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Politicullij Independent.
Entered at 11*«*
mail matter»
t* At
ici-ompli.sheii ami a r* luctance to take up anything
new.
This wm true of the Chicago platform builders;
hut it is very doubtful if their work will I mi natia*
factory to th«- rank ami file of their party. They
were not actual I'd by a <!• sire to let the people
rule ami this sentiment sn nm to In* the temp*r of
the American p-opl«* more now than ever.
’ , Or»*g'»l), a« m • oii«l • lax*
OUR PROSPECTS A HE ENCOURAGING.
T
i lie Onl) V* r>.
I hr man fr«»n. Mar» wan irrwi mtn a
mMi»m<4b ball |4U’krd «itti pr<»plM w h<*
arcr ri»gag««t in rm king ihrir iliuml*a
shlrniug I if Ma*rcv.
W hat « ihr Iru»it»lr
a*k* *1 thr man
ir« tn Mam.
Wr ar« <«»i«t,“ an«wrrr4 an »II » lad
wrr*rh a* I»»* l»lrw i*n l»i« tinger«
••W’i»y «ion*t V»»u put <"» «I in
i «
a«kcl thr 'tan front Mam.
"W »• hav* no <.« al.**
“Ihit iFirtc !• « *•! I • I hr gn»u* *«1
\\ l»y
i -o go and dig il out ■ *
’*ll 4« m • hot l«rh>ng I»» U«.'*
wbum 4«»rr it lirb»hg‘*’*
**It I* («»liga V» a fra m«*l*.*'
• W h, h**w ran it l»r nrrurrd, th»*n
”ll mu«t te («Might, but •»• Lave
BARGAINS
III: COUNTRY EMBRACED in th«» forks of
the Santiam h»«s, prolsiiily, bc«*n tiw* least
T. L. I
developed
of any |M<rti«»uof the Willamette
J’l*IT« »H
WI» I *H«‘I’M I » > * »»'.
valley. This condition is attributabl«* to lack of
trans|>ortation facilities.
Il’tving r,<> navigable
HI'll-o IIII'ITON HA I I
stream and with our only railroads in (he North ib-uiri Willi «Inch I») buy it **
and Northwestern <<|ge». pn>grev has ln*en very
•*VuU »ay that iiaiivhfoalt
ft
(»■ ” Vf-AF : »» adv « ’»r <‘
I
slow infle<*d. Our magnificent small and rich val­ ia’*l, r» i«taii*iug lim CQBlt
<> )»'» ve«r. at ••»»! f (••ar
I
11 io s •• »r, at *
I - J ■’ . • « » «
leys suitable for ideal homes; our hill land which ll»r> grt It?*'
4M
O» h « year, lit » nd ♦ »( î
«r«
*‘Tl»r law gave it lo titani.*’
• "
is equally as favorable for the production «»f fruit
Rii tll*>ttth« tn »»iva» r«’
•'Wh«» made ihr lau?**
Three month« in »ihnnrr
as II< mk | River or Rogue river valley», and our
(X»
* < lur ah« » »»tora.
binale c«»|»y ut wra|»|a»r . .
minera' and timls-r wealth, all are in very much
*’Why ;î«»*»‘t y«iti tnakr a law a hi* i»
th«* same conditions that they were twenty years «ill if»kv n awav lr< in ihrm?**
AllV. IIIKIV. HA I I--*:
•* I hr r- tt«*lltnti»»n * «1**1 Irt »»«.'*
ago. While our lands are prolific ami our jteople
at
“Who madr li»r r«»ciatittttion?'*
are more than willing to produce large crops of
< ' ( r I < t L I t I W
*•1 h»r am-rat«»»«, *
st* oLitn »rv rwith*«*«, |M»r Itur
...........
