TheSTAYTON MAIL YOUR CHOICE of A n Infernal Gift Published every Thursday by E. M. Olmsted and W. C. Parry Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Station, Marion county, Oregon, under the act o f Congress o f March ;t, 1S7V>. All communications shoukl be addressed to THE S t a y t o n M a i l . Dr pipe or ciR.tr c.in be satis lied in the choicest Roods. W c priJe ourselves upon our cigars, cigarettes, and tobacco I o r smoking or chewing. It is pure, and ail o u r goods are finely grown and prepared lor EUNICE C. SUMMERS Miss Marlindale, looking over Ilia morning paper, remarked to her moth­ 1'reaching every Sunday at II a. m er: and at 7 :.'tO p. m. by Rev. A. 0. Eat oil. Sunday school at 10 a. in.. A. .1 “ Dear me, so I am to bo married! Caldwell, supt. B Y I* U at 6:30 p. m. Listen to this: T h e wedding between Mrs. Eaton, president. Positively J i l l pji/K'rs stopix.il on expiration o í su hscript ion. Schuyler Van Horn and Helen Martin- the market. No inferior leaves are intermixed, as the most dale w ill tnko place ou the 15th Inst, at critical smokers of our goods will tell you. Give us a first SL James' church.' Schuyler Vun Ask Catholic The Medford Sun wants to know "W hotv Wilson is at Horn! I'm to get a husband w ith an trial— it will make you a steady customer. his wife: she can probably tell. C hcrcii or riiK I mm u i i u k C onor f - 1 nrlstocrntle nnmo anyway." lion. S ta tio n ; Rev, A. I.ainck i "W ith so many people In the world,” priest in charge, H igh mass second said Mrs. Mnrtlndnle, "to tlnd names The Cleveland Plain-Dealer advises all its readers to vote for fourth and tifili ' l i m i i v s Sail! a. III., for. lt'a a wonder there are not a dos- l ’ ricst’s address: Sublim ity, Oregon, en Helen Martlndalca and as mauy Taft, pray for Roosevelt and bet on Wilson. T. R o n i pa c k ' s C a t h o l ic C h c k c ii , Schuyler Vau Horns.” Miss Mnrtlndnle said nothing more, Sublim ity . Rev. A . I.ainck, ree|prj Some stranprer tilled up with booze and tried to butt a fast train Low mass S a. m., lugli mass 10:30 scanning tho society columns, thus J. A. H E N D E R S H O T T , Proprietor off the track near Turner, one day last week, with the usual re-' a. in., first and third Sundays in the turning to the advertisement o f lln gerle. m onth; high mass 10:30 a. ni., see­ suits. Nevertheless the odd nnnounccmeut n n i, fourth and fifth Sundays. V es­ o f tho forthcoming marriage o f oue of pers at eventide. her owu unine affected her. A certain The Independence Enterprise wants to know if the “ devil” is Dick Owens and she had been wlmt Christian dead. Ours isn’ t, but he is off on a vacation and we are madder In slang called "s|>cvins" for some time, and she thought how would she feel If Services w ill be held every Sunday. than a hornet. sho saw a matrimonial announcement Preaching at 11 a. m., and 8 p. m. with the name Owens substituted for Judging bv the number of marriages, and engagements in and Sunday school at 10 a. m., Mrs. W . H. Van Horn. or money, it is well to Hobson, superintendent. Y. P. S. C. E. There was no lndls|>osltlon on tho around Stayton. the deadly hammock microbe is getting in its de- at 7:30 p. m.. Mrs. R. L. Dunn presi­ part o f Mr. Owens to see his name In know just where cash can dent. Ladies Aid society meets each print linked with that o f Miss Martin vastating work. be saved in necessary pur­ Wednesday at 2:30 p. m., Mrs. G. D. dale, nor was.M iss Marlindale herself chases. Shoppers know Thomas, president. R. L. Dunn Pastor. so indisposed. Tliere was, however, Those overworked and overheated statesmen (?) at Washington a harrier between them In the person that we have a reputation o f n certain Mnrtln Wyukoop, who had should spend their summer in Oregon. It has been so cool here Methodist for giving the biggest val­ made a great deal o f money out o f so far that the ice factories have only worked half time. Methodist Episcopal Church, order o f patent nfedteine and whose suit was ues in town, and th*y also favored by Miss Mnrtlndnle's father. services: Bible school at 10 a. m., It was the old story o f wealth and all know that our prompt at­ A. S. Pancoast, superintendent- Gov. Wilson thinks that a majority o f the Common People wealth can accomplish against, to say tention to all patrons is l ’reaehing at 11a. m. and 7:30 p. m. the least, the mediocrity o f a small In him to be President, so he kindly asks them to foot the bill, Midweek Prayer and Bible Study, come. proverbial, and this is the ly Smut, Governor, if a Majority want you to be President, Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Epworth Rut since this Mr. Wynkoop was headquarters for polite service in every department, whether League, Sunday, 6 . p. m., Clark short, fat. bald and homely and Dick should there be any Bill of Expense? Mace, Pres. Ladies' Aid