t > I P ito u Historical THE STAYTON MAIL — 21st Y car, No. 7. S T A Y T O N , M ARION C O U N T Y , O REGON , TH U R SD A Y,M A R C H 18, 1915. WHAT A HIGH SCHOOL DR. HODGE WILL LEC DISTRICT NO. 30 IN LINN COUNTY TURE FRIDAY NIGHT WILL DO FOR STAYTON ROAD DRAGGING STAYTON HIGH GETS BEATEN ONE SCORE IS POSITIVE SUCCESS SUDSCRIBES AND VOTES MONEY Or. C. F. Hodge, Professor o f Biolo gy at the University o f Oregon, will lerture on "Physiology o f A lcohol" In the Star Theatre at 8 o ’clock Friday, March 19. The lecture will be free to the public, and will lie under the suapi- cee o f the achool and Commercial Club which made the request o f the Exten sion Division o f the Univerrlty o f Ore gon for Dr. Hodge. This lecture brinirs the contributions o f authoritative sclenee to help in the solution o f this baffling problem. The question is: can we And real truth enough, aside from all prejudice, prac- tlcally to determinate public policy and gain proper control o f the public con duct without the differences o f opinion and the bitterness o f the present situa tion. Illustrated by lantern slidea. Ev erybody welcome. . CARLOAD OF FORDS ARRIVE ON TUESDAY PeterDeidrich received theflratcarload o f automobilea this week that ever was brought to Slayton. It would certainly make the old-tim ers sit up and take notice if they could have seen the procession as the cars were driven from Aumsville, at which point they were unloaded. Mr. Deidrich has the Ford agency for this part o f the county and is well supplied to deliver you a car on a mo menta notice. Read his ad and price Hat in another column. Here are a few o f the many things that a new high achool building will do to Htayton. It will bring more people here to live —people o f the right sort- people who want to educate their children. It will bring more farmeis here to trade. Under the new law any pupil who has passed the eighth grade may come to the high achool without paying tuition. Don’ t you think that a farm er will naturally take more interest in the town in which John and Mary are attending the high achool? People who send their children to high school are the ones with whom one likes to do business. They a r e nearly always broad minded and clear sighted. Pro vide for the accommodation o f John and Mary by building a commodious building. A new high school will attract more capital and better people from the East. Oregon will be crowded this summer and fall with homeaeekera. Let ua get our share, but, remember, one o f the FIRST questions asked by a newcomer is; "W h a t kind o f achool facilities have you?” Last and not least, you owe It to your children to provide for them an up-to-date building in order that when they start in real life they may not be handicapped by the advantages others have had. The special election to vote on this question ia to be held Thursday, April 1. Register your convictions on that date but don’t forget that every vote against an adaquate school building drives One More Nail I n Stayton’a Coif in. —Subscriber. * t Champoeg, on May 1, will be cel ebrated the seventy-second anniversary The co-operative cannery at Ncwberg of the organisation of the first Ameri can civil government west o f the Rocky paid to farmers o f that region $24,546 Mountains. This will be the fifteenth last year, practically all o f it for pro celebration o f the event, the first hav- j duce which would otherwise have been ing been held in 1901. On June 17, at lost. The cannery made a net profit o f Portland will be held the Forty-third about $3.000, which waa better than ex reunion o f O e a Plowseaa p a s t«! fee t>r Aset yeas C eep era tiw ar ho came to, or were born In, establishment» o f this kind err likely any p a r t o f t h e original Oregon to prove the salvation o f thousands o f Oregon farmers. Country previous to 1859. CASH PRICES Come In and get Cash Prices and do not pay a per cent of Remember, a certain per cent must some one eise's bill. be added when doing business on a credit system. _ 5C 3 pr 50c Ladles silk hose $1.00 10c bottle of Blueing 4 “ 35c Men’s a 1.00 10 Arm A Hammer Soda 25c 25 Coffee 5 lbs. for 3 Yds “ of 10c gingham Men's Heavy W ork Shirt 45c 5 $1.00 15 25 Catchup reduced to 1 0 % off on Dress Shirts 5c Yeast now only 10% o ff on ill Shoos 50c Royal Bak. Pow. .43 1 0 % o ff on all Hate 4 Boies o f matches for 10c 5 C alient Coal eH 70c 4 10c can a f Spice, new ALL K IN D S O ff 5c FRESH SB VEGETABLES W W W » AT WTww R IG H T P R IC E S L. T. Titus P. P. Crabtree Joe. A. Brand M. M. Gassner J. G. Gassner Henry Sen* J. W. Kiphart O. M. Raker F. T. Thayer Karl Peters