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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1916)
L\*ii :s r<>:v It. P l e a s a n t Y a i ’ev ThU Is a copy of the will of Kilwinl Spangler, who died leaving u daughter who was engaged to Thomas Ormaby, i young man of whom the testator ap- proved. Mr. Spangler was considered a very singular personage, and his will bears out the opinion. “ Believing thni between husband and wife the one showing the greater thought, resource, Ingenuity ■ indeed, those faculties which go to make up smartness—should rule, I liequeath iu\ fortune either to tuy beloved da ugh ter, Iniogene Spangler, or to the man she shall marry, the Inheritance to be decided In the following manner: "My property, consisting of twenty bonds of $3,000 eaclf. Is buried iti the state of Florida. They will lie found either on tly? right Iwiuk o f the St Johns river, at Its Junction with the ocean, or at Glencove Springs, twen ty miles northeast of St. Augustine The finder o f the bonds—either mv daughter, imogene Spangler, or hoi husband—shall be their possessor." "Surely, Tom." said Imogene after reading the will, “ father must have been delirious when he signed his will You’d letter go to Florida anil visit the two places named in the w ill Quite likely you’ll find a pointer in the one wherc-tbe bonds are buried,” "I think you had better go with me We can make It a bridal trip." "Very good. Name the day." Imogene and Tom were duly mar ried and preparations made for the wedding Journey. The evening before their start Imogene went Into her late father's library, where the old gentle man had kept many atlases—for he was much Interested In geography— with a view to locating the points where they were to hunt for the bonds Mr. Spangler had set great store by a revolving plaster globe four feet In diameter. Imogene found St. Augus tine on this globe, but not Glcaeo\ Springs, so she got down an atlas con taining a sufficiently detailed map and located the points exactly. The couple loft the next morning for the Flowery State, passing gradually from winter into summer. When they reached St Augustine Tom propose 1 that they put up at a third rate hotel or a cheap boarding bouse. He did not approve o f spending money freely until they had found the money to spend. But Imogene said that, being on her wedding Journey, she proposed to live like a bride. Tom was overruled, an 1 they went to the most expensive hotel. After a few days' rest from their Journey Tom proposed that they should proceed to look up their fortune. Imo gene seemed to be in no hurry. 'T m comfortable here." she said. “ Suppose you go to both points.” "But In case I find the bonds I shall be the owner of them." "Suppose you are? That won't make any difference to me. I think the hus band should have the money anyway Fa pa was like most men: he thought that pow er la the family Is lo iged in the one possessing the funds He should have known that women don't work that way. Their power lies be yond dollars and cents. You go ahead and find the bonds." Tom was puzzled. For him to go off to hunt for a fortune on sinh meager Information as he possessed seemed ridiculous. He showed a disposition to give up the matter. "Oh, go on!" said his wife. “ You'll get mighty tired sitting around with me long before the honeymoon Is over. Quite likely you’ll find a clew. Father wasn’t such a fool ns to hide a fortune where no one could find it.” She kissed him and patted him on the back and sent him away. He went first to the Springs, where he spent a day looking for a sign. Finding none, he proceeded to Jacksonville a :d thence to the const. But never a sign did he see. As for digging anywhere without a sign, he was not so stupid a< that So after three or four days nli -nee he returned to St.. Augustine. He