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THE STAYTON MAIL
¿5th. Year, No. 21.
VILLAGE SMITHY
CUMBS STAFF
SAVES FUG
Jtint as Henry W. I»n «rfellow ’s
“ Village* Blacksmith” stood un­
d e r “ t h e spremlin« chestnut
tree” o f Ion« ago, so stood W. A.
Cladek. SUyton Villa««* Black-
smith, under the town flag-pole
Sunday night. The purpose of
Longfellow’ » Village Blacksmith
in standing under the chestnut
tree was simply to furnish a set-
tin « for th«* belov«*d bard o f «tur
youth to paint a poetic picture,
but not so with Bill Cladek.
Bill leaned a«ainst that stately
tir one hundred and fifty feet
hi«h anil looked at the slender
top. It seemed to reach into the
very Heavens like the finger of
Omnipotence partin« the clouds.
At .the very top of that «iant of
the forest floated the Stars and
Stripes.
And just below the
national emblem the Victory I/»an
banner won by Stayton in the re­
cent drive flapped in the breeze.
Bill scratched his head with
the same cJelil»erat«*ne88 that the
Lon «fe llo w blacksmith pumped
his bellows. It seems that in at-
tem ptin« to lower the fla« and
h an banner durin« Sunday’s «ale.
the roj>e snapped and Old Glory
and the Victory Loan Emblem
were at the mercy o f the ele­
ments.
Worse yet, it looked as
thou«h the old fla« would l>e
whipped to shreds before ar-
ran««*ments could be made to
have the pole taken down.
Bill went home ami thou«ht it
over.
With the same spirit of
determination that fired the blood
o f Columbia’s imperial sons in
their char«es “ over the top,”
Bill decided—well, not exactly to
« o over, but go to the top and res­
cue Old Glory or die in the at­
tempt. The tla«-pole is but seven
inches at the base and tapers
«racefully to less than two inches
at the top. No one would dream
that it would carry a man’s
w ei«ht alxive the centre, but Bill
was fired with patriotism and
was w illin« to take the chance.
And with the modesty that has
characterized American heroism
from the time when Washin«ton's
barefooted ra«amuffins wrote the
charter of our liberties with the
bayonet on the backs of K in «
G eo r«e’s buccaneers down to
Roosevelt’s climb up San Juan
Hill, Bill slipped from his bed in
the wfee hours o f Monday morn-
in«, before the villa«e folk were
up and around, and when the
cock crowed and the milkmaid
swun« up the lane with her three-
le ««e d stool in search of the
brindle cow with the crinkled
horn, there stood the villa«e
fla«-pole pointing strai«ht at the
heavens—but Old Glory and the
Victory Loan Banner were not
there. Unseen and unsun«, the
villa«e blacksmith had rescued
the fla«s.
All honor to Bill Cladek.
No
need to take dow n the villa«e
fla«-pole so proudly erected by
patriotic Staytonites. On Memor­
ial Day, on July Fourth, on ail
Natal holidays in fact, Bill Cladek
will « o to the top with Old Glory,
and Stayton’s Villa«o Blacksmith
will «o do'vn in history just as
D ingfellow’s Vill
:;'a:ksmith
has lived in the old third reader
throu«hout the years.
M. M. Fink, o f Jordan, was in
Stavton on Tuesday,
Mr. Fink
was with the 77th New York Di­
vision over seas.
In the battle
o f the Ar«onne Forrest he was
twice wounded.
Mr. Fink was
but recently dischar«ed from the
service.
S T A Y T O N , M AR IO N C O U N T Y . OREGON. T H U R S D A Y . M A Y
JAPENESE OPERETTA
A GRAND SUCCESS
GOOD ROADS BOOSTERS
HELD BIG MEETING
IN STAYTON
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Serial No. 1155
i M9
B \ILEY BUYS HAMMAN
TRANSFER BUSINESS
TWENTY-ONE
STUDENTS ARE
GRADUATED
Yesterday a deal was consu­
mateli whereby Mr. Baily pur­
chased the transfer business
from Joseph Hamman.
Mr.
The largest class ever gradu­
Hamrnan’s sta«e business has
ated from the Stayton High
grown to .uch proportion, that ,t Schoo, receiv, (J their dip]omaa
will require all o f h.s attention at the schoo, auditorium ,ast
and he decided to dispose of the
night.
