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S T A Y T O N , M A R I O N C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , F E B R U A R Y 2 9 , 19 1 2 .
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MOSS PICKERS TO
M A N Y SETTLERS L,NNci2 S ,T^ 0PILAST r e s t I M E H A M A FARM GIVES
ENJOYS ENTERTAINMENT
EXPECTED IN
BEGIN WORK
UP
STOLEN
TREASURE
James W. Miller of Shelburn Crosses the
Two Christian Sunday School Classes Raise
SPRING
I
SOON
Great Divide— Had Relatives
Half of Amount Needed for
AN APPRECIATIVE CROWD
in Stayton
Large Influx of Eastern immigrants Look
ed For in Another Month or
Two
Gallery Fund
Humboldt Mystery Cleared—Con
vict Reveals Portion of Lost
A small but appreciative audience at
tended the entertainment given Friday
Bullion
evening by the “ Loyal Sons” and
Jurnoa W. Miller, one of the oldest
residents of Linn county, passed away
j Inst Thurt day at the age of seventy*
eight. He had been afflicted with kid-
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| "Loyal daughters” classes o f t h e
;
ney trouble, and had been ill for many
LOW COLONIST FARES
The discovery last Saturday of a por-! The Humboldt mystery will be re- Christian Sunday school. The afTair
OFFERED BY RAILROADS months. Interment was made Friday tion of the gold bullion stolen some rnembered as having attracted wide- wa* intended tc raise money with which
in the Miller cemetery at Shelburn.
eighteen months ago from the Alaskan spread attention in September, 1910. | P*y P°r the new gallery recently in-
Mr. Miller was well known through* steamer, Humboldt, on the’ ranch of The vessel was making the t r i p be- •tailed in the church, and about half of
This
Chance For Stayton T 'll Your oul t*1'" **et'on "f tbe country, he hav Geo. Sims near Mehama, has reopened tween Skagway, Alaska and Seattle, the necessary amount was secured.
ing lived at Shelburn for more than that famous case, and bids fair to clear and had a large shipment of bullion on The program consisted principally of
Friends to Come Now
sixty years. He has several relatives up the whole mystery connected with board. In spite of careful guarding, readings and piano selections, a n d
in Stayton including Mrs. Martin and
those who took part included Pev. and
Mrs. Hlycu, sisters-in-law; Roy and the stolen gold. The finding of the the treasure was extracted from the
A large inilux of new aettlera from Elmer Brenner, nephews; and Mrs. Ka bullion, though unexpected at this time, boxes in which it waa shipped and lead Mrs. Dunn, Misses Berdine and Venita
the m at is expected in the I'acilic north tie Runaway, a niece.
waa not an entire surprise to people of bars were inserted in its place, without McKinney, Miss Nendel, Miss Mable
west during the coming spring a n d
this vicinity, for it has long been be even breaking the seals of the boxes. Towne, and Ed Blakely. An exercise
aummt-r. The largest number of pros Joe Shrewe of Sublimity was doing lieved by local people that the gold was ; The lo8B of the bullion was not discov- with Indian clubs was a novel feature
. sccreted
. —*^i in the neighborhood
. . . . j of , ,,
pective settlers from the eastern slates business in Slayton yesterday.
Me- ered
, . until . . the
. . boxes ,, that were suopos- introduced by Mias Nendel.
j)a
ed to contain the gold were opened in
arrive during this period, fur in the
The suspicions o f Stayton people Seattle.
springtime traveling l:t b e t, the new SUCCESSFUL “ MYSTERY SUPPER
the
were aroused when Warden Frank H ... Since
, ,, that , time
,
, men , believed
.
