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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1914)
20th Year, No! 32. MANY PUBLIC SALES HELD THIS FA LL ThU w efk'i I** tic of the M hi I la Unlquo in one fenttiro at Icaat. It haa four largo (iiapiay ml* of public aalua near Slayton. The Drat on« to occur la that of K. ArchiliaUl and Son of near Victor Point on Sept. 12. Thu Archicbahl'a expect to go lo Canada aoon. On September 16, J. II. Krepa of Linn county will aell Ida atock and im plement«. Mr. Krepa will leave a hurt- ly after the aale for California. The next day. P. E, Hirxaiefen of the Waldo llilla will hold hia public auction before leaving for Portland, where he will make hia future home, while on September 111, Ed Doerfler of the aaniu neighborhood will have hia good* and live atock «old. Look theae aalea over carefully and no doubt you will llnd aomething that exactly tit* your need*. It paya to gel your aale bill* at the office of the Stavlon Mail and get the advantage of their circulation, which couera the whole Santiam Valley like a blanket. Don’t forget that the Mail can reach more people for you for a few dollara than you can by many day* of driving and bill poating. PEPPERMINT AT WEST STAYTON STAYTON, MARION COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1914. m a s Lose aorame Thuaaday evening at 11 o’clock 8cpt. 3, the little town of Olex, Oregon waa atartled by the cry of fire. The gener al attire and poatoftlre of Ira Hennet, alao the barber ahop of Prank Mack waa burned lo the ground. The Mack family loat all of their clothing which waa packed in their trunka and grip«. No inaurance. BUYS STAYTON AUTO TRUCK Willia Hamilton, who haa been driv ing the auto truck all aummer, haa lua*ed from the prrt owner«, J. D. Denamore and L. A. Tliomaa, the auto truck, and will continue the aame under the name of the Slayton Auto Truck. "Hally" aa Hamilton la commonly called, ia an experienced chauffeur and will conduct the btiaineaa in a aafo and aane manner. He invite* all the former patrona of the Truck Co. aa well aa other« to give him a trial at the freight buaineaa of Slayton. INDUSTRIAL FAIR SEPTEMBER 23-24 The time ia right at hand for the Stayton Industrial School Fair and the entries should be made at once. No doubt many children may think that they will have no chance, when the facts arc that many prizes will go to single exhibitors. Remember this, if only one article ia entered for any certain clans, that article gets First Prise without comj»e- tition. Don't hesitate, make your entries at oncu if possible, if not convenient to do so, bring your exhibits to Stayton on the Aral day of the fair and enter them at that time. Entry blanks may be bad at the Mail office at any time. West Stayton ha* a very unique in dustry in the shape of several fields of peppermint. . This is the first year and the returns cannot be expected to be quite up to the average, although sev eral patches have yielded at the rate of forty pounds to the acre. With the price around |the six dollar mark, the business is alluring to many, and much more of the aromatic herb will be act out neat yeas. The still uaed in tho extraction of the oil was erected by Alfred Todd of Lebanon, who ia an old hand at the buaineaa. The atill at West Stayton ia a permanent one. and can be uaed year after year. About 250 pounds of the Thomas Bros, began painting the oil wn* extracted there thia season. Masonic hall yesterday. E<l Downing waa in town on business yesterday. John Kerber is painting the Dan Doll homu thia week. Leo Rock was n Salem visitor Satur day and Sunday. P. Deidrich made a buaineaa trip to Portland thia week. Dr. Hobson of Scio was a business Visitor here yesterday. Stanley Stewart spent I,*bor Day with home folks in Lebanon. Mrs. Wm. Ortman of Linn county was a Stayton visitor Tuesday. A. Moore and wife of San Francisco wore Stayton visitors yesterday. R. J. Moses and Chas. Lampman were over from Tangent this week. Seasoned Oak Posts For Sale. 11-1 x V. J. Philippi, Kingston, Ore. Forrest Mack, wife and baby, Mrs. E. Roy and the Misses Elixa, Milca and P. Deidrich and family and Miss Ma Ruth Roy motored down to the Lives- ry Rock motored over to Salem Sun ley hop yard near Salem Sunday. day. NARROWLY ESCAPES BLACK VELVET HATS, DROWNING IN DITCH BIG AND LITTLE The fine rain that came the first of the week did immense good. It reviv Preaence of mind, extreme good for This Autumn, when we are going ed the pastures, laid the duat, put out Governor West issued a certificate of tune, and the