Mr. W«t
THE SCIO TRIBUNE dictate
to
IMIlKH KVKKY THIHHPAY RY
r. u Duoosa, wirn* « ni » wr
is not attempting to
Governor Withycombr i
but. as a private citiwn, he is deep- i
ly interested in the welfare of the
state and, particularly, the school
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fund.
Entered al the m»stoflic® at Scio.
Knowing that our school lands
()reg--n as second da* matter.
were fritted away for a small fraction
of their value, he see» th«- oppor
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Can he be blamed fur making the
effort to secure the unearned incre
AUVKKT1HING HATkH:
ment of this land grant for the
l/ical advertising. per line
6c school children of Oregon? Ought
Display advertising. per inch
lOe not Governor Wilhycmnbr to give
Display advertising, long time, see every potwble aid in the matter?
manager.
Governor Withycombe. however, j
Extended marriage or death notice* will I m - extremely Irary of the mat
per line
3c ter. While he is a school man and ,
Special rate« on long time display has »|s-nt many years of his life as
advertising.
an instructor al <). A. ('., he is a,
THE 0. & C. LAND GRANT
republican.
He dislikes the idea <
that this |>lan to aecure tte-w- rail
road lands for th«- school children of
Oregon, should Im «oigiimtni by a
democrat ami. especially by ex-
Governor West. For this reason we
may expect that he will Is- dilatory
in taking any steps along this line.
Ex-Governor West is endeavoring
tn create a arntimcnt throughout
Oregon to make an effort to aecure
the forfeited Oregon and California
tend grant for the benefit of the
Of course an extra session of th**
public achoola of Oregon. The Tri
legislature would cost some money, ■
bune ho|ies he mav succeed
perhaps 120,000 to S3O.O00
But
By a late decision of the United what does this amount to when the i
States Supremo court, the 0. * C. state stands tn win a property eati- j
railroad people, now the Southern mated to lie worth 160,000,000?
Pacific, is entitled to an equity of
It is intimated by some Salem
12.50 per acre in them- lands and no
authority, that Senator < hamberlain
more. Sale«, heretofore made by
and ex-tiovernor West have seized
that company for a price greater
the opportunity of this agitation to
than |2.6O per acre and in quanti
rebuild or regain their political'
ties greater than 100 acres to actual
fortunes
This is men* rubbish, j
settlers, are of doubtful title and Have not these gentlemen, citixens.
subject to action at court.
the right to champion anything that
Now as a large percentage of this will advance the interest« of thei
grant is heavily timbered and is state of Oregon without being accus
worth in the market from 76 cents ed of lieing actuated by selfish,
to ft 25 per thousand feet, the personal interests’
difference in the values Itelong right
Everv citizen of Oregon should
fully to somelsidy and to whom’
be as deeply interested in this mat
The government's decision, in ef ter as is Oswald West. Ik* is but
fect. |MMsr* the title to the railroad om* of th«* lOO.tMMl people in Oregon
people. Hence the government has but he has a deep interest in the
no equity in the lands. But the court welfare of Oregon ami crqwcially in
holds the railroad jieople to the letter that of the boys ami girls Shall he
of the contract, that is to say. the be required to sit down with folded
sale price shall I m * 12.50 per acre tn hands in public matters, just becaus«*
actual settlers of no more than IbO he has nerved a term as governor of
acres each. Now who has created the state? His plan for attempting
the increase of value to three lands’ tn secure the land may l*e subject
When the 0. & C. railroad was to amendment or substitution. His
builded. timber lands in Oregon purpose is. The Tribum* believe«, to
were of but small value. Only the arouse the |teople of the state to
lands fit for cultivation were told the great importance of the matter
by the railroad people for a time, and to. before congress meets, take
then the timter speculator arose and such action in the matter as will
bought large blocks of the land and wield the greatest influence with
then the railroad people concluded congress
that the lands were valuable and re
Governor Wfthycombe ami the
fused to make further sale«, either bunch behind him. seem disposed to
to actual settlers or to timber specu make a sort of political wvather-
lators. This was the condition of cock of the matter, just l*ecause the
the far greater portion of the grant, movement eminat«*s in the mind of
when the forfeiture suit was begun. a democrat, who wields a large in
Now. who in justice, should be
the beneficiary of the increase in
value of theme Umber lamia but our
pioneer settlers of Oregon’ They
created the demand for the build
ing of the railroad; for without the
HO.(WK) tn ItW.tMM) people in Oregon,
largely in Western Oregon. Ben
Holiday would never have under
took the construction of the road
and without the people the govern
ment would never have l»een able to
give these now valuable lands to the
railroad. The railroad people were
well satisfied with the 12 50 per
acre when th«- grant was made, else
they would not have accepted The
government, by the decision of the
court, has no equity in the land nor
has the railroad beyond the stipulat
ed price of |2.50 per acre to actual
settlers.
fluence in the state. Just such pea
nut politics as thia caused the down
fall of the republican party in 1912
and if persisted in, will cause Gover
nor Withycomlie to retire to oblivion
when his present term is out
There should be w* complete an
expression of th«* desires of the
pwple of the state brought out in
thia matter as possible. If generally
agitated among the people ami our
members of the legislature are right
ly enthused, no batter plan than an
extra sesaion could lie devised. It
would show to congress that the
people of <)reg«»n are intensely inter
ested tn the matter. It would so
encourage our members of congress
that they would work with increas
ed energy.
It matters little what tilan is
adopted or who gets the glorv
It
Ex-Governor West has umier taken is the bacon we want ami. as there
to accomplish an immense work for seem« a t»*Mbility that if we make
the school children of Oregon. In the best effort within <>ur power,
an open letter to Governor Withv-
we may get it
Petty political
combe, he has asked that the state
jealosies should not be slloweil to
take this matter up and that a
defeat
the securing of an princely
special session of the legislature be
called to take action in the matter. endowment for our puteic schoote.
Lcbanonitet
Were
Much
in
Evi
dence in the Mountain
Town
.M-*nday. the 5th. was a day of
rest and rel«*brali<«n for the bus«-
mw m«-n of Lebanon, and a quirt
air of relaxation and j»li-«--»ure pre
vailed the town. Many made vwuts
to other towns
Sweet Home drew
a crowd, ami the pleawre of an
auto nde through the picturesque
country leading to the mountain
town was enjoy««! by the many who
w«mt there for the day
The town
wm in holiday attire and a hearty
welcome was extended to the visi
tors. The diversion» of th«- fore-
n<x»n were a parade, a potato race
on horseback and a literary program
at the grove.
In the afternoon there was an in
teresting game of ball. Sweet Home
defeating Brownsville by a score of
12 to 6. ami this was followed by
»«»me hotly contested horse races.
Music was furnished by the Sweet
Home Imnd which made a good ap-
pearanre in their m-w uniforms I
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The only saloon in the county did a
rushing business, but fairly good
order prevails«! and no arrests were
i«a«le for drunkeness A voung man
of Alliany was arrested fur having
no auto license.
Many remained for the dances,
which were remducted in two halls
until a late hour. Mr. and Mrs.
Rose, the hotel people, served good
meals to a large number of gutmla.
The celebration was continued to-I
day, with an oration bv Prof Jos..
Benner ami other exercissw and [
rai-ea. Fast horses are there from
different sections and racing mav be
continued for several days. — Leban
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