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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1919)
S T A Y T O N , MARION COUNTY, OREGON. TH U RSD AY, JULY 24, 1919 25th. Year, No. 28. FRANCHISE GRANTED TO PORTLAND SOUTHEASTERN RAILROAD BY COUN CIL AT SPECIAL MEETING SATURDAY GRANT ISSUED TO E. P. McMAHAN COMPANY TRANSFERRED TO PORTLAND SOUTHEAST ERN ROAO—THREE YEAR GRANT That the ruilroad question is shaping itself in the eyes oi a few Stayton people is a conceded fact. At a special meeting of the city council Saturday evening, the old grant that wan signed to the P. McManan company for a franchise to build a railooad through Stayton, and which held good till the first day of January 1920 , was transferred to the Portland & Southeastern, the company that is looking for a right-of-way for a through line from Portland to Bend. On notification that the Mc Mahan company had turned over their contract to the new com pany, the council deemed it ad visable to call a special, meeting and look into the matter. After careful consideration of the matter a new ordinance was drafted to cover t|je cancelling of the old contract and giving the Portland & Southeastern road the following priviledges: “ Commencing at n point in the center of First where said Fret street intersects the right-of-way of Baid railroad at or near sta tion L 862 - 58 ; running thence south along or near the center of first street to its intersection with the «enter of Water street: thence easterly along or near the center of Water street to a point near or just easterly of the in tersection of Third street: thence in a northeasterly direction over and across Fourth street: thence over and across private property to the intersection of Sixth street with the Salem ditch; thence northerly along the center of the east half of Sixth street to the Eugene Ditter, son of Jack Ditter, has purchased the grocery intersection of Hollister street. department from Ditter-Bell Co. Also, commencing in the center at Sublimity, and will continue of Water street at its intersec in business at the old stand. Eugene has been connected tion with First street and run with the above firm for a num ning thence westerly along or ber of years and has a host of near the center of Water street friends who are glad to see him and West Water street to the in business. He will carry a full west end of West Water street. stock of groceries, auto assesor- Also: Commencing at a point ies, oils, etc., and will strive at in the center of the Hast half of all times to please his patrons. Sixth street with its intersection Messrs Ditter and Bell the re with Hollister street and running tiring firm have been in business thence along the center of Hol lister street the entire length in Sublimity for the past twenty thereof as now laid out and indi years and have built up a general cated according to the record store business second to none in plat thereof now on file and of the valley. Their planes for the record in the office of the county ¡future have not been laid, but we hope they will see fit to re recorder in and for Marion. main in our midst. The life of the new contract is three years. This may seem a long time, but when one con- KNOWS OF SPECIAL BAIT ciders that the government has THAT GETS THE FISH not vet turned the railroads back to the individual owners— and A party composed of John that it wii! take at least —well, guess again nobody knows how Thoma. H. T. Grace, George Brown and George Beedle and long. son will go to the coast Saturday That Stayton is in line for a in search of the big fish. railroad is a conceded fact and Thoma says he knows the best with the exceptions of a few of bait on the market and in fact the (we don’t need a railroad told the editor how a friend of knockers on account that it will his caught fish by the wholesale. raise our taxes) the project is We are nqt in a position to de- meeting with a velvet feeling. This company has men at work vulge the name of the bait but John says it is the best on the on a part of the road that will market even suckers have been tap rich mining and agricultural known to take it. sections of this part of the coun try and we are informed that the Friends of Mr. and Mrs. John route is from Mount A n g e l Blakely will be pleased to hear through this place thence along that a 6 pound boy arrived at the middle fork of the Santiam river through Withycombe and their home at Berlin, Oregon, on Quartsville Mining company to July 20 , and has announced his Three Pyramids (Three Sisters), intention of making his home then due south to Lava Lake, with them. east to Lost Lake and through the Cascades