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THE SCIO TRIBUNE Independent, fearless, free; Not tied to any party; Will support best candidate for office regardless of party VOL. XXIV NO. 7. HIMSELF A FARMER, COX AIDS FARMERS SCIO, LINN COUNTY. OREGON. SEPTEMBER SO, 1920 Malheur la Jubilant From a private letter John Turner of Harper. Malheur county, we learn that old Jupiter Pluviua did not ne glect to visit our far southeast coun ty. Malheur county ha* received rain and the stockmen are jubilant for they expect a good grass fall will result, something they have not had for several year*. Mr. Turner write* cheerfully which leads one to believe that Malheu» is in the line of pro gress and ur-mperity. 11.75 THE YEAR RAIN HELD BACK POWER LINE PROJECT Albany, Ore,, Sept. 28. Special Albany. Sept 29 —Every dav at the Unn county fair will have it* trains from alt parts of Unn county features and each moment will be •>n railway lines October 8, Bigger Nominees Record of Africnfcwal filled with entertainment for visitor* I.rnnt mtv Day at the Lmn Count* Managers Not Responsible for Rain, but the biggest day of all. according Fair, and reduced rates from Octo- Legislation Evidence of Nor lor Shortite oi Cement to plana of the fair aas-mation, will I tier 5 to 9. inclusive, the fair dates, Expert Knowledge be the first day, October 5. when the have been promised by the Oregon One can hear many criticianw from fair will bv opso’ed. Th«-n the build • ectric and Southern Pacific rail- our citizens anent the power line New York City.—A* a practical ing* and ground* will be dedicate«) way companies in view of the ex- fr„TO Jordan these days and the pre- farmer whoa* childhood and young and the starting gun for the biggest peeted influx of visitor* to Albany diction is frequent that the power manhood were passed on th* farm line will not reach Scio this Fall. event of its kind ever known in the during the big fair. where he was born. James M. Cox. A» the program near* completion I Willamette valley will be fired. It Now aa a preliminary remark, let Democratic nominee for presidency, i* upon thi* day that the Unn Coun many special features stand out us say that the manager* of the work realize* the need* and problem* of and girl the educational advantage* ty Fair Aaaiciation want* to see the prominently above the usual run of are not responsible for the weather; the farmer at first hand. He know« po**e«u-d by pupil* in the larger biggest crowd of any day at th* big event* that constitute the ordinary neither are they responsible for the tjie compensation*, material and centers, to remove the cause* of dis county fair. One of the«« is the i scarcity of cement. show. Of course if content with life on the farm and in otherwiae. of a farmer’* life. racing program that ha* been ar they were weather »harp* the build- I For the benefit of those who arc A* governor of Ohio, Mr. Coz ha* this way save the farm from the' able to come, the following program ranged bx Wayne Stuart, secretary j ing of the dam might hav«i com been an originator of legislation in movement to th«- city which waa will be given, subject to minor of the race*, who will act aa starting menced »Miner »mi hurried on to th* interest* of the agricultural in imperiling it* existence. judge on the fir»t day. For the re j completion. change*: Die ro*ter of agricultural legi*la- dustry. Thi* i* told in the Demo mainder of the tinie, J. K. Greer of Addreaa of Welcome It i* perhaps true, that under the cratic Campaign Textbook,ju*t issued tion enacted during Cox'* three ad conditions which have and now exist, County Judge W. R. Bilyeu Eugene will I m - the starting judge. from national headquarter*. Grand ministrations include* the following: Although good horses have been our city dad* would have done well Music . . ls>t>anon Quartette A law combining all agricultural Central Palace. New York City. One Address . lion S. M. Garland lined up for all of the track events, to have let th«« contract for the en of hi* first acta aa Governor waa to activities under jurisdiction of an ag But no one Vocal Solo . . , Sel«K*ted the one that is attracting chief in tire job last spring. order a aurvey of roads in the state. ricultural commission; provision for terest not only in Linn county but knew that we were to have so much Addreaa of the Day The era of road building In Ohio be •tudy of and establishment of a Hon. George