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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1914-1917 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1915)
THE SCIO TRIBUNE IMI!U> KVKKY THIIRRI'AY HY r. l . iwuíiKK. gorro* awn r»ni- ntrrwi at th«- ixMlofficv at Scio. Oregon as ancón«! class matter. •UIW KimoN, IN AOVAN«K SI.26 AT KNI» OF YKAR 1.60 Sil MONTHS .76 AllVKKTISING KATES IxtcaJ advertising. per line 5c Display advertising. tier inch Kk- Display a»iverti«mg. long time, see manager. Eitende»! marriage or death notices per line Sc S|>ecial rate« on long time display advertising. ANENT GOOD ROADS AGAIN The Kenton <'o. Courier, one of our newsy exchanges, in a late issue, saw proper tn criticize a recent leading editorial published in The Tribune, which a»lv<»cat«vi a bond issue to improve our county mad«, rather than to continue our pranefit inefficient and wasteful system The Courier literally mopped the earth with The Tribune and. ad vanced argument which, to itself at least, annihilated any ana all argu ments favorable to bond issues for public improvements We conclude that The Courier is utterly opposed to l»>nda with which to build permanent roads, first, last and all the time and.is. therefore opposed to building permanent roads, for, to undertake |>«-rman«-nt road construction under our present tax levys. is simple nonsense. The Courier indicates that it would favor building small section» of permanent roads yearly. Hut. as everyone knows, these small sections of road would lie valueless to the travel, the people would not stand for it an instant Anyway, every farmer would want this section of nard road Iwfore his door and. unless he was sure of getting it. would oppose the scheme. Hut suppose the hard surface mads do cost |N.000 to I per mile? The interest cost on that sum would tn* not more than | | im > to |600 per mile per year Thus Unn county could hard surface .HiHi miles of road, yet the cost would t»e no greater than at the prearnt. The profit would be to double the capacity of freighting teams which for the average farmer would amount to S100 annually, sav noth ing about less damage to team and vehicle. It is a fact, no great public en terprise has ever l»een undertaken in the past nor will l»e in the future, without borrowing money with which to finance it Without selling bonds our great railway systems, steamship lines, great monufactur- ing enterprises, etc., would never have materialized Rich as our government is, with unlimited authority to levy taxes, we borrow ed money with which to build the Panama cannl. Are not our public highways of as much immediate importance as any of the above? Will they not benefit the farmer’s pocket as much as either? The Courier's piecemeal plan would favor a very few people at the expense of the many. It would give Far mem A H or C hard sur face roads to his market town and force D. E. and F. to continue plodding along in the mud The Tribune would build for all alike. Thia can only lw accomplished by borrowing money. Nor will hard surface r»ada wear out. as the Courier, suggests, in 12 to 16 years, if they are properly looked after. They should hr as good at 15 years aa when first built. The Tribune is opposed, as a rule, to bond iau<S, unless the public, which i*ays the interval, receives commensurate benefit and. also, when a desirafde and profitable to the peopl«* improvement can l>T se cured in no other way We must either abandon all thought of perma nrnt highways, else face bonds tn secure them. The l«eople cannot provide enough money by any other plan. We say again if Cornmiusiooer Butler’s statement u correct con cerning the cost |>er yard for hard surfacing, every county in the state of Oregon can well afford to build that class of roads, for they are cheat»-r the end Citing our own Linn county again, at our preiwnt rate of road tax. »<■ will have tiaid in 15 years S2,260,00<). and have but '.ndiffereut roads to bequeath to posterity to gether with an annual road tax of 1150.000 yaarh On the other hand, we would l»-«|U«-ath a g<»»l hard surface system, with a no greater road tax. with thia differ ent* The tax would he used in paying interest on the bonds but we, the people of the pr«-M-nt dav would have the use of these roads for the 15 years. We know that many people ob ject to l»-<|ucathirg a debt to pos terity. but if we hand down better road«. more valuable farms and a higher state of civilization in genet, al. we will not have <wen deerelict in duty. LETS PULL TOGETHER Everybody desires that .Main street shall be improved A large majority of the bu»m*wt men and residents along the street <>n the north side, have signed |»-titn»n» asking the city council tn make the necessary order, Some who have not signed the petitions. would like the street improved, but do not w ish to bear the expense of doing it. Others, liecaum- they are oppos ed in a general wav to the men who are agitating the matter and circu lating the petitions. Now why cannot we all drop any personal feeling we may have and work harmoniously for this greatlv needed improvement? We all feel like appologizmg to th«- stranger within our gates in the winter time, (»•cause of the muddy condition of our main throughfarv All Would like to have it in better condition It does not present our town in a favorable light to the homeseeker anti has a depressing effect on the value of properly as well. We are told by tiarties who have ascertained the fact, that the coat per front f<»>t will be 11.50, making the n»it per lot of 50 front feet but 675. Thia, if desired, can lie divid ed into five equal annual payments. Arranged in this manner, the cost will rmreas no one and give us a surfacing, almost equal tn paving. The b«nt and probably the most important feature of the improve ment, will I»- the proper grading, ao that the street will have drain age Even with the street in its present condition, if properly drain ed. much of the winter mud would be avoided. Surely when so greatly needed improvement is proposed, there should not be a dnwenting voice. Indseil every property owner and the city council should give it an eager support. It will add to the value of the business and dwelling property along the street, to health, comfort and general appearance. It will show to the traveling public that Scio is not a dead one. but one of the enterprising progressive town« of the valley HOW ABOUT THE Spring Time is FORD Time REPUBLICAN PARTY7 In talking about 1916 there are tw<> things that may well !»• remem- hatred Tlw democratic party is not dwindling and the republican party is not making go-»! The Hhiladel- phis Record points <»ut that the Ib-rnocrat* gained in last year’s <-h<ctions in thirty-one states and lost in ten states, and that Sweitzer with all his handicap« got the votes of 162.000 men in Chicago's mayor* ably election last month, as compar ed witii Wilson's 120.000 votes in 1912. Those who are f«»nd of figures mav not«- that th«- solid south <count ing Missouri! has ¡65electoral votes that Nebraska. Nevada and Okla homa ’ democratic in 1906 and 19121 make it 1H6. and that Massachusetts. New York and Ohio add srven more than ar«- necensarv to elect The -ituation in those thn-r »tales is in- tcrtwling Mawiachusetts put in a democratic governor last year, but her hea\ ilv republican legislatur«- ha» made a I-a-1 record for autocratic rule ami »tandpat legislation. Re publican (governor Wilson of Ohio is conducting what the Cleveland "Plain-Dealer" <l«wrd»es as "a pro gram of unashamed office broker age." "a reign of spoils unequal«*! in the recent history of th«- state." Th«- work of the l«-gi»lature ’’ha» tnwn largely destructive " New York, where William Karnes is suing t'olonel Roosevelt for lil»-l. and th- rags of machine government are l»e- mg washed with a vengeance, is even worse what with undoing the human«- and progressive legislation of Hugh«-« ami Glynn. hasty offic«- grabbing, and muddled financ* In all thr»* of th«*«r stat«*» the rrpuldi- cans have harked l>ack toward the old ways of fifteen or twenty years ago. they are not doing their work well, ami they are not doing it in popular Interest The very charge» they will make against the demo crats at Washington wtll I»- urge! against them in their own home towns Senator Hoi ah has already i»»ued a plain w arning to this effect It may I»- that some urnqs-cified re publican can Iw elected offhand to the presidency in 1916 on a platform of privilege«! prosperity and machine politics, but the above facta had better l>r consider«*! licforr making an) prophecnw Collier's Weekly. 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