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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1919-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1921)
V- •.•^•"'«*3* •r- a ..T.«- »*'• 7 'A?*? £v<i- * - > t THE SCIO TRIBUNE GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP immibp gvnv T hursday by t . L. duggk «. Kr>nvB ani » rsor The project of government own ership of public utilities aad espec ially of the railroads, to growing in the miads of many but to losing ground in the minds of many other« who. in the pas* have been advo cates of the project, and among them are the railroad« themselves, who find motor truck competition trends toward making the operation of the traneportatioa systems profit- lea«, it not of direct lorn. The private operation of the rail way lines during the war broke down under the strain and failed Io function, and thia failure caused the government to take charge of the transportation ay »tarns and were •uccnafully operated, though at a very heavy loan. Hut the continued operation of the lines was imperative regardless of profit or lorn. We simply must transport aoldier« and military equip ment, food for the soldiers aa well aa civiliana. regard lea« of coat of operation. Private owners had fail ed completely to function and there wm no other alternative nave gov ernment operation. During this period the govern ment paid the private owners a ren tal which amounted to 6 per cent interest on the stock valuations. Hut now that the roads have l*en re-1 turned to the private owners they find It impueaible to earn a dividend of »’> per cent for the stockholder«. , Hence the growing desire of these same stockholders for the roads to, be turned over to the government again ami the same dividend of It per cent i>aid annually. Unfortunately it to a fact that thr average American citixm *»>n loam his efficiency when employed by the government. He conclude« hi« po sition is secure, for a time at least. ' whether or not be earn« his salary, i and he to generally sure to forget to earn it. They would probably pur sue the same course if employed by the government to operate the rail- roikia. This lack of efficiency of the people when employed by the public ia the chief objection to government ownership of the railroads Another reason is th« fact that nearly every railway system haa more or leas of so-called "watered" stock upon which interest dividends are I expected to lie paid. This "water ed" stock represents no part of the ■tuck sold, the proceed« of which wan used in construction of the line or the purchase of equipment. Such proceeds usually went into the poc kets of the managers and favored railway officials. Should government ownership be come an established fact the only way in which it can lie made a suc cess ia to take the husinea« out of politics, something after the plan of the army and navy; ami aa a reward for efficiency in service arrange a sy stem of promotion, etc. Unleas something of this kind i« arranged the party in power could form such I a strong political machine that the very life of our government would lie endangered. •uaacairnoN. in apvanoh 11.75 •IX MONTHS ___________ 1.00 Al>VKKT1«lN<; RATn Local advertising per line first In sertion .................. 10 Each subaequent inaertion per line. .06 Dteplay wlr«rli«irur Elrst inaertrun rir Inch ........................................... 26 ■ulMMHiurnt inn-rtlon 16 Advertisements should reach thia office not later than Tuesday Io insure publi cation in the current issue All foreign advertisements must be paid for In advance of publication. »4 / pledge allefianee Io mV flag ana the Republk for u'hkb U tlandt. one ¿Nation. indNuible, »ttb liberty ana luttkr for all SCIO. OREGON. JULY 7. 