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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1912)
Everybody's Doing It! Better Climb on the Band Wagon and Subscribe for The Stayton Mail THE STHYT0N MAIL S T A Y T O N , M A R IO N C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 18th Y ear, N o 32. SEEK TO CREATE HIGHSCHOOL FUND S e r ia l N o . 3 6 7 12, 1912. PROMOTER ASKS ms Nemesis ^[JO N A T H A N GIVES the EXPLANATION A BONUS OF SUrelyon $ 1,500 OF BILL M u lti Hafld« W h o Renounces Claims to Throne of M o ro cco The old saying that “ It never rains, it pours,’ ’ again vindicated J. F. Mounce Wants Money as an Induce ment to Build a Railroad Into Pdiboa Is County Cssrt Asking Dui the Oration be Placed on Ballot is Beisi Grcilaled ita truth in the series o f misfor tunes that pursued P. L. McNeal, Oregon’s Senator Explains the Provisions of the Parcels Post Measure erstwhile Portland chaufTeur, who This City Just Passed came to Stayton a few weeks a- go to operate an auto stage line IS IT WORTH $1,500 TO HASTEN BUILDING OF LINE A OPENS WAY FOR GETTING A SCHOOL FOR THIS CITY - I . If Promoter Says Will Finish Road in One Year if Bonus is Paid Law Provides for Maintenance frsa Gen eral County Tas between this city and Salem First the Rose City cops pinch ed him for jo y riding, and caused him to bring one o f his two cars to Stayton. Then he figured in a fire in a Portland garage where hi* other car, uninsured, was to tally destroyed, and where himself received The receipt o f a W alter Mayo la thia week circulating a petition to the county court, asking that the question o f creating a county high arhool fund he auhmittcd to th«f voter* at the November election. Cop- lea o t thia petition are being circulated in all the diatrirta o f the rounty with the matter will be lem. As heretofore, Mr. Mounce asks lessen* the burden that would fall upon any particular district if the entire »up- port o f it* school devolved upon it formation, Senator Jonathan Bourne, finally, to cap the climax, his re on post offices and post roads, has pre maining car, pared the following are this time more reasonable and his was wrecked by a boiler explo provisions o f the new parcels post law, terms more logical. sion while on the way to Salem which will become effective January 1, Monday morning. 1913: Interested parties sentiment shall be a W hite Steamer, McNeal had decided to discon 1 ♦ tinue i the stage service, and was Mr. Mounce In return fo r he agrees to construct summary o f the Any article ¡3 mailable if not over 11 pounds in weight nor morp than 72 P. inches in length and girth combined, Wilbur and w ife as passengers as nor likely to injure the postal equip far as Salem. ment or employees. bound for Portland with J. this amount, Thia N e x t his infant assistance o f this city, but his demands In his present request, schools by money secured through a tax levy upon the rountv as a whole. Jr., chairman o f the senate committee asks a bonus o f $1500. tended for the maintenance o f high In response to many inquiries fo r in child broke its arm in a fall; and dealt wiih. ia in* medi opens the all-important railroad prob the promoter's proposition The county high school fund as d e necessitated considerable he that cal treatment. o f the community in order to learn how presented to the people thia fall. signed by the state legialatora, proposition injuries New Maximum Weight Is Established Fcr Mailahle Matter from J. F. Mounce this week again re arc now busy sounding the conaiderahte aucreaa, ami it ia practic ally certain that new BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON THE FIRST OF THE YEAR Tw o miles this side o f Turner the explosion oc Flat rate o f one cent per ounce up to | and place in operation within one year, curred 1 a railroad between this city and West force | Stayton. nately downward, for had it been pound or fraction thereof, and varying I zens who contribute to this bonus, he carried upward, a fatality with distance as follows: 1 suggests that the money be placed in a probably have resulted. As a safeguard to the citi- without warning. The o f the shock was fortu would 4 ounces regardless o f distance. Above 4 ounces, rates are by the Rural route and city delivery —First ’ bank subject to his demand only when | pound, 5c; each additional pound, lc ; The fund ia pm vid e I for in Chapter was, the machine was wrecked ^ the road shall have been completed and 4 o f the Oregon School Laws. Thia 11 pounds, 15c. and McNeal, disheartened, aban chapter specifies that the countv court I placed in operation. This method o f Fifty-m ile zone —First pound 5c; each doned the car and secured a wag must submit the queation o f creating : handling the money is eminently fair, additional pound, 3c; 11 pounds, 35c. on to carry his passengers and the fund to the voters upon presenta « : since under it the amount would be re 150 mile zone First pound, 6c; t . ch himself into Turner. tion o f a petition signed by ten per turned unless the purpose for which it cent o f the qualified school elector*. I f 3— o— o -----o— o additional pound, lc ; 11 pounds, 46c. was given were lully carried out. the queation carries at the election, the 30i mile zone— First poun 1, 7c; etch fund thus created »hall l»c under the The provision that the road is to be alditional pow d, 5c: 11 p<- n . . 