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THE STÄYT0N MAIL ¿0th Year, N o 23. S T A Y T O N . M A R I O N C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y , J U L Y 9 , 1914 . Serial N o 955 • Splendors of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Forecasted In Marvels of Art and Architecture Copyright. 1114, by Panam*-Pbcifle International Exposition Co. IL 8 . Crook fir Co* official photographers. Thia photograph waa taken in May. GREATEST AND MOST BRILLIANT OF WORLD’S EXPOSITIONS WILL BE COMPLETED TO LAST DETAIL ON OPENING DAY. P ANORAM A of abont one-fourth of the Panama-Pa rifle International Exposition, showing nine of the great exhlhf'i imUrrs which are now within 5 per cent of being complete, lacking only the towers, arches a nil festival courts. Kach of the#* palaces cover» from live to nlna acre«. The Betting In a seri.-s of sub tropical garden*, extending for two tnd one half mile» along the Kan Francisco bay front adjacent to the Golden Gate, la the moat beautiful and Inspiring aver given an exposition. The vacant apaca In the center will contain the wonderful ten ru-re • ’ in of ii ,- In i verse. dominated by the scintillating Tow tr of Jewels. 435 feet high. To the right, not shown In the picture, !■ the coucegalon area, named **K1 Cambio** (Tb# Highway), while to the left, ouUlde the picture, are furci.-u <md »tale building*, live stock pavilions, nice track, military and aviation fields and Palace of Kin# A rt* OREGON NEWS NOTES DEATH DEALING BOMB AUT0 t ™ ™ le celebration at s u b - ON MILLER HILL L1MITY A SUCCESS OF GENERAUNTEREST WRECKS TENEMENT Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Past Week. Cxpreaa Company Is Indicted. Salem.— An Indictment was return ed by the Marlon county grand Jury against the Great Northern Express company on the rhnrge of violating the Jaw regulating the shipment of liquor properly labeled Into dry terri tory This Indictment Is probably the first one returned in the state (or violation of this law. It resulted from tho ship ment of s gallon of wine by the Rose City Importing company to J. A. Ren Jarntn, assistant attorney general. Be cause the package waa not properly labeled Salem police officers aelied It. It la alleged that Investigation ■hawed that the Importing company had properly labeled the package, ■howlng Ita true contents, but that jhc express company had covered tha Importing company's Isbel with Its ■hipping label, thus causing the pack age to be shipped In violation of the label requirements of the law. Medford Guardsmen Plan Club. . Medford.— Because there la no Y. M. C. A. at Medford members of the Seventh company, Oregon national guard, have decided to Incorporate club features In their organisation, establishing bowling alleys, a library and reudlng-room for the young men of the city who are members. loiter a awlmmlng pool In the natatorlum where the company rooms are located will be rented by the company on cer tain days In the week and a small gymnasium Installed. New York.—In the ruins of the tene ment wrecked by the explosion of a bomb, which It la believed waa Intend ed (or use against John D. Rockefel ler or hla son. the authorities found evidence that Arthur Caron, who waa killed with three others, had used hla apartment aa a center for the distri bution of Inflammatory literature, and that It waa filled with death dealing explosives A small printing press, revolution ary pamphlets and circulars, an elec trie dynamo, two electric batteries, cartridge« and bits of steel were n a m e rke arttries norover*«!, which tend. In the opinion of the police, to show an ansreblst plot. Thst the demonstration, halted by the bungling of some one who was preparing an Infernal machine for ita mission, was planned against the Rockefeller fam lly In Tarrytown, la the theory on which the authorities are working. Two of those killed In the wrecked apartment were prominent agitators who were- to be placed on trial at Tarrytawq on the charges of disorder ly conduct In connection with the mournlpg Inaugurated against John D. Rockefeller. Jr., as a protest against hla attitude In the Colorado mine strike. Young Idaho Girl Murdered. Pooatello. Idaho.— Finding their 8- yearold daughter missing from her l>ed on their return from a dnnre after midnight Sunday. James T Mender son and hla wife, ranchers at Robin, nn Isolated hamlet .10 miles south of here, discovered the chtld'a badly mu tilated body In a spring 100 yards from her home. Alfred Henderson, who la uot a rein live, waa arreated, charged with mur der and was brought here for safe keeping because of the high feeling ngnlnat him at Robin. Polk Display Planned. Rlekreall.— Preparations rro under wny In various sections of I'olk coun- \ ty for exhibits at the Panama-Pacific t 915,000 la Lesa In Fire at Stevenson. Stevenson. Wash.