PEOPLES COLUMN
Fresh and Cured Meats
Poultry and Veal
SCIO. OREGON
THE Silt) STATE BANE
M A Ewing.
A. E Randall,
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Vice Pre»
E, D. Myer», ('aahter
Start ■ bank account today ami
1 r.>vi<l< for your future.
Y»i will find a checking ac-
count very convenient for your
l>u»int aa transaction». We pay
interval on time deposit».
t'ill« Attended to Promptly
Dav or Night
SCIO
OREGON
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Riley Shelton
Rea! Estate Rroifer
and Notary Public
dhutrotl» Obtain*J, Examined
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OREGON
G. F. Korinek
Veterinarian
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OREGON
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< alia answered Pay or Night
I ubercuiili Testing
We make a Specialty of
Friendship,
F.ngagement and
Wedding Rings
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General repairing, washing and polish
Oils and Greases
Gasoline
ing
Cails Attended
Pay or Night
TRY OUR SERVICE
A Square Deal Assured
ORR
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0rt$OR Made Hom« Ii)itliq Tiros
Art Holmes
A gn-al »urprise for the home knitter»
of Ort-gm, but still ■ fact. Furtber-
n ■ r< . th.« yarn i» abaolutrty Virgin
weol yarn. the wool was gruwn in t.lnn
e<.<uitv. «old bj Mr. Sender» to the Ore­
gon Worwlad Company tmill» located at
Sellwuod), made mto wor»ted yarn by
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1 Etvbup. »on of C. P. itishop,
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tor uf the Woolen Mill Stör« of
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Oregon knitter» try thia yarn
out
All color». 4&c per ball of 2 oxs
.«an
»< nt on appl cation.
A<kir«-»a
c I* ! i-hop, Bus 75. Salem. Oregon,
DENTIST
office Hour»:
Oto 12 A. M.
1 JO to 6 P M.
A Real
Legitimate
Used Car
Sale
c. C. BRY.1NT
ATTORNEY A.T LAW
201 -2 Now First Nattoarg Bank Bld*
OREOOS
DR J W. G(«N.
Veterinarian.
Authorised Auction Sate «nd leterstste
Inspector.
Phon«»:—Palae« Feed Shed. 1** J
Residence. 3*0R
ALBANY. ORBUON
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We Guarantee Each Car
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Optical
EYE STRAIN
1» the cause of many
HUMAN ILLS
BANCROFT
Optical Company
:iE’> W. l«t St.. Albany
Art Kelly
HOT AH AUCTION SALE
DR. I ICQ
ALBANY
Buy a Fordson
Op en for business Feb. I
DR. A. G. PRILL
PÙYSIC18B aol SuriMIl
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Depot Àuto Shop
ALBANY
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F. M. French & Sons
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Fred 1. Bilyeu
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STAYTON,
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You Are
UNDERTAKERS
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When
Buying
Fordson
Tractor
Morrison & Lowe
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For the sake of argument, we will
say we were and are ail dam fools and
don’t know the market price» on goods.
Do you know them? If you do, you
don't need to »lay in or even near Scio
j and get your own price fur thia knowb
edge. If vou don'I know, then please
keep still, or wa will hav« to put vou in
I ! our ria*«, which would be a shame ami
disgrace. to whom, we let you answer.
We know we don't know the Uue and
actual value uf everything in merchan­
dise, but we know we buy as cheap as
we can. and sell as cheap a« we can,
must and dare, to sell to make an «via
tence
You have only our word fur
th»», that we are doing the beet we can
and know bow that ia buv as cheap as
we can. sell you a guud quality of ginda
as cheap a» we can under the patronage
we are getting, the quality of service
ami arrumm<aialiuna w« arc rmiuirvd to
give you. the competition we must meet
and the general running e»|>erMM*s that
we mwt meet with cash, such as rent,
clerk hire, insurance, water, light, heat,
telephones, taxes, donation» fur church­
es, Re I Cross. lodge due», school», our
own living expert»«», these muat all be
The key to ttetlcr living.
met in Sclu with ea»h. not from Al-,
The end of th" drudgery of farming.
bany, Salem. Scar». R. Jk C., Mont­
gomery & Co., bill from th« merchants
Shorter hour* of work.
uf your town, who invested tbeir time, '
More time with the family.
moony and the prime of their Ilf« in
The boy* and girls mon* willing to stay
serving you
on the farm.
You all know these ar« absolute ex- j
More recreation.
pen»«« that w< can't dodge, but oUr
competitor» just mentioned dodge all'
Making farming what it ought to lie
of these, where they du buinwu In our,
the meet pleasant and profitable
territory for ca»h In advance before
occupation in the world.