E Chamberlain in all the northwest is that to be early rain, no one knew that the gan with thia aurvey, which resulted farm credit plan; protection against Cornet Solo . Mr*. J. Wetmore staged between Phyllis Winn, owned labor *ituation was to be such a in the mapping out of a complete *ale of untested fertilizer; provision With good weather promised, the by Tom Taylor of MedUrd and problem and no one knew that there network of 10,000 mile* of inter for destruction of and remuneration Oregon Rond, owned by Scott Wolfe. wa* to I m - such a, probably nveiless, building* and the track have be*«n county roads to tie together the 88 for diseased cattle; compulsory or This match will be held in addition scarcity of cement. completed, and all hid* fair toward county seat* of the state. Of this chard spraying law. with spraying to the regular «laity racing program No doubt th«wc unexpected condi a record event, for ail superintend- 3.000 miles connecting the larger materiel under license; establishment and will I m - for a special purse of tions will Increase the coat somewhat anta of department* have announced cities, were designed as main market of breeding service at institutional 1400. out not more than the Increase that their respective portions of the roads. The latter to be constructed farms, and the building up of pure Leonard Gilkey, of Scio, superin would have been by letting the con exhibits are being arrange«! with entirely at state expense, while the bred herd* throughout the state; tendent of the Agricultural depart tract. hardly a hitch, while program ar remainder are to be built, half at passage of a pure seed bill; ««tab- ment of the fair ia calling special It is a cam- of "our front sights rangement* are also Iwing mad«- the expense of the state and half at liahment of a producer-lo-con*umer attention to the 225 in prizes that are not *> good *s our hind sights" with little difficulty. the expense of the county in which market bill; provision for proper is being offered by the bank* of and let it go al that. If the dam County Agent. 8. V Smith ha* the road lie*. The program call* for sued corn when Ohio crop had failed; the county for* the best 100 ears can lie conqileted within the next announced that a feature of Thurs an expenditure of 130,000,000 an securing 6.000 tractor* in war time of corn at the county fair, Thia is month, the rest of the work can lie day. October 7. Farm Bureau day. to keep up production; enlargement nually. including Federal aid. in addition to the regular prizes pro- brought to completion quickly. will lie a hor*e*h<>« pitching contest Another achievement of the Cox of agricultural aid through the ex vided by the fair asxocintion. Having so much rain in September between teams representing the Unn administration which was of vital periment station and State Agricul It is the duty of every corn grower may presage good weather for Octo and Benton county farm bureaus. concern to agriculture was the enact tural College. in the county who can do «•> to res ber and a part If not all of Novem The contests will be held in front of How much in sympathy have been ment of the school code. Thia legis pond to thi* call of the banka, who ber. This writer rem«*ml>eni that in the grandstand. lation was designed bv the Governor the agricultural aim* and policies of are showing such interest in pro the Fall of 1870 the regular winter to reorganize the rural *ch<K>l sys the Democratic nominee and hi* par moting corn raising in Unn county, rains held off until the last of 1 le tabliahes standard* of cotton and tem. and by modernising It. central ty i* shown by th* record of the says Mr. Gilkey. eember. the road* being dry and supervises exchanges. izing and consolidating district*, im Wilson administration. Mr*. F. II Pfeiffer, superintend dusty all Fall. Through the Grain Standardiza The roster of national legislation proving educational standard* and ent of the culinary department of While we may deplore the contin tion Act, the farmer has twen enabled method* and giving the country boy ia a long one, filed with measure* of the fair, ha* issued an ap|>eal to the uous rain September brought us and a constructive nature. One of the to obtain fair prices, and a financial women of the county to send In sympathize with those having grain most important was the Federal incentive to produce better grades cakes, pastry, canned