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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1919-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1920)
THE SCIO TRIBUNE Independent, fearless, free; Not tied to tiny party; Will support best candidate for office regardless of party VOL. XXIII Si lo. LINN COUNTY, OREGON. JANUARY 1. 1920 NO. 20 JORDAN ITEMS Earl Phillipa Is clerking for the Balsigers at Lyons. E J. Pepperling went to Lacomb Saturday to buy a farm. George Wetting and wife of Sa lem are visiting the Barretts. Mrs. Enders was call«! to Scio Sunday to nurse a pneumonia patient Joseph Rowein. who has been at tending school at Mount Angel, is at home sick. Thomas Phillips and family of L'banon are spending the holidays with his parents, the Henry Phillips. There is talk of the Jordan store suspending indefinitely unless some enterprising party gets busy and takes it over before the remaining st<M-k is exhausted. A fine oppor tunity for the right party. O rkcon M int . Paresi Teachers to Meet. The postponed meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association will be h>>ld Thursday evening. January X An interesting program has been prepared and the public is cordiailv invited to participate. Annual Telephone Meeting l hv Saturday. January 3. at 1 p. m.. sharp, occurs the annual meet ing of the Scio Mutual Telephone Omipany at the city hall in Scio. 1-et everybody interested in the wel fare and satisfactory conduct of the telephone service in Scio and vicinity l»e presrnt. J. L. CALAVAN. President. Mrs. E M. Mott of Salem, and daughter-in-law. Mm. L. H. Mott of Fort Ward. Wash., whose hus- l«and. Captain Mott. U. S. medical corps, recently sailed for the Philip pine Islands on detached duty, are visiting Dr. and Mrs. S. C. Browne, Mrs. E. M. Mott and Mrs. Browne are sisters. NEW SCIO POWER PROJECT Council ’s Recommendations and Engineer ’s Estimate of the Cost of Const ruction 624.UH 2<Mroo 370.00 10,400.00 7X0 00 50.00 Clearing and grubbing Clearing right of way. 40 feet Flume. 4000 feet Canal. ¡000 feet Highway crossing 11.800.00 MUKGK TANK 750.00 Reinforced concrete A. D. S. White Pine Cough Syrup Will Do It >’*N8T« k ’K Clearing right of way. 40 feet Wood stave pipe. 500 feet Anchorage 46 00 1.200 00 200.00 1.446.00 660 00 1 ..'.«»«• OU 40.00 2.200.00 1.200 00 1.006.00 2.200.00 rOWICR HOt’M* Excavating 330 yards of rock Frame building. 30x50 Machinery foundations HYURAt'IJC MACHINERY Water wheel with case and draft tube Governor belting _____ KLFxTHH AL MAl'HINKKY Pria 25 and 50 Cent» INC0MK / 1 Revenus from Scio to Jordan, as signer! for 51500 3000 City of Scio, present income City <>f Scio, powei for manu facturing purposes 750 City of Scio, day use of elec- tn<-t, 7 (Mt Street lights ami water 1050 L'tal Scio Improvement*. While Scio has not anything like a boom or has made progress al*>ut which one can boast. Me hns made quite a step forward during the 12 months just closed. The condrnserv hus *|>cnt quite a 57'MH) bit of money during the year in th« The light ami water item is placed way of new machinery, a new. neat at one-half the price charged by pri and commodious office building, the vate corporations for the service; whole costing several thousands of I the coat to the citv under private dollars. Olli pa, ‘ roll of For some time it has i*een fully realised that some radical changes ownership would ba not less than this concern fur labor ami milk is in 12000. in the electric light and water system would be required to provide power The above Income can be materi the neighborhood of 535,000 taking to operate the plant and give the natrons a first eiass service. ally increase«! by extension of the the average for the vear. The services rendered have been very unsatisfactory to the patrons, system. The extra revenue, with The Scio Logging & Lumber Co. due entirely to lack of power for operating purposes prospects of s greater development, extended the lumber flume to town The contract for power with the Scio Milling Company is soon to would provide for a sinking fund during the year at heavy cost, and for the bonds. expire, ami it devolves upon the city to secure power from other sources On the proposed route of the we understand will enlarge the ca or close down the light and water plant. With this in view, the City power plant fortv individuals have pacity of the sawmill, The planers, Council during the last six months has t*een making a thorough Investi- signe«i for and agreed to take light resaws or cutup saws are lieing es gallon of all kinds of power steam, gasoline, crude oil engine, ami water and power. These same individuals tablished at this end of the flume power. After considering all prop.>sinons. even to the sale of the plant have sign«*! ami agree«! to |>av to the city the sum of |527 a* a bonus from whence the finished lumtier is to a private aorporation, we submit the following fact» for your consid <>r donation toward building the line hauled by truck to West Scio for eration: proponed shipment. The monthly pay roll of 1st The sale of the plant to a private corporation was taken up Thirteen patfons in Scio have thia concern must be consoler able as and investigated by a comi*any. to transmit power to Scio, but was finally signet! for and agreed to take power ! 30 or more men are employed. I of about 72 h. p. for manufacturing rejected as the expense did not justify the undertaking The Wesely picture house I Peoples i purposes. 