The Scio tribune and Santiam news, consolidated., August 30, 1917, Image 1

THE SCIO TRIBUNE
AND SANTIAM NEWS. CONSOLIDATED
ftVOL. XXI
St TO. LINN COUNTY. OREGON. AUGUST 30. 1917
NO. 4.
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Maintained Railroad*
Are
j
National Safety
Enlistment
Those who «io not realize fullv the
Requirement*
Postmaster C. H. Stewart return­
ed Friday from Portland. While in.
the metropolis he called at the re­
cruiting office and secured a list of Pl9Bft( SCI« hlldtlt PlJStS
of the nation should heevt the signi­
ficant message brought from tier-
many by Revmong B Swing, special
correspondent of the Chicago News
"The really acute danger fur Ger­
many” he save "is the German rail-
way system. Hitherto, it has ban
tJermany's greatest strength, the
pulsating arteries of her national
anatomy. The railways have marie
it possible for the central powers to
N Y K Scott, of Philomath, «as
accidentally killed while deer hunting
,
on Mary's creek
Hotels and private home« In Rend
are finding It almost Impossible to se­
cure female help.
1
The state board of conciliation re­ '
cently appointed by the governor held
utilize their advantage of the inner
It» flrat meeting at Port I ar I.
lines. But the German railways are
ny re­
The Southern Pacific c >r.
ported to the pu bl ir servie-- • mini la giving way. The roadbeds are ruck-
•Ion a tot rae shortage In tha mate of | ing. the cars are wearing out and
! th«- locomotives cannot haul the
M9.
The •tate Endeavor en ton will hold ' load» necewsary. Germany cannot
It» third annual Institute at Wichita.
manufacture enough locomotive»and
Friday. Saturday, Hunday and Mon­
I cars to save herself
I vouch the
day
Cranberry raisers of
Marshfield i statement that the German govern­
report a probshto average crop thia ment would willingly pay more for
year, although the berries will be i 200 American locomotives than for
•mall
all the wheat raised west of the
Fires near the headwaters of l-aks 1 Mississippi last summer
The Gov­
creek. In western Lane, have destroy-
ernment
is
keenly
aware
of the
rd more than 1.000.000 feet of green
I
danger.
”
timber.
According to the same authority,
Women In wartime work are be­
coming common on Coos bay ami the food problem in many German
there are maay filling placee formerly j cities is not as much a food problem
held by men
as a transportation problem. Freight
With orders to shoot to kill, federal
troops have been dispatch« 1 to every j which is not needed for national de-
I fense is not carried.
Piwsenger
aectton of western Oregon to guard
i service is uncertain and uncomfort-
the Umber belt.
The Oregon Normal school at Mon-I able,
mouth will be opened on September 34 I
The Railroads’ War Bond was
instead of September 10. as previous i
formed in this country for the pur-
!y announced
! pose of safeguarding transportation
The Kverfreah plant. at Sutherlin,
i
Is Installing two huge vata holding in thia country from the fate that
id.OttO gallons each, for the manutart I has befallen the German roads. Co-
I operation of the public is sought in
ure of elder vinegar
While klndlln« a fire at her home
loading freight cars to their full
■ear Hillsboro. Mrs J II McNew. SS.
'capacity. loading and unloading
was SO severely burned that aha died
I promptly and in the intelligent use
within a few minutes.
Reports received from Douglas coun of all equipment. Public authori­
ty Indicate that m«»t of the forest ties have been asked to require the
fires which hi e been raging for the railroad« at this time to spend
pest tew •<■ ha are no« nudar eon
no money for projects and improve-
trol
I
SHI Kulik •nd Alex Anshlkl. cm menta except as necessary for public
ployee at tha Hi« Creek lx>sglng com J safety and the national defense.
pauy's camp at Knappe. «ers burned
to death while trying to escape from a
i
for rot fire.
SHELBURN ITEMS
The annual Hood River apple pack
Ing achool. held under the auspices of I
the Apple Growers' aseoetation. will
While County "Clerk Russell anil
begin H-ptember 17 and continue for |
I wife were spending their vacation
five days
the branches in which enlistments
arc still acceptable. Men who have
not been called for examination un­
der the selective draft still have the
right to enlist.
Judge Stewart reports as follow.
