THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICIiE, FKIDATv JAIOJYK 1892.
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FINDINGS IGNORED.
The county court of Multnomah
county has decided to ignore the find
ings of the state board of equalization in
raising the assessed valuation of various
forms of propelty in that county. As
soon as the findings of the board were
made the county judge addressed letters
to leading attorneys of Portland asking
for advice as to how the court shoald
proceed. Opinions were rendered by
the law firms of Dolph, Bellinger, Mal
lory & Simon, Stott, Boise & Stott, ex
Supreme Judge W. W. Thayer and ex
Attorne -General G. H. AVilliamg.
There was a general agreement on the
following point : First, that the state
board had no authority, in making the
levy of state taxes, to consider anything
other than the assessment rolls ; second,
that the board had no authority to
divide real property into distinct classes
and raise or lower the value of real es
tate by said classes, and third that the
findings of the state board were errone
one and not binding upon the clerks of J
it in not rieht now it was not rieht then :
if it is not right for the republicans it
warn not neat tor tne democrats, lei us
be candid and consistent.
Such statements as the above may not
make the Telegram popular with demo
crats who are too blind and too bitterly
partisan to be capable of seeing anything
good in republicanism, bat they will
tend to make the Telegram respected
and esteemed by the fairminded of all
parties. Nothing is lost in the long run
by candor and honesty.
AN IMPORTANT SUGGESTION.
Something most be done for onr
county roads and the sooner that some
thing is begun the better. Judge Thorn
bury informs the Chronicle that a levy
of twenty-three mills will about meet
our county expenses tor tne current
year. That means a levy of two mills
less than last year. Now the Chronicle
suggests that the court fix the levy at
twenty-five mills, the same as last year
and devote the two mills to the improve
ment of our county roads. Hood River
needs road improvements, Tygh Hill de
mands a new grade, the road between
here and Long Ward's needs permanent
improvements to make it passible at
times when it is most needed, other
places in the county are also crying for
road improvement that cannot possibly
be made by the ordinary work of the
respective road districts. Two mills
will give between five and six thousand
dollars for this work and this sum judic
iously spent will do an immense amount
of good. The addition of two mills to
the tax levy will never be felt by the
farmers. It means only a couple of
dollars additional on each thousand dol
lars of taxable property. The farmers
cannot afford to kick because th'ev will
of mortgages recorded and mortgages re
leased in the various counties and with
out axection in any county the releases
show a heavy increase over the amount
of new mortgages recorded, and this, it
is believed, will be found true of all the
west.'
' Secretary of State Weir of Washington
is authority for the statement that
Senator Allen has announced his will
ingness to accept the appointment to
the judgeship of the ninth district in case
it be tendered him. Mr. Weir thinks
that Allen will receive the appointment
or the president will name one' outside
the state. It is understood that'Senator
Allen supported W. Lair Hill as long as
there was any hope of his appointment.
NORTHWFST NKW8.
It is a Mrs. Mary Robinson of Hub
bard, Clackamas county, 56 years old
and the mother of eight children who is
the latest victim of a desire to ride from
ocean to ocean on a bicycle. Fool
friends have put up $6000 to defray ex
penses, and valley papers say she will
start as soon as she makes up her mind
whether to ride like a clothes pin or the
other wav. "
the county courts of the several coun
ties. The chief ol jection to the findings I tho u0fi. t.m f ul
state board was on fie question T1 ruo f tn Hot vo
of the state board was on fie question
of taxing mortgages at their face value
instead of fifty per cent, as has been the
custom for years. On this subject Judge
G. H. Williams says :
Mortgages in this state are declared
by law, for the purpose of taxation, to
be real estate, and they are so treated
- by the board of equalization, and the
tabulated statemmt of the board of
equalization shows that all mortgages,
everywhere in the state are assessed at
more than one-half its real value. So
there is a plain discrimination against
the owners of mortgages and in favor of
the owners of real estate, especially of
agricultural lands ; not because all mort
gages are worth 100 cents on the dollar,
and lands only 50 cents on the dollar,
but the discrimination is evidentiy ar
bitrary, and it is fair to assume that it
was made on account of the ownership
of these respective properties.
To hold that such a system of taxation
as is indicated in the tabulated state
ment of the board of eqalization is valid
under our constitution is to hold that
our constitution with reference to taxa
tion is without meaning and effect.
The state board had raised the assess
ment of Multnomah county in the sum
of $13,384,675 over that fixed by the
county assessor. Nearly eleven millions
of this sum represent the increase in
mortgages and "money, notes and ac
counts." It is reckoned that by ignor
ing the work of the state board Mult
nomah county will have to bear $133,
846.76 less of the state's expense. The
question is what will the other counties
do? Portland will fight the matter to
the bitter end and with only one result.
