THE SCIO TRIBUNE
AND SANT1AM NEWS. CONSOLIDATED
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VOL. XXI
SCIO. LINN COUNTY. OREGON. AUGUST H. 1»1M
NO. 52
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TWELFTH ANNUAL
LINN COUNTY FAIR
Officials Should Get Busy
Hospital Notes
SANT1AM EARM TOPICS
MILL CITY NOTEN
Exhib
Hors Arc Getting Stock
Ready, Etc.
In but a little more thana month
our annual lann county fair will be
on yet we scarcely hear the fact
mentioned. An* our officials mak
ing the effort to have a good fair
by inducing livestock breeders to
place their stock on exhibition?
The Tribune is well aware in the
busy harvest time and when the at-
t.nti..n of the people is I h
taken with news and war activities
they are apt to overlook or neglect
the leaner important concerns.
But let us not neglect our fair
for it is very important to this sec
tion of the valley. Il ha» accomp
lighed treat good by inducing farm
ers to grow better stock and vege
tables ami it will continue to do s*»
if we one and all give it that atten
tion which the county fair merits.
Of course the average county fair
cannot I m * consideri*d w hen placed in
Comparison with the state fair at
Salem
Yet all of the county fairs
as a whole accomplish more real
benefit for the people lhan d<a*s the
They do
big show at the capital
»> because they are within reach of
and are attended by more farmers
Mrs. Grace Greenwoyd, who uu-
derwent
a successful major opera- '
To my old friends I sav I am just
The Pie Eater is still on deck not
lion
at
the
Scio (¡«neral Hospital. ' supple as before: riding a disk half
as young as I used to be; I’m bub
returned to her home at Crabtree a day; still improving .
bling over with enthusiasm
Sunday afternoon.
The frost did not do much dam
Moat all crops in the shock and a
Little Mi Id rd Joiner was brought '
age after nil. In the spring my
good portion in the bins with a fair
t<> the hospital Saturday afternoon
grapevines leaved out ami bunches
yield considering the drouth.
Buffering with l»adly lacerated fin
formed
Eros! killed both leaves
M. C. Gaines of Crabtree, called
gers. caused by getting them into a
and bunches. The vines leaved out
on
the old man Sunday to remind
lawnmower. Surgical attention was
again and formcl bunches of grapes
given by Dr Merriam and she left the Pie Euler he had a son living.
ns heavy as the first time and n»w
the hospital Monday
G A. Griffin has a new Eord. He
are half size. The same thing oc
Mrs.
Whilbeck
and
»on
Wayne,
is
as proud as a bobtail dog eating
curred last year and the grain*» got
Mrs
Kester.
mother
and
brother
of
his
breakfast, he flies around like a
ripe. Can you twat it?
motored down from Eugene Satur bumblebee in a pumpkin blossom;
Jim. up in thia country we burn
day afternoon, returning Sunday takes the ladies joy riding and sidles
jackets’ nesta. Wait until dark and
Mrs. Effa Eenton. an sunt, and Mew ou to one like a blind goat looking
all the jackets are in. »tuff paiier by
Boggs were also in the party.
for a shock of hay
the nest and set it ¡»tire. Sure cure.
Mrs. Katherine Kester, the effi
Bro FillpoU drove over in his new
John Sims of Scio, is working al cient matron, left Tu<-*day morning
Eord with wife and daughters, with
his trade here
Jim Van Winsle of for a few weeks’ needed vacation
more airs than a dutch dog at a
\ii*.«r>, in m th- Himon.Huj ..thee,
dancing
school. Soon came Uncle
Dr Prill returned from Portland
so is Mr. Bundy, former foreman in
Sunday where he had lieen nearly a George Bilyeu in his new Chevrolet
the Lebanon papei mill.
w-i'k While there he had himself with wife and daughter and grand
The Gooch mill conqiany started given a critical medical examina children
Such a display of new
with a full crew.
tion. The diagnosis showed him t<> ears excited Pie Eater. He has a
Any man that wants to can get be all right in every way. his trouble notion l<> see Errd. order a brand
being simply a breakdown from ov new wheelbarrow and lake his better
work here. Roya get $3 60 to It.
erwork
The prescription given half in style among the hifalutin
Mrs Te<l Ijike for the second time
, him was
“Go to the ocean tieach
Mra Melds Bilyeu la improving.
She is a use-
is in a Salem hospital
and stay there for a month or more,
She went to Breitenbush. but didn’t
ful woman in society and friends
Sleep all you can and forget busi-
teem to help her; »he then went to
hope for the ln-st
ness a I mol u tel y.”
Dr. Prill left
Scio hospital and is gaming ever
Bill Claik's son G<*org<* has enlist luesday in obedience to the decree
since. Mrs. Cecil Croom* of Albany,
ed. Bill is a well known cruiser.
and will rusticate on the la-ach some
is staving with her parent« thrnugh
He will
/\mong those losing horses wen*: where north of Newport.
harvest
keep in . touch, however, with The
Schroder. Ht-am-nan and McDonald
Clifford (»riftin went to the Crab
Tribune and may write a letter or
of Gates; Sullivan and (¡eddas of
tree picnic Sunday ; had good time.
two for publication.
