THE SCIO TRIBUNE
VOL 3
NO. >9.
SCIO. UNN COUNTY. OREGON. FEBRUARY I»». 1915
31.25 THE YEAR
UNN CO. ROADS
ENACT PERMANENT TAX SYSTEM IS
ALBANY HAS A
ALLIES USING ONLY
REVISED IN BILL
COST $161,943.95
REGISTRATION LAW
DISASTROUS FIRE
THIRD OF STRENGTH
Coa*i«irrat*l*
Aay Etectw Nat Us*| Fraadtsa Banat
HamiltM s B< Dapartaiaat Stere fatally
Twa Yair Panai WM Ian
Oestrayai less EstMMted
Vais steer
Work
Wax
Al*o Done on the Csaaty
Highway.
BBaice if Fmr lite Wit
State Capitol. Salem. Feb. 16.
Albany. Feb. 13. lann county
at $180100
A new system of tax collecting ia
exi>end«i 3 l*»l .913 95 in improve
provided in th«- bill | mu «««I by th««
ment of its highways during 1914.
House
this
afternoon
on
recom
Th«w
figures are conipil«! from
State Capitol, Salem. Feb. 15.
A telephone to thia citv last Fri
mends
tion
of
the
joint
Committ«*u
records
in th«* county clerk’s office
House bill 191 providing for perma
day afternoon, stated that the bud-
on
a«M-»Mnrnt
and
taxation
of
the
and
show
th«* total exp«*n<iiturva for
nent registration was | mmm *«I by th«-
rw*5<n district of Albany was burning.
House an«I the senate.
all
r»a«l
ami
bridge improvement
senate Unlay without argument
As usual the statement was cxag«-r-
Al
least
one-half
of
the
tax
must
■luring
th«-
year
Of this amount
The law provides that as l<»ng aa nn
at«!. When th«* fir«* was gotten
The
ta
paal
at
the
first
dale,
315,583
49
was
spent
on bridges,
elector resades in the pn*cinct in
under control, the Hamilton d**|«arl-
tax
paying
dates
are
April
5
and
and
th«*
remainder
in
general
road
which he registers and votes at one
ment store was the main sufferer,
per
October
5.
A
penalty
>>f
I
■
work
Th«*
amount
list«!
as
strictly
election heljl throughout the county
though other adjoining bu»m«*sa
within the biennial election period cent per month is chargwi on deli* houses suffered loss**» in th«* removal r<«ml expenditures. 3I46.N0 46, in-
I dud«« all monrvs paal out of the
ending November 30 following the quent paym«*nte. ami if the delin of contents
quency
extends
beyond
November
regular biennial general el«*cti'«n, hr
The fire start«! from th«* furnace i gvneral road fund of the county,
;5
an
additional
p*
naltv
of
5
per
«-nt
shall not in* required to register
in th« Hamilton store shortly after tin* district r««ad fund» and »|M*cial
i
is
provided.
again.
n<»on. Hut a smalt amount of g«»»!» district road fund».
No
rvtale
is
allow«!
for
advance
t'onaidrralih* volunteer road work
If the elector fails to Vote as
i were saved from thia store, as the
1
payments.
<
wax
perform«! also.
stipulated he shall re-register or
i smoke was so h«*avy that entrance
notify th«* county clerk in not lens
to the building was prev«-nt«!. Mr.
than 30 days nor more than <»<> days
i Hamilton iilaces his loss al m-ar
after the regular November election
13190,000, with insurance fur about
I one half this sum
Other store-«,
that he resides in the district from
which he r«*gi»ter«*d and requeata in
j from which goods and fixtures wen*
writing that his name remain un
remove«!, suffer«! nominal loss«*».
the register of electors.
Owing to th«* fact that th«- fire
I start«*d in the basement, the fire-
Thia is the second permanent
registration law that has been pasa-
ed bv the Oregon legislature, one
paam-d al the M*saion in 1913 having
been declared unconstitutional by
the supreriM* court
The new taw
provides that th« county clerk shall
um * the card index system in keep
ing his r«*gtaler of elections. Each
elector shall sign a cartl giving his
name, age, political affiliation, etc.,
and shall tak«* an oath that he la a
citizen of th«* Unit«*«l States, The
cards shall be public records and
shall lie kept in the •rflice of the
county clerks as other puidic records
arc kept.
It ia pro vide« I that the county
clerk shall r«*gister any qualifiml
elector who mav request to lie r«*g-:
istered at any time after the first
Monday in January. 1916. except
ing during the 30 days next preced- ‘
END OF FINANCIAL
PANICS PREDICTED
A NEW FEATURE
IS INAUGURATED
Ibt Federal lisent Spira « Decurti
OrttSR Fanwn Art It It Sn|pliei With
| trn-n could not get at the blaze The
| fire follow«! up the walls, making
ta Hitt Remand All Deafer
I it difficult for water to reach th«*
at I r table
i lire.
