THE SCIO TRIBUNE
that expense of operation and main measure would become law within izen*
In case of further trouble
DR. R J. NICOL
tenance would be doubled, which 90 day*, Then why not trust the with Germany we c- uld rely on each
must be charged against the traffic people? Why not play fair?
Graduate and Licensed
of them becoming a (ierman spy.
and which would prevent reduction
In an article in the Oregonian Moreover, th«-«»- sain* would-be citi
V ETC K I N A l< í A N
in freight and paasenger charge* in from a Salem correspondent the zen* are responwibl«- for the killing
T. L. DUQGBa. KonvR anp r«or
Cattle Tested for Tuberculoaia
a great measure, Th* building of writer state* that ' the $6,000.000 and maiming of over 205.000 of oar
the so called trunk highways serves bonding measure was overwhelm American boys; have been guilty of Office phone Main 525. Residence phone
Entered at the poebiffice at Scio.
Malu 21
very much a* a competition, a* would ingly adopted by the people ” Over- horrible cruelties to Belgian an«i
Oregon a* sec.md class matter.
LEBANON. OREGON
a parallel railway line.
I whelming where? Outside of Mult Frencn women an«I children, which
On the other hand if we should nomah county the bonding measure to contrary to the rule* of civilized
$1.50
BUWCltirnoN. IN ADV ANO
build what may lie termed lateral was defeated.
They are undesirable in
"Overwhelmingly" warfare
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AT BNP or YKAM
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highway* first we will increase the wa* due Io the non taxpayer* of every way for Atm-rican citizenship
Arrival and l>eparture of Basarnger
.76 volume of traffic for the railway*
All MONTHS
Multnomah county.
We doubt if and should not be admitted.
Train*
and thu* make it posaibl«« f«r cheap the present proposed bonding meas
What i* true of German in an
ADVKKT18ING RATH:
Woodburn-Springfield
er freight* and fares.
Branch
ure would be so "overwhelmingly” intensified degree n<«w mav tie true
In
the
bill
proposing
the
issue
of
Local advertising. per line
He
WEST SCIO
adopted. It is fear of defeat which in a leaser form with any other for-!
Th«- aff,-cti««n for the North
Display advertising, per inch
15c $10,00(1,000 of bond* it is planned i* causing the bonding enthusiast* sign born.
7:56 am.
to devote $7.500,000 to improving t<> make the measure • cinch by use land of their birth in far too many
South
Display advertising, long time, see
6:09 p.m.
th* trunk road* and the balance. of the emergency clause. It is simply instance« would debar them from
manager.
Corvallis & East« •m
$2.500,000, to constructing lateral* n resort of coward*.
ever Iwcoming truly loyal American
Extended marriage or death notices
MUNK EILS
Give the people a chance and if citizen* under all circumstances.
per line
6c If these figures could be reversed
To
1
Albany
8:11am
the people would l»e mor* disposed they do not invoke the referendum
Another very important reason
Special rate* <»> lone time display
To
'
iMruit
l:4$ p m
to favor the measure.
well and good. Hut if the referen for placing a ban on all foreign em
advertising.
Motor
service
discontinued.
Should the proposed bond mcas- dum should l«e invoked then Mult- igration is the pr«>tection of Ameri
ure become a law the state would nomah ran carry the measure "over can labor. W«« have now and will
then have bond«*d itself about to the whelmingly" some more.
have for year* to come all the labor
limit
The result would be under
which our im'ustri«-« can absorb.
present plans, paved highway* par
The coming of the for« ign laborer
FOREIGN EMIGRATION.
alleling the railways and the «am*
mean* the displacing <>fan American
old mud roads over which farmer*
laborer, for the foreigner will work
It will not lie denied that emigre- cheaper
/ pledge allegiance Io my flag and must haul their produce to n ark«-'
Olk«, «a SU«»«. St
LAs.—. O,.
The ¡>aved trunk highways of I.<m law* of the United States have
the Republic f»t u hith it llanda, one
Anvway the t>r<>hibition of foreign
Ration, indhrbible, »ith liberty and course will increase tourist travel; f<>r our national good ever Iwen too emigration in |>art at least is the
American citizenship has been only way in which American labor fl
and who would drop a few dollar* lax
juilkc for all-
al hotel* and for gasoline
But to«« easily acquired. We have l««-en can lw protect«-«!. It cannot tie done
these same tourist* who help to wear so eager to »«-cure citizens that we by placing a high tariff on foreign
THE $10,000,000 ROAD BILL
a E. Randall
out the roads will pay nothing of han- lieen alm ««t criminally careless giMids a* to often asserted. We now W. A. Ewing,
.