. ... r (I*4 grain ami fruit, and manufacture large quantities
"Why don't y» U taka it wilh«i t
!M*f ltt»v >■•»••• • •»••••»•
F«t
of lumlier, a prohibitive tariff in the way of a long law”-
IV
I
>1 -.1 yrrli.iin/, |«-r IB»«* |«-r
team haul so completely handtcapii us, that all
•’That would !»•• immoral.’*
«•»»»»♦ih, *»»»«* rt«ltii»»«i whir»«
lh*pl‘«r
- * hung*-» |*-r
H other |>«,rtions of th«* great Willamette valley have
44 Wli « mad«* thr moral»’*”
l«-f
...
i (H
,1 »■«r’l«. I* . If«
*’(>»«r aii»*»*rt<»<«.**
out stripped us hi thr march of development. Our
» .»ne t mu' •-«»«• i
t - (• »r «.I «•,•«! » - i*, i H. 1.1**
'i|»l*l • «»>••>>
¿
*■ t
only fcHture of <levelopm«*n(. which approaches
t»krd th«- Man (r» in Mam, (Inailv
t ie progress of other sections, is the dairy.
But
'A • I < ■ -« ut ‘ » .» - I 5 ! it Ü .V * t f • • ’•« «
this dormant condition cannot nor will not last al- i >1 hr «vhì g«'l u* ano»»* advirw frntn *#ur
th
should i . uii
xxays. Railways will s«M>ri I m * constru« t«s| which « in . «tor»,“ ai»«arr»d ll»e p » r h rrU h
f.
I IlB ö 3<»i*r« tn I (r
EXT NOVEMBER th«» p***pl** of the Enited will furnish ample trana|s»rtation for all the pro­
ducts which this s«*ctioii can produce.
The net-
States will decide whctln*r they wish the
r
work of electric railways, the construction of
(s>lici«*s «»f government hs ««Iministensl bx
I>IMK«-T<>HM
A, I K IH.
which has just commenced. will lot neglect us
I *♦ *1 w vk h ♦• n t»MÍ a mwlif.g «4 ll r
the Republican partv mnfinued, <»r whether it
J. J Barne«, W. F. Gill,
*T. w F Gill
very long, We can produce a t rain • of dimetr i >n , i ai t »1 »'■♦Honi**i*,ii al ( rabtos* and
shall I m * changed to those mlvucatcd by th<* liemo-
J. A. Bilyeu, J. It Barner,
H kmkic H«, C. A. Warner
that will furnish a paying busnie.*s from the start whifli m **tii-g *•«* adpHifurd te m*<-t
critic party.
C. A. U »rnei.
.»(!«'* Oil Mt thr < «II ••! d •• I m *4»»
Republican methods ami policies have controllol and the era of short feeding linea of railroads can I hi« callr«l mrrting aaahrbl at Izdw
not Is* much longer del;iv<*<|.
the government, exclusively, sine»* the conclusion
tini («et Mnndav ahr n»on and whnh
Our vast tim?M*r r,*sourc<*H alum* can furnish a « « • 4llri««Í.HÍ hv ihr Niur**iiithllt»«.
of President Grover Cleveland's term, in the early
traffic which w ill justifiy the building of a railway
t* Ihr, matter in»* ataúd*, tha (’‘»m*
spring of 1MJI7. The fact cannot I m * disputed that
I.ne.
The country drained by Thomas and Urab- hii»nii»ii h UI pndkftbly #»tdrr Ihr two
our country, ns a whole, has made greater pro- •
tree creeks, which must find an outlet at or near «’♦ 4» «*( U h - W ««<wtl»urii*Satron linn <’»»»»•
Hl '< < I
>|«H
TO
gress in the eleven y«*ars fl nt have elapsed sine»
h « n trd » iihm a r»-a«»»nal»lr liinr
Ihr
Scio,
is
covered
by
fully
s»*clions
of
timlM*ran<l
t! ut date, than in any like number of years in its
rrtllf’Usd «-«»mpAtiv w<»ul«l uiid«»tlbts dl\
which wilt easily cut IB. ixhi . imm ) feet of lumber
MILLS
previous history.
