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sell their holdings and
THE SCIO TRIBUNE meat,
where taxes are levs burdensome.
IJMI.'KP KVKKV THURSDAY BY
T. L. UUGGBM. KPITUR AND rm>r
Entered at the tswtoffice at Scio.
Oregon as second class matter.
BUBMCRIFHON. IN AUVANCR
BIX MONTHS
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Adverlisa-tnenta shoukl rrach lina office .
hot laler than Tue-lay lo inauri- pubi» I
rat io» In thè currv-nt issue.
All foreign advertisemrnts must be ,
pal-i for in mirar1 «• of publlcation.
gn
In view of the present extrava
gant ideas and visionary scheme«
people should think seriously l*fore
- they authorize the limit ot
< md»bt-
2
!edne«s to be raised fr<»m . to 4 per
We are
cent on tax valuations,
trying to go too fast and the 2 per
cent safety valve should I lie hei«!
onto with grtmnesa.
Of course paved roads. fine pub-
lie buildings, etc., are very nice and
to those who pay but small if any
taxes seem absolutely necessary.
Yet we had bettor do with fewer of
th«Me things than to incur a tax bur
den which will liecume a block to
progress
_______
ARE GETTING SCARED
Congressmen during the holiday
I recess are learning a few things.
’ They are hobnobbing with their con-
stiturncies and they have found out
that the pigeonholing of the treaty
' and covenant of the league of na-
’ tions was a moat unwise thing t >.
•ret
IJ
I Ml
t'n RED CROSS CALLS
R-a ARMISTICE WEEK
Membership Rather Than Mon
ey Is Asked to Complete
War Relief.
times greater than the losses of our
nation In a year and a half of war,
hundreds of thousands of people la
th» prm. of life dio lo the l mied
8 tn tea every year from wholly pro
rentable diseases
This la noi hi ng
abort of a disaster which is a roat.au
Ing on» and will he ¡«.mancai unless
the people cooperate with one ao
other to use the ku wledge and wealth
already in eval--• to bring th» na
Jhi/
nOìO®
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor-
tare, adv’.s-s losanbrrry growers here
sfter to delay pia- Ing their vines on
ths trellis until spring to prevent
tree* I ng Leal» adv-»»ted thia sever
al years ‘ago
The 4ub>ret has tvecn
brought aharply to
I -the attention' of
growers by th<- r« ■ nt unusually cold.
weather whlrh fro*- many aerea of
file valley that
B'f wish to express our sincere thanks and
’hak» «'f more
appreciation for all favors extended to us by
our friends and patrons who helped us make
our store and business u hat it is today.
N't' extend to you our best wishes for the
coming Christmas and the New Year, ¡920,
Jk-l-son. Red
a>l il<-<>rge L
agricultural
i‘hr the aril
;k“t the mm
fly the pro
•« d for Ihr
BEST
available
COPY
nrr-TVTTT wTT
whose ruddy, optimistic c<-i(it»uan< <
waa clothed with ruddy board, asked
ths Red Cross chairman If he had an
other button like the one he wore
The chairman gave him his own
“I
have twelve children," esplalned the
man
"I gave iny button to the
twelfth, a new arrival, this morning
When I have anything good the whole
family must come in on It."
Sheep for Sale
Hilt-
<>14
mid new customers, gelling
firtit-claita meat at the moat
reasonable prices.
Ue buy \s-a| Ilogs ami
Hide«, paying good prices.
Give Us a Call
*■*»>«■ L—
s^.., r»»,
H. B. CHESS
I have 900 head of go-«! young
stock ewes
Them- ewes are all
healthy anti in good condition. Will
sell any numlier from 10 head up.
Otta» so StatwM st
tata»
Now if you haven’t got the money
that doesn't make any difference, if
you have plenty of feed to carry
them. I will let you have them at
Real hítale Rroi( er
115 per head, payable the first of
October. 1920. These ewea ought
and botarci Public
to pay for themselves under ordinary
luck, the first year.
^dbitrath ObluintJ. fxamktd
V. J I’HII.II’I’I.
20 Nt
Scio, t > reg on. CIO
,
OREGON
Attorney «1 Law
Riley Shelton
If there has twen a cookstove ex-
plosion in Scio we have not heard of
it, J. F. Wraely's water ay-tern
waa put out of commission and
melted snow furnished the water
aupply.
Morrison & Lowe
UNDER TAKE. ILS
Calls Attended to l’r..mptly
Duv or Night
SCIO
OREGON
8UNNYBROOK.
