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PUB. I8HED LVEBY THURSDAY BY
!.. W. CHARLES
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Entered at the v»tiirfke at Scio, Ore .
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There ia a habit and a delusion tice, changed it to a religious
among a large number of our ceremony by writing on the slips
people to go to some nearby tow n of pajier instead of the names of
or city to shop, believing that women those of particular amts
they can
purchase cheaper. whom they were to follow and
These good people may he bunco imitate during the year.
ed by their own thoughts. Please
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reckon your carfare and time, if
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the latter is worth anything. If
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our town
merchants try to
“soak” you or do not have what I
you want, of course you are jus •«••A«»-».» ...........................................
tified in going elsewhere. But
Lulu ("lark and Christina SI i - l -
first find out by getting prices | dler visited home folks over Sun-
and see what ycur home mer ' day.
chants have.
The Science classes ar< making
good use of the new compound
Half the joy of life comes from ■ microscope this term.
getting good out of things as we
The Physics claas is now study-
go along. Some of us are al 1 mg electricity.
ways putting off our enjoyments.
All persona having books lie
After awhile we expect to take longing to the state traveling li
a rest, see a friend, read a book, brary should return them at once
but that after awhile never in order that the s -t now her-
comes. the good times we are may be returned and a•
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looking forward to lies as far secured.
away as ever. All our life is i The school gro nd- ' av '• •
spent in meaning to overtake it very muddy for some time. Play
and rnjoy it. .Meanwhile we toil, ing games !s almost impossible
drudge and grow old. passing by because of the mud.
with unselfish eye the happine.-s
we might get out of every day.
Lumber
A full line of I>r
!•»»>«! Hob. rl-
stuck ami poullrv r«m««iv« on hand
A!! b medi« pariu lti It'. : "
they are recomm»n<l«wt for
A.k for
free book a at Weaely"» (ir->'«ry
Candidate’s Announcements
I hereby announce mv Candida' y for
th«- noninalmn for »herifT of linn
county on the Kapublican ticket, «oh
ject t<> the primariev
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Glasses bitted
Disease# of
Eye and Ear
Knowledge and extensive experience in treating di -a >
of the Eye and the fitting of Spectacles, enables us to guar
antee satisfaction. We furnish any style of frames or eye
glasses at reasonable prices.
W. R. SHINN, M. D.
OCULIST
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OPTICIAN,
AIBANX,
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OREGON
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WE WANT
All over this broad land the
22nd of February Washington’s
birthday is celebrated. How shall
any man add aught to the praise
oreulogv of George Washington?
History and biography, eloquence
and poetry have exhausted their
combined riches upon the success
ful leader of the American revo
lution and the founder of the
American republic our
first
great national hero.
Oftentimes the first question
asked about a stranger is “how
much money has he?” We try
not to I m * pessimistic, to think
we, as a nation, are growing
stronger iu the attributes of ideal
manhood, yet it is hard to do. In
the mightv struggle for power,
fame and position we have been
led astrav by false gods. Let us
go back to find the old trail
marked out by our pioneer fa
thers. and with one mightv voice
say. ”1 had rather be right than |
president.”
No mnttrr what you build wc »»'.I
t<> furnish th» lumber. rough ««r.lr«-'»«••'
lx>t u» Alture with you about prue» and
t.-rm» of pay ment». Ur also handle
•a»h. door», brick, plaster, anti • mint.
The Scio Pinning Mill» Co.,
Svio. Oregon
Successfully I frate I
orricc ovtn
The acreage tracts in Portland
are under assessed. That means
that the home owners have to
pay more and the speculators
less. In one case the acreage
went up nearly ten times as soon
as it was cut into lots. There is
a mine of graft in this line of
assessment alone.
Every customer to know
that our STOCK
DRUGS is new, clean and pun-,
Should we
have in stock what yon want, tell us. and we will
be glad to get it on short notice and without
extra cost to you.
In addition to a general stock
of Drugs, we carry paints, oils, varnishes, wall
paper, school books, school supplies, phonographs,
orchard sprays, sheep dip and stock fotxls.
handle the best cigars.
We
We supply you with the
best gasoline for vour automobile.
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fact you
will find us headquarters for quality in all lines.
E. G.
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Single taxers have opened
headquarters in Seattle in the
The St. Valentine who suffered
North rn Bank building and are
martyrdom on the 14th of Febru
out for business.
ary was one of fifty-two saints
of that name but nothing has
The Southern Pacific is going
ever been found in his life or in
to operate with electricity on a the lives of any of them, that
large ¡Miriion of its iines in the
would give occasion for the sing
Willamette Valley.
ular olwervances of the day. It
has been maintained that it was
There are over a hundred mil an ancient custom among the Ro
lion acres of logged-off land in mans during the Lupercalla, cele
Oregon and W ashington of which brated in the month of February,
it is said fully half could be farm for the boys and men to draw the
ed if cleared. There are less names of their future wives in
than six million acres of land honor of their goddess. Februate
classed as cultivated in Isith Juno, and that the Christian cler
states.
gy finding it alisolutely imposs
ible to abolish th'« heathen prac
Governor West has abolished
contract convict labor in the pen
itentiary. Whether it is from
humanitarian or business reasons
makes no difference. Organized
lalsir salutes with respect the
man who docs such things.
I', takes a rich man to draw a
check, a pretty girl to draw at
tention, a horse to draw a cart, a
porous plaster to draw the skin,
a toper to draw a cork, a free
lunch to draw a crowd, and a
well displayed advertisement in
the Santiam News to draw trade.
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PEERY DRUG COMPANY
OREGON
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An Interlocking
U. S. Cream Separator
I ut *»n y- tr *■*; ft-- r .. ■ g**4.- ung .4h»r cr»-am »»pArStaS,
«>r off "th»t m |-»r»U r«. . . outakim l.’.vm all. will r»» «•»»«».
will »uh ap quicker. and will g.ve mor» »«UsfacUon rigSt
from th» »tart.
If w» ran t pro*» thia, you »hrmid buy another kind.
If we rn* prov» thi». ) u »bould buy tnc i. . S.
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You next on«.
N. I. Morrison, Scio, regoOn
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