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made. The decision is the sub
ject of much discussion. II is
. : held by some people to be the
tu -. Fra., - ' ony true position and constuc-!
he Ml Publishing Company tion of the present tax law while)
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THE POLITICAL SITUATION
Oregon's "Mr. Dooley" Presents His Views on
Matters and Things to Columbia County Folks
lvfi .II') rlM uihimt jmiiiHry 10.
m III'' tkll X H""a Hvli'll OrrgoN
u r ill ' MhwH I
StlNHCHirTIOM Katka
iiioiiilm
rilsiiiK 'Hint hih'U known on -pli-it
IkI iiolken 'Jh rent mi hi.
trouble.
Taking the entire decision as
given by Judge Cleeton, it
would seem that it is good rea
soning and s-und
"Mr Ciey" uyi Firinluan, "what's
the latest news from (he fiont?"
"They's lull uf news," ssys Mr Cas
ey. "The week has brought out new
bunch of candidates an wan ur two his
judgement. '""en be the wayiide and some haia't.
"Whu'i the miifortnato wan to drop
out?" ant Finnigan.
"Well, fer wan there'a brother Stev
en haa deee'ded he doesn't want to be
Guvner, cause unknown It may be,"
sake ye jine yer host, and after takin'
a coople of shots under yer belt from
the D. S's private bottle ye feel loike
atein' bite, and whin the dinner is
over and ye've finUhed yer cigar je
think ye'll take another look at the
wrick! , whin bless yer soul, yer sur
prised to see the wrickige has bin
cleared away and the tra-k all printed
out f fifth slick as a new pair of pants.
iniyui.nl) wan or the nunny arus
says Mr Cucy, "that he dun't like the that f;!ln tn yer lt a a r.ilroaj
soocitey at Salem, aarii it miht be komishuner.
berause tha's' no GuvnoM manshun in "I seen be the papers a few days
the Capital city. Ye nivir can till ego," says Casey, "that thty is a ter
what the trouble is with a candidste. "hie struggle on among some of the
pair ter there a yit enough good m.n
lifr In ma', I ka mta bl I Via ri.immari.
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i ne decision is a popular one fi,i i,,t,ii
"Wan thing I noticed, "says Cahey
"that is intriatin' to the political stud
ent and that is that they in now nearly
as minny randi ales fer Joostire uf the
with the great masses of the
people and will result in great
relief to tax payers with no
resultant damage to the county
or state.
Whi was the party that had
printed the pink posters this
week? lie will confer a favor cn
a number of excited citizens by
making known his identity.
Judging from performances
during the past few days in St
Helens, there is a good opening
for a boxing in? tructor here.
PL I. m . ..
ine iaw :iscii provides that un
paid taxes shall become delin
quent on Septembe- 1st and by
ikn n,i.i;:... .7 I... 1
LOlinty UlllCial terest before that date an in-
Pioer crease in tne taxes would result
I ape . fore delinquency. Such a
, thing would be unwarranted and
On another page of this issue unwise and contrary to law.
ill be fojriil some figures show- Under the law as construed by The polit cal bug gita Into a man's sys - byes to see who is goin' to be made
I ir I he increased COKt of iro Vein- Judge Cleeton a payment of one- tim without wsrnin and its libleto Nashunle koinityman be the raypubli
Lnr i.f the State of Oregon, half the taxes now will Drevent leave in the same .unoatabu manner.
t..... rimim. uill Le found in- any penaltV or interest hpino- Howlver." says Caey."Hub's drnppin'. Bull Mooscr is hack in
L.oi: t ,urU la nnvpr fn lattacherd to thi. rpminir,o. out has not upsit the game bcyant re-, Roin after t .e j ,b in gi
1 1 Lll.'1'H v - I - A v...
2 . . itl. :n .1 l.IKolf
n Htaie. iney win snow mvi
hormous increase in number
hd cost of the various commis
ims. They will give to the peo
e the information in a detailed
lay what has been claimed in a
Ineral statement. Uead them
er and you will see that the
imber of Commissions has in
i ne.l from 13 in 1903 to 55 in
13. Tni increaie in cost of
i-se commissi ns has been even
enter in proportion than the
nmler, running from fG7.C00in
io3 to $l,17H.0yi in 1913. Other
Lures of he ircreaed cost are
1st as startling as I hose of the
immiHHions.
These figures are published ex
imively in the St. Helens Mist
k other paper in the State of
regon has yet published them.
ney were obtained at consider
ble expense and time and were
Ik en from the records at Salem
1 are authentic.
