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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1919-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1920)
OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. ■ Cone ret« monuments ar« to be u««d by Laa« county lo marking th« Hu« of county roads F H Crosby. Oregon pioneer of !•<», a r««ld* ut of Albany, died la that city a«r«l al moot »3 years Member« Of the Northwest Water front Employer»' union will hold their ^biennial tno-tlng In Portland April 10. Form* r President Taft will ¡cctur« St Hah m May 30 under th« ausptcos uf the students of Wlllamett« university Striking laundry workers al The Dallrs have returned to ihelr positions, pending arbitration of ths wage ques tion. Th« capacity of tb* state pheasant farm In Lane county ta to be doubled this year, according to Gam« Warden Shoemaker D. A Oavla. 1» year» old. employed as a deck band on tb» stsamer DI» patch, was drowned la the Coquille river near Randon. County fair »tuck totaling llh.AMr has been subscribed at Heud and enough more haa been guaranteed to make up an «ven 330.000 Fifty superintendents and principals of tb« Eastern Oregon School aaaocla tlon attended th« annual meeting of the organltatlon at I-a Grand«. Fruit growers of Marlon county rw- port orchards to I m * tn a very promising condition Foreboding» of great dam age last winter have not been r«alla«*d Total depoalta In the banka of th*- atat« on F* bruary 33. l»20. aggr* gated MT3.433.737 S?, a dservase of S27.«»7. »66.46 sluce the call ef Novsaibsr 17. I. A branch of the state taxpayers' league 1« iM'Ing organised In Hood HIv <-r county to combat the Non-Partisan league and Its alleged Onqcon afftlla tlon. the land and labor league. Th*' d*|>artment of the Interior haa notified water users In the Klamath Irrigation district that the l»30 rale for operation and maintenance will be a minimum of 32 Instead of 31 36 for each Irrigable acre Income and aiceaa profits taxes ag gregatlng approximately Sl.0V0.0ou.lKN> have been paid Into the federal tr«as ury aa the first Installment uf the na lion's tax for 191* Oreguu s portion was over 37.000,000 A couf«ren<-w of Morrow county school principals. dln>ctors and teach ers at Heppner passeol resolutions rwc- »mnuudlng the salary of school su per1ntcu<i*-nt be fixed at S300O per year and a minimum salary of 11600 fur teachers. The <)r«gun public «ervloe nommls alon will hold a conferetwe with m«m bera of the Idaho public service coin ml»«loa. officials of the Idaho P»w«r compaay and the ill»»« Irrigation power user«, at Oatarto. Malheur »oun ty. oa April 8 With the object of «rganlslng th« sheep sad goal ralaars lit Dowgla« county. Agriculturist C. J Hurd has called a meeting wtglch «rill be held la Itoaeburg April 3 when the breed era will be urged to Improv« the grad* of their herds. Hto* km*-« In th« vicinity of iMxlc and Durkvw are grvAly worried con earning th« feeding si tun (Ion oa Ik* At pros •srroundlng cattle range« eat the grass Is «carve on th« low hill« and there 1« a« graas at all oa th« higher altitude« Two awn charged sri’h «villas «r chard tracts for th« Maxfasa Imnd compaay w«r« temporarily detained tn l*ortland by H J Hcisulderman. «tat« csrporatton com ml«« low er, and com pelled to return mon<ty advanced by aevm purchasers of ths lands _ The minimum scale for common la- I *bor In the varloua sawmills of (Wo* per Bay haa t>- en Increased from 84 day to 3’. .10 per day. as th« result of a conference between five employers •ad five representative« of th« M>yal Izgion of Uiggrrs and lumbermen Ham 1 Koti-r. assistant «"c re« ary of state, has mailed out arvwal thousand pamphlets containing a digest of the eb-vtmn laws of Orwgwa Tbs psm ph let Is a biennial product of the sec retary of stateW office and In much sought by voters and of the holders la all sections of Oregon Th*- state highway commission has requ'sied the state board of control to Issue 12.600 000 of bonds to meet government aid la the construction of poet and fofwnt roads In Orv<on under the provisions of ths «ooprrative fed- , •ral aid law enacted at the special «•■« sion of the legislature last January The Marton county grand Jury Is «1- pert rd to resume Its InvrstUsiloa of the affairs of th« stat« treasurer's de partmeat thia week after belts .» gaged with other business fur several dart The auditor« employed by the State to eiamlne the books of the treasurer will complete their work on Thureday Tbetr figure« and records probably will b,- turned over to Attor ney General Hmwn and later submit ted to the grand Jury tor constalcraOou A large number of ca .« f>-.it*r» from Vmsillla. Wasco. Gilliam. Babur. Wallowa and l’r.t«*n countl«» tn oi I-a Graade to attend th« first annual cal lie feeders' convention The law enacted at the l*t* • *»lon of the legislature providing for a tai of I cent a gallon on gasoltue and 4 a cent a gallon on di* Ulate »«Id in Oregon han returned to the state up to March I. l»3u proeveda totaling * i '0. »12 33. according to a report prepared by Hain JL K*>a»r. ant •rcrrtary of Mat«. John L Rand, attorney of linker, will be appointed a m»tnb*-r of th« board of higher curricula to succeed A <1 Reals of Tillamook al the erpira tlon of the lattei'« term Other mem b«ra of the board are Jonah R W Isa. Fortland. t'harles A Hrand. Roseburg; J E Hodge«. Oregon City, and C. J. Hmltb. Portland. Forty head of purebred Hereford cat tle were sold al I-a Grande rialurday at public