O í'**'»" in -to rk .» « * W ] THE STAYTON MAIL S T A Y T O N , M A R I O N C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y , A P R I L JO , 19 t h Y e a r , N o Í 0 . STAYTON WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL HORSE SHOW Dr. Withycombe O f The 0. A . C. Speaks In The Forenoon Preparation* are rapidly going forward for Stayton’* Fifth Annual Horae Show, and from all reporta, it promises to be a bitftfer and better event than has been held here for some time. Dr. James Withycoml>e of the Oregon Agricultural College will be here to address the people in the forenoon. He will be ac companied by a competent judge of horses from the same place. By some oversight in the executive committee, the standard bred horses were loft olf the program, but we have been assured by the chairman of the committee that their horses will be taken care of in the awarding of ribbons, etc. The Victor Point Hand will play all day, and they are report ed to be O. K. The Chetnawa Indians will try the mettle of the Stayton baseball team on the same day. Come to Stayton on Saturday, April 19. Stayton Baseball Team Wins Sunday The initial game of the Stayton base ball aeaaon was pulled ulT lait Sunday afternoonon the home ground* between Stayton and the S. I'. Bridge Crew Team. The weather of the preceding few day* had been *o discouraging that the boy* had done no advertising, *o the at ten d an t was small but enthusiastic. The 8. P'a started off with one score in the first half while Stayton tied in the second lap. After the third inning the game waa a pipe for the iocala, though but little credit is to be given them aa the whole bunch was toft, green and had the “ sun in tneir eyes.” Jess Shephard umpired the game to the finish, and wonderful to relate there was no rag-chewing. It is being whispered around that the main reason was because some one let it out that “Jess” had a razor in his pocket. This is the way he looked. Notice him reaching for hia pocket. Subscriber Sends In His Impressions O f The Different Climates One of our subscribers sends us in the following. “Them’s my sentiments.” However it illustrates to perfection that minds do NOT run in the same channel. We have labeled them “ Iowa” and “Oregon” according to the Pure Food a n d Drugs Act of June 30, 1906. OREGON I long to go back to that beautiful land, To the land where the strawberries grow, Where the roses and violets are ever in bloom, Where nature is never asleep in her tomb, For fear of the frost and the snow. Where the brooks in the woods doth continually flow With no ice its progress to check. Where the Robin and Lark from morning till dark, Do sing their sweet songs with glad merry heart As we list to the Woodpecker’s peck. To Whom It Msy Concern: Owing to the fact that there have been several unfavorable remarka made on account of my having taken such an active interest in getting the streets improved, I am taking this means of making one answer to all. In the first place, they say I have no right to take an active part in the im provement of the town. I claim that aa a taxpayer here and at a public eiti- sen I have a right to take an interest in the future development of this town. T h e U m p ire M a d e a D ecision As a renter on the streets mentioned ami a business man serving the public, I Cole and Beauchamp pitched for the have a right to kick about the condition locals, while the S. P's changed box of the streets in the business section artists so often that the score man lost of Stayton. 1 do not pretend to name track of their names. the kind of improvement we are to Cole lammed over a few hot ones and have, as the law provides for the pro] was impossible to dodge all of them, perty owners to do that. 1 think that as the renters pay the bill in the long run, they certainly are justified in doing something that will help them to better their condltioy, instead of wallowing around in the mud as some of the pro - perty owners have set quietly back and let them do. ARTESIAN WATER I circulated that petition and have no apologies for doing so. and I hope that Artesian water has been struck in it will be the means of getting some kind of street improvement. Crook County ami it la believed it If the property owners, in a majority, will he of great benflt to farmers and are against hard surface. 