The law creating.the board will be de
clared unconstitutional and the work of
the board invalid. As a matter of sim
ple protection other counties will have
to follow the example of their big sister,
The Dalles ought not to kick because
every dollar it pays in this way will
come back again ten fold. Let all who
are . interested in the improvement of
our county roads attend the ' meeting at
the county court room tonight and re
solve that the tax levy shall be increased
two mills to raise a fund for this much
needed work.
United States Consul Page of Port
Sarnia, Canada, has merely spoken the
pnblic mind when he remarks in the
latest Consular Reports that "there is
no such thing as a middling good egg."
Our grocerymen will please make a
'red ink" memorandum.
Representative Wilson voted for Hol
man's nickle-in-the slot resolution
against appropriations and the Wash
ington papers are demanding of John
L., why he trained with the democrats
when that particular buncombe resolu
tion was on the lapis.
The Australian ballot law mar not ac
complish all that some people expect but
it cannot fail to greatly embarrass the
work of the old line ticket peddler and
ward striker. The state prints the
tickets and allows none to be distribu
ted on the outside. The voter must re
ceive his ballot from a sworn officer.
After receiving it he must go into a booth
or closet where no one can see him and
there prepare it himself. This may not
put an end to bribery but it will go a
long way towards that end. The man
who would offer a bribe can never be
sure the goods are delivered. It will
put an end to the abominable system of
ticket fixing. The grand old method too
of filling voters full of beer and whiskey,
preparing their ballots and marching
them up to the polls like so many sheep
will get a set back. Bulldozing and
coercion will give way to reason and
moral suasion. Of course the. bosses
will find some way to get around some
of the provisions but they cannot get
around them all or at least not all at one
time and loop holes, if any are found, can
be patched up by the next legislature.
The Oregonian's Washington corres
pondent says Governor Pennoyer is not
in the race for president, but Tony
Noltner's paper says that the Oregonian
correspondent can lie like Bill Nye.
The ministerial vote on the eligibility
of women to the general conference in
the entire Methodist Episcopal church
resulted aa follows: Total .vote cast.
10,756; for 5621; against, 5135 ; majority
in tavor, 48b.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
SOUR GRAPES;
Speaking of the law that requires that
expenditures of the several county courts
"Shall be published in a paper in each
'county having the largest circulation,
the Wasco Sun says : "It is to the
credit of the newspapers of Wasco
county that there was but one applicant
for such service the Chronicle alone
. demanding pay for the publication of
legitimate news in its columns while
papers generally throughout the state
consider- county court proceedings a
pure matter of news and publish the
same without demanding blood money
from the taxpayers." This is a violent
case of "sour grapes." The indignation
of the Sun against what it terms "blood
money" will be appreciated when it is
known that the entire cost per annuin
to Wasco county for publishing the
statements required is about $50.
Viewed in the light of the fact that some
county courts have been accustomed to
conceal their accounts of expenditures
from the people the law compelling their
publication met with general approval.
It is worth every cent it costs and more
and there is scarcely a voice lifted against
it in all this land except by obscure
papers like the Wasco Sun whose circu
lation is such that they could not obtain
the job. - The Sun must not be allowed
to make a virtue out of a necessity.
The only reason that no paper in the
county but the Chronicle was an appli
cant for the printing of the county ex
penditures was that no paper in the
county had any show to get it in compe
tition with the Chronicle. And the
Sun knows this is so and the Sun is mad
because it is so. Hence these tears.
CANDID JOURNALISM.
: The Portland Telegram of a recent date
had this to say :
Some of the democratic papers are
denouncing the proposed republican
gerrymander of Ohio as infamous.
"Softly, brethren, the democrats did the
same "thing two years ago, and. you
applauded", or .approved by silence. If
The national association of woolen
manufacturers in their memorial to con
gress asking that the woolen industry of
the country be granted a rest from any
further tariff agitation make the follow
ing statement which any one at all
familiar with ruling prices for woolen
manufactures will readily believe
"There has been no increase whatever
in the market price of domestic woolen
goods. On the contrary, all staple
woolen goods and most of the fancy
goods may now be obtained in the
greatest abundance-at a cost to custom
ers less than ever before in the history
of the country except in time of univer
sal panic and financial crisis. It may be
that recent tariff legislation had nothing
to do with bringing this state, of affairs
about, but if it has had the country wi.l
be able to stand a whole lot more of the
same kind of legislation.
