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u THE STAYTON I6th Year, No. 38. S T A Y T O N , M AR IO N C O U N T Y . O REGON . O C T O B E R 27, 1910. Serial No. 769 DR. C. H. BREWER EVANS FIRED BECAUSE HE WANTED BESSIE MURPHY TAKES THE LEAVES FOR SALEM. TO BUILD RAILROAD A S H E AG..IED. LEAD IN RACE FOR FINE PIANO Anna Tate of Sublimity in Second Place.— General Interest in the Contest and Friends of Candidates are Coming to their Support. Not yet too late for Dark Horse to win. B i - shu * Murphy, Slayton ................................ ......... Anna Tate, Sublimity......................................................... Rhw» Bevier, Galen .............................................. .......... Edith Von Behren, Aumaville .................... Jessie Goodman, Stayton Ina Ashby, Union Hill Jonnie King. Shaw Nora Murphy. Stayton Ivy loftier, Stayton . Lillie Blakely, Stayton The Stayton Mail's $1,000 Piano Contest opened with a rush. It seemed that the pa|>er had hardly had time to roach its readers in all parts o f its field before the ballots began to ar rive. They came from Linn county, from the Santiam coun try, from Sublimity, Aumsville. and in fact from neaJly all direc tions. Up to the present time the contest seems to be between Stayton and Sublimity. Early in the balloting Miss Bessie Mur phy o f this city took the lead and is now at the head o f the list with nearly ¡i.000 votes to spare. Miss Anna Tate o f Sublimity is in second place with more than 6000 votes and the report comes from Sublimity that Miss Tata's friends and neighbors will do all in their power to capture the beautiful Valley Gem piano for her. Gates and the Santiam country seem to be supporting Miss Rhea Bevier, who is third in the race. So far. The Mail's Linn county readers have done but little toward centering on a candidate. Aumsville seems in clined to support Miss Von Beh- ren, although it is understood the young lady has done but lit tle personal work as yet. From week to week there will L>e announcements o f special prizes for the best work during short periods o f time. The en tire contest will be marked by a liberal policy o f gift-giving on the part o f The Mail and local business men. Everybody will be rewarded, nobody will work without being fully paid. And here let us say a word about the first prize. Although Miss Murphy and Miss Tate have made a good start they are not by any means out o f reach. It is not impossible for some young lady not yet mentioned to climb to first place before the next pa per appears, simply by getting out among her friends and ask ing their support. At the head o f this article is printed an unofficial estimate of the standing o f contestants. It is approximately correct hut in the confusion o f starting so many contestants there is always a possibility o f error, so that it is best to be ftn the safe side with a few hundred votes to spare. Any laoy who would like to own the beautiful Valley Gem piano, now on display at Beau champ’s drug store, and who has t*een unable to get an earlier «tart, should lose no more time. Eleven new subscribers will en title anyone to 7,700 votes, 2,600 more than Miss Tate has and °nly 000 less than Miss Murohy’ s total. It is still a free-for-all race and the most industrious and most ambitious lady will win. Phone, write or call for full particulars and supplies. Subscribers na.ving at the office may have their vote* credited to any candidate they wish. Dr. I'intler spent Sunday In Portland. Jo« Brewer wan a Salem visitor to day. Sam Pulton waa over from Aumaville Wadneaday. Sherm Swank wsa over from Aums ville Wednesday. UNOFFICIAL ESTIMATE. Mia« Mis* Mi»» Mis« Mi«» Miss Miss Miss Miss Mias LO C A L BREVITIES. 8,000' W . L. Frerea was a Salem viaitor 5,100' Saturday evening. 2,000' Henry Smith has returned from a 1800 buaineas trip to Salem. 