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SELLS LAND SPEED OF SHIPS. I r 4I u * a m of tho Dopth of W ator and tho Dragging From Balow. Matt Mueller, who ¡resides j u s t On first thought the sea's depth across the river has sold fifteen acres •coma of skiall importance if the ship finds depth enough to pl\e her an easy o f his fifty-five acre farm to Mr. Hens draught. If she can mu free appar ley, a brother-in-law o f Mr. Jephcott. ently It makes little difference whether The sale includes the Mueller house and she has six feet or <*«> fi>et between outbuildings. The purchaser expects her keel aud the bottom. Such an in : to locate here soon, and Mr Mueller ference is erroneous, however, for the depth exerctses au important influence. will at once commence the erection o f The British cruisers make and Blen | a new house on his remaining forty heim were expected to ruu twenty-ouo knots, but actually mu two kuots leas ! acres. In shallow water. They ran again under the same power, but the depth was between 133 and 103 feet, aud BIRTHDAY SURPRISE their speed was twenty-two knots—oue knot over the maximum calculation. The difference In speed is attributed About 30 young people gathered at to the Influence o f the "w ave o f trans lation” displaced by the ship as she the Morton home Monday evening at moves forward, which acts as a brake. the request o f M rs. Morton as a sur The nearer the ship's keel to the bot prise birthday party for Miss Mattie tom the stronger the friction. A ship drawing twenty-seven feet o f water Dunagan. The time was very pleas (say a ship o f 12,000 tounagel feels antly spent ptaytng games on the spa that friction over a depth o f 280 feet. cious law n. Refreshments were served. *-cording to some calculations, the dragging Influence ceases to be felt at a depth equal to ten and one-half times NEWPORT EXCURSION the drrft if the ship stands high out of the water. A curious feature o f the matter Is that the speed o f the ship is as im Another New port excursion will be portant an element ns the depth o f the run Sunday by the Corvallis a Eastern. water—that Is to say, the influence o f the depth on the ship's speed is more The train will leave Kingston at 7:30. or less powerful in proportion as the A number o f local people are planning speed is great. A ship increases her speed more easily over deep water; I to go. but. on the other hand, the faster a chip runs the more depth o f water she needs to prevent the hindrance caused OFF TO THE COAST by the dragging influence o f the fric tion which Is always felt when the ship's keel senses bottom. Itunning Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sloper, Messrs. ten knots an hour, a ship must have Dare Sloper, Guy Sloper Zd Blakely, between twenty-six and twenty-seven Paul Blakeley and Oliver Leslie and feet o f depth or she Is dragged from below. If running twenty knots she Misses Zinnia Frank,Cora Cooper, Car needs a depth o f 104 to 105 feet, and rie Mcintire went to Newport Mon When TOrmtng tElrty knots she feels the drag over a depth o f nearly 324 day for a vacation at the beach. feet.—Harper's Weekly, PASSING OF BILLIONS. The Etdeen Club ladies entertained at a picnic supper in the grove last evening. A delicious spread had been prepared, and was fully enjoyed by those present. The arrival o f tho sud den thunder shower forced the party to break up somewhat earlier than had HARVEST TIME IS HERE f During this season you need many things, % and you want just the right articles, some times very quickly. Whatever you may need, remember we have it—just the right thing, in the right quality, at the right price. We are headquarters for all staple articles, a n d other goods you want at harvest time. been planned. UNDERTAKER HERE N. 0 . Low o f Silverton o f the Rirfgo Undertaking has charge Parlors, ss Mr. Ringo, who is assistant cashier of the Farmers & Merchants Bank, is very busy during the absence o f the cashier, S. L. Stewart at Newport. ! COUNCIL MEETING The city council held their regular Flour, Canned Goods, Cured Meats monthly meeting Tuesday evening. No special business wus transacted. Good by, street improvement this year. BAND CONCERT The Stayton Band gave a nice little concert on our streets last