There were twentv-one
transfer business.
Mr. Bailey
young people in the class, all of
will assume control of the busi­
Stayton.
The list of graduates
ness at once.
The phone num­
is as follows: Caryl Ruble, Le­
ber of the new mana«ement is
ona Sander, Josephene Lam-
2251.
_________________ brecht. Cecelia Mielke, Margaret
,
; Schaefer, Ruth Roy, Nona Ful-
Kebeccans Meet
ton. Meryi Mulkep, Gladys Ham-
The Iiebeccah Lodge had a man, Eva McClellan, Beryl Mc-
meeting and initiation services Laughlan, Marion Alexander,
iast Tuesday evening at the I. 0. Rose Hottinger, Lynn Neal, Carl
0. F. Hall.
Ruble, Lawrence Mulkey. Lewis
^ h e Lodge voted to give all Kearns, Leo Weir, Roy Follis,
those children who took part in Edwin Keech and Edward War-
the May fnstival, “ When Polly ren.
Was Queen,” a picnic in the
Those who received scholar-
grove next Saturday afternoon, ships are as follows:
and they request that all who
Williamette University Scholar­
can to be present.
ship awarded to Beryl McLaugh­
lin; Roy Follis, alternate.
The
Talented Paramon. t Actress Seen as
Conference
College
Scholarship,
Swedish Girl in Wallace R eid ’ s
giving the privilege of attending
N ew Play.
Albany, Philomath, M c M i n n -
Painty Ann Little, the co-star o f tVa»
lace Uriel in many Paramount picture, ville or Pacific Colleges, or the
ing the county for better roads has a charming role, that of a .Swedish Pacific University, awarded to
art is one of Oregon s most pro-
,
.
,
T,
__I
r O R l) A C C ID E N T
'
♦
is becoming general.
The pro­ girl in :: logging camp, in ‘ The Houree,’ Leona Sandner; Ruth Roy, alter­
gressive citizens, and through
___ Mr. B eid's latest Paramount photoplay,
nate.
n.,nr ' 10 ,tIItvv
j-
.•
While driving a Ford „a.-
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.,l.cvi..u..
. . . k i gressive citizens of Marion Coun­ which will he shown at the Star T h «»
car
near; his
direct w
connection
with . state
tre Saturday.
Full particulars regarding the
Kingston Tuesday evening. Miss affairs he has been in close touch ¡ ty are. awaret that some showing
Miss Little always is an cxcelent act­
must be made by the home peo- ress and as Svea Nord in this picture, class day program of yesterday
Anna Roidt had the misfortune| wjth the Good Roads movement, . . ,
anv «•he does some o f the best work o f her ■ a ft e r n o o n and the commence­
to have the car turn over with j throughout the nation, and with i * 4J ^ .or]L .i* L iCX
| state or federal aid in the Good screen career. She meets Van Tw ilier ment exercises last night, will be
Yard, a derelict through drink, and
fier-
! all matters o f public moment.
Roads work, and there is little when he submits to degrading punish­ given next week.
I he car sustained slight dam-
presenting the bonding propo-
doubt in the minds of those who ment at the hands o f a savage boss
Tvpewriting certificates were
ages in the form of a broken j sition that is to come before the
without offerin g resistance, she treats
have canvassed the situation him with scorn. She displays the g ir l’s awarded to students of the vari­
windshield, bent top and radia- people of Marion County next
that the election on Wednesday staunch character v ivid ly as she watch­ ous classes last Monday.
The
tor but not badly broken, and Wednesday, he went into every
will show a handsome majority es the metamorphosis o f Yard from the certificates were given by Type­
fortunately no one was injured. , |x>ssible phase o f the question;
wreck of a manto a- strong, vigorous,
whole-aouled chap, whose manliness writer Companies for speed, as
O. M. Baker of Kingston, w«.s in ; his fair a,id open presentation of • for the bond issue.
Quite different from anythin«
ever presented here was the Op­
eretta, O Hara San, «iven by
th«* members o f the Stayton Hi«h
School Chorus, last Friday even-
in«. This proved a decided suc­
cess in every sense o f the word.
The Japanese idea was well
carried out in the «a y costumin«,
as well as the sta«e setting, th e1
scene beinh in a Japanese «arden.
