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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1919-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1920)
THE SCIO TRIBUNE Independent, fearless, free; Not tied to any party; Will support best candidate for office regardless of party VOL. XXIII SCIO. LINN COUNTY. OREGON. APRIL 22. 1920 NO. :w. ♦............................................................. ♦ A Farmer’» View». T , t I m - Editor : t Your editorial entitled "Why I» it?” appearing in your issue of April 15, ia not only reusing much good comment her«* but in neighboring towns as well. Now I lielieve in everyone being a home town booster until conditions become such as to warrant other- wiae and I sprak without prejudice or malice to anyone Being a new comer here I do no not know of the past ma, hut only as lh<-> present themselves to«!ay. I have lieen moat fortunate in be- ing detail«*«! on work that has taken me to most of our larger surround ing town» where I have had the pleasure of meeting several of the«r buxine-«» men, and quite a numl«er hav«* taken pride in telling «if the busmem and trad«* they are doing with the people of Scio; and what I have heard of our slowness, tight ness and backwardness is far from being complimentary. It is a known fact that tne businm» men make any town just what it is. Show me a town that ha» a business men’s as sociation and a commercial club, and I will »how you a town that ingoing ahead. Business men cannot afford to be at loggerhead» with one an other. The merchants at Albany, Lebanon, Salem and Bortland are either underselling our merchants or the people are trading there for va- riour other reasons. Crabtree if th«* late»t contender for some of the Scio trade. Why? Because some of the roads leading there are better than thoar coming into our own town, ami I for one would rather go five mil«*» farther on a good r<«ad to another town to trade than travel over the di»gra«*e- ful road which lead» thru Richani- aon Gap. Even when we get to town we cannot get to the mill for feed, etc., without going in nearly up to the hub in mud and slush Th«*se con- International STOCK TONIC THREE FEEDS ONE CENT We al*i have International Milk Producer an«! Poultry Food Ser Our Window Ur come in and ask us about it Kelly’s Drug Store YOURS FOR SERVICE When You Come Back to Me., $1.75 THE YEAR f................................... t ♦ SA NT! AM FARM TOBIC8 • J JORDAN ITEMS J • ♦ « ♦ ♦ ............................................................. ... When you come l«ack tome, mv love, I winder shall I find Saturday and Sunday reminded u« The old love flame still burning. Mrs John E iltx wa* a Jordan via- of good weather after so l-mg a time Itor Friday. Or has time Iw-en unkind? yet «re fear our hope» will lie blaiit<*d Oh. will we then lie yearning Mrs Fra«! Bepperling is visiting For clasp of heart to heart; Our che»-sr factory is moving at the Frank B» pperhng home. Or has our love been lifeless turning along nicely, paying promptly in full. Mesdam«-« Bhillipe, I’rivet am! In years we’ve spent apart? j Wortmar» calle«! on the A Arbuckle Mr. Mulligan is doing hi» darned Chorus. i family Sunday afternoon. est to make our impassable r«>ads Whi-n you come back, my lov«M on« 1 passable Chari«* Barrett ami Clyde Thomae Into the jMMt we'll awing; M«»n lay morning farmers’ and Renew the tie« of olden, | motor«**! to laxmrnb Sunday gardeners’ hop«*» were blasted *> far To which we fondly cling Mrs. Haman Shelton of Crabtree We’ll f«*el our pulses quicken as s«*«*ding wax concerned. 11« visiting h«*r »«ns John and Hal With love that will not fail Sunday at the Santiam Farm wax j George Witting ami wife of Salem To cheer iw on our journey a reminder of obi time» as ->ur go«»! * A-down life’» long, long trail. | came over Thursday <>n business and friends came in. Mr. and Mrs. . to say goodbye to their friends, a» If in your eyes th«* lovelight lies. Archer of Seattle with her famous 'having sob! their pnqierty are going With faithful, tender glow. Berrien cat; Mr. and Mr» Clarence Whisper my name in accents low. to California. Lovejoy of Dalia»: Mt, an«! Mr*. If you’re the same. Ill know Mrs. Frank Pepperllng, who has Newton Crabtree, George and Curtis Your heart is free, and Someday wr b«*en quite poorly. ia