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STAYTON
THE
MFFTINf, FAVORS R ailroad
man claim s ,
north santiam bride
■ U l i m i rA T U ID j
IMPROVING
STREETS
Ross Condii Weds Miss Emma McClellan
— The Couple Will Reside in
Crabtree
North Santiam
centar, a wadding
AMENDMENT OF CHARTER
f IRST STEP NECESSARY
haa been forging to
tha front thia season aa a matrimonial
at high noon
Sunday adding another to ita credit.
Thia time the happy pair were Roea
Condit and Miss Emma
McClellan.
Rev. R. L. Morton o f Salem officiated.
The wedding waa a quiet one,
Light Bond Issue Proposed to Make Pay-
men! Easier
)
It waa almost the unanimous senti­
ment o f those present at the “ Good
S treets" meeting Tuesday night, that
neceaaity in Stayton.
pressing
It would seem
however that a roundabout course must
be taken to secure thia improvement,
owing to the preeent provisions o f the
city charter.
It api>ears to be necea-
rary first to so amend the charter as to
empower the city council to float a bond
iaaue, should a sufficient number o f pro­
perty owners on the streets to be im-
improved, favor thia method o f doing
the work.
Under this procoedure, the council
would submit «uch an amendment to
the vote o f the people, and in the event
o f ita paaaage would be empowered to
proceed with the work. The improve­
ment would be paid by, and only by, the
property ownera along the streets im­
proved; but to make payment easy for
them, bonds would be floated to secure
immediate funds. These bonds would
then be redeemed by the payments o f
the property owners directly benefited.
Taxpayers out aide the improved d is­
trict would not lie in the least affected.
The meeting Tuesday night waa call­
ed at 7:45, with J. R. Gardner in the
chair. The committee appointed at the
meeting laat week, reported that all
property owners approached were in
favor o f street improvement
Re­
number o f residents along Sc-ond and
Third streets, including A. D. Gardner,
Peter Deidrich, Jacob Spaniol, Willis
Caldwell, W. A. Riggs, and L. L.
Thomas responded voicing their ap-
proval of the movement.
Geo. Keech and Willis Caldwell were
then appointed a. a committee to pro-
sent petitions to property-owner* along
the two streets affected. These peti-
.
tions ask the city council to amend the
charter as suggested above, and to pro-
cced with the work o f improvement.
Should sufficient signatures be secured,
it is believed the petition will be ap-
laat
° n|y ■ fiw “ dative, ond
sent.
The bride wore
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BOOSTERS OF CAPITAL ESTIMATES PRESENTED
CITY FAVOR PROJECT BY PORTLAND ENGINEER
'
President Calls Center of State
Coming Granary of the Pacific
Northwest
Rauioad
Central
Oregon's
opportunity
V
with
as the coming granary o f
Northwest.
He said five counties in
l .
was the
r ^ o f U a lS BELIEVED TO HAVE
neice, and waa completely surprised by
PERISHED IN THE SNOW
Hunsaker waa lured to
the crowd o f friends that greeted
him i
on hia return.
well
More than twenty
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An increase o f more than 66 percent
in the number enrolled in the winter
short rour#ell , t tho Oregon Agricul-
, _
tural College over the registration at
MYSTERY OF THE ORGAN
OR THE MISSING HARMONY
;hc moat interestinK and mo8t useful to
slowly dissolved, and now the building
! the farmers, orchardiats and stockmen
o f the state o f any course in the his- and the organ have not been used for
some time.
of the institution.
Finally a wise citizen advocated put­
ting the organ in the school house; and
it was done.
But the other church sud­
denly discovered the urgent need o f an
organ.
Accordingly, a self-appointed
committee moved the instrument from
the school house
to the
parsonage,
where it was installed in state,and now
the strains o f “ Please don’ t take me
home” can be heard by the passerby.
But a question has arisen;
Whence
the authority for so much moving?
And who owns the organ, anyway?
Mehama is looking for a modern Solo-
man.
And in the meanwhile,
o f hostility, —vague,
rumors
mysterious,
For Ones
Laat seen on December 21st.
set out into the hills, Joe
as he
White,
a
miner in the employ o f Churchill & Up­
ton is believed to be lost in the mount­
ains between Gates and Quartzville.
Two searching parties are scouring the
country for traces ot him, but because
o f the extreme cold that has been ex­
perienced since he disappeared, there
is little hope that he will be feund
alive.
On December 21st, White set out
from Gates, heavily loaded down with
blankets and provisions.
