MAIL
TAY
S T A Y T O N , M A R IO N C O U N T Y . O R E G O N . T H U R S D A Y , DECEM BER 18. 1919
¿5th. Year, N o. 46.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
APPOPLEXY TAKES
UFE OF DR. FORD, DEAN
OF CHURCH WORKERS
Dr. Thomas, It. Ford, 74 years
of age, father of Burge* F. Ford,
principal of Stayton high school,
died of uppoplcxy at Oregon City
last Sunday.
Dr. Ford was a Methodist min
ister and was one of the most
enthusiastic church workers in
the Pacific Northwest.
He died while waiting for a
street car in front of the ruins
of the Methodist church in which
he had been pastor for a nnmber
of years.
K#v. Ford has been sujierintend-
ent of the Salem district of the
Methodist conference, for the
past three years and his sudden
death was a severe shock to his
large number of friends over
the valley.
He entered the Methodist min
istry in 1860 and has devoted his
entire life to the church work in
several states.
From 1860 to
1896 he spread the gospel faith in
Missouri and Arkansas, when he
came to Oregon. He has been
pastor of some of the leading
churches of the state—Sunnyside
church, of Portland 1904, Hood
River, 1908, and Oregon City in
1912.
He leaves to mourn his loss,
four children Sadyey Evelyn,
Oregon City; Mrs. Harold Swa-
fore, I-ebanun; Burges F. Ford.
Stayton and Olin ’ Ford, Oak
Grove. His wife died about four
years ago.
Funeral services were held in
new
m otor
agency
HAH BEEN O P E N E D IN
THK
C A P IT A I.
IT T Y
Thi< Il & C Motor C om pany— co*>-
poNud of Lew A, Cat«», a fo rm e r
pnWNpapor pu b lish er at Dallait, Ore-
Kon, and P. H. H urhholi, of E astern
Or«Kon. hns oponed aalearooma In Ha-
l«m and will d la trlb u te th e I.eiltiK-
ton Minuto Man Six. th e A uburn
lleauty SI* und th e Klcar F ie r y F our
In Marlon, I'olk and Yamhill c o u n
ting.
Mr. Cat«» If know n to a co nsider
able n u m b e r of peraona In tbU sec
tion. all of whom be will be pleas
ed to meet at the Salem h e a d q u a r
te rs of th e rom pany.
The last two weeks have been a hard grind for the Mail force
on account of the bad weather. With frozen water pipes, heavy
snow it has been a continual round of uphill work.
This v eek we are handicapped by our shipment of news
print paper not arriving on time and we are late with the paper.
If the state was wet (licquoracory) i-peaking, we mi»,ht go out and
revive our Bpirits.
A man is. according to the rules and regulations of the laws
of the univente, allowed one vacation in a year, and we have de
cided to take that vacation next week.
There will be no issue of the Stayton Mail on Thu-sday,
(Christmas day) as the editor and his family and the “ devil" are
going to celebrate the best Christmas that this grand and glorious
world ever had. The editor has not bad a vacation for five years
and we have come to the conclusion that it is about time for a
breathing spell.
Here a Merry Christmas to you dear reader.
Chas. Hottinger returned last THOMAS II. T A Y M Ilt AND
N E T T I E LKNOKA C R A B T R E E
Saturday from the Dalles, where
ARK M A R R IE D AT T H E D A LLES
he attended a meeting of the
T h e m any friend* of both MI h *
Farmers Co operative and Edu C r a b tre e and Mr T hom a* T aylor,
cation! Union, of Oregon, which were *urpr!»ed to h j a r of th e a n
was held on the 2-3-4 of Dec.
n ouncem ent tn a t they w ere m a rrie d
There were a large number of at t h e home of Mr. and Mr*. H. E
representatives from the differ Ro**ell, P a e to r of th e C h ristian
ent districts present and an en i-hurcb. at T he Dalle*. Oregon.
T he cerem ony
took place at !>
thusiastic meeting was the re o'clock p. m.. D ecember 3rd. fn th e
sult. Resolutions were passed p ie scn c e of a few friend*, th e Im
favoring tho income tax which pressive ring ce rem ony being used
T h 0 bride wa* gowned In b e a u ti
is to lie half of what the federal
income tax is at present. The ful w hite *llk while th e groom wait
money thus derived to be used ilre*»ed In conventional black.
