•# Or* ’• e° n ffu to n V ,) •• «O C THE STAYTON MAIL 19th Year, N o 17. S T A Y T O N , 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 , M A Y 29, iI The “General’s” : Picnic STAYTON BALL TEAM LOSES TO MILL CITY G Serial No. 899 PROSPECTS WERE NEVER BETTER Ii 1863 :j Lust Sunday waa surely gala day in Mill O IN ' lulu town, M irim i?" “ Not today, gln'rul. Was there a io llilng special?" ••No; only I thought If you waa go ii ' to Hit* poalotlli'o-but taln't no mu Iter." "N ot , tiuiap, giu rai; sonic other ttuio ' She ihd hot turn to look nt him, liiit ali« scoliosi lu im * i * him just the sunn* Ilia w hlly finir blow ing under Ills hut tered. Wide rimuovi hat. tils Unit ligure ahsbiill.v dressed In n fmled suit o f blue. “ I « b i t he'd get Ids letter mol Ids iwnaloi». poor ohi glu'ral!” she niur- D u m i, "T h e general" was only n nickname, and most o f the people ut (he |sior fumi salti lie was "cracked 111 the head" and th.it Ihc things he talk ed about were “ only Ills notions.“ The general was lint looking for n latter Hint etenlug. For once lie tool I9J3. City. The advertised Despite its unlucky final figures, year 1913 promises to set a high record ! train rolled into the Kingston stulion at for business and industrial progress. a few minutes before ten o'clock and A report just made by a leading com- 1 one hundred and thirty happy excursion* I mercial agency states that prospects , ista Isiurded it fo r the city on the upper for a good Santiam to witneaa the ball game be tween Slayton and that city. A t two thirty the teams lined up for a battle royal. N ot a man tourhed home plate until the sixth, when Mill City got one. The nullmen run in two ill the seventh and two in the eighth, while the locals could pile up but two, one in the seventh and one in the eighth. Mill City had imported several play ers to help them out, and that they got j good ones for their money was eviden- j ceil by the final score which stood 5 to 2 in favor o f Mill City. The local boys pul up a game fight j all the way through, playing an almost errorless game. It was a fine day, a j good game and a nice trip and every one came home, glad that they had gone. year were never ritory Sales and collections are good, manufacturing is going ahead well and, best o f all, the prospects fo r good crops are excellent. An indication o f the confidence felt in the future is shown in the announc ed expenditure o f about $75,000,000 by the various corporations in and about Portland during the current year on improvements, extensions and better ments. Bank clearings show a gain every month over the corresponding months o f form er years and 1913 looks like a big year fo r the whole Oregon 1 country, i - SEES ANOTHER CELE BRATION IN SIGHT When the Portland, Eastern interurban electric While spinning along a road in Stanley S tew a rt’s buzz here wagon, old cow attempted to cross the road R an E L L 0 , there, com rade! in front o f the machine with the usual re- I suits. It was some mix-up for a few min- lutes, but both W alter and the old cow came out without a scratch. The ma- ' chine was less fortunate and bad the jew -rigger broken off the dew-dad. W alter got out, however, and crank ed the crank until the kapeetcr said kapunk, kapunk, and came back to town not much worse for the wear. There's some more to the story, but papu d a tiT OP y o u . H b , v „ l0 M k w . j . \ I N all the centuries, with their In numerable wars, there have been tew great, decisive battles. The world has tieen full o f bloodshed and carnage and the horrid rapine that ,"oe* with war, but among the battle* Innumerable there have been but few that greatly Influenced the world’ s his tory or decided the fate o f nations. Creasy In his standard work on the IMK-Islve Battles o f the W orld" names but fifteen of them between Marathon and Waterloo, and o f all that were fought before and since those r p i h making dates none has been gn -itcr or more decisive than Gettysburg. The town o f Gettysburg Is a peace ful little place, brightened and fresh ened somewhat since the wartime, to l>e sure, but only slightly larger thau then and not very different in outward appearance. Several things about the battleground Impress the uninitiated visitor. First Is its vast exteut. i t embraces twenty- five square miles. You may ride ov**r ft nil day and not see it alL In Its monuments and its carefidly marked sites o f interest It Is the