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THE SCIO TRIBUNE
ment. «ell their holding* and go
where I mm are lew* burdensome
In view of the present extrava
U9HIJKD KVKKY THUMAPAY BY
gant idea« and visionary achemes
T. L. DUUUKM, KDITUM ANO PBOF
people should think seriously before
they authorize th* limit of iadrbt*
Entered at the i»mtoffice at Scio,
adneea to be rained from 2 to 4 per
Oregon a* second class matter.
We ar*
cent on tax valuation*,
trying to go too fast and the 2 per
11.76
SUIUKRIITION. IN AUVANCg
cent safety valve ahould In- held
SIX MONTH«
.•.»o
advkrtuing ratui :
Local advertising t»r line first in
sertion ........................................... 10
Esch subsequent insertion per line. .06
Dispisy adv<-rti*ing First insertion
per inch...............................
2f<
Em li eubewquMit in«crtl«m ..................16
Advertisenw-nts ahould reach this office
not later than Tueelsy to insure publi
cation In th- current imu «.
onto with grimneaa.
Of course J laved ruad*. fine pub*
lie building*, etc., are very nice and
to those who pay but »mall If any
taxes teem abaolutely necessary.
Yet we had better do with fewer of
them* thing* than to incur a tax bur
den which will become a block to
progrea*.
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ARE GETTING SCARED
All foreign advertisements must be
pai-l for in advance of publication.
Congressmen during the holiday
recess arc learning n few thing».
They are hobnobbing with their c»«n-
■tituencie* and they have found out
that the pigeonholing of th«* treaty
and covenant of the league of na
tion* was a most unwise thing t>
do. They find that among the peo
/ p/r</g< ollegi.irx e to my flag ana ple a vast majority want th«* treaty
the Republx for u’bnh it tlandt, one ¡ratified.
Our republican friendai
¿Natron. indhritlble. »ith liberty ana find that all other legislation pales
¡uilite for all.
i into insignificance when compared j
! with the importance of a workable
TAXES EVER INCREASING.
/•
I covenant and league among the na-
! tions of the wot Id.
Um»» (raster than th« losses <rf our
nation la * y«ar and a half of war;
hundred* of thousands of psupi« it>
tb« prime of Ilf« di* in the t oiled
Sts'«* «very year from wholly pr«
rentable di**«»**
Th!* Is nothing
•bort of a disaster which Is a coatiuu
Ins on* and will b* permanent uaieaa
the Jeup!« cooperate with one an
other to us« th* know led*» »nd wealth
airwady la existence to bring the na
Uon Into a better day The R«d Crow*
through Ils millions of member* com
prising every element in «very c»m
Red Cross Chapter*, branches and tn unity, many of them thema«l*«a vic
a.ni ar.** in th« Northwester* IX»
I»
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*i»iug Alaska. Idaho. Or* tlms of Ute foe* that cut short human
gon -id Washington. will participate Ilf« and rob It of Its sweetness, can
In the THIRD RED C It OSH ROLL serve nation and community ns can ao
CALL Noismber I to November IL other agency in supplementing, rein
Ann
I »ay
The American Had forcing, nod supporting w*ll-dlr«cte<:
Cr<»»» the grvaieat rvllef organ I «allow effort* for the conservation of th.
mobilltwd mo*t precious thin«« in the world,
ia recorded history. th«
heart action ■ >f the American people." human Ilfs and hsppln*»s
America Has het ths Pace In a
will engage In n<> mor« "dn»«a" for
World Red Cross Movement.
