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About The Scio tribune and Santiam news, consolidated. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1917-1919 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1918)
. *1 • «# • • 9, A4 ■ -» « * THE SCIO TRIBUNE er n men io l. • UM I'KP KVKKY TH I MO A Y BY fom oi *°* The Tribune well knows that the above cited farts are most unplea« »nt to t*ri which by birth or d.*cnt are of German origin. It is m<*t wintered at the poatoffice at Seto, unpleasant to any person or nation which believes in Christian civilian- Oregon as second class matter. lion. The great war has shown to the aitBBCIUmoN. IN ADVANCB civilized world that something ha» arisen which must be subdued at any AT gNP OF YCAB ami all coats. No matter if it is nec SII MONTHS essary to sacrifice the last man ami the last dollar of the democrarw-s of the world to scotch this enemy of humanity. The men mu»t make the l/ical advertising, per line world aafe for their wives and chil Ibsplay advertising, per inch dren and they will count lhe sacri Display advertising, long time, see fice of their lives ami dollars simply manager. as a duty well performed Extended marriage or death notices America fought a war with Spam per line 3c to liberate the oppressed ami en Special rat« «••• lontr time display slaved people of Cutía from Wayler- advertising. tan. Cuba is now a happy and T. L. DUOGM. torron AND raor j prosperous country Iw-eause «he ha» been liberated from a government HUN KULTUR THE ENEMY OF by might. No other war in the his LIBERTY. tory of the world hi» iern fought from pure philanthropic motives as people of the United States, prior was the war which made Cuitan» to the opening of the great world MEN. We are now <*ngage>l in the great war. had l>aaed their opinions of est war of all times, largely because German character largely upon the jof philanthropic motives, but in ad reputation of the German universi ties; upon the attainments of a few dition to protect our nation against We know that of her scientific men; mam the re {German kultur. ports of travelers who hail viaited _ should kultur win against lhe dem- that country and who had written ocraeta of France ami England it books descriitlve of their travels, I would be but a few years until we upon the Germans who left the fath Would have to fight this foe of civil- erland to become citizens of the 1 izalion and humanity in our own llnitcil States; and finally upon the teachings of German propagandists whom we now know were paid agents to disseminate kultur throughout our land. We now know, also, that these kultur agents were, in military parlance, just spies. But with the opening of the great war, when the tales of German atro cities in Belgium ami northern France began to reach our ears, we were compelled tn te*gin revising oar We could not l»elieve opinions, of horror at first. We these tab* conceive that a nation could n<>t which claimed to lie Christian and civilized wiiulil jiermit such inhuman and liarbAvm)» cruelties, tiermans who had'twmdrd MKhe United Stales for a «amber nf »ears and people of Genital* leereri ft could not believe that thrfuihsrland. whose traditions they loved and who had bk»d rela tives over there, would permit such atrocities. Unfortunately it is the product of kultur teaching since these Ameri canized Germans left the fatherland to find homes among the free. But when these tales of barbarism con tinue to lie promulgated and from cverv land in which the German ar mies have gained a footing; and when these tales come from official sources, the truthfulness of which cannot !»• denied, the world is simply astounded and horrified. We are now forced to conclude that th«* most cruel lieaat of the for est or the most diabolical stunts of the savage are angelic when com pared to the acta of the product of modern ‘»er man kultur. There is no nation of people on earth which a littie authority will bring out the more than brutish spirit as it will with the German. With him force is the only power he will respect. Even the privates in the German army, upon whom the Kaiser depends to make kultur the rule of conduct of all nationa, are treated worse than the old time slave driver of the South treated his slaves The treatment which the av erage American gives his dog would be hievenly to many of the (ierman private soldiers. Then when we arc told how the peasant women of Germany are made practical beasts of burden, are made slaves in every sense, we can not help but conclude that kultur is hing which can land. We stayed out of the war a» long as we could with safety to our land and preserve our national hon or. Now we are in it to stay until the democraciew of the world are made sate We want and must have a