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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1917)
NO. INDUSTRIAL NEWS NOTES YOUR M BS< RtPTlON . M IRES on the date stamped to th" space tie- low To tho»c «bo pay promptly In advance tb«- subacrtpfion price ta •1.1*1 |x-r year The prier is SI.* if pani during year, Ihr paperi« not sent to «ubea-rtlx-ra who ar»' more than one year tn arrears. Oregon Development Newa in Line of Industrie*. Pay rolla, and Producta OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Brie'ly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. of Labor and Enterprise. Mining, farming, milroaling, housekeeping and every line of industry is being revolutionized Mt and Mrs S B Col«» went to and made easier and more effi ¡Stayton Saturday for a visit cient by the use of electricity. with their daughter. Mrs Arthur Barnes Fish Co to operate l^effler who leave • this w<««-k b«r Seaborg cannery at Gold Beach. Pendleton to join her husband Bandon working hard to locate who is employed on a GOO acre shipbuilding there. farm near there. New garage to be built Co Surveyor I sonarti is a’, at Vale. work in these parts this week on Vale build new h<>-pita! this the farn of Mrs Nancy Bilyeu spring. and Ji> n< s Burton. Crane working to secure sugar Mrs RC l‘ ppi-r ng spent Fri factory, beets to be tested there day with Mm Clyd * R »dgers. tnis season. Mrs F B Frost and son Meri Smelt have furnis ,ed an e nur- were Sc. > visitors Sunday. metis amount of cheap whole Miss Milly Part returned to some food this season. her h >n • at b«l»nf. n Friday eve, to hav: Strahorn bid accepted elos< d u 7 nuu school in build 20 mile municipal railway Pisi 83. from Klamath Falls to Dairy for Mi-s Lo!.» W« stenhous»» spent $300,000. Sunti». at the R C I’.-pj->rling Anti-bomb insurance is now home where Mrs i*epp<*rling had being written in Oregon. prepared a big birthday dinner Polk and Marion counties are for her. “again” going to get plans for Geo Bdsiger is not a very at bridge at Salem. The old tentive merchant these days, but bridge is closed and the delay in gives his attention to the little building for three years has cost boy who made his appearance at thousands of dollars in advanced their horn«« Sunday morning, A material prices. very go«d way for attention to New shipyard to start construc be employe^ tion at Mnrahfield al once. The ladies of Jonian and vi Independence farmers are go- cinity are stirring up a little am ing into sugar beet growing with bition by organizing a Jorduri a determination to get a factory Ladies Progressive League to then* next year. meet every other Thursday. There are IS charter members Salem Wittenburg-King Co to establish big vegetable and with room for several times that fruit process factory here. many more. The meetings are Plant to be in operation by July to be held at th«- Jordan hall. No! 1. Employment for at least 21X1 charges in any way. Bring your work and join us. men and women. Chester B •>!«•» of Albanj Philadelphia firm offers $840 it spent a few days at the home of ten for long Oregon flax fibre. Hazelwood plant making exten his uncle James Burton. Mrs Clyde llotigers spent sive improvements at Oregon < Monday at the home of her City. lakeside to have new fó. 000 mother, Mrs Westenhouse. Louie Rahn who had been at school, the tuburcular sanitarium .al Central Presbyterian church Salem for tha past 18 montns, to be rebuilt at Eugene. and who was brought home Not only timber but »tone. fish and coal industries will be three weeks ago. died Monday opened up when Yaquina Bay eve. He had not been able to speak aloud for 15 months. He channel is enlarged. was about 21 years of age and Idaho-Oregon Light & Power leaves a