Roseburg review., December 15, 1916, Image 2

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EVENING! ROSEBtma REV IEW. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1016.
RUMORED EXTENSION-
OP OREGON. ELECTRIC
(Sutherlin'Sun).
That there is a movement which
has for its object the building of a
railroad from Coos Bay to connect
with the road now being constructed
here by tlte Hoaeh Timber Company,
is evident from the fact that incor
poration papers were filed at Salem
this week by the Coon Hay Hallways
Company.
The Incorporators are Grow
llinze, F. E. Watson and IS. Ilein
luiid, and it la stated that they are
not aware of the intentions of the
company, and merely permitted the
use of their names in order to avoid
revealing the names of the real in
corporators. Krom the papers filed
it would appear that the company Is
financed for $5000, but this is un
derstood to be another part of the
plan to conceal the backers of the
proposed road.
The articles of incorporation per
mit the company to construct, lease
and operate railroads and branchu.
jitney lines and manufactories.
A gentleman who arrived ill Sutli
erlin last Monday from Portland and
t'oos Uay points, informed tho Sun
that he had recently Been a map
showing a proposed extension of the
Oregon Electric line from Cottage
Grove to 1. 1) ml on Springs, east of
Suthcrlln, whero It would connect
with tho road now building by the
I'.oach Timber Company. He further
stilted that he had positive informa
tion that as soon as spring opened
several surveying parties would be
put in the fl old with a view of get
ling a llne-np on a road from Sulh
erlln to tidewater as early as- pos
sible. He predicted that Krnding on
thlB now road would bo under way
early tho coming year.
in the meantime work Is being
pushed along here on tho Sulhel-ltii,
Coos Hay & I'.astern Ka'lrond by Hie
Itoach Timber Company, re.'.'ardless
of tho fact that recent weather con
ditiona have not been very favorahh
to tho Buccssful prosecution of the
work. A largo number of men and
teams are employed, .md some eight
miles of the grading Is now practi
cally completed.
1'rom what can bo learned from
several reliable sources, tho people
of this comnr.inity have no cause to
worry regarding the future of Suth
erlln and this valley. Thero'H some
thing coming (o us and we're going
to get it.
GUAM) MASOUKltADE HAM;.
There will bo a grand masquerade
ball at Looking Glass hall December
28lh. Music by Ott's orchestra.
Lunch will be served In hall.
COMMITTEE.
PETITIONS AUK lli:l(i
sigm:d i,iiii;h,i,i,y
The petitions which were sent out
petitioning the County Court to set
aside money to build a road from
Hcotlsbuig down the I'mpiiua to
Dean's Creek, are being signed up in
all communities where they were
sent.
The pooplo of Iloughis County who
are acquainted with the situation are
almost a unit for this road. The
Courier Is in receipt of letters from
different parts of the county advo
cating tho building of the road In
tho strongest terms, and commend
ing this paper Tor the right that It Is
making for the road and the gen
eral upbuilding of this section of the
country. This sheet has been work
ing day In and day nut to give this
sectlun of Douglas County promi
nence and to force recognition from
Hie outside. We are trying to edu
cate iho people of Douglas County
up to the fact that they have one of
the best undeveloped sections In the
stato In the Lower l:mpiiia Valley.
That they will soon have one of the
best harbors In the slate, and more
timber tributary to It than to any
other harbor on the coast. That
railroads can he built to It at almost
a water grade from the Interior of
the county, and that there is no ne
cessity for a railroad from Jho in
terior of this county to be built over
a mountain to get tide water. This
paper has from time to time urged
the necessity of building wagon
roads as one of the greatest means
of development.
This section or the county has been
isolated In the past, and Is now com
paratively unknown. Hut since the
coming of the Courier and the rail
road Iho people on the outside are
beginning to lake notice and give it
a place on the map. From now on
this . mi inn ot the state will torge
to the trout. It has everything
which nature can glo to It to make
It one or the most important on the
coast. Willi Hie railroad here anil
the barber being Improved, mills
and manufactures will natural!)
come. No riner locations for mill
slteB can be found In the slate. Let
the whole people of Douglas County
awake to these fuels and boost for
their own county -they have every
thing which goes to make Douglas
County the greatest anil host In the
slate. Let us h,io wagon roads and
railroads which will connect nil por
tions of the county. Hvery dollar of
necessary Improvements made Tor
the public good or the county hene
llts everyone. If you lime any boost
ing to do - and eerolio should -boost
for your own county first; let
the other fellow take care or his
own.
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COVETOUSNESS.
(By the Rev. Henry S. Smart. B. D.)
We live in un age saturated wlih
materialism. Society, 'Government,
literature, the drama, dress, amuse
ments of the day, emphasize uiiinis
tahably the material side of life.
