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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1910)
ff « « Xí 11 Vok >< I«» GAYNOR SAVING MILLIONS I.IXX COUNTY. OREGON. REGORDSDENIED GLAVIS, PINGHOT Mcakan FEBRUARY $1.500,000 Is Stvei Co Sa’an It bi Alm OVEC 1000 MEN LOOSE TBF1R JOT S EftryWf I« Nt« !tti N)t Hin I fE’J* Fnctrctl Pint tins Who len| L ìti Fretjptl on Unstspeclinq Liuzcs New York. Feb. 5. Th-re was ■n unofficial meeting - f the Hoard t F -tk maate» the other day, at wl i- h the member* exchanged views. a-d d - i rd that they would l-e able to eave y 000 a year to the city on the one it« m of aalanea. It ia the understard-ng that nor e < f the borough presidents, the co t- le- or the Mayor, are expected to < rlt *• their working forces. Hut the of! -as are satisfied that they w II p • al l< to care for the interests of the city a well, if not letter than their prexi« • ■ aora, who hail assistance galore, The men who will lx* turned out, < ■ - cupy what ia known m the -mall pla- • », the aalartea ranging at from SlOtXI •> 11500 a year. It ia therefore pla-n tl at from 1000 to 1500 men are -ch< duled Io lose their job». All of thus«- employes are protect* I by civil aervice rule» In other wor r, they can only be removed on cl ar.'ea and after a hearing, and even then the action of the bureau chief 1» subj* ct o review by the court» of the state Moat of these workera ar«- active Tammany men, the kind that keep th* assembly district clubs going. The bulk of them were na el under t-■ Spoils system, ami then shifted to the protected class to make their job-« h positions. But thia economy wave is too much for them. The courts have always heid that a city official has a right to ut down his force as often us he pleas To prevent fraud or favoritam, ho.« •ver, a man ousted because of a ut in the fore«, retains his right to • *- re * u. ployed if hia place is tilled within -ix months. After that he is out for good. As the new city officials are »im-i-re in their work, this proviso has not created any great public rejoicit g among th« men who have lost the r comfortable berths It is th» best thing for the taxpayers ar.d incidentally the worst thing in tl e world for Tammany. It i- up-n th* ••• little fellows that the orgamzati • h.*» •Iway« relied in the past They have Iveen elected district captains, workers Mt the roll«, and in other ways have aid ad in the euccess of Tammany In ma: . a hard-fought field. I K ill AR WAR.HÎ Hep >rt of the Condition of TH¿ SCIO STATE BANK At Scio» in the Stale of Oregon. at th-- cljte of but mm January 31, 1910 , aaaocacas Ixrans and discount» .515,227 64 Bond*, aecuritiee. ate.............. 9,<17.15 Banking house, furniture, and fixtures Cash an I due from ap roved reserve banka........................ K3.174.lt Checks ami other cash items ... 17.77 Expenses 0 •' I ittaburg, Feb K That th«- l**-»t cla«« of yo ng men refuse to ent r the minis ry nowaday» tweau .« *' the soul les« co*jM*rati n»’ offer th*-m lietter in- dueeme-i's. was th- »tut, in-nt of KeV. J. J. Wi kina, * f St I ouis, t" the church club **f th s city. 'Th*- crying re*d of th« church to- day is men- Or ng. vital nwn— -ami lx * h r- n ha* n* • )cl begun to realize that thi» class of me.i Mint I**- paid fur. "' lx- c*>- ttuu* <1 "Si-ty of the so- called 'soul* »■> corj« rations' hav«- •«- t blisi cd |>«-’>*',n »)»i* m» fi r < mo oy>-» fro n the high«- t to th« '«west, ami ivne of tli,- leafing rai.ruad system» has ilos- the »»me. Carneg established a 610.0tM.tXM | x-t.Mon fund for retiring college pr f, --< re, I ut what has the ministry to off* r'* Whevrr accepts the church's '-ail must d vote the l.est vears of hi» life to h* r »«-rvic«?», aid when h- ha» oiithvxl hia usefulness, t icr, is nothing for him But |»iverty and its consequent sham«-.