S ch o o l N o te s THAW IS DECLARED reports that her. SANE BY COMMISSION first Mrs. year Pratt pupils are making Rood Concord, N. H.—The release of Har­ ry Kendall Thaw under hall would not be a public menace, according to the report of the commlaaton appointed by Federal Judge Aldrich to Inquire Into the atate of Thaw'a mentality. The commlaalonera found that Thaw waa not afflicted with any of the mental diseases from which he waa held to be suffering at the time he killed Stan­ ford White. While the commissioners say they hare reached “a definite and positive opinion as to the present mental con­ dition of Thaw and his probable state of mind at the time of the homicide," they refrain from expressing this opin­ ion. In »lew of their instructions from the court not to embarrass any subse­ quent litigation where the broad ques­ tion of Insanity might be involved. The report will be considered by Judge Aldrich in connection with the petition of Thaw for admission to bail under habeas corpus proceedings. F ed e ra l Closed Season W a iv e d Washington.—Representative Albert Johnson obtained a ruling which will permit the hunting of migratory birds In the state of Washington without prosecution until the state's closed season beginning January 31. The federal closed season begins January 15 but will be waived this spring. G irls S ta rv e But W o n ’t Be S ervan t«. CHIROPRACTIC DOCTOR STAYTON THEATRE LOCATES IN STAYTON WEEKLY NEWS l>r. J. C. Sonea, D. C., Chiropractor TONIOHT (Thursday 1 progress in their work. •‘California Poultry.” Educational ami graduate of the Universal Chiro­ Mrs. Mielko and Mrs. Mutsch- practic College uf l>avenport, Iowa, ami entertaining picture of the giant ler visited the school last week. and recently of Portland, Ore., has lo­ industry, showing home of 100,000 leg horn hens that pays $10,000 a day, If the parents knew how much cated in Stayton. “The Fugitive” a western thrill«r. Dr. Sones can give you the best that inspiration both teachers and pu­ “ Youth and Jealousy” a farce drama. the science of Chiropractic knows, and pils draw from these visits, we is a specialist in the adjustment of ner­ SATURDAY (Special) are sure that many more would vous and chronic diseases. “THE LURE OF THE VIOLIN" in three(8) reels. v come. He will give you referncea both as to Admission 10c his ability ami qualifications as well as Stayton Theatre In visiting the second and to patients that have been cured by third jrrades, we find them very his skill. Mrs. Nellie Hubbard of Dallas ia much interested in the study of Office and residence on Third Street, making an extended visit with her opposite Telephone central in Koy the Eskimos. daughter, Mrs. Dora Shreve. house. Hours 10 a. m, to 8 p. m. Kx- The fourth and fifth «Trades amination Free. (pd. adv.) Smokers can taste the rich mellow made calendars last week, and quality in l.ambrecht’s First Pick ci­ will in the near future take up gars. Extra good tobacco. D. A. Osborn of Shelburn raffia work. business visitor here Monday. Ida Pound of Aumsville broke her Anyone who doubts the inter­ srm one day the first of the week. Dr. of Aumsville J. Carlson and wife est of boys and jrirls in indus­ Brewer is in attendance. were in town yesterday. trial work should come up to the school and watch the pupils of t E Woods m„,e , nice plaU gUM Mrs. Hilda Fish, Mrs. Fred Csspell and Miaa L'aapell of the Waldo Hills the sixth and seventh grades j .i*,, for E. Koy la*t week, were trading with Stayton merchants make frames for weaving. Saturday. Dr. E. H. Hobson of Scio The Commercial Law class has business visitor here yesterday. Mrs. Niehola of Fall t'ity visited ov- begun the study of state and city laws. They have written Nick Zimmerman of near Sublimity ^ *r So«**» " ith M™. tilaas of the C®*’ and Mr*. Dora Shreve of m • •- m tage Hotel anu to Sec. Olcott for i laws co v e rin g >» critically.!» with pneumonia. this city. all the recent legislation. A s1 Thomas was down from the up­ these pupils will vote in a few per JetT Dr. Sones, chiropractor, is nicely Santiam, the first of the week. located in the Itoy dwelling, just aero 4 years they believe that it is their duty to prepare themselves for 1 Post Cards 5 c n down while they the street from the Independent tele­ phone central. citizenship. . 1 last at the Brewer Drug Store. Los Angeles.—Although they say they are starving and want work, nearly al! of the eirls and women reg­ Rule XXXVIII. . Miss Gowin of Salem ia visiting re- istered at the municipal employment bureau turn down every offer of do­ an d R eg u latio n s ot t h e s t a t e iaUves and friends here this week. Board of Education, declares! ------- mestic service. Everett Philippi of Silverton made that, “ no excuse shall be except­ Big Steel P la n t Reopens. business trip to Stayton yesterday. ed, except sickness of the pupil, Wheeling, W. Va.