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i * Ve*' ' é è» *\ a i°'Vc (V *« °n THE STÄYT0N MAIL 19th Year, No 5. STAYTON, MARION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, I9J3. Serial No. 887 M ay Construct Road, Salem to Bend via Stay ton $500,000 Company Incorporates For Purpose o f Building Line S i- Rum or T hat Hill H as Secured Control o f Corvallis & Eastern, G ives A dded Plausibility to Plan Entertained at Airs. Woodrow Wilson, the WIFEOF RANCHER PROPOSED ROAD COULD NOT MISS Is West Stayton New Lady of the Land ISCALLEDBY STAYTON ON DIRECT LINE EAST Party DEATH Gap at Head of Santiam Is Logical Pass to Eastern (Special to The Mail) Weat Stayton, Mar. 6— Mrs. Caaaie Oregon Country— It is Thought Hill is Behind Present Move York was the guest o f honor at a pleas Mrs. W. H. Downing, Wife of Sublimity Farmer, Passes Away ant party held at the Mclnnis home here Wednesday evening. Mrs. York has been the guest o f Mr. and Mrs. Mclnnis and the affair was arranged in Two new developments in regard to T h e company announces a capital • pnwible railroad through Stayton oc stock o f $600,000. The incorporators curred the laat o f the week, and the are J. F. Mounce, A. L. MacLeod and possibilities they afford are tieing dis- (I. A. Kyle. J. F. Mounce has been cuaaed with much interest locally. her honor. The time was pleasantly •pent at cards, music and conversation and at midnight a dainty luncheon was Great sorrow was occasioned aiii.ng served, to which all did ample justice. the residents o f the Waldo Hill.: this week by the death o f Mrs. .^i g jsta Downing, wife o f t h e Hon. , \ L H. Downing, who passed away £a^j*iay, operating in and around Salem for the Ttie first was a rumor that the Hilt l a a t eight months, making public hail secured the Corvallis & merely the contemplated construction Eastern, and would take charge about o f a short local line from Salem t o people March 1. The story, as told, is that Stayton. G. A. Kyle la an engineer o f llarriman gave the road to one o f hia national reputation, and was assistant daughters, who offered it to the South* to Colonel Steevena who started con MERRY MINSTRELS ARE TO BE HERE SATURDAY March 1st. Death was due to l i g h t s descase, and the deceased had been in a critical condition for several days. Mrs. Downing The Greatest Aggregation o f Jubilee He ia Singera in America will Positively Ap to have a lease o f it; that the Hill peo at present in Chicago, MacLeod ia in pear at the Opera House in Stajton, ple slipped in and bought the property Portland. Both men will he in Salem Saturday Night, March 8. This Company has had twenty-five and that It will change hands as stated within a week and the detaila o f the years o f undisputed success. They car Whether a fact or not, the story la railway project are expected t o be ern I'acifle, but the company preferred struction o f the Panama canal. plausible. made public when they arrive. ry a band o f their own and challenge Probably « Hill Mov« anyone to produce anywhere, dancers Company incorporates Next came the announcement tn Sa There ia little doubt that the propos who are their equal. $ Big Vaudeville Features 6 lem and Portland pa pars that article« ed railroad construction ia a Hill move. You will Laugh and get Fat for Two o f incorporation had been filed by a J. F. Mounce, who began the prelimi company that proposed to construct a nary operations here, ia believed to be Mortal Hours at these Singers, Musi Waldo Hills since her marriage in 1903. She was 49 years o f age. The funeral services were held% Mon r • m Mounce b e g a n cians, Dancers, Comedians and Fun- railroad from Salem to Bend, by way a Hill forerunner. o f Stayton and through the gap in the operations in Salem laat fall, by pro makers. There will be no Disappoint Cascades east o f this city. This story curing right o f way between Salem ment, no Postponement. Out-of-Town It was his inten people are especially invited to come is also exceedingly plausible, especially and West Stayton. if the feeling that the Hill people are tion to build into Stayton, but he ex and see the greatest o f all, the Nash behind this move proves true. Interest perienced difficulty in procuring right ville Jubilee Students. Remember the is heightened by the fart that Louis o f way between West Stayton and date and place, Stayton Opera House, Saturday, March 8. Hill is now in the Willamette Valley on Stayton, a distance o f four miles. busL ess. Regarding t h i s proposed It 1 s understood that construction road the Capital Journal has the follow work on the line will begin without de- lay. ing to s*y : ORGANIZER HERE General Development Rout« Proposed FIRED HIS BED TO PAINT CURTAIN John Rucker had the misfortune to Next week E. Woods will commence get a bone broken in his leg last Fri I work on the Stayton Theatre curtain day in a runaway. Although thrown and scenery. There will be three or out o f the buggy, John had the grit to four sets o f scenery besides the drop hang to the linea until the horsca were curtain. brought to a stop. The scenery will include s He had two pass street scene, two interior scenes and a 25 acres unimproved, partly cleared, A traveling sign painter blew into 1 mi. from town, river bottom. Price, town last Saturday and proceeded to $1625, Terms. 