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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1919-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1921)
I Second Section 8 Pages VOL XXV. b --------- , Subscription $1.75 Year •SCIO. LINN COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 15. 1921 NO. 18. . a -------- ---------------------------------- Environments of Community M" iff --------------------------- — —- Written by the F.litor. ■M SI.«5 THE YEAR At Ninety Three In what is localy known aa tbe Bilyeu Den." near Scio, Linn coun ty. Itvea Nancy Ri'yeu. "SCIO" MEANS PEACE Written by Rll.E'i SiiKt.TON. of Scio r..^. , , who wa* .... ---------------- M Prior to 184? there wore four same place where the Masonic Cem When this paper announced s few to take *sre of the wants of the people born in Tennessee, November 10. weeks ago that it was going to publish In the construction Une. In this line 1828. She has resided at her pre- «rulers in the forks of the Santiani etery is situated south of Scio. Mr. u combined Christmas and Rooster edi there to no incentive to g •t awsy frvm •«•nt home «8 years, or more than an Country near where Seto was in Woods had a store north of Scio on lion, it was with the tdea of giving the home to get your building material and 1856 located. The Donation loca the Donation Claim of Preston averedge lifetime. She waa the pewpie s ,»a|wr that would meet with yuur n**-«b* for repairs. tors prior to 1847 were John J M tinkers, later moving his store to instant fayor and do justice to the ad Th« automobile bu*m« * has grown mother of 14 childten. of whom elm- Crabtree, wife, and 13 children. Sdlo. Turrer A McKinney had She haa 31 grand vert iser and reader, and at the same to enormi h :» prop» n* in th« Isst few are now living Frederick Thomas, wife, and 10 the first store in Scio, selling aame time truthfully ¡ortray the wonderful years, and thi calta for service station« children. 4G great • grand • children children. Nathaniel G. McDonald, to E FL Wheeler. William Mckin- ¡msaibitities of thia section of Linn in nx*»t every ts • im ! corner through and 11 greatgrsat-grand-eHildrsn wife, and eight children.one settler ney sold hia interest in Scio to Hen- county. out the, length ami broiutth *»f our fair 97 living decendanta in ail. This was the first section of the coun land. and Scio ii well taken care of in being a bachelor. Horace M Brown rv Turner, his partner. Turner She waa horn when John QUincy ty settled when the pioneers began ar this part»cular Of course there IS a In the fall of 1847 many settlers sold the flour mill to Irvine and Addama waa president of the United riving by ox team back in the '40*. am! F'urd garage I i* whst community arrived, moat all from .Missouri, lie-, Murris. E. FL Wheeler was first 1 ho*»» good old pioneer families are still wuuki be alive «■I uptodate witta>ut, States. At the time of her birth reprosented bv their immediate family. on«? and F‘r«-d T. Itilyeu is th«» opera- ' Andrew Jackson, a great Teencsw sn ing the families of Cyrus. Shelton. ' postmaster. F'red Hill hail the first Bilyeu. Curia, and other families drug store. FLI Grimes built und I he> recognised that the north forks of tor and authorized sales agent for all had just been named for presidency xnd supplies. »i.ppli«*» He has the '-antiam, by which this section of F'ord product« And in 1851 ami 1852 many other «el-1 ¡o|>ened the first hotel. Jacob Boice, by fsipular vote. • ho county is known, came a* near be worketl up a lucrative trade and enjoys tiers arrived from various states. jin 1859 or I860, taught the first The total vote of the United States ing tin- Garden of Eden as could be the respect a 1 confidence bf the |M-«>ple Elijah F, McKinney and wife taking «chool in Scio, Dr. Boice was th«- found and ¡»itched their tent and staked hereabout*. Then there to the 8ck> cast in that election was 1.556.328, up their Dooation I .and Claim of first doctor. A Mi Grant taught their fortunes here ami they have not Garage, which <i agent forth«' Dortand The imputation of the country as regretted it. one need only to travel Elgin cars, and it atoo enjoys a trade j given by the census a little more 320 acne. On the north portion of i the first school in the forks of the «■vc. thin little valley to prove our state second to none in tjw valley. They do thia claim is where the city of Scio Suntiam. In 1858 the