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OEUIOPVENÎ
T
HE
TERM
"DEVELOPMENT“
•ignifle», discovering; opening up;
improving or making Utter. The
horse of th« presi-nt day furnishes a
»t>lendi<l <-xample of what can I m - a<
compliilhed by development,
By Judi
cioua breeding
has d«-vrl<>p«-d from
diminutive |«»tiy of early history of
to the splendidly proportioned
aft or truttliag aoiiiuu of t>»,ay. Our
dairy cow has Imen developed from th«-
one time h&lf pound of butter per day
ti the money making two or three (»•uni
Iwnuty of the dairy herd of to lav. Tin-
same story of daveloprm-nt can l-e tnl-i
uf our hogs, »beep, goats, js>ultry, etc.
Thee«- rerults have tmt be<-n brought
ah» 4t bv chance, but by the iw of
Inti-IUgence, thought and experiment of
man. If w«- go into U>e fruit sn I vege­
table kingdom, wi- find the Min« splen­
did progrens being ma le which has SO
improved ourilomeatic animals. Nature
herself, without the guidance of the
Intelligence of man, would not bring
th »e progressive combtluns al-out
In
<i«<4. the teiidenrv of Nature is t<>
<i-g«-neracy.
If th«- apple tree is
neglected, unpruned and unprotected
from its enemua, which nature ha»
developed, the fruit therefrom would be
worth!« ss. If our bonu s and cattle
W’ re |<>rnutt«al to propagate in a
.
much prixt-d drafter or trott«-r and our
money-making dairy cow wiiukl soon
ii< ,’iuii rntf tn men- propagating ani­
mals.
4«
; usi as mat««imi. No one has nor can
have a rm>nop>«ly of new discoveries or
inventions. This is < mm > thing which th«’
n h cannot wrest from the rest uf
humanity. There is always r««i n on
top fur th-- must humble citued, if he
but thinks out »uHietning wmeh will
ad<i to eta* USefullIS-M of lOMiU. i.Ml
Just think uf it! It is u'lly a half
o-ntury ago when the ordinary means
of travel was by stag«coach or by
horseback. N«>w the palace car with
■luM-r attache*! will convey the traveler
xrr<M tiie continent in f<»ur «lays and
give him all th«’ cu.nforts uf the horn«
at the same tune,
When the pioneers
who a*»«-mbled in Portland a few day»
ago, first came to Oregon, it require«!
nearly six mouths for a letter to go and
return from th«- loved one» 1« ft in th«-
’•state»." Now we thins a letter un
lu'crasarily delayed if mure than live or
•ix days <m th«- way.
All uf tin-»«- «lev« iopm*-iil» have c«»me
atsiul m > gradually teat we ran »carcely
realise the importanM of the age in
which we live. We accept the result»
uf devdopmvnt as a matter of course.
Why the statement that men have ill»-
«•<»v rrc«i a successful method of uavigat
ing the air hsr«.ly causes any unusual
comment from us now, the results of
develop:cent crowd so rapidly upon us.
Things are now «lone ami U m * meth««! of
tn« ir accomplishment fully understood,
which wouki have been regar lol as
i
miracl«-» In the bible making «lay».
It is. then-fore, 1'iiisirtant that we,
the people of Scio, encourag«- every
mean» of <iev«*k>|>ment within our ,
mine the «lifferenc«- between what i* a
new» it-m and what is a matt«-r of
advertising, if a matter is of imumuis I
I and financial interest, it •an uauaHy ta­
• clan«e<i as nrlvertising. If uf general
interest to th«- pubiir, or to M>mr par-
i titular |<«>rtion of the public and which
! requires but one publication, it ia a
f news item. Tl»- N e w iiïiîii- b italica <»f
, each c I xm , for it requires both to sue»
1 reed. It» readers require the new*
terns a' «1 th«- |«»|«er requires the Miver-
ti-itig. But a sulmcriber should not
ma*«’ the mistake of presuming to
lidatr what a nsw»j«aper »houkl or
reach. We »houkl nurture our Fair,
our ('«»miens« ry, or any other enter­
prise which will bulk! up ami develop
our community. If we cannot aid
th«-M’ ent« rpr k ■ ftnancially, we can
g's-i wunla for th« m This ia the
uiily way Iii whi. h to deves-p soil i«u«i«i
up our «wnmunity.
