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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1918)
THE IS O N LY One Dollar Now SEPTEMBER FIRST THE PRICE WILL BE RAISED TO Better Pay Your Back Subscription Now u iS I o SUBSCRIBE NOW AND SAVE 50 CENTS ▼ * ♦ * * * * * * * * * :" :* * •$ •* * •$ •* •$ ••$ ••$ • + My Competitors Say their Goods are Just as Good as * W A T K I N S 4 * That’s a Compliment. Why not buy the Standard of Qual * ity? There will always be a Watkins man call on you three or four times a year. My business is not for sale, traded or Riven away. * * Will be in Stayton and surrounding country soon. Wait for ♦ me for Watkins Remedies, Spices, Extracts, Toilet Articles * W . N. R O W L E Y 331 N. Liberty SA LEM 4 ? s * * * * * * * * * * :^ * * * * * * * * * * SALEM CITY CLEANING WORKS 1261 STA TE S TR E ET , N EAR 12TH Ladies' and Men's Hats Renovated Clothes Cleaned and Pressed Out of town work attended to promptly Geo. Davie, Stayton Representative LEAVE YOUR REPAIRING AT THE BARBER SHOP CARD OF THANKS The Patriotic Ladies of Stay- ton received the following letter thanking them for the sweater and sdcks that they sent to Mr. Smith. The league has fur nished 15 of the Stayton boys with suits, etc., so far. Fort D. A. Russel, Aug. 12. 1918. To the Patriotic Ladies of Stay- ton: I wish to express my sincere thanks to the Stayton Patriotic League for the splendid sweater and socks which you have sent me. There are four of us here rep resenting Stayton, Mr. Creek. Wallace Smith, Norwood Eskew and mvself. We sure have some fine times. Again thanking you. I remain. Wm. II. Smith Fort D. A. Russel, Post Hospi tal, Wyo. Hit By Falling Tree Dies From Injuries W ▼ iteers. To overcom e th is th e gov e rn m e n t set asid e a la rg e tra c t of G reat French Colonial T erritory in lan d fo r rec re atio n an d le g itim ate shops, m oving p ictu res, b a rb e r shops, North Africa Seems to Hold Out L ittle Promise. h a b e rd a sh e rs, can d y an d re fre sh m e n t shops an d in th is tra c t know n as W adal v s th e la st point of colonial G reen e P a rk e , nam ed fo r G eneral expansion of the F rench before the E u ropean struggle drew their energies G reen e of th e S ix ty -n in th diylslon, and atten tio n hom eward. The greet th e S alv atio n A rm y secu red a con African te rrito ry w as added to th e cession an d erected an d equipped a t French Kongo only a short tim e before a cost of $25.000 a tw o sto ry b u ild th e w ar broke out. ing, 50x122. th e g ro u n d floor con Very few w hite people have actually sistin g of a p erg o la 12x50, rea d in g visited W adal, but tales of the region an d re c re a tio n room 40x50; a u d it a re num erous both In upper Egypt and orium', 40x70, w ith a se a tin g capac In Tripoli. Occasionally some of the in h ab itan ts of th e ilttle-known region ity of 350, lunch room , check room , ran be seen In the b azaars of K hartum public telep h o n e, w ritin g an d read - or Algiers. W adal lie« a t the . in g facilities, etc. T he second floor head of caravan routes th a t cross th s Includes 17 room s fo r v isito rs, each desert both from the M editerranean room fu rn is h e d w ith h o t and cold and the Nile. It bears a bad rep u ta w ater, elec tric lig h ts a n d all m odern tion. even for N orth Africa. It Is known as one of the last strong conveniences. holds and sources of supply of the “ One of th e p rim e o b je cts of th e slave trade. Its people are divided b u ild in g is to accom m odate th e vis Into conquerors and conquered— the i t i n g m o th e rs an d w ives of sold iers form er belonging to a pow erful na tive trib e th a t holds the Mohammed and th e 17 sleeping room s a re ex an faith and the la tte r including all clusively for wom en. It Is th e only m anner of very prim itive savages. Up place of Its k ind w