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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
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All food» sad workmanskqi guaraatrrd
into our next presidential cam|»aign
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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.
...
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At Scio Hotel twice rack moalh.
SEE HIM FEBRUARY 8
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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.
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OREGON