auction by Andrew and Gar rett Rlohland The bidding was very low. probably due to the bad wratber which prevailed Ridders from I'nl n county. Rond and Raker bought th« stock, the total amount raised by th« sal« being 310.MS0 Governor Olcott. acting upon a re- port from Dr. W H. Lytle, state veter Inarian. that a contagious dlaanae of •heep known aa «cables exists In prac tically all stale« outside of Oregon, issued a proclamation abrogating the present quarantine and making more drastic th« regulations attendant to the shipment of these animals Into tbs state. Two new sawnillla will be erect'd In th« upper Wilianielte country eoutb east of Eugene at one«. E E Huilth and aaaa» lat«*a. under the nan» of the Oakridge Lumber ctmipan; and «ho recently bought 7,miu.0wi fief of gov i-rnnient timber un Malmuii creek above that town, have bought the niaihln ry for a mill of 35. IKK) feet capacity The other mill will t>e erected by the Ed ward« l.umb* r company al lam-luv and this plant will have a capacity of SlkSfM fewt. Purchase of Hwan Island and remov al of the west half of It from the river, closing of the pre«* ul crooked, danger- oaa east channel and the creation of a «freight west channel ItuO feet wide, together with th« construction of a gi gantic mole ou the east «Id*- of «an Island, providing terminal and dock«*,, facilities superior to those of any other city os the Pacific coast, form the sail nt features of a 8l0.000.60o harbor de velopwtil plan submitted to th* Port land city council by a committee of fif teen Eighteen thousand acres of Indian lands in the imstllla Indian r>** rva Gon will tie learned upon sealed bld» on May » Announcement of the avail ability of this land for lease has been made by E L. richwartslander, super- Th< r« iatendent of th« reservation are about 30» parcels In the off-ring. Not more than »00 acres can be leased to one person. The rules under which the land Is leased also provtd« that two year lease« only will be expected ex< «pt when both parties agree io a four tear lease According to W 11. Canon of the Roseburg Vnlted States land offl* --. In qulrles concerning the Oregon and Cal Ifornla lands are coming In al the rate of about 100 a day. Although * onald- erable Interest io manifested In th*«« lands the rush that was «ipect*-d prob- THE FORDSON TRACTOR I lave you ordered your Fordson yet? If not you should order yours today for immediate delivery. $935.00 at Scio FRED T. BILYEU - - SCIO. OREGON Authorized Driller •bl; will not Buirilallx* Mott of th« rvqu* ala for Int- rn ation are from u servlc« mm who dealrv* to exercise their prvfirrni right* It 1« expae -ta*d that th*-re will be a large number of filing« wb*u tin lamia are opened t« entry Attorn*;« for th* settlers on the cen tral Oregon Irrigation wgregat Ion mad*' th-lr first definite more In a -ampalgn to ouat the Central Oregon Irrigation rumpaay from control of the Irrigation system and th« lamia which it water«, b, filing a suit In equity to prevent the company from collecting any maintenance <-harg>a or from rn forcing the collection on outstanding -ontracta until the irrigation system la put Into condition to supply water for the acrvag« which ha« already been purchased , The fruit «Ituatlnn throughout the Wlllam*'ttv valley 1« good «icept In tn ■lance« where the tree« and vine« were winter Injured, «aid J O liolt, manag er of the Kugvne Fruit tlruweis' aaao elation and field director of the Oro goo Grower«' association. after a trip through the valley. Mr. liolt any« that all loganberry vine« that had not l<een trelllaed before the free»** came are In fine shgpe. but aa a rule the vine« that were up nt trellis-» were killed down to the snow 111 - There 1» a vigorous growth of new «hoots on thewe vines Fourteen cents a pound 1« being of f«r**d by Halem buyers tor tbw straw berry crop for 1*20. according to ao- aount■nx'iit Hwerai contracts at this price have been executed while other grower« are «aid to be considering th« offer It 1« aald that the product la for shipment to eastern markets for use of a fruit Juice corporation Th« loganberry situation remains unchang ed and quite a number of contract« ar« being written at 12 cents a pound, dal- m tanners are meeting with n»s •tderahle oppoaltlea this season. a num ber of outside b*IV»V« being OU ’b» ground al tb< praseul ttau«. TRACTORS IRACTORS LR ACTORS On«* we con We have a tractor which we offer for your a|ij>ii>val yfuarantee to du the work, and do II right. wwe have < >NE < >N THE I I .< m >K — Com« ami see it. It is the* latest rtuMiel out. with all th«* latest improvement*. BARTU MOTOR CO Agi-nis for the ('LETRA! OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT I < oìlipli t<» timi nm stock fresh and (•lean h lino of Spice« and in ( ’(> tl <»(* . ('aiinrd (»ooils, fact, everything needed for the tallii». The Oregon lx-agu<* of Women Vot ers. with headquarters In Portland, filed article« of Incorporation at Nalem The officer» and Incorporator« are Maria Hidden. Portlaud, president; Josephine fMbua. Portland, recording secretary, and Thella Hcruggs. Portland, tram- cuter. KIBLER 8 GILL GO Scio Produce Company Wants Your Business Will pay Cash for F-g({"* Poultry, Veal. I log«. I lidr* Will buy ( ream in any quantity and |>ay the hiwhest cash price foi it. Let us get acquainted. If you have a grievance make it known and we will endeavor to rectify it. Bring Us Your Cascara Bark We will xive you a Square Deal FRED GISELMAN, Proprietor ♦♦♦