here w om en may to very recent tim es these savage peo stay o ver n ig h t fo r a nom inal sum ple are known to have been captured and If th e re w ere 150 room s th ey and sold as slaves along the B arbary w ould be fu ll every n ig h t. T he firs t coast. The F rench only established a flo o r is given over to th e com fort p ro tecto rate In 1912, so th a t they had an d re c re a tio n of th e so ldiers, w ith little opportunity to break up the read in g , w ritin g and lo unging room s trad e before ttie E uropean war. In physical appearance W adal la de w ith gam es, m usic and refre sh m e n ts. scribed by th e caravan men aa a vast, “ W h ile I was th e re a w oman a r low-lying plain. G reat tra c ts of It have never been explored. It seems to have rived In cam p to v isit h e r tw o sons. once form ed th e bed of a great Inland T h a t she was a rea l d a u g h te r of th e aea. of which L ake Chad. In the south soil w as ap p a ren t. H e r hom e was in west. la the shriveled rem nant. In th e m o u n ta in s of C alifo rn ia, she had fact, the S ahara Is steadily encroach rid d e n 30 m iles on h o rseback and ing on It from th e northw ard. It Is th e n stag ed 40 m iles m ore to th e m iM cd Li. U»r_old channels of several tr a in w hich ca rrie d h e r to T acom a O reg o n ’s clo sest touch w ith th e an d from th e re sh e cam e by a u to to ac tu al w ar service w hich th e Salva th e cam p, ra d ia n t in th e Joy of ex tlon Arm y Is doing both h ere and pectancy, b u t th e tw o sons had s ta r t o v erseas— a touch th a t has a lre ad y ed o nly th e day b efo re for th e ir long been felt by h u n d re d s of O regon boys jo u rn e y “ o ver th e re .” A S alvation — Is th e splendid new S alvation A rm y A rm y lassie found h e r In a little b u ild in g rec en tly erected In G reene cru m p led heap in one co rn e r of th e b u ild in g sobbing h er h e a rt out. An P ark . Cam p Lew is. W ash in g to n . Jo h n M. L inden, of C hicago, who aikled g rief was h e r penniless condi h as a rriv ed in P o rtla n d to m an ag e tio n , she had expected th e boys to th e O regon s ta te d riv e fo r th e S al have a little m oney to help h er on vation Arm y w ar service fund, w hich h e r w ay hom e. She was given food opens S eptem ber 5, was p rese n t a t an d a room an d th e next day a p u rse th e opening of th e b u ild in g and in w as m ade up and she was sta rte d on d 'ac u ssin g ita plans, purpoaea an d h er h om ew ard Journey. scope said : “ It is fo r th e purpose of doing "W h en C am p L ew is becam e th e such w ork as th is as well as m in is g re a t ca n to n m en t th a t It la— th e te rin g to th e sp iritu a l and physical la rg e st In th e P n lte d S tate s— th e needs of th e boys in th e tren c h es, r vernm -nt found th a t th e usual tb ar O regon is to be given th e op T 'k era w ere sw ooping down upon th e p o rtu n ity of co n trib u tin g $25.000 to l " e ~ •••»th t b °*r w e l l k n o w n w a ^ e s , ♦ h e *5,009,000 fund w hich is b ein g “ he* a.,*- *’ oink lem onade, etc. Such '■»•«ed th ro u g h o u t th e lu lle d AA jk e s fc M J t * b J i . ■•«»•». „ * 1 y - >kt' OUkUM,'! , * . * I the deceased, the deapest of DESTINED TO BECOME DESEHI sympathy is extended. Capt. L am bert inform s us th a t Sep a ra te Co. A. Oregon G uards have ac cepted an invitation to visit Sublim ity and th e Co. will m arch to th a t place on Monday evening, A ugust 26th. This will give the boys a touch of hiking and the outing will do them good. It is ex pected th a t a n um ber of our c iti zens who are not m em bers will go a- long w ith the boys. Red Cross Flower Sale T h ere are a num ber of beautiful flowers on display a t S ta rr'a store, which have been donated by Miss Flo rence P otroff and alto tw o lovely Be gonias donated by Mrs. Lee T ate, which are on sale to he