VOL.
XVII
SCIO,
LINN
(’Ol'.NTY.
YOUR Ht BS( RII*TION txi li l
' < m > thr ilale atanitwd In the
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i low To thoae who |<*y promptly In
I «uivanc» the aulwcriptiun price i* I! •
« I [per year. The price «» II.?.'» if px«l
I within »1* month«, aiui J! .’x) > rharged
I at end of year. I he |X|>er 1« not •«•*>«
to •utwcribcr« who are more than v<*
year in arrears.
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Possibly
You ii
Photo play Sunday evening.
Ward Cyrus was in town Mon
day.
Moving picture show Sunday
evening.
Tan and freckle lotion,
better, 25c at Peery's.
none
Dean Dilley came up from
Gervais Friday on his motorcycle. Mrs 0 B C.Vri.4 arrived horn«
the last of the week from a six
New line of Norfolk suits for
weeks visit in California.
boys. - John Wesely.
Team, harness and hack for
“Bouquet Jean're,” the new
sale
cheap if taken at one«-, En-
perfume. $1. the ounce. Try it
quire at Scio Hotel.
Miss Ardath Green of Portland
is visiting her aunt. Mrs R L De
Don’t forget to take a«ivantage
Vaney.
of th<* NcWs’ $1. subscription
price when you an* in town.
A W Hagey sold an Erie bicy
cle to J F Pruchaska the first of
The News acknowledges re
the week.
ceipt of a season ticket to ihe
Linn County Fair through the
Miss Edna Meyers of Crabtree courtesy of Dr A G Prill. I' i • -
is visiting at the home of her
uncle, S Philippi.
D« s. Lowe and T .rn« r,
September I.
The picture show last Sunday
night was one of the lx*st ever
L L Gooding writes the N ws
given in Scio.
that he and his family uiil re
turn to Harrisburg this week to
Robert L (’ary of Concepcion. get readv for the school year.
Calif, has been visiting with his
Mr Gosling has been S P ag nt
mother, Mrs H J Cary.
at Dayton during vacation.
A bargain you can see through
Rexall shaving lotion for a
- Harmony Glycerin s«»ap. 10c tender face.
for a big cake; three for 25c.
For r«nt Two go d house* in
Mrs M G Hutchinson who has Scio. Inquire of L \\ Pomeroy.
been visiting at the home of her
parents, returned home Satur
Mrs E C Shelton came down
day.
from Hall's Camp 1'ucsday for
an inspection of her new grand
We are now ready to show you
daughter, returning Thursday.
a complete line of everything for
wear and dress goods for fall.—
Photo suppli«*s at
Peers 's
John Wesely.
Drug store.
C H Wain has moved his fam
ily into the house of J Wann and
Mr Wann has moved to the farm
of Mr Wain
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Ona Shelton is back on the
mail route after his outing at
Breitenbush Springs. He doe»
not have any l»ear or fish stories
to tell.
Miss Inez. McDonald who has
i«een Visiting at Riddles for sev-
eral months, returned home
about two weeks ago, in hopes
the change rna\ prove beneficial
her h,.allh
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Try those new “Pearl” tooth
brushes at Peery’s. Price 35c.
N I Morrison made a sale last
week of a traction engine and
gang plow to Dobrkouskv Bros.
This machine will plow 21* acn*s
of land in a day and is said to be
a great success in every way
Rev Hantel and daughter, Miss wherever thcY are used,
Alma, will move to Hals«*}’ where
Mrs E J Daley together with
the latter will teach in the high
school the coming winter.
her daughter. Mrs Tom Reynolds
of Portland, has been visiting the
If you need a [»air of Dress past two weeks with her son
shoes, the Florsheim has them Lynn at Medford. Ed and the
all backed off the shelves for boys are keeping bachelor’s hall
style and quality. John Wesely. in her absence.
Prof Gray writes to Scio friends
that they have bought an Bo acre
tract near their old horn«* in
Missouri.
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HIKE. * - m
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i t w« i n ¡i tdv • r
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an adverstiser w ithout a plan
as there is between the
builder of a flu«* r«*sidence
wilh a plan iiti*l ti.e Lui *1« r
of tin* re n|enre without a
¡»Ian. Wh« ther in the build
ing of a building or the
■*
.‘■ame rul«' holds true succe-s
<«r failure is just the differ-
en«*e betw«*en planning *><*-
fore building and building
befort* planning in t . on**
in.-tance the r« suit is fixe«!
and certain, while in th«*
Kv tak
other instance it is Il
lik«*
ing a h ap in the «hrk.
