THE SCIO TRIBUNE
11.50 THE YEAR
SCIO. LINN COUNTY. OREGON. DECEMBER 21. iWI«
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Lebanon Men Sell Mme
to a CaMornu
Maa
CLOSE OF WAR
A financial deal that may mean
much for the North Santiam mining
district occurred when a California
Fraflk A. VMfcriii Tolls th Cbu(i man uf great wealth purchawd all
the trrasury stock. 40,000 shares,
iMàin CM BtffKMM WHI
remaining in the treasury of the
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Crown
Mining and Milling Co. The
Net liuti
company was organised ami incor
porated a year or more ago by W.
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Chicago. Dec. 15. F. A. Vander- H. Ingram, of Lelianen ami R. FL
Salem. Dee. 19.— Hens of "The
j Peery of Crabtree. and those men
Oregon" strain, developed at the lip. president of the National Citv
own about all the stock not sold to
Oregon Agriculture! college and liank of New York, takes vigorous
-the
Californian
The officers of the
"mongrel" by aomal exception to the view that business
branded
Clarence Ingram,
company are:
poultry experts, have won the affec disaster with the eral of the Euro
president, R E Peery, vice presi-
tions of everyone connected with pean war and the cessation of war
He addressed the Chicago dent and general manager; linear
the Oregon state hospital and are orders
Ingram, secy, and fiscal agent. Th«
working overtime to beat a 5-per bankers club at a banquet tonight
capital stock of the company is
cent limitation amendment at its
Persons who view the after-the-
$100,000 and they own 500,000
own game. Through the noble effort i war period pessimistically he called
share«.
of "the Oregons." the poultry plant "misleading alarmists." Thesupply-
The mine, which is near Elkhorn,
at the hospital, comprising a flock mg of materials for the rebuilding
in the North Santiam district, is
of 400. is preserving the state from of devastated cities ami districts in
now tiring worked in a small way,
entanglements in the egg boycott, Europe will be enough to prevent
the company taking out ore. pnnei-
keeping the other institutions in serious business depresión in this
pallv copper and zinc, with som«
eggs and has made a net profit for country he claimed
gold and silver. At present three
the hospital in the present biennium
"We must lend Europe the money men are working in the tunnel of
of 17016.99. and the fiscal year is it needs as well as sell the things it
mine
not ended yet.
needs, after the war." he said This
The company will maul) a mill
In November the poultry plant he said, the United States would be
on the North fork of the Santiam
showed a net profit of $489.28, and abundantly able to do. Conditions
river after the first of the year for
in October of $258.05, after deduct are fundamentally sound, he declar-
the purpose of refining ore to reduce
ing depreciation cost. 6 per cent ed and the United States ta now the
the transportation charge* to the
interest on investment and inciden most prosperous nation in the world.
smelter. The mill is to lie operated
tals. as well as general expenses
Another reason for believing that by electricity and constructed at a
For nearly two years the state
there will be no great depression coal of about 820.000. IjelMumn
hospital has purchased no eggs, and
after the war, he pointed out, is Express.
for the past six months eggs have
the enormous amount of building
been sold to other institutions, this
and other work in this country that
sale resulting in a handsome net
has l>ecn held up since hostilities be
SANTIAM FARM TOPICS
profit each month
The eggs are
gan.
He predicted there will be
sold on a basis of the daily market
no idle factories Those now engag
quotations, less freight.
ed In manufacturing articles of war
Mr. Editor of The Tribune: It
A daughter of ”303” famous
will find plenty of other things to has (teen a long time since you re
Oregon Agricultural college biddv.
turn to when peace comes, he said eeived items from the Pie Eater, So
who for a time held the world's
please allow me to introduce the old
egg laying record by laying 303 eggs
one-eyed
Pie Eater to you. as be is
Ta Chrutau Shoppers
in a year, is the pride of the hospital
still hea<i and tail up. Shust as
poultry yard and has exactly equal
young as I usto lie.