*’ WhenPr-» -l nt Taft vis t • I Arisons ail New Mexico he took «casl.i'l to warn them not to write consti'ulionr Ik? Oklahoma's. Well, he gave th* »im<* warnin' t> Oklahoma but th* people there ratified th«- constitution bv over KNI.OX) majority and, »» the item-* cr.,t« carried the state by only itO.utsi it wus evident that a large number of r*'pu licans endors*d the con«tit ,t oi. An 1 s«» .* larg«- number of republican in Arixona ami New Mexico are likefy t > msi*i u;wn th*- right of th,- p.sjple ol th** territories to writ«- their own con- Stit iti-ins whether those Co uvlilutlon pl as--the pre-iii -nt »r not. Those or. tn** outside are at liberty to mak.- • ig- g.-Tions but the people who are to live und r th** constitutions ure th«- ones to determine their provi» on», subject only 11 the condition that they do not violate t ie federal cons tut ion. The provision in the Oklahoma con ati ulioli which seemed to ar>*use the Ire of th« preai lent moat wn» that en • bodying th*- initiative and r* f«-r* tduir, but that wi«.- the m*-»t important pr*- vision in the document. It gave the p -oplc control ov« r tlx ir government and insur«?d them against n.isreprt- •entation. The initiative gives th« voter» the means of compelling the aubmivaion of any *;u-atlon upon whirl they d«aire to act. an I the referendum enables th«in to Veto a* y legis'ativ* me mure to which they obje* I. T* attars the initiative ami referendum i- to attar < the doctrine of self govern ne it; to o p i»e it is to que-tion th* capacity of the people for self govern- m -nt. If the people of the territories are ca f il to *«e that their covst.tuti >ns ei tn the ini I live ami referendum 11-y ne • I n *t w ,rr/ a »»it othir pro visions, b- aus • with these they ca i n correct any m s ake« the conetitu- tional eonventi >ns mxv make. Okla h<>m« ia t e only »late to begin th«-»* guarantees; the other stxtea ha- e hud to aTi them. Mi souri. Maine, Oregon. M >nta a an I So ith D »'xota having al r x ly act-I. The «the « will act in t me. \rzoia «n 1 New M xic» have waited 'o ig; they can make up fur lost ti e by beginning right Bryan's Cjin noner. ’ fatal uxaiuri. » Schedule Chtugcil Capital stock paid in llO.OOu 00 Surplus fund . ....................................927.52 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid .............. ... 164.5. Individual deposits subject to check Demand certificates of deposit l'.O’l 11 Llabiliti«s other than th*»»«- . W> ro al» ve stated I Tizrst. ., Effect ve Mor day Feb 7th a change in lime wi.l be ma !• on the Spr ngfie'd anch. Tram No. fo which now I * a S; rngficl I at 7:10 a m . t.'obur, 4 Ham. Brow m. ill« 3:11 am. Tallman 6; ' a r rriv.ng m Albany atfi:L*>an. in time to co nect with N< rth ls>un«l train No. 14 for Salem, Woodburn, Oregon City and Portlan I as well as ntermtslisl«. points. THE IMPROVED A Spkndul Overall for every use. Cut generous ly full. Two hip pockets. Felled seams. Continuous fly. i>i*reun OVERALLS, ■ISPttT, MIMI 1 (0. Washington. Feb. 5. The pred ettalo nu de in the»«- -ii»patchcs a week a -o tonight that the national capii* I ws» *>n the verge of a political convulsion has l>ecn realised llevelopn ente of the |>a»t week fully justif* those »» sertions. Practically every move mad«- by the opponent# of Pinchot ha» been “water-*n hi« wheel.’’ Sog-acc -’ statu» dec eloped that several roted lawyers have b*cn called in to defend Ballinger. Counsel for Glavis have t*een deni«-«i I«—«>--«ion of official records which are g.