Christian all « .rs, not linuung ,h,n * blUr W” l-,'W^ W0 ment. Here will be found well im repair work on sli cars, not liniiltng : is situated. Mr McKinney InOeto- Church denomination built the first ««ill. The WM not unt^ f°ur /»« ms later proved farms, stocked with purebred thems|-lve* to tic ear* ears th«-v they sell. The ber 1855 deeded 128 acres of hto church building. Abraham Osborn head* (the real blue ribbon winners I, Rartu M otor Co* i« tbe third eoncem that .Morse conceived the idea of the the l«e»t strains of laying poultry, and dointf automobilr repairing, and sales electric telegraph. It waa not until claim, being all the land he owned Sr. had the first blacksmith shop. oa the north side of Thomas Croak, Peter Bilveu had the first livery happy, cun ten ted farmers. May 24. 1848. that the famous tale- I hto i* also one of the beet dairy dis cars and < Ir'r.i. tractors !' a btM . ■ .. . ..... to William McKinney and Henry stable. A Mr. Gilkeraon hail the are elm.,- - !■ Wha‘ hath < ..xi wrought’ trict* of the state, having a ready mar Turner, of the firm of .McKinney A first harness shop.. wires, the first ket f<»i more than the present herds game and an w »rki it up a lu«-rative w*" ",'n* over th® Turner. This firm built th«- first Scio was named by Matilda Mc evocation ine«ags of its kind in history and can furnish. The llenningsen people busirn-*« in V flouring mill in Scio, and in Kinney, wife of said William McKin And our st«-»». Tin« t.«ry would not 1 une that worketl a marvel in the operate a c«md«-nser here that can han the same firm platted and laid out ney, and she said the daflnition of dle nil the milk that to produced, their bo complete without some roferrnee U. worW of catU>n. plant is capable of handling six times the several «tor» - Io ,»t««l in Scio that i —, u . . . , . , the original town dte of Seio into the name was peace. Mrs. McKin -.to id J* n"1 F*"10«"!* •»*» •»<*« the amount of business now coming to town Iota. In a short time F: E ney was the mother of a large fam it. The Swift interests also maintarna order that th« n« «- t* of the community **K*,f* in An erica when Mrs Bilyeu Wheeler platted and laid out Wheel-' ily of sons and daughters, she hav buying station here for the purchase of may safely »i i quickly t>e met. Tm waa born. She was Imrn In Nuvem- er's Addition into lota and blocks on ing d»|>arted thia life in thia present milk ami cream, produce, livestock and stocks carriot I«» tfi «tort»« total tier and In the January following the South side of Thomas Creek on year, was « good Christian Plonser, poultry. There is also a mutual or in- many thouaan I ..«.*. .rd to therefore the |(WlMnoUv< "Amanca.*' the first d<-p< mlent buying station, ready to take a convenience th.,t p< rhapa to not fully . .. . the east side of Main Street. r nd administering many noble ami kind MVrr. i.UxIbvt l.uv ig public. These j th" <W>ntr* a,rtw‘ ,roW can- of business coming to IL There is William Bilyeu platted and laid out acts to many pioneer families. We atoo n possibility of the Richardson Gap far seeing men have made it «uwy for England. Bilyeu's Addition on the south side acknowledge the goodness uf this A life that tx-gan back when the <>f Thomas Creek on the west side . < hee o factory being remodeled and the public to g- t w hat they want at th«- again ¡«ut in ojieration. This opens an- time they want it. uf Main StFret. James t’url had . noble woman and thank her in the I at a rca*on«bto United States waa only In Its begin- «■'iiet ■»«•■me for more milk with plenty ¡«iee. The h>" merchant hss prob nln<w oW a-BerU the first store. later Howe and naming of this beautiful city on the k m« to that ar*« "tri r»i«il* known ’ . * . , Atwater conductot a store at the I dear waters of Thomas Creek of c!" ■ *•' fat ¿th. public- -edy be and the imMvidu. r-p,,h* U,r‘m,rh * ,n6otMs lb» above is not ail that to here for jouney 68 years ago. and that hers chamc, Jan. 2- March IM. the convenience of the producer. The al customer kn. w. HELP YOUR LOCAL PAPER Wood is ch« j |> and h»n ly, ami thia is took up and carried on the work of lug flouring mill, known a* the Pheas Eleven weeks course in dairy nianu- Iton't make fun of your local |>a(>er. ant Mill, is one of the beet of its kind atoo a large fa» tor in th« upbuilding of the pioneers, is ■ career eztraod- faetur*. Jan. 2-March IM. It has possibilities of being a« guts) as in the Wiilarnctte valley, being pro the community J ■.