800' M. Meiser family from near Scio 100 ' were 100 100 100 here Wednesday doing aome trad ing. Tom Malanophy haa returned to his old home at Olex, Or., after a few days visit here. Dr. C. H. Brewer haa completed the task o f moving hia personal effects and library to Salem, where he is now lo cated in the practice o f medicine. Dr. Brewer ia a graduate o f the Willamette University Medical College and o f the New York Post-Graduate Medical Col lege. He has been located in Stayton in the practice o f hia profession for about twelve years and in that time has built up a splendid practice. He has specialized in surgery and has been very successful in handling a large number o f delicate and difficult cases. He has a host o f friends here who will wish him all possible success in his new location. The Dr. has offices in the U. S. National Bank building at Salem. TWO DEATHS IN STAYTON. Two deaths have occured In Stayton Rev. Jameson will preach at the within the past week, that o f Mrs. The following schedule will govern ! Baptist church next Sunday morning Elizabeth R. Covert on Tuesday morn the ¡»suance o f votes: ing and Joseph Cox on Wednesday and evening. morning. Mrs. Covert died from cancer NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS. Dennis Caldwell made a business trip o f the bowels. Her age was about 82. One yesr ($1.60)----- 700 vote? to Albany Tuesday returning the follow Mrs. Clough o f this city is a daughter Two years ($3.00)............... 1600 vote» ing morning. o f the deceased. Interment was at Mill Three •* ($4.60) 2800 vote» It is reported that new charges of City. I OUr •' ($ 6 .0 0 ).... 3500 vote» poisoning cattle have been filed against Joe. Cox had been in poor health for Five ** ($7.50). ......... .6000 vote» about a year and his demise was not ( During the contest no subscriptions l A Hornbuckle. accepted for less than one vear.) Mr». W. E. Thomas returned Monday unexpected. He was about 76 y ea n of OLD SUBSCRIPTIONS. from Portland, accompanied by her age and had lived in this part o f the All money turned in on old sub daughter Jlri. Smallman and two child valley for many years, being well and favorably known to all the old residents. scription» will count ns well as cash ren. He ¡eaves several children, among turned in on new subscriptions. Here Mrs. Frank VanEhrman broke a bone them M n . T. H. Thomas o f Jordan is s schedule that will show how many in one o f her forearma the first o f the Valley. votes will be allowed for paid in ad week, Dr. Thompson being called to vance subscription* o f subscribers now attend her. on our list: Orlin Jackman and wife are here One year ($1.50) ............. . .200 votes from Portland for a visit with A. L. Two years ($3.u0) .. 500 votes Shreve and family. Mrs. Jackman is a Three '* ($4.50) H00 votes T he M ail haa received a series o f sister o f Mr. Fhreve. Four " ($6.00)____ 1100 votes postcard views o f Idaho Falls and an Five " ($7.50).......... 1500 votes Miss Hazel Ullom will give a party interesting letter from Clif Harold, who on Monday evening in honor of Miss ia new in the employ o f the Averili CLOSES 3 P. M. DECEMBER 24 The contest is on today and will con Erma Townsend o f Salem, >vho is the Machinery company and stationed at tinue until 3 o'clock in the afternoon o f guest o f Miss Ullom. , Idaho Fal'a. He writes: "L ots o f sage December 24th. Promptly at 3 p. m. John A. Carson, Republican nominee brush land here and we don’t get much the big ballot box will be closed and no for the state senate, came over from rain but lots o f dust. Weather has more votes will be accepted. Salem Monday with Assessor Fred J. been very nice here this fall but is g et 100 Capt. F. Evans o f the Santiam Valley Development company, who promoted the Astoria, Sea side and Tillamook Railway, is cleared o f all blame or responsi bility for the financial troubles o f the National Public Utilities Corporation, by the publication in the Philadelphia North Ameri can o f the official minutes o f the corporation. The Utilities Cor poration is the concern which agreed to finance the building of the Astoria road but which romptly fired Capt. Evans when e wanted money to construct the road as he had agreed with the Astoria and Portland people to do. The corporation did not want to build a railroad, it simply wanted glowing reports upon which to base its stock selling operations. Evans would send in no crooked reports and was re placed by a man who would play the game. The following is from the Philadelphia North American: “ Capt F. L. Evans, the man who brought the Oregon paper railroad east, had been sent back as chief engineer to send east ward such regular reports as might encourage the stock selling. But Capt. Evans had nursed the notion that some o f the money collected in the east ought to be sent west for actual const ' tion work. That apparently was something that had never