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TH E STAYTON M AIL | F ir s t A n n u a l S c h o o l C h lltlm is ' 1st. ( .75, IN D U ST R IA L Published every Thursday by E. M . O lm sted October V , 79/5 Entered as second class matter nl th • poatoffice at Stayton, Marion, county, Oregon, under the act o f Congress o f March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTIO.SS, SI.00 p e r ) t a r Address all communications to THE STAYTON MAIL H. A. BEAUCHAMP, M.D. Physician and Surgeon STAYTON. - OREGON C. H. BREWER, M. D. M IL L C IT Y , O R E G O N This fair Is being promoted by the local school authorities, assisted by the parents ami patrons o f our school. It is not our puriaxe to hire or compensate in a pecuniary wsv for the »kill and labor necessary in the preparation o f the exhibits. The tine pur pose is not only to stimulate an interest In indus trial work but to relate the work o f the public school more intimately to the real interests o f the community and to the state at large. The follow ing prixes are offered that they may in a measure stimulate the spirit o f competition and serve as a token o f our appreciation o f the work o f the boys and girls. We earnestly ask the hearty co-operation o f all in making this event a grand success. RULES 1. This School Children’s Industrial Fair wdl be held at Mill City, Oregon, October 9, 1915. PHYSICIAN; AND SURGEON 2. Any boy or girl in school District 129, or any adjacent district, or any boy or girl who may secure permission from the committee in charge is eligible to enter these contests. ¡S t a y t o n , O regon Wilbur N. Pintler, D.M.D. DENTIST Office Over Stayton State Bank Phone 2152 FAIR Stavton. Ore I 3. The majority o f the contests will be divided into to classes. Class A will include all 12 years of age or over (up to twenty-one years). Class B will include all under 12 years o f age. The prixes will be awarded on the basis o f these qualifications. 4. There must be a statement accompanying each exhibit, signed by parent or guardian that the exhibit was prepared by the exhibitor. Provided that in agricultural exhibits the ground may bo plowed and harrowed by someone else, if desired. G. F. KORINEK, V. S , B. V. Sc. Veterinarian Treats all domestic animals, also applies the Tuberculin test. Telephone 3x7 Office mi Stayton Stablea STAYTON - OREGOf 5. All entries in this contest will be made upon blanks furnished by the committee. Write G. M. Sprague, Mill City, Oregon, for blanks. 6. There is nothing to prevent a boy or girl from entering as many exhibits as he or she de sires. Provided, that no pupil shall make more than one entry for each prize. S. H. HELTZEL ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 7. In case there is no compction, the prize will be awarded at the discretion o f the judges. ^NOTARY PUBLIC Abstracts and Probate Work a Specialty 8. A fter the close o f the fair, the pupils are entitled to receive their respective exhibits and the winners will have the opportunity o f exhibiting at the state and county fairs. Office Over Deldrich’s Hardware Store. EXHIBITS AND PRIZES FUNERAL DIRECTORS Lot I. Ten specimen». CLASS A. 1st, $ .75. 2nd, $ .50. 3rd, $ .25. CLASS B. 1st, f .75. 2nd. $ .50. 3rd, $ .25. Lot 2. Beet*. Six specimens. J. M. RINGO— T h o s . HIRST STAYTON Potatoes. OREGON 1st, f .75. The Devil’s Inn Lot 3. Parsnips. Six specimens. CLASS A. 1st. y .75. 2nd. y .50, 3rd. * .26. CLASS B. Prixes the «amt' a* Clans A. By M QUAD C o p y r ig h t , 1 #U, b y t h * M o C lu r * N tw a iN s p s r S y n d ic a l* Lot 4. Hand made dress. CLASS A. 1st. y .76. 2nd, y .60. 3rd. y .26. CLASS B. Hand made apron. 