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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1909)
CI T Y o r n c i A L i STAYT0N MAIL W. t, KuruM, Muy or. J . J). ••Hun, Jui-onlur K. MoY,Tre»Btirrr. I I knhyhmi ti i , lUrf bf tl . tty PH HI) U. CONLEV. A F O ’ JRThhNTH Y h AN. NOT A N C O U N C ILM EN C hai * r * * r r Jon. H m tak C. II. Baswa* ÜHOAN, O. \V. MimrHY Subscription, $1.23 PER ANNUM STAYTON, MARION COUNTY. OREGON. MARCH 12. 1909. T H E L O C A L F IE L D Subaerlba for the N K W H I'A I'K H C O UN CIL M E E T S F in i TburvHy night each month. MAIL $1.25 a year. Woolen Shuts Down M I hh Orn W i-dilb- (jf H<-|«i, who I* On Saturday hint the Htayton Wool u m I m ||, k her fjitlHT In tlm Telephone o ffln . whh visiting friends horn ovor en Mill C o, leaned operatlotia for Sunday. the present, owing to many Improve ments that are to be added. The J L . Taylor call«*«] to In k« a d v a n L plant haa been turning out aplendld nyo i>l rluli offer« of thin week. Any good* and a Hteadlly Inrreaatiig de subscriber ba* H i » «nine o p p o rtu n ity . mand la being eatabllahed for tlu-lr K.liaott Phonograph* nml KeeoriU product«. of both kind», both 2 nml 1 minute». i'lana are hooii to be completed Com» in nnd hear them. We nlno for the exhibit at the A— Y— P where fit on the attachment* on any much, a loom 1» to he In operation during inn but the |12.M) machine. Stay ton the entire fair. Orders will be taken Pharmacy agent* for the Edison good« for the finished products. The new Indian rob« known aa the “ Sacaja- in thi« district. wea" ia making a decided hit. They I*. Krere» Sr. it not enjoying na good ar«< beauties. health na ia common for him. If you have good wood and y«iu want the M A IL, wo will uxohung« with you in amount* to suit. SAILS FOR AFRICA MARCH 28 BIG TRAIN WRECK Ki-Presidest Roosevrlt W ill Impart on Mtaaiwr Hamburg. Oyster Hay, N. Y., March 8.— Ex- Presldent itoosevelt’s flrst few days as a private citizen since rellnqulkh- tng his place at the head of the na tion were passed In a decidedly quiet munner at his home at Sagamore Hill, lie has announced that no will leave for Africa March 33 on the uteanier Hamburg. Pinal preparations are now being made at tho Smithsonian Institute, at Washington, D, C., for Mr. Roose velt’s scientific expedition to Africa. The work of preparing and packing the collecting apparatus Is now we l l advanced, H*jpcrlutend«d by Major M<urns, who Is to manage the expe dition for the Smithsonian Institute. The C A E It. It. train from Mill City was wrecked at Kiphnrts fcluff Wednesday night about 5.50, No live* were lost, but it was many hour* before traffic was resumed and the mail could come through. A defective rail was the emise of the accident, and a csr of lumber as well as one of slab wood from the Curtis 1,um ber Co., fell aixty feet into the Bariti- am. The railroad company is fortu nate that no more wrecks are had on tho line, for the track is in bad shape. TO RESUME WORK Q u a rt zvilte D is tric t W i l l Hum . A few days ago Mr. Taylor, a prac tical mining man passed through town on his way to tjuartzvllle D istrict ' where he has a five year lease on a group of claims. He has already In stalled the nei-essary machinery to Wn haven fine Haw Mill proposition handle the gold ore and he Is very confident of making a fine clean up for «nle and now i* a good time to in* We wish him tin- very best posslbb success for that district has been ve.t woilc tie* are in demand. idle for a long time Activities In Ho* OH Stay ton lire. that section will stimulate also the operations In the Santiam district. Local» Continued on paw 3. By May first. Quartzvlllc will be hum riling. More btinine»* for Staytoii every day and yet morn *o follow. Do not put piopery value« too high if you want to »ell out. In value» deceive no one but the owner. HEREAFTER All changes for ad vs must be in the office by Wed. noon of each week. / > -A V RO LL OF H O N O R For School District No. 98 dur ing the month of February. Hertb Smith, Mary Apple, Ague* JA CO B M. D IC K IN S O N . Kirscb, Eva Steward. W ilm a Ware, President Taft's Secretary of War. Ella Smith, Hoy Steward, Hen Herrl- ing Lester Baldwin, Paul Kirtch, OLD MAP D EC ID ES QUESTION Eugene Ware, Ira Kiracli, Emizy Thomas, Alfred Herrling, Basil Kirscb Oregon-Washington Case May lie N ki . u k C okkiiian , Teacher Reopened. Olympia, Wash., March 8.