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Mi« Vol. 27 THE SCIO TRIBUNE 11.75 the Year OREGON NEWS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected for Our Reader». Charles R Taylor waa aoanlaalad for poatmaatar at Yamhill. M.-nro»'* naw 110.000 watar ayatam 1» expwct«d to ba cotnplatad thia waah Earl C. McFarland was nomiaatad for collector of customs at Portland Tha of flea of haalth offlcar for tha Albany city schools haa baaa allmlnat Ml. l><»g polaonera bare baan at work In Medford for a weak or two and many canine pets have met death North »••nd decided to construct a no« school bulldlnc by a rota of 133 to 13. at an election held Saturday. Lyle It t'happel has bean certified by the clrtl aarvlca commlaaloa aa the only eligible for tha post mastership at North Bend. Loganberry producer» of tha Salam »action are conalderlng tha adrtaabll ity of uniting for tha regulation of crops and prices. The Infant daughter of Mr aad Mrs J. L. Tate of Redmond waa burned to d<>aih when the Tate realdence took fire from an orerheated atore. According to McCarn. aupertn lendont of the Alaea hatchery, the nteelhaad egg take In that dlatrict will reach a total of 10.000,000 or better Patrons of the Cloverdale Telephone company of Tillamook county have fil ed with the public service commle- slon a complaint charging loadequal» service. William Wunweller. well kuown stockman of central Oregon, president of the Bank of Prine rille Md for ths last two yearn mayor of IM city. died in Portland. The Dalles «-hoot board haa aa- ■ aaced it will •bortfy ask the tai payors to vote a 340.000 boad lease to finance the construction of a new ten room school house. Immediate action will be atarted by She Linn county court to procure the Santlam road over the Cascade moun talna by way of Flab lake from the ^company that now holds IL Governor Pierce will be requested ti< issue a conditional pardon for Judge Keyes of Wasco county, who i*«<ntly waa sentenced to a jell term tor having liquor In hla poseeealon. The spread of diphtheria and measles In Portland haa aet yet been abated. and records In the health offl>e show 1SS cases of diphtheria tn quarantine aad Ml cases of meaaiss reported Resolutions urging congress to sup port the formation of aa export com mission for handling wheat were adopted at Pendlston by tha axecu ttve committee of tbe V mat Illa county farm bureau. The total expense to Jackson coun ty In Ms Investigation aad search for the Siskiyou tunnel train bandits and murderers, since tbe day lbs crims waa committed early In October, to data, amounts to |S70 3*. Rids tor resurfacing with crushed rock the I’matllla Echo sectloa of tbs old Oregon trail, eovsrlag a distance of 21 miles, will he opened at the nest meeting of tbe state highway commie ■leg. to be hdd in Portland January a Laba county leads tn tha alate with relation to the proportion of boys to girls that complete a standard four year high school course, according to announcement made by J. A. Church ill. state supertnteadent of public In struct Ion. While out shooting «bum salmon with a borrowed shotgun. Chris Zwelfcl. 1«. of Nehalem, accidentally tripped and fell on the gun. which waa discharged Ths shot lore off tha nose and part of bio forehead and left eye. An estimated total of M.tM auto- the bulk of which were tour tots, passed through Raker on the Old Oregon Trail duriag tbo last year, aa cording to a report prepared by Wai ter Meacham pr said an t <rf tbo Old SCIO, 01 In a decision hand«! down at As torts by Circuit Court Judg« > A Eakin, tbo recant consolidation of school district No 7. of Clatsop <■ u.. ty with district No. 34 of ( -lutnbia county waa held illegal for th« r>-ar a that no proper notice of the s|>- lai election was given Convictions under the probib a law ar« growing la nuti.brr a ! I -•<< ler fines and jail s»nt»n- ■ *r> fc--inc meted out than ever before, accord ing to reports received by J A Lin vtlle. federal prohibition dir« or. from every sheriff In the stat« Eighty six per cent of those arrested by th- state officers in the last fl- al year, ending Juno 30. 