expected to find his wife disap- P inted at his failure, but she u:*-t him wiMi a smile. "You don't seem to be much de pressed at the loss of s fortune." he remarked. "Isn't it a wife's duty to cheer her husband In times of adversityV” she replied. "I hope you’ll be able to keep It up when the bills begin to come In.” ’ Brush your hair and get that dlsnp pointed look off your face. Things :ir- not so had ns they appear. I have something to tell you. The night hr fore we left for this place I went In’ " father's library to look upon his globes and maps where these places you have been are. Something In the words Glencove Springs sounded suggestive ‘Springs, springs,’ 1 kept saying. Why I did it I don’t know, but 1 pressed my thumb on the globe at the point where Glencove Is and broke through the surface. Taking a knife, J began to dig and found the bonds Here they are." Going to her trunk, she unlocked It and took out twenty C |>er cent gilt edge bonds. Tom kissed her enthusiastically Then suddenly the smile left bis face, and he said: “ This makes you governor of the household.” “ Not at all. I expect to defer to you In everything," was the comfort ing reply. But she never assigned the bonds to him, and he learned in time that her father was not so crackbrained us was supposed. Mr. and Mrs. Myron E. Pogue and Willie Kaiser of Salem mo-i Mrs. Wliimior and littlo son tored to the M. K. Ryan home! Chester tiro visiting with her Sunday. S'>tor Mrs. I V. Kano. !•’. X Hottinger a> d daughter Prof. K mh I. ; M U'll y for u motored to Albany Monday. v\ O W Oi k 's V isit III • 1 O tv James Thompson and wife of iron. Albany motored to the Ed Smith] H I- SoLraokenherg diod u home Sunday evening. t-'.o open ui.' Sanitarium near P o r tla n d MoildilV, May 15th. Miss Mamie Zimmerman i s Ho was Lulled hoto Wednesday visiting at the H. Sot z home this week. Mrs. G. F. Johnston assisted Mrs. Linn Lambert returned h \ iVisiamos Simons, Wood home Friday evening after an worth ai d Tl i m on ontortaiiud extended trip to Washington. ti - K ! K: ro c!ul> last Wed nos day, the guest i f honor being ti. il. Kay made his annual Mrs. L. ii. Simons of Salem. trip to Albany Monduv. Mrs. Wm. Kd!er h id tho niis- Frank Hahberman and wife fortu’ e t o fall an 1 hurt her motored to Salem Sunday eve. h'li.-i severely. Or. Beauchamp Miss Grace Shank called on was calo.l and her hand will Mrs. H. K. Shank Monday. soon bo as jrood before. Mrs. A. B Kay and daughter Miss Ella Jihnstoa reports a o f Winlock, Wash, are visiting very enjoyable time at Grants at the Linn Lambert home this Pass, whore she went as a dele- week. of the Lyons Grange, Mr Itip \;:u Winkle Stone went to sleep in the piovince o f Marne, France. ».'ter a tramp, in the middle o f July, 1S!I3. and slept the twenty years hi* gival gnat _ie.it .lamlfatln-r had slel*t In the t’atski I uountalus. in America. Like Ills progenitor, lie was on a height and could look down on a broad ex- tyinsc of country It was the same seas, a a i that Iti which he had corn- a -I, e l In slumlier. so lie didn't realize that he had slept a couple o f decades. "What a peaceful scene!" he re marked "It makes me feel like taking another nap." Heating a buzzing sound above, he looked up. "My good gracious!" he exclaimed. "la v e whales from the sea got into the air?" A ZepiH-iln was sw (turning along laz- tly. Mr Stone watched It till It passed o:.t of sight, wonderiug what It could Pc. Beneath him. runuiug from north east to southeast, was an ill defined zigzag line. He didn't remember hav ing seen it when he went to sleep. While he was wondering how It cniue there he saw a flock of birds rising from the other side o f a hill aud come toward 1dm. As they approached they grew larger and larger, and when they lass-.d over his head he saw men on them. "Great Scott!" he exclaimed. "W hat's the matter with me? First, the world seems turued upside down and whales swim w r - the birds should l>e. Next, men ride l.y on the backs o f birds.” A party of men In uniform rode up in an auto to a point near where he n s gaping, and one o f them brought bin eulnrs to bear on the country bo- !