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General Kews
The Scio Tribuna
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Supplement, Oct. 89, 1925
j Soufftem Pacific’s Railroad Construction Plans Will
Provide New Direct Transcontinental Line To East
Notice of School Meeting
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the legal voters of School District
No. 95, of Linn County. State of Oregon, that a SCHOOL MEETING of
said district will be held at the City Hall in Scio. Oregon, on the 13th day
of November. 1925, at 8:00 o’clock in the afternoon, for the purpoee of
discussing the budge! hereinafter Act out with the levying board, and to
vote on the proposition of levying a *i>ecial district tax.
The total amount of money needed by the said school district during
the fiscal year beginning on June 30. 1925. and ending June 30. 1926. is
estimated in the following budget and includes the amounts to lie receiv
ed frpm the county school fun I. state school fond, elementary school
fund, special district tax. and all other moneys of the district:
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BUDGET
MT1MATKI* KXFENBrTVUB
Salary per Year
Personal Servite:
Principáis
teachers
Teachers
Janitor
Clerk
„
1
V
$1800 00
1125 00
2250 OO
3
1035 00
3106 00
1
450 00
450 00
I
75 (Ml
75 00
$1800 00
■ ..V
*LV f
Total
Material 4nd Supplies:
Sketched la this map Is the new direct IrausruatlncaUU route from Orrc*»n and the horfb 1 oast to ths Hast
HlsMuth Falls, Ore.: Alturas, t'aLt Fernley, Rev, and Ogden. I tak. planned by the Neutberu Pacific Company
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“Houtbern Pacific plana will give territory by that line as not In thsj one half millions of dollars for lbs
Portland and Oregon a new direct public Inis real, but as representing s I Natron line pasting through Klamath
transcontinental line to the Rast, so real detriment to the public through ; Falla have an Intimate bearing upon
located on the one hand to servo the dividing between two line« a bu«in*-s«0 these applications, one of which, to-
greatest agricultural anl timber sec which Is not more than enough for wit. that of the Oregon Trunk, would
tion« of Oregon, and on the other the support of one It Is against the Imperil thia largs investment, while
band, provide a mid continental route public Interest to construct more rail- Jbe other will safeguard it. Further
Kiccss con «nd proposed investments of »15.OS*,
giving these section« direct service to ways than are needed
ooo are those with which thle bearing
the major part of the I’nlted States ” struct I ou only results in a lame re
put Into the directly deals, these consist of our
Thia was the central point made tn turn upon the money
the testimony of William Sproule. lines, with an Inferior service by *** b i interest In the 0. C. a E Rsiiway and
president of the Southern Pacific Com I of them and a burden upon the public “ i Its propoeed «1 tensions, proposed In-
Regarding the Klamath Tula l^ike- j vestment tn Nevada Ca.-fornla Oregon
pacy, before the Interstate Commerce
Commission at the Oregon Railway ' Alturas line. Mr Hprouie said "If the Railway and the slant a rd gauging of
bearing before Director of Finance I Oregon Trunk Line is not built an*! that road, the propoeed const ruction
Charles D Mahaftle at Portland. Go- • j If the application of O. X’ A K. has by Houthern Pacific from Klamath
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the ■jij'ivvai
approval ut
of IMF
the 4 commission
tob^r 9
•ruiun»»’- «»» i there
n ’ r w j Falls to Cornell and Its extension from
“IxM-ally. Southern Pacific propoe la no question that tha Htrihorn Idas. ’ Cornell
to Alturas i
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Ou the Natron
ala." said Mr. Mproule. “first promote In which the Southern Pacific will I line, now nearing completion, we will
the natural development of territory have a Joint Interest will care prop have apent »S4.M6.O0O. which, with the
In Oregon on the Nevada California erly for all traffic needs In the tint (1&.020.000 covered by our present ap
Oregon Hallway. Including the Um ber and valley country lying to the, plications. will make our total Invest
bared areas In the Lakeview Resin; northeast and east of Klamgth Faile i ment from Black Butte summit via
second, through our taking an Interest and the Natron cutoff will care for the Grass l-aks to Klamath Falls. Natron
In the Oregon. California A Eastern remainder, excepting only thAt which! and Springfield on tha one hand, and
road, those lines will be eitended to la adjacent to the Oregon Trunk rather from Klamath Falla to Fernley and
Imkeview on the other hand, total
make available the timber resourcea than to the Klamath Falls
"The Strahorn application Includes »SI. M0.000
tributary to the Sprague River and
to supplement sad
wish
the Williamson and Sycan rivers; ths construction of a line to Lakeview I "We
third, through the Natron cutoff we and tn his answers to Interrogatories strengthen tha groator tavwtmeat by
will serve the Cascade and Klamath Mr. Strahorn mentions an under improving the seretes sad giving it
After noting ibat
standing with the Southern Pacific for greater dispatch
region.