— E. C. McDonald, special attorney for the atate of Washington, who has juat returned from the National capital, where he prigented a petition for a rehearing of the Oregon-Washington boundary case. Is of the opinion that the United States supreme court will grant a new trial of the case. Mr. McDonald bases hts opinion upon the contention that In arriving at Its decision fixing the bounlary, the sup eme court, by mistake, con sidered and referred to In its opin ion as Chart A, reproduction of a colored map which was never Intro duced In evidence in the case, nor properly belongs in the flies of the case. This map, it Is said, is mis leading. GETS YOU A DANDY SINGLE HARNESS GETS YOU THAT DANDY TEAM HARNESS Full Line of Harna«s Oils and Dressings la* Throw Away Your Old Hand Shears and shear your sheep so as to get more and "better wool with this Stewart No." 8 Shearing Machine It shears the fleece evenly, gets longer fib«red wool, docs not injure the sheep like hand shears and is much easier to operate. It gets more wool from every sheep. Pays (or itself the first season. Pric«, all com p lete with four comb* and four cutter*, only . . Come in and get one, or let . us show you what a really splendid machine it is. I t / • g u a r a n t — d to m h aar a n y w o o l t h a t g ro w » . Korinek & Mielke Portland Doctor Forgets Identity. San Francisco, March 8.— The young man picked up by the police while wandering aimlessly about the streets last week, and who claimed at that time that he was from Mon tana, but that he could not remem ber from what particular place, has recovered to a slight extent his sens«>s and says he is Dr. J. S. Rich ards of Portland, Or. He Is detained at the Central Emergency Hospital until he com pletely recovers his mind. From disjointed statements obtained dur ing semi-lucid intervals the officers have learned that Richards Is a graduate of an Eastern medical school and that he recently l.cated in Portland to practice his profes sion. LEW ISTON O R O IA R IH STS TO SET OUT 100,000 TREES. Lewiston, Idaho, March 8.— One hundred thousand fruit trees will be set out this spring in the new or chard district adjoining Lewiston. Three gang plows are now at work preparing the ground and the tree planting will begin within a few days and contlue into April. Last year 50,000 apple trees were set out in this district. The planting of these trees will in crease the orchard area c f this dis trict to over 2,000 acres. Collier to Feed Editors. New York, March 10.— Theodore Roosevelt, ex-Presldent of the United States, will be the principal g,i«>st at an Informal breakfast at th,- home of Robert J. Collier, In this city, on Saturday morning next. Thirty others will be present and t’’ ey are men prominently identified with magazine work. Taft P l a n s Another Trip. Washington, March 8.— That the President coptemplntes a general trip through the South and West this autumn was indicated by him today when he said he would try to attend the annual encampment of the G. A R. to bo held in Sait Lake City Augiut 9 to 14. Commercial Club Meet N umber 6 THREE MORE DAYS Those who wish to save the rebate of 3 per cent, have ten m ore days in which to pay their taxes. yo u r statement and you can pay them , here we will rem it for you. STAYTO N S T A T E BANK. The Slayton Commercial Club met In regular si-sslon last Friday evenlnf wtlh a good representation present. The Board of Directors were In structed to levy an assesment of fifty cents per member each month. Several good speeches were made by the members along the lines of advertising which were right to the point. We hope the members wlil con Saturbay, March 20, pt 8 P. M. a