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Vol. 28 THE SCIO TRIBUNE $1.75 the Year No. 27 City Council Pays Bills Jeff Bilyeu P um « J »me« Martin Bilyeu uaaeari away on Friday evening, February 6. at I An»g a towjf of hrortt the home of his Mater, Mrs. George Lewis in Portland. Jeff, aa he waa railed by hi« friend« here, had been a sufferer from cancer of the stom- arh for nearly a year. On New Years day he waa taken to the home of hia «iater, where he waa confined t • hia bed until the end came. Die body was brought to the Mil ler cemetery near Shelburn Sunday morning where funeral aervieea were conducted by Rev Waelthe. and bur »v^rratn^ nrFr jnu f'vtc —v " The regular monthly meeting of the city council waa held at the city hall last Thursday night, all niem tier« being present. Alter rradi' g and okeying the minutes of thi la ,rv meeting,and swearing in C L. I invll as a me ti tter of the council in place of J L Kelly, reports of committee« wrir heard. The water and light eommitte re Pint onj mJ ml b!*t, To frwotii feud uiw/ trot! Tftt wrme. of cuwrtr, M A*/ LUrrwrarA rAr /iJd ported the leaks vccasioned by the Dvccmlwr frees* pretty well taken Morti tht Jlmtng care of. and that several meter testa had town made on concerns using a U'hm'i tKe intoning of it— large quantity of valer, with ainax- Hrotti onj gilt a> fnt? ing results, showing that for a min Pton't you A»k>e. evv Jror, imum of $1 00 the user had been h i o VALENTIM* getting from 15 to $15 worth of ii mi *71* » A/afiAae water per month. Th«- way« and means committee reported having audited the record- er'« and treusurer's reports and found them correct. A motion prevailed declaring that ii fawcet in the house and another in n barn were two separate taps. Came to Us From “Lovr A petition signed by the property Lottery" of the Ancient owners on South Main «treat waa Romans. presented, asking that the lowland« lie drained, thvy agreeing to «land li "Ar-r rAr «¿>uwy i .A j J t ial took place Deceased waa born at Scio 61 rears ago, and »pent all hia life here. Hr ia survived by two sisters, Mrs. G W Morrow of Scio, and Mra. George i s Lewis of Portland. I Fresmsn Thorps Exhibiting Hi« Portrait of Lincoln. Two Mishaps .-..... mm» vi wma—maww—aoni ii. iwiw I i. rvi-uper itr W h.-ii I regained my While operating a portable wood h<altb. I vent on io Washington tu saw last Saturday, Paul Roner, eon rejoin my regiment. That waa fust of Frank Roner, had the misfortune before the first unnlvrrvary of the buttle of Gelt-M>urg With my pre to have one of his hands badly las- rioua Geneva sketch of Lincoln, I went cerated. requiring four atitchea to In a Way, Most Interesting to the War department and asked for cl »«« the ugly gash, the medical at a furlough to go tn Gettysburg and of All Pictures of the make another «ketch uf the President, tention being given by Dr. Browne Great President for I* hud been announce«! that Mr The wound is healing nicely, but he Lincoln would speak on that occasion. Frertuan Th«»nx- in ihi nrtol. r u ». will be unable to use hia hand for I got the furlough und rode <>n the Ilohvd In I .esile» «ave n <!•< . iv Intt-r aatne train with the President, secur some time. ostina account of I..» in i. t, < mg an audl«-n<*v I allowed him niy Ufo sketches of the m -ivr»-i I’rt -i nn«hed drawing, made from the Geneva "shorthand" «ketch, and he Dr. Browne also reports that Mrs. dent. ..to Anna Shindler suffered a hard fall while Lincoln n.t. complimented It. hia fsinou« «perch Wltrfi we arrived at Gettysburg. ae Mr. Thorpe wrote: alutut three weeks ago. sustaining a found a great crowd there, Inlerrstetl i I was at home In Gen • • ■' In the scenes of tlie battlefield, rather I badlv sprained wrist on her right when I hraril thut than Io tlie program of sprrcfien I arm. The sprain ia healing nicely, Coming thut ttflrrn.» ■> There were many o|a-n graves and 'In although the sprain ia quite painful had on board Mr« I buttle victims were taring buried newly elri'teil fr-nr I only a comparatively small number about and stirred u; fi , of people gathered about the »land to pany of the town ar. l Surprise Parent* he ir the speeches I stood Within I* pulled in we had Ibv ■ feet of Mr. Lincoln, as he sat on the firing a salute In In n G ■ Friday, Feb 6, was the 3«lh an orcu[Mlnt of the While