jnot feel that they have a harder
■ time than those w ho labor in
other fields.
Civilized nations have good
HUB; ;3HED EVERY THURSDAY BY roads savage and unenlighten
ed countries do not. The high
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ways of travel are a guage of
the progress a people have made
from barbarism to civilzation.
FJincalW lûdipeodeiî
The price at which a farm will
sell for is regulated bv its near
Entered at the poatofflee at Scio, Ore.,
ness to market and the quality
aa «vcond-claaa mall matter
of its neighborhood roads. To
increase the selling price of vour
farm, work for gttod roads. Good
eifUMCKliej ION KATKMi
roads will benefit the farmer
One year In aifvance
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more
than he *ver dreams of.
One year, al end of year
1 bu
On
affaveniK»'
the farm pro
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Si» month» in advance ..................
■ ducts of this country must I m *
1 hr«-c muntin in advent e..........
u6
S>:>g|e copy in wrapper ......
hauled miles to market by wagon
and there is more room, for mi
ing in this wagon haul Than : a
AI>VKI<r|M|.S<| KA I KM:
6c railroad haul of one thousand
« »rd of thanks
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The railroads of the
« miles.
S1'ial obituary noticaa, pcr line
i it i<i. 4 we lding cxMnmrnta,
country only charge eight-tenths
fier line .... ................................. U'
of a cent for hauling a ton a mile.
(Ghr $ initia ni ¿Irirs
Piaplay »<1». t<> be changed weekly
if daaired, one column wide
each insertion, per Inch..
Buaitica« locale per line
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i.
• time »landing a*U. contract»
made <>n application.
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If
or
compel the editor to go elsewhere
for advertisements and howl like
a sore head because he does so.
Buy a rubber stamp and use it.
It •n.-r. -;r. I- ou a !■ a <iini.- • an<!
make your letter heads an<i
wrapjxrs look as though you
one
horse town.
if you art? a farmer, curse the
place where you trade as the
meanest on earth. Talk thia
over with your neighbors and
tell them the men are robbers
and thieves. It will make your
property much less valuable, but
you don't care.
The Interlocking^'*’*^^.
U.S.Cream Separator
contains the four crim
.r ’ r requi-^Q
nites in a degrt ■ unequal • I b my other
cream separ ii< r
ming, easy washing. r’>y n<i
durahi I i l •
this right <
1)0 \0U EVER STOP TO THINK
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N. I. Morrison, Scio, Oregon
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Your home paper is really a
tireless letter if nothing more, j i
Week after week we prejutre this
printed letter for those living
♦
here ami for those who have
mated to tome other locality, I
telling of marriages, births. .
deaths, the coming and going oi ❖
jieople, business efforts and prog j
ress, accident-, crops, improve-j
ments, meetings, etc., in fact
everything of importance and in
terest. If you should undertake
to write a letter to an absent
friend every week telling him all
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idea of the task in preparing a
newspaper. Many of our towns
people recognize this and take
pleasure in giving items of news.
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HOW TO KILL YOUR TOWN
Buy from peddlers as much and
as often as possible.
Denounce your merchant be
Your SubtoiptlM riptrrd on the 4*U >t»a^«d cause they make a profit on their
in Ihr >?*.« b«low.
Hru< rrnrw it on« »nd I 1 goods.
(nt th« btndll «I th« JI.25 r*te
Glory in the downfall of a man
who has done mucn to build up
your town.
Make your tow n out a bad place
and
stab it every chance you get.
BEST ROADS IN THE WORLD
Refuse
to unit»* in any scheme
In France where they have the
best roads of any country in the for the betterment of the mater
Some people seem tube obliged
world, the highways are divided ial interests of the |ieople.
Tell
your
merchants
that
you
to
f«lk mean of others. That
into several ••lasses but all of
can
buy
goods
a
great
deal
cheap-
seems
to be their only subject of
them are supervised by the
er
in
aomeother
town
and
charge
interest
on w hich to spend an
national government which main
them
with
extortion.
hour
in
neighborly
conversation.
tains a bureau of r<»ads anti
If
a
stranger
comes
to
your
Soon
you
will
hear
what they
bridges, ami supports a school
town,
tell
him
everything
is
over
said
and
naturallv
you
get as ma t
for the education of the engineers
done
and
predict
a
general
crash
as a hornet, unless you are an
and inspectors who are employed
angel. Since that is seldom the
in the bureau. Thin method of in the near future.
Patronize outside newspu|M*rs case, we would advise you to la-
building and maintaining roads
in France was started by the first to the exclusion of your own and wise and <*ool off. Remember
Naimleon. who apiM-am to have then denounce yours for not be that gossipers have very little
!><■< n theearliest European states ing as large and as cheap aa the judgment and common sense.
man who clearly saw the econom city iiapera.
If you are a merchant, don’t
Try the New* fur tine job printing
ic advantage of proper highways
paper, but Privi » r»*» natile.
nnd who at the same time ha»i advertise in the home
».
th» power to carry out what he
w ished. The effect of these good
mad in France has been wonder
ful. They have brought all of
the various parts of the country
Where your order» g<> when they «re given »<> the »»'i-»ni»ri. Thia i» an
nearer togetner; they have made
ail im|>ortant matter, both from a »tan ifioint uf eervic«- a» well a» ijual-
country life less lonesome, and
ity ami grade, a» you can »<•<• for voum.lf.
We are especially well c<juip|Hil to look after your want».
they have reduced the coat of
TRY
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transportation of country pro
duce to a minimum. France is
the only country in Europe where
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the agricultural classes are not
Scio, Oregon
<ii satisfied, un»l where they do
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