After a careful perusal of this
ntement you will readily see
at your money is being spent
Ir things that you never dream-
of. Y hi di l not realize that
bur money was so recklessly
led. You did not realize that
ere were bo many useless and
iravagant commissions. You
Id not know the reason for an
irrease from $18,000 to $67,000
Columbia County's State tax
one years.
It is up to tax payers to take
in .
imo action In custauir.g me
ii'less expenditure of money in
1 of these commissions. It is
I to the people to do away with
numlier of these commissions
!d place the duties of state
vernment on officers whose
ty it is to assume responsibility
stead of shifting it on to some
iinor commission.
It is high time something was
ping done to check the run
Way system of conducting the
I fairs of the State of Oregon.
"TWENTY YEARS AGO'
Circuit Judge Cleeton of Port-
nd has issued a permanent in-
nction restraining the County
treasurer of Multnomah County
rom adding any penalty or in
rest on taxes where one-half
f them are paid before April
it. This decision is far reachi
ng in its effect and while the
iarticular case decided only
.fleets Multnomah County, other
ounties in the Btate will no
joubt be guided by the same
ule as is applied in that county.
he law as it now stands requires
ie payment of all the taxes on
Yr before April 1st and in case
)iey are not paid by that date
) lenalty of 10 per ceiit will be
idded together with interest nt
I per cent a month, until the
Columbia County s Tax: The tas
roll for Columbia county for the year
1893 is now complete In the clerk's
office, ami ahows the following uma of
money to be collected in ordtr to meet
the requirements: County school tax,
$7.108 93; county tax, $18. 163.8 ;
state tax, $0,711.91, an I poll tax
$819. The tax for the year 1893 la
20 3-10 mills against 27 mills for 1892
the total tax for the latter year being
$34,864.66 against $32,902.88, a differ
ence of $5,617.88. Theatate tax of
$rt.7U 91 will be due next Wednes
day. ,
Charles Meserve, the editor of the
Oregon City Pnterprire, was shaking
hands with friends in this place this
week. lie was accompanied by hit
wife.
I'he city has men at work laying aiiie
walks arniin l the ni rth end of blixk
eleven, and two creasing are being
laid from tie northwest corner of that
block.
Destructive Fire: About 2 o'clock
Wednesday morning the people of our
quiet little city were
rudely aroused
from their slumbers b? the unwelcome
sound of the fire alarm, and hastily
rushing Into the etr-cU were shocked
to find the largo general mwchandise
houre of Dart and Wa-kins enveloped
In a mass of flames. The hose com
pany got to work in a creditably shoit
time and through their efficient efTo ts
the fire waa very quick ly gotten under
control, and extinguished The fire,
which was undotbtedly the work of fire
bugs, started in the Interior of the
store at the rear end. and when discov
ered was bursting out of the window of
the hat room, which is sepsrated from
the rest of the store by heavy lined
partitions. As the lire was well under
way the steamer Telephone came up to
tho duck, and rendered very effective
saiHtance by running out a line of
hose through which a g od stream nf
water waa quickly turned on the fire
The loss to the building Is nominal
but the loss on the stock is heavv, and
resulted principally from smoke and
water. All of the goods In the main
part of the store are ruined and will be
irst of September when they -In-oat total loss of -bout $gooo
i , i 'Messrs Dart and Walkina have been
Jecomo delinquent and the usual i, M", , . . IMlt. dlivi
. .... . ' in business only about thlity aays
h'thod of disposing of delinquent, thcy fec, lMr ,, keeniy. Thre
tuxes win prevail, it 1 1 u-
Jides that taxpayers may pay
le-half of the taxes before
Xpril 1st and by doing so avoid
the penalty but not the interest
of 1 per cent each month. So
he decision of Judge Cleeton
Affects us all. It means that
hose who pay one-half of the
ax before April 1st will not be
required to pay any penalty or
nterest either and if the last
. ialf is paid before September;
is $2500 Insurance in the Hamburg
Bremen Company, on the stock and
building.
Dr. Orville Ycargaln of On gon City,
cam.' down Wednesday etoning on
orofoMlonal visit to Hon. O W Ml
Bride, who is dangerously
home In this p'ace.
ill at his
WANTED -To soil or trade for two
reaidence lota in St Helens, almoat
g od as new alandard player piano.
Apply at Mist Office.
Soprime Coort as thpy is fer Guvnei
which is a hi I thy sign.