father, mother, seven Co start construction work soon sisters and two brothers, one in Pine valley from Rolinett to brother having preceded him to Cornucopia. the other shore only 20 month» Portland increases shipyard ca ago with the same dread dis- pacity. Government to start ease, consumption. construction of great fleet of returned Edwin Weidman “sea jitneys” in shipyards along from Scio last week where he Pacific coast. had been ill at the Parker hos S P to build station at Mill pital with a severe uttack of ap City. pendicitis. He is fast gaining Corvallis- Many improvements strength and will soon be as good a.» new. or until it decides here. Work started on elevator at to attack him again. Dufur. Chatter Box. Geo Bino suffered a dislocation Mrs Edith Harper of Portland of his left elbow last Sunday, as has been visiting the past week a result of being thrown from a at the home of her aunt, Mrs Jas Richardson. horse. Portland »III hold th- roe» f-sttviyl thl« year as usual V < Cross Bend The demand for logant-errl«-» prom is«-» to «•Ilf««* ail previous record» thl» year Partner« of eastern Oregon expect a good crop, al*hough the season la de layed , \ of th« ' il r, ’ at Sun Francisco la to lx- «atatdiabed In Portland Th«- Ituny'la« county court has or dersd a »pedal county bond election to be held on June L Th-- Inion ami Wallowa Count!"« Eire u»«o< latIon held Its annual meet ing at I-a Grande. Th«« South-«n Oregon Vs-x-lailon el « Hid E-llo« .i‘ lod«>» a - mbh-d in Granta Paa« last w«-ek The Marlon ctiunty Young IVopI« ■« 8<«ldy of Chrlotlan Endeavor held Ita ewnvcntloa at Woodburn. Th-- Albany commercial club and the Albany It- all ’I- r I ants' association have decid'd u-«t to inert«- Quite a nuitite r nt I’matlLa «-ountv farmers ar«- showing dlapoaltlon to contract their i'-l? »hear crop Approximate!) <000 p--rsons from all Over Polk troun’y wltm«usr«l a flag rz.lsinr ceremony held in Italia» Portland's recruiting office ha» pro tided tnoro than l'«oo recruit» for th«- United Stat'-» navy sin«« April 1. liey scouts of Portland are to co operate with the »tale fish and gam« cominlasion In the protection of gam-- and fish The ninth annual commonwealth conference «III be held «> tb«' ■ ampua of the Cniveralty ->f Or-gon at Eug«*u* May 17 1» All hut three count lea of th«- 34 in Oregon were r-pre».«-nt»«| by deli-galea att'-nillng the «tala- wide good roada cotifer-ncc held In Portland laat week. Governor Withycomb* 1« to b«- the h- ail liner at tli< »tat«- encampment of th-- Grand Army of th«- R- public to be held at Korea! G rovr June 2«l 27 ami M. Him krnlser» tn the Oregon national forvat regions report the past winter to have te en a hard om . and aa a re sult stock conditions ar«- below nor mal Th* «nr rt- part men t haa notified Senator Chamberlain that authority ha« be-«-n granted to recruit a battalion of engineers for the Oregon national guard Oregon •»« the arcond «fate In the union in proportionate recruiting for the regular army between April 1 and 2< by contributing 59 3 per «-ent of her war quota Nine hundred puplla. representing sx school district» of Waahington coun ly. participate«! In the annual county »polling «outeat anil juvenile carnival lu Hillsboro A meeting df miniatura and laymen of Linn. Benton and Lincoln coontie« • aa held at Albany to orgariUc for the pur|H»a«- of bettering moral con dltiona In th«- army. The Eugen«- chamber of commerce haa decided to abandon th«- l-an* coun ty flax experiment for the coming year. In view of the «ar and the de mand for f«x«d crop» Robert N Stanfield of Stanfield, »peaker of the Oregon house of reprw xentatlve», la repreaentlng Oregon at th" m«-e|tng of the council of uatlonal defense at Washington Representatives of four Chine»« tonga, which