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