1921 GOOD ROADS. Good roads! Of cou rue. every body wants them. Everybody ia willing and does «pend much good money to get them Everybody la willing to submit to a heavy tax to aecom- plihb that end. Hut when they are constructed we think the work is done and act as if good roads cannot be quickly destroyed, if the repair man is not almost constantly on the job. We neglect the gmul roads which the heavy traffic noon converts into very bad roads, full of chucks and ruts, which could have been prevented in forming if a little attention had been given at the proper time. When a railroad is constructed, instead of neglecting It until it ba- eomea almost unusable, a gang of men ia constantly caring for it and make repairs when the r«|>air job is but a «mall chore. These '’section men" are constantly on the job to replace a defective tie or raise joints which have become too low. etc. Why mav we not have a acct ion man or men to keep our highways in order, aorrewhat like the plan No. we pursued by thr railroads? are not as wise aa the railroad peo ple. We buihl a nice piece of road over which it i« a joy to travel, but we totally neglect the same until one can almost smell the brimstone created by thr "cu«a" word« in dulged in by the traveling public. Then we go to work at great ex pense and rebuild the roads. Now. if slight attention hail t>een given the original road at the proper time by lilling the chucks with a few ehovel« of gravel or crushed rock, or employed the ri>addrag frequent ly to prevent the formation of ruts, our highway« could be kept in g<x>d condition and at a comparatively small expense. Another plan to protect road« should lie employed, It should be unlawful for heavy loads to l<e mov ed oyer the roads in the winter time or when they are soft. The user, in order to make or «avr a few dol lars will, perhaps, destroy hundreds of dollar« in road values, or what will require hundreds of dollars to make good. Hence, it is aa important to pro tect rotuia after they are constructed aa it ia to build them. No man ha« a just right to market hi« crop in winter or do heavy hauling when such use will deatioy in road value« more than the crop ia worth, or more than the user will gain The internet» or gain for the individual ahould give way to the interests of the great majority. 1« it not Sam Gomjiera fighting the open ahop and inciting alrikea agama! wage reduction«? He ia making a rough r<>ad to normalcy. Strikes and lockout«, it haa tievn estimated, are coating workers nearly a million dollara daily in wages lost; and coating employer« approximately five million« a day. largely as a con sequence of the refuaal of soma workers to accept reviaiona of wage scales Such resistance tn the oper ation of economic force« which are Nature must have been grouchy governing and compelling the pres when «he invented poiana Ivy. ent readjustments in induatry ta only The gravedigger«' atrike ia one natural, but it la alao futile. caae where the ultimate consumar According to the moat reliable triti Tmtos four ’» giva a rap A million people are without work in America. Much of the prevailing idlrnrM ia due to the fact that few will invest in new enterprise« on a falling market, or will buy anything beyond actual need« When it haa been felt generally that the bottom haa twen reached, buying will be re sumed, prices will begin to rise again and the whole country will boom. Sanitary Meal .Market i DR. A. G. PRILL PiTiiciai aid S uini --------- Dealers ia-—— Calte Attended Day or Night Fresh and Cured Meats Poultry and Veal sno ORE. Shelton & Co. Props “II GIANT TREES* OF AUSTRALIA SCIO. OREGON Kaceod In Haight. Though Nat In Clr> cumfeceoce. the Famova Gran« Conlfera of California. Tn the book, “Coder the Southern Crow»." written by Maturin M Ha 11 ou. an American traveler. In the Wis of the last century, we rend of hit r«tl mate of the great tree« of Australia, according to the ITirtsUan Mcieuca Monitor “U la In thl« colony of An«tralla that the traveler flatte the giant tree«, eon alilrrvd to I» one ot the grrnl won liera of our Unira, and which rsrmt In 41 menaiooa those grand melfera of California tn which Americana fret mi<h pride Three big tree« of Victoria are called the mountain ash. though why no named wo do not understand, an they are not of that family. But they are certainly the tnllret trees In the knoam world, often mes au ring 4M feet and more In bright, and from fifty to nitty fret tn girth a couple of yard« from the ground When we «ay that thme tree« raerwd la dimension« those of California we refer especial ly Io their height Inasmuch a« the American trees equal them. If they du not In some Instance« surpass them tn circumference. The Australian treaa rise a hundred feet more or 1rs» from the roots without putting forth a lateral branch on beholding them our la not at first linprrswwi by tbetr except tonal else or muuarchllke ap pearance. but they grow upon <■<>« by further observation A trip of a hun dr rd miles from klidlKMime due east to Kale a remarkably pleasant town, of between S.