The whole stress of modern thought
Is put upon mere material valua
tions, it Is true to un alarming ex
tent In educational, Boolal and poli
tical affairs. .Men of vision tell us
that we are passing through another
period of transition. Certainly our
lime Is better thun that ot Charles
the second in England, or of Louis
the r'ouilli in France. But It. is
materialistic enough. Christian peo
ple who continue to be Christian not
only in ifame, but essentially In thot
and act, stand aghast at tho pliysl
cially sensuous interpretation of hu
man life In its various phases.
There never was so much wealth
as today. .More people are richer and
the comforts and conveniences or
dally living are more evenly dis
tributed than twenty years agu, yet
people, iih a whole, are less satfs
ried. The common desire Is to cravu
more and more or this world's goods
and chattels. Naturally enough, we
lliink that when a man becomes pos
sessor and master ot millions of dol
lars, his heart and all his desires are
sutlsried. Hut It is not so In the ma
jority number ot eases. Experience
has shown otherwise.
There Is grave danger In this tils-
satisfaction. It produces a condition
that craves for more and yet more.
Dissatisfaction creates covetousness.
People will covet their neighbor's
splendor, costly magnificence, pomp
ous retinue, costly feasts, rich clothes.
The evil desire to possess what they
covet, too often points out a line ot
conduct that leads to dishonesty,
thelt and sometimes erime. Covet-
ousness Is the bane of our life. It Is
the Immediate- cause of banks clos-
Ing their doors, rendering thousands
oi dally tollers poverty stricken, los
ing their small earnings. Coveloiis
ness is too often the underlying
cause of divorce, murder, suicide, and
other terrible evils that loom bolero
our mlndH, as wo recall tho events oi
the past year, recorded In tho pages
ot tho associated press. Covelous-
ness teaches us to be cruel, cratty.
full or care, and malicious. It blinds
the spiritual vision of man. It de
stroys the pence and harmony of na
tions. Those who grind tho poor and,
compel women and little children to
work in factories. Bweat shops, mines
an J other unsanitary and immoral
places, are pltablo victims of covet-
ousness. Poor, narrow Hearts, con
fining their love lo present things,
lolling lor n small part of this world's
goods, knowing Hint they themselves
perish sooner than lllgotten wealth.
Who of us Is content with what we
possess? There Is Hie pivot or It all.
If we appreciate whal God has given
us, a Mil make the most oi' our talents
and possessions, using them fur the
glory of God, as stewards who must
give account of our stewardship; Iho
slu of covetotisness cannot harm us.
I'he Hue Joy of life is borno iu upon
us, as we learn to appreciate wlial we
honestly possess. Every new acquisi
tion will mean more, much more in
deed. II there has been soinu love
and sacrifice conm cie I with it.
It Is a good thing to cultivate this
Hue sensu oi appreciation. It will
help us lo be grateful. Then it will
make us think or others. 11 will ul
timately glvo .is a heart compassion
ate to tho poor, and liberal to the
needy.
Men of enormous wealth have tiled
broken hearted. Friendship, love,
sacrlllce, symiiallty. kindness; these
.-iiuiiot he measured In money value.
All we possesi is a means, to Iho end
Hint we might have the knowlitlge.
and know Hie love of God in this pros
cut world.
OVER PAYMENTS IN
i.wivs i;i:i-ui:m:m
i,i;;isl.ti i:
A m:v
(Toi'llund Jonruui).
Two loom. 1-mln in coniH'oliun with
tax colWclum huvu bt'en hroulit lo
ilUMitlim by SlitTitf ilurlhurt, aim it
ih probtiMo (hul thu iu-l i.rjAisimuro
will bo UNkrtl lo piovule a inure uVIi
nlto Hit tVfcii iint lor ovor-ia inentM
iiuiito by taxpayers. In Multnomah
county iluu o cr payments ul times
amount to a considerable num.
One oT t liese loose emit! covers
whal Ih kmvu as "splits," mid the
otber covers o n a mi nts ami du
plicate payments and funds recrled
thronM any other form of error.
l'liese funds have been held by the
individual tax collector In years past
ind whi'ii he went out of otlice the
funds weni with him. 1'ormer tax
collectors have never turned any bal
ances over to tbe county, as lar as
anyone at tho courthouse has
knowledge or record.
I'av merits 1 i mired CIom
Tax p. t meals are now (loured
down to the l.iwl cent, hut if a per
son's taxes come lo $!;.:! n, (bo tax
collector collects $15.24. These frac
tional puns ol a cent, which were
collected by Sheriff Hurlburt last
year amounted to approximately
In former years the smallest
division made was 5 cents. Then ir
a per-tm'.- luxes amounted to $,;i
Die collector collected Mi.t, nnd
tho amount of tbe ' splits" was con
.nequent ly much k renter.
