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THE SCIO TRIBUNE
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Entered at the txwtoffice at Scio.
Oregon aa second claaa matter.
SUBSCRIPTION. IN ADVANCE
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ADVKRTUIINfì RAT»
Ixcal advertising, per line
Display advertising, per inch
Re
alarm U> taxpayer», the people am*
ended the constitution with a six
per cent increase of taxation limita
tion law.
The board of taxation
now finds that a six per cent increase
over the tax moneys of last year
will lie insufficient to meet th<- ever
increasing demand for money for
public purpose*. (Consequently the
board will ask the people to vote an
increase of nearly one million dol
lars over and above what can lie le
gally assessed against the taxpayer*
It is unnecessary to »late that this
so called increase for war emergency
purpose* is but the entering wedge j
Red Creu Actiritie*.
Dr. Prill Write« troai Newport.
The Scio branch of th« Red CruM
is now meeting four sflernoona in
the week ami attendance is growing
rapidly. The allotment of work has
again lieen changed and will soon be
ready for the work room, so all
worker* ar* urge! to be present neat
Newport. Ore , Aug. 15.
Th««. L. Dugger. Scio.
As weather conditions are such
today that one does not care to be
out. thought I could give you a few
lines in regard to life near the ocean
The pa»t few days have lieen very
cold, much fog, and yesterday and
today raining had
Am wondering
if you are getting this in the valley
Newport with its cosmopolitan
population seems to !*■ st the height
of its M*aa>>n now
You ineel here
IMMipIc from all over the Willamette
Valiev. Fjutern Oregon. Idaho and
Montana
■ Hundreds of cottage* which are
vacant the most of the year are now
well filled and hard to get at any
price, which usually is from 17 to
SIS prr.week
Throe cottag«-« are furni*hr<l for
housekeeping except bedding, which ,
you are obliged to supply.
After stooping at a hotel for a
few day« finally locatd rooms in a!
week
Very good reports are being re
ceived fiom the several local auaill-
is run which are doing excellent
work.
7 he following shipment of finished
KBr,nrnt, <o (hapter last week shows
l&e to break down the six per cent lim that both bramdi and auxilharies
Display advertising, long time, see itation law. Governor Withy com be have not lieen idle but have turned
has said that thia law should be re out large number* of garments tn
manager.
Extended marriage or death notice* pealed and we may therefore expect spite of the warm weather
tier line
6c that he will favor a measure each
Special ratea <«■ lone time display biennium election to vote an emer
gency sum.
advertising.
The people will make a serious
mistake if they through appeals to
their patriotism vote to tax them
Ivea thia extra million.
It will be noticed that every state
institution In Its budget ask* for
very large increases over the sum
given
two years ago,
Many are
THE OLD VETERANS.
asking for new buildings, improve
The Tribune editor enjoyed a visit ments. etc. In fact it almost force»
with Civil war veterans in Portland one to conclude that it is the pur
last week hailing from »very state pose of the state government and
in the Union
Krom the North. institutions to force the people to
South, East and West the boys who re(»<al the six per cent law
Quite a good share of this extra
wore the blue in Civil wsr days
journeyed to Portland for the fifty- million which the commission ex
second annual reunion. The nation pects the people to vote will Ix-unol
al encampment of the (¡rand Army to pav for the governor’s state do
This is an expense for which
of the Republic was of course the lice
there
was
nor is no demand
The
central feature of the meet, but the
authority
for
creating
this
extra
ex
main and most interesting object
pense
is
not
quite
well
defined
and
of the meet was the getting to
gether of the old laiys and the fight the state police is doing no more
ing <>ver of the listtle* on the Polo than whst the law requires deputy
mac, at Gettysburg, the Wilderness, sheriffs to do. Another 1100.<MMI of
Gold Harbor, Spotsylvania.
Kort
Donaldson. Vicksburg and on Sher
man* march to th« sea
Incident*
of these battles were called to mind,
of chargee made. batteries captured
etc.
Also comrades told where
they were captured and in what
priaons they were confined. While
the few delegate* gave their atten
tion to encampment duties, the great
mass of veterans who came just to
meet up with their old comrades,
enjoyed every minute in recalling
their past war activities.
