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THE STAYTON MAIL
1 8 th Y e a r , N o
S T A Y T O N ,
24.
MAN GETS
EASE ON
WMILL
Treasurer of the
Ce leb r a tio n
Reports
Jo». Petzel, l.umbfrnun of Upper Santiam. hH,‘
Lee Brown
A
o f $268.00 collected in donation» a n d
Sons
GOVERNOR WEST
GOING EAST
AGAIN
Across
New Proprietor Secures Three Year Lease
on Property
JU LY
18,
1912.
S e r ia l N o . 8 5 9
CHERRY FA
SUCCESS
EVEN1
R e g n a u lt’s "S a lo m e ,” For
W h i c h $ 1 0 5 ,6 0 0 W a s Paid
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Visitors Surprised and Pleased at Magnifi-
pense* which included bands, b a b y
show, parade, rent on grove, decora
tion», »|M,rla, etc., leaving a balance o f
$2.20 for
the next celebration to be
held here, This ia a good allowing and
the committee 1» to be congratulated
that they did not come out ill debt.
It was later decided to give the bal
Cascades to Attend
• cent Display of Willamette
Idaho Meeting
Valley Fruit
LONG HORSEBACK RIDE
W I L L BE HISTORICAL
MONSTER PARADE WAS
SPECTACULAR FEATURE
Sturdy Little Mare Expected to Carry Gov
Many Elks Visited Capital City During the
ernor Entire Distance
Famous Festival
stand runreaaiona, with a total expend-
iture o f o f $265.80 for the various ex
WILL ENDEAVOR TO RUN
PLANT AT FULL CAPACITY
C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y ,
" " llHl w ,th thc c h ,,lrm ,n o f th l‘ State E m o tiv e Begins His Hough Journey
I executive commit I ff, and dhow» a total
To Operate Establishment of
M A R IO N
ance to the Stayton band and t h e n
One o f the muat important business
close the books.
charges thi» year whh made thin week,
when the l,ee Brown A Sona I.umher
eompany gave a three year lease o f
their plant at thia piare to Joaeph 1'et-
ael o f I.yona, Ore.
60 MEMBERS OF FAMILY
AT GOLDEN WEDDING
The invoicing com-
meneotl yesterday anil poitseasion will lie
given Mr. 1‘rtr.el a* aoon a* completed.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lefflcr, o f Linn
Governor West started on his 509-
Salem’s Cherry Fair this year, de
inile horseback ride Sunday morning.
spite the unfavorable wet weather
which materially impaired the crop,
was a grand success in every way. The
He wore a khaki riding suit ar.d the
cowboy h a t which became famous
throughout the state on campaign post
ers. He left his home on the little
amount o f fruit exhibited
and the
splendid pack were a revelation to all
black mare that will take him over the
Gascade mountains, to Boise, Idaho.
newcomers—they had never seen such
luscious fruit and so much o f it.
The
i county celebrated their golden wedding
The governor left t h c city going
on Wednesday o f last week, with des southward, his plans o f itinerary not
man and ha* furniahed the clear lum
cendants and Ihcir families to the num being changed to go over the mount
ber for the lirowna for aevera! year»
ber uf 60 in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. ains through the South Santiam pass.
from hla ainall mill in the hilla back o f
Leffler were married in 1862 and have
“ Fay Brown” , thc little mare that
Fox Valley. He will be natulirapped
lung been among the moat highly re
t*
carrying him on his journey, went
fnl awhile at thin place with a lack o f
spected residents o f t h i s vicinity. lame some time ago, but was sent to
logt Imt juat aa aoon aa (xxaible he e x
Their eight »on» and two daughter«,
I the pasture, and displayed no signs o f
perta to keep thia mill running with a
together with their families attended ! lameness when she started on the long
full force. Thia will mean quite a lit
the celebration and over sixty member»
trip.
tle tu Stayton aa the mill here hua not
o f the Leffler family »at about the
The governor is satisfied that the lit - 1
been run to full rapacity f o r aome
dinner table.
i tie black will be able to carry him the
lime
It ia uncertain at the preaent
Among those in attendance were the entire distance, but has made arrange
time juat what line the Hrown Uro»,
following son* and daughters : Wm. M., ments for another mount in case the
will engage in.
lameness returns.
Clarence, Ivan ami John leffler, of
There are many doubtera that w c
Scio; Jumes C. and Charles Leffler, o f
will net transportation out o f Stayton
Stayton; George ami Thomas leffler,
NEW MILKY WAY
In the next eighteen months, but if
o f Hubbard; Mr». Minnie Montgomery
one will carefully watch the buiineaa
o f Scio, and Mr*. Martha Thompson,
John Zuber t h e genial Sublimity
deals, o f which thia i» one, in the next
o f Hubbard.
cream gatherer had a streak o f bad luck
three months, h i a doubts m a y be
The aged people were the recipients
Tuesday. He had stopped to water his
rhunged to something else. It ia also
o f many beautiful present« and keep
horses on the road north o f town when
pretty strongly rumored that thc Wool
sakes from their descendants and ad
one o f the animals pulled o(T the bridle
en Mill has again changed hands and
miring friends.
and the team started up the road over
that parties who are able and anxiuun
Mr.