Vice IT.-»,
the cost for building them nor for a* t«> th«- material we have admitted have a full man-- z«*d job <m hand i President
It is generally believed the legis-
But the farm«-i As a r«-*ult re<ent year* have shown to pacify or natinfy our organized la
L. D. My<*ra, ('a hicr
lature will enact a 810,000.000 bond their maintenance
that
th«-
labor
troubles
we
have
had
who
must
market
hi*
produce
over
bor
an«i
keep
the
wheel*
of
industry
ing road bill very much on the line*
lk«es a general banking liuainesu,
To admit the horde of receives deposit* subject tochers, pays
a* the SC.OiHi.tMXi bill of two year* inferior road* will have to dig up have Iss-n very largely due to the moving.
L.-i««
the cost either In a heavier lieen- * agitation by men of foreign birth, foreign labor, which si-em* rea«ly to interest on time depots.
ago.
travelers
checks
and
draft*,
and
*n
hi*
auto
or
an
inervawd
tax
on
men
w
ho
could
not
speak
<>ur
lan
come, to but to aggravate the lalxir
The Tribune believes a bill of this
mikci rolhw'tlonn.
guage with understandable fluency. unrest which will soon be at hand.
character will not be endorsed by hi* farm.
Yet *u> h men have fomented labor
It
is
urge«)
in
favor
of
paving
the
This is a mutter which only cong
the people. The people are willing
strikes,
an«l
unl«-M
overawed
by
tourist
mads
that
Portland
|>ays
4u
ress
can take can- <4
While cong-
to vote l>ond* for road building but
per
cent
of
our
state
tax.
*
and
there
P
«w«-r.
transgress
our
laws
with
im
rmmen
who«*«
constituency
is large-
they are unwilling to place the ex
punity.
for*
should
lie
favored
with
j«»y
rid-
I
ly
foreign
l»orn
may
l«e
somewhat
penditure thereof in the hund* of a
The great war has disclosed the timid or itackward in taking up the
mad commission which to disposed ing highways to the seaside, Cali
fact
that we have granted citizen matter, they should f«-el that pres
Walter Bilyeu, Prop
fornia,
etc
The
peopl«-
can
re»|i<>n«l
to favor («articular localitie* a* the
ship
to
men
and
women
of
German
Phone 6-515
to
this
argument
bv
simply
n»king
ervation
of
out
industrial
concerns
present »late road commission ha*
| in peace and harmony is of vastly
birth
who
have
neve*
at
heart
re-
where
'would
Portland
l>r
without
MAol.
meets Al l. i rains
done.
r««une>
I
fealty
to
the
land
of
their
the
farmer
and
lumliermen;
or
what
Lwave* Scio Po*tofti<<-
more imiM«rtance than their own re-
Every county in the state is obli
One such mi»fit citizen who «flection. It is a call for unselfish at 7:10 a m arid 5«) p m for West Sei«.
gated for the <6.000,000 bond issue would her future t«e without them-' birth
•nd 12:45 p tn for Munkors
but very few of the counties have But in effect she is saying to the has grown rich by the opportunities patriotism upon th«- American cong
received any Is-neflt therefrom The farmer: If you want go««I mads, Amema ha* furni*h«-d, who ha* en- ressman
S6.000.000 fund will lie practically hard surface roads if you plea «-. j>«y«-<! the protection of American
"Making a Newspaper.”
exhausted with the road activities build them and supply the lalxir and i law*, is <«n trial in Portland liefore
Rea! Estate liroi, er
of the present vear. The only coun- money for that purpose yourwlv«-*: the I’ S district court for espion-
and ¡Votary Public
Under the above caption W. li.
All such men as Henry Alber*
ties to derive Ix-nefit are thorn* thru but you must |>ay 60 per cent of age
which the Columbia and Pacific high the cost for paving road* on which *«-en - t<> have U-en dearly proven Horoibrook, wh<> has retired a* < OW-
Railroad I ime I able
4
H. B. CHESS
Attorney •« Law
MUMvEKS and WEST
SCIO STAGE
Riley Shelton
way* run*. such counties as ('rook,
Wallowa. Grant. Malheur. Coos.
Curry. Lincoln and several others,
have not nor will not receive a cent's
worth of benefit, yet these counties
are obligated for their share of the
bond* just the same.
Now it is proposed to authorize a
$10.000.000 bond issue along the
same lines and under a state com
mission similar to that which we
now have. The present commission
may suit Portland but it dm-* not
suit the rest of the state.
The people are willing to vote
bond* but they must have some sort
of an equitable distribution of the
proceed*
One county is not will
ing to be taxed to build boulevard*
in other counties, They want and
must have something like a square
to l«e. should never have lieen per- ner. editor and manager of the Al-
mitted to land upon American soil.' bany Democrat, pay* his respect* to
In such ca*.-« an ounce of prevention Edgar B. Biper. managing editor of
the Portland Oregonian.
