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In the legto.aturea of the past the
THE SCIO TRIBUNE membership
has been largely com
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posed of lawyer» and they ha.r not
neglected to provide liberally for the
interests of their prof«-* -n
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lustrate this point let 11» l.i*< th«
third judicial district a» an example
Some years ago the third judicial
district was rompoard of I.inn Ma
rion. Polk. Yamhill an! Ti 'ati
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counties
One circuit judge pr<-
•tiled over the court» of all of th. -
counties and at a time when Iran-
portatorn facilities wire much in
ferior to what they are n»w. Th«-
THE PURPOSE IS NOBLE.
Auxiliary Power.
Scio must have »«ipe sort of aux
Many people look upon Fresidant
Wilson's trip to Europe a» a sort of iliary power to suppli-ment when
pleasure excursion. Such is very j water power to insufficient else go
far from his purpose. He feels that out of the ritoetric light buwnesa.
If
his presence during the preliminary There h no doubt about that
and first days of the peace congress »tor«-» and residences must »upply
mav be productive of the end of all their --wt« lights for two or three
war
If he can accomplish this pur months of the year, rather than l«e
ls.«»- history will accord him the «•ontent with a very inferior service
honor <>f being the greatest of bene from the citv. they will «.on ron-
elude Mjat they ran do •«» for the
factors to the human race.
The president has been m Euroi* rest of the year and save much vex-
more than one month. Eew, if any atton of spirit.
judge's salary at that lime wa> people rould are the wisdom of his
The almighty dollar is nome thin«
13000 per year
Finally the«- law- pr«-arncv Ihrr«- so l«»ng before the we all look to very closely
We
yer legislators got busy.
opening of the in-ace congrew». But want to get full valu«* therefor
They first enact«-«! a law creating in view of the fact that he thought ! when we pay the same
This to true
an additional judge for the district; it nc«-«-Mary to visit England and of th«- individual and should lie true
then another law increased the an Italy in a«ldition to his temporary in the management of the city’s
nual salary of the circuit judge to re*idence in Baris, the month wa» affairs
14000 per annum. Then still an little enough time to accomplish his
A supernumerary engin«- could be
other law was enacted dividing th«- purpose.
obtained and installed for from
district, leaving the counties of IJnn
But why thear visits, why this, S1500 to I’J imhi , This ¡«ower would
and .Marion as constituting the third hobnobbing with royalty, the politi lie used presumably when water
judicial district, but th«- two judg« •> cal statesmen an<i the ¡w-ople of the power was in»uflici«-nt only
As our
still stayed with th«- abbreviated several nations?
Why the many lease for water will soon expire we
district, drawing the 14000 per year »h«rl addreasra. etc ?
may be wholly without water power.
Railroad I ¡me I able
Arrival and ih-parture of l*a.««*ngrr
Trains
W ood bu rn-Si»r i ng field Branch
WEST St IO
North
S«-ûth
7:55 a m,
5:09 p.m.
('««rvallis & Etosii-rn
Ml INKERS
T«> Alltanv
N. H a rn
To Detroit
¡44 pm
Motor M-rvici- du<'<>ntinu«a«l
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Attorney at Law
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W. A. Ewing,
President
A. E. lUndafi
Vice Pres.
E. I >. ,Myers, <' i liii-r
salary each.
fresident Wilson ha» the on«1 Certainly it will th« n cost us very
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’* a general banking busirwes,
Now IJnn and Marion count 1. » great purpoae in view and that i» much mor«- than it does now
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the Republic foe which it dandi. one an- ably repr«wnte«l on th«- circuit the formation ««f a great league of annual expense, therefore, for aux receivtM depreiU subject teehees, ¡my»
interest on tin»«* (ktposite,
wit*
f\ulion. tnjiviuble. mlh liberty and bench and both judges are learned, nations and th«- conat-ijuenl elimina iliary power from thi» source may
trevelem check« and drafu, and
honorable gentlemen, and The Tn tion of future wars. T<> accomplish lie expect«»«! to I m - not l«-w« than niakra coIhM'tiona.
luilke for all.
bune has no fault to find with either thi» purpose h>- d«-»irrs to wield the 110011 per year, counting interest
HEW TO THE UNE.
Hut the amount of work required of strongest tHi-tsibl«- influence.
He on the cost of the engine, water ;
each of them- to very light. One of wanted to got l»eneath the ¡»ihtical rent, fuel, etc. W<- could expert
Monday our legislators met and them could do the work of both an«i »urfact- and next to th«-hearts of no greater income from the light
by thi« time are getting down tn then not work more than half th«- th«- iieople. lie wanted I ha political servie«- than w«- have now. as day J
business providing the flu has not time. IJnn county hold» four terms Iea«lers of the several countrie« h«- service to not reckoned in this esti
Walter Bilyeu. |*mp
prevented.