—The Riverside of some member of the pupil's I Sell _ „ your produce ~ ~ „ . plant of the United States Steel Cor­ or „ ., , . , , . for Cash to the poration has resumed operations in family which makes attendance Stayton Cash Produce Company, tf full after an idleness of four months. impossible.” There has been ------- Approximately 5000 men are atfected. some violation of the above and Wood cutters Wanted - $ l.00 per cord, the teachers desire to call the at- V. J. Philippi, Kingston, Ore- l-22x DRAIN VALLEY IS PLAN Plan I t to M ak e Low Grass Lands Rich A g ric u ltu ra l F arm s. Corvallis.—Probably the most im­ portant piece of development ever un­ dertaken In recent years in Oregon in Oregon has Just started near Cor­ vallis. Land-owners occupying 40 square miles of bottom and prairie lands be­ tween Corvallis and Monroe have be­ gun the formation of the first drain­ age district organized under state laws in the Willamette Valley. It is believed that successful demonstra­ tion of the beneficial results of drain­ age in the proposed district will bring about an era of progressive develop­ ment by which fully one-fifth of the total arable area of the Willamette Valley, or 1,000,000 acres, will be so stimulated that crop products will be doubled in two years, that “white lands” will be eliminated and that the entire cost of the construction of the drainage system can be paid for, if necessary, In three years from in­ creased farm profits. SPECIAL SALE ON J $ K ] ) S IRO N 1 JANUARY COMMENCING SATURDAY. 17 Full-size Iron Bed only . . $ 2 . 1 5 Massive, 1101b., 2 in. Post, Iron Bdd Colors Cream ttpd \Crnis-Martin Sale Price . . . $ 7 .7 5 These Beds cannot lie duplicati d at our Sale Price by any store v in the county. We Have But a Few of These Beds, Buy While They Last Brass and Wood Beds in Stock STAYTON HOUSEFURNISHING CO. Geo. Kearna, wife and son returned to their home in Grants Pass the first of the week, after an extended viait with relatives in Stayton. During the past year Monmouth ha* spent $110,000 for local improvements, including a $40,000 high school and atreet improvements costing $22,000. Rev. Ko-sell is holding a series of meetings in Scio this week. He will preach here Sunday morning but will tention of this rule to the people, j not hold a meeting in the evening. It is , the duty of the teachers to " T * G“rdn" ofR Fo(x Y“''ey v“ ‘t* , , , , ed relatives here the first of the week. see that the above is enfored and ____ we trust that we may have the G.C.Eksman and Peter Deidrich were Miss Barbara Burghart of Portland Portland visitors the latter part of last has been visiting at the I,smbrecht co-operation of the parents. home the past few weeks. Miss Burg­ hart is a cigar maker and has been Miss Ollie Hepburn who is working helping Jos. Lambrecht a few days at Silverton is here for a two weeks whilehere. She returned to Portland A s s is te d b y R. this week. visit. week. M e h a m a M ite s Both of our bands played for the lodge last Saturday night. Mrs. A. Hill of Mill City is visiting friends i n and around Stayton this Mrs. Ben ham who has been week. visiting her sister Mrs. Lewis Stout went to Stayton Wednes- Mrs. E. H. Hobson of Scio spent the day. week-end visiting friends and relativis I here. GUY F IT C H G. MILLER W ith Ills T R IC K S . T R A P S QUALITY IN STOCK FOOD Not how much, but how good—One pound of our stock food goes as fur and does more good than three pounds of other makes. Is not filled up with bran, shorts or chaff—3ohd medicine all way through 50c package at Beau­ champs. Mr. Irvine went to Portland Monday. Miss Ella Williams of Happy Hollow visited at Ihe A. W. Cornish home this Geo. Sims visited with rela­ week. Why not have your umbrella repair­ tives here Sunday. ed in Stayton? Umbrellas recovered- Grandpa Stout is not improv­ For Chaps, REXALL Rose Water and samples to select from. F. Silhavy’s Wagon and Repair Shop. Water St. Glycerine. Fragrant. soothing, ing very fast. tf i cooling, for chaps, wind-burns and cold Mrs. Ed. Siegmund visited; sores. 25c at Beauchamps. here Monday. No M en Needed a t U m a tilla . RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE Pendleton.—Residents of Umatilla Joe Stevens and wife are visit­ Albert Rabens of Fern Ridge visited and other towns in the west end of at the home of his brother here Satur- .