THE SCIO TRIBUNE
AND SANTIAM NEWS. CONSOLIDATED
Independent, fearless, free; Not tied to anv party; Will support best candidate for office regardless of party
VOL. XX!
SCIO. I.INN COUNTY. OREGON. JUNE 13. ItMH
NO. 44
WHEAT BELT GETS
TIMELY RAINFALL
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Indication*
I* Saved
Are That Grain Crop
Fanners* Suspense
Is Relieved.
Pendleton. Or.. June 12. The
long delayed and anxiously awaited
rains reached Umatilla county today
and covered the grain district in ev­
ery direction
With this rain cron
prospects in Umatilla county may be
considered normal.
E. C Peery is blossoming out as a
political prognosticator.
The Miller lumber truck hauls
four and five loads of lumlier daily,
carrying 3000 to 4000 feet at the
load.
When Secretary Baker ha« mu»-
tered an army of 5.000,000 men. he
will have asseftibled the finest body
of troops the world has produced.
Every voter in Linn county should
remember that Scio has a first-class
candidate for the legislature in the
person of I). C. Thoms
As this is
the only official Scio is presenting
he is entitled toelection.
Mr. and Mrs F. J. Denny.of Jef­
ferson road, expect to attend Uw
Pioneers meet in Portland next week
The Tribune has a letter written
from "somewhere in France” by
Mrs. Iziuise Rice to her sister. Mrs
A. P. H irons. of near Shelburn. The
letter will appear in our issue of
next week.
Committee Expresses Tkauks
The purchase of thia store was
a lama fide transaction and I wish
to concentrate my time and ad­
vertising space upon the effort i
am making to finish paying for
the store iiefore I am called to
service in the army.
You won’t hear from me re­
garding this matter again, so let
me request
When you hear this
iroMiper's prattle, take It for
what it is worth from some per­
son trying to do me a personal
business injury, and then—
FORGET IT
T. W
LAIRD.
Through a misunderstanding of
figuring the quota for Scio, the
statement in The Tribune last week
that Scio was “over the lop”, mav
not I m - correct.
A re arrangement
<>f quotas ha* taken place and this
district is divided into school dis­
trict*.
Therefore, before Scio is
“over the top” each district must
do its part. The quota is not yet
known, but al $5 tor each stamp it
will I m - |24.<XK) or more for Scio
and rural route*.
N. I. Morrison has received the
fidlowing self explanatory letter
from the county chairman, I' A.
Young, of the county war savings
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Committee:
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N. I Morrison. Scio.
Dear 8ir:~ The President of the
United Slates has wen fit to call to­
gether all citizens of the United .
States on June 18, at 8 p. m.. for
the purpose of meeting a national
war measure tn the form of a war
savings movement.
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The people of Linn county are ex-
liected to subscribe for and purchase
Tbrcshertnen to Meet.
during 1 VIM war saving stamps to
the value of $612,000.
A threshermen's convention ha*
To distribute this allotment equit­ ta-en called by the county agricul­
THE TRUE REASON
ably. a quota is assigned each school tural council for Saturday. June 15,
district. You are apfiotnten chair­
at 2 p m . at the court house in
Sending General Wood to the Pa­ man for your district. No. 06, the
Albany. The purpose is to decide
cific < oast must not I m - charged to allotment being $6500.
on the proper charges for threshing
politics but to regular army faction-
You will organize your district so gram, cldver, vetch, etc., aud to fix
ism. Every army and every navy that by June 28. at a meeting in
wages for hired help in threshing.
in the world i.<. and always has been your school house th«- quota may be
The U. S. food administration grain
plagued by factioriism. It seems I** raised >r pledged. This is the larg­
corporation will furnish free separa
lie im|M>ssible to avoid this. When est task ever set before the Ameri­
tor inspection service.
Expert me­
General Wood was at the head of can people
chanic* will inspect and adjust sepa­
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military affairs, he was at the head
rators without charge.
All thresh­
of one faction and his removal was
Spray.
ermen and other’ interested are in­
the result of another faction getting
vited to attend this meeting, write*
it is time now to spray apples ami
into power. During our Civil war
S. V. Smith, county agricultural
there was th«* same factional spirit pears for codling moth, says A. L.
agent, to The Tribune.
in both the Union and Confederate, Lovett, of the Oregon Agricultural
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armies. The McClellan faction Jg-i College. Use 4 pounds lead arsen­
Red Cross Picnic.
ate
paste,
or
2
pounds
of
powder,
termined that no one should succeed
or rise to prominence * xcept those' to 100 gallons of water
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The aunua* picnic of the Linn
who belonged to their faction.
