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S T A Y T O N . M A R I O N C O U N T Y . O R E G O N . ~l H U R S D A Y , JULY
¿4th. Year, No. 27 .
4, 1918.
Mrs. Katherine Brown Soldier and Sailor
One Thousand Strong Food Ration in
Passes Away
Insurance Now in Canning Work
Gas-Proof Container
Serial N o . 1168
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Its first class dependable
merchandise you want
Its staple or fancy grocer­
ies, or fruits and berries
in season go to the
The Quartermaster’s Depart­
This community lost » highly j So far more than 3,000,00 ),000 Boys and Girls in Oreyon are
ment is now supplying gas-proof
esteemed and well loved pioneer
government checks have been sent Helping Uncle Sam by Preserviag
containers to the soldiers in the
and neighliour in
in the death
of jout by the Bureau o f War-Kink Po0(jB>
zone of operations in France. !
q A, C.. Corvallis. July t.~
Mrs. A. H. Brown who passed Insurance, most of which were
These
containers prevent seep­
into the great beyond last Wed­ for allotments and allowances to Vlore than j qoq Oregon boys and
age
of
gas into the containers
the families and dependents of Kjr|B from njne to jg years old
nesday June 20. at 2:30 p.m.
and
guard
against contamination
Death came peacefully, merely the enlisted men in the Army and have a|rea(jy enrolled in canning
of
the
food,
The men carry
as sleep after a long and painful Navy, I lie total disbursements wor|< under the direction of the
their
emergency
rations in the
of the bureau up to June 10 were Extension Service of the Oregon
illness since last March.
containers
and
all
food brought
Teams of
It can truly be said of her* that more than $98,000,000, of which Agricultural College.
T M I » T O » l T H A T U N D E R S E L L S B E C A U S E IT S I L L S F O R C A S H
up
to
the
trenches
is carried in
she was a patient sufferer and $97.000,000 was for allotments three which will spread the gos­
the
new
tins.
pel of the slogan. “ Let nothing go
bore her afflictions bravely.
Al. and allowances.
After the food is packed in the
More than 860,000 checks a to waste,” are being formed ra­
though she was desirous of get­
containers
they are heremetical-
ting well she wus ready to go, month aresentout, approximately pidly and are getting into action-
ly
sealed.
It is planning to use
and died as she had lived, a true 35,000 being mailed out everv day- In fact considerable produce has
parafine
for
sealing as it settles
The first checks for the June all­ already been preserved for future
Christian.
in
the
crevices
in such a way
Mrs. Brown, whose maiden otments will de sent out yn July use.
that
it
must
be
cut
before the
I>ast year 40 teams of three
name was Mary Katherine De- 1. just as the first May payments
lids
can
be
taken
off.
It can be
Atley, was born in Westmorland, l>egan on June 1. Relatives and were organized. This season the
applied by running the contain-
_
.
There are now 42 theatres,
Virginia, Jnn.l, 1837, and was at dependents o f the insured men figure is expected to reach 100
‘ The Gho3t House” used in the-
should
remember
that
the
pay­
The team» are trained by college « » . t h r o » » « ■ » " ■ « ? » *«•>,
which cost over$500,000, in oper­ Paramount production of Beulah
the time of her death 79 years f>
Because' the supply of tin is
ments for any month can not be representatives.
Each team is
ation in camps and cantonments Mane Dix’s story of the same
months and 25 days of age.
limited
and there may not be
throughout the country. Nearly name, in which Jack Pickford and
She leaves a husband, six chil­ mailed out sooner than the first required to a public demonstration
enough to supply the needs of
before it is eiigibles for competi­
100 vaudeville acts have been Louise Huff will be seen at the
dren fifteen grand children and day of the suceeding month.
the Army the Quartermaster’s
tion in county and state contests.
brought from the large circuits Star theatre on Sat., is a real
a host o f friends to mourn her
Department i s experimenting
This gives those who attend in­
to play in these theatres only; “ haunted” house. If you don’t
loss; the names of the chilren are
with the wax paper box,. Tests
spiration to go home and do like-
50 acts have been secured from believe it ask anv of the children
Mrs. W. D. Smith of Portland,
made show that these boxes meet
Chautauqua and Lyceum bureaus at Hollywood, California, where
Alliert King of Lyons. Mrs. J. A.
iT ia n crf»« OwnPt*^ "'¡¡W*- One member o f the team
all conditions satisfactorily. The
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VJW11CO
js
expecte(J
to
thoroughly
post­
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comedy companies are plaving the picture was filmed.
