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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1917)
YOl'R I list R|: 11OS y Xl-IKES on thv dat« »tamp---l In th«- »pace lx- low to thofr who pay promptly in advance th. subscription price i« $).<») per year. The price la 41.25 if pan! daring year, The paper la m»t »ent to »ul>» rilwr» who al* more than one year in arrvar». Oregon Development New» In Line of Induatrirw. Payroll», and Products of l_abor and Enterprise. OF GENERAL INTEREST Princbal Events of the Week Er r‘ly Sketched for Infor mât.cn of Our Readers. in. nt» ail i.n r the country, the eaten •Ion »••rvlce* of the O A C ha» i annoui:. vd 'hat a vUoroua > ampalgn will tc start'd Immediately for the purpoai of Inert asing the final pre par.'.ltiv»« of the country There were in fire» In 31 town» during the month of March, according to figure. I«»ued by In.urance Com itiiealoner Harvey Well» Th>- total l< • ae* amounted to I I4S. The larhe»t Icaa for the mont • «» a »IV quo building In Portland The people of Oregon are to be a«k rd to «ubj.x t to the referendum I w *> of the school measure* enacted by the laat leglalature the teacher» tenure bill and the bill »hurtenlng the t< run of »< hoid director» from & to J year» Heh-rendum petition» have been prepan I A statement '»sued by the Indualrial •< < Idelit ominlaaluii ray a that there wa* a de. re»»e of «14 per cent In the number of per» >nal Injury rare» where the relation of employer and employe existed. heard before the Oregon ini''-:::- court It. It»|il fr--m tie miro her in 1914 The total tsimber ot case». however. decreased but lu 4 per cent. Rsk< r's first aii' m. btlc »how »«« held Inst *«•• k Oregon City, Willamette locks The Mirlon County Potato Grow<r« and canal drained to start $100,- a«»««melon held Its aunual meeting at 000 improvements and as much Salem Ti e <HH < <>nvent'"ti of Oregon stat.- more by the P R L «& P Co. gran««- i* to be held -Ma) 8 to 12. 1917. Marshfield Coos Bay will be at tstoria. made oil base for fuel supplies Wl ile digging a ditch for dram There will be no Immiollate call by S P Co. tile on hi.4 place just south of for a spe tai session of the 'egl»la lure to cot d.’er war tnea-mrv» Huntington Large new gar town a few day ago, Mr Dolx-k Th«' »teat i schooner Johanna Hmltli. unearthed an Indian grave. A thr large-.t vr»»e| tonstrui trd ou Cooa age being erected here. large bore single shot breech bai was I t in- !-.- I at .Nor-h tl.-nd St John’s Review tellsof $2 0,- loading r tie. a string of b ad , Th«- cob!< at March In «.ar« » ..» 00O for new shipbuilding plant eight U S half dollar coins bear lh> month «t > .o...*d. »- « »rdtng to the going in. ing dates ranging from I860 to report from Ute w<ath«-r bureau Th«1 lb-n-1 Water. Light a Power Vale Fruitland farmers sub 1866, ¡.nd four shirt buttons was i company will begin at once ou thr Report» from the upper M- Renata scribed $15,1)00 stock in cannery. the ex’ent of the articles found. erection of an a Idltlon to It» plant river territory »tale that there I» Leonard Sasby. 33 years old. was C A Everett bought several of The new tovtn of Crane I • from Io Io 15 feet of »now in the the coin-t, and Will Abbott se- vie« trocuted In th«' n.-w generating have a bank. plant of the Hawley Pulp & Pai r mountain» ar <1 that «erloua high water In the Mli.ami'lle Mid McKengle Coos county dairies are to be cured the rifle. 1 company at Oregon City The burial of the Indian was The Or« gon stat«* Federation of rhera 1» probable III the event of replenished with $50,000 worth witnessed among others by Al- Women s Clubs will start a fund I tn m«' long continued aprltig ran.» of cows. . bert lb idall . - <1 Mrs Rebecca dlat' ly that shall be known a» the Springfield nas a new indus- other valuable miner»!» are to be Oregon F«"l< ration Hospital fund " Morris now of Scio, who were try rebuilding sewing machines. The Eugene chamber of commerce found In the Ih »chute» baaln deposits small children at that time. Mr has taken up the plan of cultivation near Terretionn«-. l)e»<hute« county, With the fiag and honor of the Randall -ays that as near as he of all city lots to ant th« nation in central Oregon, a number of Portland nation at stake capital and laltor can remember, it must have time of war by keeplug down ti)«« coat in< n have Incorporated the lieachutea adopt policies of neutrality and been a1-out fifty years ago. Mining and Milling company No of living The financial »‘ateiuci : of th<< Iri avoid all strife. Preliminary steps are being taken trace of the Indian’s bones or dustrial accident cotuniiMlon, laaued In Iktugias county to vote on a count) Roseburg jitney owners have the box in which he and his un .March bond la»ur for road Improvement Th« for the cioè* of advanced prices to ten and fif treasur« 4 Were 4-ntombe l, was total amount of the issue baa Irt'Vil I 31. till» )«»r. »ho*» • total balance teen cents. with th«- Ht»tc Treasurer ot 4993.931 found, and from the fact that flx.