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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1916)
Oregon Ustorie«! BocU*y THE STAYTON MAIL H a s the Largest Circulation of A ny P ap er in the Santiam Valley— It Covers the T e rrito ry 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 , D E C E M B E R 23, 1916. 22nd Y ear, N o. 52. Serial N o. 1039 SAPPY SHIPBUILDING THREATENED FAM ILY REUNION ARGUMENT FOR CHRISTMAS STATE TEXT BOOKS The slnto already h n ■ printing office where elementary textbooks could be printed. The itate haa normal schools and paya big aalariea to persona who can prepare the texta. The atate haa tnxttiook rommiaaion that rotfld make ull the nereaaary ar rangements. The atate already haa atate uniform ity and printa tona of re(>orta that are not read. The atate waitca thouaanda of dollara on padded rcporla of officiala that no one reada. Thu atate would l>c adding no new de partment but would aupply text booka at coat. Tne atate now through ita boarda and rommiaaiona loada down t h e poorer people who have moat children with coatly textbooks. The amaller elementary texlbooka could be furniahed at half the coat of the preaent booka. Many atalea are doing thia and aav- Ing the people hundreda of thouaanda of dollara. The R. W. VanNuya home at West .Stayton waa the acene of a real old- faahioned family reunion on Chtiatmaa Day. A big dinner of good thing* to eat, a Chriatmaa tree, and gamea and aociai | inlerrourae took up the entire day. A remarkable feature of the dinner waa that a aet of ailver teaapoona were used that have been in the VanNuya family for 126 yearn, having been handed down through four generationa and now in poaaeaaion of Mra. Geo. B. Howard of North Santiam. Thoae preaent were: R. W. VanNuya, wife and »on, Earl of West Stayton, A. C. VanNuya and wife of Mill City and W. F. VanNuya of Corvallis and Mra. G. H. Howard and husband of North Santiam, C. E. VanNuya and aons Lloyd of Aumaville and Edwin of Salem. Mra. D. J. Wilcox o f North Yamhill, a sister of W. R. and C. E. VanNuya, Mra. Dora Clark of Seattle, a niece, who had not aeen her uncles for 46 years and never had Been any of her cousins, and C. R. and H. W. Por ter of Aumaville. MENE LTHOUGH many of tho old cus toms have been dropped and al most forgotten. New Year's iwrttcs are not out of dote. A nice one la a pantomime of an enchant ed girl. A damp abect must be fastened up across the room or between tbe folding doors of the parlor First fasten the corners of the sheet, next the center of each qf 4he four sides In order that the cloth may be perfectly smooth; then place a lighted candle on tbe floor about four or live feet from the cen ter of the curtain. When tbe lights In tho room occupied by the company are turned out shadows of the actors be hind the curtain may bo seen on tho Mra. Anna Stayton spent Chriatmaa screen, some one, standing outside tbe Miaa Eather Brown of Portland ia curtain and facing tbe audience, should in Salem. vlalting at the G. L. Brown home. relate the story of the play—of how a young girl while walking out on the last day of Oototrer meets Halloween, who presents her with three gifts to W ILL PUT OUT try her fortune, and bow. when she Is about to do so, a witch enchants her, EWES ON SHARES etc. After the story Is finished and n lively overture has Irecn p erfo rm e d j some musical Instrument tbe panto mime la played as follows: ». J. PUUppi Warts to Pot M 4M H allow een Appears. Ewes on Shares, or will Contract To Take Lambs To the friends and patrons of Tho young girl personating the en Sloper’s Drug Store. chanted one comes gayly forward from the aide. When almost across the cur 1 sincerely thank you for your tain she meets Halloween, who ap generous patronage and support proaches from the opposite side, nr during the past year. I trust rayed In a short dress, with wings our policy of giving you service, tnrnlo of newspaper folded fan fnsh- quality and satisfaction or^ every lon and fastened on tbe shoulders. purchase will merit your contin I q her hand she carries a cane with a ued approval. 