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PLAN TO RESUME
RAILWAY INQUIRY
AFTER MARCH 4TH
Pcsiponemant Forced by Press
W est Stayton
We Give Free With Every
Mr«. A. Fery and daughter
Mattel, left Monday for CorvalliH
for a visit with friend».
K. W. VanNuy», w ife and »on
Earl, Mr», Clarke, nnd Roy Por­
ter and family, »pent Sunday at
the J. H. Porter home.
The Farmer’s Store Of Quality
ol Congressional Business.
C. F. Loose and w ife were
entertained at the Ixwnard Wal­
ker home Sunday.
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COUNTRY DEMANDS ACTION
Mr». Hunter and Mr». Loose
were Salem visitors Wednesday.
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Shipper«, Invaator* and Rapraaanta*
l l v a « of All B ra nch«« o ' R* r ' r c t i D e ­
mand Unification c C .a .e m of Rail*
w ay
R egu latio n — Roada
A«k
F aw a r
Maatara.
Washington, !*•<• I A —The i'onjrros-
■lonnl Joint ( ‘ommlttre mi Int.-rstat«
('onoterce, which has I k ; pii roi)<tn>'Mng
Ihu Inquiry Into gor.-rnim'iit rcgulatlo«
•ml control of transportation, last
week dechlctl to kuh | i «* ii (I It« bcarlnif*
on lint aubject nml ntljonrnetl, «ultjert
to tho call of the i hnlrnmn. I ms - suso of
H i p itrcMNure of other work Ixtfore Uon-
gre«». Aeeonlluit to the rpHolutlon cre­
ating the committee. It 1« required to
■fihinlt a report hv January Rth next
It la understood that liefore that Utoo
tho cominltteo will auk for an exten-
alon of limp and that the hearing« will
he resumed at a later ilate, when aotne
of those who nlreroly have appeared
liefnre the committee will t>« question-
e<1 further nml n great many other«
will lie lieanl
It It probable, howev­
er. that the hen ring« will not tie reautn*
e«1 until after adjournment of em igre««
on March 4th. In addition to regular
routine business the eonimeree eom-
mlltee« of the two houaea are charged
with the Important duly of preparing
and pre«etillng t<*t» legt«lntlon a»ked
for hy l’ re«hlent \\ ll*mt to mnke Itn-
pos«|ble a railroad «trike without pre-
vtou« lnre«tleat1on
Thl* will leava
little or no lin e for the conalderntloa
of the geuernl i|Ue«tlona of railway
regulation.
C o u n try W a n t« Som ething Don«.
Memlier» of em igre«« ami other«
who ara Interested In the Inquiry un­
dertaken by the New land* I'oinnilttee
Insist that liter« la no Intentlun of
abandoning It
It aeetnn doubtful. Indeed. If the
country would permit the matter to
Ire drop|>ed If there were evidence of a
de«lre on the part of em igre«» to do
so The nation wide evidences of In-
tereat evoked by the Initiation of the
Newlanda Inquiry «how thlt the peo­
ple of the country—shipper«, eonsum-
er» and Investor*. aa well a* railway
men tl»«m*elvea are alive to tho fact
that the railway situation 1« highly un­
satisfactory and that slept uiuat be
taken without unnecessary delay to
make It imsslble 'or the railroad« to
meet the growing nVeda of the nntlon.
From re|mrls received here It aeema
aa though almost every eouinierelal or­
ganisation and buwlneaa Interest In the
country were euguged In studying the
railroad question. The Chnmlter at
Commerce of the United States hna
been comluetlng tin elaborate Inquiry
Into variou« pltn-rs of the subject for
many months pest. Many I<*'«1 and
state commerelnl bodies In every |>art
of tho country have committee« en­
gaged In study of the problem and
have Indicated a desire to come here
ami present their views. National or­
ganization* of manufacturer«, lumber­
men, coni o|*>rntor*, wholesale and re­
tail dealers, have expressed through
resolution« their desire for Iho unifica­
tion of the system of railway regula­
tion. The National Industrial Traffic
League, speaking front the viewpoint
of shippers using the railways, hat
Indorsed exclusive federal regulation
providing It Is accomplished la ouch a
way ns to gb e full protection and
prompt adjust incut In mutters relating
to transportation within the stntes.
