The Scio tribune., April 05, 1923, Image 1

Vol. 26
THE SCIO TRIBUNE
I1.7Ä the Year
PROSPERITY IS
SURELY COMING
Faith in the Future of the Com­
munity Shown by Many
• Enlargements
I luring the past year there has
Iw.-n every indication of the faith
of the business men of the commun­
ity in the future of the Forks of
th«- Santiam. Businesses that have
m-.-n idle for a considerable time
have been rejuvenated, new enter-
pr ts--s started, and on the whole a
general revival of the old time way
of doing business in a small way and
then expand.
The flouring mills at Jordan was
one of the first enterprises resusci­
tated after a long period of idleness,
and S. J. Bender, the new owner,
has put a lot of monev into the
plant and is now beginning to reap
the reward of faithful attention to
business
He manufactures the
“Snowpeak” brand of flour and also
grinds feed, which is quite hsmdy
and introduces a saving to his many
patrons thera.
The Scio Flouring Mills, better
known as the Scio Mill & Elevator
Co., is another one of the properties
that are valuable, but had been al­
lowed to die an unnatural death.
In the early days this mill was the
nucleus around which the farmer
and the millmen came together for
mutual prosperity, tnat ia. here is
where the flour was ground or the
fi < d chopped for payment In wheat
or other material tnat was being
grown in this section. Now the
mill is in new hands, ia being reno­
vated from tup to bottom, and toon
wdl l>e milling 30 barrels per day of
the famous “Pheasant” brand of
flour. I>eaidee making the mill in
reality a feed mill for the wholesale
of fee«is
The mill ia operated by
water, t»eing of the old watei wheel
variety, and in the new hands will
prove a blessing to the farmers here
in the Forks of the Santiam.
The next rejuvinating dooe was
the starting up of the Scio Logging
A- Lumbar Co. Thia mill has been
d<>*ed down for more than two
years and therefore the reonening
and the employment at the start of
m re than 60 men, shows that bus­
iness tn the Forks is not so slow, and
SCIO OREGON. THURSDAY, APRIL 6. 1923
SOUND REASONING
FROM COL. HOFER
the Scio Mill, is the largest of the
other» here, and its payroll will
probably run rinse to (3.000 per
month. W'e are sorry that our in-'
formant, or the party whom we
aakeii to get us this data, has failed Salem Statesman Says < ornmg
because we wanted to tell what we
of Oregon Electric Into
had here, ami the reason for the
Santiam Sounds Good
establishments of them.
In local circle», the moat notice
The contention bv Col E Hofer
able of the «mterpri»»-» has been th«-
that the construction of a line by
enlargements of the two meat mar-1
the Oregon Electric into th«« San­
kets ami the installing of refriger- i
tiam country and th«- full develop­
ating plants. This makes them up
ment of that country, would rejuve­
to date in every particular, ami en­
nate that property is sound reason­
ables them to keep their meats fresh ing.
and sweet for an indefinite period
With a'l the available water for
This gives Scio city service in a ' irrigation flowing in the Santiam
country town.
I put to use on the land, the tonnage
The Scio Gmdenserv ia the big­ I in freights from that region would
gest asset the community has. but lie immensely Increased.
There
few appreciate the fact
This con­ j would be supplies for a dozen mure
cern pays out annually about 1250 • canneries and dehydration plants
000. and keeps the community sup­ j ami other fruit and vegetable
plied with ready cash through its | manufacturing cone ms in Salem
unlimited purchase of the products
There would be the raw materials
of the dairymen
This company for a sugar factory hare; and thia
should be universally supported by would be important in many ways.
the people and thus help it to grow
Lumber ami cord w«»od and pulp
to four or five times its present sixe. wood supplies would be made av­
Noticeable building operations ailable in immense quantities; and
have Ix-en th»- Z C B J hall ami raw supplies for furniture factories
the Gymnasium. The former was i and other wood working plants.
completed in 1921. and the latter
The extension of the line far en­
is vet to be completed, but will be ough to tap the mineral resources
one of the largest and best in the of the' Santiam country would re­
entire Willamette Valley. These sult in developing tonnage that
two enterpt ises marked the faith of , alone would justify its construction.
those behind them in the commun­
This construction would lead to
ity. Be it said to the shame of the i the development of the water pow-
city, however, there has not been ' era of the Santiam and the Little
any new construction other than | North Fork and South Fork of the
these in several years, ami the time ! Santiam and of such powers as that
is at band when name will have to of Marion Lake something over
be started in order to accommodate 100.000 potential horse power, most
the people who will come here be­ of it easily and cheaply developed,
cause of the resuming of businesses now running to waste
long dormant.
