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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1914-1917 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1917)
' *> jw *' *- would bankrupt the THE SCIO TRIBUNE stroy much of the UMH.KP r.KRY THt'KMOAY BY corros an » rsor T. u Entered at the pnetofftee at Scio, Oregon as second class matter. L-HirnON. IN ADVANCM I1.5Q AT BNI> « YKAg__________ 1.50 an MONTHS _ .75 AUVKRTtBINi; KA TBS: state and de value of our farms and other properties The cases are synominous. Rut. unless wr are prepared to Justify class legislation, we must admit the just- ice of such conclusions. When our state entered into the college, business, the colleges were very modest in their demands on the state treasury They were to coat the taxpayers but a trifle. About alt that was then asked, was the recognition of the college gradu ates as qualified teachers. In like manner we are told that the W.OOO.- 000 bond issue, principal and Inter- eat. will be taken care of bv the automobile owners and the auto owners are being pursuaded that the saving of tires will pay the extra R. SHELTON MUES WANT SHIPS AND MEN AT ONCE Notary Public ana Cant'eyemor Abstracts of Tide Eaamincjl hiHûat VritM m H if Irttf lumi < ■-1 Dtwtctaf ttaüMNÍ Ana» ta Ewa*a __ SL (Continued from page !• OREGON ‘_ H. B. CHESS Iz*t me examine your eves and make your Double Vision Glasses Bifocal No dividing line showing. Attorney •« Law I tews it far better to do the train E. C. MEADE ing at home. I »cal advertising, per line __ 5c omiMKTMl.'CT Exactly what the president said St Display advertising. per Inch 10c 329 W. Second St.. Albany. Ore. to M. Viviani is not known. It can Display advertising, long lime, ■« bt* stated. hdwever. that he did manager. a assure him that all the resource» of Extended marriage or death notices the United States in men, Nooney HoijicHEK B ros .. Props per line 3c , tax. etc. and supplies would be employed in Special rates on lone time display Now the colleges demand from connection with the allies to bring Fresh Meat» of All Kinds advertising. tax pavers practically one-third of Germany to terms. Attorney at Law Reasonable Prices the stale tag moneyr and get It. city *m>x«n Will nut the paved road system VOTE "NO" THESE OREGON'S TAY BURDEN Scio. Ore. UKSSMOH oaaooa Main Street i grow in like manner and call for 'many bond issues? If so who will which will One <>f the measuri The Oregon home and futurw bond iau«. unless the I m * submitted June 4. is s proposi- owner is among the heaviest if not taxpayers? The colleges handed the BEEF PRICES tlon to double the present pay of the leading heaviest per capita tax >tala. g nicely gilded gold brick, our legislators. 10c and 12|c Boiling Meats paver in any state in the union. H It w< <oW bri<-ked M-In by I The first imputes of the average 12|c and 15c Roasts has Isi-n caueed by the aping of j the paved road advocates. taxpayer will be to favor the pro 13c. lie. 15c Steaks older stat*-» which have many times Our three colleges are beneficial position. But. when he remembers Hamburger made our population and wealth from to the educational interests of the the many things which the legisla 15c while you wait which to collect tax moneys. In stale. There is no doubt about that. ture has done which were unneces other words we have endeavored to If we had a college in ^sch county ‘ "übe ¿Market that it Alvaju Serving sary except to furnish fat jobs, the run before we bail graduated from the benefit would be multiplied. A monev legislators have lavished up a toddling walk. Nevertheless we paved Columbia and Pacific high on unnecessary clerks and their en •have an ides) climate, with an al- ways would I n ? of benefit to the deavors to search out methods to most unmatched low death rate, the people located along or a convenient I defeat the purposes of the people, largest lumber production, easy se- distance therefrom, but if the , he will conclude that our lawmakers cess to coast, mineral springs and roads of the state were paved, the get all the salary they earn, if he a mountain resorts In almost endless benefit would be infinitely greater. does not become convinced that numbers. our stale is not increasing The question is for either colleges I these same legislators should P*V in population as rapidly as the states or roads, can we now afford the ex for the privilege of spending the of California or Washington on pense? If not for all counties alike. ------->------ DEALER IN----------------- state's money. either side of us and one of the It is unjust to give them to anv Almost every taxpayer has long main reasons is. because of excessive county at the expense of all. We convinced that the legislature taxation. now know that the state made a fixing, but it is an absolute Scio Meat Market N. M. Newport SANITARY MARKET a McKNIGHT & DALEY. Props. ■ J. F. WESELY Staple and Fancy Groceries While our legislatures of the past grave mistake when «he undertook have la-en improvident in spending the college business. Shall we blun state funds, and have been building der again on roads? state eleemosynary institutions rath Every county in the main supports er too rapidly and have built up a | her public schools. They are made bureaucratic government which jutl M o lhe people of the both unnevemary and expensive, the' qpunty or district fee! that they can one leading extravagance and which afford to make them Nor do they consumes almost if not quite one- hesitate to vole special taxes for third of our state tax moneys, is that purpose. Our roads are now the state college system which we treated in like manner. Both roads hsve allowed to tie grafted onto aqd schools are gradually growing our body politic. While our colleges liettrr and it is very doubtful if the are good. ranking well up among proposed new road code will give us lhe ia-st of any of the western state better results. The only fault to institutions, the coat for their main- our present road system is the dis tainance is a heavy burden to the honesty and carelessness of the average tax payer. The cost is too people themselves. But there is great for the results obtained. From one grpat advantage to the system. 