The Scio tribune., July 17, 1919, Image 1

THE SCIO TRIBUNE
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VOL. XXII
NO. 4M
SCIO. LINN COUNTY.
JULY 17. ¡919
A GOOD BOOST
FOR THE FAIR
pletely revise«! and additional prem­
Muon* Went to Salem.
iums offered in each class. Espec­
ially would I call vour attention to
On invitation from Pacific L-dge
the individual farm exhibit section No 50. A. F. A A M , extended to
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In years past this section has been the local lodge a number of the Ma­
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well represented by a few displays sonic fraternity ->n Monday evening
Leonard Gilkey, Supt. A<ricuhural grown bv special cultural methods
went to Salem to witness the con­
for exhibit.
Competition in this ferring of the thud lu-grce oq a
Dept., Will Give Time and
claim naturally was confined to three young man just return«-«! from over
Money to Help.
or four who would specialise on was by the Cherry (Tty brethren. A
growing such exhibits
It has Iwcn delightful time Is reported to have
On September 16. 17 and IM will the aim of the management this been had by the Scio boys who got
be held the annual Linn county (air year to open this department to h me alaiut 2 o'clock Tuesday morn
every farmer in Linn county to tired but glad they went.
at Scio.
The Sa­
Mr. farmer, are you planning to show, not a lot of varieties of prod­ lem boys were very hospitable and
do your part in making thia the big ucts grown for exhibit, but to show served refreshments. Those attend­
geat and boat fair ever held in Lion what he rrallv grows for home and ing from Scio were: Carl W. Bragg,
c«>untv? Thia i* not Scio’s fair; it commercial use and on this Imsii* George Griffin. J M Brown. Chris
belongs to the people and especially exhibits will be judged and the pre­ Burmeister, J. A. C Brant. 7. J.
the farmer« of Linn county. It» mium money. $216, will tie divided Clark, John W. Froat cad A. W.
pro rata according to the numliernf Arbuckle.
succe•«* i* jest what you make it.
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We will reap this year one of the points srori-4 by each exhibitor of
larg» ■st crops on record and I dart- merit. We will be glad to welcome Scio Hat Natural Park on Thoma*
say not a farmer in Linn county hut a number of exhibitors in this sec­
Creek.
Mike your entry early so
will have a choice field of wheat, tion.
oats, barley, rye. corn, potatoes and that ample space may ba provided
The rustling little city of Scio, in
a ac> >re of other farm pnxincta th« for vour exhibit.
addition to having two of the l«est
In the sheaf and thresiied gram
like of which only Unn county soil
manufacturing plants in the county,
cun produce.
Not a farmer bu’ section sulMtantial prise« are offered
hi* a fine nark seven miles up the
who will have a field crop that i> for the best two bundles of wheat,
stream ths’ flow, through the town.
just a little the twat he has ever any variety; oats, barley, rye. vetch
This |>ark ha« hem used for several
grown and which he feels quite sure and clover. So when you bind your
years as a camping and fishing cen­
is a little (tetter that any his neigh choice field of gram hang a couple
ter. but as time goes on it in gradu­
bora can grow. Now. Mr. farmer, of the best bundles in the barn and
ally coining into notice an on-? of the
you owe it to yourself, your wife later see that they get to the fair.
la st places in the country to camp
and children and community to se­ And when y<«u thresh clean up a half
or upend a day away from the toils
lect ch ice «ample» of this product bushel of the grain and send it We
of the ordinary grind of life.
and exhibit same at our county fair hope to make this one of the most
A few . ears ago a large number
in competition with your neighbors interesting departments of the fair I
of citirens or rustern Linn county
And now a few words in behalf
to see if you really have got better
gathered at the so called para on the
stuff than they, If you have they of King Corn. Wo expect to l>e
fourth of July in a neight»>rh<MMi re­
will want all your surplus seed. On ■»T>le to stage a genuine corn show
union and to listen to an address by
the other hand, should you find by thia year mat will make our «isiting
Jefferaon Mvers, a widely known
comparison that a neighbor hii- brothers from the "cum states” sit ;
democrat of the state. At the close
Com produc­
aotnething a little better than your up and take notice.
