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About The Scio tribune and Santiam news, consolidated. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1917-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1917)
. *' • f f. Ms • • « * i » k • * * • . * • Ì.7 •• L 7 •: . t h.'WHR ». <• * ¿B- O. : —. *• if •••- - > * >• *** ♦, ....... THE SÛ0 TRIBUNE . - ' 1 ■ - ’ ' 11 • - —mssss-L— UMPND KVKRY TNUMH1AV BY T. U PIKXiCN. KINTON AHI» PBOP Entere«! at the tx>stoffic« at Scio. Oregon as necon«! class matter. SUMCNIPTION. IN APVANCB 81.50 1.76 AT BNP OF YKAB .76 SIX MONTH* AIIVKKTUUNG HAIKU Local advertising, per line__ 6c Display advertising, per inch 15c Display advertising, long time, see manager. Extrodcd marriage or death notices ner line Sc Special rates on long time display advertising - DEFECT IN OUR PRIMARY LAW Our primary law is a serious handicap to s**cti<>mi of i|M| state and counties where population is less dense than in the population centers The tr«*ml is to nomina'«* candidates for political office almost exclusively from where the majority of electors cast their votes. Nor can electors be blanwxl for voting for the candidate with whom he is acquainted, who may lie a friend or neighbor, in preference tn a candi date of w^orn he knows but little or nothing about It is a «lefect in our present law which ought to be cor T. 4»*» • - t *.- rected ami which can be brought about only by a i>atriotie fairmoM on the part of the people The population centers must not nor should not be allowed to absorb all political power in a county or state. Our present plan of selecting legislator«, can never result in a fair and e«|uitable distribution of legislation, because so large a per centage of our lawmakers ar«* eleit- e<l from these centers While the memlier« so electo«! may be fair in their purp«»m* to treat all portions of the state justly ami cq.iUably, they can not avoid, if they would, work ing for the interests of their imme diate communities. They look out for these interests an«! expect the few members from the sparsely populated districts to care for the interests of their respective locali- tiifs. But their members are so few and their interests »«> varied that harmony of action is impracticable. So legislators from the population centers get about all they want, while members from the row coun ties get an occasional crumb in their favor from the legi»lative hopper. Without amending our state con- * X ■ —■ —■ -A;« ■».*1 e - ' • • » j .« Ba»* A ' ■' w lative candidates, without a consH- tutional change, which would be a partial remedy. Divide each county into legislative districts correspond ing with the number of senators and representatives for the purpose of nominations only, but the elecUon of each would be by the vote of the entire county. Unn county would thus be divided into three nominat ing districts. This would avoid the election of three members from one I x-ahty, as was the casr at our last election. The same plan for select ing candidates for our county court would be wise and more equitable. This would place the judge in one district and a commiasioaer in each of the others. This would insure a more equitable distribution of offi- be loyal, be secretly would betray his country if he could. The socialist party will do well to purge itself of these men who place party above country and who would rejoice to see Or many the victor in tab txiitle between autocracy ami <i«-m<>cra<’y WHY STARVE OUR 61 FARM LOANS We have an un- * Notice limited amount of funds 4o lend on farm security at (| per cent per annum. I«ong lime loans «lew red N<> delay. C. C. BRYANT ATTORNEY AT LAW 201-2 New First National Bank HHg ALBANY SCHOOLS? FARM LOANS 61 » >REG<)N H. B. CHESS It is difficult to understand th* Attorney •» Law A action of the majority of voters at I! U K EK A BEAM e our recent M*h«x»l meeting, in limit L*k«»»'. Albany. Dre. ing the school levy to 9 mills, they 1.13 Lyon St. placed our schools in an awkward •s position. One of three alternatives must result: ’Die number of school months must be curtailed, the salaries of teach«-« hiust lie rr-durxi cials. or a l«ns numlx*r of teachers must In the old days when delegate be employed. Either alternative ven lions made the nominations, will result in destroying much of greater equity in the dtstritHition of th« efficiency of oqr schools and no candidates prevailed than under our right thinking man or woman should present plan. Yet we would not wish to do that. return to the old corrupt convention Strange aa it may appear, there days, when each political ¡»arty, is an occasional person who is op through its Ixisees. made up «late* posed tomaintatn|og our highschool. of delegate. Now as we will have to pay th«- A plan of districting counties is high school tax whether or not we worth considering II would do maintain such a school and as the jiway with bunching officiais which, teachers of the high srhool depart with our present plan of selecting ment are paid substantially from candidates, is unavoidable. the county high school fund, we >*■ saMsaamaMBMWBB cannot iind«*r»tan«i the reason for SOCIALISM. <HAT opposition Very few of our lx»ys and girls DOES IT MEAN? can afford to atterxi college Nearly all of them can ami do avail them Socialism seems to have a differ selves of the advantage of the four DEALER IN------------- ent meaning in different countries high »chool grades with but small In Russia socialists rem to lx- paci cost to their parents Must of them fista. In tiermany they seem to lie b«>ard at their hona s and the only supporting the kaiser. In the Unit cost are the books required With ed States, they are divided, some out the high school, most, if not all supporting the administration loyal- ( of them would have to be content ly while others would, if they could-, with what the common school grad«*» support the kaiser. would give them. Now as a matter of fact, none of Just what those who voted for 9 us Hesirv war. If we could honorably mill tax hope«! to accomplish is avoid it. President Wilson opposed hardly understandable It can only our entrance into the war until op result in crippling the common position became a stench in the school grades, for the high school nostrils of every patriotic liberty can an<1 probably will !