, . to QUEENER DISTRICT TO DISCUSS
country is more attractive, and the
GIVEN BY THE McALPIN SCHOOL Curtis of the state penitentiary accom- *
have
‘hadowed by
WOMAN SUFFRAGE AT DEBATE
memory of u hard eastern winter still
panied by convict Charles A. Barrett, detect,^e8' but
complete case could
lingers in the traveler's mind.
and a detective passed through here in 06 Worked UP “*a,n8t the *U,lt* Part,e8'
The Program and Mystery Supper an automobile. Barrett waa recogniz Some $10,000 was recovered from Or
Euch year the railroads offer special
A series of debates is being held in
given
at the McAlpin school house Fri ed by several persons here, and as he ville Caviness, one of the gang, who
fare» to prospective immigrants, and
is
now
serving
a
sentence
in
San
Quen-
the
Queener school house, one taking
to have been implicated in
in the past those have been largely ta day evening waa a financial as well as was u believed
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tin
prison,
but
it
was
not
until
Barrett,
place
each Saturday night. This com
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ken advantage of. Special colonist a social success. The house was crowd (he Humboldt robbery, the mysterious , K. . ,
. trip of , the
h.. umni,n
n n hia
; . prisoner was wb° » do,nK
Salem for forgery, ing Saturday the question will be, “ Re
warden . and
rates for the spring of 1912 have ju*t
ed, and the pupils rendered an excel at once connected with the missing made a confession to the Governor that
been announced. We havo received
a full chain of evidence d e v e l o p e d solved, that women should have the
from the Southern I’aciflc. an advertise lent progam, after which supper was treasure. It was not until the next against the conspirators.
right of franchise. ” The subject will be
ment containing these rates, the first served on the "Surprise Menu” plan. day, however, that it was definitely
Local
people
well
remember
the
eff-
discussed
by the meeting at large. the
publication of which is made on page- The proceeds arc to go for a new libra learned that the gold had bee n found. orts that were made about a year ago
women
upholding
the affirmative, and
Barrett led the searchers directly to
four of this issue.
ry ease and teacher's desk.
to trace the stolen gold in this neigh
spot
where
it
lay
concealed.
the
men
the
negative.
These rat«* are being heavily adver
The bullion recovered was in gold borhood. Barrett appeared here short
tised in the east, and are expected to
bars,
weighing twenty-five pounds, and ly after the robbery took place, a n d
bring many settlers to tbu roast. They
is valued nt $7,500. The total theft was all along suspected of being impli
arc only good west-bound, but tickets IRRIGATION CONGRESS
from the Humboldt amounted to more cated in the crime. For s e v e r a l SUBLIMITY MAN BUYS
can be paid for at any point, so that
months detectives scoured this neigh
people in the west can if they desire,
SUCCESSFUL GATHERING than $57,OnO. Of this part has been re borhood
for clews that might lead to
A THRESHING OUTFIT
covered, and part ia known to have
extend a very tangible invitation—a
the discovery of the gold, but Barrett
been
sold,
b
u
t
there
i
s
still
some
ticket —to their eastern relatives or
had concealed it well, and all efforts
$37,000 missing. This is believed to be
friends. The rates are good u n t i l
proved unsuccessful.
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Accomplishes
Chief
Objects
for
Which
the
in
the
vicinity
of
Portland
and
Seattle,
April 15th.
in spite of this fact, however, people Gets Complete New Equipment, and Wiu
ami detectives are shadowing the men
Stayton and vicinitv present many
Meeting was Called— United
Make Regular Run Through
thought to have knowledge of its hid-1 here were confident that at least a por-
advantages to colonists, but these ad
Organization
ing place.
vantages must lie brought home to the
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Waldo Hills
prospective settlers in order to get re
UNjrsMNIINJI
sults. Many eastern people, the best
kind of citiseus, arc looking for just
Oregon’s first state Irrigation Con
G. F. Harold last Saturday sold to
attch a locality as this; and Stayton gress, which met in Portland last week
J.
B. Van Handel of Sublimity, h i s
needs these people. Everyone who has closed with the unanimous opinion that
complete
Russell Threshing outfit, con
friends or relatives who
dissatisfied
sisting of an 18 h. p. engine, high pres
with their present locality, should tell it was one of the most important and
them about Stayton. Send them this representative gatherings e v e r held.
sure boiler, and 36x60 separator with
paper; explain conditions here; boost One hundred a n d fifty-six delegates
all attachments. Mr. Van Handel in
for a bigger Stayton. We >’,an benefit were in attendance from a I I parta of !