II • platform. There I made another »ketch. There la a wonderful differ niversary of the marriage of Mr. Then I was Intr lu I M I me* In It« espresslon from that ot and Mrs George Weatenhouse. and coin aa the boy «ho : I - ■ I t' The lines sre saluto. She sm |l>.r- <t. oi. tr< (fl the Geneva sketch! their children planned and executed mo very gra<-lo««b K..t • •»■' ufl«r d«-vper; the count rnamv more grave We llatvm-d two hour« to the ora a surprise on them which took place that I wrote to i’rswldent Lincoln and ton of Edward Everett, then the naked him to slut* hia butu. il tr .ia on Sunday. B wa« a happy event, at Geneva, so I could inakr a sketch I’rt »ideal stepped forward, a sheet ot because all the children and grand of him |>u|>er In bls left hand. There be >t<>od, Ida left foot nitvancwl ahead of children were present. Feb. 6 waa To tuy delight. Lincoln rep iteri hia rigid, ami lo-gun to speak, gestlcn- I let It t- also the !»th anniversary for Ken agreeing to Sty request luting somewhat with buth long arms known In Geneva that l*r> ».dent I.In neth. and he says it was the beet coin would honor the town by stopping The crowd settled down to hear an celebration he ever had. there a few minute«. on hl« wav to hour's nddress, but It was all over In ! take oflke. and from sut>rl«e until the l< ■■» than three m'nidea and the Preet | •lent ant down Ther«- was no applnu». ' train arrived every bell in <•■( t kept The uudh-nce was astonished. Three’ Executive* to Moot up a continual rtnxi»( I' i .- i ■ •urti outr» when they had cv|»ect««l an the noise away out In tl . < uttr; nr. ir' Die averting silently bruko up camo in to learn what II » all M- d The executive committee of the In ¡171 I went to Washington with Scio Mutual Telephone Co. ia called t o |.in< -In «ketches They were, • «-nly known «ketches from life of to meet at the Scio Tribune office e martyr Pre-deal. and that fact Saturday afternoon at two o’clock : terv*ted the smatora, to transact business and get the by 11.« v built a studio for me on the 1 apitvl r> of, over the senate wing, and i laws in shape for publication. The I u . -I ft for jn year«. I w»« turn j committee is composed of H. 0. II ii years old when given that Shilling. S B Holt. H E. Chrisman, »indlu. but not until last year did I tmisii my portrait of l.lne<dti The li Joe Dobrkovssv and 1. V. McAdoo. brary ciimmittee of the «mate reeom- ‘ iinn<b-d lie purchase, and the senate un iniuuitisly voted FJ,t«M> for It. Off For California Lincoln Portrait Drawn From Life Valentine’s Day of Pagan Origin llow and wh»-re did St. Valentine'» day originate? It Is «eld to have had Its lieglnnin: In tho farmyard, where ibv gander» chiuse tio-lr mates on the fouric n't day of February, a preliminari •’ their couHahlp being a rrmarkabl» fancy dance. Nor. In'hvd ibws thia theory <»f It» origin reiteri u | h > ii lover« « pnlnfUl rtdlmle. Inasmuch u« gander«, am« mal<Kt, make •■»■elleut »nd fidtbful hu«hands Ho tlouiv-MtIcally are thev Incllum! that they even sit uA the • tir- when the female bird 1« »ff the n «I In ahi-liMit IttMiie a s>>rt of lov lol ter, was unnihilly held nt the lime of tho ftwilvnl calleil the fiupervulla I» cause It was belle»rt1 that Bi that «« a aon of the yrur birds cimar timi» mates It wss s festival celebrateli in February, In honor of I' Juno, and tahlrt« hvnrlng young worn en'« natie-s were drawn out of n bo» by the young men E-icb y»utl> aviti’ Ing himself of this ttrlvllige was el pert«*d to l«r until tlie next Hu|»errull« the faithful alien Inni <<f her tvli 'ai name be had dm » n It waa a pretty cu«t.n i. and t orti ptxuwrvlng. Mo <'hr|«tliinlty. when |i "took over" the fair in frstlvals ami adapted them tn It« own u«es, k«*t" the anniversary of thr Neperi-alln a* Kt. Valentine's tln>. remitting It In honor of a holy nmrlyr. who had bm-n doue to death at Itnlne In the Third centitrv, A 1» There wav no mw - c I b I reason why Pt. Valentine si. »» >1 l-r rima n In pref erence to any other saint It doe« not appear that he took any particular interest In Isvers and love-making But. having first In rn clubbed to death and then beheaded, hr deserved Io be Immortalised In some fashion, and In this wsy thr object was attained. The early father« of the church so modified tho Ru|M>r>nlla ns to give to the celebration a rellgloua character and at first the nam»*s of saints m-rv- drawn aa valentine«. In«trad ..f ihtaar of living young women F.v<-n nt the , Ha Was Posted. prrtMit day In «omo I'at hot le chnrrhe» Ilr Mv ’..ar. It « no u»c for you tn tlie custom Is observed "f «electing on I.