______ ing at the home of their parents. day. the county are aroused over the in­ PH ELPS and Will E x p O S e th e SECRETS OF White Slavery At Stayton T heatre Wed. Jan. Admission, Roosters ..... 13* 13* ___ i< THE SLIT SKIRT STAYTON MARKET REPORT Hens ............................ S p rin g s...,.................... Broilers.......................... 21, 8 p. m. 8 Mixed Chickens ......... 11 G e e s e ................................. . 6 Ducks.............................. 11 Turkeys........ ........ .18 Dressed Turkeys . ....... .22 Veal Fancy.............. 14 Pork......................... l»* Live Hogs, Choice 7* Live Hogs, Heavy Rough 7 20 Egg».-.................. . Corrected Thursdays but subjict « to change without notice. ♦ ♦ ♦ » ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ s s s s s s s s e t s s s s s s _____ ! Whereas Almighty God has seen fit flux of laborers looking for work on Frank Berringer fell and hurt West Umatilla project. Inasmuch as his side a few days ago Highes t cash prices paid for your to remove from our midst our beloved friend and esteemed neighbor, George there will be no work lor other than produce at the Stayton Cash Produce j W. Caspell, and, whereas his death has teamsters until spring, these towns Company. tf caused a sadness in our hearts and are facing a problem of the unemploy­ DO YOU WANT A HAND? | gloom over the community. Therefore ed. The Editor o f the Mail and Geo. be it resolved that the charter of Wal­ Spaniol were transacting bname ia in do Hill camp No. 698 W. O. W. be Big B ridge C o n tra c t is L et. As is usually the case in mid-winter, ! Salem Monday. i draped in mourning for a period of Portland.—Contracts for the con­ ^ thirty days with respect for our depart- struction of an interstate bridge across there are now in Portland a large num­ Mrs. Tom Baldwin of Prineville, Ore- e(j an() neighbor, be it fqrth- ber of unemployed men, idle from ne­ the Columbia river at Vancouver, were gon is the guest of her mother Mrs. er reso|Ved that a copy of these res- Some of let here by a commission composed of cessity and not from choice. olutions be spread on the minutes of SILL OPEN NEXT WEEK officials of Multnomah county, Ore­ them have had experience on farms, Kate Martin. --------- 1 this camp, a copy be sent to the Stay- gon, and Clarke county, Washington. are willing to work and would make Miss Mary Lulay spent , the week- ton Mail for publication and a copy lie The bridge will unite the Oregon and competent farm hands. Many of them end visiting at the Adam Lulay home gent ^ t »,e bereaved family and sor­ The New Garage and Blacksmith Washington links in the Pacific high­ are anxious to go to the country for near Kingston. rowing relatives with t h e heartfelt Shop on Fourth Street will open lot way. employment, and if they knew where to -------- - sympathy of Waldo Hill camp No. 698. business next week. The proprietor, Ed Brown of Portland was here vis- Committee—H. E. King go would be glad to make the trip. Chas. Cladek has a nice new sign up Boy Sm okers to Be Prosecuted. Farmers throughout the state desiring iting his mother Mrs. Lee Brown who f Martin Doerfler and invites all his friends to visit him Independence.—The school board of help are requested to communicate with is very low. Louia Olson in his new location. this city has posted notices to the ef­ the commercial club at Portland. This I fect that the law in regard to prohib­ organization is in touch with the Y. M. Rev. Summerlin of Salem ¡s conduct­ iting the sale of tobacco to persons C. A. and other clean employment bur- j ing a series of revival meetings at the ORGANIZER HERE LOGGING COMMENCED less than 18 years old, would be en­ eaus and will refer only such men as 1 Methodist church. forced strictly, that minors would be appear to be honest, capable and de- 1 prosecuted If found using tobacco. serving. There are some married cou­ W. A. Bullock, state manager of the The Teague Logging Company com Miss Merta Siegmund of Fern Ridge ples who would like a chance to work | visited at the C. A. Luthy home Satur­ Yoemen is in town this week on a cam- menced work in earnest this week. H am m on d Has N ew M ayo r. on farms, also women who would make day and Sunday. Teague has a crew organized in fb Hammond.—For the first time in | paign to increase the membership of good domestic servants. shape and will yank the log» to tic over 14 years Hammond has a new ' the Yoeman lodge. hank of the Santiam in double quick mayor, P. H. Kuhns. Mr. Ford, the The Yoemen Homestead of this city ! Dr. Beauchamp attended the Berin- time. retiring mayor, has held his position ger va Montgomery damage suit at : already has a membership of thirty- , almost from the date on which the TOM GETS BUSY three, and it is thought that an in­ Salem Wednesday. city was incorporated. crease can be secured. Expecting a vast number of tourists , BUYS LAND FOR CEMETERY and immigrants to come to the Pacific W a te r of Jordan Used. Richard Hudnui’s Perfumes and Mar­ The Dalles.