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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1913)
r> l|(..torlc«l THE STAYT0N MAIL STAYTO N. MARION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1913. 19th Year, No 13. ALBANY HAS NO EDGE OVER STAYTON INCREASED OYER 100 PER CENT STAYTON WINS A GAME FROM SALEM OPEN LETTER FROM 0. A. C. CITY OF TURNERI VOTES BOND ISSUE Serial No. 39£ IMMIGRATION COMMISSION The following letter speaks for itself. Invitations have been issued by the Corvallis, Oregon Oregon State Immigration CommiaxUm April 28. 1913. to representatives of German speaking Mr. Geo. Keech, colonies and organizations to meet at the Stayton, Oregon. Portland Commercial Club May 15. Dear Sir:— where plans will be discussed for at I am taking occasion to express my tracting German immigration. Repre appreciation of the courtesy and hospi sentatives of the churches, the Gen mn tality extended to Dr. Withycombe and WILL PUT IN A $10,000 j press, the German farmers, colonies, myself on our recent visit to Stayton. MODERN WATER SYSTEM etc., are asked to attend and it ia ex Although pretty busily employed most pected the hearing will develop a prac of the time, it was a real pleasure to go tical method of including deairabie through a show in which there was so farmers from North Europe to settl i in large a proportion of good horses. this state. TiiiDcr Has A Lire Commercial Club That At the same time I wish to congratu Will Assist Materially io Tbe late the management of your show on INDUSTRIAL FAIRS the efficient and business like way in To Respond 5 To 0 City’s Growth which Its work was carried on. The GRAND CHAMPION BOY element of good sportsmanship shown Jackson county is one district of the by those have entries, is very much to Mr. and Mrs Chauncey Bishop of state well organized for industrial That Albany ia atill forging to the That the city of Turner Ik going commended. Last Sunday was hardly an ideal day be Thanking Salem, parents of the Grand Champion school fairs this fall. Interest is high you and ail connected with ahead rapidly is evidenced by the fact front and making good her claim ns for the baHcbal! fans, although a small the horse show for a very enjoyable boy at Oregon State Fair Exposition of in the movement and the various com Queen City of the Willamette Valley it that it voted Monday for a bond issue but enthusiastic crowd was out to Bee day, I am, Eugenica for 1912, announce the birth munities will offer attractive prizes for evidenced by the activity in public im- i of Charles Kay Bishop April 21. 1912, the gamo between Stayton and the of $10,000 for the putting in of a muni Sincerely yours, the best work of the school children. provements that ta being carried out I weight eleven pounds. Here’s to the “ Watt Shipp” team of Salem. George R. Samson. cipal water system. The vote was In attition to the County at all times. seventy-one for and nineteen against. school fairs will be held. Fair various Grand Champion boy of the United Tht Stayton boys simply covered Whether the new water supply will Three new streets. Ninth, Second Slates at the International Exposition, themselves with glory at this game in be furnished by a gravity or pumping ami Sixth will be paved thia summer. \ Ssn Francisco, 1916. LAW ENFORCEMENT order to remome the sting of the de system has not been definitely decided BANKERS ASSOCIATION The potition\ ask for gravel bitulithie, as vet but at present it seems probable feats of the past. In fact their almost Wm. Bun-hard returned from Albany LEAGUE IS FORMED that the latter will be chosen. The not to exceed $1.60 |ier square yard. Monday where he had spent Sunday errorless play reflected so much of the new bonds will be immediately floated The place of meeting of the Oregon Quite a number had signet! a remon with "pride of the city” that some of it his parents. and work will probably be commenced State Bankers’ Association ha- bee it * strance, but later had their names over into the bleachers. on the propiwition within the next changed from Roseburg to Ctrv^. -- changed to the petition, which shows The reason ia not far to aock. Petty j slopped The wind was chilly from the south It has been learned that a Law En sixty days. the stick- together—spirit that pre jealosies and apite have held Stayton west and ahurp enough to put a "tang” forcement League has been organized Turner has now a live commercial The dates are June 15-16. Roach'.-;', hack, and even our much coveted trans on the edge of every play. The Salem or at least partly organized in the past club and the members under the leader new hotel will not be finished in t me, vails in Albany. Cluster light# are to soon hs ins tailed portation will avail but little unless we bunch never had a look in at any stage two weeks. The first meeting was held ship of Dr. Massey, president of the making the change advisable. of the game. Cole, Stayton’s star one night last week in the Methodist organization and K. D. Gray, vice pre in a common cause. on the principal buaineas street* of the are "A united twirler was at bis best and the way he house divided against itself will are doing things in the way of a ONE AND 0NE-THÜÜ) FARE city, and it is interesting to note that fall” is just as true today mi the day handled himself made his twisters look church and a second meeting was held sident publicity campaign. Booklets boosting whenever this method of lighting has the words were written. something like the illustration below to Monday night of this week in the the city are being sent out over the been adopted, a city never goes back We have well-nigh choked "The the "W att Shipps.” country and arrangements have been One and one-third fares for the ro.'