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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1917)
M Or*Ä°n i ÎI m P M H I émk Historic*! Buci*iy THE STftYTON MAIL Has the Largest Circulation oi Any Paper in the bantiarn 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 , J A N U A R Y 25, ¿3rd. Year, No. 4. REVIEW OF WORK OF OREGON LEGISLATURE F e w of the Im portant tre a s ures H ave a ; . at oeen Introduced. Appropriation« Asked for Total $425,. OOO— Rural Credits Bill Cauaea Con trovaray—Consolidation of Stats De partments on Program—1 "Buns Dry’’ Bill on Way—No Change In Tea Notice la w — Woman Introduce« Meaaure. penses of the present within that figure. h c b h ih ii Serial No. 1093 CONSTRICTIVE RAILROADING will keep Appropriations aggregating 6424, 767.60 have been Introduced. The budget of tlm state game and fish com mission csine In with an addition of $89,600 and miscellaneous claims which have been filed make a grand total of 6520,975.66 which has been asked of the legislature during the first two weeks. Inasmuch as the leg Islalure faced a budget of $716,292.09 In excess of the 6 per cent limitation amendment when It convened It finds Itself ut the close of the second week with a totul sum of $1,194.630.15 which It must cut out to keep within the con stitutional requirements. Must Maks Rural Credits Effective fine of the Important tasks before the present session Is to enact a law making effective the rural credits amendment to the state ronslllutton udopted at the last election. Senator Shanks of Wheeler county has sought to meet the situation by Introducing a hill creating two new offices and an expensive system of administering the rural credits fund. His hill already lias become more or less of a storm renter and has engen dered a controversy between Senator Shanks and State Treasurer Kay. A bill representing the views of the state land board and the organizations which Initiated the rural credits amendment will be ready for Intro duction this week. An effort will be made at this ses sion to work out an effective plan to consolidate state offices and depart The operetta, "Polished Pebbles” at ments Doth bouses tackled the prob the high aeh iol audit* I lem last week. The senate desired to night was well attended and everyone have a Joint committee of both houses was well pleased w ith the productioi handle all consolidation bills, but 'he house rejected a senate resolution fa which was well staged. The musical numbers were hits, ami voring that plan; so each house will have a committee to pass upon con Shows that the introduction o f music in solidation hills. t > the Staj ton schools three years ago First Consolidation Measure Loses. was not a mistake. The first of the consolidation incus i Over forty-five dollars was cleared ures to come to a vote In cither house > by the entertainment, whicn will go to provided for a new state board of rdu the gymnasium fund. cation of three members and a paid The next o f the aerie* wtU secretary at $1800 a year. In this W iggs ot the Cabbage Patch,” which board were to be combined the state will lie he I i some time in February. hoard of textbook commissioners, the There is no doubt but that the -cl. board of higher curricula and the-t js going to more than make good on T h e board of regents, respectively, of the their gymi a*dum fui o pledge University o f Oregon, Oregon ugrleul- boys have sold $100.00 worth o f wood, tural college and state normal schools, thev are not tired yet. The senate committee on education, ___________________ returned unanimously a recommenda Peter Deidrich is still selling Fords. tlon that it be indefinitely postponed. He reports the following sales since The ««• adopted the report. Cron’ f a state department of last week's Mail: C. S. Bowne o f \\ -t Hslrin—The l<xtntntlire* bottnn the third week of the session with all the big constructive legislation yet to ro- cairn attention, fn fart, «aide from Representative Anderson's measure to make effective the ’’bone dry” con- ■Ututlonal amendment adopted at the November election only one or two other bills of any great Importance to the state at large hail been Introduced. When the legislature adjourned laat Friday In order to permit members to visit the agricultural collage at fo r vallla Saturday, one third of the to day limit which the law sets on the session had expired and leaders ap predate that It will be necessary to get down to business this week If the usual rush Is to be avoided during the closing days of the session. During the second week of the ses sion the volume of blits Introduced was larger than during the first week and If the bills dropped Into the legls latlve hopper continue at the present rate the proposed legislation will be almost as great as It was two years ago. The senate adjourned with 119 bills on the calendar, compared with 99 at the same time In 1915 