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n..,r-, law i>* re»|*u »ibi>
for th« Ifha* n>-.i,y at:
resja.naible, N*>r will the pro|Ki«ed Ke annual appropriation of 11000 to be
Irtiblican assembly heal these political used In paying premiums only, releases
aoraa. When it comes to a »how down. the fair receipt» for the other expense«.
It will be foumt lhaf »1— g-»**t
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Uw asMMiaiMin to ci.me
of that ¡.arty men who are not saying out on the right aide of th« ledger
anything are staunch supporters of every year. With direct railway con
the direct primary, including State nection into town, the fair will more
j than double what have, heretofore,
ment No. One.
The real cauae of Republican defeats ' been the gate receipts.
So, while the rkxiiig year haa treat
ia gubernatorial electiuna, is th« repid
In «*d ua kindly in the main, our eye« and
growth of the imtependent vote,
the elections during the 7< m , a scratch- minda are directed to th« future, with
ed ticket at th« polls waa a rarity. • the hope aid «speciation that our proa-
Now, to find one which te not aerate he* 1 pertly has juat begun. Realizing that
ia equally rare.
In the ok! time the ■ if proaperity comes to ua. we must
man who acratch«! hia ticket, was off shape it and bring it about oureelvaa.
color with hl» party. Now he ia looked there te a <fl»|>oodl<>n on th« part of
U|<>n aa a man who thinks ami haa the I moat of our citizens to take ho Li of
courage to vote with hia conviction. ’ th«»« public improvement» with vim
Voters, now-a day», look at the man and energy, »o that Scio will keep pace
rattier than tlx party politic» he repre- j with her sister towns In the niarch of
If they are convinced be is progress.
•enta.
hot>«-at and true and that he will coo-1 Therefore, Old Year, we feel thank
Unue to be ao, they care very little l ful fur the kindly manner in which you
what political col ar he wears.
have treated us ami ba! you an affect
Thia independent political action may ionate farewell, we trust that your
be ami probably is. d« structive to the young brother has even better things in
dominant political party; but it will be store for ua. With our hearta yet tilled
the salvation of the country.
Nor te with the Christmas spirit, let ua con
this independence of political action gratulate our neighbor» in their proa-
confined to any one political party. parity of the pa»' year, and exprtss l>>
The people have jnat a» much reason to them our beat wishes (or the future.
•it down upon Tammany New York, or In keeping w.th this spirit, th« N kwm
the Smitz Ruef grafters in Sail l-ran- i wishes its read* rs a most happy and
cisco, aa they have u|>on the Kepublii an prosperour New Year.
lx»»»» and factions in Oregon. It is
all an effort on the part of Ux people
Feasibly, n.m» of our farmer folk
t<> purify the dirty stream of politic».
•re getting tind of the discussion of
When ever the Republican party will political questions, alnxxt continually,
figuratively, kill off th«-»« ukl corrupt in the n«ws|xpera. But when we con
machine I mm > s <- s and convince IE« people sider that these political questiors con
that its candidates for state and federal cerns us all m«»t vitally, iH.lh now and
off.«*« will stand true t«> the jwopl»'» foi the future, then does the reason fur
mteiceta, then will these factions cease keeping the public's attention direct« d
to exist.
Patriotism must replace toward» these matters beeonx apjxr-
factionalism, partytem and greed fix ent
It is a matter of vital importune«
office.
Another feature.
1 he people that every voter shall 1» m»<'<* aware
must know that the Re|iublirari party is that tlx lorite of finance are < or.tir.ua'ly
willing to trust the people beftxe they planning how they rn»y enslave the
are willing to trust the Republican produi ing classes of the
American
party. The present plan to take away people, in a slavery more abject than
the unhampered right of the people to African slavery < ver wra.
