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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1914)
rp . ■ - r r r A Wireless Message From T he Dead By F. A. MircHEL lu niitebt'lliiiii days there lived lu lieorgln on u large plantation, which he owned, one ltuvld Dupont. Ills wife bore blm one child, u son, and when the baby wua but u year old the father died, leaving lit»’property to bis wife lu trust for bis non. Hut Du pont« ulfulra had always been In the hands of one John Coulter. In whose biisliieas ability and Integrity the planter had every confidence, lie therefore left the management of the estate to Coulter as executor. Mra. Dupont had always distrusted Coulter, but so great was bis Influence over her husband that she dared not s|ieak her inlnd. , One day she set out from the plan to visit a friend. Her trunks TOP to consider whit i OOOD BANK ACCOUNT IN8UB.E8. The tation were taken to the station by tbe ne bniineu man can employ the best help and inmre SERVICE. De groes. but the widow carried In her In those days wns called a pression may oome in his line, bnt his big CASH ON HAND means hnud what made of poktclioard. intended SECURITY. The fine line of credits may be drawn tight, but none will bandbox for the currying of women's bonnets qneition his STABILITY. Give yonr business SERVICE, SECURITY or men's Imta. Tills box abe would an! STABILITY with yonr bank deposits. trust to no other hands than her own Hho told ail of the household that her baby wns to remain In the hands of Cbloe. his mammy, and no one else was to have anything to do w|tli him. .Min. Dupont had Is-en away from the plantation blit a few days when Cbole'a husband. Sampson, appeared to Inform her that little Archie, her son. wns very III. She hurried borne and. going to the sickroom, shat her self up there, giving orders that no one except the doctor, who bad been the family physician for years, wns to be admitted The doctor came and A share of the banking business went, bnt 'when asked bow the baby wns getting <>u always hurried away of Stayton and vicinity without giving any satisfaction. One [is solicited. day when he came out of the sick room he said: "It's all over.” Two days Inter Simpson carried a ¡Ittle coffin from the house, followed You aft assured of a safe deposi by the widow, the boy’s mammy and all tbe ucgroc* on the plantation. There tory and courteous treatment at were walls from tbe dusky mourners, this bank, by ample capital and but none walled so loud ns the dead boy's mammy. The coffin wns carried long experience in the banking to the family cemetery, where It was placed In a grave that bad l>een pre business. pared for It. John Coulter during Archie's sick ness. death and burial was nwny on business. When he returned he found bis plans seriously Interfered with There wns a provision In Pnvld Du i ;• 1 * . « • • - j pout's will that If bln son died before his widow the estate should be hers Instead of in trust for the l>oy. The widow nt once claimed tbe property mid told Coulter that he must turn It over to her. Tbe executor was In a hole. He had partly accomplished his plans to get of the property and had It j C a p it a l $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 .0 0 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IMissesslon not Is-en for the child's death would doubtless soon have got It Into a posi tion where lie would appear to be tbe rightful owner. As It was, he could only undo what he bad done and turn the estnte over to the widow. He was a long while doing It, and she was obliged on several occasions to threat en him with a charge of misappropria tion to force him to disgorge. When lie had done so she dismissed him. hop ing that he would leave tbe neighbor hood. But In the serrlcc of the Dupont family be had accumulated some mon ey, with which he bought n small plan tation In an adjoining cqunty. where he settled. Rome eight or nine years after Archie Dupont's death the widow brought to the plantation a boy whose age was given ns twelve years nml adopted him. George Etheridge wns the boy’s name, mid lie soon becniuo a favorite with nil the household Chloe and Mrs. Dupont iKith seemed to have transferred to him their love for little Archie. George grew up a flue fellow and, thanks to Notice of Hearing Final Account Ills mother by adoption, wns well edu cated. In the County Court of the State of Wliog Etheridge wns about to be Oregon for Marion County. come of age Mrs. Dupont granted him In the matter of the Estate of Caro a eeleCrntlon of the event. The plant from rouud about were Invited to line Titse, deceased. 