,
roun
’v ) trmer* Union, to lie held in
Was Evidently Misunderstood.
In the Confederate army the old I
th«* Barr grove near Lebanon. Julv
aristocratic faction in our war de­
4. will be a Red Cron* twnefit; the
partment. which wi« headed by
County School
Superintendent
Samuel Cooper, adjutant genera), Mrs. Ida M. Cummings, has I wen whole of the profit* going to the
and who Iwcainc adjutant general accused of uttering pro-German sen­ Red Cross. In the afternoon a Red
Watch for
of the southern confederacy, wa« timents at Rock Hill, a school dis­ Cross sale will I n * held
further
announcement*.
equally determined that its dan trict near Lebanon. Her accuser is
will leave it at The Tribune office, a bune
reward will be paid and the money
sent tn the owner.
A rumor is being peddled about
to the effect that I am only a fig­
urehead in the Santiam l*harmacy
ami not the owner. Also one to
the effect that ! am “up against
it” and want to form a partner­
ship. or sell out.
Statement Premature.
A Big Contract Ahead.
The county committee of the sec­
ond Red Crisis war fuml campaign
express«-* hearty thanks for the
splendid manner in which loyal p«*o-
ple responded in liberal giving of
money and time.
All except one.
when requested to give their time,!
not only were willing but eager to
do their part. There was but one
slacker, a money-mad creature, his
excuse “to© busy ” Our work has
been easy with the earnest assist­
ance of the loyal workers and givers.
Such evidence of loyally is a splendid
tribute to the boys who are defend­
ing our liberty, our homes and fire­
sides
A representative of the Dan Fry
drug store of Salem, was in town
yesterday.
should rule, It is alleged that Gen-
The population at the local hospi eral Braxton Bragg lost the battle
tai was reported to be 100 per cent of Chickamauga from this spirit. Hr
last week.
could not get Bishop Hoik, who com­
Only three of the teachers of th«* manded a wing, and D. II Hill, who
¡x«t school year have been re-em- commanded a corps. to obey hi* or­
ployed and these will be given ad­ der*.
General Wood probably will be
vanced wages
sent to Europe, because the injust­
Lost Her Money.
ice of keeping him at home ha*
arou.«*d a general protest
The bit­
Mi«« Helen Metcalf, a teacher in ter factional fight in the war de­
the Scio school, lost 120 Friday on partment among Miles. Wood and
the eve of going to her home in Al Ainsworth is still frvsh in the most
l»any. If the one who finds the bill of men*» memories. National Tri­
Forget It!
11.50 THE YEAR
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Hon. M A Miller, formerly of Leb­
anon but now internal revenue col-
lector at Portland
The Tribune editor talked this
matter over with Mrs Cumming*
last week.
Her remarks at Rock
Hill could possibly lie construed to
be disloyal. But if she quoted them
correctly to The Tribune man, her
meaning wa* misconstrued by Mr.
Miller.
Mrs Cummings is rather
given to uttering word* without
considering their effect, or how they
may lie understood. If «he wa* ed­
iting a newspaper she would be more
careful of the words she utters.
We have known Mrs. Cumming«
Plan a Boat Line.
for many years and know «he is ab­
solutely li-yal at heart. She may I m -
Although Scio is an inland town indiscreet, but not disloyal.
and twine dry, it may soon have a
boat line. Miller Thoms and Printer
Pay* Fraternal Visit.
Brant have figured out a plan to out
a I m > m I in the flume and gel relief
About a d<>zen of Silverton Pyth­
from the heat by going up the flume
ian* came up in autos Tuesday eve­
(literally, not figuratively). Thoms
ning to pay («eonidas lodge No. 38 a
is an experienced navigator, having
fraternal visit. A* work in the es­
command of the wheel (water) at
quire and knight rank* wa* had on
the flouring mill, and Brant once
two pages, as might lie expected.
crossed the Columbia on th*« i<je, so
, the evening was most enjoyable to
there's n<> doubt as to the qualifica­
beth visitors and home members. A
tions and capabilities of these pseudo
I lunch of hot sandwiches and coffee
mariners. Commodore Thoma now
was served in the wee «ma* hours,
is in Portland, and may purchase a
before the visitors started for home
boat if he finds one that suits him.
