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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1915)
RAINS CAME AT THE RIGHT TIME S ilv e r C reek F a lls Well the mountains seem to be getting their share of the rain for the past few days. Miss Winnifred Freeman, Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Monroe met at the home of Mrs. W. W. Neal Tuesdey afternoon for the pur pose of arrangeing a program for the picnic the Sunday school is intending to Rive. Miss Etta LanR is thinking- of leavinR t h e mountains aRain some time this week. TO-NIGHT TOWN The *|>i«*mlid ram» of the past few days have put the (mature» ami small drain crop* in fine shape, and Oregon can congratulate herself that a failure in that line ia the next thing to the impossible. H. N. Huntley made a business trip Joe Koberline, wife and daughter and Fruit looks much bettei also since Joe Kmult of Jordan Valley were trad the downpour, and every farmer one to Salem yesterday. ing with Stayton merchanta Tuesday. meets has a smile all over his face. Geo. Tate made a week-end trip to Salem and Portland. E. P. Schott and J. T. Hunt were among the Sublimity people who took A START IN HOGS Jo« Sens waa over from Mt. Pleas- in the auto racea at Salem Saturday. ant Monday trading. Herman Marking showed his smiling At a meeting of swine breeders at North Portland last Tuesday arrange A large crowd attended the dance at face in town Sunday, and reported ev erything on the move in the Jordan Slim Peterson has twught a ments were perfected for furnishing Sublimity last night. Valiev. the boys and girls of ail sections of the new buRRy. Geo. Clow of Mill City visited at the state with bleeding animals with which Hen Roy spent the week-end with Sunday school every Sunday to make a start in the raising of pork Clow home here Sunday. hia parents here. His sisters Misses at 11 o’clock with a full atten for the market. The plan was inaug Milca and Elisa returned to Portland The Stayton Hall Team will play at urated by the Union Stockyards some dance. Supt. D. 0 . Freeman. with him Monday. weeks ago, but the call for sows was so Silverton Sunday. May 16. Teachers. Mrs. W. W. Neal,Mrs. i great that it was found necessary to Monroe. Mrs. William and Miss enlist the aid of professional hog breed C. J. Thomas was down from Gooch Mrs. C. A. I,uthy ia reported recov ering rapidly from the operation for Etta LanR. All are invited to ers in order to supply the demand. the latter part of last week. appendicitis performed at the Salem The stockyards will receive orders for attend. hoapital last week. sows, already bred, pass them on to Sloper's "Bor*led” Foot Powder School closed Wednesday May the breeders who have agreed to fur relieves tired swollen feet. Dr. Beauchamp reports a fine 12 6. T h % teacher Miss Marie nish stock, and on receipt of a proper ly indorsed note from boj or girl, the pound boy that arrived at the home of Smith of Salem has done excell Miss Belle Whipper of Turner is em animal will b e shipped direct. The Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jackson of West ent work in the Rrades and her notes will become due and payable at ployed at the Heltsel home. Stayton this morning. school shows her ability and en time the pigs are mature and ready for Harvey Anderson is back to work as ergy and it is the wish of all market. Geo. A. Smith motored over to Sa janitor at the school house. lem Sunday, his sister Mrs. N. J. Geh that Miss Smith will return for len accompanied him home after a the coming school year. SURPRISE PARTY Home grown strawberries are on the short visit with relatives. market. O, you abort cake! Those who are entitled to en ter the county spelling contest from Silver Creek school areLinn Neal eighth grade 99 1-2 Lenord Peterson sixth grade 98, Alfred Brown 98 1-2. Those who took the eighth grade examination on Thursday and Friday were Linn Neal and Rena Lang. There were quite a few auto mobiles and motorcycles at the Falls Sunday in spite of t h e threating weather t h a t early morning gave us. Some of them found that a good team and wa gon was a handy thing to have. The P rison of Sark. Suvk. th e loveliest of th e ch an n el is land». possesses a q u a in t old prison of tw o cells m ore us a m u tte r o