improving, Happy again will lie. Griffin, Mr and Mrs. J <• ph W« ely N. Schmidt of Saskatchewan. B. C Our love will ever deeper grow. and two daughters We had one of When you com«* back to me. i la here looking for a location. He those old time« we read almut in the Cora IF. fkhtn/tr, Sth. Ort. | says “the winters are too cl<sie to- bible. wh«*re they killei a fat calf, i gether in IT C. Ail dihU rvHMrvesi with iierf»teak. mutton chop». ham II. C. Foltz has taken the job of and eggs. Local Institute I’lE EATER. boarding the latiorcrs on the [lower plant. Mrs. Ilarvt* Shelton is cook- Billy Abbott awakeneil Mon-lay Mr». Ida M. Cumming», county pro tern. morning feeling more than anxious school superintendent, write The R. (’ Bepperling ami wife of Crab to get to work at staling. He Tribune: “The local institute will tree visited here Friday. abuxe«l the weather then cam«' tn be held at the Albany high «chool F. Roydt ia working on the Jordan town. He »ay» it is very at rang»- building on April 24, commencing at hydro plant. that when he ia overcame with the 9:30 a. 111. m. Th«' »peaker» will be work spirit it rain«, an«! when th«* State Superintendent Churchill, J. Henry Neal ami Alvin Bepperling aun shines he is so completely under left for Ros«*burg Tuesday to locate C. Almack. E. D Reader. Dr. V. 8. the influence of lassitude that «-ven Smith. W. A. Eastburn and on a h«on«-»tead. H. C hi» wife cannot drive him to work. Seymour. Thus. Bhlllip» ami family of Ixtb- Salem merchants are reaching out after the patronage of Scio an-1 vi cinity. ditions should not exist, as this is one of the oldest farming districts in Oregon. I f the busin«*«M men do not care to make it an object for u» to trade here, why should we give them our trade? i have »topped doing busi ness with one Arm because they vot ed against school movements, the new electric plant, and also again*t paving Main street. Now my tnxie isn't going to make or break any one, but U m * other towns are always glad to get it. One reason Albany is getting so much of Hie Scio trad«- ia t»-cau««- the merchants are continually adver tising, keeping their good» t«efore the public and invariablv running «me article as a headliner at or below cost, and the pe«ipie fall for it, i*e- cause 10 cents save«! is 10 cents earned, especially at this stage of frenzied finance. Now it may tw true that all of us do not know the existing prices on everything, but ' I we are learning every day It is not , the place for the public to tell the merchant what to keep, but the duty of the busirMoM man to find out what I the public wants; «nd n<> buxine«« man can continue with the old prac- i tice of getting a customer inside and then pulling a gun on him. Therefore it is up to our bumrx*as men to get back their lost trade and keep it. and go out after more. See that the roads and streets are Axed, get the railroad liack. have th«* p«*o- ple »top here instea«! of l«*avi«ig us until we will be clear off the map. Now we have place» of bu»in«*w» here and also some businres m«*n , who would be a credit to any town. > but we only have to look in the mir ror to see Why It !».” j R. E. M antos Farm Bureau Meet. banon motor««! to our burg Sunday to visit hia par«-ntx and plant pota toes. He works in the |>i«[H»r mill. At 10a. m., tomorrow (Friday. Mrs. John Neal, who has been April 23) a big meet of the Linn quite ill, we are glad to announ«*«*. County Farm Bureau will l«e hel«i In is improving nicely ami able to I m * the court house at Ailianv. up again. It la desired that all imrtx of the O r K oon M ist . county I m - represented, for subjects of great importance to th«* farmer will tie discuMied. among which are: Rodent control, drainage, poultry, The ;s-ac«- has b»>en ratified with wool and mohair, livestock improve Germany. ment, ct»-operativ«* shipping, etc. A cigs ret. a pipe, n cigar, and a At m«on everybody will aasemble at the armorv for an Indoor (dcnic, Î jar of tobacco have l«e«*n placed on where a fr«M* liand «-oncert am! com exhibition in the museum of natural munity »mg will lie held with Dr. history. D. V. Boling as leader. Hamilton'» The city adopts plan.