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UcrlhliiK rste. mU known on plr
cllitiea, rock, etc., perhaps had
better men handling our money,
and a much eaaler country to
build roads in than they have.
Right here it might not be
amiss to say that in tho old St.
Helens and Yankton district more
special money has been spent
than in any other one district in
the county, but Coble and Clats
Industrial School.
State of Oregon, Department of
Kducatlon
Sulem. January 20, 1914.
To the Kditor
This department with the aid of
the Oregon Agricultural College
hat planned to organize in every
school diatrlct a boya' and glrla' in
dustrial club. We art nuw pub-
kante have done almost as well, Hshing a bulletin giving full detail
County Official
Paper
FACTS AND FIGURES."
The table of figures on the first
go of this issue will be found
ry interesting to read by every
ximver in L,oiumuiH cuumy.
hese figure have been compil
from the recordi of Columbia
unty by Deputy Sheeilt Lake
ml are the actual levies that
ive ocen made by tho County
urt for general road purposes
i all the special levies by the
iTerent districts for the period
dicated. Token all together it
hows a levy of more than $875,
for roud purposes in the
untv b r.cc rJ03. Now let us
gure a little. If the roads now
the county have cost ever
;00.0o0 during the past ten
ears and the bond issue of
two.ooo with interest at 5 run
ing for twenty years will cost
proximately $(U0,0U0, and the
loney le spent in scientific road
nilding, which will be the
lieaper and get the Letter re-
hilts? There can be but one
nawcr. When you figure the
lost of maintenance together
kith the interest and principal
f the road bonds for' twenty
tears, with which a permanent
ad system connecting all parts
f the county will be built, you
ill then spend less money than
as been spent during the last
n years. After the money
lined by the bond issue has been
cnt by the building of the road
lystem as proposed, there will be
occasion for a levy of more
han r. or (i mills each year to
maintain all the roads, pay the
nterest on tho bonds and build
ill the laterals that may be ask-
Vl for and granted. You can
figure that out for yourself and
you will positively find it to be
he case. If the road bonds do
hot carry then there must of ne-
ressity be a levy of from 9 to 10
liiills each year for four or five
rcars to build the roads and af-
er that a levy of from 3 to 5 for
maintenance and building later-
stU. Ask yourselves which will
e the cheaper for the taxpayer.
P.y using the figures taken
rom the records of the county it
as been ascertained how much
nciney has been spent in each
oad district by special levies
luring that period.
In district number one, Which
t all the south portion of the
own ty from Tide creek to Mult-
lomah county, there has been
pent in special taxes 80,000,
hile in district number two,
hich is all the territory between
ide creek and Quincy, there has
icen spent HlG.OOo.
In district No 3, which includes
'latskanic, Mist and Marshland,
here has been spent HI3.000,
md in upper Nehalem 67.000.
while Mist is only a little behind
us
Our roads in this district are in
fairly good shape. We have
about 20 miles of macadamized
roads, which have all been built
under the supervision of Jack
Despain, and the fact that one
man hai been kept on the job al
the time instead of changing
each year has had considerable
to do with it.
Now comes up the argument
by lime of tho people who are
opposing the bond issue that the
assessed valuation will, from now
on, decreaso every year, That
n 20 years from now all the
timber will be gone and the bur
den of paying the bonds will then
fall on the farmers and cities,
while the timber men will have
ceaeed operations and gone out
Answering this after making
close investigation and getting
n formation from the most relia
ble sources, it is fairly safe to
say that no such condition will
exist, that the timber in this
county, taken off at the present
rato. will last for more than 2n
years by double. Uut it the
timber is gone the timber own
ers will still have great tracts of
and upon which they will pay
taxes; and the new developed
country, as a result of good roads
and removal of timber, will be
sufficient to keep up the assessed
valuation to what it shoud be
anyway, mis argument or tr.e
timber being gone, and the tim
ber people being able to avoid
paying their portion of the bond
issue, is just a wild statement
used for the purpose of raising a
feeling against the proposition,
and is without foundation.