Ami we shouki
remember that whatever buikia up a
community, buikts up every individual
in that community. Th«- man who will
nut encourage «u-vehip.ng enterpriM-s.
either rtnancially or by g«M»i won!», 1»
a detriment to his community. There
i« nsiin for the citiXen who will help
push the wheels «»f progr-'M in any'
«-■immunity; but mi community, h«-w-!
ever large, has room f«ir the knocker, j
II«' 1» a «h-tnnient to any town or
liM-ulltv which 1» unfortunat«’ « ii'iugh to
have "him f< r a resilient and m< al
|M'Opl<- W«lll|<| I m - delighted to attend
his funeral.
Each
and
every riliivn ahuuM
perform hia or her part in th«- mari'h of
development. By so tkilng, he will
hav«- the satisfaction, when h«- com«»
to »hutfle olf the m«iital coil, that the
work! is Is’lter bt-cauM- I m - has lived.
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NEWS does not wish to
to
placed in the attitude of op|«o»ing
any public ent««rpri»e, or any private
Th«- improvem-Tit in b«>th th«- animal umieavor which la of a »-mmi-public
M?J(vcgrtal>l«- world 1s th«- result of character ami which 1» productive of a
centurtw nf careful studv ef. man. public lM-n«-tlt
tin the other hand. It
Through exper-m-uil ft'l I the noting of has ever l«e«-n w illirq« («, ¡end a hel|Hng
results, century after cT-ntiirv^ jh«-
¡«1 tac way of publicity t«i a public
splendid domestic animal, the delicious or private urxh-rtaking whii'h wmikt
fruits ami vegetables of t«»lay have a«l<! to th«- progress of the stat«,
ls-en «lev clo| ed. Without the guidance county, or to its own immediate
ami intelligence «if man, neither tin- vicinity.
animal nor veg- tal-le world would be
But while il is the duty of the local
c ipable of Milling that comfort ami newspaper to give publicity to tlw-se
happiness to the human family, which matters, »0 long as th«-y are ot a n« w»y
they now ran give. If men of th<-cb<»» nature, whrn they t»ec««m<’ in.-re adver­
of Mr. Burbank were not devoting their tising and exploiting fcatur«», winch
lifvwork to the study of th«- propagation are of nilvanthgo to a few |>eople ««nly,
of vegetatih- and fruit, our dining table» th«-n this m-w»|>a)H-r must take its own
would m«t lie fairly groaning umb-r their «nti-rest« into coii»>«f«-ration as well a,
l ouis of magnificent vegetables ami | > that of others. It ha» been I hi- custom
fruits of lotlay. The snm<- cun I m - »aid ' 1of th«- N kwx to publish
ail matters
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of the development of our domestic (M-rlaliiing to the church, school and
animals.
other matters uf a public nature, free
But, sometime», wh«-n
Probably th«- greatest «»lueator along if charge.
the»«- line» 1» the county Fair. Once a th«»«- feat ires are too lung drawn out,
year the result» of careful breeding of for lac» of apace, w«> have been com-
s ock ami the culture of fruit ami |H-il«-«l to l«-ave »om<- of th- king on»-»
vegetablau, is placed U|M>n exhibition. mil Nor shouki the wr t-ra of the»«
By comparison stock breeder», poultry long article* fe-l »hghu*d if t wir mat
fanciers, orchanbsta, gardners, grain la-r fails to appear in our columns; fur
raisers, etc., can m - o wherein th«- re- the N kwm editor, the same as th«
suit of th« ir lalior» is »uperior or in- managing editor of any other news
fi-rior to that of their neighlKM-S. The (>a|s-r, reserve» the right to I m - th«’
best »jwimen* of »lock, fruit, grain, or iiulg«- of what will b«- of the m< «t
v-t-getables, are placed nefore them for general im|s>rtance to its readers.
