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VOL XXII
NO. 1»
JACKSON IS HELD
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
Si lo. LINN COUNTY. OREGON. DECEMBER 2«. IVIN
SCHOOL NOTES.
CYCLONE STRIKES
a
LANE COUNTY HARD
Ewing Fires the Firat Gun.
To the Editor:—
The road question has become one
The boys and girls who surprised
of the problems that demands a def­
Mrs. Jeaer Rodgers two weeks ago I
Penalty for Crim« Is 20 Years ia were: Hazel Philippi, Ida Pruitt. Unusual Storm Leaves Ruin in its inite solution and no doubt someone
will lie able to solve and demonstrate
• Pauline Sims, Freda Thayer, l«ydia
Jail or Fiae oi $20,000,
Path. Coburg Is Center of
. Showers, Roy Bilyeu, Ixeslie Thayer.!
it bv a feasible plan other than the
bonding method, and if it could be
Laurier
Bilyeu.
Bennie
Prospal.
|
or Both.
Disturbance.
! Teddy Sims. Gordon Wesely, Van-
solved by simple equation It would
, dare Bilyeu.
l<e a little better to my mind than
Twenty years in prison or a fine
Eugene. Dec 20 —Ijine county
by arithmetical progression; or, in
George and .Mae Stoddert have i
of >20,000, or both is the maximum
was vlaited by a mid-western cyclone
other
words, by paying as we K«
beren absent from school for •orne
penalty which S C. Jackson, a for­
: last night, a real "twister" that tore
rather than by a<se«»ment for an
mer resident of Yamhill county, Ore­ time on account of the flu.
j trees off close to the ground, smash-
annual interval payment.
The girls are planning on a good ^j windows and left ruin along its
gon, mar draw as a result of his
It daw not appear to me that the
conviction in the United States court lively basket ball game Friday eve. I entire path.
exchange of liberty bonds for road
at Seattle last week. He was held on
The service flag has 47 stars in i
The storm struck between 8:30
bonds would in any way relieve us
four counts in an indictment charg­ place at the present time, two tiring and 9 o’clock in the evening and was
from indebtedness, and from the fi­
ing perpetration of fraud in utter­ gold. In addition to those printed a accompanied by a heavy rain. Co*
nancial viewpoint the liberty bonds
ing two bogus bills of la<ling on the few weeks ago the names are: My­ burg,
miles east <f here, was ap­
would
tin- tr. .-.I .i.-orat-le on
Southern Pacific and Oregon-Wash­ ron Miller, Albert West, William parently the storm center, and here
count of the tax exempt privilege to
ington Ridroai A Navigation lin ■«. Bartnek. Frank Krutnl,
Forrest the cyclone could be heard approach­
a certain limit; the road bonds
Jackson’s forgery netted him >15.000 Wood manner, Robert Hopkins, Hu­ ing several minutes before it hit. It
would not carry this favor, and it
at a Seattle bank. He was indicted ber Lee, John lx*e. Elmer Knauf, swept a clear path the entire length
would only be a matter of choice of
July 27.
Walter Knauf. Harry Knauf. Ray of the main street of the town,
the two bond imucs for the investor.
The court records show that Jack- Hassler, Leo ('alavan. Roy ('alavan. snapping off telephone and electric
If a liberty bond holder should sell
son was president of the Logan Com­ Percy ('alavan, Grover Calavan. If light poles and carrying awav every­
his bonds and invest in the road
mercial company of Seattle, and also there are others report the names to thing looae, but did but little dam­
bonds, it would not reduce the bond­
president of the Western Condensed V and are Bilyeu.
age to the buildings on either aide.
ed indebtedness and the proposition
Milk company of Newberg. 27 miles
The cyclone also struck at Santa
would simmer down to a direct
A Soldier’s Letter.
south of Portland, when in Septem­
Clara, just outside of Eugene, and
bonded obligation of the old style,
ber, 1917, he forged the name of
The following extracts an* made did considerable damage. Trees 24 to be paid by some method of tax­
G. W. James, the railway agent at
from a letter received by Mr and inches in diameter were twisted off. ation.
