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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1914)
O rr*”“ THE STñYTON 20th Year, No 21. MEXICAN INTERNAL ISSUES SEPARATED STAYTON, MARION COUNTY, OREGON, T H U R S D A Y , J U N E 25, 1914. WILL CONTINUE REVIVAL MEETINGS AT KINGSTON OREGON NEWS NOTES CF GENERAUNTEREST Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Paat Week. Huerta-Carranra Delegates to Ce Crought Together In In* formal Conference. N «¿turn Fulls, Oot.—Through tin J In« llatlou of Ihu Unite«! 8Ut«<* gov- , rr, i irnl and tbo good offices of thu , th r o South American Mediator*, rep- j r«>. .itatlvM cf the two warring fac- ; tlor.a In Mexico—the constitutional- lata and iho Huerta Kover uient— | son i will lie brought face to ( ice In | nn .nformnl cent' . t .* o , distinct from the ni' d.uilon preM > ding* To «are Mexico from further * jkj I- lat - it and the potability of e forolga war, the odnatltull.-.nallata app- rcutly have bran prevailed upon to tm-et th»!r c :r'try,r«.n the Hu< rta d<de galea- «in u pi me conference whose object »boil l> the ending of tbo civil r*rfc which bo# divided Mexico in the hint IS mi,nllot The plan which the mediator« have HOWARD M. FAGAN AGNES FAGAN worked out 1« to confine the formal mediation conference# to a conaldura- Evangelist Howard M. Fagan, who just begun in earnest. The basket dinner last Sunday was a tlon of International questions, treat- Mr, Fagan 1 « accompanied by his splendid success, a Urge crowd was has been holding a series of revivals in Inx with the Huerta and American wife, who sing# with very pleasing present. delegates on these points. On Inter Kingston will continue the meetings versatility. Next Sunday, June 28 the basket nal questions the Huerta and consti this weok and next. Mr. Fagan, himself is a singer of no dinner in the grove will be repeated. tutionalist delegate« would be ex Already twelve additions to the mean ability, having had charge of the All are invited to attend and also stay pected to confer alone. The media church at that place have becrioccuted, muaic at the Turner convention for for the services in the grove in the af tor« and the American delegates thus and the interest in the revival has only several years. ternoon. would not Interfere with the settle ment of the problem« confined to the country, but they would lend their counsel whenever It would be help ful. and. of course, point out under what conditions recognition would be estended. STAYTON MEN GET GOVERNOR WEST EXTRA ATTRACTION CALLS FOR TROOPS THROWN FROM BUGGY AT STAR THEATRE Es-Mayor of Copnerfleld Shot Down Copperfleld, Or.—Believed to be the victim of men whose enmity he Incurred while he was mayor of Copperfleld In the "wide open" days before Governor West declared mar tial law and "closed" the town. Henry M. Stewart was shot by an unknown person or per»ons. Mr. Stewart was working alone nt the time repairing a fence on hi* farm and the first that wa* known of tho shooting was when ho stagger ed Into his home bleeding profusely from two bullet wounds. The first shot penetrated his left hand and leg. Tho other shot «truck him In the abdomen Juat below the ribs A physician summoned from Halfway to attend tho wounded man gives no hope for his recovery. BUTTE MINERS FORM INDEPENDENT UNION Butte, Mont.—Seceders from the Western Feedrntlon of Miners have Munched an Independent miners' un ion, rejecting peace overtures of Pres ident Moyer and associates and eject ing ns temporary president M. Mc Donald. A mass meeting was attended by 5000 miners. The report of the exec utlve committee, In whose hands had been left the drafting of tho insurg ente' policy, was adopted without change. No official recognition was tnken of the Western Federation. President Moyer had no representatives present to offer compromise and his apparent advances In naklng for the resignation of all local miners’ union officials did not win even consideration from the Insurgents. Unofficially It was declared that the •seeders’ reasons for not accepting advances from the federation officials was determined opposition to the na tional ns well ns local officers and a •trong desire not to be nffillatcd with any national organization. The Star Theatre will play a return engagement of the Frank Carpenter & Co. next Sunday, June 28. There will be two big acts, one of them running J of an hour. / ‘Bibbs and bibbs” will make you laugh, as will also a single In rh Singing and Talking act. Three big reela of high class movies. Two hours of solid a- museraent. Prices 10 and 15c. STAYTON WILL PLAY FALL CITY TODAY The^Stayton Ball Team expects to go to Salem today to try the national game with the Fall City bunch. Just what the outcome will be is hard to say, but we predict that the Fall City boys will know that they have been to a ball game when it is over. D rygood s G roceries S an to s C o ffe e 2ÇC j lb. c a n S te e l C u t 90C can A r m & H am . S o d a 4 fo r 25c S tan d ard T o m s. Com lb. 5 i. p e r d o z . $ i. “ “ Buy of Us at Mail Order Prices SUBLIMITY GETS OUT A GOOD PROGRAM Sublimity is preparing for a Fourth of July Celebration that will be remem bered for years. They have spared neither work nor expense to make it a success. Their complete program is on anoth er page'of the MAIL. Be sure and look it over, ami then decide to cele brate with Sublimity, F R i U IT J P l R S 1 Dozen Pints 60c 1 Dozen Quarts 70c 1 Dor. Half Gal. BIDS FOR MAILS Bids for Proposals for Mnil Messen ger service to carry the Mails from Stayton to Kingston will be received at the Stayton Post Office until July 2. Get in your bids. 90c 6 Dozen Pints 12 Dozen Pints 6 Dozen Quarts 12 Dozen Quarts $3.90 $7.10 6 Doz. Half Gal. 12 Doz. Half Gal. $5.10 $9.80 $ 3.50 T h o m ^ s-M a ) Admits Killing Babe. Prlnevllle.