Me Kao, Kox Valley, Silas I).,
tins and boxes both are vermin
ed
in
the
work
and
to
lecture
in
in
these theatres exclusively.
Kiehard A. Brown und Mrs. Cad­
The edifice, weather-beaten and
and water proof.
Last
Monday
E.
D.
Alexander
the
demonstration
periods
Thus
Some
of these
are original
New with a mass of long and tangled
die Martin of Lyons.
All were
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and C. E. Daugherty who have a small army of junior home de­
present at the funeral.
York companies, playing the sum- shrubbery around it, stands all by
owned
and published the Mail for monstration agents
The funeral was held Friday
mer season only, with expenses itself in the foothills away from
is being
The lecture work is
afternoon from the home follow-¡the past seventeen months sold trained.
reduced about two thirds.
the rest o f the town. No one re-
cd by services at the grave, and the paper to Chas. S. Clark of something new this year.
The camps have been divided members when the house was
Next Saturday evening there into two circuits. In one the ever occupied and the children
Both boys and girls are admit­
the remains were laid to rest in Canhy, Oregon, who will take
will
be an open air concert and Liberty theatres seat 3,000, in tell weird stories as to the fate
our cemetery. Rev Robert Gatke charge of the business August 1. ted to membership in teams.
entertainment
in Stayton.
A the others the houses are smaller o f those who once lived there.
officiated and preach«*d a very Mr. Clark needs no introduction Last year the cAptain of the win­
impressive sermon.
| to the Mail readers as he former- ning three was a boy. Boys who number of talented entertainers having a capacity of about 1,000 Strange lights and moans are said
The floral offerings were many ly worked on the paper about a join the club enter into the work from Talem will be here and en-. each. It takes from 14 to 25 to be seen and heard, yet no ofte
and beautiful.
¡year and has a
wide circle of with fully as much enthusiasm as tertain the crowds but the an- weeks for
a production to be ' has ventured around there to in-
Althougb she has gone from
us I friends and acquaintances who the girls.
nouncement does not give the staged in each house of either vestigate. Director William
will be glad to welcome him
Due to the imperative demands exact nature of the entertain- circuit.
for ever,
De Mille, who was making the
“ Smilage” books sold through ­ production, used the fronr step*
And we miss her more and more, back to Stayton. He has. been j of the government in respect to ment. The celebration is in hon-
We know she is surely resting publishing the Clackamas Coun-, food conservation and the import- or o f the opening of the Marion- out the country under the direc­ and doorway for several “ shots’
On that beautiful heavenly shore. ! ty news for the past eight or ance of the work, the date limit Polk County bridge across the tion of the Commission on Train- in the picture, but all o f the in­
! nine months.
for enrollment in cannjng work Willamette river at Salem.
iug Camp activities, contains terior Scenes were prudently film­
has extended to July 15 and it is
coupons good for admission to ed in a well-lighted studio.
all attractions in camp theatres.
1 expected that several hundred
Monthly magazines to be sen t1
boys and girls will add their
A t Public Auction at the Henry to soldiers and sailors should n ot1
names to the list between now
Smith place In Stayton, Saturday, be more than two-months old, ac­
! and that time.
July 13, Household goods, consist­ cording to the Post Office Depart­
Few persons realize to what
C. A. Beauchamp the druggist
ing of dining room set, bed room ment, and weekly publications
John Mack who resides at o f Stayton,-has been appointed
The Stayton Water Power Co. extent the beet sugar industry of
should not be more than three
set, lounge, library table, rocker, weeks old.
was dissolved as a corporation the west has saved our country North Santiam, lost his home an enrolling agent for the U. S.
rugs and other articles.