Mill City. John Geddes and others
tietween Lyons and Jordan Earmmg
Moving picture show at school-
Farewell Party.
house 77 Sun-lay. All invited as it
is all profit, go back to the farm ’
is free.
The Hammond company brought
and stock breeders, the people who
should I m * m<»st interested in fairs.
So let us all begin to think about
the Linn county fair. !■*•< us I m *
preparing our stock for exhibition
an engine and steam shovel from
and looking up our fruits, vegeta
Idaho to use in the gravel pit here.
bles. etc.
Simply because your
The company is building hew road
pumpkins. |M»tat<M*s and other veg«-
live miles alwive Detroit and putting
tables arc not so good as usual do
up a hotel, store and cottages; also
not keep them at home.
Your
water and electric light systems.
neighbor is in the same boat. He
Bob Robertson's friends are glad
has had lust the same rainless period
to
see him running the ixssengcr
that you have and may not be able
engine
He was born and rear«-d|at
to make as good showing
Indeed
Gales
and
is dependable
the farmer or gardener who by su-
Mr. Paulson's son has la-en sent
|M*rior cultivation has produced even
imssable vegetables this year de to Erance for probable work la-hind
serves a premium
He has made ut> the lines
by frequent cultivation for the lack
Prof. Kane of the Gates school,
Ijwt Sunday evening about 100
neighbors assembled at the residence
of W. J Green, four miles south of
Scio, to bid farewell and giMlspeed
to William J. Green and William
Kalina, who are about to leave to
join the navy,
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Ice cream and cake, social con-
verse and music furnished the en
joyment of the evening. The Ka- i
lina boys and Miss Nita Davis sup
plied the music.
Among those present were Mr.
Schram and family of l»ebanon. and
J. E. Prochaska and wife of Scio.
of moisture.
has been offered a position as cor-
Midnight founde veryone homeward
Therefore, knowing the handicap netist in a U. S. band in Erance.
bound.
the unu»ual dry season has caused
Cut off the caterpillars and burn
them, limb and all.
L.inn Boys Go August IS.
(Continued on page 4)
That Austrian government is the
We Cater to
Your
Demands
"Rit” Soap Dyes
Pelt Service Banners
Tardar
Corona Wool Eat
(kt the idea? Article« that
v<>« call for. and not something
we are trying to tell you..
Yours for "service.”
11.60 THE YEAR
G. A Griffin went to Sodaville
Sunday accompanied by Rev G A
Sutherland, wife and two daughters,
returning by way of Waterloo. He
reports a big crowd at the springs
drinking their till of the pure soda
water
PIEEAIER
most damnable on the face of the
Six Linn county men will leave
earth, except Turkey, and has been
Albany
on the 15th for Portland i
J ever since before the days of Will
where they will attend the Benson
iam Tell.
It has la*en one long
polytechnic school and receive a
career of murder for hundred» of
short course in mechanical training ,
year»
Persons daring to breathe
under the direction of government
freedom have lawn shot. Hapsburg
officials.
house nee*Is to l>e cleaned out root
The men who will leave are: Wai-1
and branch.
ter Steilmacher. Tangent; Paul K.
Blackberries arc plentiful and we Kean. Albany; Clair McHenry, Har-1
got our share
Come up ami sample risburg; Adna Ray Gleason. Leba
them ami see if they are as edible non; Harold Hamilton. Halsey; John
as Pie Eater’s pies; if not we will S. Sticha. Scio.
go down ami eat him out of house
Mr. Sticha has made several ef
and home.
J. R. GeniUOt.
forts to enlist. Recently he went
to San Erancisco to join the marine
service but failed to pass the re
He
This week. Sat unlay and Sunday quired physical examination.
will
eventually
be
attached
to
one
of
evenings. Manager Wearly will pre
the
army
mechanical
departments
sent George Beban. the great char
acter actor, in "Jules of the Strong
Heart," a story that is at once pa
The Tribune < flier force is under
thetic and hurnerous with the great obligations to C. A. Everett for the
| outdoors for its setting.
gift of nice cucumbers.
At The Paoplaa Thaatra
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MAN POWER BILL TO
AFFECT 13 MILLIONS
September 5 is Suggested as Day
for the Registration
Meas
ure is Introduced.
Washington. Aug. 5. The new
man-power bill which would extend
Daft age limits to |S and I’». inclti
sive, war introduced in lioth house*
congress Imlay.
General Crowder suggested Sep
tember 5 as legist ration day for the
13,000,000 men between IH and 45,
whose name« are not on the select
ive service list.
The principal provisions are
"The president may draft such
persons liable to military service in
such sequence of ages and at such
time« as he may prescribe
*
"A citizen or subject of a country
neutral in the present war who has
declared his intention to become a
citizen of the U. 8. »hall I h * relieved
from liability to militaiy service up
on his making a declaration in ac
cordance with regulations
•
and he shall forever lie debarred
from becoming a citizen of the Uni
ted State».
The principal section of the pro
vision referring to persons engaged
in industry and agriculture provid
ing for their relief from military
duty would provide:
"All male |M*rsons between lin
ages of IH and 45, both inclusive,
shall lie subject to registration in
accordance with regulations to I m »
prescribed by the president, and it
shall I m * the duty of all persons oi
the designated ages, except officers
and enlisted men of the regular ar
my, the navy and the national guard
and naval militia while in the ser
vice of the United States, to submit
to registration "