tlnue to take interest in their work. free entertainment will be given un We are expecting a large croud out der the auspices of the Ladies Aid So on our next meeting night March 19. ciety of the M. E. Church of Stayton. A fine program is being prepared, fol STRICTLY UP-TO-DATE lowing which the bor.es will be auct Mr. T. E. Wright, our local milk ioned off in a new and novel manner man has taken a marked step for ward in improving his service. The past winter has been disagreeable for his business, but to overturn« any climatic or other unfavorable con ditions, he has put in a complete stock of antiseptic jars. These new jars hold the regulation Dominior pint and quart. The patrons will in the future get the same measure as is given in large cities. TOO MUCH RAIN Owing to the continued rainfall throughout this section the sowing o spring grain is being deferred. Tht ground in fact is too wet for plowing In many localities. The past month has been very wet and thus far in March we have had but one bright warm day. The ground is full of moisture, so full In fact that harrowing or seed ing is out of the question. These grounds are not to be classed with the low lands. Even the buckshot lands will not permit of tilling while steeped with water. The A. Y. P. Seattle, Wash., March 10.— With practically every other detail cotnpl ete, with buildings erected and exhib its being rapidly installed, the A l aska Yukon Pacific Exposition thre months before the opening is left with nothing to worry about except^ the participation of various states of the Unio-. Four state buildings arc ready standing on thhe fair grounds while thirteen states are sure to ex hibit. and some of them have yet to show their displays in the main ex position buildings. The late comer? ar* those who delayed their approp riations until the 1909 sessions of their legislatures. Commissioner Gei eral .J B. Mielke estimated on Mar ch first that there were then pend ing appropriations amounting tc over $300.000 in different states. Most of this is in states that the ex position authorities have not been seriously confident were going to ex hibit, and anything done by these sta tes at the eleventh hour will be dou bly pleasing as it is more or less un expected. The Pacific Coast states were first in the field. Oregon finished her buil ding first, California second and Was Ington third. These three buildings) are now complete and exhibits are j being installed. New York, whose ' handsome building will revert to th*- j University of Washington after the i fair, and will be used as a residence for the president of that institution lias her work well in hand. Among the «‘astern stat«‘s, Massachusetts Pennsylvania. Connecticut New Jersey and others will exhibit pal aces. In the middle west Wiscon | sin and Minnesota have $50.000, appropriations* pending before their 1 jgtalaturea. Missouri, which a year] ago declined to exhibit, has recon-! « idered the matter at the demand of j Governor Hadley, who urges the sta te to spend $40,000 for an exhibit. ./ Send for Ladies and girls of Stayton and vi cinity, you are cordially invited to bring baskets. Gentlemen, old nml young,— Come, we promise you a jolly pleasant evening. “ Tis here you get your money’s worth.” To Our Customers. Spring is at your door and you need Drills, Harrows, Plows, Wagons and Buggies, the Best on the market is in O ur N e w Complete Spring Lines. You need a Studebaker wagon a Studebaker Top Buggy or Road Wagon for summer. Fencing of all Kinds Poultry and Field. Remember us for paint! The Oregon Sienna has no equal. See us for hardware tinware and stoves of all kinds and prices always right. We have the Plymouth Twine. , Yours for business, Kerber Brothers. Stayton - - - - - - - Oregon. THOMAS GROCERY Well Did You Ever! stop to reason w hy Chase & San born’s Coffee aiul Tea are the larg est selling line. The MAIN thing is To get the MAIN brand of coffee At the MAIN grocery On the MAIN Street in town Your Money Back If You Are Not Satisfied W E Thomas Son. ■iíAer-i;