*>v.\ They were a German general and his staff Stone spoke French pretty well and hailed them. "Hello, you fellows! What are you doing cavorting in uniform In these peaceful times?" The men looked at him curiously, i nd one o f them asked him In German who !.o was and what he was doing there He sa d he was an American on a tramp; then, rising, he was be- ginning to descend the declivity when . .. ta t < no o f the ofti ers asked him where he " S h e lb u rn " is going "I hope you'll succeed in doing so." uas the reply "W e've been trying to rot there for a year and haven't ac- comp'ished the feat yet." Tho American started down the de- , cllvltr “ See here, my man. do you want to walk straight to your death?" How can I walk to my death going down Into that quiet country?" “ What's the matter with you? Don’t yon see that zigzag Hue down there?" •’Ye-«, and I enn't make out what It mean* ” “ It means 2.000.000 or 3.000.000 o f men. armed with all the Implements of modern warfare." “ What are they doing there?" "They're at war." “ Yc-; don't mean to tell me that there's war going on down In those peaceful meadows nnd slopes?" At that r ment came the roar o f a h nd d pin i from a -egment o f the line not a mile long. "W hat's that?" asked Stont "Cannon, you fool " Stone didn't hear A light breeze was setting westward. A brown elotwl arose and drifted with It. “ What's that?" “ Asphyxiating gas " “ What’s it for?" "There are millions o f French sol dier* down there That ca« is Intended to po' in them so they can't fight. Wait a minute and ou'll see a charge.” By this time there was so much noise (hat i: was useless to ask any more que-i! ins, nnd i!ie Yankee simply gap ed Ho heard the charge and saw some of it. but the foes were so near togc'knr that It seemed to him like a glga itk- football : a me wherein tho two teams were deadlocked, nnd when ever the; moved they left heaps of men lying still Gradually the din died down, and the Yankee found It possible to make himself heard again "See here!" he said "Did those sol diers get vomited otlt of the bowels of the earth?" "They came out o f the trenches." "Trenches! What are they?" “ Don’t you know anything about war?" “ Yes. my father was in the great tnir between the states in Amerien. I've hoard a lot about war from him But that was a war of men. not of rabbits. He was in the battle of Get tysburg. the biggest of the war There were a couple of hundred thousand Inen engaged. The line must have t>-en several miles long." "Oh. give us a rest about your Amer lean battles! There nr»- three or four millions o f men in that line and It Is 200 miles long.” "W hew!” A flock of aeroplanes was seen In the distance. The general and his •‘ n ft manifested sortie trepidation and ■’»scended the 1*11 rearward to seek rover. "I'm going home to America, where everything Is as peaceful as a eetne ler.v.” said Stone to himself. But when he Imd reached Paris by i roundabout way and bought a news Piiner the first thing that arrested his attention was a scare head: THK WHOLE YANKEE NATION DIS- CU831NG PItKI’A HEDNKH8 FOR WAIt. Item s The Misses Effie, Zona and Cora Kay culled on Mrs. L. H. Townes Tuesday. Miss Anna Miles called at the Mrs. H. Shank home Monday The farmers are making good evening. use of the fine weather to finish Mrs. 1). C. Ray called at P. H. their garden planting. Lambert’s Friday. The Trullinger brother have Frank Laux spent the week-1 tVCftitlv purchased A f ord end at the H. Senz home. Several around Shelburn are Mrs. Ethel Shank was enter going into the chicken business tained at the H. Senz home Mon- j this spring, among whom are day. Marion Tindall and M. E. Gooch. A week ago last Tuesday 9<X> (¡race Shank and K. F. Lam chicks arrived at 'shelburn from bert called at the Charley Bates , ___ . , tho Tancred farm . 