E V E R Y D A Y IS B A R G A I N D A Y A T
OUR
Special for this week is our
Mr». Kuplingcr and »on and
M i»» Viola Sheperd o f Mill City,
visited at the Councilman home
the first o f the week.
D r e s s Goods S a le
Mrs.
I- ooho and Mrs. Gun-
saulcH visited at the Weigands
home last Tuesday.
E. Forrette and w ife and J. P.
Funk and wife, »pent Saturday
at the Forrette ranch.
W e Buy Your Produce
Ellen Condit visited with her
friend» in Salem last week.
Wes. Gentry and w ife are re­
ported to be both on the sick list.
Union H ill
Mr. and Mr». W. E. Tate and
family took New Year» dinner at
the W. D. Hurt home.
Mr. and Mr». Gilmour a n d
daughter». Edyth and Bernice
»pent Sunday at the Walter Hea­
ter home.
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Goods
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Aumsville,
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Tony Minten visited with the
spent New Year’» day at the
Jungwirth
Bros. Monday.
Miss Elizabeth Frank, who is home o f grandpa and grandma
attending school at Sublimity, Leffler, at Scio.
Joe Burton and w ife of La-
spent the holidays with her par-
comb
are visiting at G. H. Rays.
Mrs. Kircher and little daugh-
enss, Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank.
; ter Helen o f Lebanon, spent a
The Farmers’ Union met on
Miss Bertha Oliver returned week’s vacation at the home of Thursday eve and elected officers
home from Salem Mopday eve, Paul Limbeck.
for the coming year. They are:
ard started in with her school I
Rev. McGee preached at the Geo. Sandner, Pres: J. H. Kloer,
work Tuesday morning.
i Cole school house Sunday, Dec. , Sec-Treas; H. B. Shank. Ass’ t
Sec-Treas. F r a n k Hottinger,
Wm. Tate has purchased a 31st.
doorkeeper: Arthur McKenzie,
le w Maxwe I car.
Wilbur Dart is on the sick list
.conductor.
We all think that
Mrs. H. A- Thomas is on the
A crowd of about thirty people | much good will be accomplished
sick list.
were present at the home o f 0. thru the Farmers’ Union in the
Wm. Stevely bought a manure S. Lyons Sunday evening. Games near future.
and dancing were the order of
spreader last week.
Miss Zona Ray returned home
of
the evening until midnight,
The Misses Stella and Letha
after several days visit in Scio.
Gilmour spent Sunday with their when they watched the old year
out and the New Year in.
grandmother, Mrs. J. King.
Clifford Thomas, who has been
spending the holidays with home
folks went back to his work near
Salem Monday.
Rock Point
Philip Schmidt and w ife o f
Portland visited at the Jos. Hen­
dricks home his week.
Miss Isola Hill o f Spokane,
Wash, spent the holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Hill.
M an y In ta ra ita S tudying Problem .
n t. Pleasant
School opened again on Tues­
day the 2nd. with almost full
force. The day being stormy a
few o f the small children were
absent, and one or two were not
home from their vacation.
North Santiam
Albert Kiethly’s returned t o
their home in Mill City after a
Mrs. M. F- Ryan returned week’s visit with their folks and
Sunday from Aberdeen, W’ ash., friends here.
after spending the \*;eek with
Wiley Angel is on the Lagrip
her sister. Mrs. Fred McIntyre, list.
of Salem, accompanied her.
Mr. Layton Davis’ brother of
Henry Senz and w ife and Mrs. Halfway, Ore. is visiting at the
Peter Fiedler were week end Davis home.
Visitors at Albany
John Schofield, who is attend­
Mrs. Ada and Mabel Thayer ing school in Salem, spent the
of Scio, were week end visitors holidays at home.
at Floyd Shelton’s.
