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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1914-1917 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1915)
r •.V* »•. **/*• ÍA» « ■ • • y ■ Mt** . • . »V tHNI till KVi.Kr rtltJKMlAY MY T. u i > imk ; kr . Kumm * ni > rmir Altered at the mwtolficr at Scio, Oregon as second class matter. »UHW'KIt'rioN. IN ADVANCB AT KNI» lit YEAR «IX MONTH»» $1.26 1.50 .75 AIIVKMTIXING KATW? Uical advertising, per line Display advertising. i<er inch 5c 10c Display wlverthdng. long time, toe manager Extended marriage or death notices per line 3c Special rates <>n long time display ndvertismg. LEGISLATURE MAKING GOOD Our l«*gi*lature is now in the third week of the session long «mough to establish th«* fact that a majority of «-arh house lielievv their ante- election pledge« made to the people, should I m * lived up to faithfully The old time political idea that pledge« are made to get in on, seems tn have I m .- ii dlasMdad m itiiwi "f tie,- • ■ ■ liera. No doubt th«1 insistent de* man*I of th«* people during th«* cam- tmign of last year for reformation along state government lines, is bearing fruit. N<*r are th«1 county governments to cscai»1 being included in lit«1 general »pint of retrenchment They that dutmg the following year sev eral buyers were sent to the Middle West in «-arch of brood sows, whwh were bought »nd shipi«d tn Oregon carltael after carlomi The trouble was that the h»g market in Oregon was so murii higher than ever tie- fore that almost everything that looked Ilk«* a Img was srnt to the «hamNr* Hence the high prices iuslend of lienrhtting us as a whole were a delrinwot, srlting the h«»g growers lawk two or three year*. Now I I m * large shipments etune from another cause the high price of wheat, for newt of the hog grow er-» depend upon wli«*al to finish their h<»gn for market. Thi» flnuld be «lone al a fair profit with wheat at a normal price; when it Miarod up to the 11.50 mark it meant a loos to feed it to hogit that were worth something like 7 cents per, pound. So again Oregon is living ci«mne«l TECNICAL COLLEGES THE SCIO TRIBUNE One of the measures which the legislature will I m * required to pass u(«m, is the appropriation of $175,- <RM> to erect buildings for a m«*dical •rhool at Portlarxl Because of the l«*gi»lativr power Portland yiekU. thi« tiM-asur«1 will, probably . Inx-ome a law. But what are the people in K«*neral to gam by this expenditure'* This editor has always opixxexl the education of students tn techni cal arts at public expense. Inde«id. we have always opjesaxl the state eoliege, liecause th«1 benefit r«*furn- e«l to th«- people has never been eumtm'miurale with tie1 eiwt While it is true wo are educating blacksmiths, carpenter«, dentist*, lawyers, ductor*. (<harmaci»la. ekc- trictans and civil engine«1», what do we. thr- people, gain by it? W«* are told w«* gam by having a higtwr grade of «»lucat«*d men ami women. Do we. the pimple, gain out of hogs. Of those reaching this anything except to i»av a little high market, and we understand the same er fee for this stat«1 taught techni can be said of Seattle. Tacoma arid cal knowledge? We cannot hope to Spokane, <»nly a proportionate few The rape with states which have lx»th ar«- actually tit for slaughter many limes our wealth ami popula rest arc shipped by the farmers ami other growers simply to save winter tion. And the price is falling All of th«-*r tiThm«1»! ach*»ols are ing them meritorious and of laltM-1<< th«1 state *!•/ day. but, to nvertax the »late, which i« These abnormal cuOdiliona are tn now being done, means to retard •*•' r'Wtted. They arise largely development in both population and •ro'” * business acumen, w«-«lth. among farmers. They do not think ■ The I. yisiatur«1 will do well to far enough ahead. They have, it i» | oí Tbc New York World H. B. CHESS ATTORNEY AT LAW Th«- year 1911 has bcm the most Quirk Sa ir» Smail Profits extraordinary in th«* history of modern fim«*a. It has witnessed the outbreak of the great European war, a struggi«1 *.» titanic that it mak«*s all others look «.mall. E H. VS kkf . k . crop You live in momentous time* ami you should n«»t miss any