It is the
nominate and eh-i ' to office the men duty of the nrwsi a|*r to k«*ep tlx |»u-
they * i»h. rather than those tlw boasea pie wise upon these matters to »bow
wi-h, from constable to United States how men who do not jxoduc« nor a<id a
senator, la not a very good way to con <foilar to the nations wealth, arc plot
vince the people that the Republican ting how to absorb the lion share of the
party is willing to trust them.
wealth produced by the workers. It is
So the true ri-sson for these factions, liecause of the ignorance of the fxople
dates Lack many yea<9 before the di and the lack of th« study of politics,
reel primary was thought of. Instead that these financial bloodsuckers have
of the direct primary causing a disrup *M*currd a strangle hold upon
the
tion of that party, the factions quarrels nation's wealth. Th» people ne««! to
and gr«»*d for office of that party has study thrse questions, now ss they
cause*! th«* adoption of the direct pri- never have before, if they Woulti be
queath to their children, a reasonably
fair opfsxtunity in the battle of life
A GUhCE BACIWAGO.
Whenever the lot of th«* common |wo-
I pie Ixcon.e such, that the labor of the
T x THEN THIS ISSUE of the N gwa -father, mother and children teremi*
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th., year Ite«» will i— r.un.L-ied ' *••;—:•.»= of
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school
and
subscribing
for tiie family
with the pail
Whatever the year has
brought to « a**h af ua. whether of joy i nevmpaper cannut be afforited, how 1
murh better than .’he "age mVMUfl
or sorrow, prosperity or adversity, is
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now Ixyorid recall. We can only profit Europe will they be? Our only protec-1
in th«* coming and future year» by the lion against the enroachment of the»«* i
experience we have gained in those I un i« sirable conditions is for the people i
! t > vote right and to vote right. the*w* j
which have passed
Generally t|xaklng,
haa been a 1 political queations must 1« kept before
year of prosperity to the citizens of the jM-ople.
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vailing among the leaders
and bo»»«» of the Republican party.
This assertion 1» nut true
Msny year»
before our present primary law was
ever th« light of. these same factional
dissention* prevailed, even in a mor«*
Intensive form than at the present
time.
Since the stat«* clc« lions of !H70 and
’71, there haa been a gradual but avr<*
growth of th« II* publican majority of
Oregon. The state, on »tat«* i«»u«-«.
w»a Ih-mocratic in liuth of the Gruver
rnmpaigna, but aitice tlx.se < umpnlgns
the Republicana could always elect any
»’ate officer upon whom they could
agn*e and give a unite*! support.
But
from IM7U to IW*», a perils! of :W years,
the office of governor has been fill«d a
little mor«* than twi-thini* of tlx time
by a Oemixrnt. Thi» was not due to a
lack of Republicans who want*d the
office, but rather to the fart that too
manv of Ik-m ......
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factional spirit waa the result.
Thia factional »pint, however, has
b««*n due more to dxsention» gen«-rat«i
in the election of United States *«na-
t«X, than in those arising ftom th« «ni
lest for governor. True, no (lamorrat
has txen elected U. S. senator until
last year, yet th«* contention was so
warm for thx high offic«- at one tinx.
t at no election by th«* legislature wax
Scio and vicinity.
Fair crut« of all
in uh* and Oregon had l>ut one senator
kinds were raised and which brought
Our neighbora, over at Stay ton. mutt
fur two years
It ia. also true, that
g.H»l pilces when placed on the market. have a eort ot Harun Munchuusen re
Iwcausc of thr ee contentious fsctiona,
S ii kn. »a an«l death haa visited some of I porter, judging from the character of
man have bwn «l«*ct«l to that high
our borne« yet, aa a rule, good health the tir»i item* published in the Mail,
office who were, in no« «n»e. fit men for
has prevailed. While other and neigh- lately. The lateat it that Scio hail
th«* place.