As organisation had of the circuit court yearly. I’rinum- has visited to set- that their ¡w-ople« mate.
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been cut and dried prior to the as ably Marion holds the same numla-r were very weary of «ar and wanted
It ha» iM-rti ent 1 mnted that a dam ,
STAttt. Ml.ETS Al.I. ip kiss
In Linn a court term th«- grvate-tt po»Kil>le assurance could lie constructed at th«- lower !
sembling there is nothing to prevent of terms
Leaves Sei«. Pi-itoftiec
rarely
lasts
longer than on« week against war in th«- future
getting down to work in record-
He be- end of the Jordan canyon and trans at 7:10 a m »n<l ,.oo
f(,r W,.M Sri€
breaking time. And there is need each for departments one and two lie«e«l that hi» perw-nal contact with mission wires provided at a cost of
sod 12.40 pm fur Munk.-rx
for promptness in getting to work If the Marion county term» are »im- the ¡s-o|>le through traveling around |IS,tMN>
Rut to lie safi- let us say
in earnest, for there never ha» been liar, each judge is active on th«- would draw out th«- m-ntimvnt of $20.000.
This looks like a huge
such a knotty problem given a legto bench for eight week» each year If lhe people as could lie done through debt for Scio to aaaum«*
Bui the
laturc to solve as the prevent l»ody one judge »hould I m - required to d«> no other channel.
debt appttars greater than it really
Notary /’uhlic ana
j the work of both, then he would be
has before it.
Hi» diagnosis of the situation is is. Six per cent l«ond» could easily
Two propositions stare our legis on th« bench but Id w«-ek» yearly, highly correct, lit» influence about I m - sold at ¡»ar and po-ubly at a pre
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lators in the face in the outset or one-third of hi» time Nor woulil th«- ¡s-nee tabl«-1» very much stronger mium. Thi« would mean an ann»al
Abstracts of I itlr Examined
One is to cut down expense by the ‘one judge be overwork«-«! to do the bereuw "f the great popularity of interest burden of $1200.
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abolishment of not n«*cvsaary officials entire district work. Other judicial himself in th«- hearts of the common would give us an al«ui dance of night
and the other is to provide for heavy districts throughout the state may people, winch hat Is-en drawn out and dav servie«-. And to ¡my the
increased expenditures by our state < he situate«! similarly.
interest w<- would have the follow«
by th«- visits h<- has made.
institutions. They are confronted
Judge W R. Bilyeu is perhaps as
lie has showgi to these Euro ¡»ran ing incrra«e above what the income
with nearly $|,(K)0,000 deficit creat good a lawyer as either Judg« Kelly pe«>plcs that the United States 1» is now: If we d«s!uct the $1000
UNDER I AKERS
ed by the emergency board money of Judge Biogham
Yet Judg«- Bil wholly unselfish in the advocacy of cost of auxiliary service by engine,
i alls Attended to Promptly
already Slant and a largely in- yeu holds 12 terms of the county a league of nations, and that if war cost of water, etc , we will have but
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ereused demand for the support of court annually and his court is open can I m - avoided in the future the»«- $200 to account for
our sta’c institutions for the future. to probate matter all the time. In European countries which adjoin
Against this $200 we would have St To
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At the same time the amount of fact our rounly judge is busy alxiut each other have far more to vain lights supplied to not b-s» than 20 .........
money which n ay lie appropriated all of the lime throughout the year than we that the probability of rountry h«»mew on the way down
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is limited to a »> per cent increase Ills salary is IlhtM) per year. Com war in the future lietwecn these from the ¡tower station, which may
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over the appropriations of two years pare this with the i-t(Hio circuit European state« is very much great tie e»timate«i al $fi"O per year Bow
AUUHüNEER
ago.
judge salary and you are force«! to er than it 1» for th«- Uniter! States er sold to the half dozen or more,
OltNUON
In private business, when the in conclude the more work the I«--« to become involved.
plac«»» using gas engines now, the WATKKtXNJ
come falls down, men are forced to salary.
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Now. when these European state» flouring mill, etc.. $fioo per year.
retrench in the cost of business.
