THE SCIO TRIBUNE SCIO. LINN COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 192? BOND SALE TO BE HELD SATURDAY Sec It Go Over Th* Top—$10 Buy* Your Bond For The Gyrn—A Good Thing Saturday the high school will put their bond »ale ’’over the top.” that is. the big thermometer at th* side of Dr. Prill's office will be shattered by the heat from the Are of enthua- iasm of Scio people. The g>>d Mer­ cury is the emblem of speed, and the bonds will sell fast. Mercury is al«> a chemical, used to show ths temperature, and that ia why the thermometer waa built. The beat invesment you can make will tw that bond or number of bonds that you buy there will be n<> gambling with them, they do not •ell at 78 <>ne day and make a sen­ sational raise in price to 140 the next. Thev are »old at par. and will be redeemed at par When you take the high school's bond you are not taking "a »crap of paper.” but lheli promise to repay, you do not donate —you loan. Why. we say. the gym will be the best investment you can make, is that it will tie a drawing card to bring new families to Scio, new children tn the school. Ivsry new family that comes to Scio spends money in Scio. They make Scio a bigs er town, and moat of them make Scio a better low*. Th* mer- chants get the liensflt of their trade, ♦he citv gets more taxee, and as Scio grows the farms near Seie in- Morrison Want* to Know To the Taxpayer* and City Council of the ("Ry of Scio: We have about StiO.OOO or 670,000 dollars invested in a power plant at Wilaoa Park, which no doubt ia a Paying investment co long as we can keep the power and lighta confined to the city and bungle up from 37.- 000 to Si0,000 per year. We have all the business we want, so we will charge the outsider double once for power and lights. Now. I will in­ vest $60.000 or more in a power plant. 1 invest it for business, and soHcit for all the business I can furn­ ish on aa equal basis, or at the same price We have the line all stretch ed between here and Jordan Very near all would take lightsand power if they could get these at th* prices we pay. and this would help reduce ear taxes from 31,000 to $2,000 per year I* it worth while to shut out this business or not? I look at th a proposition as a personal Investment Of course a few hundred dollars ex­ j tra on each one doesn't amount to . much. The worst is not yet. N. 1. M orrison To th* Taxpayers of School District No. 96: The boys are wanting us to help them build a gymnasium, Now. while I think they ought to have i LAND DRAINAGE iS TEXT School Election Draw* The special school election called New Book by Power» and Teeter» ia for laat Saturday. Feb. 11, was Valuable Reference for Farmer» largely attended, the vote close and a» Well •• Student» all seem satisfied with the result. F or temporary clerk. Prof. Tobie was choetn. For director to sue- cred Roy V. Shelton, two name» were presented. N. I. Mortem and Bert Hollis. The vote twi»g spread, the result showed that Mr. Mor­ rison had received 46 voles and Mr Hollis 46. For Clerk, to succeed Mrs Jennie Shelton, but one name was mentioned, Mrs Milo liartu, and she was elected by acclamation. No other busmen» being included in the call for an election, the meeting adjourned "land Drainage' is the name at a new text-book just published by John Wiley and Son*. New York, writtea by W L. Fewer*, chief in soil- in Ore­ gon Agricultural collrge. and TAB Teeter», formerly professor of drain­ age and irrigation engineering at O. A. C The book deal with thr sub­ ject of drainage primarily from the agricultural Standpoint and is intend­ ed as a reference book for practical farmers and as aid to owners of wet land, as well as a test for students A» a text the book tu.s already brrn adopted at the Iowa State college at Ames, and will probably be adopted soon at the University nt California. Fix Your Sidewalk* It will be used next term at thr Ore­ gon Agricultural college. Th«- book ia The city council hereby notifies ail divided Into four parts dealing separ­ ately with the subject» of Arid drain­ property owners whose sidewalks age. district drainage, special drain­ need repairs or rebuilding to do age problems, and drainage »urvrying same Iwlween this dale and the first It is well illustrated, written with a view to interest the reader as well as instruct, and Is a comprehensive treat ment of the subject of drainage W L. Powers, one of the authors, haa been connected with the Oregon Experiment station and «tale college for 12 years, during which time he has assisted in the designing and in- •tallalion of more than *•<<> mile» of tile systems serving 20.000 arre» of land in this •tate. He ha» directed feasibility surveys on 100 project» rovering half a million acres. Nome 60 of these district - have been oigan- iied. comprising 260,000 acres. F’or five years Mr. Powers was secretary of the Oregon State Drainage b - mm la tion, and haa recently been asked to serve as vice-president for Oregon of ths National Drainage congress. Pro­ fessor Powers is the author of 12 bul­ letins ami many report* 11. <5 1 If*. YEAR ARNOLDS CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY Children and Many Friei.da At A'. Golden Wedding Anniver­ sary of W. E. Arnold For 50 years Mr. and Mrs W. FL Arnold have lived near Scio, and on Wednesday they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, "Billie" Arnold was born in Iowa in i860, coining to Oregon with his parent* tn 1862. They settled near Brownsville, and in the year of 1H59 moved to Scio. Mr« Arnold was born in Illinois in 1863, and came to Oregon in 1870. Two years later they were married, Rev. J. W. Ostrander per­ formed the marriage nuptials. All of their children and all but three of their grandchildren were at the w<>>uev, Rev II. B. Iler and fam­ ily and Misses lxritha and Mildred Couey. ss.’ ■* ; y**'* s, o’ April If not done by that time notices will be posted ami at the ex- piratcn of the notification date, the city will perform the work ami same held as a lein upon the property. Do it now and srve time and ex­ pense. Before making repairs or laying new walks, see the street and pub­ Meet At Corvelli* lic property committee. By order of The Oregon Electrical cont< actors T hk C ity C oun < il and dealers as»<>ciation will meet in conjunction with the Oregon Agri* cultural college annual electrical Farmer*’ Dollar Smaller •how at Corvallis March 3 and 4. it According to Congressman Sydney wm announced ln»t week. Many of the prominent men of Anderson of Minnesota. the farmer*» dollar in 1920 was worth title in other the cuaa stales are to be present commodities. and in 1921 it declined and addre-M the public on the work to where it wa* worth lew than at and possibilities of electricity in the any previous time in the history of practical affairs of the commercial world. The «how Is to be educa­ agriculture. tional ami open to the public. All Although agriculture represent» the appliances used in the electrical 30 per cent of th.we engaged in world will be on display and ex­ gainful occupation. Mr. Anderson plained *» far a* possible. state* that it receive» now only lie- Modern methods of illumination tween 16 and 22 per cent of the to­ will be a leading feature of the tal national Income The Producer. •how. Isist year 6,000 to 6.000 Mexican Clubhouse Planned peuple attended the show. dhe. 1 don’t like to pay for one twice. No doubt the school board has invested the $7(M) we voted for ' one a few years ago. If they will turn this in with interest it will be quite a lift; then we might feel like we eould give a little more on one I don't feel like building twice. Boy*, ask the school board for the $700, it cr<-a»e in value because they ar* will be a big lift on the dial. near a city. N. I. M orrison . The gym is one of th* -noet nec­ Announcement essary of school rooms, for it Is one [Editor'» Note With all due re­ that provide* healthful recreation aped to the writer of strive. and to The Mutual Cteamery Co. wishes during the winter month*, when out those who believe as he doe», we are to announces that they have moved door play ie impoeaiM*. How much glad to be able to inform them that their cream buying station to the better it ia to know that the boys the record» of the school. as kept by Hotel Block, also that they have ar­ are at the gvm boxin« or olaving J. F Weacly, who was clerk of the ranged with E. A. Wagoner to oper­ some healthy indoor game than to school board at that time, show» ate same, who promise« continuous have them running the street*, that the only $7ns' from all point* on Southern Pacific can not teach a diseased mind. Iwt at the time, but was never present­ •nd will eoet reral thousand dol- Lines in California. Oregon and Ne­ us do all that ia humanly poeaible to ed at any meeting of the taxpaver», tar*. vada to New Orleans for delegate* make the gym bond sale a sac ease nor was it ever voted on. Hence and their families wh > will attend S10 Stop and think. If you did oo auch fund, according to the rec­ No Passport Needed the Triennial Convention. Conclave not have a high school education, ord*, j of Knight» Templar, to i>e held in why not? Certainly sot beeauae Orders have been sent from New Orleans April 24 to 27 haa been there were no high schools th*«, now foatyou have missed the biggest Washington to F. W. Berkshire, made by Chas. S. Fee. Passenger but beeauae you thought labor more part of your education, do you real­ chief of the immigration service important. Had therejbeen a gym­ ise what vou have misled, and want Trafic Manager. •long the United States-Mexican Ticket* will be on sale at all reg­ nasium in thr community vou lived other* to let school go beeauae it is border, to lift the passport han. and ular ticket agencies from April IK in then, would you have gone? And not an attraction? It became effective Feb. I. It to 23 with return limit May 15. reads ”No eiliaens of Mexico cross­ "You can lead a horse to water, ing the border will at any time but you can not make him drink" is have to show passports, permit*. Uua. Yoa can build and equip the ■ border cards, or any other sort of finest school in the state, but if document. ” there i* not athletic appeal, you can not get th* boy or the giri of prr • thousand horsemen, Sf F a blinding snow-storm E A. Wagoner is spending a great today to attend We want to know wUU a drath - defying ride deal of time fixing up the new that the men and women of tomor­ quarters of the Mutual cream buy- row will be better men and women 1 ing station, and when finished, will than those of today. It ia within our have a second to none. He cont cm - power to make them so. and we are It's a Universal <>ne of CniaoraACTtca greetaet , plates a big buainem. and haa built lurking our duty if we do not fields is in restoration from after and a reputation for square dealing •ffects of acute diseseea. such as make school an attracteon and make Flu, Measles, etc. Have the most I which he claims is the "secret of our school the best attraction modern X-Ray success.” Spmogrsph Work Let's build U m gym! Buy a bond! 4 BOOST FOR SCIO ALL THE TIME li. Z. Seaman, our advertising representative in Salem, wa» in Scio over the week-end. He reporta that business is picking up in the state capital, ami his report ia veri­ fied by a look through our advertis­ ing columns. He is doing good work there, and he is meeting with success. The Fox’ Weekly & Comedy ter health begin men'. II I I IMM. CWWfidif Cusick Bank Bldg., Albany. Ore. Put that sale "over the top.” Good music, good floor. Dance y with the Z. C . B J. Saturday night. Fab IS «nd 19 Wool pool at Scio was sold yester­ day to M Senders, of Albany 23c per lb. was realised for the 20.008 ! pounds sold. I Admission 15c-35c t ;