Several
per­
sona tried to dissuade him from starting
particularly Clifford W olf,
who
had
made the trip a few days previous, and
who declared the road almost impass­
able. White, however, had arranged
to meet hia employers in Quartzville at
a certain date, and was determined to
go. He has not been seen on heard o f
since leaving Gates.
Messrs Churchill and Upton waited in
Quartzville until January 1st., and as
White had not joined them by that time
they concluded that he had remained in
Portland. Accordingly they came out
by way o f the Foster and Lebanon
road. Upon reaching Portland they dis­
covered that White had really set out
on the hazardous trip. They immed­
iately notified authorities at Gates, and
a searching party composed o f Cliffor 1
W olf and Lon Stewart began a system-
atic hunt for the missing man. On
Monday another party o f three arrived
Metropolis
from Portland to assist in the search.
The first party left Gates on Sunday
morning. They estimated that it would
The northwest was for several days take seven days to make the trip in and
this week in the grip o f one o f the out; and until they return, nothing can
be known o f White’s fate. Each day’s
most devastating phases o f winter
delay, however, increases the probabili­
storms, a silver thaw. In Stayton it ty that he perished from cold, and that
was severe only for a day and a half, the searchers, even though successful
but farther north the country was ren­ will not find him alive.
dered helpless for several days by the
icy monarch.
In Portland particularly, the damage
Register at Queener'a office
done was large and far reaching.
E. P. Heger o f near Aumsville wa3
Lighting systems were demolished, wire
in town Monday, renewing his subscrip­
communications were cut off, street
tion to the Mail.
car lines were demoralized. The streets
were covered with the slippery, iev
substance, and Portland people expet
ienced a situation very unusual in that
city.
On Monday and Tuesday the weather
turned warmer, and the warm rain has
succeeded in removing nearly all traces
left by the icy monster
dire
IMPORTANT METING
OF ’PHONE COMPANY
AT ANNUAL ELECTION
The two local banks held their annual
ORCHARD MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT OF BULLETIN
rumors, come from Mehama.
WALDO HILLS WOMAN
n . wT I r o o i ' i t u t t n r n r r D C
SUCCUMBS t o INJURY b a n k s SELECT OFFICERS
Wife of a Portland Realty Dealer Passes
Away in the Rose City-Inter­
ment in Salem
Two Searching Parties ScOUT
NORTHWEST HELPLESS
IN STORM KING’S GRIP
O.A.C. ENROLLMENT MAY
REACH 1000 THIS YEAR
Last Winter
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Farmers & Merchants Bank;
Pres.,
stock holders’ meetings on Tuesday o f A. D. Gardner; Vice-Pros., S. C. Stew­
this week, pursuant to the provisions art; Cashier, S. L ; Stewart; Directors,
Aothority Issues Pamphlet Covering Points
of Great Interest to Orckard-
ists
An important bulletin on “ Orchard
Management”
Rates on Business and Residence Phones
Raised at Gathering Monday
‘ Night
by
Prof.
C. I. Lewis,
has just been issued by the division o f
horticulture at the experiment station
o f the Oregon
Agricultural College.
It is a 96 page book illustrated bv 41
halftone engravings and drawings.
J. T. Hunt, L. S. Lambert, S. L.
o
f
the
state
law
in
the
matter,
and
Opening with a discussion o f Oregon
o f Maryland, with one-thirtieth its
Pursuant to a call issued by J. M.
Mrs. Evelyn Dabney, wife o f a Port­ selected officers for ensuing year. The Stewart, John Sandner, A. D. Gardner,
as
a fruit state, it covers the ground o f
population and more than one-half that
Ringo, Sec. o f the Stayton Mutual
land realty man, and a former resident Farmers & Merchants Bank made no S. C. Stewart.
the
choice o f site, clearing and prepar­
o f Iowa with one-aixtieth ita population, i
Telephone company, the stock holders
Stayton State Bank: Pres., Dr. C.
From this great area in future he b e - :ofth eW a l,loH il1 8 ’ died ^
week #t changes in its officers or directorate
ing
the land, buying the trees, time
le e T ate- 1 **** company, met in the city hall
St. Vincent’s hospital in Portland She while the only change made by the H. Brewer; Vice-Pres.,
and
method
o f planting, inter-croooine
lieves, will come large quantities of
Cashier Warren Richardson; Directors, Monday, January 8, at 7:30 p. m., with
waa 32 years o f age.
Stayton
State
Bank
was
in
the
office
and
cover
crops,
tillage, fertilizers, ir­
wheat.
