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Scio, in order to sustain the heavy
The con traffic required, must have a paved
DR. A. G. PRILL
surface Whereas, if relieved of the
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Secretary Baker was placed at the heavy daily freight hauling, a gravel
hysinan and Surgeon
or crushed rock surface would be
head of the war department a« one
Twenty Year Farm Loan*
Calls Attended
sufficient. A paved ruadway sixteen
of the chief advisers of the presi
at le »west Ratea
Day or Night
to eighteen feet wide will cost from
dent. Upon him the president de
$6,000 to fs.iMMi per mile, making HEi'KER A BEAM. Agents
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pends for his information about the
the entire cost to West Scio right
minutia of placing our armies upon
Albany, Oregon
around $20.000. Without the cost
a war footing, It wav his duty to
of the right-of-way. the cost of Write for Booklet if you wish
provide the army, the arms and
building the railroad will l*e less
make a 20 year low rate
munitions for its use and to properly
than the cost of paving.
loan on your farm
feed, clothe ami house the soldiers
Will a railroad when built pay is
when enlisted. Most certainly Secre
W. A. Ewing.
a question we hear ask*-1.
tary Baker gave orders to his infer
I'tMklrnl
If the sawmill people supply the
ior officials to execute these com
freight they promise and the con-
E. D. Myer», Caeli i?r
mands and it was his duty tn know
densery bumnes* is increased as now
that his orders were being obeyed
Does a general banking business,
seems probable, from four to six
promptly.
receives deposits eubject tocher». pay«
cars of freight daily would results
interest
on
tune
deposit*.
aelia
But just here is where the inter
from these two source«
Then <»ur
travelers cheek*
ami
draft«,
aid
minable Washington red tape gets
flouring mills could tie operated to
: makes rollsetiona.
action. Orders for the purchase of
full capacity which would furnish
supplies for a huge army are given.
many cars more, both in and out
But liefore the order reaches the
and this with the daily way freight,
manufacturer, two or these months
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stock, etc., would enable the road
elapses
In the mean time troops
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to earn from $35 to $40 daily. The
are short of dothing. barrack* are
«Mt of operation would not be more
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incompieted for lack of lumber,
Bilyeu it Bilyeu, i’ropH.
than $30 per day. leaving a margin
soldiers do not have arms with which
of profit.
I'liotje 6-515
to drill, etc., ail due to leathergic
Office <>ne d<x»r north
N«r would this be all of the earn
red tape movement The fact is, the
of the Post Office
STAGP MERTS ALL TRAINS
ing possibilities. The large bodies
army supply departments do not
Leaves Scio Poatoffice
of tnnl>er up Thomas and Crabtree
silo
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»rem to realize that we arc at war.
at 7:10 s n and 5:00 p tn for W<*t Seit
erseks are sure to Is- brought into
Th* slow movements of times of
and 8:16 a m and 1:30 p m for Munken
market within the next two or three
peace do not fit the present great
years. Only l**gging railroads can
emergency. There should be more
bring this timber out and the Scio
drive in the admim»tralion of the
railroad would undoubtedly be um-d
war department.
as a part of the logging road or
Secretary Baker may not nor dors r<>a<is system. Also a large sawmill
not seem to realize the value of in or near Scio is a probability as
time in preparing a great army for
well
active war
He does not stwm to
With the above activities brought
realize that s great army quickly about, Scio's iMipulalion would be
UR Twenty Year RURAL CREDIT plan of loaning
sent over to France mean» to shorten doubled in a short time and a conse
money to farmers encourages raving and helps the
the period of the war and the saving quent increase in the value of all of
borrower to get out of debt. Twenty yearly pay
of the lives of many of our soldier Scio property of 25 per cent or
ment*. made in anv month which the borrower may select
Ixiys. In Civil war days it required more would resulL
and each payment just a little larger than ordinary inter
two years to arouse the government
One thing seems a certainty. If
est. wipe» out the loan and frees the farm from debt.
to a realization of the rebellion and we are ever to get direct railway
You can make these payments at youi local bank if you so
the power of ths southern armies. connection, it is up to the people of
desire. You can pay this loan in full at any time , or you
Then things began to move prompt Scio and vicinity to build it. The
can make partial payments at any TIME at a definite figure
ly. The soldiers in the field were 8. I’, people seem to think they will
stated in advance and interest stope on the amount paid.
properly equipped and the beginning get the freight any way and. there
Under our plan, however, you can forget the principal
of the end of the rebellion began fore, we can expect but little if any
and
use your surplus fund in making desired improve
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let us hope that such a length of help from that direction.
ments which will .-nable you to live easier and^better; or
time will not be necessary to get our
An old saying is “G->d helps those
you can buy additional livestock, which will increase your
country on a war basts. Let us hope who first help themselvea.” If we
income and the fertalitv of your land at the same time,
this controversy will arrouse every l>ecoine sitl»tied that a railroad into
or you can buy an adjoining farm owned by someone
department to the highest pilch of Scio will p*
oi-crating expenses
who it not wi fortunate as to have one of our loans.
activity an<l *o place our army, navy ami upkeep, tits increaAr It will give
With our f rm of loan you have no renewals, hence
and aero service In the best possible in the value of property an<l the
no worry, no expense and no danger of foreclosure, and
condition of efficiency, and the imple convenience it will give the t apple,
you will live happier and Isnger. Under our form of
ments and aecounterments of war will make the investment a pa Vinn
loan the TATAL amount of interest and expenses paid
supplied promptly and abundantly. one.
during its ENTIRE period of twenty years, is actually
Senator Chamberlain rays th*
lees than the interest alone on the ordinary form of
president did not know about the
farm loan running for twenty years at 5*% intereat.