They were, practically,
Is.ring communities have te-en visited rained fJil.OIN towards the building of
nonentities and of n«i use to either
with epidemic diseases, our immunity the North Santiam bridge near Shel
state nor nation.
has not been so afflicted and al th«* burn. If a subscription paper for thia
It was Ixcauae th« people hat! grown
present time, we can teiast of a very- purooae haa ever been in circulation in
supremely disgusted with these fac
clean bill of health.
Scio or vicinity, or even thought of,
tions arul the corrupt practices of th«*
Building activity In our city, durtng the N'KWe haa heard nothing of it.
Republican machine in Oregon, that
the direct primary law waa enacted. the year, has been limited to the con Whenever thin bridge la built, the coat
Nor have these factions lw-«n m<irc struction of two or three residences, uill be defrayed by I.inn and Mation
sL-ts rn iiMxl to rule or ruin since, than barns and repairs to others, though in counties, juat aa th« Stayton and all
before the advent of the primary law. th.* surrounding country new residences other joint l.ridgia have been built.
In the past .'M years, nine men includ and barns can I m * counted by the dozen, Evidently our neighl-ors are getting
badly frightened, else they would not
ing Governor Benson, have filled the some of which ar«- quite expensive.
Gur city public improvements are the grasp at >uch nonaenan al straws.
stale executive office.
Two of th«*»«-,
Gov-rn«ir t'hiul vick, llcmocrat and completion of tne light and water
L»«A*crn«»r Benaor, a«!vnnce<i to the plants and the building of a han.te»m<
As the facts arc Iw ing developed con
governor*» chair because of the el«*ction ■ steel bridge, replacing the old sever«! Icernmg the defunct Oregon Trust &
to th«* Unite I State« »cnate of Govern wooden structure, which a<kl much to I Savings bank, it is being shown that
or Grover and Governor Chamlxrlain. the beauty, comfort of our city.
the bank <i«p<Mita were invested in any
Among the »«mi public improvements old thing which would provide the
I »»th Ih-nMCrata. Now during these Ite
year», becau»« of unit«! action, the Re are the building anil successful opera officers a rake off. Savings banka are
l>ul>lican party has carried the state at tion of the milk condenscry. the clean Stippcscd to be absolutely safe
That
*v«ry ¡:ir-xl«-niiai election.
Three of ing out of the mill race and the con is to say. the funds of such banks are
t x five Democratic governors we«- struction of a new dam at the head s ipp«e«i to be invnsted only in gilt
i lecteil to a »econd term. 1 he Repub thereof and the repairing and success edged accuriti««.
This Oregon Trust
lican» have held this offtee by election, ful! operation of the Scio Planing Mills cone* m, aeema to have been the least
The condensery was completed and trustful of any of the banka of che
only twvl.e years and neither of th>«e
elect«! could secure a ««nomination: | commenceil ofieration about April 10. ' state we read about. That the officers,
yet every other alate officer, aside Bv conserative management, the com all of them, knew that the bank was
from governor, sinco 1X7N haa been a pany ha» < stabliahed an excellent name buoing shaky a«curities, ia now a fact
Republican.
No one doubts, if that for business and for the splendid qual patent to all and nothing short of a
party had l«c«*n united for governor aa Illy of their product and expect to work good round term for each of them in the
fix these other offices, the governor the condenscry to ita fullest capacity penitentiary, will satisfy the public.
would have been elected as well. But during the coming season. The recent I
the factional spirit, which the Oregon high waters damagt-d the new dam of
Congress haa Ixen tn a.aaion for a
ian h«»lds the prevent primary law re- t ic Scio Milling Co , ao that it will
ftlunth. ", oai irate Uie memltera done
Sp.ifl««l4e for, rietr-l then a* w.-ll as have to I m - pra< tn ally rebnilt during
except draw thatr salaries?
It begins
now. There was no reason t«> amuse t x coming year.
