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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1918)
® • Vf \ Eggs 64 Cecils a Dozen P-A.SCHRUNK’S j GROCERIES 2 FRUITS Nice large oranges. N o. 12ft ea^h N o. gOs the largest orange, JOc each; 2 f • i 3c; or l for T h e choicest cranberries, quart Large size Florida grapefruit, each Baldwin apples, bhx Fine pears, box $ 1 .1 0 “ One!—How the hours have slipped away! Tw o!—Some will Weep with aoro re gret. Three’—Co tld I still on earth delay— Four! Sonic g'Kid 1 might accomplish yat. F ive'—An angelic song awoke! Six!—Surely are the fetters riven. Seven!—Soon I shall hear the final stroke— Fight' -Chime awaetly with the clock of heaven! Nine’ - 1 an; nearer to my goo!' ’ Eleven’—Awake, immortal soul! Tw elve!—Farewell) and lot th* New Year In!" 2 ‘ _*c 2c 2c 2c SEE ME FOR LIVE POULTRY“ The F a rm e rs ’ 'ore O f Quality / 270 North Comm: rcial Stn et We deliver ers /• bALEM . OREGON .à — /V over Phone 721 « % ree cf c’ arge , ?■*** S' Jfi 1 “ Not a hit o f it.” declared Dale In a spirited way. “ T h e bear— ” “ The b ea r!” repeated Roy in won derment. “ Oh, 1 forgot to tell you that my catch was a bear,” spoke Dale. “ I came across him curled up in a pit, a perform ing bear, strayed from some mountebank master in one o f the bom burded villages. Moon us he saw me he acted frightened and humble, and tillery at when I patted him uttered a jolly France.” growl, turned a somersault and stood “ Oh, brought in a captive,” was his on his head.” careless reply. “ Ran into the skulker, “ You don't mean i t !” marched him into camp and left him in “Come. I’ll show you.” the guard house. Any letters?” Dale led the way to the guardhouse. “ N ary a letter. Th ey say the mail Outside o f It was gathered a nois.v packs here are four days overdue, but they're rushing holiday stuff to the camps.” T H E D E A T H O F T H E OLD YE A R . Dale W ebster sighed and his face grew wistful. *T v e been expecting one thill knee-deep lies the winter snow. And the winter winds are wearily sigh letter particularly. You’re iny friend, ing: Roy?” Tbil ye the church bell sad and slow. "A ft e r your carrying m e on your And tread softly, and speak low. For the Old Year lies a-dying. back h alf dead across the worst part Old Year, you must not die: o f No M an s Land, with the Boches You came to us so readily. plugging away fo r keeps. I guess s o !” You lived with us so steadily, OH Year, you shall not die. "A n d you remember Winnie Trask?” “ As a memory sweet and fragrant His face Is growing sharp and thin. as a field o f daisies!” Alack! our friend is pone. "W ell, one night in a dugont I just Close up his eyes; tie up his chin; f ■ p from the corpse, and let him in couldn’t help but write her way back ■* etandeth there alone. home there what 1 ought to have said And waiteth at the door. There’s a new foot on the floor, my to her before w e left. Three months, friend. and no word. I fancy I was too pre And a new face at the door, my friend, sumptuous. I f I knew that Winnie was A new face at the door. caring fo r me, thinking o f me, at home. —Alfred Tetinyson. I ’d never get lonesome. I'd fight double Only Today la Ours. to get this mix-up over and back tO' The opening o f the year Is every her— bless h e r !” body's birthday. God has let us share “ Don’t lose hope,” encouraged Roy his work. God has gifts fo r days to Bartley. “ One o f the fellow s just got come. W e may send our thoughts back a letter written by his sweetheart last through the ways o f m em ory; we must September. It has been chasing him alt over the frontier. About your pris »end them forth through opening paths of faith and hope. T h e past will come oner— make you any trouble?” no more, but today Is ours and tomor row is in the hands o f everybody's eirthday. then, tiring jo y and courage! May God’s spirit help us. each ami ev eryone, to walk with God and spend a Joyful year in the service o f his Klug- iom. _______________ ____# GASOLINE, OILS, PAINTS and