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About The Scio tribune and Santiam news, consolidated. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1917-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1918)
X* 4 shore completed by the state, THE SCIO TRIBUNE sea whose main and. practically, only flaging among people for cooperation may be some reason that will be to be the sucres* It should be. Iteti Market Report worth while learning about, some purpose Is to afford Portland people A short distance from Scio there difficulty which you can hrip straigh- IMI,KU KVKRY THbaailAY BY joy rides to the benches. is a Farmer* Union organisation. .rn out to your advantage a* well a* S I Mt Wheat tier bushel T. l inning*. KorroB and rtor No wonder the governor and Mr. The farmers. through their union, their*, if the matter i* brought up .fk> Oata ” Moser are now trying to shift the are undertaking luth cooperat.ve for frank dinruasion. 44.08 Bran per ton Enter*! at the poetoffiro at Scio. burden of their action on the shoul selling and buying and find It profit Y<>u an<l y«>ur family and your 68.00 Wheat chop per ton Oregon a* second ciana matter. ders of the eommiwiion. It 1« such able. They »ell egg*, guaranteed to neighbor« like to trwle at an up-to- 60.00 Oat chop BUMCBIFTNiN, IN ADVANOI 11.60 • heavy load that neither of these be absolutely fresh, ami get two to date store. If such a store can be 50.00 l arley Chop AT «ND OF Y KA K _____ 1.76 gentlemen will win the nomination three cent* per dozen extra because made powulilr by cooperation be Flour per sack 2.6T» and should either win the nomina of this guarantee Veal ami other tween y>>u and your neighbors and Ml MONTH* _ _________ .75 .46 frAtirs (>cr dozen, cash tion, defeat at the polls la a moral product* are handled in the same your lot al merchant*, if a strong, Butter fat per lb .61 certainty. wav. Now. so long as each farmer pull-together feeling can be estab- ADV Rimili NG KATE* Chickens, hens tier lb .15 It will lie remembered that The i* honest in the stuff he put* in the li«h<*d in your community, then that • * _ • •• spring .15 Loeal advertising, per line ___ 6c Tribune and Benton County Courier pool, they will get these extra good community will bv progressive, will ” roosters *’ ’’ 10 Display advertising, pe? inch 15c were about the only newspaper* in price*. Rut, let some one of th»ir forge ahead toward* iietter street*. 1 .. ■■ Display advertising, long time, see the rtate which dared oppose the numlwr bring stale eggs. or not pre Iwtter roads, Iwttcr schools, better twwer .10 manager. road bonds. What we argued would pared veal or other products for place« of amusrment, etc. It is thia Ducks " ’’ 15 Extended marriage or death notices result, is now tiring verified. Il will market with care and the value of spirit of community cooperation that Beef ” ” ON per line 3c not help matters to say “we told their cooperation will soon be de almoat invariably result* in good 134 Veal Special rates on h»nv time display you so." But we can save half the stroyed. for all concerned if it is kept alive Hogs, live |ier hundred lb 14/1. » advertising. sum of Imnd* voted, by getting in So, in every field where coopera and actively participated in by one .17* Hogs, dressed •" to help the Farmers Union toy* tion 1» employed. common honesty ami ail Oregon Farmer. Mutton 11.00 get the Initiative repeal before the and truthfulness must lie the basis ROAD BONDS NOW We make a specialty of Friend people. of operation to prove successful. AN ELEPHANT Unless the men employed to oper ship. Engagement and Welding COMMUNITY COOPERATION ate oui railroad* are hottest. truth Ring« F. M French & Son. Albany. Notary Public ana ful and give honest service, the Oregon If our Farmer* Union friends will | government's experiment in the Modern conditions are developing Com'eycmor go forward with the proposition to railroad busmem will prove a failure. prepare an initatury measure which the necessity of cooperation. With Abstract* of I itle E jisiuhicc I It will prove likewise In anv other will eff«*ct the repeal of one-half of the failure of competition to regu field where co >peration is employed the road bond enactment of 1916. late prices and the selfishness and Notice. We have an un K!O Even when farmers cooperate in OREGON there is little doubt but what the greed of the uncontrolled trust limited aiyount of fund* people will vote the rept-al over- methods, a condition has arisen, of harvest time, just and honest work to lend on farm weuritv must he given, rise the cooperation Federated Church whelmningly, By *uch action the which cooperation seems to be the at ft per cent per annum. is very short lived. And there should only solution «late will save a bonded debt of MIO. OREGON Ixmg time loan« deaired. When competition among freight lie cooperation among our farmei* $8,000,000 or more, for which the No delay. and home merchant* as well. Mer Sunday School 1«) a. ni. people would have received but and passenger carrier* become ao chant* must sell their goods, mill* 'Preaching 11 a. in. fierce that business incentive was •mall return. A great many people must sell their flour ami feed, black Christian Endeavor 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. who were enthusiastic supporters of Iwing destroyed, pooling ami slwrp- smith* must do their work as Song Service 7:30 to 8. 