f form tlinii o f necessity , for serious crim e Is alm o st unknown In the islaud. which bus no paid police, b u t sim ply a n elec t ed constable. It Is som e y e a rs since th e prison w as called in to requisition, a n d on th e la st occasion the bolt w as found to be so ru sty th a t it bad to be broken befo re th e door could be o p en ed. T h e p riso n e r w as th e n p o t In. left all n ig h t w ith th e door open an d m ade no a tte m p t to escape. On a n o th e r occasion a y oung E nglish se rv a n t who bad stolen som e clothes w as sen ten ced to th re e d a y s' im prison n icn t T he p ro sp ect so terrified her th a t th e a u th o ritie s took p ity on her loneliness an d co n sid erately le ft th e cell open. T h e little m aid s a t in th e d o o rw ay a n d w as consoled by kind h earted 8 a rk w om en, w ho cam e to keep h e r com pany. A still m ore cu ri ous in cid en t is told o f a m an w ho w as convicted fo r neg lectin g bis w ife and children. H e w as o rdered fo betake h im self to th e prison a n d th e re w ait for th e a rriv a l o f th e co n stab le. T his be did. s ittin g o u tsid e u n til th e door w as opened.—S tra n d M agazine. The Rock of Moses. T iie rock of M oses lies in th e w ild valley a t th e base of Jeb el M usa, th e M ount of th e L aw , In th e p eninsula o f Sinai. T h e rock la elgbreeu o r tw e n ty feet high, slig h tly inclined, n rough In d en tatio n ru n n in g over each side, w hich ia In tersected here and th e re w ith slits, an d th e atone 1« w orn aw ay In places a s If from th e efTi«-tx o f ru n ning w ater It Is beyond d o u b t th e oldest know n leg en d ary o b je c t in th e v icinity T he H oran re fe rs to th is rock m ore tlinii once, an d from th e se allu sion« aro se th e rev eren ce o f th e B ed ouins, w ho hold It «acred From th e m iddle ages o n w a rd It haa been visited by C h ristia n pilgrim s, w ho h av e c a rv ed ru d e cro sses on Ifa side O f all th e o b je c ts In th e d e se rt It Is m ost closely bound up w ith th e sim ple fa ith o f tta wild In h a b ita n ts and of Its e arly visi ta n ts .—S tra n d Magasine W. E. Chrisman is to have a public Peter Fiedler will soon begin mason sael of high grade Jersey cows and work on the J. J. Lambrecht house. heifers on Monday, May 24. See the, Mr. Hammond of the Hammond-Bis- complete Hat on the big ad on the in hoy store spent last night in Stayton. side page of the Mail. The Rev. D. J. Goode will preach at Jno. Thoma and wife are snugly set the Methodist church Sunday morning. tled in their new home at the corner of Water and E'irst Streeta. Johnny is a EL D. Alexander visited with W. C. lucky boy to have a home that is sec Parry and wife in Juhttion City Sun- ond to none in the city. jday. PURCHASES NEW WAGON — J. M. Ringo has purchased a new undertaking wagon for use in connec tion with his undertaking parlors here. This vehicle, which is particularly for the purpose of handling caskets and bodies, brings the equipment of the Ringo Undertaking Parlors on an equal with those of any city in the valley. ■ Mr. Ringo is to be congratulated on | keeping up to date at all times. Miss Katie Benedict o f Aumsville A very pleasant party was held at was trading with merchants here Tues the Creech home across the river last day. Friday night. About fifty people were present. Dancing was the main fea John Kintz was a business visitor ture. The Stayton orchestra played. here from Sublimity Monday after- noon. W hy H. J. Mutschler and family and John Mielke and wife motored over to Salem First-Class work in every respect. Sunday. Bring us your shoe work and get it B. Minten and wife of Linn county done quickly, neatly and reasonably. Shop next t o Davie's barber shop, were trading with Stayton merchants Monday. Third St. Stayton. L. A. Messing. Clyde Rogers and August Rahn were Stayton visitors f r o m Linn county fine home in Stayton with five acres of Tuesday. land,, all in cultivation. Fruit and ber ries of all kinds. 