THE SCIO TRIBUNE
Independent, fearless, free; Not tied to any party; W ill support best candidate for office regardless of party
IO. LINN COl’NTY. OREGON. APRIL I. 1920
NO. 33
VOL. XXIII
ACTIVITIES ON NEW
POWER PLANT TO START
Right of Way Ha* Been Secured
Board for the Hand* Ar
ranged for.
It is expected that work
on cons-
tructiun of our new power plant will
be commenced some day next week.
Engineer Cunningham
and a fore
man from Portland are expected to
be bete at that time.
Arrangement* for boarding of the
men at «Iordan have been made and
things are
expected
to assume a
lively aspect up there.
A committee visited Ered Schnei
day* ago and effected a
der a few
compromise with him for the right
$;<« hi i* to la» paid him for
of way.
the right of way
land which is not
worth 15 cents per acre for practical
purposes.
It would Cost that much
or more tu'^ide* to maintain condem
nation proceedings
J
S. Sticha has been employed to
look after the busini-ss end of mat
ters and
will
maintain an electric
store to supply anything needed for
the minor ¡>art« of
the installation
and maintenance of the plant.
0 A. C. Millage Propagandist Ad-
;
SANTI AM
FARM
TOPICS
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has
been offered a cents; all we
chance to capitalize on the office fish
up
have
to buy U going
Hard times and worse Coming.
who Is a
David Horsburgh is improving his
memlier of the city council and one herd of Durham cattle, having a
of the committee looking after the $5|MI bull and a $ HMM» cow.
Mon
pond by Erank T. Thayer,
The forks of lhe Sanham
should supply one member
of the county court. Who
it willing to stand for the
office? His politics is a
matter of secondary consid
erution.
■
business pertaining to the new light day he paid $750 for two cow* and
Mr. Thayer pro two calves.
Linn county nee«ia men admittance to the thre«* state ins
poses to give The Tribune an exclu of this stamp.
tutions next fall." ,
sive contract to furnish carp, catfish
Mrs. Horsburgh came oyer nfter
At prasent the three state educa-
and frogs’ legs to the working force
some settings of eggs as her hens , tiona! institutions are running Iw
at the headworks
This would ne
were out on strike and refused to yond their caimcity.
In 1913 the
cessitate closing our pond to Bill
set.
state university had 691 students;
Brenner. Bill Arnold and other life
PIE EATER.
today it has 1745.
In 1918 O. A. C.
long friends, so we must decline Mr.
hail 1364 students; today it has 3378;
Thayer’s tempting offer.
Ilwopdal Netos
The number of students has increas
and power plan..
"Tally” Gibbons
was
diamiased ed 150 per cent since 1913, but the
from the hospital last Thursday
International
STOCK TONIC
THREE
FEEDS ONE CENT
We also have International
Milk Producer
>
and
Poultry Food
W See Our Window -«wa
(>« com«' in an< I auk
about it
Kelly’s Drug Store
YOURS FOR SERVICE
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SCHOOL NOTEN
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Professor Cornish pointed out that
It C Seymour of O A.C. iscom-
Our neighbor Rim was taken to
Scio Hobson h<m[ntal with the flu in higher education enriches life, makes ing to the school Monday next to
it p>aenble for a man to render more organise the industrial clubs.
bed form.
Hr Nomination Acceptable if luuet
service to society; and also enables wilt »|M'ak at the par«*nt-teacher
Uncle Tom Smail it quite Inter*
Require. Question Put Up
a man to earn more money.
meeting in the evening.
este»! in the power plant at Jordan;
He quoted figures from a bulletin
he wanta a wire run out in our sec
The basket ball girL* will give a
to Party.
issued by the bureau of education
tion. which we'd appreciate
pie »«K'tal on Friday rvrning. The
at Washington which show that only domestic aclen«* girls will sell 1»to
William Smith and family moved
31 men out of 5.0O0.00U men with co rn balls.
Every I m >dy wel«ime.
to Lebanon Saturday.
He want* to
n-i schooling, rend ere« I distinguish«-«!
The
domestic
science class serves
be near a doctor, as hr i» treating
service; that Nti3 out of Xt.tHMl.OiMi c««e«>a every other day to the school
for eye and heart troubles.
men with elementary school train children for 5 cents a cup.
Iican nomiuatl
Newt Crabtree and wife calk'd in
ing. render«*.! distinguished service;
Mrs. Ida M Cumming*, county
is felt that th«
Sunday for a chat.
that 1245 out of 2,000.000 mm with school superintendent, will l«e here
James Mulligan and family are high school education rendered dis- Saturday. April ID, to explain the and it is il« ‘FÎYM
Mr H » ver
visiting the wife’s mother. Mrs. tinguishvd service, and that 5768 millage tax.
