AN ENTERPRISE BENEFICIAL TO ALL
We take it that all of our citixens desire that Scio and the
surrounding community shall grow; that Industries shall
spring into existence; that <*ur schools shall grow more «-ffi
cienl, and that communication with th« outside world shsll
Yet We
grow more modern, consequently more convenient
have a number of people who refute, abaolutsly, to do any
Entered at the poetofflee at Scio, Oregon, as second ' lass
thing toward« helping to bring these results about.
mail matter.
We have b*ardof the man who del not wish his land of
property to Mlianre In value. becau*e he did not wish to sell
it ar.d a higher value would increase his taxes, anyway.
A
PUB! ISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
town <>r community composed of such disposal people wuuki
I never progrtsa would neier hair left th« lug school-house
T. L. I > r < i ( ì I : h
w.th its slab seat days.
KorroN *»t> >*N<»«niiBv<>a.
If a town grows and increases in population, some of the
property bukieis must sell some of their hoklings - their row
>asturra. Ven cannot lanld Imsir es« or residence properties
Kiri'ION HATF*
i unless they have ground conveniently and prop« rly situated.
One year in advance .........
11 *^‘ 4I"'M which to place them Merchants canuut sell gum!» as
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< >ne year, at end of yrar....
tienply 1 the inervl.aota of other towns, unless they can but
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One year, at end of 2 years
One year, at end of 3 years
ï OU their goods and have them transported as cheaply. So rail-
Six months in advance........
76 roads are essential Io progress and. if we would bring our
Three months in advance ...
town and community to the front, and have it keep in bne
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with the prugrrs* of the other portion of our county, wr
should aid the present enterprise in every way possible.
Every person with whom we have conversed relative to
APVKHTIMIM OHATrX
the j resent 1 allway project, freely acknowledges the large
benefit which will be denned from it Yet they, some of
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them at leas', refuse to aid the at t rpnes in any way. They
Spoctal olntuary notices, ;»-r line........................
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Extended wedding comments, per line .............
.... U arc unwilling to din ide their farms or ilty ho dings, unless
Dieplay ads, to be changed weekly if desir -d, one column
than at prohibitory prices, and, as a result, prospective
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16 settlers come and go.
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If Selo and vicinity ever emerges from this condition, the
Katch subsequent insertion per line
<lf
Ixing time standing ads, contracts made on application.
citlsens must be willing to sell their holdings, or a part of
| them at 1« ast, at reasonable prices. Prospective settler* will
not pa) a fancy price, in order to come here and help build
up a community, U e must be willing to help bring this re-
THE MANIFEST DUTY OF THE PEOPLE suit
about, i’rope: ly owners should not expect to receive as
great values for their holdings aa the property would be
•
worth when Scio has a population of 60UU or more.
It should I m *. and probably 1». th* de«irv of every cit r«n
W want Eastern Linn county to develop
We want out
to have a III« ral, just and progressli <■ administration of th< thou«ands of acres of fruit land, which ia as valuable for that
federal state and municipal government?. No one desires 1 purpose, as the Hood river and Rouge river lands, to I m
dishonest grafting official. No one is favorable to graft un
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'b*d**tni«, we must encourage
F»»a he 1» the grafter, or grfs pirt of the loot
Nor would who are adept« in the orchard business, to come here am
the dishonest grafter be permitted to rvtain a position of invest. - We want mors |>eupl« ant! to get them, we must
public trust, for a minute after his offense became known, if give them the opportunity to get hold, at a reasonable price
It was not for the intense partisan!» n, which obtains in both Nor should land holders sell their holdings at a sacrifice.
of our great political parties
Because of this intense parti- But, as before staled, men should nut expect to receive^ for
sanistn, laws have been placed upon our statute boots their land, what it wuuki be worth ten years hence.
which, in a manner, i« a protection or shield to the dishonest
So, if we desire that our section of the country shal)
official.
develop,
must make conditions possible for it tu
To illustrate, we c.l«- on** rase in point; A few )r»n ug*
i develop.
a popular Linn county politician was appointed clerk of th*
It has been said that the promoters of our railroad will
State “-chool Ixn I txiard
While he was in office he con
inaKe a few dollars, if (heir risk should be successful. Sup
verte<! something over fm.'KH of tlx- state sch<sil fund to
| kmo they do! It hat the i«op|e of Scio and vicinity want, is
his own use. His term of office expired and for two or
a railroad service which is commensurate with the needs of
three y* a «, he was the leading politician of his party in
the community. Men who are engaged aa merchants or oth
Marion county. Finally, when the books of the Land Board
er business men do not want to run a railroad, nevertheless
ware exported, it was found that this particular official was
may be the main insligators in the promotion of the same.
defaulter in the above named rim. F’rosceution was con •
They want the raiir.iad just the same aa the farmer or
menred agnmst him. Suddenly the Attorney General *>f the
state discovered that the statute of limitation blocked pro property owner fur convenience and profit.
