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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1912)
------------------------ = Rocky Point A. C. Barrows und wife o f Ouk Grove were Stuyton visitors Fri day. Laat Friday the were Rowing grain by the snowfall. inchea fell here. peared by Sunday. farmers who W. H. Humphries und wife of were «topped McAlpin were visiting friends in About «even Stayton Friday. It ul! disap A. Frank and C. P. D a r s t were helping E. C. I) o w n i n g Bert Kd wards, a Salem butch- | butcher Monday. er was in this neighborhood this week looking for beef cattle. Dr. Kori nek was called to see C. P. Darst butchered some a sick cow for Alfred Peterson Friday night. fine porkers this week. COUNTRY COMES Squabtown Thomas Tidings Mrs. Minnie Smith is visiting Squabtown’s city water supply E. C. Downing shipired a fine Othmer Berg spent Sunday her son Ernest. which comes from Big Clear Can bunch of hogs this week. with his parents at Shaw. yon, is in a bad way financially. Chas. Freetag made a business Elvln Carter has quit working Some of the water users have’ nt trip to Scio Monday. Eugene will h a v e a carnival paid for three or four years. The for C. P. Darst to go into the Zeller and Ernest Smith this year. butcher business. city dads ought to shut off their were in Albany Monday. water at once and m a k e them Frank Prohop butchered a hog : take their whisky ztraight. weighing 550 lbs. Friday. Several o f the o I d residents Ervin and Martin Peterson had the moss scraped off their visited Johnnie Freetag Sunday winter overcoats last week, and put the Bame away with a gener Ed Smith visited at the Andy ous allowance of tobacco to keep Densmore home the first o f the out the moths. “ Pop” Squint, week. however, omitted the Pedro, a s _________________ T H E L A D IE S O F S T A Y T O N A N D V I C I N I T Y he s a i d that the tobacco was A R E C O R D IA L L Y I N V I T E D T O A T T E N D T H E worth more to him now than the S P R IN G O P E N IN G O F T H E overcoat would be next year. _____ > Joe Announcement ? Spring M ILLINERY O P E N I N G Mehama Items MACK & SPANIOL MILLINERY STORE A N D IN S P E C T O U R N E W S T O C K . W E H A V E A LARG E A N D T A S T Y A S S O R T M E N T OF N O B B Y H A T S IN T H E L ' A T E S T S P R IN G S T Y L E S F O R L A D IE S A N D M ISSE S. C O M E O N O U R O P E N IN G D A Y , Sat., March the 9th A N D SEE T H E B E S T T H A T PO RTLAND A F F O R D S IN T H E M IL L IN E R Y L IN E , A L L A T R E A S O N A B L E PRIC ES. A Hat Given Away Free O N O P E N IN G D A Y . B E S U R E A N D D R O P IN T O R E G IS T E R A N D G E T A C H A N C E O N I T . Bill Nolan moved here from Nebraska last fall, and he and his w ife became quite scared over the fact that a web o f skin had begun to grow between the toes of their two children aged 5 and 1 7 years respectively. They took them to old Doc bowersock, who operated on them for webfootili- tis. They’ ll be swimming around in a few days. P. S.—Nolans will move to Canada in the spring. West Stayton driving westward Sunday. Bob Shier, manager of the Mrs. C. A. Rucker was trading Black Eagle Mines was here on with Stayton merchants Wed. business, C. F. Loose and w ife visited J. D. Parker just received a at the J. H. Porter home Sun. fine imported canary bird from Mrs. Isaac Tripp and children Australia. are visiting relatives in Lebanon. ^ ern Goodell and his bride E. Forette sold a herd of grade ^°ok dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Burdick of Fern Ridge last Sun- Jersey heifers to a party from Albany. ^ay. - - - - - - - MILLINERY- - - - - - - - Tools for the Garden such a s Lawnmowers, hoes, rakes, spades, etc., are here in great variety, and our reputation f o r keeping high qualities is long established. W e want you to come here for all your garden tools and implements because we know we can