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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1912)
Everybody’s Doing It! Better Climb on the Band W agon and Subscribe' for The Stayton Mail THE" STAYTON MAIL 18th Y e a r , N o S T A Y T O N , 33. Injured By STAYTON SCHOOL Badly Kick From a OPENED ON Horse MONDAY While working with the 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 T w o Striking Scenes In N ew York’s* Labor Day Procession Semester, and Buckle Down to Work THREE NEW INSTRUCTORS ON THE TEACHING STAFF Friday Ridge waa aeverely injured by lieing kicked by a horae. The young man re Dr. Beauchamp was called and sewed ceived the blow in the abdomen, and it the fingers up, splicing one o f the ten waa delivered with aurh force that he dons. waa rendered unconacioua. will be saved intact. Dr. injury. BEAR WAS KILLED NOTFARFROM SUBLIMITY . right hand almost torn off while help Join Willing Bags Shaggy G a n -— S a )tM Hrow Beauchamp’s office yesterday w h e n The next day young Siegmund waa taken to hia home, and ia now re Harry ported to be recuperating nicely. split the thumb o f his le ft hand while It ia Sports t . en, Notifie 1 by Pbone, H it on tbe Trail It is thought that the fingers Another hurry call was sent in to Dr. er waa called and waa able to eaae the Humphreys o f Rocky JUICY STEAKS ADORNED A FEW BREAKFAST TABLES Point I t was a Mr. Wiling Nai'ed 600-lb chopping woo<] with an ax. a very nasty cut and will cause t h e were not received. Year Ridge had the ing with the Gielder threshing outfit. Prospects Unusually Good for a Successful fortunate that aevere internal injuriea School Nearly Loses Two F i n g e r s In Machine misfortune to have two fingers o f his Five Teachers and 168 Pupils Commence morning, Lawrence Siegmund o f Fern Fall Serial N o. 868 19 12. Pete Etzel o f Fern threshing outfit at the Kirah ranch laat 19 , Eroin Abort a Ytar Ago young man several weeks o f inaction. American women are abandoning the With an enrollment o f 16H, and with cigarette for the pipe, Hen five enthuaiaatic teachera i n charge, Zahm, pipe according manufacturer. the Stayton achool o|>rncd very auapic- predicts cobs to be the to He but the new among local sportsmen yesterday when Theodore Highberger sent in a phone Business conditions are g e t t i n g j remain, th e favorite bou ioualy tbia week for the fall semester. doir smoke before the end o f another Only two o f laat year'a teaching Great excitem ent prevailed BUSINESS CONDITIONS IM PROVE message that a bear had been s e e n brighter every dav in the Pacific North about 2 1-2 miles northeast o f Sublim ataff year. west. teachera cume well recommended and backed by con- sixth and seventh grades, and h a s aiderahle previoua experience. It ia e x twenty-three pupils in her room. Misa Muck ia a graduate o f the Central Ore pected that when hop picking ia over gon Stale Normal school anil haa had and all the pupila return to achool, the three years’ experience. She is about enrollment will reach 180 or more. to have a reading table installed in her The primary diviaon will thia year bo room, and during the year intends to organize a debating society. She ia al in charge o f Mra. Pratt, who will be so interested in basket ball,and expects remembered by many local |>eoplc aa to recruit a team from the pupils o f having taught here about aeven yeara her room. ago. Mra. Pratt, who waa then Miaa This year as laat, Mias Nora Crab Kirkpatrick, had chnrge o f the aame tree, the principal, will tea-h the eighth room at that time. For the past year and high school grades, with an enroll ahe haa taught at Sunnyaule, Wash., ment o f twenty-six pupila. Miaa Crab and previoua to that had experience in tree. who ia the possessor o f life papers the Salem achoola. Mra. Pratt haa in thia state, needs no introduction to forty pupila enrolled in her department. the people o f Stayton. She expresses She will uac the phonetic ayatem o f herself as more than satisfied with the reading, which i a employed b y all teachers secured, and predicts a very achoola in large towna. Later in the successful year's work. The principal term ahe expecla to give her claaaea deplores the crowded condition o f Mr. work in Hiawatha or anme other appro Nance’s room, ami states that it will be hard to remedy, because o f the limita priate atory. Besides Miaa Hollister o f Salem, who will tions o f the present building. teach the second and third grades, haa adding to the accomodations