of the talk bv Mr. Myers on pioneer
l«wt, of course v«»u will want to get tion in Linn county during the past
events of eastern Linn county, the
some of his variety of seed, which five years has increased ten fold un-1
nation at large, and hh a climax the
will mean additional profit on your til it has become one of the most
administration of W.... trow Wii*«n
crop next year. So aside from it important products of the soil. This,
ns president of the United States, it
being your patriotic duty to sun has been brought alsiuj partially by
wa^suggested that the *(*ot fie chris­
|H»rt your county fair you will find improved cultural methods and the
tened Wilson Bark. A rising vote
planting of early rnaiunng acclimat- '
it u gorsi business proposition.
was taken in favor of the propoaL
The nremium list in the agricul­ ed s«*ed.
lion and toil ay they have a small
When and where is a better time
tural department has lieen com
park cleared out in a tine grove bor­
and place to select your he xt y ear’s i
dering along Thomas creek, adjacent
• seed corn than at the county fair?
to one of the best natural swimming
Bring entries of your best and then
pools to lie found. Rustie chairs,
•pend a day comparing it with your I
tables, a telephone connection <m the
neighbors' and decide what kind of
ground, a good campfire place,
•evil you will plant next year, The,
plenty of wood prepared tuid a place
premium money in this department;
open to the wayfaring man at all
has liven increased and arrange­
time* —AH«any Democrat.»
ments are being made to further
increase thia amount.
Mr. I’rowk a l daughter of (Cali­
The premium list in the vegetable ,
end fruit departments are complete, fornia are visiting at the home nf
and entries are solicited in all clasaes. Mr*. Frances Weagly and will stay
Mr. I’rosek
While I am personally most inter­ for a month or more
ested in the agricultural department was voted out of business when pro­
what I have tried to eonvey is *<>- hibition liecame the law in Sa ’ Fran­
I plicablv to all other departments cisco. He says, however, that they
I that go to make up a successful are still selling 2| ¡>er cent beer
county fair.
Linn county is fast there and tnat there are any num­
becoming famous as the home of ber of blind pigs where one can get
| much pure bred livestock. Breeder* a drink with a genuine old fashioned
You see it
advertised in the
magazines
or
9 newspapers
you
can depend on
finding it
at
Kelly’s Drug Store
TOURS FOR SERVICE
: of such should he proud to show
what they have to home folks before
going on the circuit.
Trusting that we may have the
pleasure this y«ar of welcoming all
the old exhibitor* and many that
have never la-fore exhibited. I am
yours for a moat •uec-ssful county
fair
L konarp G ilkky ,
Supt Agricultural l)ept.
kick in It.
Monday the mercury «food at 93
degree* in the «hade
Some ther-
mom< ter* showed a higher degree
of humidity. Anyway it was as hot
a* Tophet; at leait moat people think
ao and gome express the heat In
stronger terms.
Th* Scio Mills ground and sold
their wheat supply tonebiae, expect-
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I Oayt on Compton, after spending ing the farmers tn furnish sufficient
a few days with his mother, Mrs. J. wheat f«r local demand; they didn't.
fW (’omnton. returned to his home N»w the tr ill people are shipping in
( at Independence Wednesday.
flour tn supoly local demand.
♦ 1.50 THE YEAR
Motored from McMinnville.
To the Hdltor 1
Mr». E It Fletcher and Mr* Will
Hutchens motored over from Mc­
Minnville and spent a few days the
l>ast week visiting their («the«. A
R McDonald and other relatives
and friend* in this vicinity and Is-tv-
anon.
Claimed F. A D wsny Slain
When About tn Ch rge Prom­
inent Uoi Wilh Graft.
They were accompanied by Mr*.
fleatllr
That t r I A Ik«wHey. gov­
Hutchens’ son, Darrel, only recentlv ernment secret servit ■> a«-«nt, was
returned from 1H month*' service murdered on the eve of films papers
that would «end prominent men to the
over *eas
He was a meinlwr of the
I4hth Field Artillery and saw active
service on the front from July 7.