I he noted cherry blossoms weie
abundant as well as the wistaria
hun« lattice work, all o f which
I f the enthusiasm and earnest-1 bond issue is and if anyone in
seemed to harmonize so exquisite­
ness evidenced at the Stayton the entire audience was opposed
ly with the music.
Good Roads mcetin«, held at the to the proposition there was no
Those takiri« part in the oper­
Star theatre last ni«ht, is a fair evidence of the fact,
etta had been well instructed un­
At the close of the meetir,« a
der the able direction o f Mrs. J. index to the general sentiment of
the
people
of
Marion
County
on
t
“
rising
vote” was taken to de-
F. Lau, as was seen by the man.
the
bonding
issue.
Wednesday’s
termine
the sentiment of those
ner in which they carried their
special
election
will
roll
up
a
present.
Practically everyone in
parts, and «rcat praise is due all
wide majority for the Good in the audience arose to their
of them.
Roads proposition.
feet when asked to signify wheth­
The total receipts for the even-
The meeting was presided over er or not they a p p r o v e d of
in « was over fifty dollars, and
by George Keech. Henry Down- the bond issue, and while a
after a few expenses was paid
ing, of Sublimity, was first in few did not vote either way, no
the proceeds will be used partly
for an outing trip to Silver ("reek j t f oduced and he outiined briefly one 8tood when asked to indicate
Falls for those in the cast, and : l.h® ;Proposed bond issue.
Hon. disapproval of the measure.
the remainder will be given to '
UR®
presen a
As election day approaches, in-
the Gym fund.
I l ' ve from.
County was
jn the proposition of
Proposed Bond Issue Was Ably Discussed by
Hon. J. S. Stewart--Meeting Unanimously
In Favor Of Bonding County
^
n
Throughout the entire nation
the car at the time o f the acci- the matter and his minute dis-
dent,
cussion o f every detail left no “Good Roads" is the slogan. It
— ——
room for doubt as to just what is the war cry of prosperity.
Popular A rtcra ft Star Has Charming
the bond issue means, just what The developement of a commun-
Bole In New A rtcra ft Photoplay
Based on Bret H arte's
the distribution of benefits will I ity depends largely on its road
Famous Story.
be and the absolute fairness and facilities and this fact has been
so thoroughly demonstrated that
Th« tin t addition to the li.st o f not­ equity o f the bond issue.
able chararterizatio: s o f Mary I'ickford
A t the conclusion of Represen­ there is no argument against the
which in rceent mouths have made more
proposition.
There is no richer
«-euro than ever her fume as the great­ tative Stewart’s address, oppor­
section
of
the
state than that
est o f all screen stars, will be Bret tunity was given anv person in
M arie's western masterpiece, “ M ’lis s "
comprising
Marion
County and
the audience to question the
which wr.s adapted bv Kranees Marion
and produced under the direction M ar­ speaker or to invoke further dis with bettered roads for the mar-
shall Neilau.
cussion of any point he had failed keting of produce and the carry-
In the title part, “ Am erica’s Sweet­
ing on of our various industries,
heart,’ ’ is the untutored, unkempt child to make clear, but no one took
o f the hills, i nring for her dissipated advantage of the opportunity. the money expended in bettering
father, and gradually succumbing to
It was apparent that the speaker road conditions will come back
the refining influence of the new school
had
covered his subject so thor­ a hundred fold. The community
teacher, but the trend o f tin- story is far
from being passive. “ B um m er" Smith oughly that there was no room with good roads is always pros­
is heir to n large estate for the (Misses
perous.
sion o f which .1 iin Peterson is conspir­ for doubt as to just what the
ing. He has Smith murdered by a M ex­
ican bad man, and Charles Gray, the
school teacher, is arrested as the assas­
sin. M ’liss assists in G ra y ’s escape, the
subsequent establishment o f his inno-
cense, and the love existing between
them is thereby cemented.
The plav is filed with strong druiiintlc
action and the heart appeal is irresisti­
ble. Huptmrtcd by an excellent cast of
player», Miss Pick fo rd ’s characteriza­
tion in “ M ’lis s " will doubtless rank as
one o f the beat she has essayed since
'Toss o f the Storm Country.’ ' M ’ liss’
will be seen nt the Star Theatre next
Wednesday and an exceptional!v fine
production is assured.
A N N IV E R S A R Y MEET
OF SALEM ODD FEL­
A L U M N I SOCIETY
fin ally wink her love.