-rmane, iniee.1 vital, to th*- further progress of the irspnry This ia tru--, notwithstanding Glavis* opponents, Bddnger, Dennett am) Schwartx. with their lawyers. Ventre-» of Nash-tile, Kasch of Montana ami Alfred Hattie, Ballinger*» Seattle law partner, have for months ha*i potsesslon of the«« re coni» ai <1 under the ruling of the in vestigating committ«-«’ this morning will hnve the privilegi- of having there record * in their p**»»«Miion, or cojnea of them, if the originals have been flirti with the comm'ttee. The committ«-« ruled, and refuses to yield an inch therein, that (■lavi* or Pinchot*a counsel shall not even make copies of th«a«e reConi» H is within the truth to assert that th s latest ai tl- n of the c--mmitt* e has been received with amaxermnl here. The recuida involved are important letters and telegrams vitsl to the question, as to Ballinger's faithfulness or recreancy, which were omttt«! from the presumably complete r*-con!s sent to th«- senate by Taft in responsi- to Hint's resolution calling for all cor respondence, reconia and pa|-era perti nent to Glavis* charges, Brandeis, Glavis* counsel, was kept waiting a wh* le week after he had flleil formal application for the | nxluction of these records, no intimation having t*een given him that the reconls were not to tie handed him for tierusal as soon aa the interior department trai »- mittrd them. Even the frirmis of Ballinger regard this apparent attempt to auppreM evi- ilence. or to male it hatd for the Pir - «hot side to get at necessary ev det c . ss unfortunate, and admit that inevi tably it will operate to the advantage of Pinchot. Unprejudicexi |*er»on», who had hear*! t-hat the inquiry would be f. ari* as and impartial, sparing neither Ballinger nor Pinchot. and would go to the bottom of the whole matter, express regret that th« cor - mittee has assumed the position that enables the opponents of I'alllnger to claim unfairness All question that Taft remains a bao lutely l-ehind Ballinger haa Iren re- moved by the issuance of author ted «talement from the " h te House that John J. Ventress of Nashville was en- gagcsl aa counsel on Taft,» urging, he having been a persona) ar«l intimate frien-l of the president for many year». Ventreea ia the m-i»t celebrati-«! cor poration lawyer of Tennessee and is chairman of the Democratic state com mittee. George Turner, who haa Iwen under consideration ss counsel for Ballinger, is retameli by the Guggenheim smelter trust at Spokane at an annual snlnrv of «12,000, so it is claimed, w th referancs to the trust’s lead mining a-ui retlurtion interests in the Coeur d Alene region By John E. Lathrop. Mail <-rd«r housca are flmaiing the country with thsir literature. Just in so far as these houses are patronix«d so ia the trad« of local merchants i,i- jurvd, am! that involves injury to the •own in which they do business. Beside** the local patriotism, which should al ways he a strong factor with every c t xen. it is to one's p«rsoixl interest bi buy of horn« merchants Taking < ««»thing into consideration one can n o»t invariably buy more cheaply and hettrr advantage of them than of t'w catalogue boose* who grant no ac- tcomodatiM tp the purchaser. « ot Ore A rrnort of a second rieh strike in the Mealvan mines I owned by linn county people comes through the Guanajuato Gazette of D m - 2bih whic »ay»: “During the week th«- work in the LaBonita. which ia m charge **f F. G. DeWitt o-ntractor, ami t hail*» lun-n.iiga general ma'ag*-« of tic Mexican n in* a. Ltd , ran into or« a- «aying 25 grams gold ami I f-25 kik»a •ilver t*> tne ton. It is report«.i there is quite a targe tunage of this in sight Dp J 1. Hili, - f \IbtMj. Ora prai *1- it of the Mexican Mining Company, 1» exi-e«te«i in town t**!ay. The |*oar*1 of dirvetora met in Albany January I. and Dr Hill left Immediately for Mei ico. ” Dr Hill haa not )et started for Me* ico, though urgently ask*--1 to g** at a* early a date aa possible Business in teresta here have rt-quir**! hi» alter.