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About The Scio tribune and Santiam news, consolidated. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1917-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1918)
THE SCIO TRIBUNE IMI XD KVXKY THURSDAY BY t . u duoqm . Knrrv* and i**or Entered at the poabiffies at 3eio. Oregon *■ second dam matter. •IJBNC RirriDN. IN AOVAN«** *1.60 AT «ND or YKAR 1.76 nil month » -76 ADVKHTTMING MAT» lx>caJ advertising. per line Display advertising. par Inch Me 15c Display advertiaing. long time, •«' manager. Extended marriage or death notice» tHT M m b*" Special rates on long time display advertising. I pledge allegrante Io my /lag ant! the Hepublk for u huh il tlandt. one patron. indteuible. *tlb liberty am! juilke for all. IS PLAN FEASIBLE? The plan proposed by E. C. Peery in The Tribune last week for lunn eounly people to exchange their holdings of liberty loan bonds foi Ijnn county road bonds, is well worth consideration. We all want good roads and we want them as anon as they can be builded. At the s«me time we do not want the taxpayers to lie over burdened with an annual high lax Il is the most momentous because for this would deny tn great nations the people do nut reckon upon spending. It would in no way dis upon the wisdom and farstghtedne«» the preponderance of influence turb financial conditions II would of the participants therein depend* which they dew-rye. Arrival and Departure of I'asm-ngvr simplv make Unn county the debtor the destiny of civilization; whether! The above difficulty might br Trains thr |H*oplr «.f the world shall here bridged over by dividing all league instead of the government. W»»> m I burn-Stir mg field Branch And who or why should anylxsly after live in pcacr and harmony or' nations into clawM. U»t the great WEST St'io object to the proponed Ixmd ex whether civilization »hall continue nations with maritime power to I m » 7.55 a m. change? to be vexed by the cruelty and suf- reckoned with in caw of dispute, North 5:11* p in. Not the present bond owner’ Hr fering of war. whether the flower ■ form one class; smaller nations South would I* exchanging a lj interest <>f th«» young manhiMMf of the world ' with a merchant fleet, but second Corvallis A Eastern rate for 5 per cent; and besides, if shall continue to be u«rd a» cannot, class in point of population, etc., MUNK EKS he is a farmer he would I m - enjoying bidder, to be slain or maimed on form another, and nations without To Albany Kill am the benefit of having a first class th«» battlefield. or shall be use»! in a merchant marine Midi another, To Detroit |;34 p m Give all nations equal representa- road over which to haul his produce ways of pracc Io make the world Motor service discontinued. to market and to take his Sunday happier, more prosperous and a Don in thia congress of nations but more decent |>larr in which to live require the asM-nt <»f each class wp- joy ride upon. Not the merchant? He would The task which the forthcoming aralelv to enact international law >t •—> r«M> enjoy an increased trade Iw-eauw of | m - bcv convention to expected tn ac regulation By such procedure it to the increased volume of money, for complish will not be easy. It may i not probable that an unjust or part* people buy more liberally when they I m - extw-cu-d that nations as well as . ly baked tow or regulation would le Attorney «i Law have the money in their pockets to men will manifest a spirit of aelfiah- adopted. neis ami a desire tn bargain and get spend. In the formation of a league of Not the general government? The the Ix-tter eml, Thi« spirit, if suffi nations every nation must I m » willing government is now encouraging the ciently manifest, will defeat thr to surrender some of its pree»»ncelv- building of good roads by appro ho|* of thr lovers of |»-acr who «-»I rights or privilege» Only on a priating money to assist in their would make future wars impossible compromise basis can the league I m * Iart us ho|H», therefore, that the formed. construction. The ixmds now held A Ewing, a E. Kandall by Linn county people would I m statesmen who hold the destiny of When thr American colonies creat ••rvsident Vice t*r«s. taken up by large investors Th» the world in their hands will feel ed the Uniteil States it was iMtwsiblc F- Ih .Myi'rn, < ’»i liter government would not be <’ml«ar- the great rv»|>»>nMbilily resting upon only by rompromtor Some quest I*» 1 «» a general banking buainmm raMM-d in any way. The |>eopl<- who them; will approach the delibera ions. notably slavery, were allowe»l receive» deposits subject torh«-cK. pay» hold the bonds would simply get *5 tions I «'fore them in a spirit of ut tn aome of the -tale- a» it was then interest on time deposits, seh» In interrat <>n«-ach||00 U>nd instead most fairnsw», in a willingness to present and lawful in about half of travelers checks ami drafts, and of fl 25 as n»w; ami a1*»», they concede to ih«- other fellow all ami th»» then coluni»-». now *tat«*a, and