1’rixcs the same as Class A. Lot S. Machine made drees. CLASS 1st. y .75. 2nd, y .50. 3rd, y .26. CLASS B. Muchine made apron. I’riles the same as Class A. (Neatness anil needle work considered and not the elaboratness.) Lot 6. Fancy needle work. CLASS A. 1st. y .75. 2nd, 6 .60. 3rd, $ .26. CLASS B. Prixea the same us Class A. Lot 7. Bread. Two loaves. CLASS A. 1st. y .75. 2nd. y .60. 3rd, y .26. CLASS B. Prixes the aarne as Class A. Lot 8. Cake. One. CLASS A. 1st, y .75. 2ml, y .50. 3rd, y .26. CLASS B. Prixes the same as Class A. Lot 9. Bird hoase. CLASS A. 1st, y .76. 2nd, y .50. 3rd, y .25. CLASS B. Prizes the same as Class A. Lot 10. Ducks. One male and two female*. 1st. y .75. 2nd. $ .50. 3rd. y 25. Open to both classes. Lot !1 . Chickens. One male and two females. 1st, y .75. 2nd. y .50. 3rd, y .25. Open to both classes. Lot 12. Best mechanical toy. 1st. y .75. 2nd, y .50. 3rd. t .25. Open to both classes. Lot 13. Best piece of hand made furniture. 1st, S3.00. 2nd. 52.00. 3rd, 51.00. Open to both classes. Lot 14. Drawing. CLASS A. 1st. 5 .75. 2nd, 5 .50. 8rd. $ .25. CLASS B. Prixes the same as Class A. Lot 15. Canned fruit. One jar each. (5 varieties) 1st, 5 .75. 2nd, 5 .50. 3rd, 5 .25. Open to both classes. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE of HEARING of FINAL ACCOUNT V. A. GOODE CLASS A. 2nd, $ .50. 3rd, f .26. CLASS U. 2nd, y .60, 3rd. $ .25. Bilyeu Den S h o ts LAWYER and NOTARY PUBLIC Conscientious Attention Given to a ll1 Legal Business. Notice is hereby given that the final account o f Ephrain Shepherd as Ad ministrator o f t h e estate o f Daniel Neff, deceased, has been filed in the County Court o f Marion County, State o f Oregon, and that the 26th day of July, 1915 at the hour o f 10 o’ clock a.- m., has been duly appointed by such Court for the hearing o f objections to such final account and the settlement thereof, at which time any person in terested in such estate may appear and file objections thereto in writing and contest the same. Ephraim Shepherd, 6-24 Administrator o f the Estate. 7-22 Office Room No. 6, Roy Bldg. H IZZ AD DRESS B LA IR ST O W N , IOWA HIZZ I TINW0RK and PLUMBING Bath Tubs, Lavatories and all Sanitary fittings— Farm- ers--We carry a line of pumps, leader water sys tems, etc. Gasoline engines. JACOB SPANIOL STAYTON MEAT MARKET SESTAK & THOMAS, Proprietors. Fresh, Salt & Cared Meats Lard & Creamery Butter. Highest Market Price Paid For Fat Stock » ♦ »♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ o t o s v >♦< W Î Lulay Brcs. & Co. Contractors & Builders ♦ V Dwelling houses a specialty Let us figure on your build - ings ? h We can save you money *> A good job gauranteed I f> ♦ ♦ Phone 77 P. O. Box 198 STAYTON. OREGON. After an Examination of the Eyes, I will guarantee the fit, quality and strength of glasses Otto Cole returned home from ¡Salem Monday. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Burmester and E. Wendt attended the fune ral of Solomon Grimes at Shel- burn, Friday. Misses Frieda and Rosa Wied- man of Salem are visiting here with friends and relative t h i s week. Prof. Jefferson Goin o f Jeffer son was laid to rest in the Bilyeu Den cemetery Tuesday. Cornuopia—Mines sent o u t Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Pepper- Amalgam bars worth $51,000 in ling and Mr. and Mrs. S- B. Cole three days. drove to Turner Sunday in Mr. Albany Democrat has Satur Pepperling’s new Overland to d a y night thoughts and some attend campmeeting services. OPTOMETRIST-OPTICIAN good thoughts on other days. Suite 11 Everyone is praying for good The sawmill and logging firms Bush Bank Bldg., Salem, Or. Phone 625 v eather so they can save their that secured the enactment of hay. the workingmen’s compensation SPECIAL SCHOOL MEETING Miss Rosa Weidman returned law are beginning to cry out a- gainst the high taxes they must to her home in Salem Monday. Dr. C. B. O’Neill, pay. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the legal voters o f School District No. 77 Hood River strawberry ship- o f Marion County, State o f Oregon, ments aggregated 100 carloads. that a SPECIAL SCHOOL MEETING Baker mill and Grain Co. will o f said District will be held at School Building on tiie 21 day o f August, 1915 build a $10,000 elevator a n d at 2 o ’ clock in the afternoon, for the ! warehouse, following objects: To levy a tax for John Day—Edible frogs are to the following estimated budget for the ensuing gchool term. be raised in a pond near here. SCHOOL BUDGET Organized noise costs money Teachers salaries ?5440.0G wastes time and produces noth Furniture 600.00 Apparatus & incidentals 200.00 ing. Library books 75.00 Janitor 300.00 Janitor supplies 40.00 Fuel 225.00 Light 75.00 O V E R 80 Y E A R C Clerks salary 25.00 E X P E R IE N C E 50.00 Postage and stationery Walks and grading 500.00 1(018.00 Interest on bonds j Total 58598.00 Estimated receipts from 2700.00 County and State Balance 56898.00 O R E G O N a n d W A S H I N G T O N | and for a sinking fund to pay bonded in debtedness. Dated this 14 day o f July 1915. Attest: W.Richardson, District Clerk. A Directory o f each C ity , T ow n and V illa g e , giving do3crlptlv* sketch of E. M. Olmsted, Chairman i each place, location, population, î*'!*»- jfc, Board o f Directors. graph, shipping Anri banking point; if 8-19 P O L K ’ S® *^ Business Directory? also C lassified D ire cto ry , c o m p ile d !>y i busin ess an d profession. n. ¡P O L E L C O ., f r B A T T L E Mrs. E. Wendt left for Port land Monday to visit her daugh ter, Nelda, who is very ill. jfr Dr. Mile»' Antl-Paln PU1» far rheumatism T rade M ark * D e b io n b ■ CcRvniOHT« Ac. Arron« nandlng a ukatrli and drucrlftfion mnf n n frk lj aneertain our opinion free whether mi mwnMnn la p r o b a b ly rmtaiiMiMa. Comm unlm- tinn.'Hfrlctlff'•TtfldanHal. HANDBOOK 01. I’nfritt* »»•ot fr*’*. indent nponcy for eeenrlnn te, ■ r. fonts taken through Munri A Co. rocel? wptrial not let, without charge, The dance at Jordan was well attended and a good time report ed by all present. Miss Frieda Weidman was a week-end visitor at the Burmes ter farm, Mrs. W. E. Burton returned home from Scio Friday, where he has been under the doctor’s care for the past two weeks. John Bender, our road super visor, is doing some fine road work near Jordan. Lloyd Kimball is goinR around on ccutches as the result of hav ing his foot cut severely. Fred Pepperling has the fire warden job this year. The new hall at the Monastery Is almost completed. It is being built by the Catholic young peo ple, and shows that they have some energy. —Lizzie A hAnrtiomelf w*#kljr, |.nrr**t <*tr- • ilm imt o f nny »dentine kwiroal, T o n «« , $.1 o ¡■ n r; four month«, fl* Bold by all newerieyil*- MUNN & Co *ej Bro NawYoru Brauch Odies. CM IT I t . W **hlu«iuu. O , C, Oregon City votes again July 24, on $20,000 school bonds. If you bar* over visited th* city of Zuratecas, Mexico, you hava liaard tba atory of "Tba Davll’a tun" and bavo boon tnyatlflad over It. If you bavo not hoard tba atory by word of mouth you will b* Intoraated In It. On th* highway to San Lula, about four mllea out of Zacatocaa, aro th* rulna of tba lun. They hava boen rulna » I n c a 1884 . Why allow coolly duplication of public utility plant«, asks the Oregon Voter, when in the end the conHumer und taxpayer must foot the bill? Springfield- Willamette-Pacific ImlluHting a mile u duy. North