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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1912)
HUNGRY FOR SHiPS A STUPID A u g u s t at the B a ch es Goodwin Sands. In the North Sea, Swallow Them Pitilessly. -, - The beach season is in full swing. Go while the crowds go. En.ioy the cool sea breeses now, while the heat is so unpleasant inland. Bathing. boating, hill climbing, tishing, hikes over delightful trails. Oregon beaches better prepared than ever before to care for the crowds. Plenty o f accomodations. Lots o f fun. The water is fine! SCENE O F M ANY T R A G E D IE S . LAWYER By C. D ARKWRIGHT AI»M INISTRATOR's NOTICE Notice la hereby given that the un- deralgned has been duly appointed nil- nuniatrator o f the estate « f Elijah Weddle, deceased, by order o f the court- ly court, o f (he State o f Oregon, for the county of Marlon, duly made and entered o f record on the lot h day o f July 1912. All persona having claims *K»lnst said estate are hereby notified rei uir«‘i *<> present the same to me mY ovor Slayton Slate Hank, • v’ ,wVlon, Marion county, Oregon, duly v*>viflotl with proper vouchers within *'* from the date o f this nolle*, Dated this 25th day of July 1912. W. A. W tu tu ./, Administrator o f the estate o f Kl .h VV.-d.Ili-, ih - • \ 1 atu what la called a shyster law- "W o all got our share ol adventure," »aid tiu ex-railroad man, "and wo rail r h .s . Greedy Shoals, That Mock Man's yer. It Uu't my fault that I rise no higher In uiy profession; It la fate. roaders get ours. What surprises me Efforts to T.inio Tham, One* Gulpad When I graduated from the law acbool Is that we don't get more than we do GO VIA THE Down a Flaot of War Vaiaala With uiy nmbltlou waa to be some day chief “ We're so liable to bo «(lacked for II Ovar a Thousand OfTicars and Man. Justice o f the United Bin tea. la two legal purposes. But when we consider E xcellen t From the steep rough shore o f Lk-al, ! months 1 was ready to accept the at the number of express messengers who T R A IN S E R V IC E overlooking the ship swallowing Good- j toruoy generalship. Ti en I fell lu the are hilled l-y train robbers and station eh alem And agents forced to give cull ng telegraph win sands, many o f the pilgrim fa •calo to covet n fuir practice S eason ro u n d - now 1 am a shyster. 1 am Hie mean thers embarked fer America, anil signals to enable road agents to hold t r ip FARES. ayo cean est kind o f a shyster. 1 devote m.v up passengers, there's a gc<--I deal do their dee- cuds tits, In a lsltiug or leaving time to separating (hoao whom God England, travel through the famous FINAL NOTICE OF ADMINIS S p e c ia l w e e k Ing In this line for ns. after nil lias Joined together, uqt tho higher, il l a m o o k downs from w hich tlu-lr stem progeni TRATRIX. "I'v e had a persi uni experience e n d and S U N D A Y but the lower classes. I have scoured flint's n trifle different from these, and tors set sail In search o f perfect liberty, a divoreo for a fee o f $9. To all whom it may concern; Notice eaches fh e Goodwins were then In the hoyduy FARES 1 tell you when It was on them was of i s e l l I.......... ... . - I Olio tiny a young couple came to my is hereby given that the undersigned, euough In It to make my hair curl. I years they tiuvo bceu ns !:.r Send for illustrated booklets about the Oregon resorts and our was*employed iu one of the slguul much the graveyard o f the uurrow seas the tnnn nineteen, tho girl eight«ill, Gehlen, deceased, has this dnv filed her un( „ ....... hik) , h„ t special folder on “ Vacation Days in Oregon.” It tells all about block towers on the G., IV and I*. rail ns Suble island Is o f the Atlautlc ocean. He worn a thread I vara ,-o.,t that Indl rated lio waa or had tieen a street ear .. . . , way. Some distance west ot my tower With fervent thaukfuluesa the pilgrim conductor the beaches, springs, mountain resorts, etc. the Honorable County Court o f Marion was a switch that led Into n gravel fathers saw the last o f those notorious "Mr. Lawyer." he avid. "1 auppooo It >*"" «**"• «"«» «PPoint- pit. Tbecompnny