Society, Owens was tall, slender, curly bended one purchases or not. It will pay you to shop here for Thursday afternoon, Mrs. J. R. Gard­ and handsome Miss Mnrtlndnle. who goods in our line. The Polk County Itemizer registers a kick against the trend of ner. Pres Pastor o f the church, E. w hs too young to look far Into the fu ­ ture. Infinitely preferred the latter. It Sutton Mace. all political parties toward Woman Suffrage. We will bet a four was her father who. with the usual dollar pup that the Editor o f the Itemizer is an old bachelor with a mntter-of-fnetness o f age and expert ence. stood In the way o f love's young grouch as long as a fork handle and twice as big around as a bolog­ dream. It wns 5 o’clock In the nfternoon na sausage. Mr. Mnrtlndnle had come back borne from business and wns sitting In the The Oregon Courier comments on one of its exchanges calling E. E. McKinney was transact­ library looking nt the evening paper the “ Bull Moose” party, the “ Bull Mouse” party, and wonders ing business in Aumsville Satur­ The doorbell rang and nn express package was handed In and receipted t .. :;.er it was a mistake or malice. We then turned to the front day. for. It wns a square parcel about big Norris Frank called at the E. enough to hold easily a large sized ap page o f The Courier and discovered a headline that read ” S. P. pie, addressed to Miss Marlindale. The Buys Electric Lint. ” Is that a new kind of antiseptic bandage C. Downing home Wednesday butler carried It to her room and plac­ evening. ed It upon a table before her. She Bro. Brown or did you hit the wrong key? looked nt the address and wondered Miss Emma Snyder o f Salem what the package contained, then took is spending a week at the W. H. up n pair o f scissors to cut the string, when she heard a fnlnt ticking. She Tate home. took the thing up and carried It down ----- - Simon Boedigheimer and son Into the library •'Father," she said, ''some one, 1 Threshing has begun at Mon­ Ben Thayer was in Stayton on Joe called at the J- Boedigheimer j know not who, has sent me a package, home Saturday roe. and the yields are reported Mondav. and 1 can hear n tickin g"— “ Drop It!" as “ fine.” Alfred Peterson lost a valuable Frank Haberman was a Scio Tho package fell from Miss Martin we horse by being kicked while run­ dale's hands on to tho floor, where It visitor Friday. lay motionless. Sir. Mnrtlndnle made Corvallis has just completed ning in the pasture. a dash for the door and. seizing bis Geo. Ray was a Stayton visit­ two b i g main sewers, paying Mrs. W. H. Downing spent daughter's arm as he passed, dragged or last Tuesday. 1115,000 for them. Saturday afternoon visiting at her with him out o f the room, not stop plug till he had put n wall between Maggie Smith visited Sunday the E. C. Downing home. them and the package. with Bessie Shank. A Eugene doctor killed a deer. "W hat do you think It Is?” asked r, , Mrs. L. M. White and baby of Helen. He also paid the owner f o r it. k , i? Spent Sunday Salem staying a t the J. T. “ An infernal machine, o f course.” It was a pet and wore a bell. “ Who could have sent It?" ______ w,th Mabel Tha>cr Hunt home while the latter haa "Y ou r name on It Is a blind. It was . Mrs. R. Brenner spent several gone to the Yellowstone Park. Intended for me. There uro several Indications now are that the days with home folks last week. u . u , . . „ salmon catch this year will be 40 c . Helen Hunt accompanied Dr. reasons why certain persons whoso de­ mands I have Ignored might send me per cent short of the average. , ' V|M an ia ieco\ ering B. L. Steeyes a n d f a m i l y such a thing Are you suro you heard from a bad siege o f whooping their to Tillamook, Fort Stevens it ticking?" W A S T E OF S U P P L I E S . cough "Certuln." and Mt. Hood. They will return Mabel Boice, 1 1 years o 1 d A B u n n »,» Problem and the W ay One “ Go and telephone for the police.” Factory Solved It. Miss Efhe Ray is assisting Mrs. about September 1st. A t that moment there was another swam the Willamette a t Port In one manufacturing |>lnnt the su­ riug at the doorbell, and who should T. Townes cook for the thresh- Miss Ethel Burns and Amos land last week, in sixteen min­ perintendent found that III* men were appear but Mr. Dick Owens. ; ers this week. Branch were quietly married in utes. lit, derided "Ob. D ickP called Helen. "H u rry cnrelcis with a»,i|i|,ll»-f* ------- Miss June Kearns o f Stayton | Salem last Tuesday. They will past the library. There's an Infernal that too much material wan kept ou Mechanic« found It Semi* Weekly Oregon Journal, machine lu there Homebody. I don't hand In the «hop The Hodgkins disease, whatev- spent several days with Mabel make their future h o m e on a know who, sent It to me.’’ an easier matter to throw away «ligh t­ one y e a r ...............................