0U p.m. railway the six million dollar* rued Imnd bill lion, a* lirtween rival HECKER A HUM h'incstly and all must be handled a* Prayer Meeting. Thursday 7:30 p.m. In 1916, now see wherein they were systems, resulted The railway peo cheaply a* in neighboring communi Brother Meikeljohn. l**ader. wrong and now condemt the mess ple of rival lines said "why shall we 133 Ly<*n St. Albany, Ore ties, exjienses considered. But. on H. B. Her. I'astor ilo verno r cut our own throat* by destructive urv in it* execution. the other hand, farmers must pay Withycombe, who wa* a strong cnmprtion when, bv the use of com advocate of the in> u- ire during that mon horse sense. we can cut the as promptly. If an order for goods, campaign, now sees the rottennea* throats of the public.” The various feed. flour, etc., is srnt to Portland of the scheme which wa* hatched at great railway system* resulted ami or elsewhere, the ca*h must accom pany the order. Treat your home DEALER IN a Portland tranquet and carried the public began to suffer, The merchant in like manner and he can spirit of the railroad* at that time through the legislature during the and will sell you good* as cheaply. last day* of the s**ssi<>n with a whoop. was very aptly expressed by Mr. Hut do not send your cash off to He now sees that th* Portland bunch Vanderbilt. "The people be dan ned" other towns and go to youf home The people were "damned'’ until put one over on him and, also, that merchant only when you want in •rlt'cting the personnel of the the government was forced to take credit. Such work a* this forces road commission, practically of Port a hand in the game and the Inter land selection, wa* a grave mistake, state Commerce commission result the retail merchant t »place a high* r ile cannot co ed. Prices of transportation were price on his goods. a* well operate with the farmer, without Gue Moser, who wa* president fixed by thia commission and very the farmer will comply honestly and of the last state senate and who much of the harmful result* of fairly with hi end in the coopt ra gave the road bond measure strong transportation trusts and combines tion. support, now see* he then made a removed. Now the entire railway Cooperation is baaed upon rccipro- tactical blunder and would now »ystems of our country have Iwcn . You must give a fair return gladly recall his action in the matter merged into one great gigantic trust , I for what vou receive, else coopera- or combine with the Federal gov al that time, if he could. Both Gov- eronr Withycomb« and Mr. Moser ernment as the governing and opera-1 “on mu” ** “ f"lurr ' ,f *°u «• (hu Aloihi l.fra and Lei Lax aie active candidates fpr the nomi ting power. Thus all competition wm’>ly n"h*,P‘n« is eliminated and the people should »* ct ,n ,hr ni nation for gov« rnor and they know X«»' ».erehant, you will that this road bonds matter, like have freight and pawwngvrs carried "•‘»‘‘‘»T SCIO at cost plus a fair compenmtion to' «»l*ralioi» impoasible Com- OREGON Bantjuo's ghost, will 'riae up and those who furnish the money with rnon «1 “ «^ deal mg ia •mite them They feel that it is * - - . 1 *.* k-KSA*»*** ~ - - — - r~ not a matter that will add to their which to build the road*. All of the the l>nly b*U* u»M,n wh,ch <»W»- Bn> hope of success popularity during the forthcoming evil* and expense of competition be- t|,,n ran Truat your m ighbor or your mer tween earner* are removed. High primary campaign. chant if vou expect him to truat Governor Withycombe was un salaried railroad presidents, thous you. Mutual confidence is an abso fortunate in the selection of the ands of freight and passenger soli lute necmity and honest and fair commission. Mr. Benson, the chair citors. unnecessary ticket offices, dealing only, will inspire confidence. man, seems to lie too closely identi etc. can now tie disnenced with. In fied with the Warren paving outfit fact a nation wide cooperation has COMMUNITY COOPERATION and Mr. Adams seems U> be too new replaced rivalry and competition in to our state. These gentlemen are the carrier business. If the men the disturbing factor* of the com who are charged with the operation In these day* when all of us arc mission, but neither of them seem of our one great railway system, are asked to be thrifty and saving, Attractions offered: to have the interests of the people will be honest and capable, there is one of «he first thing* we think of Sacred summits of Siskiyou*. Mt. of Oregon at heart. Otherwise no reason why the people shall not is to buy les* and to save a* much Shasta, San Francisco, the cosmo aa possiblr on cash purchase when they would not have sold a bond at be greatly bene tit ted. politan. the Old Missions. Del Monte, But cooperation should not nor we do buy. A* a matter of fact, leas than par. nor would they have Santa Barbara. 100 mile* along It this is a good plan to follow at all allowed the Warren Construction will not end with the railways the Seashore, Loe Angeles. Sunny people to dominate the actions of can be extended to include almost times; but there may be a tendency Southern California, the Apache the commission, as Gus Moser char all business activities. There should on the part >f some of us to carry Trail and the border camps. ges they have. At all events the be community cooperation, county on our search for "luirgains'* too Siopovfr* permitted at various road bonds and road commission is cooperation and state cooperation in far from home. places many things as well. We don’t want to forget that the proving to be a white elephant to The farmer because of his usually trade we lake away from our own these would be candidates for gov ernor. Both gentlemen would be isolated position. has not cooperated community helps to build up some 4 Trams a Day From Portland more than glad it they had fought with his neighbor farmers and mer other community or city from the the measure in its inception. If so, chants as he should. The policy of growth and prosperity of which we the now unpopular law would have "every fellow take care of himself do not ourselves get any benefit If been defeated. Anyway. Portland and the devil catch the hindermost” yout home town merchants ask you Aak your local agent for particular* is wholly to blame in the matter. h as n aintained to a too great ex • higher nrice than you are asked The scheme was hatched at a Port tent. Farmers are not trustful with to pay by outside merchants for the land lumquet, was carried through eachother or with their home mer same line of good*. it isn't any more the legislature for submission to the chants and tradespeople aa they than fair to discuss the situation people by Portland lobbyists, wa* should be. Too many of them, by with your home storekeepers, giv fl nanced by Portland and Portland misrepresentation, deceive each other ing him a chance to explain why __ ________ _ _ I and think it a atroke of busi- their prices are higher than thoee has received all of the benefit, so boulevard to the’ There buy for There far. by having R. SHELTON 6t FARM LOANS FARM LOANS 6 $ J. F. WESELY Staple and Fancy Groceries Queens ware. Glassware, Etc. f ield and Garden Seeds J. F. WESELY Cost is Little More To go Elast Through California Southern 'T"“"1' - -C . » Pacific Lines
