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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1919-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1919)
V THE SCIO TRIBUNE % Independent, Fearless, free; Not tied to any party; Will support best candidate for office regardless of party VOL. XXIII SI STIA M NO. I». $1.50 Till FARM TOPICS Our fearful »now storm 1» over, »now moat gone and temperature of 3N to 12 above. Quite a loss in ap- plea, potatoea and squashes Still we have enough to pull us through and ought to be thankful for short ness of the cold »nap as compared with two inontha in ‘0l-‘62. David Horsburgh butchered five fine fat hog» Tuesday for family uar The hogs averaged over 300 Its. Lyman Smail and Mr. Ready have returned to Crabtree an baddy Tom ia home from jury duty in Portland (ieorge Griffin has put up doultle galvanised stove pipe in hia roof to nave a burn out. The old man, Pie Eater, took a fine iot <>f corn to the Scio mill to be made into meal, am ha couldn't aland $12 a barrel for flour. Just finished making 25 gallon» of cider from frozen apple»; it*» fine. Old Uncle Joab Powell used toaay the geewhilikcr was up to 52 Tuew dav night. M. C. Gaine» of Crabtree had a time with hia windmill during the cold siiell. It got out of order and for three day» he wax on the tower trying to keep from freezing. I Our phone line wax out of com- miMtion for aeveral day» till somr good hearted chriatian took pity on the old man and fixed it. Thank». PIE EATER. Fam Ad» Profitable Elbert Be<le. of the Cottage Grove Sentinel, has built up a »olid and profitable trade with farmera. He recently aent to the O, A. C. press bulletin a «ample classified ad that pulled an well that it Boon Bold out tne |>atr<>n who phoned a cancella tion order. The new pa per ia a val uable aid to the farmer in helping him dispose of hia produce. c DO YOUR Christmas Shopping EARLY Th<«se that come tirât get the I«esl selection. Como in and let us show you what we have, such as — BOOKS by best authors r STATIONERY, beet linen TOYS—for all kiddies PERFU MERY-all and price» PYRAI.IN IVORY kind to buy kind» the only And numerous other things Kelly’s Drug Store YOURS FOR SUVKX « Let the Town R. I. P A town that never has anything to do in a public *•> i» on the way to the cemetery. Any citizen who will do nothing for hi» home town i» helping to dig the grave. A man that curst-» the town furnishes the coffin. The man who m «> «elfish a* to have no time from bis bu«ine«H to give to city affairs, is making the shroud. The man who will not ad vertise ia driving the hear«*. The man who i» always pulling back from any public entetprise throws bouquets on the grave. The man who is ao stingy as to- be howling hard time«, preach«-« the funeral, •ing» the doxologv, and thua the town Iles buried from all Borrow and I care. Jacksonville P«*t. CRABTREE NEWS ITEMS PACKERS TO SELL SUBSIDIARY LINES Vast luteresti Are Give« Up Big Five Will G ntm ic Meat BniinrsA Alone. Washington The government's anti trust action against th« great meat packer» iH-gun at President Wilson's direction last summer as part of the fight on the high cost of living, has been compromised under an agreement by which the packers w»l will confine themselves hereafter to the meat and provision buxine««. Die big five Swift. Armour. Morris, Wilson and Cudahy have agreed to divorce their meat jwk- ing industries from their other com mercial activities and to sell their YEAR J. D. Grimes Writes. JI NGl.ETOWN JINGLES. Roeeburg. Or.. Dec. M, 1919. T<> ihe Editor: A» I have liven reading The Trib une b I mvu I weather conditions al Scio I thought I'd tell you what a differ ence there is between then* and here. We had a cold east wind and a cold night, ami then the hHh it ramci hard till noon and nice in the afternoon and 1 went to town That night it snowed four inches, but before the next the aubw had the mow all slushed out of the road and by the It*th it was all gone, ex cept on the high hills. We had one cold night. Ill aliove; another 20 alxive; then 24. and «> kept getting warmer. So you see we are in a very nice location and if the highway 1« paved next »ummer it will tie like living in town Two busines* num in town want to trade me out of my place, as they could go bau*k and forth by car. but their property 1» loo far from aet- llement. Though we have a fin« dimate here the Scio country is »till home to us Our mail carrier hasn't mitmed a day with his Ford since we came, nearly two years ago. But say, Mr. Editor, talk ab«>ut frugal Wn sure have some out here in the apring. Wishing you a merry Christmas. J. I). GRIMES. Mr. Welle and daughter have gone to Portland for the holidays, leaving he and ua all to make a merry Xmas. Mr. and Mrs II. F, Titus expect to siwnd the holienys nt Mill t’itv with their daughter, Mrs Ered GixK’h, leaving Mary Walter to take care uf the chickens. The "bunch” is hoping luitToon will soon return to coast with ’em. Mary Walter made a buatnewi trip to Scio Saturday. Mr. Schedwin and wife are watt- ing for the camp to open up. Thcy like the place. School district liM) had a nice Christmas program Friday, Min Cline, the teacher, expects to spend the holiday» with her parents in Portland. Hunting is good, with plenty of holding* in public stockyard« and coon» in the jungles. An exciting runaway occurred their interest« in stocks »rd railroads, Wudi vuu all a merry Christmas Friday evening when Sam Stewart's terminal«, market new>ipa|ier« and and happy new year. similar stale lines. team ambled oft* with a »led. They JA< K THE W h II’I'KK. Two years are given to comply knocked out two po»ta of the post- with the decree which affects N7 cor office porch ami hroke the tongue in Stockmen Relieved. Weaver Clark*» wagon; a number of porations and 49 individuals. The decree prevents defendants chicken crate» were smashed but no Th« recent storm proved to be a damage resulted to the runaway» or from exercising any further control menace to poorly built or old barns over the marketing of liv«*stock; it to the harneaa. and »tuck sheds and to livestock it 1 forever prevents them from any Mis» Margaret Serfling 1» home I control over the retailing of meat self. In •ome cum.