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S T A Y T O N , M ARION C O U N T Y , OREGON, T H U R S D A Y ,
23rd. Year, No. 33.
A Pioneer's Birthday
A residence of about seventy
years in Oregon places the resi
dent among the pioneers of the
pioneers of the ssnte.
This is
the record of Mrs. E. J . Miller,
who celebrated her 82nd birth
day Friday last. Coming to Or
egon in 1847, she has since made
the Willamette valley her home.
Hor brother. Kev. A. J . Hunsak-
er, was the shepherd boy of the
company crossing the plains, and
he and hiH sisters had charge of
a band of sheep and walked a
good part of the distance.
To appropriately celebrate the
82nd birthday of Mrs. Miller, a
dinner waH served under the
trees at her home in this city
Friday, and the occasion proved
one of much pleasure to all pres
ent, these being Kev. Hunsaker,
age 83, and wife, of McMinn
ville; her sister. Mrs. Margaret
Harbre, age 70. of Eugene; G.
W. Hunsaker and wife and M.
T. Miller anti wife, of Turner; J.
K. Miller and wife, L. A. Thom
as and wife, Mrs. Gertrude Ka-
bourek, and the hostess, Mrs. E.
J. Miller.
The dinner was all that could
be desired and the visit of these
old residents and estimable peo
ple carried them back to the
early days and the pleasures and
trials of pioneer life.
John R. Lake Dead
After an illness lasting several
week, John R. Lake, an aged
veteran of the civil war and a
well known resident passes! away
at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. W. J. Hewitt, this morning
at four o’clock.
The funeral service will be
hel l Friday afternoon at the M,
E. Church. An obituary will be
published next week.
Editor's Mother Dies How to Address Mail Help the Nation
Build Ships
to Soldiers in France
On Monday the writer received
the sad news of the death of
Mrs. W. L. Parry, mother of W.
C. Parry, editor of the Times,
at Berkeley, Cailfornia. W. C.
Parry and wife were called Bouth
two weeks ago by the Berious
illness of his mother.
For a
time after their arrival it was
thought that the editor’s mother
was somewhat improved, but
she was taken suddenly worse
on Saturday and the end came
at 9:15 that night.
Mrs. Parry
v as about 62 years old and is
survived by her devoted husband
and three sons, David H. of Se
attle, W. C. of Junction City,
and Edgar at home. All were
with her at the last. Two sis
ters and several other relatives
live in the east.
The writer was personally ac-
cq us in ted with Mrs. Ifcrry, who
was a woman of sterling quali
ties, thoroughly devoted to her
home and the members of her
family and her church.—T h e
above from the Junction City
Times is from the pen of Mrs.
G. F. Korniek who had charge
of that paper during the editors
absence i n California.
M r.
Parry was formerly connected
with the Mail and is well known
to many Stayton people.
Hop Pickers Wanted
50c per box, fine camp around, tents,
tables,chairs, wood and straw furnished
at the Holmes yard, T. A. Lively. Be
gin picking Sept. 1st. Phone or write
Emm« Glover, Slayton Hotel.
W h e n addressing u paper,
package or letter to your soldier
in France, write plainly his name
regiment, and company and then
add “American Expeditionary
Force to France. ” That is all
that is necessary as of course a
more defínate direction is not
permited. They will be some
where in France and the words
“ American Expeditionary Force
in France” will suffice.
Postage rates to soldiers in
France will be the same as post
al rates in this country. Papers
may be sent for one cent for four
ounces and an ordinary ietter
for two cents. Packages of mer
chandise take the eastern rate of
twelve cents a pound. It is sug
gested to prevent delays in mail,
that packages be weighed at the
postoffice and the proper amount
of postage affixed.
Notice
Beginning Wednesday August
15th, we the undersigned mer
chants will make only two deliv
eries a week. These will be
made on Wednesday and Satur
day mornings. This move has
been made in the interest of
economy and we trust our pa
trons will appreciate our efforts
along this line and continue to
give us the same loyal support
they have in the past.
W. F. Klecker
J. R. Gardner.
Chas. Gehlen.
Marketeria Grocery Co.
Doll’s Cash Store.
Portland—All employes of O.
