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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1919-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1920)
THE SCIO TRIBUNE Independent, fearless, free; Not tied to any party; Will support best candidate for office regardless of party $2,223,094 ASKED BY INSTITUTIONS • - - - Living Costa Expected Io Soar 15 Per Cent. $34,000 Deficit Likely Salem, Or., Aug. 23.- Baaed on the expenditures of the several »tale inathutums for the flrat 19 month» of the present biennium and antici- paled increoaew of U» per cent in the eoat of operation« for the two vear« beginning January 1. 1921, the alate legiidature at its next aession nro- bably will lie required to make ap propriation* aggr«?gating at bast $2,228,091 90 for the maintenance of the Oregon state hospital, the penitentiary, the state home for the feeble-minded, state training school for boys, tuberculosis hospital, school for the blind, state school for the deaf, girls' industrial school, eastern Oregon hospital and soldiers' home, according to figures made available here today. Two years ago the legislature au thorized appropriations totaling II,- MB. 126, but reports now on flic in the offices of R. B. Goodin, secretary of the board of control, indicate that only four of the ten institutions will have sufficient money to carry them over until the next session of the legislature. Out of the total appro priations made for these institutions two years ago there has tx*en ex pended the sum of $1,960,526. indi cating that the deficit by January I will aggregate a. least $34,400. The Harrisburg public ferryboat is held to be unsafe and will be placed out of commission next Sun day for repairs. The Oregonian gives the price of wheat, in Portland, at $2.31 per bushel. Wednesday. SPECIAL PRICE REDUCTION ON Automobile and Fur* niture Polish. Regular $1 00 Polish, now "Xe Regular 50c Polish, now .’We Regular 25c Polish, now 19c These price» good far It days Good Progress dn Power Line Good progrrKM Is now being made on our electric power line. The force has bean increased to «<»n»c 3*5 men Sand had to la» brought from Portland, as all the available «and in thia locality contained to much dirt. The erectl<»n of the poles will tie commenced at oner, holes have in the main been dug. Superintendent lx*onard set* Oct ober I as the time for the finish Recorder Stitch i naked us to state that when the new line is complete, there will la- plenty of water for sprinkling or irrigati m at any time during the twenty-four hours Also juke for washing, ironing and other power purposes during the day or night. Camped at Wilson P»rk The Three A's Sewing Club, cha perone»! by their leader Mrs. D. Thoms, went to Wilson Park last Friday morning to camp until Sun day evening. They all report a fine time, swimming, hiking and eating, Cecil Eichinger took the crowd of eleven with their camping outfits, in his large truck. Sunday evening, enroute home, Mrs. Eichinger Invited the crowd to •top off for ice cream, which was greatly appreciated by all. The Club wishes to thank every one who contributed toward the success of the “Camping party’*. til iii in e aa n wa u W rw» iis'ii»iii«ii Scio Paper 50 Years Old Newton Crabtree handed The Tri bune. Monday morning, a copy of The Scio News, published in Scio, August 25, 1870, II. II. King, editor anti publisher. It is a small sheet. 4 columns to the page, and carried the following advertisement»! Daniel Gal»« was practicing law. E. E. Wheeler was a notary public. E. J. Daly was a sign, house and carnage painter. Dr. II. H. King was prac ticing medicine. John H. Qurener made boots and ahiM*s. W. W. Martin was a jeweler in Saient. J. D. Titus was a jeweler in Albany. Hendry x & Mason dealt in drugs and medieinea in Scio. T, P. Goodman A Co. made and sold harness and saddles. Wm. Davidson wm a real estate dealer and collector of claims. J. M. Johns conducted a dry good» store. Wm. M. Morrow and Brother sold goods for cash or oroduce. J. li. Elgin, carriage and wagon maker. Irvine ami Morris dealt in drv goods and bought wheat. D. V. Baldwin was the tinner. I. C. Dickey dealt In furniture. M. S. Taylor wm a wag on maker. Wheeler and Ostrander dealt in I »aeon. etc. Wheat was worth 65 cents pef bushel, oats 30 cents, butter 15 cents per pound, chickens $2.50 per dozen, eggs 25 cents per dozen, etc. The On-K -n and California rail road ha«! not yet reach« d Salem and a passenger could travel from Port land to Salem in the quick time 3| hours. Kelly’s Drug Store YOURS FOR SERVICE $1.75 THE YEAR SCIO. LINN COUNTY. OREGON, AUGUST 2«. 