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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1916)
THE STAYT0N MAIL H as the Largest Circulation of A ny Paper in th: Sar.tia’n Valley— It Covers the Territory Like a Blanket. ■ THIS IS NOW THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Wliy Hark Back To H e “ Good Old Days" Wkea Today li Mock Better - — I ' GET OUT FROM UNDER A n n . mobila*, Flying Mashinr*, Good School* and Good Rood* Go Hand in Hand — — ■■* » ■ ■'■■■ ■ ■■ ■■ ■ ■ f ..... . ... ' ' '■ ■' 1 — ' ■ " .......... 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 , A U G U S T 3J, 1916. 22nd Year, N o. 35. , ■■■ , Onro in a while a strange anomaly ariaea for whirh there la no poaaible anawer, at leaat not with good rom* mon *(-net*. W<- allude to the attitu<le t tkrn hy aome (teople in regard to the actuals of, not particularly Slayton, but the entire country, Kvory once in a while one heart the expression, “ well all I learned, I got in alKiut 3 month* a year In the little old red aehool house." That is well and one must thank one's stars that there WAS a little red aehool house twenty, thirty, or fifty years ago. Likewise in those same days there were horses, oxen, buggies, rarta wag ons, etc., as means of locomotion. Today we have autos, flying machines express traina, and even the person who got his education in the “ little red school house," owns a car and never in the world would consider advising his son to travel by ox-tcam. Wake up to the possibilities of the twentieth century. Don't think that education haa lagged behind mechanic* or other sciences. The people DE MAND the best and they will get It. One man may throw a few loose bolts in the wheel* of progress, but it will only retard, not stop. Slayton's High School Is here to stay, and will be fot lowed soon by a department of manual training ami domestic science. BIG CIRCUS DAY DRAWS NEAR The day of ali days in the calender of the small boy has almost arrived and the youngsters of this vicinity are anx iously counting the hours until circus day, It looks now as though a large percentage of the local population, both young and old, will be present at one of the performances when the Bar- num & Hailey Greates Show on Earth exhibits in Salem on Sept. 9th. Not in several years haa so much local interest been evidenced in n cir cus event as has been displayed this season in the coming exhibition of the Harnum A Hailey Circus. It is promis ed that the show will display more and novel features than ever before, in cluding 100 new acts from Europe. The principal feature is the new Ori ental, spectacular pageant, “ Persia, or the Pageants of The Thousand and One N ights." This gpeat display, whirh is portrayed by 1,360 persons, and hundreds of horses, elephants and camels, ilepicits in pageantry the fa mous tales of the Arabian Nights. In New York City where this pageant was produced for the Aral time this spring, it was announced the most gor geous and stupendous Oriental display ever presented in America. Among the foreign circus novelties to be seen for the first time this sea son are four troupes of wonderful Chinese performers direct from Pekin, the great Hanneford family of riders Signor Hagonhi, famous dwarf eques trian from Italy; James Teddy, cham pion junqicr of the world; Pallcnlierg’s two troupes of trained bears, and n host of of other novel acts too numei- oi's to mention individually. The Harnum & Haily circus is travel ing this season on five trains, made up of 89 cars. More than 1,40« persons are carried in the various departments of this great show, which is also in cluded an enlarged menagerie of 108 cages and 41 elephants. A brilliant, new, three mile street parade will be given on the streets d iring the morning hours prccceding the first performance. WANTS OLD LAW REPEALED WINSTON-SALEM ON MAP Editor Mail: There are not many measures on the ballot to be voted on at the coming Novemlwr election and every voter ahould consider it a patrio tic duty to give each and every one of them fair consideration ao thc-y may vote intelligently on them. I wiah to call attention to menauie No. 312 and 313. Thia measure, If car ried will repeal the old Sunday closing law of 1869. Since that old law was passed many changes have taken place, snd the new conditions do not Hi to the old law. It is not wise to retain a maaa of obsolete law* on the statute