T he wedding r t th e C hrl* t'a n p a r
on road work in the respective tonage was a resu lt of a p le asa nt
districts. Resolutions were also ag re e m e n t th a t th o lr old tim e friend
adopted for the expulsion of all nd pax'nr should officiate when the
Mongolian races from this court-j happy h o u r of th e ir w edlng should
try. The members were unani-1 irrlve.
w edding d in n e r was served to
mously in favor of more direct th e A b ridal
p a r ty by Mr*. Rossell Im
harmony between the producer m ediately following th e cerem ony
and the consumer, eliminating
T h e bride Is one of the p o p u la r
young ladles of S tayton w here she
the middle man.
ha* lived for a n u m b e r of years, and
Some people pray to r w hat they w here *he ta u g h t fn o u r school* for
-.ome tim e, end Is considered on e of
w ant and o lh e ra read w ant ads.
the best te a c h e rs of th e w ork she
ta u g h t th a t S tayton ever had.
Portland from the First Metho
T h e groom Is one of th e p ro sp e r
dist Episcopal church and inter ous f a r m e r s of th is section and Is
very p o p u la r a m o n g his n u m e ro u s
ment was in th at city.
associates.
Both Mr. and Mrs.
T a y lo r are
m e m b e rs of th e C h ristian church.
T he Mall Joins with a large n u m
ber of frie n d s In wishing Mr. and
We are all tickled to death to note the dove of peace hover Mrs. T ay lo r bon uoyage o ’e r life’s
around with its celebrated though somewhat frayed-out olive m a tr im o n ia l sea.
The Dove of Peace
ing
branch. Most of us were afraid it had got the pip, or that the
American Eagle or German Vulture had broiled it on toast, owing
to the high price of anything else broilable. {It don’t seem to be
quité as white and spotless as it used to be, and all the feathers
are clavyed out of the back of ita neck, and its tail is conspicuous
by its absence, only the piece that flew over the fence last being
diBcernable to the naked eye the piece that Father gets from the
Christmas turkey.
Anvhow. we are at peace once more, figuratively if not tech
nically. If you don’t believe it, look around and see. Each con
gressman is giving his collegue a black eye and tearing out his
whiskers in bales. Each senator is lambasting the other under
the lobe of the left ear and jointly endeavoring to land on the solar
plexus of the President. Capital and labor are enjoying more
peace than they know what to do with -th e y have it for breakfast,
dinner and supper and then warm it up again for lunch. The
peace of capital and labor sure passeth all understanding. Then
there is the producer and the consumer -my, but they are a peace
ful bunch! They smite one cheek and tnen the other, and then
roar because there are only two cheeks instead of several dozen.
The man and wife of the average family are getting along so
peaceably with the profiteers they don’t know where they are go
ing to sleep.tonight, or any other night, if the landlord has any
thing to say about it, while the coal operator and miner have been
spreading peace jam on their bread an inch thick. All the rest of
us have our coat over our left arms, our fists doubled up, our
mouths screwed off to one side and a chip on one shoulder as big
hs a Minnesota saw log.
Ah! we’ve got peace, all right, and if we can manage to
trade a lot of it off for war with Japan or Mexico or somebody
mabv we can manage to get through the winte.
AND \ \ HO T H E
- - - ARK VOC?
Slnie of th e se h a rd boiled guys who a r e cla m o rin g for a six-hour day
end a five day week m ight dig o u t an object lesson from th e following,
which we And In McUIU’s Magazine:
A g e n tle m a n In th e en g ra v in g business on Broadway, N. Y , w.is
greatly annoyed by th e ta rd in e ss of one of his skilled en g ra v ers. Calling
him into th e offlre one m orning, he saltl: "Mr. Drown, I get her«« at 8:3l<
evorv m o rning and look over my m a ll; at nine o ’clock I look out th«« w in
dow end i ee Mr. Rockefeller on his way t«> th e office; at 9 :3 0 Mr. J P.
Morgan passes on his way to the b ank, at t««n I see Mir. V anderbilt going
by, at 10:30 Mr T aft passes on th e way to the office, at 11 you conic lit
W ho In th e H - l a re y o u ? ”
Notice Is here b y given t h a t th e
C ounty S u p erin te n d en t of Marlon
C ounty, Oregon, will hold th« r e g u
la r exa m in a tio n of ap p lica n ts for
S ta te Certificate* at the H ouse of
R e p re se n tativ es, S ta te House. Salem.
