OTi¡s
« .S ,* , ™ 1 “ ,IL TIMELY BREVITIES
BV C. O. BABCOCK
Entered at Ih » F « « * « st SU TIon . O fr fo n .
• m »:. M I M I o f t b » secon d c la n
The sterilisation of water by ultra
violet rays has now entered upon an
1 1 .5 0 p e r y « a r Ir» a d v a n o i Indus!rial Mane.
Last year there were ,\200 trials by
$1.00 for i months. 75c for 3 months court martial in the army as ajntinst
Ti.Otsj tbe previous year.
T b trtf d»v» b íte r* ■ abnrrtpOoi»» rs p ir r ib.
The largest stalactite cave in Kurop*
■ bnrrtber v il i b S B «u *«d If ib« >abw>i|<tioi
recently was discovered In the Uacb-
• n o i rscetvsd b * lo r « ih r s ip t m u o n o f ib lrt< I
steiu uoutitaiu* of upper Austria.
:» t » T * T * r « 111 bn slopped.
Surety bonds cannot be pro. uted In
Ecuador, there being e> evinpauy lu
STAY rON.
OR.
MAY' 11. 1911 that country doiug that class of busi
ness.
The way to bniU up Stayton it to
The lord mayor of Loudon as Id re
patroniae Station merchant*.
cently that In his opluiou the old Eng
lish system of apprenticeship should
he revived.
BOOST, DON'T KNOCK.
Experiment* with thousands of sub
ject* ha« e show n that the aicrage tuau
Be a booster, not a knocker. attains his maximum streuxiii in Uia
A n y improvement fo r th e good thirty -tint year.
o f our town should be encourapr-
T ^ vibration c f a steel dish 30.000
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times or more a second produces tbe
ed.
V>e may not all look at ^
lB a uew
for ao
things, or reason things in the tomobiies or motorboats.
£ame way, but do not condemn
Scotland ei|>orted 1.531 Cydesdu!e
anv public enterprise that is for * » « « • ,n ,9,°- Thl* u “ '<> «“
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the good o f Stayton and its cm- breed of llrltlsh Uve atoct
ZenS. We need Quite a fe w irn-
Expansion dm to the heat of the
provements and we will g e t them sun give* the top of the Eiffel tower
i f we all pull together.
Stayton •
molton of from one to seven
,
,
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,
... Inches. varylug with the seasons,
needs an electric line, and w ill
Numerou, garage Ores have shown
get it i f we pull for it, and pull that automobile tires, after they have
hard, and altogether.
been hardened by contact with mud
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The continued rain has made
business very slack fo r several
days, but as soon as the weather
settles, there will be a rush o f
business in every- line.
and water, practically are fireproof.
There are large guano deposits on
Kme isUndi ^ twwn china and thc
Philippines, but apparently nothing
« n be done to make them profitable.
Cxerny- ,h* * r" ,t « • " * “
pert, says skin cancer has diminished
30 [>er cent at least In tbe last fifty
years. Fie thinks soap did tbe blessed
business.
FROM WALLOWA CITY.
It Is regarded as a sign of the steady
disappearance of tbe sailing craft that
To the Editor:
British owners of such ships are eo-
EKar Sir:— You would oblige me deavoring to sell them whenever an
greatly by forwarding •‘The Mail” to opportunity presents itself.
t:;j following address, am always anx-
Paraguay has no use for automobiles,
ious to recieve it as it “ seems like a let There are hardly any roads. Travel
e r from home” . Thanking you kindly lng in the country is attempted only
a id wishing vou all the success possible, 00 horseback, arid the city streets are
1 remain ver^ respectfully.
P*Ted *“ ,h*
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hlch
A Subscriber,
The International exposition
will
be
opened
at
Turin
on
April
29
Wallowa City, Ore.
will, it Is claimed, show that Italy has
progressed more rapidly than any oth
N’ E V S T ' R A G R - F H S FROM
er European nation in tbe last fifty
O i i . I i R C ITIE S IN OREGON years.
An American consul. Julian □. Ar
• t n;y-i.ve schco' c Cccr*. repre- nold, traveled several months in west-
tiLt.ng Hirr* rcurtfc* of the tcbool era China last year. He stopped at
<■ ' r c : i of Wascisg-cn county, met eighty native inns, and never did be
in c -nventira at Hillsboro to discuss experience the least Incivility or un
friendly treatment.
pebiic rthool sCt'ra.