at HogB Pass. SALEM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Stayton has a n u m b e r of TO RESUME PRACTICE live citizens who are over and above board. They get out and Conductor John R. Sikes, of hustle to land every industry of the Salem Symphony Orches that heads our way —but they tra announces that practice will are handicaped by a few who be resumed the first week in can’t see that competition is the October and in talking with the Mail reporter, the first of the week, he said he would like to make the organization state wide if he could. He invites all musi- 1 cal inclined people in this part of the county to get in touch with him as he wants members from | all over the county. If you can play any kind of an I instrument and want to get into good company in the musical line write to Prof. Sikes at Salem. Goods s S ilks V o iles oMen's and W om ens’ Furnishings W aists and Corsets » W o O RCESTER yau F ^ C O R S E T S , o A Com plete line ot fresh Groceries — PRICES RIGHT — DOLL'S Cash Store *V A ‘| S e ria l N o . 1 1 6 3 EUGENE DITTER BUYS ¡DELBERT MURPHY LINN COUNTY FAIR DITTER-BELL STOCK WRITES FROM ITALY SEPTEMBER 1 6 , 1 7 , 1 8 Dress ✓ n - < 0 THE STAYTON MAIL ra r Jordan Cheese Factory Ships $10,000 Worth of Cheese to Los Angeles In an interview whith P. D. McIntosh, manager and cheese maker of the Jordan Cheese Factory, last week we learned that business has been exception ally good with them. In June the factory s h i p p e d $10.000 worth of the product to Los Angeles and will ship a car load this week to San Francisco. The capacity of the plant is 1000 pounds of cheese a day and it is of the finest grade. They are behind with orders which shows that Jordan cheese is in demand. life of trade. Stayton is going to take on new life in the near future, and he who says nay. has a crook in his gun barrel. This road cannot be built in a day but it can be built in the near future. Trieste, Italy June 22 , 1919 Dear Mamma and P a p a - Will drop you a line to-day to let you know or at least give you an idea of this country because I have sure seen some of it. However I may be home by the time this letter reaches you. There are things here that breaks my heart with pity for these people. There are things that are most beautiful too. Most men have to go without shoes. Food and clothing are out of sight as far as money is concerned. Sugar is unknown since the war. The flour we brought over sold for $20.00 a barrell on the dock. Every bit of what was spilled on the street was picked up. There are many war cripples here besides the other suffers. Food is being shipped in as fast as possible to give them relief. Trieste is about the size of Portland. Only one building was hit by an Aeroplane bomb which done lots of damage. Trieste is also in the same latitude as Port land too, but is 10,500 miles east of it. I wont out to the battle fields 12 miles west of Trieste. Every thing is laid fiat to the ground. The ground is rocky and most of the fighting, here, was done in the open. I picked up 3 shell clips, 1 one pound shell, 1 gas mask, 2 bayonets, 1 helmet a piece of sharpne! 1 trench spade and etc. Everything is much like it was last November, the automobiles and heavy guns having been taken sway and in some places they even remain. In one swamp w-here hand to hand fighting occured I saw 60,000 dead men on about 160 acres. It was a terrible sight and the fumes made a gas mask come in handy. Men torn to pieces in all shapes. Arms, legs, hands, feet, heads and bodies strewed all over the ground be sides guns (rusted beyond fur ther use), bayonets, shells and shrapnel shot in from the hillsides. Such was my first and last visit to a battle field of the world’s worst war. So far as I can see there will be some more war before long as these countries are remobilizing their armies. Peace must be dealt with care to prevent i t We have been down from here to a place called Ragusa (Rah- goos’ a) between Montenegro and Austria. It has wonderful sights also great historical rela tions about the time of Christ. I counted 12 different army and navy uniforms of different coun tries, Serbia. Montenegro. Eng land, Austra, Italy, Germany, Turkey, France, Greece and the U. S. A. The beauties of an cient stone buildings with tile roofs and small railroads and streets loose their beauty in my estimation when I think of the U. S. A. Even the hillsides there are made productive if there is any thing on them like soil. Most every tree bears fruit or nuts. It is too hard to earn a living here. Anything is cheap except food, clothes and cigarettes. Personally l am in good health and hope all of Stayton is