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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1918)
é Ike always though^ sa f ç\ 5, **■ , s jf jiß * * ìt* ■ —a man was foolish to buy plug of the Gravely class when he could get a big plug of ordinary tobacco for the same money. But one day Bill gave him a chew of Gravely—just tWo or three small squares. Then Ike got the pure, sat ’ s»- Only Four More Days To Do Your Christmas Shopping ! * i I Better come in at once and select a good sensible Christmas Present in j¡ the shape of a piece of Furniture or a Brunswick Phonograph which is now admitted to be the world’s greatest talking machine. Prices range from $32 50 to $1500.00. Ladies W ritirg Desks Sewing Baskets Cedar Chests Electric Lamps Traveling Bags Boston Shopping Bags Nut Bowls L ily Bowls W icker Chairs W icker Tables Leather Rockers Morris Chairs Library Tables Hoosier Cabinets Brunswick Phonograph Smoking Stands Easy Rockers Couches Daved ports Over-Stuffed Chairs Dining Tables Suggestion for Mother1« Letter. Bun of Mlb«: Thrjf'rv ■••inline you home to roe nt laet. TliruuKli all three month» o f «a ilin g and longing I've liern «r a r in g a atar fnr you mid holding my hrad high and thinking wondrrful ihoaghia atioiil you. I've watched you through oreuti mixta and dreamed anilona dream * Yea, and rrlrd a little«, too, but not when people could are. And now you're coming home. Oh, It aeetna too good to ha true. I've Junt read your letlare again. They aay ao much more than yon ever thought when you were writing them. Junt happening*— that'a all moat o f the thing» yau wrote alxnit were to yon. Hut to me they aald you were faring the tdggeat thing In life, faring It bravely. H i I atiould want my aon to face I t You were offering' your body anriiyour aoul for a thing bigger than you or tAe or America. When I wrote to you I tried to w rite cheerful, encouraging lettere, heenuae I did not waul you to go Into battle feeling that I wn» holding you back from the big »acrirtee. It'a only now, when the lighting la over, that I ran let down a III lie him ] h e Ju»t your mother, Juat the woman who lovea you better tlmn a n y t h i n g cl»e In the world anti la ao glad to know you're coming hark to her ihut »he doesn't care who area her cry, I'crliapa for soiur o f the hoya who have Blood wftli you xn finely through three trial» the fighting la not yet nil over. The lighting I mean 1» that be tween n man mi l hllnedf, mid for many o f tlietu fill» will he ilie liurde»t battle o f nil (hiring the tong day» and evening» o f w alling before they ran »tnrt for home thought» will creep Into their mind» which will lie tmrd to real»!. There will he tim e» after all thcKc month» o f action when the long ing for change and for the eonipiinion- ah Ip o f women tuny lend them Into na- aoclation» which wilt »| m >II their liomw coming mid rauae them ahume mid hu miliation, and even pcrlmpe niuke them unfit to receive the love that aw ait» them here. You, deiireat I hijt , are Junt n* liutnan a» your comrudeA and feeling» like theae may come to you too. 1 don’t u»k you to cru»li .hem. They an* nat ural. mid they only prove that war I iiim fulled to dry up the well aprltig o f your emotion». I n»k you only to rec ognize them when they come and to control them with (he line »trenglh you luive gained while fighting for the Ideal» and principle» o f America Ju«t remember that many Joyo’i« year» o f life are ahead o f you mid Mint the rlxU o f »polling them find the k* e that will All them la too troinendou» to run for a abort hour o f »eemlng pica»:.re, Many o f the hoya who will come home with you bitve no mother» to w rite to them. Honiu o f them may think that no min imrex wlint they do. Hut «oroebotly doe» care. America care«. And the g irl» they will marry some day car*. And. oh, the difference It will iimke In their lives If they will J uki remember Hint there 1» always somebody, alw ays! Help them to remember. Help them to come home clean mid line. I hurt lei them spoil everything now. They have been an splendid, i f you think this letter will help thorn give It to them. If they have no mothers let rae be their mother until they have come hack mid taken (lie high places (lint await them here. Tell them lo write to me. How I xlnmld trenail re their letter» 1 Anil, o f eoiir*«, you will write to me. Junt »a.v tlml you iimlerstnml- Hint you know why I have written till» Im- tcr. T h 'ii I cun wnlt nio'iiiix yes Oven .Xi*:lEn ?■:I «»•» IiI * 1 ii v.'i w il- cntm* It' me to i i* ' e* id ' in you were c.! • t m •'» lo COIlip eo l*‘lig j :»i, ¡ 1 I I I IU 1 L MT. PLEASANT ITEMS Miss Hazel liiunhert reltiriietl to her school at Lebanon Sunday af ter two weeks’ vacation. Mina Kffie Kay left for Me.Minu- v'Me Wednesday where she will he until holiday time. <i. II Kay and. Linn Lambert anti wife motored to Albany Thursday. Mis* Selma Sehuff of Slayton is visiting at the M. F. Ryan home. Mr. uud Mrs. II. K. Shank ami oooo _ _ ____ _ son Raymond were Sunday visit ors at Kd Smith's. Mrs. Seltner Brown called on the Misses Shanks Thursday. Mrs M. F. Ryan and daughter! Marguerite, Angeline an<J Betty called at Lee Downing's Sunday. Nick Sen/ and Frank Laux called at the Mrs. Roxie Shank home Wednesday evening. The Misses Maud Smith ami Alice and Sophia Kberheardt vis ited ut Lee Downing’s Sunday. We are all glad to know that Cn/VVELY Buffets Children’s Chairs T o y W agons Hobby Horses Stick Horses Doll Carts Electric Irons i TOÜACCO CO DANVILLE VA Do you live “ from hand to mouth?’ ’ There is a system of living whereby Tt.dav may be made to provide for Tomorrow— this year for next year---the prime of manhood for old age. ■ SAVE ■ This one word tells the story. Just a little regu larly deposited in our savings department makes a pleasently sur prisin g showing in the yea<s to come Capital $50,000.00 Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stay ton,Oregon | | For Sale—Thoroughbred Rhode Island Red Roosters. Cecil Schae fer. Stayton, Oregon. — oooo Ü O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O ^O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O ^O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O v x e oo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooooooo oooo oooooooooooo oooo oooooooo oooo oooo oooo Merry, Merry, CHRISTMAS •:•<*•:*❖ •><• <• <• : * l t l t This will be the Merries! Christmas the wosld aver in manu yean. And all feel more like giving thin ever beiore. Bat care, taste, jadgaeot and economy should rile, aid there’s nothing more appropriate to five than x x x •> <> -> <• V •> V •> A GOOD PLACE TO TRADE W e carry a large line of dry goods, shoes, notions, gents’ furnishings, hats, caps and rubber goods, etc. 4 ♦ t J <* F A T H E R , B R O T H E R or “ T H E M A N ” would appreciate a pair of our shoes or slippers. L O O K ! Young men’s brown English lace. Neolin soles, $7.00. Others at $0.00, $8.50, $9.00; or a Stetson, the highest grade shoes, at $12.00. t ♦ ♦ ♦ Fine black gun metals, in either English or round toes, at all prices, from the fine high est quality Stetson at $11.60 down tc#a good neat appearing shoe o f good service at $5 00 OR M A B Y “ HE” W O U LD LIKE A P A IR OF CO M FO RTABLE SLIPPERS. The all-leather come at $3.00, $2.50, $2.00, $1.85 and $1.75. The felt slippers sell for $2 25 down to 95c. Mother, sister or the other fellow’s sister would like a pair o f those lovely dark grey, dark brown,or black kid shoes in the exqisite new styles which are both stylish and comfortable, and range in pric» from the most elegant high grades at $11.00, at $10, $9.50 on down even to $3.95 for a very good shoe in black.. There are browns and dark greys as low as $6.50. t has a large line of fancy and staple groceries, canned goods, smoked meats. In fact ev- erything you will find in a first-class Merchandise store is to be found here at prices that are right. «* 4 * <. i. . ; . « > « * (O O O O O O a * * * « •».> ❖ < • *•>•:• * ■ * * * • :• *•* ••• * o c* ■& .*• •> *» <• oooooo oooooooooooo Ò 0 oooooo oooooo oooooooo ^ L e s l e y Hot e l their parents to buy shoes, uniil Christmas, a fine all leather “ U n cle Sam 's W a r P u rse,’’ as lon g as they last, then other presents w ill be given . C om e ea rly and g et y ou r purse, and m ay y ou r Christmas days be as m erry as can be, is the w ish o f MRS. F R A N K LESLEY, PROP. oooooooooooo We cater to the traveling public CLEAN ROOMS GOOD BEDS oooo ■ . W oooooooooooo Salem Make this your home when in Stayton Oregon STAYTON OOOO O O O O O O O O Ö O O C O O O -C X X O O O O O O O O O O O O 00-00 O O O O O O O O >0-0000oooc oooo oooo oooo oooo OOOO OOOO Ou w oooooo oo _>ooo >00000 oooo oooo oooo oooooo oooo oooo oooooooo oooo oooo oooo oooo CXVOOOOOO oooo ♦ ♦ ♦ % *. \ ♦ t J ♦ ♦ ♦ •> « The Mail is $1.50 a Year In fact we have Shoes and Slippers for all the family, in a wide ranee, and all good, with prices that gladden the careful buyer. B egin n in g cTVIrmday m orning, D ec. 23d, w e w ill g iv e to e v e r y child that S tre e t t # Those dear little ones who will ho the greatest enjoyment of all on Christmas morning: and nothing will please them more than a pair o f the beautiful Red Rose slippers at $1.25 and $1.15, or the blue with ornament at 95c and 85c. Shoes are always in or der for children and they enjoy new ones on Christmas too. We have them in great est variety from the lovely brown English lace for the miss at $4.25 down all the stages to the dainty soft sole for the Woe Babe at 65c. V? * J : GEHLEN’S STORE 1 A N D L A D IE S ’ S L IP P E S S —in all kinds. The Low Comfys in soft padded soles, hard sole leather soles with low heels, and combination soles, felt and leather, also some all felt. The prices of the finest are $2.25, then they range down to 95c with prices all the way between. D O N ’T FORGET TH E KID D IES 167 N . Commercial \ : OUR GIOCERY DEPARTMENT j Shoes and Slippers com es in the store w ith • Save Today for Tom orrow 's Needs the Aegerter Bros., Dave and Kämest, are able to he up again after a long seige of sickness. There will he preaching at the Mt. Pleasant church Sunday, Dec. 22. Both morning and evening. The Mt. IMensant school is pre paring a Christmas program to be | given ut the school Friday even-; ing, Dec. 20. ____ n • Real Gravely Chewing Plug ____ each piece packed in a pouch SALEM, OREGON 340 COURT STREET • l l f w i fu rth er — tSat't trhy — a cun f t the food o f I it clo u o f In bat co Without c.tra t o j PEYTON BRAND HOME F U R N IS H E R G S. H A M ILT O N isfying Gravely taste. It lasted so long, you can't tell him nowadays that it costs him anything extra to chew Real Gravely. . 5 OOOOOO OOOOOO '>00000<5 o o o o o o o * OREGON ) Û O O O O O O O O O -M V IO O O O D : oooo I SS