-t to the east of the jnary.- Oregon Journal. Nov. 23. Eleven weeks course in general agri any in the country—and remember that pelled by water power from Thomas city then -nt* of «landing i culture. Jan. 2-March 1H. it reflects ths community in which it to creek, which runs through the city. timber that are rij* Eire months dairy herdsman course, published, and it to the one product that This mill is capable of handling all the some of it is over-ripe, and these tracts ’ Jan. 2-June 10. grain that can be raised here, and mills must soon be cut, anti Scio is the logical i Weed Seed The homemakers conference will not goes to far places bearing the town trade mark, it deserves the best you a flour under the Pheasant brand that center end trading point for the mills be held in connection with farmers can give of active support and sympa to hard to beat for soft wheat flour. It that in the near future will be hum week, but will receive special attention thetic understanding. A Chicago professor Is to beered- during the week beginning March JU. also does a general milling business. ming on the lember that will be cut , Give the editor news, whether it ben J. I). I'«nsmore has just erected a from this stai i ' • Un ' . r There is at ited with the biggest "bull” In efits you or not. f«<<! mill and installed the necessary present just one drawback to Scio—w years, o. *. c. a.au asMiMi.KM Ihm't ask him to print it on the front machinery for grinding all kinds of railroad enter* it. but there will be une i Wheat from frosted fields to bring He deliberately got himself in feed. sixi he is meeting with signal suc when this vast timber i* tapped. There 1 held in considerable amounts by farm page and just the exact way you hand bad with all womankind. cess. lie is already compelled to run to good cofinty road*, however, and in ers in the mountain diatrictsof Dragon. ed it in. And what we want to know la. 1. Thia badly pinched and damaged grain Don’t worry lest the editor makes too overtime to All hia order«. Mr. Dena gress and egress is eaay. Nearly every more is also a stockbuyer and local rep- body owns an auto. Is he color blind? or, 2. Was ha talk- io worth more for ford than anything much money. If he's prosperous, he’ll rrecntativv of the Fisher Flouring Mills The city of S< i<> owns it* water ami mg for exercise? etoe. an it will sell only on sample grade be foolish enough to give his community a better paper, that’s an editor's ambi of Seattle light plants, and only this fall complet The Blondes in hto class went rad and nomallv bring less than its value as tion -that's why he engages in theimh- < ontrary Ui the beliefs of some peo ed the power plant at Jordan. 10 miles feed on tbe ranch. will furiush ad- I he White Brunette, lieity business. ple-. th« re can 1*- bought in Scio all that east of th« city, whi lietertoralion of the spray outfit to Tell him whan he has a gocsl payer. to necessary in the construction of a equate power for all m i* of btiwiuesa turned crimson, and the red-headed often greater in winter than during th» homo, ai*l this particular part of Scio's enterprises fur yean to ■ me, ■* well girls hml to be held down nr the active season, finds the de|>artment of \ ou are willing to congratulate your l»ce «.« opportunittoe to cared for by as tight the city ami ii.. hom.« of her ''prof” would have itecome extinct horticulture This loss ran tie avoided preacher on a good sermon, and your merchant on an attractive window dis the io lagging & Lumber Co. This dtisrna. Thi* to an meertiv. 1«. pro.- Re b aJready ..t^rleacnt. by cleaning the machine thoroughly and play. The editor to no toss grateful evt rern handles nothing but the beet pertive business enterprise«, beeause oiling all unpainted surfaces lie fore Yessir. he deliberately said "Afri fur a word of pratoe. ar*l have liuilt up a nice trade in their of the cheap power rates that can be ob- ■ storing. AU worn or broken parts Make it a point to visit the print shop line by honest dealing and fair price*. tainod from th«' city for business pur can dames la more cl assy than you should be either repaired or replaced ami learn of it* difficulties and complex They also do alt kinds of planing work, ¡loses. Electricity is the motive behind 'jazz liabee’ can ever hope to be. before spring. ities. Al toast that will give you a aid guarantee the beat of service and nearly all aucceMful enterprises, and You ‘guilt’ are fair lookers, all the more charitable attitude. The pa|a«r satisfaction. Then there to the planing this will prove true in the near future same it takes an Iggorote or a wild should not be the priaiuct of the editor null of W. J Chromy, who also to able j fur this worth while community Uberian damsel to show the stuff.