give you satisfaction with the goods and the price. W c have just received a new stock of farm tools, too. Streff Hardware Co. Stayton, Oregon. Reflect on Your Smoking and you will admit that a single pipe of really good Tobacco is worth three of an inferior kind. It's the quality of the Tobacco that makes the smoke en joyable. Just t r y our pipe Tobacco once and you will be a regular user of it because you cannot equal the smooth quality apd excellent smoking properties at anything like our prices. You can prove this only by test. Louis Elliott of Salem is spend- the former struggle went to Cup- ing a few days about the berg. 88 usua'- Mr. Scofield and family are was. It is seldom these people nearly all confined to their home see a hard looking stranger look- on account La Grippe. ing for work. Miss Mary Jarvis who has been employed at Jefferson for a short time is home for awhile. J. A. H E N D E R S H O T T , Proprietor Mrs. Frank A laugh and daugh ter, Alice, who have been visit ing at the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hunt, departed for Salem Tuesday. They will return to their home i n Duns- muir, Cal. the latter part of this week. Gates Gleanings Miss Alice Stafford is ill with La Grippe. >. . F. I. Bevier went to Albany Monday on business. Mrs. Dike of Niagara is visit ing at the home o f her son. L. Dike. , Mrs. L. E. Dike took her little daughter to Albany last week for medical advice. Our school directors, T. J. Me Oleary, L. T. Dike and Tom Lawson were called to Albany on official business. Miss Hernia Collins of Salem, who has been with her sister, Mrs. Kenneth McCleary since The A. C. Barrows home en the middle of Dec., returned to her home Tuesday. tertained Sunday. Mrs. Perry Bressler o f Detroit Willard Archibald spent Sun is visiting her daughter, Mrs. day with Wayne Ashby. Fred Hester. She is on her way C. J. Seibel made a business home from Philomath, where trip to Salem on Friday. she has been visiting another E. R. Palmer and family spent daughter, Mrs. N ew t Allen. Oak Grove ---------------------- Drift Creek Archie Ferry who has been Mrs. John Brewer is reported employed at Jefferson is spend to be improving. ing a few days at home. J. Geer called at the W. H. Miss Edith Jams and brother. Carter home Thursday. Clifford, and Gilbert Beal, visited I at the Reece home Sunday. Hazel Geer o f Silverton is visit ing at the C. H. Geer home. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Thomas and family visited at the home of Mrs. C. E. Heater visited at Mr. Thomas’ brother o f nearj the Pottorff home Sunday. Turner Sunday. W. R. Heater and w ife visited Mr. and Mrs. Faulkner of Linn at the I. B. Carter home Sunday. county and Mrs. Capt. Briggs, Saturday evening the Dri Cree mother o f Mrs. Mack, visited at Club met at the C.E. Heater home. the John Mack home Sunday. W. R. Heater was trading with The improvement club will Sublimity merchants Thursday. render another program, and Glen Knight passed through afterwards an old fashion spell- this neighborhood one day last 1 ing match will be carried out. week. Date March 16. J. Garrigus preached at Silver Orvill Wolfe while operating a Cliff Sunday morning and even stump puller or machine at his evening. home received injury caused from the sweep of the machine. Luck Guy Geer and Jim Thomas are ily it was not more serious than taking violin lessons of Frank it was. Siegmund. A large land owner and buyer! J. M. English visited at the J. of the region about Salem passed i M. Burnette home o\ er Saturday through this neighborhood trying and Sunday. to buy acreage. Neighbors be ‘ Mrs. Mary Green and daughter careful, cause land on the prairie Ida, called at the Adolph Heater is selling as high as $250.00 to home Thursday. $300.00 per acre, and we surely Mrs. J. M. Eurnette and M yrt can beat that for soil and price. le. visited at the W. R. Heater home