The United States crop is
Dr. Brewer, Lee Tate, P. C. Freres, Pres. Henry Smith in the chair. A fter
Her death was due to injuries re- o f Vice President. The executives o f Geo. Spaniol, Henry Miller, W. L.
rigation
and
pruning,
profits and over­
decreasing and here ia the chance for
much discussion it waa decided to raise
production. In short, the pamphlet
Freres, Warren Richardson.
Ccntral Oregon to supply this much ceived
October in a train-wreck on tho tW() banks are as follows;
the rates on business phones to 60 cents
,
.
..
,
deals with practically every problem
needed commodity.
Wheat exjiorta the Goldcndale, Wash., branch o f the
.
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per month and residence phones to 33* , ^
the orchanliat.
have been rut more than half in two North Bank road, when she suffered
cussed will i>a: “ Resolved, that Re­ cents per month, or $1.50 per quarter
years, showing the American surplus intcrnal injuries. She was treated at THIRD CHURCH DEBATE WILL BE
ligion has done more in civilising the for business phones and $1.00 p e r 1
to be rapidly diminishing. In President
HELD WEEK FROM NEXT TUESDAY world than Commerce.” Herschel quarter for residence phones. It is al­ Dr. Brewer reports the birth o f a
the hospital for a time and then re­
Gray’s opinion, Central Oregon’s fut­
so understood that the local or switch­ son to Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Refiling of
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Shreve will lead the affirmative, while board charges o f non-stockholders is to near Shelbum, laat Saturday, Jan. 6th.
ure is brightest as a great wheat grow­ moved to her home, but was taken back
to the hospital when cerebro-spinal
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John Taylor will head the regative bo remitted. So you will not have to . Mrs. J. H. McHaley and daughter of
ing district.
The thi!*d debate o f the senes being
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meningitis developed.
[ O. K. or guarantee a local charge if a Heppner, Ore., who have been visiting
given under the auspices o f the Ep- j
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friend or neighbor uses your phone in at the W. H. Hobson hsme, left Sat-
Miss Mark will lead the Methodist
Mrs. Dabney leaves many friends in
! urday for «Portland where they will re­
Epworth league meeting Sunday even- Marion county to mourn her death. In- worth League o f the Methodist church , The Methodist Club o f young men your residence or place o f business.
The old officers were all re-elected main a few days before returning
ing. A special program haa been ar- tormeqt took place Sunday in the Wal- will be held a week from next Tuesday, ; met at the parsonage last Friday even-
I home.
January $1. The subject to be dis- ing for a pleasant informal gathering, except the retiring director.
ranged.
, do Hills cemetery at Salem.
the interior have four times
/
the Pacific
it
According to The Statesman, the acity o f such a line $50,000 a year. He wishing friends and neighbors were
at the affair.
luncheon o f the executive committee declared it would pay dividends from i present
,
.
. The evening was
Lawnedown dreaa trimmed with silk in­
pleasantly spent, and appropriate re­
were made by Dr A C
Eaton
sertion with lace allover. She waa at- ef the Salem Board o f Trade at the the first day, and cited the Mount Hood
Hotel Manon Monday, resolved itself line, which had paid dividends from the and others present
tended by Miss Heater Reyelt, an old
into a booster campaign for a railroad second month.
He also planned a
Rev. Hunsaker has the distinction o f
friend and achoolmate. Glenn Munkera
to Stayton and Mehama.
branch line from We-.t Staytor, and a |*.*v' n* helped organize the local Bap-
acted aa beat man, while Miaa Georgia
list church in 1873. He was ordained
M. E. Reed, a consulting engineer o f branch line lrom the turn five miles
McLaughlin played the wedding march.
1 j in thia county, and has been in the min-
A fter the ceremony an elaborate din- Portland, who was surveyor for the east o f Salem to Silverton, and a ¡,try for 42 years, during which time
Oregon Electric in selecting routes for branch to Silver Creek falls to develop he held regular pastorates in Albany,
waa served. The couple then left on
Brownsville and ¡McMinnville. During
that extension south to Albany and that summer resort.
the evening train for a short honey­
tuc past year he has been supply pas­
Eugene and to McMinnville, appeared
Reed
stated
that
he
was
a
practical
moon. They received many beautiful
tor o f the church here. For many
gifts and remembrances from their by invitation and exhibited maps and engineer, and not a promoter. He years Rev. Hunsaker had charge o f the
friends. The groom is agent for the blue prints o f a survey for a proposed wanted that end o f the business taken Baptist general missionary work for the
Southern Pacific at Crabtree, and the electric line to Stayton. He proposes up by Salem people,to handle for them- north Pacific coast, and had numerous
couple will make their home in that to run almost due East from Salem selevs. Before leaving Portland he had interesting experiences while engaged
about five miles then southerly to with- secured an agreement to make traffic
place.