hadn't worked the pit , and farrvachtug shoals which break Call on nearest Agent for information relative to fares, liter coat* a lot to Ri*t ii divorce. \V« had tM lunklny, September 3rtl, 1912, lit for some time, and tho track lending tbo vicious seas In gales and make to sell onr furniture to raise the mon the hour o f 9 o'clock a. m. o f said day ature, etc., or address luto it was Ui a dilapidated condition them surge and roar like rapids and ey. Hut wo got $50 for It. Hero It «t llie County Court House in said i f ever it gravel train had attempted which, faithful to their treacherous County and Slate, na the time and to go over it there would have bceu a character, appear on bright summer la." J O H N M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon Uo opoued a porketbook and took |i|Ure for hearing uny objections to •pill. daya as restful ns golden plains, with i ont ^re dirty ten dollar bills. Ills 1ur|, Hnal account and for the svttle- "L ife In a block tower Is rather dull blue and glorious rivers mi»ninif naming w |f0 st00,j ,iy tos.kitm like a youug mt,nl thoreof music. 1 slept there and had my room through the countless channels. ' thundercloud. comfortably fitted up I've always Dated July 25th, 1912. Ships of battle, treasure ships. In- "Wliat'a the trouble?” I aaki*d. been fond o f reading, and books took diauien with precious cargoes and etui Mrs. A. Gehlen, administratrix o f Both began to talk at once, each up the principal part of my time. The grant ships have sailed ns fnr ns the the estate of George Gehlen, deceased. abusing tho other In a disconnected road was neither of the greatest in r Goodwins and there have been engulf Carey F. Martin, attorney forestale. way. I caught as much ns l could of least importance, but there were three ed Most travelers who skirt the const whnt they said, but was unable to tracks and an average ntinibH of between the Forelands see the gaunt gnthcr the slightest cause for divorce traius to look out for Still, sometimes remains of melancholy wrecks. > from either. there would l.e quite an Interval be The romantic tnle Is told that the "That'll do." I said "Y ou." address- tween the passing of the trains. Goodwins were at one time n beautiful ! lug the husband, "have trenf«*l your "One aftei noon 1 was sUlti-g with a and fruitful island, the estate ot Earl wlfo »bonilnnhly. And you," to the book when 1 heard a step on the stairs Goodwlu. but that In I0P7 they be j wife, "lim e done s number of things | leading up Into the tower. Then there came n vust shoal because o f "n turbu I you wouldn't hnvc done had you been was a knock at the door. I opened it lent rage o f rain and un unhenrd of older and more experienced. In order and quite a respcctuble looking man rage of the s«*a." The Island dlsup- to se. ure a divorce for yon you must Semi-Weekly Oregon Journal, stood outside. penred and became -Incredibly covered net harmoniously, fur legally the “ 'I beg pardon,' he said, -but would with sand.” That has been the tradl- grounds for nn action on either side one year . . $ 1.50 you iniud showing me the modus opor ti n for many centuries, and less than uro very weak. You must throw oiT The Stayton Mail $ 1.50 and! o f this system? I've passed the k’no years ago there was au alehouse ; this antagonism long enough to form towers on railroads many times and keeper who declared that his oaken with me a plan fur separation 1 shall always wondered what you geutlenien shntllehonrd was made from a tr«-e | be busy fur nbout un hour, and mean Total $ 3.00 are doing perched up here, pulling tit which grew on tlit* Goodwins when while I wish you to sit down on that they were an Island. these levers.' sofa shlo by side mid try to get back Both Papers One year, $ 2.00 "Now, if I had dared 1 would have A clerical Investigator, however, who to tho daya when you were courting. told him that uo one was admitted to knew the publican, sorrowfully classed j Think about the llr*i kiss, the putting The Semi the towers; that they were places on him us n lying fellow