Thursday. J. The Gem Confectionery A stranger passing through the streets o f Mehama Tuesday evening, caused a great deal of excitement. Some o f the inquisi- tive people got busy telephone- ¡ng adjoining town8 t0 find out w^0 man was or Miss Lena Wagner has return ed tu|Portland after visitiifg a few days with home folks- Frank Libby of Jefferson was Sunday at the C. J- Seibel home. visiting about town Thurs. Miss Ava Darby, who is teach J.,W. Nipple made a business ing school near Silverton, h a s been home several days on ac trip to Stayton Saturday. count o f sickness. Geo. Tate of Stayton was seen Hoboes are getting to be quite D. I. Warham has been suffer- ing from an attack of rheuma plentiful. All looking for werk, Sam Shaver, our enterprising tism. A t this writing he is some so they say. barber, accidentally sliced off a better. Work has already begun in piece of Wink Trubbels chin last There is a new society fad in putting out new orchards about Saturday while shaving him. Mehama and it seems to be catch West Stay tan. Wink kicked so hard that he ing. This being leap year the Those who attended the Leap broke a $ 2.00 mirror and sprained boys’ love seems to be blind, as Year party at Lu Allen’s Friday his back. Sam won’ t shave him the girls are leading the boys evening report a good time. any more unless Wink will allow around by the hand. The new bungalow of Walter ’ him to tie his hands and feet to Mehama young folks enjoyed Criderman is fast nearing com ! the chair. themselves Wednesday evening pletion and will be ready for oc with a double-header— A dance cupancy in a short time. and a boxing contest. In the M aharaja . latter, Oscar Zimmerman got the ------- decision over Vern Goocell, while Mrs. Harrv Chance’s mother and sister are visiting at the Chance home. _ _ Brovyer an(^ *ami • West Stayton have moved onto i Burnette place. v . C. C. Jones and wife and Mrs. Cephas Hombuckle is home on J. King were Salem business vis a visit. itors one day last week. Walter Cassidy has rented the Miss Jennie King and A m ott Walling farm. King called at the Fred Y o s t Claud Root was a Stayton vis home Saturday evening. itor Monday. Mrs. Andrew Fischer and Miss J. Dively shipped two carloads Violet Anderson called at the J. of wood Tuesday. | King home Monday afternoon. “ Dad’ Perkins is remodeling The Misses Charlotte Grettie one of his dwellings. and Jennie and Ethel King spent North Santiam MACK & SPANIOL ------------------------------------------------ r r — that measured four and one-half Sunday at'the J. Krarix home. 4 feet in length. Fred Yost and faibily s p i r ^ Sunday at the A. Fischer home. A bountiful oyster supper was prepared and served by the lad C. C. Jones and family visit« d ies. The evening was spent in at the Theodore Fischer home oh tricks and games. An enjoyable Sunday. time was had by all that were Mrs. P. Fischer and daughters present. About twenty-five were Inez and Elva spent Sunday at present. the J. King home. FOND OF READING? E ta If you are, you will appreciate a bright, clever magazine in your home. A s you probably know Sunset and T h e Pacific Monthly, the tw o leading magazines of the coast, have recently consolidated under the title SUNSET—T H E PACIFIC MONTHLY T h e new magazine combines all the good qualities of both old ones. of beautiful In addition to making a specialty color w ork, it publishes clean, clever fiction and interesting descriptive articles. You will like it. and here's your chance to get it. SUNSET- THE PACIFIC MONTHLY and THE STAYTON MAIL, BOTH FOR $2.25 Separately, the tw o would cost you $3.00 Bring your s u b s c r i p t i o n s no w to the M . R I N G 0 Mrs. Pottorff has a very sore hand caused by getting a piece Undertaker a n d Embalmer of fern in her finger. Third and Marion Streets J. M. Burnette and C. E. Hea STAYTON, OREGON ter captured a bob cat Thursday Stayton Mail Office