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Where is Dr. "Dandy."
E Weddle i» again able to be out
Everybody in ibis neek-of the woods
Mrs. A. L. Shrevc continues to im
knew Dr. Peter Gannon, hut l«*tter bv
prove.
For years
J. T. Kearns and wife vi'itetl Port the name of Dr. “Dandy.”
ho
has
traveled
this
section
doctoring
land last week.
The Photo Gallery i* closed, but will horses and cattle and was considered
a success in that line, but he became a
be open the first ten days of May.
slave to drink and for some time past
FOR SALE— Barred Ply mouth Bock ,
had little to do.
eggs. Jos. H ammox . Stavton, Ore.
In his travels he always carried a
B. F. Fresh, of Shaw, was an appre satchel ami an overcoat, and these he
ciated caller at *his office Thursday.
never left for any time.
A few weeks
J. N Jones, of Cottage Grove, is vis ago, he was in Slayton and left his
iting at R. L. Wimer’sand Jack Jones. grip and coat at the Grand Central
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the Hotel, where they now are. Since
famous little pills. Sold by Stavton that time nothing has been heard of
him, and inquiry throughout his for
Pharmacy.
Mrs. W. R. Hampden, a »¡»ter of mer haunts fail to produce any know
Mrs. A. L. Shrove, is a guest at the ledge of his whereabouts. At the time
he was here, the river was very high,
Shrove home.
and it is thought perhaps lie may have
Bailey, the woolen mill man, has
either accidentally or purposely found
purchased lots from O. Leutieh and
an end in the water. However that
expects to build.
may be, his disappearance is a mystery
Isaac C. Bates and wife are now liv which several people have endeavored
ing in Scio. Mr. Bates was visiting to clear up.
Stavton friends last week.
W. F. Klecker has sold more cloth
Mrs. E. and Mrs. Win. Bertram, of ing in the past year than was ever
Mill City, are visiting their grand sold before in Stavton in twice that
parents, J . W. Jackson and wife.
time. The reason is simple— he buys
WANTED—Girl for general house the latest styles from tailors with a
work. A permanent place if suitable. reputation for making the best fits
with the best goods. The best dressed
M rs . G. L. B rown , Stavton.
young men in Slayton and surround
White Wyandotte eggs, #1.00 per ing country are wearing clothes bou’t
setting. Leave order* at Thomas gro Irom Klecker. He has one prior— lie
cery.
G eo . C h rism a s .
wont sell you a suit for #20 to-day and
R. L. Wimer will have a sale of your neighbor the same kind of a suit
household goods at his home in Stay- for #10 the uext day.
Many |»eople
ton, Saturday, life 18th, at one o'clock who used to go to Salem or Albany for
There will be a big dance at the op clothing are now buying suits from
era house April 24th. Lau’s Orches Klecker, and are well pleased.
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Horseshoe Camp
N s. 6 O O W .O .W .
c o n ic .
K. B. W a t t s *» , C l e r k .
C h o p p e r . »■ •*-
O. V. Sly er*. C . C .
l)r. Kitchen wm in Portland this
week.
Mrs. Lura Thomas is considerable
better.
See the play at the opera house to
morrow night.
Don’t forget tlie Wimer sale to
morrow. 1 p. m.
R. Custer has sold his property near
the bridge to Chas. Stowell.
Stephen Weber and wife, of Sublim
ity, were trading in town Tuesday.
The baby at the J . H. Davidson
home has been quite sick this week.
Anyone wishing to connect with the
city water works, call on Jac. Spaniol
U. Whitney is building an addition
onto the house he recently purchased
from L. Tate.
If you want to laugh, hear the Em
pire Stock Co. to-morrow night in the
play “Ruined by Drink.”
Miss Hazel Robertson came yester
day from Saiem, where she is attend
ing school, for a visit with relatives
and friends.
Oak fence posts for sale. Mostly
sawed from seasoned timber. Inquire
of Fred Rock Merchantile Co. or W. E
Thomas A Son.