1‘etiel la an experienced mill
to reopen it are the purchaser*.
turning the wagon and spilling about
We
hope to have aome definite new» o f this
before long.
NORTHWEST LAND SHOW
FOR PORTLAND IN FALL
S.C. STEWART TO HEAD
LEBANON N A T I BANK
8. C. Stewart o f Albany, father o f
S. L. Stewart o f this city, has acquired
the presidency o f thc Lebanon Nation
250 gallons o f cream, worth $75.00, in
thc highway.
BUILDINGS REMOVED
AT EXPOSITION SITE
greater portion o f the exhibit, while
somewhat under sire as compared to
the fruit o f past years, was exceeding
ly fine, and the display as a whole was
highly commendable.
The manufacturers' exhibit and other
features, including the baby s h o w ,
were interesting adjuncts to the Fair.
The parade included many artistically
prepared floats suggestive o f the fest
ive event, and the abundance o f band
F
BENCH art circles hare been greatly exercised over the purchase by a
New York firm o f art dealers o f the painting "Salome,” by Ilenrt
Régnault. The picture was offered at auction with other paintings
o f the Carcano collection and knocked down to the successful bidder
for $105,000, much to the dissatisfaction o f many Frenchmen, who hoped to
see It purchased for presentation to the Louvre galleries. Indeed, a group of
patriots had collected a large sum with such a purpose in view. Much o f tha
Interest felt by his countrymen in Régnault arises from the fact that he was
killed In battle during the Franco-Frussian war. Ills works are chiefly con-
°d with oriental subjects, and his preference was for scenes o f horror and
bloodshed. Another o f his famous canvases Is "Decapitation In Granada,**
depleting a tragic episode of Moorish times.
STA YTON WINS GAME
FROM CAPITAL CITY
Cole's Control Holds the Visitors Safely While Locals
Pound Out Victory. 10 to l
music added greatly to the busy pro
gram.
i
The Salem Cherry Fair is a valuable
institution in that it illustrates one o f
the valley’s greatest industries which
is yet in its infancy. Willamette Val
ley cherries will in a few years be
sought in eastern markets as the prod
uct o f no other section. Thousands o f
acres now non-productive will s o o n
supply train loads o f this beautiful and
luscious fruit.
L. L. Thomas and wife and G. F.
Korinek and wife started for an out
ing at Cascadia yesterday.
They ex
pect to be gone a couple o f weeks and
took along enough o f “ grub” to last
that long.
FEW FOREST FIRES ARE
REPORTED T H I S YEAR
The Stayton ball team wrested a completed the scoring by adding a lone
j clean cut victory from a Salem aggre tally in the seventh. In the sixth, Sal
Seventy buildings have been remov
Although there were forest fires rag
gation representing Houser Bros., on the em hed an excellent chance to score.
been a stockholder and director. E. B.
ed
from the 1915 Universal Exposition
diamond last Sunday, The visit-
ing in almost every section o f t h.j a
Day, thc former president o f the bank,
site at San Francisco, and the work is
and
state last summer at this time, State
was forced to retire on account o f ill
still progressing. Within three weeks were by no means easy marks for the
i Forester Elliot declares that there h^ve
health. The I^banon National Bank is
there will not be a structure or an in -, loca,s ¡n spjte o f th„ 8Core o f ten to one,
been no reports coming to his office as
said to be one o f Linn county’s strong
cumbrancc on the site. Nine pieces of cha,keti up againgt them
The good
yet for timber conflagrations, and that
est financial institutions.
property west o f Laguna street and ten contro, o f Colc> who twirled for Stay_ P <
from the general appearance o f t h e
Before coming to this valley about a
year ago, Mr. Stewart had successfully lm'C08 eaBl
Laguna street hik ! w ist
wag largely responsible for the al-
different territories, there will b e 'n o
serious fires this year.
*
,
engaged in t h e hanking business i n o f Van Ness Avenue are still to be sc- mogt runIess record 0 f t h c Salem
■ quired. Condemnation suits have been crowd
On account o f the weather being
western Nebraska for many years. He
DepartinK from their U8Ua, CU8tom o f
warm and the ground and the fallen
is a man o f splendid executive and bus brought against all the owners and
the attorneys for the exposition are presenting the visitors two scores in
timber being dried'out considerably in
iness ability, broadminded, progressive
rushing these suits so that the building the first inning, the Stayton boys Sun
and public spirited to a marked degree.
the past week, the forester states he
and grounds department will not be de day nnnexed a pair o f runs themselves
would not be surprised if a few small
Mr. Stewart is financially interested
layed in its important work.
fires broke out shortly, but he expects
in that frame, when Thoma and Bur
in a bank at Halsey, and in the Farm
no damaging results.
ton safely made the circuit. The visit
ers & Merchants Bank o f this city. He
al Bank, o f which he has for some time
Preliminary plans are going forward
for making the Pacific Northwest Land
Products Show, to lie held in Portland
November 18-25, the biggest and most
successful land show ever given west
o f the Kooky Mountains,
The manage
ment ia getting In touch with commer
cial bodies and ir-rlividUal exhibitors of
the territory to be represented a n d
promises o f liberal support arc being
received.
