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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1912)
■a ___ BON TON; » • 1 0t in , A Boy’s Reappearance BAKERY and = RESTAURANT A Story For Memori*! Day By LDCAH STORMS i Hie bnfll«« of Chancclloi »villa. Meals at all hours w as tv but By OSCAR COX nfterwnrd called I had been grndnated from n medical We sol- toller« and. unwilling to stem tba cur- in the practice of J i " . " “* S T S ? . “ c . V ,! " v * ««■•> •uat * )t - competition — - » • ■•«• on Stinduy school at 10 a. in., A. .1 i • wbetlj.ir It was to be n acrlm ny prvfesslon In the east, concluded to ('al<lw«'ll, »apt. It Y P U at 6:30 p. m. IU#** or « battto. Home of u» not yet |o to the fur weal. My plan wa* to I Mr». Kuton, pruaiduiit. engaged didn't know thut there woa >egln at the very outskirts of cirilisa- anything going on When one baa lio- Jon nuil gradually work inward as I . 1 ---------- j teuod to desultory (Irlug of iniinketa rained In experience. Catholic I hud traveled by rati as far ae they ! mingled with caution for auvernl day* ('MIIRiJM lie T i l K I m MACHLATC t ’oSHKl'- j --maylie week»—be doe»n't think much would take me. then by conch, and was lion, Mtarton; Kov. A. Laiuck about whether U 1» a cnmpulgn, a lolng the rest of my Journey on boree- Mick to the settlement where 1 pro prient in charge. High him «» second siicrf-ssloii of xk!rnil»hes or a battle. But thi» 1» not ttlwny» no. When one posed to locate, when I met a man also ionrtli mid lililí rtiindtys 8:30 it. in., I'riost’» address: Hubliniity, Oregon, ] 1» In the uildftt of an engagement there mounted, who asked: “Be you a doctor?" T. HoNirAtnt’» C atholic C hurch , Is not much doubt a* to whnt 1» going Wtiat I knew of thl* battle 1 re "I am; but why did you euapect me In Stayton Hotel Dining Room Hubliniity; Kev A. Liiinck, w torJ| * l.ow run»» h ». In., Iiigli inn»» 10:31) fer to was demonical aounda, cxplo- to be such ?" "I didn't A lot of us la out buntin' «. in., Iir»t and third Sunday* in the j »Ions, rather the mingled pesky vicious fer a sawbones, and we allowed we’d ! plug of bullet» ami the skyrocket month; high him »* 10 30 a . hi , «ec- end, (mirth mid tilth Siinihiy». Ve* | »wish of shells A man lu tho Ole be tak every man we met: leastways, j fore me sank down with a faint groan, ivery man as looked as If he mougbt |M-r» at eventide. and I stumbled over him. but pre»sed be In a perfesslonal business.” "Well, what can I do for you?” ; on I had to press on. What else was Christian [ there for me to do? I couldn’t fnll out "Jim Tuwner and Cy Hardwick la Bath Tubs, Lavatories and Service* will be held every Sunday. jf the ranks, for the officer» had their coin' to have a »hootin' match. Tbey’ra a ll Lanitary fittings—Furm- | Breaching at 11 it. m., and M p. m. ejes on every man to keep him from join’ to do it up In grand sty le That mid demoralizing the rest is, they haln't gotn’ to shoot on sigh t ers-W u carry a line of I Sunday school at 10 a. m., Mr». W. H. breaking Beside*, If I did succeed in getting out but by regular agreement In all these Hobson, superintendent. V. P. S. E. of thin death storm uot a man of my hlgb-raucky-muck affairs It seems they pump», leader w ater sys nl 7:30 p. in.. Mr». K. L. Dunn nresi- rompnuy would »peak to me when It must have a doctor along to Ox 'em up tem», etc- Gasoline engines. ■ dent. Ladie» Aid »ociety meets each was all over If they don’t get killed. I don’t see any j Wednesday at 2:30 p. rn., Mra. G, D. 1 have often been asked since if I got use lu such o feller, 'cause lu this here , Thomaa, president. It. L. Dunn I’astor. used to It. I never did 1 doubt If any territory when there’s any »hootin' JACOB SPANIOL man In a normal condition ever got Coin’ on the man as don't draw flraf used to facing death But I got mad, usually gets killed. This w ay, please.” Methodist The man had turned and was rldlDg and that served the same purpose. ! Methodtat Rpmcopnl (Church, order of Unfortunately I was obliged to get beside me. when we reached a road services: Bible school at 10 a. rn., mad In every light In order to stand rroealng the one we were on, and he A. 8. Pancoast, superintendent- tho rocket. This Is my experience; led the way Into It. It was a singular Preaching at 11 a. rn. and 7:30 p. rn. others may tie different. I.et those case In which to begin a professional Midweek Prayer and Bible Study, sing of the glorjou* excitement of bat rarecr, but beginner* can’t be chooser*. Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Epworth tle. but only one man, so far as I Resides, I bnd come went partly to see leagu e, Sunday, 6. p. in., ( ’lark know, ever described It correctly. Gen • little of western life, ao I made no eral Sherman, when he said. "W ar la »bjection to going where ray guide took Mace, Pres. I.adfea* Aid Society, hell!