2d—In an effort to secure power from the Mountain States Power In submitting this prop«>aition to Theatre) had a new front construct Company, the company would not undertake it for the same reasons as I the citizen* of Scio the Council ha* ed during the i>ast rummer at a cost I gone into details in all matters per- given in No. 1. I taming to power for the city. Com of over 5800, and the placing of new 3d -Securing a contract with the Scio Milling Company for power petent engineers and attorneys have seats for the occupancy of the au was also rejected as they had no power to sell, and not sufficient to oper t*ren employed, to the end that there dience. Mrs, Sarah Morris and John Slits ate their own plant at time» The engineer’s estimate of power developed would be no mistakes. The plan as outlined is the only practical one have each construdml new rr*id«'n- at Scio by water was 32 horse power at low water stage, which made it left to the city fur a permanent ees during the year. impossible for the company to furnish power. power station. Waler power, when developed, is 4th Installing auxiliary power in Scio by steam, gasoline, or George Bino last Monday evening the cheat*e*t power available, and crude oil burning engines, was found entirely impossible on account of met with a painful accident in which Scio is ‘fortunate that within eight the high cost of operating expense compared to the limited income avail miles she can secure all the power both of his hands were badly bum* able in the city. needed. It will require from six to ad. While lighting a gasoline lamp twelve months to complete the proj 5th — The development by the City of Scio of water power on ect and should be undertaken a* near the stove, the gas caught fire Thomas ('reek of sufficient capacity to furnish first class service to all rapidly as |M>«sible, a* materials for ami the lamp exploded in his hands. patrons at all seasons of the year With this in view, a competent engi thia line of work i re advancing in He was brought to town and Dr. Browne dressed his injuries. At neer. J. H. Cunningham of Portland. Or., was secured and a thorough price all the time 1 Engineer ’ s plans, specification* last report Bino was doing as well survey marie on the moat promising place on Thomas Creek near Jordan. and complete reports can lie wen at as Could be expected. The report of the engineer shows that 326 theoretical horse power, or the Recorder’s or Mayor’s office. 206 actual horse power ean l*e deliverer! at Scio at extreme low water. At The I'ropir* Theatre In due time an election will lie called for your final consideration as Report oi Engineer. On Saturday and Sunday evenings to whether you want lights and wa Power house at Wilson Park, development for 20X horse power or 155 ter. or go back U> coal oil lanqis ami of this w>rk Mrs. Wesely presents k. w.. with exception of generator, penstock and water wheel, using the candles. Wallace Heid in "Alias Mike Mor present 50 k. w.. generator: Councilm« n E. C. Faery, F. T. an." The inimitable Fatty Arbuckle II KAI* WORKS Thaver. Henry Stepanek. ILiy Shel will furnish the comedy. Rubble concrete dam. X6 yards at 510 S H6O.00 ton. W. J. Chromy, John Wesely, 250.00 Hear! gate and operating mechani»m John Sticha. 500.00 $ 1.610(H) Cofferdam, pumping ami excavating A. G. Frill Mator; O. B. Cyrus. I’PfKR CANAL Recorder. Excavating 960 yards at 65c • n.UMK ANI* Low »IK CANAL Stop That Bark 11.75 THE YEAR Four stepdown ami up. 6600 volts, transformers 2,000.00 TRANMMI8XION IJNKN Single circuit, three phase. No. 6 ctqqier wire 6,104.00 4.310.00 Contingencies, engineering and superintendent Interest during construction, 6 month« 1.153 00 Coat of land and water rights 4,230.00 Total______ 53X.427.OO This is the plan the engineer recommends as a |*ermanent Jiower for the city, furnishing 20N h p. at lowest stage of water in Thomas creek, Srio light ami Power Plant Interest on 140,000 City superintendent at Scio Power house superintendent Assistant Incidentals ami repairs Total Tati mat ml cost of operati<«n and income: 52400.00 1350.00 1350.00 1200.00 200.00 __ 56500.00 POWKR I’lJtNT ON THOMAS I'KKKK The following persona have con tracted for and aulmcrilied for elec trie light ami power along the pro posed power plant from Scio tn Jor dan: Early Phillipa Z. J. Clarke J. W Frost N. Enders A. W. Arbuckle G.C. Westenhouw 0. Eichinger Bart Hollis J. B. Oiuey E«l Fleming Tony Rosprofky W. M. Rhoda A. & J.B. Fleming V. W Arnold A. L. Arnold John Shimanek J. H. Wortman Joe. R Roner H. E. Burmester W. E. Burton J. A. Burton C. C. Burmester G. M Wert M. Bilyeu Henry Phillips G. T. Cree E. G. Balsiger J. W. Shimanek Joseph Palmy John S tel Im ache r Rev. Bonaface 3 Floyd Shelton V. E. Shelton Haman Shelton J. 3. Hannah C. Schneider I D. H. Hildreth Wm. Gorger I This makes a showing of 40 pa trona on the line ll is estimated that each patron will u* on an av-, erage of 53 per month for light am! power, a total of (1440 per year In midilion to the above, the patrons have subscribed the sum of 1527 a* a bonus and donation to the city to' help build the line. Kant LeeK Hot Water Bottles And other rubber go.«d* * * C. A. EVERETT 'Druggist and Stationer For Sale—A bunch of pure bred Duroc pigs, one registered Holstein bull; for prices and pedigree write. H. 8 Nolan, Lacomb . 20 2t1 SCIO. OREGON. THE REXXLL S T O RE
