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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1916)
IB H W W ggg? W" «••i ' THE STflYTON MAIL H as the Largest Circulation of A n y Paper in the Santiam Valley— It Covers the Territory Like a Blanket. S T A Y T O N , M A R IO N C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y , 22nd Year, N o. 30. GOOD PRICES PREVAIL — ------ Some of Slayton 's Needs A re Enumer- ated W ould Bring Money T o the City Although the spring has been cold anil backward, the crops in the famous Waldo Hills, Fern Ridge, West Stay- ton, North Santiam, Linn County and Jordan distrieta are fully up to the Mtandard. Tno recent raina s|>oiled some hay hut the pastures are the flneat ever, and the wheat and oata are filling to perfection. Corn has suffered the most from the cool weather, but those who planted early and used good Oregen grown aeed will have a good crop for their silos this fall. The milk flow never was better, and all stock is growing fine, with the pros pect of plenty of pasturage until the fall raina. It ia almost the first of August, and no flies have appeared. Swat the few you see. The advent of the Loganberry busi ness has opened up a remunerative field fur the small landowner in this the best part of the west, to raise the big juicy berry. Besides a creamery and a canning factory, Stayton needs a logan juice crusher. The crop can be brought to full bearing in two or three years, and bv co-operation among the growers can be made the most profit able crop in the valley. Instead of duplicating business al ready established, why not sturt some thing that brings money into the coun try and supplies work for the people? GET A SUMMER HOME "California National Forest Fosters’ issued by the United States National Forest Service, are being distributed to all Southern Pacific »Kents to be displayed on station bulletin boards. "Spend your vacation in the moun- tain forests where you will be on your own property” is the invitation they bear to the nature lover. Thirteen forest reserves are indicated on a re lief map by arrows, and identified with their chief attractions. Trinity forest is known for a "gam e refuge,’ ’ Kla- malh for Knrok Indians, Shasta for Ml. Shasta, Modoc for Mule Deer, Lassen for its active volcano, Plumas for the river canyon, Tahoe for it’ lake region, Stanislaus for the Calveras Big Trees, Sierru for Huntington Lake, Sequoia for Mt. Whitney, Santa Bar bara for Sespe Gorge, Angeles for the Him of the World drive and Cleveland for San .1nr into peak. For a nominal charge and under very liberal conditions vacation seekers can obtain summer home sites in these res ervations on application to the district foresters. ENJOYED OUTING The gumnasium girls of the Stayton High School, hiktd to Taylor’s grove on the Little »North Fork Saturday morning returning home Moday even ing. The girls started from here at 4:40 a. m. and arrived in Mehama at 7:30 a. m., which is considered very good time for their first nttempt at hiking. In Mehamn they waited till 11:30 a. m. when their ehaperon, Miss Barbara Wunder arrived from Port land. The girls report that they had a very enjoyable time and are planning more hikes to other places. Those en joying the outing were: Misses Ruth Hoy, Caryl Ruble, Sylvia Sestak, Mar garet Schaefer, Lois Hracken, Verda ilamman and the chaperon, Mias Bar bara Wunder. GOES TO FOREST GROVE R. L. Putnam, Pastor of the Chris tian church at thia plnce, will leave for Foreat Grove August 1st, where he has been chosen to fill the pulpit at place. Mr. Putnam has been in Stayton for over a year, nnd ’»as made many frienda who will be sorry to set him and his family leave, but will be glad that he is going to a larger place where the poasihilitiea for advancement are much greater than in Staytou. He will preach his farewell sermon Sunday morningi Serial N o. 1063 •IT W O N T T A K E L O N G T O LIC K HIM . BUT T H E N I’ L L H A V E T O N U R S E HIM BACK TO H E A L T H ." HERSCHEL SHREVE WRITES LETTER To My Friends in Marion Co. Well, 1 landed safe in Minnesota, and was greatly surprised at thechangis whirl) had taken place in the past 23 years. I did not even know my old home. The buildings were all new and the timber was all cut down. I have been very busy taking care of my brother Rudolph, who has been in the hospital, and putting up alfalfa. If Alfalfa would only grow in the Waldo Hills, it would be the richest country on earth. 