—St. Paul’s Episcopal Coast by way of Oregon during 1915, velous Cold Cream for sale b y the The Catholic church of Stayt', u hn Church witnessed an unusual varia­ the cities of Eastern Oregon are al-: Brewer Drug Co. $100 Reward, $100 T h e re a d e rs of th is p a p e r will h* bought two acres of Jo*. Z'll or, about tion of pretty service, when Bishop leased to le a rn t h a t th e re Is a t lea st on» two miles east of town for a cemetery Robert L. Paddock. D. D., baptized ready making preparations to do their 8 cble ro a d rd dlje a n e th a t science ha* b*on share in taking care of the visitors and Mrs. Dora Shreve went to Portland to c u m In a ll its sta g es, a n d th a t Is The location ia on a sightly eminence wttti water from the Rlv- a ta rrh . H a ll's C a ta rrh C ure U the only new settler* Tim Richardson, repre­ today to attend an Electrical Confer­ C positive c u re now know n to tho m edical and ia easy of access. senting the Portland Commercial Club, ence in that city. fra te rn ity . C a ta rrh being a c o n stitu tio n a l disease, re q u ire s a c o n stitu tio n a l tr e a t­ Cooley Bound Over on M u rd e r C h arge. is making a tour of that part of the m ent. H a ll's C a ta rrh C ure Is tak e n In­ Farm prospects in the vicinity of tern a lly , a c tin g d ire c ily upon tho blood Goldbeacb, Or.—Following his pre­ state urging the people in each com­ The Entre Nous Club had a very a n d m ucous su rfa c e s of th e system , th e re ­ Stanfield are exceedingly bright for liminary hearing on a charge of hav­ munity to unite in an effort to take ad­ pleacant social meeting in the Daisy by d estro y in g th e foundation of th e dis­ ease, e n d g -Eng th e p a tie n t stre n g tli by 1914. Many of the farmers secured ing murdered Thomaa Van Pelt near vantage of an unusual opportunity to hall last night. building u p tho c o n stitu tio n a n d a rsistln g n a tu re In doing Its w ork. T ho p ro p rieto rs their first good corn crop li st year, n i l Chetco, Curry county, February 19, secure large addition* to population h av e so m u ch fa ith In its c u rativ e pow­ as the land is in fine condition an I 1898. A. R Cooley w aa bound over to and wealth. He expects to make ad- e rs t h a t th e y offer O ne H undred D ollars fo r a n y caae t h a t It fa lls to cure. Bend many orchar s are just coming into urging organization and co- Dr. Beauchamp reports a fine 10 lb. fo the grand jury with bonds fixed at Ir r H it o f testim onials. Address I\ y (-|IKNi:Y_A CO., T oledo, Ohio, bearing, a bumper crop is expected $50,000. Cooley’s relatives announced operation, in practically every city and born to Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Farrar of Bold by all Druggists, 7 > . this season. Linn County, January 10. town in that part of the state. I Hall's Family Pills for constipation. that the bonds would be furnished. TakaU Yes, your skirt was far too tight, Little girl, And we thought it wasn’t right, Little girl, So you've slit It far and wide, M;>rc than half way up the side, And you have a bouncing stride, Pm it up, little girl, pin it up. Your petticoat* are gone, Little girl, And your jewelled garters on, Little girl, With your stockings white as milk, They’re a »Hiem all in silk Yet they're nothing but a bilk; Clo • it Up, little girl, close it up. Now the weather’s getting cold, Little girl, < I" e t up another inch. Or we have a little cinch Till'd old Jack your legs will pinch, Hook it up, little girl, book it up. Cut it out, little girl, hang it up, '1.1 the unmicr con.es again, Hang it up, Thee, with mountains all galore, And tie...... in’s awful roar, With the larks about your door, Put it on, little girl, put it on. FREE FEED BARN READY The 'ini :bler F r e e Feed Barr, was thrown ■ n to the public for unre- stricte u.ie today. The,-, are sixteen stall* and the barn is larg • ugh to that one need not unhitcl from the buggy. The 1 , * equipe I with feed l oxcs, m I n gei . wiit, r trough a n d electric light*. (pd. adv.) NEW GROCERY l'. A Beauchamp hsa rented the r "Pi t th' back of Ms drug store to Ar.-H I’ra, *nnv Mr. Bradshaw plan ' llitli. r ir, on up-to-date groc­ er U m . W i r ii.« • i.r ■ getting the b d i i r cci pancy today. by h a m.'iitj ew platn- gl < , cal in Ms front \ In­ flow. E. L. Woods did the work.