*’ me. As we rode along I was curious Thursday afternoon, Mrs. J. R. Gard If this Is doubted listen to an Inci enough nbout the cause of the affair in ner, Pres. Pastor of the church, E, dent told me by a fellow veteran: which 1 was to officiate professionally Sutton Mace. “After a battle a line of wounded lay to aak my conductor for the facta. In a long line waiting for the surgeons. "Oh, It’» about a gal Turner he Better let us do your printing you They were not all waiting, for some seen her at a dance In a barn and tuk of them were dying. In the tight the It into hit head that he wanted her may find it cheaper than you expect. men, and boys. too. of the country In powerful bad. Hardwick he seen her which It wns fought had taken part rldtn’ behind a male team, and he I saw a little fellow with a leafy wanted her too. They wa* both dlink branch keeping the flies off two dead in’ together at the Alhambra and told Now h the lime to order a monument bodies lying side by side. ‘Are they •aeh other how much they wanted tbla Wa can furnith any relation of yours?’ I asked the same gal, and they got Into a dispute Physician and Surgeon child. “That’s my pap,’ be answered, »bout her, but before they came to a Iraw a gambler from Georgia be said ’and that’s my brother.’ ” OREGON To resume tny narrative. 1 was hit It warn’t respectable to fight about a Also build Slone or ( oncrele Walt» to STAYTON. Some men who are shot don’t know It lady In a «»loon nobow. He advised order Don’t fail to get price* before for awhile. Not ao 1. I was shot em If the lady waa to be mixed up In you buy. right through a lung. I sank down, the matter to make an appointment while the others passed over me. I to do the »bootin' In a decent way. So 1 . L. THOMAS. struggled for breath, and the blood. they axed him bow It had ought to STAYTON. O R IG O N . from my mouth, choked me. be done, and be offered to manage It ! PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Iiourlng After n while I lost consciousness, prob- fer ’em. He allowed each man must ibly fainted After that 1 remember have a second, ns he called it, nnd intervals of fighting for breath. What there muit be a surgeon on hand. So S t a y t o n , O regon M . R I N G 0 was my condition the rest of the time t lot of us fellers who wns cuFous to ! don’t know. I remember that It was »ee how one of ’em fine feathered Undertaker a n d Einbaimer night nnd It wns day. but how many (hootin’ matches was done aald we of these changes there were I have no didn't mind helpin'. 8o the Georgia Third and Marion Streets Idea. Possibly clotted blood stopped man sent us off to bunt up a surgeon.” A. M . M. D. I asked him If the lady had shown the breathing or some of It STAYTON. OREGON P H Y S I C I A N und S U R G E O N Opcuing my eyes, 1 saw standing in y preference to either of the dispu Office at over me a small boy. He might have tants. to which he replied: l>een ten years old or thereabout She couldn't very well show any SUBLIMITY, OREGON “W ater!” 1 said faintly, tie went preference when ahe'd never seen FARM AND CITY BARGAINS away nnd presently came back with a •Ither of ’em. leastaways to know ’em canteen full of water. 1 can never ig ’in. Sartln sbe hadn't never aald a G. F. KORINEK, V. S , B. V. Sc. BUY NOW There will be forget fbnt first draft. Whnt move word to either of 'em.” V eterin arian ment T made started my wound bleed "And they are going to fight'for a a rapid increase in land val Treats nil domestic animals, also ing again. The little fellow stuffed woman who doesn't even know them?” ues and now is the time to some of my clothing Into It and Sartln! How would they decide the applies the Tuberculin test. B U Y . staunched It But I choked again. matter without a fight?" Telephone 3x7 When 1 had somewhat recovered from "What matter?" Nothing more safe on earth Office n f S la y to n S tab le s this the boy went nwny nnd brought •■Waal, I dunno ’bout that. In this than earth itself. j some persons, who carried me to a yere territory wp bain't ao p articular STAYTON - - - - OREGOF [ house. There 1 received medical at- what we fight about: It’s fihe fightln’ J. T . K E A R N S j tendance and In time recovered. ‘.hut counts.'1 The Kealestate Man of Stayton | The principal comfort 1 rememlier In Iu due time we reached a hamlet Wilbur N. Pintlcr, D.M.D. i my war service Is that boy. 1 have composed of four or five aabins. where j never forgotten bis face and never we halted, and a man came out. DENTIST shall forget It For year« the desire Have yo' got a au“geon?’’ he __ to go south and find him held posses drawled. Olhce over De.dnch » Store slon of me But such „ trlp v (| lm. “This yere gentleman Is one o’ that Phone 2152 Stavton, Ore practicable. I was not only otherwise description.” i — I, ■ ■ — engaged, hut had not the means to Wal, 1 don’t know aa he’ll be any Jos. Sestak & Sons, Props. make the Journey. But at last 1 re nse since that both Jim and Cy insist Dealer« In ceived a windfall and. breaking awny, on the kind of a deal they’ re used to— went down to revisit the battlefield that Is. startin' in and emptyln' all All Bye Trouble Correctly adjusted. nnd And tho hoy. Fresh, Salt and Smoked their gun barrels Into each other. B ut Glasses fitted while you wait. I had little difficulty In finding the since It's to be done accordin' to rule, By a graduate of the Eye and Ear Col- house to which I hud been carried, we must have a su'geon. Come in, lege of Chicago, 111. hut the boy wns not there. Indeed doctor, nnd tnfce somep'n to git the Highest Market Prke Paid for Stock and All work guaranteed. If living he was not a boy. I found (lust outen your throat." a man who remembered succoring a tilde». Examinations free. I dismounted, and when I was told number of Uniou soldiers. His age that the principals were only waiting Two doors west ot Masonic Hall. STAYTON. OREGON corresponded to what that of my little for a surgeon to begin the tight. 1 de friend should be. He thought that he clined to "get the dust out of my TH E O P T O M E T R IS T might have been the one 1 wns looking throat.” since I might be needed, and for, but could not be certain All the liquor would not Improve any skill 1 boys he had known had been out help might possess. All were very much a . ing their elders In caring for tho astonished to find a man who ever re wounded. CONTRACTOR and BUI l DER fused to drink, but as mjr arrival had While we were talking, a boy about been announced the parties concerned Plans and Specifications Made and Furn ten years old came In. were slipping out for the fracas. The ished on all Contract Work. “Then? be Is!" I exclaimed. “There’» Georgia man placed them back to the boy who kept me alive. I would back, told them that on signal they Room 4 State Bank Building were to march forward till ile sung STAYTON : : OREGON know him among a thousand.” “He’s my son," said the man 1 had out "Ttin»:’’ when they were to turn [been speaking with SATISFACTION GUARANTEED nnd open fire. They were about to He wns the perfect Image of his fn- start on their march of death when I ther. I took him In my arms nnd bug- the clatter of horse's hoofs was heard Third Street one half block south StHy- j ged him, while bis father looked on coming at a gallop. Eyes were turned ATTORNEY-AT-LAW ton State Bank. ! and laughed In the direction of the snuni I. and NOTARY PUBLIC ”1 may he Indebted to you,” I anld when the comer wns seen to be a wo Abstract» and Probate Work a Specialty j to the parent, "but since you hnve man all hands waited She reii ted up | grown beyond boyhood, ami In your before the party. Office Over Stayton State P>Hnk son 1 see the little fellow who was so ”1 henrn." she said, "that you fellers llnd to me. yon must excuse me for wns n-goin' to fight about me. 1 don’t | lavishing my gratitude on him Instead see no use flghtin' about a wonrmn ns If you I ihvc property to se ll come of yon.” in and list it with us. and wo will Is married to u mighty good m an and a k D r W m .P f u n d e r ’ s Then wns I enabled to repay the got two kids " find a buyer. We already have a num' or of choice farms listed. If father through tho so:i. for 1 eonld not Thnt broke up the duel. Ttie wo you d.-nire to make-an investment have bedewed upon the first whnt I man took her two lovers home with it will pay to sc us. A Tonic. Alterative and Resolvent. The did on the last The family were poor her. where she said her hush and was b i t rrm n l, for Kidney», Liver and Itowel*. nnd eonld tint nffnnt to uKo the young waiting for them with n detnl John. »Krsdlcste* ltinple*. Kniptlon* snd Disorders W e Sell the Earth of the Skin. Purifies the Blood and gives ster an education This I did. and he There wns great dtsnpp ointment Tone, Strength and Vigor to the entire system. | to whn:n I wn« really Indebted had the among those who had expeefi* 1 to sees »atlsfactloti of seeing til* hoy take a rent duel I didn't practice Ion g In that | far different position Ic life (nun which country It wns a trifle ton near to Office next to Stayton Hotel Subscribe for The Stayton Mail. Yon he hud himself taken uatura tor tuo. I can't invest $1.50 to better advantage. Baptist It An Affair Of Interest S T A Y T O N O P E R A H O U SE FRIDAY, MAY the 31st wit THE CL AMANS C. Ullom, Proprietor The best to eat at the handiest place to eat. Now TINWORK and PLUMRING F o r S a le BRICK, Present the NATIONAL STOCK CO. 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