- lion ami an ej tajemic of la gnpn in Me* ico made it inadvisable for the doctor ’<> go earlier The great strike ju»t madr will call the preaidtvnt and ol e or more of the director» to be on the ground within two or thrive wicks to na' c arrangements for the di»|»»iti«>ti of the ore taken out. Dr. Hill has rv- vive-l a private letter from a mining expert wh**m he sent to inspect and rep* rt on the condition of the mine. The expert writes ' Your mine is deveUq mg to eb worth millions. It is one among the greatest In this camp. Albany Dx-morrat. - >» • '*■ .Making I air a I <»., Fe « I îp ia'» A nal fa r. t« i re enta* i» • Í ail »Iwing planned for Potil.u l As yet plats are tentative practically certain that the i will l>< h*-l«l sixl that it Will lirt l»rhi!t'| th«* mmrm* ft SPRINGS OF PASO ROBLES When Admiral Evans was taken from his tl* et and placed at Paso Rol les to be cured of his aggravated case of rheun alism, the whole work! maivled, but when, after thre«- weeks' sojvurn he was placid once nor«- in dirm-t com mand of his fleet, the amazing magic of Paso Robles was understood. These Spring* are now belqg spoken of and investigated by the 1« atling medical men i f *-v«ry country. The early Italian use*! to carry hia sick over plain and desert to lx- heatad at Paso Rohl* a. then came Padre Juni- |x-rro Serra (1797) with his asrociatcs, the holy Franciscan bretheren, and tl e cures of the springs beesme as miracles when in w ntten form they went hone in re|x*rta to St ain. Then came I)«- plot errs and the building up of Cal- forma until with the promin* ncr of Ad niral Evana* visit the entire world has at last awaken,d to the reabzation of what these springs really acci-nq*- liah. In cases of rheumatism, gout, kidney, stomach, organic ami neurotic diseases these springs act with absolute ami un failing aucceaa. M«n ami women, in every degree of rheumatism, come to Paso Robles, and from all walks of life Here one can se« the rich, the po*tr, the bank president ami the laloter, making the same | rilgrin sge after health, aid Pi.a<> Bold, a does not disappoint them. Men so bent ami doubled up with rheumatism that the slightest mov* • met t makes them scream with pair, have Paso Rol lea after short treat ment in a state of health one could scarcely urderstaml. I he bath house is the finest in the world. If one suffers from ill health, no matter what condition it may lx-, Paso Rot les should be visit« d at once. The condition of your pure should not make you h«*sitate. The rich man can secure all th« luxuries he deairea and the poor man may live well on a small amount. A small l-ook, neatly illustrated, has lx-*-n recently published by the manage meat telling the story of the Hot Springs in a moat interesting manner ami giving complete informal on. Semi for it. either to Wrn McMurray. General Pas»«ng«r Agent of the O. R A N . Portland, tire., or Dr. F. W. Sawyer, Manager, Paso Robles, Cal. ? * In rue Boise hat Trust Mdnizer Is Foind Goitï he tirat ten days of S*-( teniber. M inufii. tur* - > f th* -l. t • w ill I e g v * ii Boise, Idaho, Feb H State Pun .