VOL XX • »•••••••........... .. SCIO, LINN COUNTY. THURSDAY. your 'ins« Rini»»s ixim - on th«- <lat«« atamprU I i th- »!■<« . I- low To thiHM. who pav promptly in «ul« sner th«- subscription |>ru-r i« #1 Ml «»reu«.«« Or«rl«>|>tnrnl Xrw« in tine of ft per year. The price ia ¡1.;% if paxi lndu*tn<-», I'a) roll«. an«l Produrla during year, I hv paper i« not wnt of Labor and Pnt.rpriar. 30. to «ubscr.lu-ni who arr rnorr than on. year in arreara. Oregon News Notes Î Possibly About You i “Pierre of the Plains” Nov OREGON. Kenneth White and s -ter Lu cille were Albany visitors last Saturday. Chas Young of Corvallis trans acted business and visited rela tives here Saturday. Bills are out announcing a dance al the Farmers Union ball at Crabtree on November 29. Mrs Jennie Warner came over from Corvallis Friday for a short visit with relatives here. D R O’Brien and family moved to Lebanon last Saturday from the wood camp up near Jordan. Mrs C z\ Parker went to Philo math Saturday for a short visit with her daughter. Mrs Hodges. Be sure and see the Scio Dra matic Club in “Pierre of the Plains” at the People’s Theatre next Thursday evening. We are selling fore quarters of beef at 9c; hind quarters of beef 10 l-2c; one-half beef at 9 l-2c. Sanitary Market. ■........ ■■■■■<►■ ■. .1 ■ - Mr and Mrs J F Bartu, Mrs Chas Chrz and Adolph Kraynik motored to Portland Tuesday in the Bartu car, returning Wed nesday. One of Hdl lines adds 5 per COflt t<> a'l who g« t under (300 •« 1 month. Parent-1 cachéis Association Rock Island clubhouse lamette river to be built. Lincoln county may bridge Yuquina river near the head of The Parent-Teachers Associa th«- Bay. tion will meet Friday evenii g Decline of political exci’ -ment November 24. in the school audi will give business a chance to torium. An excellent program revive. has been provided, refrrvsh- Oregon and Washington ments will be served and an water mills shi;>p«-«i 31.212 7 ft enjoyable evening is promise«!. of lumber during October. The very much needed play Astoria Flouring Mills ( o shed for the school will be dis ?. l.ouo cussed. The school is working awards contracts for on u picture contest, the room worth of additional machinery. selling the most tickets for the Oregon tax limilatat:<»n li- art exhibit will receive a prize will compel reduction in all de picture, to b<- given the evening partments. of the Association rm-eting. Lakeview vot<« $20,< mmi bond Everyone interested in this to buy railroad right «>f way. Association is invited to be L-gislature asked to cn at«- present office of state fire marshal. Klamuth Fulls vot •< m »,('< m ) bonds to uni ( difornia, Oregon and Eastern railroad. Ther«- w ill lie special Thanks Portland to have another motor giving services at the F«-derat -d car assembling plant on East side. church next Sunday morning at Coal mine l«.-as«>d and * ill be 11am. The subject will be, operated at Henryville. “Why Should We Give Thanks.” State spending 170,000 on hy- There will also be special sing drographic surveys with no ca- ing. Everybody cordially in ¡»it j ! gome into irrigation . -hem-- vited t«« attend. will probably I»«- slopped. Thank sgivingScrvice Home made candy for sale at Typewriter ribbons 60c at the Hibler & Gill’s store next Satur New s office. day afternoon by the Sunbeam Sunday School class of the Fed I) R O’Bn-n was over from erated church. Lebanon on buone--. Wednes day. Mrs Angel of North Santiam Best quality butter w rappers, is here this week keeping house for her daughter, Miss Rachel, neatly printed to conform with during the absence of Mr and the law, 60c per hundred at the News oilice. Mrs W A Cross. If you enjoy a good sparkling We make a specially of comedy drama, don’t fail to see Friendship. Engagement and “Pierre of the Plains’’ at the Wedding rings F M French & People’s Theatre next Thursday Son. Jewelers and Engravers. evening. November 30. Albany. For Sale-A few first class grade ewes, young and in good F T Bilyeu received a new condition; bred to lamb early, model Ford car a few days ago. from registered bucks.