"If ye folloy the p apers, Finnigan,
ye'll note a perculler situaahun. The
Gjnvei byes is all fer cultin' out the
worthliss komishnus; the Joostices ilict
are all for luw ray form be illiminatin
moat of the laws now on the books and
be puttin' the lid on anny new laws
that may be sprung; the candidates fer
the assimbly are fer doin away with
the Sinite anj manny of the imbrayo
Sinitnrs would wipe out the Assimbly,
an.l they's some of the voire of the
state who favor the ideas of thim all
I'd go wan slip farther in this wipin'
out business and du away with the col
licshun of taxes. What do ye git fer
yer tax money? If ye want a de-
evorce ye pay a fee fer filin' yer pa
pers; ye have a deed to 'aycord, does
the lad at the Coort house say 'This
way please, I'll rayord the docymint
fer ye with plissureT He does nit.
He says 'Wan dolhr and twinty cints.
and be quick about it.' Ye have I
street to fix or a slice of sewer to in
Uall. Do yer taxea cover these items?
They do not Ye have the plissure of
pay in', fer thim outen yer oan pork it.
Personally I'm otipoaed to taxes at
anny price.
-"The eyes of the vothers is cintered
the.ie days on the two min who're out
fer the office of Railroad komishuner.
Wan is now in and the other has Lin
hcaid to admit to a close frind that
whin the votes is counted after the pri
mayries that people will know that he
waa in the runnin. 'Toot! Toot!' say
I'attun, 'watoh me smoke as I make
the grea est race in histry fer the
office of komishuner of Railroads
Ye're not a railroad man, Finni
gan, says uaaey, "or ye a mow now
to appreciate the juti. a of a railroad
komoishuner. The hours is long and
arjus ihe pay isn l overly goon ana
the work is hard and ti resume. Ye're
at yer disk in the state hoose trying to
git out a ray port that don't mane anny
thing, yet says somethirg that'll look
good in the daily press While ye're
doin' this yer 'phone bill rings and
some wan at the other ind of the line
tells ye they's a wrick on the P. G. and
P. 'Tis wan of yer jutiea to look in to
the causes of wricks. Ye giab yer suit
case and ye git a spicial Injire to take
ye to the seen of the cstastrofy fer
wricks wont wait fer anny man. 'Th
loike whin yer wife spills the milk she
runs fer a mop t wipe it up. So tis
with tne Greeks aworkin' on the track.
As soon as they hear the cry of the
dead and diyn' theyr'e off to raypair he
damage and to pi kupwhat stray joolry
thcy can find. Whin ye arrive ft the
seen of trouble 'tis yer juty to ast al
the quitsins ye can think of and some
yj can't. Wan fellow that tot ther
before ye did will till ye thinks the
ca ise of the wrick wss the work of a
lad that was fired from the circus and
tn git evin tore up a rail intindin' to
wrick the circus train that is jue at
this p'nt at tin forty two, but t e mis
take caught the limited instid. A far
mer livin' near by tills ye that its naw
thing more nor lisa thin the poor con
strucshun the tisck that did the dam
age. The divishun superintendinl ad
vances the information that this is the
cul I roidil siction but that the season
is changin' and the onlooked for acshun
of the Deesimbcr sun and winter lain
ccuplcd with the kimicle acshun of the
alkili on the roadbid has had a dilyter
us Iffict on the spikes ho din' down the
rails and that if ye'll do him the honor
t i dine with him in hi private car
he'll be pleased to cite siviril similar
rases, wan In particuler that he thinks
will suir yer fancy. Fer manners'
Lharley Akerman who was a
the fold and
great ft le, while
Brother Williams has bis eye on the job
fer another term.
'"There is wan job, Finnigan, that
they's nawthin' in yit they's some
who want it mighty bad. Ye see 'tis
like this With that job ye think ye
have pristeege with the powers that be,
But its only a drcm", fer under the
Orgun laws ye can't deliver the votes
like in the davs gone by. Iviry man
thinks fer hiasielf and some thinks fer
his wife on illicshun day, and usuhnal
ly vots as be thinks, so where can the
lad with the Nashunal title hMp anny
wan with hi power.
"But," says Casey, "I nearly forgot
the most important turn of the week
Cousin Ox has rayturr.ei from the
East and almost simiUanus with his
lesvin' fer home comes the word tha?
Warto the Mixican prisidint was layin'
down and had promised to be good.