huge »urns for «ar relief, but will
continue its annual roll call, which la
The league of lied Cross Societies
•imply the occaaian on which th« of all nation* ha» been formed through
Am
an p« pl« -'ipr«aa th«lr belief the Inspiration of the lied Croas
In th« I-»is and work of the Hed achievement of th« United Htatea
Cr< . I enrolling as members "All Thia Ixsague baa no executive power
you n« 1 la a heart and a dollar **
whatever over the Red Cross of soy
f . r five r«s- .ns. say th« leaders of nation, but will rxt.-nd Into every na
th
II. I Cm.«. this THIRD RED Uon the benefits of a national, volun
('Hos t ROLL CALL should enroll tary Red Cross society on the Amerl
every loyal and public spirited Amerl can model, to deal with problem* of
can ci! . -u am ng th« millions of mem health and child welfare and to cop«
ber» of th« organisation that served with th« relief problems that are an
our I ■)• at home and overseas saved pressing over so great a part of the
th* m< rale of France and Italy In our earth's surface Through the*« organ
early days In the war. relieved tha iMtlons many nation* will meet their
m iof refuK««-». fed th« starving own problems which would otherwise
luti .» <>f I umpc. saved whole nations b« appealing to America for relief and
ft . m » it* rnonatlon. stood s* next assistance The United Ulate*. Whose
fri .! to those families In America people have shown the world how thus
wh< <> dear on»-* were In th« servie«, to rise out of despair into hope, must
thn
Its tr»m«ndous resources Into k««p the Red Cross banner floaUng
th<- fl.tii a tinsi Influent«, dealt with high
The success or failure of this
gr-s: na-
al disaster* of flood and great world movement of practical
fire, and now carries on to do Ils part Idealism will depend largely upon the
to -c-rva tm-ri-a and to make th« manner In which the American p.-.pie
war worth having l>««n wan
answer th« THIRD RED CRtiHH
Th«-»« five reason* ara:
ROLL CALL
1. The War Task of the Red Cross |*
Not Yet Fully Performed.
To ni> u still In servie«, and to their
famil . • at boma, to discharged sol
di«r* i t yet fully adjusted to the
rou'lt" >>f civilian life, lo 30.0M boys
sufi-’t
or convsieacing In Military
.'C T BED CROSS CALLS
HLl ARMISTICE WEEK
Membership Rather Than Mon
ey Is Asked to Complete
War Relief.
school and rand taxes, regular ami ■ republican party could go to the
special, will make the tax burden people with a defeated treaty as a
too heavy for the pr<m|>erity of the warerv. would win the election.
They are now finding that they
state.
The tax burden at the present are growly mistaken. The treaty
On
time in many places amounts to defeat i* not a political asset
the
other
hand
it
i*
a
heavy
liability
from 3 to I | r cent on the aswesed
valuation of the property and on and from thi* time henceforth these
farms, if rent«.I. to 10 to 16 jer treaty knifer* will lx* busy trying to
cent of the gms* income thereof rectify their mistake.
...... property .......
So if the treaty is again revived
The levy .........
>n Scio
from ...L
all
source* this year will be above 4<H«n‘< ratified, with possibly a few
harmless reservation*, it will he due,
mills
to demand* nf the people at home
With th«* tax burden at the pre*-
The compromise which was impowsi
ent and what it promis»*« to be in
ble before adjournment will now be
the future, home m-ekers will lie, found comparatively easy iMM-ause
leery >>f locating in Oregon, never-, theae senator* have heard from
theless our splendid natural resour home and they will no longer b«
Uxlge automaton*. Thy have found
ce*. climate, etc!
Mr Uxige a false prophet
The fact is government In Oregon
is costing too much
We are simply
taking on improvements, building
Distrilmtioa la Important
massne school buildings, elemoosin-
"Scientific distribution of farm
ary institutions, etc., that state* produce i* a* big and important a
worth in a« , . d valuation four or
factor in profitab! • farming as scien
five time» that of Oregon.
tific production,” *ay*('. J McIntosh
We have about 40 state commis who will bring the polic. of adver
sion* all costing money when not tising produce in the home paper to
more than one dozen are necessary. the attention of farmer* at Farm
In fact we would have a better state ers' Week at 0. A. C.. December 29
government with fewer commissions -January' •- "Judiciousadvertising
When taxation reaches a certain lower* the cost to consumers, favor*
point further increases are at the quicker *aie*. relieve* th« already
expense of the value of property. overcrowded transportation facilities
A CHRISTMAS (HET f<»r FATHER
and MOTHER
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Wh«-n congress rcaasrmblrs next
week a different spirit will maintain.
t!ompromi*e is in the air and Sena
tor Ixtdge will find hi* power of con-
, trol vanished.