enter ed the minds o f - the promoters. It appears that they hau Iy; red on forwarding Capt. Eva o his salary, and when he 3howcl a desire to earn that salary by doing something else than writing glowing reports there was a hur ried call for a special meeting o f Tener’s executive committee . . C apt Evans had sent on a requi sition for $21,000 to spend as a starter on the construction o f the $2,000,000 railroad. That req uisition was thoroughly discussed and it was put down on the min utes that ‘Capt. Evans was using very poor judgment in the man agement o f the affairs o f the company, in the expenditure o f money and in running up indebt edness for the company without authority.’ The secretary was instructed to wire Capt. Evans at Astoria to cancel all contracts and cease all construction for the present and to dispense with the entire force, including Mr. Rogers and the stenographer. . . . With Evans fired the problem was to get a man that could be trusted in the west to send on the ‘right kind’ o f re ports and not spend money for construction.” tils acceptance of the offer of the hotel men who backed the America enter- prise, Wellman, as well as the o-.aer Aeronaut Ready to Try Flight of At men who made the trip, declared t ”ey lantic Once More. were ready to try the hazardous i oy* Atlantic City— Walter Wellman and age again in f specially constru- d the five men who attempted to cross dirigible. the Atlantic In a dirigible balloon were given an enthusiastic welcome D R . C R IP P E N F O U N D G U lLY ( on their arrival here. While he made no definite announcement concerning London— Afier a trial lasting only five days and a deliberation by tae Jury of only 24 minutes, Dr. Hawley H. Crippea was found guilty of -.ae murder of his wife, well known as an actress under the name of Belle D1- more, and Crippen was sentenced to be hanged. The execution will t?:fce place In all probability on eid er No ting cold now. Stayton raises the best Rice in the latter's automobile. vember H or November 15. Tae draft horses as 1 have not seen any speed with which the case was con Mrs. Cyrus Clar. has returned from place yet that beats Stayton for that. sidered was characteris.ic of British Fox Valley, where she spent the summer Good big horses are high everywhere procedure. and will leave in a few days for Whit i WELLMAN 18 UNDAUNTED. STILL LIKES OREGON. FULL LIST OF PRIZES A _ _ The Rewards Offered by the Stay- ton Mail for a Little Work Among Friends of Contestants. at any time o f year. I miss those big comb, Wash, where she will spend the fine apples at Stayton and often wish I winter with her daughter, Mrs. Kate had one. Receive the Stayton M ail McKinney. every week and it is like a letter from W. Turley a"d »on and A. M. White, home. Would like to be down there now all from Iowa, were here Thursday to and kill my share o f China phesants but look over the country. J. T. Kearns tell my friends they can do that for me took the visitors out through the Wal this fall. I will shoot prairie chickens do Hills country which they declared here to make up for the Chinas. Best the finest farming land they had ever wishes to all.” seen. Abolith Insurance Graft. Olympia, Wash.— John H. Schively, state insurance commissioner, In a letter to Governor Hay, which the Governor has indorsed and forwarded to Chairman J. D. Bassett, of the State Insurance Code Commission, recom mends that Washington abolish the "state graft” of charging insurance 6ompanies for the examination of their book». / First Prize—Valley Gem, Cabinet Grand Piano, valued at $400. Now on display at Beauchamp's Drug Store, Stayton. Second Prize—Order on the Salem Music Company for $150, which will be accepted on or before February 16 at its full face value as the first payment on any piano, organ, player piano or other instrument manufactured by the Bnldwin llano company. Third Prize Order for $125, same as above. Fourth Prize -$100 same as above. All below the Fourth—Order for $50 same as above. All prize winners will have the option o f a 10 per cent cash commission on every dollar turned in to the contest manager, in lieu o f the orders on the Salem Music company. In addition to the above prizes, it is planned to offer other prizes for the young lady receiving the largest number o f votcsjwithin stated periods during the contest. EXTRA! On all money turned in on new subscriptions from Oct. 27 to 5 p. m., Nov. 2nd, The Mail will pay a cash commis sion of 5 per cent in addition to alLother prizes offered. TO BUILD NEW OFFICE. C. E. Schaefer, living near Stayton B U SIN E SS LO C A L S. on the Linn epunty side o f the river, brought to the M ail office on Saturday a cluster o f blackberry vines well load J A C O B S P A N I O I -Tinning and ; ed with berries and some fine samples of plumbing o f all kinda. 