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About The Scio tribune and Santiam news, consolidated. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1917-1919 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1917)
THE SCIO TRIBUNE AND SANTIAM NEWS, CONSOLIDATED VOL. XXI SCIO. LINN COVNTY, OREGON. OCTOBER II. IW17 NO. 10. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor* mation of Our Readers. Th* (qvgon Agricultural College O|*tied Monday morning Th« Gaston Gun club reorganised a (rw days ago with IS members An eastern man. Mr Van Hasan, la at Marnhfleld. arranging to drill for oil to ar rarkersb'irg llyr a vote nt 27 to 4. th* Gold Hill Irrigation district has decided to Issue bonds amounting Io ISO,000 The United States government ha» agreed io make a survey of the coal fields tributary to Medford Installation of new equipment In th* Pendleton power statlou has In created Its capacity one third The third annual convention of th* Wt stern Walnut association will be held In McMinnville November 7 9 The thirty sixth annual convention of the Knights of Pythias grand lodge of <>r< gon convened Tuesday In Port land. Senator McNary has bean admitted tn practice before the United Staten nitprente court on motion of Clyde II Alt* bison. ‘I he new drill hall built at the Uni v< rslty of Oregon la M by 117 feet, and will permit military Instruction at all seasons liurlug ISIS Oregon sold lumber to the amount <>f I.444.227,000 feet Dur Ing 191«* lumber sales amounted to 2.114 I <0.000 feet Vale grocers have signed an agree ment to carry no fruit over from Bat urday to Monday, but to sell out Sat urdays at half price. Milton Runderland. aged 74. and one of Oregon's oldest and best-known pioneers, died at hi* home In Portland after a short Illness. Mrs Fraures Swope of Portland • as *le« ted president of the Oregon State Women's Christian Temperance union tn convention at Albany. Extension courses tn engineering will be offered by ths extension de part ment of the Oregon Agricultural college during the coming winter. Information of the safe arrival tn Fritnc* of th* Tenth regiment engl in«ra. forestry, composed of Portland and Oregon men. has been received Superintendent Churchill has an nouiued the official program for Fran cis Willard «lay In the schools. The day this year falls on October 25 under the law Governor Wlthyrombe has made IS public addressee since the first of the year and naa spoken to 43.940 people, according to an estimate which he made 1 tie annual poultry and pet stock show will be held by the Oregon Poultry and 1**1 Block aae--elation at the public auditorium In Portland liecember 3 to 9 Ho many sheep were brought to Raker for shipment that It waa neeea wary to ba d more than 3000 head In nearby pastures at night until th» yards could cleared Harrett’s grain warehouse, font miles west of Free water, has been doing snch a rushing business In grain and fruit shipping that another target warehouse has to be built Ry a vote of 43 to 3 the landowner« under the Granta Paas Irrigation dis trict approved a propoeal to bond th* district in the sum of 1290.900 for th« completion of their canal system The valuation of the properties In Oregon for rat* making purposes oi the Pacific Telephone A Telegraph company la 312.429^07. according tc an order of the public service com ml salon G Edward Rosa, secretary of the state highway «-ommlsaioa. has re turned from an Inspection trip ol highway work all over the state. Ha reported all work progressing satis Soar Grape* 11.60 THE YEAR Liberty Bond Subscriber* SENATOR POMERENE Threci Scio boys conclude«! last Wednesday night to make a rani on a grajM*rv only a block or no from the main portion of town, Evary-I thing n ovad nicely until one of tlie boys tripped against a string which was attached tn th«- trigger of a ■ gopher gun. A loud report resulted with the charge of shut sprinkling, all of the Liy*. none of whom, how ever, were seriously hurt it i« understood the tioys nay