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THE SCIO TRIBUNE
in the future.
The main thing at the present
time is to catch the rabbit, get the
LMt Kli KVKXY TH citali AY BY
m*mwy; and this can 1« d<>ne only
by the county Court developing a
r. u i><’u<iKB. Kumm anu mo?
road plan to show to the people that
Entered at the postoffice at Scio. all sections of the county are to to-
Oregon as second ciaes matter.
treated fairly. Only by providing
■ large sum of money can road
■UBIM'MirrioN. IN AllVANCB
II.Ml
building I m * prosecuU-d in ail parte
1.76 of the county simultaneously.
AT BNP O? Y MAM
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■IX MONTHN
TOO MUCH CODDLING.
AOVKRTtHING RAT»
I xjcs I advertising per line first in
The Tribune has as great admirs
sertion ...........................................10
bon
for "our boys” who carried th.
Each «utaw-quent insertion per line. .06
flag s*> honorably on tie t»attiefield«
INsplay advertising First insertion
per Inch........................................ 25 in Europe. That they did their duty
.............. 16 noNy and i«atriotieaily none will i
Advertisements should reach this office deny; but are we not indulging in
not later than Turedsy to insure publi coddling a little too much for the ‘
cation in the current issue.
good of the soldier himarin With'
All foreign advertisements must be the vast majority of them this end-' I
Each subsequent insertion
paid for in advance of publication.
/ pledge alle ghinee lo my flag uno
thè Hepnblti fot uhtth il tlandt. one
Galton,
inJtvaible,
»tlh
liberty ano
jiutke fot all
COUNTY ROAD BONDS.
are two of the m«»t weenie routes in
dr i q y
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die county and of <«>«• I
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to the producer * >f th. county
county
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A. E. Randall
make thi« »ugg.-sDon n >w, l**ok w«4l M A. Ewirqi.
I'rr’Klrnt
Vice I'm.
to your pocket t-«*k before voting
E. I». Myers. < ashler
any oon«i»
Many of us an- going
to bear a yoke that will be grievous
Mart a bank account today ami
provide for your future.
to I m - worn, no «mill numtier <>f us
You will And a check mg ac
will have long since lan-w-i on and •
count very convenient for your
will lie riding in golden chariots in '
business Iranvartams. We pay
the New Jerusulem bvforv w.* will
4"* interest on lime deposit».
make any Iriim on th.-M- good Duels
that are going to I m * built i>a»t our
HR. R. J. NICOL
d.iors.
Graduate and I iccnsrd
In th«- editorial in the Alliany
Daily Herald next morning after the
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IT I. U 1 N A H I A N
tMMwter meeting April I. the editor Cj|(tJe Tef|le<j f(>r Tuberru|O8i!|
let the cat out of the bag in this
' 'flier phone Main 526. Resilience phone
bonding scheme, he said "Al! agrr«*d
Maiu 21
that it will take several millions of
LEBANON. OREGON
dollars to properly improve all the
roads in the county, but the county
could well afford to spend five mil-1
lion dollars within the next ten year«
Arrival and I>eparturc of i’asm-nger
for good roads.*’ So I say we had
Trains
better lie cautious of what w«* start
Woodburn-Suringfield Branch
I said publicly in the Alliany meet
111^
To G m * Editor:
I wish to talk a little through the
column« of The Tritium- about good
r<>ad«. bonds, and the constitutional
amendment to be voted on in June
I also know that anyone writing or
speaking against the enthusiasm of
th«- bond issue now being urge«!
would lie unpopular.
I
I want to say at the start I am in
' favor of good roads and have la*«-n
bir 42 years. Everybody with an
ounce of gray matter in their think
tanka want good roads but people
wisely and honestly differ as to how
we «hall irrt them, but all know we
cannot get them without a large ex
penditure of money
I went to the Albany good road»
meeting and also to the lelwnon
At the«e meetings the
dling will work no injury, but to<. ' m«*«-tmg
many will conclude that they are bond meth<«d seemed to tie the only
such heroes that it is the duly of way to get money for immediate
After thinking the matter
the country to support them in idle- um *.
over I believe there is a wiser and
neas the rest of their lives.
