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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1915)
iw 1.l*»rwry THE STHYT0N MAIL H as the Largest Circulation of Any Paper in the S*ntiam Valley—It Covers the Territory Like a Blanket. S T A Y T O N , M ARION C O U N T Y . OREGON. TH U R SD A Y , SE PTEM B ER 23, 19J5. ¿1st Year, N o. 35. CARL a CARLSON DIES AT AUMSVILLE Carl G. Carlaon, who livod on tha Oltl T»m Derby placa went of Stay ton and who haa born suffering from an Internal cancer for aoma time, died laat Friday morning a t 2 o'clock A. M. Tha funeral aarvire waa held at tha family raaidance on Saturday morning at ten o'clock. Interment followed In tha Maclaay cemetery. Ralph Putnam, Chrlallan miniatar of Slayton, conduct ed the funeral aervice. Mr. Carlaon waa born I n Sweden November 6, I860. He came to Amer ica about IMHO. In the year 1882 and the twenty eerond dav of November he waa married to Hertha Haundere. To thia union aeven children were born, five of whom aurvive him. He and hia family have lived moat of hia life time on Salem Prairie. The other placea of reaidence have been Salem, Jordan and the present home. Ha waa a believer In the Lutheran faith, which belief he waa taught by hta parent«. He waa alao a member ot tl.e Knights of Mac- cabeea. FINDS GOLD NUGGET Mra. E. A. Thayer of near Lyona brought a nice nugget into the Mail offlice laat Saturday. She found the gold in one of her hen'a cropa, which ahe had killeu for dinner. It la toppoaed that the ehieken got the ahlnar from the dirt thrown from a wall, aa it waa atatad when the well waa dug aeveral yeara ago that there waa good color In the gravel. laxative tea,a pleasing combination of merlicl- nal helps for constipa tion and billioUa diaordera. Ellsworth Roam-11 left Monday morn ing for Portland and after a few days in that place he will go to Montana where he expects to get work. Henry Schott, wife and daughter, Rena, and Mra. Cobb, a sister of Mra. Schott all of Salem spent Thursday af ternoon at the Ed Young home. STAYTON SCHOOL FAIR WILL START OFF TO-MORROW, FRIDAY At a meeting of the committee on School Fair Monday evening, after considerable deliberation the following committees were named: Doorkeepers; Wilma Ware, Roy Mlelke; Com. on Arrangements; Mrs, G.I.. Brown. Mra. E. D. Alexander, Mra. Dora Shreve, Mra. Lons way, Mra. C. H. Brewer, Mra. B. A. Schaefer, Mias Bessie Clow ami all the teachers of the school,Com. on outside arrangements; Henry Smith, G. C. Eksrnan, John Mielkv, Prof. Gauntt and Clyde Hotter. The following judges were named: Live stock a n d agriculture; W. A. Barr, John Goedera, s. H. Heltzel Noedlework, cooking, e t c . ; Mra. L. Walker, Mra. Geymer and Mrs. J. T. Hunt. School will be dismissed on Friday and a large crowd is expected to be present if weather conditions arc not too unfavorable. , Come to the school Fair ami encour age the children in industrial work, which after all is the backbone of all prosperity. Governor Withycombe has written that he will surely be here, and will make an address about 2 p. m. Satur day. Once again we invite you to attend t h e Stayton Second Annual School Children's Industrial Fair, Friday and Saturday, September 24-25. Henry Mutachlcr, Orlo and Merton Mack. Wm. Petael and Jess Watters Jaco b Spaniol of thia city waa the will start for Riddle, Oregon the latter aucceaaful bidder for the plumbing for part of thia woek on a hunting trip. the sanitary toilets and water aupply for the Aumaville achoola. Mr. Span Dick Downs and Donald Couper of iol haa been landing a great many of Salt l.aka City are here for an outing theae job« lately, which speaka wall for aevafal weeks. Both young men for hia ability and business motheda. are newspaper reporters, a n d Mr. Downs is a brother of F. H Downs of A gricultural College Helping thia city. CARPET WEAVING The Oregon Agricultural College is All kinda of Carpet and Rug weaving done at my home 1| milea northweat Mra. R. A. Titus snd son Austin and helping out the Stayton School Fair of Sublimity on the old Werner place. friends motored over trom Fella City immensely by the following offer.which Pricea reaaonablc, work guaranteed. Sunday and visited a few hours at the will surely be taken up by the boys 86 year» experience. E. Dueber, C. A. Titua home. They are visiting a and girls of this city. Parents and patrons are urged to HMlx Aumaville, Oregon. few days at the Jaa. Leffler home in bring their cows to the School Fair at Linn county. 