* ’* / 9 i I' f ,4 a « . ««♦ . • • A • * • , ’ >* • a •y* ». » 7 / •*. ■• ,-V t THE SCIO TRIBUNE naturi» rvxxY tmurspav by r. U DUQOgg. XPtTOR AND fW»r Entered at the poetoffice at Soo. Dragun as ascood rissa matter. suaaciurnoN. in advancb 1150 AT BNt» or VRAM______ _ SIX MONTHS _____ __ » 1.60 .76 APVKKTtHINd KATO' l*<cal advertising, per line Display advertising, per inch be . Ide Display advertising. I«»ng lime, sec manager. Extend«"! marriage or death nolle«« per line .... 3c Special rates nn lung time display advertising. THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Th«- American people can cele- brat« the (*hrtotmas holidays with out any haita or misgiving» As a rule they have raiwd abundant crops during the |«ast year, for which unusually g>-xl prices have tw-en obtained. Our manufacturing in dustries have I m -«*» crowded with busim-a« during the year ami skilled and common laltor has had constant work at wag--» better than ever re- reived heretofore. So there is nu reason why almost every American family mav not celebrate the coming holiday wash with better spirit than at almost any time in our history. The only drawback is the high nml of living, which bears h«-avily on the consumer But. if our producer» receive swollen price« for their pro- duce. the consumer neci-saartly must l»ay accordingly. Our friemis over in Eur»|ie are not so happily situat«*d. Almost even family ha» one or more of its meml>ers al the l*attle front, many of whom will never return. Homes are being destroyed, and the future holds nothing but gloom for them The real Christmas spirit will be wanting in nearly every homt* of these warring iieopte. While the American people sympathize deeply with the European countries in their misforturw-s ami are anxious to alli- viate their sufferings ao far as we can. we can but feel thankful that we. as a nation, are not involvad in this colossal war. We certainly feel pn>u<l that our president has man- age«! <>ur relations with these cuun- tries so that we are at peace with all of them. Our diplomatic rela- lions with Imth »ides <-f this world war. have b«*en strained at tim«w, so that it svm«l that we must actively pa-ticipale in order to preserve our national dignity. But President Wilson, by writing "notes" to these warring nations, has kept us out of the war. The American people have shown their appreciation of thia fact bv etecting him for another four years. So we can participate in the Christmas festivities without any misgiving, We can do so iwcause we are the most favored of all nations. The Tribune hujMX that its readers will all be imbued with the true Christmas spirit. Be happy yourselves and endeavor to make others happy as well. Above all. d«gi*t fail to ext«*nd a measure of your joy and happintws to vour poor and unfortunate neighix-r. Remem ber it to said in Holy Writ that **lt to more bl es s e d to give than to re ceive." » *. e •• . •*. .*■ »■ f -/. r * • m t . •’ ■ . ■ • * * «• • ’** • * ■ r < 1*. •"• Xi *. g , ■ •*£.' -st 5.V-.J.- ?«iw* ■ .••* i • »?**••?■£‘* . -/> ¿'¿-ic I • - » * " *• • fl ♦ ¡\ ’ ’JV\ •■ * w ». t f <9\ «* »« ». ministration of the state govern ment. In nearly every instance* our state elemosynary mstitutiona, in their budgets filed with the secretary "f state, increwsed appr-pnatioos. for new building». Increased cost of food products, etc . are asked for. Nor are our state college« at all modest in their demands leciuw of the less amount the millage lax will produce. So our official heads are puzzling their think tanks to devise some plan to supply the deficiency which is likely to exist in the state treasury. Heretofore, no thought along this line was nrer-saary After the legis lature had made such appropriations as it thought nr nasary or advisable, the budget was made up. each county was apportioned its share of the state expenses and the county courts did the rest when they mad«* the annual tax levies. But a new deal ia now on. Tax levying bodies can add. in making their levies, but a 6 per cent in- crease to the sum col I«-c ted t he- previous year. In appropriating state money, the legislature will find itself handicap ped for th« first time, if too large demand is mail« on the countin*, only such part can be paid as will come within the provisions of the lax limitation law. 8n in order to make up any defficiency of cash to supply the m-*ds of the state treas ury. It is proposed to raise the auto mobile license from the present to a fee of |l |>er horse power which the machine is capable of develop ing. The Tribune suggests a plan to supply this dcfictoncy which it lie- Hevea will be much more satisfactory to the people. When the bustBaas man or farmer find* that his expense account is growing too great fur his income, he diminishes his expensr account bv discharging help which he can get along without. mak«*s fewer improvements, buys leas «u|>- plies, etc. Why may not the state do likewise? Ix-glslaturtw of the past have created some 30 to 40 commissions, most of which draw down salari««« for its memlx-rs, secretaries, inspec- com, etc In fact our state has lM-en building up an expensive beau- rocratic government very rapidly during the |x»t few years, the main object of which is to create salaried offices for fav »riles. Now fully three-fourths of these commissions and the employes connected there with. can la- dispensed with, without injury to the public service. Why not get busy Mr. Ijrgislator and lop off a bunch of the»«* grafters? You would do so if it was vour private business ami why nut use a like economv for the state? All of these 3li to 40 commissions could lie consolidated into one duien or less, without injury tu the public service. Aye. some of them can be abolished ami the stale will lie all the better for it. Then our state colleges can get along with a few less massive atone buildings for a spell, at least and. possibly, with fewer teachers. In fact they will probably have tu do so. No private businee* will ever suc ceed. if conducted no extravagantly as is our state government and any private enterprise expects its em ployes to work. The stale does not or. al least, her employee do not work half of the lime The state employe’» only endeavor is to get on the salary list, for his job to com paratively permanent and nobody seems to see that he earns his salary. There to no doubt whatever that a ARE IN A QUANDARY private business of the magnitude Tax levying bodim anti th oar who of that of the state, to conducted riwnd tax moneys seem in a quan with one-half the number of «m- dary as just how to proceed, since plovee that the state employs. the enactment of the tax limitation The people are very much In la*. Particularly is thia true with earnest about this tax reduction those who are in charge of the ad buatrnw. lhev demand that the ,» * «* ^. -< f •» .