Vol. 26
THE SCIO TRIBUNE
$1.75 th© Year
lati Reipecb Paid
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the neighbors and friends
for their many kindnesses extended
us during the recent sickness. death
and burial of our beloved husband
and father; for the beautiful songs
rendered, decoration of the church
and the very beautiful floral offer*
Inga.
Mrs. Nancy E Gill
W F. Gill
Mr«. Ross E. Hibler
R W. Gill
Roy R. Gill
Mr«. J. C. Edwards
Dr. J. G. Gill
Mr«. F. M. Arnold
A Want Ad Lady
Wife;—"Heavens,
John,
what
happened to you”?
Hubby; iA Scio business man who
do»-« not advertise)—"1 stepped on
before, and supposed they were pic
Native Scioan Dies
nicker«. Bystander« on the grade
Mrs. Mary C. Crabtree, daughter
*uw the train coming and also «*»
the car and the imminent danger. of Joab Powell Ir. died at her home
They called to the driver, but he in Monmouth on July 4th at 2 in
thought he was only being kidded. the afternoon, following a lingering
He did not see the train until after illness. Mm Crabtree was born in
She is'
hie car had mounted the steep in Soo, Ore.. Nov. 20. 1859
Train Hit* Stage
The funeral Saturday for the late
M C. GUI waa one of the largest
ever held in Scio, the church being
f»ack«-d and the pr. »cession to the
cemetery being of great length, thus
showing the marked n espect in which
the deceased was held. Mr. Gill
was one of the few men who gained
and held the respect of his freinds,
ami he will be missed from our
midst. The floral offering« were
many and beautiful, and the sermon
one long to be remembered.
D. I*. Mason of Albany conducted
the Masonic services al the grave
side of M. C. Gill Saturday after
noon. Mr. Mason was initiated in
to the Masonic order in Scio in IB69.
He was at that time a resident and
businessman in Scio and he and Mr.
Gill had been friends ever since.
Card Of Thanks
SCIO OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 12. 1923
Mrs Lorena Degner. whose home
is in Winamac. Indiana, was so
badly injured that she died a few
hours later. Mrs McDonald of Oak
land California, suffered a fractured
•kull and both legs were broken.
Arthur Eickman of Portland was cline and his front wheels were on
painfully injured but his condition 1» the track. He stopped his motor
He and
not thought serious, one passenger and attempted to reverse
and the driver escaped unhurt when his companion jumped out.
By-
the south-bound stage en route to I «tandem attempted to push the car
San Francisco waa struck by an S I' off the track
The train «lowed
train near Shedd early Saturday down but could not stop in time.
afternoon. It is reported that other The radiator and front wheels were
car« wrre waiting for the train to torn off and the machine pushed to
pass and that the driver of the stage one side. No one wax injured and
passed them and ran upon the track the damage to the car is covered by
just in time that the train struck insurance
the stage about the center. Parts
of the stage were carried over 100
Mr«. Hassler Injured
feet down the track. It was com
pletely demolished except the engine
Mrs Will Hassler waa badly in*
which seems to l>e unhurt. The
jured Saturday morning just out of
passengers were taken on to Eugene,
Jefferson on the wav to Salem, when
on the Shasta Limited which was a
a Ford sedan in attempting to pass
short distance tiehind the train which
the Hassler car struck it. and knock
struck the stage, and placed in a
eel it off the pavement, across the
hospital where Mrs. Degner died at
ditch and into a prune orchard
i 6 o’clock.
Frank H. Ramsey. 23.
liefore the driver could «top the car.
of San Francisco, the driver, has
The car waa not upset but Mrs.
been placed under arrest on a charge
Hassler suffered an injured right hip
of manslaughter, and is being held
and Dr. Hobson. the attending
awaiting orders from the Linn c- >unty
physician, fears she has some broken
official« as to his disposition.
ribs.
