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Entered at the noatoAee at Scio,
Oregon as second class matter.
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Hence the spirit which prompts
us to wish happiness to our friends
and others, is a happy one It gives
joy to the wisher and wish««
Ami
the Christmas tree. W hat man or
woman cannot hark back to child
hood days and the joy and happiness
which revolved around theChristmas
tree. How excited we were as we
assembled at the church or school
house on the evening of Decernlwr
24. How our little hearts beat with
the joy of expectation.
Nor is the Christmas tree greatly
different from that of our childhood.
The children of today seem to enjoy
the occasion as royally as we did in
the days when we were kids
Of course the fabled Santa Claus
Is a myth, but if a myth what a
lovely one to childhood. And what
great expectations fill the minds of
the little lx>ys and girls who hang
up their stockings Christmas eve. j
/ plejgr allegiance Io my flag ana
the Hepuhlk for which it »tondi, one And what joy it is to the parents
tifai ion, InJtettible. »ilh liberty ana who are able to make their children
I tut ice fur all.
happy with a small money cost.
And how joyously the boy or girl
SCIO. OREGON. DEC. 23. 1WO
calls out “Christmas gift” to the
relative or friend. It la thia Christ-
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
tn as spirit which brings joy and hap
(*hristmas-tide is again with its piness to almost everyone for ae all
good cheer, mqieeialiy to th® young like to l>e happy and make others
folks and children. It is the time around u» happy. Ami th«- simple
of year for g’>od wishes and to mak«- words ’ Merry Christmas” coat us
others about us feel just a little nothing and bring a waim glow to
happier than at other U imi of the the hearts of Ixith ourselves and
friends. In this spirit The Tribune
year.
Christmas has l>een adopttvl by editor an<l office force wishes each
Christian churches as the annivers and everyone of its renders a merry
ary of the birth of Christ
This is and joyous Christmas.
farmer has to sell ia a wrong time
to increase the salaries of tearlier»
or official«
The laixsr wage has
declined from 20 to 25 per cent and
is sure to slide downward still lower,
as will be the case with skilled me
chanics. and teacher«* salaries should
trend downward as well rather than
upward.
The law of supply ami demand
should ami does apply in this mat
ter.
In war time when teachers
were scarce they demanded and re
ceived better wages
Rut to fix an
arbitrary salary l>ase«i upon flush
times is m>t fair to taxpayers who
have to find the money with which
to pay them.
We hope our legislators will view
this matter from a practical stand*
point and not sutler a political
clique <>t school teachers to brow
beat them into doing an unwise act.
HAVE HARD JOB.
0>rrrtint|5
in rinse mir books at the
rub of
>
the near tintinnii expressing hearty
appreciation fur the business aub
kiitb acts mm babe entrusteb tn us
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hnmlb lentie a bebt lutpaib
t
IHr
our best lineile« fur a
Jtirrry (Lhrishit.is
aiib a Happy Nrfo Tirar.
iyittrrrdu yours,
The Oregon legislature to aaaein-
bl® at Salem next month has a hard
job ahead. It will lie expected to
appropriate large sum« of money
usually by non taxpayers, while the
people who will have th« bills to
pay expect the members to answer
“No** to all bills which call for the
s|x-ndmg of money.
Alx>ut the hardest “No** to MV
will lie to the demand for the soldier
bonus
Their patriotism will be ap
pealed to and very forcibly too. But
boys, thia ap|«-ni should not be made
to the state but to the general gov
ernment.
Uncle Sam demanded
your service« and to him you should
look tu requite your aerviex-a.
J. F. WESELY
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‘•rri<>NS
Psssiiox>
•'«.ssTris-
J. J.Barnes, W. F. Gill,
J a Bilysa, J R Bavaaa,
Mr» Jennie Wxrniw
W F. (.ill
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Our Flour is as good as any made in
the Willamette Valley
not proliably true. The exact date
of his birth is not known though the
ATMF X./r.A
GU.11MXTEED
THE SEQUEL
l>est writers and thinkers place it
Ww «I- as <.»• i.sral Custom MlllIrtM Rusines«
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W|y«al
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anti
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for
some time in the spring.
rigur
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Fiatisi for Busina«« «sr»4 Will
Traal You Right
The demand to lx- made upon the
(Inly a few months ago the people
Christinas owes its real origin *o
voted a millage tax of two mills to' state is purr graft, nothing more
people generally known as heathens.
support the elementary schools The nor less. You are simply trying to
Al least they were not lielievers in
proposition l<K>ke<l so fair that the exploit the patriotism of the people
Christ, for he was yet unknown to
N<>w is tliw rune to Purchase Your
Fully half of you never
p«*<>ple took hold of it readily. They I of Oregon
them.
,
snielltxi
the
powder
of
a
hostile
gun
said nearlv every ach<x>l district lev
These people had observed that
ies a stMrcial tax for its «chool and and were in the service but a short
Ask th« <■ well known men why they purchased our plant:
the sun seemed to travel south con
ihey can make the diatrict levy two time. Yet we are told that these
I II. Coix-lsii I. Crabtrv«-; Win. Volkman, Crabtree- Walter Blackbum.
tinually until a certain date, then
HciO: ••«■ory. Schk-nh, frabtn-e. O. B. Kecbier, Lebanon; Walter Po
mills less
Also the school tax would soldiers who never saw a hostile flag
start back northward about I k-ce oi
land. Sh«<!d. Ami many others.