Th«- |«atrons of even a small country
the purpose of exciting friendly rivalry
ami a determination to «In better next weekly «»f th«’ calilier of the NEW*, are
y«-ar. It i» only by comparison that of many and diverse classes. If it
men aiu->-rtain wherein their methods •houkl j«an«ler to th- taste» and desire»
are «lefective.
i of on«- particular clasa only, its circiil««
While it 1» true that the fame uf a lion would »«x>n be limited to that
Rurlumk has l-reome worldwide and partu ulat class of rea,l«-rs. What may
which « xcit«?» our warmest admiration, be of interest arwt i«u|s>rtan<-«* to one
there ia m> reason why others may not «• lass of r< a«l<-rs, may lw* a subject of
make discoveries just as valuable to the utter indifference to another cla»».
human fnm-ly as those which he ha» Tho nrrival of a car l*m«lvf merchandise
mad«-. The field of ex)»-rimentatiun is n matt -r of great importance to th«-
ami «liscoverv in both the animal ami nu’rrhAnt. but of little interest to th«-
v«'g«-tal>le world, is as yet almost wholly vast majority of our readers. But tn
unexplored.
As
splemlid
as our order that the announcement shall t«e
domestic animal», vegetable and fruit, made, the merchant pays to have the
perfection has never ts-en reached. fact advertbu-d. If a farmer ha» aome-
And let tla hope that it never will tie .thing of great im|«ortance to him,
reached, for perfection means the end which he wisin-» the general public to
of progress. There sboukl always Iw I know about, he ia usually willing to
something shea«) to stimulate men to pay to have the fact published, But
thought ami action. Who knows but •onw- of the 'natter which i» given to
what Scio is now growing a l-oy or girl us in the wav of news, is of a character
who will make just as valuable dis­ which is usually conaidered a«!verti»ing
coveries for the b«n>-tit of Mieietv a* matter.
Hence, if matter of this
has Mr. Burbank?
Thoms» Bilyeu, character is sometimes rejected for
once a Scio b«>y but now of Portland, fr«M- publi«-ation, no offence »houkl br
has discovered a meth<Mi<>f con «true ting taken. It should be rememb« red that
(tiling of cement which has Mkied his the columns of the m-wspajs-r ia the
name to the long list of the world*» only mean» by which the e«!itor can
Inventors.
"What man hath «lone, earn the necessary cash with which to
nian can do" 1» a pro|>«wiition alm et a> psy hm tytsM, pam-r bills and the
f
uccaai-mai n«-w f«..-.t of tyjo or the cuuntrie*
exporter* of wheat.
new press, which is sometimes neces­ When the day approaches that we can
sary.
no longer »apply our home tMaeda the
A local n«w»pa|M-r ia supfioaed to duty on wheat will tie removed, and it
publish all local news matt»r. but when may lie removed long before that time.
tie- gathering of news <lej«-mfa U| mmi Probably the low price» of a duXen year»
«h« energy anti anility of on« |<-rson ago for wheat will not return again for
only, then <ifum items are neglected ihc United Mate«. St lx«ui» |Ma)
Which Wuuki riot be if the editors Globe Democrat.
attention »houkl 1— cath-d to it. After
all. a n»w»pa)«erman is only mortal, the
THE CUW Will sm THE UNO
»arm- as utners. He has hi» faults ami
frailtl«-» just the »a ne as others; but to
intentially neglect to publish a new»
R uasia’s wheat yield fur twenty
item of genera! importance, ia not a v«»rs ha» averaged only eight ami a
fault of any up-to-date newspaperman, quarter buato-is per acre, with the
for h- know * that the value of hi» paper Kr*’*»‘ 1, mg fallow «very third year
io »«» reatlvro is the hisiing out ami ami a famine every five year»
(sibliahing such lt«-ms.
Some tune» a
The average farm lands of New
newspaper is eompriird, by its <iuly to England, New York, Virginia and
the public, to publish iU-ms which he other Eastern State» have markedly
would prefer to »ay n< thing about. j decreased in i*n»!ucUvc power ami
Sometim«-» the «««.tor earn» th- lasting value. Thousands uf acres within UO
enmity of a r« u. i«-r, bv publishing mat­ mil«» of Washington. D. C, uncc
ter which this I’artirular reMier would worth $!» to »76 an acre, ar* now
have remain unknown. Al other time» abandoned for agriculture, The East
a newspajer is made the vehicle of frequently spends »2 to »2>> t-er acre for
i«utdii>h«ng matter through It» corres- plant food to keep up lt> soil.
pondents, which really »houkl not l«e
Wheat in England average thirty
publi»he«l ami w hich ksada fre«|uently to two bushel» per acre, but England
prosecutions for libel. For thia reawm, Imports four time» a» much wheat a« it
all new*|ia|M-rs require the writers produce*. English farmer» u»e m v < -rsl
nam« • to all mutt.'r sent tn for publica­ hundred the»,sand ton» of commercial
tion. 1 hl» 1» n-quiK.-d for tlx- protec­ plant food annually.
tion of the pi«|s-t laid to show that the
Belgium ini|M>rta five time* a» much
writer is willing to a»«ume responsibl- wheat as st produce* and quantities of
lity for what he w rit« ».
corn ami oil cake.
