THE SCIO TRIBUNE
AND SANTIAM NEWS, CONSOLIDATED
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VOL. XX.
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8C1O. LINN COUNTY. OREGON. AUGUST 2. 1917
NO. 62.
11.50 THE YEAR
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OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events of the Wook
Briefly Sketched for Infor*
mation of Our Readers.
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A. P. Hinuu. Alfred Powell
and
Mrs. B. Cole was a Jordan visitor
wife and Mr. McClellan motored* lo
(Sunday.
Jefferson Sunday and hrought back
Frank Thomas is visiting
Portland at present.
Mrs. McClellan and son.
Alfred Hlatchford. wife and baby,
motored lo Salem Friday,
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GERMANS OEFEATED
. ON 20-MILE FRONT
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in
Mesdamca Beth Shelton. Wm.
Wing and Hal Sbeitoq motored to
then lo
Abrams Brothers' sawmill at Craw- Portland where they «pent Sunday
with Mra Hlatchford’» parents.
fordsvlll» was burned last week.
The Oregon Retail Jewelers' assorts
Uncle Ix>n McLain and Theron
tlon met In Dalias Monday for a two
Rusnell drove up from McCleay and
days' session.
I had dinner with W. H McLain last
The greatest Irrigated crops In the
history of Klamath county are now i Saturday.
being harvested.
Mr end Mra. Geo. Piatt. Frank
Charles Hixon, of Antelope commit
Gooch and wife. Del Tindall ami
ted suicide near Antelope by slash
dauahters were Albanv v ini tors last
Ing his throat with a razor
Thousands of young she* p Bra being Saturday.
sold by Baker stockmen tscnuM of
Wetlev Hirona. of Salem, visited
th« high price» aaked for hay.
hia brothera, Asa and Will
The women's »tat« golf champion
ship will begin at Gearhart by ths Bea wev-k
on Mouday morning. August 11.
Mr and Mrs. Tom Quigley »pent
Several dairy cows belonging to Sunday at the home of H. 0. Shil*
farmers of Gresham have died recent
line.
ly from the effects of some poison.
George Washburn and wife, of
Ths Coos county court la threatened
with recall proceedings by eitlxens of Park Place, visited his sister. Mrs.
Myrtle Point, on e charge of eztreve Asa Hirona last week.
go nee
Mr. and Mra. Tally Gibbons and
All forest fires are now under con
Mr.
and Mrs Will Miller motored
trol, and most of them have been ex-
tlngulshed. according to State Forest to Amity to attend the funeral of
er ElllotL
Mr. Miller’s cousin. W. C. Miller.
Lottie snd Rather McGuire, aged 11
and 9, daughters of Mr and Mrs Rob
Will Lecture tn Scio
•rt McGuire, of fllieta. drowned whlls
bathing in fillstt river
Governor Withycombe has rasp
About August 15. Rev. Fagan,
pointed J. M Cramer of Portland, and
J T. Noli of Baker, as members of mini»ter of the Chriatian church al
Corvallia, will deliver a lecture in
tbe state veterinary board
The Oregon State Baptist Toung thia city, on New Zeland and her
People's union snd summer assembly government. Rev. Fagan ia a native
opened at th« stat» fairgrounds at
born New Zelander and known,
Bal- m for a 10 days' session.
Mum Sow, the aged widow of Five peraonally, of the subject matter of
Crows, one ot the famous Indiana of hie lecture. Mr N. Young, of thia
tbe Northwest, died at h»r home on city, heard hia lecture in Corvallia
the reservation near Pendleton,
and was so im preened with it that
Oregon's new law governing auto- the lecture in thia city ia the reeult.
mobiles throughout the cute, doub
ling license fees and making several
EUROPEAN WAR NEWS
other important changes, became ef
fective Wednesday. August 1.
Th» decision to continue tbe war un
Ry the middle of AuguaL at tbe
til the alma of tbe ailive have been
latest, all road work contemplated by
attained 1» announced by tbe confer
th» state highway commission for this
ence of power» held In Parle
year will be going ahead In full blast.
On the Moldavian front the R umibm
State Highway Engineer Nunn aa
and Roumanian» are carrying out an
nouncee
effective operation which ha» bent
The halibut sloop Bpray returned to
bn< k the defensive line opposite Kesdl-
Newport from a two »ad a half days'
Vsaarbely, Transylvania. and farther
fishing cruise with about 11 teas of
Barth.
halibut and nearly three tons of black
French troop» in tbe Alene region
cod This la the beat catch retorted
bare turned in vicious counter attache
this season
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Close to 19«*oao0 pounds ot wool, against tbe army of the Orman crown
the product of spring clipping la ths prince, put down an offenetve be bad
aorthwestera states, and equal to or •tarted betwoee Hurtebler and let Bo
greater than the entire clip tor the velle and made good game against
state of Oregon- la stored In war» him all along the line.
