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O r»*"» Historical BoeWtl THE STÄYTON MAIL ¿Oth Year, No STAYTON, MARION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1914. 2. Serial -it- SWITCHBOARD ASS'N LEBANONITES DO OREGON NEWS NOTES REGISTER EARLY WITH SJI. HELTZEL MET SATURDAY TIME IN STAYTON OF GENERALINTEREST Events Occurring Throughout the ftalo During the Past Week. The registration law o f 1913, having been declared unconstitutional, it will be necessary for the voters o f every precinct to register again. Under the registration law o f 1911, which is the Round-Up Buckaroo Killed. John Bay.— In a drunken row Vel son Pope, 1* years old, sou of a well known pioneer, shot and killed Jim Orem , a half brood Indian. The shoot In* occurred at the Pope ranch, a few miles out of John Bay. Green was employed at the Pope ranch to break wild horses, und on bis return from a trip to John Bay he took a quantity of Intoxicating liquor with him. Green was noted for his prowess a* a buckaroo, and was a star performer at the Pendleton Hound-Up last year. He Is survived by a wife and a child about one year old. Highway Stakes Are Set. Central Point.— The surveyors cm ployed by the county In connection with the Pacific highway, and under the direction of the state engineer, are here setting grade stakes between this city and Medford. This Is the Ini tlal move In the actual development o f the highway here. The surveyors after they have finished work In this locality will move to the Siskiyou mountains, south of Ashland. Eight-Footsd Hog 2 Months Old. Ashland.—The four-winged duck on the Cyester ranch, east of Ashland, has a rival In an eight-footed pig on the Beall ranch, south o f Central Point. Both sets of feet sre well de veloped. This freak Is now 2 months old and promises to attain the six« o f the average hog. Its legs are nor mal down to the ankle Joint, each leg terminating In tw o feet Instead ol one. Prisoner Eats Evidence. Portland.— Although he ate the do© umentary evidence against him whit« on the witness stand. In full view ol the court attnehea and spectators, sc cording to officials, flam Malhesoti, a S e m tie contractor, was bound over to to the grand Jury by Municipal Judge fltevenson on a charge of passing a bad check for $35. T h e Stayton Mutual Switchboard Association met last Saturday and the prospects o f an early incorporation o f all the lines that enter Stayton is very good. The subject o f buying a home fo r the Central has been postponed to a future date pending the action taken in ineor- porating. ( ’ resident Chrisman appointed a com mute o f five to confer with Attorney Heltzel in gettin g the p»|K-r* ready to submit to the next meeting o f the Association. The committee is: W. B, Chrisman, L. S. Lambert, John Sand- ner, L J. Hocdigheimor, Henry Smith. The next meeting of the Association will be announced later. A couple o f Lebanonite* carne to Stayton last Saturday to get the bene fit o f the *'Closing Out Sale o f W et Goods.” They both lunded in the cool er before the evening was over. Re corder Grier handed them each a $7.60 package Monday. One o f them had the money and the other had spent all o f his at the Bargain Emporinm. Mars! all Smith allowed the broke fellow to walk around a little and he took advantage o f the liberty and made a bee-line for Linn County, however, the marshall caught the one with the horse and buggy at the bridge and held the property until the absentee was brought back to the City Bastile. W e would have given a good two-bit piece to have seen the Marshal cutting tnrougb those sawdust piles on the run, so aa to be the first one to the bridge. L a te r—The "co n ” took French leave the next day. No 934 PAY YOUR IN COME TAX NOW VICTIMS OF MEXICAN BANDIT ARE BURNED Only a few days le ft in which to file Fifty or More Passenger« and Crew Believed to Have Perished in Tunnel. your income tax statement. Applications for blanks can be made to any bank or County Treasurer or to Milton A. Miller, Collector Internal Cambre, Mexico.