A »mail portion of Hamilton'a
I go«sis were remove«!, though in a
Chicago, Fvh 13. ’’Under th«*
damage« I condition, The building
Federal reserve system we “dial I
j ladonged to Dr. J. P.
Wallace ami
no more financial panics.** »aid Chui
i was fully cover«! by insurance. It
S Hamlin, govermir of the Ferlera)
• was formerly known as the Foster
Reserve Board. at the annual ban'
j block and was erected 35 years ago.
quet of the Chicago Real Estate j
> Dr. Wallace expects to rebuild at
Itoard tonight. He added that con I >mcv. Mr. Hamilton will continue
dition» just prior to the opening of
buxintw. though in what lo<*ation is
the Federal ttesrrve Iranka in Novem
not stated
Th«* total loss is eati-
ber were "protiablv the moat omi ’ ’ mated at $140.000.
One of th«-
nous in the history of our country."
buildings includnl m the lire area
DiM-umnnir the true function of • was the U. S. poetoffice
The con-
the new tanks, he saal
' tenia were removed but were re-
"Their duty is not alone to meet i stored to the old quarters within 24
emergencies, but. so far an poasitdc. ! hours.
Ur prevent emergencies from arising
ing any general or primary elertion, and while ordinarily they do not
Self Explanatory Letter
or 15 days preceding any special anti are not intended to compete !•
election held throughout th«*county. with commercial tanka. yet occasions
Portland. Or.. Feb 12. 1915.
If the »ta-cial election ia not held may arise where such competition, Ur. A. G. Prill.
throughout the county he shall not through the exerrise of their upon
Scio, Or«.
register any electors living in any market powers, will Ire necessary I
I am returning v»u herewith th«*
precinct in which a special election for the protection of the people of i ordinance of the City of Scio, In
j my opinion, the whole thing is not
ia to be held during the 15 days the United States.
"Il is often said that th«* Federal
next preceding the special election I
i operative for the reason that the
- officer
-
Any elector who ia not registered Reserve tanks are bankers' banks, I- health
is th«* executive mem
aa provided in the act may r«*gurter but thia is true only Ur the extent ber of the l»oard and In thia Instant*«*
election day by giving the informs that they deal primarily with the I you have none. Further, mi muni-
lion require«! for registration and memtar banks. Their true function cqaility. county or community could
rocking oath to it before one of the I is to protect the interests of the j nquire anyone to serve without
juuges of the election board, where people.”
pay. Then, with this in view. I
he deaires to vote.
would sav;
School Holiday. Dwiadle
1. In case families are quaran-
' tine«!, it is your duty to inform the
Salem, Feb. 16. Boys and girls county health offierr.
2. The law savs that in fam i I we
hereafter
will have to go to school
Albany, Feb. 15.- A total of 376-
I
quarantin'd.
food. pq>visions ami
991 32 will l»e collected on the 1914 on Lncoln’s birthday. Washington's
.
medical
attention
must be furniahed
tax roll of Linn county in the form birthday and Columbus day just the
bv
the
city
or
county
in which they
of ciiy taxeo alone
Ail«ny will same as on other days with the ex
receive S5I.220 I2; Llranon 317.« ception that them1 days will be set I live if unable to provide for them
204 20: Harrisburg 33,304 71; Hal aside for patriotic exercises The selves.
3. In th« absence of a city health
sey 31,387.66; Rruwnaville 33.259.39 House yesterday passed Senator
offierr.
it ia the duly of the county
Hawley
’
s
bill
which
makes
such
pro
Sweet Home 3510.96. and Sodaville
|
health
officer.
visions.
3104.23.
4. You are not rrquir«*d to make
The measure also désignât«-» the
The prohibition meuur« fsuscd following additional school holidays a visit to families without pay. if
the state senate in thirty minutes,1 besides Saturday ami Sunday. upon the county health officer ia <-all«i
on Tuesday
The governor's signs, which no actasil is to tie held: New over from Albany, It would ta ab
tun* is now the only requirement Years day. Memorial day. July 4. solutely with the county court wha;
for the measure to become law. It Labor day. Thanksgiving and Christ remuneration would be made for
will go into effect January 1, 1916. j mas
his expmsss. This, I think, answers
Tit Billiaa Dilin ti M S rm I Bnifiit
Ntl|
(mfaatat ittRlty
■tat Aftacy
Fort lam I. Feb IS. Not only in
Or«*gon, but in all parts of the
■-ountry the gov«*mm«*nt has inau
gural«! a movement to ««cure work
for the uncm|>loy«l and to furnish
num or women to farnu-rs ami oth
er employers <mtable the cities. It
is a common sight to see men
standing arouml the strevte in town
at all seasons of the y«*ar who would
I m * gla<l to go out into the country
ami go to work if ttwy only knew
just where to go and could b«* cer
tain that the job would lx- there
when th«*y arriv«*d. John Barbour,
ILS. lnq««-tor. Oregon Immigra
ti«m Service, ha» »tarl«*d to list ap
plicants for positions of all kind»
and ia anxious to r«*ceivc applications
for help from employ era of labor of
all classes.