4 acres inside corporate limits of ers tbe fete, and, strange to say, John Notice is hereby given that the final Stayton four blocks from business' Coulter, who had continued to prosper account[of Mbert Titse a* administrat section, only well improved, all clear, no in and had become n prominent citizen, or Of the estatp of Caroline Titse, de cumbrances, good buildings and or received an Invitation. Surprise wns ceased, ha* been filed in the County chard. Price $8500, manifested at the extent of the prep term*. Court of the State of ( regon for Marion arations. and some persons who re 3 acres inside corporate limits of County, and that the 1st day of June, membered the boy’s age ns given out 1014, at the hour of 10 o’clock A. M. Stayton, a I I under cultivation, fine when lie came to the plantation de has been duly appointed hy such "tourt large house and other buildings. A clared that he had come of age a year before. for the hearing of objections to nuch beautiful home for any one wishing to • >r*two However, there wns n One-gathering final account and the settlement there live in town. Price $3500, terms-. honor of the event. On the birthday of, at which time any person interest 80 seres all under cultivation 1) miles In when the clock struck 12 the guests ed in said estate may appear and file from Sublimity, Oregon, macadam were gatl ered on a lawn near the objections thereto in writing and con road, good fences, modern buildings, a bouse. Mrs. Duixint was there with test the same. Albert Titse, adminis •thoroughly' up-to-date farm in every George Etheridge, old Chloe and all III« household negroes. trator of the estate of Caroline Titze, way. Price $115 per acre, terms. . 6-2X x deceased. 200 acre stock farm. 65 acres under "My friends,’’ sold the widow, “and Mr. Coulter, this is my son, Archi cultivation; 100 acres more can he read bald Dupont. When he wns a year ily cleared and cultivated, 1,000,000 feet old I gave out that he was dead. This GET YOUR SOLE FIXED I did In order to get possession of my of standing timber on place, running pro|>erty. Which wns passing Into the John Watters the Old. Reliable is water, good buildings and fences. hands of the of the estate. I bark at his j old 4 stand. Nuff Scd. Price $45.00 per acre one-half down took my baby executor — awny In a bandbox. bal. 3 yrs. 6'it Cbloe. ns I had arranged with her, PLASTERER AND BRICKLAYER me won! of his Illness, nml I re 140 acres highly improved,good build sent to bury a wax doll. When he • ■» t ings and fences in Waldo Hifls. Price turned grew old enough not to be known for ^ I am prepared to do all kinds of plast $66.00 per acre, terms. himself 1 brougbf him here. These ering, chimney laying or mason work 06 acre farm * mile from town and precautions are no longer necessary, Ills father’s will his property Is i t right prices. J. E. O. Bird. Stay- railroad, good .bottom land, modern to for be by paid him today. buildings, good fences, 30 acres under All wore surprised ton. - tf young Pit- cultivation. Price $75.00 per acre 1 I lout, who hod known except the facts sev down bal. a yrs. 6‘jfc. . j eral years, and Chloe, who had for always Trespass and Hunting- Abstracts showing clear title and known them. Notices for sale at the Mail office. warranty deeds will be furnished free While Mrs. Dupont wns spenklng hor eyes were fixed on John Coulter. Not with each of the above tracts. For further information, inquire of i being n sensitive ninn. tils mind wns occupied with the manner In which Old Newspapers— S. H. Heltzel, Dcidrich Building, Stay- be had been beaten by a woman. ton, Oregon. Big bundle for 10c at the Mail office. S STAYTON STATE BANK Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stayton, Oregon FARM PROPERTY FOR SALE CHEAP COTTAGE HOTEL H. A. BEAUCHAMP, M.D. Physician and Surgeon J. H. Glass Prop. “Home Cooking” Commercial Trade Solicited STAYTON. OREGON C. H. BREWER, D. M. We are moving so fast in sclentlllc * dlscoveiles that, lost In wonder at PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON what we know, we liaVe no tltue to . Board by Day or Week consider what our attaliustoknowlcdge 1 S ta y to n , O regon 1« likely to develop lu future. For j instance, we know that an electric current may la* transmitted pltbout my other medium than the atmos Wilbur N. Pintler, D.M.D. phere. We also know thut functions of DENTIST the IssJy, If uot electric, are a force Lulay Bros. & Co. something like electricity. When 1 was a boy I was constantly Contractors l Builders Office Over Stayton State Bank finding myself saying something to a | I'hone 2152 Stavton. Ore com pa n Inn who would say. “Why. I Dwelling houses a specialty was just about to suy that myself!” At tbe time I considered this a coin Let us figure on your build 6. F. KORINEK, ,V. S„ B. V. Sc ings cidence. Now 1 believe it to be a power I poss^tsed In receiving