In the regular armv there are
•till vacancies to be filled in the
Infantry. Field Artillery. Medical
Department, Engineers, Quarter-
masters Corps and also the Signal
Corps, providing the recruit has had
some exoerience as telegraph or
radio operator, In most cases re-
crulta have had experience along1
some particular line of avocation of ;
life that will fit them for holding
some position that will enable them
to draw larger pay than a common
private aoldier.
|
General W. A Mann, who will cam
In joining the regular army the
mind th« tiret national guard diviaion
enlistment ia only for a period of:
of I *000 men geon to go to Franca.
the present war, while in the navy j
VEN WITH ACTUAL
DEPENDENTS EXEMPT
Linn County School Fair
Washington.—-Married men with ac
Itmily dependent «Ives and children
will not be drafted Into the new ns
llonal army. Provost Marshal General
Crowder ruled
Acting upon suggestions of Presl
dent Wilson tor ameliorating the iot
of certain families, Crowder held that
a man ought to be exempted In case
his wife and children were really de
pendent on bls labor; In other words,
that boards ought not to force a wife
to go to work for herself and children
where the soldier's pay. or hta
plus relatives' contributions •I .1
suffice to meet the family needs.
President Wilson wrote that such
hardships should be avoided as far as
possible Crowder concurred, but re­
iterated that there ought not to be
exemption la cases, fur Instance,
whore the wife is wealthy, or «hero
her relatives are willing to take over
the tank of supporting her.
DESPERATE SITUATION
OF RUSSIA REVEALED
tha
"<^
The Suttle, lake Irrlgatto. gtetrtet
in Jefferson county. Is preparing te
apply to the state Mcarittaa commie
September 18. 19, and 20 are the !
dates for the Linn County Fair and !
every boy and girl in Linn county. I
th Homi if OiatMtf. Mrs
Virt'l Micklim»
Mr» lay dia Ijirvr died Saturday
njKht at the home of her daughter,
Mra. Virgil Hackleman. in Albany.
she was 75 years old. Mrs. 1-arge
went to Albanv a week ago to visit
her daughter
Her death came
after a .hurt Ulnesa.
Mr.. Largo, whose maiden name
waa Miss Lydia Workman, was born
neer Loaimi. Illinois, 1842. She
waa married to Thomas Urge I8«l.
fhev moved from there to Kansas
in ir «5. living there until 187«.
wh«n they crossed the plains, arriv-
ing in Oregon in 1878. Setti ins
Tangent; Thomas Large, of Scio;
Mra. W. D. Hoeye, of Mosier, Glen
Large, of Brownsville and Mra.
Virgil Hackleman. of Albany, She
also leaves two sisters and two
brothers. Mrs. Nancv Bilyeu, of
Jordan and Mrs. Hannah Wilson, of
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I am representing the Kohler &
I Camöbell piano, which is considered
JORDAN ITEMS
one of the best on the market. Let
me prove it to you bv a thorough
Mrs. Phoebe Turner and son John, examination uf the instrument. Geo.
of Crabtree, visited at th. home of i B. Wilson, al the Scio hotel.
Moscow.—Russia is passing through Harve Shelton Sunday.
ference for an attack on the natloual
power. as embodied in the provisional
government, would ba repressed pili
lesaly “by blood and Iron."
General Korniloff. the commsudet
In chief, entarwi the hail lu com
pan* with Premier Kerensky,
His
appearance was the signal for pro
longed cheera
In the present month. General Kor
atloff said, soldiers bad killed four
regimental c<tnmander» and other of
fleers, and < rased these outrages
only «ban they ware threatened with
being shot.
“Thus we are Implacably fighting
anarchy In the army." declared the
commander "Undoubtedly It will fi­
nally ba repressed. but tha danger of
fresh debacles Is weighing constantly
oa tha country
promised to be one of the beet In sev-1 Arlington.
er al years, now appears to be afflicted j
Mr. and Mra. Fd Jones have been
with a mysterious disease which Is visiting his sister at McMinville.
causing the fruit to drop seriously
H. O. Shilling and family visited
The desert Isnd board has petitlened
the secretary of the Interior to ex­ at the home of Tom Quigley Sunday.
tend the time for the completion of
Mr and Mrs. A. Shanks. Mr. and
what is known as the Paisley Carey
Delmar Churchill and Jim
act project, in Lake county, for five Mrs
years from September 11. 1>17.
George motored to Silver Creek
Willamette valley loganberry crop Falls Sunday.
Is very short this year.