Bond—Franchise o f Eugene-Coo« Bay line extended to Jan. 1, 1918. An extra aesaion of Congroaa ia wanted t o repeal LaFollette’a Seaman’s law that I a driving American ahipping off the Pacif ic Ocean. Another fool political labor bill. Tha In ml lord nnd moat of bla cus tomers were a hunt lot and during the four or Ov# yeara the plaeo flour ished it bad a bad name. The au thorities had about determined to clooo the tnu when It was euddenty aban doned by the owner. Tbs most that Mra. Lewis Croissant a n d could be learned from tba aerranta three daughters, Laura, Mr«. wna that a atmnger earn* there cm* night and had a long and confldautlal Burnett and Mra. John Huber conversation with the landlord and spent Tuesday at the John Sand* next morning both war* missing. Tba place was overhauled, but no tvucea ner home. of murder were found. The servants P. H. Lambert ha» hia new scattered, the door* were nailed up, house ready for plastering this and the Holy Heat wa* left to darkness and the Imta. Of cour** It soon bad week. the reputation of being ttaunted, and Lloyd McIntyre, who ha« been after a couple of years an Incident oc curred that gave It a still worse name. visiting at the M. F. Ryan home, A young mnu belonging to one of the licet families of Monterey, who hap went to West Stayton Sunday to pened to lie tu Zacatecas on a visit, visit Mra. McIntyre, hia grand made a wager that he would pass a mother. night alone In the Inn. He rode out before dark, well armed and provided Among those who attended with lights, and was seen to enter the the funeral o f Kira Gunsaules, place by a window. Next day bis naked body wax found on tbe highway held at the Methonist church at In front of the house. He had b<»en Jefferson, Monday, were: G. H. d<"id fer hour*, and It wa* tlie opinion Ray, Mr. and Mr». John Huber, of the doctor* that he had been at l.aura Croia»ant, Mr. and Mra. tacked by a wild beast. A company of flfty soldiers went oog Frank Haberman. Marguerite nnd searched the Inn. Th* search was and Willie Ryan: Mra. H. Senz a thorough one, but no trace of man and two aona, Arnold and Frank, or onltnal could be found. I wa* one of the four American civil John Sandner and family, Mr«. engineer* employed by tbe local gov ernment of Zacatecas In the yeaxa H. Shifnk and daughter», Grace, named to make survey* for a drainage Crystal. Bessie, Verna, and son, canal, and. of course. I heard of the Harry. devil’* Inn, a* It had long been called. That the people were earnest nnd sin A number of relative« of Elra cere In their talk made no difference Gunsaule from Jefferson motor to me I had no belief In haunted house*, and my sarcastic reflections ed to the H. Shank home Sun-, made me enemies I’erhape thing* day. would not linvo gone aa far ns they Miss Hazel Lambert spent one did but for the chief of police of Za catecas. He called on me one day In night I a a t week with Mab-I aerioua mood and said: ” 1 want to warn you against making Townes. any foolish move In connection with Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Ray’s litt! ♦ the devil’s lun. The place Is sorely son, Glen drank some coal oil haunted nnd dangerous to life, no mat ter what you think. Don’t lie willy one day Tast week and has bed) enough to pay It a night’s visit, ns I quite sic’ic th«* past few days. hear yon contemplate doing." 1 had contemplated nothing of the Melvin Shark spent Monday kind, but the chief had scarcely finish- with John and Lyle Lutz. <•<1 when 1 was resolved lo take that very step. My churn wna named Clark, Miss MajTgic Smith, who h.