; Or,*..» IlUtor \e*\ THE STAYTON MAIL 20th Year, No 17. STAYTON, MARION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 28,1914. IRELAND HOME RULE BROWNING AMUSEMENT COMPANY IS HERE BILL IS NOW A LAW House of Commons Decides Long Fight by • Majority of 77 Votes. London.—llom« ml* (or Ireland bo- cam, secured whan tbe houao of com mon*, by a majority of 77, paaaed tha Irtah bom« rule bill for tta third and laat reading The vota waa 361 to 174, and tha moaaura bacoma* law In a month wbnthar It la aanctlonad by tha houao of lord* or not Tha struggle, dating back to 1170, oama to an end auddanty, tha Union- lata rafualng to debate the bill with out further Information aa'to tha at titude of tba government toward tha proponed amendment to tha meaaura. Tba principal pravlaicaa In the Irtah bom* rule bill are: A renata of 40 member*, a houao of common* of 1(4 member». Irlah parliament cannot loglatat* on pane* or war, navy, army, foreign re lation*. coinage of legal tender. The Irtah parliament take* over the oonaubulary at the end of ala year* and may demand the control of old age penaton* and national Inaurance, giving on* year'* notice. The Imperial government la to col lect the taxes and pay the** to the lrl*h government with certain addi tional eum*. The lrleh parliament may, under certain condition*, add to the taxes, . Ireland run* her poatofflce. The number of Irlah member* In tha Imperial parliament la reduced to 41. Religion I* strictly »afegunrdad. The Imperial government retain* an abeolut* veto power. CONFIRM BALKAN CRUELTIES The Browning Amusement Company has arrived in Stayton with three car load* of tanta machinery and aceeas- oriea. The Company carriaa over forty people on their pay roll and have an attraction that la worth going many mile* to see. They will be In Stayton three whole days Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 21-29-30. Tbe first thing one sees is the mon ster Ferris wheel that will circle you fifty feet in the air and bring you safe ly to the earth again. This feature alone coat $4000 and la equipped with a $1000 organ that plays the latest and moat popular tunas. No Amusement company could aiford to be without a Park Riding Gallery, and Mr. Browning has on« of the finest on the Pacific coast This gallery will easily accomodate 100 persons at once and la equipped with a $1600 organ that can be heard for a long distance. Four Big Free Acta Daily are ached uled by the De Garro family. These acts alone are worth coming miles to s as they consist of High-Class tra -' jxeze and ring work, Chinese slack wire ' walking. Don’t fail to see the Big Free Acts. An Electric Sho*» «f Plastic Poses and Rainbow effects illustrating many incidents in Ancient History together with the Latest in Modern Tango Danc ing as aeen in Portland, Chicago and New York. Tbe Palace of Myatary illustrating a Realm of Fanciss including the beauti ful story of Pyymalion and Galatea, or the Sculptor’s masterpiece that turn* to Life. Vaudeville-Bud Rose, ventriloquist with Black face and Character sketches that will make you laugh till your sides ache. Jungle Land A tent full of Nature’s Freaks. The Mule footed hog, the Ar madillo, The Grave Robber and many others you have never seen before. Movie«—T. Rizzo will have hie Pic ture Show in a tent on the grounds. Dance—The Stay ton Orchestra will have a dance in Beauchamp’s Hall aarh night of the Carnival. The entire campus will be lighted throughout with over live-hundred elec tric light*. The Amusement Company ia here, on the ground, direct from a successful show at Silverton at the | Moose Carnival, next Week they go to Lebanon to tha Strawberry Carnival. Come and see them while they are in Slayton. Atrocltle* Called Unparalleled by Camagl* Pa*** Commie*!*«. Mow Torh — ReauHa ad Mt art»**- ttv* Inveetlgatlon Into tb* condition* In the Balkan* during and following the ware of 1(17 and 1913 were made public by tbe Balkan commlMton of Inqulgy of the Carnegie Endowment for International 1’eace. In thl* Indictment brought by the commission agalnat all tha contending force*, no on* of the Balkan nation* la ipared. Atrocltle* committed upon the non-combatant Moslems In Mace donia «urpaaced In many Inatance* the crime* committed by tha race from which the Christian nation* were sup- Take Macnti»« for Catarrh— poiied to have received their educa A sate tonic remedy for General Ca tion In the refinement* of cruelty. tarrhal conditions. Your money bark Tha barbarous act* and Inhuman if it doesn’t help you. 60c and $1 at reprlaala performed by Bulgarian*, Beauchamps. Servian* and Greek* agalnat each other would be Incredible If they were not supported by unquestionable evi dence. Rooaavelt Vlalt* Washington. Washington.—Colonel Roosevelt re turned to Washington Tuesday on one of the few* visit* he has made ■Inca be left the white house. Tba primary object of tba «atonal'* trip 1* to deliver a lecture before the National Geographical society on hi* South American explorations, but Washingtonians who mix In politics were Interested In the conference held with the progressive leader* In con gress. IDAHO GUARD 'HALTS ATTEMPTED OUTBREAK Boise, Idaho.