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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1912)
i AIV ARMED SITTING. LINN COUNTY FAIR Scio, Ore.—August 28,29,30 Take your annual outing at t h e County Fair. A SCHOOL OF EDUCATION. AMUSEMENT AND RECREATION Liberal Premiums In All Departments—For Example: Domestic Canned Fruits: $10, $5, $3. Jellies: $8, $5, $2.50 Display Canned Goods: $10, $5, $3. Best Farm Exhibit— $70, $40, $15, $10 $5. School Children Under 15: $12, $8, $5. Exhibits in all lines are requested. Get busy, and Bring Something to the Fair. School Children’s Industrial Fair......Many Valuable Prizes A well arranged program of races and amusements each day. Grounds lighted by electricity. Running water to all parts. We will do our best to make you comfortable. Season tickets, $1.25 Day tickets, 50c prelum fbook Linn County Fair Association Enigma af Gravitation. P a t r o n iz e The Bureau Saloon ROY MULLIN1X, Proprietor GET THE BEST and PUREST LIQUORS ON THE MARKET Gravitation Is one of nature's enig mas. The great Newton himself d.d not pretend to know what gravitation Is. He only knew that It existed, nud he wn» able to prove how it noted, but wbnt It was In and of Itself he never knew. Gravitation Is a law of na ture or a foroe noting in accordance with a law of nature, and that is nil that the wisest man Is able to say about It—unless he Is prepared to talk nonsense. It Is like electricity. We know perfectly well wlmt electricity does, but what electricity Itself Is baffles the profoundest of scientists and , philosophers.—New York American. Msraly s 6uggsstion. W e make a specialty of Family Trade and w ill be pleased to have you order for anything in our line. Early BASEBALL RETURNS Received Here Daily. Phone 2x42 Stayton, Oregon The second hand dealer looked the car over carefully and then made hls ! offer. “I’ll take the machinery of the mo- I tor,” he said, “but I don't want the | rest of It." •'But,” said Wiggins, "what’ll I do j with my body?” “Your body?" said the dealer, “why. \ I don't know. You ought to consult | an undertaker about that.”—Harper« Weekly. Up N o t ic e WE W AN T A L L K I N D S OF P R O D U C E to Data. "They re very up to date.” I "That so?” "Yes. Her daughter Is to be married 1 soon, and she has sent out invitations that read this w ay: 'Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry Wnttersby Ilrown request your pres ence at the flrst wedding of their daughter Jane.’ ”— Detroit Free Presc CHICKENS, DUCKS, GEESE, EGGS PORK, VEAL, LAMBS, AND HIDES We pay the highest market prices in Stayton. If you cannot bring your produce in, notify us by phone, and we will send the wagon for it. STAYTON CASH PRODUCE COMPANY 0. B. Trask Manager. Stayton Oregon W. A. W EDDLE CONTRACTOR and BUIuDER Plans and Specifications Made anil Furn ished on all Contract Work. Room 4 State Bank Building STAYTON : : OREGON O V C R 0S Y E A R S ' E X P E R IE N C E POOL : BILLIARD PARLOR P atents RADE M A R K « DcaioNa E. T . MATTHIEU, Proprietor * A Good Place To Spend a Pleasant Hour C o p y r i g h t s A c . AnfOfl#Mni1lnf m e k a tfh a nd dfitcrlptlnn may Hulrklf Mcurtnln o u r opinion fre« w nofhrr am Invention 1 « probably pp.ianfablu.C’ooimunlrn- nrytiflnrrlctl/conflf1mif.il 1. H ANDBOOK 01 . Patent« Bnnt fr*a. Old**t n a a n e f for »«rtirlnd unfenf s. Putmita takon through Munn St Co. receive tprrUil n o t i c e , without charge, In the Scientific American. A handeotnelf IHuetr&fed weekly. 1,u r g e n t d r mlaUon o f any •ctentlflc Journal. Tarn»*. t'i a r e a r ; four month«, $1. Bold by all newadeabers. BEST and LARGEST LINE OF TOBACCO in T O W N ( HER GREAT FEAR W W s . a Criticai M i -'cnt In thè Csreer of W e l l i n g t o n . where )oti may secure a meal of h - desìi, bread and coffee fur 2Î1 pfettuii: which Is alHtut It cents, lu Míe pe-»'1 parts of Mie e||y Miere are many IH'1" restaurants where you can buy u tu far 12 pfennig, which would h ealm ut:: cents. Ilnd Wellington noi eouimauded thè Itrltlsh ut Waterloo would there ha ve hecu auy prlsouer ut MI. Ileleua7 lu some o f these cheap rcstnur nt* WUether or uot some otte exlsls cuiu IW'teuf to nnswer Ibis uioment ous there I« a long laide, and no chairs Py GERAU) DAVIS questlon, a story tnld In Ituchel fim i to lie seel), lull there are long In u - llee's “Secret lllstury of thè Court of Tin spoons uro chained i* ilia^k.if' soup piales are sunk Inti! •alile, eie' Colonel lingers of Ylrglutu was a Spalli" Indlvutes timi Napoleon once the one who wauls to cut a nival com • caute Udirei' Unni he kliew to lielng lunu of the world, a bachelor and an In nud sits down In front of one of excellent fellow at heart, though he rollo«ed of hls elioni) and future eon these piules ami Iliya Ills .'I celila In -id quoror was only understood by his lntlumto Wbeu thè Auglo-SpiinMi nrmy tlrove II. I simlly a woman Is In Mm kllrla-' friends. No one ever thought of