Congrrasmrn have 4>een home and
found that this l»eing led about bv |
thi* Massachusetts dictator is no.
pleasing to th« |»eople. Nor is the
fact that the spec al aeaaion. lasting
six month* without accomplishing
anything of importance, at all pleas
ing to the people.
When hostilities ceaaed a great
value of hard surfaced road*, but
when we consider the anormou* coat hue and cry was raiw-i about dr>..-
of extending paved road* to all por cratic extravagance in the conduct
Smelling c-immittr.*«
tion* of the state one i* forced to of the war.
stand aghast at the enormous bur were appointed which were expect»*-!
den of <ki>i which will involve the to uncover a vast amount of official
corruption. These committee* fail
state.
If all the proprrty of the atate ia ed to find any material official cor
taxed to bui I boulevard* in one or ruption. Of course they found ex
more section», the demand to build travagance. for in tlm«* of a great
the «am- in «11 sections can hardly war war material must be had re
be refused. and this mean* an in- gardless of coat. They found errors
debtediv -■» of not less than 9100.« of judgment but a most unusual
OOO.OOtl. or an annual interest charge absence of evidence of wrong doing
Now another political campaign
of I.' i . imh ),UtHl. The question ia. can
the pro|MTtv of the state stand the i* at hand and congteaa has been
gaff? Even if the interest charge unable to unearth any great amount or Naval hwplials. th« American peo
pl« »t.ll
-« cbewr. comfort aad eerv
Senator
ia half this sum. which added to the of campaign material.
Ice through tholr Red Croaa
In ■ - rtsin i -rtiona of th« Old World
aascsement for state, county, city, i IxMlge and hl* cohort* thought the
On»- of the measures to he i >* mm *«I
upon nt the coming Special arwiion
of the legislature ia the submission
of an amendment to the state con
stitution raising the limit of indebt«
edneas from 2 to I per cent. Thi*
would permit the stat* to incur a
debt of something more than 940.-
000.IK»0
Of course the baaia of
thi* pr-qe —d debt I* the building of
good roads tmved road* if you
please
Now everyb Iv appreciate* the
KRYITOKS
Gotem e. trist.
AcaAHv o*ga.
H. C. ROLOFF
AUCTIONEER
Public sales a specialty. (Jel the man
that can get you th«- money Rokiff can
Phone. • bu*
LEBANON, ORE.
I res. N17
Lock box 3U6
Write or phone me at my - X|« r>»c for
date*.
Safe 4*1»« »rraafcd i»r at Sc«« Tnbssv »ilic»
MUNKERSand WEST
SCIO STAGE
Walter Bilveu. Prop.
Pliotie li-ol.'i
BTAUt: Mt.LTN ALL I WAINS
Leaves Scio 1‘ostofhce —
al 7 JO a tn and 4:45 p m for Went Scu.
and 1:15 pm for Munkurs
0.
BRYANT
ATTORNEY AT LAW
<901-2 New First National Bank llklg.
The H-il Cross button 1» th« most ALBANY
OREGON
widely worn button In th« world
Thirty million men and women and
children In th« United Htates now
w«ar this emblem of counties* good
deeds accomplished
For the third
year In America come* universal op
portunity to »rar It.
Th«r« ar« many ln»tanera of how
this button, bearing upon a white
back* round a liny cross. baa been
• urn and treasured One morning In We want to Iffiil the |>t*o|*le
a distant northwest county, a man right «ml will welcome old
who«« ruddy, optimistic countenance
and new fiuttomertt, Helling
was clothed with ruddy beard, asked
th« Red Cross chairman if he had an ti rat-el hhh meat at tin- inoHt
other button Ilk« the on« he wore reattonable pricea.