Newberg, to two bills of lading for
Mrs. Jake E. Bilyeu of Crabtree, In the home of one dairyman in that
My plan is to levy a general state
shipment of two cars of condensed
from their son Casper Bilyeu, now section every window was broken.
of about 3 cents per gallon on all
milk to Seattle.
Seventy Ave hundreths of an Inch
at Fort Plesnoy, France. The letter
gasoline sold, and 15 cents per gal­
In due course Jackson went to the
of rain, the heaviest precipitation
ia dated Nover Id.
lon on all motor oil sold, a state tax
O. W. R. & N. freight department
"I am feeling fine, a little better during a like period recorded here of 1 mill and a county tax of 5 mills
at Seattle, presented the two forged
than usual n<*w that the war is over. this year, fell during the storm
on the dollar. The gasoline, oil and
local bills of lading and on them was
It sure was some dav in this coun­
state lax to be apportioned by the
issued two export bills of tailing
Parent-Teacher Meeting.
try, church bells ringing and guns
road commissioners to the counties
covering the purported condensed
booming in every direction; but I
that levy the 5-mill tax in propor­
milk shipments. These export ship­
Last Friday evening the auditor­
suppose you have heard all about it
tion as the n>ad mileage would In­
ping receipts were disposed of by
before this. I don’t know bow long ium of the Scio high school was filled dicate. and otherwise as they might
Jackson to Ward A Co., which firm
they will hold us in thia country, with an appreciative audience who deem advisable.
in apoarent good faith attached
for I am ready to go back any lime witnessed the program given over
It seems to me that a plan of thia
sight drafts on a Liverpool. Eng­
they say. Almut all that the buys to the school children by the Parent- kind is just and feaaible, and quite
land. customer, and made several
worry aix>ut now is when the. are Teacher Association, the latter slic­ a portion of the lax would be paid
advances to Jackson on the bogus
ing in the background.
going to stall home.
by the automobiles, and is where it
bilb of lading, the amount aggre­
The high school orchestra of seven
"We haven’t had a drop of rain
should be. The total tax by thia
gating >15.000.
for over a week and the roads are I pieces discoursed excellent music be­ method should in a very short time
Lhscovery of the fraud was made
dry and dustv. I don’t know what tween numbers and was heartily en­ put our roads in fine condition, es­
in a novel manner.
The Srattle
core«!. In fact the whole program
pecially where the tax would be
freight department of the 0. W. R. is going to happen; it is pretty cold
nights and our shack is worse than was applauded and the Derformers coupled with the anticipated gov­
dad’s old barn, the wind goes clear were forced to repeat.
ernment and state funds.
As a fitting dose to the enter­
For prevention and relief of
through, but It is French, you know.
As a supplement to thia plan it
As you will get most of the news. 1 tainment excellent coffee, doughnuts would seem fair and just that an
SPANISH INFLUENZA
will ring off, hoping to lx home be­ and cookies were served and social additional tax for pavement be lev­
converse engaged in until a late
which is so prevalent in thia
fore this time next veer."
ied on property fronting the road,
hour.
section at the present time, use
and
for this benefit 5 or 10 cents a
A N. system sent an order to the
The program given was:
running
foot would not be unreas-
Portland headquarters for diversion
Overture by orchestra.
<>nable.
This plan is not a new one
of the two specified cars from a
Prayer. Mrs Sims, chaplain.
but
ought
to make a close hit.
local to an export shipment, men­
Welcome. Juanita Stepanek,
W. A. EWING.
tioning the cars in which the con­
Vocal solo, Pauline Stma
densed milk was moved from New­
Mechanical Dolls. "Just Before
Monday evening next will be W.
berg. No such cars were on record.
AND
Christmas.” Enoch Shelton Miss An­ S society meetin* night. Be there, i
I A. C. Spencer, general attorney of
na Johnson, Mias Wolter's class.
