THE SCIO TRIBUNE VOL. 6 NO SCIO. IJNN COUNTY. OREGON. DECEMBER 7. 1916 25 11.50 THE YEAR — DARDANELLES ARE PROMISSED RUSSIA CMStHtMN'l« aim h “ClM" ly t* ANf«$- N«ip is Seat II BackMKt l»ndon. D«d. 3. An event sur­ passing in far reaching importance the actual military operations of the war came today in the public announcement by the new Russian premier, Alexander Trepoff. that by an agreement concluded in 1915 and sutmequently adhered to by Italy, the allien definitely established Rus­ sia’* right tn < onatantinople and the Straight*. Simultaneously, with the fate of Bucharest «till hanging in the bal­ ance. came the new* that Russia wax making heoric efforts tn turn the tide of events in Roumania in addition to exerting vigorous pres­ sure against Von Falkenhayne in Mddava. where the Russians have gained a footing at Kirlibaba The new Russian effort was visible south of Bucharest in an important attack on Field Marshal Mackenaen's rear, which, according to the Rus­ sian official report, was accomplish­ ed by some success, the German* and Bulgarian* having been driven from Txomana and Gostmardi The Russians are also successfully apply­ ing pressure in Dobruda. These Russian attack* on the two extreme Dank* of the central forces may change the complexion of the Roumanian campaign, a* there is no indication as yet that the central power* have succeeded in cutting off any considerable portion of the Roumanian armies. Bay’s Essay on Editors A Country schoolboy was told to write an essay on editors, says the Fallbrook (Cal.) Enterprise, and this is the resnlt: Don’t know how newspapers came to be in the world. I don't think the good lxird does, for he ain't got nothing to say about an editor in the Bible. I think the editor is one of the missing links you read about and stayed in the bushes until after the flood and then came out and wrote the thing up and ha* deen here ever since. 1 don't think he ever died. I neysr seen a dead one amt never heard of one getting licked. “If a doctor makes a mistake he C E. Beoclit There will lie a musical program | remlered at th«- Federated church1 Wednrwlay evening, th-cember 13 for the benefit of the Young Peo|>lee Christian Endeavor society. Pro­ ceed* to go toward the new piano lately purchased for the church Come out and enjoy a pleasant evening and help a good cause along. (General admission 15 cent*. CASE AGAINST C. The City IrtaMct « Nat Irari Eaaefl ti Stef ShifMiats Sin Mp Killy In a decision rendered thia after­ noon by Judge Kelly, the case of the City of Alliany against C. Bur­ ns*. appealed from the police court was dismissed Burris* i* charged with transporting liquor through the street* of the city in violation of the city ordinance. Judge Kelly in his decision stated that the ordinance is not broad enough to «top the transportation uf liquor through the street*. The state makes it legal I» bring the good* into th«- state in original packages and the present law of the city is not adequate to stop the good« from panning through if there is no attempt to «ell or dispose of any of the content« of the car* or wagons Thi* mean* that the cases against Burris«. C. Cilg. A J. Bennett. Jack Well« and H Hawkm«. all brought by tee citv ami their good« confis­ cated, will be drop|>ed and their good« returned. The present term of the circuit court for jury trial« was an extrem­ ely short one Court wa* convenced thia morning by Judge Kelley, but there were no cases on the docket to be tried by a jury So the grand jury for the December term wa* drawn, charged and the whole jury list dismissed. The county is saved 393 a day by having no jury trial The jorors for the l>ecrmber term arc: Foreman, E. E Taylor. U-b- anon, II. Dlnkard. Halaev. Wm R. Kirk. Albany, W. F. Farson«. Fnce; L. F. Millhollen, Orleans, J. N. Hunter. Holley, and J A. Witt. Crawfordsville. TAX LEVY ESTIMATE FOR 1917 IS MADE C«Mt) Curt N«ts 11 5 Bat Will Nat lusa As M ho A s U1S The Linn county court han ci>m- plcted it* tentative xetimate for the* county budget and will Ix-gm adver­ tising it today, to run for a period of twenty day*, after which the final levy of the counlv will lx- settled. From the following estimate* it will be seen that the state levy i* higher ami the county levy iowar than last year The •tate inform* the court that their demands will lie higher next year. The proposed levy of 115 mill* la just th«- same a* last year, but it will not raise a* much money, for th«- tax roll is nearly fl.nOO.iHXi lower than l**t years The proposed millage lew is: General Co. expense* 2 • Common nchool* 2 3 Co, High school* 7 Road* and Bridges 1 2 Stale Tax 2 M The county is not taking Mivan- Lage of the tax limitation law to raise the taxes six per cent more than the aaseaimeni last year, n<>t even raising as much this year Total tax will tie 1370.671 Probable receipts From State and County fund* and office fee* I 32N.3N9.00 Balance on hand I ft 1.4M 83 Woman New City Treasurer Sweet Home. Ih-c 4. Of four city officer* elected in the municipal election here today one was a woman. Mr». M Story was elected city treasurer Other officers chosen were \& . II Davis, city recorder, A (River, councilman for one year and Fred Rolfe, councilman for two year* Most of the present city officer* hold over for another year. FARMERS OF TWO STATES IN SESSION Clttritt Wirts NcMmivill* Cilbtnet el lew Wheat Prices After th War McMinnville, Dec 5. More than 100 delegate* were in attendance at the annual gathering of tin- Farmer* Educational ami Cooperative Union of America for the district compris­ ing Oregon and Southern Idaho, which convened here today for a four-dav session. . J. 0. Brown, of Portland, ia preai­ dent and F A Sike*, of Corvallis is secretary of the organization, which like the Grange, ha* taken a keen interest in the extension service car­ ried on by theO. A ('.. both through the county agricultural ag«-nt* and special lecturers and worker» Governor Withcombe wa« ->ne of the qx-akrrv. lie declared that there was no place where mx-d time harv­ est i* more certain than in the Wdla- Total 369. N73 33 met tv valley, and that the time is coming when the whole world will wonder at it* product*. He spokr of the n«-ce**itv of getting th«- boy» and girl* to see th«- lieauties of farm We ha*cd. Two charter amendment* were submitted to provide for a bond issue to take care of the city'« war- rant indebtedness. The measure to validate the butatanding warrant* carried by a vote of 277 to 242. while the bond inaue itself Inst by a vote of 252 to Ml The city hall ordinance wa* lost by a vote of 174 for to 3X9 against. Thi* ordinance wa* panned by the council, vetoed by Mayor Curl, pass­ ed lver the veto and then the re­ ferendum was invoked. Because very little interest wa* taken and al*o because heavy rain tell m