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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1919-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1921)
d I- .-a ?.«>•* u- ♦ . nn/Wi, gdhai a,. * • « we » 4 -s J» # * Wr f ' • î f C- ».«■ •. THE SCIO TRIBUNE rapidly. The daily papers are filled and almost brought to a condition with the activiti«« of criminals. of bankruptcy, was practically will There must be »»me rra»>n why ing to enter the league of nations IMUIP KVKKY THDMDAY MY T. L. IMIOUKM. KIMTUK AND PROP this condition exists. While it is which it is thought would end war. true that work is somewhat scarce when all nations could »afdy disarm. tillered at the ptwtoffiee at So« and a great many men are idle, Senators Borah, Johnson and other Oregon as second class matter. these people who are willing to work bitter enders caum*d our nation to MIIMK RimoN. IN ADVANC« 11.75 when they can get work to do. are refuse to ratify the league and cov aix N«»NTH» 100 not the criminals as a rule. The enant. criminal will not work when work is Why? AOVKUTtalNG KATW abundant and wages good. No. the Ju»t lircmuse they feared Presi Local whrvrtUtng per line first in sertion .................................. .10 crime artist wants something for dent Wii»..n and the democratic Each »utMMMjuetii Insertion per line .06 nothing an«l he proo*<>ds to «<-t it by (»arty would get a bit of crei it for Otsplay advertising First insertion >r inch.......................................... 26 holdups. dwelling <>r »tore ■ tii.A- bringing it about. subséquent insertion............... 16 Th«-se senators ciaim to l>e pro Advertisements should n-arh thia ofllc«- The punishment, if caught, iw rnsto ix»t later than Tix-»4ay to insure putii- have no terrors for him. In«l«-ed. grrsMtve republi<*ans. They are not. eatkMi in lh»> «tirreni issue Ail foreign advvrtlaeno-nls must be »mail crimes «re often committ«-d They are simply selfish politicians paid for in ad ranee of pubbratxm. lust to g«-t a warm Iwd ami gi*»»! They have refused to participate in grub f<>r a »¡»ell. I he pleas of the m»st pi<>«rewrivc step the world "guilty” ar«« to«» frequent. has ever attempted to make. This is evidence that the punish Now Senator Borah talks of a ment ia not severe enough. Reform little league to embrace the United punishments are a failuie.. The States, England. France and possi modern criminal must lie made to bly .!»<>»n. 11« wiil find such an al / pit If • ailefiantt Io my flag ana drea«l ths« punishment he will re liance or league impossible 1*1 tkr Republic far whfch It tJan.lt. ont ceive if convicted. England get on her feet again and faltan. nlhaiblr, vilh liberty ana A measure is up in the l««gisiature •he will refuse to Join Mr Borah's It9kt fat all. to punish with the death (wnaltv league for she Would have to give men found guilty of highway rob Up tier m<««t highly prized and self- SCIO. OREGON. FEB. 3. 11»21 bery, looting of dwelling houses, lie- assumed right of "mistress of the •ea» " NEW SCHEMES FOR TAXATION. ing arm«il with a revolver. This is a mov<- in the tight direc At one time Senator Borah stoxxl tion. Men rob or loot dwelling« or very high in the «»ti mation of the Our legislature now in «cation store«, being armed. have deliber- American people H«* possibly could aeems to be giving much considera tion to aehemes for searching out ately planned to commit murder if hav«* become a • □«'ceasful candidate oew methods of taxation. Our law necessary to carry out their pur- for the pr. sideney. Now for him They are criminals of the prearh disarmament when he knows makers think the state needs more po»«. money. The boy has grown so large lowest type and merit the severest that ail other great nations are very jealous of America’s growing world and his demands are ao numerow penal ties. Now if a law to punish with whip trad«-, »hows him to be dimply a that the legislature finds it difflctil' schcpung politician whom the people to find enough Huth fur bin clothe* ping on the bare back the petty Pil cannot lru«t. _____ The (icople wisely enacte«! the six ferer. the wife heat«*r. etc., all I per cent limiUlaw ami our legisla c I mmm - s of criminals wiii c include DON’T DO IT, BOYS. tive committal ■» on ways ami mean» that Oregon is a good place to stay find it impossible to find enough away from. The local newspaper is in duty When men lose all sense of honor money to supply the extravagant tx«un«l to give its readers a true ac demands of officials, institution», a prison term has no terrors for count of all l«»cal happenings which them. They must lie reached by a etc. may t<* of interest to the general sentence which will be a punishment If they will give their attention public. White it may n«it give all to cutting out about four-fifths of in fact an«i something which they simply ix-cause wime people think if the state commissions and tne eon will dread. They are simply over they tell aixiut happenings. e»|>ec- sequent discharge of fully one hall grown children, not men. And there tally to the editor, he will print It. the state employe«, they wou'd not is small chance to reform any of Nor can the editor always get next have to hunt for new sounds of them. They are simply an excres- to the facts of a hapfiening if thixw ence upon society and one which so taxation, who know of it will not tell of it. The fact is in point of officials. ciety must protect against. Relative to the shooting accident They simply imagine society own Institutions, etc.. Oregon is trying of last week we could