have been engage«! In • arfare Intermittently sine» last Feb ruary. have «lgn*«l a permanent p«a- ■ agreement at Portland. Hampl« • of rock from a nitrate fl*l>l I said to rover 3(i««l acres, in l<ake and Harney counties, hsve been brought to II-ml <>y restii« «»♦•» nt Hum*, who bav«- liH-at*»l < latms on th* tract. An m> reave In wage« of 1 cenia an hour, amounting to mor* than Iso.OtiO a year. »m arante«! by tlx- Portland Hallway Light 4 Power company to It« 1200 traliimen on all linea That there la uot enough hay In Ijan«- counts io lt«t th«< farmer« until the flrat II*-« hay cut and cured • a» an a««- rtlon made I» C. J Hurd, a promir.'-iit farmer of Eugene Wllford Allan of Granta Pa»» «»« up pointed ■>il th«- »tat«- Industrial a« eident c on-tnl«*-on to rill th« »arau«) • n - ■ .ml < . n- I i’arl- caused Abrama l»-lnc « all<-<l to thi« roloHl. The »«s-ivlary of war haa notlflisl S- nator <*han>tx-rIain h*' haa «iri-lilt-d to purehaio- .« trai't nt land ti-ar Holbrook •• • alte tor th* rlfl«- range for the tta* of troopw ai Vancouver Im rrack« Mobilisation nt all the teiya In Of* (on •* ho »r« n«t • xt>«-' l« n« «»I »r.Hiii ra»«-<l In tkrrn work Into the U b II«*«I Siao-a b<>>»’ » *rklt>K rr»<-r»«'. uiitl« r »uparvlaloa uf ihr Pilwnü <«>vrrtiri*nt. • a» »tar’«-d l>) a pro« Ismat Ion nt G >« rrnor Wlthjcombe. at th«- r«*«|tt>-at ol Hr«-rrtary W il. -n. of the d< |>artiu«-ut of «-.itnnwrcv ai.d labor Srvrnty ninr per cent of the 227J s- al«'» ln»p«vt«si «luring ihs quarter etldln» Man h it «er«' eorroct a«-< *>r«l In* to H-I«uty State S- al> r Wortman E T Allen, of th«' feri-at scrvlm at Portland «III 1» detained tn W'aahlmt ton indefinitely by reason of his op polniment cn th« lumie r adv Isory «trip mitt«'»- named by th* council of nation- al defona*. i l it ail > •« • ra of gl< *>i l>.'--duct« of every kln<! »hall bau«l tug th- r ai d as i not to i liarg« m.-rv than a > r tain price for their pr<wlu«'ta la u plan br<«a>h'-d at Sblo lu r>-du<" the high coat of living In order that atudvnts of th" Albany high scbo«»l may have iiKMi of the aftrrnoon to «-ngHg«- In gardening. a plan la propo»«-d to te'gln actiool -•»• h morning at H o’clock and cl««a>- at 2 3t> In the afternoon The date fur the Aaluria regatta, th«- big lower Columbia river frail» h I. haa been chaug-<1 from th«- first pad of fbptvnib'-r to July t to * Th«- Inten- tlon la to make th«- rrttatta a big putrlotlc feallva! Whenever a lu-n of _ ___ any , .. kind ratals on land held In the state. no loans • Ill I-- mad«- ui»iti that land from th«- state school fund or the rural cr'-dlta fund llila |«ol|ry has been annoum « «! by th- state la«el board The Klamath city council has ar- <«-pt«<l tin bld <»f Itols-rt f’. Htrnliorn. of Portland for th- con-'ructlou <■- the Klamath Falla municipal railway from Klamath Falla io Hairy, 20 mile» east, for the sum of ••00.000. OralnuK* d< monstrations «tilt h ar<- b«-lng «-arried out aa part nt the egten slon S'-rvI««- of Ike Oregon Agricultural college will l»< given In Coos county aom<- tint" m-vt month by Pr«if«-aaor W I. Powers aa«l hla assn« lat«*s l.l<-utenant A. Canton!, of the lloyal Italian Flying corps, la visiting the a.iw mills of Coos county Inaprtllng th«- lunilw-r output, a portion of which In beat grad--» of sprue* Is going for the manufacture of aeroplanes for Italy. Barring ba-I weather from nuw on until July, It Is the opinion of II. E Momyer, In charge of Crater latke na tlonal park «luring th«- past winter, that the tourist season there will open on lltii" this y«-ar l»etw««-n June 16 and Jul) I Inst« ad of th.'owrlng down the tiara to the sale of revolvers In th«- state, na haa been th«- »«-neral lmpt*sirt®n. th-- law of the 1917 li'glala'ure makes tb<- reatrlctlon