1:30 p.m. Saturday, September 26 for Thnmae, the 2-year-old aon of Mr. the boys and girls to judge. Read the and Mr». T. D. Worley of Corvallis Mike Bruschcr and daughter Olga, died Monday at their home, and the re- of Iowa are visiting at the homes of following rules carefully: m»ina were brought here yesterday and hia cislwrs, Mr». Geo. Spaniol and Mrs. j interred in the Lone Oak cemetery. E. Forrette. They will be here about Mr*. Worley la a daughter of Uriah a month before going on south to visit Whitney and a Bister of Mr». Frank the Exposition. Silbavy of this place. MILLINERY OPENING By Mrs. Dena Mack School Fair DaysSept. 24-25 2 HATS GIVEN AWAY One for Ladies, one for Children under 10 Register any time for Hats Here is somethin? we want you to become interested in, it’s for your own benefit. Boradent Tooth Paste Prepared from milk of ma?- g nesia neutralizes acid condi (Special to the Mail) Arthur Leffler, wife and baby spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fuson. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Leffler and daugh ters Marie and Venita metored over in the afternoon and all went out riding in Mr. Lcffler’s new car. After mak ing a short call on Mr. and Mrs. Fus on at Aumaville, all returned home ward except W. H. Fuson and daugh ter Ruth, who boarded the train en- route for Albany where a joint teach ers annua instituted was convened. About three hundred and eighty teachers were in attendance. Superintendents Jackson o f Linn county and Cgnnon of Benton county had arranged a very interesting pro gram for both day and night sessions. Good speakers were secured and a very profitable time was enjoyed by all enthusiastic teachers. The reports given by State Supt. Churchill and others show that thp schools of Oregon are progressing. It is evident thnt no wide awake teacher could spend three days in such a convention without being better pre pared for her work. vents the formation of tartar Sloper’s Drug Store I ■ f H STAGE TO STATE FAIR Jos. Hamman will run a stage to the State Fair every day o f the same. Leave Stayton at 8 a.m. Reserve seats by telephone. Norton Johnson o f Nebraska and Lincoln Banta of Illinois who are on their way to the Exposition are visit ing at the home of their aunt Mrs. C.- A. Titus. The 16-year old aon of Mr. Hensley of Linn county got bis hand crusned in the grader yesterday, and Dr. Beau 6. One hundred points will be given champ had to take several atitches in for the correct placing of the cows in the injury. all classes, and a proportionate num A. E. Bradshaw and wife visited rel ber of points given for such relative placing as approaches the correct plac atives in Mill City Saturday and Sun day. They were- accompanied home by ing. Mr. Bradshaw’s niece who will attend 7. Five cash prizes of the value of school here. $5.00, $4.00. $3.00, $2.00, and $1.00, re spectively, shall be awarded to the five W. E. Thomas and wife motored ov competitors having the highest scores. er from Salem yesterday for a day’s 8. Announcements of the results of visit with home folks. They also at the judging contest will be made sa tended the funeral of Mr. and Mrs. T.