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Politicullij Independent-
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Entered at tli« poepjffice at Scio, Oregon, aa aarund rla««
mad matter.
I'UMI IMItKt* KVXHT FRII»AV
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notes the very best form of money. They depend
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upon the life and stability of the government and
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the patriotism uf the people, for their value. They th« »n<.unr»iu«>u ( »n» «-iu»«s •i««>|
should rest upon a basis, not of gobi, but upon me >u'
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(axing power of the government, as their sour»*.-1 *„tu, n««t«< prm «r« *
of value.
At all events, the money that stays
with us in our direst need, that fights our battles r ’
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and pays our army and navy is a belter money I
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or substitute for money than the money that goes «m, »ul>j* i u> ». ur « . I »t ti«»f<.rtb<uu>
It
|om»ri ••». t o», lor ih»c»nJidsey
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into hiding at the crack of an enemies gun. I.
turely is deserving of a better fate than to be •”l‘*
characterized as the ’’Very worst form of substi
tute for money.
SHOULD SHOW THE WHOLE TRUTH
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THE ERLEND LN NEED.
I To Ih» Repub! i> raw-voter» uf
Linn Cou« ly :
I lierebv »n*,"*i
nur«* f »• •>' a»plr-
am, »object to v •«* will at th» forthc««ni-
in« primary el*-tion, for th* «ami «lavi
n HALF TRUTH is no truth at all. is an old
LA »nd very true saying. Judge Stewart in hi« f..r th» • rt>< • «I
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COI NTY TREASt RI R
J B LEATHERMAN.
amount ofqn>ney ¡mid bv Linn countv as !
Alban«. <>*«<•■«
of the stale lax. has been much heavier under his
administration than was paid under the Balmer To ths Rci'tiliiu ai Voter« of
administration, the four years immediately prve-
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eding. Here are the figures as the records will] 1 hyri by annoui . r myaelf an aapir*
show, commencing with the year I960, J .lilg* «nt, aui.)«« ' t..v ur « ill at t li» forth. m-
log primary eie« lion. I»r tba catelMacy
Palmer's first year:
for th» "If! « .»I
1906 State tax $11 7«.ri
COUNTY COM MISION EK
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44 H67
1901
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Albany. Oregon
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First half 1904
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Calicos, Ladies’ Skirts
Mens’ and Boys’ Suits
Shoesi, Lace Curtains,
Sprint1 and Summer
Goods and Laces.
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NOW IN MOTION AT
LEAPING editorial in a late issue of the Or
210.251
Total
egonian contained a statement, which most
Under Judge Stewart:
of the veterans of the civil war will take ex
1 Ak.Ht half 1!*H State tax $.32 211 -4
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ceptions to.
We allude to the statement "United
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States notes are the very worst form of substitutes
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for money.”
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1907
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The N ews , with all due respect for the big
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daily, Ix’lieves this statement not a true one. On
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the contrary, it believes United States notes or
Total
202.999
greenbacks, are the very best form of substitutes
The public is entitled to know these facts. The
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for
lor money and
ami that
mat they are
ars the
tne very best
oest monej
money Nkws j, not
jmlge Ste-art; but it will
ever coined or .»sued by the Federal government
jt th(?
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, „.¡„lead, unintentional
Why?
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though it may be on Judge Stewarts part.
"A friend in need is n friend indeed” never was
The N ews has often commended the excellence
m ire true than were the greenbacks, which were of Judge Stewart's administration in looking after
i isued by authority of congress, when our country the'pubiic highways.
None of his predecessors
was assailed by the most gigantic and determined have equaled him.
But the fact exists that h»- *>«enl it will place th» |« lrh»l I»*» •»
foe of her history.
In a few months after the collected a larger tax than any of his predecessors, •» now km>w him, io th« P -wn and
states of the South had waged the war of rebellion as well. The people are entitled to a full and com "" rlul'*
>gi* I. If the |«*«pU
«It down on th« I oí 11 appropriatela
our small amount of gold and silver money
disap
,
plete statement of this matter, which has not yet
bill, firmly »nd yoiidlv at in» «am« lime,
peared from circulation. / A large sum of money j
they will «trangl« • growing *locate»nai
was necessary with which to buy arms and muni-
ariatocracy which «ili lu tim», if un-
tarns of war; equip huge armies and furnish them
hamper*!, become a incoa«« to th» b««t
s istenance. Hold and silver could not be collected
interyate tu th« aiate.