the grapes. were sour, especially after the gun was fired. Ilon’t do such capers, boy*. Th<- m»n who plant* and cultivate» stuff, does so for his own benefit and use , »No one likes to have their gardens raidiii. We hear of other gardens which have L«-n tabled and Vege tables destroyed. It does not *|M-ak well for a town when such things Th* following nre subscribers for l.dierty Honda, the whole aggregat ing more than *10.000. Call at the Scio State Bank and do your bit bv subscribing for amounta of |60 up.1 la your name in the Hat? Z. C. Clark. Herbert Blatchford. Christine Shindler. J im * Borovicka. W A. White. Moyer Ewing. W A. Ewing. J. A. Bilyeu. E. I» Myers. J. E. Stmanek. Geo. Balsiger. (’. W Vsetecka E. J Ewing. Scio State Bank. A. G. Prill. occur. COURSE D l . ENDED BY LA FOLLETTE Senator Fomercne. of Ohio, chair man of th« com<->lU«s app-ontad to Investigate Senator La toilette's tpeeches. Washington. -•* Senator l,a Follette, who»« expulsion from the senatr tor disloyalty ba* been urg*d in various petlthius. replied to critic« of bls course In th« war In a long and cam fully prepared »|H-cwh He aaxirtwi that the "war party." besides carrying on a tami'd-.ii of ill,. I *n<l character assassination ' against met bera of congress who voted against the war was attempting to suppress discussion of war lsc.ii«« and intimidate th« peo pie uMmaolvea by Invading their homes and unlawfully throwing them Into fail Headed by Senator Pomereaa. of Ohio, five tnetnbera of th* senate prlv lieges and elections commit I were appointed a* th* subcommittee to In veatlgate Senator 141 Follett«'« St. Paul speech | Scio’» Prospect a For Railroad i* Goood The Tribune is informed that the people who are negotiating for the Balentyne sawmill. repri-M nt a good bunch of capital and, if the sale is carried to completion, will greatly enlarge the mill. Thev hail survey ors here looking to the extension of the flume on to Scio and further, if the project «w-emFd feaaable. Fail ing in thia a railrogd switch from the mam line into town would be A Soldier* Letter considered The condensery and flouring mills would, probably, be willing to aid Scio Tribune: in the enterprise, as well as other There is in the Y. M. C. A. a business men. notice to the effect that on October Should a railroad I m * built to town 4. our home papers would like to it would, no doubt, soon I m * extend print a letter from enlisted mon. So ed to the timber L-lts up Thomtu» thinking that perhaps gome of my and Crabtree creek» and the erection friends would enjoy hearing about an army recruit I will try to give of one or more large sawmills would result Scio people should encour my own experience. On February 2B I signed up at age this or anv other enterprise, for the recruiting office at Portland. all will help to build up our town LINN COUNTY FAIR MEMBERS MEETING Yilaslinty htifts From th FfisihiC) Eleven year* ago, last January, the Linn Oiunty Fair association was organized and the Liard of directors elected, selected Dr. Prill as the preaident of the association. Thia position Dr. Prill has held con tinuously up to the prem-nt time, or until last Saturday when at a me tn- bera meeting calle«! to elect a Liard of directors, he voluntarily resigned Iareause he could not give the time required to prouerly take care of the fair buiiines* without loo great neglect of his personal business. At the same time he declared his will ingness to give his successor the benefit of his experience In conduct ing the fair business in the future. Following ia the board of direcUirs elected to serve for the year 191«: I. A. Munkers, president; J. L. Coiavan. vice president. Mrs. Jennie Shelton, secretary. E. I» Myers, treasurer; dirvctois, I. A. Munkers, J. L. Calavan, 8. F. Zysaett, D W. Rumbaugh, of Albany. apiMiintmi by the county court, Fred Jones and Joseph Boyonovsky. Amsicrilsm Germany and Austria Hungary haw agreed to make an other peace uffrr to th* allies, th« t**uts«h* Taxes Zeltung of Berlin