1125 to 3250 par student is too W’e pay no in I crest to the bond great cost for the state to bear holders. when, at llie sAnr time she pays but There is no doubt but what our about 39 per year per student in present system can be greatly im support <>f our public schools. Only proved. A road overseer who is a atK>ut 5 per cunt of our boys and practical road builder. who would girls are able to attend either a oversee and instruct supervisors and state or any other college, white 95 the constant employment of men to per cent must I* content with what repair and maintain roads after they our grade an«i high scn<<olB <-an give arc built, would add materially to them, la the state jusrified in «pend our system. But * then, u.l of our ing as much or more to educate one roads would l<e made belter instead boy or girl who u fortunate enough of making two or three boulevards to I n * among the enrollment of our a» the bonding measure contemp colleges, as she d«-es the 19 boys or lates. girls whose equipment fur life is ob tained in the common school room? The Tribune is in receipt of a Now we are onsi lenn» n similar plan in road build ng. That hr to say we are to build excellent public highways at the cost uf all t* pavers for the benefit of a small portion of them, just lhe same as we have built college* for the bene fit of 5 per cent of the people. Unless we could build colleges in every county of the state, we had no just right to build them In Folk. Benton and Lane counties. By the same deductions, if we build traced road* <>n the Columbia and Pacific highways, the coast and southeastern counties of lhe state have a just right to demand like favors. Now to build a college plant for each county of the etale, or a paved road system for county, we know surety that simply doubling the pay will not help matters in the least. It will not gel men who are more honest or Ibvel headed U> accept the role of lawmakers. Nor will the increased pay give any assurance that better or more economical laws will be enacted. A wise plan and one which is sure to bring better results would ba to prohibit all lobbyists in the capilol building and to bar legislators from visiting Portland during the session, As staled above the legislature needs fixing badly, but it is a very difficult matter to provide a remedy which will do the trick to get men who will live up strictly to the spirit and intent of the slats consti tution to get men who are broad n.inded and who have no selfish purposes to accomplish. It U a sure thing, if men will not be honest, economical and with a single pur push to work for the best iuterosts of the people for 33 per day. they will nut for l«>. The Tri bune adv isr» the people to vote NO on this measure. Another protvised law which the people are asked to ratify, is the tax listing of the O. & C. Grant lands. Since the legislature ad journed the U. S. supreme court has decided that the title of these lands is now in the government. It, copy of the Harney Countv Tribune, therefore, would I* nonsensical go in which is a long marked article by cumber the tax rolls with property C. B. McConnell, explanatory of lists which we know cannot be tgx- the cause of lack of development of ed. The goverriment will pay the southeastern Oregon. Five cattle back taxes which the railroad has companies are holding a large por neglected to pay and as soon as the tivi of that section much of it lands are sold, will give a part of illegally and they wish to retain the proceeds to the state for the that portion of the state for grat schools and roads. We may spend ing purposes. The article shows uu the money for listing these lands, Gov. Withycombe, Stato Treasurer but all we will get for our trouble Kay and many of the members of will be to pay for having the work the laat legislature as friends of the done. The railroad will not pay cattle companies and against the re taxes on its equity in the lands for covery of these fraudulently obtain the court says It is entitled to 12.50 ed lands to the public schools of the per sere only when the lands are state. Every voter should read the sold, which money cannut be taaed article and see who of our public until it is paid by the government. men are standing fur the moneyed ,The Tribune adviaag the people to tyote "no** on thia matter. interests. Queensware, Glassware, Etc. Field and Garden Seeds Cash Paid tor V eal. Hogs. Hides and Cascara Bark Prices Right Our Motto: Lite and Let Lore J. F. WESELY SCIO OREGON to go East a VIA CALIFORNIA Before selecting the route for your next trip East ron rider these three important things: SERVICE Steel cars, through standard or tourist sleeping carli. «unexcelled dining cars. ♦ SAFETY Kock ballast, automatic block signals, heavy steel consistant speed. rails. SCENERY Known throughout the country as Thousand Wunders.** The Road of a LIBERAL STOP-OVERS Our Agents are well informed. regarding tram schedules, or*write Ask them S outhern P acific L ines Portland Rose Festival June 13, 14, 15
