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Vol. 27 THE SCIO TRIBUNE $1.75 the Year TWO SMALL BOYS HOLD UP STORE SCIO OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1923 Citv Council held their regular meeting last Thursday night. Meeting open«»! in regular form Ixst Monday afternoon two and dispense,I of such business that small boys, Raymond McBurnty. came before it. They voted to take up $14,000.00 aged IS, and hia brother, Albert, aged 11, of Mill City* held up the of the citvs bund« ami during the Jordan store and taken only a box coming year 1924 to pay IbOO.OO of .22 calibre cartridges. They I quarterly out of the electric light hung around the store all afternoon, and water funds. This ia to be they had asked Mr. Philips about paid by the city and not by taxation the shells several times dur ing the The citv received t>00 feat of new afternoon. He was afraid the ' fire hose which was ordered late boys would take the shells so he -thia fall, thia with the 4'M) feet of told his brother to watch them. 'good hoae now on hand gives the Finlv the older boy came In and city 1000 ft of hoae and will enable demanded the box of shells at the them to reach any building within point of a pietie. the city limits. Deputy Sheriff J. M. Bilyeu, took the boys to Albany where he turned them over to the sheriff there. Accoring to the story told by the OREGON NEWS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST COUNCIL MEETING HELD INPROVEMENT IN LOCAL POSTOFFICE Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected for Our Readers. Utile Robert Bilyeu, the oldest son of Ed Bilyeu, was the victom of a scarious accident last Saturday afternoon, when he and his small The Eugene Masons have de< ld*d tn brother and a neighbor bov was erect a new temple next year playing with some dinamite caps, Fire completely d»atroy«d the Chil hia first two fingers and thumb on oquin hotel al Chiloquin. Jo tnllea his left hand being blowen off his north of Klamath Falls. The total assessment of public utlll right hand waa powder burnt and one eye recieved a «light ingure he ties of Union county la *6.663.293 Last year's assessment was *1.137.434. was powder burnt from his cheat to The Eugene lodge of Elks has ap hia knees. He waa rushed to Scio NOTICE aeveral houra. (x>me and win a turkey or duck for your Christmas dinner at the turkey shoot Dec. 16. On thcSurfling place 2 miles east of Crabtree. R. R. Preever , visitors in Salem. Saturday. Mix H. Tobie has written from Reedsport, saying they are, well and sujoying their new home. Th« Oregon Walnut Growers' asso- talloa. In session at Halem. voted lo hold Its cuaventlon next year at New berg I. H. IXIs of Newberg was sleeted president and C. E Hcheuatvr •f Corvallis was reelected secretary .reaaur«r. As a result of the eInd and rain «torsi that swept tb« state last weak, tirv«’.s in Warrenton ware flooded, rock* fell on the Columbia River high ■ ay and trees blocked other roads. Seaside atid Warrenton telephone «wltchbuards «ere burned out; the burned area of Astoria waa flooded when a high lid« backed up over the seawall. Young's bay and John Ihty Irawbrldx»* were put out of commis sion temporarily, and minor damage «u done at Hood River. pointed a coramiv«" to investigate tbs The state highway department has feasibility of remodeling Its temple. granted perm lesion to the t'oaat Pow Members of the Willamette Valley er > mpnay to reconstruct and extend Robert got the caps out of his drain Growers' association held a con its power line on the Roosevelt high terence In Salem to discuss market way between Manhattan and Gara- father’s wagon shed and the boys* conditions. baldi. went up on the hill Where thev were Seventyelx carloads, or approxl Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock a going to blow up a stump in whitch malely 23.000. more sheep were ship memorial tablet placed on the old place they though there were some ped out of Head thia fall than in the Methodist church at Jacksonville, skunks and Robert knelling down fall of 1923 which N said to be the oldest Protes The Pacific northwest Interinilo tant <hur<h building now standing lit the fust he had made of binder glate conference meeting, scheduled went of the Rocky mountains, was uu twine and it went off and caused to be held In Spokane, haa been veiled the accident. He is reported to lie switched to Portland General