I*i all the catalogue of
business activity th.* m* r-
chant as a class is operating
without definite sidling plans,
and the merchant I class is
failing at the rate < of '.» > OUt
of «*v«*ry 1»M1.
Th«! average merchant
buys his goods, hirer, his
clerks, op« ns his doors for
business and go
after the
money, the natural effect
of business activity, He sa vs
by his conduct: "I’m after
the mon’ ’’ There is noth-
not':
ing so distasteful to the trad
ing p iblic as a merchant
w Los«* only [uirpobi- is to get
their money.
The jx* »pie
want vatu«- received ai d sat
isfaction for every dollar ex-
pended. and the mi reliant
who embarks in busin« s
with the determination to
render the public th«* best
service possible Las really
adopted a gixsl -riling plan,
and is head'd toward th«*
goal of a permanent und
protitabl«* business.
The selling plan is incom
plete how< ver. without a
«let) nite advertising [»Ian. It
is said that over ’«”> |x*r cent
of the motley s|>ent for ad
vertising is a want«* lx*causc
of no d«*finite advertising
plan. And vet. in th«* face
of this appalling waste, the
majority «»f the rm i< Hants
go at this groat problem of
business bulbil ng vyitli their
eyes shut. They should open
their ey«s to th«* situation
ami l»<corm* master -ales-
men, which includes sales
manship on |K«|N*r. The mas
ter salesmen arc th«* m:i-’»r
business builder-.
\I'GI ST
21,
N« ».
* county, and then? is therondens-
ery. 1’rot ty good for an inland
town.
Forest W< mm ! mans« •«■ an«l Merle
I he mill company has built
( ';. ru ca'i.e over from Jcfferstm i
an
immense ml tank. Standard
rec«*ntly on For* C. mot orcyck*
in «*ight«*en minutes. which they ml cars have put in an apfiear-
ance.
They will burn ml in the
claim i- going -¡•»me.
s>imm«*r t » les-en the danger of
( fit! |>a|x r « f< »r silie Ilk* per tire.
Mr ai d Mrs .1 I. Turnidge hav«*
bundle al th * N'.'W.S office.
gone to visit their children in
A D S han •I paste a big can Washington.
for lbc, thn c for 25«
Eph Ileum ss has returned tn
—
Portland after visiting relatives.
^11. -.«*s A m*s Cun and Nita IL* wa formerly d«*puty assessor
Bil. <*U left Thursil.«y morning for Linn <■ <*ilv.
for an outinj.C at Cas ca<lia. J A
I’I h * state fish commission has
t«« >k them ov*er in hi s machine.
built a lumber dam across th**
river a few rods lielow the mill
*lam and will
>>11 proceed to
gather eggs for hatching.
Mr and M
new baby gii
distinction of
grandfathers
( ».* n Si • ton I -I . tend« rod Im
r* s .’ atior. is cart - r o* R * ¡t«*2,
»»n«l Fre«l Grimes Ins also r«*-
signvtl a» substitute. Mr Shelton
will move t > his farm as soon as
a new carrier qualdlrs.
I’ii«* following [»copie have
tnk.'ii advantage of the N«*ws'
el. -*ubscrip(ion <>ff«*r sine«* <»ur
ili' : Ale
A ' • J \ '.I 11, » a'«I. \\ A
bite, W T I la*«*, Jesse Baird
and L I. G xxling. There’s plentv
of room on the lxM>ks for more.
For Sal«* Five cows. one bull.
one or two h«*ifcts, som<* sh«*«*[>,
five hogs, on«* [s»ny. 2miles north
of Crabtr«
L \\ Dvlancey.
Mrs II A Johnston and two
little one« came lip from St lohns
Sat unlay for a visit under the
paternal Rice roof, returning
home W« dm lay.
lasts and
Seven different
height^ in B* rgman shoes for
fail ai d winf r. Yo I know the
rv.'t. .lohn Wesely.
Ih*«.-** new Safety “(’ross
Cut" razors now on sal«* at
Peery’' drug storo. $l..s> each.
