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Out With Mana
Lhern limit and started back north- proved road between his farm and
ward, these primitive peoples re- his market center might talk about
If the republican party in the
joicsd, were g'sd and gave gifts.
continued r<*ad lomrovement in a house wishes to blast its brightening Arrival and Departure of Passenger
The sun reaches the southern limit grandiloquent manner, but he would prospects, if will elect James R Mann
Trains
December 21 and for two or three sneak into the voting boothand vote as speaker Throughout the difficult
Woodburn-Springfield Branch
days seems to remsin in about the against the tex. Men are selfish, times which preceded declaration of
WEST SCIO
same position. The journey north and when their own wants are aat- war on Germany Mr Mann was a
commencee on or about the day w<- >«fle<i they care but little for the heavy load for the republican party North
7:55 a m.
know as Christmas Just what name neighltor who must still plod to to carry.heavier than was senator La- South
5 09 p.m.
these sun worshipers gave ths dav market in the mud.
Follette, for it could reasonably be
Corvallis & Eastern
wr cannot uy
Mr. Ewing's plan of slightly in- argued that the ht* or spoke only for
MUN KERS
Just when or how Christmas day creasing the road tex would simply himself while Mr Mann's posiyon as To Albany
fi:ll am
became associated with the birth of amplify our present method some- leader of his party in the house was To Detroit
1:44 p m
Christ, is not clear. There is noth- what.
His plan would make no a plausible pretext for regarding
Motor service discontinued
ing in the bibls which connects the more than 1300.000 available. L.
_ republicana.
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In- ___
him _ as ___
the _ ___________
spokesman of
two events. The circumstances, as augurate a program with this sum
When President Wilson calledGsr-
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given in the bible, surrounding the only in sight and half the people of many tn account for the murder of
birth of Christ, indicate that th« the county would raise a howl The 114 Ameriran« .u« »he I uritania. Mr.
birth occurred in spring time, in other half would smile but be ready Mann mid it “would I m * the silliest
April or May.
Such history as wr to vote "no tex" as soon as their thing for this country to permit It-
have of the event is indefinite.
particular roads were improved.
self to be drswn Into the European
But whatever may be the origin
So. in order to inaugurate a road war"; that, if anything should make
OUws as .Hana»» St
L» S asso 0»«.
ths day means much to Christian plan which will satisfy the people, war necessary, it “would have to be
people
It is a day fraught with th»* work must be undertaken at one something more serious than has hap-1
good cheer and the delights of the and the same time.
Every road pened to date." that is. something
h »me coming of absent once. It b gang must have the necessary tools more serious than wholetele murder
a day of joy and expectation to to make construction economical, of Americans
w. A. Ewing,
A E Randall
children and young people and plea- Instead of having but on« tractor
He reluctanlv supported increase President
Vics Pres.
sent anticipation to wc who are older gravel wagon train there should l*c of the Army on Jan. 25, 1916. and
E. I). Mvi*r», <'» llilT
To many who are gliding down 20. with crusher, etc.
said: “I have much more fear In the
!>ocs
a general tianking businvsa,
Two to three million dollars will end of war with England than I have
the hillside of time Christmss hark»
receives
deposits subject to checa, pays
us back to the time when we. too. be ncceNiary to improve •II of the i with Germany"
interest on
time
deposits,
were kiddies; when we. too. would roads in Linn county and this sum
He voted for the Me femore reao- travelers checks ami drafts. »eli»
and
hang up the stocking to receive such should l>e expended in a period of lulion which would have renounced makes collections.
gifts as Santa Claus might bring us; not more than five years.
the right of Americans to travel bv
This large sum can be supplied sea and
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when we. too, believed that Santa
in nt
April
he
Condemned
Claus was a verity and traveled only by bonding. If the l»>nds be ‘ the President for sending an ultima-
from house to house in a sleigh pull made exempt from taxation they turn to Germany about the Sussex
et! by a team of reindeer; when we. < - i ¡< fl «at* I at par at X to 4 per case and aaid
too, enjoyed with the zest of child- cent interest, it would be neces-
"His attitude has not been neutral
Walter Bilyeu, Prop
hood the family or community ssry to sell them only as needed, or in any respect I think this coutry
Phone
Christmas tree.
1500.(RM) annually.