—V J Tnis is the first one he has la-en Philippi, Stay ton, On-gon. Ibl2p able to get for several months that was not sold before it got M< st people can extract more here. comfort from defeac than the Ira Phelps came over from Albany Democrat can from vic tory. His candidate was re Lebanon last wet k and took the elected president, and still he big steam n>ller back with him beefs and grouches and throws Friday, as the road work here is mud at the defeated candidates brought to a halt by the recent almost every day. Why don’t rains. you brace up and cut it out? Leonard Gilkey and family L B Charles of Fleetwood. left last Friday for Tulares, Cal, Lake county, left Monday morn where they expect to spend sev ing after a few days visit here eral months with Mrs Gilkey's with his brother, L W and fam parents. G M Flook and family ily. L B followed the printing are living on their farm during business for a number of years, their absence. but reformed a few years ago and took up homesteading and The old hotel building at the stock raising over on the sage south end of the bridge has been brush country, which he finus w recked tins week to make way more remuneiative and less for a modern business structure hazardous than running a country which will be built there in the newspaper. near future. Old Eagle mine n. ar B illards changes n; me to Platina Y Oro Mining Co and output wit; be in creas«?«! to 2’10 tons d uly. With 100 a res of cranberry marsh, part of which i i now In ar- it g. Clatsop County expects to make a dent in th«- future cran berry market Providing for future business, th«- Standifer- Clarkson C«»mpany is to have four sets of wavs ut the North Portland harbor plant, l<K-at«-«i on property adjoining that of the Monarch mill. Carpenter & Chambers setting up sawmill west of Junction (?ity to cut 60.000 ties as sub co itract to Menefee Lumber Co of Port land wh«> have order from Ore- gon Electric, North Bink and affiliated lines for 160,000 ties. Th«- iiooner labor organizations repudiate the agitators respon sible for seven deaths and fifty wounded at Everett, Wash, the better. Snake River mining company has opened th«- new mill at park and is getting go»d results. McMinnville - • Co-operative cannery and fruit drying plant planned for this locality and Yamhill farmers and business men visit similar plant at Eugene. Three large vessels on ways at North Bend shipyard. Fresh fish by the carload is being shipped from Umfxpia river by way of Willamette-Pa cific an«i Eugene to New York. It was asked in the recent con vention “that the oepartment of agriculture confine its activities , to correcting flagrant abuses or NOVEMBER 23. 1916. NO. A Sad Accident Mr and Mrs W A Cross re- c ved th.- id intelligence Sun day evening of the drowning of a neice an I her baby. They left Monday morning f City, th«- form-r h dec«-as«-d. Monday’s ( Iregonian gives the following account of th«- affair: < ’astle R >ck, Wash N »V 19 (Special) Th r •© persons wen- drowned in Silver Like, six mil« s ea t of here, today, when their launch i i.-k a submerged log a- I < apsized. Th«» dead: Mrs H r' Hel p-rson. formerly Miss Bertha Cross, daughter of Mrs Maggie Cross, of Oregon City. Or; Mis Helgerson’s 17- month’- old daughter and Riley 11« . < r■ oi. broth« r-m-law of th«- dead woman. Mrs Anne- H»-lgerson. mother of RJey and B«-rt Helger on, and tin-< ily ot • r occupant of the boa • tv d herse, f by clinging to the overturned craft until res- cued. The party had been out for a pleasure cruise, and had also tal.cn ib «.nd s-ipp|>.»