Fortunes that simply astound
hiitt« I hr ••plioii o(frh «ibhng th«* l»r»4gr
each.
Then
there
ar<*
fine
ledges
of
building
stone
«I
l
i
r
pr«*«»vi»l
»iir
<»r
I*»
a»*hrt
ant
«»litri
the w«>rl<l have Iwen accumulated by both imli-j
I V. • >|< I *, III A I I 1 >
I •
1X11,1' l< aw, lt><>4.
(»a thr* rurr h Lit I 11 drains tin
|| . ti :i: ll . . .> i . .1 ,1 I, 11 ,1
C ! I.'
' ' • .e
Mor- anil inexhaustible banks of mineral paints, i»rsides
tn*-at advai»tngr«»u«.
miles of ruilwavs. more steam ships, more sky- j the splendid agricultural and fruit lands and our
II I» mi * I mxm « dcvrl»»|>rd by tin* r«»mn»ia-
large
dairy
intentsts,
ail
of
w
hich
should
I m * ample
scraping business I i < iiis ** s have Iwcn constructe<l,
•i*»|l III th»* in) rat igat lui» to l‘i||id it»«
♦ \A « <|o • C««»n*r«l Custom Milling
X?
I lour «n«!
inducement for the constr iction of railyw iy lines.
during t’ii«t | m * h < h I than in almost all of th«* year«,
brnlgr at ihr prv«M«».t «ite a*ml«i l»r vm
I •••*«! un Hala»
aG*
Wh»i»l
Bought
araci
Elthangad
for
Sci<» occupies the mist favoable site fora town «* « |*ricivr and a lili ho «««nrain r tha»
of our previous history.
l*n<louhti*«||y this ac­
I lour
XY • ara in
Flalcl ior Bv»air\«aa and Will
cumulation of w«*alth is largely du«* t<* Republican which is afforded in the entire Santiam country. I hr rivrr w < mi |4 runt «un»4 in il» p»r«« id
Treat You Hight
It wa* alw» «buai) that thrrt
legislation and conduct of affairs, N o I xm I v who IxH-ateil at almut tla* center of win r<- the valleys of cluuorl.
the N »rth and South forks of the Santiam and the •••
»•*<«•” •»<••(«• *■• n*** »»*• '■ »»*«»•
has at all made a study of the administration of
the vicinity of tha I . lutin. h wa^i.n
Thomas
and
(
’
nil»tr«*e
valleys
join,
she
poses*esi
government, will ilisput«* this fact. Ih** Republi­
• 4M
b»»«L«- wa « r« a<’hrd.
can party is entitled to every atom of glory which advantages which no other point in the above' 11 i*. pmbaMv, true fbrìi il e ('ultimi»' i J I . < A1.A\ (N
h. M. MeKNIGHT
our remarkable development and accumulation of mentioned section can afford. Whenever a trans- *ìi*ti ha» authority to i»«|uire lite Ihir
|H»rt ittoii line, cither steam or e!«*ctric is construct-1 again rminecied« li r » Ihr tailr««ad
w • dtli and which pla<*«*s th«* United States lar in
wl, S«'io is Iround lo beliletnost im|s>rtmit shipping,* ****r«'<» •••• ••«»«* u< •!<> «<uirthiuK ■■
t ic lead of all nations of the world. At the same
I iltr immilliate tulnrr.
Il i» thought
time, it si rcs|s»nsible for all *he ills which afllict jHiitii of this entire section.
timi ututo a miltiay line may I*
The N ews believe* that the day of our deliver­ rbatlgrd lo makv il m«*rr practir-al»!«», il |
CAi.AVAN & MiEMOHT, Proprietors
o ir political striclur«*.