find no one to grow too fast. With less than a them a living, forgetting who seem d to know the facta in million population we are trying to owe society anything. the matter We simply had to The above may seem brutal to keep pace with states having four write the matter up on such meager or five times our population. With dements of society unless such ele- information as was atloat on th« •very session of the legislature we inent is the victim of the criminal •licet. add new commissions, new officials, Then no punishment is l«x» severe. Sine« we have learned more of etc., ami increase the salaries of the affair we wonder how nearly those we already have. correct our item was. Y«t The DISARMAMENT. Never is there a step t »wards re- ’Tribune was severely criticixed be trenchment. Within the | mu I 30 cause of the item. If the report we Ail talk of >li*armament of nations years taxation has ‘’grown near 500 have since heard is true, the scci- per cent. Wealth nor population by Senator Borah is mere balder ' dent should not have occurred if due I He knows th« Uni tel State« ha* not nearly kept (Mice with taxes. dash regard h»id been paid to the law. cannot disarm without the other What is the result? Baldly stated, the accident oc Homesci-kers who are thinkers leading nation» of the world agree curred; and. also, if the gun had give our state the go by. When to do ao as well, and thia means not tieen pointed toward the boy in taxation amounts for all purp<>* - some sort of a league to which the the buggy no one would hav« been 4 or 5 (H*r cent, settlers who would Idaho senator is bitterly op(kk»«d. Injured. Had these "bitter ender" sena like to locate in Oregon go else Now, boys, it ia a violation of law where. Our legislatures nre to tors lx«en willing to ratify the pres lo ¡»lint even an mpty gun towards blame for this condition. They have ent league, or President Wilson's another purposely, no matter prefer, England, been easy marks for our greeds league if you whether in fun or in anger. Some state institutions. We have filled France, the United States. Japan times the suppo«ed empty gun ia our legislatures with lawyers amt and other nations would all have loaded, a» was the case in this in exploiters, all «mail taxpayers, who tieen well towards disarmament stance. But if the gun had not are too willing to vote the people’s now. been pointed at youngs Hassler he The United States cannot, must money away. would not have tx-en injured. A change in this procedure must not, disarm until Kith England and We simply writ« this to warn be made else the people will revolt France are bound tight and fast to these and other boys against point With the price« of all kinds of farm do the same. We must hot place ing a gun where it might do injury, produce coming down and taxes our nation in an indefensible posi for it might be loaded nevertheless growing higher and higher, the tion. for with England nrnu-d and you think it is not. If pointed up people are growing weary. Nor can prepared would jump on aa with or down, or in a direction where no taxes be exfiected to decline. On both feet. So we must be in a po one <«r animal can be injured, there the contrary we may expect an in sition lo hit back and to hit hard is no danger. crease each year by at least six per whenever England become» obttrep- In this accidental shooting if the The Unite«l State« is the cent by tax levying txidiee. The eroua. bullet had struck H»wl«r a foot Tribune is not inclined to be pewu- only nation on earth England is higher the acrxlent might have pro mistic. yet it has given up hope for afraid of. Yet »he would not hesi ven fatal. Fheref »re. boys, remem any relief from overburdening taxa tate to take any possible advantage ber that a gunshot pound is dan of us in diplomacy or trade if we tion by the Oregon legislature. gerous whether accidental or other simply should disarm <>ur troop« anti wise. Now. we do not think the dismantle our ahi|M. Her history «hot was fire«l to do injury. But it OUR laws ARE TOO LENIENT. of the past. ¿p»m the time she im- did do injury. So be very careful pre»«ed out sailor» up to and includ in the future to point the gun where It ia an indisputable fact that ing th« k Civil war, • shows she A 1« a no injury is possible. crime in the way of holdup«, house, nation the United State« cannot store ami bank looting and petty trust. Advertise ia The Scio Tribune and get pilfering of all kind« ia growing Y«l when En«!ami. »ick of war results. Return «he Whip. DR. FICQ The party who took the cattle whip owned by Shelton & Ijirge, which was barging io the tarn of I will rrkx-at» In Scio and be ready lo Mrs Vista Sims, to known. The party rare für all <l«-«irtng d»nti»try by febrwary I, i«i» will please return same and save at the ofllee formerly «x-cupied by l>r. trouble. Shelton A Large. E. II Holison. My work of the past is DENTIST an evident« of what It wiU be in tha How come? The country’s twst futur». minds have been at Marion yet we Mm Julia A. Rilyeu visited S >u- have not liren advised of any Scioite them Oregon last week in Pythian being mmmMrd. Sisters’ interests. • r • I. K. WKSKI A UKAI EH IN Fancy & Staple Groceries Garden and Field Seeds 'China and Glassware Roll Films developed, pictures printed and enlargements made from your films. All work turned out promptly. Give us a trial. J. F. WESEL Y Scio, Oregon SEE HERE I The Scio Produce House BUYS All kinds of produce; also grain and potatoes in car lots Give Us a Trial J, A. 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