Miss Ruth Roy is visiting in last Monday, going back to pri­ from a sugar famine. It was the Tuesday night by fire, and Claude j Shipping Board, to enroll young
unselfish patriotism of the one his 14 year old son was badly Americans, from 21 to 30, fo r
Mrs. Lester Smith
vate ownership.
Portland this week.
hundred beet sugar factories o f burned about the head, shoulders service in the Merchant Marine.
the west that enabled the gov- and arms. Dr. Brewer was call- He received notice o f his appoint-
ernment to fix the price at $7.30 ed to dress the wounds.
i ment a few days ago.
per hundred wholesale.
The fire was discovered about
The range o f prices in Euro- midnight Tuesday night but the
H. E. Bennett received word
pean countries is all the way origin of the fire is not known. this week of the death o f his
from $12.28 to $26 30 per hundred theory, however, is that a curtain cousin Sergeant Wm. J. McColm
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUYING W HAT YOU W ANT. AND W HAT
in Italy, while by international was blown bv the breeze into the Marine Corps, of Portland wher
agreement the price was fixed flame o f a lighted lamp and then was killed in action in France
YOU NEED
for the United States and En­ the paper on the wall caught June 6. From the date given it
from that thus setting fire to the is presumed he fell in the fight­
gland at $7.30.
The stand of the sugar beet building which was burned to i n g around Chateau Thierry in
refiners not only safeguarded us the ground.
which the Marines gave such
on price but if it were not for
If you merely want clothes and don’t need them, you owe it to your coun­
good account of themselves in
the production of one billion, sev­
try not to buy them.
Rev. W. J. Warren left Tues- stopping the late German thrust
en hundred and fifty million day for North Howell and he and toward Paris. Sergeant McColm
pounds of beet sugar annually, Rev. Nichols went on to Sa- enlisted in the Marines shortly
we would not have had 84 pounds lem Wednesday to take final after war was declared and was
per capita to consume last year. citizenship examinations.
thirty-four years o f age.
The American people owe it to
this domestic industry that is the
child of American labor and A-
merican capital that we are thus
favored in price and quantity of
That’s only another way of saying be sure they’re good clothes; the kind
one of the most necessary and
that wear so well you get more value for your money.
useful food products. The west
particularly
should advocate
WE HAVE LARGE STOCKS OF THESE CLOTHES AND OTHER MER­
Is once more called to the fact that
measures tending to encourage
CHANDISE; W E BOUGHT THEM AT PRICES MUCH LOWER THAN THEY
and develop this industry.
we have N O T advanced the price of
MARKETERS
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GROCERY COMPANY
General Merchandise
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Many Attractions
Real “ Ghost House”
In Camp Theatres
Used For Picture
Stayton Mail
j 0 Celebrate in Stayton
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The Beet Sugar*
Industry Needed Home Destroyed by Fire Notice of Appointment
W hat You Need
Is One Form of Economy
If
You Need Clothes be Sure That They’re Good Ones
BISHOP ALL WOOL SUITS
$20 TO $35
HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
$25 TO $40
WOULD COST NOW. IF YOU NEED CLOTHES, NOW IS THE TIME TO
BUY THEM; YOU’LL SAVE SOME MONEY FOR YOURSELF.
Your Attention
Notice of Appreciation
our wool dress goods.
W e are sell­
ing them at the same old price.
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MEN’S
HATS
$3 to $5
SALEM
W OOLEN MILLS
STORE
SALEM
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OREGON
We heartily appreciate the
kindness shown
and the
able help lent us by the kind peo­
ple of West Stayton and North
Santiam
during our sickness
while we were at the home of our
parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Van
Nuys.
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Signed;
Mr. and E. E. Van Nuy«
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SHOES
$5 to $9
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