*««* and 4.000 Inhabitants, el tun ted on the <ll|ipaland railroad take« one to the region where the»« Imtuenae forest giants are to be Bern ami at the same time Introduce« the trav.-ler to a*unr of thr finest «emery In th« mountain range of thia district.“ r A* THE SCIO STATE BANK W. A. Ewing. A. K. Randall, I “reside nt Vice Pre«. E. D. Myers. Cashier Start a bank account today and provide for your future. You will find a checking ac count very convenient for your bunmeaa transactions. W <• pay interest on time deposit«. Riley Shelton Real F.dale R roller and Notar» Public .dbebatli Obtained. f.iaminej - . AIO . OREGON f < III!« »I»R ACTOR DK. H. H HARRIS Dr. P. T. Tweed. 0. V. M. X-RAY Cusick Rank • Albany, Oregon Veterinarian LEBANON • • Office phone 62 R 3. OREGON WANTED Rm. MLR 14 Grain Hay Potato«« HlollhST MARKET PRICE M. G. REED WE HAVE ^EVERYTHING OPTICAL F.VB STM AIN 1« the cause of many HUMAN ILLS BANCROFT Optical Company 813 W. 1st St.. Albany Office Allxny State Bank ALBANY, OBE. Morrison & Lowe UNDERTAKERS ('alia Attended to Promptly Dav or Night OREGON SCIO J. I< WESEI A MAN GIVEN UNIQUE SENTENCE DEALER IN Kogiieh Judge an Recar« aa Ordering Him te Serva th« Preceding Oay in Jail. Fancy &. Staple Groceries One ot thr m>«t fa mona n»«tnt»era of thr Eng I lab b«-nch war Judge William llrnry Maule of tbe common pleur court of Ixxi-hc. It la told of him. the Itelroit News recalls, that olio day «hen a jury yaunrd through a long aertea of tv«tItiiooy, and Anally when th» majority of the 12 good men and true ««-«itH-d <« Iho »urge at going to sleep ami thr real |n have loal all In trrrot In the eaaa, hr abruptly closed the tsatlnMioy and the jury filed out Although thr rvhlruce pruvrd the pria o«>»r lnn<H-w>t. and even thr praaei-ul Ing attorney admitted IL the jury brought In a venllct of guilty. Thr judge t*elng thus f<eced Io give mnlenrr. did so an follows: “I'rtaouer al the bar, y«ur rvusaal thinks you In noevnt, the rnunael for tl>e pn-moulI<M| thinks you iimocent. I think you Inno rent. Hut a jury ut your countrymen In the rxervlnr of such cumaxm sene* as they poanm, which d<»«n not seem to be much, have found you guilty, stupidly enough, and It remains for nw Io | mim upon you the sentence of the law. The «rntenee In that you be kept In Imprisonment tar oor day. and that day to hr vesterday, therefore you may go a twin t your tiuslnran.** Garden and Field Seeds China and Glassware All m <>I»I at live and let live priera Roll Kirns developed, pictures i)rinted and enlargements made roin your All work turned out promptly. Give us a trial. J. F. WESEL Y Scio, Oregon » Now ia the Time to PtirchaM Your GREED WORSE THAN POVERTY FARM L IGHT & POWER OUTFIT Farmer Always Fruitful af fieli, While tha Latter I« Often Incanti«« tn Thrift Ask th.-»«- w.-ll known nu-n why they purchanetl our plant: I. II. Copeland. Irabtrr.-, Wm. Volk man. Crabtree, Walter Blackburn. Hew». Itrorgr Srhl.-rih, Crabtree; O. B. KeeUer, Lebanoa; Waller Po land. Shedd. And many others. The fear nt poverty la not tn Itself a had thin«, write« Hr fharlra Ao hr», Katmi In U-«lle'a It may become the mother of thrift. It act« a« ■ «pur to endeavor, and «ome men IIP anme hora>.« do their best under the spur Poverty la not always an nntolled evil. In fact. It la and has been looked upon aa one of the distinctly Chrlatlan virtue«. alth>Mirh there «rents to he rather a feeble <lr«lre Io I •cacti re Ihl« particular grace Greed, on th«- Other hand, la always had It la plainly the outcropping of the hog In human nature ft la the fenr of {«overty rtin amuck. It la II Inatrated by the drunkard who often had too much but never got enough tlrerd la at the bottom of most «f our trouble« today and haa been equally fruitful of evil In every age and among •very ria a* We rou never come tn permanrol aortal pea re while the fenr of poverty embitter* one half the pen pie and greed drive« the other half to aelf destruction Noe will It get n« anywhere to Infect the whole popula tlon with the greed germ and turn a gtoriSsd Paul Automatic Water SyAema Perfection Milking Machine« Anker Holtli Cream Separators. ar ced Bowl Electric (Nature*« Milker) The Only Self Bai irmg by I .k rnard and Bonded Mm—Edtimatea Cheerfully Furnished THE ELECTRIC STORE, Inc. 827 W first st. IW 31. ALBANY. OM P. O. Building
