• m O' THE STAYTON MAIL H as the Largest Circulation of A ny Paper in the Santiam Valley 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 , APRIL 24th. Year, N o. 15. Serial N o. 1156 War Savings Society They are Doing STAYTON GOING OVER THE Hard at Work TOP IN THE BOND DRIVE Their Bit are You? Down on the front, Oh the clouds hang gray And low, o’er the trenches whqre death holds sway, Midst boom of cannon and shriek of shell Where the gas waves seem like Last Friday evening the Third guarantee of their value and a a breath from hell. Linerty Loan drive was formally good rate of inf rest is being paid There, your love and mine, with opened in the Star Theatre by a so do not wait hut buy bonds quick coming breath, splendid program consisting of and more bonds. Lie, waiting signals, that to some solos hy both Mrs. Ringo nnd one means death. Mrs. Mayo and and some clever And when they come, like a bolt work by Mr. Patton the well from the blue. known Salem magician. The! They’ll do their hit. I wonder main event of the evening was] will you? a stirring patriotic address hy I Since announcing his candi I>>uis Lachmund forinely mayor dacy for repre*8entative from There goes a rocket, 'Tis their red signal light, of Salem. Those who were un Marion county J. P. Wilbur has re Out over the top, like eagles in able to lie present missed a rare considered his action and owing flight. treat as the speaker was alive to to the trying times through his subject and impressed a ll! which the country is passing and They cross no man’s land, whose sands will be red manufactur present with the idea that we being a woolen With life blood of theirs, for your have a big job ahead of us and i er he feels that he can Berve his freedom Bhed, the only way to do is to get rightj country better making blankets in and finish it. The real work than making laws, and wishes to There, forms lying still hear not the rattle of taking subscription however thank all his friends who had so They’ve did not commence untill Satur warmly pledged him their sup Of sabre and gun. fought their last l>attle, day but the residents of the com port. munity are showing they are in | While the entire community is For others they died, and for liberty true earnest as the first few days sorry to have him withdraw from over $13,500, was subscribed, the race realizing that he would They did their bit, now I wonder did you? this is a splendid beginning but; have been a valuable man to have Soft shine the stars o’er fields hud in the legislature yet they ad v bile our quota is a little over where they fell $32,000, we will not lie satisfied mire the patriotic stand he has So wet with the dew, and torn with that small amount for the taken in the matter and will be hy shell. administration can and will use anxious to support him at some And the wind mourns soft, as if wisely all we can raise. The future date. under the spell people throughout the country Of a requiem low. or some fun aie giving their answer to the pres* nt German offensive by eral knell O’er our boys lying still. On shelling out the dollars with un honors last field precedented liberality and free dom. Our freedom and liberty The unit 'd revival meetings For you and for me their life was sealed ure at stake and we have already will lie continued all this week sent several hundred thousand in the Baptist church at 8 p.m. Till the angels open and find written true of our Itoys to the front nnd except on Saturday when there many thousand are now ready j w ill Ije a childrens meeting at “They did their bit bravely,” will they say this of you? to go and surely we will not fail 4p.m. Parents are requested to to back them up w ith our m oney: send their children or come with The birds carol sweetly, and the for while they are giving their them. On Sunday there will be wild flowers bloom, all we are only asked to loan our no services in the Methodist Round the old homestead, yet its money, and the entire resources church. Hour of service in the lone, oh so lone of our goverment are back o f' Baptist church 11 a.m and 8p.m. : And the folks seem so still, for the bonds we are buying as a j Good music good singing. out of that home Only a Question of a few Days Until our Com munity will be There-People Responding Liberally to the Government Call Wilbur Withdraws From the Race "You Must be Born Again” of Goods at this Store e have made big plans to take care of our trade this sea on, and our advice to you is to tu y yvyur needs in clothing and furnishing goods now. Our stock'is complete in all lines-the largest we have ever had. The values are good and the prices exceedinglv low. W T h is fall th e re v, '1 be a m aterial increase in th e price o f all m erch an d ise and the v alu es will b ‘ cot.: ierab ly reduced. O u r stocks cl h e a v y w eig h ts in all lines a re re a d y n o w an d ' y o u c an save fio n 20 to 25 p e rc t by m ak in g y o u r p u rch ases now . Hart Schaffnor & ?iarx ?