It is not probable that there will
ever be held on the Pacific Coast
another national encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic, now
rapidly peaaing away. While many,
if not a majority of the boy* who
wore the blue, many of whom were
paying their first visit to the coast,
were astonishingly vigorous, even
the youngest had reached or passed
the biblical allotted age of man and
can expect but a few year* more of
life at moat. Future encampments
will lie held at more central loca
tions in order that the long tiresome
journey for the great majority will
not be required
Portland deeervea great credit for
the care and respect given the old
boys
Not an accident of any char-
acter was reported and th« respect-
ful and courteous treatment of the
old veterans by the soldier* of today
who were present, was especially
noticeable. Nor should we overlook
mentioning th« soldier* of the fu-
ture, the Boy Scouts. who were ever
ready with canteen* of cold water
to quench the thirst of the veteran*
while on the ling of march.
Portland was never before honor
ed with so many of the men who
fought to preserve the union of
states and right nobly did she re-
•pond to the honor conferred Mayor
Baker practically turned over the
key* of the eity to th« Civil war
veteran*
P°*a>ble demands upon the people
The people are
forced to eennomitr and tax levying
bodies should do likewiie.
If Governor Withycomhe persists
in increasing the cost of the state
government It might lie wisdom to
give Walter Pierce a try at it
When th« final peace conference
aseembles no man in the world will
have more influence in dictating the
terms than President Wilaon. He
ie. without doubt, the liberty spokes-
man of the world,
Now that th« Huns have com-
fenced their retreat to Berlin, let
ua hope Generaliaaimo Koch kee|m
his lines so stiff that the Allie« will
SHOULD AVOID MISTAKE
not again be driven bees. The Huns
are licked right now but they do not
When the extravagance of legisla seem to know it.
tive appropriations became so op
re as to hro>m» a source of
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The Star» and Stripe«.
the fund will be used to erect a
By the Courtesy of our friend Tom
sumo or brick structure in which to Smail. we were handed a copy of
house the University of Oregon do "Stars and Stripes." This is not a
mealic science department. This is reproduction of "Old Glory," but is
a wholly unnecessary expense Girl* a veritable newspaper published in
wishing domestic science training Paris by our boys over there. Il is
can get it at O. A. C. at Corvallis sn K-pagc. (¡-column im | mt of inter
and it is nonsense for the state to esting reading and adveitisrments.
duplicate Its departments of instruc made up princqtally with cable
tion in this manner
grams from the U. S and news per
A few years ago, when our state taining to the A E F. The new*
colleges asked for a millage tax to from th» battle front is meager and
provide for their maintenance it «»» not nearly as extensive as that given
understood that no other appropria in <>ur small daily papers. Rut va
tions would be asked by them. Now rious news stories are full of pluck
the millage tax provides but a small and vim. just wbal one would ex-
part of their requirements.
|*ect would l«e written by our boys
The stat« tax commission greatly over there.
modified the sums demande«! by the
various institutions but it will not
By courtesy of a friend The Tri
go far enough. The onlv increase bune ha* received two copies of the
justified at this time should lie tie l*>s Angeles Sunday Times
it is
cause of the increase in the cos* of sure some n«*w*|iaper; lid pages,
food produc’a.
colored pictures, etc.
The only
The stat« should not undertake trouble with such mamoth publica
new buildings of any kind at the tions is they are too big. No one
present time because of the greatly will lake the trouble nor the time
increased value of material and la to digest a whole library in one
bor. Anyway, when the pomle are Sun lay
But aa a specimen of ex-
being asked every few weeks to buy | panded newspaper enterprise the
liberty bonds, subscribe fund* for , Time* is simply "it."
the Red Cross. Y. M C. A , etc , tax
levying bodies ahould make the small-
Seriotu Row.
f°r ••• monies.
ÍC.-S-Î- 4
At the dance Saturday night Rob
ert Kell, and Ivan Ralschweid be
came involved in a dispute in the
ball room over attentiona given by
one of them to a girl. The dispute
culminated in an invitation to go to
the street and settle matter* and a
fight resulted. Ralschweid. not be
ing willing to leave the result to fis
ticuffs, used a knife, giving Kelly a
long though not deep slash at the
upper end of the thigh
The Tribune suggests, boys, thst
if you want to fight go to France.
DR A. G. PRILL
PUuciaB aii Sortesi
(alls Attended
Pay or Night
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W. A. Ewing,
Pres rient
A. K. Randall
Vic* Pre*.