Authorized Sale* z\gent
Scio, Oregon
you see the goods. They ■lou t want to
pay these expense« and don't want your ■
egg», potatoes, poultry, bacon, lard,
chittim bark, surplus of beans, carrots,
turnips, wood. etc. No, cash is gi«»d
enough for them
They want that only , 1» my family and a few family trinket» of that for th* past seven year» »» ulace by working hard curly arnl late
How 1» that for a have rai»i<l our own Vegetables. milk, on Sundays anil legal holiday». Iwaidea
for the pleasure of melting you guuda , amounting to |*DU
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that they sell below first cost. They ! bargain? Try us and give us a chance, butter and eggs and «orna fruit on our
let us skin you on the rest. Now then, pleas«, as we will wait anxiously to
if they du not help us to pay these nee rl<«« the deal. He »ure and come we
e»aary expenses, and we do pay them, are not bluffing, we will give you thi»
where are we to get the money but In writing and pay for drawing up th«
from th«- profits on the merchandise we contract. We will let you ebuose the
■ell or try to wil you, if that is the only attorney for th« job. When we close
source of revenue we have and the only the deal. We will ■how you how easy It
thing we can attend to at one Ume? is to double your money by profiteering !
Old you ever figure that out? We have in Scio. It wont take you over throe :
not, and we are fair at figures ourselves. years? Perhaps i better toll you now.
Show us. Well, you'll say. quit, why as I don’t wsnt any one to get rich in
don’t you get out? We have tried to Scio to keep up the good record: I
several lime«, and will if we can. Just personally have been in tbe grocery
wait, we will give you a chance get ua buaineaa in Scio fur IS year«, and done
out for a smaller sum than you imag­ on an average of |2t>.6*X) worth of bust
ine. Don't get anxious, we will offer neaa a year, ot a total ef $343,4«)
Friends. I »tn not blowing about this,
you a real bargain.
W« do not pay all these items just but am using these figures ta »how you
mentioned with pleasure, or because we th« profiteering »id« of my buaineaa in
can afford it, or because we are philan­ Scio. Now then, our average total •«-
thropic. so big hearted, or that we want penaea that we cannot d'slg* In Selo
to show off. No, »r pay them (M-eause like Sears. Roebuck A Co. can, are on
we know they are unavoidable and nec- *the average of I2»>s HO per month in the
esssry and because we can't get them buaineaa, and for this we have exact
below coat from the cut price sharks. and conclusive figure», we also take
We |>ay tliein because th.- business and 1150 out of oar profits for our family
community to tie a success demands «»pens»», which I know ie overesti­
them. Well, you know we cannot meet mated by $25 or more per month, but
ail these expenses out of our own pock­ fur good measure we call it $I5 o .-» i top
et nor can we give you these conven­
iences for nothing even if you ask
them, no, not altogether, that ia, if we
want to eat at hast two meals a day,
wear some clothe», take a half day’s
rest every fourth or fifth Sunday in the
the year, and take » forced vacation of
two «reeks every fourth or fifth year.
I personally work from 6 a. m. lyes,
many a time 4 a. m.) to 6 p. m. every
Where you get a fleeting
working day in the year, even on some
glance over someoi le's shoul­
legal holidays.
Yea. I have Worked
der at what you ar<* l>u> mg.
several times from 4 a. m. to 11 p m
and where you take snap
That surely is union hour». I am my
judgment, but
own clerk, boss, bookkeeper, cashier,
secretary and janitor at the »torr, and
farmer on our home place. Yea, 1 am
the expresa agent and the official pho­
tographer of Scio. *1 know I am poor
at all of these, slow as molasses, and
consequently must work over union
hours. You generally find me on time,
however.
Now. if my work is worth
a whoop at all I d« serve at least the
a oduet«*d on a stri ctlv business basis,
pleasures that I enumerated above.
them over carefully, and
Ninteen year» ago I started In buai-
neM in Scio with a capital of CAM)
cash, which I made honestly by clerk­
ing 3 years fur a fnesilixed merchant in
tn be exactly an rvpreMnted
Kansas and teaching 7 terms of school
in the same state. I am now worth
the enormous sum of about $12,000 to
S16,00b, that is after I pay my honest
debts. I msiie all this in I* years of
............................ $110 «ad Up
Touring Car* and Roadster*
profiteering and skinning my fnetxis in
$450 ta $525 Fully Eq»>pp«4
Coupe*
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and around Scio G«nng some, eh' If
■any
to
chooM
from
at
terms
you
can
not
refuse
you doubt this statement, bring the
112.000 an<l see how long it will take ua
2ff> N. High St.
to cluse the bargain. You assume my
hones' ilebts, give me 9IZ.UIX) cash and
1 give you a clear title and dee«l and
bill of sale to ail of our earthly poasss
siona they are all located in and near
Sciu. All I reserve out of this bargain
Fordson Tractor d*9 nr F. o. b
Now Selling at *r*^
Factory
Shelton & Co. Props
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FarmersL Attention !
T hi Ravibus o >- a Sen» Fumuuuip
M khchaxt .
(Continued from last week)
— Dealer» tn
VALLEY MOTOR CO
Salem, Or
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