makes collections. would have splendid road* <qx>n even more than is justly his dur; the formation of the confederation which Io travel, let us not forget with a determination down deep m was powible by the recognition »if that feature. It would I m - a caw lh*»r hearts to live an»l let live, ami siavery in the federal constitution. Ihfficulti«»« of similar nature may where one could cal his cake and to take care of the interests of the yel have it. »mall ami feeble nations as well a* confront th«' peace convention. But The fart that the pr< « nt wiling those of lite large and ttowerful. ■ as mutual saf«»ty was th«- central Walter llilveit, I’rop price of lilx-rty bomb are at a 2 |»*r ami to feel the r«-»tM>n«ibilily that thought in forming th«' I 'nite»i States ITioii«» ti.ai.'i cent discount should make no differ- they are the arbiters of the dr-sliny government ami tlx- question of sla N'LAtil MI.I-TS Al l. IMAINS cnee, In a year or two th« w bonds of mankind. very was tnad«' aulmrrvient to that Leaves Scio will be at a premium. The county, Thr enthusiastic welcome given of «afety, »■> may national questions at 7:1U a m and S.-PU p m for W«.q Sen. as the holder, could uae them for Woodrow Wilson in France, as the or features particular to one or and 12:45 p m for Munkurs collateral at the banks to get money president of the world's greatest more nations, I m - l»ridg«-«l over. for ready use. republic, indicates that he to to wield If by a spirit of compromise a Linn county wants g»»<*l road». i powerful influence in the conelu- league of nation» can I m - formed by They can never I* obtained by our Mons to which the iM»ace convention which future wars may I m » avokfod, Nularu Public ana present wasteful meth»«! In 2<* will r«-ii*h II is not suppoaable the |M»acv convention now assemb years we will have jisid out *2 (iOO,- that his dictum will i«e follow»-«! ling will confer upon humanity the ( ont’eyerwor < mhi if we continue our present me without amendtm-nt, fur this would world over th«- gn-atrat possible Abstracts of I itlc Exainined thod of improvement, we will have I m - tantamount to saying that Eng goo«l. True, the Untied States ha»l • • • OREGON inferior roads during and at the ex land and France and Italy and B<-l a great war to m UII c the idavcty *k) piration of the twenty year», haw gium have no great statesmen and question which ba»i I m ^- p acipiicscrd ! just such roads as we have now. thinkers. These nations are more in when the government was form All will admit that to place (he vitally interested than the Unite»! ed. and possible wars n ay occur roads of the county in first class States They arc closer neighbors between league nations. But su<-ti UNDERTAKERS condition will require a large sum and. therefore, more sensitive to p»MHtl>ility will lic<*iini'< f «r more rc- of money, far larger than can le any international disturbance. mote than it to now. * all» Attendml to Promptly l*av or Night raised from direct taxation without The Tribune dona not pose a» an Hie United States Ix-ing the most Railroad I ime 1 able Fl. B. Cl JESS MUNKERSandWEST SCIO STAGE R. SHELTON levy. A gnat many iwople favor an annual road lax levy of five mills Indeed, many of our road district* tax themselves five mills for stiectsl road purposes over and above th«' county road levy. A five mill lew on the present assessed valuation of the eounly would yield about *140.- 000. We are now spending some thing over *100.000 on the road» annually. We know what wo ar« getting and can opine how long It the |H-»>ple will take at this rate of expenditure almost bankrupting Hence the hooding plan is the only to olac*c all of our roads in first feasible one If thought brat our class condition. road levy can lie placed at 10 mills Linn county people purchased and the sum arising from the addi probably 12,1*00,000 in bonds in the tional 5 mills lie used as a sinking four drives made and we have even reason to expect that the people will fund to lake up the bonds as they be called upon for another loan, tail due The dairy is soon to become the which will add considerably to the chief industry of Linn cuunty farm above sum. Now let us suppose the county ers. Good roads are absolutely nee issues road bond* bearing five per eaaary to get the milk and cream to cent Interest, to exchange, dollar market in the winter time. If the for dollar, for these liberty loan coat of hauling the milk to market bonds, and the funds arising there »an be reduced by one-half this gain from to constitute a county road or saving would all go into the milk fund. W’e would have money sutfi producer's pocket. The same would dent tn place all of our roads in be true in the marketing of other first class condition. After we had farm products. In caw* of sickness paid the annual interest of 1100.00*' the services of a physician could be upon the bond issue of 12.000,000 obtained in less time, and in many we would have an abundance left such cases time is a very important from the