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About Intermountain tribune and Linn County agriculturalist. (Sweet Home, Linn County, Or.) 1913-1914 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1914)
INTERMOUNTAIN TRIBUNE = and = LINN COUNTY AGRICULTURALIST VOL. 37. SWEET HOME, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 8, 1914 NO. 2. HEAVY LOADS ARE BARRED ON ROADS The County Court Issues Orders Regu lating Size of Wagon Tires 4 and Loads Because a stretch of road was greatly damaged by the hauling of excessive loads of piling, the county court last Friday issued an order regulating the weight of loads and the size of wagon tires, transported on county thoroughfares, which will be in effect until May first. By the order not more than 2000 pounds may be hauled on a wagon with tires of a width less than four inches. On a wagoh having tires between four and six inches, not more than 2500 pounds may be hauled and 3000 pounds may be hauled on a wagon with tires of six inches or more. This is also stated as the maximum load for any kind of wagon. The order is the result of damage to a certain road in district No, 16, which was called to the attention of the court. The section of road • is on the Albany and Scio highway, being sixty feet in width and begins at the southwest Corner of the do- land claim of Joel Calavan. According to the order, Elmer Russell, through his' employees has causec the road to be greatly dam aged, by hauling heavy loads of piling. The sheriff has been noti fied to serve a copy of the order on Russell and iustruct him to comply therewith. After May 1 the order willbe nil .until next year.—Albany Democrat. (The above most sensible order applies to all sections of the county. If the order is enforced tathe letter it makes good roads possible during the rest of the year. Editor.) Foster Items F. L. Gilbert has been hired to teach the remaining four months of school. Mr. Knapp has been very busy hauling wood today. He is prepar ing for cold weather. * John D. Woody reported the elec tric lights to be in use within fifty days. ’ Miss Pearl Harris has returned to Lebanon after spending Christmas vacation at her home near Foster. Mrs. John Wiley is visiting friends and relatives in Sweet Home. Dale Bowser and Buss Morehead, of Sweet Home, were looking after business in Foster Sunday. Ira Elliott returned to his home above Foster yesterday. Miss Bessie Harris has plenty of good exercise by walking to and from the office each day. The dance at Foster was a' great success. The ones receiving prizes are as follows: Mrs. John Wiley, Bert Simons, Ralph Gedney and Miss Pearl Stitt. Mrs. Dayton Harris has returned home and is reported to be getting along nicely. Miss Ethel Lawrence and Miss Purdy Holcomb is studying very hard to pass the coming 8th grade examination. Miss Grace Nelson is working at the Foster hotel at present. Dayton Harris went to Lebanon Monday after a load of freight for J. P. Harrang. The American flag has been rais ed at the Foster school house. Many of the homesteaders are returning to ' their homes above Foster after spending the holidays at Portland. Reporter S. H., F. & C. Co. Elects Officers Meontain Air Clean Whalesame Beds. The Sweet Home, Foster & Cascade Telephone Cd. held its an nual meeting last Saturday in this city, for the purpose of electing a new board of directors and the transaction of any other business which Could properly be transacted at that time, chief of which was the levying of an assessment of $3 per member, $1 cash and $2 in work. The new board of directors are Bert C. Nye, Dayton Harris, W. R. Mealey and J. G. Hill of Foster and O. C. Stone of Sweet Home. The board afterwards organized by the election of W. R. Mealey, president and John Galbraith as secretary. Church News Hotel Foster Newly refurnished and painted inside. Tables are supplied with the best the market affords Feed barn in Connection with the Hotel,...... ¿.... Beds 25c. Meals 35c. F. B. K napp , J FOSTER - manager - OREGON Sunday school Sunday morning at 10 a. m. L. K. Geil Supt. Preaching at 11 a. m. Young Peoples meeting at 6:30 p. m. Preaching at 7:30 p. m. At Foster: Preaching Saturday at 7:30 p. m., at which time a Sunday school will be organized. The young people will hold their first business and social meeting at the parsonage Friday evening. x L. H. Wood, Pastor NEW CITY COUNCIL IS NOW IN CHARGE First Women in Linn County to Serve as City Law Makers-First Meet ing Next Tuesday Monday evening was the daté for the oïd city council to turn over to the new, the control of the city government. For thé first time in the history of Linn county and we believe in the state, a town has mothers as well as fathers. The two lady members of the city council are representative citizens of our town and the Tribune opines, will render efficient and faithful service. The new board of city officers are as follows: H. M. Myer, mayor. R. W. Van Fteet, recorder. W. B. Thompson, treasurer. Council. Roe Smead, E. M. Post, W. H. Thompson, W. H. Daugherty, Mrs. J. A. Thompson and Mrs. Chas. Lyon. The first business session of the council will be held Tuesday evening January 13, at which time the mayor will appoint the proper com mittee and the council will elect a marshal, street commissioner, etc. The Tribune believes that our city