I91H. to signing of the armistice.
This company then moved on into
Germany with the army of occupa­
tion, where they were stationed near
Coblenx until relieved tome six
weeks ago.
While only ¡9 Darrel bus passed
through some thrilling adventure*,
having taken part in five big battles
including the Marne defensive, Aisne
offensive. St. Mihiel offensive and
Meuse-Argonne offensive. He was
fortunate to get through without
tieing wounded and glad to land
again in the good old U 8. A.
Darrel went across with the fleet
of the ill fated Tuscania. when tor­
pedoed, being in the boat just
ahead. •
A Friend.
Brownsville Hu
Disastrous Fire.
One of the most, If not the moat,
disastrous fire* which has ever oc­
curred in a Linn county town oc­
curred al Brownsville on Saturday
afternoon of last we« k when about
all of three blocks in the Calapooia
city went up in smoke.
About twenty residence* and a
large numtier of busin«** houses
penitentiary Is th«» opinion of secret
service men now In He*tile, who are
working on the can«, which Is one of
the most mysterious In the history of
the secret servlre
Valuable |itv„rs which were said to
be tn Uiwsny'a p«..o>mn wh««n he
was killed in the washrtH-ra of the Ho-
eurltles building on the morning of
May 3. were msslng from the b««dy
when It was found by G II. Pompas,
clerk In th« disbursing office of the
Emergency Fh-«t e>rperail<»u.
With th« anni-unt nu-it by Coroner
Tiffin that an lt»iu- "t Into the death
of K A Ibiwsey, !<• l«ral n-«‘i>t Investi­
gating shipping bon' d affairs on the
coast, would tn» held, leader* In the
shipbuilding industry In Seattle be
llove that the lav-itlratlon of the
crim« wilt fall Into Insignificance In
comparison with the scandal that will
arise In «oaneetion with wood ship
building during th i>«»ri>'4 of the war.
Many were tree in their assertions
that It ha- been known for a long
time that all was not right with the
government daptriment handling ship­
building and they have toM f«d«ral
agents In th« last n w «lays that they
are ready and will '
to take the stand
to testify as to vhal lit » know re­
garding the alleg- «1 crookedness of
certain off!-lais c« tincclo-l with the
shipping board
Federal agents stated (hat affidavits
are on file at Wa*hii . ton. I*. C. giv­
ing the nano » <>t <t— me
who en­
deavored to involv« i-< rt iin Portland
shipbuilder« Into partb >1 ’»lion In their
fraudulent pract e,
’i ;>.- probe now
in progress has narrowed tn a point
where arrests may t << « xt < i«’«l al any
time.
were destroyed
The total loss is
estimated at $100,000. with proba­
bly one-third of that amount of in­
surance.
As usual in the small town, the
ltc|M>rta of abundant hay crops in
fire apparatus was not in good order
Unn county are th«« rule.
and the water supply insufficient for
the heavy demand.
Help was called for and rendered |
from Corvallis, Albany and Lelasnon,
but arrived when the fire was prac-i
tieally under control.
So far as The Tribune is informed
no other town In Unn county has
had a fire destroying more than one
block. While the loss is a heavy one
for Brownsville the enterprise of
that city will soon replace the des­
troyed buildings with tielter and
mure modern ones.
At The Traples Theatre
The greatly improved Peoples
Theatre will be re-opened for busi­
ness the lut of this week. The new
chairs are being placed and patrons
will be more comfortable as better
ventilation is arranged.
At great expense Manager Weaelv
has secured for Saturday and Sun­
day evening* "The Heart of Hu­
manity” with Dorothy Phillipa as
the star.
1rs Bilyeu is encroaching on the
>main of The Tribune man this
week in that he is utilising a pair of
crutches to aid hirr In navigating.
Ira's lameness wss caused by a steel
scale flying from the wedge while
splitting wood. The «eale punctured
the leg above the knee.
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