\\ wee! Suits ' Men’s and Yeung Men’s Models. Bishops All Wool Suits Solid in Color and pure wool fabrics All Models $25 to $40 $ 2 0 to $ 3 5 M en’s U n d e rw e a r Hosiery W o rk C lothes SA LEM W O O L E N M ILLS STO RE M en's Hats Slices Shirts S2 Be Patriotic by Buying Liberty Bonds An enthusiastic meeting of St. Mary’s War Saving society was held Monday Apri1 8 after the regular meeting of the C. O. F. and from the report of the sec retary ('has. Gehlen it was learn ed that through the members and their influence nearly $3,000 had been raised for the good old IJ. S. A. The society is doing its bit in order to help put Stay- tun over the top and new mem bers are coming in ail the time The society expects to get their supply of service buttons in the near future. Regular meetings are held every second Monday of the month. Enlist with them now and help the good work along. A loved one had gone—How quiet the room For this message had come, ‘‘Killed in action, your son.” Their clear eyed laddie will never more come To those old folks again. To the starry flag true They have given their hit. I wonder have you? Help the Boys by Conserving Be Economical by Trading at the M ARKETERS B E C A U S E IT S E L L S FOR C A S H General Merchandise Highest Market Prices paid for your Wool and Mohair in any quantity Good Second Hand Sacks And Twine for either for sale. Custom carding done. WILBUR WOOLEN MILLS CO. School Notes The high school will give a Basket Social next Friday night. The following program has been arranged: Vocal Solo Wava Brown Reading Margaret Schaefer Piano Duet Selma Schuff Ruth Roy Songs Chorus Reading Will Ryan Vocal Solo Mrs. Lau Coronet Duet JamesMielke Albert Warren Community Sing Miss Miller Orchestra Selection. This program will be given free and the sale of baskets will be immediately after. The girls in textiles have com pleted several garments and are now ready to begin the making of cotton dresses. The Baseball team from Hub- lard gave the Stayton team a warm game last Friday but were defeated with a score of 6 to 4 in Stay ton’s favor. The Teachers’ Training class are now taking a course in pho netics. Boost for the Ball team! Buy a season ticket. Following is the list of those eligible for the silver cup now held hy Leona Sandner for Type writing: Melvin Nipple. I^eona Sar.dner, Gladys Hamman. Juse- p! > (> Laml>rei. iit. Anna Si mini, and ('aryl Ruble. The baseball manager reports that two games have b^en ar ranged for with the Salem high school. Prof. For was able to return to school Monday. Twenty of the children in IV' s Bchifferer’s room have taken up the Club Work, and will soon be very busy. The children in Mrs. Law’s room have been busy st-liing War Savings Stamps. They have sold owe to Dona d Sanders this week. Donald Sanders, Carrie Gavin, and Wendell Weddle have re turned to school. Hazel Ham- man and Hilda Trask have re turn al after having attacks of chicken pox. ih e fourth grade have been writing some poc-ms, some of which are very good to have been written by children. Don’t forget the B ri<et Social Friday April 12. GROCERY COMPANY THE 3TCAE THAT UNDERSELLS STAYTON - OREGON Girls’ Honor Guard - D A N C E - FRIDAY APRIL 19,1918 IN THE TROTTER BLDG. TWO GRAND- PRIZES First Prize-Fat Turkey Second Prize-Fat Hen Proceeds from prizes to be donated to the Red Cross Frank Siegmund donated the First p-izc and Mrs. T . W . Creech the Second W in a Turkey for 10 cents G. R. Munkers, cashier of the Stayton State Bank, of this city, is one of 29 out of 33 Marion county boys who are expected to re p o rt at Camp Lewis about the ‘2tSth. Easter Sunday a beautiful iser- vice flag curtaining 37 stars each representing a boy from this corn- munity who is in the service for Uncle Sam was unveiled at the Christian SundAv School Why buy Cow Butter? W hen you can get PEANUT B U T T |7 p For less than half, lust Received a full Barrel of Peanut Butter y nobody Ill i d : : s e u s us W . F. K LECK ER. EST/BUSHED 15 YEgRS