1 have been in St. Paul, Minneapo lis slid Augusta, and at the latter place my old frienda all knew me and told me 1 looked exactly the same as when : I left. 1 tell you there is no fun about a Minnesota thunder storm. It is fear-i ful after having not been in one tor so 1 long. All the houses here are well pro- [ tec tod with lightning rods. It is very warm here this summer, up to nearly a hundred night and day, The mosquito* i are very had and torment a person f nearly to death. They have had had ; plenty of rain here and the corn and sugar beets are weedy. I think Portland is a much prettier city than St. Paul or Minneapolis, hut for making money I think they are ahead here, as everyone, men, women and children are working in the fields. Waconia, where I am staying is about —Cartsr in New York Evening Sun. the size of Stayton, and they had a big 4th of July Celebration here, and the people came from St. Paul and Minne apolis to celebrate. This ia not a dry country like Oregon and they have a fine quality o f beer. If Minnesota only had Oregon’s climr.te 1 think I never The present weather is conductive to The ptetty bungalow home of Mrs. J. would return. My address is a good hop crop say old hop men, P. Wilbur was the scene of a charming Stephen Weber, among whom are Henry Thomas, of Japanese party Friday afternoon, July Waconia, Minn. near Silver Creek Falls, and J. T . 21. The honor guests being Mrs. J. T. i Kearns who has a nice field out in the Caldwell and Mrs. Jos. Hamman. The Waldo Hills. Other growers north of decorations were carnations, and little Stayton, including T. J. Hill, C. J. 1 Miss Sara Caldwell acted as Japanese IS O N T H F M A P Hunt> M M- Gilmour also say that waitress for the delicious luncheon, KJ V I ! A Ills R U U there ig |jtt,e ,ice or mi|deWi an() ¡f the which was served on the broad east • ■ “ present weather continues the crop veranda. It may not be good manners to boost will be a record in quality. Just what In the guessing contest, Mrs. Jos. one’s own business, but the following; the price will be no one can tell. Hamman won the first prize, and Edna letter from E. E. Brodie. president o f l ------------------------------ Caldwell the booby prize. the Oregon Editorial Association, and rrTC uism Dl nu/N nrc Those present were: Mrs. kl. Schuff editor of the Oregon City Daily Enter- HAI'IU BLUW!'1 UPP and daughter Selma. Marguerite Ryan, prise, will explain itself, and show a t ! Hariy Nichols of West Staytan had »Mrs. Jos. Hamman and daughters Ver least one reason why the M ail is the j the misfortune to get a hand blown to da and Glady’s, »Mrs. J. T. Caldwell most popular and best gotten up puper pieces ny the premature explosion o f a and daughters Sara and Edna, Mrs. E. that has ever been printed in Stayton. gopher gun Friday. Dr. Beauchamp Small and daughter Martha, Mrs. Jno. OREGON STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION treated the wound and says that »Mr. .Vlielke, Mrs. Minta K. Titus, Mrs. H. Nichols will have two fingers left but E. Wirth and the hostess, Mrs. J. P. O regon City. O regon that the whole hand and wrist was Wilbur. July 19, 1916 terribly mangled. Mr. E. M. Olmsted, The Mail, Dr. J. D. Turner, formerly of Stayton, Oregon. 4 5 5 ^ Lowe & Turner, eye speeial- My. Dear Mr. Olmsted: You conduct one of the few really j ists o f Portland, will be in Stayton clean newspaper and printing offices in i again Monday Aug. 7, at Stayton Ho- Thursday 8 p. m. Prayer service and Bible Study of Book of Romans. the State of Oregon, and I have there- tel Parl<,rs- Dr- Turner devotes his en tire time, energy and effort exclusively Everybody who desires to do so can fore selected you to talk at the Med enter this Bible Study. ford convention on this subject, “ Whv to the eye. He is a graduate of the are so many newspaper offices so mussy Northern Illinois College of Opthamol Friday Afternoon. Ladies Aid Society and dusty?" This is one of the topics | ogy and Othology, of Chicago, Illinois, Friday Evening. C. E. Business Meet ing and social hour at resident of Mr. that has been suggested to us for dis and has had more than 18 years of hard and Mrs. Ed Young. cussion and I hope you will let me have practical experience, and knows his your acceptance of the invitation to business thoroughly in all its branches. Lord’s Dav 10 a. m. Bible S:hool. Dr. Turner gives Sermon 11 a. m. This will be a fare talk or read a paper on it by return This is no side line. your eyes a most thorough searching well discourse. mail. There are scores of publishers who and scientific examination with the Junior Endeavor 4 p. m. need education along this line and aside latest improved electrical instruments, Christian Endeavor 7 p. m. from yourself and Mr. Baxter of Cres- and when he prescribes glasses it is Preaching service 8 p. in. well, there is no one that I know of with positive and absolute assurance Everybody welcome to any of these that they are the best and only kind services. R. L. Putnam, Pastor. that can properly handle the subject. suited to your eyes. If you do not We have more than 80 reservations for the convention and expect to have need glasses he will tell you so frankly No charge for consultation or examina a good attendance. tion. Satisfaction guaranteed. Con at Beauchamp’s Drug Store. Very cordially yours, sult him. 2t E. E. Brodie. Salina Cruz, Mexico, July 4th, 1916 U. S. S. Colorado Dear Mother and Friends: 1 am almost ashamed to write, I haven’ t written in so long a time. I don’ t know when you’ ll get this as we haven’ t sent or received any mail for over a month now. About the time we got our sailing orders from Bremer ton, a new captain and a draft o f elec tricians from another ship—The new captain decided he had too many elec tricians so he put me back on deck again. 