The «-di-
is worth pound* of cure.
Th«- period h** now arrived when torlal article of the Democrat fol
we must as a nation, curtail the en- lows:
In the pawling of II. L. I'ittock
trance of all such undesirable emi-
Oregon
lose* one of it* most suc
grant*
All such wh«i neck to lan<!
«n our shhr«-* and afterward* ask cessful publisher* and a man who
the boon of American citizenship, ha* been closely identified with the
should lie required to give a bond growth and development of the state
THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE.
that they would lie loyal American for more than half * century Those
who were clow-ly a»» wiated with
citizens an«l <»l«ey her laws
When Henry AI tier* was admilte«l him vouch for hi* integrity, hi* bus-
Some of the state bonding enthu
siast* in the legislature are content- t<> full An>«-ri«*an citizenship he sub- iness ability and a pleasing person-
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___ alt tv; and the Democrat ioin* with
that he would
plating attaching the emergency -«riled to an oath
clause to the proposoi $ 10,000.000 it loyal American citizen, obey our these friend* in expressing sorrow
law* and defend our government at the decern*« nf the founder of one
bonding measure.
against
ail enemi««*; to renounce al of the metropolitan newspapers of
beli«
vet
in
Any legislator who
legiance
to all foreign king* and po the state.
treating the people fairly ami who
Mr Pittock, however, is lietter
believe* that a* a legislator he is the tentate* and especially the emperor
of
Germany,
the
land
from
whence
known
a* a financier than a* an edi-
servant of the people, will oppose
tor.
He
was the bu*>n«xs brain* of
denying the people the right to ex he came.
1 he testimony produced show* the newspaper organization which he
press themselves upon the matter
The intent of the emergency that he ha* wilfully and grossly vio- founded rather than the editorial
Certainly hi* citi- chief. It was the late Harvey Scott
when enscte«l was to use the emer- j lat«d this oath
gency clause only when the emer- zenship should be cancelled, his pro , who made tile Oregonian a great
genev actually existed.
But now pertv l«e confiscated ami he be de- new*pa|>er and it has since l>een d< •
pendent upon the memory of th.*
•ome of our astute legislator poli por I to the land of hi* birth.
distinguished
journalist for it* pi«
A"
I
a
-
have
perhaps
thousand*
tician* seem inclined to use it simply
tige
and
place
in the editorial sun.
of
other
such
citizen*
lea*
prominent
to defeat the referendum They thus
If
the
late
owner
had any weak
place themselves in the atlitwle of who arc Am«-rican citizen* with a
ness
it
wa*
hi*
inability
to sense ge
master* rather than servant* of the mental reservation.
They are all
nius
and
to
attract
to
hi*
paper an
people
perjuier* and are unworthy of Am
editorial
writer
who
could
I ke the
in the matter of the $10.000.mMi erican citizenship,
place
of
the
man
who
made
the Or
bonding measure there is no pre-
Now it is said thousand* of Ger-
tense that an emergency actually mana who have engaged in th* great egonian a vital force in th«- state.
When Mr. Scott edited the Ore
•xista. The money arising from the war against civilization contemplate
«ale of the bonda would not proba- coming to America aa *oon as the gonian it wa* the editorial page that
bly be used within th* period of two peace term* are signed and econ attracted aubscritwr*. Since Elgar
B Piper as»um«*d charge it is the
year»; certainly not within one year. omi<- conditions become normal.
If during either period the people
* ’ll we do not want *ueh men a* pr«*ss dispatches, the local new* and
we can take our joy rid«-* and which
will attract tourist* to our state
who win spend money in Portland.
He fair about this bonding meas
ure gentlemen; support the han«l
which feed* you first and then look
out for your person*! pleasures
Simply because you have the power
do not use it for selfish pur|*«w*
deal.
The S6.000.000 has lieen expend-
ed, that is to say the main portion
of it. in a very limited |»art of the
state. Portland has a joy riding
road down to Seaside and will when
the fund i* expended have a tourist
roadway to California.
Hut the
value of these roads which parallel
railway lines are not a* valuable in
a commercial sense a* ar* highway*
which ar* the only mean* of traffic;
tn othei word* the so called trunk
lines or road* are mainly for auto
mobile use and are competitive to
the railwaft.
We need the railroad* and can
scarcely get along without them un
der modern condition*.
We also
want a* good service from them and
a* cheaply a* possible. We would
ci. :ly in their heart* "one* a the prestige won during the time
not favor the building of a parallel wished to invoke the referendum sat
they
would
not
be
denied
the
privil-
German
always a German." They of Scott that make* the Oregonian
railway line, say with the Southern
egr
of
doing
so.
Otherwuw
the
,
never
would
lieenme dependable at- (
(Continued on page 4.)
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