1 wish you un silhouette of n ent or two or three bounded happiness and prosperity ,, stars and a crescent cut of stiff brown paper and pasted on tho end. for the new year. Halloween shows the maiden three V. Dare Slopcr. gifts—an npple, a hand mirror and an unllghtcd candle. Instead of the mlr- ror a crystal ball may bo used. I will aell or put out on sharea 400 good Shropahire and Cotawoki breeding ewea, bred to bring lamba early. All good pieked aheep. Will sell ewea for $12 per head and will contract the lamba from theae ewea at aix dollara a head and fleece at $3 a piece. One half down and balance at expiration of time. Or will aell at $12 a head with one half down and will take mortgage on ewea and increase for balance, or will give one half of lamba for the keeping of theae ewea till Sept 1, 1917. Theae aheep are all A No. 1 and in good condition. If you want any of them you had better get buay. Call or phone 974, V. J. t’hilippi, Stayton, Ore. ¡51 « i ¡¡¡¡¡j ] . i"üü!i m j W I T H T H E W IS H O F A Happy New Year H To Our Many Friends and Patrons in Stayton and Surrounding Territory SALEM W O O L E N M IL L S STO RE , I will try to be a lifter, not a leaner; an encoorager, never a discourager; lighten and share other people’* sorrows; start songs and rejoicings, not complainings; make the world a little sweeter place to live in; keep in mind the will of God; make sunshine in life’s shady places; see the bright side of everything; be clean in mind and body, working pa tiently, industriously and hon estly for a living; earning a spotless character, so that I can look up, not down, and meet death's coming with a fearless smile; endeavor not to run away from my weaknesses, but bravely fight them o u t; be glad of life; have hope and faith in everybody; try to live without hate, jealousy, temper and envy; avoid speaking crit ically and bitterly, repeating only the good I hear; love be cause I must, give because I cannot keep; doing for the joy of it; cheerful in disappoint ments, charitable toward the erring and fallen; protect helpless anim als; do as I would be done by; smile more and frown less. Oregon CHRISTMAS PARTY The Eldeen Club invited their bus- bands, and held a Chriatmaa party at the Joe Peery home Friday evening. The main feature was a beautiful Christmas tree and the distribution of the many tokens of friendship. Miss Vivian Young, who is teaching at Moscow Idaho arrived Saturday night for a week’s stay with her par We, the undersigned, wish to thank ents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Young here the many friends and neighbors, and especially the Wa Hi Club, for their help and sympathy during our recent great bereavement. Also we wish to Beauchamp’s Drug Store beg to extend to their customers and thank all for the beautiful flowers, and friends, their sincere wishes for their also those who furnished the pnusic. health, prosperity and happiness thru a Wayne Ashby, New Year marked b y Peace a n d L'icile Robards, Plenty—2917. Allow us to thank you Mr. and Mrs. Robards. for past patronage and merit a con Roy Furgeson of Salem is visiting at tinuance of same in the future. the home of his aunt Mrs. Jos. Ham- Beauchamp’s Drug Store, The Quality Drug Store? man this week. Our Wish The W. S. Watters home was the scene of a merry time on Christmas Day, for all the children were there and numerous grandchildren besides. That “ Cap” and his wife had a royal banquet for the homecomers, goes without saying. Besides Mr. and Mrs. W. S. W atters, those present were: Edgar Watters and wife, and Jessie Watters of Detroit, Mrs. Harlan and children of Mill City, A. S. Watters of Clyde, Wash., Lee Bailey, wife and children of Stayton and Guy Moser and wife of Silverton. who has approached unperceived, car- rylng under one arm a broom and wearing on her head an ordinary hat I with a pit o of newspaper rolled up 1 and pinned on to form a peaked crown The poor girt looks anxiously around sml discovers she has Won enchanted, for there are three girls Instead of one This effect Is produced by two more lighted candles being placed on the Seeking tha F u tu re In the C rystal Ball. floor on either side of the first candle Before presenting them she Illus The caudles are removed, nnd the Old trates by gestures tho use to bo made Year, an old man. Instantly appears. Discovering him quickly, the girl runs of each. Holding tho mirror or globe In front of her face, she bites tho np forward to tell her sorrows and finds ple, then looks quickly around, ns If that It Is only when alone thnt she is expecting to seo »onto one, nnd, again enchanted, for when she attempts to holding up »he mirror or globe lu ono point out her other solves they have hand nnd the candle In tho other, sho disappeared. Making many