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About The Scio tribune and Santiam news, consolidated. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1917-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1918)
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Entered al the i*>st»»ffice at Hein, Scio may expect more street im Oregon as aond Hu» matter. provement during the o-rping sum mer. hwpecMilv ehouhl Mill street >1.50 ' be improved. •uaacairnoN. in advance When this is done J > 9 » < » * it •. , * » Il J * rwi> or YKAB 911 MONTH* at * A • 1 •r I A ■' * i I A ■ * . ♦ • i * * * A « a e a a • < 4 Si* • g ♦i * 1 ■' i ' *• ♦ ’ 5 k ;-X t , tA À ■ * • i * a V, i ¿’A 7 * 4* A •• Ogta Bran tier ton Wheat chop per ton se <>at chop • • Barley Chop/’ I 1 W .Rb 44.00 65.00 60.00 50.00 / .• J. F. WESELY ♦ / Staple and Fancy Groceries / / .« •• FARM LOANS 61 d '■ a ■ _ a. 61.. FARM LOANS » t/ 1.75 and the street just north of the central purts»»- Troops were taken .75 liverv stable surfaced as well. Scio from one army to reinforce another Wheat ter bushel •% • t arid General Grant waa choaen Then cooperation was obtained which waa imtxwible when the armies were operated as separate entitles Thev all worked to accomplish the one Local Market Report 2.65 Hour per sack . 46 The working out of the great Fenn* per dozen, cash Like chensmen. they railway problem will, no doubt, be Butter fat per lb will have sa good street* a* any army, etc. .61 were moved an-i controlled by the placed in the hands of competent Chickens, hens per lb small town in the valley .15 ADVERTISIN'; RATES •• - •___ •• director general and all worked as Another improvement which must Rpnnx .15 men While the problem is many 5c Ixicai advertising, per line ss _ •• be made in the near future, is letter the various |>arU of a machine. 10 roosters times larger than that of the post- 15c Display advertising, per inch Our railroads, under private* office, there is no reason why the Turkeys power for the light service. The Display advertising, long time, service during the past summer has ownership aiul direction, each work problem cannot lie as auccesefully (¡eear .10 «• manager. not been satisfactory, but aa good ing for its own individual profit and > solved. Ducks 15 We ran have railway Extend«*! marriage or death notices •« as could be given with the present success, were not concerned about I, soldiers as well m soldiers in the Beef 08 per line 3c power. Adequate |M»wer could be the success and profit of a rival line.' army nr in the postoflice civil service. Veal I3è Special rates on long time display obtained from a dam on Thomas They rach sought to divert traffic to Ami if year» of experience and Hogs, live per hundred lb 14.75 advertising. creek aome six miles above, or bv a their own particular line nr system!, satisfactory service is recognised by Hogs, dressed .171 distillate engine. The dam would and. as a result, one line liecame increased |«y and promotion, there Mutton 11.00 be the cheaper and more satisfactory , cttngesle«l with traffic, while the I is no reason why government opera A LOOK FORWARD in the end. though the cwt of In rival lines could handle more traffic. | tion of the railways shall not prove , stallation would be greater. Th«* One line might have an abundance cheaper and more satisfactory to As a sort of aequal to an article Hly «,0,^1 should have an estimate of equipment and to spare, while i the general public than when open in The Tribune of last week, a few ,,f the prepat.-d The linarn«» other line or lines had not enough aU-d , by private corporations. Notice, We have an un words concerning the poasibilitiee we n„w haVe capable of taking to handle its business, etc. limited amount of fund* and what Scio may expect in the of thrw. times the service now I Under government omtrol of rail U> lend on farm seeurilv f ederated Church near future, will not I m * out of an<| with more power. roads, all will be different If one at O per cent per annum P*acv the service could he extended to the line is congested with traffic, a part SCIO. OREGON Ixtng time loans desired. Many people may not expect or wuburban districts and all along of the traffic will be diverted to No delay. 10 a. tn. Sunday School realize the apparent fact that Scio Thoma» creek to town, should the other lines. If one line has equip Preaching 11 a. m. la just about at the beginning “i d.m system be adoptcl ment to sfiare. it will l>e diverted toL (Christian Fjr><l«-avor. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m the greatest growth of her history, i Kor l|w rca»,ns The Tribune other lines where it is needed. If. , Sung Service 7:30 to 8.00 p.m. but there are many reasons upon heHareo that proaoernua and pro- for instance, a congestion of freight , I'rayrr Meeting. Thursday 7:30p.m. HECKER & BEAM which to baae such an uoinion. We J grtH-ivt, days are ahead for Spo an<l cars occur at any one point and are j Brother Meikeljohn. I»*ader. will not t>ropb«-»y that there ia to be a (,ur citizen», one ami all, should give used for rolling warehouses, the Albany, Orc II. B. Iler, Pastor 133 Lyon St boom of anv appreciable nature, for jmy new development the helping government will order them unload there will not lie such. But there hand. Be boosters ao far as ed mstanter, when they can be di- is a legitimate demand for improve- encouraging any enterprise which verted to points needed, etc. ment which is sure to materalize. ' wi|| |«neflt Scio and vicinity. But Under government control, big i We ________ mention _______________ the fact that ____ freight w_ __ let _ us ____ not ______ make ____ the _________ mistake __ of salanes for railroad or< sidents will traffic between Scio and West Scio overdoing things, as aome of our be a I ml idled Traveling freight and has grown by leap* and tx-unda dur- neighbnrmg towns have done___ We paas>-ng«>r agents will not l»e needed -------------- DEALER IN----------------- ing the oast few months, dur almost do not want a destructive reaction, and extra ticket offices will lie un exclusively to the increased output' .......... necessary There will Is» no labor strikes on railroads, for the govern of our condrnia-ry So heavy has GOVERNMENT OWNER the milk traffic liecome that West ment will l>e the only employer and. SHIP OF RAIL ROADS Scio has become the most important! if the employe quits his job for any shipping point on the Woodbum- purpose not held justifiable by