Saturday evening. The boys are to be congratu $1.60 $1.15 $1.10 $1.00 Salmon, per doz. Corn, per doz- Tom atoes, per doz. Oysters, per doz. HANDBAGS— S E E T H E M ! A n e w line, which includes some extraordinary values, from 75 cents to $2.50 * lated on their improvement, and we hope it will not be long until they can afford those uniforms. Dishes Now at the Red Tag Prices MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED Invitations are now out announcing the marriage o f Hally Grace Shelley Arnold Funk went to Newport yes to Arcie Eldon Bradshaw o f Albany, terday. Monday, August 19, at the home of The Yardstick For Measuring Space Is One Light Year. E. E. Lee was in Salem on business I f you were asked the distance from Monday. Ban Francisco to London you would not say so many inches, but would give Geo. Keech was a business visitor to It In miles. If asked the distance from the earth to the sun the answer would Aurora Tuesday. be In millions o f miles. If asked the distance to the nearest star the answer Hersehel Shreve went to Portland to would not be in millions or billions, but trillions o f miles. Even this reply work last Friday. would be too long. Twenty-five mil lion million miles (twenty-five trillion) Cheer up! It might change and get are too many words, so it is shortened a whole lot worse. to light years. The yardstick for ■pace is not billions or trillions, but one light year. Walter Mayo is taking a two weeks This is the difference traversed in vacation in Newport. one sidereal year. 31.538.140 seconds, by light moving with its sets aud fixed ■peciflc speed o f 1SC.3S3 miles per sec Mr. and Mrs. Carl Selzel o f Jordan ond. Distances traversed by space were in town Monday. energy, given by time as in minutes, hours or days, would soon run into Geo. Brown went to Portland on bus cumbersome trillions, so that the time Interval nsed in physics, mathematics, iness the first o f the week. •lectriclty, etc.. Is always one second Say one second. Then while you are G. W. Adams o f Marion was in town ■peaking radiant energy has traversed Tuesday writing insurance. a distance nearly equal to a line long enough to reach around the equator o f the earth eight times. S. C. Stewart went to Newport last Twenty-five thousand billions, the Sunday for a two weeks’ stay. distance o f the nearest known star. Is condensed In 4.2*3 light years. This is the passing o f miles, for the mile In A. C. Hyrons and wife o f Shelbum space is about equal to the one-mil- were over io their auto Monday. lonth part o f the thickness o f a spid er’s thread In comparison with the length o f the room you are In. Frank Riesterer and wife o f Sublim Draw a scale with the distance In be ity were in town Sunday evening. tween the earth and sun equal to three Inches, then the distance o f the near Wanted—Good driving horse. est star would be thirteen miles. Space Inquire at Mail office. traversed by miles per minute would be almost without meaning, for to go out to the nearest star sun at one mile Henry Mutschler and family were in per minute would require 47.328,000 years, not days.—Edgar Lucien Larkin j Sublimity Sunday visiting Mrs. Mutsch- ler’ s parents. in New York American. A rt of Dressing. Elegance in dress is too often con found' d with extravagance In dress. That is one o f the great big errors. What is really needed to make the art of dressing bless him that looks and her that wears Is intelligent dressing, and that Is a subject worth any wo man's study not to the exclusion o f nil else—any one subject alone will unbal ance the muni—but enough to make her a mistress in it. i f she cannot lie that let her do as we do in all other lines where we wish the best results—apply to a spc' lalist—for dressing, after all, la only another human problem.