of tie- trr- I'ARKIKN m«-nd<,u- event» that are occurring No oilier new*|M|s-r will inform you I lameos, Saddles, VI hips. with the promptness and H h - uikhm «» Robes, Brushes, Comba, ■ >f tie* Thrice-a-Wuek Edition of the Soaps, Oils, Etc. New York World. Moreover, a year's subscription will lake you far All food» sad workmanskqi guaraatrrd into our next presidential cam|»aign The Thncr-a-W •ek World's regu Rr pa tri st oi all kiadt neatly done lar subscription price is only II per Brownsville, Oregon year and this {»ays for 15*» papers. We offer this um*«|ualled nvwapaiter N«Ur, ftklx I mm N»t*lMl*W and The Bek» Tribune together for 11.90 Th«* regular price is $2.26. The Brownsville Harness Shop N. M. ort When you want printing done, Attorney at laiw the kind that is pl«*a»ing to the eye. l< tnr ATTtlHNKYI Th«- Scio Tribun«- office is th«* piace to get it. We always ideas«1 We LKIIANUN never disappoint. OK1UX1N William G. Amos Money can’t buy Glasses DENTIST I H’.M enquire wham we are at? Whal|^r®*í» done wonders in making Dre am our abilities to i«av taxes, etc? X"n ■ bog producing stale, thanks Property owners can pay a reaaon- to th«1 crusa«!«1 for more hogs that able amount of taxation, but when stockyard» ami packing huuae the burden berom** too heavy, «hey people have made, assistod very j are due for a castigation at th«1 begin to talk of moving to other largely by the railways. • But anoth-! hand* of the tax savers, as well as stales We do not want this We *r step must be made by the farm- j th«1 stale, deflator Bingham has want th*- people who ar«1 now her«1 they must not only grow hug»,. introduced a measure to cut th«1 |**r and to enc»urag< others to come. | ibey must glow feed for them. Th,- diem of the I .am1 county commis Oregon has many natural advanlag- •‘•‘*n •••«• wheat Í» the only tve«l or I sioners from $5 to $3 and intimates «•» which are grently admired by the ••**' •"**• ^***1 f,,r tasking pork is! that the daily wag«1 of theat* officials home seeker r»al!iag»»« aiam J iim I flax Iw* ' They ar«* superior to I fail*ct"*u» Just »o l«*mv long MM as t the shall not Include Sundays in their thoar of almort any but the Pacific farmers <irprnd upon wheal we are reconings. coast states It is fuoliah to db> ••able at any time to have conditiona It is not 0xpa*cti*<i that our legis lators will correct all th«1 extrava- gancies foisted u|»»n the people by their predecessors at this one semlon though, if th«1 presrnt economical spirit maintain» throughout the ses sion. a very long step in that direc tion will have been made Bills now introduced will cut the annual ap propriation» more than $200,000 and mor«* are to follow. One meaa- Ure proposed should certainly be come m law and that is to require relatives, when able, to l»car the burden of maintaining a member of their family, when placed in a »tale eleemosynary institution. The pro visions of the bill should lie exteml- ed to cover prisoners in the state penitentiary or boy» and girl« when confined In the reformatory schools. Taximyrrs have reason to feel proud of the men whom they have «•nt down to Salem this year, to make and unmak«* law» for them. Instead of creating new offices and Ixiosting salaries, as was the rale of the several l«-gislatures of the |*ast, the present b«»dy seems tn lie really working for the U-st interests of the people. Th«1 taxratrrs have hail the inaitie track for many years. Now the taxpayer is to have an in ning. Gentlemen, the taxpayer doffs hi» hat to you. You are doing much to restore the legislature to the good opinion of the people. ln»tea«l of feeling aahametl to nu-et your con stituents when you retire to your homes, you can extend them the glad hand for a duty well accom plished Simply keep up the g*»od work to the end ami you will soon remove th«1 unenviable reputation which Oregon has acqmr«<d of being the highest tax«*d of any of the states It is an easy matter to do the right thing when vou get start ed in the right direction Oregon law makers have made thia start It will result in fewer proponed initiative laws for the people to pass upon Tic Thrice a Week Edili Main St. mar Grant InttefMstuirnt M Dr. M. L Morris Which are not bacae«l by u Guarantee of Absolute Satis faction <>r your Money Hack. ... l«ebanon T hk S cio T ribune fl.25 the year At Scio Hotel twice rack moalh. SEE HIM FEBRUARY 8 Oregon Gives all the news all the time Try it, you'll be sati»ti«*d Phonograph Records count llw*se advantage« by an over- «nar as they exist at preorni bunlenamne taxation. Th«- home- The farmers. MpadflUv the small seeker will prefer a less desirable farmers, should raise, an far as I»»»- state with lower taxation ! •*!»