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About Intermountain tribune and Linn County agriculturalist. (Sweet Home, Linn County, Or.) 1913-1914 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1913)
LOCAL BREVITIES The W. W. Howes sawmill has again commenced manufacturing lumber. The Wadtli flouring mill at Fos ter commenced grinding new wheat, this week. Judge H. B. Chess, of Lebanon, was looking after legal business in this locality, last Monday. Sweet Home has two churches of different denominations, which are served by one pastor, Rev. Mr. Wood. J. A. Thompson and son Henry and Judd Mealey went to Portland, last Monday, to look after timber interests. ■ County Commissioner 0. H. Rus sell wept down to Plainview, Mon day, for the purpose of looking after county business. J. W. Keys, of Eugene and F. W. Seeck, of Lebanon, were looking after their mountain ranches above here, last Sunday. Fred Wodtli, of Foster, is pre paring poles, cross arms and digging the holes for the erection of electric light lines from Foster to this city. Both commercial telephone lines to Lebanon were out of commission, last week. New poles all along the lines will soon be an absolute neces sity. For lack of lumber Sweet Home’s high school building has met with some delay. Now, however, four or five workmen are pushing mat ters. Mine Host H. M. Myer, of Hotel Sweet Home, has developed into a first-class work hand. He is hauling the year’s supply of wood for the hotel. Some building has been done in Sweet Home during the past sum mer, but only a fraction of what will be done when the railroad arrives. The threshing outfit belonging to A. Scholl completed the season’s run. last Monday morning and the machine was housed at the owner’s home at Foster. L. W. Nordyke, of Springbrook, Wash., was looking after old scenes in Sweet Home, last week. Mr. Nordyke is offering his farm, located near Sweet Home, for sale. Copies of the Intermountain Tri bune in wrappers, 5 cents each. Send a copy to your friends else where. It might result in a new citizen for this locality. Adrian Comley, an acquaintance of this editor forty years ago, was down from his timber ranch, located five miles southeast of here, last Monday. George" Lovelee, of Lebanon, is the choice of the county court for official sealer of weights and measures. A better selection than the Judge could not have been made. S. F. Oliver, a resident of Sweet Home for many years and who lost his wife by death, last year, has gone to Ridgefield, Wash., to reside for the winter. He expects to re turn to Sweet Home about Arpil 1st, 1914. The Linn county fair at Scio, will be on next week. Quite a number of Sweet Home hop pickers returned this week. Dr. Wilson thinks the people are distressingly healthy these days. The weather for the closing up of harvest operations, has been ideal. Now many of pur farmers will slip off to the mountains for a few days hunt. M. J. Nye has moved from his farm into town to be mòre conven iently situated for school. Clark Price, of near Albany, passed through town, Tuesday, for Cascadia, intent oh a few days hunt. Reports from the Albany country indicate that all threshing operations will be Completed, this week. Threshing operations in the Sweet Home- country are now complete and the machines are housed for the winter. The Albany Democrat is now a subscriber to the United Press As sociation and receives an abbreviat ed dispatch service at first hands. Drs. Lowe & Turner, opti- cians and optométriste, will be at Hotel Lebanon October 2. Consult them about your eyes and glasses. Mrs. Carl Mealey is now the. possessor of an excellent piano, attributable to the bigheartedness of her husband. The instrument was unboxed the first of the week. There are several thousands of acres of burned over lands along the South Santiam river which would make1 ideal mountain homes. The land is rich and will grow any thing you plant. Besides, you would have' advantage of the thous ands of acres of out range for stock. W. H. Putnam lost a valuable, family horse,, last week. He was hauling lumber from one of our sawmills when the animal dropped dead when in harness, probably from heart trouble. The horse was valued more for his long service to the family, rather than for what was expected from him in the future. The Sterling Milling & Warehouse Co. of Brownsville, Oregon solicits your trade on every thing in our line, we can please you in quality and price, we carry a full line of soft wheat flour, mill feed, ground feed, wheat, oats, hay* grass seeds, red clover, Alsike