy. Me a good fel­
low, and soon you'll have a procession
of foilowora.
-K o man ever helped himself hy
knocking other peojde down in char­
acter or bust ness. No man ever got
rich by trying to make others believe
he was the only man in town, nr the
only man who knows anything.
You
can't climb the ladder of success by
treading nn others corns. Keep off
........ »ms, don’ t kmtek. Your nut the
only one; there arc others, and they
have brains and know something as
well as you.
There's no end of fun minding your
own business. It makes people like
you. Nobody ever gets stuck on n
knocker. Don't he one.”
f am successor of If. J. Marking in
the Hardware line. I am,
Respectfully yours for business,
W. A. W kium . k .
of the state
The Meneley Ijuxrtet, which appears
at lb* opera house Saturday night,
have wide reputation ue entertainers,
and everywhere they have ap|>eared
the |>reas and public speak highly of
them. The quartet is composed of
two ladies and two geiitlemeu, and the
entertainment consists of songs, mus­
ical chimes and im|>ersonatiuns. Their
impersonator is said to be one of the
best on the road. Opera house to­
morrow night.
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G.
D. TROTTER, Stayton.
Hauling.
A n yo n e wishing hauling or team
ing of any kind done, call ou me. I
also have Hr and oak wood for sale.
H. E. W ik t h .
The judges and clerks for Kingston
precinct during 1908 are J. Sanduer,
S. Philippi and J. C. Leffler, judges;
J. F. Follis, O. M. Baker and G. A.
T ake N otice — Having sold the Sandner, clerks. J. C. LetHer and W.
hardware department of my store, anil F. Follis are also on the jury list.
desiring to close up all accounts of
There is consierahlecomplaint about
that department, I ask all who are in­ town regarding the depredations of
debted to me to call and settle as soon chickens. Some who have vegetables
as possible I shall hereafter lie found in. their gardens are obliged to see
in the furniture store, ready to attend them destroyed by the ravenous fowls.
to all wants in my line. Thnuking all Persons keeping live stock in town
for their patronage, and hoping for a should keep it confined.
continuance of the same, I am,
P h ra se s or H andcuffs.
Yours respectfully,
It la customary to remark that mod­
H. J. M arking .
em problems cannot easily be attack­
No convention ever held in Oregon ed because they are so complex. In
has received the liberal national not­ many cases, I believe. It Is really be­
ice accorded the recent meeting of the cause they are so simple. Nobody
would believe in such simplicity of
Oregon State Dairy Association Pages acoundrelism even If it were pointed
have been devoted to it in the agricul- out People would say that the truth
tnrnl and dairy journals of the country, was a charge of mere melodramatic
,,t n season when the Eastern dairy- villainy, forgetting that nearly all
villains really are melodramatic Thus,
,,,„y j« most strongly impressed with
for Instance, we say that some good
the climatic advantages of the state.
measures are frustrated or some bad
officials kept in power by the press
M E. Church Services.
and confusion of public business,
Sunday, Jan. 12, Sunday School 10 whereas very often the reason is sim­
a. m.
Kpworth League 6:30 p. m. ply healthy human bribery. We waste
our fine Intellects In finding exquisite
Sermon 7:30 p m. Theme: “ Sin: It's
phraseology to fit a man' when In a
Nature, Fruits, Remedy."
All are well ordered society we ought to be
most cordially invited to these serv­ finding handcuffs to fit him.—G. K.
Chesterton in Illustrated London News.
ices.
Tho entertainment given by the R o b -.
loy Male Quartette at the opera house
♦♦♦••♦as♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
was a raro treat for Stayton people. J
Probably as good an entertainment of
the kind was never heard in tho opera
uring the three years of its existence, this
house. The quartette all have good
bank has acquired the patronage of a very
voices which blend in splendid har­
large number of the best citizens of this
mony. The reader was excellent, and
town and vicinity— it seems fitting that we should
some of Ilia recitations convulsed the
here express our appreciation of the generous pat­
audience. Tonight, Col. John Sobies- ■
ki, the Polish prince, will lecture, and *1
ronage of the people.
tomorrow night will be the Meneley
Quartette. Col. Hobieski is the right­
S T A Y T O N S T A T E BANK,
ful heir to the throne of Poland, but
when Russia gained control of that
Stayton, Oregon.
country was exiled. He is one of the j
most noted lecturers in the U. S., and
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all who can should hear him.
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New 6rop
We now have the most com=
plete line of Groceries we
have ever shown. Our stock
of this years crop in Canned
goods has just arrived and
consists of Preferred Stock,
Extra Selected, A. & L. extra
standard, also the standard
in Red Cross, California state
and other brands.
Coffee
T o introduce our Mokona 25c package Coffee we
will give one-half pound free with every pound pack­
age.
Other roasted Coffee from 20 to 40c a pound in
bulk and in 1 to 5 lb. tins.
Goods delivered to any part of the 'city.
Gehlen Bros.
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Offers a limited number of Bonds for
Sale drawing Five and Six Per Cent.
Security, AI.
Semi-annual Interest.
A BOND IS A FIRST MORTOAOE.
Call on or write
Rooms 16 and 17 oxer Bush’s Bank.
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