Politically Independent
Th*-n let us all join in promoting an enterprise, which all
cedure. That ia tn say, three y ean* had p<ts«*d since the
defalcation and the stalo was powerless to prosecute. Why admit, is of uncalcuiable value to the community.
hal the state been permitted to ide *p up in her rights? Sim
ply because the defaulting school official had sufficient par
Though the prices of f.M>i«tuffs, gram, meat, dairy pro-
tisan infiuencr to prevent an exposure, until he w :t tufe
ducts, lira cattle, fish, fruits and v<-g«-tsbl«s, have been
from punishment.
In order to purify the public service and to keep it (Hire, much higher during the past year than in proceeding yearn,
all laws which protect or shield rascally officials, should be the aggregate values of ex|>orls of these products show an
repealed and this cannot nor will not I m * d ne. so long as enormous shrinkage. The total value of foodstuffs exported
in 1<9** was IM0.tKKl.000; in I90U, »¿OO.tKJO.OJO. in 1906. UM.-
rank partisanism control» the conduct of government.
Of course, not all public officials are dishonest. nor arc Oxi.lKK), snd estimates for the present fiscal year, ending
they grafters. But we know that too many of them are. June 30 next, are only f <30.1X10,000. This falling off is due
And we know that some of the officials are not ignorant of principally to increased domestic consumption. Millions
the fact that dishonesty and grafting arc practiced by other more people sre employed in manufacturing, railroading anti
officials, with whom they come tn contact; vet from partisan other work than were employed 12. 10 or even 4 years ago
reasons, they remain silent. They seem to think that the ami must be fed. Export« of manufactures have increased
perpetuation of their party in power is of greater moment greatly. In lKJfi they were giSK.OOO.OUO; in 1902, 1463,000,-
than the purity of the public service.
000, and it is said that 1910 will show approximately |75O,-
if a citix«n ia a true patriot and prises an honest economi (KW.tKKl. So that what ha« been loat in one form of exports
cal conduct of the public service, he will refuse to support has licen more than made up in another. We are becoming
any man for public office, who ia not free of the least taint a very great manufacturing country, consuming more and
of suspicion. Should such an one secure a nomination, even more of our raw products.— Oregon Journal
though he be a member of the same political party, it 1» the
duty of the true citixen to. if within his power, prevent the
In the death of Saniuel J. Clemmer.», (Mark Twain) the
election of the shady candidate. He should consider hia duty
United Mates and the world haa experienced an irreparable
to the whole people our country, rather than to hi) party.
In these days of insurgency, which is only another name loss; for he has established a class of himself for humorous
for progression, the patriotic citisen should give his political writing and lecturing which, as yet, the world has not pro
support to me 1 who are couragiou« enough to break away duced another his equal along the lines he wrought. No
from ‘party shackles and advocate measures, which they writer has depicted certain elements of the human character,
knew are demanded by the great mass of the common peo especially of the frontier miner, more vividly than he.
ple. It is only by such action that official* will feel e.v-our- While his writings are of a humorous vein, there is a moral
age I to advocate measures which are beneficial not to any lesson conveyed, as wall. No on« can read hia "Innocents
urn- particular party alone, I ut beneficial to the country at Abroad" or hia "Roughing It” and feel that the time is
large. In accordance with this thought, such men as >ena- wasted.
tors Beverage, LaFvIlrtte, Cummings, Bristow and others,
merit the support of every man who haa the good of our
The fact that every congressman elected, since the
whole country at heart. Not as individuals, but because Aldrich revision of the tariff, is a Democrat, is an evidence
t ,ey manifest just such unselfish |iatriotism as is necessary that the people expected and desire a modification of the
to rescue our government from the clutches of the interests. present highly protective tarifi laws.
It ia an evidence,
If ojr country is ever rescued from the clutches of the also, that the American people wish to dlacard special
trusts, t inff barons and the it fluence of high finance, aa congressional class legislation and favoritism, by which
taught by Wall street manipulators, the patriotic progress individual fortunes an* augmented at the expense of the
ive «lament of the people—:ho«e w ho think of our country people.
first and party last, must divest themselves of all fear of
th * party whip si d stand, (earl-saly, for any man for public
office whom, he believes will act fur the sole purpose of
Republicans have a legal right to hold assemblies, if they
promoting the interests of all the people. "Down with all ace proper, so long as such assemblies sre for the purpose
clasa-legislation" In nation, state and municipality, should le of consultation and advising with each other. But when the
the political battle cry from now henceforth until eveiy assembly seeks to practically, overturn or ret aside the
congressman, legislator and city councilman, who wou’d spirit of the primary law, then it will become a conspiracy.
favor private interests at public expense, shall be driven
into political o dh ion. All patriotic eitisena should unite in
political action until the fact that "ihiblic office is a public
ExPresldent Roosevelt is an extraordinarly levelheaded
trust** is »0 engrafted in our political system that the pe< • man. if the adulation which is being paid him in Eurojwan
1 le will know that we have "A government of the people, countries, does not cause him an attack of swellhead.
by th* people for the people.”
Preaident Taft may I*« able to convince the people that he
ExCongns»man Linger H«rman haa b«en dangerously ill, haa an eye single to their intereata, before the end of hu
term; if ao, he will hare to get down to business quickly.
at hit home in Roseburg.
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