*» the buildings for the holidays. She teach«» near were completely wrecked by the products It eliminates them from la-banon weight of the snow. . the field of meat »uiwtitutes. with Mrs. G. ('. Mankin Is quite sick; Those with no fi-ed on hand would the exception of eggs, poultry, but- Scio as • Dairy Center. ao b Mrs. J. W. Kinzer, who has, have been in serious straits it the ; ter and cheese, which are left for I pneumonia. With the market for milk Scio I storm had continued a few days future consideration and action; and Mr. ami Mrs. John Allphin have therefore the price of meat is within can gain a reputation aa a dairy I longer. l<arge flocks of sheep were returned from Hoskin» where they the control of the people themselves, <*nter. If the farmer» will just get 1 especially andangorrd, but our »lock passed the summer. It establishes the principle that no more and better cows, what is nee- men seem to know their bdhitMMt. Miss Ruth Marshall. Crabtres group of men. no matter how piw- eseary to do ia to dispose of the Vilas Philippi and Jesse high school student, has gone h<*me erful, can ever attempt to control •cruli» or culls and get a few pure I were busy almost night and day, for the holidays. the fiaid table of the American peo bred Cows of a dairy strain, such as! and considering the size of their A reprem-ntative of the treasury ple, or any one of the necessities or I|i>l»teins. Jerseys, or Gumseys. If a few neighlMirs would get together department was here Friday to »•»■ component parti of it. and each buy, say two or three good Mr» Rhoelie Turner about her sun’s pure bred cow» of the same breed insurance. He died in th«- service A Veteran Soldier. and then club together and purchase William Volkman ha< purchns«-<l a bull, they can that way w>on have the Bungalow store and will ofierato R E Mantor. who rccvntly pur* a fine herd of good milk cows with a garage. He also iiouglit th-orge churn-«! the Lucas farm in Richard out a very large investment. L. Flansgan s home here. son Gap section and is now living Just as an example, one of the! Mr. and Mrs. Chastain and young thereon, I» a veteran soldier of large progressive voung farmers of thi» i daughter have arrived from Texas experience. He served in the Phil locality recently purchase«] a purr i and are visiting their daughter, Mrs. ippine Islands during the Spanish- br«-d ||ol»b-iii cow which cost him' Bart Fitzgerald, and will locate. American war; was tn the Boxer UNO That «M-ms like a big price, Mr. and Mrs. William S. i’aul, campaign in China. and in ail of the but let’» see the return« In Octo- formerly of this pia>-e now of i*<>rt heavy fighting during the late war her this cow produced $50 in milk.i land, are here to spend the holidavs| in which the Americans were en and in November some over $10.' with their children. Mrs. Jim Kinzer gaged. lie was wounded In the which make» one-h»lf the price of, and Mrs Dewey Fitzgerald. Philippines and al Chateau- the cow in two month», n<»t figuring Thiery. France. After working for the price her calf will bring: no I A Christmas tree anil program several years in the Gn-.it Northern doubt at weaning the calf will bring were held al the school houw Fri-1 | railway offices in St Paul, he con- * from $50 to $75. So you «*e it day afternoon. eluded a stock farm was what he1 pay» to purchase bettor cow» Dr Luther has sold his property I wanted and came to the Scio country and will soon move to Sodaville. Married. ‘ to get it. lie ia a moat pleasant The damage to potatoea is not so (man to meet, i» a g<MMÍ conversa- Albert Shelton and Mr». Sarah great as at first thought. II ion al ist and ia an aw*<-t to our com- Huff were united in marriage al the W. A. Rav has covered his rural i , munity. Thoroughbred »lock ia hi» residence of the bride Monday eve- mail route every day except two du hobby. Aa an evidence that he ia mng bv Rev. Carl Walker, who is ring the recent storm. an up to date man he placed his conducting revival meeting« in Scio, People here are cheerful and do name on our subscri| lion iiook. Congratulations are in order. not wein to have suffered much in- i Mias Avne» Prnehaska ami Frank convenience from the storm. Whal a bunch of money would Kruml were married at Albany on Crabtree has three general stores, have hern save*! for the belated Tuesday and on their return were a first class Iwrher, a poolroom amt Christmas ahopp**r if the world had given an appropriate reception by »»on a garage; no em^iy dwelling bu m ned off 3« predicted on Decern- the charivari "liand". Dewey Fitzgerald ha« moved into bar 17. The aiorinaid «hopper | At The l'rapir» Thewlrr Byron Crabtree's house. Byron has would have had a full purse when gone on his farm at Cove Orchard. I he knocked at St Peter’s door able, As a special offering for Christ- Wonder how "The Stroller" "no- to |*ay all court coat» cash on the mas Harry tarry will be presented ties«'' anything these stormy days block. Even then •ome of the in "The Rider of the Law • • On when ’strolling" 1» sn difficult, but'knockers would be trying to file an Saturday and Sunday nights Doro- we "notice" he doe» and ar» glad I appeal from force of habit. (thy G m * will appear tai "Boots” ¡ flocks, their Io»*»*« practically nothing. nmountd The Tribune will be glad to pub lish a liat of damages in brief form if our farmer friends and other» will report name to u». Just Received A N< •w Supply of Pyralin Ivory Just the Thing for a Christinas Gift C. A. EVERETT ‘Druggist and Slat iont r I to THF. SCIO. OREGON. Rf.X ALL 3 T O R’E A**