In a speech la Paris Mr. Lloyd
bouses in Portlsnd
Rung Bros, chief oafhera ef th« George »aid that Great Britain now
Nunemaker Sheep A Land company, had between ».000.000 and ».iOSOOO
beta sold to Patrick Connell MOO acres soldiers enrolled without counting be-
of land on Rhea creek, the considers tween <00.000 and MM.doo belonging ta
tlon bring IS< uoO The land la located the navy or nearly 1,000.000 men from
tbe dominion and colonleg.
II miles southwest of Heppner
The Russians have retreated a dis
congressman Hawley to advised by
th« Indian offlcs that his request tance of approximately 100 mil»» from
has been grunted for aa early dtstrtbu where their drive carried them early
lion of the 811ou funds The pay In July, th» army center of th» line
ments to be made aggregate 112 000, in eeat Galicia Is again on Ruaalan soil
on both sides of Huaiatyn and Is still
which gives each Bileu Indian IM.
One hundred snd fifty thousand dol being followed by the forces of the
Likewise the armle*
lars worth of livestock baa bees killed teutonic al lies
by i-olson in Klamath county within to the north and south continue to fall
th« last tew months, according to tbo back before tbe enemy
report of s federal Investigator, and
the I W W. are blamed for the loos
An auction sale of monkeys, deer, General Otie Victim of Heart Oleeaee.
elk. bear and other animals ta la store i Loa Angel* Cel—General Harri
for Portland. Plane have bees forosu son Gray Olla, noted newspaper pub
luted by Mayor Baker for thinning lisher and soldier and editor of the
lo»n th» number of animals at th» | I ajs Angelee Time», died auddenly
Soo because of th» high coot of Uv- here at the age of 10. of bean disease.
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Work has been started on tbe eon
structloa of the horticultural by prod
act» building and the veterinary bee-
pi lol for Ute Gregos Agrlcletural not-
iobo gg carawUiB
JORDAN ITEMS
VON LUDENDORFF
SHELBURN ITEMS
Second Line of Defenses Is
Reached in Many Places
hy Allied Troops.
Albany Thursday
Lundun.—British troops In conjunc
were tion with th« French torr»» on their
left attacked the German positions
«Stayton visitors yesterday.
along a wide front north of the river
Mesdamca Mary Shelton, Thurst Lye The »ntente allied forces have
’Thomas and Ciate Diomas motored
advanced well be.rond lh<- »h-li »bat
' to Stay ton Friday.
tered front line aermati trenches In
many places they have reached the
Mrs. Henry Phillipa* nieces, of
•ecotid Uns defense» on a Î0 nil«
' Corvallis, have twen visiting her the front of attack, according to the re
past week.
ports
Between Dlsmude and Boeslnghs
Herbv Shelton has turned his
lbs sttachera reported they had se
milk route and wagon over to Ed
cured the two first lines of trenches
Pepiwrling. who is soon to be a after having fought over the most <117
Jordan resident, we understand.
fieult terrain Imaginable
Tbe British again have captured
The Jordan L K. P. league met
La Baasevllls. which they recently re
Diuraday ami installed officers fur linquished to the Germans.
i the ensuing quarter.
They are:
The British and ►’Tench forces are
President. Mrs. Marie Payne, vice facing a large concentration of Ger
General Von Ludendorff, Von Hin.
man artillery and fresh troops which
Kimball.
president,
Mrs. E. M
denberg e right hand man, said to be
hats been rush*d up.
Flora
the real brain» of the German General secretary and trvas . Mrs
Th» entente allies hsve established
Thomae, matrons. Meadamee Beth eomplets air superiority,
Staff.
Tbo entente pdlltary officials say
Shelton and Mary Shelton.
tue moral» of the Germans hern la
not up tn ths old standard
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IMPARTIALITY URGED
ON DRAFT BOARDS
M.
Kimhail and son
Obituary
Beidon SerHing died at Prescott,
| Arizona. July 7, 1917. He was born
Washington Draft boards must
Judge claims be tor« them dt*|'«»»lon 1 on the old Sertling farm, near Scio,
atelyf there must be no exercise of . about 2B years ago. Here he grew
sympathy, affection or favoritism
to manhood ami made hosts of
Thu»
Pro< net
Marshal General
' friends Ha was clerk in the Albany
Crowder counselled tn a letter »«nt all
local board» on the «-ve of draning the poatoffPe severs! years and while
national army
Al 'be game time there contracted tuburcolosis.
President Wilson iMited an executive
He went to Colorado where he.
order cautioning government depart
apparently, was cured.
He came
ment» against certifying employes for
back
lo
Oregon
and
again
lost his
exemption aa indispensable, uulesa
; health. He then went to California
they are actually Invaluable.