most remarkable battlefield o f the world. Thought I'd com e T o one more camp before I'm m ustered out and pitch my ten t The F ifth Ohio. M ine w p * G. F. Johnston, o f Lyons, has been We granted the privilege agricultural farm Fought with old Grant, you know, and marched the name o f W ith Sherman to the sea. to near call that “ Winterbrook. ” pursuant to a custom adopted What’s that you s a y ? Yes, I ’ m B ill Jones o f Company K , forgotten the poatofflee lu tbo unwont ed pleasure o f n newspaper to read. CITY COUNCIL MEETS ‘■Just thluk, M ifu iu , they've been havin' an old soldiers’ picnic over to Jacksonville! There was tin excursion The City Council met in special ses In the < ira to ii plnco where they had sion Tuesday night o f this week for the n bis dinner, and there was military purpose o f establishing a grade on W est W ater Street. A ll the members were present except Blakely. ' (Continued on Page ) Do I rem em ber Mission R id ge? I ought to; but, old scout, M y eyes must, be a trifle dim — I can't quite make you out. Y ou 're w h o— Bob H e n r y ? By h o k e y ! The Flag of Our Nation N ot old is j TOK SU M M IT o r L IT T L X BOUND TOP. B ob? But you a r e ! You derned old ornery sea coo k l The Sleep of the Heroes Say, Bob H enry, put her th a r! W here have you been ? This recently Here, scattered over the hills and fields, are no few er than 600 monu SELLS OUT ments and tablets. Most o f them are of elaborate and artistic design, costing Roy Mullinix has sold his interest in all the w ay from a few hundred to a hundred thousand dollars. the Bureau Bar to E. P. Schott o f Sub limity. Mullinix w ;ll migrate to Wash; (Continued on Page 4) ington and locate near Spokane. But w ho the deuce are you ? 4 his big place by | throughout the state that each farm be given a name to be registered with the secretary o f state. Through this course j there will be no conflicting in names. Y ou fought w ith Grant And marched w ith Sherman to o ? about it . com FARM IS NAMED “W1NTERBR00K ’ Upon the other shore. What was your regim en t? Eugene & line pletes its road from Corvallis to that points, hats will be thrown in the air and a general jollification will be held. Western Oregon cities have been rath er busy o f late welcoming new rail roads. W alter Mayo had quite a joy-ride last not hver one thousand milea from GETTYSBURG ;; Fifty Years A fter ii Eugene has another celebration in sight. Sunday. better throughout the Pacific Northwest. T er J. W. MAYO TAKES JOY RIDE SUNDAY w t A B m u r I.U W H E P ( IN A the excursion 1913 il I hain't seen you Since back in sixty-six. I thought you looked familiar, but My old eyes play me tricks. W ell, this IS a reunion, Bob. I lost all track of you. I thought you must be dead. What’ s th a t? You thought that I was t o o ? W ell, we are liv e ly dead ones, Bob. They'd find that out, you bet, If Uncle Sam should call on us. W e’ ve j*»ie fights in us vet. Come on; let's talk it over, Bob. It kind of seems us tw o Should have a heap of things to say That are long overdue. 1 think that it w ill take a w eek T o get my system free. W e'll fight W ith again Sherman with Grant and march to the sea. TOUR OF INSPECTION HAS COME TO STAY I Luther J. Chaplin, U. S. Farm Man That the automobile as a commercial agement Investigator, accompanied by vehicle has come to stay is evidenced C. O. Constable, Fruit Inspector for Marion county were in our city < q p HE union of lakes, the union of lands, Cfi&al The union of states none can sever; And the flag of our Union forever! by a special train 1 enroute from Chicago They were on a tour o f inspection and Coast. went from here to Jordan Valley, They le ft literature of twenty-six a loaded with 154 auto trucks short stay last Friday. also The union of hearts, the union of hands for concern! . g t he to now the cars en- Pacific The trucks were shipped by the Lincoln Motor Works at Chicago on and Shaw Company o f I,os Angeles, nnd are due next Saturdsy, M aySl, at the Av ■inory. to reach California on May 23. They Lectures to Salem. Farmers May 15, consigned to B. F. Taylor by Prof, NDER the summer sun and stars A n d under the winter snow O u r heroes sleep, unvexed by wars, W hile the seasons come and tfo. Kissed by the dew and tfentle showers A n d arched by the blue above. They sleep today ’neath a w orld o f flowers. Left there b y a nation’s love. u —D en ver New s. ^ are valued at $30,000. t, <