7 •• control o f a high school board, consist- built only between Stayton and West 600 mile «on e—First pound, 8c; each ing o f a county judge and the two coun : Stayton for the bonus stipulated, leads alditional pound, 6c; i l pounds, 6dc. ty commissioners, the county treasurer i many to believe that Mr. Mounce is and the county school superintendent. 1(XX) mile zone First pound, 9c; each N O TH E R figure ia added to the group o f kings and dictators In exile In working in the interests o f the South- The high school board shall make an Europe In the person o f Mulal llafld, until lately sultan o f Morocco. i ern Pacific. alditional pound, 7c; 11 pounds TPc. estimate o f the money required for the t Thia potentate, probably esteeming the doubtful honor o f posing ns A number o f our citizens are o f The 1400 mile zone— First pout ,1 0 ;each instruction o f all high school pupils for saltan under a French protectorate less snfe and pleasant tlinn rest Journalism, which is the catalogue opinion that the road will be built any additional pound, 9c; 11 pounds $1. 0. the ensuing twelve months, ami submit deuce nhroad. has formally at>dlratcd his throne with the understanding that way, regardless o f the promoter’s ahil- word fo r what the newspaper men us 1800 mile zone First pound 11c; i s h this estimate to the county court. This an allowance slinll be made him by the French government. He tins ex j ity to secure a bonus. There are many ually call "newspaper w ork,” will be pressed the desire that one o f hla brothers succeed to the sultanate, ami Mulal more, however, who feel that even b o d y will then levy a special tax upon additional pound, 10c; 11 pounds, . . . I I . all the assessable property o f the coun Youaacf, who has held the rank o f caliph o f Fcx and Is friendly to France, ’ though the road should be assured, it among the subjects taught at the Uni Over 18>0 miles—First pound. 1_' ; ty, sufficient to raise the money esti Is said to Iwvo been designated. The ex-sultan, who wrested the throne from ! would be well worth while to donate versity o f Oregon this year. The work each additional pound, 12c; 11 pou. his brother, A I m I el-AzlX, Is well edlicnted for n Moor, Is a poet nnd has writ mated as necaasary. Thia money will A has been placed in charge o f Eric W. ten a book, lie la snld to be an authority on the Moslem religion, o f which $1500 to secure the line at once. $1.32. than he distributed among the county he Is an' orthodox adhorent He also had the reputation In the early part conservative estimate shows that more Allen recently northwest editor o f the high achooli in amounta based upon the than the amount asked would be saved Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Mr. A llen ’s o f his reign o f lielng a monster o f cruelty. average daily attendance. All schools ; to this city in railroad fares alone with- idea is to keep the work in close touch must meet rertaln requirement« pres ! in a single year, to say nothing o f the cribed by the State Board o f Education j money saved on freight, and the other ' with the practical newspaper men i f In order to be eligible for maintenance ’ advantages the road would bring. For the state, and he has also arranged The work being done all n ' the rivi r from this fund. W~* M A e y x e y x f~~a f \ J 1 I / r i p J W this reason, a large number think it . with many o f them to address his elass- is beginning to assume tangible form. Many counties o f the state have al i C / lv L / / I f worth to hasten the construction ; es later in the year. The le s t news- ready availed themselves o f the benefits ^ ' o ........... | papers o f Oregon w ill be in daily use. The task o f clearing a new channel to f the line. carry the stream directly ben ath the provided by this fund, and Marion roun ty is merely stepping into line in ask Dr. Beauchamp reports the birth o f bridge is proving a U rge one, but the ing to have the question placed on the Increase in Stayton's Banking Capital is $54,000 O ver a ten jamrid boy to Mr. and Mrs. John workmen are making a considerable ballot. l*>cal people are quite strong ! Trask o f Lyons on Friday Sept. 6th This Time Last Year church, on Monday. dent in the river bed. The work o f for the measure, as they sec in its pass building cribs acro.