in this work.
in one mile o f Macleay, then through arrangements with one o f the great
Shaw and due east to Stayton, the sur­ lines now operating to Salem, which
vey being entirely practical, a distance would at once put the line into a posi­
o f seventeen and a half miles from the tion o f doing big business. He also
M r . M erchant :
M r . T a x pa ye r :
Oregon Electric depot in Salem, on a stated that several bonding companies
Stayton needs a Commercial
If you were not at the Good
grade o f not to exceed 2.2 per cent. had ofTered to take hold o f the pro­
Streets meeting Tuesday night
organization to work in the in­
The grade from Shaw to Stayton, position and float the bonds, if 20 per
you have surely heard about it
| about five miles, was practically level cent o f them were first sold in Salem,
terests o f the town. It matters
and are convinced that public
| and on the entire line there was not in other words he wants the people
not if you call it a Chamber of
sentiment favors apeedy street
| over a 6 per cent curve. He gave the along the line to raise $60,000 to $70,-
Commerce, Merchant’s Associa­
improvement. Come to the spec­
coat o f construction from carefully pre- 000 to buy bonds, and the balance
tion or Board o f T rade, for you
ial meeting Friday night and by
j pared cstimatea on every cut and fill, would be taken by eastern capital.
are aware o f the arrount o f good
further discussion do your share
bridge and culvert, for such a roadbed
Considerable discussion was had con­
any one o f these can do. We
toward securing this improve­
and such rolling stock as the Portland cerning the feasibility o f the plan, and
need it. It’ s easy to get. Let’s
ment. Let’s got it now when
Railway, Light & Power company line, a majority o f those present, expressed
get it.
we need it most.
to be $17,000 per mile, or a total cost themselves heartily in favor o f it, and
o f construction and equipment, o f willing to assist in financing the road.
$301.000.
The matter was then referred to a
The average earning capacity o f cars special transportation committee for
in the United States is 23 cents a car investigation.
Henry Downing o f Shaw and W. L.
mile. The earnings o f the Oregqp
Electric is 59 cents a mile. Using the Frerca o f Stayton were present at the
average figures as a basis, and run- meeting, and made some appropriate
ning one car every hour for passengers remarks concerning public sentiment in
Silver Thaw, Climax of Cold Spell, Does
Number Attending .Special Miort Courses and one train every day in each direct- this vicinity
H P N on the matter o f a
Immeose Damage in Oregon’s
I ¡on for freight, makes the earning cap- I road.
Increases by 55 Percent Over
is
territory, who pointed to that section
a j
Rev. A. J. Hunsaker
Man Who Left Gates Three W eeb Age
|
Has Not Been Seen or Heard
sur­
friend, pre­
a beautiful
shown in a recent address o f President
Carl R. Gray, o f the Hill lines in this
Rev. A. J. Hunsaker is Recipient of Very
Pleasant A fak Held W. Jnes-
day Evening
prised recipient o f a pleasant party last
evening, yesterday being the occaaion
Electric Road to Staytou Is Indorsed by Total Cost of Construction and Eqvip-
Board of Trade at Informal
ment, He Says, Aggregates
Luncheon
5301,000
CENTRAL OREGON HAS
A FINF WHFAT
FIITIIRF
tv iiL fti r u i t m i i
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Salem Men May Finance Line
Rumors o f hostility in the atmosphere
the
time »“ * >e#r- '• “ P °'t«d by — vague, mysterious, dire rumors,come
■ Dean A. B. Cordley; and the prediet-
from Mehama. Exclamation points and
ion o f Dr. James Withycombe, director
question murks abound in the town to
0f the experiment station, that the num-
the east. And it's all because o f an
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ber would reach luOO by the end of the
organ that has forgotten to whom it
The meeting then adjourned until to-
morrow night when the report o f the farmers’ week, looks to be well within belongs.
probability.
committc will be heard.
Now this organ has a history. Sev­
Thia ia the fifteenth year the special
eral
years ago it was purchased by a
winter course has been offered, and the
added facilities in new buildings and Mehama young people’s society, and
laboratories, additional faculty and e- later was installed by the society in one
quipment, will aid in making it by far o f the churches there. But that church
ft r u i L
Serial No. 832
HONORED BY jPARTIFS ON HUNT
LAUNCH NEW PLAN OF ROAD MINISTER
A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE'
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Petition Now Being Circulated For Pre­
sentation at Next Meeting of
Council
street improvement was a
MAIL
S T A Y T O N , M A R IO N C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , J A N U A R Y II, 1912.
17th Year, No 49.
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the area