Th« chairman gave him hl* own "I
have twelve children,'' explained the
U e buy \«al llogu and
man
"! gave my button to the Hitlen, paying good price«.
th« American Ited Croaa still feeds twelfth, a new arrival, this morning
and cloth.-* tb« un<l«rtiouriah«d and When I have anythin* good the »hole
rae>t< -I liable«, cares for th« aged and family must come In on It."
th-- Inflrin and »«slats th« peopl« of
11— * w « m 4
«^ m , rua.
th«»« <L- 4 m - ridden, fa tn in« stricken.
warrav-K-d countries to organise
their own ie—-line* Rlnc« the sign
I have 800 head of g<««| young
Ing <>t the irmutic«. thi* work ba«
stock
ewe*.
Th.-*.- ewes ire all
st-v.llly -l«^yn«d. but It ia not by any
healthy and in good condition. Will
m- tn* fully completed
sell any number from 10 head up.
X Th* Red Cross Is ths Olaastsr Rs
OMw* sa SU vwn S«
i»u«.
Now if you haven’t got the money
lief Agent of tha Amsrican Psopl*.
that doesn't make any difference, if
Th-
d and < fflcirncy with which
you have plenty of feed to carry
th« Io-I C > « met emergency need*
at < ■ i n Christi Illustrated the value them. I will let you have them at
Real Estate Hrnlffr
of i -in .iwnle R.-d Cross organlsailoa 915 per head, payable the first of
and Notary Public
In . » •• of disaster, whether It be for October, 1920. These ewes ought
eat fir« in tb<- Northwest or a great to pay for themselves under ordinary
M
i pl Valley flood, the first «f luck, the first year.
betrat It Obtained, Examined
f« i . r.-lief will hereafter come from
V. J PHILIPP!,
nearby
tnnunitlea. working through 20 St
Scio. Oregon. <!<->
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OREGON
tb- ir Hed Cr»Nu Chapters.
a In Case of Epidemic Local Rad
If there has liven a cookstove ex
Cross Organisation 1« lndi«p«na
plosion in Scio we have not heard of
•11«.
During the influent« epidemic. Red it. J. F. Wewely’s water system
Cm»« a-lion and cooperation saved was put out of commission and
three tliov and Hr*», beta use the Red melted mow furnished the water
('alls Attended to Promptly
Ci •• was fully nrganltad la «v*ry
Dtiv or Night
supply.
community In the United State«
Against • possible r«curr»nc« of la-
SCIO
OREGON
fluents this winter snd against a dan
SUNNYBRtxiK.
g«r of epidemic In the future, con
Now that the dairyman i*depend
tlnu.-d universal membership In th«
ing <m dry feed to keep up the milk
It. d Cross !• essential
IO
Meat Market
HOLECHEK BROS.
Give Us a Call
Sheep for Sale
H. B. CHESS
Attorney ■» Law
Riley Shelton
Morrison & Lowe
UNDERTAKERS
flow in hia herd, is the time to mix |
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HURAL CREDIT LOANS
R*d Cross Psac« Program Call*
Our twenty v«ar rural crmlit plan of
a high protein feed with that ensil
For Universal Aupport and Co-
loaning money to farmer*, heljw you to
age. and Sunnyhrook ia that kind of
• operation.
a feed and will tuiy good return* get out of debt. Under <>ur form of
The American Red Croaa la atlll an
loan the total anwuint of interest paid
emergency organization. It must be on the investment. We think there during its awttrw period of twenty year*
rwalixed that there ia such a thing as ia no feed on the market that has ia actually leas than 5| per cent intereaL
a i iitmuiiig disaster too.uoo babies the equal of Sunnybrook in digest
Write us for booklet.
under one year of age die «vary year able protein at the same price. Du
um-rsm«. "tbtZmaada'of
Capital will be leery of investment; of surplus freight, ami keep* both m..th«»s die unnecessarily in child
•p.1.
property owner* will become weary money and gootia In the home com-. j?/1?1;
of pwyo.g *o heavily for govern . mumiy
ring the week commencing Decem
ber 29. 1919. we will aell .Sunny
brook in half ton lots at |4h per ton
J. D. DKNSM0RE,
OWEN BEAM. Agent.
133 Lyon St
Albany, Oregon
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