taking this machinery will take the run
these newcomers, and
cun benefit tho state. It accomplished t h e chief j
formerly made by Mr. Harold in thresh
us. Why not co-opcrkiO:
N the shade of the Flim-Flam tree
Write now, so that your friends may objects for which it was called. The \
ing
in the Waldo Hills. Mr. Van Han
There’s a tender-foot waiting for me;
take advantage of the colonist rates to : many interests which have been work- i
del had disposed of his o l d Advance
He has bushels of dust and mazuma to
come out and hHve 11 look at God's ing separately for or against the Gov-
outfit, and in. buying again decided to
country.
eminent, the Carey Act and the private
spare, And the yellow- gold shines at
get Russell machinery. He has a rep
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projecta have been brought together.
utation for being one of the most suc
the roots of his hair. And I’ve tucked
They arc now united in an organization
cessful threshermen in t h i s vicinity,
which will endeavor to secure the pas-
him away in my snug little lair, In the
AGED RESIDENT CALLED
and with his new Russell equipment he
DV fDIlW DC A DED DC A T il 8a*fe
lf Rifdat'°n that will offer every
shade of the Flim-Flam tree.
expects to du even better, as the far
D1 Ulllltl K LA rfc K , U tiA ln possible aid to the prompt development
mers of the Waldo Hills call for this
j of all irrigation projects, a n d i t the
make of machinery.
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| same time protect to the fullest possible
Russell machinery is handled by the
N
the
shade
of
the
Flim-Flam
tree
extent the rights of the settler.
1 A. H. Averill Co. of Portland. Clifford
Mts. Mufti? Puses A wiy Sunday--Wis
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There’s a hook-agent waiting for me;
Harold, formerly of this place, is trav
Early Stiller Here, Crossiug
Toni Lcfllor of Hubbard was here
eling salesman for the Willamette val
And I won’t do a thing when I meet
visiting his brother this week.
ley.—Paid adv.
Plains in 1847
In the Shade of the Flim -Fla m
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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR FORMER
Mrs. Sarah Jane Mulkey died Sunday ;
STAYTON MAN WERE HELD SUNDAY
at the home of her son, C. C. Mulkey, j
nt the age of 82. She was one of the
Funeral services were held hero Sun-
oldest pioneers of the Willamette val
ley, having come to the west in 1847. d«y f o r Archie C. Briggs, familiarly £
She was married on the plains to David known as "Babe” Briggs, who passed
Mulkey, whose death occurred tZ years away in. Portland last week. Young •
aK0<
Briggs, who was the aon of A1 Briggs £
David Mulkey and hia young wife of West Stiiyton, was born and raised ^
first went to Yamhill county and from near this c i t y and is therefore well w
there to near Portland where Mr. Mul-, known to Stayton people. Ho also has £
koy worked for the Hudson Bay Com- relatives here including the family of \
pany until 1850, when ho took up a do- i Frank Mack, a hslf-brother.
•
Since leaving this vicinity v he resided ! 7
nation land claim on the Santiam, four
, for a time in Salem, but for the part
miles east of Stayton.
With the exception of three years in \ few years he has been living in P ort-: J
eastern Washington, Mm. Mulkey has land He was n o t quite twenty-six ! «
lived hero cotinuour.ly since that time. years of age. His wife survives him. | (
She leaves six c h i l d r e n , C. C.
Mulkey, of Stayton; Mary E. Shell,
Louisa J. Smith, and J. B. Mulkey, PLEASANT CARD PARTY WAS HELD
Cloverland, Wash; Mandelia Benson of
IN THE WALDO HILLS LAST WEEK
Clarkslon, Wash; and Harriet E. Bald
win of Stayton.
Funeral services were held in the
The home of Mr. and Jfrs. P. E. Herz-
Christian church of which Mrs. Mulkey
aeifen
was tne scene of a very enjoy
was a member, Rev. Dunn officiating.
Interment was made in the local Mason able card party one evening last week.
ic cemetery. A large number of old Whist was the order of the occasion,
frknds attended the funeral.
prizes being won by Miss Lena Wag
ner and Mr. Wagner. At a late hour
Then Highberger the well known Sub a dainty lunch was served, after which
limity dairyman, was in town for a few the g u e s t s reluctantly departed for
home.
hours yesterday.
that gossoon, But just sink in his slats
while I whistle a tune, And I’ll bury
him deep by the light o f the moon. In
the shade of the Flim-Flam tree.