Many of these soldier boys have more sane metho.I of building good
been at home for two or more r«>ail» than the (winding •.•heme.
The only objection <ir difficulty to
months and are yet idle with no
th«-
method I am outlining, we would
»eemmg inclination to go to work
have
n<> great amount of money thi*
nevrrtheleas there is plenty of work
year to build g<Mid road» with, only
all about them
. These young men arc supposed to the county and special levy aim««
lie physically perfect or m-arly so. ’ district» have made; but a v«»ar
and their few months in uniform rrom now taxes woultl licgin Income
with the necesnary discipline have in and g>> .4 roads building start
been beneficial to them
They have | then.
This method is thought to be bet
been the tmst fiaid and l*e»t fed sol-
diers in the world, True. Mime of ter by ail memliera of our county
them were compelled to undergo court than the Umlmg mcth.id. but
hardships, but all soldiers in all of they will be compelled to put th.
our wars have had hardship« to en bonding m< i«ur< u|M»n the Imllot in
dure. This is something every sol June if the |M-titions presented con
dier expects; it comes in the line of (am 20 |wr cent of the legal votri«
duty and most soldiers accept the in the county.
This SfiOO.OOO bonding measure if
same without a murmur.
Before th«- war then- was a short carri.-d in June, if all sold at one
age of laisir and as we have more time, would mean the payment of
industries going now than we had about >;»0,« hhi annual interest that
If they
ih«-n there is no reason why every j * '!• n«-v.-r go on the roads i
discharged soldier may not have a < <o*ly sell $200.0< hi of them this year
job. The job may not auil hi« taele that m.-am« we will pay about SIO,
in every instance. but he should take (MHi interest; $200,000 sold the sec
on the job he can net until he ran ond vear and the same amount the
find one to hia liking
To simply «it third year, that means we have |taid
Railroad 1 ime I able
ing I would vote for tmnds. At that
the Import of the constitutional
amendment did not appear to me
but since then in thinking it all over
I believe th.- constitutional amend
ment Would I m - the ln-lter thing to 1
I
pa» at the June election than the
I m .nd i ng m«*Musr and with which a
majority of the |M->ple would be
belter satisfied tn the end.
My obser»ation on this bonding \
busin«-» has la-vn that the payment |
of them has never worked out ac-1
cording to the calculations made I
when they were iwiued. Sime 25 j
or 30 years agi ihe city of Alliany |
WEST SCIO
North
South
7:55 am.
5:09 p.m.
Corvallis & Eastern
MUN KEILS
To Albany
H: 11 am
To Detroit
m p m
Motor servio- discontinued.
Linn county people want good
roads; there is no doubt almut that
They are willing to tax themselves
to any reasonable extent, which will
not tie oppressive, to accomplish
bonded itself for |7 o .(MIO to build a|
that result
(iridge. They have |mid flirt.OOO in
For many years the annual tax
interest and the |75.( mhi 1« not |>aid
plan has obtained
There has been
If th«- people <»f Ijnn county think
expended annually from IlbO.lHHito
iMindmg
the county is the l»-»t. and
S150.(MH) on roads, but the result
paying
u*el«*tm
interest is a good
has not given us mails such as the
Walter Bilyeu, Prop
thing
and
the
court
is ci»mp«>ll«*d to
people desire nor what the traffic of
Plinti«- (1-515
put it on the tiallol in June, I would
the present «lay demands
The use
STAGI Mi l TS Al t. FRAINA
suggest they put on the rmergeney
of automobiles and auto trucks has
l**-HV< •» Scio PiMtofiici-
daum "that life, lilierty and th«- Bt 7:10 a tn bik I r> .«o p m for W.„i Sen.
