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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1916)
YOUR ■1'3. - RfiTfoS I xrtiiES Fresh bolognas, made in a clean kitchen at the Sai itary Market. <»> »ub^rrtlx-r» who are mort» than t»nr year tn BrnxrB. Miss Lillie Sims returned last Thursday from u visit of several weeks with her sister, Mrs G M Hook at Buxton. Ejection Arguments Settled The Scio Dramatic Club pre- sented the Virginian to well filled houses last Friday and Sat Which President when elected urday nights, at Stayton and had not voted for forty years? Richard-on Gap, respectively. Which President received a!1 hut one ¿g~' Dr Bancroft, eye special- College? •-C’. ‘ ist of Salem. Oregon, will Which Presidents were twice be at Hotel Scio, Scio. Tuesday. elected to the Pn idency after August 15. 1916. Will make having been once defeat« 1 for regular trips. All work guaran th«- 00 •? teed. The correct answers to the above questions can be found in Mrs Ohlemeier, who has pur “The Pre>idency of the United chased the millinery business States’’ a 48 page, vest jMH'ket from Mrs O B Cyrus, will return size booklet containing historic from Portland almut August 26 facts, dates, incidents, statistics, with a full line of up to date etc. about all past and present millinery. elections, Very vali..itde. Geo Morgan returned the l i t interesting, Call at this for a copy today. Given of the week from a visit with relatives near Vancouver. Wash. with each new subscription or renewal to the Santinin New*; or Geo says they were in the midst for sale ut ten cents per copy. of hay harvest and put him to work in the field while he w: there. Mrs George Gibbons Miss lla Wain of Junction City came down last Thursday fora few weeks visit here with rela tives arid friends. She was ac companied by Miss Ada Thayer, who visited with her the fore jmrt of last week at Junction City. The K of P band is putting in lots of hard work these days, practicing new music for the Linn County Fair next month. *1 his little band is a hummer and gets by with a better class of music than many bands in much larger towns than Scio. Oregon News Notus Eloxv Much Does an Linn ( ountv School Egg Weigh? Fair nn P m date <t~. ITl'W«! ill the 8| iwr tw—! low To th-ww who iMiy prutuntly tn I prier •< SI ***> Ot.’KO« l»'i«l<ipmrii< X< «• i»i I I lie of I-rf yrar. Th«- pri<"r M fl. 1 if p-u«L| lixiiiwtrir*, Payroll». and I’riMlixi. st vntl of I tw pafi-r •* :not »« nt I Mrs George Gibbons died at her home near Shelburn Iasi Friday <>f cancer, after a linger- ing illness , and interment was made in the Miller cemetery Tuesday, The funeral was at- tended by a large number, not only from Shelburn, but else- where, The services w< re con- ducted by Father laine and Father Henry of Albany. Mrs Gil b ns was highly es teemed by all who knew her, a woman of splendid character. She leaves a husband and .six children: Mrs J W Miller, John, George Jr, rait»ot and Leonard Gibbons of Slwlburn and Mrs Geo M liter of lowu. Mrs Alta Abliott and two children, accompanied by her mother, Mrs Anna Barstow of F T Bilyeu went to Portland Myrtle Creek, are visiting here this week with Mr and Mrs Wm Wednesday on a business trip. Abbott at the Scio Hotel, Mr Huck Sims, carrier on Route Abbott being a brother of her deceased husband. Jack z\bbott. 2, is taking life easy these da)s, enjoying his annual vacation on Rev and Mrs II B Iler and the full pay. Al Plummer is scatter two younger children returned ing the mail on this route as his last Thursday from a visit with substitute. their friends, the DeVures, at Miss B< »sie Svoboda returned Dexter, lame county, leaving Master Harry there for a longer home Tuesday from a few days visit. They made ’he trip with visit with her sister, Mrs Ed their spring wagon and old Dob Horsky at Albany. She was ac bin. and report an enjoyable companied by Mrs Horsky and daughter, who will visit here for time. a couple of weeks. Charley Compton, who was helping quarry rock on the Fred Main street looks like a cyclone Mespelt place, met with a |>ain- had struck it this week as a re ful accident last Saturday, when sult of the county "scarrifier” a rock, which he says looked as tearing up the gravel, prepara big as a wagon bed, slipped up tory to giving the street a new behind him when he wasn't look dress of crushed rock and as ing and jumped on his back. phaltum. It is hoped to com He was badly bruised all over plete the work this month. In ani his left hand mashed tn such the meantime the street is prac a way that it required ten tically cli>sed to traffic for stitches to piece it back together vehicles, the parallel streets east again. and west of Mam beirg used. I <>f l.*!x.r and Enitrpri*«. Telegra »n has The industrial w >rk done by » t Linn coun j an investigation the boys and girls « of with the follow- ty through the influence of the school, the parents and the coun s were plac-'d on ty schtxil sup -rintendent has lie- they tippe<| the come n great factor in the lives .» more than If'» of many students. in addition to the regular work the 11 weighed «• done in school, several hundred pound. These eggs were pick« <1 boys and girls of th • county are at random. It was found that now actively engaged in indus the average weight of a single trial work in gardening, poultry ogg was about 1 1-2 ounces. A raising, mechanical work, domes brown leghorn egg weighed one tic art domestic science and OUIlce. A white eghorn tipped general industrial work in the at 1 7 8 ounces, Another white home, encouraged through the leghorn weighed 1 3 4. A ply- school influence and without ex- mouth ris k egg sent the arrow |>ense to uny one. As a . esult to 1 3-4 ounces and unother to