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
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