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THE SCIO TRIBUNE election
will probably be made, by
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A LOOK BACKWARD
The Tribune in this, its last issue
for 1017, feels disposed to take a
retrospective view over the past
year and call ta the minds of its
readers some of the things which
has been occupying the attention of
the public ami what are some of the
accomplishments
Of course the great war and the
entrance of the United States there
in. has been the one great subject
of thought during the year, and
what will be the probable final re-
suit.
Of course there can la- but <>ne
result-victory for the allies. Never
theless Germany has succeeded in
placing Ruwua in a state of an
archy and ha# driven the Italians
, back and captured a good sliAs of
which one half of the waste will lie
aav«l.
In our county more gravel and
crushed rock roods have I*-on con-
structed, than in any previous year
of the taut. In a financial way.
Linn county is on a rash basis, with
no bonded or other debts,
Our
county court can justly I* congratu
lated for care in handling the
county's business
In our home town. Scio, the street
improvement campaign, liegun last
year, has been carried on thia year.
Another year will sue the streets of
Scio in excellent condition.
Aa a rule, nevertheless the crop
thia year was light. esp« daily feed,
our farmers generally are in good
financial condition, due mainly to'
the fact that dairying to being car-i
character as it is at home
But
when the camuaign of terror. bru
tality. fiendish cruelty to women,
children and other mmeombaltants.
was la-gun. then we were forced,
reluctantly, to measure the Orman
character by thia act and to under»
aland the true meaning of Kultur.
kJ
Given by th*
Orman people, who have sought
citizenship in
America,
rapidly
change their characters in this re
spect. Especially so if he or she
lives in a community where English
is spoken exclusively They become
assimilated and adopt American
ideals and customs very rapidly and.
lie it said to their credit, become
industrious and law-abiding citizens.
at
Wesely Hall, Scio. Ore.
New Years Night
Tues., January 1
During the Civil war almost all
Ormans who livsd in th* north. [
were loyal and
made excellent
soldiers
Many not yet naturalized
fr, .h from'
________ _____ —i "old country" •
enlisted and did vallient work for
the Stars and Stripes and quickly I
earned the right to become citizens, j
And the vast majority of Ormans
now in America are loyal to the land !
of their adoption. They depneate;
the pteaent war against the Father !
ried on by almost every one
The
outlook for a crop next year is
excellent at the present time. The
area of fall wheat and hay sown is
rather larger than usual and the
warm growing weather, which we
have had so far, has given a splendid
growth.
With a favorable crop IarxI and generally sympathized with I
season next year and the good prices the land of their birth as against i
assured, farmers should feel opti the allies Hut when America enter
mistic ami if farmers have a good ed the war, the vast majority of
year, merchant* will prosper accord them turned against the Fatherland,
ingly.
with sorrow it is true, but lived up
So. even with the great war on! to the requirements of their natura
hand with it* heavy responsibilities,
we can extend New Year greetings
with reasonable hope that the com
ing year will be, at least, a prosper-
oua and happy one, if the war shall
end and our boys ail return from
the war.
GERMAN KULTUR
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Ladies
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Oregon has responded most liber- child was a uatriotic act and that a
ally ta Liberty war loans. Red Cross contract marriage, for one night
only, is right snd a patiiotic act to
and Y. MU. A. funds.
In supplying volunteers, most of rapidly produce armies to fight
the counties have filled their quotas future wars.
without having to resort to the
selective draft, and the draft will
not be necessary in a few of the
counties, when the second call is
made.
Few Most Fancy Costume
For Beit Comic Costume
Ladies
Gentlemen-
Bed! Character Representation
Gentlemen—For the Best Comic Costume
Admission tor Spectators 25c
SUPPER AT MIDNIGHT
lization oaths and stood loyal to the
land of their adoption.
When a foreigner seeks a home
in the United States and when being
made a full-tiedgvd citizen, he swears
he will renounce all kings, emperors
or other potentates and especially
the ruler of the land from whence
he came. If a German he especially
renounce» the kaiser. William III.
Thus a foreign born citizen is more
fully bound than the native born.
But far too many Germans secretly
hold their allegiance to the kaiser
superior to that of the United States.
Every such citizen ia guilty of per
jury in spirit ia not in act.
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(firrrttnge
1918
1918
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Orar F: ¡ruh:
Uh ttuslj fn rxprras to you our
eiiirrrr
sub
tljanks
npprrriatuut
for your past labors sub tnish you
Hfrrry Christmas
nuli yours a
nub a
Happy
prosperous
Neto
Urar.