The full development of the San­
The above to but a small numtier tiam region would alone double the
of the events that have taken place
population of Salem
in the last IH months, ami liecause
Ami lea«i to other developments
of time ami space ami we are un­ that would double it again, and
able to go further into details, but more than double ami then double
here is the place, and the opportun- again the total business of this city.
ia yours to make use of or reject.
There would be at lea»» two more
Word has just been received In
Scio of the death of Mrs William
Cvrua. an old pioneer of this vicin­
SANTIAM COUNTRY
BEST FOR BERRIES
ity. at the home of her daughter.. |
Miss Rose Moore in Boise. Idaho.on
Monday. April 2.
Mrs. Cyrus was H6 yers old last
September, and ia said to be one of
the early pioneers of the forks of the
Sant am. having located there with
her parents when a child. Fuueral
services will lie held al three o'clock
this afternoon with the burial at
Providence cemetery where mem­
bers of her family who have pre-
ceeded her are buried.
Mrs. Cyrus is survived by the fol­
lowing children: Miss Rom- Moore,
a teacher in the schools of Boise. Ida­
ho; and one son Al Moore, of Echo.
Ore., and by three grand children.
She ia also survived by the following
stepchildren; John E. Cyrus, of
Renner. O. B. Cyrus, of Scio, War-
ten Cyrus, of Salem. Jennie Goin, of
Portland. G L. Sutherland, of Scio;
and Mrs. M Craft, of Albany.
Data Did Not Arrive
When we started out to get be-
fore the people of the state and
other states the great iesources of
the Santiam community, we thought
we had made arrangements for data
on the lumber industry and the
dairy industry, but these have not
come to hand at thia writing. We
were not sufficiently acquainted
with the facts to give the reader
anything definite, hence the request
to «»me one who could. We have
not received the data requested,
ami hence the omission
We wanted
to do our part, to tell of these grea*
industries, and what is the future
of them. Therefore, we have to
apologise for the omission, but hope
at some future date the request
may be granted and the information
given
They will not be of the value
then they would l>e now. but some­
time we will wake up and trv to
work togethe for the good of the
paper mill« in Salem.
The Oregon Electric extension in- cause.
; to the Santiam country would It-
l.a»t Wednesday March 2H. G. I. I seif pay; more than thia, it would
ganise a company for the purpose
of mining ami placing it upon the
market.
Teeming with exciting action in
tourney list and royal boudoir; film­
ed in lavish splendor at a cost of
over 11,500,000-“Whs-a Knight­
hood Was in Flower" at the Peo­
ples Theater next Saturday and
Suudav.
DURHAM
Mra. Cyrus Passes
Specimen of Coal Found
Flanagan came into the Tribune office make the whole property of the
with as tine a speciman of «-«al a* Oregon Electric pay.
was ever seen, and he said it han >
been found in the shoals at the rock
Church Well Filled
crusher near the Cameron mill. « n
Crabtree creek.
It is the belief of .
The basket dinner and Faster pro-
that it is destined to become bigger
Mr. Flanagan that there is some-1 gram proved a drawing card for the
•nd better. The owners are pt. lung
where up the creek r vein of the' Federated church last Sunday, »hen
forth every effort at the pi.sent
coal which if can be found will help the edifice was fillet with friends,
time to increase the mill at the city
to develop this part of the commun The children on the program par­
limits, as well as to keep the mill
ity to an amazing degree ami also formed their parts tine and the au-
in the timber district loaded to its
help in solving the fuel question for «lienee was fully appreciative. The
full c«|«acity. The mill is now cap­
manv years
It is of the lignite dinner was all one could wish
able of turning out about 40.000
quality, of a firmm-sn equaling th»-
These dinners are pioving quite
fret of lumber per day. The pay­
bituminous coal of Illinois, and oth- * popular as a means of drawing peo­
roll is something like (5.000 per
er coal producing communities.
ple to the house of worship. Rev.
n nth. and will grow.