proven that wb must construct high
pursuit of pleasure will I m - greatlj
and I2:4ó pin for Munkcra
ways of greater rvaiatance to wear
en<iangert*<i
it
it
do»-«
n<
t
i>a»
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than those we now have. For this
Hop«ng thi» little talk in th«- col
reason the (ample are willing to re
umns
of The Tribune will I m - worthy i
sort to county leinds in order to se-
of
some
cufwideraUon by thorn- who i
Real hílale Rroi( er
cure a large um of money so that a down and loaf is dangerous, for l.mf- ,n mter< »t in the thr.-e years >30.-
general system of mad» suitable to mg is a habit easily formci.
and \ i duri/ Rubhc
000. not a dollar «if which would go real it. I «in sino-rely and truly for
Ge«>. L Sutherland
present day needs can be pushed to
So. soldier friend, when you have toward building gmid roads in our good ruwls.
rapid completion.
had a few weeks of visiting your county
Ibilratt» Obtained, ¿uinúned
One of the chief reasons why r<»ad relatives and friends get a job. if >
1‘here is a large amount of th« L C. Peery on $600;(MM) Bone'*.
construction of the past has accom you cannot find one In the city Ro w> alth in this county invv«t«*<l in To the Honorable (’ .un’y <«>urt,
KIO
OREGON
plish^! so little for the labor ami to the smaller towns or to the coun- w*r lM.n.1» that will escape taxation
ljnn County.
money expended was the lack of try where the work is. Wages are
Gentlemen;
proper tools.
Our county courts high, and except on the farm eight constitutional amendment carries
seem to have thought that lax mon hours constitute adav’s work. More ih«-M- bon i» will tinnir to the party
The suer. «» of the IGuO.iMJO Iw.nd*
eys could not I m - »|>ared to purchase over, your friends will plac«- a high- *'h'‘
them Ij per cent semi- ing issue seems to hinge on two
UNDERTAKERS
expensive up-to-date mad machinery er «-stimate on you by your getting Annual intereal which, owint/ to the
point», namely, hard surfacing and
< all.« Attended to Promptly
aside fmm a few read graders and down to business in a reasonable fact that th«*y are not taxable, is
a dear understanding anting voters
Dav or Night
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rock crushers. With 5600,000 avail time.
lietier than loaning money at 6 IHT as to what road« nrv lobe improved.
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able this lack can be remedied.
cent annual inler«*at.
OREGON
Thea- two points made clear and th«-
The Tillamnok Headlight and the
The people, however, will not sup
Another mcth.id of making the succvs« of the measure «c«-m«assured i
port the bond measure, that is to Seaside Signal, two newspapers pub rich richer anti the poor poorer; the
Should hard surfacing be «dimt-1
say a majority of them, unless they lished within the w>und of the Pacific farmer and prislucer «tea not have
nat«xi it is doubtful if the measure
know beforehand how and where the ocean surf, are on our exchange ta much ui*.>r> which h«* car. «•acatM- tax
will carry. In order to reach the
/ICC7/O5EAH
money Is to lie expended. Each por ble thi# week. Both of these papers ation and I really tw- <«-v« the easiest
support of th.«»«- in favor of hard ■
tion of the county must receive an are strong boosters for the Roose and ls-«t ulan is to v -te against the
surfacing I would suggest that a W a TERI/ mi
OREGON
equitable share.
When this fact is velt highway, as one would supoose bond m«-a»urw if pi >ced upon the
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i-ko«. u» s > m ttass
minimum of ten miles of hard sur ». r. UN*i
made plain the kind measure will For that matter, anyone should I m * a ballot in Jun«* thus eliminating the
face le included in the plan. This Sale dates arranged for at The Scio
booster for this highway; in fact payment of interest on tomd», ami
win out.
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ten mile« tn be divided a*M>ut equally
Tribune Office. Scio. Ore.
