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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1919-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1920)
THE SCIO TRIBUNE UMI1KD gVKKY THCRSDAY BY r. L. DUUGIUt. KOtTOB ANO mop Entered at the ixMtoffica at Scio. Oregon as sacond class mattar. AOVKKTWINCJ KATW Local advertising per line first in .10 sertion ..... ....................... . Each subsequent insertion per lino. .06 Display B>lv*rttoing First insertion per inch ............ ............. 2f. Each sul>«o|ucnt insert ion........... .. IS Adverti»--in«-nls should reach this office not later than Tuesday to insure publi cation In the current issue All foreign advertisements must be paid for in advance of publication. I pledge ailegtanct Io my flag ana : lhe Repubih for uhkh it »lands, one gallon. inJtvuible. »ilh liberty ana ' juilkt for all TAXES EVER INCREASING. men I. sell thdr holdings and go where taxes are lens burdensome. In view of the present extrava gant ideas and visionary scheme* people should think seriously liefore they authorize lhe limit of indebt edness to be raised from 2 to 4 per cent on lax valuations Wo are trying to go too fast and the 2 per cent aafety valve should I* held onto with grimneM. Of course paved roads, fine pule lie buildings, etc., are very nice and to those who pay but small if any taxes seem absolutely necessary. Yet we had better do with fewer of them* things than to incur a tax bur den which will become a block to progress. _______ ARE GETTING SCARED (‘«»ngresamen during the holiday reress are learning a few things. They are hobnobbing with th«-ir eon- stitucncies and they have found out that the pig«-onh<»ling of the treaty ami covenant of the league of na tions was a most unwise thing ti do. They find that among the peo- pie a vast majority want th«- treaty ratified. Our republican friends find that all other legislation pales into insignificance when compared with th* importance of a workable covenant and league among the na- i tlons of the world. When congr« «» reaaaemblea next One of th«, tiicaxtires to be paasid : week a different spirit will maintain. upon at tn«' coming special session 1 <>>mpromuie is in the air and Sena of the legislature is the submission of an amendment to the state con tor Ixalge will find his power of con- stitution raising the limit of indebt- ! j trol vanished. I tlm«s creator than ths losare of our nation ta a year and a half at war. hundreds of thousands of people tn Iba pr ase of life die ia th» I nitod Btatsa »very year frost wholly pre ventable dl»re»»> Tbt« to nothing short of ■ disaster which to s cool .no on«- and will ba- |.»rn>an«-nt unless Membership Rather Than Mon Ing lhe peopto cooperáis with one an other to nee the knowledgs and wealth ey Is Asked to Complete already la estoien«« to bnn< the na War Relief. ttoo into a better day Tbe tied Croa» through Its millions of m-mber» com prising every element in every com lied Cross chapters, branches and munlly, many of them themealveo vic a i iia- «■* In the Northwestern INv inion ! 'Ising Alaska. Idaho. Ore Ums of th» foe» that cut short human goil an I Washington, will participate life and rob It of Ito sweetness, can in the THIRD RKD FROM ROLL serte nation and cotnmuiilty as can no CALI. V ■ mlw-r I to November II, other ageacy In suppl.-mmiing. rein Armistice Day The American Rod forcing, and supporting well dirreted Ct-. > th. greatest relief organisation efforto for tbe <-»mo«-rvatl<m of th« In recorded history, tbe mob*Used moot precious things in the world, heart action at th» Amtrkii poopl«.“ human life and happiness. Wilt engage ri no mor* “drives" for 6. Anierlca Hsa Bet the Pace In a World Red Cross Movement. huge »lit»» tut war relief, hut will con tin ue Its annual roll call, which la The t^-ague of Red Cross Hocl«-tlr» simply the nrcasinn on which the of all nations has b-en f< rm- 1 through Am - an p< pl- express their belief the Inspiration of the R<-«1 ('rose In It..- idnato and work of the Red achievement of ths United Blates • r> en-.dliag aa members “AU This ¡»ague has no sxecuUvo power y u i • I a a heart and a dollar whatever over th* Red <*r««ee of any Cor r '• r> »«one. say the leaders of nation, bul will extend into every na the Red Cn.sa. this THIRD RKD lion lhe benefits uf a national, volun CROtLt ROLL CALL should enroll lary Red Cross society on the A men every loyal and public spirited Amen can model, to deal with problems of can co i -n am' ng th» millions of mem health and child welfare and to cupe her» ' lhe organisation that served with the relief problems that are ao our boys at h>.me and oierseaa saved pressing over so great a part of the th' m. rale of France and Italy In our earth’s surface Through th-se organ early days In lhe war. relieved the Isallons many nations will mrei their m. lions of refugees, fed the starving own problem» which would otherwise bah • of Kumpe, saved whole nations be appealing to America for relief ar.d fmm ext« rminatlon. stood as next assistance The United Htatrs. whose friend L> those familias In America peopto have shown the world how thus whoso d<<ar ones were In the service. to rise out of despair into hope, must threw Ils ircraeiidous resources Into keep the Red Cross banner floating th. ■ ii' ® ilnst Influents, dealt with high The success or failure of this great national disasters of flood and great world inov«-ment of practical fire, tt.ii now carries on to do He part Idealism will depend largely upon the to serve America and to make the manner in which the American p«-op|e war worth having been won. answer the THIRD RKD CROSS Th« »«- five reasons ere: ROLL CALL 1 T'-e War Task of the Red Cross Is Not Yet Fully Performed. To men still In service, and to their famili.