1920 NO. 2. VOL. XXIV FUND CHARGE TO BE PROVED, AVERS COX Governor Tells Friends He Will Appear Before Committee to Give Testimony One Hundred Years Ago. Occasionally a pessimist peers | through his blue glasses ami bewail« the "grave iaauee" now e»»nfroniing us. We are optimistic. As wi> go hack through the historv of th« Am erican iwqple and compare the pres- eat with the pa»l. we realise that the United States ha» made great progress. One hundred years ago wt* had just bought Florida from Spain for five million dollars. The Savannah, an American boat, had just made the first «U-ainship voyage across the Atlantic, Indianapolis was founded.I Dayton. O.. Aug. 24 A promise; to prove in hia address at Pituburg next Thursday hia charges that the republicans were gathering a $15.- (HMi.otM) campaign fund was made hy 1 Governor Cox. prior to hia departure: tonight on a speaking tour in Indi ana. An inventive genius. Seth Boyd«*n. Governor Cox alm» sent a telegram had just Startled American sports to Senator K«»ny<»n. chairman of the by beginning the manufacture of senate campaign investigating com patent leather shoes The slavery mittee. assuring him of awistanee la issue was keeping a good many Am bringing out the facta ericana awake of nights Congress “In addition to my statement In pasMil a law offering $50 to every Pittsburg.** said < Governor < ol's men informer in cam»« of slaves imported «age in response to one from Srnator Illegally. Kenyon, requesting information, “I In 1X20. Maine was admitted as a will send to your committee such •late. The first steamboat ran on leads for information as I |»>«nena l-ake Michigan, The national debt It will l>e my purpose to assist you was about ninety-one million a tre in every possible way.** mendous sum then; a small oork The governor told friends that he barrel now. •tends ready to appear before ths A year was vet to go by before committee if it should desire personal General Stephen F. Austin planted testimony but doubted if it would the first colony from th«» Slater in be necessary. Texas. “I don't n«*e»l a subpoena." he Go through the newspapet» of •aid. "If they want me I will go.” 1X21 and one of the chief events of September Jury.^ Members of the petit jury for the regular term of district court were Itassn Frit^y last by County Clerk Russell and Sheriff Kendall. Court will convene Tuesday mor ning. September 7, al 10 o’clock. Following are the nam«*aof the jurors drawn: Samuel C. Cooper, (’enter; Joseph Yatsa. Orleans; Sterling II. Goin, Shelburn; Homer A. Dowd, Sunrise; Bert L. Cotton. Lebanon; Robert Chambers, Crowfoot; W. W. Poland, Shedd. Q. E. Pro et. Price; William Lynch. S. Harrisburg; Al fred Hall. Strawberry; William L. Wells, W Halsey; F. L. Beard, N. Harrisburg; R. D. Snell, Albany No. 7; Robert C. Archibald, Canter; Fph- riam Ellis. Waterloo; J. J. Horsky, Albany No. 5; John Burkhart. Price; Vilas J. Philippi, Kingston; Ray Samuel Gourley, Calapooia; Frank T. Thayer, N. Scio; H. Lu Burck, Knox Butte; Walter Witchey. Or leans; L. A. Simona. Sodaville; John Kirkland. Sunrise; John Bender, Jordan. Bert A Millsap. N. Leban on; W F. Pfeiffer. Albany No. 3; Robert P. Howard. Sunrise; B. E. Crimea. Rowland, John Middlestadt. Providence; N. H. Bateman. North Brownsville. Some time prior to the opening of court on September 7, the grand jury will convene, hut the date has not vet been set. , The Medford Railroad, 33 miles, valued at $43X.OOO was aold at auc tion thia week for $190,<»00, a Mich igan man being the buyer. The road is use«! for logging purposes Secretary of State Colby was ex ««*-< -aii« a». - pected to issue the proclamation San Franciscan» expect to oay $1 that Women Suffrage had become the law of the land and that the per pound for their Thanksgiving women of our nation could vote at turkeys. Growers now refuse 66c and the bird» will