— Nothing but char ted bones and buttons w ere found by Penalty o f $20 to $1000 fo r failure to the rescuing party which, by the aid o f the peace. It is my desire to assist file returns on or before March lat. of oxygen helmets and pulmoters. su© as many voters as possible in register Fine not exceeding $2000 or imprison ceeded to penetrating the Cumbre tun ing, for which no charge will be made. ment not exceeding one year or bfth at nel from the south portal as far as the Any voter may register by calling at the discretion o f the court fo r making locomotive and first two cars of the my office in the Dcidrich Bldg., Stay- passenger train. They were probably a false or fraudulent return. ton, Oregon, between the hours o f 9 Every person having a net income o f killed when the engine o f the passen o’clock a. m. and 6 o ’clock p. m ., e x $3000 or over for calendar year ($2500 ger train crashed Into the burning cept noon hour and Sundays. *.ny per for year 1913) must make a return; a freight train, which had been pushed son desiring to register during the noon single person ia allowed an exemption Into the tunnel by Castillo’s bandits hour may do so by appointment. o f $3000 and a married person $4000. several hours before. The 1911, registration law requires It la now believed that every one o f (F o r year 1913, March 1 to December all naturalised citixens to exhibit their 31, the exemption allowed is $2500 or the SO or more passengers and the naturalization papers to the official crew aboard the train when It daabed $3333.33. registsr before they can be registered. A il payments due on your income into the tunnel are dead. Out o f a total Government appropria This vyoukl include children o f any nat Railroad men are furious at Castil may be remitted at once or you can tion o f $23,4*10,000 for carrying on re uralized person, who owe their citizen have until June 30 in which to pay. lo's act. Last week 22 of his men were ship to the naturalization o f their fath clamation work, Oregon receives $1,- Payment must be made by certified captured and executed by the rebels The good roads excitement has invad er, and would also include an American 220,18<V O f this amount about $500, check, money order or draft. Perso and the next day, apparently In r© 000 will be expended on the W est Um a ed Polk County. The Dallas Commer born w ife o f a foreign born husband. venge, he captured the freight train, nal checks can not be accepted. The signature o f the person register tilla project, nearly the same amount cial Club is making an effort to secure Partnerships as such are not requir ran it into the south end o f the tunnel ing must be witnessed by two free on the work jointly being carried on bv a bond issue o f not less than $600,000, ed to make income returns, but the about 300 feet and there set fire to it. holders o f the county, therefore it the Government and the state, nisi the with which, it is figured, practically all members comprising the firm providing Castillo's failure to send back warn would expedite the registration if three balance will be allotted to the Klamath the cities o f the county can be connect their individual incomes reach $3000 ing of his act la regarded aa the moat ed by a hard surface road. or more voters registered at the sam e! project. ($2500 for 1913) or over are to make cruel and murderous act o f bis career time, however, all electors calling w i l l : o f outlawry and there la a disposition returns. be registered. I f in doubt regarding any part ot the here to criticise General Francisco I will be in s position to register vot- law or regulation* w rite fo r informa V illa for not having crushed him long ers from any o f the surrounding pre-1 tion to M. A . Miller, Collector, Port ago. cincts in Marion County, and also those land, Oregon. » i from Kingston precinct in Linn cou n ty.! For year 1913, the law operates only Respectfully, from March 1 to December 31 so the I y S. H. Heltzel incomes, deductions and exemptions Big Blast Remove* Last Obstruction to Flow of Water. are figured accordingly. The Dalles. Or.