Unwillingness of American manufac
The Mi lwaukee Orchard Company,
turers to deal with Russia on the cred
e '■'rdicate cf Wisconsin capita ls-s
it system adopted years aco by Ger
has Just completed the plant nc of 300 mans and French is proving a handi
rcres to orchard in the Lorane Val cap. since cash transa-Mons are con
ley, gcuthwest of Eugene.
trary to the general Russian custom.
In pection of the entire 0-W . R.
Production of gold In tbe United
A X. system was started by Julius States in 1910 fell below that o f the
Krattachaftl vice president of the record output in 1909. The decrease
Harrlntan iinss, and J. P. O'Brien, was due to reduced production in
Alaska. Colorado and South Dakota.
general manager of the O.-W. R. A X.
In other statea tbe output showed an
F shermen who have been tak:ng increase.
croppies in nets daring the past few
In Hawaii's territorial life of ten
weeks are in danger of arrest, for the years her bank deposits have grown
state game warden has instructed his from $4.000,000 to over $13.000.000. and
d: putles to look out for such catches savings have risen from $S04.000 to
as croppies are protected under the $4.290.000. Tbe Chinese have tbe lar
gest per capita average savings bank
bass law.
accounts, $328.S3.
The seven days ending May 31 has
Tbe French press is perturbed over
been suggested by the civic commit tbe statement that there are twice as
tee of tbe Woman’s Club of Portland many pictures by Rembrandt in tbe
ns Cleanup Week’’ for the purpose United States ns there are In Holland
of removing all rubbish and purifying and more than there are In Austria.
tie city In preparation for the Rose Belgium. Denmark. Italy. Roumania.
Spain and Switzerland put together.
Festival in June.
A letter by Benjamin Franklin to a
Francis J. Heney, It Is said, will
medical friend, with the sardonic
have a bill introduced in Congress
taunt, "¡¿flit the lives you save are not
repealing the 8lleta settlers’ bill that worth saving, as being useless, and al
was enacted at the last session of most tbe other half ought not to be
Congress. Heney declsres this Is bad saved, as being mischievous.” was
legislation and will validate a num sold at auction in London recently for
£32 10s.
ber of fraudulent entries.
Owners and agents o f sixteen down
Monmouth is to hare a new two-
town
Chicago office buildings have
story brick schoolhouse with full ce- ,
ment basement. The building will be ***“ '
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by
bu“ d'D!; depart
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ment to stretch a wire screening over
. b7 83 fe8t “ d wil1 ° ° ntaln »f* the rotundas at tbe second or third
classrooms, auditorium, manual train floors to prevent persons on the mein
ing room, two reci’ ation rooms floor being Injured by others jumping
library and privata offices.
or falling from upper floors of the
Members of the state board are ■tractures.
grappling with the problem of allow-
Herr narrF riate of nanover ha*
lng no deficiencies to pil- up at the h*™ mad'' 8 Hfe,on* meln,>er ot
state institutions before the next ses-' p™ a‘an " T f fh3D1'? rf b* " P * * * ' f a
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, vor o f the kaiser. Plate is a master
'P
* * a-.ure and are finding plumber. The honor Itestowed on him
the task Somewhat more difficult than has never before been awarded to an
it was first supposed to be.
ordinary artlaan. it la traditionally
May 25 will be a red-letter day with klwn to noblemen as a reward for eml-
Portland Lvdge, No. 142, Benevolent n*nt " « rT,ce
t,le "<afc Herr Plate
and Protective Order of Elks as that
8 ,8bor ,w1<1‘‘ r- but nn nntl Socialist,
is the dite tl:at was set at a meeting ! Mr#- Car" lln«* A vvi,l,e ” f LT’P "
of the lodge to bum the la.t of the ^
owl
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ed the one bnudredfb a n n I versa ry of
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8 * ere 'aksn on the <,er Mrthday. has been for eighty
hlks bu..ding, constructed five yearn years r f her life nn Industrious literary
ago-
worker. For sixteen years she edited
The market for sswlogs In the Co • woman's Journal. Early In her ca-
lumbla River basin is completely de
she obtained Introductions to Tom
moralized
At the monthly meeting Hood a,,d
-»«-rrold and after
of the Cr’ umbia River Loggers’ Asso- ^
D*Tpr lac," * , employment for
elation at Portland a most pessimistic I V-,1 * "
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King Mannel will make Richmond,
f'.-ebng preva led and the members England .b is new home He has taken
tigreed that the market was In the Aberrorn. a residence built forty years
worst possible condition.