94J acres 2 miles from town. One tank up. Deputy Marshal Fehlen ran him into the cooler, and after search half under cultivation. Balance valua ble timber. Well improved. ing him, left the paint spreader t o Price $70 per acre. Terms. pleasant dreams. 25 acre tarm 1 mile from town. Good Soon after, smoke was seen issuing bottom land. One half under cultiva from the City Bastile, and upon inves tion. Good improvements. tigation, Mr. Dauber’s bed was discov Price $4000. Terms. ered to be in flames. The fire was put engers in the vehicle at the time and it woodland scene. The drop curtain will TO GIVE RING AWAY out and once more the Weary One sank ia extremely fortunate that no more be a special work o f art. It will con Genuine Diamond Ring, solid gold into the arms o f Morpheus. Selah! tain spaces for advertising which will damage was done. mounting to be positively given away. For information call at Mack & Riggs Dr. Beauchamp fixed up the injured be placed in an entirely new and novel Millinery. FORMER RESIDENT RETURNS limb, but Rucker wilt be confined to manner. Mr. Woods will show a min iature o f hia scheme next week. the houae for aome time. Manager Rizzo ia to be congratulated upon securing the high class work con templated by Mr. Woods. GETS MILL POSITION W. A. Weddle has been employed by the Petzel Sawmill as manager o f the mill department and head sawyer. He will not do any contracting and build TAXES ARE Dl)E 1 r\ WATCH THESE BIG REALTY OFFERS by S. H H E T Z E J The completion o f thia new line wilt One o f the most promising o f the C. 0 . Samain o f Portland, District many railroad projects inaugurated in be the fourth new line entering Salem Deputy for the W. 0 . W. is here in Good 5 room house o n First street I n the last year the the interest o f the consolidation o f the Stayton, a snap at $1000. Terms. the Willamette valley in the last two in two years. years is that announced in articles o f new Fir branch has been built and the two camps at this place. He is an A1 One full block in Stayton, improved Incorporation which have been tiled tn Southern Pacific steel bridge across the hustler as the Editor o f this paper can and situated in the center o f the town. the office o f the secretary o f state by Willamette connecting u p t h e east testify, having been acquainted with This is a bargain as it can be cut into the Oregon Railroad Company, which with the lines o f the Salem, Falla City 1 him some time ago in Southern Oregon. eight lots and t h e money doubled. Price, $4000. A line will proposes to construct an electric line & Weatem on the west. The W. 0 . W ’s should give Mr. S a -! 3 acres improved, 5 room house,barn, from Salem to Bend, in Crook county. be constructed to Silverton and north. main all the support possible, and help orchard, etc. Close in, and in city The line will leave the Willamette val In addition the Oregon Electric has build up their lodge to be a credit to limits o f Stayton. Price $2600. Terms. ley by way ~© f Stayton, traversing completed its line to Eugene, and the the town. A special meeting has been | For Sale—97 acres 34 miles south of Linn county and the Cascade mount road has been in operation for several called for Friday night, March 7. Stayton, 60 acres under cultivation, ains and joining both the Hill and months. Also the Portland, Eugene & good buildings, hay, grain, stock and Hnrrintan lines in the Deschutes valley j Eaatern will complete its projected farm tools complete goes with t h e place. Well improved, running water. near Bend. It is believed to be a Hill line into the [prune belt south o f the Price $8500. Terms. city. project. BREAKS LEG was raised i n. and about Salem, but had resided .in the The subject at the Christian church W. R. Munkers and w ife o f Lexing Sunday morning will b e ‘ ‘School o f ton, Oregon, are here visiting his fath Christ,” Sunday evening “ A Christless Reform ation.” er B. F. Munkers and other relatives. An attempt was made to burn the Mr. Munkers is back in Marion County school house at Gates last week. for the first time in thirty years. He Mrs. S. H. Burson visited in North finds much change in that time and is Santiam Friday. very much surprised at the improve Mr. Macey, a furnishing goods man ments in Stayton aa well as the sur o f Corvallia, was here Monday looking rounding country. over Stayton with a view o f possibly locating here. Taxes arc now due and payable, with ing thia