the woi k in its various forms has 1 1-2. One other egg was greatly inerva t-d the usefulness w cighed and registered 1 1-4 of many children regardless of ounces, A raiser of black minor- grade m school or environment cas said thal the eggs laid by at home. Lust year one boy was this variety of hens averaged 2 a wauled second prize on his corn ounces. ” exhibit ut the St Paul corn show, The News family keeps a few also two girls and two boys were Ith nle Island R- ds f r nimsure sent to the state fair with all and profit, and out of cutiosity a expenses paid by tne stat • for little home investigation along the entire time as a reward for this line was conducted with the having the best exhibits at the result that even egg# picked at Linn County Fair. A similar random weighed exactly one priie will lx* given this ytar. pound, and one of The experience of the past hns c.ui.sidvi.ibiy unuer the size of been encouraging However, the others, And by Hie way one the support of every citizen is of the»« hens laid a double yolk solicited at this time in the egg one day Inst week that further progress of the work so measured si x by eight inches in well begun, It is evident that vircum it "reiic»1, b it unfortunate the prime object of this move- ly thi > egg a .is vati ii before any rncr.t is to teach the boys and thought of weighing it was con- girls to respect labor, to use .-•i»l- it d, so ii • weight will always their hands as well ns their remain a dark secret. ? minds, to make practical appli* Citionot the knowledge gleaned Mrs Henry ; tep.inek came from lx>»ks, and to 1». nt more nome Thursday fiom a visit with useful men and women. Portland friends. In order to encourage this work. I»» bring the school and Mi .< B-ssie Carey of Shelburn the home closer together and to v a.- op rated on for appendicitis lead the teiys and girls in the nt ,i Salem hospital Tuesday. paths of irulu.iiy. an exhibit is She *.< reported as getting along held each year at S ch » as a part nicely. of the Linn < ’ runty Fair. At this fair lilwral prizes will t»«> Mr W A Cross arrived home awarded for uny exhibit of merit .' inda. evening alt-r a visit of as listed on the regular prize two rr, nths st the home of her list. father, Wm Etters, mar Oregon The children of the county are < ity. earnestly requested to report during this month to the county Fred Jones came in Saturday . < hoo! superintendent at Albany, from a fishing trip at Marion or to (.’ C Wade of the fair board Lake, reporting a g<x»d time and : at Scio of anything tney have for a fine catch of the finny tribe. ! exhibit. Tne pro.qMcts for a Llovd Lukcnbach. who hadn’t good fuir are excellent ihis year. had all the fishing he wanted, No worthy boy or girl should stayed there. fail to be represented. Local fairs will be held at J F '.Vesely returned the last Harrisburg October 6 and 7, and of the week from a business trip at Albany October 12. 13 and 14. to Portland lie brought home W. L. Jackson, Co. SupL a |200 clarinet that sounds ns good as the price implies, and An interesting letter is prom* will play hereafter with the Scio ia»*d for next week from the pen band. of our old friend. J R Geddes. t Draining 15,(kX) acres water- .iked French Prairie land tint y be mor»» than talk. For« st Grove to have new brick bui css block. Four gm in elevators, capacity 20.000 to 100.000 bushels, beine built in Wasco count). I\>r . ■ • ■ !»• s|x-nt on Pacific Telephon«- Co line re construction. Fin«- new bridg«* built at I«eLa- non by Pacifk Iron \\ >r-.j has been accepted by county. Contract let for concrete stock •,■..» -I ■ ' .. ;:r , .i- I'■ r'. < ti. Tillamook paving mile of strict an«! building larg»» warehouse. New shingle mill being in- -tailed on branch of {.arson in let near Marshfield to operate August 31. Prof Skelton and College crew ut < orvalhs I adding macadam road and iuy mg cement side walks. Dallas and Falls C.ty unite to operate large ruck crushing plant. Junction cannery will ndd prune drying plant. Sev«?n carloads cattle shipped from Eugen«» to California igar beet feeding station:; Big co-operative cannery in operation at \\ he ter. Albany furniture fa>rv t iris September 1 with fir. 1 year’» output sold. Afier It years talk, ma»hin«rv is actually going into the potash iak«-a near Bend. Henry Neiger of Lincoln r.iak**» 100 lbs i*ii ch ?ese per month from 32 cows. Marshfield to p ivc ten blocks of Anders >n atre« t. Eugene spends S3-1'» improv ing city hall. Carnation flouring mills near Fore-1 Grove, long Idle, are to resume. Kruse & Banks ship yar<i at Marshfield which is op rated electrically with power furmslied by the Oregon Power Co, has secured contracts for building five large teiats. Pacific T« tephone Co to build new line* from R< »»eburg to Myrtle Point. Coos Bay to have an open shop stevedoring company backed by the lumber mills. People of Ritter country near Condon to have bridge across North Fork, Riverside scho«»lhou*c contract let at Roseburg. Albina machine works to get $235,000 for repairing Japanese steamers. New bridge to go across Ump qua at Happy Valley, near Rose burg. La Grande business men will install a gas plant. Florence - Putting in new waterworks. New shingle mill running. • Astoria letting contracts for six bitulithic streets. Contract let for l^itham and Dillard highway. Meacham sawmill working with night shift Eugene gets a $3000 brick store building. Dallas voted down an eight- mill special school tax. Frank McDonald nnd family were down from Mehama today transacting business, accom- i»anied by Mrs McDonald's mother. Mrs Henry Miller of Sisters, who is visiting them. Frank called at the News «>Hi<e and arranged to k«ep potted on Scio happenings the ensuing year.