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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1909)
AX' I » 4 ' w F • « ♦ * * < ’ •• I * * w $ ♦ ar It is the purpose of th«* I. >1 < •> .i-y F.i'r management to prevent, so fur as j»> -ibl<-, un reasonable charges fur room* ai d n.< » s during Fair week next Eall. Il is exp*-,ted t at a restau rant on the Fuir grounds will s i»p v tn«*ais at reasonable nit--s at d the splendid eai.iping grounds adjoining should solve tm- !••*! ' k i i L i <* rnar-UKcmehl having had two years of «-x| - > <*nce, KhUtrecI at the* at Seto, Orvgon, a« •< ••wU b •* w ill be able to eliminate s->me of the uiqjl -a-tant mall matter. features of the pn-vt ami supply <>t‘ rs wu-h will | contribute to »he pleasure and kn-j vl« te of vi- it- 1’IUII IMliKlJ KVr.HY FIIII'AY If y ors. We. also, hope the trans; <>rtut .on f.i« ihtii*s • T. I». !>( <;<; i; it will Is- more satisfactory within t e mar future. le t iim hope that all efT«»rt«f to c-r panizo a rival l<i>rn»H AWI» pH« •»‘Mlft.Vi’H« agricultural fair association in L > n county will l«e ai«aii<iot-«-d an«l tiiat the c tiz. .s . ..JI parts of the HVJl-«'l<ll*'l l«»N IIA'I I county vt’ill join in with go* I .-.JI.'i d patronage. O’ r vmr In alrunr*, ..... »I t» make ti e lann County 1 » r . ■to a splendid <h»v viB.tr, at rnd ■•( war • r F ri .e at success. Iik«* *>*«• let 1« 1 i O*W* v«Nir. jt! « ih I •♦( *? yviir». «* O i<‘ veur, at M>«l «»I 3 yram. Brownsville, the Race r-*> 1 >r i-j Fair at Al- > h < wnntL» in Athinn« ... . 1 c hi !•*■ d n- if 'rf bnny r sj« c* v- ly !>»- su< c s I G tris m«»ntha ih ü'lvaiH’t,, ft we uo n«>t permit interest s «■ ** hgl»* copy i h wrM|QR*r ... »mJ the corres- ip- . . '■ * e g uf lutereste AhVFKTHIXO KA I IX: is sure to gem-rate. ihe ^¡uitiam J i I cug . Politically Independent. thunk« F*rtr*| .... ine Sr? T: We ine determined never to he forg<4P n l»v the Bargain buying public ami have started a < ru-cde on Prices, which will Electrify theC’ountrv. ................... I *1« < m ohpimrv nottf4**, |x*r Hhf F.ur*blih|r('««nitHt'ht*. t»-r linn !>»' <«| olvrgUritif/ |«*r Mn»« T !**•!<» D ANNUAL CLEAli'A: . *...............»• . SHOUL D OU A RI) I * h I. I SUO J V (»I mv 4-1», 2 vhftng«?* |*r nn** r»»lut»»n • i<lr »••r invìi mr»!«. IS Inrbv*. |w»r m«»n'h 1 CD titf lino»fohlrui t» for inivrrUMH/ n> mirait ai»i4>rati'»n. L AST MONDAY, at r n t* biennial session of th- Or .• semblvd nt Salem. <)••. It Of -d in short order by eh-ct’.i.' u th THE LINN COUNTY 1 till Rowerman, president; chief <• Barry; assistant, John I’. Hunt. ( Roy P. Ritner. In the Home*. • ; HE QUESTION OF a Linn County Ft Other than that held at Scio, i Again l»<-»m \rt h ir; chief c!«i Meuner; calendar cl»-rk. Jack . i agitated. Thia time the granges have t ike ilJll lerk, John V.'ithycomi.e, i > the matter up; but the primary insniratit-u, doubt 1 rvidentiy, a victory for the rootit i le>n, came from the same source which mad..* th » r i Tne session is a most imtsirtant - statement two or three months aao that ’Tresi I ill Is i.ltt State* H>-i.ator is to la- Select <1 I dent Prill '• as in favor <»f holding the next Fair a For ibly I jc enacted effecting o .r p . Albany,” or words of like effect. Prices When this question was agitat- d. In t Fall w<, jublic road system, and our s xt -m <>f taxaiion. There is much room for impr > cm it in our who have had the management of the Fair nt Sea . traced the agitation to its source. We foum jublic school system. Wnileo irciii ,i d towns, that a half dozen race horse men and a brainier, is u rule, have excellent p ibl.c . in. , us m jen editor of tm* Albany II raid wn*th«-.■ ir-*«*. / ■unnot lie said for me»y of •• • - > i i r «r j •specially in sjiarcely settl-d and r« i •• • neighbor- canvas of the business men of Albany showed i tbre- very large majority against removing the Fail kmmim . In many of the><- c-rur. «! - nont ha of school ta.ght b, y<> . t • i- from Scio to Albany. "It’s up to Scio to de«*id« ••■d teacners, constitutes the ir' - j.»>ing. As whether the Fair should lie removed or not, ’ i.