Both Mr. Keid and Miss L ittle are
finely supported in this splendid photo­
production. The photoplav was directed
by George M elford and it promises to
be one o f the finest o f Mr. B eid ’s reper
toire o f picture successes.
follows:
Rose Hottinger, 42 words per
minute;
Cecilia Mielke, 45: Ella
.
Spaniol, 45; Leo Weir, 43; Mabel
Frank, 45; Meryl Mulkey, 43;
Albert Lulay, 42.
The Student Body recently met to
elect their regular officers for the com- i
ing year. Those elected are as follows.
President, Wallace Smith; V iee-l’ru». ,
dent. Wava Brokn; Secretary-Treasurer. :
Dean W atters; 8ergeant at Arms, Mil- :
dred English; School Reporter, May tel
Montgomery.
Wallace Smith, who received the of-1
fiee o f President, only recently returned
Y e editor and family have
from Siberia where he has been doing oeen enjoying a pleasant visit
service f o r < ’ ncle Sum. The day after
W allace’s home-coming, he gave a very this week from Sam H. Clark
interesting and much appreciated talk and wife, of Bismarck, North
In the assembly concerning his experi­
Mr. Clark is editor of
ences not only while in Siberia, but also Dakota.
during his trip to and from that conn- ¡t h e World-Wide known
Jim Jam
try. Everyone is indeed glad to aee
Jems,
”
published
in
the
Dakota
Wallace back again and they are now
looking forward
to when
William Capital, and is a brother of ye
Smith, who lo ft at the same time and
editor.
They arrived Tuesday
striking in design, and each claiming
from Montana where Sam has
who was also iu Siber;a, w ill return.
“ JIM JAM JEMS”
EDITOR VISITS HERE
FORMED BY HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS
mining interests.
One of the most enjoyable entertain­
LO W S— REBECCAS
ments that it ha» ever been the pleasure
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
o f the class o f 1919 tp attend, was the
reception tendered them by Miss Mar - 1
Services at Stayton.
Stayton
was well ■*
represented
at the
Last
Saturday
a large
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iiai
n i « ut »
i night, a
ntif;t
i number
iuniuti
garet M iller, last Monday evening at
Hundredth Anniversary of the In- i of graduates o f stayton High met in the
Morning service: Sunday ¡School at
the Henry Smith home.
troduct
uctiun o f Odd Fellows into America, i, (j. o . F. hall, with the members of
10, followed by preaching and the
Every one was requested to wear their
Lord's Supper at 11. Sermon, “ What
w hich was held at Salem last week. { the graduation elaaa o f this year for the
old clothes and some o f the costumes in
t'hemeketa Lodge No. 1. being the first purpose o f forming an Alumni Assoc iu-
W ill Save the Church o f Today from
deed brought many a laugh from the
l.odge organized in Oregon, it was be- tion.
Stagnation?’ ’ This is a practical mess­
age o f applied Christianity. Evening
filin g to the lodge that Salem should
A fte r a temporary chairman and »ec­ others.
The first part o f the evening was
services: Christian Endeavor at 7, fo l­
ho the place of holding the grand lodge | retary hud been chosen, officers for the
spent in completing what was called a
in HMD.
lowed by preaching at 8. Sermon,
coming year were elected as follows:
Papers had been
There was a large delegation of President, Win. K. Hvan; Vice-President -magazine romance.
“ Why Have a Church o f Christ (D isci­
members. They entile from every corner (’ aryl Ruble; Secretary Treasurer, Lynn prepared for all those present, on which ples) ia Stayton?” You are invited to
0. M. Bakt*i\ o f Kingston, re­
were written a romance with many
o f the state and were loiul in their
all o f the services.
ports the sale of a Cheverloit praise for the hospitality shown them Neal; Sergeant at Arms, Albert Crois- blank spacesto be filled in with names
Services at Kingston.
o f magazines.
There will be preaching nt 3 o ’clock
1-ton trgck to Herman Foltz, and at Salem.
A constitution which had already
A fte r this, neat booklets were handed in the afternoon Sunday. Sermon, “ The
Stavton Lodge No. t>4 and Evn Re-
a Cheverloit touring car to James bekali Lodge No. 92, were well repre­ been drawn up, was read and with n out on the cover o f which was writ*«., l'»conditional Surrender to Christ.”
few changes, accepted as the constituion the name o f one of the class members.