—D. K. Sheldon, a yon- mill worker, arrested here on a char * of having slain bis own day old ba e while its mother, In ignorance of wh • was transpiring, lay in the next roo i . made a dramatic confession. Sheldon said he wanted to get t • babe out of the way so that his wire could help him earn a living. He waited until his wife was aaleep, he said, and then gave the babe a b<c dose of poison, later placing the little body oy his wife's aide. Samuel Gompera, the famous labor leader, who is said to be planning a school teachers’ «..-.Ion. JUROR SEIZED AS SLAYER Investigation of (Vrl'a Death Under Auto Hat Dramatic Climax. Toronto.—The Inquest over the death of Mary Maah. killed by being run down by a reckless motorist, came to dramatic termination by the arrest of John B. Whaley, foreman of the jury investigating the case, on the charge of having killed the girl. Whaley was traced by a piece of broken glass picked up on the scene which fitted perfectly the broken headlight on his automobile. The foreman waa taken from the jury box to the prisoner's bar. After the accident Whaley drove on at great speed and escaped detection, it is alleged. On leaving the garage be was served with a summons to act on the coroner'a jury and was elected foreman. Man Feeding Lions Tom to Pieces. Chicago.—Emerson D. Dietrich, 2« years old, a graduate of Cornell uni versity, was torn to shreds by five Hons, whose cage he had entered to feed them. They virtually ate him alive. $6.00 Gila Monster Bites Man. Medford.—James King, a carnival snake charmer, was bitten by a G la monster In the presence of scores of women and children, doxene of whoa fainted. King became hysterical and fell Is a collapse In the p it Attaches pried the reptile’s Jaws apart and rushed King to Sacred Heart hospital. HI# life is despaired of. Boundary Plan Proposed. Albany.—A plan whereby all con fusion over county boundaries owing to changes in river course* will be obviated, is being developed here for presentation at the next session of the legislature. It is planned to se cure the enactment of a law changing all snch boundaries now existing and providing that In the future the boun dary lines shall shift with the river $250,000 Option is Taken. North Bend.—John R. 8mlth'a bla'-k Band holdings on South lnlft. 12 mil a from this city, have been optioned • a syndicate of local men and othe~a for 20 days for a sum around $250,<K)d. Demonstrations and showings ha' » been made which Indicate the depot, is are rich in gold. Medford Society Women Give Skin. Medford.—Seven Medford sccie y women, whose names are withheld, gave 150 square inches of skin from their bodies to save the life of little Sarah Green, aged three years, who was seriously burned while playing with matches at the 401 Ranch, thr e weeks ago. Rocks Are Sold As Lava. * Red Bluff, Cal.—Young boys of Red Bluff have commercialized the keen Interest In the volcanic disturbance FRUITMEN FORM COMBINE at Mount Lassen on the part of trav elers passing through here by train. New Organization Will Sell Through Distributors. They are reported to have sold small Portland.—A combination of fruit rocks from the Southern Pacific road bed marked "lava" as samples from growers In the Willamette, Rogue R'v- er and Columbia River valleys was f- the crater for 10 cents each. fected at the commercial club to pro vide future co-operation in cultivating, harvesting, packing, shipping at:d marketing the orchard products of this territory. The organisation will be Incorpor ated as the Western Oregon Fruit Di» Washington.—The Interstate com tributors and will operate In co-opera merce commission's so-called "inter tion with the North Pacific Fruit Dis mountain or Spokane" rate orders tributora of Portland and Spokara, or were sustained as valid by the su ganised a year ago. preme court, which held, at the same The western Oregon organiza I Ion time, that the long and short-haul will confine its efforts only to the clause of the interstate commerce preparation of the fruit for market. law was constitutional. Both had The actual marketing will be done by been attacked by the transcontinent the North Pacific Distributors. al railroads. The principal objects of the new As to the intermountain rate or organisation, as outlined at the meet ders themselves, their effect Is that ing. are: such western cities west of the To procure stability and uniformity Rocky mountains as Reno, Spokane of pack and grade. and Phoenix will not be forced to To provide the ability to market in pay upon their freight from the east carload lots and to pool cars. the regular rate through to the Pa To eliminate the middleman. cific coast and then also another As soon as the secretary of stat' rate from the Pacific back to their grants a charter the new organlzatlo: stations, because the railroads are will be placed on a permanent basin competing with water-borne traffic Temporary officers elected ar- around Cape Horn or through the President, Charlea E. Brand, of Ro¡ * Panama canal. burg; secretary, J. J. Conger, of Wh Salmon, Wash. “Health Sunday” in Philadelphia. Philadelphia. — "Health Sunday” Woman Horaewhlp Man. [ was observed In more than 50 Canyonvllle.