* tne boys ami girls of th«- ■ *iack h-: ct . in a f-w • the language one of Albany’s leading busin***-* men used, when sneaking about the matter. W« Vear-i, will constitute, at I-. ki , a part of our dtizenahip, it behooves our In « makers to r‘inedy i.- f.i'f;<| !i, .t ! t • i -t -in. The ¡»copk* was aliout of the same mind. At least Pre.-ideni his defect in our cdticat.onnl Prill’s correspondence with Secretary I)i-sani will willingly submit to any r -; k *> ia >1.» taxation, Hence gave us reason to conclude that snen was the ra.. when the public acitool is th«* b ■ ■ ti »rv. my legislation which is calcuiat i t<> mike ill of Just what * ill be the result of the fair ngitatio <> ir public schools better will b<- an»r<>v<»d by the among the granges, can not. as yet, be det*-imin Of time, traveling ex people. ed. But the »N ews hop. that it will > m We are I'kely to have -v> i - .... t.vit public |H-nses and fatigue can further than it has at the pr«*s«*nt time. rKid legislation nt tlii> s<-ssio i. .. a - -s known as Noone will say that Albany, Lebanon. Biowns- be made by using the <t i .u ises ville, or any other t^wn has not the same right t< the J innson road bill, was pa - I b. shortest route East. I- -. late in the holu a fuir that Scio has. Every other town it it tie* session of two years s-ssicn that Governor Chanib»m n's i. t i <>f the the county has the same right to hold a Pioneet There is but one abort I .. v«-tu will Picnic that Brownsville has: or to hold an Apph neasure could not act-d u|« n and direct route between Fair that Albany has. But would it be good be a subject for action nt tne pr - - >t > - .ion. The policy? To give a Pioneer Picnic or an Api n* Fail Governor’s veto will probnblj stand; for with two the West and East. at G • m 1 R i i - m -tings at other (joints than Brownsville or Albany, woul< years of agitation the J ■ .1 1 I , fo nid to simply create a rivalry thjit could only result in throughout the state, i arm. Likewise, if another agricultural fair it K not just the roa«i legislate 1 1 , p - de w ant, ioubtless Senator Johnson wrl now d - re to undertaken nt Albany it will result in exciting t imend his bill before submitt in- • to ti ■ legisla harmful rivalry that would simply break down ail THE O. R. à. M. ture again. But. as with th«* public sch«s>| matter, efforts to hold a successful agricultural fair in tin Oregon Short Line county for years. Unless there is harmony amorq the people will approv«? of any ia vtual has for its the people and a desire to make the fair a success, pur(jose better roads thro igho .i th stale and the .......... .«nd success is impossible. Another agricultural fair at resulting taxation therefor. Tnere ar«*, however, several n. it! • that will UNION PACIFIC Albany, necessarily, would Is* a rival to the Lint •tr«*ct taxation materially, which w. I » .ill for |egi$. County Fair at Seio and, instead of generating s spirit of friendly rivalry among farmers, hurti-' lative action at thia time. A scalp !> >.mt v bill w ill There is unsurpassed culturalists, gardeners, ¡arultry fanciers and >tock- b* proposed which, should it b>- »m • 1 law on t ie through fast train ser men in the products of their skill and industry. I,,HM now set /orth> J*0“11* C:*11 f°r v,*r>' ’«W vice to Denver. Omaha, Large would generate a spirit of unfriendliness which ‘M'P’Wria’ions from th<- - a! • treasury. Kansas City, Chicago, appro, nations for our stat** collegt-s wiilbeaakedl would makt failures of fairs and picnics in th« with direct connections county, for years. If we continue to make a suc for. So far as w-e can learn; the appropriations! to all (joints East and cess of Pioneer Picnics. Apple and Agricultural which will be asked for for th«* next two years for South. Fairs, the people of our county should |>uil to the state colieges, w ill b«- not lesi than a round Then- is an abundance gether. Every enterprise which is calculated t< million of dollars. This amount will increase from of matchless scenery, create inharmony should be discouraged. Indeed, year to year, if the ratio of incre iw ot t u* past is an«l an opportunity to a criterion, until the stat« colh*g«*s wi l become anyone who favors an enterprise