Uours brrç trulß
J. J. Hlrsrly
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Germany is sure to l»e defeated in
the end. Ami when defeated, one
of the terms of the treaty of peace. •
should be dismember of the North j
Cost is Little More
I o go Elast Through
German aggression
California
Anyone having hogs or cattle to
butcher, may have the use of my
slaughter house and tools free.
Sanitary Market.
a
Attractions offered:
Sacred summits of Siakiyous. Mt.
Shasta. San Francisco, the cosmo
politan. the Old Missions. Del Monte.
Santa Barbara.
100 miles along
the Seashore. Loa Angeles. Sunny
Southern California, the Apache
Trail and the border camps.
Local Market
X
Wh»-at uer bushel
Data
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Bran per ton
Wheat chop per ton
Oat chop
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Barley Chop " "
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.fit»
44.00
06.00
_ 60.00
Stopovers
places.
_ 60.00
Flour per sack
2.65
Eggs per dozen, cash ...
.46
Butter fat per lb
.61
Chickens, hens per lb
.16
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as as
roosters
10
Turkevs
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' If a person is a man or woman of
culture, we determine that fact by
their acta and the respect extended
for their rights of others and nations
should be and are measured by this
same standard. A brutal and cruel
man or woman, to never considered
a person of culture and la usually Ducks
ostracized bv men and women of Beef
refinement, or culture, if you please. Veal
In state, county and local affairs.
moat things have moved along in a
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satisfactory and progressive manner.
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While the state good roads commis
sion has not managed road paving
Until Germany brought on this Hogs, live per hundred lb
aa economically aa the people desire
.
and have sold the bonds at a dia- war. we Americana had but small Hogs, dressed
Mutton
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as a friendly ambassador. This, of j
course, was German kultur andl
German ideas of personal and nation
al honor.
1
t ierman Federation and the abdica-1
lion of the kaiser. Only such terms
will make democracy safe from!
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MIHC BY ARNOLDS JAZZERS
Italian territory, she has lost con
Many people have thought the
stantly to the English snd French
on the west.
The destroying of German word "Kultur" and the
Russia as an offensive, has enabled English word "Culture" meant one
her to do this, la-cause she has drawn and the same thing That is to say.
her army from the Russian front refinement, educated, scientific, etc.
and reinforced her army against But it does not. If we substitute
Italy and against the English and brutality, cruelty and viciousncMi
Ami the German government
French on the west.
But even i for refinement, then we will barn
!
the
German
conception
of kultur. fosters this secret allegiance and.
against the reinforced German-
Austrian army on the south. Italy.) The Germans, many of them, are encourages such to liecome spies
reinforced by England and France, Isilh educate«! ami scientific, but and informers, even in time of jieacr
seems now about ta tum the tide the word "refinement" as we under Barnstorff. while he was residing
On her western front she has not stand it. has no place in the defini- peacefully at our national capital,
when we were at peace with his
made any material gains. In fact. tion of kultur.
government,
was plotting against
Germany has been forced l>ack ever
During the entire reign of the
since the battle <»n the Marne. Now present kaiser, the (ierman people the government which treated him'
that the English ami French armies have been educated along lines of
have heen greatly increased in men, brutalitv and cruelty, rather than
guns, etc., and has been reinforced along the line of refinement ami re
by 1.000,000 American troops, there spect for the rights of others They
is no reason ta expect that Germany have been taught that German civi
will make other than temporary or lization was of a higher type than
spasmodic gains on the west.
that of any other nation, that might
During the year the people of the makes right and that common
United States have oversuliscribed honesty as between nations was
ta Liberty loans for the government simply a "scrap of paper" to be
and for the Ib-d Cross, showing that binding onlv as long aa Germancon-
the American people are standing ! , venience and profit was the gainer
behind the government, heart and! They have been taught that weak
soul. Our young men have rallied nations and peoples have no rights
to the colors in a way that convinces which the German nation should re
one that American patriotism is not spect. if it was to German interests
«ranting.
to violate them. They have been
The state of Oregon now has one taught to believe that espionage,
regiment of infantry in France, hav- spying and intrigue, constitute the
ing landed there only a short time highest type of diplomacy and that
ago. Besides numerous other troops any means of extending German in
belonging
to other
regiments, fluence. no matter how dishonorable
batteries, aviation and ambulance was justifiable. They are now being
corpse
taught the birth of an illegitimate
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