Every district o f the North
west states has an opportunity in this
“ dirt show” for valuable exploitation.
Cha». Brown was in Albany on buai-
neas on Tuesday o f this week.
haa a large circle o f
YOUNG MAN DISAPPEARS
Cloy A. Sloat, 18 years o f age, and
formerly h resident o f Salem disappear
ed Friday from a farm near Turner
where he was picking berries.
acquaintances in
Stayton.
With
OUTSIDE CITIES HELP IN
ELKS’ ENTERTAINMENT
the start o f thc berry picking season
GATES BIRTHDAY CLUB
HAS PLEASANT AFFAIR
a two bagger being responsible
Cole prevented any tallies.
The Gates Birthday Club was enter
out Sunday, probably because two oth
tained Saturday afternoon at the home
o f Mrs. A. 1. Gates.
Interior Oregon, picking
out the best routes for a flying squad
ron o f automobiles that will make the
er eames had been played here only a run to Lakeview late in August fo r the
week before.
O n Sunday next the convention o f the Central Oregon De-
Stayton boys are scheduled to play Sil- vclopment League, is a p a rty o f men
verton on the Si verton diamond.
interested, headed by C. C. Chapman,
The afternoon
received a beautiful souvenir from
PATHFINDERS AT WORK
Scouring
A comparatively small crowd turned
Tie contest, M i s s
Community spirit was demonstrated | was spent in a
Jones
winning
first
prize and M r s .
on a ranch between Salem and Turner. to a remarkable extent by Oregon cit
Mrs. Sloat cannot account for thc ies at the recent Elk’s convention in Dinsmoore consolation, after which re
Mrs. Gates
disappearance o f her son and thus far Portland. This was one o f the notice freshments were served.
The able features o f the gathering.
The
young man was a memtier o f the Y. M. vurious places where Elks lodges exist
C. A. and recently took thc county made a surprisingly good showing in
school teachers’ examination.
the big Elks parade that opened wide
the eyes o f Portlanders and visitors.
Those who believed Oregon to be a
TAKE ANGLING TRIP
state with one city, change.! t h e i r
minds when they saw the pnrade and
.. .
,
,
.
the long column o f Elks from the four
corners
o
f
thc
state
sweep
along
Port-
Joe Fisher, G U s Eeksman, T o m
Smith and John Smith started for Elk land’s streets. The active support o f
lake yesterday for a two weeks' fish the state cities made the parade the
The occasion
ing trip to one o f Oregons celebrated big success it proved.
resorts f o r angling.
Here’s good further proved how much Portland re-
luck to them and hoping that they may lies on its friends in the interior in
complishing any really big thing.
catch thc limit.
for all the bases being populated, but the
cool headwork and steady control o f
the Sloat family obtained employment
no trace has been found o f him.
Salem’» southpaw was easy
ors came back with one in the fourth,
MUCH ALASKAN TRAVEL
the
club and other tokens o f remembrance.
secretary o f the Oregon Development
Lea true. This path-finding t r i p i s
occupying t w o weeks o f strenuous
road-finding and map-making.
Travel t o Alaska this summer i s
heavier than ever before.
METHODIST SERVICES
Large num
bers o f tourists are going north on the
KILL RATTLESNAKE
excursions leaving Seattle each week.
„ Thc Ministry am, Membership o f
. ,,
,, , ..
.
the Christian Church * will bo the sub-
ject o f the sermon n t thc Methodist
Church next Sunday morning. A very
j important subject will be discussed in
the evening at 9 o ’clock.
The pastor
ia making the eveni.ig service less than
an hour in length with a good deal of
singing by the congregation.
As they return, thc travelers invariably .
F. A. Robertson o f the Stayton ga
rage, was over in Jordan Valley o n
business Tuesday. W hile there lie re
ports that Miss Beulah Kauffman and
O n e of T hom s'* Steal*
her brother killed a lug ten-year-old
't a b ” brought home
e
o
f
the
et*
uP°n
as
thc
bift
Rame
hunter’s
para-
rattle snake.
this score. During the baiane
(T
dise. Several distinguished p a r t i e s the rattles tr^prot’e thestWy.
\
| Kanu a 1 ni waa 1 1
; from Europe h a ft gone north this year
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In the fifth titayfon Captured three j to hunt an,‘| the mlmber ij expected to
Geo. Brown made a business trip to
runs, copped four more in the sixth, and ; increase materially.
i Silverton Monday.
express their delight and wonder that
American tourists have so long over
looked this wonderful scenic region.
More and more, it is coming to be look-
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