TWs Y im
Ltmlon, Feb., 15. The countries
fighting against Germany, Austria
and Turkey up to th«- present time
have thrown only a third of their
strength into the field. To main
tain thia force and to bring the re
maining two-thirds into action will
oat 10,000,000.009 «luring thv cur
rent year. This announcement was
made in the H<> um * of Commons to
day by Davul IJ«iyd-G«>rge.
Mr lJoyd-G«*org«- drew cheering
by a reference to loan» to count run
which he sail! he expected wouhl
throw in th«*ir lot with th«- allies.
The»«- countries the Chancellor did
not name. It was the first tim<-
that a reference was inieh- in Parlia
ment of such expectations.
Great Britain, th«* Chnm-ellai said,
luul r«**»urces which would last for
five yearn ami th«»so of France per-
hat* were sufficient for thr«- yeurs
"The al lit*» are fighting the whole
mobilis'd strength of Germany with
|M*rhatis l«-»s than one-third of their
own strength" said th«* t 'hancellor
"The probtem of the war for th«*
alii«*» in to bring the remaining two-
thirds of
their
rt*n«>ur«'cs and
strength into the fighting line al
the «*arli«*st potadble moment, and
this is largely, though by no means
entirely, a question of finance.”
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- 4»
Jury Panel for March Term
For the March term of th«* circuit
court in the department of law. the
jury fianel has been drawn by th»*
county clerk ami sheriff of thia
county. Th«»«* from whom tin* jury
will lie pick«! are as follows:
J. M Rice. Holley; (>. G. Wyman,
Shelburn; E O Watrous, Albany
No. fi; James E. Arnold. South I»«b-
anon; W II Condra. I-Ast Halsey;
J l>. Ellie, Allainy No. 7; Elmer E.
Fox, Crawfordsville; John Sandner,
Kingston; John H. (¡« m H m . Jordan;
W A Barrett. A9>any No 2; l»*vi
Ellis, Foster; John Meinert. Tangent;
H«*nry F. Boedelter, Fox Valley. C.
S. Bruce. Albany No. 6; Ed 8ch«iel,
Sunrise; H Sheldon. North Browns
ville; E. B. Doty. Cala|MM>ia, Samuel
Hyder. Lacomb; Lncoln Overton,
Lincoln; G. M Bilyeu. South Scio;
C. C. Jackson. Weal Halsey: I*. H.
Every applicant for work will be
givtm a thuiough examination us to
his qualifications and no man will lie
sent out for any specific line of
work unl«-«M he is fitt«l for it. thus
leaving no rh<«m for the annual com
plaint that farmers are supplied
with IslMtrcrv who know nothing of
farm work, at a time wh«m the far
mer is foo busy to teach them.
Frcerksen. Peoria; J
L. Sharp,
«•-•■
South Brownsville; D F. Newland,
Be Sure
Shedd; E. H Hart. Albany No. 9;
A. Horner, Sw«»*t Home, A R. Mc
And r«-a«l The Country Gentleman.
Coy. Albany No. 2; I. F Hadley,
You can get it front Everett Bunlen
Albany No. 8, R. W. Hutchina,
Tangent;
E L. Gilbert. Berlin, II.
the qu«*ationa asked in your letter.
M
Palqwr.
Allainy No. I.
Th«- only sam- and sensible thing
for a city the size of yours to do. is
Colonel John McCracken, a Port
tn pay a health officer, say a salary
land piomwr nwrehant. di«*d in that
oa 3l5<t a year ami he can <*srn that
city Monday morning
Mr
Mc
much in cleaning up the sanitary
Cracken has seen Porllaml grow
Comittion* of the town. I think,
from a village to a city of 250.(MM)
however, physician» would do well
people. He has lx*rn identifi«! with
b> allow people tn have a little ex
i this growth all tb«*w years
• - •
perience and thoroughly acquaint
themarlv«« with these things through
We have printed som<* ex^plmnly
expertence.
nice su beer i pt ion receipts. If you
Yours very truly.
want the signature of The Tribune
Calvin 8. White.
editor aa a sort of souvenir, com«
State Health Officer in and get one.