The East Oregonian is crying for. taffy
from its Portland namesake. It com
plains that since the man from St. Paul
"has had charge of affairs the niggardly
policy of the Oregonian" has prevented
its contemporaries from receiving mem
tion in its editoral columns when they
have done things well and deserved
mendation." It adds "The Oregonian
cannot expect to receive what it ie too
proud to give," a hint, by the way, that
the Pendleton paper will give no taffy
to the Portland paper unless the latter
presents the first chunk'. Then the
East Oregonian drops into its usual vein
and says "Thats" the policy of the
ignorant, narrow, selfish autocrat;" but
just . whom the reference is to is not
clear. : It is clear however that the
Pendleton paper wants taffy from the
great daily and wants it awful bad.
The most important of the actual re
sults so far accomplished by the large
crops of the past season is seen, says an
exchange, in the general disposition of
the Western farmers to pay off their
mortgages. It is said that during the
year now past more tann mortgages
have been paid off than- there were for
mnnw roira rriiVlrillKI V I lif fcfnta nt
Kansas keeps a record which is pub
lished monthly showing the statement
. Silver has met another decline. The
price is now 93 cents as against $1.07 one
year ago.
"If we must have a war with Chili we
would wipe her off the map of South
America" is the expression that one fre
quently hears in official circles at Wash
ington. Representative Mills returned to
Washington from Texas Saturday night.
His friends say he came back in good
spirits and will take an active part in
the business of congress.
Senator Hale has offered a resolution
calling on the secretary of state for cop
ies of all agreements with other coun
tries relating to an interchange of trade,
and for a report as to the practical effect
of such agreements. Laid on the table
for the present.
There is a unanimous feeling at Wash
ington in favor of defending the coun
try's dignity. A press representative
is reported to have said : "Potriotism,
not politics will be the motto of nearly
every man on , the floor, whether in
favor of war or against it. Interest is
gaining as Wednesday approxches for
that is the day on which the correspond
ence in the emproglio is expected at the
capitol. We make history on that day.
The following bills were introduced in
the senate yesterday : By Peffer Pro
posing an amendment to the constitu
tion for the election of president and
vice president by a direct vote of the
people. By Allen Giving the state of
Washington 5 per cent, of the proceeds
of the public lands in that state. By
Wilson For the classification of clerks
and other employes of first and second
class postoffices, and to fix their salaries.
By McMillin Appropriating $257,000
for the building of two revenue cutters
for service on the great lakes.
In a recent revival service in Chicago,
1500 of those present testified that they
were converted before the age of 20, 180
before they were 30, and only one after
reaching 50 years of age.
The county printing law is having one
good effec. It is filling the newspapers
with a detailed account of what is done
with the county taxes. The people are
realizing just where their contributions
to the public treasury go to.
Eastern Oregonians of both parties
expect to stand solid for the nomination
of Eastern Oregon men. Ellis, on the
republican side of the houss, is the fa
vorite, and will doubtless receive the
nomination. The democrats are equally
anxious to select a man from Eastern
Oregon, and though several are men
tioned as good material, no one has been
considered sure of. the nomination.
Heppner Gazette.
The press of this valley is directing
attention to the county road question,
which is neglected in all parts about
alike. The county roads are owned by
the public, used by it, and upon it is
laid the duty of caring for them. As a
rule, all over the land, the work of
maintenance and repair is not done.
Public money and time spent, without
system or form of management is worse
than wasted. The next legislature of
this state could and should, deem it
their duty to improve the road work sys
tem of onr state. Salem Journal.
Captain J. W. Troup, ex-superintendent
of the Union Pacific water lines,
has accepted a position aa manager of
the Columbia and Kootenai Steam Nav
igation company.
The horses and mules of Oregon will
pay as much taxes as the railroad track
age of the state. The patient mules
have Jeen the burden bearers in all
ages. Salem Statesman.
The property of the Oregon Pacific
and Willamette Valley & Coast Range,
including steamships, steamboats, tugs,
roadbed, franchises and equipments, was
sold at sheriff's sale the other day, to
Zepbine Job for $1,000,000, and 546 tons
of steel rails to William Hoan, at $3 "per
ton.
There Is a regular boom on the Klick
itat. Settlers are crowding in, and tak
ing up the fertile bottoms along the
river. Ere long the land that for ages
had for its sole occupants Indian horses.
Humpuesies and cayotes, will be a gar
den spot, where young America can dis
port to his heart's content. Klickitat
Leader.
1 lie ngures given by the Oregontan in
its yearly review for 1891 show the fol
lowing important facts : Bank exhanges,
$102, 590,169; number of new buildings,
2134, costing $6,647.465 ; wholesale trade,
$138,127,000; manufactures, $30,854,60S ;
real estate transfers, $11,020,608; post
office receipts, $311,743; firms in busi
ness, 2231, capital invested, $76,000,000.
The Metropolis.