— About 80 per cent ~ o f the work on The Dalles-Celilo canal waa completed when 10,500 pounds ot "ii powder w ere exploded by the pressing ” ,n of an electric button. The last ob à struction to water flow ing from end to end waa blown out. W e want to g « t the news to all old Tbo completion o l this im port**« people about Rexall Olive Cil Emulsion, improvement w ill give a large port low A t an Alumni meeting o f the Stayton a remarkable new food-medicine which o f the Inland Empire the benefit of High School Class 1911 which met at wc firmly believe is the best remedy water transportation. It w ill open ti ever made to overcome the weakening, the Daisy Hall Saturday Feb. 7th., steamboat navigation the Columbia debilitating effects o f increasing old 1914. Stephen Tavlor was elected river from Priest Rapids to the sea, a lat. Because it is the ‘ ‘Universal C ar.” age. It helps to rebuild wasted tiss distance o f about 400 miles, and dur- President and Mabel Gardner elected 2nd. Because it is easily operated. ues, strengthen tho nerves, and give j Sec. Prof. Phillips now o f the Jeffer- Ing the greater portion of the year tb. 3rd. Because o f its durability. new energy and a lively feeling to the ! son School was present with the class, Snake river from Lewiston to the sea 4th. Because it is economical to run. body. It contains no alcohol or danger as he was the Stayton incumbent in a distance o f about 465 miles. 5th. Because o f the very low price ous drug. It may not make yon feel 1911. A banquet was served and the 6th. Because o f its light w eigh t—less tire ex better for a few days, but if you do May Sue Rockefeller fo r Taxes. class adjourned to meet Feb. 1915. pense and more mileage with less gasoline. not feel much b etter and stronger be Cleveland, Ohio.— County Attorney 7th. Because there is no shifting and stripping fore you have taken j quarter as much With a capital stock o f $641, the Cor Locher received instructions from At o f gears. you have o f other medicines that torney General Hogan ts sue John D. vallis Cannery, operated by the Benton 8th. Because there is less depreciation in the have not helped you, we will gladly Rockefeller for his personal taxes County Growers’ Association, did a FORD than in any other make. give back your money. business o f $55,000 in 1913. The estab The Cuyahoga county authorities hao 9th. Because it is the car in greatest demand. Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion contains lishment packed 17,850 cases o f fruits estimated approximately $12,000.006 pure (Hive Oil and the Hypophosphites SO LD B Y and vegetables, making 38 carloads o f was due them. which, though they have long been en 36,000 lbs. each. Growers received ap dorsed by successful physicians, are proximately $12,000 for raw material. here for the first time combined. The result is a real body, nerve and blood Prof. Phillips, w ife and baby o f Jeff building food-medicine that we believe erson visited friends here over Sunday. is superior to anything else in overcom ing debility, weakness and liability o f disease, and to tone und strengthen Washington.— Notable improvement the nerves and enrich the blood. You in the relations between the United who are weak and run-down—you who States and Japan la believed to have a r e often troubled by various cold resulted from the events In the house weather ailments, use Olive Oil Emul of representatives last week connect sion to get and keep well and atrong. ed with the passage ot the Burnett Im It ia a sensible, pleasant-lasting aid to migration bill. Reports from T ok lt renewed strength, better spirits, glow are to the effect t«g t a profound Im ing health. I f it doesn’ t help you, presslon waa cansed In the Japanes« come and tell us and we will give back capital, not only by the refusal of th your money without a word. That is house to Include In the bill the pro how much faith .we have in it. Sold posed prohibition against the entry ot only at the 7,000 Rexall Stores, and in Japanese Into the United States, but this town only by us. $1.00—Beau even more by the non-partisan appeal champ’ s Drug Store, Stayton, Oregon. o f Representative Mann. law now in e ffe e tf electors may regis ter under any notary public or justice OREGON GETS OVER MILLION Revenue, Portland, Oregon. zn o izu Û MAKES OLD PEOPLE STRONG AND WELL CELIL0 CANAL NEARS FINISH I 1 ÍA 1911 HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI CLASS MET Just a Few Car Reasons Why Car The Ford is the to Buy SUITS WILL NOT BE DELAYED „ Attorney.General McReynolds Advises Governor W est Decision Is Final. flslem.