Oregon, as follows:
C om m encing W ednesday. Decem
b e r 7. 1819, a t 9 :0 0 o ’clock a m. and
c o n tin u in g
u n til S atu rd ay , Decem
ber 20, 1919, a t 4:0 0 o ’clock p.m.
W e dnesday Forenoon
T. 8 H istory. W ritin g ( P e n m a n
s h ip ! , Music. Drawing.
W edm -sday A ftern oon
Physiology,
R eading,
Manual
T ra in in g .
Com position.
Domestic
Science, M ethods In Reading. Course
of Study for Draw ing. M ethods In
A rithm etic.
MONEY ALL P O W E R F U L
ITS IN F L U E N C E HA RD EST
TH IN G TO COMBAT
Money has been ail pow erful a
long way back Into history, an d be
fore t h a t Its equivalent, and money
nnd Its eq uivale nts a r e all pow erful
today, its influence is th e hardest
ih 'n g to c om bat which C hristianity
has. o r ever had.
A few days ago th e H ea rst strin g
of papers cam e o u t In big e ditorials
with scream ing headlines, advising
the congress of th e United S tate s to
’’kill th e whole tr e a ty ." Those w ere
the exact w ords of th e headlngs-
“ Kill T he W hole T re a ty .”
A sm all coterie of se n ato rs a re evi
dently of th a t sam e opinion and have
alre ady Just ab o u t killed It by t a l k
ing it to dea th
T he ch u rc h all over the land has
endorsed t h e tr e a ty and th e L eague
of Nations. T h e A m erican F e d e r a
tion of L abor h as endorsed It. The
women have endorsed It alm ost 100
p er r e n t strong. R ight-m inded. God
fearing. law-abiding, w ar-hating and
p««ace-lovng people eve ryw he re have
been a b o u t alm o st u n a n im o u s In
th e ir Indorsem ents, and If It was put
up to a vote prAbably 75 per c e n t of
the people would vote for ratlflca-
tfon. W h o Is a g a in st It? Let us see.
N early all t h e G erm ans, who spent
m illions In p r o p ag a n d a In this c oun
ty before th e w a r an d a re still at
It, a re against it. All Bolshevists
end Anachlsls, who a re also sp e n d
ing millions from R ussia an d else
w h e re In p ro p ag a n d a, a re a g a in st
It. E very m u nition m a n u f a c tu r e r —
those who m ake cannon, g uns and
a r m y supplies, Bnd who m a k e pow der
and ball to kill people w ith, a r e
against It. and they a r e m illionaires
end
g re a t
on
propaganda. The
builders of d re a d n o u g h ts and o th e r
Im plem ents of h e 'l a r e aga in st the
L eague of N ations also.
T h a t any se n a to r s or n ew spapers
a r e Influenced by any o r all of these
rich but baneful o p ponents of the
peace league we .would not say, not
hav in g th e proof at h and, b u t th e re
is no law that we know of t h a t p re
vents us from being like th e sa ilo r's
««arrot, which It will be r e m e m b e r
ed. " d i d n ’t say m uch but k e p t up a
devil of a th in k in g ."
STAYTON GIRL HEADS
LYONS DISTRICT FURN-
$30,000 CAMPAIGN FOR ISHES XMAS TREES FOR
NEW WOMENS BUILDING
EASTERM MARKETS
Miss Wanda Brown of this
place ha3 been appointed by the
student council of the University
of Oregon to represent the Great
er Oregon student committee in
handli* g the local end of a
$30,000 campaign* the students
are starting to complete the un
finished Women’s Building on
the University campus, and will
reach here the latter part of
next week to take charge of the
work.
The state has been divided for
the purposes of the campaign in
to seven districts by the students
of the University, who have
taken entire charge of raising
the last $30,000 neeeed to finish
the $200,000 building. The dis
trict including this county is un
der the direction of Miss Mar
jorie Kay of Salem.
The Women’s Building will
house the women’s gymnasium,
the department of household arts
and others of the women’s acti
vities on the campus. Half of
the necessary $200,000 must be
raised by private subscription,
the legislature having supplied
$100,000 to match the individual
A co rresponde nt school In d ancing
probably would have the smallest
a t te n d a n c e ; these a re tim es w hen a
s tu d e n t w ants to get close to h 's
work.
