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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1914-1917 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1916)
tie elected to a public office, THE SCIO TRIBUNE should which will give him power to reach down in your pocket and take what he will for the rouoty and «tale. Entered at the mietofbee at Scio. Oregon a« second class matter. ■VMCMPTtON. IN advanck 1.50 AT «NO or YKAK Kll MONTH» 11.25 ______ .75 la a few week» we «rill be nomi nating candidate« fur the legislature* and for county offices Lrt us use our very best judgment in «electing men who are honest and Competent. We do act want young mm with nearly all of the experience of life before them, but men who have borne life*« responsibility long enough io cause them to examine a subject from all angles. APVkRTtMtNC. MATH»: l/xal advertising, per line 5c Display advertising, per inch 10c A DIFFICULT PROBLEM Display-advertising, long time, *•* manager. Our ci tv dad« have a difficult E^Lndcd marriage or death notices problem before them for solution Per line 3c and which, with all possible schem S|M»cial rates <•" lone time display ing. fails to give the dnairwd result. advertising. last year, owing to an insufficient supply of water just at fair lime, an engine had to Iw employed and. WHY TAXES ARE HIGH at the same time, the cure gear of the water wheel gave wav So that, People complain liecauae their tax at the end of the year, a deficit of bills seem to I m - soaring skyward about |300 was shown. That to to The complaint is baaed upon just say. the cost of operating the plant grounds too; yet the people them- was 1.30« greater than the income selve« are wholly to blame for what from consumers. they complain of. When we •can When our present council took our tax levies closely, we find that charge of the city, a movement in portion levied for the county and the wav of a ten p«*r cent increase state lew than one half of the total on light rates was giade, tn take levy. The larger portion is made At the «ame care of this deficit up of city, school districts ami time and at the •■»licitation <»f •iwcial road levies. In Linn county several [wtrons. an all night trial f»r instance. (he levy for county amt service was ordered which, of course itate ia 11 i mills. In Scio the increased the cost of operation special school levy ia 11 mills, city Prior to last year, the light and levy 8 mills and special road 5 mills water plant was a little more than this makes a total of 34i mills or self sustaining and the council had 13.45 on every thousand dollars of ordered this surplus placed in a your aaggssno-nt sinking fund, to take care of the However, the levy for state pur city bonds as they became due ami. poses, has l»e».*n increased rapidly within the (Mat few year«. We are if anything ia tn be added to this supporting too many criminals, sinking fund and the all-night ser crazy people, feeble minded, blind, vice continued, a further increase tn • deaf and dumb ami unruly boy« ami rates will have to tie made. girl« for a state with less than a million population We are also supporting three large college plants in a luxurous and extravagant man ner. when one should be abundantly sufficient for the nestis of our sparse population. We are building too many large and expensive armories chiefly for the Iwnefit for large as- •embliea in the towns in which they are located. Then our judteiary has been great ly augumentad and the judges salaries increased. Fifteen years ago our state supreme court had but three members with a salary of laiMio each; now there are seven mem tiers at 34000 each. The judicial districts of that day have been sub divided and the numtier of judges needlessly increased. While the number of districts have been a little more than doubled, the presiding judges have lieen quadrupled. Again our legislature creates new state commissions at nearly every session, each of which adds to the tax burden without accomplishing any material benefit for the people. Aa before staled, the people them selves, are responsible for these extravagancies. At our biennial elections, we select too many young and inexperienced men for legisla tors. They are generally small tax payers, If they pay any tax at all and they increase the tax burden. We need not expect any relief as long aa we elect such men for our law makers. On the other hand, if we elect men who are experienctxi tn the affairs of life and who ar« taxpayer», we can have repealed many of these mischievous ami ex pensive laws It is then up to th« people to elect legislators who will staml first, last and all the time for the intersets of the tax pavers in stead of for those of the taxeater*. And this same thing is or should be true of all other official places Just tiecause a man is a rood fellow and will go across the street to shake hands «nth vou. is no reason why he Because of the ten per cent in crease. some of the patrons cut out their lights and if another increase is ordered. probably other consumers will cut out their light« as well and the hoped for gain by increase of rales will tie wiped nut by loss of patrons TAX PAYMENT LAW IS EXPLAINED Dr. T. K. Sanderson Plumbing or Tinning DENTIST ! FRED OHI .EMIER Ph < »nr 27 7 m w t < > CUrfH Elwfcttf on any day from October H to N«*v 4, ineluMve, the mtenjat charge« should be 7 i»er cent on the first half or 13 50 ami I per rent on the secund half, or 50 cento. *Tf th«* entire amount is