Bog- Joseph 1 tona parte from Madrid ut und lu ninny of these pin* es Ilio klb he era as u husband or a father. As to toni Ioni wer* showeled ti|«m lite l-'.ng Is a pari of the restaurant Itself. \1 living with man, woman or child or Itsh coni luti tidcit l.ord Wellington, wlm, soon us you have In iti your lumie) an hnvlng tils uffulrs mixed with those of howeter. look little pillns to Ile col' Mie lutile she treta forward with ■ any oue else than himself, the Idea was dlnl. Hls colduess and hls fauey to steaming hot kettle of thick soup, id preposterous, lie was very fond of bave hls portrnlt palnted hy Goya near though t li In so lip Is aoiuetluies sons« I women's society and was popular wllh ly cailsed Mie future boro of Waterloo She lilis your soup piule wllh Mils h- I them, but alw ays In a gvuerul. never tu j lo toso hls Ufo. soup and lays a thick slice of Idle :- a particular, way. Ho had reached the l'or, he It known. Mie Illustrimi« bread beside Mie plate, and your dluuvi age of fifty without any entanglements, SpmiMi pntnter was Irasolbtn lo a de Is complete. but wns uot disposed to consider him Tills Is certainly n cheap meal, mere self "out of the woods" so long us he givo, thè moro so thnt ho was eom are tuttuy places lit all our large Hit plotoly iloaf When Mio grotti generai lived. Ills one aim wns to so conduct where n dime will prut lile quito u ip htuiself that uo woman could get an mudo hls nppoarnnco In ilio studio thè crons dinner, aomollines | m > i roust » I paluter'a aon Interproted thè Engllsh advantage of him, for, though he nil- a thick slice of bread and butter m J • adred the sex, he held the theory that 1 mnn's wlahes In deuf and duttili Imi cup of coffee. Mary F. Ila u * sw ii uo man could ataud against any oue of gtiago lo hls fnthor. The artlst worked iissldumisly and A merleau Threshcriiion them either In duplicity or to prevent when he thouglit Mie |i<>rtralt far the accomplishment of auy purpose on D i n i n g In L u s s m b o u r g . eiiough mlvanced plaeod It Indoro tho which she might have set her mind Though "town patriot lam" exist« » generai. l'iifortunalely Ilio pinture illd Rogers was very fond of play—that over Mm worhl, nowhere, perlinp'Ow is, among gentlemen. He never played uot pleuse Ilio ooiuinander. wlm flercer than lu tho little grand O ' shruggdl hls shotildors couteuiptilous at a gambling house, ludeed, he once of I.iixemlMiurg The tourl»t can tura spent a week at Monte Carlo without j ly and salii Mmt ho would not aecopt It to excellent advantage When he suoli a oarlcHttiro as n glft. Investing a franc. "1 never play to The artist's sou deellnisl to transliite arrives nt the Inn of any Utile town mnke money," he said. “1 plajr only he should get Into conversation wi' ’ a gentlemnn's game for tho purimse of d*** depreeatory remarle, but Mie nrtlst the master or, better »till, with t" passi ng Mie timo" I lite scorti fui gestures of thè mistress of the house nini tucul loll ih ltogers wrut to Paris and wos Intro- fcngllslunnn. and Mie sou In iilarni saw at the last town at which hu *tajn ' duced at an aristocratic club there. hl.s fattier turn bis eyes to the loaded the best and chea|H*at meal» he ev. r One night at a social game he won pistola which alwnys lay ready to liuiid had In hls life were served Madia « from n young man named Itutnii some on tho tnble. The young man's fear Increased will depart to the kitchen detenutile I ton or twelve thousand francs. The to dcntonslrnle to the tourlHt that I amount expressed lu the French coin when Wellington rose from Ills sent has never liefere really had n decent! and put on Ids hat preparatory to de age sounds large, but It wns a little cooked meal And by the Mine for c f over $2,0*10. itutun was understood to parture. Thou Goya, ouragod at the fis- nnd cigar« he will come near to bo well off and did not seem to take hls | officer's contemptuous manner, seised te-llev lng It. Tim dnest cooks lu Europe loss to heart, nud. na for ltogers. there the p istols, and the gen eral clapped hls uro women of I.iicxbutirg. was nothing unusual In hls winning or baud to Ills sword. The scene might have ended In a —Harper's Weekly. losing such an amount at any time. The settlement wns made by itutnu's tragedy Imd not General Alava a« Consideration. paying ltogers hls winntugs In new sured the lm(e Englishman Mmt the "Do you think women have a crisp bills of 1.000 francs denomina nrtlst was suffering from sudden mau ls! ablierallou. ami young Goyn re of humor?” tion. “Yes." replied Mis» Cayenne The next morning ltogers wns sit strained Ids father by force from using I think they li ■ ve b •• 1 ting In the reudlng room of his hotel Ihe deadly wen(sins. to restrain their laughter Mir- •cnnnlng n newspaper when a waiter fear of hurting «onm mini's feelings announced to him Mmt a Indy desired POVERTY DINNERS. Washington Star to see hlin lu a reception parlor “A lady to see