-e at home, lo discharged sol diet» r>. I yet fully adjusted to the routine of civilian life, to 10.too boys gaflvrln* or cunvaiewclug In Military .'i’7 TED CROSS CALLS fiuil ARMISTICE WEEK Congressmen have been home ami found that thia being led about bv ' this .Massachusetts dictator is no. ■ pleasing to the pe«>ple. Nor is the fact that the spec si session, lasting ' six months without accomplishing good roads iiaved roads if you anything of importance, at all pleas please. ing to the people. Now every l> lv appreciates the When hostilities rea«e«1 a great value <»f hard surfaced roads, but I when w«1 con»ider the enormous cost | i hue and cry was raised alxiut ’Wn”' of extending paved roads to all por cratic extravagance in the conduct Smelling committ«-«*» tions of the state one is forced to of the war. stand aghast at the enormous bur were appointed which were expect«*»! den of debt which will involve the to uncover a vast amount of official corruption. Th«**- committees fail- atate. If all th«- property of the state is ad to find any material official cor taxed to build boulevards in one or ruption. Of course they found ex more sections, th«- demand to build travagance. for in time of a great the sam«* in all h ctions can hardly war war material must l»e had re lie refused and this means an in gardless of cost They found errors debtedness of n«»t less than 4100.- of judgment but a moat unusual 000.000, or an annual interest charge alisenre of evidence of wrong doing Now another political campaign of S5.000.iXM). The question is. can is at hand and congress has been the |iro|. rtv of th«- »tale stand the unable to unearth any great amount or Naval hospitals, the American poo gal! ’ Even if the interest charge pie »'.II pus cheer, comfort and sort Senator is half this sum, which added to the iof campaign material. Ice throti.h their Red t'roes. In < ■ rt.i in | .rtions of the Old World aiwewxmvnt for state, county, city, Lodge and his cohorts thought the school and road taxes, regular and : republican ¡»arty could go to th«* lh<- American Red Cross still feeds and clothes the undernourished and special, will make the tax burden pt-ople with a defeated treaty as a rage d babies, cares for the aged and too heavy for th«- prosperity of the warcrv, would win the election. th.- infirm and assists the people of I They are now finding that they lb«-- .1 ■ a*«• ridden famine stricken, state warra.-'d countries to organise The tax burden at the present are groaaiy mistaken. The treaty« their own is xiri-ea Hl nee the sign time in many ¡»laces amounts tn defeat is not a political asset. On In of the Arm I at Ice. this work baa from 3 to I | r rent on the arnemed the other hand it ia a heavy liability st ..lift dwvnied. but It to not by any means fully Completed valuation of th«- property and on and from thia time henceforth th«-*«- 1 Th« Red Cross Is the Oleaster Re farms, if r«-nt«-d. to 10 to 15 ¡er treaty knifers will lie busy trying to lot Agent of the American People. cent of th«- grows income thereof. rectify their mistake. The «1 and < (ficlrncy with which So if the treaty 1s again revived the K-«l Cm-, met emergency needs The levy on Scio pr«»perty from all source« thia year will be aliove 40- nmd ratified, with possibly a few st < <> « i lirletl Illustrated the value harm)«*« reservations, it will be due <>f i itu wide Hod Croa» orsanlsatloa mills. In ■ > ■ of .|i«a»ier, whether It be for to demands of the ¡ample at home With the lax burden at the prew- eat fire in the Northwest or a treat The compromise which was itn|x>Mi i|>|>l Valley flood, the first ef ent ami what it promisee to be in ble before adjournment will now be M fret . rsltrf will hereafter come from the future, home seekers will be found comparatively easy lw«cau«v n<.