1 was on deck a couple o f days and then was put compartment clean ing. I stayed about three weeks. I was then detailed as captain of the fresh water hold—having charge of all the fresh water on the ship and also detailed as captain of the forward hold—having charge of all boat gear, etc., stowed away. J am still on this job. The captain of the forward hold draws $5 a month extra and is supposed to be the leading seaman on board ship. My pay is now $31 a month. I am practically my own boss, have lit tle or no work to do and enjoy priv ileges allowed no one else. I like it very much better than the electrical gang. We had target practice about the middle of June’ off the coast near San Diego. I was a gun pointer (the one that fires the gun.) I stood upon my little platform and knocked out four shots on a six inch gun. Out of T4 six inch guns firing, only two beat me, they beating me on time. This will give me first class gun pointer and carries with it $8 a month extra. As soon as the scores come ba..k from Washington approved of, we gun-point ers get back pay to the date of target practice and draw our $8 a month ex tra for two years. My pay now is $39 a month, only I’ m not getting eight of it just yot. Its just being held up temporarily so to speak—in trust. The Colorado is now a flag ship of the Reserve fleet. We have Admiral Fullam who previously was in charge of the Naval Academy. We have 25 pieces in the band. When we sailed from San Diego we proceeded to Man zanillo Mex., a place I ’d never seen. There’s a railroad running from there direct to Mexico City. The Mexican boats land troops there for further transportation to Mexico City. We received word war was about to be declared. Every man aboard had to take a suit of whites and dye them khaki, (the dye being furnished by the medical department.) We were drilled and drilled on how to take care o f a gun properly, how to shoot, use ma chine guns, field guns, pitch camp etc. I was fifth Petty officer of the landing force so you see I still have the con fidence of my divisional officer. The Admiral had maps c f every machine gun, tree and fence ir. and around Man zanillo. We sure did hate to leave there and see all those prospective good times going to waste. Before we came south we went to San Pedro, took cars to Los Angeles and took part in a gigantic preparedness parade. Los Angeles reminds me lots of Portland. Hamburger’ s department store is al most the twin o f O. W’ . & King. I was in San Pedro one day and saw a Fine Arts moving picture company working. 1 saw Lillian Gisch for the first time. She’s more like a little doll than a human being. They take good care of her. From Manzanillo we went south to Acapulco and lrom there on south to Salina Cruz where we are now—the most southern part in »Mexico. This is the prettiest and seems to be the most prosperous town of any I have seen in Mexico. In Acapulco I bought a few pieces of earthenware-very pretty. As soon as I go north I’ ll ship them to you. Day before yesterday I was called aft to take the examination for 3rd class electrician. I don’ t know how I made out yet. All my love to you dearest mother from . Herschel Shreve. WEBER WRITES THIS VICINITY HAS STEPHEN FROM MINNESOTA A BIG CROP IN PROSPECT Waldo Hills, Lino County and Santiam Valley Will Bring Big Returns JU L Y 27, 1916. HAS JAPANESE PARTY HOPS PROMISE A GOOD YIELD AT BUNGALOW HOME THE STAYTON MAIL CHURCH OF CHRIST Squirrel P oison all kinds OTHER PEOPLES’ MONEY The Star Theatre which is showing the same high class film attractions that are seen in the best theatres in Portland, will show the much talked of Mutual Masterpicture —“ Other Peoples’ Money,” a Gripping Drama of Society Crooks, with Glady’s Hulette in the leading role, Saturday night. Sunday night there will be shown another part of the $10,(XX) picture, “ The Diamond From The Sky.’ ’ WELL ENTERTAINED A jolly crowd motored to Mt. Pleas ant Sunday, to spend the day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fiedler. Dinner and afternoon luncheon of lem onade and cake were served under the oak trees on the lawn. Music, singing, and games made the time pass only too quickly until 5:30 p. m., when the guests departed for home. Those pres ent were: Mr. Lambrecht and daugh ter Lizzie, Miss Rosa Rock, Geo. Smith and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zuher, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Gehlen, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Etzel, Mr. and Mrs. M. Fuchs, Antone Schindler and the host and hostess Peter Fiedler and wife. Ú i f MIDSUMMER - ÿ D A N C E At Beauchamp’s Hall, Stayton, Oregon SATURDAY, JULY 23, ’16 Music-Talmage 3-piece Orchestra of Salem Ladies’ Choice—for Prize Waltz The best of order will b j maintained. You are invited to come and bring your friends. DANCE TICK ETS 75c— LADIES FREE DANC E STA R TS AT 9 P M. Siiarp SGS l WARFOHD, MGRS. Sunday morning at the »Methodist Episcopal church the pastor will preach ! on "The Value of The Church to The Community" and in the evening he will give a sketch o f the recent Chau tauqua held in Salem which address will be followed by a talk on the recent Fpworth League Institute held in that c tv, by Mrs. Lockhart. The public is c lrdially invited to all services. E. B. Lockhart, pastor NOTICE The Boy Scouts of Troop No. 1 of T tnyton are riquested to be present at r. special rail meeting Saturday night &t 7:30 p. m. R. L. Putnam, Scoutmaster. WHAT AILS OUR WILLAMETTE VALLEY II, Son of the Railroad Builder Scores Western Oregon ARE WE TOO SLOW ? T o o High Priced Land I* A t Lea*t O re O f The Cause«, So He Says Louis Hill, successor to James J. Hill the railroad builder scores Oregon and more particularly the Willamette Val ley in his recent talk in Portland. He claims that the reason why prosperity in box-car letters has not struck this part o f Uncle Sam’s domain is princi pally because we have not invited it. In other words we are too slow to to even catch cold. One wonders if it is strictly true; if it is, what has be come of the old pioneer spirit that in duced men almost a century ago to cross the plains and mountains to find a harbor in this, the most beautiful valley in the whole United States? Are we slothful? Do we not grab on to Opportunity's coat tail as it rushes by? If we do not, it is high time that we did. Where else can it be said: "W e have water power unlimited, we have forrests almost inexhaustible, we have mines, we have a fertile soil that will grow almost anything that the temper ate climate cun produce -cattle, sheep, hogs, chickens, grains, grasses, fruits of every description io profusion, and add to that, barely any pests and a climate that rivals Italy, with scenery that defies descriptiou, what is it that we lack? We need thonsands o f young men, with the determination to own a piece of land for themselves and a chance to buy that land on reasonable term«. The cities, towns and villages are ful! to overflowing, but between Stayton and Salem there are thousands of acres of land that are not producing enough to pay the taxes, and that iar.d is held at a high price. The same is true all over the valley. No wonder there is a cry of high taxes. Sell some of that land at a reasonable figure end let the other fellow pay the taxes. Oregon has just as muen brain3 as any other state. Get that orrin at work and make every acre produce something. After all on this depew s true prosperity. PENDLETON ROUND-UP SEPT. 21, 22 AND 23 Pendleton, Oregon, July 16 With conditions practically insuring an attendance in excess of the great crowds of 1912 and 1913 when 75,000 people witnessed the exhibition tho Board of Directors has dated the Seventh Annual Round-Up for Sep tember 21, 22 and 28, and mare pre paration for increased seating capacity in the bleachers and the greatest ex hibition ever staged. The railroads have increased the territory included in the Round-Up special rates ¡ 0 that this year they will extend as far east as Salt Lake on the Union Pacific: Mis soula, Mont., on the Northern Pacific and south to San Franscisco and north to British Columbia. The fact that the Round-Up is the Diggest and practically the only attrac tion of national interest on the Pacific Coast this fall has caused the eastern and transcontinental lines to advertise it extensively and to use it as a basis for western tourist business. This will bring many additional thousands to the annual frontier show. The show itself will be superior to anything heretofore staged. »More and better bucking horses than ever will be up before the riders, the relay races will have not less thin te o s tr in ts o f foui horses each and there wni be more competitors from all over the west in the stter roping and bulldog- ging. More than a thousard applications for ticket reservations have been re ceived which is the biggest number ever received at this season for any one of the former Round-Ups. Many noted people of national fame contem plate being present, of which Secrctrry of Treasury McAdoo has already rs- sured the Round-Up that he will he present.