surrounding their sale even nior>- atrltigent. ««-curding to Attorn« ) General Brown. While weather rondltlona have Im prov«-»l and cattle are being turm-d out <m the range, from th* U»ng Creek wet Ion of Urani county com*» a r* port of heavy It s»- a by sheepmen hun dreds of young lambs being lost sa the reault of cold weather Arrangements »«re perfected at Eugene for a series of m«-<dhm to stimulate interest In beangrowing tn m«-et the national demand for food pro duction. and It la hope«! to secure the planting of 10.000 acres to beans tn i 12 mgs Furl.I Cummins, representing the Oregon Social Hygiene So ciety was in town Tuesday ar ranging for nu’etings which will be held here next Wednesday, Muy 9. At 3 p m there will be a meet ing for women only at the K of P lull when Miss Margaret Mann and Mrs F H Geselbrncht of Albany will speak. A mass meeting for men only will be held at the st hool audi- torium at N p m, the principal s|a ak«-r' being I»r A G Prill and Pres W II L««e of Albany College. The local cominitti e consists of R Shell« r, .1 I Wesely, Dr E H H e , W A Ewing and Prof I) V White. The public is urged to attend these meetings, which are wor thy of the support of every citi zen, because the topic is of such universal and deep anil human interest that no local divisions will prevent the community*» “getting together” on thu thing. Typewriter ribbon» for all makes of machine» for sale at the News office. th«- nelshborhood <«t Eu»en* It la tir<>|K>»«'«i by County ttrhoi»! Hu p< rlno-ixl'-nt Ihihrati. nt Yamhill i-oun ty. lu rvlt-na«- all hlah im -I xhi I alii<l<-ni» from turtlxr wliool work thia »prlus. provldina th«' puplla will ngr««- to of ter their »«-rvlct-a to farmers umi or rhardiaia who ar* in n«-ed of help Attorn« y donerai Ilrown adii»«-« Governor With) combe to Institute mandamus procn-dlnsa aaulnat th«- of firinls of Curry «-ounty If they persist In refusing t<> «all a sp'ilall el*<tlou for June I to si»«' th* < l<-<'tora an o|» I»'«tunity •<> »«it«- on mvasur«-» r«-f"rr«-d by th«' reeent l<-Mlsl»tur«'. Hpoellh-aHona for n>a«llx<! a«>«-ilnna. eulV'-rt «I'-sixn» and sra<!<» have been forward <1 by Htat«- Highway Knslnaer Nunn to the «-«runty courts or th«- atat*. lie haa also forwurd<-d copies of ap plication« to the commission for aur- vey and apeeifh-atlona for preparln» sub«rail< for hard attrfaclns Out of 310 accldenls reported to Ih«« Induatrlal acrld<-nl commlaalon for the werfc from April 20 to April 2«. in elusive, three were fatal The fatali- tie» were II. I. Aumack. Mount Angel. llltht and power employ*. U C Hl I mp •on. Wheeler, aaw-nlll employ»; John Carlaon. Kerry, loralns einploye Kollowinx pa •><«»■■ by th» I’ortlatid city counell of an ordinance provlditi» a fine and Imprlaonm« nt for any 1» r •on refualng to admit a health In •pi-ctor Into a warrhouae »here food la aton'd. Mayor All»«- ln»tru«-t«-d health offhlala to atari tn InvestlaatIon of Storage food wl<b th« Idea of fore I tn the releasing of «arx* quantities ot stored food Mark Woodruff, dire« tor of the Northweat Tourist anaoclstlon. has been sdvlaed by the attorney general’s >ffl«'«' that th* bill <«f the lart leglala lure appropriating |<8.0«>0 for th* prm motion of tourist publicity through out the northwrst. In conjunction with Washingion and Brill»!« Columbia. 1« valid In Ita teriua and that th* appro prtatlon may lx- u»<-«l Secretary Daniela ha» aaaurnd Mayor Harley of Aatorla. that Ip* will strong ly Indorse th" forthcoming report of the Helm board rr--otnmending th* <••- tabliahnienl of a sutimurlne ami naval tuu««- near the mouth of th* Colun bln and in a«-nd!ng that report to entw** will aak that •300.00« b* nopr >prH’ ' ’o acquit* th«' «II* and pr< pare It fur go>eruui- utal us»