Clyde Downing O. 11. Peters Harry Downing Charlie Peters F. A. Senz Carl Titus W . R. Keefer W. R. Brenner O. M. Aplet Omar Cole Fred Henkle Thos. Becker W. A. Elder F. A. Siegmund J. D. Renno J. W. IIirons E. O. Lyon Chax. Leffler C . D. Trexler Adam Roidt Adam Schleis J. P. Mertz J. C. Leffler L. M. Archambeau J. E. Yeoman Geo. Chrisman Karl Schaefer W. H. Barber Harry E. Chrisman (Continued on page 5) Road District No. 30, over in Linn County is going to spend some money for good roads this year. A special tax o f five mills has been levied, ami this, together with the county levy will raise somewhat around $2500. Resides this, the people o f that district together with the help o f some outsiders, includ ing a donation o f $400 from Stayton, have pledged to give $3527 more for the same purpose. The success o f this subscription work fell to the lot o f V. J. Philippi and G.- A . Downing, who, when it comes to getting money on a road subscription, can make the very stones talk. That they were successful is shown by the list which we print below, which is complete to date. Supervisor Raleigh Harold has been Intrusted with the spending o f this con siderable sum, and it shows the confi dence placed in his judgement, when it is stated that nearly all the subscribers insisted that he he appointed supervis or for this year. The complete list follows; 150 V. J. Philippi 50 ,G. A. Downing 60 J. F. Robertson 50 M. H. Titus 50 T. W. Creech 50 V. Pietrok 50 John Pietrok 20 J. B. Pietrok 20 P. C. Pietrok 25 B. C. Robertson A. Bchroeder 20 20 A. Lulay MERCHANDISE STORE Formaldehyde The Best Preventative for Smut on Wheat, Oats, Barley »Potato Scab and gen eral disinfectant SULPHUR-BLUE VITRIOL In Quantities at Sloper’s Drug Store V. DARE SLOPER Prescription Druggist Stayton, Oregon The Shaw High school ball team and the Stayton High pulled off G,e mat game o f the season at the local school diamond last Friday, March 12. Both sides drew blanks in the first and second and the fireworks started in the first half o f the third on Ed Blake ly’s error to first base which let in two large juicy ones for the visitors. Ran som, Rock and Klecker each got hits in the last half o f the frame and tied the score for the locals. Shaw got three goose eggs in the fourth and Stayton annexed three runs to their score in the same frame. Shaw again failed to connect in the fifth, while Stayton run in three more, making a total o f eight. Shaw got busy in the sixth and put two men across the plate, and the lo cals landed one. Both sides were shut out in the sev enth, while the score stood 9 to 4 in favor o f the locals. The visitors landed two more in the eighth, ar.d the locals fanned the air making the score 9 to 6. In the ninth the boys from the north played ball and chased four men across home plate, and again the locals tried i in vain, losing the game to the visitors I by one run. A large crowd was in attendance, and the weather was perfect. Good natured banter and fun was the order from start to finish, and ail in ail it was a great game for Stayton. We, i n Oregon talk a great deni about macadam and hard surfiiec ro<i.N, but if we would but use the simple ma terials at hand our roads would be in very much better condition all the year. O f course the first thing is to grade the road, for without a slope even the road drag is o f little benefit, but with a decent grade and the persistent use o f the drag all winter, the roads are kept in good passable condition at all seasons o f the year. This is wiiat one road district super visor in Marion county has done the past two years. Geo. A. Etzel, supervisor o f the Fern Ridge district took advantage o f the few nice weeks in the middle o f the winter, and instead o f leaving the road* to themselves, kept the drag going ev ery day that it was not raining with the result, as evidenced by a man who uses this road to a great extent, that, with a few exceptions the road is good enough for a speedway. • Heretofore, the people o f that dist rict hated to have to get out for even a short trip in the winter on account o f the condition o f the roads, but for th-j past two years, during which time Mr. Etzel has been supervisor, the roads have been in such a condition that it has been a real pleasure to travel over them. The most o f this improvement has been the effect o f the humble road drag. BUY YOUR EASTER BONNET EARLY WHY NOT COME TO OREGON NOW? A Nebraska newspaper notes the fact that the officials o f Custer county, that state, have succeeded in having a commodious cyclone cellar built in the court house lawn in which the terrified