Aa soon as is practical. Mr. Flana­ A Essen preached a powerful ser­
There are several other mills in
gan will take a few da>s off from du­ mon on the Resurrection.
the vicinity of Scio, but of these we
ty ami try to locate the strata from
had no way of getting any facta.
James Oupor was in Albany on
which this sample of coal eviddntly
I .- Cameron mill, probably next to
came, and if found, attempt to or­ business Friday.
•CNUINC
* 1.7.’» the Year
Remember —no comedy. no news­
letter. but 12 reels of “When Knight­
hood was in flower”. at the People's
Theatre next Saturday ami Sunday.
Prices 25c and 50c.
Mrs. C. A. Shelton was in Albany
People’s Theajtre
Presenta Marian Davies in
“WhenKnight
hood Was in
Flower”
A Stupendous Picture
April 7 and 8
Admission 25c-50c
CRABTREE FURNISHED
SPLENDID PROGRAM
The regular monthly meeting of
the Forks of the Santiam Commun­
ity Club was held at Crabtree last
Monday night, with a large attend­
ance of the people of that commun­
ity present. The inclement weather
prevented many from Scio going,
in fact there was not a person pres­
ent from this city, but the spirit of
the meeting was one of get-together
and a jolly time was had.
The meeting was called together
by President Leonard Gilkey and
immediately turned over to the pro­
gram committee from Crabtree
Several pleasing numbers were ren-
de red. splendid cooperative »perches
made, and a community sing in­
dulged in. lead by Frank Powell,
Nothing definite was taken up and
disposed of, Ibut all felt well paid
for facing the rain. The next
meeting will be held at Lacomb on
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Fertile Lands of Thia
Community Belter Than
Hillsides Near Salem
An induatrv that needs develop­
ment is the small berries, for which
the Forks of the Santiam is best
adapted
It is the low lands, where
moisture can be secured by the plants
and where irrigation is not needed
in order to furnish the moisture,
In California, where the Etterber-
ry. m strawlx>rry given the name of
the grower, oiiginally came from,
the lierry will no; produce more
than two or three years. This makes
it a (M>or paying berrv for its home
state
But in the Willamette Val­
iev, where the climatic conditions
are most favorable, and in the Forks
of the Santiam, where plenty of
moisture is had the year around, it
is most prolific, and will bear for
many years. The Etterberry is of
the tree variety, the foliage of the
plant protects the berry from light
frosts, and the productivity is any-
whery from two to four tons to the
acre and at a ten-year contract at
7c to He per pound would bring in
to the grower anywhere from 11 (KJ
to (HU per acre per year clear prof­
it
It w<>uld mean sooner or later a
cannery in the Forks of the Santi­
am, thus assuring a steady market
for the berry. This is something
the large and small farmer should
not overlook, but 'nvestigale from
every angle the great possibilities
The fact of the matter is. thia ber­
ry will produce iu any great quau-
lily any where else in the United Sta­
tes. and if the growers in the Wil­
lamette Valley will only realite thia
fact, it means a great monopoly of
'his parti ular berry. It la the on­
ly berry grown today that the can­
neries cannot get enough of. Ix-
esusc of its firmness after canning,
which is not had in other classes of
berries.
The other berry which the canner­
ies are short of is the Cuthbert Red
Rasplwrry. This ia also especially
adapted to the Willamette Valley,
tM-cause they also require eonaidr r-
able moisture, which the low lands
of this section of the Valley is so
well blessed. This berry ia very
prolific. is sound after canning and
and ia the beet Iterry for the maket.
It, like the Eltertierry strawberry,
is in great demnd, and large quan­
tities of the two kinds are shipped
to California for canning and are
thus sent out lalwled aa California
products. Thia should become our
own product, canned in Oregon and
always labeled under the Oregon
brand
But this of course takes
education, and education comes by
proper investigation and willingness
to pioneer in any Industry.
Monday. May 7.
G. L. Flanagan, who carries route!
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Kiss The Cook
3, says he has everlasting praise fo,
I H. A. Dolezal. J. F. Rockwell. Joe
Ko tan. Wm. Dobrkovsky and J. L.
Davenport, because they placed par-,
cel post boxes at their mail elands
He says thia helps the service, and
hopes others will do the same, and
ask* the Tribune to make the an-
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Admission 25c and 40c
April 6th
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