* i-romineiit pm**, in the <li>*plnya a- d I- —«I Commit »loner Wallis w-*n a signal t1 ■*• c**-*»|»- »tn* i of th*- Portia -*i Manu v * lory for the State **f Idaho lat-- to fuiiu -»' A-*-*>- iati>*n, a strorc orguin- light, the hist of its kii.d for Xt yean, zati >n that hu dom- n great deal to or since the »hort weight law wn build up manufacturing <>f all km- - , is plac* d on the »tatntc Ixioks. wh--n h- pr. bnble. The varied products and re- M-curad a ventici of guilty against »oiir** « of Oregon will b>- shown ami it I leorge Schwitt* r, manager of th«- ie lx<!ievei| the e*|»>-Pion will demon II- i«*- Butcher Company and president strate the progress Oregon ia making •*f th* ilo ae Meat Trust, on the chaig* in a striking way. of »clling short weight lard in pails. An event that is of wtal«- interest i» a Judge Dunbar will pass sentence to -omplimcntai) hampi* t to I m - gi-< n morrow. Juilge George H W illiam». Oregon’s T h*- law provides a maximum tine of grand old man. on la» »7th birthday, Oft), a prison aentene«- of six months, Mtrrll 27, in Portland A- Alton * y or la>th tin«- ami imprisonment. Gen- enl in Prc«i-lent Grant's cabinet Th«- defense set up by Schwitzer w as and | riniin« nt in tl* ritnns h.sl* ry ■ hat he. as well as other dealer», sold thr*High*>ut his actin- life. Judge Wil the lard by th«- package instead of th«- liatns coinmnmia th*- affection ami re pound. Th*- pails, however, ar«- plainly spect of all Orgonian» and the tn-«t marked, designating the numlx-r of prominent people of the city are proud pouml* they are »up|««*--l to contain. to show him honor. The evlita-nc*- showed that the dealer» Planning to im-r- *»»-• .the failing lob had short weighted six ounces on thre«- |»>und pal a, on five pound pails nine ster supply, th*- IJniti-d State» h i«het ounces and on 10 |H*umi pails from 13 to h-s Department will tran-q lant a car load in the waters of Yaquina I av. 15 ounces. Whether th«* lobsti-rs will thriv«* there Tomorrow F*»«l <’*>mmi»» oner Wallis s not y«-t known but it i- thought con will Ix-gin the prosecution of the al ditions ar*- ri.<lit for them l.ol st*- s h-grd misbranded butter case against letnand a rocky bottom, without silt Swift & Co., and on Thursday the al deposited by nearby rivers, which is li ged shoit w* ight lanl - »«- against W the caveat Ya*|uina. Thia is th« r«a»on F Dolan, a local dealer, who »old lard TUI AIIIMIIIS <H TUI. WOULD manuta- tur*-I by the Cudahy Company, a-stgm-d for the failure of experiments made lier*-tofor,- in trying to prove A'TH a CIIII will bs taken up. Eastern lobsters in Pacific water». Senator Bourne has been agitating th** A lot on the northeaat corner of matter ami has secured the promise of California Ita» Aat-mlahed the I ntlre Fifth ami Morrison street i» I* »a than Fish Comm .»»loner Bower» to make an eighth of an acr«- in extent being the experiment at Yaquina. Medical Sorci wUh her Great 50x100 feet. It recently »old fur a Special round-trip excursion rates Hot barlnge quarter of a million dollar», and ih con- have been made frnm tin- Kimi to a de red to be a »nap at that price. It Portland bv the railr** *<l» for th, annual * - Aaaa a PORTLAND TO HOLD SOLD SHORT WEIGHT INODORA. EXPJSIÎI3N SOU i j per I on C.mmittr Ones Ba Inzer tiîFr»! aBd His Ace users the Wjrst of it i (1er ''ullivlvnl Indus >. ments 1 '.»l< ». Mine» limited tn* overs I arge Hod) Polp i Orator "»a.» vhurvh l»,ca*x«t II / is worth »» much as 5,<XM1 acres of farm ing land at f.’iO an acre, Now farm lands are UHuully aasuMied for more than they ar«- worth, This ia easily proved by comparing w hat the uncultl- vated land alongside the cultivated land 1» asaeaacd for This truct is as actual!) M-saed for Sitifi.tMM. It 1» worth every cent of a quarter of a million dollars, The farmer ia aasevs- ad for *50 an acre on land that ia no better than th«- unfrnced. unclear«-d. unplowed land alongside ass* *»«-<! f- r *15 or |M>asibly 1'25 an acre Th* re ar«- thousands of such instances. Her« is a tract that la worth »50 a square foot actually worth it, and it is a»*«»»e*1 for * Li a squar*- foot. What do you know at out that, Mr. Granger? Don’t We need to take a hitch or two in our