Manager A. F H. Steel« of getting along fine. To relieve the shorter* of dwelling the Apple Growers' association has houses in Albany a building and loan received a letter from United States association la planned by several busi Senator McNary to the effect that ness men of that city. stored applns may be utilised aa se The 14th annual convention of the ■ UHty for loans with Inlerumdlalc Oregon Hotel M»na association was credit banks. held In Portland with more than 100 Farm acreage In Oregon for 1923. Mrs. W. F, Gill entertained the delegates la attendance. exclusive of II countlne which have ♦♦ : L Mra. L. McDaniels is staying at Joe Munker, while her husband and brother are wiring houses on the West Scio electric line with a capacity of 4600 horsepower. where he recieved medical treat ment. boys, the older had had trouble with his teacher in the Mill City school, and yesterday morning the two had The local pustoffic has made run away. They said that Frank Hu*. another Mill City boy. had quite an inprovement in the last given them the guns and told them week, they have combini-! the office that the weapons would earn them that was occopied by Dr. Hol >»<»n with the old office. Giving the a good living. The boys’ father went to Albany rural carriers more room. and past and took the children home with master Sticha more room for parcel him. He will take them back to poet. It gives the patron» of Scio ”500'* dub at her hmoe last Friday Albany later for a hearing. One who have locklio.xc* a 24 I hour afternoon, in a very charming way. service instead of 12 hours. of the boys' guns, a .38. was loaded Mrs.Jennie Jones rec< ved the first Thi* inprovement has long been I with one shell. The other a .22 prize and Mrs. Minnie Shelton the was empty. The boys had no other needed, and eapeci ally during the consolation. At the close of the Chrinemaa rush. Scio now has one cart i idges. afternoon the haste»- assisted by of the beat offices in the stale i for Mra. Ed Mvers served a dainty two a town of ite size. course luncheon at tables liguted GILKEY STATION with attractive candle», whitch she ! a soft glow over the ’many boquets Dec. 11 of pink ohryantheums arranged throughout the rooma. All members .Mr. and Mrs. John Shepherd are of the club were present except the parents of a babv boy, born Mrs. Carl Bragg. Thursday, Dec. 6th. Mother and baby are doing well. Gone Are The Days A double header basket baiket bail ball game Ira Serfling came from Silverton waa played at Turner, the I mivs Sunday. Mrs. Mae Higgenbotham was The famous frog pond on null game was a tie and the Turner and (laughters came with him to street, that T. L. Dugger used to girls girla were victorious by a - -■ re of visit her sisters, Mrs. W. S. Kelly write about, is n« more, Through 12 to 7. The game was the 'he first of and Mrs. Frank Prokop. the effort» of Riley Shelton and a girts. Mr. Ed. Smith and wife and Mrs. the season for the girls. few other helpers we now have a Minnie Smith of Albany visited at ProfT Rav, have vou that problem well drained, graded and graveled Fred .Mespelta Sunday. worked ? Ray Yea, all but the street. A ditch being cut across A large crowd from Crabtree and answer. the road back of the Hotel carries around here gathered at the S. P. There was only one half day of all the water into Thomas creek, Crenshaw home Saturday evening school last week because of an acci "Now The Tribune office is high in honor of the birthdays of Floyd dent to the furnace. A new one and dry as the town itself." and Violet crenahaw. A good time haa been installed which is slightly was tn joyed by all until a late hour. Isrgcr and should heat the bud ling. Mrs. Irma Saux of Albany enter The board haa ordered dial no one tained the Thimble Club Thursday. be allowed in the furnace room Owing to the inclement weather. but the janitor. Mrs. W. A. Gilkev, and Mrs. Fred AU parties knowing themselves Somers, were the only once who in debted to the Scio Mutual Tele went from here. phone Co. for long distant calls MUNKERS NEWS Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Holt and Will please call at the central office and Holt spent Sunday at the home of settle the some, as we wish to Tom Millet and wife and Mrs. Mrs. Nellie Jones in Stay ton Sunday. balance our books before Jan. 1 L. L. McDaniel and children left Fred Mespelt has be»a installing J. N. Weddle. Redding. California Wednesday at a furnace and an electric automatic 3:30 P. M. and arrived at the Joe pump, in hia new residence which is Admission to Human Wreckage Munker’a home Thursday evening nearly ready for occupancy. 