Can ye see anny conniction in the two
ivints, Mr Finnigan? ast Casey. "No!
onli'88 the Guvner told Wood row that
he would loan him the use of his field
marshall to quell the trouble in Mixico,
"says Finnigan. "Yer right, Finni
gan,' says Casey, "and tha word was
passed onto Jawn Lind who slipped the
word to O'Shan nessy who tipped it off
to Warto who being advised be his cab
inet ministers of what took place at
Copperfield deecided that his hour had
come and he's now packing his suit
esse fer the South of France. Wance
again has the Orgun policy b n vindi
cated, all of which goes to show that
Orgun beats bell, fer by the acts of
wsn of her officials has war wance
again bin averted."
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
A bounty on flies is going to be of
fered by the Salem commercial club
to the school children la Salem.
Bids will be opened April 1 at St.
Helena for the $360,000 bond Issue re
cently voted by Columbia county for
permanent highway construction.
Dairy cows In Coos county this year
are selling for a much higher price
than ever before, due to the increase
In the dairy business and the efforts
to better the grade of the dairy stock.
The county In which schoolhouse
la located has jurisdiction in trying
cases of crime in or near the building,
according to an opinion of Attorney-
General Crawford.
The Corvallis commercial club has
started a campaign to Increase its
membership to 600 and to become
more effective In developing Corvallis
and Benton county commercially.
Counties which have collected in
terest on delinquent taxes without di
viding it with its taxpaylng districts
may be sued by the districts for their
share of the money, so Attorney-Gen
eral Crawford decides.
A false reading of a Babcock butter
fat test Is a violation of the weights
and measures luw, according to an
opinion written by Attorney-General
Crnwford for Deputy State Sealer of
Weights and Measures Buchtel.
Cltixens of Qlendale have organised
the Glendale-Cow Creek Good Roads
association, of which Mayor Coe of
Glcndale Is president The associa
tion starts oft with a membership ot
SS.
The fortland chamber ot commerce
haa filed a protest with the Oregon
delegation against the proposed re
moval from Tortland of the pure-food
laboratory of the department ot agri
culture. The delegation will try to
have the order of removal rescinded.
That there are thousands of acres
of fine land in Oregon from five to 25
miles from railroads that may be pur
chased for from $20 to $50 an acres.
the assertion of Mark Woodruff,
publicity agent of the Portland, Eu
gene A Eastern railway.
An attendance average of 96.07 per
cent, 2877 pupils on record in Folk
county, 1855 pupils neither absent nor
late, are some of the items in a report
Issued by H. C. Seymour, county su
perintendent, for the month ot January.
The forest service la spending $230
for roads during the coming summer
in Baker and Grant counties, within
the Whitman national forest The
service plans to open a new and short
er road across the mountains between
Sumpter and lower John Day valleys,
a distance of approximately 60 miles.
Miss Mollie Towne of Phoenix, for
merly deputy county clerk, has an
nounced ber candidacy for the legisla
ture on the democratic ticket, the first
woman in Oregon to seek legislative
honors. Miss Towne baa studied law
and has been admitted to practice.
It Is reported that the O-W. R, 4 N.
company will build a cutoff on Its
Umatilla-Spokane line from Cold
Springs siding, on the Columbia river,
acroKS the Irrigated section, through
the town of Hermiston, connecting
with the Echo-Coyote cutoff about
miles west of Hermiston.
George Stewart, Jr., representing
McMlnnville college, won the annual
intercollegiute oratorical contest of
Oregon at Albany. Lisle Hubbard, of
Pacific college, took second place, and
Eric Bolt, of Willamette university,
was third. Stewart spoke on "The
Amer:-arresaa.mLW''ll Peace!"-
Plans for a federated "college and
religious training school will be con
sidered this Bprlng at the annual Ore
gon conferences of the United Evan
gelical, United Brethren and Evan
gelical Association denominations.
The conference of the United Evan
gelical churches will be held at Dal
las, beginning April 4.
The Anti-Saloon league of America,
whose headquarters and general pub
lishing house la in Westervllle, Ohio,
has determined to throw the whole
power of its organization to the as
sistance of the Anti-Saloon league of
Oregon and the other organizations
co-operating with it for a dry Oregon
this year. '
Believing that an eight-hour law
having application to farms, dairies '
and other agricultural pursuits would !
he an Injustice, the Linn county Po
mona grange has passed a resolution
protesting against such a regulation. I
It is recited that such a law would be j
wholly impracticable to the conditions !
peculiar to farm Industries. !
To retain the services of L. J. Cha-'
pin, the agricultural expert employed j
during the last two years to give ex
pert assistance to the farmers of Ma
rion county, the promotion department
of the Salem commercial club haa ap-,
prorriated funds for the payment of J
half of his annual salary. In the past !
this had been paid by the county court, '
. - - -O '-' " J v ov
ernmtiit, but
rrnrt refused
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