as- »«-»»in« nt laws We u»«d to be told the slave owners would never *•■ nsent to be deprived of the “unearned increment'* ol their alsvi a. and that aa hoi cat m«n with honestly gaimsl money, purchase«! Slav*» to free the »lav«a was public dishonesty which the hut dreds of thou»- never a.i4s of slave owners would submit to they would take their Now we states out «*f the union first are told the same thing atiout the lami owner. lb- will never submit to pay U> the public treasury what the public creates. He is not only doing so in some civilize«! stat«» to a very great degree, but h«" ia voting to du so by large majorities. In Vancouver, H. C.. the lami owner is paying in tax*» • Ji on the fl,000 valuation on land, but only 15 on the f 1,000 *-f improv« merit valuator.». In »* n-e towns nothing i psi-l on improvements. Labor Preus fhr Ivwal »-«»»a Th*- follxwlne are vrhs-s annted -XI Tl n«s Is, nf iwS* week h) *»••• -l«wler»l vvhewl • h«l I *•!•. prr r.-H«>*M .................... evHir W* w«*'k ...... ■in,*, twr Ina ................................ . ............. U|<I*1II n<s per 'on ..wx. - l"-l-. I- ' «errer, iCoimtryi per roll . . . ...w, . *'•»• P«* 'l**«en .. rbH-ken-, |wr p**nn*« is f'hw-ben- per pnund. roane I*»Ollers • 11 U e * a s . per (**»,,n-l ,.w.. . ............. » nrhsy*. p-r «xmn-l . 17 n***-k*. per pn*,n-« ... ................... If -«ret. «*er nonn**. live »«'«ht «... ^... **nek. 4*e«*wl .............. «»• , ga p***m-l. for -hlpnm« .... .... i • -•**•'-* *-e* ixxm-1 -m ree- . ... Ki Mntlon.ie-* vvan-t. Jn-ae-l IW !<*•«*• Festival in June xml the national convention **f the Ancient Order of Hibernians in July. Both of lheau events will attract Ingtv number« of people ami tlx- r«t* a are to I»* as at tractive as those made last year for tin* Al«»ka Vukon I’ll* d><-*-■ |»>»ith,n. These fares shouI*I lx* th*- tn* an» of giving thou»amls of tourl»te their first view of Oregon during th«- t-umi>ig summer. It is expect« I that over 2000 dele gates will attend the annual state c * hi . v« ntion of th*- Young Peoples Christian Emieavor Sori, ty in Po-tlaml Febru ary 15-17. which is likely to be the liig- -e»t assembly of the organization « ver he'd in Oregon. The »«-»»Iona will l*i held at th« Firat Presbyterian chur* h, Twelfth ami Alder streets While ill the city th*- Endeavor» will ba enter tained by a reception ami banquet by the Y M. C. A Oregon rose» are to have a wider fame than ev*-r Very »mm for th« lx-auti- ful blo>t m* that have mad« a reputa tion for Portland as a ro«e center are to lx* copied by Paul de Ix-ngpr«*, the cclebrat* d painter of r»*»--» Th«> well known artist planned to com« her«- «>n February 22 at tlx time of the annual rose planting but was unable to carry out his intention ami will con»- durir g the Rota Festival in June, He will pnint some of the famous flowers he will »ce here. It i» Ix-coming increasingly evident that the country pre-is, far more than the city pr-as. create» ami develop-» public opinion on almost any given rubject. To a much larger «-»tent th -n most |»-<*ple gi*« it credit for the country newspafiera in its view» on public ipiestiona 1» g*»v* rn*-«! by princi ple »ml not by -elfish Interest. In thia matter the *-ity newa|«aper, with com paratively few exception», is at a dis- advantage. Its utterances and policy are t*»i often root roll'd by men who»r sole aim i» Wealth, and who for the at tainment of that end are ever ready to throw prim pie to the winds. When, therefore, th«- country newspaper ex press- a itself on any moral or political • abject, that expression is almoat in variably unfettered and sincere, which fact gives it a value that ia wanting in the utterances of a subaidixtsi or con troller! press — Ex.