Now that the dairyman ia depend-
ing on dry feed to keep up the milk
flow in his herd, is the time to mix
a high protein feed with that ensil
age. and Sunnybrook is that kind of
a feed and will tmy good returns
on the investment
We think there
ia no feed on the market that has
the equal of Sunnybrook in digest
able protein at the same price. Du
ring the week commencing Decem
ber 29. 1919. we will sell Sunny
brook in half ton lota at S4h per ton
J. D. DENSMORE.
Our twenty year rural cr«tit plan of
loaning money to farmers, heli« you to
get out of debt. Under our form of
loan the total amount sf int> r«--<t ¡.aid
during its entire period of twenty years
is actually less than '.j per cent interest
Write us for booklet.
OWEN BEAM. AgPhi.
133 Lyon St
Albany, Oregon
,
tow«
Mai
K G Warner of Pendleton waa ap
Reports of »ir»-»aiv» tlsmsgc to th-
¡H>lnt.'<l by Governor Olcott aa a mem fruit and tarry Industry of th Wil
Imr of the state livestock sanitary latuetts valley, du» to th» rst-wui fr« <
bo.vrd to succ«*d the late J. N. Bur Ins weath- r. w«-re empbatl - : <1- i .1
gews
at RaJetn by C. I Lewis, atvrretary • t
There was one fatality duo to arel the Oregon Orowere aaaux tat Ion. an-l
d.-nt In Oregon during the week •nd V W Hrown. secretary of the Polk
ing Iv-.viuber N
The victim
County Growers association
Kspeelal-
Hwan N Mwanson. construction work ly does this denial apply to orchards
er of iiuaton.
which the evpcrta stat«- ar<- pra<-ti>ally
Thirty Filipinos, representing the unlnjure«t by the fr»'«se
Filipino student body tn Ralem. Philo
Because <»f the present «-ar shortar»
math and t'orvaltl*. assembled at Ha which is said to ta hanip«rlng many
Irm l>- tuber 3® to celebrute their na Oregon Industries anil throwing thou
tional holiday.
sands ot m>-n out of «-niployir--nt. Fr--d
H T K»steru«n. fireman on the Cal Buchtsl. chairman of th» Oretmn pub
ifornia. Oregon d Fast era railway, waa lic service commlasi«>n sent li'hgrauis
severely Injured at Klamath Fails to K 11 Alshton. regional director of
wh.-n he fell from hla engine and was t’nlted Rial«« railways at Chicago, an-l
drngg<-d 30 feet.
L. C. Gilman of tL-attl», district dlr«» -
Tony Lsttia. recently discharged or of th» f»«teral railroad admlnlatra
from th» penitentiary after serving lu tioa. urging that they aid In relieving
months for alleged alien activities dur the situation.
Ing the war. Is again under arrest, be
W P Andrews, forest valuation rn
lieved to be Insane.
glneer of the northw«<wt district, bu
Johnson H Nmlth. deputy collector reau of Internal revenue. who ha» taen
of Internal revenue at Portland, waa In Portland since last S«-pt>-intar i in
appointed f«-d»ral prohibition director connection with questionnaires by ttm
for Or< son. according to announce ber owners, haa romplet«-d hla work
metil from Washington. D C.
and will return to' Wa-hlngtnn. It C
G. Q llniwn, clerk of the state land Tbs questionnaires are now tains sent
board has recommended to the board to Washington and th«- valuation«
that CfOo.oOg of the atate school fund placed on timber lands and 11 title r
be Invested In school district bonds products will ta mad» the basts of
tearing at least & per cent Interest
Income and »ices* profits tai«w
A bill to bold the attorney general
During the period between February
r««|M>nslble for the operation of all leg t( and November 30. IBIS, enough gus
lalatlon enacted In Oregon will be sub »line was sold In Oregon to operate
mltted for the consideration of the each motor vehicle now llecased In
stat* legislature at Ils special session ' the state for a distance of approvlmat-«-
In January
ly Moo miles, baaed on an average of
Th» city of Scio has Hied applies l IS miles to each gallon of gasoline
t|on with the state engineer for the consumed according to a statement
api-ropr-dloa of 40 second-feat of wa tasued by Ham A. Koser. assistant sec
ler fr«>m Thomas creek for tbs dovel retary of state
Nearly 30,00«. non gal
•pm« u< <«f 3X boraepower for munici Ions of gasoline was sold to Oregon
pal purpose«.