4 room bungalow and Joe Silbernagel, wife and two child all necessary outbuildings, a II new. ren were in town from Fern Ridge just outside o f city limits and on main Tuesday. road. See or write W. B. Allis, Stay- ton. 6-3x Misses Ella Williams and Alma Phil lips were visitors in Salem a few days this week. A WILL ATTEND CONVENTION WILL LEAVE FOR MONTANA tl* B lue « ? Pure bred Durham bulls for sale. One E v ery on« love« th e blue aky w ith and two years old. B. F. Fresh, Shaw, Its b rig h tn ess, w arin tb an d softness. S-I3x * Oregon. H u n d red s have w ritte n of It In glow SHOEMAKING AND REPAIRING The A lpine G uide In London. The I.O.O.F. delegates from Stay- M elchior A nderegg proved w hen be ton to Newport on May 17, are: Grant visited London th a t a g re a t Sw iss Muj)hy and Chas. Staab. The dele g u id e’s to p o g rap h ical se n se Is n o t nec- gates from the Kebekah’s are: Mrs. i-ssarily confined to th e m o u n tain s. H e I-ucinda Miller and Mrs. Anna Stayton. w as m et a t London B ridge s ta tio n I d h thick fog by L eslie S tep h en a n d T. W H inchliff. w ho acco m p an ied him on ATTEND RACES foot to H lncbllfT s room s In L incoln's liiu Fields. "A d a y o r tw o la te r,” sa y s Hie biography o f A nderegg In "P io Those who attended the automobile n eers o f th e A lps.” " th e sam e p a rty races at Salem last Saturday were; W. iMUiid th em selv es a t th e sam e sta tio n L. Freres, Wm. Petzel, E. C. Titus, • h i tb e lr re tu rn from W oolw ich. ’Now. Miss Cora Cooper, E. D. Alexander, G. M elchior,' said Mr. H inchliff. 'you will '»•ad ns back borne.' In s ta n tly th e sk ill F. Korinek, Geo. Keech, J. T. Kearns, ful g uide, w ho had n e v e r seen a larg er J. A. Hendershott, Henry Smith and town th a n B erne, accepted th e s itu a E. M. Olmsted. The races were interesting in the ex te n an d fo u n d his w ay s tra ig h t back without difficulty, p au sin g fo r c o n sid treme and a large crowd was in attend eratio n o n ly once, a s if to e x a m in e th e ance. la n d m a rk s a t th e foot o f C h an cery la n e ."—London S p ectato r. “ MILLION D O LLAR M Y S T ER Y ” No 9. ALWAYS GOOD Rev. Chandler is making a business visit at Creswell and Cottage Grove this week. i ing te rm s of praise, w hile th e Itiartlcu- u ate m illions have felt w hat they e x pressed. W ho does not ktv« a p a ir of blue eye«—lau g h in g bine eye*, tru e blue eyes, te n d e r blue eyes. Irish bine eyea? T h e men w ho follow th e sea love her every mood and hue. and y et 'tis her sp ark lin g sa p p h ire cloak th ey would have h er don on th e hap p iest occasions. " I t Is Im possible In o a r condition of society not to be so m e tim es o snob," w ro te T h a c k e ra y —not to have a h e a rt th a t w ould relish pum ping a little blue blood along w ith the red B ut w hen o u r tb o u g h ta are dull, d ep ressed an d d re a r, like an u n kind w in try gray sky. we a re In th e blues W hy th is p aradoxical d e fa m a tion of th e color w hich Is asso ciated w ith so m any of th e fa ir and pleasing th in g s o f life? If we m ust vilify a color th e re a re yellow , c a n a rie s and Jaundice. T h e re nre red devils and d an ger W hy th e blu es?—B oston Globe. A R e m e rk s b lt C sreer. T h e m ost rem a rk a b le official c a re e r In th e U nited S ta te s w as th a t of Jo h n W. A. Elder, Henry Smith and Geo. Q uincy A dam s. T his c a re e r ex ten d ed Davie fished down the river in a boat over forty eig h t y e a rs and em b raced fifteen y e a rs In th e diplom atic service yesterday. as m in is te r to R ussia, P ru ssia and the N etherlands, five y en rs as senator, San Tox preparations will sell on their eight y e a rs ns se cretary of sta te , fo u r y e a rs a s p re sid e n t a n d six teen y e a rs as merit. Ask Sloper’s Drug Store. a re p re se n ta tiv e in congress. “ EXPLO ITS OF ELA IN E” Pat he News Comedy Misses Mabel Rupert a n d Maude Hollister were over Sunday visitors at their homes in Salem. 