five mill ‘levy for upkeep factor. The Tribune offers the foregoing of the roads. lxMik at this plan from any angle thoughts just to get people to think you may and it appears both feasible ing about and discussing this ques lion. The people are demanding and inviting. first class roads and to build them a The money the people t>aid for large amount of money to necewuiry. the government lx»nds was all taker The above plan is offered as a meth out of the county. Bank deposit* od of raising the money without showed a shortage on that account working a hardship upon the peo It was taken from our county dr ple, Can you suggest a lietter plan culalion. The fact that the takinv or even one so good? If so. shoot of thia large sum of money did noi and The Tribune will be glad th even create a financial ripple speak» print it. _____ highly for the county's sound finan dal condition. The proposed plan would bring all of this money back to the county and place it in drculation It would all be paid out for labor and mater ial for the roads and gradually would find its way l»ack to the bank» in the way of deposits by the people Thia money to now a surplus which . k -i THE PEACE CONVENTION. President Wilson's arrival in Paris may he said to be the opening gun of the preliminaries of the great t>eace convention, the m»*l momen tous event in the history of the world Morrison & Lmve iMilated ami at the same time the authority on international question», leading and greatest of all repub-' but ax a citizen «if the world this lie», is expected to. in a sense, tw gdilor has a right to offer a thought the pathfinder in the deliberations. <>n this n»»w must vital question. President Wils »n evidently felt this Whatever tlx» cnm-luaton of the r< »ponsitxlily when hr promulgated peace congress may I m » aomrbtMfy'a his fourteen peace propositions, and thought or plan, ami probably the as the»«- propositions seem to con th«>ughts of many will be evolve«! stitute a sort of basis from which into on«- compromise plan am! be Certainly the convention will commence its come the tow of nations work, it is highly essential that the we all hope for a plan which will do president should lie prearnt to ex away with wars and provide* means plain or further define thr meaning through winch international disputes and intent of the pr»»p<MUtiona. He may be arttl«*d through th«» use of evidently thought hto presence at common sense arxi reason. We do th«- opening of th«- convention very not want a nation in the attitu»!«» of important else he would not now be a chip on th«- shoulder in France Che president. while he would ad- Let It Be Discussed vise moderation in the demands up on Germany ami Austria for indem The Tribune hope« that the people nity by the allied nations, ir far of Linn county will think about the more de ply interested in the form plan of converting their holding« of ation of a league of nations, which government botxls into a road fund, is to govern thr future destinies of as disruaaed elsewhere in this news the world and this to the most diffi paper. Dtocuss it among youraelvre cult pr<»|M>siti»>n for the conventmn and if you f<x»l so diap»>w»| write to fix. A league to I m * of value and your thoughts fot publication. The of pt manency must I m * based upon Tiitiun«» will pubh-h communication» jul;v ami equity. The interests' pro or con, free of charge. of the small nation must be eon-j Certain it is we all want good •er i-d a» well as th»>ar of thr great, r»Mids ami this plan prop»««-va means ami such representation in the world of providing th«» money with which congre»-» of nations which the peace to build them. convention will dohbtless arrange The Tribune will he glad if all lhe for that justice and good feeling county newspapers will take up this among nations shall maintain. matter and dtocutw« it. either for or Now it will not do to base this against Discussion will develop reprt -n la lion up»»o thr population whether the plan to f«-asibl<- or n»>t. of nations for this would deny to nation* of few people the voice they sh»>uld have and to cause their na Next week The Tribune will go tional tights and privileges to be to presa on Tuesday in order to let prwwrved. Nor would it be just to the foreman printer eat hto Xmas give al* nations equal reorreentation turkey in Salem. SCIO OREGON H. C ROI Oi l- OltEUON W a TKIUXM) >'S» m U» *waM lluaa a r. U N«. I Sale »totes arranged for at I he Scio Tribun«' Office. Scio, Or«- <’- <’. BRYAN I ATTORNEY AT LAW »1-2 New First Saponai Bank Bldg. ALBANY OREG! >N Agricultural Credit Corporation of Oregon Our twenty year rural credit plan of loaning money to farmers ht-lpa you to get out of debt Under our form of loan the TOTAL amount of interest paid »luring Ila ENITKE |M»ri»Mi of twenty years, to actually less than 5| per cent interest. W rit«- us for booklet I IF.* KL. L A BEAM. Agents 1X1 Lyon St Albany, Oregon St. Francis Hotel ALBANY, ORE. Meals 35 and 50 cents Room 50c and Up GRANT PIRTLE, Proprietor i