< at Barnes’ store, at Si ver Lak«- for their horn«* on th«- op|«oaite side of the lake, when th«. disaster occurred. Riley Helgcrson, who was 21 y< :.r« «».'I. was ei,Tangled in the rop« . and held beneath the over turned vessel. T:.c Ixxiies were recovered and and wid in- sent to Oregon City tomorrow for dnrial. * . — Farmer* Attention! 1 am still in th« mark« t for all lines of fat stock, hogs, beef and mutton. 1 handle hogs within 7'»-of the Portland mar ket. Phone me at Scio between 6 and 7 u m ari l 6;3o and 9 p m. tf Thus, Large. The Scio Dramatic Club han bills out announcing “Pierre of the Plains’* at th«- Peoples the- atre in Scio. Thanksgiving, No vvtnber 30. Tais is a splendid bill and will no doubt draw a full house. misdirection of work.” Farmers who believe in agricultural edu cation believe also in cutting down the army of soft-handed professionals who exploit agricul ture- and agricultural education. Electrification of S P line from White.-on to Corvallis to be com- pleted January 1. Grants Pass. Nov 11 celebrated establishment of sugar !>eet in dustry. When in doubt, the people vut«-d no all over the Pacific Coast Frank Potter will build a ahin- gl«- mill at Mill City. J K Armsby Co has million pounds prunes awaiting shipment at Dallas. Di«- High Schoo! give its first literary program last Friday. It was as follows; Music, Neva Thayer and Miss Berrvman; solo, John Roner: recitation, “Pat rick Henry’s S|w-ech in the Pro vincial Convention of 177.'»," Ina Parish; recitation. "Uncle Josh in Society,” Mab< I Arnold; solo, Leta Coury; recitation in 11« he- mian. John Roner; debate, Eng lish II: "Resolved That Oregon houhl adopt a health insurance law emtHHiying the essential features of -he standanl bill of the American Lil r I. gis'ation,” atf: Lizzie and Florence Smith and Eleanor Parish; n«-g: Mabel Richardson, Harvey McLain and .Mabel Arnold. Strong argu ments were rive'i by both sides. I’he judges deci ; I. one in favor of th«- n< gatiy«* and two for the affirmative. Th«- program was *«• first of the season and was enjoyed by ev«-ryone pro-sent. A Thanksgiving program will be given Wednesday, November 29, nt the High School audi- torium nt 2:30 p m. All are cordially invited. The High Sch«»l I Athletic As- social ion has been re-organized. The officers are: Clair l M.-Lain, president; Florence Smith, vice president ami Helen Kelloway, treasurer. The Senior boys have scheduled two games with the Albany Y M C A. The first will be played Dec 16 at Scio, and the return game Feb 2 at Albany. Then- will be a Parent-Teach- ‘V* 3“‘!; torium. Friday, Nov 21 All parents are coniiully invited to attend and discuss the building of a play shed. This i.i one of the live subjects among the stu dents and 11 needed badly, and we as an organized Senior class, will promptly assure the imaroi our utmost support in behalf of such a building. The students feel as if they were deprived *»f a place to play during ths rainy weather, as there are no places suitable here now. Other schools can afford such play sheds so why not make this school equal with others of its rank. Mr Murphy, representative of th»- Oregonian, gave the student l>ody an interesting talk Wednes day. He was assisted by the chairman of the board, Mr Ewing. (SENIOR EDITOR.) The Scio Hotel will servo a Thanksgiving dinner. The man agement would like for all who can do so to send in their names by the 26th. Mr Evans, whole -ale man. and Mr Van Hofft-I. a master me chanic, from th«» Ford Motor Car Co of Portland, called on F T Bilyeu, the local Ford agent, last week. The Scio Flouring Mills ship Pendleton woolen mills book ped 90.0(10 pounds of second {•26.000 order for marching uni grade wheat to Portland the first forms. of the week. Mr Thoms nays Oregon wool has recently sold first grade wheat is none too in Portland for the highest price g«x>d for us«- in making Golden in history uf the state. i Fh«-asaiit Elour.