1FUN ! F U N ! FUN $ Camphorated White liniment best for sprains, swollen j o i n t s , rheumatic pains, etc. at Sloper’s. Beginning Monday, May 17 Hizz Fun M akers Star Theatre 5 Big Reels Sunday Night: “THE RECKONING” 4 Reel Feature 5 REELS IN ALL GOOD COMEDY STAR THEATRE W OOL We aro in the market at all tiir.»'S for all kinds of Wool, and will l»ay Highest Market Price f»>r Same. Wo Buy Sheep Pelts Wool sacks furnished, and fleece twine for »sic. Bring us y o u r wool and get the top price W# use it In our business. We pay one cent a pound higher than market pries If taken In trad« for woolen good*. Custom Work-Your wool carded into baits for comforters and mattresMi WILBUR WOOLEN MILLS COMPANY, STAYTON. OREGON. Laundry Reopened I have leased the the Stayton Steam Laundry and will be ready for business Monday, May 10. ALL KINDS OF FINISHED WORK A SPECIALTY W ET WASH, 50c ROUGH DRY, 2 1-2c per lb. Prompt Delivery Two Times Weekly C. W. DUNAGAN, STAYTON, OREGON A Host Astounding SUBSCRIPTION OFFER The best family daily paper in the state and your own home weekly paper for $ 3.25 The Daily Portland Telegram AND The Stayton Mail Both One Year for $ 3.25 This offer will be in force from now until July i$, and may he taken advantage of by old or new sub scribers. John Van Handel and wife and John Lulay and daughter, Mary, were Jor dan visitors Sunday. NONE BETTER Saturday Night: Clarence Mitchell, at one time a res T. B. Riggs and Wra Fitten motored ident of Aumsville is bookkeeper for over to Salem Monday on business. the Pacific Telephone Co., which is John Gentry and Hugh Cook of Mar erecting new poles between here and Mehama. ion was a Stayton viaitor Tuesday. A very pleasant time was had at the Everett Gardner home Tuesday night, the event being the visit of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mills of Mbany. A dainty luncheon was served and the guesta left for home at 1) p. m. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Crabtree. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Holford, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mayton, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Miller. Mrs. S. G.Crabtree. Everett Crabtree, Miss Nora Crabtree and the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Gardner. For Sale or Exchange tor Stock. Special Pictures- "A h ip over tiie N. P. Ry.” Good only until July 15, 1915. N O T IC E T O C O N T R A C T O R S Sealer! bids will he received by the Hoard of Directors School District No. 77, Stayton, Oregon, until the hour of 7 p. m. Mrs. V. J. Philippi and baby and on the 28th day of May, 1915, f o r t h e erection a n d Mrs. J. P. Davie started today for Mrs. C. C. Titus and baby were over 10cf | completion of a High School building, according to plans and specifi The price of admission Columbia Falls, Montana, where she from Linn county Monday. will stay a couple of months with her This in no way will interfere: ; cations prepared by Charles H. Hurggraf, architect, Albany, Ore- . gon. All bids must be accompanied by a certified check payable brother David Lutz at that place. She Mrs. Roy Cole returned to her home was accompanied by Mrs. Lutz, who in Mill City Monday after visiting at | ¡With Olir regular Serial Pictures; ; to “School District No. 77, Stayton, Oregon,” for the sum of has been here visiting for some time. at the Arthur Leffler home. ‘ as they Will be shown with the! I $200.00, as a guarantee that the contractor will furnish an approv- Mrs. E. Gooderham and son Henry Chas. Mills and wite of Albany are left yesterday for their home in La- here visiting at the J. R, Gardner and Grande after an extended visit with the Mrs. S.G. Crabtree homes. Mrs. Gooderham’s daughters, Mrs. J. M. Snepherd and Mrs. Chas. Gehlen. Willis Caldwell and wife a r e the proud parents of a big boy bort: May Otto Herrling a n d Miss Frances 10, at their new home in Ashland. Kirsch arrived from Eastern Oregon Monday. Miss Kirsch has been teach Dave Aegerter’s new barn in Linn ing t h e Ridgeway school In Wasco county will go up rapidly under the county, and Mr. Herrling has a home direction of Tony Schindler and Nick stead there. Lulay. i hrogrom j ™ ^ Of Hizz Fun Makers. ' ’ od bond e qu al to 50 p e r c<;nt o f th e c o n tra c t within ten days after ’ • awarding the contract. ! Don’t Forget, this is the Big ; All bids must be made out on blank proposals for the same. Blanks furnished upon application, by the clerk or architect. Plans show of the Seaeon. and specifications may be seen at Clerk’s office, Stayton, at T. M. Valuable Premiums Barr's, Salem, or at the architect’s office, Albany. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Given Away By order of School Board No. 77, Stayton, Oregon. j ‘ Each Night Henry Smith, Chairman, W. Richardson, Clerk