** solely, but of all those who ar« Inter 5BX3E3G Tan you get next to a thing like ested in it as friends, contributors, and girls ck b summer school next Prix« Money Received readers or advertisers. Kouthlaml Far that? A high professor, also a mar Rome of the important rmluction* for mer. year ried man. saying a thing like that to wastbuund artirk-s includol in "The elub alro exhibited at the a i oomful of girls? F rom the Earm Bureau section of Southern Pacific announcement Pacific International and won first When the Chicago river and Lake freight rates are dry gumi*. iron the Sunday Albany Democrat, we Running (h'trtimt No» and sect tai prizes. clip the following: "The Scio Sheep Michigan were so handy. And guan steel, tin plate, glucose prodin ts, "The club is increasing in size for (binary, refrigerators, pitch, turpen so cheap. Myomy. Club wa* organized April 19. 1921. “e,Member J. D, lienemorv an tine, roein, glass, vehicles, furniture, the coming year "I’ll bet a drink of hair tonic toa with live members. Mr Orville paint, beverages, cash register*, coal, nounced his intention of erecting a feed free lunch sandwich his wife divorce« canned goods, linoleum, drugs amt soap mill In Hcto, the third one of Its ty|m Gilkey, one of Scio's beet farmers, 9 was selected as leader. All club him within six weeks. Hut he was The important east-bound articles in ■ south of I'ortland in Oregon. It was Horse Nearly Drowns a brave man all the same. Yessir* elude borax, vegetable«, hope, kapue, ' then ¡»Ians were made and blueprint« uu-mlwrs started with purebred lumber, coffee, grape syrup, pick Ini furnished by a flrin of Portland engin- reelxib, he was you know. stock A judging tour was held in fish, infusorial earth, feldspar, ps|>er. rem. which were unsatisfactory arai had this community, and all dub mem- Charles i'letka iruil In ford the to bn changed before building could >■» flour and nuts bers in the north end of the eouaty creek at the old f»»rd near the mill, Advices received by the Southern 1's started. last Thursday afternoon ami did not | Finally, about the loth of October, cific company from the east indicate were present Farmers week at O. A. C. has been that th» 10 per cent reduction in rates nearly a month later than was planned, "Specialists were secured from atop to think how deep and swift aehetiutod for liecwmbrr 33-31. Mmren on agricultural products recently an construction was started. Much slower the c l lege to help the youngsters the current might lie. but just as a winter »bort c«*irse» in latest farm nounced by the Association of Railroad than was rspected, hut steady work tit and get the sheep ready to show precaution be got off of his wagon practices developed by the experiment F.veeutivas. will not become effective < put the mill in readiness for use just at All the «heep in this dub are Shrop and onto the Imck of hi* grey mare station will run aa follows: before Jan. I. 1922 According to the the time the flood came, but the mill two weeks rmirse in fruit and vege Southern Pacific freight department was not damaged. When the jsiwer shire«. and so the work was benefi In fording, the other animal fell.. tha effective date of the reduction on was turned or» after the repairing of the cial to all. Prof. H. A. Lindgren an»i was under water for a few sec table growing, Dec. 3-17. Four weeks course in beekeeping. farm product* will be set at least ten ’ lines from Jordan, the motor under the gave one full day. Sheep from this onds befor he cvuld regain hia foot-' days or two weeks before the reduction floor hummed its tune and every wheel Jan. 30-Feb. 25. Now t'harly thinks its a good w dub were exhibited at the county Ing Prompt and part of the mill functioned piflper Four weeks course in grain grading. actually becomes effective. and state fair«. The two boys ex policy to go a few blocks around jan. p.yi, t will then be given to the ly. thnlers are already in excess of the | mill's output. ks CMirse ia tractor bit mg both w<4> a trip to the boys and cross at the bridge. i I