It is conceded by all that good
roads are a necessity and that
they must come in this county
right away. There are some
people who are strongly in favor
of good reads but are opposing
the bond issue because they do
not see where a system of roads
connecting the various parts of
tho county can be of any benefit
to the farmers and property
owners back from the main high
ways, but this can be best an
swered by saying that the main
system of roads must be first
built where they will accommo
date tho most people and the
other roads will follow at a mini
mum cost and as they are re
quired. During the next week there
will be road meetings in several
places in the county, at which
time there will be speakes who
have had the experience of bad
roads and good roads and some
who live in a community where
the bonding issue was a few
years ago the same burning ques
tion that it is now here. They
will be able to throw considera
ble light, and answer all ques
tions asked. For the purpose of
informing themselves in every
possible way the voters and tax
payers in every community should
attend these meetings and dis
cuss the proposition from all
sides, It will be get-together
meetings, and will without doubt
prove educational and instructive
of the plan, and shall take pleasure
in sending you a copy as soon aa it I:
eh the preas.
r-acn ciuo la expected to take up
one or more of the projects named
below, the choice of the project de
pending upon the work which I o
greatest interest to the community
In which the club ia organized
The following are the Induatria
Club projects suggested by this de
partment for this year.
1. Hoys' Corn Crowing Contest
'. Hoys tVato GrowingConteitt
3. Girl' Canning Contest.
4. Girls Cooking and Making
Content.
5. Hoya' and Girl' Poultry Con
test.
0. Girls' Sewing Contest.
7, Hoya' Pig Feeding Contest
8. Boya' and dills' Gardening
Contest.
S. Dairy Herd and Manage
ment.
10. Manual Arts Contest.
ihe Agricultural College haa
promised to assist us further in
preparing bulletins giving expert
advice to the children as to how
best to produce the different thingt
nanieo in meae projects, auch aa
bulletins on potato growing, etc.,
rhese will bo distributed through
the cluba, and will be of value to
parents aa well as to the children.
Tl. . i. m .. . .
incworKiu organizing me clubs
will fall largely upon the county
school autcrintendents working
through the teachers. The Uni
versity of Oregon, the Oregon Ag
ricultural College, and the Oregon
iNormal School have promised to
end out men in addition to the
field workers from this office to
help the superintendents in this
work.
The State Fair Board has appro
priated to thia department $1,000
to be distributed among the boys
and girls as prizes at the State Fair.
The board has also promised us
$500 to be used to entertain two
boya from each county for the
whole week of the Fair. The boys
will b under the moat careful su
pervision and will make a atudy of I
every department of the Fair, in
eluding especially the poultry and
stock judging. In addition to this
wa expect to aend the ten children
who aland highest in the State
contest to the Panama exposition
at Han Francisco.
Personally 1 feel that the great
suceas which the childrens' indus
trial work has had in this state is due
to a great extent to the encourage
ment wnicn naa been given to the
movement by the preaa of Oregon
All ... . .
nu oi ua win appreciate most sin
carely your continued support
helping to organize thia work, and
thua make the work of our publi
achoola more practical and efficient.
I ahall send you from time so time
copiea of all bulletins as they are
published. For any editorial aup
port you may aee fit to give th
movement, the atate and the county
superintendents will be truly
thankful. Kouis very truly,
J. A. CHURCHILL.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion.
Card of Thanks.
We winh to thank all our friend
who freely gave us of their help and
sympathy duting the sickness and
death of our loved one.
Harriet M. D.uPuis.
Mr. and Mra. J. A. DuPuis
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ST. HELENS, ORE.
ASSETS $17 0 000
-BOARD OE DIRECTORS
Win. M. Rom, PrMidaol
1- R. Rutherford, Vic-Proa.
A L Siom, Cuhior
J. S. All.n, AuL Ca)ur
LG. Rom
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So it will be seen that the dis
iricls along the river from Goble.to all. whether for or ajrainst the
tiown have spent considerable. proposition,
nore than h this district. , . :
These figures go a long ways
toward answering the arguments
hat we in this district have been
aying taxes for years for our
roads, while the fellows down
tho river have been doing noth
ing, and now we are asked to
help them build their roads. As
n matter of fact they have spent
more money on their roads than
we have on ours, and if we ob
tained better results than others
it was because we had better fa-
Governor West is about to
spoil all the good e fleet of his
recent Copperfield exploit by en
gaging in an unseemly war of
words with District Attorney
Godwin, of Raker County.
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Stock consists of Dry Goods,
Clothing, Hoots and Shoes,
Furnishings, Furniture, etc.
Christmas Toys and Fancy
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Goods a s good a s the best.
A call will be appreciated.
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