Although the ou of the engagement ring I m-e ou Weekly which so much depend-d that the rule tradition Is generally credited. It seems that round huger Then the weildlng was never to lie broken, but notwith far umre likely that the'Goodwins «re and all that. If you keep thinking P u blish « tha latoat and Moot complete standing the man's respectuble appear formed by the strong run of the tide about th<’',c thing- till I get through telegraphic news o f the world; gives ance, I felt that a refusal meant death down Uie North sen »ml the tide up the some other cases we cun nil act togeth reliable market reports, as it is pub* to me.* 1 coucititrated all my effort to strait of Dover, the two meeting off er for a divorce." »Told showing the slightest suspk-U a the Kentish const mid sweeping vast They did ns I told them to do, hut lishtsl at Portland, where the market and said that I would be inn t happy quantities of sand In n whirlpool shoal took s«-nt* as far apart n* possible and new * cun lie and is rorrrctis! to data Send For Premium Lists and Entry Blanks. III those days o f lumbering sailing at fir*t It looked i.s though nothing to show him the apparatus an I explain for each issue, it ut*o ha* a page o f Its working. Advancing to the levers. cruft, when vessels were completely ut would l«e gained They sat thus, both Reduced Rates on all the Railroads. the mercy o f the weather, there was bolt upright for a while, blit I kept ill) special (natter for the furui and home, I first explained the fiiudann utal (bat It was Intended to admit but one little hope of keeping clear of the eye on them and saw that they were an entertaining story page and a puga For particulars address train at a time on a blo-k Then I Goodwin* unless the sands could be trying to keep their mind* nu what I or more o f comic each week, and It told him how- by pulling this or that discerned anil wind »ml tide were fa I had indicated. In about half au hour lever 1 cbang.d the direction o f trains vorable. Every gale that blew gave 1 gathered up some papers and went goes to lh«- subscriber twice every Ho listened to me attentively till 1 had tribute of life and vessel to the shoals. j into another room When 1 returned week list times a year. There have been memorable disasters | half the distance between them had got through then as1 ed n number of questions calculated to convince n-e In recent years, even since steam be been cHmtnnti-d Encouraged. I bunt that be was really trying to under came almost universal for marine pro ed for a pit per I had left on my tahh- stand what I was telling him. He pulsion, but the most noted calamities nml went out again When I returned seemed especially Miixiotis to know bo-.v nlata to tin- day . of sail o f ail that the wife was wiping away teur* i lie Gives ull the local news and hap|*-iiiiq • 1 worked switches that were not In have been put un record none Is more husband. Judging from Ills expression, and should be in every home in th was endeavoring to steel himself vicinity. sight. I told him that their being in terrible than tbc annihilation o f an ou sight made no difference to me. be tire fleet of warships In the storm against a reconciliation The two papers make u splendid coin I loft the room again, telling them cause I knew tlinf a certnln position of which devnstnti-d England In 170.1 binution and you save f 1 by sen iu.g Maybe you are puzzled Thirteen warsh![>s ancliored In the that i would returu In nlxmt forty min Hie lever produc« «1 a given fVV¿It. your subscription to us. " 1 , ssed a gravel pit »I a jo\ e down* were swept from their moor utes, when I should expect them lo about where to get the We can also give our subscriber » ! here, he said, ’into which a ir. 4 L wns Ings Koine were driven ashore Five. have got rid of enough antagonism to laid Now. how woul«l you 1 r< c**c*ii to Including four sail of the Hue. were work together unit with me to se-urc good clubbing olTer for the Dully un 1 lumber for that new house. burled toward the Goodwills and dash the divorce. “ I fear," I said to the