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Germany consume» nearly twice as
•cri| turn. II-- has no iTM.re right to do
this than th« is-Mible buyer has to dic­
tate to the fari;,.-r m-w he shall harvest
tiie gram or care for the stock. In
••«.tlicr case the buyer has the right to
rejet t or refiiiw to buy. if he is m»t
•■ « r. 1
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■icsires U> care for his grain or stock
just av the newsps)K-r man knows
which ami what to publish or the
m« r« bant what t- «■ nr*-«- <«r bis g««»l*
W<- have taken space to d:»cu*» this
matter at Mime length, just to make
plain, »0 far ss w<- can, th«- duty of the
lueal m-w «pa|M-r to the public, »» we
imlei »tan«! it
W«- th-slre to print a!
h- local new» if we ran And out aUiut
it ami we i*or ■«'laity invite any and all
who know of .;.
it«’n„
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tn» of interest
to the
public, to te|| US sls.ut It, either in
paraoa or by letter. So if you have
friends visiting you, tell u» about it.
If you have a birth, wxkling or death
«ti tiu- family, we want to know alsiut
it.
< If course acciilerits or unusual
events are of int«’t«-.t to the public ami
we want to print all of »uch which
>M?cur, « »)«c< tally in this immediate
locality.
ROSE SHOW
SALE
On Spring and Summer Dress Goods
I.adies h>u- shoes and slippers
DAYS SALE
9
9
COM Ml SUMi I bURSDAV. JI M Io at S a m
CIOMwDAV til «OSI
MtOW
Ur will give ><w mmc good
Al H p.
Bargain« dur­
ing (hi* «ah that hate msrr bloomed before
FWICI S ll\ -I MA I W DRI SS GlHIIIS
All H m MW tkinft for Sprtnf ini Swmmrr
value
10c value
1 He
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16c value ........
1 Ic
90r value......
¿1C
20c value
•JC
36c value ..........
26c
P«kl S (r\ I Aim S’ I.OW SHOES
Taa. LhtxoUlc. Oxblood and fatesi
much wheat as it produce» and im,««rl»
corn ami I.UuO.«»•i.<»«i |mun<!» of «.il
cake.
While It eiqiort» principally
2.000,000.wu pounds of sugar, contain
mg no plant food value.
Ibmmark
imports mon- wheat than it produces
l«e»idea corn and MJt),uou,(*in pounds of
oil cake and exports princqudly |7f>,lA»>.
<OU |K>un<ls
of
butter, containim
practically no plant fowl.
The»« cuuntrie» that feed practically
all they raw ami buy in addition lsrg<
quantities of fertilisers and other food
»tut!» fr.-.m »h.h 1 •« pr-......... -1 >
isrgi-r amounts of manure, can thus
make their soil» richer than ever be­
fore, but the great agricultural are»-
of the United Stales are itemg »tea Illy
depleted.
Improvement iii M-«’d, cultivation and
crop rotation and the addition of
2,«Hi.uUII acre* of richest black »ill
have increased the average yield of
com in lllinui». but some portion» of
the 7,000,001) acres of older com land
are now producing smaller crop*.
If we rejM-at in the great com l-elt
the history of land ruin in Palestine. In
Southern Euru|>e. in Russia and in the
••r.afcrn (Itiitwi StMtanh whwrp whatil mir
»4.00 value
»3.1.1
f..,úO value
fa HS
ST.00 value ...
12..10
92.60 value........ (I.VS
Special Bargain» in I ad'ea $<>. S7, and »8
llic.»» Skirl» for SS.'J.|),*>
WESELY &, CAIN
\ ,\icc a etc, und
Uo-to-Date Line of ■
MENS
and
children go for bread? After th«- land
is impoverished it la t««o late to invest
in soil improvement. Poverty i» help-
1« as. Illinois can not afford to wait
twenty-five or fifty year» liefure wkrpt
mg permanent systems of »oil Improve­
ment. Illinois Farmers Institute.