>«■ maintain«*«! Cash Paid tor Veal, Hogs. Hales and Caacara Bulk loving American citizen Then con in any event. Also, we understand Prices High/ gress declared war It was not the that the high school u-acher cannot declaration of democrats or republi give all or even a part of his or her Our Motto: I. tee and Let Live cans aa political parties, but the time in teaching the common grad«-», declaration of American citizens, yet draw his >r her salary from the who deprecated war. but were will high school fund. OREGON ing to plunge the nation into war. The Tribune favors ccoaotoy in rather than to submit to the domi school matters. It does not favor nation of a nation, whose cruelties paving teachers an exhorbitant sal and disregard of the accepted law ary. Yet we n»u»l pay alx«ut what of nations to which it had agreed other schools pay. if we would se by aolumn treaty, made her a nation cure efficient teachers and. we be of outlaws and an enemy to huma» lieve, this is what the school board liberty. is doing It may be economy in the UH * Is complete and HtocK fresh and < We carry a full line of Tea, Coffee, Spices, Canned Goods, and in fact, everything needed for the table. J. F. WESELY Staple and Fancy Groceries Qyeensware, Glassware, Etc. Held and Garden Seeds J. F. WESELY Cost itf Little More I o go East T hrough Russian socialists, by their con templated action in practically suing for peace at the dictation of Ger* man Intriguants. have shown them- selves unworthy of the boon of political liberty, tierman socialists are proving that they are loyal to their government, though eondrinn- ing the kaiser's action in involving the world war and with the purpose of breaking down the things for which socialists contend. American socialists, those who are loyal to the government, are proving that the life of our government and the cause of democracy are superior to anv an«! all parties. Rut the wing of socialists, who secretly favor the kaiser and countenance I. W. Wism. atitution this condition cannot be remedied. So long as population is used as a basis for apportioning the legislative membership, the unfair ness is likely to remain. When our plan of state govern ment was modeled, it was intended to be a minature copy of the gov ernment of the United State«. But the copy is a failure in one very im portant feature. The United States senate is composed of two senators from each state, regardless of popu lation. That is to say Oregon with a population of less than one million are so contemptible that they should, has just as much power in that body one and all. be driven from the con aa ths state of New York with a fines of a government they would population ten times greater, if destroy., the same rule of selection of our The socialist, den.oecal or repub state legislature should be used. It lican who does not submit loyally to would give, say Grant county an the will of the majority, is out of equal power in legislation with plice as a citizen of a democratic Multnomah in the state senate. If. government. The basic principle of for instance, each of our Oregon democracy is the rule of the major counties should be entitled to one ity. There is no halfway or half A senator and the membership of the hearted American patriotism house of representatives bB based man must be for or against the rule upon population, then our state of the majority. If against, he is government would be a more correct more dangerous to the American 'government than to the kaiser, lie copy of our national government. while Another plan could be adopted minds of some prop!«* to allow our school building to deteriorate ami <iecav. Th«- Tribune does not think so and we lielievc a mistake was made at the school meeting in not providing funds for necessary re pairs. It is too late now to call another sp«*cial meeting to reconsider this vote, or The Tribune would favor such action. At all events, it is a warning for the friends of good schoola to lie on hand one year hence. e ♦ Attractions offered: Sacred summits of Siskiyous. Mt, Shasta, San Francisco, the cosmo- |M>litan, the Old Missions. Del Monte. Santa Bart>ara. 100 miles along the Seashore. |»s Angeles. Sunny Southern California, the Apache Trail and the (»order camps. Stopovers places Wheat tier bushel Oats M Bran tier ton ... Wheat chop per ton • 4 Oat chop • a Barley ("hop “ Flour per sack . Egg» per dozen, cash Hutter fat ner lb (thickens, hens per lb st _ ____ ss SB spring ss _ « ____ ss as roasters • • • • Turkeys as Geese as Ducks as at Beef aa as Veal Hogs, live per hundred lb Hogs, d Co i Mutton » California 8 1.80 .85 44.00 65.00 50 00 permitted at various % Ask your local agent fur particulars 50.00 2.65 46 .61 .15 .15 10 .10 15 OH 13* 14.75 • I7i 1100 Southern Pacific Lines ADVERTISE IN THE SCIO TRIBUNE GET RESULTS— 9