me!” exclaimed the C b « a p Meals T h a t Are Served In Some Pretty Near It. colonel. “Are you sure you hnve conn* Berlin Reetaurante. Olhbs—One gets no diplomas lu Mis to the right man?" There are many Interesting fuets re "She wishes to see Colonel Rogers of garding cheap food In various inirtloiis school of ex|ierlenre lUbbs 1 don't know The marriage certi Hen to cornea Virginia." of Mie earth. Berlin is said to lead the Being the only and orlglnnl Rogers civilized world In the wny of cheap pretty near being oue —Boston trau- of Virginia, the colonel mlsed hhnself , restaurants. There uro many places aertpt from hls comfortable leather covered | chair and followed the servant to the | lady. He found a very attractive look- j lng person about thirty years old. hut ! with n worried expression on her face I "Colonel Rogers, I lielleve,” she be gan In tolerable English. "At your service, mndame.” “You won last night from my hus- I band 12.000 francs?" ”1 lielleve I did. madam», win some ! money from a Mr. Raton.” To the Beaches, Exccll nt Train "Would you mind taking from me In V f/ S U N S ET \ i » | Springs and Service «ml I.on [OGOIN*SMAST*I place of the notes he gave you other | ROUTES f notes to a similar nmount?" Mountains Rout.d Trip Fai "I would gladly do anything to oblige j you, mndame. but I would like to lx1 enlightened ns to the reason for the i change.” "And I would not think of permit- | If you are looking for an ideal place to »pend a portion o' ting you to do me a favor wllhout giv the summer, where you can find rest, health and recreation,tl ing you some Inkling as to the r«n«e 1 hnve alwnys heard thnt the chivalry outing resorts reached hy the Southern Pacific are par excellent* . of Americans toward our sex comes largely from you southerners. Every Newport Yaquina Bay, Tillamook County Beaches, ('rat' one knows what may he expected from Lake, Colestin Springs, Shasta Springs, Cascadia, Breitenbu Colonel Rogers of Virginia.” Hot Springs and many other springs of more or less note. The colonel bowed. ”1 will trust you with the secret on that account I know It will remain with you My husband's fnther Is With long limits on sale daily to the above resorts. Our Iniok- wealthy, and iny husband lias nothing I hnve. fortunately, soflie money of my let, “ Vacation Days in Oregon” describing these and other out own. My husband 1» an Inveterate ing places can he obtained from any Agent, who will cheerful]) gambler. He hns lost all tho money furnish information as to fares, train service, etc., or a iiostai Ids father hns given him and broken every promise lo reform. Yesterday, card to the undersigned will receive prompt attention. on hls promise not to gamble. Mr. I Rutan, Sr., gave him 12,000 franrs, marked some of the bills and set a j detective to watch hls son. I discover- j General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon ed through an nccldent that the hills were marked, and my husband told me that he had lost them to you. I desire to save him from a break with Ills father, which. If It occurs, will never lie healed. By replacing these notes he lins given you with others 1 can avert this enlnmlty.” There wns nothing for the colonel lo do but make the exchange Indeed, lie was glad enough to do so, for he wns terror stricken lest hp he connected with a family arnndnl. Taking the notes from hls poekPtbook. he counted 12.000 francs and handed them lo the Indy, receiving In return those she took from her own portemonnale. Then, with a profusion of thnuks, she left SEE DR EATON, THE SCIENTIFIC OPTICIAN, about your eye trouble him. and headache, and have glasses properly fitted. He guarantees all The next dny a gendarme cnlled at his work. Dr. Eaton hus had many years experience as an the hotel, nffid tho colonel wns charged eyesight specialist. E x a m i n a t i o n f r e e . with pnsslDg counterfeit money. Every note the Indy had given him was spuri Two Doors West of Masonic Hall. Stayton, Oregon. ous. To Colonel Rogers hls loss was noth ing, nor wns the position In which he wns placed os[>cclally appalling, for he wns above suspicion. It wns the fact that after all hls fears nnd nil hls cau tion he had been made the dupe of a woman. From that time forward he gave strict orders thnt no woman should ever be admitted to hls pres STEAM FITTING TINNING MILL WORK ence, nnd he parried all efforts on the part of those who endeavored to have All work guaranteed to be first class in every particular him come to them. He never quite re covered from the shock. Galvanized and Black Pipe carried in stock. He played n number of times after that with M. Rutan. whom he discov ered wns a bachelor. Who Informed WATER ST the woman of the colonel’s winnings STAYTON was never discovered. It was doubt- i lees one of the club servants. » Outings VIA in THE O regon < 2 cT fV l ì L o w R o u n d T r ip T ic k e t s J O H N M. S C O T T , Ad. PLU M B IN G Briggs & Son