Everything In The Hardware Line I LILLY HARDW ARE CO, *y ^ e t v% f't ' I Patriote Flerty V u r guests will'“be r* f."s/ - % 4»"f*+«f-+++++«f"M*4-2> 11 - H + + Î + + + + + 4 + + t + •¡•++•1- •{•++■{ + + * • ! • +4» v * II il - L . a i THE BOUKIc ATONED FOR FAULI Star-^T heatre +4* 1.!. Saturdays P ro gram will portray + F f f Ü SESSUE HAYAKAWA n v r ■- Call It “ Fisherman’s Luck,” if You W ill, He Came Out of Scrape With Coveted Decoration. A colored unit was tnnvjnn ttp to tnkp its place In the line o f battle. It was early morning, and daylight had act yet began to break. "H ey. sergeant,” came n voice from over In the hrti“ h to the left, “ when we all coin' to find dhem Bodies?” “ N ever you mind, ch ild : you all gonna find plenty o f them tilings 'fore long.” “ Well, I sho hope so. sergeant,” came the voice. “ I f I don't get rid o f dls mean feelln ’ 'fore long I ’se gwlne to enrve up on the mess sergeant, sho-” — The Stars and Stripes. One loaf saves 11,000,000 pounds; three loaves a week for a year means 1,716,000,000 poundssavedl Enough to Feed the E ntire Allied A rm y Corn Bread with Rye Flour teaspoon aalt cup milk egg tablespoons shortening Bsrley flour or oat flour may be used instead c f rye flour with equally good results. Sift dry Ingredients into bowl; add milk, beaten egg and melted shortening. Stir welL Put into creased pan, allow to stand in warm place 20 to 25 minutes and bake in moderate oven 40 to 45 minutes. Our new Red , White and Blue booklet, “ Best War Time Recipes ,” containing many other recipes for making delicious and wholesome wheat saving foods, mailed free—address R O Y A L B A K IN G P O W D E R CO., D ep t H, 135 William St, New York FOOD W ILL W IN THE W A R At Alx it stniligc story wits told of tin Aiiicrlnin mdilicr wlm will prnluinty 1111111111011 ti-lilng fur the rest uf hie lift*. It s e in e Hint the rookie btnl lienril It sniil lli.it one einilil reilillly catch fKh with n bund grenade, the me!111oI l»*!r.g to proceed to the Inir of tile tlsti »till hurl the tuilid grenade Into the water. The grenade, explod ing. would kill nil the fish In the nelghlHirhi and one eoutil gather in a plentiful harvest. So our hero set forth one evening mid, reaching a not far dlstnut innal. he threw In tils hand grenade. No doubt it killed n fish or so. hut. unfortunately, so intent whs in* on Id« Job Unit he laid not noticed n lunge laird by. The grenade nearly blew the liurge and the burgee and Ills fam ily out of France, and did «ucli mighty damage to bout mid hunt* ini'n that, although for the iimtne'hi flight enabled the culprit to escape arrest, it was quite clear Hint, "h e n discovered, ns he would Inevitably tie. In; would suffer very severe punish ment. It cannot lie permitted to blow French barges up with Impunity. A court-martial and death were the least that the wretch expected. That night there was nii attack on the American sector. Our man went over the lop a desperate rookie. lie had deter* mined to tile h gloftous death rattier than submit to n shameful end. The result was Hint, single-handed, he killed seven Germans, and. seizing it machine gun. Aim ed it on the enemy, thereby saving a ticklish sttnatlon I'icklng up Hie machine gun. after It had done sufficient damage, lie car ried It back toward Ills own line, but, en route, he fell Info n German trench and on top o f a German postman. This postman was laden with mall for Hie regiment nr company misted from the trench; cigars and other delicacies were among his burdens. As the offi cer who told the story’said, the rookie murdered the postman and. seizing several liags o f mall, bore them, in ad dition to his machine gun. hack to his own people, ills record for the day’s work was not only deemed sufficient to condone for Ills fWhlng escapade, tint to his astonishment lie received a medal for distinguished conduct In Hie Held. H e wa* decorated! Fisher man's luck with n vengeance!— Scrib ner'» Magazine. n •¡•+-i-+++++-:-++++++++-l--H-++++-;--!