- k t tho»c hats I ho vent more ; Kt Valentine’s ila, for the tostilo • • :•> S’ In my pocket. year • patron saint wtm 1« called a You m' -bt have known when • valentine. But youths «nd mnhlrn« > >ua> out Id want to buy a few finding little anmsiment In drawing thlnya. j •»At the names of dead and gone hot, fl«——I did. men. soon rrv<rt»~l tn the practice n' drawing each other. Mr. and Mrs. Mylo Bartu and Mra T A. Barrett are leaving this morn ing by auto for San Francisco and other points in California. Mrs. Barrett is returning home, after a visit of several weeks with her water, Mr«. Bartu. and the Bartos are go ing f»r a two months tour and visit. Th* Tribune. 11.75 the year. Irvin Custer at Christian Chr. Ooorgo G. Barnard, will known sculptor, is hors shown at hl« Now York atudlo putting th« fln.«hing touch«« to th« first of four 1%-foot hoods of Abraham Lincoln which aro to bo placod along the Lincoln high way, In four state* When the train pulled In I was the first to clamber onto the platform of the Freak lent • rar There stood Lin- cv>ln ready to clasp my hand Thru I took tay position on the next pint form and began my akefrh, while the crowd pushed up to «hake tils hand 'Of course that sketch was rough, but I got tho likeness Then catue the war. I collated and served la the *eeoafi Ohio cavalry, fighting ia the fibenandonh valley My hoaMh bavke down and 1 was aewt on If Mtr**’**. lad.. ( ffjQgg Peop le’s Theatre AH Week Presents Fiorerà Comedian* in Vaudeville with Picture* Ask for prisa ticket with each paid admission. There will be special «ervice next Sunday night, Feb. 15. at the Chrin- tian church. A «tory about condi tion« in the Near East an»l what is being done there will be told by Irvin Custer. The atorv will be I told in an interesting manner. Citi zens of Scio and vicinity should hear I this interesting talk. Rev. E 3 Muckley. paator of the Chrietiaa church,will preach Sunday morning on "The Kind of Paeaching Needed TodfiV.” nil c «1« except street intersections The p» tition wa« granted and the street and public property commit tee instructed to purchase the nec essary tiling. Speeding through the city, park ing on the wrong side of the atreet, md oth r infractiona of law were Its u«M-d. Tlie ordinance committee is t<> investigate the ordinances and make recommendation« as to chang es if found necessary. The following committees were named by the mayor: Way* mh ! Mwmn» Juh»» Wewiir, Cbm. w r <aii * J II < ovey and Lttfhtfi Thumaa Lar««, ('haa. <* L. l’*nnwH I. F Jtaewa Oniinanami * F GIB ( hm <’ U Rwwnall J. H I t***wy 8trw«ia4 bubt»« I’mfwtir: I. ► J uma ( hm Jvlin Wwawety I bvrnaa Haaith < L 1‘entMll. O mb . W. F GUI J II « •zwy At this point the mayor announced he would sign no warrants that the bills therefor had received no okey from the committee authorizing the debt, and thnt reqfihitions in all caaea must lie used and accompany the bill for payment. A recess was taken, during which time th* committee« obeyed th« fol lowing bills, which were ordered paid: l^ealie Thayer, labor............. $ 2 00 R. M. Cain, supplies for wa ter system ................. . ........ 133 45 Henrv Haaaler, labor ........... 4 M A W. Ilagey, tire chief 5 00 I- 1- I Siniih, labor 3.00 H. 8. Johnston, labor ,.......... Sam Stoller, wood, etc....... .. Ollie MacDonald, expenses to 5 40 5 25 2 50 Albany................................... E. D. Myers, expenses trio to Portland ....................... 15 00 Riley Shelton, premium on bond, notary...................... 3 50 Scio Mill & Elevator Co., two months rent......................... 40 00 Fred Mumper, labor (claim 121) allowed .............. 1760 Bartu Met r Ca., laboriam’t claimed $30) allowed......... 22 35 Mountain States Power Co., December-January power for motor (|239.I5) bill reduced by Company to,.. 100 00 Total warrants drawn .. $359 45 Th* recent freeze has occasioned nearly >400 expenses so far oa the Gera d McDonald lost a valuable the water ay»tem, «ad the end t* horse laet week by poison from eat- I i«f Wbepur iCennoued ea *