clover, white clover and poultry supplies. Give' us a call when the city. Chas. Sterling, Manager and owner. animal. We Sell -AT REASONABLE PRICES- The Highest Market Price Paid for Country Produce If a satisfactory franchise is granted Wadtli for the installation of electric lights in Sweet Home, he will install four or five street lights free of cost, so he informs the Tribune. The present number of the Tri- buhe, owing to an unexpected amount of work iu getting the plant ready for business, is but of four pages. It is our purpose to increase the number of pages to six in a short time and to eight or more, if business justifies. In the mean time please bear with us until we can get avenues of news opened, correspondence arranged, etc. If you desire to help the paper along, send in your subscription and any items of news from your particular locality. We want the news from this entire section of the country. —- General Merchandise Dry Goods, Groceries Hardware, Etc., Etc. Postmaster and Mrs. F. L. Gil bert autoed to Eugene, last week, where they spent a few days visit ing relatives and old time friends. . Six wagon loads of fat porkers, passed through Sweet Home for the. Sweet Home Church News Portland markets, last Sunday. There were nearly one hundred head Sunday school at 10 a. m. and Vehrs Bros, of Lebanon, were Preaching at 11 a. m. the purchaser. The price per gross Afternoon service at the Santiam pound is reported to have been 7| school house. cents. Preaching at 7:30 p. m. in the J. M. Riley, of Lebanon, was run upper Church. down by his own automobile last Prayer meeting and Bible study week. The critter had ‘ ‘gone dead’ ’ Wednesday evening. and Mr. Riley got out to crank up. To all these services you are wel The machine had been left with the come. Come and bring your friends. forward clutch on and, before Mr.. L. H. Wood, Pastor. Riley could get out of the wky he was run down and 'his leg broken. He was taken to the Albany hospital for treatment. N. R. Watkins Sweet Home Rough and Dressed Lumber \ MANUFACTURED BY We have a large stock of lumber constantly on hand, we cannot fill your order from the yards* we have plenty logs from which to saxy it. . ,------ r--S ILO STOCK A SPECIALTY= 8 per cent interest will be charged on accounts after 30 days Mill located 3 miles above Foster. FOSTER l ii" " OREGON 3 3 GF Ë 3 3 G f B S I A. SCHOLL Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots Shoes, Agricultrral Imple ments, Sash Doors, Paints, Oils | Clean and Airy Rooms and Beds. The tables are supplied with the best the market affords Special Orders—Special Prices Feed and Livery Barn in connection with Hotel Prices are Reasonable. - Oregon DEALER IN , MYERS & ROSE, Prips. - - Lt1 'id II . ■ ' 1 J . Lb ' ■ F.r;............... 1 F--------------- ------- 1 E= Sweet Home SWEET HOME - Ranges, Cookers, Heaters and Tinware A large line of Bedding, Rugs and Furniture OREGON 0080i!0ii080i)0y08080i»»i0»(i080ii0i!0f0i0i CITY DRUG STORE In the case of the run-away Al bany kids, apprehended in this city, last week, most Sweet Homers think _the girl was the leading spirit and director of the escapade. She should have been punished equally as heavy as the boy say one and all. A valuable family cow belonging to Mr. Stitt, of Foster, came near choking to death last Saturday evening. She had been eating apples one of which lodged in her gullet. Quick attention sayed the School begins on September 29. So boys and girls begin looking up your books. For Sale—21 shoats, will weigh from 75 to 100 pounds. See me at once. John T. Russell. Daily papers fail to reach Sweet Home every few days. Postmaster Kirkpatrick of Lebanon, should get a move on. With a majority of Sweet Home’s population at the hop yards, the town has been pretty quiet for the past two weeks. Everybody should attend the grange fair over at Holly and Sweet Home should have a similar fair, next year. Mr. and Mrs. Slavens made an* auto trip down to Independence hop fields last Saturday, returning the following day. If what you want is not on hand, we will order it for you N. R. LUTHER, M. D. Prop. Drugs, Patent Medicines Perfumes, Toilet Articles, Sundries Dr. Robert’s and Korinek’s Veterinary Remedies East Main Street SWEET HOME, ORE. Sweet Home Our city council, by ordinance, should inaugurate a uniform system xt of sidewalks. The present walks M do not give visitors a very favorable impression of our town. Oregon Our most newly married man, Mr. Swink, did not take up much time in bridal tour nonsense, but almost immediately got down to life’s busy requirements.