-d at 1 o.. oil ll< < < Ipta from November 5. 1914, S.-vrral of the farmers of the Gi.I.I , 99 Asbestos mines at Mt Vernon the hardwiM»d gun stock had to March .’I. 1917. totaled 13.003.395. resume operations. completely decayed, it apjs-ars Hill district haw b<- n »hipping In carloads of le-l pulp from the l*tah 74. »nil dlsbur»« tn. nt» 4343.477.54 State University armory plans likely that the chemical action Ori gou Hugar 1.« tor- at Grants Pa i I >«-l«r uuu«<l to sain »<.■■•» to Marlon county » free terry, tin- road to which completed and bids being taken. of the soil ha l served the skele to fro I th« ir «to. k Th« Coo» county court ha» arrang ha» been bio« a«-«! on the l-olk county Railroads are asking a raise of ton of the Redskin and h's cas- rd for an appropriation of |2” '" <> as • ld< by a fence along the rishi of way ket in a similar manner. fifteen to twenty five per cent in part of the fund for < - n- trm ting an goipg tn the old prlvat«- fi rry landing, <> - freight rates to make up what armory In Marshfield for tb«' eoa»t about 16" Polk county farmer«. living In the vicinity of Went rialutn. »»».•<! artillery < otnpany operation under the Adamson A marriage license was issued Hubjtx-ts of Interest to livestock down th.- f. in:, aud did away with law costs. Saturday by <’ounty Clerk Russel growers will be < onslder.-d at th«' the barrier Lakeside will vote on $6,000 t<> Arch Ray and Miss Leone fourth a.t* .al mcelli r ' th« ' with || |l -■ io i of the leg school bond issue. and Horse Kaisers' as«« elation to tw Inlaturo lx- called by Governor Withy Montgomery. combe to make provision» for depend i ! at 1 -a '.' « I Independence has put one ent famillea of »oldlers called Into »er- 3b. over in securing the erection of poses. By cultivating all the The I'nlted State» department of vice, the 6 per «ent limitation amend a beet sugar factory at that place waste places, each family can do labor, with headquarter« at Washing ment will have no binding effect on by the Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. much toward raising vegetables ton. I) C. will hold it« ».«'otid annual any bond i»»u* that mght ba provided, Over 1600 acres of sugar beets for their own c nsumption and cltlienahip convention at Portland for according t<> la*y< ra »ho have »ludl'-d three or tour day» thia coming Sum the situation will be planted this year. thereby reduce the demand for mer Inf rmation coming from several these articles of food. Pacific Telephone and r Ths next annual conference for direction» lead» to the belief tb« graph Co will train a signal Eegene has raised $50,000 for Oregon of the Cm ted Evangeli« al Southern Prciflc Railway company corps for help to the United a flax scutching mill. The com church will be held In Portland, be contemplate» railroad eitention» In the .Marshfield vicinity, probably from States army in the event of war. pany expects to pafar n ts $2> ginning March .'V. 1914. a.. r-llng to action taken by tb«' conference while Lb-avar HUI Junction. 12 tnllre from Efficiency experts declare that a ton for straw, ai I the soil will in s«Mlou at Salem Coo« bay. to llandon. by way oi A new "honor lodge' at the »late Reaver »lough »nd down the Coquille a single track electrified railroad grow a ton and a half to three penitentiary ha« perfected organlia river to the roast is almost the equal of a double tons to the acre. W I* Wilson and hl» «on. J 1. The lodge ha» 3<*0 member* tion. track steam railroad. The na Bend to raise $3i l.ROO for Cen and Is orgaaired to promote better Wilson. of Olalla claimed the large»! tion continues to waste its oil tral Oregon railroad. feeling between the prisoner» and the varmint bounty ever paid in l>»ugla» county for the capture of varmint» and coal fuel and let its great administration. prison East Portland gets a brick fac Tha number of employer» subject from one family, when thr) presented water power run to waste under tory and planing mid. to the workmen » compensation law eight coyote puppies about two weeks a false idea of conservation. Oregon City woolen mills will during the second year» operation old to the county clerk at Roseburg The Dalles to have a new fin- be operated by electric power in of the law waa 4594. according to the for bounty The total amount paid proof hospital. annual report of the »late Industrial «a» |1d0. being 420 each future. Attorney General Brown received accident commlr.slon Giants Paas Simmons-1xigan Wilsonville 3 mile flume com Assisting th« farmers of the state notice that h>< had won another of th» mine made cleanup of $23.199. pleted to bring 30,Q(iO,000 feet In th« produ« tlou of larger and l««t F A Hyde land fraud cases. Deci ter crops of fiber flag, will t«e a branch sion In favor of the state has been The Industrial Welfare Com lumber to river here. of the work takeu up by th«- eiten rendered by Circuit Judge G F Skip mission will consider allowing Oregon hop industry helped by sion service of th« Oregon Agrlcul worth of Laar This Is the fifth