motor vehicle owners during the peri
The Phea company, with processing od covered In Mr Koser's statement
plni-t« an.I head offices In Salem, has
Professor C. I Lewis, one of th*
received from a New York buyer an ‘ staff of managers for the Oregon Grow
order for BA carloads of apple cider ers Co-operative association, who has
to be delivered at the eastern attff as made a deep study Into loganberry - ui
aooo mi lb« prodact eaa M mad*
1 CX 2 O
I * 2 O
a'n land be
Prlt.eville bv
ha biggest po
|, and aanocl
lid »!»cwherv'.
oil --»m pan«
gti-’u
Capi
hi"' The In
llrd r'ross < l< a pl
suillian«-» in th» Hk '
Ision. • !.. M«.11K UP
gon *i >1 V, *-<liinrt-ig*l
In th« THIRD
CAM. No-i-mtor • 1
Artnlsllcs Day
TMIH
Crwm. th«- eresiasi r*
la rx >>rd«-4 hi»l««ry,/ >.
Mart a ll«»n <■( the A*-
will niras» lu no
huge i-..««»» for
cohtltii i. !» annual rt
.he ocr^ofl
•Imply
Amarte sn ¡--pie exresj
In th»’ l<lssla an«l st
- »moiling aa
CroMi
r<m tie 1 is » h»srt gM
Kor iIter« a«.-ns. M
the Itrd Cross, itti»
CRONH ROLL CAIA
every loyal and pul-lte
can ctllscn am--ttg the I
ber» f th« organise*!
our
at home gB^M
th- moral« of Prancq
■-arty days In the wb
Bi. i
- < f refut¡.-.-a, Ti iI ;
Im I . • fl .r< i-.- sa vw I
from < lt.-rminatloo. 11
fri- -I to th -se tatuili
whose dear ones wet*]
threw its trrm.-n-louffT
th«- fight against Infine
gr.-at i>stlong! d'.sastM
fire, and now carries on
to
v !!.-
a and
war worth having ! ***j|
'I h- ■ fiv r reason ar
I do. They find that among the pao- -
/ plfflgc ullfghince to my flog urxj
■ pie a vast majority want the treaty
the Repohll, tor uhtih it tlanjr. one
ratified.
Our republican friends
¿\ahon. in.ir-.tble. tnlh liberty ana
find that all other legislation pales
juelke for all.
into insignificance when compared
with the importance of a workable
covenant an<i league among th«* na
TAXES TVER INCREASING.
tions of the world.
When congress reassembles next
One «>f the rmnwurMi to Iw ¡>an*«H!
week
a different spirit will maintain.
upon at th«- cotiiitiff special seaaion
'Compromise
is tn the air and Sena
of the legiclatur«- is the submission
tor
lx>dgr
will
fitvl his power of con- 1. Ths War Task o' th.
of an amendment to the state con
Nut Yet Fully Prrfs,
,
trol
vanish«-«!.
stitution raising th« limit of indebt
T-
■ i »Ul! in ser >lo
Congressmen
have
been
home
and
edness fr«<m 2 to 4 |«-r cent. This
families al horn«, to M
woul«l permit th«- state to incur a found that this lieing led about bv diera not yet fully ad
debt of something more than 140.« this Massachusetts dictator is no. routine of civilian II^H
. >r c.-nvairaBll
000,1100
<>f course the basis of pleasing to the people. Nor is the sufi
this prop« -«-! debt ia the building of fact that the speC’al seosion, lasting
good roB-i« iiaved roads if you six months without accomplishing
1 anything of importance, at all pleas
pleaae.
Now everybody appreciates the ing to the people.
When hostilities cai»«-<l a great
value of hurd surfaced roads, but
hue
and cry was rai««*<i about dj^no-
when we consoler the enormous cost I
cratic
extravagance in the conduct
of extending paved roads to all por
Smelling committres
tions of th«- -tut»' on«* la forced to of the war.
-
were
appointed
which were expect««!
stand aghast at the enormous bur«
-
to
uncover
a
vast
amount of official
den of debt which will involve the
corruption.
These
committees fail
atate.