The Silverton lodge is numliercd 35
and moonlight trips on the water
and was instituted just 14 hours be­
will be frequent, even when there
fore Leonidas No. 38. both l>eitig
isn't any moonlight. All aboard !
instituted
by Grand Chancel'or
Cleveland, and the two lodges claim
Forest fires are raging in Idaho
and Montana, it is thought forest the relationship of twins.
Portland Wants Policemen.
The city of Portlan«! needs capable
men for its fiollqe force and men re­
siding outside of Portland arc Invit­
ed to take the entrance examination
«m June 25, at th«* city hall in Port­
land. TI h * »ubj««ct* an«l per rent are:
Experience and fitners, 15; prac­
tical question«, 25; penmanship, 5;
arithmetic. 5; spelling, 5; fire arms
«ffTiciency. 15; oral examination, 30.
Police officer» arr paid $100 per
month upon appointment, and in­
creases a* follows:
$10 after six
months, $5 after second ♦> months;
$10 at end of second year, then $125
per month.
Men «eeking appointment must be
American citizens between 2f> and
48 and pam th«* civil service physical
test
An applicant who falls below
40 per cent In fire arms efficiency
and fails to pass a s«*eond test In 3
month« at 75 per cent, will be deem­
ed to have failed in the whole even
though he has passed in all other
subjects.
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At The Reeples Theatre
This week. Saturday and Sunday
evenings. Manager Wesely will pre­
sent Jack Pickford ami Louise Huff
in ' T) m * Varmint.” a lioarding school
•tory with lots of "pep” in it. The
comic has Fatty Arbuckle in *'A
Rough House.”
Our sea soldiers over in France
FARM WAGES FIXED
IN INLAND EMPIRE
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Common Labor $3 50 a Day and
Board.
Skilled Labor to
Get $5 a Day.
An agreement on wage« for the
coming hav and grain harvest was
reached at Pendleton on Momlav by
farmer* and their representatives
from the eight grain-pr«Mlucing
cuuntie« of Oregon and two of Wash­
ington. after an all-day session, at
which many of the problems of war­
time farming were discussed.
For the present season common
lalM»r during haying and grain har­
vest will receive $3 50 a «lay. stack­
ers and loader* $4. header and har­
vester drivers $5, sack »ewers on
standard machines $5. cooks $3.
Board is included in all these wage*.
No scale was wiopt«*<l for any of
the other jobs, such as separator
tenders, tractor men and th«* like,
the opinion being that the variance
in prices was altogether loo great
to be averag«*d.
After considerable discuiwion the
proposal far a 10-hourdav was voted
down, it was decided that no action
need be taken on the numtier hours
which will constitute a «lay. on the
ground that the question will settle
itself; that a farm hand hiring him­
self out. realiz«** that th«* length of
the day depends on conditions over
which the farmer ha* little control,
and that the day is likely to run to
11 hour*.
Little anxiety wa* apparent re­
garding any shortage of labor. The
opinion seemed to be that th«* situa­
tion had been magnified and that
there would I m * a sufficient amount
of help to handle the cr«<|>s
Farm­
ers «aid they were prepared to get
into the harn«*sa themselves during
present Conditions.
Others said
lhey were cutting their force to th«*
minimum, sparing improvements if
n**ces*ary to le*m*n laliur mn-ds.
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Quite a numlM*r of Scio suto own­
ers had special business in Alliany
yesterday. The fact that this was
circus «lay had nothing to do in the
matt r, of course.
If Your Hair is
Losing its Lustre
or shows a tendency to full out.
you should give your scalp im­
mediate attention. Uni«*«*« you
do. you arc apt to find yourself
the possessor of a conspicuous,
shiny, bald head.
Rexall ”93
Hair Tonic
is a food for the scalp and will
quickly stimulate hair bulbs.
It's an antidote for dandruff
and cure for all scalp diseases
No disagreeable odor.
Price 50c and $1.00
C. A. EVERETT
Druggist an«l Stationer
seem to I m * some scrappers, sure
fires will be worse this year than in
Gasoline is up two cents a gallon, enough
1IH7.
IJov .____
ndes ________________
will now come higher.
are horse marines.
It is not stated that they
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