-s to dam up the age the possibility o f securing a high present channel ' • . • ■ ■. ... • ietlx, school here before this time next year. The approach o f fall has brought a ing showing for a comparatively new W ith such a fund created, it should be and will shortly be completed accor much easier to establish and maintain marked increase in the volume o f busi bank. ding to present indications. The Stayton State Bank's increase ness o f the local banks. This increase a high school in this city. alone. As it o TO TEACH JOURNALISM AT STATE UNIVERSITY A RlVtS WOKS PROC.KSSES LO CAL BANKS SHOW I / /~? /V C I $1500 W ALSO AT ARMAGEDDON. is indicative o f considerable prosperity VALUABLE HORSE IS DROWNED IN SANTIAM has been $10,886 in the 11 weeks since among the farm er* in spite o f the dam the last report, bringing its aging rain* experience«! this summer. total up to $142,980. NORTHWEST LAND SHOW TO HAVE FINE DISPLAY present The individual Taken in conjunction with the present deposits have jumped from $66,506 to good weather and the fact that the $78,511. This bank has safely weath Ion* hereabout* was not so heavy as ered a hard storm, and its present con -' Giles ThomaH lost a valuable year-old colt by drowning in the Santi- good for a prosperous fall and winter. am last Sunday. The animal fell oft a The Farmers & Merehanta Bank has high bank along Ihe riv e r’s edge, land taken great strides in its brief career, ing in about twenty feet o f Assurances o f co-operation tr e two- had at first been feared, prospects are dition justifies the confidence in which water. The colt was probably hurt in the fall, and so rendered unable to swim to safety. The accident occurred just above the Salem ditch dnm. Bud Davie who is city marshal during Henry Smith’s absence In the mountains, helped get the dead animal out o f the river Monday so bh not to contaminate the water aupply. , received by the it ia held. Pacific Northwest Land Products Show It ia interesting to note that at this ; time last year the Farmers & from ali sections o f the north coesi Mer i country. its report in this issue o f The Mail chants Bank's total was $19,500, while nhowing a total o f $86,418. This i* an that o f the Stayton State increase o f more than $3,000 over the $125,700. last report published June 27th. deposits have increased Thia means Bank was ^ that state will have an exhi bit. Twenty-two different «listriefs ;n th • The $37,000 for the form er and $17,000 for ' N »rthwest ?*ab more than the latter, or a total increi se in Stay- ton's banking capital o f $54,000 during totaling $43,867. the year. This is a very flatter- WHEAT GROWERS INTERESTED and there is every offered as tho prize n by t.> . ' ' i le: d d shoe. indicati ci that land show in la 5 ■ N ovem ber will remarkable ex; TO HELP FARMERS Uncle Sam ture the $5,0t)0 traction engine and plow , brother o f Flans arc well along to plant a large arc c mtracts and make a ! time in Portland , w ill be >h- I. ; dairy sho.v ev«.r h. Id in the T h e :e exhibitions arc b o .: \ permanont l oi ef.t to the ; anil to the neighboring si. ! like Oregon, fin-i their it m i 1 the roil and its varied tv. show wiM do much to . i ■ cultural dovelonm proposes to he the big the Oregon farmer. sition o f soil nr ■ 1 Coupled with it, and held at t v POUSH COLONY Oregon wheat growers hope to cap- A letter has just como fr< rn T-leho promising that t :«*h county a growth o f , $7,5tK) during this brief period, now being mr.ragem ert o f the A for the best five movement has just been started whcrc- Polish colony in Oregon. The Polish bushels o f wheat grown in the Am eri by the Department o f Agriculture, the Society o f Philadelphia is seeking from can Northw est this year, by the North Salem Board o f Trade and the Oregon 5000 to 10,000 acres o f good land in a west Products Exposition at Minneap Agricultu-al College will co-operatc to body suited for this purpose and hopes olis, Novcm licr 12-23. There will ho maintain an agricultural .specialist in All Marion county, and others will soon he to bring shout 250 Polish families here sharp competition for first place. within the coming year. The society is who enter should ship their five bushels placed. The expense is distributed be in correspondence with Oregon people o f grain to W ill A. Campbell, Minneap- tween the various interests, and farm ers are advised as to best methods. polis, in time to reach him by Nov. 1. with a view to securing such a tract. — New York World. Ed Shaefer. a strecl cai Portlan I is here with h.- relatives.