— Announcing that the dec I slon to separate the Southern Pacific and Central Pacific railway lines was final, Attorney General McReynolds telegraphed Governor West that the Institution of suits could not be de layed for further bearings. The A t torney-General said that a careful In- veatlgatlon had been made and that the consolidation of the system was clearly In violation of the anti-trust a c t This means that the business In terests of the state will not have an opportunity to make protest through hearings. Governor Weal several (lays ago tel egraphed President Wilson that the contemplated action of separating tho lines would be harmful to the business Interests of the state, and asked that action bn postponed until healings could bo held. The state railway com mission made a similar request. Rablea Reported In Baker County. Baker.— Reports of rubles Infected dogs have been received In Baker nnd county health officials are taking steps I f advise the populnce on how best to escape Infection, nnd on what to do it infected. It la believed that the disease Is spread by coyotes on the range. Gold Strike Made. Canyon City.— Tho gold strike re- ported on Canyon mountain several daya u k o lias been followed up by three other discoveries. Miners here say that It now has the nppearance of ledge matter. The «round Is the same Ihnt I>an O'Shea took a $2500 pocket from Inst summer. P. DEIDRICH, - STAYTON THOMAS-MAYO CO To The Trade We have a complete line of garden seeds in Bulk and have tried to secure the best grades possible. ENTERTAINMENT WAS WELL RECEIVED The high school entertainment last ! Friday evening was well attended, r.nd nothing hut praise fo r the program has : been heard from all sides. This speaks well for the school and assures them that other entertainments in the fu ture will go far toward paving fo r 1 their fine new piano. Elsewhere in the Mail the high school has thanked those who helped in the! program. The songs by Miss Lilly o f Salem were especially well received. T o Prison For Fourth Time. Mr. A . J. Eagnn o f Salem also sang a Pendleton.— Pour times a convict li pleasing song Bnd Fred S. Bynon, Sec the record held by Bert Plxler, found retary o f the Salem Commercial Club guilty In the circuit court of the theft told one o f his inimitable stories. of four cattle. The crime for which be has Just been found guilty was com FOR S A L E —Team, harness a n d mitted within 10 dnys after ho return wagon. Wagon is new, weight o f ed from the state prison. He was sen horses 1200 each. Phone or call on A. tenced to serve 10 yenrs. Laffoon | mile squth o f Fox Valley Station. 2-15x Mrs. Ira Thomas o f North was in town Tuesday. Santiam AMERICAN-JAPANESE RELATIONS IMPROVED Get your Garden Seeds at Thomas- M ayo’s and save postage. If you will compare our prices with any of the seed house prices you will readily see that we are selling them here f the same price they ask for their seeds in Portland. Beet Seeds Radish Lettuce Carrots Parsnips Stock Beet 10c O Z . 10c oz. 15c O Z . 10c Ò Z . 10c oz. 10c oz. Onion 15c oz Turnip 10c oz Pea 20c lb Sweet Corn 15-20C lb Field Corn 5c lb Beans 15c lb Local G row n Recleaned Clover Seed and other Field Seeds Special prices in larger quantities Buy here and save postage Thomas-Mayo Co. The Japanese statesmen are declar ed to have been much pleased, by the house's reception o f the appeal for fait treatment of aliens and for abstention from legislative Interference with th« executive department in Its efforts te arrive at a settlement o f the open Is sue between the two countries. Banker’s Shortage Is Now Million. Memphis, Tenn.— W ith the disco ery that o f $527,867 listed aa actu cash on hand when the bank clos its doors. $410,000 was represented ' personal checks of the president. Hunter Ralne, now Imprisoned, char ed with embezzlement, the amount c the apparent discrepancy In the nc counts of the Mercantile Bank advanr ed to more than $1,000,000. The exact amount will not be known until the audit is completed. Y. M. C. A. Meeting May be Repeated Vancouver. Wash.— The T ri-S U ti convention of Young Men's Chrlrt.aa associations of Washington, ldahu nd Oregon, which met here, was so in structlve, harmonious and enthuslai tic that there Is every possibility thr a Tri-State convention will be bcl again next year. Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills for rbeumatlsi