- soon as all ratings are determined. B. Worley’s baby. Your County School Superintendent, Prof. Wm. Smith, is very interested Big Dance a t Beauchamp’s in making this Dairy Judging Contest Hall in Stayton, Saturday Night a great success, and wants “ you” to September 25. Music by the take part. Write to him, or call him Stayton Orchestra. Come and up, for further information. GETS HAND IN SAW Walter Franz Tenney accidentally I got his hand in a circular saw ¡it Lyona Tuesday and pretty well used up his wriat, thumb, tinners and tendons. He was brougnt to Dr. Brewer’» office in Stayton where the wounds were dres sed. SELECTION OF SEED CORN, AND SHOWS (By Luther J. Chapin, County Agricul turist. ) # Successful com growing in the Will amette Valley depends more on seed ■election than any other factor. The splendid success of this year’s crop is due to the fact that a large percentage of t h e seed used waa local grown. While thia is a step in the right direct ion, it is only the first step. To at tain the best results the seed corn should be selected from the standing com before the stalks are dead ripe. Ancestry i a aa prepotent a factor in crop improvement as in live-stock im provement. it u desirable, therefore, to select seed ears from stalka tha: are sturdy and otherwise well developed and that ripen their ears early. Tnia can be determined only in the field and before the com is ripe. As an incentive to farmers to care fully select their seed com for the next year, as well as to demonstrate that com c a n be grown in Marion county, five local com shows will be held this fail during November. D ia planned to hold these shows in con nection with the farmer’s institutes at the following places: Aurora, Wood- burn, Mt. Angel, Silverton and A.ms- ville. A county show will be held at Salem December 1-4. No entry fee ia charged and everyone who haa cor» is urged to make an exhibit at one of theae shows. Liberal cash prizes will be offered fof the following displays: Best individual display. Best 100 ears any dent variety. Best 10 ears white dent corn. Best 10 ears yellow dent com. Best 10 ears flint corn. Best 12 earn sweet corn. Best 12 ears pop com. Best single ear corn. Enjoy Yourself. crook is trying to ruin the father of the girl Jim loves. Jim sets to work, to unmask the vil lain, and the hardships and the various predicaments he finds himself in, to gether with the horse-racing Deacon and hia base-ball-betting wife, furnishes plenty of fun and laughter through 4 big acta. One of the principal characters of the plav will be portrayed by a clever and gifted young man, whose home town is Stayton, Dr. E. H. hobson. Dr. Hobson’s wife will also be seen in one of the best parts of the play. Do not miss this rare treat, a splen did show the best of the season. Don't forget the date. INSTITUTE AT ALBANY ALMOST TWO HUNDRED W ELL ATTENDED ENROLLED FIRST DAY tions of the mouth and pre 26c large tube The conductor on the morning train from Mill City on the C & E, spied a big lynx near Kiphart’s bluff yester day, and told Oi Baker about it. Ol jumped in hia Ford and getting Harry and G A. Downing for reinforcementa, hied to the aforeaaid bluff, where Mr. Lynx waa soon dispatched. Thia is a rare animal in thia part of the world, and i* considered quite a trophy. “JIM, THE WESTERNER” FEATURED AT THE STAR TOMORROW NIGHT Calvin Brackan, a schoolboy, tried a Round-up stunt yesterday, but the old ‘‘Jim The Westerner” , one of the family cow dumped him off and broke cleverest plays ever seen in the city of J. E. Sloper and W. F. Fitten mo a bone in hia hand which Dr. Brewer Stayton, will appear here Friday night, Septmeber 24, at the Star Theatre. It tored over te Independence Sunday in had to mend for him. will be produced by the S<-io Dramatic Mr. Fitted's Ford runabout. They Mra. W. J. Stephens and daughter Club, and will be put on with the same spent the day visiting with Mrs. J. E. Sloper who has been there for about a Maxine of Tillamook are here visiting care and detail that marked the perfor with her mother, Mrs. Carrie Beau mance of the same bill given in Scio month. She returned Tuesday. champ, and her brother C. A. and H.