I m - largely incroam-d on timl>er lands, are the loudest in their demands.
lier 25. This date is wrong, for the
Paul Automatic Water Systems
etc. The teachers argu«-d that dis
Now as a matter of fact, boys,
sun begins the return northward
tricts could pay them larger salaries you were |>aid more than four limes
Peri«- tun Milking Machine« (Nature s Milker)
two days earlier. Early calendars
This two-mill school tax is the main the wage of the Civil war soldier,
were defective and the two days
/Xnkrr F lol th Ctcam Separators.
1 he Only Self Bal
cause of the increase of the state when we consider the depreciated
seemingly lost were due to wrong
at ted Bowl
lax
But if we make our disttict greenback. You were better fed
calculation*
special
tax two mills lower the total and better housed. Yet the Civil
EJetlhc \l »ring by Licensed and Bonded Men—Estimate«
These heathens were sun worship
sum
of
our
taxes
will
not
l»e
very
Cheerfully Furnished
war
veteran
who
came
home
able
tiers. As the sun furnished light
largely incrx*a>M*d. Hut the sequel bodied never wiu recognized until
and heat which caused the giowth
THE ELECTRIC STORE Inc.
ia now bobbing 50 years after the close of the war.
of vegetation, whicii was necvwury of thia millage tax
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ALBANY.
Old I» 0. Building
to sustain the lives of themselves up.
No, boys, wait a few years until
Teachers’ salaries
and flocks they assumed that the sun
Uncle Sam gets his breath and ar
terially
increased during the ;>a*t ranges for the great cost of the war.
was the father of creation; and they
had some reason tu form such con year, but they are not satisfied with You are already being cared for in
the raise. We are told that teach a way the Civil war veteran never
clusion.
ers are promoting a bill to l»e sub I
rHE HOUSE OF QUAUT1
Hence they made December 25 a
dreamed of. You are being edu
festal day amt devoted it to feasting mitted to the legislature at its next cated. taught trades or professions, ’ Carrie« a line of the t>«-«t feeds on the market, knowing from ■ »[«rience ’
silty
the iaapwtant point to cun»id«-r in buying feed
»«MMion making the minimum »alarv the injured being cared for. etc. * a>
and rejoicing and observed it annu
■ ;
ally for '
g hen or young stock.
.
not lesa than $15u per month. This The Civil war veteran was never
W a-o.
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hts.-r's Blind Fiour « strictly Montana hanl 1
ally.
j
We need and ark your patronage.
means that no district, large or coddled in this manner- You ate ' *
Some three centuries later Cone-
small,
may
pay
a
lets
salary
than
simply asking too much from the
J D. DENSMORE
fantine, the Roman emperor, thot
thia sum. A daily wage of $7.50
class of people who stayed at home
to organic the Christian church, or
>waeeeeeeeee»eeee»ee-»»oooeeee>eeoeee»»eeeeee«eoeeeooa
a laxly of people who accepted Christ l>er dav for <> hour«' work and the and produced grub for you; who are
numerous holidays thrown in. and
as the son of God. As the exact
less able bodied than you, and who
date of his birth was unknown the these holidays seem to come very are just as deserving as you are
wise men whom Constantine assem frrquentlv.
Wait a »pell. The Tribune admits
The Tribune favors paving teach
bled in congress at Nicr. fixed the
your cause is deserving and the
ers an adequate salary. Hut the size
dale to occur on the great heathen
country has great respect for you.
of the salary should tie bawd upon
holiday. December 25.
But when you assault congress or
merit.
Some teachers are well
This action had a double purpose;
the stab- legislature you lower your
worth $150 i>er month whil«- others
to fix an exact date for the birth of
selves in tho • stimation of congress,
are not worth half that sum. and
the savior of the world, and to bring
legislature and people.
an influence to tiear uix>n these hea there are still others who arc dear
The government paid you every
thens or sun worshipper». No reas at any price.
cent she agreed to pay in money
The law now protects t«»acheni in good as gold. Any other pay you
onable objection could or can be
resigning
their contracts for nearly may get from the government will
found to this action. The people
any
old
excuse.
But if the school I m - due to the gratitude of the peo
then nor do they now know the true
board
deems
it
for
the best interest ple
date. Th* only data they had to
Rut don't go after it from
jL AS
of
the
sc
I
mmi
I
to
discharge
a teacher state or nation with a demand, for
work from were the legends and
writings handed down from father for cause, too often the teacher can if you do you will injure your own
to son during the three centuries collect the «alary for the full ternr. cause.
The United State« has never for
Which had claimed,
Reside«, the of contract.
edicts of Constantine had great in
It is a p«x>r rule which does not gotten her soldier« of anv of her
fluence upon the minds of the mass w >rk both ways. A teacher of merit wars.
She has granted pensions,
es of the people which were densely is rarely discharged, and there arc provided horn««« and fomi for those
I las the I lixxl, Racine, Ajax 1 ires and l ubes
ignorant. In fact the people of that many inferior teachers who hold who would accept and favored them
] [
I he Shell. Monogram and Monomobile Oils
day were but little removed from their jobs by virtue of their con In many ways. In due time the sol
I he Detroit Batteries - Battery Service Station
tracts only.
Moreover, the really diers of th«* European wsr will he
the animal creation.
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ALL KINDS OF REPAIR WORK
Rut whatever the date may be it meritoriou« teachers hold down the recognize*«] and cared for, We honor
J ;
Electrical Work a Specialty
is the t.'hristmas «|»irit which counts job year after year.
you boys for what you have done;
W. L. COBB, Proprietor, a
—the desire to be happy and to
With the general decline of living nor was it your fault that ssne of
make others happy around us.
costa as well as for the sluff the you were not sent to France.
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