guesses, takes a few steps backward. When a sho looks hero and thcro for them, but boy or young mnn enters by Jumping in vain. Then as tho Old Year leaves over tho light, which gives the ap she bids him a sorrowful adieu. pearance of his having fallen from The Little Naw Year. the sky, Halloween looks around, and Immediately ltttie New Yenr enters, the boy or nmn quickly disappears. crowned with a paper star nnd wear All this timo the girl stands Irons tug wings of paper. The young girl flxed with her hnuds raised nnd all the rushes to meet the New Year with a Angers spread out In astonishment. hearty greeting. She then tells him She receives tho presents, which are of her enchantment nnd kneels down, given with ninny nods nnd gestures nnd the ltttlo New Yenr raises both Tha Old Witch Enters. hands above her head, then, kissing Aa the maiden then takes up the his hand to the maiden, depnrts.—Nel apple nnd mirror or globe her hand Is lie F. Morris In Pittsburgh Dispntch. stayed by a witch with flowing hair, Isn’t it about time, while the long winter evenings are here, to stir up the Stayton Commercial Club a little and see if the residents, merchants and others in the town cannot throw off some of the apathy that ia beginning to be chronic? There are many things to be done, and some of them can only be attem pt ed by an organized effort. Among them might be sighted the following: The establishment of a freight rate at Kingston; The segregation of Stay- j ton into a road district by itself; The changing of the city charter into a 20th , century workable system; The offering of inducements for men to invest capi tal here for the establishment of a cannery, a creamery and a fruit juice extractor; The close watching of the railroad development of the Willamette Valley which is sure to come with the plenty of money in the East; These and mar,y other questions should be foremost in the minds of the people of Stsyton. Why don’t the Commercial ; Club get busy? One Who Is Interested. CARD OF THANKS HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Holiday Greetings Salem A G o o d R e so lu tio n s For .three years men have been walk ing tjw streets of Portland looking for work and in the winter the unemployed were fed at public expense. During the past year the coming of the shipbuilding industry to Portland has <4iunged that condition until today no tngn need be idle. Thfc tingle line o f industry h a s brought prosperity to many allied lines of btminess, such as the metal trades, saw Stilla, etc. Three shipbuilding and steel plants in Portland alone now employ between 6000 and 10,000 men. In addition to tiies*’ there a r e a dozen other ship plants on the river employing thousands more, not to mention the thousands of met at other work entirely dependent on thè shipbuilding industry. A few months ago the big plants voluntarily granted an eight hour day and au increase in pay. Tbe laborer in Portland has more work at better pay and shorter hours than be ever had before. Everybody was satisfied and business was hum ming. Now comes the professional agitator and demands a “ closed shop" in all ship yards or a general strike will be called. At present 80 per cent of the men are union and the agitators demand Ut.«t only, union men be employed. Tl* managers of the yard* say they absolutely refuse to discharge compe tent non-union help and will continue to employ help from the standpoint of competency and not simply because a man does or does not belong to a union. They say further that before they will give in to such an agreement they will close their plants and sell their equipment. In the meantime, what is happening? Future orders are at a standstill, no business can be taken and prospective investments of capital in shipbuilding enterprises are postponed. Laboring men are laid off, and ail for what: That prolessional agitators may have the satisfaction of trying to close the shipyards of Portland to any but union help. The shipyards are making no fight against the unions and there is no claim of long hours or low pay. And the workmen pays the bill as well as the “ agitator.” COMMERCIAL CLUB IS GIVEN GENTLE REMINDER For The New Year Is That 19 17 | May find you more Prosperous and more Happy than in 1916 I \ We thank our many friends ! and patrons for their patron I j age in the past, and will r ': j j our best to merit the same in I the future. 1 j j DITTER BELL & CO. SUBLIMITY O REG O N