33tf walnuts. He states that he has never FOR RENT—Furuished house, five j seen berries so thick on the vines at tf this time o f year, although he has lived rooms. Inquire o f Miss GowiN. in this part o f the country for thirty F. H. Thompson, M. D., physician years. The berries and nuts were grown and surgeon, Stayton, Oregon. 43 on the Schafer farm. Roscoe W. Ballantyne, teacher o f ; T. H. Thomas and wife and young piano and organ, Stayton, Ore. 27tf | son drove over Sunday from the Jordan FOR SALE— 15 head high grade Jer Valley Mr. Thomas recently trapped a hear that weighed about 80 pounds and sey cows and heifers. Five miles east J. W. A pple . 36t4p also killed two fine deer. Mr. Thomas o f Stayton. states that Holland, Briggs & Avery FOR SA L E —Complete wood saw out have a crew o f men at work cutting a fit, including six horse engine, eight trail up Thomas creek for fire protection. horse boiler, etc. Address P. O. Box Working on this crew are Byron Wolf, 134, Stayton. 36tf Henry Hickey, Warren. Burton and Pay your electric light bill within five Frank Gallagher, known up in the Jor days after the end o f the month and | dan country as "the man who killed get a discount o f five per cen t Stay- j the bear.” ton Electric Light Co. 35tf j FOR SALE—Good oak posts 15cents; also three young sows with pig. E. E. L ee , Principal Clarence Phillips o f the 37t i p Opposite Ves. Downing's. Stayton Public Schools, has supplied Wanted—We have a customer fori the MAIL with the report o f the schools far the month ending Oct. 7th, from some cheap land near Stayton, 80 to j B etchel & B ynon , which the following facts are gleaned: 160 acres Salem, Oregon. Number o f pupils Oct. 7th, boys 83, SCHOOL REPORT. girls 82. Numdcr o f days taught during the month, 101. Whole number days attendance, 15761. Whole number days absence 531. Whole nnmber times late 10. Number pupils neither absent nor late 130. Averrge daily attendance, 157.66. Per cent o f attendance, 96.6. Thoroughbred pigs, about 100 lbs., j Berkshire, Price $20. Must be sold at once. Write or phone to tf F. H err ling . FOR EXCHANGE—For typewriter, set o f 20 volumes Masterpieces o f the World’ s Literature, published by the American Literary Society. See W. A. Weddle, Stayton, Or. t2 Dr. H. A. Beauchamp has leased from Geo. K»ech the corner on Ida Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh T he R ebeccas will serve dinner from street just west o f the M ail office and Is guaranteed to cure any cut, bruiae 12to 4 on Thanksgiving day, November will commence the construction of an office building at once. The new build or sprain on man or beast. If it does not 24, in their new lodge room in the new ing will be a wooden structure but will do so, money will be refunded. For I. O. O. F. hall. Everybody invited.1 sale by M rs . W. A. W right , 33tf 38t3 By order o f Noble Grand. be substantially constructed. WALTER WELLMAN. Expert Testimony What^ Local Musicians T hink of the Valley Gem Piano to Be Given A w ay by T he Stayton Mail on Saturday, December 24, 1910. R. W. BALLANTYNE, Instructor in Music: "B ack o f the Valley Gem is the warranty o f one o f the oldest and strongest piano houses in the United States. The inrtrument you propose giving away on December 24 to some young lady in this vicinity, is substantially constructed, has a rich, full tone and is a piano that any lady should be proud to own. The walnut case is a beauty.” MISS BESS A L E X A N D E R : "T he piano is carefully built and will never acquire that loose tin-pan jingle that some instruments get after they have been used for a time. The tone is sweet and melodious and the case very handsome.” MISS HALLIE SH E L L E Y : " I t is a splendid piano. It has a beautiful tone and the metallic quality so often found in new instrumenta ia not present in the Valley Gem .” FLOYD ROBERTSON : " I t has a beautiful tone and the best touch 1 have ever • seen in a new instrument." r