SHOULD BE BOUNCED.
from the people in the way of laxes; for the people
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that Ihffirr
did not have them. Congress, in order to meet
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now•* duv»
an<l supply this need, provided the greenback as a
HERE IS A crowd Of politicians anil would-
Um *»l»o arr hon«wl I hm 'BUW the* !*•
substitute for the gold and silver that had desert
be-bosses down in Portland, whom the fieople ••«»tIU’Vi« tb< III t»‘
W- . M bii who bt *
ed the Nanon in her hour of need. Congress de
of Oregon would do well to place in the h -it at i»»r j»« 1* > •• wu-l m»n who arr
creed that this substitute should be legal tender
“Down and Out” club. We allude to the crowd beffiti»»«’ il I» «imply right I » I*’
for nil debts public and private, except duties on which is engineering the scheme to displace Stale , honett. A« a matter >4 l«cl, the U«t
imports and interest on the public debt
ment No. 1 of our primary law and ultimately the mBiitiuimi art tha only r«allr honrat
Ionra.
Unfortunatoh h»r atx*i*ty
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The people patriotically accepted and used the law itself.
getterai, *hrrr ar«* t««» malt* ol Ihr Arti
greenback. It bought guns and munitions of war,
The scheme is to elect a majority of the mem and aetumi »
iurntm <**i
paid the soldiers, provided food and clothing for bers of the legislature who refuse to subscribe to
The liar »nd »caudal ir >nii«r arc the
them, and made it possible for the United States Statement No. 1, who are members of the Repub
wur«t »nenne» »H-tely ha* to contend
to prosecute and bring to a successful conclusion lican party; then to give the (mpular vote to the
with
T hey ar» «..r-c than the llitef ur
the most sanguinary war of her history.
Democratic U. S. senator. It can readily lie seen iiliird«r«r. 11«» crime ul the tlieif <•»
And this is the money or substitute for money that should their plans succeed, there would be a murderer • «gan «1 the iwre n ur
which the Oregonian characterizes as “The very crowd of legislators down at Salem next winter |«er»<ma doectly d««|« ilr.l or murdered.
worst form of substitute fur money?” Had the which would be subservient to the wishes of the T he liar and »tenderer or «caudal imm-
Oregonian published such a sentiment as this in bosses. As a result, any kind of legislation might grr'a piir|«*e I» to 'tijurv ami destroy
ch «racier, which I« ul mote value than
any of the loyal states East of the Rocky mount be expected. They would be sure to so hamper property or life itaelf.
ains during the progress of the civil war. it would the Direct Primary and Initiative and Referen
Whrn J* ibhu olii
not have published another issue; and its editor dum laws, with regulations and clogs that the
p
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unti <M?vrr
would have had leisure to look at the world wishes of the political Isiss would la* supreme, m
a li.. !
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through prison bars, Hundreds of citizens were the future.
'till Ill'll may
placed in prison, at that time, for uttering no
The only safe way for the people of Oregon to • *tti IÄ '•» tO IS»*»
more disloyal words than these.
This "Very protect the reform laws placed upon our statute • r\ c in» <d all
worst substitute for money” )«id the soldiers. books, is to elect a legislature pledged by State
lieu an iti. lai * a«-r » •«!
They received it at its face value while the deni ment One. This is more ini|>orlant than the elec
liier« ar» «¡r urxi% uiv r«
zens of Wall street. New York, who evidently held tion of a Democrat or a Republican legislature.
t 1.» :*•'■ «I -1. i.
Il ! >. • liai
the greenback in the same esteem with the Ore- If we would keep the ship of state free from the
lo . «le |O V '-I
Il >1,
goian, would accept them at no more than one-half domination of these time-serving place-hunting •
an on« a»à I r r«* «I* tion,
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their face value.
The soldiers and |>eople in politicians, we must hold fast to the progress we 11 I* 4
« lo iitak» a cbauge.
general, received the greenlatcks in a patriotic have made and never take a step backward.
l.it-ti ctMiiily )9 mil I i«**i to 4 >ffl< ml*
spirit; Wall street in the cold-blooded, selfish, esti
In Linn county these reforms are safe.
It is w lid ura» li t rnl, t
and cotlrleOLi.
mate of the money lord.
only in strongly Republican counties wherein as j to Hie public, hue 11 ui«» and atKh man
The N ews editor, ns one of the boys who wore saults upon Statement No. 1 are being made. «»nil »hoi*'! I«» honiitmlBd fur lie v.tri- I
MALAYAN * MckNIOtlT, Proprietors
It
pAi i fen iUtiilUMlr
the Blue, feels that the Oregonian has. uninten Little did these political bosses realize, when in ! Mlf
K«M<d mru, It»«« Wr arc nwiirei ui g«>»d
tionally. administered a sort of covert insult to the permitting our present Direct Primary to become
connect u?ith all trains
nnu-ut.
A bed man itominaled
old soldiers. We can but feel that in uttering the a law. they were placing a power in the hands of ior. m.«. m.gi.A bs »iv-i««i «nd • i «. i
Munkers.
words in the statement given, it has cheapened the people which meant death to political bossism ultictel ««»uiii rr«ull. Tliarn'or«, do not
the service we rendered our country in her hour of in Oregon. They know and realize that fact now. nominal» him, no matter «hat |«>iitnal
cuter ii« may «««r.
riqs are first-class and our horses
need. Bad as the greenbacks were, we accepted Hence their determined tight to overthrow it.
them willingly.