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The W. F. Klecker Store is the ^
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Creator of the “One
—
Price Way.
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There are many things about this young store t h a t ^ "
will vitally interest you.
Some people told us w e ^
couldn’t make a success of this store by having a
^ “ guaranteed one price” on good clothing.
They a r-ff^
^ gued that the sliding scale price plan had been in oper-^r
ation in this city for so long a time that the people,,^
^ could not get accustomed to any other method. But ^
these people underrated the intelligence of the public.
T h at the public appreciates the advantage of buying
^ “ the one price w a y ” when that price is the lowest in
town, is shown by the manner in which the store is
growing.
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W e also carry a full line of ladies dress goods, shoes,
^ notions, and will gladly make your acquaintance i n , ^
^ the one price plan.
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Your friend,
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Politics has been the rage the past
week, most of the county papers con
taining little else. The agony is over, tra will furnish music. Everybody is
LOST-Between Blakely’s and Roy’s, |
however, until June.
expected to be there.
, a Crescent shaped breast-pin, contain
J. P. Funk returned last week from
Fire caught on the roof of the build ing 17 little Pearls. Reward. Leave
a trip into California.
He visited ing occupied by Dr. Jackson, Monday. at this office.
Stockton and other places north of Hand fire extinguishers were used,
Odd Uss For Bread.
San Francisco. He reports conditions and made short work of the flames.
r*Thaps the most novel use to which
quiet there at present.
Democrats when they vote at the bread is put may be seen In one of our
“Ruined by Drink,” the play to be primaries should not forget to write great watch factories, where more than
presented at the opera house to-mor in the names of Geo. E. Chamberlain forty loaves of fresh bread are required
each day. An official of the watch fae
row night, pictures a good man who for U. S. Senator and J . J . Whitney tory is quoted as suylng
had fallen into the clutches of the, liq for representative from the first dis
“There Is uo secret regarding the use
of bread In this factory, and I am will
uor habit, and his struggles to reform trict.
ing to tell nil I can concerning It. From
and success in the end. Seven people
the earliest times In the history of
The
Eugene
Commercial
Club
is
in the play—ail capable performers.
sending out a splendid “booster” in watchmaking it has Iteen the custom of
watchmakers to reduce fresh bread to
V. H. Caldwell, one of Linn county’s “Nobody's Magazine.”
It is chock \ the form of dough. This Is done by
pioneers, and well known to many full of good stuff, that everyone who j
steaming and kneading. They then use
people of Stavton, died at his home gets hold of the magazine will read i this dough for removing oil and chips
near Albany last week Wednesday. He Hartog is aX the bottom of it, but you that naturally adliere in course of
manufacture to pieces as small as a
was born in Mo. in 1831, and came to can't keep him down— nor Eugene.
part of a watch. There are many
Oregon in 1852. He leaves a wife and
Inadvertantly the following was parts of a watch, by the way, that are
13 children, one of whom is A. J. Cald
omitted from the pajier last week. A so small as to l»e barely visible to the
well, of this place.
naked eye. The oil is absorbed by this
number who took part in the progrnm dough and the chips stick to it. and
To-morrow (Saturday) night our are worthy of special mention.
there Is no other known substance
people will have an opportunity of
An appreciative audience greeted which can l>e used ns a wiper without
witnessing a first-class drama, played Mrs. McKinney’s musical class on leaving some of its particles nttnehod
by a first-class company. The title of April 3rd, at the Masonic Hall. This to tiie thing wiped. Tills accounts for
the play is “Ruined by Drink,” and gifted class gave a truly beautiful and the continued use of bread dough In
the watchmaking industry.”—American
besides teaching a moral lesson, is inspiring rendition of a carefully pre Food Journal.
chock full of laughable situations— an pared program, every number of which
A Q uaint Compliment.