E. I*. .Myers, «’«rliier
lines a general tianking buaiocM,
rvcelV«-* deiMMlta »object loebeca. pays
interest on time drpimit»,
selb -
travelers checks and drafts, sod
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makes colhcUona.
MUNKEKS and WEST
SCIO STACE
private resilience overlooking the
ocean, which certainly is a wonder-1
ful sight, and one never tires of j
— Gaves Scio Postoflic«-
watching the tides ebb and flow and at 7:10 a in sod 5iX) p m for W< st Sen.
and 12
p in for Munker*
the breakers dash against the »and
cliffs along the Iwarh
My experience in the hotel seems
to be that their chief object is the
oinservation of f«wxl with a good
stiff price for what you ought to
have but don’t get. The home res I
idents arc making their harvest this j
Scio Me¿tt Market
H olm
B iuw .. Props
hhk
f resh Meats of All Kinds
Reasotiabk- I’rici-H
season. They tell me that the last i
few seasons have not la-rn very I
Main Street
Scio, Ore.
flourishing hut now seems to be the
opportune moment.
From Toledo on to Ysquina. New
port and up the coast for ten miles
or more are numerous cam|>s of sol
Notara Public ana
dier« employed mostly in building I
R. SHELTON
tailroad« to tap the spruce timber i
in this region.
They are building j
both north and south from Newport
and a large force is employed.
Conveycnwr
/Misti acts of I it le I xatnmed
KIO
OREGON
With 4(N> soldiers augmenting the I
usual summer tourists you can im-;
agine it very lively here now.
Newport has iund<* some remark-
able improvements.
The prinrinal
streets are planked 20 feet wide
Generally s|M-akinv good sidewalks
are found on the important streets.
The*c arc important items to anv
city: Good walks, well-kept streets,
good water supply and ehetric light
service.
Newport seems to hsve ■
these snd maintains them well.
The amusements seem tn lie dan
ring, skating, movies, surf bathing,
deep sea fishing and on Sundays th«-
soldier« usually* put on an athletic
Sanitary Market
FRESH MEATS
( Icanlinca
.1 mericuri
Gt'\ M< KNIGHT, P roprietor
Morrison & Lowe
UNDERTAKERS
Calla Attended to Promptly
I lav or Night
program of swimming matches, ball
games and field sports.
SCIO
OREGON
A few days ago I made a trip up
the coast to Otter Rock and the
Punch Bowl, some 10 miles north of
Newport, ami I was re mi mi«» I of a1
ALCnONEL.R
similar trip to the same place years
ago with Dr. Hill of Albany, when W atkkuh »
ORMGON
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we engaged th«- services of Sealion M. F. l>. H«. t
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1‘horvw U* swewt H. tuw
Charlie ami George Birch, experi Sale dates arrangi d for at The Scio
enced seamen, who took us out to
Tribune Office. Scio. Ore.
Sea Gull island, a mile from shore
and opposite the Punch Howl.
H. C
ROLOFF
Thia island is solid rock, rising ISO
<’. c. BRYAN r
feet above th«- * a ami is the home
and breeding place of thousands of
sea gulls, cormorants, sea iiarrot*
ami many other at-a birds. Ami as tül-2 New Firwt Sattonal Batik Bldg
I watched them again a few days
ALBANY
OR Kt ION
ago the air seerne«! fairly alive with
birds and I also wondered how Dr. i
Hill and I ever had the grit to make
such a trio, for I recall that in land-
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Agricultural Credit
Corporation of Oregon
ing on the rock two men had to lit-
erally drag the doctor up over a ‘
rock six feet high to a safe foxing. Our twenty year rural eredit plan
As a rule very fair spori ma\ tie
l- aning money to farmers helj -
later information makesit doubt
you
to get out of debt., tinder our
had here fishing from the docks, the
ful who used the knife.
form of loan the TOTAL amount
jetty or ..me rocky part of shore ^mt^^.d durm; hs' F^DRE
's
Sea perch, bass, flounders and crabs period of twenty years, i* actually
At Th« Paopl«* Thsstrs
are quite abundant and weigh from
than 5| per cent interest,
This week. Saturday and Sunday one-half to 10 pounds
The sport Write us for booklet
evenings. Manager Weseiy will pre is tame compared with trout fishing
HECKER A BEAM. Agent
sent that favorite artist Bill Hart in for when you hook one of these fish
one of hi* exciting pteturea. "The
133 Lyon St
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Silent Man
Your«.
A G P.
Albany, Oregon