says it l«arna on good authority The offer will have as Its basis no torritorul sgarandlsement. tha aur render of H*l(tum and French terrl lory, the renunciation of positivo 1er rltorlal acquisitions for payments In money and no Indemnity on «tlhei «Id* The Germani |*r«>*a is Piled with comment on the crisis which Mlchae Financial Statement Ils now fa< es In the German parlla m*nt Th* resignation of Vie« Chan (ieneral Fund cellor Helierieh waa freely predlclad Total receipts 1221« 4« in sumo comments. two» Tii« Horiallst organ Vorwaerta Total disbursements 23K.37 bohlly asserted that not only Helfer Balance on hand Ich but Michaelis had both proved to Premium Fund I m « failure* a* well aa th« bureau I Receive from state • S14M.fi! era lie system they represent." Tb<- monthly report of the Industrial accident com mission shows receipts fur H- plumber amounting to 3144.114 94. the largest In the commission’s history Captain Thoms* F Msglnnl*. United Stales army. retired, ba* been chosen comma'idsnt of cadets al th* Oregon Agricultural college for th« com Ina sehi-ul year. Following her <lt**pp**ranrs after leaving home to go to a moving pie tare show, th* body of Hasel Púdoos, age 1*. of Portland. waa found In the Wlltamett« river Paid out for premium» Balance on hand - - - 1443.4b 7.115 C. E. Elect* Oiiiccr* \ The Scio Christian Endeavor, at a recent meeting, elected the follow ing officers: President. Eltie Ingram. Vice President. Mrs. Sims. Secy Tress.. Christine Shindler. Pianist. Clora Shelton. Chorister, Mrs. Bauman There w«w* 49 young men there that schools, etc, day waiting to take the examination. From thia office we were sent to Vancouver. Wash., which is correct, for if a town ever needed a wa.ih, Vancouver sure docs Rut at any rate we were marched to the re cruiting depot and told we were to stay there over mght. What a funny sight it was. Part of the men were1 unaccustomed to look out for them- selves and th«-v looked real pained at the idea. Next morning we were march«»! to the hospital where we took the final examination. Our eyes end ears again were tested and our weight taken. Then we were lined up and put through a hunch of motions that would test the en durance of Sandow Ry stepping up and down four minutes we covered a million miles I think, at least it ■ j spw«sw«g»w<*'**isi——it)« w eçdiswa1 <1 Returned From Alberta ils Your ‘Privilege Henry M Myer, of Sweet Hom«* and a resident and burin«1*» man in Scio for many years, has just re turned from a six month* visit to the Alberta country. He «ays that Alberta ia a fine country, very little waste land in the farming section and very productive of crop« which will grow there. Small grains ami hardy vegetables dd well but corn i* not a success Henry think* the Country all right, hut prefers the Willamette valley a* a place in which to live. Strike in uaattls Called Off. Brattle -Th* sink* tn H«-sttle's wooden shipyard*. called on Heptem b*r 14. In sympathy with the efforts of th« timber worker* to obtain an eight hour day. la off. A resolution (<ontinu**d on page 2) to thia «Wert wsa • nanlmously adopt ed by th« sblpwrignts. ship Joiner« and We make a specialty of Friend boat builder*, following receipt of a ship. Engagement ami Wedding telegram from Secretary of I^bor Wil Rings F M French A Soo. Albany. son. urging th« men to tab« thi* SELECT YOUR DRUGGIST AS YOU DO YOUR DOCTOR No reliable druggist will question your right to ehooee your own physician. No reliable physician will ever question your right to choose the pharmacist who is to supply your drugs and compound your prescriptions Have your PRESCRIPTIONS pul up here where pure, fresh ingredients and scientific com pounding will insure just the results anticipated by your physician. We have an up-to-date equipment, use only assayed drugs and employ experienced, register*«! pharmacists. There fore we can guarantee purity, accuracy and reasonable prices Lei U» Fill Your Next Prescription C. A. EVERETT SCIO . • • OREGON