Ben Young has received a letter from
a friend of his on the Sound, which con
tains the following: "All the lunatics
in the land are now gathered at Everett,
or Port Gardner. Lots are 'worth' from
$2000 to $10,000. It is to be the home of
the whaleback, mossback and grayback.
This will be followed by a s'de-back,
that will be such a set-Sack, that no
body will get their money back."
Astoria Talk.
The Salem ' Irrigator says that a gen
tleman of that place who contemplates
! the purchase of h certain piece of real J
estate in this vicinity, becoming some
what impatient with the real estate
agent who was negotiating the sale at
his tardiness in obtaining the abstract,
impatiently exclaimed: "Now, here, I
want you to hurry up and get an abscess
to that land and no more fooling about
it."
The Oregon Pacific was bought for the'
benefit of all bondholders, who, it is un
derstood, are united with a policy of re
organization. The management of the
road for the future will probably be de
termined in a few days. It is thought
the policy will be to issue security to
raise sufficient funds to complete the
road to its Eastern terminus, and to pro
vide ocean steamers to handle the in
creased traffic expected.
The big Willamette Valley flouring
mills at Salem have been shut down in
accordance with an order received from
the main office at Portland. The men
have been discharged witn tne excep
tion of the warehouse men, who will
continue work till the flour on hand is
shipped to Portland. Between 20,000
and 30,000 bushels, which it is claimed
is stored in the company's warehouse at
Salem, will be shipped to some of the
other mills to be ground into flour.
Secretary of State Weir wants the re
publican party to indorse his proposal to
tax mortgages. A3 republicans borrow,
not lend money, we object to any scheme
that will increase the interest charge we
now pay. Over in Oregon, where inort-
eaees are taxed, the borrower pays a
rate of interest great enougn to cover tne
estimated tax on the mortgage, never
less than the actual tax, generally more.
As long as Washington has the exper
ience of Oregon to light its way mort
gages will not be taxed within her
limits. Walla Walla Journal. .
Governor Pennoyer, yesterday, re
mitted the fine of $500 against Thos. E.
Russell, convicted with the last term of
the Circuit Court of assault with a dan
gerous weapon upon Dr. J. C. Gray,
upon the condition that he should leave
the state and remain away permanently.
Russel has served about two months of
his sentence. Now Russel refuses to ac
cept the pardon, on condition that he
leave the state, and has so notified the
officials. His attorney L. Bilyeu, gave
notice today of the appeal of the case to
the supreme court.
A conference of grangers and alliance
men was held lately in Eugene when
the following resolution was adopted:
"Resolved, that we, the members of the
grange aud alliance, disclaim all political
action by our organizations, but we feel
it to be our duty and privilege to de
mand that each political party at the
convention shall place men. in nomina
tion for county judge, commissioners
and members of the legislature who are
in sympathy with the farming interests
of the state. We further agree and be
lieve it to be our dut to withhold our
votes from all unworthy candidates.
Now that t!ie Oregon Pacific railroad
has again passed into control of the
bondholders, the inhabitants of Eastern
Oregon confidently look forward to re
moval of all the difficulties that have re
tarded the progress aud prosperity of
the road during the past few years. The
Corvallis Gazette, which has the reputa
tion of speaking from the card in mat
ters pertaining to the road, says : The
plan of reorganization provides ample
means for the completion and equip
ment of the road to its eastern termi
nus at Boise City; also provides ample
means for additional steamers to carry
their extensive freight and passenger
traffic between Yaquina and San Fran
cisco, thereby providing a better and
more reliable service, t'nder the new
organization the company is free from
debt and with 14f miles of roadbed,
complete, equipped with rolling stock,
etc., and one ocean steamer, and three
river steamers, is in an excellent condi
tion to begin a new era of. prosperity.
Oregonian.
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Stationary Engines and Boilers of all sizes.
Saw Mills and Fixtures, Wood-Working Machinery, Wood
Split Pulleys, Oils, Lace Belts and Belting. .
Minnesota Thresher Mfg. 'Co.
'Get onr Prices before Purchasing.
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Undertakers and Embalmers.
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THE DALLFS, OREGON.
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LARGEST : AND : FINEST : HOTEL : IN : OREGON.
Ticket and Baggage Office of the O. R. & N. Company, and office of the Wester
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Fire-Proof Safe for the Safety of all Valuables.
SETA B LI SHED 1888.
LESLIE BUTLER,
-DEALER IN-
Groceries and Gfoekery.
A full line of Lamps, Glassware and Dishes of all kinds. Silver plated Knives,
Forks and Spoons. When you are selecting your Christmas presents '
look through my stock and you will get something useful
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INCORPORATED 1888.
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The Dalles.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers and Manufacturers of
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Special Attention given to the Manufacture of Fruit and
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