.
I ago. from Kald Sir Hnrry Maclean.
Well-defined disposition exists In Aberrorn stands In the center o f a
ihe office of the district attorn*^ to ,oar acr* ,n,cl- and lta Privacy la
dismiss the indictment aga’nst Chief doubly secured by a high brick wall
of Police Cox of Portland, following and numerous trees. There are only
two floors to Ihe house, which Is un
an Implied admission of Deputy Coi- pretentious and comfortable.
The
I r that a week of lnveel'gation had grounda Include two tennis court*, a
failed to produce evidence upon j charming rosary, fruit sod flower gar-
V .. oh a conviction may be exoected. I dens.
A NEW MANAGER
Polk# w on m Use •.r»n,«*t ot the
H. L). M ars a r m e d Sarurday nijfht from Salem and is now in work done tn tbs world of birds I t
France and central Europe tne tinier I
stalled as local editor and m anager o f the Stayton MaiL in the Caps birds police tbe air. posted on
absence o f the undersigned, who has taken up his duties in the office let «graph wires. Black, with beads
decorated with orango fillets, these
o f the secretary o f state at Salem.
notable flycatcher« are drvsded by
Mr. Mars is thoroughly dependable and reliable, a newspaper tbe brigands of tb# atr. Kaglce, fal
man o f more than twenty years experience, and is deserving o f the cons and all the feat herd strong men
fullest confidence and most cordial support of the people o f Stayton . of the «thcr shrink from an encounter
with this tyrant. When the tyrant
and surrounding territory.
cannot tod wires to perch on be
The w riter still ow ns a controlling interest in the paper and will porches on a pole When stationed lu
make frequent trips to Stayton. but in his absence Mr. Mars will a prairie or a pasture be prrrhva upon
tb* back of ao ox. II* Itvee by hunt
have full authority to conduct the business.
lng Insert* and attack* all bird*, even
tb* strongest, using beak *nd claws
C. D. B a b c o c k .
In the unequal struggle. All tbe fowl*
of the atr fear the police bird, and
even the moat active pillager« of the
naate feign honesty when under the
eharp eye of the M ost Ire pa tyrnnnu*.
In winter the tyrant takea posse#
■ton of the warm shelters priced by
birds, lu spring, when the young nr»
twittering In tb* nests, tbe tyraot
tarns -tb l«f' end sows terror among
friends and enemies alike. Even the
sparrows handed to fall u|>on a Held
fly away when they see tbe black coat
1
and orange flllet of tbe “ policeman.”
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The tyrant hold* his power by hla
By C O N N IE M A C K . M an ager o f Philadelphia
audacity. All animal* yield to the
Influence of courage, a quality special,
A m erica n s
ly tenacious tn Mria Tbe tyrant bird
M 'Mnnll. but hie attitude command*
M A N would bo crazy to enter the gqt-ricb-quick scheme respect.—Harper's Weekly.
Get-rich-quick Scheme
B ound to H u rt
Baseball
$
H
one, as quoted in their books. You must turn over your coin in April.
How do you know that you are going to get your money from that
crowd in October!
A man would be a C H U M P T O P L A C E H I S G O O D M O N E Y
W I T H S O M E B O D Y H E D ID N ’T E V E N K N O W . W hy, it is
the softest kind o f a “ C O M E O N ” proposition, to my mind.
It is bound to H U R T T H E G A M E , too, if any such scheme
should get under way.
Suppose these Kentucky fellows receive tons of money from peo
ple around tbe country. A good, earnest ball player is trying his very
best. H e makes an error at a critical moment that possibly keeps s
certain team from finishing a notch higher in the race.
