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About The daily gazette-times. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1921 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1909)
THE DAILY GAZETTE-TIMES Published every evening except Sun- nay, umce: jcej Second street, Cor pallia, Oregon. PHONE, 4184 Entand aa second-claw matter July 2, 1909, at vn portofBce at Corvallia, Oregon, under act of SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY Delivered by carrier, per week......$ .15 iJeiiverea by carrier, per month..... .50 By mail, one year, in advance 5.00 By mail, six months, in advance...- 3.50 Sy mail, one month, in advance ,,50 . R. MOORE . . CHA5. L SPRINGER. . . . Editor Bonnes Mgr. AS TO ASSESSMENTS A Portland man went to the Board of Equalization and said his assessment was too low he had two horses that had not been listed. Inasmuch as the two horses represented a "consider able part of his possessions, this man's attitude is rather remark able. In Corvallis, men are car tying on their holdings insur ance that totals three and four times the amount at which the holdings are listed for assess ment purposes! And insurance companies issue policies for but two-thirds the actual value of the property insured! In other words, property is listed at $100 for. assessment purposes, and the insurance earned on that property is $300. inat $300 represents but two thirds the actual value. And the law says property shall be assessed at : its reasonable cash value. - - .ll To continue this property wortn $450 is listed at $100; property worth $900 is'listed at $&X: DroDertv worth stonnn ?a listed at $2000-only it isn't, for me ratio of the listed valuation w increasing too rapidly. . In one instance the records show holdings listed at scarcely more man $iuoo when the reputed testimoney of the owners is that the invoice value is $10,000. The list of valuations of stocks published in this paper yester day must have made business tten both laugh and swear at the absurdly low valuation placed on the other fellow's stock and the urfequal valuation of their own.- And it's a ten to one bet that there is not one on that list who will say privately, confidentially and in sincerity, that more than one or two men on the list are held up for any thing like the real - . VJ. tneir stocks. ' The point of interest is, how ever, mat wnne there is a poor equalization of stocks of an in dividual class, there also an extreme inequality in the vaiuaaonoi the classes of stocks. For instance, a man with a very small stock in a small room is assessed practically as high as the man with a very large stock of another class, ulitizing sev eral rooms and doing the best business of the kind in the city. Three men in a certain elass are assessed so that it appears ri diculously absurd to the men themselves and to all others. v " :. The result is that men nat urally inclined to take pride in paying their fullest proportion oi taxes are led to protect them selves by dodeimr. And who can say they are not justified? ine dimcultv is. howevpr tW the little fellow can not hide the little he has and ever pays more man ms snare. That route offers advantages in the matter of construction but is little if any shorter, than by way of Corvallis, and it is hardly probable that the advantages couid outweigh the loss resulting from passing up a city this size The route proposed by Mr Welch indicates lack of informs tion or good business judgment or proclaims that there is a "nig ger in the woodpile." Perhaps xne uregon iUectnc wants a little encouragement in the shape of a bonus. This is a matter that should receive the prompt atten tion of the Commercial clnh. Mr. Welch says active work on this mam line is to beeriri immed lately. The club and business interests of this city can not af ford to delay investiga tion of this situation. We want the Oregon Electric, we need it; it is up to the interests here to show the Oregon Electric that it needs Corvallis. BANKER ROSS'S MISTAKE Banker Ross made a mistake in getting no more than $285,000 of the people's money. Had he managed to misuse two or three millions he would not have to serve five years in the. pententi ary. Had he managed to get $25,000,000 he would probably have been honored with an elec tion to the legislature . or the United States Senate next year. Perhaps he preferred the peni tentiary to these honors, who knows. But in anv event, it doesn't pay to steal compara tively small amounts. In a Montana town not lone laborer broke into a store, took a few dollars and was sent nn for fifty years. And it will be re called that the Banker BiireW wno stole millions, was let off with a sentence - little heavier than that of Ross. The banker who deliberately misuses the funds entrusted to him and makes a failing tn tho loss of his depositors, should be sent up for life, placed at re munerative labor and his earn. ings turned back to misused pa trons. The punishment for anv crime should be sufficiently heavy to deter any other from attemnr- ing the same sort of crime. The five year sentence for itoss is an outrage. It is nnt sufficient to make any banker take a second thought should he he tempted to overstep the bounds c is not sufficient for anvthine- except to convince the nnnliV r , iurtner ol the weakness of the law. "THE SPOILERS" SATURDAY NIGH T A press notice says: "Of all the great plays that have graced the stage "The Spoilers" is one of the best and purest. It is a story of human interest, unfold ing a life's chapter in the Alas- Kan gold fields, so trua.to nature and to life as to appeal with ir resistible force to the audience. The Spoilers" is from the pen of that popular writer, Rex Beach, and Henry McRae has given it a sumptuous production. and the cast headed bv that nrm. ular young leading lady, Miss margaret uswald." ine engagement in this mtv will be one night. Saturdav. 