sold for th e benefit of the Red Cross of S tay to n . Those w ishing to purchase flowers should m ake early selections, rem em ber, th e money troes to a good cause. . T h e re a re o p tim ists. Ai d th e re a re d rea m ers. A nd th e re a re a m a te u r clairv o y an ts w hose rosy visions look lik e th e p h an to m s of an a l coholic trance- Som e of us believe th a t a fte r th e v u r food prices w ill go back to w here th ey w ere in 1910, and e a rlie r. They say th a t th e fa rm e r g ets too m uch p ro fit now. b u t they do n o t realize th a t u n til la tely he n ever got en ough. T h e re is only one class in th is c o u n try in w hich m ost of th e la b o r is e n tiie ly unpaid. A fa rm e r’s wife and ch ild re n c o n s titu te th e b u lk of his w o rk in g sta ff, b u t they a re n o t on th e p a y r o ll- - a co n d itio n ex istin g in no o th e r tra d e betw een th e two oceans. Yet a fa rm e r Is as m uch a sp e cia l ist as an electrician . He n eed s as m uch scien tific tra in in g as a d en tist. His em ployees m u st be sk illed w ork- m en. an d th ey m u st be paid skilled w o rk m e n ’s wages. tf. w hen th e w ar Is over, we find th a t th e prices of fa rm p ro d u cts show a ten d en cy to sta y w here th ey a re we w ill know th a t th e A m erican fa rm e r Is com ing Into his own. Company. How is Alva and the rest of Just as we go to press we the children. learn of the death of Fred Brad Well, how is Stayton and the shaw, from injuries received people around there? And how i last Tuesday at the Gooch Camp. is Otis? Tell him hello. Mr. Bradshaw was engaged in How long has William been in falling timber for the Gooch the service? Lumber Company and in some manner he was hit by a falling I would rather go to France tree and received injuries about Mrs. Alice Myers received the than to the Phillipine Islands, following letter from George M. hut if they say go. 1 guess a fel the body, from which he died Street, who is stationed at San low has to go. This company is this morning. Deceased was well known Francisco, and who is well over seven hundred strong.. W’e known here: had a parade the other day in here and was a brother of Ar Presidio, Cal., Ayg. 8, 1918. which there were thirty thou chie Bradshaw, who used to run Dear Friend and Family:— sand soldiers marching. I like it a store here. He was 30 years I will drop you a line to let fine. I am about one and one- of age and leaves a wife and one you know I um alive and hope half miles from the center of child. The funeral will he held Fri you are all. San Francisco. I have been at Well, Elsie said William was Fort McDowell, Fort Scott and day at Mill City at 3:30 and in- eerment will be in the Mill City down on the border she thought. now here. cemetery. The funeral will be Do you know where aliouts he Well, I will close and will do held Friday at 3:30 and inter is, and what is his address? better next time. Write to me A tlas Peck, w ho has been ex p eri ment will be held in the Mill City for I have been in the army soon. From your loving friend, m e n tin g w ith av iatio n by ju m p in g cemetsrv. The funeral will be we two months now. I think off th e sta b le w ith an u m b rella ai d George M. Street in charge of the Ringo Under lenve here next Tuesday for the « "tue tu rk e y w ings, has fsk ^ n HP « Piulllppiiie islands, i am in the 48th Company, C. A. C.. Presi- taking Parlors of Stayton, now line and la now try in g to get ¿ v ¿ L - I ; a.:2 r :!a t!r :: Coaat Artillery Corps, tne 48th, <uio, Swu I' im -. vm I w , J u J. ê .... * - • - H fcl — . - 4 Ik « « J Camp Lewis, wash. I wish to thank the Ladies of the Stayton Patriotic League for their kindness in presenting me with the knitted socks and sweater. Leo J. Frank 42 Co., 11 Battalion, 166th. De pot Brigade, Camp Lewis, Wn. w ▼ \ -« X. *** « tu rn * .* •sit