--;-+++++4-4--*-* + -i"l-+ + + + + 44 if each o f our 22,000,000 families use this recipe instead o f white bread. 1 1 1 2 Hardware and Furniture Guns and Âmunition % i S TA YTO N , ORE. PERFECT HEATERS PERFECT RANGES I Bt[v less - S e r v e less Eat only 3 meals a c r y \ ii , Pounds of Flour Saved cup corn nwtl cup rye flour tablespoons sugar teaspoons Royal Baking Powder CHAS. CLADEK, ¡1 ) 1 ,7 1 6 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 . 1 1 2 5 All m y work is Guaranteed First Class 4 Ry Siidee Estelle Balconi FIX FORDS Battery ('hurling. All kinds of ametisories. Gas and Oils for sale “ I come (he Old Tear's debts to payl 1 come his promises to keep; To walk upon the world's highway, Anu dc k tho grave where dear ones sleep. Where he g:\ve smiles I may give tear». fêjf I,lie path artth good or it 1 1 r»w; » For unto hhn who views the ya rn The new Is old, the old I* new” ’ —Joreplil pollard New Year’s at the Front E L L . what have you done fo r your country today?” It was the eve o f the new year and Dale Webster, hailed by a companion s o l d i e r , threw his knapsack within their tent just behind the heavy ar- the front “ somewhere in OVERHALL CARS All Kinds of Repairing done at Reasonable Rates “ I ’ve followed many a bridal train; Have wat, bed by many a lonely bier; With birth in.l death. with loss and. guln. Made up the record o f the year. And now t ' ’ De»-enther'a «a t« Where hank* the year'a alarum hall, I pause to s an the pual and watt The sound of my own funeral knell. $1.75 25c Fancy spuds, per hundred pounes Sweet Spuds b pounds for Cabbage, per pound, oc; in hundred p ds ts. per po-.tnd Turnips, per pound Table carrots, per pnund 4 ton of fancy Hubcard sq wish / i f, . * o md, ANO MACHINE SHOP AND BRAZINO ill 5c 25c I 5c 15c $1.25 Vegetables 4 c m .ic r ACETYLENE WELDING “ I entered on my natal hour Burdened alike with hllas and bans. Comm last >ned by my L.ord to dower home hearts with ease, and aonia with pain. Where happiness had rieh Increase; 1 shall be honored lodit. I know; Hut those 1 robbed of Joy and peace— They will he Kind to have me gut 2 mm. “ TH" The Old Year sat tveslde the heal th. In thoiiKhirttl mood, the hour w is tats; Amt ere lie vanished from the earth. The past he fain would contemplate, “ 1 brought a wealth uf Joy for those Who had o'er burdened been with grief,'* II* -.aid "ami lor unnumbered woes Furnish, d the <ordial of relief. "To some I gate a garden'e bloom, Sweei panatva and forkei in, .1 >ta; To sh ite the »> press and the loath. The tail tenues, of desert spot a With love I tarried for a while Breathing the m eet Klyaten air; And bidder, Hope serenely smile Across the threshold of Despair, 25c 25c T h is year's crop fresh raisine, peur . for N ew crop prunes, pounds for Home canned truits (in pi.tss jars) ro;ci<tine of cherries, prunes, black berries, strawberries, gooseberries, c?c, q*. sz*s. 25c; 1 j gal at 45c W e have apricots, dates, tigs, cooanut, Mrs. Porters and Heinz fig puddings, mince meat and all the delicacies th at g i wit i a first class X m as dinner, and all at the right prices. Fine grade oi wn.te beans, 3 lbs. for 5c 2 T he Old Y ear j and th e N e w ! if ; IN “THE BRAVEST WAY” s + r pi • + + + + • !• + + + ■ + + + + + + + + ft Sunday’s Pro gram will present . It W illia m 5. Mart +f t t *+ 44 IN f t “ Blue Blazes’ Rawden M If STAR ft +++4-5-+-i-+5aB ■ •!- + ++ THEATRE m » + + + + + + + + ++-t*J'-!"!-+-!-+*F-!--:• •!••:• -b-t--!-d— î -+-;-- f -:--;--:- ■!••:-■!-•:■+ + + + 4 —:.+4. ) + + f + + 'M + + + + 4 + + + + + ’i-+ + ’;'+ + 4 ',l-+++ + 'l-'!"!-+ tT '1 + -t-+ + + -i-+ + + First-Class Job Work THOUSANDS OF WOMEN suffer il miserably from periodic attacks o f headache, never dreaming that a permanent cure may be had. Headache nearly always results from some disorder o f the stomach, liver or bowels. Take Chamberlain’s Tablets. T h ey w ill correct these disorders and there w ill be no more headache. Many have been permanently cured by Chamberlain's Tablets. il t H sf ++ fl a ft § f f 8