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 44 Fighting Blood” f<-stnnng Geo. O'Hara July and 15 Admission 10c-25c Base Ball G ! 0 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 ad 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 Subscribe for the Tribune 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.