<tliv •mt unties. working through leery of locating in Oregon, never- these senators have hear«i from their Rod Cross Chapters. their*-« our »¡>l«-ndid natural resour home and they will no longer be 1 In C am of Epidemic Local Red I>»dge automatons Thy have found Cross Organisation Is Indlepsne ces, climate, etc! Mr. Ixxlge a false prophet. at Is. The fact is government In Oregon Ihirtns the Influents epidemic. Red is costing too much We are simply Crov« a. tion and cooperation saved Distribution li Important taking on improvements, building three th.n and lives, because the Red was full» organised la every massive school buildings, elemooain- '‘Scientific distribution of farm Community In the Trilled Blates ary institutions, etc., that states produce is as big and important a Against a po'Mble recurrence of In worth in h >* «--ed valuation four or factor in profitable farming as scien fill. ma this winter and against a dan ger of epidemic In the future, con five times that of Oregon. tific production.” saysC J McIntosh edness from 2 t«> I ¡»er cent. This would ¡w-rmil the state to incur a debt of «omething more than 140,- 000,000. Of course the basis of this pr<>|...... I debt it th«* building of We have about 40 state commis sions all o-sting money when not more than one dozen are necessary. In fact we would have a better state government with fewer commissions When taxation reaches a certain point further increases are at the expense of the value of property. Capital will be leery of investment; property owners will become weary of pitying ao heavily for govorn- who will bring the polic. of adver tising produce in the home paper to the attention of farmers at Farm ers’ Week at O. A. C.. llecemher 19 -January 3. “Judiciousadvertising lowers the cost tn consumers, favors quicker sales, relieves the already overcrowded transportation facilities of surplus freight, and keeps both money ami goods in the home com Í munity.” ttaued universal membership in the R.<1 Cross is essential. Red Cross Peace Program Calls For Universal Support and Co • operation. The American Red Cross Is still an *m*rg*ne) organisation It must be reeiired that there is such a thing as a continuing disaster 300.000 babies under one year of age die every year becaune of ignorance, thousands of mothers die unnecessarily la child birth. it to still possible for aa epl domic like the lafluenaa to take a loll within a nunpaas of a few ~ nhs five 4 "KRYPTONS” A CHRISTMAS GIFT f«»r FATHER and MOTHER Opteme/rist ALBANY H. C. ROLOFF AUCTIONEER Public sales a specialty. Get th«- man that can get you th«- mom v ItolotT can Phon«-» i bus. t*H4. LEBANON, ORE. I res. K17. Lock Box -M6 Write or phon* me st my expense for dates. Sai» dale» a«Taaf»d 1er at Stia Tnbsaw »H k » MUKKERS and WEST SCIO STAGE Walh-r Bilvi-ti, Prop. Pliotit* 15 STAHL MELTS ALI. I HAINS - Leavers Scio Postoffice- at 7dMl a m ami 4:46 p m for West Sei«, and 1:16pm for Munkors BKYANT ATTORNEY AT LAW 301-2 New First National Hank Hldg. The R«-d Cross button is the most widely worn button in the worl«i Thirty million men and women and children in th« Ualted States now wear this emblem of countless g«x»d deeds ac«?ompllsh<*d For the third year In America comes universal op portunlty to wear IL There are many Instances of how this button, bearing upon a white background a tiny cross, has been worn and treasure«! One morning In a distant northwest county, a man whose ruddy, optimistic countenance was clothed with ruddy beard, naked the lied Cross chairman if he had an other button Ilk* the one he wore Tbe chairman gave him his own. “I have twelve children.“ «-»iilalned the man “I gave my button to th» twelfth, a new arrival, thto m -rning When I have anything r « mm 1 the whole family must com* In on It ” Sheep For Sale OREGON ALBANY Scio Meat Market HOLECHEK BROS. We want to treat iln- people right aixl will welcome old and new ctiKtomera, selling flrat-claM meat at the most reasonable price««. We Imy \s-i»l lloga and Hide*, paying gooti price*. Give Us a Call »-M, R o w«« law »sou l H. B. CHESS I have 800 head of g<««d y»>ung stock ewito Th«-a* <-w«*< are all Attorney •< Law healthy arvl in good condition. Will sell any number from 10 h*a«l up. Oto«, as t k.rw.» Si Ltoss.a, 0v» Now if y«»u haven't got th«* money that doesn't make any difference, if you have plenty of fee«! to carry them I will let you have them at Real ¡’.state Hrolfer 415 per head, payable the first of October, 192H. The»«- ewes ought and Notary Public to pay for themselves under ordinary luck, the first year. bitraih Obtained. Examined V J. PHILIPPI, 20 St Scio, Oregon. <IO , . . OREGON Riley Shelton If there has tw^-n a cwokstove ex plosion in Scio we have not heard of it. J. F. Wewly’s water ay-urn was put out of commiwion and melted snow furnished the waler •upply. _ Morrison \ Lowe UNDERTAKERS Calls Atteti<i«al to Promptly Dav <»r Night , i<CI0 - . . OREGON SUNNYHROOK. Now that th«* dairyman ia<lepend> ing on drv feed to k«*ep up the milk flow in his herd, is the time to mix a high protein feed with that ensil age. and Sunnybrook i« that kind of a feed and will nay g<»wi returns1 on the investment We think there ia no feed on the market that has the equal of Sunny brook in digeat able protein at the same ¡«rice. Du ring the week commencing Decem ber 29. 1919, we will sell .Sunny brook in half ton lota at |48 per ton. J. D DENSMORK, RURAL CREOli LOANS Our twenty year rural cre«lit ¡«Ian of loaning money to farmer«, helfe you to get out of «lebt Und« r our form of loan the total am»«unt of inter«-»! ¡»aid during Ito entire period of twenty years to actually less than *«4 prr cent interest Write u» for booklet. OWhN BEAM. Agnnl. 133 Lyon St Albany, Oregon