District Attorney IJewrlling. ac
companied bv Traffic officer Bloom
Sunday School Convention
went to Eugene Monday to attend
the coroner's inquest over the two
The annual Lacomb District Sun
women who died as a result of the
day-school Convention, will be held
accident, Mr«. M. E. McDonald of
at lac< mb. on July 22, 1923. A
Oakland. Calif., the second to die
splendid program is being prepared
having passed away at 11 o'dock
by the different Sundav-sch«x>ls of
Sunday night. The other injured
the precinct. Several prominent
passenger, Arthur Eickman of Port
•peakers will make an address there
land. is in no danger
on that day. Big Basket dinner at
Mr« E. V. Degner. mother of Lo
noon.
Everybody cordially invited.
rena Degner. accident victim, has
Cxime.
requested that her body be sent to
Winamac. Ind., for interment. E
To Be Married
W. O'SonnelI of Oakland. Calif., has
u banana peel and lost my equilibri
um".
Wife "Well, why don’t you put
a want ad in the Scio Tribune and come to receive the body of Mrs.
McDonald, who wax his mother in
maybe you can get it back”?
law
At the conclusion of the coroner's
Shoes! Shoes!
inquest at Eugene Monday Frank
We carry the best makes of shoes H. Ramsey. 23. of San Francisco,
for men. women and children, both driver of the ill-fated stage, was
dress and work shoes. See us before brought to Albany and placed in the
Linn County Jail, where he is being
you buy
Hibler & Gill Co.
held on a charge of manslaughter
and criminally and voluntarily caus
ing the death of the two women
who were fatally injured in the
wreck. He is charged with failure
to bring hie automobile bus to a stop
before negotiating the Sprenger
crossing at which a Southern Pacific
train caused the wreck.
On investigation it has been dis
covered that Ramsey wax a new dri
ver with the Pickwick people and
that he had never passrd a drivers'
examination conducted by the motor
bus division in the city of Portland.
«
Some time ago the right of the city
to examine drivers of busses was
removed by a court decision. since
which it is claimed that bus drivers
can obtain licenseses without any
particular trouble. During the time
examinations were required liefore
issuing a license. accidents in Ore
gon were few. while those in Wash
ington andlCalifomia were frequent.
In California the only requisite for a
drivers' license is the payment of SI.
lnvitat«>ns are out for the marri-
age of Mias Ruth Delphine. daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs. John I. Shelton,
t<> Mr. Edward A. Porch, to be «ol-
vmnized at the home of the bride at
high noon on Sunday July 22.
Thew* invitation« were printed at
the Tribune'll up-to-date job office.
People’s Theatre
Cowboy and the lady
CIGARETTES
Also 'Hlird Round of
KT
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Fighting Blood”
f<-stnnng Geo. O'Hara
July
and 15
Admission 10c-25c
Base Ball
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Stayton vs. Scio
on Scio diamond
Thia ia the “rubber game,
and each team will play Me
Iwat.
Be there,
called at 2:30 o'clock.
Another accident occured on the
same spot Sunday afternoon when
two men enroute from (California to
Seattle were struck by a north
bound passenger train. As they
approached the crossing the men no
ticed a number of cam perked, in
which people had come out to view
the scene of the accident of the day j
:
Dance
Scio, July 14
A CO( )L HOP!
survived by the following children
Mrs. Nora A. Smith. Walport. Orc
Mr«. Mary Belle McKnight of Al
bany; Mrs. ivy M Pollen. Monmouth;
0. M. and J. L. Crabtree, Independ
ence; W.J.Crabtree. Monmouth, 1!.
C. Crabtree. Vancouver. B C . and
one brother, W. B. Powell of Buen«
Vista
Funeral services were held at th«
Palestine church, four mile« west of
Albany. Friday afternoon at two
o’clock. Rev H. C. Shropshire. pax-
tor of the Monmouth Christian
church, officiating, and interment
was made in Palestine cemetery
The above is taken from th«- Inde
pendence Enterprise, and conveys
the first knowledge of the death of
the neice of A. T. Powell, she Ix-mg
a daughter of Joab Powell, jr . to
be received here. The news came
as a shock to the famsly of "Unde
Abe." who had not heard of the
death until the Tribune called them
over the phone to verify the rep rt.
