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THE SCIO TRIBUNE
AND SANTIAM NEWS, CONSOLIDATED
VOL. XXI
NO. 19
SCIO. LINN' COUNTY. OREGON. DECEMBER 13. 1917
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SCHOOL MEETING
JANUARY FIFTH
The Cssaty Schal Saiiriateahat Will
Call a Mtetmt la tlact a
Bond al Biractao
As State School Superintendent
Churchill's interpretation of school
law makes the action taken at our
late school meeting illegal and the
action then taken caused the re
signation of the entire school b<»ard
to take effect on that date, a special
meeting cabl'd by the . board of
directors and County School Supt
Cummings to straighten out the
muddle w ill be called for January 5.
A new school board will be elect-
ed al that time and a sum of money
in dollars and cents, not in mills,
will lie then authorized bv the tax
payers, for the support of the
schools and paying of warrant in-
debtedneaa. will be voted.
SCHOOL NOTES
LIEUTENANT HARDEN
The High school was agreeably
surprised Tuesday morning by a
visit from Mr. Ewing
He sp-'ke
on the uncertainty of the future
and the necensity of l>eing prepared
for it. and glad explained the new
war saving certificate», by which
the govern meat hopes to raise
billions of dollars.
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The basket ball game last Friday
evening was won by Stayton. The
score being Di to 10.
Percy Thomas returned Mondav.
from Montana, and will soon keep
bachelors hall on the old home place.
shock or fire when the ammunition
Mrs E Jaynes and daughter re
»hip Mont lllanr blew up tn th« harbor
turned from Portland Monday, after here Hundreds, perhaps thousands,
s|H*r.ding Thanksgiving week there. of hod!«« have been consumed by tha
Games and In scores of cases not only
whole families, hut whole neighbor
hoods, have been wiped opt. and the
names of all thnir dead may sorer b«
known
This estimate of 4000 dead was mad«
|after a survey of the devastated die
J. Bilyeu, of Spoiuin. I« visiting I t rial of Richmond, where acres of da
his mother. Mrs Nancy Bilveu and j brie probably will uot be cleared tor
numerous other relatives and friends. » month
First Llsut O H Harden, of the ,
The Richmond* district. In th«* north
signal corpa, th« first American off I
«nd. where the poorer people lived.
car wounded In France
• (tends along th« Narrows, a channel
* rightly named It was in these waters
• that the French munition ship Mont
Another Letter From Soldier Green
Rlanr. Inward bound, with a govern
ment pilot aboard, was rammed amid
HalUn Headquarters In Northern ships by the Norwegian steamer Imo.
Camp Mills. I. I . Nov. 25, 1917
Italy The balli« of Aslago haa been proceeding outward with a cargo for
Ik-ar Dad and All.
virtually suspended, with ths enemy th« relief of the Belgians
I received your letter only ten cheeked, if not defeated. In his main
How this crash, not of itself serious,
minutes ago and will answer it at d* ign of breaking through to the ripped open on the decks tanks of
once.a It sure makaa me feel good Brenta vail y and the plain a few benalae that trickled down to th« en
to hear from home. Am glad all miles le-low although he succeeded glee room and started a blase that
wrecked part of Halifax will never
are well, etqieeially Willie, for he in advancing his lines a short distance be explained to the satisfaction of the
when the Italians tall bach to new
was in the hospital at Scio when I
positions These positions, guarding people here
left, and was expected any minute the Frenala and Cadena passes, have
Nearly every house In the district
In nearly all of
to die Willie -mid Dr Prill and the successfully eslst««l all enemy efforts fell with a crash
It will be » leering news to the allied these fires started and men. wortv-n
Scio hospital have his highest appre
sad children mostly children were
ciation. I wish I could he at home world that French and Hr Utah rein
for< ■ menta have taken their place on erushed to death or mangled under th«
and go to Sunday school again and the Italian
debris which a moment later waa a
front
lie m your class Tell them all hello
Resides their powerful material ' roaring flame
The property loss, variously «stI
for me. I wish you could I* here they bring the benefit of three years'
mated at from 130,000,000 to ISO no«-
experience
of
the
hardest
fighting
this moment and hear us sing. We
1 «00. probably will prove to be nearer
atng most the old songs we learned fronts of France All thia counts for the minimum figure.
restored confidence, and from Venice
such as Th« Old Flag
tax levy for city purposes, but will most powerful and successful blow Never Touched the Ground Boy».”
effect special road tax levies, At; almed at the British durlng the past “Trail of the Lonesome Pine,” etc
... I two and one halt y«ar» comlng as It You ought to see the clothes we are
all events the January meeting will
dld Immedlatsjy alter the British vle-
1 have two pair of shoes.
place the school district in line with tory In the same ares, serves lo ••in getting
5
pair
woolen
socks. 2 pair leggings.
the law.
phsslie the revlvlng strength of the
S
pair
pants,
2
suit* underwear. 2
Germans In the west."
hate, two coats, gloves, slicker,
Special attention given to teachers :
rtowing and sowing fall grain ia
overcoat, etc. Tom«>rrow we are
orders for Christmas candies and still progressing throughout Linn
county, with the result that thr larg to get a pair of rubber boots. How
nuts. Sticha’a Confectionary.
est acreage of tall grain la now plant is that for your Uncle Sam? Don’t
ed In recent yearn In the Willamette know when we will go across, but
I valley
think before long as they are rush
ing equipments and teaching us to
Died
take care of them and to carry them
Slock
That
Hace in
in small space. Bv the way, I am
At Ashfork. Arizona, on I lece m-
invited out to Thanksgiving dinner
her 4. 1917. Mrs Ethel Shelton,
With some high moguls, also to a
Copyrighted Books
I wife of Ona M Shelton, are '32
theater party in the afternoon. They
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years. 9 months and 21 days.