The planing mills,
to look aa if the Cannonitea and in
the fa< ti >nal spirit in the presidential which had been nil«- during the previous
surgent» were playing for the advantage
«'lections, henc«* the »tat« han given t >o years, have txen kept busily rm-
of the atari. Neither aide teem» will
regular mayoriti • for the Republicana po,id duiing the entire rummer ami
ing to di ar lore its plana nor the amount
f .11.
I>urmg the past few weeks, a
nt those election«.
of ita strength.
W«« may. therefor, conclude that the pre imma y survey for an electric or
fi ling of the office of governor by m >t»r railway line reaching from S ub
i emixta’a for 2fi out of ,3N years, ia t Munkers, haa b*en made. It is th«
due to Republican diaaentions rather I itentoin of the promoters. providirg
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than to the popularity of the I »«mo the right of way ia secured, to take ip
c atic candidates, thoui h most of these a'live construction of the line son e-
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ll*mocriitic governor» were except ti ne di r ng the coming spring
ionally g<«»l men
But
these Re
The Linn County Fair Association
publican quarrels and iisaention» were g ive the thin! ar.nual fair during the
even more bitter in the old convention e irly fall That the aaaociatiun is now
C.MANT FIBTLK. Pr«».
ilny» than now, we cannot see any juat establish«! u|»»n a • und am! p»rma- |
krounds for hokling the direct primary n.*i t foundation, ia stating a fact The ALBANY
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eavy Team Harness
«. 1. MOñRISON^ Proj.
Now is th«* time to buy your team harness. I
have a large st-s-k of Heavy harness on hand
and will sell you any harness In the store at a
ten per cent, discount.
I also have a good
• f**ck of H.irx, Rlsoaeta l*»o»h
Aprons and Wat*-r Proof I lame«» covers which
I will sell at a sacrifice.
Don't forget that I
have the Ixst Harness Oil in the market and
that now la the tinx to oil up your harness.
Rememder that I make all of my harness
fiorn the Ixat oak tanned leather and that 1
guarantee every set to be first-class and our
workmanship »eeond to none.
tome now!
Don’t wait' for the»« pricsa will not stand
longer than until January 1, 1910
■ ANUfACTUPLF u4 DEA1EP IN
Sash, Doors,
J/ du hl in gs,
7* ra tin's,
Shinghs htr
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Estimates and Plans tar Buildints
farmsbed on short notice
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Attorncy-at-LaiD
Office, •JT.’ Went 2i«l. St., Albtny,
r. j. Mcxxeaa,
President
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Cashier
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
The Scio State Bunk
SCIO
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To nil lands and town lots in L'nn county
niadv by invìi ot wide experience and certi
fied to by a responsible company ; : :
A company that has buon established
for eighteen years and ia incorporated.
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!*<•«• a general Imnlilng ami eicbangr
business
I. «ne made at current rutee
nt.d draft* Issued <>n principal ritiro.
DR. J MON FOO
Linn
County Abstract Co
An experienced compounder of 304 Broadalbin St.
Albany, Ore
Cnincsc Medicines
Successor to the late Hong Wo Tong,
.■f Albany, Oregon, is now prepared to
furnish Chinese medicines to all.
The
undersigned recommends him and guar
antre» satisfaction. Call or write him
at 117 West Second Street, Albany,
Oregon.
M. W kmtfau
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Loans Negotiated,
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CAI.AV AN A Mi KNIGHT, Pnp’i.
Hack* connect with all traina both at
Weal Scio and Munkers.
<*ur riga oar Aral class and onr horse»
«tod drivers. Prices reasonable.
Surgeon
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SHELBURN.
OF EGON
DENTIST
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Workmanship FW-claJS
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( HABLES ,J. MAHER
Phqßician
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bridge.
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Abstracts
SCIO
Pap’s Coffee House
A. G. PRILL. M.
The Harness Maker
Administrator of Estate«
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Notary Public
Ob lai mil and Examined
Th« Beet liaix In Pur Itami to Eat
ftr Anrthin. la HARNESS « SADDLES S«
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