1 have noth stockman. The flow was struck at a ing to say, as that is their business, depth of 197 feet. but if they don’t put in a decent look ing street and make a big improve ment over the present condition, the EXPOSITION TRAVEL farmers and citizens and renters that make it possible for the owners to get Railroads and commercial bodies arc a revenue from their property, will in league with each other to attract the have something to say, and I, for one, Paiiarrta-Paciflc Exposition travel i n will exercise that right. I wish to thank the live, progressive 1915 through Oregon and Washington property owners, who stand for street O n e of C o le 's H o t O nes. either enroule to the fair or on the re improvement. In the final count after the smoke had turn trip. Since many in the East are With best wishes to the property cleared away it was found that Stay- already planning* their trip west, it is owners and citizens, 1 am. thought necessary to start this work Yours for a Bigger and Better Stayton. j ton had 16 scores to their credit while early in order to reach the greatest [ the visitors could find but three. J. W. MAYO. Much interest centers around the number of prospective fair visitors. Paid ad ; game for Horse Show day when Stay- | ton and the Chemawa Indians cross SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION WATERWAY EXPOSITION bats. Stayton is just a little“skeered” -------- i that they may he tomahawked by the Pendleton will be the scene of an im The Annual Convention of the M..r- redskins but it may not be as bad as it portant convention on April 14 and 15, ion County Sunday School Convntion is scheduled at the Sun- , Another ham .. when the Columbia and Snake Rivers will be held in Silverton, ’ Oregon, * ( home grounds next Sunday, April 13. The Lebanon huskies are coming over Waterway Association will meet there. day ami Monday April 13-14, 1913. All delegates to the Convention will i an(j ¡n vjew 0f faet that they were Navigation matters will occupy the ho furnished free entertainment by the wa|iotHMj |ant y e * r , considerable time of the delegates, the object of the people of Silverton and every school is interi.st is bejnK manifested, meeting being to improve the channels urged to send delegates. Everyone who loves t h e national of these two great rivers. Mra. Stella E. Blackerby See. jjame, should turn out Sunday and help the boys ns it takes money to pay the expenses, and if expenses are not met the team must disband. Come. il Thomas-Mayo Company We do not know that it is original and we do not say with the p o e t Last Friday night, Mr. and Mrs. Kueater, assisted by Mrs. Cahler gar# their concert a* advertised in the Mail. While we are not in any sense of the word musical critics, we can only re flect what pleases us. Mrs. Kuester’s singing waa very pleasing, and her piano solos, while not intricate were well received by the audience. Mr. Kucster’s tenor was of the soft easy kind and while perhaps hr may have aang every not« faultlessly, he lacked the human vibrant quality that reaches out a n d keeps an audience breathless until the end. Training, both Mr. and Mr*. Kucstcr have undoubtedly had, but the effect left with ua was that they hud been slightly overtrained. The house was well filled and while the affair was not a financial success for Mrs. Cahler. wc feel that she will be amply repaid in her effort to induce our young people to think of and ap preciate some sort of music besides “ rag time." HIGHEST M ARKET PRICES PAID S e ria l N o . 8 9 2 -------------------------- OREGON AND IOWA ARE COMPARED^ IN V ER S E EDITH HAINES-KUESTER J.W . MAYO WRITES OPEN CONCERT DRAWS CROWD LETTER TO HIS CRITICS Mohair Wanted 1913. FARMERS CO-OPERATE Farmers in the Molalla-Canby dis trict of Clackamas County have a plan to market their produce directly to the I consumer in Portland by bring it to the ¡city on auto-trucks nnd cutting out the I middleman. Thej hope to save 40 to 60 per cent in the present cost to the buyer. Property Owners Have a “Hot” Meeting According to the “ notice of bids on street improvements” published last week, the city ^council met in special session last Saturday night and opened the bids. The prices etc. were tab ulated and a call was iaaued for the property owners of the affected district to meet with the city council on Tues day night of this week, tjuite a large crowd waa out, including almost if not all of the property owners, and eacu one was asked by the Mayor to express his opinion on the kind of improvement to be accepted. After a thorough canvas of the situat ion, the sentiment seemed to be against both hard surface and macadam paving. One gentleman in particular was quite vociferous in his remarks. After the meeting broke