Sunday, or Sunday Journal, in co switch a train on to flint fra r k *. "I pushed n certuio lever, tolling him ed to pieces Nearly 1,100 officers and husband, “ Hint you. who arc the more nection with Let u s puzzle it out for that tho switch now stood lo turn a men perished, yet n handful were at fault In lids matter than your wife, you— w e’re good at sol train from tho main track Into the pit. saved and brought to shore by men of arc iiourtsldng the bitterness In you T H E S T A Y T O N M A LL anil will spoil it nil " I noticed that he concentrated his Deal and Ramsgate and the little h;l ving puzzles in the lum- With this I made another trip mid vision on the lever and noted e*i>celnl- vens of the coast. " 'TIs the hard gray weather hre«-«ls was gone an hour Then, returning, I ly how It worked When n«* wus satis b e r line. Don’ t puzzle I heard fled 1 threw the lever back Into its for hard Englishmen ” The haidi-st nml stood at tho door listening grayest British weather Is that of the the busbnud M aying that It laid been mer place. over this— just try us. W e "My talk being finished, the man North sea. The Goodwins are at tho all hi* fault and the wife suylug ( lint Physician and Surgeon thanked me and said that h<- • - wait southernmost part of the North sea, It hud been all her fault, and they ing for the 7:50 up train and It was anil there on the coast line overlooking i w«-re calling each other "dearie" and so much pleasanter waiting in tho ttie sands men battle ceaselessly with “ sweetheart" and a lot o f other pet STAYTON. OREGON tower than In the station la-low Ih.'t one o f the sailors' most pitiless ene unines I enter«*! the room suil«l«-n!y he would tie obliged If l w o o d |>ern.lt mies The Goodwins cannot be coaxed and found them locked In each other's arms. him to wait there. I iissenl« d, pre or engineered into submission They Bout mu itery and scorn domi ‘'W ell," I said. "J've come to a slop tending to do so gladly unit steeled myself for whatever was about to hap nation and lu their essentials remain ping place ill other htmlness nml am pen, for I was sure the man had some what tli*-y have b«-en for centuries. now ready for you t w o " Mau has tried repeatedly to bridle They arose from the sofa, and the PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON sinister design them, to Unit a foothold on their slink husband nnld they'd be«-n talking the "A t 7:20 1 told him that ho would hardly have time to reach his train, ing bases. More than "JJO years ngo a matter over and If I didn't mind the S t a y t o n , O regon whereupon he said he thought lie scheme was formed to build a beacon disappointment they would fly to get or a lighthouse oil the Goodwins, hut on together for awhile longer Taking would take the next one. since tie couldn't walk f:i3t on account o f a It came lo nothing Long afterward out his porketbook, lie offer«*! to pay G. F. KORINEK, V. S„ B. V. Sc. weak heart. When the 7Jib passed attempt* were made to raise n light me what fee I asked for taking up my WE W AN T A L L K I N D S O F P R O D U C E Veterinarian what I had expected liapptm-d 1 he house, but Hie work was never fin time, but I told him there wvuhl I*« man Jmn[>ed for the lever I bid told ished. In I M l nn old ship waa scut no charge. I asked him if ho couldn't Treats all domestic animals, also him would turn the train Into the tled and was made a dead weight with put tbc money buck Into his furniture, applies the Tuberculin test. gruvel pit and threw it to accomplish ballast. A mast was put In her and uml ho said he thought he could. At Telephone 3x7 bore n beacon, but only for n time. any rate, he would try Before they that result. Office at Stayton Stable» left mo I made them promls«* that If “ I stood looking at him as though as The greedy Goodwins swallowed all. The only way to conquer the shoals they changed their inlnds and should tonished. not daring to let It appear We pay the highest market prices in Stayton. I f you cannot bring your STAYTON . . . - OREGOf that I had suspected him He looked h to gird