o f this started the aematcr with an enrollment room. Miss Crabtree favors an entirely A t present o f thirty-one. This ia Misa Hollister's new equipment o f seats. first school in Oregon, but before com the building, with the exceptionof Misa ing to this stHte she had considerable suc Mack's room, is equipped with double Adjust cessful experience in Nebraska, a state scats o f the antiquated type. well known for the excellence o f ita able single scats are now in use every achoola. In addition to the prescribed where, and are much more satisfactory. work o f her gradca, she intend to take Seats are also needed fur the high up the study o f appropriate literature. school room, where chairs are now The fourth and fifth grades will be made to serve. In other respects the building is handled by 0 . C. Nance, who has had five years' experience. Mr. Nance ia fairly well equipped. Each room was known in thia vicinity aa having taught thoroughly overhauled and prepared the Q<teener school in Linn county dur for the fall opening, and several new ing the past year. He haa forty pupils pictures were put up. The wood is in enrolled with more expected, and he place, and the grounds have been clean The grades arc all supplied with sik T the principal are puxzled to know ed. how to handle them, aa the room ia al text books, and the high school books are expected shortly, so that in another ready overcrowded. Miaa Mack, who taught so success day or so the work o f the fall term will fully here laat year, is in charge o f the be in full swing. So heavy is the demand for lumber that the price o f logs is advancing steadily. Tom Riggs, Jess Shepherd, Geo. W arford and Henry Smith immediately The supply set out in Tom ’s auto to bring back the houses also report a brisk sale o f mill game but, alas, when they arrived near machinery and equipment. Cities large the place heavy firing was heard, and and small, all report building opera upon reaching t h e tions. spot, they found The farming districts o f the that John W illing had bagged Mr. B’ ur several states have heavier crops than who weighed about 20) pounds and, ac ever before. To move them, the rail cording to the boys who came back roads are adding to their rolling stock. with a bear steak for breakfaat, was So material is the increasing freigh t juicy and tender. Mr. W iiiing, it will be remembered, Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company that is the same “ old sp ort" who killed the big 600 pound bear on D rift C r e e k it is adding a $100,000 addition to its about a year ago. When we go bear freigh t house facility in Seattle. hunting we are going to take Mr. W il ling along—if he is Willing. The killing o f this bear seems almost PORK INDUSTRY GROWS providential to us, as we bad just about thia much space to fill and were won dering what in the world we would use. Oregon has started to export hogs. Then, presto, Mr. B ’ ar appeared on A breeder with a stock farm near Au the scene; and this story about him fits rora reports a sale o f blooded swine to in as handy as a pocket in a shirt. business o f t h e Photos by American Press Association. ABOH'8 annual parade In N ew York waa chiefly noteworthy for the largo part taken by strikers. The unlou which was most largely re pro- j sented was that o f the workers In fur, 9,000 o f whom were on atrlka. The sand nnd excavation teamsters, also strikers, displayed many ban ner* with such mottos ns "N o Suudny Work Without P ay” and "Shorter Hours and a Living W age." Many women were In the procession, which numbered aliout ku.ono T w o who attraeteti much notice were the comodata o f one of the tiands. pictured In the lower of the two IllustraUons The upper shows the head o f the furriers' divistoti, with one o f tbe bamiers expressing sympathy with the strikers and pledging assistance. I Honolulu people, where they will be used for breeding purposes. It has long OREGON’S PRODUCTION IS AMAZING Here Is a Brief Summary of the Produce Turned Out by State During 1911 SPECIALS TO ROUND-UP been a reproach to Oregonians that the state does not produce enough pork for its own use, but this situation is A large number o f special trains wiil being slowly overcome. run to Pendleton from Portland to car ry the thousands who will attend the RUNS N A IL INTO FOOT Round-Up, Sept. 26-28. Other sectior» o f the Pacific Northwest will send b ig . delegations and Puget Sound will be t well represented. Indications are that this yea