Smith.
Mr. Baker started to sented, which speaks well foi Odd Fel­ o f the association. By-laws were later
Everyone invited. A good old time live
In these booklets the life history of the
Portland this morning to drive lowship iu Stavton and the principles drawn up and accepted. A fter the busi­ boy or girl waste be told by pasting gospel service.
o f the order.
A R T H U R A. H A R R IM A N ,
ness bad been transacted, songs were pictures aud cartoons into the book, cut
the truck hero for delivery. He
The principal representativ s o f Evn
Minister.
sung end guinea played until a late hour, from various magazines.
was accompanied by T. 0. A r­ Kebekah Lodge were: Mrs. Horace L il­ after which refreshment» wore served.
Delicious lee cream aud wafers were
ly and Mrs. W. H. Hobson, and the Rep-
cher.
later served, during which time corsage A L B A N Y ED ITO R TO
resentativea o f Stayton Lodge No. til
bouquets o f white and In vender sweet
were: Hen Schaefer and A. t’aspel. V . BACCALAUREATE
T A L K GOOD R O AD S
peas made up wtili fern, wore presented
A. Weddle being an officer in the Grand
J. W. M AYO ATTENDS
SERMON DELIVERED to the girls, and “ button hole” bou
Lodge, was at his post.
quids o f the same flowers to the boys.
certainly a m agnifi­
There w ill be a road meeting at K in g­
BANK ERS MEETING The parade
During the evening Miss Miller took ston on Saturday evening. May 31st.
cent a ffa ir. Several hundred Odd Fcl
T W „aecnlnurente sermon delivered
a
flashlight
picture
of
the
group.
low» mid KoWkahs wore in line and it
.
......
..
.
Editor Jackson, o f the Albany Demo­
i a splendid
* . it * showing
i,
llt nrtii«r
Those present besides the members of crat. will bo the main speaker. Tho
Mr. J. W. Mayo, o f the Farm­ iade
o< *• t|
me
order ot bv Or. Mathew* of the Willamette lm -
versity, to the members o f the gratiaat- the class wore: Mrs. J. F’. 1 .ait. Mrs. meeting w ill be held in the church and
ers & Merchants Bank of Stay- he state.
Those attending from Stayton report ! ing class, last Sunday night, was indeed Lloyd Tegart. the Misses Selma Schoff. w ill be called to order at 8 o ’clock. Mr.
Wilm a Ware, and Verna Shank, tm
ton, made a trip to Albany Tues­ one o f the most pleasant outing thnt mill.h enjoyed by all who heard it.
is C ‘ 1
will comb
Messrs. North Smith. Wallace Smith.
had in ninnv a day.
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day, where he attended the meet­ they have _________
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t Dr. Mathews used as lus theme the Worth Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Honr> the road question from top to bottom.
ing o f the State Bankers Con­
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'story of David and Goliath. He brought Smith and the hostess. Miss Margaret Yott should there when the meeting is
Where will you spend E ternity! A 1 out how David seized his opportunity, Miller.
vention, Group 2.
There was a
called to order.
revival meeting will begin in the M. TC-1 w Li<-h nt the time seined of so little
Following the custom o f previous
large representation from the Clmr-h.
Stavton, on Monday, June 2nd. importance, but later when he killed the
classes, the Sophomores last Tm > lay
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Beauchamp
various counties, and Mr. Mayo eon<1 noted by Kev. H. Hymier, one of
was elected Secretary o f the the best Evangelists In the state. On giant, proved to be »cry valuable. Troni morning presented a picture to
made a trip to Scio on Tuesday,
Convention.
He reports' the j week dries the meetings will commence this he developed the value of prepara­ ,1c ., B.nlv to bo hung in the Assembly. where M rj l{eauchamp will visit
tion and the importance o f activit .
roads in bad condition.
He wns at s o'clock p. in. On Sunday’« nt 11 Given in the way that only Dr. Mathews Tne pic ur -, one o f President Wilson, her mother, Mrs. A. Summer o f
I a. in. and H p, in. A free sent and a free
accompanied to Albany by his i In inn bo«k for everyliodv. Special sing­ can give it, ntr.nv valuable lessor s were is indeed a beantv and w ill have a p nee
1 Medford.
o f honor on the assembly walls.
family.
brought home to the students.
ing nnd music. A piano will be used.
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m
the S.m
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