paid on November 5. the interest charge« should Iw 7 per cmt on the first half. 13.50 and I per cmt on the second half. 50 cento, plus a penalty of 5 per cent. $5. "If the entire amount to paid on any day from November fi to Dec. 6. inclusive, ’he interest charges should la* a per Cent on the first half, il and 2 per cent on the second half, 11. plus a penalty of & per cent. |5 a~w» Hw Experience is Worth Money to You Specially a Satisfaction Guaranteed BLAIRSTOWN h > wa PARK MILL COMPANY »IKX'KnauK TU Houaer-Ballantyne Mill Co. DRALKM IN DOUGLAS FIR LUMBER Special Attention Given to local Orders SCIO * ; OREGON : J. F. WESELY I Congressman Shark ford has intro duced s post road bill in congress which, if t»AM«rd. may tie the begin I mng of a system of good hard sur-1 DEALER IN Staple and Fancy Groceries facet I roads throughout the nation The amount of this initiatory bill is S26.000.000 and ia to he divided, aiming th«- stat«-« in a manner so that Oregon's »hare would l»e 3248.- j Qyeensware, Glassware, Etc. Field and Garden Seeds 792 providing the state appropriat- < e«i ■ like «urn. Thia total would not i build s great many miles of ha nJ surface road, but It would be a ■tarter. Ami whv should not the g»vern- nn-nl appropriate money for the public highways’ It has given large bodies of land to railways, assumes the responsibility of the improve ment of our rivers and harbor« and builds /»»lid stone structures in nur cities for postal and other public use« Is not our public highways of aa great importance aa any of th«we" Would not our roads be of as gr.-st use to the government in time« of war a« any of them, especially since the motor truck ha« become a very important means of trans{M>rtation in the movement of armies? What better or cheaper means of coast defense could be pr<e vided for the quick transportation of troops than hard surface roads along our coasts? The Tribune believes the Shack - font bill should become a law. Government aid in building high ways. would lienefit all the people more than the expenditure of public money for any other purpnoe. Ami while the government ia bencfitling the people, it ia providing a means for the rapid mobilisation of troops at any m»int it mar desire- points not now reached by railroads on the Cash Paid tor Veal, Ilogs, Hides »nd C«i»cara Bark Price« Right Our Motto Lite anti Let l.ne J. F. WESELY SCIO OREGON ‘Cl «0 UHM»» (><■■»<>»' 4 Most Pleasant Evening may be Spent | A 7 ------ ------------ | Faltus’ Billiard Hall Confectionery, Soft Drinks I ■ Cigars, 1 obacco, Etc • YOU ARE Al. HAYS H El.COME You May Pay Less BUT YOU WILL NOT GET WORK THAT LS SO GOOD AS WE l>^> You May Pay More HUT YOU WILL NOT GET WORK THAT'S ANY BETTER IF AS GOOD I These statement« refer to Job and Book Printing. T Our facilities are complete. • We use only the l»rst of material.’and our prices are right for first class work. We do no other kind. * We always satisfy our customers. «MmwMMtowwiaMMMMMaaMIMaMMMB four or five times thia small sum. It ia a poor policy to so handle our light and water »vstoms that patro- nage will be driven awav. «i f&r pairing (tontinued from | mw < II THE SHACKFORD ROAD BALL OREGON If you have anything to m -11 or want to buv anything, lease a farm or other property, try a »ant ad in The Tribune, it will get results ami save you L»th time and money Ever since the city became the owner of the light ami water system no charge has been made against the city for street lights or fur water in case of fire, The Tribune believe« that, instewl of increasing the light rate«, a «mall charge should be made a<ain»t the general city fund for the benefit of the light and water fund for atreet lights and water. Of course such charge would simply tie transfering money from one citv fund to another, but the loss of patrons would not probably occur. Scio ia but a small town ami the expense of maintaining the light and water plants is neceasarily heavy upon the consumers. Yet we would nor could not* afford to do without them. After having our streets well lighted we would not wat«r routes. like to blunder about in darkness again. And just think what the Wh»-n «*x -Mayor Ewing vetoed th«* increase in insurance rat«*« would be city tax ordinance last gear, he if our city water supply should be probably did not then realise the cut out? hole he was placing the city govern- Almost every family in town is a ment in Asa result, the city is patron of both our light ami water without fund« to do anything ami systems Yet there are a few who the new charter prohibits the coun patronite neither, yet they have the benefit of street lights and water in cil from issuing warrants when it I case of fire. If the street lights has no funds with which to pay ami water were taxed a small sum them. Further, a tax can be in for the benefit of the light and creased from year to year but 6 per water fund, these non users would cent above the previous year tax then help support the light ami So there is no way for the city to’ catch up with its neersaary expendi water plan to. Let the charge against the gener tures except by issuing bonds. A al fund be sufficient to take care of I little spite work is to blame for all a possible deficit, as in the case of the trouble. laal year and to provide the cost of I • _ an all-night service and. The Tri bune believes the problem will be solved. If the plants were in private hands, the city would have to ;>Ay WIIKN YOU WANT ■ ......... • THE SCIO TRIBUNE