W. R. & N. Co., whose wages
are less than $200 a month will
receive an increase, effective
The threatened S. P. railroad
August 1, of from 8 to 10 per mens strike is off for the time
cent, except those whose wages being. Its getting monotonous
are fixed by contract or who re the w’ay the “ brotherhoods” call
ceived special increases recently.; for a general tie up every time
Hoseburg -Many silos being
Stanfield Creamery Co., to in -. they are peeved; they are losing
erected in western Oregon
public favor.
stall ice plant.
GREAT SALE OF SUMMER LINES
OF
You can avoid the extra cost which is sure
to result from the soaring prices of wool,
cotton and leather.
BUY NOW AND SAVE MONEY
Men’s Straw Hats
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,
.
1."„ Hart fc JafT
,„d B.shop
All Wool ( M u
All stylo»: Ens-
Ii»h. Pinch and Box Back modela
..................................................... $19.75
Panama, Bankock, Straw; A price
$7-60 Kra(los „ „ „ ...................... »3.76
6 ^
now........................
3.00 grades now...................... 1.B0
All Sailor Hats now.................... 50c
A lot Of
Boys Straw Hats
Men’s Oxford Shoes
Values $1.00 to $1.50, about 26 hats
Tan and b,ack- in leather, Neolin
to close fo r................................
10c and rubber soles; splendid values
at this time for $6.00; next season
S ilk S h i r t s
same grade will be $7.00; now $3.65
A real sill» shb will appeal to ev-
•nr yr f "”»n; $4.00 to $6.00 val-
ues; Rel«*'
this time.......... $3.(5
Oregon Suits
For boys, at $6.50 and $7.00 are
real values: make a selection now.
SALEM
W O O L E N M IL L S
STO R E
YELLOW TICKET S A LE
Farmers of the Pacific North
Starts Saturday August 18 and lasts 7 days.
west are hampered in harvesting
crops by lack of gasoline and
Men'sChambray Work Shirt
Dress Ginghams
distillate and should be interest
ed in promoting shipbuilding.
5 0 c
1 0 c
Harvesting machinery a n d
Men’s Four-in-hand Ties
farm tractors cannot be driven
Girin Wash Dresses
without gasoline and distillate,
1 2 l- 2 c
4 9 c
and gasoline and distillate cannot
Children’s
Tan
Linen
be brought from the great oil
Dresses,
27x54 Velvet Face Ruga J
refineries in the south without
Sizes 1, 2 and 3 years
$ 3 .0 f r ^ 7 - ':
ships.
2
5
c
Scarcity of ships causes short
Oil Cloth*’ "
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age of distillate, gasoline and
12-in. Fiber Suit Cases
crude oil and not only agricul
1 9 c y d V -U
3 5 c
ture but other industries will
suffer.
English Val Lace Edgings
Little Boy’s Wash Suita 4
Grain growers are deeply con
2 y d s fo r 5 c
5 0 c
“
cerned and it all comes back to
the great national need for mil
lions of tons of shipping—the
urgent equipment of the hour is
T H t S TO R E T H A T U N D E R S E L L S B E C A U S E IT S E LL S FOR CASH
ships, ships, ships.
General Merchandise
The campaign of the Portland ;
('hamher of Commerce is for ten
thousand men to work summer
and winter, day and night in the j
44 4
shipyards to build steel and
wooden ships.
Ships are the great national
Note the punctuation in “ 'Her’
need for our country and the
New York,” t h e Pathe Gold
The labor agitators in Montana Rooster play, starring Gladys
allies and any man who can
and
Idaho seem to care not what Hulette, to be shown at the Star
wield a hammer or a saw can
serve his country in the ship happens to the nation so long as Theatre Sunday.
yards as effectively as in the they can tie up industry and
The extra quotation marks are
create trouble.
trenches.
rightly around “ her” be&use
It is hard to understand how a the New York in the story is
Portland and Oregon shipyards
need 5000 men for building steel handful of lawless leaders can wholly and absolutely in the pro
ships and 5000 men for wooden create so much discord and strife prietorship of Phoebe Lester, the
among thousands of ordinarily lovely little country girl, played
ships.
Help enlist ten thousand work satisfied workmen.
by Miss Hulette.