1*23. were convict 1 There were 1*71 arrests made in the year and of these 14*6 persons were convicted. Ths tines totalled 313* Mil. Hundreds of dead a.: »It and ether email fish are reported to b-> floating about la the vicinity of the wreck of the British ateanvr W • • Pi In th» lower Columbia a th, - of dynamite expl.... ti- t> open the deck of tbe hulk Prominent horti< uliur. •« free» many parts of the stat« h- -l n i Ing In Salem with relation !«» ■; a survey of th« fruit situ pt- paraiory to drafting recernm-' for consideration at the n, r ui u> I economic conference scheduled for Corvallis January 33 Oregon winter wheat acreage 11 i year Is prartioally th» sa:n» - year, the revised »«llmat«' f » nil- was 4*4.000 acres, while the con - lion Is decidedly better than a y- r ago, reports F L. Kent, «tat- an of the department of agriculture ‘1 condition of the growing wh-at 1« placed at *7 per cent of normal. Tom Murray, exconvict and con teased leader of the trio who held up tbe Lane County State bank al Flor enc» on the morning of December 11. waa arrested in Portland with four other men. one of whom, the police said, haa been all but positively - fled aa one of the bandit trio Th* sum of |14M, said to have I»-- a .«tob-n from the bank, waa recovered Herbert Egbert of The Dulles, and Mrs 0. B Jones of .Monm uth. w-r« re-elected president and secretary treasurer at the final sessions at Eu gene of the state convention of th» Educational and Co-operative Far! i era' union of Oregon W a ---> < . ¡ty waa selected as th« neat •■ting place, and It la probable that the gath ering will be held at The Dall- < There were five fatalill.- due to industrial accidents In <»r> ■ -i dur Ing tbe week ending D»>ember -> according to a report prepared by the state Industrial accident < uiou. O< i The victims were H K. McK-ddy, Ne halem. fireman; D C Htmtulnger. Portland, locomotive engineer; t 'harl-w Fox. Glendale, engineer; Al»x Erick eon. Clatskanie, hook tender, and Glen Crayton. Lowell, pondman. A total of 470 accidents were reported Twelve applicants for api>--in'm--nt to the United Htates Military a- ad> iy Weal Point, to be made by Repre sentatlvs Hawley, will be examln—l under the direction of the United States civil service comm>-«l»n on January 3 The applicants at* Marsh all G Harber. Ashland; Hid -rd Mid diebrooks. Beaverton; James II Mills Jr. Marshfield; Ronald llair»« and Dwight L. Mulkey. Salem. Frank L. Buchter. Medford, Coy Brown. Cea tral Point; G W. Lucas. Tillamook; John F Wadman. Powers; John L Sherman. Dayton. Georg» E William» and Clarence V. Bell. Corvalli» To ascertain why two approprla tlons. one of 1*00 000 and another of •kdo.ooo for beginning cct«tru-' n -if the Baker irrigation project In Ore goa have not been used. Repr<-'»nta ' live L. C- Crampton of Michigan, chairman of the sub-committee of the appropriation« committee handling In terlor department appropriations, haa ’ decided to summon Secretary of 1» terlor Work Fred A Phillips and Wil liam A. Stewart, who are in Washing ton. D C m representing the Baker project, also will bo called bet..re the subcommittee to answer questi< ns re garding ths dslay In getting work started The Pacific Bridge company of Portland, which has th- contract for tbs construction of the new draw- (Cvamwoed oepage«) IN rilUN'W I - .7. !•••. ~!-------------- 1 Arrival of the New Year No. 20 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•••m • GILKEY STATION ; i................................................................................................................. J l»ec 2tJ Cleve Agee, and his nephew Loren Agee, of Nex Perse. Idaho, and Jasper Agee of Sheridan spent several days at the J. S. Funk home recently Mr. Agee is going thro ugh California to Arixona where he expects to remain for his health. Mrs. Fred Mespelt intertainod the Thimble Club Thursday at her attractive new home. She waa assisted by Mrs. Wvnona Kelly Thirty women were present The rooms were decorated