$1.50 farm near Aumsville. They er that is, has claimed a victim Townes last week. Mr. Owens stood a few moments ly damaged or «polled work nnd begin have the best wishes o f their gaping at Helen and her father, who on n new piece tliau to take precau­ The Stayton Mail . > . $1.50 at La Grande, Leo Hering, 23 T . „ ,____ e .. ., , . ,___ .. I he hum o f the threshing ma- were In the rent- end o f the hnll, then tion« In turning out their work, re­ many friends. dymg from it. . -__ ... . . *. , m ark« n writer In Business. lie there­ asked If he might see the thing _______ ; chine, which was interrupted by I T o t a l ..............................................$3.00 Without waiting for n reply he walk­ fore devised n «to re« order which made Gun men held up Ulrich Bru- the ram’ has resumed- ed Into the library, looked nt the pack­ every foreman responsible for raw ma­ . $2.00 age lying on the floor, picked It up and teria! Issued to IBs department. New Both Papers One year, ter at Portland as he was lock-' Linn Lambert is home after put It to bis ear. lie smiled Being materlnl could hot he had from the ing up his saloon a t 274 Front working several weeks at Green’ s something o f n mechanic, he knew general store except on requisition, and Street, and got away with $38. i bridge near Jefferson. Louie Priern made a trip t o that the ticking wns too delicate for the general store would honor no rrqul nri Infernal machine. It wns probably sltiou unless It was O. K.’d by the fore Lee Downing went to Stayton Salem one day this week. man. These lists were kept on file nnd a watch. Albany is wide awake. The Tuesday, where he will work on J- Morley and wife visited at lie carefully opened It and found that totaled nt the end o f each month to eu Publishes the latest and most complete Commercial club there has ar­ It wns o watch—« lady's watch—and able the superintendent to make com­ telegraphic news o f the world; gives the river for some time. the Egean home Sunday. ranged to place advertisments in with It wns n visiting enrd with the parisons. reliable market reports, as it is pub­ This put the foreman on Ids guard Pone Ray and wife have re- J. Peterson and wife called at names o f Mr. and Mrs Joseph 11. the states from which the great­ Ward, persons o f whom he had never not to till out n requisition for some lished at Portland, where the market turned home after spending sev- the Gilhan^home Sunday, est emigration takes place. beard. Helen pnd told him o f tho thing which he did not absolutely need, news can be and is corrected to date eral weeks at the springs. Mrs. L. C McCoy and daugh- wedding announcement, and be Infer­ and the first six months after adopting for each issue. It also has a page o f red at once that It was a wedding this rule expenses In one department Eagle Cap, the highest moun­ Albert Iiay returned from the ter Maud are visiting at the Mc- gift Intended for the other Miss Mar- alone were rut nearly 20 per cent with­ special m atter for the farm and home, 9 U B S C K I P T I Ü N S , ¡St ö l » p o r y o u r i n t * « J v n t i o o A d v e r t is in g K o t e s o n a p ]ilie (itlo n C ards o f T hanks $ .5 0 O u t u a i u k s - $ 1.00 up. The Gem Confectionery When Hard Pressed S tre ff Hardware C o . Rocky Point Men’s Summer Toggery Northwest Clips it. NOW T H A I W A RM ER W EA T H ER IS H E R E . YOU \\ I L L WANT YOUR S U M M E R TOGS. Pleasant C om fortable Negligee Shirts N obby S u m m er N eck w ear and other neat goods for summer use. have in great variety and our usual quality, tic up to scratch and make your pick now. CHAS. GEHLEN A GREAT C lubbing O ffer Me Al pin Notes Th Weekly Oregon Journal tain in the Wallowa range, which ft has been claimed is as high as Mt. Hood, was measured recent­ ly and found to be 9700 feet, or 1600 feet lower than Mt. Hood. springs yesterday, where he has Elhaney home this week, been spending several weeks. The Misses McElhaney enter. Willis Huber, the small son o f tained the Misses Emma, Lily, Mr. and Mrs. ,J. Huber, has been and Adelaine Priern a n d Mrs. very ill with whooping cough. Young, Messrs. Louie and Artie Misses Josie and Marguerite Two men, Walker and Will­ Ryan spent a pleasant Sunday iams, members o f a government afternoon with Mrs. L. Trask geological surveying party, were drowned in the Deschuttes river ar" dau^htor Jessie, of .Jordan, near Sherar, last week, when their canoe capsized. J. Mc- DAILY TRIPS Caunsland, who was in the canoe with them escaped. , __ , . .. . . ,. Downing a pack train will make daily trip « from Detroit to the Hot Springs Trespass Notices fo r sale at th is , during the summer. Special trips to * 1 ice, printed on heavy cloth, 10 cents the lakes. For further information •ftch. t f j w rite J. M. Downing, Detroit, tf Priem’ Ed Parker, Herbert Hum- >)hre>r’ an