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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.”