You will find our store full of
ed her mother's record. An average
Elmer Griffin, a former resident
of 221.7 eggs has been shown by bright and sparkling Christmas gifts
173 trapnested hens breeding at the both in gold and silver tor the old of John Day. is spending the winter
and young
You will enjoy a visit here among bis relative« and old
plant.
Dr. Hobaon removed a
to our store to see the wonderful friends
For Sale -Clone In acreage to display of many things suitable for wen from his right arm. It was a
successful operation.
Iwbanon. acre tracts, highly develop Christmas presents.
ed. Easy terms, interest 6 per cent.
Write Helen V. Crawford. Lebanon.
F. M French A Son.
Rev Roban, of Albany, came over
Jewelers and Engravers. Albany Sunday and attendee/ our Sunday
school, conducted by Mrs. Loe and
held church at Mrs lire's Sunday
Bear in mind that the goods offered in this sale are not "junk.”
A visit to the store will convince you Not a Fire nor a Rummage
sale, simply the order of Mr. Peerv sell this' or 'close out this fine’
night.
Mrs. Phoeba Turner, since coming
home from Portland, is on the rick
list with a severe cold.
Peery’s Cot Price Christmas Sale
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CUT GLASS
$8 50 Bowl now $4 98
17.00 Bowl now $3.00
15 00 Pickle dish 12 93
CHINA
|l 25 Plate now for 77 cents
11.25 Hair
Receiver
and
Puff Box. now for 68 cents.
75 cent Pickle Tray now 49e
BRASS
Swinging Fern Pot 11.50 now
98c. 1.25 pot now 78c. Fern
Stand. $1 00. now 58 cents
$2.50 book. History of the Civil
War. 5i>5 pages. Brady photo
graphs for $1.50.
$8.00 Kodaks now for $4 00
$10.00 Kodaks now for 17.50
FLASHL1GHSTS.
25
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off
$3.00 Shaving Set now $1.50
Mrs. Flora Heart is staying with
her mother. Mrs. Turner, this winter
as her husband. Jun Heart, has
crawled off in a hole and puller! the
hole in after him.
LEATHER HANDBAGS
$7 real Alligator, now 14 50
$3.50 full leather lined 12.00
52 silk lined, vanity glam 11 25
13 leather, leather lined 11 »0
15.50 large leather ixg 12.04
Mrs. Myrtle McCoy, of Walla
Walla, came down to visit with her
parents. Mr and Mrs. Wm. Smith,
of Racoon Hollow. i through the
holidays.
STATIONERY
In the future you will find here
only Symphony Lawn,
the
highest quality on the market,
and Tulip Linen, a good quality
moderately priced line.
Our Farmer Educational (Coopera
tive Union. No. 102 met Sunday at
the Bohemian hall and elected a
new crew of officers for the next
year, also appointed delegates to at
tend the county union at l>ebanon.
Boxes which sold from 25 eta
to fl.50 now lOcenta to fl.00
12 Safety Razor now for SI.00
Beautiful
Postals
le to Sets
Childrens Books one half price
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Ottawa, Ont . Dec. 18. <añada
has begun to tear up 1000 mile« of
railway to meet the needs of the
war on the western front in France
ami Belgium, it was learned tonight.
The rails will tv shipped to France,
where they will be relaid to facili
tate the movement of troop«, guns,
munitions and supplies from French
ports to the fighting line.
laborers are now at work tearing
up 300 mile« of government railway
sidings anti it has lievn decided to
remove 200 mile« of rails let ween
Edmonton and the Pacific coast,
where the Canadian Northern and
Grand Trunk Pacific run parallel.
Traffic will bv thrown upon one of
these lines
It is expected that some of the
rails to be sent to France will lie
obtained from the transcontinental
railway and the Hudson Hay rail
ways. It is said that 20 miles of
rails will load one steamer, One
cargo already is on the way to the
seaboard
In sending a call to Canada last
wwk. for rails, it was said. British
government authorities represented
that prompt action would save
thousands of liVes. It was impossible
to obtain new rails, owing to the
great demand for steel to manufac
ture shells. An official was sent to
New York, where he conferred with
Frank Cochrane. Minister of Rail
ways. who directed F. P. Gutelius,
manager of the government rail
ways. to do all possible Mr Gutel
ius thereupon set 300 men at work
tearing up 300 mile« of siding.