out Oregon canneries to operate on shipments to South /Africa. of seven Hyde land fraud can ru, tural college this month same basis as California canner which have tern won by the Blair The Industrial accident commission Portland building end • suspen ies of fruits and vegetables. received reports of 277 accidents dur The other two are undecided. ded to allow carshops to l>e erec Seventeen brick« of gold, weigh Ing the week between .March 3 and Condon voted 115 to one in ted by Twohy Brothers. I April 5 Inclusive one of th» accidents fng 1331 ounces and valued favor of the state highway bond More clearly than ever la-fore reported was fatal, th«' victim being 199. «al'l by milling men to Ite ihn issue. do our great industries, railroads, Joa< ph Fran« :», of Baker, a railroad largest clean up ever yielded by a southern Oregon gold mine, were Heppner Gazette-Times: Towns telephones, mining, shipbuilding employe With war < |.>ud« threatening the brought to Grants l ass by Jam«« and cities all over the United and electric companies stand out continuance of athletic« in the coa»t Logan, owner of the Sltnmonda Ixvgan States are considering every pos in present crisis. As one man college« later lu th« spring, th«1 <> A pl.«> <-r nun- at Waldo, about 40 miles sible means for combating the they have offered their highly- C. relay carnival of April 31 stand» southwest of Grants Pass Thr ma»» high cost of living. One of the developed systems for the use of as thr only major tract event of th. of gold waa thv result of a It» day essential ways is by utilizing the government. Government season which Is sure to I m * held on run. The legislative road bond commit the coast this year every foot of ground and every ownership is not necessary when lee has de. <|ed to hold a statewide i In cooperation with »Imitar depart Indian Relics Ex humrd I lure vacant lot for gardening pur- such actions predominate, I l)r. I lobson Answers Call Dr E II Hobson lias joined the Medical Reserve Corps, and saytt he is ail ready to go now any time that I'ncleSatn calls him. He received riotict'Wednesday to appear at Vancouver at an early date for examination. S t :io Boys Enlist Floyd Cars>n was the first Scio boy to answ er the call for volunteers, joining the Albany company lust 1'ridav. Several tithers went over ut the same time, but failed to pass the phys ical examinatin. ('lair McLain of Shelburn, w ho has been at tending high school here, also enlistcil Friday mo.ning, going over from his home. Errol Sims, Dale Poindexter, Gail Jones, Russel McDonald and Elmer Keen«' have signed up to join the Lebanon cavalry, but have not yet taken the examina tion. Gen«- Bowman enlisted in the navy Saturday at th«- Albany recruiting office ami was sent to Portland from there to await further orders. ()l«l iinp«'rs 5 cents a bundle at th«- Newa ««Hice. rally lu Portland. April 24 Thl» will nut i>« In th< nature of a convention, but will tie a rally Io which are In vited dvlrral«'» from all organlM Houa In Oregon lnt«T« at«-«! in tin- road movi'ineni Governor WiilDi-ml«- will I h - invited and the three alate h chway ci>mml»»iunera will b<- In at tendance Iniurioicc bu»ln«-a» In th« »tale I» Inireaalng by leap» and boumla, ac cording to figure» «ompili'd by In auram«' «'omml»»loncr llarv«) Well» During the firnt three month» of thia year th«' f««'a of 111» offl««' amount«'«! tn 4121.910 91«. a» compared to 497, • 24 43 for » almllar périrai lui year. When the new inauranee « ««I«- goes int«» effect Hie amount of the feea of that office al»o will be greatly au. m«‘ tiled The flrat two week* the rural credit» amendment ha» been actually In operation »how that 47 applica tion» have been made for loana from that fund, and out of thia number 44 have been approved. Th«' loan» a»ke<t for average about 42<M)4. al though »»me run a» high a« (iuoO ami other» a» low a» 4300 Approxi mately 490,000 worth of loan» have been approved out of th«' 4H0.UO0 worth applied for t'entrai Oregon communltlea are re »ponding with liberality to the r« quc»i of Robert E Htrahorn fur aid In the flnanefng of the Oregon. California a I »»tern ral.roa.l which, when built, la to aerve Crook. Klamath Harney and latke qountiea. Klamath Fall» ha« voted 43oo.no i In municipal bond«; Burn«. 4126.'"". Istkevlew. 430.000. Reml ha» «sjatributed 434.000. and 1« preparing to vote 4P-O.000 In b< nda In aid of aonaiructlon. Sarpriae valley dtltena are taking atep« to vote 4I'1'». ooo tn bond« Tr«'»«urer Kay ha« directed letter» to the Oregon d«l« >-atlon in > ««ngr> •«. aaklng that step» be taken to r«'Ktilat«' f<Mxl pri<-ca He aaaerted In his com munlcatlon that »peculator» have taken advantag«- of th«- war to run up prie«». ev« u on American m*«l' » '»I«, the manufacture of which are not at fectad In any manner by the war, ami that a» a result th«- wage working elaaaM throughout th«- United K’ate« would aoon b< g «lured to the co'wll tlon of th« ;wople in European < u.n tri«« if »ome remedial l«’gi»latlun la uut «uactsd.