books, and this old law that ha* been a dead "dead letter'’ for nearly half a rentury, wus invoked in a few places in this state (notably in Portland) and this led to placing of the repeal measure on the ballot. Ws do not need this law. It does not suit our present conditions. It seek* to establish Sunday at the Sab bath, and the Constitution of the United State* forbids any rebgiots legislation. No one is morally or physically in jured by the present Sunday arrange ment, and a big majority are satisfied and many benefltted. If this old law repealed it will be enforced and will disturb or destroy the present arrange ments. Not only the friends of the old law, but also its enemies, have an nounced their intention to see that it ia enforced if not repealed. It stands to reason that the wise thing to do is to repeal this old law and let things go on as they are, or enact new laws suited to the present times. So t>e sure to vote No. 312 X YES at the November election. W. H. ADDIS Until recently SL Louis led all cities as a tobacco manufacturing centre. The forward thrust of Winston-Salem is therefore seen to be in the nature of phencminal. For the year 1914 the United States census showed that the cities of St. Louis and Winston-Salem —the t w o leading tobacco manufacturing cen ters of the world- had from their com bined tobacco manufacturers an out put valued, respectively, at $32,207,893 and $32,273,966. From these figures it will be seen that Winston-Salem led •St. Lewis by $66,073 in 1914. When they became available the figures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, will show Winston-Salem’s lead to be nothing of amazing. The government erected a $250,000 postoffice building there and the re ceipts in one week paid for it. The largest and most important industry is the gigantic plant of the R. J. Rey nolds Tobacco Co., Mr. Reynolds start ing with $754<0 cash capital in 1875 and now the company has an authorized capital of $20,000,000. A BIT OF CHARITY TO MARION COUNTY Under a beading A Hit of Charity ” Aurora Observer prints free of charge to the county a notice of the meeting of the Hoard of Equalisation .on Mon day, September 11th, 1916, at 10 a. m. to publicly examine the assessment rolls and correct errors in valuation, etc. The county is getting pretty tight when it cannot spend s half dozen dol lars for the publication of what are in reality, legal notices. Up to June 1916, the notice and schedule of Teachers Examination had been sent out to the country newspa pers as paid advertising. Hut in June a cog slipped somewhere. It is not known just where it slipped, but per haps it will be found in the Widow's pensions that w h s so long held up by our all-wise and omnicient county judge. It ia a noticeable fact that the road district proceedings are regularly and persistently printed in the Salem pa pers and "devil a crumb” falls to the floor for an outsider. Of course that is the law "as she is" an no one com plains, but for heaven's sake gents give the country printer a show for his "white alley," or something may drop with a dull and aickening thud that can even wake up a “ Salem Hog.” STAYTON WATER FIRM ANSWERS In anawer to a complaint of water and power users of StHyton that thev had failed to keep sufficient water in ditches, the Stay ton Water Power Co. Monday filed a denial of the charges with the public service commission says the Salem Statesman. The company says that the Brown- Petzel Lumber company, whose officers joined in the complaint, have frequent- ly filled the power ditch with logs until the water hacked up, and they have been obliged to hire men to break the jams. , The difficulty is increased, they say, hy the fact that logs in the Santiam have deteriorated the dike which di verts water into the power ditch of the Salem Flouring Mills. As the flouring mill ditch ia connected with the Stay- ton power ditch by a slough, and is slightly lower, this condition makes it difficult to keep the Stayton ditch filled. The company promises, however, that repairs are to be made to the head gates in October, when an ar rangement with the flouring mill will enable them to take water from the E. Shepherd and wife, and Jess flouring mill ditch. Shepherd, wife and baby motored to the Wm. Brotherton home In the Jor Sister M. Theophane of Saint Mary’a dan country last Sunday. They report Academy of Beaverton, Ore., visited