—One prisoner I* dead and two wounded as a result qf an attempted wholesale delivery at the Idaho state penitentiary Saturday. U. G. Bereup. serving a life sentence for murder, committed at Pocatello, died two hours after the attempt was made. C. A. Allers, a prisoner from Shoshone county, serving an Indeterminate sen tence for forgery, will lo*e an arm, which wa* shattered by a bullet from on* of the gun* of the prison guards. Lyman Jones, serving a sentence of from 19 to . 40 years for murder In Fremont county, wa* slightly wound ed. The break for liberty was made while half of the guard* on the prison wall were at lunch. The prisoners put up a bench to the wall where No. 3 guard usually stood, but which was unprotected. The men were able to make the top of the wall. Before goln* to bsd tab* a Dr. MBs# Laxativ« Tablet EXTRA ATTRACTION AT STAR THEATRE THE CONVERSION OF ROB’T. WAITE Several years ago a cow puncher from Eastern Oregon, who hod violated the law by getting too many nicks in Ms gun, rode over the mountain pass east of I*hanon. In his wanderings hb stopped one night at the houae-of a prominent farmer who lives a few miles south-east of Stayton. Having no money, the cowboy left the following poem with the farmer aa payment for his lodging. We print it below in full, with profound apolgies to Bret Harte. (Editor) Serial No 949 BASE BALL GAMES FORTHREE DAYS There will be a game at the btayton | Ball Park the last three day* of this week, Thursday Friday and Saturday. ] And there was a chap among us By the name of Robert Waite Kinder cute and tonguey Guess he was a graduate. « * He could talk on airy subject From the Bible down to Hoyle, And his words flowed out so easy Just as smooth and slick as oil. He was what they call a skeptic, And he loved to sit and weave Hifalutin words together Telling what he didn’t believe. One day while we were waiting For a flood, we sat arouffd Smoking nigger head tobadko And a hearing Bob expound. TT»ea *TV - C a n e T oday The Thursday game will be played witn Lebanon. The Lebanon boy* are a good bunch and they will arrive in town something like the illustration be low. Hell, h«.- said was all a humbug, And he showed as clear as day That the Bible was all fable And we ’lowed it looked that way. Miracles he said and sich like Was too thin for him to stan. An for him they call the Savior He was just a common man. ‘‘And altho I haven’t always Used the Lord exactly white When I hear a chap abuse him He must eat his words or fig h t” Now this Bob he weren’t no coward And he answered loud and free, “Stack Your Duds and Cut Your Capers For there ain’t no flies on me.” And they fought for forty minutes, And the lads would whoop and cheer, When Jack spit up a tooth or two Or Bobby lost an ear. Till at last Jack got him under, And he slugged him once or twice, And Bob straightway acknowledged The divinity of Christ. But Jack kept reasoning with him Till the poor cus gave a yell, And allowed he’d been mistaken In his views consarmn Hell. SUBLIMITY WILL CELEBRATE JULY 4 Mines in River Removed. Astoria.—Three of the four subma rine mines that were planted along the channel edge of Peacock apit and have been a great menace to fishing operations have been removed. Two of the mines, one the marker and the other floating near the sur face, were picked up by the steam« r Fornance. La Grande to Ctage Mstsrcycle Meet. La Grande.—La Grande motorcycle men are to stage the second annual motorcycle race meet centering about l-e h a n o n o n th e w a y . a road event from I .a Grande to Bjker The Friday game is scheduled with and return. The date has been set Scio. and the boys from that neck of for June 21, and is sanctioned by the the woods are hard hitters, however, national federation. they will get a run for their money this week. SMITH’S LEAD OVER j160C Official Count bf Votes Cast for Gov ernor Not Finished Yet. Portland.—Although the offici ’ count of votes cast for gdvernor i the recent -primary election has n* been compiled yet in all the countit of the state, approximately correct t tals show the relative positions fc the republican nominagion with Di James Withycombe leading by ov« 4700 votes, Gus C. Moser second an Attorney General A. M. Crawfoi- third. With a complete vote from all bu one of the 1467 precincts of the state, the vote received by these three can didates was: W ithycom be--------------- 19,31 Vtoesasy. The Star Theatre will run a special Two Reel production to-night and bal ance of week entitled the “Convicts Honor” the greatest sensation of the So the fierce discussion ended. times, lectured by Hassell, Ex-Convict And they rif up from the ground. in person, who also appears in the pic And some one brought a bottle out tures on the screen. T Foe*at« And kindly passed it round. In addition to the Hassell attraction the Carpenter & Churchill entertainers And tea drank to Jack's religion Scio in th e d is ta n c e . will give a fifteen minute Vaudeville In a solemn sort of way, sketch entitled “The Irish Politician” The Saturday game is to be played And the spread of infidelity for laughing purposes only, with com j with Gates, and as two games have Was checked in camp that day. plete change of program each night. ‘been pulled off with the boys from the All of this in addition to the quality •♦t 4 * » *4 4 * M M M * « ft»»<V4e«a** « * « « « *e« « M M > « *4 » * » * » e * I Upper Santiam, Stayton winning both, pictures shown only at the Star Thea it will be an interesting