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.
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W I T H T H E W IS H O F A
Happy New Year
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To Our Many Friends and
Patrons in Stayton and
Surrounding Territory
SALEM
W O O L E N M IL L S
STO RE
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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
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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
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May find you more Prosperous and
more Happy than in 1916
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We thank our many friends
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and patrons for their patron
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our best to merit the same in
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the future.
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DITTER BELL & CO.
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