r’s show will be bigger and bet-; ter both i n attendaace and program^ than ever in its history. Joe Zuber’s little eight-year-old boy stepped on a nail, which was in an old board, last Saturday and ran it almost In 1911 the wool clip o f Oregon was manufactured into lumber it will be through his foot. Dr. Brewer dressed 16,1100,000 pounds and was shorn from worth $6,500,000,000 The timber cov the wound and no serious results are 2.000,000 sheep and sold for $.1,000,000. ers approximately 25,000,000 acres. anticipated. L. C. Bailey is hostler at the Stayton During the same period the state pro About one-half is in national forests Stables since quitting the Commercial duced 600,000 pounds o f mohair, worth and the balance under private owner B. F. W est Republican Candidate for hotel. Lee says he had rather feed horse» anyhow. Assessor was in Stayton last week. ship. $240.000. In 1911 Oregon produced 72,000 bales In 1911 4,123,000 head o f livestock was raised in Oregon, valued at $87,- o f hops, worth $4,0U0.(XX). HIS PAST. T h t lumber industry has never ity. been more prosperous. Am ong meat animals, the In 1911 Oregon produced poultry to 854,000. production o f hogs has increased faster the extent o f 9,000,000 birds having a “THE OPEN ROAD.” than that o f cattle or sheep, due for value o f $7,000.000. During the same year, the state pro the most .part to the extrem ely high duced 32,000,000 dozens o f eggs valued prices that have prevailed for the past The poultry business is tw o years in the coast markets. The fruit crop in Oregon in 1911 was still an infant industry. The In 1911 the Oregon potato crop waa worth o\*er $4,000,00)1 in cash. at $9,C>00,000. the greatest ever known, very nearly greater part o f this sum was received approaching the 6,000,000 bushel mark, for apples, this staple commanding the with a value, to the growers, o f over highest prices both at home and abroad. Next to apples, peaches are the most $-1,01X1,000. In the snme year, onions w ere grown important fruit in the state, last year’ s Pears were to the amount o f about 175,000 bushels, crop selling for $523,009. worth $212,00 ». The bulk o f this crop sold to the value o f $300,000, being an being average o f nearly $1.59 per box. Cher loganberries, grapes, grown almost exclusively on what is ries, prunes, strawberries etc. helped to swell the known i s "b ea ver dam” land. is pro lured within a small area, In 1911 Oregon produced $3,409,000 sum paid to farmers and ^ch ardists worth o f butter, but in order to supply during the year. About 100,000 pounds the demand, at least three times this o f English walnuts were produced, val amount was shipped into the state from ued at $45,000. other sections. In 1911 Oregon produced gallons o f milk ami orenm, value o f $4,000,000. The 17,00',(00 product is said to he the clonnest and most whole some o f that o f any state. DRIVES N A IL THROUGH FINGER having a L ittle Georgie Mielke had a very pe culiar accident last Saturday. He had In 1911 Oregon produced 5,000,000 a magnetized hammer nnd was amus pounds o f cheese valued at $758,000, ing himself driving long tacks in the While holding a | The quality is 'o f the very best. Los side o f a building. —From N ew York World. It will be remembered tlint It was In 11)01 that Roosevelt wroto the cele brated "M y Dear Mr Harrlman” letter, saying “ you and I are practical men” and asltfng the millionaire magnate to the W hite House, and after a confer ence that Mr. Harrlman rained $240,000, which was used In tho campaign; and that It was also In this campaign Perkins contributed toward Jtoosevelt's campaign Insurance company money belouglng to women and children. Angeles uses more Oregon cheese in poster as high ns he could with his le ft ! lccding its tourists than o f all other hand, he drove a large tack directly through the index finger o f that hand, kinds combined. neatly nailing himself t o t h e wall. The standing timber o f Oregon is es Mrs. Mielke had to get an ax and pry timated at 464,000,000,000 feet, worth the finger loose. It is to be hoped that on the stump, $680,000,000, and when no serious results will follow. —From New York World. In his speech at Sea Girt, N. J., on Juno 17, Governor Wilson pointed ou that, as the result o f so many years o f Republican administration, tbe feellns throughout tbe nation Is that "men have gone In blind alleys and have ban to climb out often enough. Now they propose to And an open road; for them selves.”