government is t in safe and practical hands, capable of handling the business of our town in what promises to be the most important year in the history of Sweet Home. SWEET HOME TO CON TROL TELE. POLES An Ordinance Will Place Telephone Poles and Wires Under the Care of the City Will Gibson and Family from Victoria are spending the winter with their father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Haven. Mrs. J. D. Wood made a business visit to Sweet Home Thursday. Messrs Stephen Powell and Billie South, after spending the holidays in Lebanon, returned to the logging camp Sunday. George Gabriel and Miss May Powell were in Lebanon Monday. Mr. Gabriel was chopping grain the fore part of the week for Ed Bigbee. Mrs. Myrtle Gaylord has returned to her work in Lebanon, after spending two weeks with relatives on Fern Ridge. Mrs. S. D. Wood was a guest at Mr. Gabriel’s home Wednesday afternoon, on business. A. G. Gabriel was in Lebanon, Saturday on business. Anon. ITEMS NO. 2 Mrs. W. H. Horner and daughter, of Portland, a?e visiting with A. Horner and family. The Pleasant Valley young folks spent a very enjoyable evening at the home Mr. Millers on New Year eve. A. Horner made a trip to Lebanon last week. The Literary Society met Satur day night and a very good program was rendered. The literary, also, decided to give a basket social on Saturday evening, January 17. All are cordially invited. Come and bring a pie. Nemo Tin Wedding Last Saturday Was the 10th anni versary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Putman. About forty friends gathered at their house to congratulate the couple and make merry. • They were a jolly party and play ed games, told yarns and joked the evening away. A bountiful supper helped to while away a couple of hours of a too short evening. Everybody brought a tin utensil of use in the kitchen. Those present enjoyed the even ing and hoped to again enjoy the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Putnam on many anniversaries. Reporter. For some time the care and main- taihance of telephone poles and wires within the city limits, has not been satisfactory to our city council. They knew that if a pole or wire should. get down and damage result, the city would be held re sponsible. So as an entire new set of poles in the city had become necessary, our city dads thinks it the proper time to take charge of matters in this respect. Receiving World-Wide Attention An ordinance has been prepared and will be submitted to the new council at its first regular (second Bonnie Doon, Peach and Walnut Tuesday) meeting, the leading Plantation. Lebanon, Ore., is known features of which are: beyond the sea. A few days since The city council assumes jurisdic the owner, Miss Helen Crawford, tion over all telephone poles erected receiyed a letter from Queensland, on the streets or alleys, prescribing Australia, in which the writer stated size, number of cross arms and that he had read a description of where the poles shall be set. Every her work as orchardist in Sunset telephone wire is required to be at magazine and wished to know more tached to these poles. Every tele of the wonderful Willamette Valley phone wire or line is required to i and Lebanon in particular. I Some time since, Geo. A. Waggo erect their poles in accordance with ner, author of “Stories of Old Ore the provisions of the ordinance. gon,” received an order for a 'copy Failing to do so, such line may pay of his book—from Amesterdam, to the city treasurer the sum of $9, Holland, both incidents proving the value of the printed word.-rLeban- (Continued on page 3) on Express. $1.25 THE YEAR REGULAR ARMY IS THE STANDARD The Department Threatens Withdrawal of the Fedaral Support Unless Efficiency is Raised Wanhington, J^.n. 5.—A ' clean issue, has been made betwee'n the war department and the National Guard association of the Ignited States on the point of organization of the militia forces of the country. By direction of Secretary Garrison, Major-General Wood, as chief of staff of the army, has issued a cir cular—No. 13—announcing the de cision of Judge advocate General Crowder that the militia must con^ form in organization to the stand ards of the regular army, else thfey will be deprived of all federal finan cial support. This decision is of, the greatest importance to the militia as it is to government. Military men say be cause few, if any, of the state national guard organizations are now able to meet the requirements, and if the government is to be able to make use of the militia in an emergency, there must be a sweep ing change in the state organizations' or a radical modification of the existing militia law. Wheh the Dick militia act became effective in 1908 a period of five years was allowed within which the militia of the states was to re-orga nize to conform to regular army standards. The state militia were to be organized into brigades and divisions. The brigade was to be commanded by a brigadier -general and the division by a«major general and when the war department last August issued circular No. 8, re quiring the militia organizations to conform to the above requirements it developed the fact that there was a great surplusage of high ranking officers in the militia and that major-generals weré commanding mere brigades and brigadier-generals simply regiments.