It may t<e patriotism io curl
in* fficiencies and implies that Secre the consumption of «heal and wheat
This is something Worthy of your careful investigation
tary Baker did not give him the
products, but it will be difficult to
We will be glad to furnish you with full details on request
facta about the matter, If such be
convince the average consumer that
true, the secretary is inefficiently
he should use a wheat substitute,
ignorant or he is wilfullv blinding
which costs more than wheal in its
the president.
Either conclusion
place. If we could get corn meal at
would indicate the secretary is not
about the same cost that the people
the proper person to have control
of the eorn states pay. then the
of the war portfolio
people would willingly obey the
Whatever is wrong and there president’s edict
But corn meal
Hecker A Beam, MiM>
must be some wrong or negligence, costs one-half more than wheat in
let us hope that the controversy re Oregon ami mil every Oregon woman
sults in speeding up the inefficien knows how to make palatable corn
cies of the war department and the bread
cutting away of the slow moving
red tape handicap. The nation de
mands action in every department.
The leisurely movements of depart
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mental officials, do not meet th*
conditions of the present great Wheat ner bushel
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Men who are almolutely honest,
who have a single and wholehearted
purpose and whose patriotic ardor
is unquestioned, differ almost dia
metrically in their views. They want
to accomplish the same result but
differ in methods
Such has Ix-en
the ch *, in all walks of life and
probably will continue. Yet their
differences should not Is- flatly con
demned without first seeking out
the basis upon which their opinions
are formed
New*i«ai>eni have lieeo filled, dur
ing a number of day* past, with ac
counts of the seemingly
direct
opposition of President Wilson and
United Slates Senator Chamberlain.
One would think from reading these
report* that their differences upon
the conduct of the war department
weVe unreconcilable. Yet when we
consider that the sources of infor
mation up»n which their opinions
were form«! were from different
fields and that both the president's
and senator's motive* were pure and
patriotic, there is plenty of room to
reconcile the course of each
President Wilson derives hie in
formation from the too as repre
sented by Secretary of War Baker,
while Senator Chamberlain gets his
from the bottom or from the heads
of minor departments as developed
by the investigations held before
th* senate military committee, of
which Senator Chamberlain is chair
man and from reports direct from
army posts throughout the country.
The President derives his informa
tion from orders given by the war
department while th* senator se
cures his intelligence from the field
of execution or lack of execution of
these orders. It would lie remark'
able if there were not differences
derived from the two viewpoints.
It was unfortunate that Senator
Chamberlain should choose to mars
his views public before a New York
audience, instead of before the
United States senate, of which he is
a trusted member. Being chairman
of the militarv committee of that
distinguished body, it was his duty
to make known his conclusions de
rived bv the investigations of his
committee to the body which em
powered him to make the examina
tions. before giving it to another
audience
It was an act of discour
if
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Corporation of Oregon
H. B. CHESS
Attorney *i Law
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Or. S. C. Brotcne > MUNKERSand WEST
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SCIO STAGE
GET OUT OF DEBT
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Agricultural Credit Corporation
of Oregon
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Staple and Fancy Groceries
THE RAILROAD PROPOSITION
tesy to the senate.
Scio wants a railroad. There is
It was unfortunate that President
Wilson replied in a public manner no doubt about that. She needs it
to Senator (hainberlain's New York and. from present indications. our
speech, in which the senator was only prospect of getting the road is
placed in the attitude of a common to build It.
liar. Senator Chamberlain was forc
Th* committee appointed at the
ed to make reply to the president recent railroad meeting, is now
in the senate chamber and to pro negotiating with a practical railroad
duce the proof upon which his New engineer to locate th* most practical
rightofwav and to mak* an estimate
York speech was based.
But the most unfortunate outcome of the costa. When this is done we
of the conlroveisy is the placing lie- anil be able to see where we are at.
Bran per ton___ ._
Wheat chop per ton
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Oat chop
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Flour per
Eggs per dozen, cash
Butter fat per lb
Chickens, hens per
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spring
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Turkeys
Gee ar
Ducks
Beef
Veal
Hog». live per hundred lb
It is a demonstrated fact that a Hog«, dressed
fore the people th* fact that the
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iMwduct of the war departmeal was wagoa road from this city to West Mutton
Queensware, Glassware, Etc.
Held and Garden Seeds
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