—The biggest fire exposition at San Francisco In 1916. ! Prune and hog samples, grains, sheep, In the history of Stevenson occurred at 1 o'clock Sunday morning, when n r o M s , hogs, cows and poultry will be exhibited. The fine flocks of sheep block of buildings on Cascades avenue and Roata of William Riddell A Sons, was burned to the ground. The build of Monmouth, and F. A. Koxer, of ings were occupied by a hotel, barber shop, two pool rooms, two saloons and Kickroall, are to be represented. » one restaurant. The losses aggregate $16,000. Lane Woman “ Freighter” Eugene.— Mrs. Charles Ct4rier has Mayor's Assailant Die*. the distinction of being the only wo- Butte, Mont.— Eric l-antala, tho Fin plan "freighter" on the McKentle riv er. She makes regular weekly trips nlsh miner who Attacked Mayor Dun over the 60 miles between Eugene and can with a dirk In the iatter'e office r.cKenxie bridge, hauling supplies for and was shot by the mayor, died of the summer resort, her load averag the wound. The bullet penetrated the liver Lantnla refused to mate any ing 1600 pound«. statement to the county attorney. PORTLAND MAN CLAIMS CROPS THIS LINN COUNTY BRIDE BUMPER YEAR FOR OREGON Frederick E. Smith of Portland and Miss Kitty Perdue o f Mill City, were united In marriage Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock at the parsonage o f the Methodist church by Rev. Leech. Mr. Smith is a cement man of Port land. The bride ia well know in A l bany and Linn county. She Is a niece o f T. J. Butler, of this city. A fter a brief honeymoon, the couple will be at home at Aberdeen, Washing ton. —Albany Herald. According to the opinion o f an ex pert, the grain crop o f Wasco county will be much greater than that of a year ago. The acreage la larger than last year and, in addition, its present outlook is for a larger yield per acre. He estimates the wheat crop o f the county at 825,000 bushels, barley, 275, 000 bushels and oats, 600,000 bushels. The wheat crop last year was approxi mately 600,000 bushels. One o f P. Deidruh'» autos contain Probably t h e largest crowd ever ing Cap Cramer, Chris Cramer and assembled in Sublimity celebrated the Bert Watters was turned completely ; Glorious Fourth at that enterprising bottom side up on the Miller hill be ; village to the north o f Stavton. tween Slayton and Sublimity on July The floats that had been made bv 4. | the different merchants and organiza- Cap waa at the wheel at the time ■ turns were well thought out as to de and he is a careful driver, but his tail and arrangement. brother ChriB wanted to steer the ma The parade while not long waa good, chine a little and undertook to do so : and received the applause o f the crowd. with the above consequence. W. h . Downing delivered the ora- Csp was quite well bruised about the body but Is recovering nicety. Ihe o'.h- , tion, and Henry is too well known to Everyone said that it er coys were rot injured although tk* »comment on. car had to be lifted ofT them. Thf was all right. In the afternoon, after a bountiful Miller hill ia now called "Hoodoo HUP’ as thin is the third scrident there thin dinner served on the grounds to those who did not bring baskets, the sports summer. were pulled off as advertised. * Much merriment was caused by the • different stunts. A bi;; celebration danee was held in the evening, and shortly after mid night the last merry maker had gone home and another successful celebra tion in Sublimity was over. The Albany Chautauqua opened yes terday and will continue until July 19. They have a fine program for every J. It. Gardner and wife, Chas. Staab day and all w ho can spend the time or money should attend at least part o f an 1 family, E. C. Lau and wife, C. A. the time. Beauchamp and wife, Miss A lta Hob Several Stayton people have already son, Harvey Beauchamp, W .N. Pintler, declared their intention o f taking In Guy Kearns and Dennis Caldwell spei t part o f the meetirg .. the Fourtli in Albany. CHAUTAUQUA OPENS AT ALBANY Reduced Prices D rygo o d s G r o c e r ie s now 14c Dimity Santos Coffee 2çc lb. çc 3 lb. can Steel Cut 90c can 60c Gingham Aprons “ 4^ Arm & Ham. Soda 4 for 2^c 12c Lawns $i.ço House Dress 2.00 ‘‘ $1.29 Standard Toms. Si. per doz. “ 1.48 Corn $1. “ Buy of Us at Mail Order Prices SW A T THAT FLY While they last we are giving away fly-killers, come and get one PEACHES BILL WILL PROFIT 0. A. C. Oregon Will Receive $10,000 For Edu cational Extension Work. Corvallis.