!*•. sible, their own hog feed alfalfa, Nnimleed. we are. practteally.; corn. | h * m » anything for finishing. k They ahould not drpcmf upon the informed when these people work, wheatgrower*. They tdioulu ao con for us, we are men ami women of, duct the business as to buy wheat »ulterior education and our work when the market justifies, but to should be paid for accordingly Not depend almost solely upon it is sheer a bean does the average taxfiayer | folly. get in return It looks now as if next year we But supiMM«1 all this money which would be sending east for bnssl. is being expend«*d in technical | I sows again. Surely if the present M'h<M>ls. should be ndd«-«l to the com ’ shipments continue for another mon school fund. Then mure month», month or two we must Then we Í of «'hoot ami better teachers could j shall tie liack right where we were I m * employed than now. when the seven year» ago Starting anew in whole state would be benefitted j the busineM <»ur legislature made a serious ! This is all wrung. Three months blunder when it authorised the ago ttu* northwest was in better <*«tabli»hm«'nt of the state college | shape as to the h»g busine»» than All of th«*»«1 t«*ehnical features have ever before. Then came $1.50 •in«*e t»«*en added. Nor is the end wh«*at and we are appr<»a«dung th«* yet in sight Every vear new stone bottom very faat.- Oregonian. buildings are a»k«*«i for iiesides I Now on Sale PER DOZEN while they last / hese records contain some choice numbers both in the tiro and three minute records I his is a bargain that you cannot afford to let pass. E. C. PEERY, DRUGGIST 'T^he prtall Store SCIO OREGON maintai nance. The um * of dumdum bullet» is Admitting there is merit in all severely condemned by the German». these propomtions. can the state I The Condemnation is well warranted afford them? Can the state afford ; for, when an enemy is disabled by a to in<-r«*aae the burden of taxation wound, what more should lie asked' to the point where development Why maim the soldier hoy for life ceases' when he might recoVer from a dean Oregon in point of populathm and |rut ¿,,unil?’But our German friend* taxability, is yet a small state. THE SACRIFICE IN HOGS ln the last «even days more than 12,000 hogs have tieen receive«! at th«* I’ortlami Union Stockyards. For the corresponding prrmd a year ago the number received was a lit- tie more than 5000 and two years ago for the third w.-rk in January the number was a trifle fewer than ■JtttMi Th«me figure» are taken from the l<ook» of the »tix’kyarii» company ami are to he relied upon. Moat of ua remember that sew year1« ag > hug» were selling on this market at |0 cents a pmmd. live weight, are (training at a gnat and are I swallowing a camel. They intro- duced the practice of dropping bom Im from airships indiscriminately u|*«»n O h - towns of their enemy and the killing and wounding of non- combat tan 1» old men, women ami children. The dumdums injure none but active combattanta, the bomb, rarely injure the soldier but are ro ti in their harvest of women and children. The use ot b>lh the dutmlums ami th** t»»<nb» is a turn- ing of civilized warfare towards the barbaric and the tx»mb is. by far. the longest »tap. ———— Suboeribe for The Tribune. $1.25 it will slao lie remembered i Yc*r Mealey Bros. Mill Company ■ ..... "---------- Manufacturers of all kind» of ---------------------- Rough and Dressed Douglas Fir Lumber Well Sea«>ne<f Stock Constantly on Hand Personal We Attention given to all Orders. Guarantee to give you Satisfaction Timber and Agricultural Lands and Mill Property for Sale Timber Lands ('raised and Estimates made on Standing Titulier FOSTER OREGON