members o f the county organization murbt five at the approach o f a storm. In another column it stated that at date, March 8, about two feet o f snow is on the ground, that no mails can be delivered, all trains arc stopped, and hat business is generally demoralized. At about the same time, the writer, rho lived most o f his life in the same iculity, was planting garden. The ruit trees a r e coming into bloom, so pressing in the summer that outings I and pleasure trips are the uncommon and Mot ordinary things o f life. l i v e in the Willamette Valley the person who does not take a trip to the mountains, or the seaside or some other place dqufttty enchanting at least once in the glorious summer is considered a regular stay at home. Spring opens early and the fall months lend enchant ment until Christmas when time warns us that in a few short weeks it will be spring again. Now is the time to send for your friends and neighbors to come to the best valley i n the West. Probably ■TT never again will land be so cheap com pared to its real value as today. If The Way Ed Blakely Looked After anyone knows o f a good substaniial He Threw to First * Iowa or Nebraska farmer who is think b The contrast is very severe, yet there ing o f locating in the Pacific States the The local boys will play Shaw at that opportunity will never be better than a re some things to be said on both the present. Come, we need you. You place Friday, March 19. ides. It is quite true that in a corn will never regret living in the best cli A game is scheduled with Jefferson « mate and in the most prolific valley at the home grounds o n Saturday, ia nature has ever produced. April 3. j L e You will always be sure o f gettin the correct style o f hat that can be worn with any costume at Mhck’s Mil linery Don’ t forget the new location, across the street from the old one. Mrs. Lena Mack. BIRTHDAY DINNER Friends, relatives and neigl.v t j the number o f about twenty g ’ «red at the John Kerbei he.-ne last unday in honor o f M rs. K erber’s 50th birth day. A very ple'.sa .t day was scent ov all present. Those a tte n ii.:„ w ere: John VanHandel, wife and to:> Jos., | John Kintz, wife and daughter. Ceorge Zimmerman, Ed Kerber and family, John Thoma anti family, D. . Doll ’ and wife, Frank Kerber and the ¡it t and hostess. Geo. Roser o f Mt. Angel has hotly t a farm near Sublimity. ' ^ H ) . Ì 8 1 SPECIAL PRICE ON WAISTS PAY INSURANCE Ì 3 O) m No Tw o A lik e-A ll Size 36 Policy holders o f the defunct Horti- c WE Have Eiought a sample line of 7 dozen waists at a big discount, and have plac 6H A S . GEHLEN’ S : CASH 35 SO 50 50 40 20 30 15 25 25 2.50 2.50 5 10 5 20 5 8 4 2 5 5 2 30 8 8 12 8 16 4 50 50 50 50 20 25 25 25 25 Serial No. 991 ed them on sale at wholesale prices. r They are all in good condition, and we think you will agree that they are exceptional values. the defunct cempanies may be settled. Announcement that the policyholders would be assessed was made Tuesday by Mr. Wells. There are approximate ly 10,000 persons scattered throughout Oregon, Washington and Idaho who held policies in the Horticultural and subsidiary companies. These arw a f fected by the decision to levy aff as sessment. Most o f the policyholders reside in Oregon. With obligations amounting to ap proximately $118,000 a n d assets o f about $12,000 for the defunct concerns. Receiver Wells faces the necessity of finding a way to satisfy the claims and by calling upon the policy holders to come to the aid o f the companies is seen the only way out o f the tangle.. Acting upon an opinion given to him by Attorney General Brown and the opinions o f experts on assessment rights o f mutual insurance companies, Mr. Wells will demand that persons holding policies in the companies on a basis o f 60, 75 and 90 per cent pay to the full amount. m ) » % ) Nineteen Waists to sell at 1.48 ì I Five Waists to sell at 1.98 m Thirty-three Waists to sell at 98c 1 Four Waists to sell at 2.18 Seven Waists to sell at 1 One Waist to sell at 2.58 Nine Waists to sell at 58c Four Waists to sell at 72c > 1.18 SUMMER GOODS Embroidered Lace Cloths Peau de Cygne Crepe Emb. St. Gall Crepes Marquisette Lace Cloths Koto Crepes Printed Flaxons Crepe Bayeux Fancy Organdies Poplins » ) M 4 Bates Crepes Crepe de Chine $ Windsor Plisses ) Rice Cloth § Dimity ê I Voiles Chambray Gingham, 34 inches wide, at Special price of only 12' jc 1 Mr*. G. C. Ewen o f Portland is h<’ re for an indefinite stay. She will open Millinery parlors in the Beuiehamp building on Saturday, March 20. See B the ad in another column. 1 ) ) MAYO’S CASH STORE •J ) J I ) » F W J