R M Cain has put on a new
R«*«> motor truck for th«* purpose
of hauling freight to and from
W« t Scio. Sine«* th«* crushed
ns*k road is complet'd to tin* de-
|M»t,
the truck can be used
Dr I»we, th«* well known op
through
the winter months.
tician ami optometrist, has asso
ciate«! with him in his practice
MILL CITY
an equally skilled eye specialist,
Dr J (¡Turner. Dr Turner has
All honor to th«* Commercial
had more than IK years experi dub and citizens of Scio for th«*
ence as an oculist. II«* was grad new motor service.
One
uate«! from one of th«* leading can make a business trip to
coll«*gcs of Chicago ar.<! attended Portland and int<*rm«*«iiate points
different clinics in New York. anti back th«* sum«* «lay. It seems
His certificates of registration that the Scio p«s,pl** are a little
show he has pass«*d the stat«* ex cheeky anvway. They had the
amination lioards of Oregon, “gimp” to « «tablish the County
Washington, Idaho and Canada. Fair w hen larger towns did not
Dr Lowe is to tie congratulated have th«* "sand." The people of
on acquiring the association of Si 10 leil l«v E (' l’«'i*ry and T I.
s«> eminent a practitioner as a co D igger made the initiative move
laborer.
for county high schools in- Linn
Button’s Business College, Al
Mrs Leita Rex who has been in
California the past six months, bany. will tak«
through a
in 3 to
arrived here the last of th«* week complete
------- l“*'" ‘ business
"" course
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for a visit at the home of her 4 months, guarantee a good po
sition at not less than
a
mother. Mrs T A Richardson.
month and wait one year for
Dr Prill reports the following their pay if you enroll at one«*,
births: August 11, to the wife of Enroll now even if You cannot
Sam Zysset, a boy; August 14. to begin until later. Write us for
the wife of Wallace Perry, a catalogue. You never heard of
girl; August 16, to the wife of such an offer before and you
Kolia Shelton, a girl.
never will again.
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A <i»u) '* of our piscatorial
him rods tho.ght tiny
would
teal a march on the wardens
and catch a fish in the reserve
['«»nd forme«! by th«* two dams.
They marched down at day
light I ti! uiddenly turned arountl
without casing a hook and
marched on double «juick no
again. Tin* night watch at tlm
null earn«* along and said; "Tho
warden is not up yet.” ( )ne <>f
them -aid: "Yea he is. See that
straw hut coming around th«*
bend of th«* river '.’’’ 1 am not at
liberty l i t«*ll names, but on«*
was a big round fat man well
know n in Linn co inty.
Th«' mill company seem to be
concentrating th ir timber forces
nt a new camp (II* on the
Quartzville road up near Sawmill
hill, where n small sawmill was
r inning cuttii •. lumber for th«*
Quartz', ill«* nines fifty years ago.
I R Geddes and family ha«! an
<*\p«*i i»'nc«‘ last Sumia that they
will not wi-li to have r«*|>«*ate<l.
A bullet from s«*«*niiiigly no
where cam«* crashing through
th«* wall of th«* lions« and lodged
in th«* «Lsir that -to.*d oj«en. It
pa. e«l in throe f«*«*t alxtv«* wher<*
.1 R was sit tin/ ami struck the
<l«H»r Is inch ■ alxiv«* the h< a«l of
Eph Henn« ss who wa sitting by
the d«x»r. 1’he door is a horn«*
made one with cross plank.« to
■trength«*n it. The bullet pass«*«!
through tin* cross planks
and struck a nail or it would
have gom* through th«* d«x»r.
Think of a bullet coming into
your sitting room and with veloc
ity enough to go through a two
inch plank. N«> «me of th«* fam
ily nor any of th«* neighlx»rs
heard any shixiting. Two young
men standing outside in th«* lane
di«l not hear a shot. The curve
on which it came show«*«! that it
cam«* a long distance. It struck
the d«x»r two f«*< t below wh«*r«* it
came through. An old army
veteran who had to do w ith firing
shells during the (,’ivil war, says
considering the «mrvatur«* and
velocity that it must hav«* come
at least three miles. Shells fired
long distanci s would drive sever
al feet in th«* ground. An old
hunter say s it must have l>een
fired on the mountain over in
Marion county, two and a half
miles away. It is more than
probable that it was tired nt or
near Mill City ami came a mile
or mor«*.
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