up, the council went into session and passe 1 a resolution to bold the lowest bid on Roxol pavement ar,d to post notices to that effect. From the views expressed at the meeting Tuesday night, however, it seems highly probable that a remon strance will be filed stopping any a< tion of the city authorities in this matter. RELIEF FUNDS COLLECTED The collection of funds for (fee relie i Where the earth is robed in its mantle of green of the flood and cyclone-swept parts of From the first to the last of the year, ' the Middle West has been a work o Where the fruit and the flowers with their perfumes sweet the past week in which the whole stat Do challenge the world, their beauty to meet has participated. Money and provis With no blizzard or cyclone to fear. ions have been given with a generou i Where the roll of the thunder is scarcely e ’re heard Or the flash of the lightning e’re seen, Where the beauties of nature are spread o’er the earth. And man is as near to his primitive birth As the soldier to the army canteen. This beautiful land that I am telling you of, Where the people are happv and free Is where the Willamette rolls down in its might And bears on its bosom their songs of delight While wending its way to the sea. IOWA • I've reached the land of corn and swine. And now I’m happy all the time, The sun it shines most every day, And there’s no fog to cloud its ray. Oh happy land! Dear happy land! Right here in Battle Creek I stand, And look away across the plains. To Webfoot where it always rains, I hope I’ll never see it more, Nor stand upon Willamette shore. That land of which some people boast. Away out on the Western Coast, Where dust in summers is so thick. That it almost made me sick. Oh happy land! Dear happy land! I think our winters nre so grand. The blizzards too, I think them fine, I wish we had one all the time. And now I'm here I think I’ll stay Where there’s stock shipments every day. There is one thing I must confess, That Oregon beats all the rest For fruits and flowers and grass and grain. Although she does get lotstif rain. Oh happy land! Dear happy land! On Iowa soil. I’ll take my stand. The summers too are just the thing. When cyclone and mosquitoes sing. And rattle snakes get up your pants. And make you hop around and dance. Now I’m away I’ll say no more. About the wild Willamette shore, For there are those who know quite well, And won’t believe the half I tell. Oh happy land! Dear happy land! I think Iowa is so grand, With all its great big hogs and steers The like which I’ve not seen for years. But of Oregon I’ll not complain. Sometime I might go back again. hand. Oregon contributions will total about $25,000, which speaks well for the generosity of her people. A fea ture of the work that merits special credit was the gift of $109 by Chinese residents of Baker. PRODUCE CO. CHANCES HANDS T h e Stayton Produce Company changed hands last week. The Union Meat Co. of Portland owns an i con trols the business which was formerly owned by Pearson, Page & Co. G. B. Trask has been retained as lo cal manager, while J. D. Densmore is the live stock buyer. This new company want3 your live stock. Phone G. B. Trask at any tin :. for prices and shipping dates. MUNICIPAL WATER Geo. Keech went over to Turner la-i Saturday night to confer with the p«J pie there relative to putting in a m - nicipal water system. The Turner people are very much in favor of the project and it is extrem > ly likely that it will go through. The proposed system is a gravity one and would require a pipe line two miles in length from the Price spring, which furnishes plenty of good moun tain water. BATTLESHIP OREGON Assurance h a s been given from Washington that the famous olil Bat tleship Oregon will not be dismantled and broken up, as was feared, but it w i l l be retained in commission »• a part of the Pacific reserves fleet,» , headquarters at the Puget Sound Nav< Yard. Advices have been received i- this effect in response to petitions fr this state that the old seafighter t saved from destruction. LOGANBERRY CULTURE Loganberry culture i s profita'o . when this delicious fruit produces a : i did for a fruit grower on Mission I'- >t- tom, Marion county, yielding 12, ¡00 pounds to the acre last season. They were the weights given by the can« neiy where he marketel his fruit. He was paid 4 cents per pound, or $4-13 pe- acre. About $360 of this amount v/a net. The Catholic Ladies' Club will hoi 1 a miscellaneous sale in t h e Math m building on Horse Show Day. Every body is invited to attend.