"If the rvj »publican party- with
Fhoebe Turner, at Crtldree.
Mr. out of 1,000 OQU men with eoliege state university an i »tate normal.
th«* iiu!«'i «•«
nt rlsmeiil of which I
Mulligan is keeping the Crabtree- •■ducation
rendered distinguished
The above is a synopsis of the ad- an* naturally affiliated adopts a
Scio road in (»asMblc condition with service.
dr«*ss deliver«i bv Professor Corr: sinh forward fa> -king, liberal, c >nstiuct-
a coat of brush covered with straw.
Hr al** showed that university
tM’fore the high school last week It iv«* platform on the treaty and on
HanUam Farm has a ton of fin«1 rhvat and eoll«*ge train«! men earn largrr
«vas
handed to The Tribune by the -our economic iMUes. and if th«' i>arty
hay baled, at 811!; S ton« of tine oat
straw baled, at $12, a fine hickory bug- incom«*» in industry and farming professor on the «lay deliverer!, but pmpiHMM measur«'» for sound l>u»i-
gy tongue complete with double tree, than non college men.
In l«a> Arms
was crowded out In our lust w«*ek n<’M ad miri ist rati, m of th«* ««untry,
»ingle tree, nock yoke and strap», at $»■
Plenty >>f tin«- »«-«-«I com, Golden Beauty. ‘JO out of every I'M) <v»ll«rge men at «iition for lack of «pai*e.
and i* neither reactionary not radi
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8. W. «»AINES.
tained the highest paid and most
It can be seen that the address cal in its approiu-h to our great do-
The county will have to loan a responsible positions as against only
was dellver-d for propagamla pur meatic questions« «>>«1 i» backed by
helping hand to the Pain«’ family a.« 25 out of ever 100 non eoll««gc men,
poses, IxMMting the millage tax bill tuen who ut>d 'ui«h*«li> misure the
Professor Cornish then contended
they are in destitute circumstances
for th«* state colleges.
consummation of them* fHilici«** and
that since higher education justifies
with him in the hospital
While we are not posing as an measures. I will gite It my entire
The medicine man was here last Itself the people of Oregon should enemy to the state collegea we do support.
pa-w the higher educational act May
week with his wares.
pose as the friemi of the Oregon
' While I do not and will not my
21.
"if this act fails to pans,” he
taxpayer.
Ed Kalina went to Albany Mon
self set-k lhe nomination, if it is felt
said. "1000 students will lie refused
While the millage tax bill calls that lhe iasusa necu-^itata* it and it
day to pay hia taxes which were $12
Clearing of right of way will pro
bably lie the tirsi work undertaken. above last year
We have n<>t learned if the portable
What are farmets to do?
Milk is
sawmill ia a go or not.
going down; cheese is down to 25
The Tribune
dresse* High School.
»1.76 THE YEAR
income from th«' millage tax has in
for but
a small
amount. $1.26 on ia demand«!.
I
cannot
refuse ser
the $1000 the professor says, when vice,"
added to the many other
individual
Easter Seprices.
taxes it is atlding we might say. the'
Th«*r«‘ will lie som«*thing tiding at
last straw to the camel's back.
If
all A>e millage tax bills asked for the federated church Easter Sunday
You «»we it to yourself
taxes will be morning.
We are
And with th«* to be th«*rv by all means
prospect that our ««unty levy is to going tv hav«* some of the very l»*st
i be increa»«l, together with the city vocal and instrumental music that
Ii«*v, Baird of Eugene
' special school, ami sp«*<*ial road levies Scio affords.
we are likely to i*e distressingly ov will deliver lb«' gospel message.
, are voted
our
stat«*
practically double«!.
erburdened with
taxes
This year
Parent Teacher*.
tax«i were boosted more than 8u per
I cent, an«! to repeat the dose next
The
Parent-Teacher meeting for
i year and for all time thereafter w February will take place the evening
| bourn! to place a block befor# tlw of Tuesday, April 6, in the high
scho«d auditorium.
progress of our state
Everyone wel
There are many things of more 4 come.
than the
importance to
the state
state colleges.
We could i?««t along
John A. Bass was dismissed Sun creased only 3.8 per cent. The dol without th«* state colleges much bet
lar has falltm in purchasing |><>wer
day.
ter than we ran without the public
to 45 cents, yet operating Costs have
Mrs. Walter Watkins of Jeffer
schools. • The former must l«e rw-
increased over 100 per cent. The
son. who underwent an operation
gard«*d as an educational luxury,
cost of living since 1915 hasincreas
here a short time ago, was diami-wed
while the latter is a m*ces»itv.