If a man reasons at all he
ers for this industry which is as
She first sees it rising,in a
important as service in the army must see that following such mirage from o q t a cornfield
leaders can have but one ending. wherein she imagined she^was
or navy.
It is the same as following any in “ her” New York,, r u lin g
leader who advocates violence elbows with glitering people in
and destruction, the end comes stead of brushing against corn
quickly, for the balance of so stalks.
Monday morning, at the Cath ciety when finally aroused will
“ ‘Her’ New York” is even
olic church in Sublimity, occurred not tolerate the depredations.
better than “The Shine Girl’,
It is absolutely necessary that and “Prudence The Pirate” '
the marriage of Miss Anna Neit-
Montana
and Idaho farms and
ling. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
mines
be
w’orked to the very
Nick Neitling, to A1 Friedl, Rev.
Salem—Chief Justice McBride
highest
state
of efficiency and
Father Lainck officiating.
will serve as memberof the board
An excellent wedding dinner labor troubles which interfere of conciliation and a r b it r a te to
was served at the bride’s home, with there operation cannot be be named by the Governor.' He
tolerated.
only relatives being present.
says: “I would be w illing to
Probably in no place in the
The newlyweds are a couple of
serve on the commission’ ‘liut I
well known young people of Fern world do miners and farm hands would have no wish to do so if I
Ridge, and their many friends receive as high wages as in this felt that the remainder of the
will wish for them a long and section and yet the agitator is board would be made up of par
not satisfied but continues to
happy life.
tisans of the employers and par
try and stirr up trouble among
tisans of labor, who were so
the workmen.
strongly biased in their attitude
The interest of the public is
that they appeared in the dfoac-
now at stake and the time has
ity of attorneys rather than as
arrived to deal with such offend- j
conciliators and aroitrators.*»
ers to the fullest extent of the
Dr. Frank of Salem will give
Salem — Marion county'£gns
law.
a ten minute address at the
contract for $237,901 bridge -Over
morning service at the M. E.
• • *•' -
Portland—Jiv e contracts, ag river here.
church in the interest of the gregating $275,123.15 for grading
If congress can be m ovft to
Sunday school convention it is 17.6 miles of upper and lower pass legislation giving American
planned to hold in Stayton in Columbia river highway, to make 1 ships an even chance with foreign
the near future.
It is hoped ready for paving next year, were ones this country now has ai| op
that as many representatives as awarded by state highway com -1 portunity to regain its supremacy
possible of the Stayton Sunday mission.
on the seas, why delay actioty.
schools and of those of the sur
rounding country will be present
to hear the Salem man’s message.
He will endeavor to reach by
personal visit as many of the
organizations as possible and will
Unloading Mason Fruit Ja r Rubbers. We have
wind up his itinerary in this part
bought too many and the low price of 5 cents
of the country with his visit and
per dozen on the best heaviest quality grey rub
address at the Methodist church.
bers should move them out at once. Buy all
It is possible other workers may
you want no limit until all are sold. Economy
accompany the well known cap
Ja r lids at 25 cents per dozen or 2 dozen for 45
ital city physician in his visit to
cents. No limit buy all you need. Mason Js r
the various Sunday schools of
Tops lacquered tin, to move out quick dozen 20
Stayton and about the country.
cents. Jelly glasses 6 for 25 cts. Golden Wet-t
Coffee. 3 lbs. $1.00. Diamond W Solid pack**
With a labor problem, the
Tomatoes Can 15 cents. Vermacilla Spaghetti
country at war, conservation of
Egg Noodles 3 pkgs for 25 cents. Watermelons
energies and resources a neces
per lb lc. These prices will prevail until fur
sity and nitrates essential for
ther notice.
i
crops, we should demand fair
legislation from Congress encour
Save Money and Buy from
aging development of waterpow
er, thus conserving labor and
fuel and furnishing fertilizer so
necessary for the soil.
ESTABLISHED 14 YEARS
Helix —Much building in pro
gress here.
MARKETERIA
GROCERY COMPANY)
Time to Deal
With Offenders
Her’ New York"
Married
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Sunday School
Man Comes
Men’s Clothing, Hats, Shoes
Men’s $ 2 5 .0 0 Suits
Serial N o . 1122
A U G U S T 16, 1917.
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W . F. KLECKER.
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