—W. O. Smith, Jonn | churches in this city when prominent minister and would-be promoter of | medical men from all sections of the | country addressed the congregations modern Utopia at Wolf Creek, w on the fundamental principles of pub horsewhipped by women at Wt Creek. The women resented an i lic health. leged slanderous attack made up< Judge Benson le Tied With McNary. their morals. Salem. Or.—According to official Overturning Car Kills. returns received by Secretary of Myrtle Point.—When an autom ->bl1« | State Olcott Justice Charles L. Mc Nary and Judge Henry L. Benson, of returning from Marshfield and driver Klamath Falls, are now tied for the by Joseph Schilling. Jr., overturned supreme etmrt nomination on the re two miles this side of Coqullle. IV lo* Davenport, aged 22. was Instantly 1:111 publican ticket. ed. The other occupants. Ivan Roe Mrs. Fenton of Mehama was in town and Lloyd Jarvis, as well as Schillin escaped Injury. Monday. RAILROADS LOSE THE SPOKANE RATE CASE R e d u c e d P r ic e s n 0 • ghlngle Manufacturer« Plan to Meet Foreign Competition. Beattie, Waeh.—A meeting of ahln- gle manufacturers of the state for the rr-gi r~ af raoeea»**4lei way* and mean» to compete with British Colum bln manufacturers, held here, resulted lU the decision that the best way to meet the eltuatlon was to reduce the wage schedule. A report embodying this view was presented. It Is generally understood that a new schedule of wages among the ■hlngle manufacturer« of the state will be pul Into effect on July 1. The oommlttee appointed at the meeting did not make such a recommendation, but put the question to the Individual manufacturer to act na he thinks beat B. Klecker ami Geo. Neibert were June 17th 1914 To the Honorable Mayor, thrown from a buggy while coming Of the City of Slayton: down the Miller hill Tuesday afternoon The General Staff of the State recen and each sustained painful if not ser tly authorized the preliminary organi ious injuries. zation of such additional troops of cav Mr. Klecker was unconscious for s alry as necessary to complete • regi number of hours, but Dr. Brewer stat ment. 1st Lieutenant P.J. Hennessey, ed yesterday that if no internal symp- United States Cavalry, has been direct tons developed, the old gentleman ed by the War Department to assist in would recover. the organization of these cavalry Mr. Neibert was quite severely cut troops. and bruised about the head, but the In It is particularly desirable to form at juries are not of * permanent charac least six more troops of cavalry in this ter. state ami this matter is brought to The accident was caused by the old your attention. family horse suddenly getting fractious All citizens or those who have de and kicking over the cross-bar of the clared their intention to become such single buggy, when Mr. Klecker slap and liable to military duty between the ped the animal to start her up after the ages of 18 and 45, If able bodied, having stopped to chat with a neighbor etc., are eligible for membership in the for a few minutes. National Guard of the State. It is supposed that i n kicking, the In order to organire a troop it is nec old mare broke some part of the vehi essary to make application in the fol cle which prodded her into a run. thus lowing form:— We, the undersigned throwing both old gentlemen out. residents of Stayton and subject to It is very fortunate that the acci military duty, respectfully apply to be dent was not of a fatal nature. organized into a military company un der the laws of Oregon and regulation-« of the Oregon National Guard.” This application will be followed by a list of the names and ages of the applicants, not less than 75 in number. It is desired to have as large a num ber of men as possible in each organi zation who have had experience in rid ing and with horses and who naturally like horses. It is not necessary that men own hArses. The presence of men who have had actual military exper ience, preferably cavalry, is also de- | 14c D im ity now 7 c sirable. I would appreciate anything you mav 1 2C L a w n s • “ çc do to bring this matter to the atten tion of the young men in your commu Y> >c Gingham Apron? “ 4^0 nity and this office or 1st Lieut. I’. J. Hennessey U. S. Cavalry, Corvallis. $ i.ç o H ouse D ress “ 51.29 Oregon, or the Office of the Adjutant General, Morgan Building, Portland, 2.00 “ “ 1.48 Oregon, will be glad to furnish you any- needed information. Yours sincerely, Oswald West. O WAGE REDUCTION ADVISED Serial N o 953