See w h a t w e a re sh o w
ing in Kodaks for Christmas. Ko
daks are one of tho best, usfui
Christm as presents.
We have
them from $2.50 to $30.00 at
Beauchamp's Drug Store.
Owing to the big snow several
of the boys from the camps in
the woods near Mill City and
Idanha, have come out for the
holidays. Among the toys we
saw this week were Frank Kleck-
er. A. S. Waters, Jessie James,
Happy Holligan and others.
generosity of citizens of Oregon.
With its enrollment almost
doubled since its last new build
ing was completed, the Univer
sity finds its buldings entirely
inadequate to handle the students
already there, to say nothing of
the large increase certain for
next fall. The students, arous
ed to the emergency, have called
their “ Oregon Spirit” to the res
cue and have organized the
present campaign in which they
feel confident of success. The
Greater Oregon commit ee con
sists of 150 members.
CHRISTMAS
BARGAINS
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SLIPPERS
For Christmas is the natural, logical and one of the most
acceptable of all presents for men, wom en or children.
W e have them tn choicest variety
M en's from 95c to $5
W om en’s from 95c to $2.95
Children’s from 85c to $1.95
Y ou should see those dear little Yale blue and American
beauties for that baby. Sizes 1 to 4, the cutest thing you
ever saw .
SPATS
From those cute little baby Spats in white, bound in pink
white or blue, and sizes 0 to 4, they are only
75c
T h e la d ies’ in a ll co lo rs a t
$1.50 to $3.75
M en’s ta u p e o r b lack
$1.50 and $2.50
T h u rsd ay EoreuOon
A rithm etic. H isto ry of E ducation,
Psychology, Methods In Geography,
Mechanical Draw ing. Domestic Art.
C ourse of S tudy for Domestic Art.
* T h u rs d a y A fternoon
G ra m m a r.
G eography, S tenogra
phy. America«, L ite ra tu re .
Physics.
T ypew riting. M ethods In L anguage.
T hesis for P rim a r y Certificate.
F rid a y F orenoon
T h eo ry and Practleo. O rth o g ra p h y ,
(Spelling) Physical G eography, E n g
lish L ite ra tu r e , Chemistry.
F r|,lny A fternoon
School Law. Geology. Algebra. Civ
il G overnment
S a tu r d a y F o re n o o n
G eom etry. Botany.
S a tu r d a y A fternoon
G eneral History. Bookkeeping
NOTE - T h e ru les above m e n
tioned refer to the 1!I19 elitlon of
th e Oregon School Laws
W. M SMITH,
County S uperin te n d en t.
That some of the best Christ
mas trees are found in this part
of the state is demonstrated by
the fact that several carloads of
the trees were shipped the past
two weeks from Lyons to East
ern markets.
FOR RENT—Seven room house.
Apply to H. J. Rowe.
A hunting party consisting of
John Apple, Elgie Moss. Law
rence Seigmund, Wendall and
Theo. Farers, Jake Lambrecht,
Frank Etzel and Eugene Ware,
all of the Fern Ridge district,
made life miserable for a good
sized coyote that had been playing
havoc with stock in that section,
for some time. A fter a two hour
chase the beast was killed with a
22 ritle by Wendell Farers. The
boys also captured a live coon
before the trip was ended.
RUBBERS
Plenty of them for everybody, all sorts— Heavy and Light,
High and Low, Big and Little— All best grades.
BOOTS
!
F or M en, sh o rt or h ig h top
$ 3.75 to $ 7.80
B oy’s and Y o u th s’ H eavy Short Boots
$ 2.25 to $ 3.15
W om en’s
$ 2.35
M isses’
$ 1.95
C h ild s’
$ 1.45
C h ild s’ S t. N ick Red Top B o o ts
$ 2.00
“ The Shoe Store of Satisfactory Service”
The Standard Oil Company of
Salem had the pleasure of break
ing the road from Salem to Stay-
ton this week. On Tuesday the
Company’s sled drawn by four
horses, loaded with coal oil tanks
made its appearance and distrib
uted the product among our mer
chants.
It took two days to X
make the trip one way. The
I A t th e
Standard Oil company is there
when it comes to service.
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