• «,<» *- V- <® » J - ■ * -R* ex Dense of government, from state 1» municipality «hail If mliHwl and that better tnisimxs method* shall I m - ail opted Th«- legislature, to meet m a few weeks, will be placed on its metal. The people have said how much money may le- rx pen de. I It* actino will I m - watched closer than ever be fore. The people expect that a record of economy and general effi- ciency will be established. If not, some more tinkering with the stair S- c-mstitution may I m - expected Mr l«*gislat<*r. it ia up to you to get busy. A PEACE OR A TRUCE Wki* * ‘ -'SMBOb ■1^4 ! I m - glad to find a way out. The old cstchwurd« of Wellmaeht odrr Niciergang now fail up-m d«-af cars. They were the outpouring <»f a military rhetoric that no longer «14*«Is to the (¡erman imagination. I The German people ar«- pr«-|»arcd to accept much lews than Weltmarht but are dclermined uj«-ri something They ar«- better than Nledergang finally discovering that this to a world In which >»m- must live with I his neighbors, ami that is what th«* Imperial government admits in ef fect when it mak«-s its first tentative proptwaJs fur ptwea. N. Y. World. •X< I fl DR. A. G. PRILL Pbyaician bm I Swrfeea Calls Attended Day or Night SCIO a WHKN y<»V WANT ■ ------ - Plumbing or Tinnini MCB FRED OHLEMIER Dr. T. K. Sinderson òssidi Swfo 4»l flw HruW* I!to Experience ia Worth Money The most important thing about to You the German pirace proposals to th«* Repairing a Specialty fact that they have l»een made. Satisfaction Guarant««ed Holding Belgium. Northwestern Phon«' 27-7 France. Russia. Poland and Srrbia. with Roumania practically hors <h- 8TIO OREGON comhat. the Imperial government officially admits that the war to a failure, that Germany cannot domi AUCTIONEER nant Europa, that i>earr cannot lie Notary Public and c-rnq tiered and that rce--ur«*- must I m - had to the process of diplomacy O rbuon W atf . ru k » (.omeyc tutor which were w> contemptuously re I’hntw IÎ1 Swwt H omm a. r . n. h 4 i j«<eted in the last days of July. Abstracts of I itlr tjuunined 1914 Sale dates arranged for at The Scio It may he tak«m for granted that SCIO Tribune Office. Scio. Ore. OREGON the terms pr<>i>sH*d by the Imperial chancellor will not tw accepted bv the alites. Neither the British nor the Frcncti government could con sent to any terms which tiermany would not make without the certain ty of revolution at home. The sacri fices mad«- by the British and French peoples have lieen too appalling to admit of a peace improvised in B«-r lin to suit German exigencies until at toast <>nr mare desperate effort has lw«n mad«- to break th«* mibtary power of the Teutonic empires Never!hel«*aa. the German pro posals are to l*e welcomed as a first step toward peace. Impossible of acceptance they may be, but they at least establish a basis for' discus sion and negotation, ami there can In* no end of the war except through discussion and negotiation There will be no Iwipxig or ftedan or Waterloo or Appomattox in thia con flict. however long it lasts, and then- can be no termination until one side or th«* other sets in motion the diplomatic machinery which must K I accomplish what military machinery , has proved unable to accomplish This much Germany has done, A whatever the motive may have been The most natural infenmer is that the Imperial government to by no I am prepared to do your painting or pafier hanging tm-ans sincere in Its profession of on short notice, at reasonable rates Refer you to astonishment at its own moderation J. F. Wesely as to the character of my work. and that it* peace pro|«>sai* have' Estimates of material made. (live me a trial. I mm - o dictated by a full realization af the ngnifAancv of internal con- DENTIST H. C ROLOFF R. -SHELTON Painting and Paper Hanging ditmna in tiermany and Austria- Hungary That may I m - taken for grant«»d. for if Germany were actu ally winning the war and arriving at the goal from which it could ex pact to dictate tM-ace on its own terms, there would be no rwed of proposals. And if the («erman people were aaliatu-d, the Imperial govern ment would have nothing to con aider but the further development of the military r«-*>urc*» of the nation. But the German people are not satisfied. More and more the strain of war to tolling upon them, and Berlin has seised the opportunity presented by the Roumanian trium[»h to make peace overtures to its enemies If these overtures are re jected. the Imperial government can then present the wsr to the German people wholly as a defensive opera tion to save Germany from extinc tion ami proceed to demand new sacrifices for the Fatherland with full aanurance that no dynastic dangers are involved. That is shrewd and far-sighted politics. At the same time it is a formal admission that Germany is growing tired of the war and would ' GEORGE ÇIRRONS, Soo, Ore. 1 On the Wings of the Morning Prosperity is coming to this country on the wings of the morning You will want to take advantage of it. Prosfienty comes to man. woman or child who has money in the hank It |>aaM-s by the • house of the spendthrift, th«- shiftless, the ne’er-do-well. Start your account here. Be readv for Prosperity and Prosperity will be ready for you. The man who has an account here has a grulwtake in Prosperity. ALBANY STATE BANK ALBANY IM.MMRW-NX,. OREGON 6*. FARM LOANS We Have One Million Dollars to loan on Improved farms in the Willamette Valley VERMONT LOAN fc TRUST COMPANY J M. A H. M (¡«neral Agents HAWKINS Albany 6$