Prof. Robe reports the high school;
of the system, detailed a corps of
Plano solo, Roy Bilyeu.
attendance cut down more than half. I
special agent» on a still hunt.
Recitation, Keith White.
due to the flu. He expects the at­
Not onL was the forging of the
Recitation. Anna Compton.
tendance to be better after the hol­
signature of the Newiierg railway
Chorus, High Schohl pupils.
idays.
agent to the bills of lading disclosed,
Recitation, Bertha Thayer.
but it developed that neither of thei
If Chautauqua guarantorswill call
These two preparations art
Recitation, Mattel Rockefeller.
two cars was at Newberg when the j
at The Tribune office they can get
Recitation, Detina Watson.
shipment was purported to have
some relmte on the guaranty fund
Absolutely
Piano duet. Bertha Thayer and
t>een made
One car had never ex­
they paid.
Nellie Shope.
Guaranteed
isted:
Old Man Winter is beginning to
Reading. Margaret Bauman.
Jackson’s record before he came
get busy, Fruien Dumps and hy*
Lecture, Ben Boyanovsky.
to Oregon was brought out at the
to give relief. If you are not
And those
drants are numerous.
Vocal solo. Mias W'lter.
trial. Residents of Newbsrg and
perfectly satisfied, return the
outdoor
Christmas
ru
uses.
raspberries
Recitation. Rose (Tiromy.
the country round about were vic­
empty package and your money
and watermelons are decidedly out
Recitation, Leland Robe.
timised by the man of fine appear­
will he cheerfully refunded.
of
season.
The entertainment committee for
ance and plausible talk. Before he
T. B Prospal, who has Iwen em­
the January meeting constats of Mrs.
left Newberg he is said to have owed
Long. Mrs William Miller. Mrs. J. ployed in an Aberdeen. Wash , ship­
Sold In Scio at
nearly every farmer for milk bought
F Proehaska. Miss Metcalf. Mrs. H. yard. ia home for the winter.
ami now that the swindler is on the
Kelly’s Drug Store
L Robe.
Miao Agnes Prochaeka came home
way for a long term in prison, they
from
Salem tn spend (*hrbtmas with
The frost Sunday morning looked
YOURS FOR SERVICE
are rejoicing that punishment at last1
her parents
like snow
has overtaken him.
Nyal
Mustard
Ointment
Nyal
Laxacold
Tablets
11.50 THE YEAR
LADY BUGS MOBILIZED
FOR WAR ON APHIDES
95,000,000 Hippodamiamaculate to
Rout
Aphid Forces From
N. W. Grain Fields.
An army of 95.0OO.OUO laxly bugs
is being mobilized now for a great
offensive next Spring against the ap­
hides which have invaded the grain
fields of Oregon and Washington,
spreading destrution in Hunlike man­
ner.
Announcement of the coming of­
fensive was made by district forest­
er Cecil wh<» will act as the Foch of
the lady bug army. Already Gen-
eralisaimo has concentrated 25.000..
000 laxly bugs in winter quarters
lined with excelsior, preparatory
to launching hia spring drive. The
remainder of the great army of lady
bugs now is hibernating in the
mountains of Oregon and Washing­
ton. These bugs have been located
by forest rangers and county, state
and federal agricultural agents.
It is estimated that each lady bug
will eat 200 aphides daily when the
vast army is turned loose in grain
fields of the northwest, ao that the
Spring offensive ought to witness th£
ruthless slaughter of 19.000.000,000
aphides.
last year growers of the two states
lost many thousand« of dollars and
much needed wheat. There are plenty
of ladybugs, natural enemies of the
aphied, in Washington and Oregon,
but they were not in sections where
they were most needed Accordingly,
efforts have been made to locate the
ladybugs in the caches on mountain
peaks, where they hibernate until
Spring
By packing the bugs in excelsior
and keeping them moderately cold
they mav be preserved successfully
until their normal time of breeding,
in the spring of the year.
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