It is r**s|M»nsihl<* for the
ance
from
the
gn
at
handicap,
which
now
ham|N»rs
ra<
iM>l
aloiMluit
a
pail
<»F
lite
hnr
al
il»
tact that, lie i as the nation as a whole is, the vast
I Hack«s
both
IU)W Ìtitlucnc<*.*< ' pi» fc’iirr, r»|«r« ial!y a blnrk Frulli lite
us, is not very far distant.
amount of our wealth has b<*i*n accumulaPsi and is
«
ruler,
wilh«*ut
lortei
’
ing
ite
charter.
Scio
controlled by comparatively a few hundred of our are nt work which may give us a railway line with­ The «<rvrl»»|’me» !• »4 Ih»* tirai fee
people. While our millionaire« have incr« used by in the next twelve months, Certainly whenever ueeli» wi«l. |»t* b»b|v, »-liable «»ne lo dr-
the tens and hundreds, our nau|M*rs have increased the Oregon Electric builds S-cith from Salem, we trfUillH* ahnt * ill l»r the «Hile utile.
Our
are
by the tlmusaiids.
At th«* present time nearlx will have either the mam line or a branch through
reasonable.
A tua » addiclrd lo walk ng tu hi*
one-half of our people, w’hih* not paui»ers as com­ the Santiam forks and that means through Scio.
I^*t us hope that our citizens will, in every • L ep aviti fu I m *’I all righi
»»igh*.
monly underabiod, they an* homeless. I hat is to
u
Iti in •••¡I oh
say they do not own their homes.
During thia reasonable wav, encourage any transportation lui uhm h«- «Wi-kr he
thè wltMH Hi li»«? gia»p ut a
vinati.
tame |M*ri<xl nearly all of th«* available government enterprise which may undertake to com«* among "11*44 • h,'* hi» rri«4,‘‘hin iiMinln’t »r*
us.
V\
e
need
ome
Blear
s
tn
get
our
products
to
land suitable for homes and which by our land
r*-»l in««.
l'tii a Mittiriahtb<t|i»l ” T<
I duh’t
laws, are easilx s. cur,si by the aeller. I.as b«*en ap- m irket badly. We have made commendably pro­ a Itlrh II h * |*t»h< riunii r«-pli«d
gress
in
the
dairy
line
within
the
jia.fl
five
years;
»
-
--
--
.
-"■■
iiir
r
nudimi
in
mi
i can
mu i i
«•«rv
mimi
y»
tir
religiosi
i*
ver
troprwud.
Not all of these lands have been
but with ¡i railway lint* through Scio and on tojaalk the •*»r«i» m \«*r laighiahirt
sccuhm I by I mhui fid<* s<*ttiers; but by
me»* and
I.'Iianon through Richardson Gap, we would soon . F.v«*r% I hm I* *a maga« ih »
v omen w h«»sr onlv purt os,* was to sell th«* munifi­
double the milk product. This means an increase
cent gift of government la d to land syndicates.
I.SIRAV Ml
in the value of our farms and pro|H*rty in general
For the next Un days every Straw,
An absolutely safe bank of d* j «»sit is one of tlw*
of l«n> percent, mid in the doubling of our |»opula*
lakenilphy Ihe !)f»der«tg«>ed a'wrtil
Cloth
and . Wool Hat in the store will
crying needs of the American |*<»ple. lhey wai.t
lion. The N ews dot-snot wish to be too optimis­ lti»‘<* I. t»ur d*rk brunii fuarr, « Life
be sold at a MARKED REDUCTION.
to feel that when they place their earnings in a
But conditions are looking much better than : *| h »1 tu b>rv I h MMÌ ®»»<l III«* left lui 4 boi
bank of <leiM»sit, those earnings would la? subject tic.
pirtly * I h ir , br^iMtel *ilh
un (In
a*, any time in the past
to th«* depositors orders To this end the Chicago
lrft *lM»tihb‘r alni ali ìivdiatìnrl brand « h «
WOOL HATS
STRAW HATS
V
Ivft hip
Flight hit» i* tlighlly kiHM'kr'l
platform makers wen* ink to insert a plank favor­
i.
ing th«* est 'blishment of th«* Postal Savings bank.