the Natron railway line Trains are de- The government ia establishing an government, he will have to hunt a layed at the West Scio depot from many precedents them- days anil in job in Mime other lino of business 20 to 30 minutes, especially in the ao many different fields, that the The government v<-ry rightly, is evening Thia delay could be great- commandeering of all the railroads not making any change in operating ly reduced if a switch track should in the United States, of over a mile- forces of the roads, or of the orga be built from West Scio into town, age of 2^0.000, that President Wil nizations of lines Under Director Moreover, the wagon road over son's order effecting this result, General McA ! -o. a txiard of man Cash Paid tor Veal. Hogs. Hides and Caacara Bark which thia traffic must la* hauled is treated no words of surprise on the agers of five piactical railload men now giving out and will lie in an part of the people. Thev expected will o|ierate the one greatest rail Prices Righi almost impassable condition Iwfore such action, for the roads, controlled way system in the world. Superin dry weather again arrives. Nor by private management, had failed tendents of the many different lines (>ur A/o/fo. Live and Lai Lwt can a gravel road I m - budded which completely to meet the emergency and svstems. will take orders from will l>ear up under this heavy traffic. required. Director General McAdoo and his* h Only a paved road will stand It and SCIO Some of the railroad people seem staff, just as the various armies do OREGON a railway track can be laid down as to think the President's action un from the commanding general and cheaply and which will take care of necessary and uncalled for and that his staff and equiprmnl, such as the traffic more cheaply and satis the railroads were doing everything locomotives and cars, will not be factory. humanly possible to handle the confined to one r<md or system as Then, with the rapidly growing enormous traffic thrust upon them. heretofore, but will be taken when demand for lumber, the heavy bodies j But a majority of our best railroad ever needed. * * with the one purpose of the general defeat of the Confederacy. An expert commander was necessary Now all the steamship lines, rail way. telegraph and telephone lines are being operated by the govern ment. Now. if the government gives as giMMi <>r belter »ervice, the wisdom of those old long-haired p»|iuli»l» will I m - vindicated The populist» flourished just a few years too soon, but their leachings, hasten ed bv the exigencies of the war, are a present fact of today. . Queensware, Glassware, Etc field and Garden Seeds / '1 C.» fl / J. F. WESELY •f r. r Ì Cost is Little More J of timber up Thomas and Crabtree operators think the action wise and creeks, must lie placed in a condi-, that a system of ciMtperation of the lion to market soon. A sawmill , roads is now possible when directed to manufacture this timber into by one central director general, lumber will then be necessary and: which was impossible under many Scio has an ideal location for the different heads, which had no other aforesaid sawmill. With the build- purpose than to get the beat result ing of a railroad into or through possible from the operation of their town, Scio would become an excell-, respective individual lines, ent location for several manufactur-1 Our vast railway lines are not un ing concerns, such as a box factory,: Hke the operation of a great army, a cannery and perhaps other con- Th* objective of the railways is to cerns. furniah a transportation service C * 2 ’ I "a <1 f ■f ♦ With the building of these manu facturing concerns, more business houses and residences will be neces sary. for more people and business will create the demand. We are told that our condensery Is now receiving 30,000 pounds of raw milk daily. If the milk supply of the swine number of routes is maintained during the next spring and early summer, the condensery people will have to handle near 100,000 pounds daily. And thia milk must be handled quickly in spring and summer tn prevent sour ing. This increased amount of milk will pnxluce more than one carload a day of the manufactured article. Thus the incoming and outgoing milk and other traffic now required ■ftL- 'a ’F- If it is found that government operation of the railroads is a sue-' cess, and it will lie for railroad men ■rem disprwed to make it a success, it is hardly prolmble that the roads I will ever lie operated by private eompaniee again, it will tie remem- iiered that, whenever in the past a railroad failed to pay its debts or pay interest on its bonds. It was thrown into the hands of a receiver tn operate Now all of the roads are in the hands <>f a receiver, and capable of promptly handling the that receiver ia the government. commerce which our country re Receivers were authorized to main quires The objective of a great tain the railroad lines and equip army, it the defeat of the enemy I ment which, of course, the govern ami to bring to a successful conclu ment will now do. What provision sion. the war in which it is engaged will I m * made for the building of When our Civil war was on and new lines where needed, is a problem ( especially during the tirst two years for congrv-w to solve. But such we had many diffefent armies, all lines can and will be built and doing the best thev could, but operated, as is now the case in utterly failing to cooperate as they Panama and Alaska. diould. There was too much jeal ousy among the various comman ders. They, aoparentlv, were afraid that a too great success of any one armv would result in the promotion of its commander, to the detriment of the com menders of other armies. Finally Pressdeni Lincoln saw the I asnsaUty ef hawiw aw director I Anyway this government owner ship <>f railroads has a familiar sound. Populists advocated such ownership 25 years ago. Rut that advocacy was hooted at and ridicul ed. N<-w. war has brought about by a single order of the president, authorised by congress, what popu list agitation en«M not bring about. • I a I o go Elast Through California Attractions offered: Sacred summits of Siskiyous. Mt. Shasta, San Francisco, the cosmo politan. the Old Missions, Del Monte, Santa Barbara. 100 mile« along the Seashore, Los Angeles. Sunny Southern California, the Apache Trail and the border camps. Stopovers places. permitted at various Ask your local agent for particular* Southern Pacific Lines I I