in honor of St. Nicolas. Presents were ex changed by the members, Mrs, I m OO Erwin. Mrs Minnis Goar and Mrs, Cora Smith were rccievetj into the Club. I Prt-nents were ber from Mrs, Anna Chapman and Mrs. Sylvia M« spelt of San Jose. California I »inner guest* at lhe home of W. A. Gilkey Christmas were, Mrs. Clara Chapi«dlc and family.of Wood burn. Orville Gilkey and wife, and E. F. (iilkey of Albany. A large crowd attended the Christ mas exercises held here Saturday evening A good program waa ren- dered. K. H. McDonald presided. Tom Peterson was married in Salem last week, He is expected home soon with hi* bride and will i live on his farm here. vMmâÀ'? A good many from here attended the Xmas program at Crabtree, Sunday evening. S. B. Holt pre- | »4 sided. •». Greetjvtr» Ottetti c.G Thia l*ing the last issue of the year and also the end t.f our lease of the Tribune, we wish to extend our j altt*. Winifred Gilkey entertained relatives .Monday evening with a Xmas tree. Delicious home ma le randv was served. Mrs. John Wettciy entertained the "b00” <’lub at her home, Thum- net-re thanks and greeting of the wason to the readers and natrons Ihrccmbcr 20th. Mrs, Eithel Arnold winning high score and Mrs that have assisted in giving us news and in other wave of making the Holland low. .Mrs, Ballin waa not able to attend on account paper what it has been in lhe past! of a sprained ankel, and old St.- three month«, and as this will tat our i ¡ist i-<u< we hope that in our humble Sticha bu»y t with his parcels. .Mrs. Hnitey and the wa> we have pleased you in our • fL-rts to keep the paper as good hostess tilled Ihe vacancies. Christmas decorations were carri aa it was in our power to do so. ed out on the score cards with poin- and we hope that you will give your ettaa and small Santas. Ihc host Editor Mr. McAdoo the loyal support ess served a very dainty two course that has Iteen given us. We again lunch at the dose of her partv. thank you and extend our greetings She was assisted by her daughter for the year of 1924. in- law. Mr» Gordon Wesely. Mr. and Mrs. G E. Hunt. .Mrs. A. A. Muck entertain«d a number of her friends at her home Monday evening. The rooms were decorated in Christmas colors of red and green. The evening was Mrs. little Rodgers, wife of stM-nt In playing cards add game«. Clyde Rodgers, aged IM years and At a late hour dainty refreshments I day tMi«M*d. away Monday, Dec. was served by the hostess. 24th, l!»23 in the Salem Hospital after a short illness. She was; On Christmas day the following buried in the Bilyeu Den Cemetery were dinner guests al the John Thur*day flee, 27 at 11 o’clock. Wesely home: -Mr. and Mrs. Stoll- We will pnnt the Obituary next ent erg and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon week. Weaelv of Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Fred The following dined at the T. M. Holt home Xmas. O. L. Holt, and family of Portland, Miss Nora Holt. Mr«. Alice Goddard, Elmer Whet- stone’s of Albany, Fred Sommers anti S. B. Holla. Fred Mesuelta* and Joe Kitchena* ittcn-ied a tree party at the J. K. lieiley h. me Monday evening. Peb-r Peterson and wife, K. II. McDonald and family, Tom Peter- -on and wife, apent Xtnaa with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Voaa, of Suver. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Holt of Carl ton, and Mr. J. 1. Jones and family of Stayton dined at the J. G. Holt home Xmas. Mrs. Clyde Rodgers Passes Away Olemier of Portland ar.d Mr. Jœ Young. “Adams Rib” with Milton Sills 10 Reels and GANG COMEDY Admission 10c-25c People’s Theatre Sat«rdayS«»4*y Free Stove Awarded The free stove given away R. M. Cain awarded to Christmas day M. B. a Happy New Year by was Christenson whose number waa drawn by little Miss Clarice Junita Hunt, in the presence of Ivan l-cffler, C, E. Hunt and R. M Cain. After the numbers had been put in the hat and well shaken lhe numt>er was drawn. Mr. Christenson, whose number was 6 happened to be the luckr one. We Wish our F riends »»■■■I Kelly’* Drug Store The liixall Store