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THE SCIO TRIBUNE justify
building a line. Of course.i lion on the {»art of all the armies,
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should the line be extended to the
timber belts, the amount of buaincw»
T. U I4XJGK«, KIHTUB AND PKT>r
would be limited only by th«- de
mand.
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
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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
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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.
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were moved an-i controlled by the placed in the hands of competent Chickens, hens per lb
small town in the valley
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ADVERTISIN'; RATES
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director
general
and
all
worked
as
Another
improvement
which
must
Rpnnx
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men
While
the
problem
is
many
5c
Ixicai advertising, per line
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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
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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
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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
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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
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mention
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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
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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'
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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.
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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.
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Queensware, Glassware, Etc
field and Garden Seeds
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. •
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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
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