— Under the provisions of the Bmith-Lever bill recently passed by congress, Oregon will receive $10,- 000 for educational extension work in agricultural and domestic economy to be carried on during the next year. The money is appropriated for use through the land grant college In each state, and therefore will be adminis tered In this state by the Oregon agri cultural college. The money became available July 1, or as soon thereafter as the work has been outlined snd approved by the United States depart ment of agriculture. The plan of op eration has already been prepared by the college officials and forwarded to Washington for approval. ff the pinna outlined by the college are finally approved 955*J0of the fund will be used to carry Instruction by means of field demonstrations and advice and assistance to individual farmers. The college experts will be sent Into certain communities where they will make a survey, call on the farmers, help them to solve their prob lems os they meet them on the vari ous farms; carry on demonstrations in orchards and fields and hold fre quent meetings for the more exten sive discussion of th“ common com munity problems with the people of the respective districts. Siuslaw Bar Being Surveyed. Florence.— Five men are here to make a new survey of the Siuslaw bar to ascertain the effect of work "which has been done on the jetties here. Soundings of the bar taken by boatH passing over it show an increase In the depth of the channel of from four to Bix feet. Desperate Crook Taken by Officer. Eugene.—John Rodgen, alias John V. Harmon, said to be one of the most dangerous criminals on the Pacific coast, was captured here by the depu ty sheriff of Woodland county, Cal., and railroad detectives. They have been following the man for several weeks Two of Three Men Who Held Up 0.-W. R. A N. Train Cap tured Near La Grande. Pendleton. Or.— Albert Meadors ar Clarence Stoner, two of the thr* train robbers who held up O.-W. R. N. train No. 5 near Meacham t morning of July 2. were arrested 8 t urday might about 9 o’clock by Cepu; Sheriff Batchelor, of La Grande. The leader c f the gang, who w: shot and killed by Deputy Sher: George McDuffy at the time of tt holdup 1* Charles Manning, a prof- s aional gambler and not Hugh Wl.'t ney, the notorious outlaw. All thr» of the robbers were from Cokevii1 Wyo. Manning has a wife and fo' children in Cokeville. He was a cloi personal friend of both Hugh at Charles Whitney, while Stoner is cousin o f the Whitney boys. When arrested the two train rc bers were t alking along the railro track in the direction of La Gram and Jess than 20 miles from the scei of the holdup. Neither man was an ed snd they offered no resistor* • when placed under arrest. They h, $385 in cash and the $700 diar.iou ring taken from H. B. Royce. th* Walia W all- brewer, who was a pa» senger on the train, and a smaller di mond. but the diamonds were thro» away when they were arrested to pr vtint their being used to connect then; with the hoMup. GRAIN YIELD WILL BE LARGI. W h e a t C r o p of P a c if ic N o r t h w e s t E s tim a te d a t 65,000,000 B u s h e ls . Portland, Or.—The season Is nc far enough advanced to make it most certain that the cereal crops f the Pacific northwest will be safe gathered. The progress also is sn ficient to enable grain men to eut* mate with a degree of closeness th-i yields of the leading grains. That the wheat crop of the threw Many Check Signatures. Salem.— Secretary of State Olcott states will break all previous re-ortis has a special corps of men checking Is conceded by nearly every grain an over the signatures to the petitions thority In the northwest. The geneff for initiative measures. Tt is not nec estimate now is 65.000,000 bushels fo. essary that negative arguments be Oregon. Washington and Idaho. filed until July 21. SUBLIMITY BLACKSMITH TURNER CONVENTION OPENS THIS WEEK MARRIED AT JEFFERSO! The regular mid-summer convention o f the Christian church at Turner Tab ernacle opened yesterday. A large number of Stayton people are in attendance. On account o f the Convention, there will be no meetings, except Sunday school, at the Christian church on Sun day. W E A R E In a Position to give ex ceptionally low prices on peaches EXCURSION GOES TO this year. LE A V E your orders NEWPORT SUNDAY for peaches with us. Thomas-Mayo Co. OREGON ROBBERS MLKE CONFESSION Jack Petrjanos and Miss Entelli» Stastny were .united in marriage ot July 4, at the St. Thomas Church Jeff erson, Oregon. The groom is the popular younj blacksmith o f Sublimity, and the brid» is the daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stastny o f Jefferson. Frank Silhavy and wife of Staytci were among the invited guests who al tended which numbered nearly cr hundred. SELLS HEADER BINDER Blatchford Bros, o f Shelburn, s<>iJ r Several Staytonitea are planning to j 10 ft. Deering header binder to N. En take in the Sunday Excursion to New- j dres o f Jordan this week. This is fro port next Sunday, July 12. Are you bahly the first header binder e v e going to be one of them? ' brought into thia section o f tho valley.