"The Klamath and Lakeview basins the use of thle Uns as a through route i Southern Pacific development plane
will be made fully accessible and Um for traffic between Oregon and N« jin South Central Oregon were tied up
ber that nature has made tributary to reds Speaking for the Southern Pa ! for years by the Central Pacific litiga
those basins will find Its proper out ciflc. we would prefer that the com-1 tion. Mr Sprouls said:
Why Old They Wahl
let. Ths new lines will give the farm mleeion pass upon the application for
( Ing and live stock Interests of both thle particular construction without
"It may bo pointed out that tha Ore-
basins access to markets east and reference to the use of the line for g*»n Trunk Interrata wore un hant
west, north and south, by ths shortest the purpoee stated. It Is true that ths pored by government Intervention and
lines possible and double tracked tor Southern Pacific has at different times litigation such as ws experienced and
considered the possibility of thia libs were free and able to undertake con
th.- moat parL”
Mr Mproule's testimony with re as part of a through route, but it ha« struction al say time since they
spect to the new mala line east from also had under consideration other reached Head In 1*11. Mo why did they
Oregon was based on applications of routes from Klamath Falla to roach' wait fourteen years until the Mouth-
his company for authority from the its Central Pacific main Uno, but n»t era Pacific had received permission to
Interstate Commerce Commission to passing through Lakeview, In fact, we complete Its Natron line and had made
construct a line of railroad trom kave reached a decision and have pub very heavy expenditures In conse
Klamath Falls on the new Natron cut , Mely announced wbat we want to do quence T Why did they wait until
off line, southeasterly through the tn this respect We have applied for Strahorn had perfected his plans
Tula lake country, to the broad- permission to construct a line from built forty miles of his railroad
guaged Nevada-California Oregon st Klamath Falls to Cornell and have made application for extensions?
Alturas, thence via Ogdon to the east. | * concluded that the most suitable plication by us for permission to build
1 through route for a connection with a line to llend to participate In the
The Nhorlest Line
our Central Pacific main line will be lumber traffic there would bo quite
The Southern Pacific line from to continue the proposed Klamath
as much la order, and as little serve
Klamath Falls via Natron to Portland, Falls line across Tula l *-ke to a con- >
public convenience or necessity.
the witness pointed out. Is 117 miles section with N. C. O.. as planned m
"Finally, as to the Oregon Trunk:
leas than to Portland via Bend over 1*0». bu: not having determined upon
Why have they been silent and made
the proposed Oregon Trunk line. Mr. . the place at which it would eonaect.
no move during the long years of our
Sprouls also cited the following com I we originally applied to the commis
pioneering. In which we have been In
parisons of distances from Klamath sion tor permission to build to Cor- i
good faith making such Urge invest
Falla via Bend and Alturas:
( noil. Mince this hearing has been ments In ths Klamath region, which
“To Chicago, the line via Bend will called our engineers have made further J has become productive through the vn-
be 20* miles longer by Great Northern reports which point to the general dl ■ terprls« of its citlsens conjointly with
and 277 miles longer by Northern Pa rwetloa of Alturas as the more direct our eel res! The obvious reason is that
ciflc.
and serviceable route, and we have. lb,y b„. 1m.,„ walling for ug to put
“To St Louis, the line via Behd will on October J. fGed jeith the commie-j our money into thio region for its de-
be SSI miles longer by Great Northern sloa la Washington formal application veloprnent and. after wo have done so.
and 42» miles longer by Northern for authority to construct accordingly.' th. n come In al small eipense to
lhsclflc.
Opes Ip Farming District
themselves to take from us the Just
“To St. Paul, the Alturas line will
“Construction of a Una from Klamath rewards of our enterprise. We have
be 44 miles longer than the Great Falls to Cornell will open up to rail invested all the money and taken all
Northern and 1» miles shorter than transportation some 130.000 acres of the chances
Had our enterprise
the Northern Pacific.
farming or pasture land It la not ea failed It would have been our mlefor-
■*To Omaha, the Alturas line will be pected that the local traffic will itself! tune to have borne the loea. Yet now
320 miles shorter then the Northern prove sufficiently remunerative for a, we are threatened with the misfor-
long time but we ask the conimiaaiuu ' tune of being unable to carry our
Pacific via Billings.
~To Kans«« City, the Alturas line to consider In connection with our plana to their natural conclusion. be-
will be 2d« miles shorter than the present a pp Horn ton that thia la part of cause the proposed eilenslon front
Northern Pacific via Billings.'* The a through line from Oregon to Nevada. Rend would divert to Trunk lines to
I’tah and east via Nevada Callfornla- the north, which have contributed
witness said:
"Souihern Pacific plana provide tn- Oregoa Railway, with Central Pacific nothing tn the development of thia
region, that bueinewi which the Mouth
elllties for all traffic of the Klamath through ogden "
As to construction eapenditures Mr j em Pacific as the parent line may
territory superior to those proponed
fairly claim Io have earned by con
by the Oiegon Trunk and without dup Sproul« said:
“Mapendlturea of over thirty eta and vtruction and servte«'"
lication
We oppose entry Into thia
Valuable "Don't.
shocking. If nut fatal.
your insurance may have lapaod.