The Tribune has cited the above are m<>»t war weary and are almost Suburlian homes immediately about Sale dates arranged for at The Scio
They-cut out employes until the just to show how the lawyer legisla over whelmed with the enormous war Scio which doubtless would take
Tribune Office. Scio. Ore.
cost is drought safely within the tor has l«M>ked after hi» own and debt, th«- president thinks the time lights. $300.
limits of the income
without regard t<> the interest of must propitious to bring about an
Thus we would have an addition
Why may not the state resort to the taxpayer.
inter national agreement which will al income over what we have now
thia same method in conducting the
Nearly every other department make the war of the future moat of $1500.
If to this we a<l«l the
public business? Why may not offi of the state government has been improtmble, if not impossible.
$1000 ex|M-n«e of the first plan men- 2m 2 New First National Bank RWg
cials snd state employes double up exploited in like manner. They ar«-
What nobler missive could our tinned we have $2500 to offset the
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on the work and thus release half fi<Mded with unnec«-«sary clerk» president or any other man embark annual Interest charge of $1200.
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their number until this stress pass whose principal work is to draw the in? Even if his opposing political
By increasing the power as last
es? Thia is what we all have to do salary, and probably not one of party shall make some slight politi above outlined the rx|»-nM> of opet
in the conduct of our private busi whom works aa diligently a, he <»r cal headway While he la absent, what at ion would I m - increaw-d say $fitX)
ness. It is »imply good practical she would be required to work in d«M*w that signify? While his politi per year. This would leave us $700
business sense to do so.
private employment
cal «-nenne* have laid lhe wires for per year to the g«-»!, which could
A« The Tribune has often pointed
This to a condition which our leg- a ¡«arty victory he will have won a be u»t-<i a» a sinking fund and which
out, we have something near 40 ialators must consider. They should victory for humanity and would could lie incream-«! to $1000 from Our twenty year rural credit plan
slate commissions, all of which cost institute a process of elimination have made the world a decent pla«-e lhe present income. A water bond of loaning moi.
t farmers helps
debt. I
let o -r
money. A number of these stale until every unnecessary cierk and ! in which to live. He wiil have saved iof $|ooo rould I m * taken up annual y you to get out
board» could be abolished altogether official is invited to look elaewhere the world from using the young and thereby re«!uro the inter« t form of loan the TOTAL amount
of interest ¡Mid luring Its KN TIRE
without injury to the public service for a job. If the pruning knife is men fot cannon fodder and have charge.
¡wriod of twenty years, to actually
and many others could be consoli used liberally in lopping off these save«l lhe home from grieving fur
The Tribune simi»lv offers th«- 4*
than 5j | r ront interest.
dated. In several instances the du useless and detrimental cummismons, the btouand or s-m lost on the battle figure« to g« t people thinking
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ties of these boards overlap and du officialsand clerks, the sum of money field.
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know that there i« a strong préju
plicate each other, and one board, at the disposal of the legislature will
dice against bonded indebtednesu.
Vkhen Representative D.C. Thoma But sometim«*» it pays to go in debt
without increase in cost, could do be found sufficient. Just a little
the work of two or three boards.
heroic treatment and the trick is went to Salem Monday morning he S»metim««s it to wisdom to assume a
This to a part of the problem our done. But there must be no play overlooked taking with him his prize a larger debt to get someth >g ¡-or-
lawmakers must solve.
The solu ing of favorites.
The legislat >r cartoonist. Fred L. Jones. Mr. Jones manent and m«>re satisfactory than
tion should have been made years must close his ears to plaints and would have lieen in hi» glory if he it does to isii.tn - a smaller debt
ago
Now the point has been reach pleadings.
He must "hew to the could caricature some of the legisla which would give but a temporary
ed when the solution must be made line let the chips fall where they tive acrobatics. In the meantime benefit. The alMive is worth con
he is practising his artistic skill on sideration at least.
The 6 per cent limitation forbids may."
ALBANY. ORE.
The
Tribune
suggests
a
very
easy
Rill Brenner and others, using grain
passing the matter on to the tax
a
and
«
ffeetual
method
of
getting
rid
sacks for his canvas. And Ered is
payers as in the past. Eor practic
of th«Me not n«-«v»Niry commissions,
Th«- Tribune ha» blank applications Meals 35 and 50 cents
ally the first time the legislature to officials and clerks. Simply forget aon.v artist (!)
for auto or cbautfeer license for 1919.
compelled to cut the garment from to appropriate money for their sup-
Room 50c and Up
Send in your application at once and
I port. They will disappear inatan t«-i.
Tl»e Seto Tnbuas $1JW Ubo
the stated amount of cloth given
avotd the rush.
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GRANT PIRTI.E, Proprietor
/ pledge alltgtanrt Io my flag and
R. SHELT ON
Morrison ¿Sc Lowe
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
Agricultural Credit
Corporation of Oregon
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Hotel