which is created m ike a daylight stopover an unbearable burden. When we consider that i s a rival to the Brownsville Picnic, the Apph ' the state colleges are now costing the tax|-ayers at Salt 1-ake City If it is Fair at Albany or the Linn County Fair at Scio, desired. cannot be regarded as a true friend of Lion Coun from $2iK) to $400 per student (c »anting tne cost jf buildings and maintainanc«*. Ifnr each year, it I^-t us tell you all about ty’s progress. would seem that the present is a most auspicious 1 what can tie done, before There has b«*cn something over $.7M)O invested to moment t«J call a halt. Compare the average cost I you purchase ticket make the Linn County Fair at Scio a success. nercollege student, say $3iiO. with what the statet Over $2000 11 membership cert ticates han* been oays for the public school pupil, an it moan u k-ssl T J. DANNEN. Agent. sold, the proceeds together with the gate receipts, chan $10? Thia is a m »tier t at s1 on d b** serious We»t Salo and entrance fees have been used in improving the ly considered by our legislators Our public school Can we af-| grounds and (aid in premiums to exhibitors. is a necessity; the college a luxurv. Wm. c urray f >rd to |»ay double for the luxurv w hat w«* pav tor President Prill and others have devoted time and the necessity? The legislature will, al <», l>e asked I energy, almost w ithout limit, to bring about the o provide for the building »fan a iton;<ibi!e high General Passenger Agent two successful Fairs that have been held. Tne way aero s the state from North to So i»h. Of PORTLAND. OREGON c tizens of Scio took up the Fair enterprise, which •ourse the promoters of this acr«ss state highway ' Albany had allowed to lie dormant for years. do not call the projiosed road an ”aiit<»mohile high-; from tne If «he rerert h true that efforts to Now that two successful Fairs have l-ern held way;” yet the scheme is an ». ¿rain of the auto devote, pur <» d - ■«.!« nwwbara vt lU l«K«aiatura to w bile the third promises to surpass those that have These are three featur« s w ■ n, 1! . -. eti full:to F*°P,e- •»* lieen given. Scio has acquired a right to the anri- iwiig. would bankrupt tie «.:,«t tr< , iry. Im *,n< rt'ad’ «town at Salem, the m«m- •ppn»ache<l <>wr a duty to them c iltural fair for Linn County which the rest of the ach instance, the benefit t<> .I-• 1 . and each nensure is meritous to some • x.- ’ -l. V- I I j .* enjov- ■*!*••. the people and moral doconcy, 1 county should respect. And we believe o r d b; hut a small fract na,n* 5 "f ,h* granger friends will «»•♦• the justice of the claim, if Hile for the legislator to Hllot’t ir. to VO!-’ for no p,r*-v uft’rin» the hribo. The people they will give thematt»*r mature deliberation. tpi to nation of public m. • t » j ar; <■ - ■. which '*,now w** "*•*• ar* *ho aia Furthermore we have secured the right to ex .ire not general in their cnara *ter. 'nor«‘ly degenerate aa te attempt Tne people w ill willingly tax t -m-«e|v<»s for “Htery in tkeir aiforu to defeat the clusive use of the title "Linn County Fair,” nj • viahea of the people. A political party v.rtue of incorjMjration papers fih-d in the otlice of B it win n their *noncy is * h ch wouW «»ntamplsl» »curing pu- reat mass of |>eople. .1 __ t e secretary of state and so long as our incorpora tppropriated for purpose« which bene: t but ai ' 1'*^* " I 1 power ®r prvetage through tion continues active, no other organization can eomparativc-ly few persons, they pay > a tax i-rlhery «hou!d ba wiped off the face of j the earth. tu rn itself a Linn County Fair. ' grugingly. I Cotnmencing Monday, January 11, ’G9 C j :?“ : .’»\ay. Jinuiry 30 '09 Reqular Prices Charged for Goods Sold On Time Motion is the Life ol nil tilings. ()nr g »o is arc kept mov- i ig initier flic impulse of I i : il . imabi . e P rices . T . r •> * l'auliry r At Even MONEY »•n '«rncxi«« ■ •IMK<-roMM Paaruo ar, W. J Gill Sa» act»uv, C. A. Warner J. J Barner, W. F. Gill, J. A. Bilyeu, J. K. llame», C. A. W arner. A Saving SCIO ROLLER MILLS IN ■* . », H . I I . |< . M. W. .1. . Ganara! C o....... 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