be acaree. the November election. general inter«»st was. as the historian described it, this: "Mias Sophia Woodhouse of Weatherstield, Con necticut, sends to the London So ciety of Arte samples of a new ma terial for straw plaiting in its raw, bleached, and manufactured state, including a bonnet in imitation of leghorn” After all. a century is not such a long period, the census has unearth- ed a woman 115 years old. and a man 117. No country in the world has made such gigantic strides in th«* last 100 years as has the United Slates. -Popular Magazine. ♦ a» Tait Still lor League Without Reservation» When Mr. Wilson brought to thin country the league covenant as re ported to the Paris conference. I urged, on the same platform with him. that we join the league. 1 thereafter rocotnmended amend ments, some of which were adopted into its final form. Had 1 been in the Senate I would have voted for the league and treaty as submitted; and I advocated its ratification accordingly. I did not think and do not now think that any thing in the l«*ague covenant as went to the Senate would violate the Con-i •titution of the United States or would involve us in war« which It would not be to the highest interest1 of the world and this country to sup press hy univerm^ boycott and. if need be. by military force. I consider that the moral effect of i Article X on predatory nations would restrain them from war as the dec laration of the Monroe Doctrine has done, am! that the requirement of i the nnanimoua consent by the repre sentatives of the great powers in council before league action would i safeguard the United States from any perversion of the high purpose | ALLIED ACTION TO END WAR IS URGED Fall Recognition ol Liberty ol Nations is. Declared Essen tial to Peace Lucerne, Aug 2-1 An ■»tlicial statement imu«*d regarding the con ference» today between Premiers IJoyd George and Gldetti said that the premiers agreed to the vital need of the re-establishment of the {»eacv of th«» work! al th«* earliest l>o«tiblv moment and that the first guarantee of such a peace was to bo found In the various treaties already concluded. “The victor* In war.** continued the «tat»*ment, “«hould Iwilay a spirit of moderation in their enforce ment of terms, and the vanquish«?«! a spirit of loyalty in their execution. With this aim. England and Italy trust that the good understanding reach««! at Spa will lx? further de- «doped to cover all outstanding qusstions. “Before peace I* fully established, however, there nrc a numl»er of Im portant question* to be decided, a malority of which arc indissolubly connecte«l with the march of events in territories of th«» ex Russian em pire. Until peace is fully «»wtabliahed (»»tween Russia and the rest of the world, an atmosphere of disturbance and unnettlement will continue to menace the world. "Therefore the Britiah and Italian governments have been taking steps, In the face of much misrepresenta tion, to r«*»tore communication lie- tween Russia and the world outaido. Therefore, with profound r«»grct. they have just heard that the a»»viet government, despite rc|»«*ate'l aiwtir- ancea to the contrary given officially on It» behalf, in lx»ndon. hn« sought to imp»se on Poland conditions in- comimtible with national indepen* dence. of the league. Moreover. I believe that the issue of the league trana- cvnd^in its importune«» any domestic Issues and would justify and require on«» who b«?liev«»a ao to ignore party ties and secure this great boon for ’ th«» world ami thia country. Phlli- delphia ledger, Aug. 1, 1920. Four Plane» Reach Nome Nome. Alaska. August 22.’ The four United States army airplanes flying from Mineola, N. Y to Nome, arrived her«» from Ruby. Alaska, at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The actual flying lime from New York was 55 hour«. Captain St.Clair Street, hea»l of the expedite»« an nounce*!. The hop-off on the roturn trip to New York will I»« made in a few days. Th«» forest fires of Unn county arc said to now all he under control and moat of them arc entirely out. TIi« clothing star« of Mr. .‘tehenk of Mbanon, wm robbed of $<500 worth of clothing. Tuesday night. ■ ea»--»► A catholic church in Tacoma Will be heated entirely by electricity. , %