200 for A. home Sunday evening. Shank anti 700 for Will HirOllS. The Mt. Pleasant school will Here’s hoping they are success- give their closing program Sat , • ., • . iu* in their venture. urday evening, May 20 at 8:00 The Shelburn school will close p. in. After the program there All arc in *nday, and on Saturday eve. will be a pie social. vited to come. May 19th, an interesting pro g r a m w ill b e g iv e n at the Chil- cote Hall. Everybody come. J J Union Hill 1 J. W. Miller has been teach- ing at the Scio school the last Jacob Spaniol, wife and daugh two weeks, where we understand ter o f Stay ton and Mr. and Mrs. he wiil teach next year. Jones of Victor Point visited a t1 the Adolph Heater home Sun-! LEWTAS ON TORPEDOED SHIP day. 1 ne t■vangeli a John I.ewt as v\ho is 1 hcbd.ng rre Ui:. gs a t t h e Metr: odist cnurch rt*tuimet • ntry from his \isits (» n t h e firing 1lines «une months ago on the ill f a tei1 C> mbric which sK amer W;iS torpedo..-'!1 laßt week and h ■Sîiltc■s that he know»t the ves- svl fro- r: e . ; to end ar-.d also mar •y of the ere W, ? experience* as a trav- With his 1 olt-r he illu c-s h: i dizcoiirsts -.vith ir. teres!lintf fac.t fcut.d when he v- t<-d J r a!err. 1 hv. h »• clini! eri O sail'.-! (,n th<• R« T s-v. «mi stood on the ha 1 o f the banks o f trie Jordan. That t ¡c- v sit o f th-s man to Slav ton is ap preciate i is m e by ih • large audience* greeting him at th>- church each even ing. 'I he sir-gin ■ o f Lewtas is en joyed r.irr.o t a- m ■ ii >■:< bis sermons, be being a tenor solvent o f fi .« grade. Meetings arc in id each afternoon and ev< : mg o f tois v.i e\. I he ings close on Sunday when there w ill b e three services including a man’s meeting in the afternoon. On Monday arid Tues ia; evenings i I, the Opera House, Mr. Lewtas will lecture o n “ What I saw i n Syria a n d Other Lands” and y War Experiences on The (■ ¡ring Line” respectively, the ad mission for these lee t o n s belt g 35 aid 15 cents eac h lecture. NOTICE FOR SEALED BiDS Take a Look At O u r L in e of Sport Shirts And Sport Shirt lies. Most Popular Styles for This Season “The Fix Up” C lea cing and P ressing i r Oddfellow Bldg. S P E C IA L R A T E S From STAYTON To Principal Pastern Cities , via CALIFORNIA 0 ; :t!»‘ daily: lime 1st to Pept. !’.0:lt, 191(5 Stopovers allowed Return limit: "Tn 90 days from date of sale not to exceed Oct. JO. 191(5 /irt ri^ht is to eml riyhl TH E SH A STA R O U TE is the riyht M7iv to start Attractions en route SEE Mt. Shasta — Shasta Springs Mt. Lassen San Francisco I ais Angeles Yosemite Valiev Southern California Beaches Panama California Ex. LIM ITED TR A IN S on all Southern Pacific routes OGDEN ROUTE ‘The Route o f Limited.*' SUNSET ROUTE ‘Through Storyland' EL I’ASO ROUTE —‘The tout« o f lowest altitude’ Call on local agent for further infomation or write Jo h n M . Scott, G eneral Paieenger Agent, T O r t l a r d O re . S O U T H E R N P A C IFIC LINES Nick Geymov and family of! near Kingston spnnt Sunday at! the Will Sto\e!y home, they mo tored to Siiver Creek Falls in the afternoon.