and the house had 174 compared with 206. Four measures passed both houses two of which received the slgnaturv of the governor. The senate sent six teen other hills over to the house for action and the house sent twenty two more bllla to the senate. Flrat Bill Signed la foe Expenses. The first bill to pass both houses and receive the signature of the gov ernor was an appropriation of 125,000 to defray the expense« of the legisla ture Itself. This Is only a starter and several more bills relating to the ex- penses are likely to follow. The total expenses for the 1915 session ran up agni to 166,416.02 and It Is hoped the ex 1917. FUTURE IS VERY BRIGHT FOR NEXT FIVE YEARS —Donahsy in Clsveland Plain Desiar. ‘ POLISH ¡1 PEBBLES” IS OLD SETTLER PASSES MONDAY, JANUARY 22 WELL ATTENDED o f Oregon, and a well respected citizen PENCIL PUSHERS MET IN SALEM LAST FRIDAY died at the home o f his daughter in _____ Isaac C. Rates, one o f the pioneers Lebanon, at which place he was visit- irg, on Monday o f this week. Mr. Bates was born in Gill, Mass, on The State Editorial Association and the Willamette Valley Association met in Salem Friday, Jan. 19, in the Com- May 1, 1835, and went with his parents mercial Club rooms o f that city. to Illinois at the age o f twelve years. A fter the morning session, which In that state he married Miss Lucy was presided over by Pres. E. E. Brodie Smullen, who died about four years , ago. In 1864 he came to Oregon, living j o f the Oregon City Daily Enterprise, a year in Oregon City, and then buying | the doors o f the dining room were 6 * » l e south o f Stay ton. in . thrown open and , ,u n c W c<>oid Linn Co., where he lived until eight I . . . . , years ago, moving to Scio at that time. n,>- ^ beaten anywhere was given the visiting editors by the Salem Commer- Mr. Bat had not been feeling well cial Club. Governor Withycotnb at for s -me time, and w as on a visit with tended as a specially invite 1 guest. his daughter, Mrs. Emma Parrish at A fter luncheon the pencil pushers the time o f his death. The funeral was held a short session and then went to held on Tuesday and interment was in the state house where they were busy a cemetery near that city. as bees interviewing the members, and His living children, all o f whom were watching the two houses at work. at the funeral are: Mrs. Emma Parrish At 4:30 another session was called of Lebanon, Mrs. Lilly Jeter o f Stay- and reports received and a committee ton, Chas. Bales o f Scio, Mrs. Minnie appointed to see if some relief could ler which would be con- Stayton, F. A. Zimmerman. Fred Zit- Nichols o f Lebanon, Mrs. Alice Burton not be obtained from the shortage o f 1 o f Jordan and Dudley Bates of near ter and Alois Beitel, all o f Sublimit (Cnntinued on lest page) paper. —. { Stayton. A resolution o f thanks was passed U ! CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET TONIGHT JAN 25. Special Values in - - - - MEN'S GOODS Brokem lines of our Fall Suits are now greatly reduced. These suits include many of the ve ry best patterns and styles— Hart, Schaffner & Marx $25.00 can be had at $21.25, and when there is but one suit of a lot, $19 85 Thirty Dollar Suits during this sale $23.85. When you consider the increased prices on all woolen goods -and we will guarantee these all wool— you can readily see the splendid values we are offering. ; STAYTON GRANGE MEETS SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 wakj Exceptional Values M en’s Shoes In our Blanket Sale Many are surprised to see what they can buy during this sale. We are closing out the odd stock of our mills. We might have just tie shoes you want, and if you can get a $5.00 pair for $3.90 you will be making a big saving. Other shoes at $3.30, Tans ami ¿lacks. The meeting o f the Stayton Grange |jj last Saturday was a success in every j ^ way. The meeting was attended by V ,. H. Stephens, Master o f Marion County Pomona Grange, and District j 'J Deputy, Mrs. Zella Fletcher, both o f L a whom made good talks, j The regular grange dinner was served at noon, and all piesent report a good j 0 M Q Q l OREGON pective buying class. There remain, then, 4,000,000 farm families whe are possible automobile buyers. In the urban class, covered by 11,000 towns and cities o f more than five hun- dred population, there are about 5,t;00,- 000 home owners o f which number only 2,000,000 now on cars. Accordingly, there remain 3,000,000 prospective buy- ers in this class, or a total actual un sold market, in both rural and classes, o f 7,000,000 possible automo bile buyers. The accepted average life o f an auto mobile is about five years in the hands o f the original owners; and as the man who once owns a car will not then af- ter be without one, we must include the re-order market which in the Cal- endar year o f 1917 wili ^ about (><0 . 