fact that he ia an excel from the smallest hat we have ever the forest Area and made the webfoot nomination Tuesday to Judge Henry L. lent ewimmer,saved Alva Thomaa from worn since we had tiny bonnets perch feel like he waa at home once more. Benson for candidate on the Republi almost certain death Sunday morning. ed on the top of our heads to hata aa can ticket tor Supreme Judge, thus Mr. Thomaa waa coming down the Mr. Wiley of Lyons and Ed Traak of ending the most famous contest ease large as any we have ever worn, per road horseback from the upper dam Fox Valley were Stayton visitors Tues in the annals of Oregon. above the Masonic grove, leading a haps, there ia no excuse for any one to day. cow, when suddenly the bank above wear an unbecoming hat. For although The governor in sending the certifi the Salem ditch gave way precipitat the big hat haa arrived, the little hat cate accompanied it with perhaps the ing the home and rider down a steep most scathing letter of denunciation bank about twelve feet in height into haa not taken its departure. If your AGED LADY DIES face looks well under the overshadow that was ever written by a governor of deep mud and water. NEAR TRIUMPH a state to a nominee of any party in The horse was on top, and it waa ing influence of a hat aa big aa an um the history of the United States. some time before Mr. Thomaa could! brella, wear that kind of hat. If it is Governor West accuses Benson of be extricate himaelf from the willow* of the rather piquant type demanded Mrs. Elizabeth Pincomb, age seventy- ing unjust, dishonest and not fit to sit that waa holding him under the water. by the email hat, wear that kind. The black velvet hat, both big and eight years died Monday, September 7, on the supreme bench. In fact he When he Anally *wum to the bank, he wa* in a very weakened condition little, ia aure to have a long stay *in at the home of her daughter, Mr*. calls the whole attitude of Benson dur ing the partial recount a "dirty job” and one knee waa out of commission. fashion. It is popular; but even pop Myra Tefft of near Triumph. and ends with these words: "Day by The next day, however, he waa on the ularity cannot spoil anything as usual Mra. Pincomb had lived in Oregon streets, with only a alight limp ami a ly becoming and attractive as the black but six years, having come here from day as you sit upon the bench and are reminded that a man must come intc few brume* and ncratchea to remind velvet hat. Watch for the Millinery Opening by Quincy, Illinois in 1908. the court with clean handa, you will him of the most uncomfortable five The funeral w a s held yesterday, minutes that he had ever spent in his Mr*. Uena Mack in next week’s Mail. September 9, and was conducted by be haunted by the ghost of the past, and as your thoughts revert to un life. the Rev. R. Hocking of the Metbodiat counted precincts the clock upon the church of which Mrs. Pincomb was a wall will seem to tick out "Sixes, Six member. The interment was in the es, Sixes.” (refering to uncounted pre Union Hill cemetery. cincts in Curry county) and you will bow your head in shame. ’' "I now leave you, Judge Benson, to The Pendleton Round-Up ia coming your certificate and your conscience. It will oay you to brine your auto in j to the front aa the greatest exponent ASTORIA MUNICIPAL May you find comfort in both.” this winter unci let u* overhaul it. You of Western Life in the United States. DOCKS CONTRACT will find our work to be good and our This may be your last chance to see it. prices right. Brown's Garage & Ma Go this year. September 24-25-28. Re chine Shop. C. E. Brown Prop. duced fares on all roads. COULD ANY OTHER Astoria, Oregon, Sept 9 (Special! — The contract for the superstructure of SECTION DO IT? Astoria’s big municipal docks, the fin MRS. WARE IS WILL CONTINUE est on the Pacific coast has been let to GIVEN DIVORCE C. L. Houston, a local contractor, for According to the Portland weather TO GO UP the sum of $128,350.00. This is the bureau, seventy-four days passed at third contract awarded on the structure that place without rain, and it is quit« A divorce has been granted in circuit the first and second being to J. A. Me- probable that the same can oe said v’ All classes of food stuff's continue to raise in price. Fresh meats nude an court in Multnomah county to Bertha Eacheron & Co. of Seattle and the Ta the entire Willamette Valley. coma Dredging Co. of Tacoma for the Yet during this entire time, which n other sensational jump during the past M. Ware from her husband, W. F. total sum of $340,000.00 tor piling and week. Bread stuffs is on the rise all Ware, of Baker, Oregon. The decree dredging. The new docks are being other section of the United States, e:c cept those that are irrigated, cou’e over the country. Oregon apple grow was handed down on August 19. Al I built under the direction of the Astoria stand without severe losses on acroui . ers are much alarmed over the market though the wife is given legal separa i Commission, and the present conti acts of drouth, we have suffered but little prospect*. For some rears past, a ve tion from her husband, who did not include the first two units only. The on the account of the lack of rainfalL ry large portion of the apples grown in contest the suit, Mr. Ware is given the entire project will approximate $1,000- While it is true that the wheat crop this state have been marketed abroad, custody of their two minor children, 000 . and the oat crop were shortened a lit but it now seems probable that thia : Lila and Ivan Ware. tie, yet the quality is fine and ever market will be lost to the 1914 crop. Mr. and Mrs. Ware were one time kernel saved. The same might be sakl Ed Doerfler and family of the Waldo In that event, with a large increase in | Stayton residents and are well known Hills were trading with Stayton mer of almost every crop raised in the Val production throughout the country, ! here. ley. The yield suffered somewhat, but chants Monday. apples promise to be lower in price the quality more than made up for the than in some years. slight falling off in quantity. E. E. Howell of Jefferson visited at Mrs. A. Briggs of West Stayton vis Seventy-four days without rain ¡Think ited at the Forrest Mack home the first the Mrs. A. C. Titus home here Satur of it Mr. Farmer from the middle west day and Sunday. Pigs For Sale—7 weeks old. See G. I of the week. Could you approach such a season with H. Toelle, Stayton. 9-17 Mr. Walker of near Marion visited out fear and trembling? Yet go any Mrs. EL E. Howell of Jefferson who at the heme of his daughter, Mrs. Geo. where in the Willamette Valley and W. S. Horford is having a silo built is staying with her mother here is very Keech yesterday. you see trees loaded with fruit, silo by his big bam on the hill north of seriously ill. being filled with green stuff, almost a town. Miss Jennie Hlaser a n d Heroert full yield of hops, cattle and hogs fat W. H. Hobson was in Portland the Maag of Mill City visited a t the Curtis on the pastures and the people not com plaining of the “ long dry spell.’’ In P. Deidrich sold his Studebaker auto first of the week buying new fall and Cole home near Kingston Sunday. to V. Pietrok of Linn county one day the language of the cartoonist, “ Can winter goods. last week. Mrs. C. H. Brewer started for On You Beat It?” tario, Oregon this morning for a visit Sam Howard, wife and son, Mrs. with her sister, Mrs. J. W. McCulloch. Marble Crabtree and bride are home Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ringo motored from their honeymoon. They will soon Caples Matthieu and Mr. Whale motor occupy their fine new bungalow in the ed down from Portland Sunday return First Picks—The best that money over to Albany Sunday. Mrs. J . F. east part of Stayton, which is being ing home Monday after spending the can buy in a long filler, 5 cent cigar. Lau and baby returned with them for t erected by Grant Murphy. two days at the E. T. Matthieu home. Homemade by J. J. Lambert, Stayton. few days visit in Stayton. TO THE PUBLIC LET BUCK ¡H c w .sa v r1. £'HEK. SALEM WOOLEN STORE’S FALL OPENING The Fall and Winter Buying Season is Now On This store began preparation for supplying the consuming Public early in the year and the result is we have the best Merchandise that Money, Experience and Judgement can select in Men’s and Boys’ Clothing and Fur nishing Goods, Oregon Made Blankets and Oregon Woolen Overshirts. Our Men’s and Boys’ suits are made up by the leading garment makers of the U. S. Such as Michaels, Stern & Co. of Rochester, and Hart, Schaffner & Marx, and inc ludes all the new things in both fabrics and models. In woolen underwear, cheap and shoddy mixtures has not been a feature in our selections farther than t(^ • _ avoid them, and our endeavor has been to secure pure mixtures and Sanitary Fabrics. In Oregon Woolen Blankets, as is well known, we are headquarters for the Willamette Valley, as our inter est in two of the leading Woolen Mills give us an opportunity to supply the trade with such goods at a small advance over manufacturer’s prices. * Salem Woolen Salem, Oregon.