fruit, pie*, unthreshed and with the prune has been afforded. Farm Umn Act. which lifted old bread, candies, jellies preserve*, rel growers for their loss, the fine pas The Warehouse Act ha* standard burden* of debt from thousands of ishes. catsuit* and vegetables with tures and advance«! «ceding ia. at ized storage and marketing by pro families. Under it* provision twelve which she may arrange an attractive loast, *>me com p«-nsa lion. viding for licensing of bonded ware Federal l-and Banks and numerous exhibit to show what the women are Anyway, we have to take the Joint Stock I And Bank* are in oper house* and making possible the issu doing in their home*. These entries, weather a* it comes. If our power ance of reliable and easily negotiable- ation, with the result that interest Mr*. Pfeiffer says, must lie In her line builders have done the best they warehouse receipts, as well a* per- rates have declined from 25 per cent hand* bv M o'clock on the morning could and have t>een honest am! fair in some cast-* to 5j per cent, with milling better storage of farm pro- of Tuesday, (Jctober 6. A collection in expending the tax-payers money, mortgages extending up to 35 years ducts. will include six entries «nd a «lisplay let us forgive them for their mis What tremendous stimulus wax Another piece of Iwneficial legtsla- will he more than one i and lew than management and hope that the work lent war-time production by the Gov lion wa* the provision in the Federal six entries, say* Mr*. Pfeiffer. will be completed before the regular Ra*erve Act authorizing national ernment Wheat Guarantee is yet To assist in caring for the visitors winter rains set in. bank* to lend money on farm mort fresh in the minds of Americans. As who are expected in Albany to at gage* and giving the farmer'* paper against a prewar price of 87 cents, tend the fair, the women of the Old Clothinf for Armenian» farmers were extended a Govem- a maturity of six month*. Baptist, First Presbyterian, and ment guarantee of >2.20, and later The Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 Catholic churche* are preparing to Scio Branch of the Red Croat will materialize«! Fetleral and State eo- 12.25 a bushel, for wheat as a war serve meal* (>n opening day stores lie glad to receive old clothing of any ope ration in building and paying for time measure, this assurance ex in Albany will dose and a general kind, especially children's clothing roadway*, the wh->h- program calling; tending to June I, 1920. holiday will tie declared. which will I m - sent to the Armenian*, The policy of the ad in in iet ration in for an expenditure of ItiOO.ooO.btHi.1 carload to leave Portland not later There is one grim satisfaction to of which the Federal Government agricultural matters i* evidenced by than Octolier 10. pay* WOB.OOO.OtM) ami states, etMM- the fact that the greater part of all rhe farmer who did not get all of These people are desperately in tie* and municipalities 2391.090.(MM. the legislation on the statute book* his grain saved before the rain, in need of warm clothing of all kind* of the United Stales which baa for the present decline of wheat, he will The Cooperative Agricultural Ex’ ami some of the old garments, which its purpose the development and aid not lose so much. tension Act gave a great im|>etua to you have hanging in your closet, will of agri’-ul lure ha* been enacted agricultural education by bringing perhaps save a life thia winter. It mtir be that the clover within the last seven year*. Federal ami State governments in Leave any contribution that you can will yet be saved. cloee touch for dissemination of in make of thi* kind al the Scio Con formation among farmers by t*-r*>n- D. J ll.lu.cth has sold hi» big The iirat Parent-Teachers meeting fectionery as soon as possible, where al contact For this work 28.68<i,iMMi farm east of Scio and will remove to for the present school year will oc it will he taken car* of by the Red will he annually available by 1922. Portland next week to spend the cur in the »chool auditorium <»n the Croat Gambling in cotton ha* been for winter. Mr. Hildreth i* one of our evening of October 7. All parent* At the l*e«>|»lea Theatre. Saturday ever ended by the Cotton Futures substantial citizen* and we regret to are urged tn come out and get ac and Sunday. Wm. S. Hart in ‘‘Sand", quainted with the new teacher*. | Act, which regulates marketing es- hav* him leave u*