The proposed should be neutral. His message to-
STAUB MEETS AI.L TRAINS
Many of us may and probably will plan of converting government bonds 1 day show« he expects, if he can, to
- Leaves Scio I'ostofllce-
not be here when the Christmas of into road bonds. H merely a suggea- force war on Germany,
at 7:10 a m and 5.W t> m for West Sea.
1919 arrives. Many of our boys lion, with a view of creating a ready
“We have »«me complaints against
and 12:45 p n> for Munkare
who went over to France to fight in market for the road bonds.
Germany, although the president
the cause of liberty are absent, never
Any plan, however, for providing exaggerated them this morning,
to return in the body, to take a seat this large sum of money would re- W’e have some complaints against
at ths Christmas table. Yet such quire legislative authority, other- Great Britain, but the president
Noiarij Public ana
thoughts and absencim should not wise the 2 per cent limitation, u does not care about that. Where
sadden us. If the grim messenger now required by law, would inter Germany has injured one ship car
Cont'cyensor
calle us or our loved one» ere'anoth vene.
rying American commerce England
Abstracts of Title Examined
er Chrfstmaa. we will simply be
The question in a nutshell Is: Do has seized a dozen."
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OREGON
•beving a law of nature, and our we want first class roads as quickly
On February 13. 1917, after re
boy wno marched away to France as thev can be constructed? And lations with Germany had been eev-
and has made the supreme sacrifice, are we willing to provide the money . ered. after that country had tried
has died that men may live and en with which to build them? These to incite Mexico to war upon the
affirmatively, United States, and'while an Ameri-
joy a freedom hitherto unknown in questions answered
UNDERTAKERS
ths world.
the further question arises: How can ship was being torpedoed every
Calls Attended to Promptly
So let us banish all »ad and gloomy shall we raise the money?
day or two. Mr. Mann proposed an
Dav or Night
thoughts, make others happy and be
To raise $3,000,000 by direct tex ' amendment to the naval appropria-
Railroad I ime I able
H. B. CHESS
Attorney *i Law
THE SCIO STATE B.M
I pledge allegiance to mp flag and
the Republic for which it rtatdi, one
Ration.
inJhrbihle,
teilh
libedu and
jut I ice fm all.
CHRISTMAS •
The Christmas spirit of tne pres
ent opening day of the holiday week
is much different from the (Christ
mas of one year ago
Then the
Yankee boys of the United States
were Just gelting to the battle front
of the world's greatest hostile con
test and n<> one knew when the hu
man slaughter would cease, nor
what would I*«* the extent of the
demands from the peoj le would be
to finance the war.
We knew we would win in the
end. but we did not know the pr'ce
in blood and treasure we would be
required to pay. Consequently the
people felt that the* must husband
every energy to meet the demands,
financially and otherwise, whatever
they might I*.
We were deter
mined to comply with the emergency
however great.
Now the en I, let us hope for all
time, has arrived.
Hostilities have
ceased and the terrific roar of great
cannon and small arms is no longer
heard.
No longer Is American
blood moistening the soil of France
and Belgium.
The armistice is in
progress and thé peace congress is
assembling to arrange terms of per
manent peace. Our addict boys are
arriving back from the field of bat
tle bearing the lianner of victory,
and will soon be at their respective
homes
Because of this fact the
high tension to which the war had
brought the peoole is relaxed and
th« Christmas spirit is resuming the
sway wit.i a zest as in former times
of prosperous peace.
For the origin of Christmas wr
must go back many centuries to
when the human family was young;
to the day when the people believed
the earth to lie a great fiat table.
an<i that the sun, in some manner,
slipped back lieneath the great table
during the night, to be ready to
rise the following morning to make
the daily journey over the surface
of the table.
The p«*ople of those primitive
days were sun worshipers.
They
believed the sun was the greatest
power for good of which they had
knowledge. They could understand
that the light and heat supplied by
the sun caused vegetation to grow
and mature, and which supplied
them with the necessities to sustain
life. Therefore they felt grateful
to thia beneficent power and wor
ship was a natural sequence.
When the sun started on her jour
ney south they knew and felt dis
comfort because of the lack of
warmth and decay of vegetation
And when the sun t cached the aou-
MLNKERSandU EST
SCIO STAGE
R. SHELTON
Morrison & Lowe
happy ourselves, for we have reason
to rejoice. Men and women of all
lands are freer to-day from the dom
ination of tyrants and taskmasters,
than they ever have been.