— Dres- PICNIC SUPPER THOMASMAYO CO the bride's parents in this city. D. E. Clow o f Mill City d r o v e through town Wednesday on his motor cycle. He was on his way to Portland. Wanted;—You to buy a first class four-year-old Jersey milk cow for $53 Inquire o f Guy Kearns, Stayton. ltx Sold Out Having sold our lumber stock and leased our mill property to Jos. Petrel, we have discontinued our lumber busi The infant son o f Mr. and Mrs. h en ness i n Stayton. In o r d e r t o ry Smith died Thursday, after a few days illness o f pneumonia. The funer close our books and complete the trans al was held the next day. fer o f the business, we request all |>er- sons owing us to call at once at the J. P. Davie, Ellis Hill, John Badey mill office and settle their accounts. and Tom Riggs are in the mountains on We have only a limited time to settle a fishing and hunting expedition. There this matter, so we will appreciate your will be stories galore w hen they return. promptness. 8-8-12 Lee Brown & Sons. Dr. Pintler, Miss Alta Hobson and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Beauchamp, went to Salem last night to see the product C A R D OF T H A N K S ion o f “ Louisiana Lou” at the Grand. We wish to thank sincerely all our kind friends who extended us assistance Did you ever stop to think that the right time to advertise heavily is when business is dull? If you have all you can do, what is the use to advertise for more? and sympathy during the illness "and death o f our little son, Ralph Clark Smith. We also greatly appreciated Men’s Summer Toggery NO W T H A T WARM HR W EATH ER IS HERE, YOU H ILL WAIST YOUR SUMMER TOGS. Comfortable Negligee Shirts Nobby Summer Neckwear and other neat goods for summer use, we have in great variety and our usual quality. He up to scratch and make yo u r pick now. CHAS. GEHLEN the beautiful floral offerings a t the i funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith. Miss Eva Darby o f Stayton received a nice box o f oranges and grape fruit Ed Trask o f Lyons went through our from San Diego California this week. city on his way to Salem Saturday. The Stayton Mail man got a sample from them. The Santiam valley was visited by quite a heavy rain this morning. Al Dr. W . N. Pintler and Miss Alta though the crops were not specially Hobson went to Elk City Sunday in needing it, the downpour will help late the D octor’s auto. They were accom meadows and pasture. panied as far as Marion by Lura Thom as and wife. A young people’s service is being held each Sunday evening by young Jos. Susbaur o f Sublimity visited at Geo. Spaniol was in Walla Walla, people at the Methodist Church. the home o f his daughter, Mrs. W. F. Washington on a business trip the first The young men and women arc espec Klecker, Sunday. o f the week. While there he saw the ially invited. The h o u r i s seven Stayton boys who are at work in the o ’clock. Clarence Anderson is here visiting at harvest fields. the home o f his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Haryey Anderson. • Mrs. Sarah Peters o f Madras, Ore., — Mrs. Theresa Bechtold o f Portland and Miss Mabel Gardner is working in Mrs. Jack Ditter o f Sublimity visited the Beauchamp Drug Store in the ab- with their sister, Mrs. W. F. Klecker Notice is hereby given th it the un | sence o f Dare Sloper. o f this city Sunday. dersigned will let a contract to clear a NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS DAILY TRIPS OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Downing's pack train will make daily This great institution opens its doors trips from Detroit to the Hot Springs for the fall semester on September 20th. during the summer. Special trips to Courses o f instruction include: General Agriculture, Agronomy, Animal Hus the lakes. For further information bandry, Dairy Husbandry, Bacteriology, write J. M. Downing. Detroit, tf Botany and Plant Pathology, Poultry Husbandry, Horticulture, Entomology, Clifford Harold was in town t h i s Veterinary Science, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Morlianirul En week. gineering, Mining Engineering, High way Engineering, Domestic Science, P’. K. Spalding returned to Portland Domestic Art, Commerce, Foiestry, Monday. Pharmacy Zoology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematica, English Language and Jake Missler is working for Henry Literature, Public Speaking, Modern Mutschler. | Languages, History, Art, Architecture, Industrial Pedagogy, Physical Educa tion, Military Science and Tactics and S. H. Heltzel made a business trip to | Music. Albany yesterday. , Catalogue and illustratisi literature mailed free upon application. Address: E. 11. Hobson is back from his trip Registrar, Oregon Agricultural College, to