It is «aid the county court is pre the government could well afford to vote for th«* constituí i nal amend
on the thr«-e mam r «ads, respect-
build
thia
highway
without
any
help
paring a road map showing what
ment giving the coun tóe power to ively leading from Brownsville to
roads are to be improved. This map fmm Oregon as the cheapest method levy whatever amount they see fit
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I UVANT
Halsey; from Ijebation to Alliany,
should be electrotyped so that it can of protecting the coast from a for for giod roads eon» r j.-imn; let it
and from Scio to Albany, via the
There tw a 5 or a lu-mills levy on the as-
be published in the county newt pa eign foe or from smugglers
shortest route to the Pacific high-'
a>l 2 New First Sationa) Rank bldg.
pers. If it is shown that a fair and are Tillamook. Yaquina. Si lets, Coos M-iw- i valuation of the c iunty.
way. The remaining approximate
just disposition of the money is to and other bays which could Is* use-1
In this way every doll ir would go 190 miles, as indicated on the road
’ »l?l » ; on
be made they will willingly shoulder in landing troops, or convenient for toward con»tructing g
I r««ds and map. to be improved with maca.1 .m
the smuggler.
A good highway no uselcMi amount go m o the lamd-
the burden.
or gravel as th«- n«-vds <.f the cam
While it is not expected to do paralleling the coast would enable a holders* (wickets in inter al.
demand.
much paving from this fund a start comoaratively small force to protect
There is on«- thing .«•« >ul which I
If this arrangement i« adopt. «1
the entire coast of Oregon, in fact
should be made on the mads which
have a hunch and ¡«--I alaiolutely
and the road map showing the «a «
a road should parallel our entire
Dur tw< tj • ur rural credit plan of
carry the heaviest traffic, somewhat
Pacific coast; it would be the cheap certain: When thn • iding busi- is published not only in every m • « ioutitng money to farmer«. helps you to
on the plan proposed by E C. Peery est (ossible fortification.
new is once slart«*d w«- ill I* much,
l»ar>er in the county, nut m circular gel out of <lebt. Under our form of
elsewhere in this paper.
mor«- ph-ain-d to hav* tl em stopped
form as well, with full e»planaliun loan the total amount of interest I «aid
Such roaiis as ours leading fmm
Jake Bilyeu, the bachelor, of Crab than we were to have them started. of its meaning, 1 am confident the during its entire (M-riod of twenty years
is actually less (baa percent interest.
Scio to West Scio should be paved tree. waa over Saturday for the pur-
|»ok how these re els are laid out
bond« will carry by a substantial
Write tta for booklet.
for macadam would last but a few | xmw he Mid to buy some tool» with to tw* built; one para», b-ig the C. A
majority at the June el«*ctmn.
years when it would have to be re which to work. We ate a little nr E R. R. to Lyons up the North
OMEN BEAM. Agent.
On the other hand, if we do not
built. Likewise a mad from Leba pietoue about this work proposition, Sant lam. The L«d>a> >-n people are
make our position char the lack of
LU Lyon St
non to Albany and another from but until It ia proven that Jake won't very anxious that om »ball be built
understanding and team work on
Brownsville to Halsey. Of course work we will have to accept hie from there to Get .-nd.irfrr Soda
Albany, Oregon
the part of those who favor the
thia paving cannot be fully com- i ■latrment
He say» that »2 per Springs up the South Santiam and
bonds may allow th«* oppurition loan
pis ted from this fund but the start < cord at the price be ireta for cutting extend on acr.Ms the mountain» into
distort the truth as to defeat the
Advertise in The Scio Tribune and get
would be made and can be Anultod 1i «•rood-growth Ar.
I Jefferson and t *r««uk counI ms . which measure at the pill«
H. B. CHESS
Attorney at Law
MUNKERSandWEST
SCIO STAGE
Riley Shelton
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Morrison & Lowe
H. C. ROLOFF
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HUflAL CREIMI IOANS
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c PKonr.