that Mr. Brotherton threshed one field with her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. J. of 25 acres of oats that yielded 200 Ruttegers and family In Linn county bushel* or So bushel* to.the aero. Thursday. C by Fach Bros CHARLES EVANS HUGHES. CH ARLES WARR EN FAIRBANKS. A BLAMED FOOL A wise woman once said that there were three follies of men that always amused her. The first was climbing trees to shake the fruit down, when if they would wait long enough the fruit would fall itself; the second was going t i war to kill each other, when if they o ily waited they would die naturally; and the third was that they should run after the women, when if they did not d j so the women would he sure to run after them.—Ex. WOODROW WILSON. WOMEN CLUBS FOR THE NORMAL SCHOOL T H O M A S R. M A R S H A L L . The Candidates ____________________________________ A WRONG DATE * BUYS PEERY STOCK Stockton’s store of Salem, bought The compositor got his wire crossed the bankrupt Peery stock and removed last week und stated in the West Stay- it MBnday evening with an auto truck. ton news that Ferry Bros, started The room is now for rent again. their threshing machine on Sunday, when it should have read Wednesday, “ Did you observe," said the mer Aug. 16. Mr. Fery says that he never chant to a customer, "the handsome threshed grain on Sunday in his life, advertisement I had painted on the nor does he ever Intend to. railing of the bridge?" "No respond ed the customer, "but if you will send Mrs. M. A. Heltzel and little grand- the bridge around to my house I will son Master Fredrick returned home trv and read the announcement. 1 Monday evening from their all sum read the papers and haven’t time to mer’s stay visiting relatives in Salem run around from place to place to read the bill boards.’’—Ex. and Washington. Mayo’s Reduction Sale IS DRAWING EVERY DAY The Reason Why Is Below. Read C a lic o s . A ll C o lo r s R eg. 7c now 5c C o tto n B a t t s R eg. 20c n ow 16c A p r o n G in g h a m s H og. 7c now 5c C o tto n B a tts R e g . 7 5 c 31b n o w 67c D r e s s G in g h a m s R e g 12Jc n ow 9c M e n ’s W o r k S h i r t s R eg. 50c now 42c 12c W in d o w S c r im R e g . 13c n ow 9c 3 2 in c h P e r c a l e R e g . 10c n ow 8 ,;c W in d o w S c r im R e g . 18c n o w 14c O u t i n g F la n n e l R eg. 8c now 5c L a d ie s W a is t s R eg. 75c n ow 25c O u t i n g F la n n e l R e g . 10c n o w 8c L a d i e s ’ W a is t s U p t o $ 1 .2 5 n o w 48c O u tin g F la n n e l R e g . 15c n o w 12c L a d i e s ’ W a is t s U p t o $ 1 .5 0 n o w 78c L a d ie s ’ W a is ts R e g . $ 2 .0 0 n o w 98c F a n c y Z e p h y r G in g h a m R e g . 10c n ow T o w e lin g U n b le a c h e d R eg . 10c n ow 7c T o w e lin g U n b le a c h e d R eg . 1 2 jc now 10c T o w e lin g B le a c h e d R eg . 15c n o w 12c C o tto n B a tts R e g . 10c n ow Pendleton, Oregon., Aug. 29—Wom en’s clubs over the state are joining the ranks of the' supporters of the in itiative measure providing for the es tablishment of a normal school at Pen dleton. Parent-Teacher organizations are also enlisting for the campaign. One of the first public endorsements received for the measure was from Mrs. Charles H. Castner, president of the Oregon Federation of Women’s Club. "Believing that the time has arrived when it is necessary to make additional provision for the normal training of our puohc school teachers, she states, and that the great distan ces in our state make it advisable that a school be located in the Eastern sec tion, 1 therefore most heartily endorse the location of said normal school at Pendleton. There are 1000 vacancies in Oregon schools each year, according to the state superintendent, and the normal school at Monmouth turns out onlv about 150, leaving school authorities to select the balance as best they can. The rural schools are shown to be the chief sufferers because in such schools the percentage of normal trained teach ers is the lowest. At the same time the need for highly trained teachers is greatest in rural districts because of the absence of supervision. SUNDAY SCHOOL GIRLS ENJOY CAMPING TRIP The Loyal Girls of the Stayton Christian Bible school, Mrs. A. F. Bradshaw, teacher, returned from their camping trip on the Little North Fork, Thursday afternoon. That they had a most delightful outing is putting it mildly. In fact, they say words fail to express the fun