one. Gates In the priYnary election just held every candidate for Gover | has a good pill shooter, and if he gets tre. Owing to the added expense of securing an attraction of this kind, a nor who advocated laws interfering with industries and imposing the right support they should stand a rare treat for Stayton, absolutely guar new burdens on manufacturing was defeated. good chance for the game, as the lo- anteed, the prices will be 10 and 20c. ! cals will be well worn out with the two The Coos Bay port commission has closed a contract to com 1 previous games. Note—This feature lectured by Has sell deals with the Oregon penitentiary plete the 300 foot channel into that harbor. at Saldm showing the old brutal system under the contract plan and rompared W. R. & N. Co. on the Albina Dock. with the newer and better system, the The Oregon Building at the exposi Honor System of Oreiron. tion is to De of Grecian architecture on the plan of the ‘Parthenon at Athens. The 48 log pillars surrounding it will be 5 feet in diameter and 45 feet high. Within the paet few days the logs They will be dedicated to the 48 states which will be used as pillars around the of the Union and each will bear the Oregon Building at San Francisco next emblem of a state. year have been shipped. Of the total The Mail is getting out advance post number of 48 logs to be sent, seven Wheaton Huntley, wife and baby of ers for a Grand Fourth of July Cele carloads were ahipped. from Portland, bration at Sublimity. The big posters three carload* from Central Oregon Lyons, Bill Huntley, wife ami baby of will be issued soon. Watch Sublimity. and one car from Southern Oregon, Albany ami Miss Ixmise Casey of Port while twelve logs will be sent by steam land are visiting at the W. N. lfUntley LOST—A silver bar pin with Greek er from Coos Bay. The logs hive been homo this week. letters "Bela Theta Pi.” Reward, collected from various sections of the MORE FIRST PICKS sold than any J. W. Mayo. state and were donated by lumber man ufacturers. The average weignt of other brand o f cigars in Stayton. ■y»*»er/ FOR SALE—2 yearling Jeraey bulls, the logs is 29,000 pounds and there is There’s a reason—several of them — only one derritfk in Portland which can they’re hand-made, home made and also 6 dozen brown leghorn hens. L ook O u t O r G a te* W ill B e a t Y ou 6-28 Ed Smith, Scio, Ore. Rt 1 handle them -that belonging to the O.- first-pick tobacco. OREGON BUILDING SOON TO GO UP For Orchard Protection. Hood River.—An Insectary has been established In Hood River county by Professor V. I. Safro, of the Oregon agricultural college, for the purpose of studying the insects that Infect Hood River valley orchards. Speci mens of each breed of Insects «111 be gathered and tbelr entire life course «ill be studied under powerful micro scopes. Hood River orchards are bad ly Infested with Insects this season. Has His Ear Sewed On. Marshfield.—Floyd Boyles, an eiu ploye on the logging train on tb* local railroad, caught between ca . had hts ear pinched off between two logs. He was brought to this cb where the ear was sewed on. The surgeons say the operation will be Your a liar, some one shouted. An you’ve got to take it back; Then everybody started, ’Twas the voice of Silver Jack. And he cracked his fists together, And he shucked his coat and cried. “It was in that thar religion That my mother lived and died.” Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Paet Week. Free Books Asked For School*. Klamath Falls.—A petition la being circulated to place a measure on the ballot at the school election In June, proposing to furnish text books free In tbe graded public schools. It Is thought that the books can be pur chased by the district more cheaply than by the individuals, that there «ill be no discriminatldn in those furnished and that the district will always have an ample supply. I wa« on the drive in eighty Working under Silver Jack, Which the same is now in Jackson And ain’t soon expected back. ~ OREGON NEWS NOTES gp GENERAL INTEREST M oser ______________________ 14,5f.* Crawford __ , -------------------- 13,6f > Dr. Withycombe carried 20 of Ot • gon's 34 counties showing his great«-« strength in the west coast counties. Due to the fact that county official* have almost Invariably canvassed the republican vote first, the democratic totals are not as complete as those of the rival party. W’lth Lane and Clack amas counties incomplete, one pre cinct missing from Marion county and eight from Yamhill Dr. C. J. Smlt leads the democratic field by ov« • 1500 votes. Dr. Smith carried 16 counties t« Judge Bennett’s 18, none of the othe three candidates coming anywher* near carrying a county. Smith ca rted Benton, Coos, Crook, Curry, Don las. Grant, Harney. Jackson, Jo phine. Lane, Multnomah. Tillamo« Umatilla. Wallowa and Yamhill co ties. Judge McBride received the high-1 vote at the primaries for re-elect;« to the supreme bench of Orgon. . Governor Foe of Senate. Salem.—Governor West has indors ed resolutions, adopted by the state grange, which favor the initiation ot a bill at the next general election to abolish the state senate. "You can say for me,” sai«l the ov- ernor, “that I favor them. Such a l.te would abolish 30 offices at one tim and would be a good thing.” F o r in d ig '-'♦1 Mil ve T ablet«. ile«* I.M3&-