The deceased will be remembered l»>
all the older ones here
Was Good Game
Sunday afternoon on the I cal
diamond the Scio baseball learn
crossed bats with the nine of the
Luckenbach Steamship Co., of Port
land. Although it waa not an
nounced till a late hour that this
game waa to be played, a fair -o * I
crowd was present to witness it.
Drippa and Turtle were in the box
for the visitor«, and Miller and G.
Holland for Scio. Drippastruck out
four men and allowed four hits,
while Miller fanned 11 and allow-d
only three hits. Die feature of the
game waa the playing of Scio’s vet
eran ball player. John Wessly, who
place«! a two-run hit safely,
the
score was 4 to 3. Mr. Luckenbach
accompanied his team to Scio.
Sister Passes Away
$1.00
... 24c
City Council Meets
Uttl«* business was before the city
council last Dtursday night when it
met in regular monthly session. All
members
were
present
except
McAdoo.
I he main busine-w before the council
wu the allowing of the regular
monthly bills ami the payments made
<>n the work of installing the auto*
malic pumping equipment at the
water plant.
t here is great need for the sidewalk
committee to get busy on some of
the side walks of the city.
Tribune Gets Big Order
Saturday the Scio Tribune
was
awardetl the contract for printing
300,000 labels for the Scio Con-
den«ery, on»- of the biggest jobs ever
turned out by this office. It will
take 35 days of continous running of
the press to deliver the job, and
means that overtime will have to be
worked in order to accomplish the
feat. When it comes to doing work,
the Scio Tribune cannot tie beaten,
ami you who have l»<-cn taking your
w irk elsewhere have Ix-en the loser.
Notice The Ads
In this issm will lie found many
new a<ls from Albany, and a great
many changes from the local mer
chants. The Albany merchants, as
well us our own, have learn«>d that
th«- community paper is the medium
through which to reach the reading
public.
The Tribun«- urges Its read
ers t<> always patronise merchants
who advertise, aa you can do better
and save money by s<> doing. Each
issue of the Tribune is full of In
teresting advertisements.
Will Play “Rubber” Game
The local baseball team will cross
bats for the thini time with Stayton
next Sunday on th«* local diamond.
Each team has taken a game, and
this one will lie the "rubber” game.
Of course we believe the locals will
win. but then they need the en
couragement that a large crowd can
only give. Game called at 2:30
o'clock sharp so the bills announce.
Scio is now playing winning bail,
Mrs. Julia L. Hendricks suffered having won the last three games,
a stroke of paralysis three weeks with everyboody playing good ball.
ago. from which she gradually grew
worse, and passed away July 9, l‘»'..’.l
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in Oakland, Calif.
She leaves two sons and a daugh
ter in Red Bluff Cal., two sisters.;
Mrs Joe Munkere of Scio. Mr« Al |
Munkers of Elam, and one brother,
Ed Woodmansee, of Blodgett.
She will be missed by mnny lov
ing friends and relatives in < Oregon !
and California.
Locating In Albany
Dr. C. Ficq has close«l his dental 1
office in Scio and moved the same t>>
Albany, where he has taken rooms
in the First National Bank building,
on the fourth floor, where he will lie
ready for patronage after the 15th
He has rented a house at 1030 West
7th street, where he is moving hi«
family. Scio is indee«! unfortunate
in losing this estimable family and
good dentist from its midst, but
what is Scio's loas Is Albany's gain
We wish them unbounded success in
their new location. The Tribune;
will follow them.
W. A. Cox of Albany celebrated
Admission ..
-Spectator» .
No. 16
his 75th birthday last Saturday.
48 of these years have been spent
to Albany.