They, the downtrodden have great
ramson to rejoice and we shoud re-
joict because a brighter and happier
day for mankind has dawned.
ROADS REQUIRE BIG MONEY
Anybody who has given the road
question ddep thought knows that
it will require a large sum of money
to place all of our roads in first class
condition. He also knows that a
vast majority of the people want,
•nd ths business of our county re
quires that these roads be construct
ed as quickly as possible. Ths pie
cing of one thoroughfare, or parts
of several, in good condition will not
«atiafy. All roads in the county,
especially those which carry the
main and heavy traffic, must he im
proved at the same time.
To do this not I« ms then half a
million dollars must be made avail
able adnually. There must be enough ,
money to place all of the main roads
ceding t<> the business renters thru-
>ut the county under construction
it the same time. Not less than 20
*o 25 construction gangs, under
»roper engineering direction, would
* necessary
To provide 1500,000 annually
would oppress the people too se
verely if direct taxation alone should
be the means. People might vote
this heavy burden for one year, but
hey would refuse to do so tbs next
year. The man who had an im-
would require a 10 per cent levy, or tion bill reaffirming the policy of 8CK>
OREGON
a 2 per cent lew for 5 years. Of settling disputes thiough mediation
course, if thia money was absolutely or arbitration, “to the end that war
and vitally tieccasary. we would raiae may be honorably avoided.*' That
it. But the people would be tre- amendment could have no other ef
AUCTIONEER
mendoualy distressed.
If instead, fect at that juncture than toembar-
we distribute the aaseasment over a rasa the president and to encourage W atekuh ,
O regon
period of 30 to 40 years, then the Germany.
a. r. D. N*. i
raw»»
svm h «« m
roads can be built and the bonds
This man. whose recovery from Sale dates arranged for at The Sdo
paid off, and our present tex levy illness strangely coincides with the
Tribune Office. Scio. Ore.
need not lie increased more than 5 signing of an armistice, now has the
mills.
impudence to seek election as »(leak
0. C. HKYANT
A bill atwuld I* prepared at the er and republicans actually consider
coming legislature and enacted into him. In the gravest crisis in the
law authorizing the county to con wlwi'i history .li.re th. rlril war. »|.2 N.— rim X.inad Ban. KM,,
tract the indebtedness, and at the he has shown utter lack of stalwart
same time authorize the calling of a patriotism and far-easing statesman-‘ ALBANY
OREGON
special election fur the people to ship, and he has al wavs acted and
paiM upon the measure. Only by a spoken with both eyes and both ears
majority vote should ths debt bs open for the approval of his pro
contracted.
tierman o nxlituents
He has not _
Dairying is soon to be the leading spoken the sentiments of the repub-
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industry of Linn county people Soon lican party, he does n >t now repre- ■ "
every farmer will have a herd of sent the party as a whole, and his ()ur twenty year rural credit plan
Our twenty year rural credit plan
cows, large or small, ss the case election as speaker would be hailed of loaning mor.« j to farmers helps
may be. With first clsas roads, us with joy only in Germany and in yoa to get out of debt U !er out
able in winter alike with summer, that Little Germany which elected form of loan the TOTAL amount
of interest paid during iU LN URL
every farmer will be able to get hie him to Congress
He would be ono
period of twenty years, is actually
milk to condenser/, creamery or of the assets to which the Frankfur lese than 5j |»*r cent interest.
chec«e factory, as the case may be. ter Zeitung referred when it said:
Write us for bcvM I.
at a saving of five or more cents per
“Our policy, both domestic an-1
hundred
This Raving in a year will I foreign, is not without Manto, and HECKER A ItEAV. XgenU
H. C
ROLOFF
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Agricultural Credit
Corporation of Oregon
amount to more than his texes can we not mske use of them?"
would be increased because of the I Germany should have n<> upp<>rtu-
bonds, to say nothing of the lose'Bity to make use of Mann
Out
cost to get his other produce to with him Oregonian,
rnaiket.
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The Scio Tribune 11.50 the year.
Ivsn Miller started Sunday for
Sister«, going by way of Portland
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and The Dalles. He expects to as
sist his father in farming operatiins
for a yenr or two, or until his bro*
ther is discharged from th« U. S.
marine corps.
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Liberty Bonds
If you must sell your bonds we
will buy them
J. M. A II M. HAWKINS.
Albany, Oregon.
133 Lyon St
Albany, Oregon
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Hotel
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