Don’t turn on an electric light
Don’t leave the eord attached to
when
standing in a bath tub. if you
The users of electricity can help the electric iron when not in uae
wish
to
turn on another anvwhere.
hold the number of ^voidable acci If you want to sec a house burn, go
Don’t hang light bulb* against
dents to the minimum is suggested to the movies.
wood
or cover them with paper nr
Don’t use the electric vibrator in
by the Oregon Public Utility Infor
other
inflammables Confining them
mation Bureau, when hats the fol the bath tub. even though it proba
produces
heat and heat prod urea
lowing ’Don’U” aa worth putting bly would make future Imthing un
fire.
necessary
into practice:
Don’t hang lamp cords on nails.
Don’t fool with bare wire», even |
K«»ults ar» likely to be. The nail will get the ‘juice
Supplies (chalk. «ra<wm.
Domestic Science Supplies
Janitor's supplivs
Fuel
1 Jght.
Water
Postage, stationery and printing
50 00
75 IX)
50 (X)
225 00
50 (X)
60 00
50 00
Total
Maintenance and Bepairs:
Building and grounds
» 125 00
Indebted news:
Warrant, and Interest thereon
$ 500 00
Transportation of pupils
$1000
Insurance
$
Emergency
S 500
Total estimated amount of money for all pur
poses during the year
50
$10415 ix)
tUHTMATED HKi KIITH
Krom county school fund during th«* coining school
year
—
$
From alate school fund during the coining school
year
From elemenlery school fund during the coming
school year
1000
Estimated amount to lx* received from all other
sou revs during the coming school y<*nr
3500
Total estimated receiDt«. not including proi>o«ed lax
»
$ 5920 00
RECAPITULATION
Total estimated expenses for the year
»10415
Total estimated receipts. n«t including |>rou<>««*d tax * 59*20
Balance, amount to be raise* 1 by district tax
Th« in<iebtc<ln«M of District No. 95 Is ns follows:
, Total warrant IndebliwineM
Total amount of all IndebtedMM
$ 4496 00
$2460 33
8466 33
Dateti thia 22d day of October. 1925,
Attest:
Mit I.IU.IAN S imm . ('hairman Board of Directors
CoKA CALAV a N. District Clerk
MRU ROGER PEIRCE OP HOLLgrWOOO. CALIFORNIA, ONE OP THE COUNTRY'S
MOST NOTED RIDERS. AND HER HUNTER. "JOHN PEEL*'
The Pacific ln tortini local Horne
Show. Portland, Oct. list to Nov. 7th,
again taken the front of the stage In
!»2& with the largest offering of
premium money In America.
I2S.000 for th" H5 class**« to Ix*
shown of which 113.000 la In slake»—
seven of 12.000 and five of |lotto
make thia a phenomlnal prise Hat.
The atake events ar»: Olympic Hold,
Beattie. 12.000, for five-galled horses;
Heat lie Horse Hbow Association. 12.
000, to be shown In two divisions an
follows: »1,000, five-galled marcs and
»1.000. flve-gaited stallion« and geld
tags; North western National Hank.
»»,000, tor roadsters, Portland Cham
her of Commerce. Motto, for hoary
ha mesa ponies; Sovereign Hotel, »2.-
000. hunters and lumpers. Portland
Hotel. »2.000, heavy harness hornea;
Multnomah Hotel. »2.000, threo-galled
horses; W. F. Turner, (1,000. Junior
fl vega I ted homes; Henry Thiele, »1.-
000, Shetland ponies; Olds. Wortman
A King. »1,000. polo mounts; llennon
Hotel. »1.000, fine harness hornea; and
Imperial Hotel, »1.000, all In hand
driving.
The greatest aeries of horse shows
ever known In being bold now in Call-
iornia at Blockton. Sacramento, Ven
tura and Pomona, ail former shows
la Ing ng omen ted by a flood of newly
pur* based show horses. According to
General Manager O. M Plummer of
the Exposition and Horae Show Man
nger. A. P. Fleming, a train load of
livestock. of which 14 carloads ar«
horses, will come from the east to
Portland thia fall, as will all (he
bor»**a now showing In California.
The result of thee« additions wilt
unquestionably enable the I’aclftc 1».
ternatlonal to break the site and qual
ity records now being made tn th»
south.
.
The growth of th« horse show fa«,
ture of the Pacific International 1»
one of the moat significant facta of
the comeback of the horse.
Tell the Advertiser you saw his ad in
The Scio Tribune; he li 1 appreciate it
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