* Bud Fisher jumped the old-time rut when he invented Jeff and Mutt. For years, with that amusing pair, he’s chased away the people’s care, and made them laugh and throw their hats, and cackle till they broke their slats. The tired, the sad, the weak, the worn, have Mr. and Mrs. John .Smith an<K laughed with Bud, and ceased to son Curtis, Hershal Scott and mourn; the lame, the halt, the blind, wife and D. Olie of Silvertonl the deaf, have whooped with glee Were guests at the G. I). Scott o ’er Mutt and Jeff. W here does he home Sunday. find the joyous jests which break the Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mollet, and buttons from our vests? Y o u ’d Bertha at.'I Ralph Mollet motor-1 think the fount would have to fail, ed to Corvallis Friday evening] but never once has he been stale. and returned home Sunday. B U D F IS H E R W hen he sits down to hatch a plot in which his heroes will be caught, Chas. Peters a n d daughters "T u x tJ t hat tnaJt a Emma and Mildred were Stay ton 1 pip* my faeorllt form o f he lights his pipe, and soon a joke imulfing. ItI coolnett t n j visitors Wednesday. emerges from Tuxedo smoke. He miIJnoto moko ptpt-mmk- swears by " T u x ” and so will you, Ing a real pUatutt. ’ * Edith a n d Clifford Hurt of when you have tried a jar or two. Sublimity spent Saturday night j at the W. I). Hurt home. » Mrs. J. Teflft accompanied her( daughter Katie to Salem Satur-j day where she took part in the spelling cot.test. Katie is a good speller and we hope she gets the prize. f a n M I C<rtM lill,lw «l Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mollet were Stayton visitors Tyursday. C. W. (Jeer spent Sunday at the Guy Geer home. Kingston Kinks Sublimity Sunday and in t h e afternoon a 1 I went t o Silver ( 're e k Falls. The ur.d rsigned (’resident o f the P. A. Monroe and wife left for S tiyto (.'«-operative witch board As- ! Crook county Sunday, where s ’ n will accept .sealed hubs up to 0 p.in , 1 G. F. Harold and son Loyde Saturday, Jen fir-l, 1910 for opcr ii.ngl they expect to mrke their future Miss Bertha Schaefer was :t motored to Salem Sunday return the switchboard in Stay tor, Or* g.„ r<.r \ home. Sunday visitor a t t h e Liston ing Tuesday. one year beginning August 1, 1910. Darby home. Home :;rd office furnished fn-< by Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Schaefer the Association. Curtis Cole went to Salem Fri Rapid Speaking. Itnpbl speaker* pronounce from 7,009 and son Lloyd visited at the Joe Office ! ours are t.. be 7 a. tn. to 9 ' day, returning Sunday afternoon m. from October 1 to May 1 and 0 a m. to 7,500 words nil hour, or about two Etzel home at Fern Ridge Sun accompanied by his wife and son words a second to 9;30 p. m. May 1 to October 1. day. Intuited. who had been visiting friends 16',r o f long distance calls go to opi r Duels hove been fought over the ator, but operator must collect rod Ir most remotely fancied Insults. M. Ko- and relatives there for several Mrs. Lee Kerber and daughter responsible. days. were Stayton visitors Tuesday. mleii, who serins to have been an edl Right reserved to reject any or r-.ll tor In Paris, got a letter from n young Charley Croisant of Lyons vis Carl Follis is hauling lumber bids. Bids to be left at Slayton State lawyer whleh ran: "Sir, I send you with Bank in care o f Henry Smith. this note a b allad, will' ll I beg you will ited with Mr and Mrs. O. M from Geisler & Lulay’s saw mill Henry Smith, l'ri-s. 6 - 1 . \ rend with great attention. If you think Baker Sunday. for a now stock barn. you cnii add n few words to It and they suit me I consent to accept you ns « Titus Archer and family visit Until Smith visited home folks J. f . Seigmund and W. Ai Join* of Salem stopped in Slayton a few hours eollnlsinitenr." ed at the McKenzie home Sun- in Lebanon Saturday and Sun- The manuscript was returned with a Mon .i.y night on their way lu.tr e from day. note thus: "Sir, I have read your ballad day afternoon. Fern Kirige and Mill City, where they with the greatest attention. I leave to Nick Geymer and family visit- J. C. Leffler was a business had feen in ti e interests of Mr. Jones you the choice o f the weapons." i nomination, 1 ed at the Will Stevely home near j visitor in Stayton Tuesday.