them with buoys and light conclude, nfti-r nil. to «««cure a divorce produce in, notify us by phone, and we will send the wagon for it. after the train for nwhile, taking out ships, rnd that has been so well ac they would give me the Job. Tills they his watch to note tin- time, evidently complished that In fine weather the promised to <lo as moiii «* compensation Intending to give the few minutes in sand* are marked a* clearly on tlie for my "disappointment" In not having quired for the train to reach the g ru e l waters as the hour* nre Indicated on i„.t.n employed already, for they were G. B. Trask Manager. Stayton Oregon DENTIST pit. for ho would not give me nu o|>- the dial of a watc h. But fogs make , too stupid to see through the run* Hint —— — W —« ■ m r M portunity to avert the disaster ho In beacons useless, nnd so rapid Is the had prevented a pernuinent breach be Office over Deidrich’ * Store tended. When ample time had passed run of the sea In the swashes or tween them. "It's hard on yon, Mr. law yer, to ex Phone 2152 for the tralu to be wrecked ho -eft the channels of the snnd* that even In Stavton. Ora clear weather nn experienced pilot poet you were going to get a good fee ---------------------------- tower and ran after It as fast as pos — may net get tils vessel safely through und then not get It. tint you'd ought libit*. “ But he and the gang that were work the Indicated tracks - Walter Wood In to have seen that n makeup lu order to get tho divorce wus the SHtne as ing with him were disappointed. I iturper's Magazine. making up regular." had demonstrated on a switch below ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Getting History Straight. GEO. W A R F O R D , Proprietor “ Just ao, my boy," I replied. “ If Instead o f above. NOTARY PUBLIC It has been shown Hint Washington you come hack here again for a di “ I didn't know but that when he Abstracts and Probate Work a Specialty was not the real cuthor of tils fare vorce 1 won’t t>o so tarnation stupid." found that I had trie! .-1 him In- would They never rnme hack for a dlvorca, come back and murder me I was to well address, nor Monroe of Ills doe Office Over Stayton State Bank a lonely s|stt. and there would be a trine, nor Sherman o f Ids law. Pres but one day a prosperous looking young ently we shall find out that Bright man came Into my otllce and asked ir g«>od ebanco for him to revenge him never had his disease, nor Mason no«l I remembered him. I snld I did not, self If he felt so disposed. "I kept a revolver iu a drawer and Dixon a line on anything. And per and he told mo that I was the lawyer would have used it on Hie man while haps St. Vitus never danced—New who hail euchred myself out o f ii CONTRACTOR and BUIi-DER he was with me hu«l he given me an York Mail fee by not moving quick enough, lie opportunity to possess It. I took ont ---------------------- added that my stupidity had been a Plans and Specifications Made and Fur In order to love mankind we most godsend to him, nnd he wanted me to the weapon and. making suit- it was ¡Hheil on all Contract Work. come mid dine with him nnd his wife, ready for use. wailed for the man’s not expo« t loo mucti ol them -H e lv e Room 4 State Bank Building tins. I went and taw a happy family. return. But he didn't come.” NEWPORT. N , B T . ?r. Co. B FIFTY-FIRST Oregon STATE FAIR A GREAT C l u b b in g SALEM , O ffer SEPTEMBER 2 to 7 , 1912, $18,000 offered i n Premiums o n Livestock, P o u l t r y , Agricultural and other products. Oregon Journal Races, Dog Show, Shooting Tour nament, Band Concerts, Fireworks, a n d M a n y Free Attractions. Frank Meredith, Secretary, Salem, Oregon. The Stayton Mail UP IN THE AIR? H. A. BEAUCHAMP, M .O. satisfy. JOSEPH PETZEL C. H. BREWER, M. D. N otice CHICKENS, DUCKS, GEESE, EGGS PORK, VEAL, LAMBS, AND HIDES STAYTON CASH PRODUCE COMPANY J W ilb u r N . E n tie r , D .M .D . Pastime Pool Parlor S. H. HELTZEL Everything in the line o f Tobacco, Soft Drinks, Candy, Gum, Sand wiches and Canned Goods W. A. WEDDLE A Good Place for a Social Game iSTAYTON ; : OREGON r