BOYS
HATS
and
CAPS
See Here!
I have pure bred black Minorca and
Buff ix-ghom egg», (guaranteed) for
«ale at SI per aetting of 15. What ia
the um - of »ending away for something
that you can get at horn«-.
Morn sen.
7c
OREGON
IS THE fflMÎ AJÏASCE USÏINS
"The census of MHO,” say» .lame» J. !
Hill, "will show that wr have a |s«|«u-
latiun of HO,us 1,as 1, which will mean
that we will r* quire for our own use
atsiul fkl8,00O,l»s) bu»li«'la hereafter.
Wc ran»«’ now ats«ut fk'«O,<M)O,0lX) l.ushel»
uf wheat in the Dnited Stat« » annually
untie« E'« k I crop comiitiona. Thia will 1
leave us but 20,(kX>,(*«i bushel» as a
surplus for cx|s>ri, while in the past Wr
have exported u|«war«i of 12<i,<a»),<XXi,
bushels annually. So everybody can
see that we will main rwed all our wheat
for our ow n people."
I\e sible this forecast is correct, an«'
therefore high ¡«rices for wheat will to-
be rub- heteafter. ihi th«’ face of the
tigures the outlook for any large surplus
of wheat agsm is not bright. The
wheat crop of 1X«K wtu> 676,0)0,000
bushels, while that of l‘.»is was atomt
•770,Uuo,to»’. In th«- ten years in which
the population of the country increased
slsiut 21 per cent, the wheat yieki re
maineil statimiarv, although
twice
within th«- «iecade in 1001 ami IWM-
the wheat crop cro-uusl the 700,000,000
bushel mark.
Com and oat» have
ma«ie a to-tier »bowing in the derat e
than wheat in regard to increase, but
the gain in each of theft«- cereal» has
been comparatively slight.
But there may I m - »om<- relief near a:
ham! which Mr. Hi!! uveriooka. Aiithe
Eurufwan producing countries rni»<
mon- wheat to the acre than we <lo,
and on |sa>rer lands. The high priera
will offer a ¡«owerful in«iucem«-nl to our
wheat growers to ailopt some «f the
methods of their count«-ri«arts arroan
the water. The wasteful prat tires tn
our grain-growing Ian«!» are discredi-
tabl«- to our farrm-rs, as well as un­
profitable, and the cam|«aign of educa­
tion which the high prices has Set on
foot ought to bring results which will
tell in tlie crop yeikl of the near future,
in n gr. i«lr wh«at production the
United Stat« a has still a lead over every
oth> r country, but it 1» not as long aa
formerly.
Russia.
France,
Italy,
Arg« ntina, Austria-Hungary, Germany,
Sjwin b « m I < anada are large wheat
growers, but only Russia, Argentina.
< a..i d.i aisi one or two vtheia of those
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TO
PO5T
YOU
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On the fact that when wc|
nake an abstract of any parcel of
real estate we give you a per­
fectly accurate and complete
history of it.
An abstract is an absolute
necessity if you wish to be
thoMughlv posted The one way
you can avoid the purchase of
•xjiensive litigation.
Our work ia absolutely accurate.
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Krgnrdvth tli<‘ life of his beast,
1 litix* w ho feed SECURITY Stock
l'< >< >< 1 are lullfilling the scripture,
This stock food is sold on a positive»
(’ash (» iiarantce.
Read the guarantee
on every Package
Don’t he misled
by eheap id vert ising, SECURITY
means what it sa> * .s. Ask those who
have used it.
E.C. PEERY,
Sole Aflt Scio Or
LINN COUNTY ABSTRACT CO
Albany, Oregon
Put a Bull Behind the Bars
Wc I all est»1 attention to the binge joint at each intersection
oi stay with main bar«.
1 in» 1» th- essential ■ f every good, wire fence Unless th- S-.iy
«mt the fence cannot receive pressure from contact
AMERICAN FENCE
I» made wuh a h‘ -e 1 int. bv which the maximum of elasticity n
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'ii| properly
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»trete tied, .........
remain* in place indefi-
*’**r'y- " **b the hinge joint, no amount uf »train on tl
efleu the «.uoacction ot stay and bar.
Writ.- u» for price. E. O. B. your station.
3ARRETT BROS,
Albany, Oregon
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