.n . Christian church. Goose (Public Spirit) that lays the made to put up two large signs, one on trip are offered by the railroads to ti — to the oM wsy. Rev. H. E. Rossell of the Christian Egg.” Let’a resuscitate her each side of the Southern Pacific rail who attend the Conference on the Con Albany's Commercial Club is up and Golden church has been chosen temporary and have, in a few years, n town of track telling of Turner, her re doing at all lime#, and constantly de which we can be proud. An organiza chairman and F. L. Foster temporary road sources and possibilities. Visitors from servation of Human Life at Reed Cot' vising ways and means to bring more tion to represent a town ia a necessity. Secretaiy. Turner report that the city h a s lege, Portland, May 9-11. Tickets wi. Just what the League has in mind, advanced greatly within the last year. be good for return up to May 13. Perhaps in the days gone by it was not rsde to their eity. and what particular laws they wish en Stayton haa an area of equally rich if ao, hut to day it IS. I-ay aside every forced, we hava not been able to find not richer territory to draw from. The thing except PUBLIC SPIRIT and out, but the rumor is that it has to do fact must positively be recorded, how help form a commercial body of some with the alleged violation of tue Sun ever, that we have in the past ncglec- sort aixl bring men and capital to the day closing law. We may have more lected many of the magnificent oppor destined metropolis of the North Sar.- to say about it next week. tunities and in fact are neglecting them tiam Valley. A Citizen. every day. It will be K'xxl new* to the |>eople of Northwest to know that the receipt« of hogs at Portland Union Stock Yard* ha* increaaed over one hundred per cent this year a* compared to a like four months in last year. Many of the banker* who supported the h»K move ment are now realising that there i* a CAPITAL CITY VISITORS COMMERCIAL CLUB IS trernendoua shortage of cattle in the country and to offset this shortgage of GET BADLY BEATEN ALMOST A NECESSITY cattle they are endeavoring to improve the quality by the securing of high clara specimens of pure bred sires which are turned over to the live stock men on Get-together Spirit Is Advocated And E b - the same basis which the hogs were Stayton Bunch Shuts Out The Watt Shipp furnished. pbasized—Who Will Be First Crowd To The Tur.e Of OREGON GROWN CORN Clo th«tv “SUCCESS" Clothing I s A l l thc Namc ImpIies* A success of the manufacturers art. A success for the retailer,no complaints of shoddy stuff. Pre-eminently a Success for the wearer. All-wool, perfect fitting, fully guaranteed. Suits to Suit > $12.50 to $22.50 Boy's Suits $3.00 to $7.00 A pair of pants FREE with each boys suit M EN’ S FU R N IS H IN G S -N e w , Nobby and Up-To-Date. No better grades found anywhere. Fisher & Richardson B its !« ] mil* I MM 23 O M fZS lIS Q O i Farmers who are interested in grow ing corn are invited to try seed fur nished free by the O. W. R. & N. Co. Twelve pound lots will be given out, enough to plant one acre, to all farmers applying for it. This is acclimated seed Cole’* Curve* a* the Batter Saw Them and C. L. Smith, agriculturist for that line, maintains that Oregon can be Wo believe a», one time the visitors made one of the foremost corn states. gut enough men on bases ao that their offl<-ml photographer could get a snap PAPER DRINKING CUPS shot at I hem. but it was lucky he caught them the first time for it did not hap pen again. The state Forestry Department has j Some have suggested that it was too issued paper drinking cups for distribu- | I cold for the counter-jumpers from the | effete Capital City to play go«d ball,but tion among school children, there being j j to us they looked like a good husky printed upon each cup a statement of j bunch. No the reason wns that Stay- the importance of preserving the state’s | ton simply “played ball” in good old- timber and avoiding a heavy loss each tunc form and shut the visitors out summer. It is thought in this way the I 6 to 0. will be enlisted in the work of j The features of the game were a left young forest preservation. handed running catch of u line drive into right field by Salem and a double play by Stayton in the sixth. CANNERY ASSOCIATION Batteries:—Stayton Cole and Burton. Salem; McKevitt and Holman. Cottage Grove is going to form a j SCORE BY INNING cannery association and operate an es- j Watt Shipps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (> 0 tablishment throughout the fruit and Hits.................... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0—4 Stayton................ u 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0—5 vegetable growing seasons. As is usual Hits.................... 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 -8 the local Commercial Club is taking the , SUMMARY lead in organizing the project. Two base hits -Thoma. Stolen bases I—Burton, Bell. Bases on balls—Cole GERMAN FARMERS i 2. Double plays Humphrey unassisted. ! Struck out—Cole 10, McKevitt 5. Hit by pitcher by Cole, Hageton, bv Mc The Oregon State Bankers’ Associ Kevitt Ortmnn.—Time of game 1:40. ation in conferring with representatives Umpires- -McKinney, Crabtree. of German colonies who arc looking for available tracts of land upon which to A SURPRISE PARTY colonize 3,500 German farmers. Tracts in different parts of thc state are now A goodly number of the friends and being looked over with a view of pur j neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Quick chase. | gave them a jolly surprise Saturday evening of last week. They brought GETS GOOD JOB eatables in abundance and a splendid supper was a feature of the evening. The friends of Earl H. Conser in As a token of their esteem they pre Stayton and vicinity will be pleased to sented Mrs. Quick with a beautiful sil know that he has been chosen Cashier ver truit basket. Mr. ami Mrs. Quick | who have made their home in Stayton of the new Paisley National Bank at for the past five yenrs, will start for1 Paisley, Oregon. Mr. Conser is now Michigan Friday where they expect to make their future home. The cest connected with the Trust Department wishes of their many friends will follow of the Security Savings & Trust Com pany of Portland. them to their new home New Summer I# Dress Goods Figured Voiles, Fiorai Silk Jacquared Silk. .36 inch Pon gee for summer cloaks,grays, blues and tans in the new Mohair cloth. Just in, new assortment in neck wear with Bulgarian effect. Trimming braids in Bulgarian designs. vy j I a ÉI I § I c 5 f .l House Cleaning .4 Curtain Scrims in the latest patterns l ! 15c to 30c (Ü Ê) r Groceries We carry a complete line of Pre ferred Stocks with a money back Guarantee if your are not satisfied. THERE IS NONE BETTER. j i - t) j w ) n S ^ Bring Your Mohair in this Week I) : THOMAS-MAYO C