Paaaadena. Cali., I»ed. 19. There
is intensr rivalry among the four
hotels of Paasailena for the honor
of entertaining the football teams
of the University of Oregon ami the
University of Pennsylvania which
will meet at I I'asaadena in the
Tournament of Roses
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football game
New Years Day. One of the hotels,
the Maryland, is open for the
season and will make a strong bid
The
for one of the i two tennis
other three hotels will open for the
winter just before the first of the
vear
At each hotel a large force
of workers has liecn busy bringing
the buildings ami grounds up to the
most attractive ati|>earancv for the
formal o|s*ning, and each hotel is
anxious to have a football team for
its piece de resistance at the ojiening
No J oblen are Leit lo Eat
at Christmas Bank quel
No Christmas dinner for unim-
ployé»! will be given by the O-W R.
& N. Co. this year. Thia break In
the long chain of Yuletide cheer
was decided upon bv officials of the
con pany after a canvass of the
general labor and charity situation
in Portland, which disclosed few
unattached men.
They fourni also that the few men
out of employment are as a rule
poasrsaed of funds.
In lieu of the customary dinner,
the fund ordinarily used for it will
be applied by the company to assist
the welfare committee of the em
ployers club in its work of assisting
such employes who may. through
sickness or other misfortune, be
temporarily embarraased. The fund
will be distributed over the whole
system in Oregon. Washington and
Idaho.
dinner.
Besides the Maryland, there is the
Hotel Raymond, occupying an 80-
acre site at the southerly city limits,
the building itself being on a com«
manding ami
historic eminence
known as Raymond Hill, The Hunt-
ington hotel, named for Henry E.
Huntington, the retired Southern
California traction magnate.
The
Green, one of the moat famous of
the Pasadena hotels, as well as the
oldest, has a central location and is
adjacent to Central park, the city's
largest cloee-in park.
Tournament Park, where
the
teams will play, is the permanent
home of the Tournament of Roses
association for its sports events. The
park wa« purchased by the asaacia-
tion and deeded to the city. The
municipality maintains the park for
the use of the general public when
ever It is not needed by the Tourna
ment of R isk * association.
Since the Brown-Washington state
game last year on New Years Day,
the gridiron has been covered with
a beautiful springy turf, making It
the finest football field on the Pacific
coast. Eastern roaches of Southern!
California elevens say it "looks like
home."
The grandstands at Tournament
park seats 24.UOO persons
The
question of replacing them with a
great concrete stadium is already
under consideration.
Commodius
training quarters
divided into two sections with dead
ened wall lietween have liven con
structed bv the citv for ’he accomo
dation of the New Years Day trams.
The quarters will also serve for the
Chicago National league bawliall
club which will do its spring train
ing in Pasadena next spring, giving
up its contract at Tampa. Fla., in
order to have the opportunity of
training at Tournament park.
Pares! Teachers Associatimi
Unde Geo. Bilyeu met with quite
a painful accident Sunday as he was
putting a heavy plow over a barb
wire fence. To prevent the wire
from scratching the plow, he placed
his hand beneath the plow
The
plow slipped, catching his hand
All Empty Holly Boxes for
mailing gifte at one-half price.
HOTELS COMPETE TO
ENTERTAIN TEAMS
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The Parent-Teachers association
will not meet thia Friday as had
been arranged, but will be held
early in January when a very inter
esting program will be given
It is
hoped every one interested will be
presrnt
Bracelet Watch*« never were 4*»
popular with the ladies aa they are
at the present. We are showing a
large variety of styles and have
some attractive lairgama Come and
see our wonderful display of Christ
mas gifts. F. M. French & Son,
Jewelers and Engravers, Albany.