they had in the eight days they were there. The girls wore middies and bloomers. Fun —well just ask them about if. On Wednesday night each girl with her blankets strapped to her back, climed Boedeker hill and slept in a lit tle grove on the top with the hoot owls. Of course the kodak was used freely, so they will have many pleasant re minders for days to come. Those camping were: Mable Wed dle, Alma Nendel, Thelma Riggs, Mary Tate, Cleo and Marie Weddle, Madeline Wirth, Mable Bradshaw, Viva Davie, Gertrude Shepherd, Zora Stowell and Mrs. A. PL Bradshaw. Serial No. 1072 STORY OF A TRIP TO CITY OF EUGENE A Two-Hundred Mile Run In C k s. CUd- ed’s Chalmers Reveals Many Things TEN TOWNS ARE VISITED C rops Look Fine All A long T h e Road, But Much H arvesting Y et T o Be Done. The writer, together with Char. Ciadek, Martin Berg and W. F. Good man took a 200 mile ride over the southern part of the Willamette valley on Sunday last The ride revealed the fact that thousands of acres of wheat and oats were still uncut; late sown spring grain that would make immense yields; and but very little threshing done. Near Eugene were seen several field* of flax, not grown for the fibre, like that around Salem, but grown for the ->eed. It looked like a good yield too. In Lane county signs greeted or e everywhere saying that peaches weie to be bought at almost any cross road, and made us wonder why there were no peach orchards near Stayton in place of so much brush land. Most of the roads were simply fine one unusually good stretch being from Albany to Monroe, via Corvallis. This road has an air line in one place of 18 miles, and Mr. Cladek’s Chalmers 6 - 30 fairly flew over ¡L We have lived and traveled in almost one half of the states of the union, and surely there is no more prodigal prospect of plenty anywhere in the nroad land than In (he Willamette Val ley. While in Eugene we drove to the top of Skinner’s Butte, and from there could pick out every street, slley, ouilding and farmstead in Eugene and the surrounding country. The automobile has opened up the country to the whole people, as this is a land of plains, woods, mountains rocks, waterfalls and never ending vistas, one should take the time and trouble to go and take a look-see. It will pay big returns. Try it. ANNA MAYHALL WINS SW1M1NG MARATHON Anna Mayhall, of this city, won the women’s three mile Marathon swimming race in Portland Saturday. Little Miss Mayhall’s time was two hours, four minutes and fifty one and one fifth seconds. Twenty-two men and five women en tered the race. Miss Mayhall led her nearest woman competitor by thr« e quarters of a mile and finished seventh in the race. The fact that she defeat ed sixteen men entries shows the ability of the little swimmer who is only fourteen years of age. Miss Mayhall has received her train ing from Don Vickers, instructor at the Natatorium. Mr. Vickers is one of the best swimmers in the state hav ing won one of the Christmas swims in the Willamette several years age. Miss Mayhall has had a remarkable career as a swimmer. In spite of the fact that she learned to swim but slightly over a year ago, her achieve ments are unusual. She has already won a number of silver trophies. In addition to being a good swimmer, she is a graceful diver and always provides entertainment to frequenters of the Natatorium by her diving. — Yaquina Bay News. SLOWLY COMING WEST A Chicago cop was nearly scared to death Sunday when he saw a young ady skipping toward the bathing beach H o p P i c k e r s G lo v e s with a snake entwined around her left R eg . 60c le a th e r n ow leg. A Chicago cop is a brave and ' gallant man, and he immediately rush H o p P i c k e r s ’ G lo v e s ed to the rescue but only to discover R e g . $ 1 .0 0 n o w Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ficklin came over , that the reptile was pair.tel on the from Stayton last Saturday evening bare skin. The dispatch does not state and visited until Sunday evening at but it is supposed to have been a gar the home of his brother-in-law, Walter ter snake. Painted legs of all de A ll M e n ’s W o r k G lo v e s r e d u c e d Bilyeu. Mr. Ficklin recently bought scription are now to be seen in the the Stayton Steam Laundry, moving Windy City, but flowers, hearta and there from McMinnville.—S a n ti a m barber pole stripes are the moat pop ular. News. 43c 78c M a y o ’s ( B a s h S t o r e