If all the properly of the state is - e<| to find any material official cor
Of course they found ex
taxe<l to build boulevards in one or ruption
more sections, the demand to build travagance. for in time of a great
the Mtn«- in all w-ctions can hardly war war material must l>e ha<! re
lie refusthl. and this means an in« gardless of cost. They found errors
debte-ln-«« of not leas than 1100.« of judgment but a most unustial
000.000. or an annual interest charge - absence of evidence of wrong doing
Now another political camiuugn
of |fi.000.000. The question ia. can
-
is
at hand and congress haa Iw-en
the pm|»-rty f the state stand the
-
unable
to unearth any great amount ur Nevai h< «pltal». thè American peo
gat!'’ Rven if the Interrai charge
pie si !l rii« « het-r. rotatori and asrv
-
of
campaign
material.
Senator
is half thia sum, which added to the
le- thr--uah th<-lr Riti «'rose
aAseasmcnt for atate, county. city, Dxlge and hie cohorts thought the
I» < > rtK 1 1 -rtlons ot thè Old World
school and road tax«-«. regular and republican party could go to the lh>- American limi Cross stili fenda
and clolix-s thè underuourlahed and
special, will make the tax burden i pimple with a defeated treaty aa a r**g< I bablea. care» for thè ag.-d and
too hi'gvv for th«' prosperity of the . warcry, would win the election.
thè infirm and assists the people of
They are now finding that they thrse dii aae ridden, famine stricken,
state.
war rav ged countries to organise
The tax burden at the present are grossly mistaken. The treaty thelr y own
Cf
nmMMirces
Hl nee the sign
time in many place« amounts to , defeat ia not a political asset. (In ini of th»Armistice, this work has
from 3 to I |. r cent on the as«e«eed the other ham! it is a heavy liability st.- sdily .!.-m»r>.-d. but II la not by any
no- ans fully Completed
valuation of the pr<>i>erty and on and from this time henceforth these
>
The Hed Cross Is the Oleaster Re
farm*, if rent«-«!, to 10 to 16 |tr treaty knifers will be busy trying to
lief Agent of ths American People.
cent of the grow income thereof. rectify their mistake.
Th-- sand efficiency with which
So if the treaty la again revived th«- l<--I Cr
The levy on Scio property from all
m»l emergency needs
< hrlstl illustrated the value
source« this year will be almve 40 «and ratified, with poasildy a few at
harmless reservations, it will be due <>f rn nwi 1<- R«d Cross organliatloa
mills.
In >- of ■! «a-t.-r. whether It be for
With the lax burden at the pres- to demands nf the people at home «st
re in the N rthweat or a great
The compromise which was impossi M
- ppi Valley floaM. the first of
ent and what it promises to be in ble before adjournment will now la-
feci . r. i-.-f will hereafter come from
the future. h«>me seekers will be found comparatively easy because
nearby «--mmunltlee, working through
leery of locating in Oregon, never- th«*«e senstora have bean! from th« ir Red Croaa chapters.
thele^« our splendid natural resour home and they will no longer be s tn Case of Epidemic Local Red
Ixtdge automatons. Thy have found
Cross OrpanKstlon le Indiapene
ces, climate, etc!
Mr. l»dge a false prophet.
able.
Th«' fact is government in Oregon
imring the Influents epidemic. Red
ia costing too much
We are simply
Cr.- - action and co-operation saved
taking on improvi-ments. building
Distribution It Important
th-- •• th<»< - and Ilves, because the Red
Cr .« was fully orgentisd la ovary
maAsive sch<v«i| buildings, elemoosin-
‘■Scientific distribution of farm community In the t’nlted State*
ary institutions, etc., that states
produce ia aa bi« and important a Against a |m««ible recurrence of In
worth in a*« •-I valuation four or
factor in profitable farmin« as scien flu- nt a thia winter end against a dan
ger of epidemic In the future, con
five times that of Or«*g<>n.
tific production.” aaysC. J McIntosh tinned unlvtr«a! membership in the
We hav«- about 40 slate commis who will bring the polic. of adver R«d Cross is .-«sentisl
sions all costtng money when not tising produce in the home ¡taper to ♦ Red Cross Psacs Program Calls
For Universal Support and Co
more (han one dozen are necewsary. the attention of farmers at Farm
' » operation.