Hat
Can.bling in stocks or bonds on Wall street. New lutali. U righi al»« ni Sii* ||>« aii.f
liright ahf»«it |5 lianda. Tl»e o* iwr « ai»
Yet. not w it I standing th«1 fart that the country York has cyer been a curse to our American finan- | rm«V4»r (lir aninmì hy |» a * h g |»aaliirr
o
¡Pi
lad not
m>t y« t recovered from a financial panic, cial system.
It has caus>*«i physical death and < barge*« Mlid tlir
of lini» I»«»ll4't*.
which was brought on entir* ly by our l<<»se and moral ruin to thousands of <>ur citizens.
It has
V T. I.HV.
4 •
K«M»i4»*ii«'r 2 ri»»l«*«» F’ i«t <»t Sci«».
lax banking laws, those platform build« rs refused, destrov<*d homes. dnv«*n u'ives and daughters to
44
by a large majority, to try to make them lM*tter.
lives of shame and filled th«* felons dock and
SHI RII I s SAI I .
The ceiitralizii g of the wealth of our country is drunkards grav«*s with husbands and sons.
The
44
H tns ctiMTtT o»rtrr or th « btats < n
viewed w ith alarm by the lovers of our present jdevotes an«l follower* of th«* stock exchange know
ombuon « n»n tub <v>rNTY or i inn .
form of government. They believe that laws ami and realize that should Mr. Bryan l»e elected next
Frank Krnruan, Piaitilitl«
»4
v«.
financial methods w hich permit one man to tak«* fall he would use ev« rx atom of his influence to Jgmeo |l Mearna,
F> i» n4ant.
«»••er the holdings of another, without rendering break
up this nerve-racking, soul-destroying
Hr virtu» «»f ati Estetilloft and Or4f»r
adequate return, are inimicable to the safety of scheme through which our citizens can rob of Sal»» te mr directed, ia«ued »»ut <4 llw
Circuit Court. <»F llm '»late «4 <>rvg..n,
«»ur republic and the well lM*ing of the people. Th«* each other. They know, that like gambling with lor It»«- ('ounir *4 l.irn. In the i-gwr «»I
demand is general for reform along these lines. card* or in the Ix-ttors ring on the rare track, Frank Kiernan, plaintiff va. Jamr« H
’»learns, 4<4**ndanta, I will <»n Hatonfav,
The Chicago platform is entirely silent alwut the their nefarious business must, in time, be prohibit­ tba 3*»tli «lay of July, HMM, at th«* boar
I o’rl«»rk P. ,M , al tbs» Fr«»nt <tenr <4
matter.
ed.
They lielieve, should Br. in lie elected, that •»f
the Court lb»»i«v in AM»anv, Oregon, «♦•!!
If a political platform is indicative of the|*olicies time would I m * materially hasten«*!. So in order «1 public at) lion t«» the highe»t Imbler
Notice »f Appointment of
BEU ARE OF llEFI-XTIVI. Tt 11 I **
which will control a party, if given power, and it to guard against any ¡jossibie loss they may sus­ for cam’ll in h*n4. thr r**nl pT*»pr*rtv <iv-
AJminlMratnr.
*rrtb»*d in rahl Flt^'Uiinn and Or4rr ot
Have an Atro tract oí Title prepared
is, the Republican platform certainly fails to advo­ tain, they ar»* taking out insuninc«* policies against Sale, h « FoHnwr, to wil:
\ ll. •
• It« ’• * K^*»' tllMt "li th«’
The
S»uth
a
rat
R*iartrr
<4
Section
cate main things which tin* |n*«»ple wanL
Indeed Mr. Bryan's electi«in.
