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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.
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