A representative o f the Salem
Miss Maybellc Wagner visited
Frank Lambert. Lou Geiber
at the J. T. Hunt home severa
and Earnest Knapp were Salem
days this week.
visitors Wednesday,
C. P. Darst went to Salem
Percy Thomas made a pleas­
Monday for jury duty.
ant call at P. H. Lamberts, Wed­
Mrs. B. F. Simpson of Aums- nesday.
ville spent the week-end at the
Miss Roxana Shank spent the
Henry Frank home.
past week at H. R. Shank’s.
W. H. Downing and w ife are
Mrs. Peter Jungwirth and son
spending several days at N ew ­
were week-end visitors at Wm.
port.
Rrotherton’s at Jordan.
A. Hassler o f Sublimity was a
Leslie Townes and w ife and
caller at t h e E. C Downing
Lum Kates called at Lee Down­
home Friday afternoon.
ing« on New Y ea r’s Eve.
F. M. Fresh spent the week­
Tony Giesler and B. Topher
end at the Eisenhart home in
called at H. R. Shank’s Saturday.
Stayton.
M a in T ro u b le la Too M an y M aatara.
Herman Foltz is employed at
Not all of those Interests nre In Re­
Jungwirth
Bros.’ sawmill.
cord ns to the remedies that should he
adopted. There scents to lie a gwneral
Miss Mabel Townes called at
agreement, however, that many o f the
P. H. Lamberts Saturday.
difficulties which confront the railroads
Cole School
uodiuo
A. W . SCHRUNK,
Tee party given at the Chas.
Peters home Thursday eve in
honor o f their guest», Mr. and
Mrs. Brock, wa» a grand success.
Ail these nrgimlxntlous represent pri­
marily the m I i I i | ers of the country, hut
they nre not the only ours who are
taking a hand lu the discussion. The
Investors of the nation, through thalr
own nsso Ini tons and through commit­
tees representing the savings banka and
other Unam'lal organizations, are pre­
paring to show the necessity of Improv­
ing ni 11 r< ad credit nttd protecting the
rights of those whose money Is Invest­
ed In railway securities
Finally the
railroads themselves, being vitally con­
cerned In tlic Improvement of exlatlng
conditions, arc planning to submit tlieir
views through their executives, oper­
ating official« nml traffic ex|>ertn and
to assert tliclr willingness to accept far-
reaching federal regulation nlong lines
that will enable them to attract capital
and to provide the facilities needed for
tjie prompt nml efficient handling of
the country's transportation business
and which make It Impossible for them
to meet the requirements o f the na­
tion's commerce promptly and satisfac­
torily astse from the haphazard and
often co. 'I ting measure« o f regulation
thnt have been adopted from time to
lime by the federal government and the
forty-eight states and that what Is
needed Is a well ordered, systematic
scheme of federal regulation that shall
cover the whole country and make It
possible for the railroads to provide the
extensions nml Improved facilities so
badly needed, while at the same tla o
protecting fully the public Interest*
B IG S T O R K
Statesman canvassed the neigh­
borhood this week.
The newly-weds at the McCor­
mick home were serenaded Sat­
urday night.
H. A. Chance is clearing up
some new ground for a spring
crop.
Jos. Zellars o f Linn County
visited relatives here this week.
Lyons and Fox
Valley
Snow on the ground, but not
enough for sleighing. A white
Christmas and New Year, some­
thing rare in Oregon.
The Xmas program had to be
given
up on account o f the Grip.
Dave Aegerter Jr., David
Everyone is getting better now.
Montgomery, Harry Shank, John
¿Mrs. W’oodworth and family
Huber, Jonrt Flick, and K. Gies­
ler were entertained at the To­ spent Christmas with her daugh­
ter, Mrs. J. W. Wheitman o f
ny Giesler home Wednesday.
The Misses Grace, Bessie, Ver­ Aumsville.
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Goods
Oregon
W. E. Simons and family spent ‘Polished Pebbles,” which they
Xmas with his parents at Salem. are going to give on the evening
o f Jan. 19, in the high school
W. E. Simons has been confin-
to the house for the last few auditorium.
days with the grip.