Kodak«
are coming after us in their car.
Brownie Cameras
All the boy» on L. I have been in
vited by some family. After being
Developing Outfits
[>eath. when it closes a life rom- treated right as we have been if we
Kodak Albums
olete
with the usual numlter of don't do our part at the front, will
Negative Albums
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years,
is sad enough. But when it die trying. Our Colonel said that
Ivory Ware
comes
to
one an young as the above, two out of every nut^lred are killed
Bibles
a
when
just
at the threshold of active each year, so aotflh* of us mav come
Fancy Vanes
life,
it
ia
moat
sad indeed
She was back. If I d<> I will hang my eword
Sterno Grill
bom
at
Mt.
Pleasant,
Ore.,
being (if I get one) by Grandpa Greens.
Sterne Milk Warmer»
the
second
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs. Guy Powell, of Crabtree and 1 were
Stationery
W
R.
Ray.
pioneers
of
that
vicinity
Razors
promoted to high private which
and has lived there, with the excep means |3 more P«r month.
Miror»
tion of four years spent in Scio, all
Brushes
Your Soldier Boy
her life. She was a member of the
Perfume
Oliver R. Green.
Presbyterian church at that place.
Fancy Soapa
! She was married to Ona M. Shelton
iigars
Saw Filing
December 11. 1906. She leaves to
Here.
Get your Post Cards
mourn her loss a husband, two small
Owing to the increase in the cost
children, father and mother, four
of
files. I am compelled to raise the
LH-JtfiDABLE SERVICE
1 brothers, five sisters and a large
price
of filing to common hand saws
SANTIAM PHARMACY
circle of relatives and friends.
86c;
Crosscut
aawa 76 renta.
T. * LAIRD.
The funeral occurred from the
H. 8. Johnston
family residence at 1 p. m. IWcem-
ber 10. conducted by Rev. Her and
was largely attended
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Hundreds Consumed By Fire
and Whole Neighborhoods
Wiped Out.
Fred and Clarence
Daugherty
Halifax. N H -Four thousand dead
went to Vancouver Monday, where la th« estimate at th« superintendent
<>r morgues of those who perished by
they intend joining the army.
Washington Germany has massed
nn the western front her errato«' army
of th* war, Secretary Raker declare»
In his weekly war review
To meet
this menace the United States must
speed up Its military preparations, the
secretary adds, with a warning that
tax
The law relative to special
the enemy is preparing to put Into
levies was changed by our last legis execution In France plans he has been
lature, requiring that special tax maturing since the defeat of th* Rue
levies must bn stated in dollars and sian armies at Tannenberg early in
cents, and not in mills as has here the war The pea«-« negotiations with
Russia have permitted the matalng of
tofore been the custom.
Slate
men on the weatern front tor that pur
School Superintendent Churchill says; pose.
that this law applies to special
Ths review asserts th« German
counter offensive «n th« <'a ia brat
school tax levies
front hss b-en successful in »tuning
It is important that all voters at
back less than ns« third of the tcrrl
tend this January meeting. We de-1
tory captured by General Byng Tbs
■ire that a standard school shall he statement also notes that American
maintained in Scio and that a school engineer troops, "exchanging shovels
1«>anl shall be elected, which will for rifl»s. ' ught off th« enemy side
by aide with th« British
carry out the desire of the majority
The lesson of the German exhibition
of the people of the district, aa well, of strength Is then taken up
at home,
This same law may not effect the
Thia German parrying thrust, th«
G i ft Suggestions
ILc
JORDAN ITEMS
Mr». Birch, who haa been visiting
Mra. Wing, returned to her home in
Portland Wednesday.
The High school is going to pur-
chaw a service flag to place in the
school, in honor of the l*>ys who
have enlisted.
81.60 THE YEAR
A valuable farm horse belonging
t<> Mose Ttlia. sustained such injur
ies from being kicked by another
horse Tuesday, that It had to be
killed
ITALIANS CHECK
ENEMY THRUSTS
to Treviso the people ar« breathing
easier, for they know that the Eng
llah with the Highlanders. Welsh.
Irish and Coloniale and the French
are In actual fig hl1«- front
Workmen are putting th« finishing
(ouches on Hendrick’s ball at ths Uni
varsity of Oregon, a three story brick
building to be utlllied aa the women's
dormitory.
Washington The roundup of Aus
tro-Hungarlan enemies la In progress
throughout the Unite»! States with
»«•* «V of the department of Justice
being assisted by local authorities.
With the declaration of war. more than
a million subjects of Au trta Hungary
living In this country were added to
the Hats of all«-.i ri trees