tbe j We can save you money V eterin arian mental Impressions of others by a A good job gauranteed sort of wireless process. I studied Treat* all domestic animals, aU medicine and became a doctor. Then applies the Tuberculin test. Phone 77 P. O. Box 228 during hospital work I broke down Telephone* 3x7 STAYTON, OREGON. and, though It was between winter Office at Stayton Stable* and spring, was obliged to go to tbe country to recoup. STAYTON OR EGO I etopiM-d at h house that looked down a valley, and tbe view was un interrupted. I used to sit of tbe (torch wrapped in rugs and enjoy the view STAYTON MARKET ✓ In tbe sunshliie. About a mile dis tant was a house that bore evidence Contractor & Builder REPORT of having been built tn colonial times. - It was not by any means a farmhouse, Hens heavy__________ 13 Bond furnished to cover all coat but something quite handsome. The 10 to 12 1 and insured firstclass guaranteed architecture was that peculiar style Springs-------------------- Broilers.......................... 22 Involving a porch with pillars. job.- Roosters________________ 8 One night I was awakened by tbe ! •* «ound of wheels stopping right under Mixed Chickens............... 8 See me and let me figure on your my window and thought I heard some G eese............ ............ one call “Doctor!” I raised the sash Ducks,Indi.in KunnerslO.Pekin 12 ind put my bend out through the win T urkeys................................... work, and I save you money. dow. A mail In a wagon asked me If Dressed Turkeys____________ STAYTON ’ OREGON I wax a doctor, and I said - I was. Veal Fancy 10, Ordinary 9 whereupon he begged me to come with P ork................................ him at once. I dressed myself unwill Live Hogs, Choice_____ 7! STAYTON MEAT MARKE ingly, went downstairs aud got Into Live Hogs, Heavy Rough 7 the wagon with blm. I asked him to 15* ! Eggs........................... tell me about the nature of the case I SESTAK & was expected to treat, hut could get Corrected Thursdays but subject nothing out of him. He seemed entire to change without notice. THOMAS. ly absorbed In some powerful emo tion. Proprietors. We were but a few minutes lu reach ing our destination, drawlug up before SHERRIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY a bouse with pillars from the porch to ON FORECLOSURE tbe roof. 1 Inferred that I bad come Fresh, Sait & Cured Meat: to the house about which I had so often dreamed. The door was opened by a woman in a short petticoat full NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That at the hips, a kerchief across her by virtue of an execution duly issued Lard & Creamery Butlei bosom and a dainty cap on her head. out of the Circuit Court of the ¡state of 8he looked very much troubled. Oregon, for the County of Marion and Highest Market Price Paid For Fat Stock “Come upstairs,” she said. directed on the 4th day o,f May, I followed her up a winding stair- . to 1914 me upon a judgement and decree duly case, nml the woman opened u door | rendered, entered of record and dock with a glass knob. I entered the sick room to see a young woman lying on eted in and by said Court oq the 17th a bed with four high posts surmount day of April, 1914 in a certain suit then A T T O R N E Y -A T -L A W ed by a canopy. On one side of her in said Court pending, wherein Eliza NOTARY PUBLIC was a man holding one of her hands; beth P. Ryan was plaintiff and D. H. on the other side wns a young girt Weyant and Mary J. Weyant, his wife. Abstracts and Probate W ork a Special: holding the other. These two looked and Mrs. E. L. Bsards- Office Over Deidricji's Hardware St nt me with that mute np|ienl a doctoi J. lev, O. his Beardsley wife, Louis Lachmund, Robin Is so often obliged to meet. ' D. Day and Salem Bank A Trust Com As I drew near tbe l<ed the girl with pany, a corporation, were defendants the Invalid pulled down the bedclothes, M.RI N G 0 and I saw nt once from blood stains in favor of plaintiff and against said and temporary bandages that my pa defendants by which execution I am Undertaker a n d Emta tient had been wounded. I was not a commanded to sell the property in said surgeon, but felt obliged to perform a execution and hereinafter described to Third and Marion Streets surgeon's part. I examined the wound pay the sum due the plaintiff of, FIRST, and saw that It was near the heart, so the sum of Fifteen Hundred 00-100 STAYTON. OREGON near that i wondered that the wound ($1500.00) Dollars with interest there ed woman lived. There was nothing on at the rate of 8'/. per annum, from that I could do for her except hind up the wound In n more professional man the 8th day of May, 1912, until paid to gether with the costs and expenses of ner and await results.