summer, but will still do ar a 3 per cent rebate i f paid before chitect and designing work in spare March 16th. Those not desiring to pay hours. Phone him at 3x8 for anything It all before March 15th, may pay one S. H. Heltzel made a business trip to Miss Jennie King o f the Waldo Hills in that line. half before the first Monday in April, was in town Saturday. Albany the first o f the week. with no rebate, and the other half on Mrs. M. E. Fletcher made a business The last week o f reduction in price. John Huber o f Linn county was in or before the first Monday in October, trip to Portland and Oregon City the Drugless Methods at the Drugless In town Tuesday. following. first o f the week. stitute. Call now. day afternoon f r o m the Episcopal church in Salem. The church waa fill ed with friends who had come to show the last token o f esteem for the de ceased. Music was furnished by the church choir which sang “ Lean Kindly Light” and “ There i s a Bles-ed Home.” Mary beautiful flowers were brought by friends. Interment was fn the I. O. O. F. cemetery. T. B. «1’Jt- ton, J. T. Hunt, Edward McKl*~ f . William Tate, Thomas Hill, and TJisJ, McElhaney acted as pall bearers. OBITUARY NOTICE , ! Augusta Downing, beloved wife W. H. Downing, departed this fife March 1, 1913, aged 49 years, 6 mor.tl and 3 days. She leaves a husband, a mother, Mrs. Susan Newton, and a brother, Cecil Newton to mourn .her loss. The mother and brother are row Fine business property, building is residents o f Seattle. Washington. 25x50 and is newly built. A new 6 Mrs. Downing was born on a farm room modern cottage on same lot goes near Albany. The family moved to with this. Both will rent for $30 per Salem in 1876, where the lived until month. Price $3200, Terms. her marriage, which occurred March 11, 2 acre tract, 3 blocks from Stayton 1903. During her residence in Salem she made many friends, all o f whom P. O. Price $1500 cash. affectionately remember her. 103 acres, 6 miles from town. Good During the brief time of her married improvements. Price $45 per acre. life her home has been in the Waldo I also have a small well improved Hills, and she was active and promi farm near Sublimity for sale. Terms. nent in all social matters there, and in the promotion of all good and laujt'tle FARMERS’ CO-OPERATIVE REALTY CO.. enterprises. S. H. Heltzel, Manager. Mrs. Downing was a very ambitious woman, untiring and painstaking in all J. F. Richards and wife o f Fern matters that claimed hei attention. She had high ideals and her life has Ridge were in town Tuesday. been one o f usefulness, and has made Joe Foltz and sister o f Jordan made a lasting impression on all with whom a business trip to Stayton Tuesday. she was associated. John Mack o f North Santiam was in The funeral service was held at the town yesterday. Episcopal church in Salem, o f which Pat Lambert o f Mt. Pleasant made a she was a devoted member. The inter business trip to Stayton Wednesday. ment was in the I. O. G. F. cemetery Mrs. Lula Carey o f Linn county vis by the side o f a number o f sisters and ited at the home o f her mother Mrs. M. brothers who had preceded her. She is at rest and we trust th at her J. Queener yesterday. life and character may ever be present. Floyd Rcbinson was seen again on as a guide and monument to better and our streets this week. nobler manhood. At the Methodist Church next Sun Her nature was a delicate one, but day morning the pastor preaches an few persons were gifted with a mind expository sermon on an island exper more analytical, logical and clear. She ience, “ A God, or a Man o r What?” too was possessed o f a very quiet and In the evening subject will be, The gentle disposition, ever having a kind Man with the Set Face. regard for the best interests o f her W. E. Nesbitt o f Salem made a busi neighbors and friends. It was none o f ness trip to Stayton Tuesday. hers to ever "murmur or complain” Albert Roy, wife and baby are here ! while she sought to smooth down all this week visiting Mr. Roy’ s parents. disappointments. All who shared with John Henkel has purchased a two her in this last illness can attest to a acre place near Raleigh Harold's just blissful sweetness a n d a teachable across the river, and expects to build a spirit. She was a member o f the Episcopal home in the near future. Mrs. Cramer got the ftee hat at the church, walking worthy o f her voca Mack & Riggs Millinery opening last tions, “ with lowliness a n d meeknesa Saturday. Over 150 ladies visited the with long suffering—forebearing one another in love.” store during the day. An amiable life is a beautiful one. A Miss Bob Morton spent Sunday in real true life i none the less sublime — Albany. but, then how pc tent is life, when one Miss Stella Burson who has been in can gather together, all the litt! _• de- Eugene for some time returned home (Continued on page four) Saturday.