* not long ago. A. Beauchamp of thia city. It is a splendid comedy-drama with bright touches of a dramatic power and NOTICE- Mr. a n d Mra. Andrew Lorence, pathos. It is a sure cure for the blues. Will go out of business. All bills were married in the dome of the capi “Jim the Westerner” is not a west due have to be settled by Oct. 20, oth erwise you will be forced to pay it in tol buiiding in Salem, Monday. Mr. ern melodrama, but a society play. It Ixirence is a nephew of Joa. Fisher of deals with Jim Errol called the West collector's hands. F. Silhavy, erner, because he has lived a number of Wagon and Repair Shop. thia city and is well known here. years in the West. He is tricked and robber by a scoundrel, and the same ? 7 ? ? ? ? WHO PAYS 7 7 7 ? 7 7 1. Eligibility.— Boys and girls resid ing in Marion county, who have the past year attended a public school in the county, are invited • to compete in thia contest. 2 Four cows will constitute aclass,and there will lie one class, for judging, of each of the dairy breeds exhibited at the fair (Jersey, Holstein, Guernsey, Ayrshire or Brown Swiss.) 3. Each competitor will be given a blank card for ea< h breed and will be required to record the number or letter of the animals which, in his judgment, he would place in First, second third ami fourth places, respectively. 4. Twenty minutes will be allowed in which to study the animals in each class and record their placing. 5. All competitors must be present at the stock barns and report to the person in charge of the contest not la ter than 1:30 p .m ., September 2 5, 1915. KILLS BIG LYNX Serial N o. 10i9 One hundred-*», venty-seven pupils en rolled in the public school on Monday of this week. It is quite certain that this number will be swelled to 250 before the end of the first month. The enrollment is divided as follows: High School; Freshmen 22, Sophomores 11, Juniors 5, Seniors 3; Grades; 1st 20, 2nd 14, 3rd 16, 4th 22, 5th 15, 6th 19, 7th 22. 8th 11. In the high school, 17 are from out side districts with many more to come which will make the enrollment of that division to at least 50. Following are the high school pupils: Freshmen; Freada Allis. Lois Bracken, Will Doughty, Roy Follis. Chas. Feh- len, Henry Lulav, Rerl Mack, Melvin Nipple, Lynn Neal, Rex Porter, Carl I Ruble, Caryl Ruble, Ruth Roy, William | Ryan, I.eona Sandner, Bessie Shank, I North Smith, Margaret Schaefer, Lor-1 en Wilson, Leo Weir, Cecilia Mielke, I Bernice Carlson. Sophmores; Marion Alexander, Wilma Ware, lva Doughty, Hilda Rieger, Maude Eskew, Paul Shreve, James L. Mielke, Leo Klecker, Leona Stayton, Glenn Officer, Hugh Hurt. Juniors; Charles Burmester, Jeanne Shreve, Wanda Brown, A. D. Gardner, Guy Hurt. Seniors; Margaret Fehlen, Helen Staab, Oliver Lesley. CARD OF THANKS Wt* wish to thank the many kind friends and neighbors for the acts of sympathy and help in our recent be reavement of our husband and father, Carl G. Carlson. Mrs. Bertha Carlson and children. 7 ? ? WHO PAYS 7.7.7 Harvey Beauchamp is home from Portland to work in his brother’s, C.A. Beauchamp’s Drug Store. Prices lowered again, but the same Ford car. The record of satisfactory performance for more than 900,000 owners surely makes it the “ Uni versal Car’’—the car you want. It meets the demands of professional and business men, and brings pleasure to the whole family. Simple, strong, reliable—economical i n operation and maintenance. Runabout $290; Touring Car$440; Town Car $640, f. o. b. D etroit On sale at • P. DEIDRICH’S, Stayton, Ore. Get Your Car Now for the State Fair j Siili Fall Suitings Now In Covert Cloth, Shepherd Checks Wool Garbardine, Ottoman Cloth 36 in. All Wool Serge, 48c yd. 54 in. All Wool Serge, $1.18 yd. Outing Flannel, Fleece Goods & Cotton Blankets. We are making special prices on Outing Flannels that will pay you to look into before buying M a y o ’s 6 a s h S t o r e