000, this being twenty per cent o f the 3, 00J,001 now in use. For the year 1917, therefore, the automobile business will face .i mar ket o f about 7,600,000 possible but • rs$ Not more than 1,6.0,000 cars wil e built in the coming year, leaving a possible excess market o f 5,00i).000 buyers at the beginning o f 1918. These figures are decidedly conserva tive because they take ro considera tion o f (1) any export outlet, (2) the people who have or will have two or more machines, (3) increase 1 popula tion, (4) increased prosperity, (5) a million or more town ani city families who do not own the homes in which they live, but are well able to buy and J maints in a motor car, (6) the business houses, retail and wholesale merchants | who use thousands o f roadsters for salesmen, and many thousands more o f delivery cars (regular automobile chasis with commercial body), (7) taxical s and other cars for public hire, (Continued on last page) NOTICE Owing to the fact that the demand for Cars has been so great that, we cannot insure delivery of either Ford or Dodge Cars session. REORGANIZES ARTISANS »•■id SALEM WOOLEN MILLS STORE for the splendid entertainment a n d accommodations given the editors by the Salem Commercial Club. Those attending ftom Stayton were: E. M. Olmsted o f the M AIL and E. B. Lock- hart, who at one time was city editor o f the Statesman. ----------------------------- Mrs. M. J. Queener left for Portland yesterday. From there she will ac company her daughter, Mrs. Jos. Kor- inek to Pendleton, where Mr. Kor'mek is at work. The city council has been notified by the Mayor, o f a special meeting to be held to-night, (Thursday) for the pur- : pose o f forming an ordinance to set I aside the Town o f Stayton as a sepa rate road district. This step is being taken on the advice o f the county court and all tax payers are invited to be | presi-nt tonight to state their views. j The object o f the change is to get the road tax paid by Stayton spent in Stayton fixing our main streets. 0 THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY GOOD “ Constructive” is a favorite word o f William Hanley's. When he says a thing is “ constructive” he means it -s building up instead o f tearing down, building for the future and not a hand- to-mouth proposition. "Constructive” railroading i s that which builds up the country tributary to the railroad, figuring that the pros perity and'welfare o f the territory will bring traffic and business and prosper So much fas neen written relative to ity to the railroad. There is more o f the development o f the motor car in- this going on in the country than the B people have any idea of. That is why dustry and to many prophesies have railroads have industrial experts, colo- been venture 1 without proper (onsider- nizii.g agents, and agricultural experts | gtior, o f vital and controlling factors,that in older to help the people o f their a clear and simple analysis o f the subject territory. The work o f the O-W. R. & N. in introducing corn into Oregon , may serve to dissipate much o f the un is an example o f this constructive rail founded conjecture. roading, renting the O-W. K. & N. The automobile market is divided into rignt of way to farmers who will farm two broad fields. First the rural class, it is another, and recently w e ran ' which includes all persons engaged in across an article, telling o f the recent farming and others in various businesses ' action o f the Southern Pacific in grant who live in towns o f less that five hun ing a low rate for hauling lime rock. dred population. Second, the urban This is an important matter to the class, which comprises all people in any farmers o f t h e Willamette Valley. but farming pursuits, who live in towns The Southern Pacific granted the rate o f five hundred or more population. with the sole object o f promoting the , In the rural or farming market, there use o f agricultural lime in the hope of j are 6,500,000 families. One million o f increasing production. The railroads these now own motor cars and one and are to be commended for doing these one-half millions are poor, illiterate, or “ constructive” t h i n g s.—LaCirande negroes, who for the purpose o f this Observer. I study may be excluded from the pros J, S. Sword o f Portland was here Monday night and reorganized t h e Lodge at this place. > n Artisan r ii rs. J. P. Wilbur was chosen as i Master M Artisan. The lodge expects to Mas meet the first and third Tuesdays o f each month, beginning on Feb. 6, in the 1. O. O. F. hall. J. P. Davie o f Stayton and E. C. linker o f Turner were presented with Yotornn Jewels, Saturday right in rec ognizance o f belonging to the I O.O. F. ' lodge f.\- ¿5 years. Past Grand Master, W. li. Hobson, presented the jewels. j unless the order is signed up for spring delivery. Come in and your order at once and be sur _ u your car. Prices Guaranteee Against a Decline Before Aug. 1st, 1917 Peter Deidrich, Stayton Oregon