the same. With love. Delbert. The Messrs Henry Lulay, Leo Willing and Ralph Tate have re cently left for Eastern Oregon where they expect to find employ ment in the harvest fields. The editor of the Scio Tribune states that the Linn County Fair, which will be held at Scio, will this year eclipse anything that has heretofore been held in the history of the association. Now that the war is over there is no restrictions on anything and those having the fair in charge will leave nothing undone that will make this year's event one to be remembered by the people of this part of the state. Leonard Gilkfey superintendent of the agricultural department is making preparations for one of the largest showings of grain and other products. A premium list is being prepared covering all lines of exhibit and the prizes will be the best. Those interest ed should get in touch with the President, who will furnish full particulars. NOTICE TO WATER USERS To patrons of the Stayton Wat er System. You are requested to use all care to prevent waste of water when irrigating or sprinkling and to comply with the regulations in regard to the use of hydrants. Use but one hose at a time, with a nozel or sprinkler on with finch opening, and not leave a hydrant open at night. Do not i’ je hose without nozel at any time. If the useless waste of water is continued the city will be obliged to enforce the regulations even if the w'ater must be shut off at the street connections. I hope this will be sufficent. J. B. Grier, Recorder W. F. Klecker and family motored to Cascadia Sunday. GOVERNOR’S POPULARITY IS GROWING FAST 0.L MYERS HOME IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING Girl Temporarily Blinded From Electrical S tock— Wednesday's Electrical Storm Worst Th is Section Has Seen is Many Years The electric storm which pass ed over this section early Wed nesday came very near destroying the residence of O. E. Myers, who lives between here and Sub limity, Mr. Myers said the house was struck in five different places and took fire in three different places. One bolt struck in the brick foundation and threw brick into the window where William Myers was sleeping about ten feet away. The telephone was put completely out of oommission and was brought to town for re pairs. It was fortunate for Mr. Myers that all the boys were at home as he said it took some hustling to keep the home from burning. People who saw the place Wed nesday morning say it is a meri- cle that some of the family were not killed. While Carl Follis and Frank Harold were coming to town to catch the early stage, a bolt of lightning struck near them when they were close to the covered bridge across the river and Carl was knocked down and Frank Harold was somewhat stunned. The boys recovered in a short time and came into town. Carl was a little nervous but Frank was alright. The Stayton Telephone office was put out of commission for a short time. Trees and fences were tore up along the path of the storm. J. B. Van Handle’s daughter, who was picking berries Wednes day morning, receiv dan electric shock which left her blind for some time. She has fully recov ered. The two children of John Doz ier, who were in the grain field early in the morning, w e r e knocked down by the lightning. They were shaken up some but are none the worst from the shock. The following telegram was sent to Governor Olcott by the Lane County Fair Association, of which Ray H. Wood is secre tary. last Thursday: “ Can you arrange to do a par achute jump two or three days during the Lane county fair? The act may furnish you with thrills not experienced in your Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Humph previous airplane work. We are reys were visiting their son at counting on your well known Monroe the first of the week, re nerve and audacity to prompt you turning Wednesday. to accept this invitation.” C r w i / ’ i a / D i > f V a c tor men *n k* rvesf O / S C r C / c f / M ^ l I C C S fields, or anyone in terested in OVERALLS! Heavy plain blue bib all'sires, per p a i r | T C I Blue and w hite strip e «P » ♦ / J | S tifer. per p a i r S* 1 H C 4> » ♦ I J Maby you don’t know what J 5 tifer means but call at the store and you may see for your self what they are. r i r i n t R p M i d i * a r ! by other ads. because hav- u u n i D C / V l l S I C i i U ina:5een in this neighbor hood for sixteen years we pride ourselves on the motto which has made it possible for us to stav here that length of time, namely— “ 4 p a j r Q e a / f Q A //•> Bring Us Your Evergreen Berries W e b u y ' all kinds o f berries. in “ TAYTO N y'ars W. - - Cash o r trade « »• F. KLECKER |j I i-■■ V . -