Eastern Oregon. j Corvallis, Oregon. right o f way 60 ft. wide, from a point Adam Burns brought the filrst load J. M. Ringo and family, Mrs. John FOR SALE C H E A P -A 24 in. Buffa -1 near the Battle Creek school house, o f new wheat to market yesterday. Lau and Miss Hedwig Lau drove over lo Pitts threshing machine with 8 horse running in a westerly direction two and ! to Silver Creek Falls Sunday. Commendable Caution. power engine and wood saw. All in one half miles along the right o f way “ I wish,” said the dashing bride, Misa Nora Crabtree and Mrs. A. L, good repair and ready for work. Would "that we could arrange to take our take some cattle as part pay. For fur o f the Salem, Stayton and Eastern Ry. Murphy went to Newport to-day for a Trespass Notices for sale at this wedding trip In an airship.” in Marion Co., Ore.; Also a contract to few weeks stay. “ I don't know,” replied the cautious office, printed on heavy cloth, 10 cents ther particulars address, 8-lox John Girardin, Turner, Ore. clear a certain right o f way over what tf youth, "whether It would be well to each. The convicts are soon to be done with take chances on being obliged to take is known as the John Rhoten farm, their work at the rock crusher north our first falling out so seriously.” -- E. Sutton Mace, pastor o f the M. E. situated about one and one quarter o f Sublimity. G. D. Trotter i s back i n Stayton Washington Star. again after quite an extended trip to church is preaching a series o f sermons miles from West Stayton, Marion Co., The sub Ore.; Also over and across the Dively eastern Washington and other places. on “ The Christian Church.” Sympathy From Pa. M. W. Wheeler and son and Merrick je c t next Sunday morning will be, Geraldine—What did pa say when tract o f land between West Stayton Spalding came through from Ashland Methodism.” In the evening he will you asked him for my hand? Gerald— in an auto last week. Young Wheeler For Sale—2-year-old colt, roadster, The preach on, “ A Great Question once and Stayton, Marion Co., Ore. B e said that he was just as sorry for at a bargain. and Spalding are staying here with the O. E. Gardner, me as If I were already one o f the asked by a Law'yer, ‘ Which is apropos bids for said work will be received up la tter*! sister Mrs. 8 II Ibitzcl for a 8-15 . Stayton. fam ily.—New York Press. today?’ ” till the 20th day o f August, 1912, at while. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler accom the hour o f 10 o ’clock n. m. Further panied by Mrs. M. J. Kitchen o f Stay- Inherited Tralte. • Mrs. E. D. Alexander and daughter Mrs. Roxie Lake o f Port Orchard, details o f said work can be had from ton left for Portland this week. It nicker—Jones is very keen o f hear Marion, returned home Saturday, after ing. Bocker— So wonder! His father a week’s visit with friends in Corvallis. Wash., who has been visiting with her the undersigned in Salem, Ore. sister, Mrs. Joe Miller, was called was a pustor who always heard calls, A. G, Kaab, superintendent of J. F. M ounce . home by the news that her husband ■nd his mother always heard burglars the North Bend schools, advo Doc. Korinek and Lu Thomas claim had been injured in a fall. Mrs. Mil —Judge's Library. Jackson county’ s tax this year cates running the public schools to have caught over 900 fish during ler accompanied her siater to the north is $718,000, and o f this $500,000 all the time, cutting out vaca their camping trip. They have some Laughing cheerfulness throws son ern town, but is expected to return light on all the paths o f li f e —lUcbter ( nice pictures to prove it too. this week. tions. has been paid up. S ch ool Y ear O p en «, S ep tem ber 20th. O. M. Baker o f Kingston has grain sacks at 9 c apiece. For Sale Pure-bred white Orphing- tons. Inquire C. I). Stayton. 8-15-x Henry Mutschler has a new 25 cah Remington automatic rifle. Ixiok out, Bre’ r B’ar. For Sale Modern story and a residence, cor. Ha and Second Sta. tf. Mrs. M. J . Kite W. F. Klecker returned from his eastern trip last Thursday evening. It is unnecessary to state that he hail an enjoyable trip. The annual picnic ot Iowa people liv ing in this section o f Oregon will bo. hekl at the State Fair Grounds, in Sal em, Aug. 15. All low ani take notice.