« for cleaning store will furnish hot coffee and su the streets. gar free So tak«* your lunch and Gunboat Gertie knocked out Bat enjoy a full day of instructive pleas tling Bessie in Ute third round. ure. Farm bureau members and Union men go on »trike for a two others who desire to liecome mem ber» arc r»|iecially invited. Wear hour dav and fotXI a week. S. V. S mith . your tag Sugar drop« to 90 cent» a pound. County Agricultural Agent. R. C. Pepperlinf, Candidate. R. C. P«*pperling. of n«*ar Crab- tr«H'. made The Tribune a very pl«»a- «ant call Tm-wlay. He state«! to thia writer that since Th«' Tribune’» mention of hi* earn«* for countv com- miMiom-r last week, so many of hia neighbor» an«i friend« hint in»i»tr«l that he »land for the nomination that h«« had <*v«nclu<li*d to do no . and on Monday of thia wi-vk made the pro|«er tiling, no that hi» name will appear on the republican ballot next month Mr. Bepperling is an active, ener getic man of 47 vearx, is a xuee«*»-*- ful farmer and has had nine year» of practical road work experience. He is a pleaxant, affable man to most, practical in hi» view», and will make Commissioner Butler know that hr has been in a rare when the Vote ia counted May 21. Contract for Lumber Let. ' The Unn County Fair Association ha* let the Contract for 233,000 feet of lumtier with which to construct th«» iH-veral building» necensary to house the fair next fall. Th«» «met of the lumber nt $30 per thousand in considerable, and when placed in contrtruc.ion will make $20,000 look »ick When the ground» ar«* paid for and the many other ex- I a-nue« accounted for the fair p«*ople will tin«! the cost not much under $75,000. But then they hnve the whole country to draw from and In th«rse day» when people think in big figure» it will I m * raiw-d as easily as could $10,000 n few year» ago. In the end, however, th«- fair will r«*- turn good dividen«!» tn th«» way of improv«*«! »lock anil agricultural con dition». And ax Scio is a part of Unn county »he will reap some of th«* benefit» and xtmuld join whole heartedly in making the Linn county fair the liest tn the »late aside from the »late fair. R. C. Daniel Write». N«-wtM.*rg. April 19. To th«* fxlltnr; We have a new boy, arrive«! 29th ult. ami we feel lik«* we are succee«i- ing in getting x*«rn«> future help any way. We rx|M.*ct bi set our place out in different kimlx of tM*rriex this fall. You were »pttaking alx>ut this iieing a gixsi country for chickens. It sure ia. Mr. Sandox ha» a neigh bor who is in the chicken busin«*as and is doiny fine. We expect to set our incubator right away so wt* <*an have a few our»elvea. Mr. Sandoz and Mr Mis«, also Mr. and Mr» Bare are well and like the country. R. C. D a NIHX Dr. W. D. Wood of Hillslioro, («wnrniiwionrr Tom Butler wax Washington county, was a Scio visi over from Albany Wednesday morn tor y«*slerday. The doctor is a can- ing endeavoring to arrange for right ( didate for the nomination for secre- of way for publie road through R. j tary of alate. W hile hare tie ¡«aid A. Holteen’s farm at Munkera. 'The Tribune office a pleasant «*all. ' The Tribune learns that disagree We will make further mention of ment between man and wife, who his candidacy next week. Our munty court ha« publish««! are prominent in the social set, to of its plan« for improving the mark« t such nature that it may lea«l to per Scio Sanitary Market. road* during the tiresent year. Some manent separation. Mt us hope 22 mile» are to lie grad«*d anA rocked the difficulty may lie adjusted and Having »old mv interest in the that the family will live happily Sanitary Market, i would be i«lva*-d in which are include)! the road from to have my cr«*dit customers come Green bridge. 4 mile» and 2 milreof hereafter. in and balance account». road from W. W. Miller’» place to License was issued by County Yitrr M i K nksht . interaect the Jordan-Slay ton road. Clerk Russell Tu«*aday for the mar riage of Samuel Shenk of Scio, and Frankie Barker of Albany. A truck loaded with grain had a hard time n«*gotiating the mix! on Bentland avenue yesterday morning The driver was trying tn avoid the deeper mud on Mill street. “Sally Lean.” The high school pupil» will give For this week. Saturday ami Sun their play "Sally Lunn’’ at the Beo day evening» at th«* Be« > pies I li«*atre plea Theatre Wednesday evening, will be presented Dorothy (“Bep”) April 23. First performance 7:30; |Gish In ”|*|| G m Him Yet"; also second at 9:30. | Fatty Arbuckle in 'The Hayseed.”