Irishman and a Jew keeping the au was a source of delight to the audi-
On Mark Twain’s seventy-second
dience laughing most of the time. Tin- enc°. Mrs. McKinney is an untiring
birthday a Hartford clergyman said of
company is the Empire Stock Co., and worker and a most able instructor in him:
is composed of seven people. It is both vocal and instrumental music.
“No wonder he finds happiness In old
highly spoken of by those who have The recitations were decided “ hits” age. All the aged would be happy if
they were as sympathetic and as kind
heard it.
along the elocution line, and the re ns he. He Is continually going out of
A number of members of the Stay- citers responded to hearty encores. his way t > please others, and the result
ton Commercial Club went to Aums These readings interspersed with beau Is that lie is continually pleasing him
ville Monday night to meet represent tiful strains of music helped to add to self. Listen, for instance, to the qualm
compliment he paid me the last time
atives of the Salem Board of Trade the evening’s pleasure. We are pleased he came to hear me preach. He waited
and Aumsville business men who are to say that Mrs McKinney will con for me at the church door at the serv
interested in the projected new rail tinue her instruction in music. These ice's end and, shaking me by the hand,
road. A very interesting time was concerts are a delight to-music lovers. said gravely:
“ ‘I mean no offense, but I feel oblig- ,
One great writer hath said, “Music
had, but nothing new brought out in
cd to tell you that the preaching this I
the railroad matter.
Everybody hath a charm to soothe the savage, to morning has been of a kind that I can :
seemed anxious that tlie road should mend a heart,” and so on.
spare. I go to church, sir, to pursue
my own train of thought, but today I |
Music is a soul lifter.
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be built.
T© THE PUBLIC
Buggies! Buggies!
O n ly a
Dodge.
Empire Cream Separator
Now Painting W ill Commence.
KERBER BROS.
Notice to the Public.
If you arc thinking of building this sum
mer remember our line of builders hardware is
complete and before buying come and get our
prices.
In paints we handle the famous Sherwin-
Williams brand, Pattons Sun Proof, white lead
and the best oils money can buy.
W e also
have a fine line of Varnishes, Stains, Wood-
fillers, Crackfillers, and Primers.
Do not overlook Eboncoat, an elastic pre
servative and durable coating that stops leaks
and prevents rust and decay in all felt and met
al roofs.
Remember our Furniture line is alw ays
complete and don’t fail to see the Sweet Clover
and Baby Grand ball bearing lawn mowers.
O ur motto: Good Goods, L ow Prices and
a Square deal for All.
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Thomas Grocery
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couldn’t do It. You Interfered with i
me. You forced me to attend to you |
and lost me a full half hour. I beg j
that this may not occur again.’ ”
An. insurance expert was relating In
th e n ew m odel
Chicago some oddities of Insurance.
“And then." said the expert, "there
We represent the three largest
was that case of the general store man
buggy manufacturers
In Ohio. This man's store burned
Ten years ahead of all others iu
down, and, beenuse Ills stock was so
Studebaker, Henny and John heavy, the company disputed bis claim
every feature of Separator con
I remember one Item In Ills stock list—
struction, in style, new capacities
Deere.
17,500 mourning hatbands. When I
and low price. A size for every
came to this Item I thumped It with
When in Htayton call at our Haul- j my pencil and said to the storekeeper
dairy farmer from the smallest to
ware store and get prices before you j severely:
the largest. Beautiful in design,
buy. We can convince you our prices j “ 'Look here, this Is unreasonable.
perfect in construction, everlast
Why should you hare had I7ji00
are right.
ing in daily use.
mourning hatbands in stock? What
possibility was there that death would
create In a single small shop like yours
a demand for 17.500 mourning hat
bands?’
We carry the best paint on the coast which i» the OREGON
“The storekeeper smiled at me In a
condescending way and replied:
SIENNA MINERAL PAINT. See us before you buy or
“ ‘I didn’t keep those hatbands for
you must surely regret it later on.
men who grieved for the death of rela
tives or friends, but for men who went
Into mourning for the grease on their
hats.’ ’’—Boston Globe.
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