^ Presently I saw her gasp, and be sale of said property, SECOND, it is; tween gasps she said to the man be further ordered, aojudged and decreed side her: the Court that in the sale of said “You are convinced of the unjustness by premises, as aforesaid, any surplus; of your suspicions?" proceeds which may be realized from i SAMPLES RECEIVED ' “Yes, yes; forgive me.” such sale over and above the payment j “I forgive yon. Goodby." of plaintiff’s mortage, interest and ex She fell hack dead. Amid a wall of those present I re penses of sale shall be applied towards tired from the room. Notwithstand the payment of the judgements of the ing the traglenl circumstances, 1 could defendants, Louis Lachmund, in the Come in and see them. not but notice the costume of those sum of One HundredEleven00-100 ($111.- Satisfaction Guaranteed. In the house. “What singular per 00) Dollars, with interest at the rate sons!” I said to myself. “Not content of 6‘. per annum from November 18th, John Henkel, The Tailor with living in a colonial house, they 1910 jintil paid; and the defendant, Stayton Oregon adopt the coloulal costume." This Robin D. Day, in the sum of Four r i ■ ■ ... was especially iu»rked tn their collars, Hundred Eighty Seven & 50-100 ($487.- which were like those I had seen iu pictures of America's earty settlers. I 50) Dollars, witn interest at the rate was ushered out by the woman who of 6‘< per annum from June 1st, 1913, received nu* and driven back to my until paid; and the defendant The Sa home, where I went to lied, remaining lem Bank & Trust Co., in the sum of half awake, half asleep, for the rest O n e Hundred Fifty Seven & lo-lOd \ of the night. ($157.13) DoHars, with interest at the j Now. there was something uucauuy rate 6r< per annum from October Bath Tubs, Lavatories and about my visit, mid I hesitated to talk 25th, of 1913, until paid. I WILL ON all Sanitary fittings—Farm- about It to those In the house. I asked If any of the family had heard a wag SATURDAY THE 6th DAY OF JUN»- ers-We carry a line of on stop before the house during the 1914 AT THE HOUR OF 11 O’CLOCK pumps, leader water sys night, but no one had heard any such A.M. OF SAID DAY at the west door sound. This induced niff to maintain of the Countv Court House in Marion tems, etc. Gasoline engines. a reserve alioiit tny visit. Presently County. Oregon, sell at public auction I ventured to ask who lived in the • ' to the highest bidder for cash in hand | house with pillars and was told that on the day of sale, all the right, title, j JACOB SPANIOL no one lived tliere. It had been mi interest find estate which said defend occupied for ninny years. The last ants D. H. Weyant ami Mary J- Wey- j tennnt had vacated some thirty years and all persons claiming under before. I asked If anything peculiar ant, subsequent to the date of the O V E R 0 6 V EA T had taken place there, but no one had them E X P E R IE N C E heard of anything unusual. But be mortgage herein foreclosed, in of and fore returning to the city J heard to said premises hereinbefore mention-! from a very old resident of the region ed ar.d described in said execution as ; tliere was a legend that long before follows, to-wit; the Hevolnfton n murder had been Lots Eleven (11) and Twelve (12) in committed there. A man In n tit of Block Numbered Sixteen (16) in River- ; T r a d e M a r i -,9 Jealousy had stabbed his wife. Addition to the City of Salem. D e s ig n s And now 111 this second decode of side Marion County, Oregon, as shown by , Aw yon# —ntYfwf a » k « trh COPYRIGH T 3 AC- the twentieth century I have come to the k>r in * und d—c rlp tk recorded plRtt thereof on file in th - wutckly RSPortnm our opinion free whwtm'i believe that the scene I witnessed t<s>k office of the recorder of conveyance s n.v-M»ib«n I# prohAhiy P ^ w t ^ k C n,ii9W Ihm #«triol??ormfldoiitlii!. HANDBOOK <>** * 1,1 place ns 1 saw It ninny years ago: •••til fro#. Oldest «Money fur ••nirfiLi putrì l’ut cut* taken tnrouuh Munii A Co. ree that It was stored somewhere; It may for said Marion County, Oregon. notici, w ithout c harge, lu th # lie 111 some sold across the border, Said sale being made subject to re-1 iMissiti'y one of the participants who demption in the manner provided by I Scientific flmerkau. flashed It to me hy some such process law. Dated this 5th day of May, 1914 ' filiation A Ihm i tom «If ll!ti*fr«t*1 weekly. |.*nr##t « of «ny ««tentine Journal. Term», \ . ns n wireless operator will flash a rent : four m onth*, $ L Sold by all w«w*dej. ^ Wm. Each, mes^iee from one side of the world to Sheriff of Marion County, Oregon, j mother. I By W. 1. Needham Deputy. 6-4 I STAYTON, OREGON E N. TEAGUE S. H. HELTZEL J. NEW SPRINGand SUMMER Suits $12 up. TINWORK and PLUMBING P atent