«! atiout 90 per cent, but faculty
Saturday.
Yet the state ia now paving nearly
salaries have increased on an average
$300 a year for the college student
"Jim" Trollinger was able to
about 22 per cent.
while it pays but the nigga nil) sum
leave the hospital Wedoewiay.
Moreover, the Oregon state edu
of $10 J>er public school pupil. Thia
cational institution* cannot cut down
ts manifestly unjust and unwise.
SCIO HYDRO ELECTRIC RLANT
expenses.
Already the university
There ia a limit to the amount the
Seaclflcatlans far Roles — S«»i»a and college have a smaller cost per
people
can pay in the wav of taxa
Bids Wanted
student than similar institutions in
tion.
When the tax con»um«*s from
I 380 Poles To be of live l«nug!a» fir,
I cut at the earliest possible date, and lhe country. The average cost per
15 to 20 per cent of the inc«»me the
' ( mw b»I. and plied in courses, with g.Mxl student per year in typical institu
burden
becomes ton heavy. Tax
sued apacera between the layers, and
on the ground, so that the pole« will tions was $325 before the war. The payer* wdl rebel.
j season as much aa poeaiblc
j average cost per student per year in
Mile- -To be 35 feet long. 7-inch top.1
If the c«>lleges would rule out
! and not lee* than 32 inehea circum er- the state university is $203, and in •tudent* outside the state am! from
i ence, <! feet from butt.
0. A. C. $180.
foreign land*, and be a!L>w«>d to
Poles shall be as straight as poeiible, 1
The jjermal. state university and
and in any event »hail not eur- in'
collect a moderate tuition fee, aa
J more than one plane, and must lie uni- 0. A. C^Jiiust have greater income,
the private college is compelled to
I form, and the total curve »brr. tneaa-
and they’can get it only through the
i ured on the inner aide of curve, fr«>m 8
do, they c«>uld then get along. Al*o,
; feet above the butt, to the top, »hall millage tax. Thia tax means only
m«*n are paid too larg«> a salary In
■ not exceed 7 inches for the 33fo.it |»»le*
I and I inch for each add bonai 5 fe- t of $1.26 per $1000 of assessed valua the coll«*g«"< for the ability lhev pos
pule longer
tion of (roperty to the citizen.
For sess.
S«.me of them are lame in the
Hutts to be sawed square an! tup
example, if a taxpayer now pave common«*st branches of education.
ruufed.
There is l»»und to I m * war lM*tween
Ate.«, 2» poles, same aa aboye, lb fed! $30 >>n $1(MM> of aa»"«sed proparty,
long.
taxpayers
and taxeatrrs and now is
Subject to inapretlon anil acceptance this projwwied leviely would increase
of the City Engineer.
a pretty good time to commence it
his tax b> $31.26.
Bids wifi be received by 'be City of
with lhe «colleges.
They ought to
The
higher
educational
act
means
-««> for part <»r all of the jbow ¡ioles
on or before April 10, IWll. aWritiW ' ity little to the taxpayer, but it means, economize and curtail expenses, as
< uuncil reserve* the right tn reject any
If it passes, adequate support for taxpayers will have to do in the near
, and adi bale if nut aauafaclury.
O. H. < YHIH. Qiy Recon’.««.
the deserving agricultural college, future.
I
Damon and Pyllnat.
The film play "Damon and
ias" drew a crowded
Pyth
house at the
Pvopi.-» Theatre Monday night. The
play was preceded
I started
by
a
by a fot«*st fire,
careless
hunter; how
the news of th»* location* of the fire
was transmitted and the methods of
fighting the fire and the great dam
age resulting, all In-cause a caret«*»*
hunter threw down a burning match
without noticing the result
The play "Damon and Pythias” Is
a portrayal of
the world's greatest
exemplification of fnemlship.
The
story furnishes th«1 Lasts upon which
the order of Knights of Pythias was
The entertainment con
found«!.
cluded with a
few views of ".Mutt
—
and Jeff" activities.
E.
J.
Smith, who
recently was
proprietor of the Scio hotel and who
is now conducting a restaurant and
soft drink emporium
in Portland,
came up Tuesday and
waA hobnob-
bing with Scioan* yesterday.
Al Tile Few*»!«*» Thrwtrr
F'«>r this w««ek. Saturday and Sun
day everungs. Mrs.
F rank Mayo in
Weeely presents
The Brule Breaker”
and Lyons and Moran >n
Tick M*n."
"The Tick