0 tober23rd. Reserved seat sale began this morning and a laro-e crowd is expected. ' v . - goman dispatch the plan is to build roads -with : local capital. It is proposed to- build one rail road from Albany to Crabtree and thence into the big ' timber belt of Crabtree Creek. Another proposed line is to King's Valley, in-Northern Benton County, v KICKS ON THE ASSESSMENT ALBANY in TO: DO BIG THINGS Albany business men, with J. K. Weatherford, vice presi dent of C. & E.. at the head. propose to build "feeders" into sections not now having railroad facilities. According to an Ore- There was one big kick before the Albany board of equalization yesterday according to the Al bany Democrat. J. W, Morrow for O. & C, better known as the S. P., who asked that the assess ment on the railroad be reduced from $38,000 to $20,000, though last year's assessment, $30,000 would-be acceptable. Money Comes In Bunches - - . To A, A. Chisholm, of Treadwell, N. Y., now. His reason is well worth reading: "For a long time I suffered from indigest an, torpid liver, constipa tion, nervousness, and eeneral dehilitv" he writes. "I couldn't sleen. had no appetite, nor ambition, crew we&kpr every day in spite of all medical treat ment. he used Electric Bitters. Twelve bottles restored all mv old-time health and vigor. Now I can attend to business every day. It's a. wonderful medicine." Infallible for Stomach. Liver, Kidneys, Blood and Nerves. 50 cents at all druggists. OCT. 23 CORVALLIS OPERA HOUSE ONE NIGHT SATURDAY A Charming Story of Alaska SPOILERS" ;;; - By Rex Beach y , EXCELLENT COMPANY OF 18 PEOPLE A BEAUTIFUL PRODUCTION ii THE ITS I PRICES a REAL 25c. PLAY THAT IT'S 50c . WILL TOUCH Uf tV a XT 75c YOUR HUMAN w heart Seats on sale Thursday, October 21, at Graham & Worthams. ... x Notice For Publication. . DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. U. S. Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon. u iicicuj- kivcu uiai nenryn. xtutn, whose pofftoffice address is 68 E. 12th St, Eugene. .r... u.,.t uiconiuay UL tlune, me in this office Sworn Statement and Application. No. 05136. to niiTchnu fi KU f cvu - i viii . SWH, Section 12, Township 14 S., Ranee 9 W r iiiametie menaian, ana the timber thereon, under the provisions of the act of June 3, 1878, Stone Law, at such value as might be fixed by .titfiuacuieui, iuiu uiai, pursuant to sucn applica tion, the land and timber thereon has been ap praised $662, the timber estimated 1.556,000 board fPOt Ot Af n XT al K 1 1 ..a. . j t r .'.I wiv .mc uuu M, Ul.L BIUU BU- plicant will offer final proof in support of his appli- HiAw iiu Hwwn stsiemenc on tne lltn day of January, 1910, before the Register and Receiver of the U. S. Band Office at Roseburg, Oregon.! ' Krfi S" fa ,t.Sberty to Protest this purchase, fc"'"' 2,?nte8t -t any time b feSCth'ffiCe aUegrintr facte which would L BENJAMIN L. EDDY-, First Publication, Oct 22, 1909. K" Last Publication, Dec 24, 1909. . ' ' OTATOB S You will find Boyd's potatoes V at KLINE'S The Best Raised Why Do Wooltex Styles .Remaimi Good ? THREE MONROE PEOPLE DEAD TIME FOR ACTION ; . If the Oregon Electric is to be .extended from Salem to Eugene, the extension should pass through . Corvallis. The route outlined by Manager Welch" skips Corvallis, .crosses the Willamette at Peoria, touches Monroe, continues to Junction City and on to Eugene. Monroe Oct. 21 Alph Brab ham, , a well known farmer of Benton county, died a few davs ago at his residence in Eugene, where he has been since last fall. The corpse was taken care of bv Undertaker Brown, of Eu Bene.. mr. ; uraonam was a charter member of the Modern Woodmen of America, Monroe Camp No. 9795. He was buried in the I. 0. 0. F. cemetery at Eugene Sunday, Oct. 17, by the members of Monroe and Eugene camps. The deceased was thirty five years of age and Wves a wife and one child. . - j . This makes "the third death from amons: Monroe's citizens m recent weeks. A ' short ti ago, Mrs. Peter 'Packard passed away, and a couple - of weeks ago Benjamine Cleek was . killed in a runaway. : . Wooltex styles are good for the second season because they are models that are really in advance of those shown in other garments. Another reason is that they, are so quiet and conservative, so free from freakishness that even in the second or third season they are acceptable. . third reason is that the style is not just pressed in with aa iron, but is cut in and sewed in and stays in for two seasons and longer. .:. ;r " -,...' . ,: ' .';;.;'! , - . There is still another reason and that is that the pure wool materials used in Wooltex gar ments look well, and hold the style even' through hard and continuous service. 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