Estimated on the gold basin of
The present political campaign will demonstrate
In voting for I' •*. »»nator »1 tn»
drivers. Prices reasonable.
that day. we served for about $•’> per month; whether the masses of the Republican |>arty are forth.<>min< primary «1«- .ion, , nearh
though the nominal pay was $16. Had our country ruled by ¡«triotic or partisan motives. If they ii«« «niir» vote ol l.«nn county «ill be
demanded, we would have served without any pay follow the lead of this Portland gang, then we can < «•( I r tl«.. t«<> « an I- I 1 tea r«[>r, ««ntinn
Statement N«. 1. Tli« Republican» will
at all. We were not soldiering for the money conclude the wellfare of the Republican party in
Reaolutknv ot Con<1'4*nee
Admlnlalrator'» Sate of Real Estate.
vol« lor Mi. Cak» an«l tl«« Democrat*
there WaA in it. by no means. Yet to have, even general and these political kisses in particular, is f .r Governor t'hamlrerlaia.
Notice ia hrrebr given that the tinder-
nearly fifty years after the close of the war, our held in higher estimation, by that party, than the
•icned Administrator of the Calate of
Wunitt
th«
lata
William
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Mr W « . 'Ran value» lite am-cc»«
Georg« Christie Johnston, decease. I,
service belittled by degrading the money >n which wellfare of the state or the entire people.
of principi« of greater niomanl titan ha» lam gariter*l by th» Ma.ter ab*<»«, will, in pursuance of an order of the
we were paid, is, to say the least, not pleasant
It is becoming apparent that there are several u,ai „<
.4 piMuial preferment.
II» did tu hi» eternal h<>in« a ml a* thia l<«l<e County Court > f l.inn County, Oregon,
The Oregonian should ajiologize to the o'd soldiers. elements acting with the Republican j»arty, which not ai«b to divide tli« R»t'Ubll< an vol» ha» l«>»t a »trun» «npporler, hi» «rifa ami dnlv m«<te and entered of record in the
of the Clerk of the County Court
Suppose, for argument, that instead of green are determined to carry out their selfish purposes, for lb« lateim-nt No. 1 candidate •«ma a faithful hu»l«ml ami fathar ami office
lor said county, <>n the 18th day of
thè enminunity at lart» a «alimi atei
IL'm-«
will
vote
and
w
rk
for
th»
April, IWm, at lös. « aell at public auc
backs, we had attempted a system of national no matter at what cost to the people. This assault
rimai «nervati« «-il a-n, thorofor» be it
tion at the front door of the Planing Mill
bank notes, as we have them now, or clearing on Statement One and the ratification by the •lact on <.f «Ir. Cake. Hi« »latentem
Ki«.inili that W«, repr««enli>>< but a in the city of Hem, Oregon, all id the fol
rclat ve to the matter may I« found in
«mali portion of hl« mo««« friamla, ex lowing described real estate, to-wil
house certificates.
Could congress have made l»eopleofthe U. of O. continuous appropriation , au «Iber culuni.
lst» Noe. ? and 3 in lllock Ho. Sand
tend nur d«e|«e«l •« mpatliy to th» b«
either of them a legal tender, as it did th« green- bill are examples in point
We could mention
1 reared ami «-nmuiemi them to a marci- fractional Lails I and 2 in Block No 5 in
Wheeler e Addition Ui the town of Belo,
backs? Would the |>eopl<* and the world in gener several other iuterests which are governed by
With Mr. t'ake rvpn-eenting III» prin- : fu! I*r«i»id»ne«
Linn County, Oregun.
al have received them with the same feeling of selfish impulses.
ripia
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But the above are the most
Crabtree Camp No. M61, M. W. of A.
Terms of »ale, cash in hand on day of
security which the greenltack inspired? Most prominant One of the proposed measures upon »<■ «tor by ili» direct rota of tli* |««>|>lr
NatH*M Ncsrrn, rounael, eale.
Dated tide the 16th day of March,
U »I.TB« A lvih . clerk.
certainly not Then the green back is not “The wnich the people will vote next June, is to make and Senat r Kuip.n thaantia, «» will i»
W0H.
able t<> determine ho« the Republican
very worst form of substitute for money.
Ritav S rcltow ,
¡Statement No. 1 obligatory and binding upon all party «tanda un tl at qoeation at th»
A iminietralor of the Estate of George
As before stated, the N ews thinks United States legislators.
If the people give this measure their coining primary «leclion.
bubM'nb* tor th« bA»TiAM Navra.
CL ristia Johnston, bmeased.
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Top Price Paid
Pou Itry
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both at
Hacks
West Scio and
Our
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