Lois Bracken had the misfor­
tune
to break her ankle at the
Raymond Grimes h a s been
skating
rink Tuesday afternoon.
home from Gooch where he has
This
will
cause her absence from
been working in the mill, laid off
the
Sophomore
class for several
by King Grip.
weeks.
Frank Berry's family is near­
ly all down with the grip.
All the teachers have returned
after
spending their vacation in
Arthur Vaughn and Miss Elsie
various
places. Miss Poley went
Pruner were married last week
and came to Lyons New Y ea r’s to Ashland, Miss Hollister to Sa­
Eve, where the boys gave them lem, Miss Crabtree to Forest
a rousing welcome with every­ Grove, Miss Bassett toNew berg,
Miss Marshall to Gervais, Mrs.
thing that would make a noise.
Pratt to Portland.
The Teague family has left
Stayton for Mill City.
Th : s
leaves a vacancy in the h i g h
Rudolph Henkel was a Stayton school as well as the grades.
visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. Lee Tate gave a recej)-
Miss Ethel Walker returned to
tion in honor of her son, Ralph,
Salem Monday, after spending
to his class and teacher, Miss
the Holidays with home folks.
Crabtree, at which they presen t-
Otto and Ralph Cole of Jordan ed Ralph with a beautiful bou­
ate dinner at the Curtis Cole quet o f carnations and a lit le
home Tuesday.
gift. A very enjoyable time was
Mrs. T. 0. Archer has been on had by all. Later in the even­
ing before the class departe l,
the sick list the last week.
Mrs. Tate served a delicious lun­
Miss Hazel Price o f Salem vis­
cheon which was especially en­
ited Sunday and Monday at the
joyed.
Curtis Cole home.
All the rooms were putin go >d
N. Geymer and 0. M. Baker
condition
by the janitors during
were in Stayton Tuesday.
the holidays, which made i t
A very jolly crowd attended pleasant to begin work again on
the meeting at the Kingston Monday morning. A new drink­
church. Several Stayton people
ing fountain was installed on the
were present.
The following grounds.
program was rendered: A read­
ing by Linden Leavitt. “ Appeal
The 7th grade also had a so­
to Jerrv, Dad says so Anyway.” cial during the holidays, wh’ch
Recitations by Mabel Weddle, was held at the Nendell home on
Alma Nendel, M i s s Schaefer, the evening of Dec. 26. A taffy
Mildred Clayton, Edna Crabtree, pull was the main feature o f the
Miss Smith, Miss Brachan, a evening.
song by Mrs. Geymer and a duet
The 6th grade began the study
by Margaret and Bertha Schae­
fer. Games and luncheon kept of the products of the Southern
the crowd amused while they states. As Miss Marshall is very
watched the Old Year Out and , familiar with this subject, it w ill
1 no doubt be interesting to th «
the New Year In.
pupils. She has already sent for
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Thomas of
samples o f cotton.
Stayton called at the G. F. Har­
old home Sunday afternoon.
’ The attendance iu all t h e
grades combined Wednesday,
Marcella Baker has the grip.
morning was 138.
Marie Henkel was a week-end
Miss Marshall is reading “ The
visitor at the J. S. Steinberger
Captivity o f the Oatman Girls”
home.
to her pupils.
Kingston Kinks
¿Mrs. Alva Grimes spent Xmas
na and Crystal Shank, Frank
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Leffler and
Lambert and Melvin Shank call­ with her parents in Lyons.
family. Mr. and Mrs. Howard
ed at P. H. Lambert’s Wed. eve.
Frank and Jack Johnston went
Montgomery and familv, Mr. and
The Chante Club began work
,o
Stayton Saturday after a load
Joe
Schwindt
culled
at
the
Mrs
Mrs. Geo. Leffler and family,
anew
on the operetta, entitled,
o
f
feed.
Roxie
Shank
home
Tuesday.
and Mr. and Mrs. John Leffler
School Notes
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The classes in Mrs. P ratt’ s
room came back with new vim
and energy. One pupil has re­
solved to learn the constitution
o f the U. S-
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