In fact we would have a better atate ers’ Week at O. A. C.. December 29
The vmertcan Red Croes is still an
governrm-nt with fewer commissions -January). "Judicious advertising
emergency organisation. It must be
When taxation reaches a certain lowers the cost to consumers, favors reali*e«l that there la such a thing a*
point further increases are at the quicker sales, relieves the already a continuing disaster 300,000 babies
under one year of age die every year
expense of the value of property. overcrowded transportation facilities because of Ignorance; thousands of
Capital will be leery of investment; of surplus freight, an-1 keeps both mothers die unnecessarily m child
property owners will become weary money and goods in the home com birth. It to still possible for aa epl
damic like the lafluensa to take a toll
of p«*ying so heavily for govern-- munity.
wtibia a compose of a few Tsiks five
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
R N Stanfield, well known sb«-ep
man ot eaetern Oregon, has clovwd a
ira»» wttb th» Warmaprtngs Irrtgallcn
district whrrrby h- «w-ir--« for »»
years the shore line of the district'«
largs rsoervuir at a rvpurted consld ‘
»ratloa of |i0 u<’0
Th» rvwervoir or
lake will cover thousands of acres and
la midsummer and early fall the *;
with hopes that you will find us worthy of
your patronage in the future as in the past
FF p remain yours,
WESELY S GROCERY
►
♦
o
»
SCIO GARAGE
Agellt for
«aster” If
ms Not
rtly
4»i-nt Indus
Bi»a saving
,O avert the
Turk» In the
uc to Pre*.-
aS- I ¡-rod.ic
Bid. can ta
■ and bring
p -nt whets
fitoltle» will
-B President,
jgi.iv y upon
j 1-avlng its
lfle it cloar
•8. the cam
>> the Hav
mo depart-
gar Havings
|a-:s Certin
Milch must
<ttluue more
' and lite of
Mt
M meet the
vy »go ta
« le» of the
..fi ) ions will
'n Irther and
V President
ht- h-nta must
P je govern
». a
M
* and pan-
)hla time
purity of
Id." said
urlbulaa
•» —aooov >we
suits which
such demands arc ln.gtid.ul to remedy.**
The President, empha* ling the sari-
ousneaa of th« coml tlons which con-
front the c<->intr>
"VV.- ar-- ! . .
with a situ
niton which Is more Ilk ely to effect
the happiness and | pro •»peril), and
even the life, of our p.-.iple than the
war ttaelf
Wc have now rot to do
nothing leas than hr ring nttr Indus-
triea and our labor t>.. * to a norma)
basis after the g t-ntt-st upheaval
known to history, and the winter
just ahead of us n ay bring atiffer-
Ing Infinitely greater tha« the war
brought upon us If w« blunder or
fall In the pro - >
An admirable
spirit of self-aaerlth' of patriotic de-
vo t Ion. and of ««■uitnuntty action
guided and Inspired ne whlla the
Ashling waa on
We »hall need all
these now. and n ”d them In a
heightened deg re. It wo ars to ae-
ewmpllah the flri l tasks of peace
Tim are more difficult than the
tasks of war tr re compie«, lees
easily understood sud require more
Intelligence, pnllenc. o and sobriety,
We mobilised our I man power for
the Ashling, let us now mobilise our
brain power and our ronicirnces for
the reconstruction
If we fall it will
mean national disaster
The pri
mary Arst step -a to Increase pro
duction and facilitate transportation,
ao aa to make up for the destruction
wrought by the w.,r. the terrible
scarcities it crest, d and ao aa soon
a» possible relieve our people of the
cruel burden of high prl- es “
Pointing out the thrift remedy for
the situation now before the people,
the President sail!
"Only by becplnr the rest of pro
dnctlon on Its ^r- «*nt level, by In
creasing produr*'on and by rigid
economy and saving on the part of
the people ran we hope for large
derrwaaeo In the burdensome coot of
living which Sow Weighs US down**
Buy W R. R
g^—j
Ths Govvrnmsat will continus Thrift
and War Ravings Hnm¡> saleo through
ttfO. The l>?0 securitise aro la the
hands of ths engraver.
I
I
Hartford I ires, Ov rerland Cars and
Panhard 1 rucks
All Repair Work Guaran !«>«>«!
Short anti long distance hauling joba aolieitetl
OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT
Is < oniplt te nini nur
stock frosh mui <• 1< 1.1
lino of
Coffee, Spices,
('milled (foods, mui in
fact, everything Ilmried
for tin* table.
ALL KINDS OF IIAULING DONI
Short and Long Distance at
Reasonable Prices
/
6AM STOLLER Expressman
Scio Produce Company
Wants Your Business
Will pay Cash for
Poultry. Veal 1 log*. 1 lides
Will buy Cream in any quantity and pay
the highest cash price fot it.
Let us get acquainted.
If you have a grievance
make it known and we will endeavor to rectify it.
Bring U« Your Cascara Bark
We will give you a Square Deal
FRED G1SELMAN; Proprietor
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