K;iilv (his ear Sheriff Hurlburt
turned over lo (he county cummts
hIoimts to be placed iu the county
treasury, the $lu5 ho had thus col
lected. Sn fm- ita Is known (his was
the iut time in the history of the
county thai a tax collector paid such
collections over to the county, al
though County Treasurer Lewis says
he is Inclined to think that similar
pav tneii is were made many years
at:
Mr. Lewis said today he (s check-
CHAPPED HANDS
Dennll Eucalyptus Ointment
AT ah Dua TOKCt
Tu BSC J EOC
tog up bis accounts for the time be
was lax collector and In a few days
will turn over the "splits" to the
county.
Hums Paid Twice.
Regarding the over-payment fund,
which accumulates for instance,
through the owner and mortgagee
both paying on the same property, or
by other errors, no means are at
hand for ascertaining the sums that
may have been in their possession
when various tax collectors went out
of office In the past.
The fund has never been kept in
the name of the county and claim
ants for refunds, if the overpayment
was made before Sheriff Hurlburt,
the present tax collector, went into
office, seek to regain their money
they must look up the Individual for
mer tax collector and effect a settle
ment with him.
It is reported that at times this
fund has run as high as $5000 and
$10,000, and would be reduced only
as claimants appeared for refunds.
Sheriff Hurlburt and County
Treasurer Lewis each say that some
plan should be devised to have these
funds kept In the name of the county
regardless of the outgoing and in
coming tnx collectors. This should
be mandatory upon tho tax collector,
declared Mr. Hurlburt. For that
reason it is likely tho forthcoming
Legislature will be asked to enact a
law to remedy present conditions.
TAX LIMIT RILL NOT
REAL SOLUTION, SAYS
TREASURER OF STATE.
(Tortland Journal).
SALEM, Or., Nov. 17. (To the
Editor of the Journal). Inasmuch
as there has been considerable dis
cussion pertaining to the 6 per cent
tax limitation bill, which was lately
passed, I desire to make known my
position on this measure
I opposed this bill before the elec
tion on the ground that it did not ap
ply as was intended by its makers,
and under its provisions tho state
could not raise within $583,000 of as
much next year as was intended it
should raise by the makers of the
bill.
Tho object of tho bill was to pre
vent tho state or any tax levying dis
trict In the state from spending more
money one year than it had spent
tho preceding year, plus 6 per cent,
but tho bill was made to read that
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The ' I
Review Does it Right
neither the state nor any tax levying
district in the state can raise more
money one year than it raised the
preceding year, plus 6 per cent,
which Is quite a different proposition-Difference
Is Claimed.
Note the difference between the
word "raised" and the word "ex
pended." For instance, the state of
Oregon required to pay the running
expenses of its departments and in
stitutions for the year 1916, $3,
100,000, in addition to money raised
from Indirect sources. The state
carried over an unexpended balance
from 1915 of $550,000 ,and after
deducting this amount from the
amount required, namely, $3,100,
000, it raised but $2,550,000 for
1916, although it spent $3,100,000.
Now, under the provisions of this
constitutional amendment, the state
can raise but 6 per cent more than
$2,500,000 next year, or $2,703,000,
which is $400,000 less than the
amount expended in 1916.
Robert Smith, secretary of the
Taxpayers' League, which body
drafted this bill, admitted, in a dis
cussion with me before the Chamber
of Commerce In Portland, on Mon
day, October 29, tbe committee did
not know, when drafting this meas
ure, that the state had carried over a
balance of $550,000 into this year's
budget.
Limitations Are Fnctor.
Therefore, they thought they were
placing the state on an equality with
other municipalities in permitting it
to raise for 1917 as much as It spent
in 1916 and 6 per cent more, which
would be $3,100,000 plus 6 per cent,
or $3,286,000, and which is $583,
000 more than It actually can raise
under the provisions of the bill. As
proof of this, Mr. Smith, secretary of
the Taxpayers' League, said In his
argument in the volcrs' pamphlet,
referring to the bill: "It means that
Oregon can continue to spend all the
money she is now expending and can
Increase It 6 per cent; but if our
public officials wish to Increase it at
a faster rate they must get the au
thorit yof the voters."
Now, as a matter of fact, this
measure does not mean anything of
the kind, but in the way It applies,
it means that the state can rnise $2,
550,000 plus 6 per cent, or $2,703,
000, which Is $400,000 less than it
is now spending and that it cannot
raise within $583,000 of what Mr.
Smith and others thought It could
i
I
raise and Intended It should raise
when drafting the bill.
To Guard People's Will.
Therefore, Instead of permitting
the state to spend as much as it has
spent heretofore, and 6 per cent
more, the bill, on account of being
improperly drawn, through lack of
knowledge on the part of committee
drafting same, prohibits the state
from spending within 17 per cent of
what it spent last year, and, of
course, will seriously embarrass the
state or other municipalities which
may be caught In the same condition.
Since the voters of the state have
expressed their desire to have the ex
penditures limited to an increase of
6 per cent, I shall seriously oppose
any act that, by subterfuge or other
wise, will thwart tho will of the peo
ple expressed by their ballots at the
recent election.
THOMAS B. KAY.
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