W O ULD
BE
HUNDREDS
OF
PEOPLE IN HUNDREDS OF
CITIES W H O W O U L D F IG U R E T H A T H E D IO IT PURPOSELYt THAT
THE
B O O K IE S
JUST
SUCH
PLAYER
Another Suggestion.
"The new Pullman prices s n n fair
er than formerly." said one traveling
nmi!.
‘They’re not." replied the other. “ I
don’t care anything about a reduced
charge for an upper berth. What I
1 want I* a prohibitive cost to tbe man
who snores.” Washington Flar.
FOR
HAD
K IN D
GOT TO
OF
TALK
HIM WITH THEIR FAT BANK ROLL.
MIGHT RUIN A MOST PROMISING
JUST RECEIVED
A new line of All-over Laces
and Embroideries, also Valen-
ceines Laces and edging to ~
match. New Dress Ginghams
and many other articles. If
you want the newest and lat
est style creations always call
on
LIFE.
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KLESKER’S
Spray Your Fruit
Trees Now
Put off spraying a few day more
and you will probably regret it.
Big lucious ripe apples don’t grow
on trees that are scrawney and scale
infested. Get the kind of spraying
material that does the trick. Spray
your trees at once.
We sell the kind you can depend
on. 25 c worth makes 25 gallons.
BEAUCHAHPS DRUG STORE
CLEAN-UP SALE
S TA TIO N 'S BEST STORE.
BANK WITH
T H E O L D R E L IA B L E
Its many safe gards for the
peoples money with its con
servative policy and alert
board of directors are for
% your
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L a d ie s’ T ailored Suits
$ 5 0 .0 0 Suits
35.00 Suits
2 5 . o o Suits
22.00 Suits
i 4 .oo Suits
-
P ro te c tio n
C. H. BREWER. Pres.
Have Your
W atch
Cleaned
Occasionally
$ 3 g .0 0
-
2 q . o o
-
19 .5 0
16.75
9 . 9 o , 7 .7 5
to ck to n
Cor. Commercial and Court Sts.
WARREN RICHARDSON, Cashier
/
A watch will run without oil or clean
ing longer than any other piece of
machinery—but itmeeda both occasionally. I f you will consider that tho
rim of the balance wheel travels over fifteen miles a day, you will not
grudge your watch a speck of oil and u cleaning once a year. It will in
crease the life and accuracy of your watch. Leave your watch with ua
to-day.
C. R. Thompson
S
IT PAYS
The Stayton State Bank
We have sold as much up-to-date in the ready-
to-wear section as we have previously sold up to
July 4th, and also having two late shipments of suits
--one received since Easter,'and one yet to come.
We feel that, owing to the large business already
done, that we will be satisfied if we can now close
out the entire remaining suits at greatly reduced
prices, and, owing to the lateness of the arrivals, we
will need to put forth every effort to have our de
partment empty before the fall season. Consequent
ly we offer the following big reductions:
II
T h * Julea There W illi
Mlaalonnry tsnlliualaatlcally) — Now,
my specialty t* work among tb«
young. Do you think there I* a good
opening hero!
The Chief (doubtfully)— WelL we
don’t, a* n rule, believe lu giving meat
to tho kid», but any nn hour’* extra
stew there’ll be the gravy, yon know
I -there’ll be the gravy.- Sydney Bulle
tin.
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and bet on the outcome of tho baseball season.
Suppose you had a hundred dollars to bet that the S t
Louis Americans would finish first at the odds of sixty to
THERE
W hat Me W anted.
-Now. thl* cur.” #•>Id tb*
ral1
lng Billups’ aitenllon to » handsome
limousine In the corner. "Is * dandy.
I || runs so smoothly you wouldn t
know you were In It. Hide* Ju»f J ! *
a rocking chair.’’
"What do you think I nm nit es
caped Inmate of an old Indy'a b-nie?’’
dsounded Billups. " ! want a car that
I I’ll know I’m In when I’m In It, and
I when 1 go out looking for a rocking
chair I’ll go to a furniture atom atul
not to a giirng».” - Harper's Weekly.
Salem, Oregon
E. ROY & RON, Stayton, Oregon.
J. 8. Gerry
THOMPSON & GERRY
Attorneys and Counsellors
General Practice, Real Property and
Patent Law a Specialty.
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