»>» tu«
The premium exacted is 2» in T*»w»»«li!p 10 South «< Rmge H ' loth, «lay <4 Ju r, A. P , P»ON, tht*
its sins of omission an* much more pn»minent than ten per cent, of th«* amount for which they are in­ F*a«t <»• lhr Willamette Meridian, in '('•nit ly (*«*uri <»( I in«» Guiltily, Oregon,
■ hilv •pp«*iHl«'4 the
ii »*4, adiitin*
its sins of commiAsion. The platform is rvtrogres- sured. Republicans arc making the most of the I.inn ('•♦untv, Orvii' n.
,
.
Sant «nte a ill I»* madr 1» «ali»fv a •lrAl"r ••( the twitete ««( \\ ii «I a
s ve rather t *an progrvsAiv«*. This has not b»*en situation they can.
>
*’
L t
i.ii!’ 4
HWa\ ludfc’mrnt in •>d»t »■«*• t»* wit: A jn*ig h»w, 4t,o*»4ite4. s»i4 having *|«»aliflv4
I h law, all |«erauna having I Of th« rrwl f>m|w»rty yon litten«! lounrrha*»
true of the Republican platform** in former times, from the conclusion that with Mr. Taft’s election, I inmt For Phoniiff (or ihr num «»I $.'»2N <■> • requited
or mxw |»1 a« awnrttjr for inrwwy h«ne*t. our
with interest lhrrr**n at th»» late of |»> | latni» atfMin«l «anl estate are hereby ; i«tn»na rrevivhtg th* twneAt of our r»prri
esjM'ciallv in the early «lavs of that party. Then Wall street gambling would not I m * disturbed; ps»r rrnl. |»ri annum ( «»n thr 4th. 4a) i untiAed I«» preaenl th« iii, »Oh pr«»|M*r •»•»«a»
FataMtaln-d in ittrj.
4<HH-herw attached aa by law required, ,
progress was the key note of its platform builders. while with Mr. Bryan that class of high finance ••( Augu«t( iw.M». amounting in all t<» the »«»
lhe t)n*l» rAig».4«*» a' bn* r* kleuce near |
•uni ••( Ilt i^OtY (tn4 thr (nithrr >um
Z. H. KL(M>, Manager,
The last pnaluetion **ems to assume that the would suffer a material check. When this fact is ♦ if ||iHi *a> att«»ri«ry ‘a fr»-« sml a<vming -«io. I.u«n c-ainiy, Oregon, R F. hl
I, within ail mnntbt !r*vm the date oflke corner Third and Bmadalüin 01«.
party has reacned its zenith, or that it has reached well understood by the people. Mr. Bryan will fx* 4^ h H b , thr «ai»l rral property I wing pub • Xo
»( the Aral pnbliralton u( Ibia notice, to- .
jwt t«> ir»lrmpti*Hi armirding to law
a sufficient heighth in the march of progress and a gainer rather than l«»s»*r at the polls. The peo-
u
ALBANY. o|tr«M)N.
I»«tr4 itoa 15lh. 4av ol June. A 1»
F red < vtiodMIow,
that a retrograde movement was preferable, ll ple view Wall street almost in tne light of an loot.
Frana A. Turner,
A 4iinn»»lrator
D. 8. Smith.
teemed to assume a content with things already enemy, especially th«* gambling in stocks.
Allurncy.
Sheriff >4 l.mu loutily, Oregon.
ft in i-i « i i»
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SUMMER
(
GOODS
SWesely & Cain’s;
i: riorn
N
Scio Milliiüi «oiijpaiHi
SCIO ROLLER
! Scio Livery and Feed Stables
conncjt iritli all trains
West
and Munkers.
I
ut
riqs
first-class and our horses
good drioers. Prices
HAT SALE
$1.50
1.75
2.50
$1.25
1.45
1.70
2.15
2.75
60c
50(
40c
35c
30c
25c
50c
38c
30c $
28c
25c /
20c
HIBLER & GILL COMPANY
Linn County Abstract Co.
bkribr lor The L ahti am Xiwa.