world sate from lhe Huns the thieves, vandals ami violators of women ami girls. This is what our boys are now In France for and why mil'ions more of our young men, middle aged and the elderly will go if n«*<vaaary. The home is th>* most sacred piar* on earth to the free born American citizen It is some thing that he will fight for as long as the breath of life lasts Th«- Hun has threatened the aacredncas of our homes. Our wives and daughters are in danger Weaimply must ex terminate the Hun. the pr«MÍuct of German kultur, at any and all costa We feel eztremelv sorry for th«* German-American citizen and (how of Orman descent We know you are called to make choice between your own homes ami those of your parents. We know that you are called upon to surrender the tradi tions of the fatherland and lhe acenes of your childhood. You are calle«i upon to l«mk upon the people of your old homes your relatives may be as enemies. Yet this is just what you promised to do when you became an American citizen. Hre the traditions of the fatherland dtarer to vow than your own homes here in America, the land you have sworn to protect with your lives an«l property? Most people of German origin now in our land are loyal Am erican citizena. They know lhe kultur teaching as directe«! by the Kaiser and hia war lords is wrong. They know that it ia a foe to human liberty. They know that it is en slaving the people over in the fath erland, and for the liberty they have learned to love and which they would estend to their relatives and friends over there, it must he ei- terminated. OUR YOUNG MEN. . In times past many people have formed rather a pessimistic opinion of our young men of the present day. They see the young men of <>ur cities and towns wearing fash ionable and gaudy clothing, if they caa afford to do se. smoking cigar I The only With the i hips we m>w have artoat; others or his competitor. the streets, in hotel lobbies ami p*>«l rooms, ami from such specimens with many others about to be sure foundation for character or form their conclusions of American launch«i<«l; with the (terman ship» in successful business is merit. You young manhood Th«-y do not see terned in our harbors at the begin may sucreed for a time but in the Even in th«- young men who are st work in ning of the war; with the neutral end you are sure to the stores, the shops and manufact ships taken over by our Government thia modern day of camoufinge oeo- uring plants; for these young men ami the GG ships !><«rrowed from Ja Pb- love truth ami fair dealing. They do pan. Unde Sam should l>e pretty fBtrange to «ay. they admire and have no time for loafing not see th«* thousands of sturdy well supplied with merchant ships. love a g>M>d old fashioned honest young farmers who work that the But when w«* cumodrr th«' trans man or woman. world can live. Oh, no. They see ports required to cany troops, the The man who is able to do so ami but the <*omt>arativcly few idlers 3. inmi ,(MM> |x>umi» >>f food require«! ami fr«»m ttwoe fillers they conclude daily, ami the tons uimmi tons of war refuse« to buy a Liberty l»an that the American citizenry m de ■upplu* nredtd over there, G«*neral Bond, places himself in a rather To have his generating, They think our coun i'vnhmg's bridge of ships across the suspicious condition. try has but a weak defenw if such ocean ia nut far wrong. Our Uncle name branded as yellow in the arch young men must tie the defenders | Samuel «wnu to be doing his dern- ives at Washington may I m * frai ght with unpleasant after considerations. When the tocsin of war was ■ «test to »upply th>* bridge. sound«*«! one year ago. did th«*««- id lers hisil the call Ui the colors? Slot Ben W. Olcott is surely the fav on your life A few of them res- orite candidate for (¡«»vernor in this p*>n«i«-d but numt of them have act locality before the primaries If he ually g»ne to work, in most case» al is nominated, his election is a fore- such work a» would gain them ri gone conclusion, for many Itemo- eruption from service. But h««w crate will support him at the trener- alxiut the young man in th«* atore. al election becnuM1 they think he workshop or <>n the farm? You do stands for the people and against nut find slackers thcr«* as a rule; but anv rings or combinations who would young men anxious and willing to raid the state treasury. lien has face death at th«* battle front in de-1 proven to Is- the safety valve for the tense of our comim.ncountry These* people as a member of the principal should form th«« basis for the stand- state Isiard ami the people have con ard of young manhood. fidence in his integrity and husincM The men who fought ami won th«' ability. If he is defeated for the Civil war, a vast majority of them, nomination Waller Pierce will I m * a rangid in age from IM to 22 years dangerous opponent to the Ib-publi- They bore th«- brunt of battle ami can candidate. heavy cartqMiigning. True, older m««n were <>n th«- I in«*» but in far Some people seem to think that a less proportfim than those of the newspaper must m>t publish any age* above (Rien. thing displeasing to them. Now, TL<«se young men of the Civil war friends, a newspaper is. or should (now old ami ready for the gravel be. a diiwinmator of the current had a heavy responsibility resting news. It cannot change incidents u|s»n them. Tliey were required to which transpired; it must give the maintain our Nation as a whole ami truth of happenings el** it is not a undivfited And nobly did they sus newspaper in th»* true aenw. We tain the responsibility. Our Nation have often been requested to sup- emerged from the struggle undivid tires» items ami have done so when ed. with old Glory unsullmd andm>l duty to tin* public would permit. a star miMing, with our Nation for We have also been condemned for the first time in h«*r history freed not advocating certain things which from human slavery. enthusiasts desired that we should. But' the reaponaibility on th«- Some have even condemmsl U» fur young man of Civil war «lays ia »mad advertising matter fur which waare when cotiqmrtd with that nt tlw ;».«id ami are not reap*>nsibio for. young man of today rhen our duty But ju»t rememlief we concede to was to protect our Nation from the Vuu the light of opinion. Will you assaults of tho« - who would divid«* not conctile th«* same right to us? it, to maintain the first an«! greatest No man <>r woman can buijd up a democracy of lhe world. Now th«- charactor or a business by traducing young man is ie«|uired not only to ' protect our own democracy but all of th«* dem«»cracies of th«* world againat the greatest and final assault of the autocracy. When this war is won, ami it will lie, the last great autocracy will have perished from the earth. We do not wish it un- derstood that th«* G«*rman people will lie d«*stroy«*d but that kanwrism will I m * destroyed and democracy made sate in the world. Will lhe young hmm nr today make giH<1 in the detente of human liberty not only of our own land but in all lands'* The Tribune tielieves they will and that they arc helping to win the last international war for all time. We will not say there will I n * no future wars As long as men differ politically, financially and re THOMAS LARGE ligiously the war cloud may dim the horizon. But with kaiaerism com pletely ovtrthruwn the likelihood of ■w war between nationa will he small. The world todav ia aurfeitod with war and it is most important that this last great war shall T m > conclud ed with human liberty and justice the victors. Ami you young men of America will supply the balance of power to win it. No other young men in th«* history of th«* past have had the grand opportui ity which you have. We of the Civil war fought for the vatahlishment and perpetuity of human liberty in the Unite<1 States, while you are fight ing for th«- establishment of human liberty throughout the world. Are you not proud to be numbered with the ¡»eroes who will win this great est of all prizes? Our boys over in France, beside» building miles of docks in the French heritors to receive our troops ami cargoes, have built about GOO mil«.» of railway to tram>|M>rt th«*r troops and cargoes to the battle front. Truly this wai is lhe biggest thing in the world's history. It now costs alxiul $7 to huy a sack <rf fl««ur. The fifjv pounds of substitutes which you must huy. coh I s nearly double the price of the flour. Linn County Officials I Hal riel Attorney ,.. Gad s. Hill State senators, S. M. Garland ami E. I». Cusick for l.mn amt I ano. Kepresentatives, Charles « hil-l«, W. I*. Elmore. F. II. Porter l>. H McKnight County Judge CommiMionerp. J. I). Irvine, and T. J. Butler. County I lerk .... It M llu- s-ll sheriff.................. I* H. Bodine W W Francis Treasurer ....... Keconlcr...... VelniH G. I'avis Assessor................. ... FI f. Fisher School Supt........... Ida Cummings Coroner .;............. ....Wm. Fortmilk-r Health Officer I»r. W. H. Davis Fruit Inspector D. W. Itumlruugh Steck Inspector.,. . D. Taylor CITY OF SCIO Mayor ......... F. T. Kwonl.-r............................ J. S. Marshal .... W. A Treasurer ...............Hoy I Councilman. N I. Morrison. It Fred Bilyeu, W. E. Arnold. < hrooia. J M l.iratley. School IHrrctors. F. T. Thayer, A. <». Prill. J. !.. ( alavan. J F. Wisely, Clerk. FARMERS’ Produce Cream Depot THOMAS LARGE, Proprietor scio < > r i x ;< >.x 8<*¡o, OREG< »N OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT Is complete mid Olli stock fresh and clean line <>l Spiffs and ii needed HIBLER 3 GILL GO