Hutherlln
Grandma Pietroke visited at the
reports the local juice factory hand
ling only SO.000 pounds of berries this home of her son Frank. Saturday.
season against 350.000 pounds to 1»1S
W. H. McLain received a letter
Lack of rain Is given as the reason for
from
their soq Clair, who is at
the shortage
George W France, poet master at Bremerton, Wash., saying he expect­
Tea Mlle, fwvuglas county, was Indict­ ed to spend next Sunday at home.
ed by the federal «raod jury under the
federal espionage act. recently enact
J. W. Millor. of Shslbum. will
Timber fires near Berlin and
ed. on the specific charge of attempt
Gates seem uncontrolable. Rains have his little daughter operated
j seems the only prospective check.
l(
who has any domestsc science or
|
manual training articles, vegetables.'
| Great Falls, Montana and Isaac and
chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys or
: William, of Nebraska.
pigs is requested to send it to the
The body was taken to the Fort-
fair. Transportation free from any
miller Funeral Chapel whurej it
Isiint in Ijnn county to the Fair and
will lie until the arrival of Mr a
return. Entries close September 17.
Campbell from Illinois. The funeral
Please send to Mrs. Jennie Shelton
will be held from the Federated
at Scio or Mrs. Ida M Cummings,
church
in this city. Rev H B. Iler,
Albany, for premium lists.
conducting
the services The burial
Everything pcwsible is being done
to make the fair a success
The will take place at the Masonic
exhibits that are not perishable will cemetery.
be shipped from Scio to the State
Mrs. l^rge was a life-long mem-
fair, winch will give the exhibitor
I
ber
of the Christian church.
a chance to win more than one prize. I
I
Mias Nettie Piper. who has i>een
visiting
at th. Jones home, returned
which
opened
in
Moscow
to
coosider
he jumped off a runaway train at
the present situation of the country to Portland Monday.
! Black
He
in
0—0
and plana for a new national govern
Mrs. A. Arbuckle and daughter (
I hoapital.
ment
j
Mrs. j<xjn Gibbon, and her two
visited
Mrs. Mary Shelton Saturday;
Tha premier declared that any at
dau<htera have returned from a tempt to take advantage of tha con­ afternoon.
•to. to certify a pmpemed bond •*«*"
for the district.
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Polk county's prune crop wh'rh had *Wt w,th relaUve* at 1 or,,1,*n and
AwiJ
near Scio, where thev lived until
the lime of their deaths, Mr. Ijirge
died in March. 1916.
it is for four vears. In the navy '
Four daughters and two sons
the only branches yet unfilled are | mourn the death of their mother.
mechinista, musicians and cooks.
They are: Mrs. Tirzah Campbell.
| of Loami. Bl.; Mrs. Frank Tharp, of
Albany Democrat.
The snows that covered the earth with Mrs. Russel a parents near this
during the most of Inst winter and the place. Mr. Russell got word that his a pe-tod of monal danger. Premier
extremely tow temperature« prwvalL I brother, Rain, was severely hurt as Kerensky told the natloual cooference
Ing decimated grouee In
MRS. LYDIA LARGE
DIED IN ALBANY
Judge Sitwart Explain*
importance of railroads to the safety
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor­
mation of Our Readers.
11.60 THE YEAR
uooo today for a tonsil trouble
Geo. Balsiger had the misfortune
■>f losing a valuable vuung horse
from s wire cut reernlly.
E M Kimball and force of help,
are improving and remodeling hu
mill race which they hope to have
con Dieted soon.
Mra. Ruth Sherman, of Salem and
her cousins of Oregon Citv. are
visiting the former’s parents. Mr. I
and Mra. H. Shelton.
Miaa Eveline Bilyeu visited at the
home of Peter Bilyeu Friday.
Principal Robe, who will have
charge of the Scio schools. moved
to town last week and oecupiea the
Fred Bilyeu property lately vacated
by Prof. 0. V. White, the principal
| last year.
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Farmers are
Our Friends
Farmers in this territory favor
us with a large share of their
business became- we rarrv the
things they want.
Many things, such as Slock
and Poultry Remedies. Poisons
to protect crops. Canning Sup­
plies. Spices, etc., are needed
now.
Our stock ia large and com­
plete. so we can nearly al way
furnish just what ia required
without delay.
Don't semi awav for drug store
goods. Keep the money at
home. This is a time when the
merchants and farmers should
work together for the better­
ment of our community.
C A. EVERETT
I
Druggist and StaUooer