I
N the shade of the Flim-F’lam tree
There’s a candidate waiting for me;
When he asks my .support I will lie to
him sure; I will say how I think all his
motives are pure. And h i s policies
ought to forever endure, In the shade
of the Flim-F'lam tree.
I
N the shade of the Flim-Flam tree
There’s a verse-writer waiting for me;
When I grind up his bones there'll be
one poet less, And a long suff’ring
people will rise up to bless. The glad
day I arrived their wrongs to redress,
In the shade of the Flim-Flam tree.
—W.Wyckoff in York (Neb) Teller.
COLLEGE WILL AID HORSEMEN IN
BUYING AND SELLING ANIMALS
Prof. E. L. Potter of the animal hus
bandry department of the Oregon Ag
ricultural College, in his capacity as
secretary of the State Stallion Regis
tration Board, has issued to ail owners
of stallions or jacks in the state a let
ter in which he offers to keep on file in
I the office of the board a list of ail such
animals as are for sale, provided that
they are properly registered.
The purpose of the board in establish
ing this list of registered animals for
sale is to encourage still further the
raising of well-bred horses. The ser
vice to both buyer and seller is entirely
without fee.
PUPILS OF SILVER FALLS SCHOOL
HIT HIGH PUCES IN SPELLING
First Expedition of Year WiO Leave in Few
Days For Mountains East of
Stayton
PARTY HAS CONTRACT
FOR ELEVEN CARLOADS
Frodaci to be Skipped South lo C ottom i
Nurseries
The first moss picking expedition of
the vear is expected to leave Stayton
in a few days, when a party of five
will start for the mountains east of
here. Frank Mack will be in command
and with him will go his wife, Arlie and
Nello Mack and Tom Dunagan. They
expect to be gone for several months,
as they have located a good spot for
moss gathering.
They will establish a regular camp
about thirteen miles east of here, and
the men will do the picking while Mrs.
Mack will look after the eatables. Thev
have a small baler, and will themselves
prepare the moss for shipment. They
have secured a contract for eleven
carloads of moss, and expect to be able
to get out a carload each week. They
will ship from Fox Valley.
The moss is used extensively by nur
series for packing around fruit trees.
Large quantities are shipped each year,
though most of the gathering is done
in the late spring and early summer.
The moss for which tbe Macks have
contracted will be shipped to California
points for use in the large nurseries of
our neighbor state. It is a commodity
for which there is considerable demand,
and brings very fair prices.
SURELY SPRING HAS ARRIVED!!!
KIDS TAKE FIRST SWIM OF YEAR
Tha weather was so nice last Satur
day that some of the boys about “ fry
ing” size went in swimming. And this
¡8 farther north than Chicago, too.
While the boys here were in swimming
the Ozark region in Mo. was having the
worst snow storm of the season. “ Eva-
line Vangeline May, whacher know
about that?”
WELCH ROAD MAY TAP
STAYTON, SAYS PAPER
Rvaored H ut Portland, Eufew A Eastern
Will Run Between Here and
Salem
There is a rumor afloat to the effect
that the Portland, Eugene & Eastern
Railroad company contemplates the
construction of a road between Salem
and Stayton, and that the project ia
being promoted by M. E. Reid.
In the meeting of the city council
Monday night, E. W. Hardy, attorney
for the P., E. &. E. road, stated while
speaking in regard to the Front street
franchise for his company, that in a
few months the road would in all pro
bability be doing an interurban busi
ness. He mentioned the $10,u00,000
bond issue authorised recently by the
road, but said that no definite an
nouncement of the company’s local
plans could be made because to an
nounce them would interfere with the
purpose of the company. It is said that
the original plans of Mr. Reid were to
build from Salem to Stayton by the way
of Shaw, and to penetrate into the min
ing and timber sections lying beyond. —
Salem Statesman.
A per cent of 99.87 was made by the
pupils of the Silver Fails school in a
spelling contest held last week. Six
Miss Ethel Mack is on a two weeks'
teen pupils took part, and they missed visit with her brother and his family in
only one word in the contest—an ex Corvallis.
ample of near-perfection in spelling, I Gale Jones of Seio was in town Sun-
apparently. F. H. Hadley ia teacher ¡day to visit hia parents. Jack Jones and
wife.
of the school.