6:30. They drove through with a Evenings 25 and 60 Saturday after W, A. Gilkey’s were busniees Star car. beating railroad time noon 15 and It5. Mr. and Mra. Millet left Saturday morning for Klamath Falls. No. is People’s Theatre Mra. Wallace Reid "Human Wrekage’ and Oar Gang Comedy Friday 8 p. m. Saturday 1:30 and 8 p. m. Sunday, 8 p. m. Admission 10c*25c J Cooperative marketing and banking were discussed al th« annual con vantiun at The liulles of the Oregon Slate Horticultural society not reported, aggregated 4.914.973 67 acres as against 9.419.964 94 acres In 1922 This Information was contain «d In a atatmnnt by Karl Fisher, slate Th« Medford school district census tax commissioner for this year, just taken, shows the Petitions numerously signed by per largest school population In the city's sons residing In 34 counties of Ore history, th« number tieing 3343 gon urging the appointment of Wallace The fourth annual Winter fair and McCamaat of Portland, to the United eighth annual Southern Oregon Foul Statue court of appeals, ninth circuit, try show, combined. was held In the San Freni U<<>. have reached Wash Chautauqua building In Ashland ington and will be submitted to Presi Asel Erickson, a logger, was drown dent Coolidge. ed when ho accidentally fell Into th» Mor« satisfactory distribution of Nehalem river at the lilrkenseld I.uni harvest labor to the end that both the her cum pan y camp at lllrkenseld employer and employ« may be bene Attorneys of the state, at an In fit <’d will be attempted by the Hnaaoa- formal gathering In Salem, presented abln Employment commlaelon. which to the supreme court an oil paint was organised at a conference held In the offices of C. H Gram, stalo labor Ing of Justice George II Burnett. commissioner, st Halem. Two additional unite of 26 miles and one of 13 miles on the Klamath Ku geue line will be contracted by the Southern Pacific on December 31. Fred C. Schulte, former constable and deputy sheriff at ItxedapurL was found guilty of accepting a bribe from H O Roberts, confessed bout- logger, F'de.al prohibition officers have notified operators of cider plants that they must cease manufacturing cider unless the finished product contains beuzoate of soda Cider manufactur ers allege that the order will ruin their business, as the soda content spoils the flavor of the apple product Dr. Mabel Atkin and Mrs. H. E A Smith, both of Portland, wore appoint ed by Governor Pierce as members of the advisory board of the atate in dustrial school tor girls. Oregon pensions have been granted as follows Vwrda A. Orchard. Port land. 630; Delbert A. Lyons. Central Point. 912; James W. Hackman. Tim ter. 111. James Morlartty, Portland. 619. Carl Woolman. Baker, *34; James Construction of th« rntalnlng walls for th« streets In th« devastated die- trlct of Astoria and of the tunnels for the protection of the trunk eew- era han boon completed (Continued on page fi) William A. Marshall, who was re appointed a member of the state in dustrial accident commission has nerv ed In thia capacity since th« creation of the depart meat In 1913 Dolls An artesian well with a flow of 130 gallons per minute has been encount «red at a depth of 426 feet at the workings of the Eastern Oregon Oil Exploration company near Hermiston A quarantine on ail dairy and breed ing cattle brought into Oregon from California became operative Dr< <-m tier I. many rases of tuberculosis In southern Oregon having been tra< «-d to California. Nothing will suit the little girl better thvn a nice little doll. Come in while our line it large. The demand for the appropriation of further funds to complete the Tongue Point naval base along lines originally planned la being carried direct to Hecretary of the Navy Denby by Henator McNary. A shipment of eight black foxes, valued at *900«. baa arrived at Klam sth Fall* by express, consigned from New Brunswick. Maine, to Captain H K Hansbury. who la starting a fox farm on upper Klamath lake. Head officials of the California Ore gon Power company In Han Francisco have authorised Immediate construe- tlon of a half million dollar power plaal M Link river in Klamath Fall» Kelly’s Drug Store I The Rcxall Store