In closing he added a note ot warn and stayed with hia brother. George,
Ing lo Industrial Interests asking that for two winters, leaving there for
they "exercise the same conscientious
Arizona February I, 1917.
and scrupulous caution lo the end lent
Hia death came unexpectedly *n<l
there appear to be favored classes
he
had m< relatives nt hia bedside
among citizens called by law to tbe
when ha Jatgl
Ha was buriod at
national detenne.''
Crowders order pointed out that a Freofff^J al., ’.» Lie « lmu »»'.
sscrtflr« la demanded from eacryene.
He*
»lite fu'iuw bg neired
and that alt cases should be viewed
brother«.and
•‘«iters; Ed Serfllng
without reaped to a board s personal
an-i Mrs. tiara Peganwoff, of Beo-i.
sympathies or affections.
RUSSIAN ARMY IN
CRITICAL POSITION
London.—A dtspa'rh lo the Tost
from Petrograd referring io the Hua-
sign retreat In Galicia says II 1» con-
sarvatlvsly »atlmatud that wre than
two million Hueaian troop» are stead
ily marching rearward
Those con
stitute the 11th and 7th arm loo with
their reserves.
Th» »th army, which Is Isrgely csv-
airy and not Included In the foregoing
figures, also Is retreating, and Ila po
sition. says the correspondent, to ex
tremely critical.
Th» Germans are
straining every sttort to capture It
while following up lbs Eleventh and
Beventh armies, and Il look» aa It the
Eighth army mi*bt b» caught tn a
bag
A dispatch to the Tirare from tbo
headquarters ot th» Russian army
says th» situation 1s more hopeful.
Panics among the r«tre»ters are sup
Ore , Chester and Ben Sertling and
pressed ruthl«esl>
Three division»
Belgium Will Be Retained.
Mra. Maggie Clem, of Eugene. Geo. of cavalry have taken positions serosa*
Copoabnaon —Th» Berlin Lokal A»
Serflirtg, of Sanger. Cal., and two the whole front of retreat.
iei*»r. com me u Un a on me ret-rtii pro-
Deserters are shot and attempts to
half
brothers, Horace, of Ala»ka
reedings In tbe British house ot cum
spread panic are suppressed by
and Wm., of Cra'>trea.
mon» says
prompt sxecutiunv.
x.
"Mr. Asquiths inquiry aa to wfoetb
or we were ready to rvstore Belgium'»
Then and Now
full freedom cad only be meant aa a
rhetorical queation. for Mr. Asquith
mu»t know thnt, aside from a handful
Quite an effort ia being made to I
of dreamers. nobody think« of band raise a
mens fund for the
Ing Belgium again to England and
AILany soldiers
Of course this;
France."
T The feminine mode of attire
undertaking ia laudable. But. with
in such them* Have that It
Schooner Dei Norte Wrecked on Reef. out this fund with which to buy
practically
demands 'hat the
Francisco.—Pa»s«-na«'rs
and dainties, the soldiers of today live
San
underarm he nmooth.
crew of tb» coastwise steamer Del immensely better than did the civil
Norte had a narrow eecapo from death
1 We have a preparation that
war soldiers. We had bacon, beans,
when the veeeel struck a reef off Point
quicklv, harmleaalv and effect*
Arena», about 100 mile» norlb of ber», hardtack, coffee or tea. aometimee^
Ively remove» the hair.
at 7 o'clock Bunday night Rsecuce rice, syrup, dried vegetables for'
In the face of extreme tllfffcultlee soup and potato meal. Generally
were effected by the eteamer Johan when in the field, hardtack ar^l sow
Poulsen
Hobbs. Wall A Co., owner»
of the Del Norte, announced that all belly was the ration, each soldier
doing hia own cooking. Now, in'
on board the vee»«-i were »ated.
to safe and sure. Il will not
addition the soldiers ration includes
Oepertatione From Belgium Continue. several kinds of fruit, vegetables
harm the skin. Price 50 cent*
Havre.—Deportations of civilians
1 We also sell Gillette Decol
and butter. In fact a greater variety
from Mona. Belgium, eontinae, the
lete Razors
Put up In special
German government sending away if» of food than many of them had at *
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cane»
A real ornament for
home.
All
the
same
The
Tribune
ia
men on Juns 2« and 39 on June 2»
milady’s dressing table.
It la probable they will be mad» to glad that the folks at home want
I*ricg W OO
work oa th» German front la France ti>eir soldier buys to be well fed
The'Underarm
Should be Smooth
HAIRCO
Mare Tree»s Are Landed in Franc».
An Kuropean Port—Another Amer
lean contingent ha» aalely arrived and
disembarked
ami cared for and
the
raising of
thia mess fund is moat praiseworthy.
G A. EVERETT
Drucgist and Stationer
The Scio Tribuna. 11.50 per year