«'i a young man from Chicago, and I had no soouer broached the subject to him been employed in Albany, i:i >.y v than he wns ready for *he adventure. home for a v aeation. For fear that the authorities might Roxana Sha ik was ague.il f stop tis w e let only a few people Into otir plan, nnd one Saturday afternoon, Maudie Smith Monday. equipped with everything deemed nee- A small numb fer of the ycunn essnry, we were driven out to the Inn. Our flrst step was to curefully In folks attended th e «lance at Jor- spect every room nnd the cellar, nnd we did not flml so much as a rnt We dAn Saturday eve. ling. had brought our pip««, wine and lunch Miss Neva Tha. ;er o f Sclo eon. with a pack of enrds to divert spent Wednesday w ith her »¡aUi’ ourselves, and neither one of us had the slightest Idea of anything coming Mrs. Floyd Shelton. to alarm us. As we sat down to the John Huber and fc xnily, MrS. cards our revolvers were laid on the table, and we laughed and Joked with Lewie Croisant and daughters, out restraint We had braced, tbe Laura and Mrs. Burne tt and bn- doors shut with stout hoards, and our Hrst alarm entne wlten one of tlieso by spent Saturday eve ning nnd Ismnts fell down nnd the door swung Sunday at t h e Wm. Croisant wide often, so that we conld look Into farm on the McCully Mt 3. tbe kitchen. This Incident happened about 10 o’clock Three-quarters of nn hour later the dour leading to the office wns tried from the far side We not only beard It creak nnd give, but we could set.- the bruce quiver under the strain. There wna no sound of footsteps or Miss Hazel Price, bookkeeper whl»i>er1ng Rising with the utmost caution, we grasped our revolvers nnd at the Imperial Furniture Co., of tiptoed to the door When wo reach Salem, is visiting at the Curtis ed It we suddenly Jerked the hrnce away nnd sprang hack. The door (lew Cole home this week. hack with great violence, hut there Miss Laura Barber o f Salem ia wns nobody on the other side When the d<s>r had been secured ns visiting home folks this week. l>efore we returned to our game nnd Ed Chrisman has just com spoke In whispers nnd kept very quiet After linlf an hour we nhnndoned the pleted a silo and is filling it this enrds and ant listening. I think It wns week. half nn hour after midnight nnd we were both probably nodding In sleep Otto Cole of Jordan was visit when both doors were suddenly burst ing at the James Lefiler home on open with n crash, our candles were blown out by what seemed n strong Sunday evening. wind, nml the next instant 1 was seiz G. F. Harold went to Albany ed, lifted off my feet nnd enrrled to Tuesday. the broken window of the office nnd flung out While I lay on the ground Mr. and Mrs. John Sandner, Glnrk followed ns. nnd we henrd n queer sort of chuckling from the win- Jr. attended Endeavor Day a t flow above. We Ixith scrambled up CampmeetinR, Sunday. and ran for our lives and In time reach ed the city. Neither of us was much Mrs. J. T. Follis visited in .Sa hurt, hut we had received n great lem last week. fright Whnt bnd nttneked ns we could not any. Among those who attended We went nt once to the police, but Campmeeting at Turner Sunday, even ns we told our story we saw a were: Mr. and Mra. J. T. Follia, red glare on the sky nnd knew the devil’s inn wna on Are. Next day wo Roy Follis, Carl Titus, V. Philli- visited the plnce with n strong detach pi, Misses Inez and Della Har< Id, ment of pollen. We found nothing but John Sandner, Jr. and wife, Mn- the walls standing The unknown something that had flnng us out had rie and Fred Henkel, Alta H:tr- fired the place by accident or design, old, Lloyd Chrisman. and the smoke stained ntlobe walla are yet there for you to see and won Raleigh Harold made a busi der over. i Ht. Pleasant Kingston Kinks ness trip to Albany Saturday.