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JUDGES CONVENTION SOON
Komi Ci.iiHlriii'tli.ii Principal Topic
mi le Illm-uiiHod.
The annuul convention of the Ore
Kon Statu Association of County
JuiIkpb and Commissioners will be
Imld In 1'ortlund December 9, 10
and 11. Invitations liuve been Kent
out by County Commissioner Ilufus
C. Ilolman, of Portland, president of
tho association, and Commlssloner-
i t,i.;i i-niio iioiurook, secretary. The
: convention will assemble the morn
ing of December 9 In the Court
house. Members of Cogntj Coum
now In office and those
j office, January 1, Including count)
inuiva'.rr and road supervisors, an
e,i-ctil to attend from ill couatk
Covornor-eloct Wlthycombe will de
liver tli Bildri'K of welcom-i.
Tho chief Bubjuct of discussion at
tho convention will be tho construc
tion and maintenance of roads.
December 9 Bamuel C. Lancastei
consulting engineer for Multnom.in
County's highway construction, whl
deliver an illustrated lecture at Cen
tral Library hull on highway engin
eering and construction. December
10 will he devoted to discussion of
topics bearing on construction and
maintenance of roads, bridges and
culvertB, and In the evening a ban
quet will be given at the Commercial
Club. The closing (lay will be given
over to a trip over the Columbia
Itiver Highway.
Among those who have been In
vited to address tho convention ore:
Trunk Branch Uiloy, F. K. Uillncr,
Professor 11. T. French, of Corvallls;
City Commissioner W. L. llrewster,
of Portland, who will talk on "The
Solution of the Unemployed Problem
Throughout the State": Grant Dlm
tck, ex-Judge of Clackamas County,
Judge W. C. Judd, of Clatsop Coun
ty; Henry D. Griffin, secretary of the
Hoard of Relief, on "The Proper and
Economical Care of tho Indigent
Poor."
I K;HTIN(i POTATO PKSST.
Ciillforniu Product is Sulci to lie In
fected by Moths.
Grange oemmittees who have been
Investigating methods of the war
against potato moths will meet at
the Portland Commercial Club build
ing the afternoon of December 12,
to make reports. The moeting will
bo open. The State Inspector is to
ask for a quarantine against Cali
fornia poptatoes until that state has
rid Itself of the moths. J. K. Stans
bory Fruit Inspector for Multnomah
County Is describing the danger of
Infection from potatoes shipped Into
tho stato before the grangers of the
state.
Many Went to lefeat.
The combination of State Oi'.fip,o,
Central Labor Council and Peoples'
Power League, that orlglnutf'l many
of the most radical Initiative meas
ure finds them all defeated
DEFENSE IS NEEDED
Stale's Interests In Grant
Land Suit Unprotected.
Orejon and California Iind ftrant
Hult Now itt-fore the I'nited
States Supreme Court.
Salem, Ore., ov. 24, Tho exten
sion of forest reserves and great losa
of taxablo property Is Involved in
suit to vacate tho Oregon and
California land graui.
Etghtoon Western Oregon Coun
ties will be knocked out of half a
million dollars of taxes for 8U if
the O. & C. and grant Is declared
forfeited by the U. S. Supreme Court.
These counties and the state will
lose forever over two million acres
of timber and agricultural land
worth from two to twenty dollars or
an average cf about $15 per acre,
assessed at about $30,000,000, if
forfeiture Is finally decreed.
The legal department of the gov
ernment Is Interested In adding
these lands to the forest reserve, al
reudy too large In Oregon.
Out of 61,188,480 acres in Ore
gon', 30,210,317 acics are under fed
eral control.
The O. & C. Co. is Interested in re
taln'cg tho land grant, whllo the peo
ple are interested n compelling spe
cific performance of Us contract by
the railroad corporation, and retain
ing $30,000,000 on the tax rolls.
The people would be satisfied If
the Supreme court decreed specific
performance, or an order to sell the
lands on equitable terms.
Western Oregon is vitally Interest
ed in this suit. The IS counties of
western Oregon pay $3,246,830 of
the total state tax of $4,165,000 for
1914 or 77.94 per cent.
These 18 counties levy tax on but
17.62 per cent of the entire landed
area of the state.
These 18 cosntles have in their
borders tho O. & C. land grant of
2,074,161 acres, on which the tax
this year would be $4 66,872.87.
This tax Is not being paid on ac
count of .litigation still pending In
the United States Supreme Court.
If the Supreme Court upholds the
forfolturo this tax will never bo paid,
but tha and grant will be disposed
of by congress and will proiiably bo
n.trped In the forest reae.'vn
The expensed of fire atrol of
tl.t-se lands, hereto. '0 but lie by the
O. & C, Co. will fnl on the State or
tin Forestry ser''ij
The state will forever I've this
property as a taxable asset if the Su
preme Court upholds forfeiture of
the grant.
The Counties Interested.
The following table sIiowb the
area, In the several counties of the
forfeited 0. & C. land grant. Should
this forfeiture be confirmed, these
lands will go hack to the federal
Government and In all probability
be placed In the Forest Reserve. The
dlsasterous effect of such action
upon the several counties affected
will be appai ent, when the acreage
and taxable property which will be
taken from the different counties is
studied.
The revenues of these counties are
decreased $466,000.
The amount of taxable area for
feited is ovor 2,000,000 acres, div
ided as shown below:
Amt. Assessed to
O. & C. Land
Grant not paid
because of for
Counties Acres
Ponton 63,627
Clackamas .'. 89,162
Columbia ... 17,679
Coos 106,563
Curry 7,845
Douglas .... 616,843
Jackson .... 441,791
Josephine . . . 167,481
Klamath ... 43,015
Lane 299,606
Liucoln .... . 15,906
Linn 61,966
Marlon ..... 30,256
Multnomah . 9,047
Polk 37,018
Tillamook .. 29,741
Washington 17,932
Yamhill 28,683
feiture.
20,078.76
30,661.52
15,042.62
60,922.62
2,313.67
96.901.76
71.219.20
35.874. 60
10,359.50
80,527.00
2,158.22
13,871.38
8,273.46
2,328.26
13,557.59
, 3,444.96
' 4,876.65
4,461.22
2,074,161 $466,872.81
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to each county by means ot the for-
mi. 1 .l.tn n1nA JiAma . rt ,1 V
felted O. & C. land grant tax being
unpaid.
In the suit before the Supreme
Court of the United States the O. &
C. Co. and the Untted States are rep
resented by counsel but the stato is
not. .
A moniorlal to Congress was
adopted by the legislature of 1907
asking that steps be taken by resolu
tion or otherwise, to enact and de
clare some sufficient penalty for non
compliance with- the terms of the
grant.
To protect the interest of the state
in retaining the O. & C. lands as a
state asset, tho state or Oregon must
be represented in the suit, and the
legislature should declare the po
sition and Interest of the state in this
matter.
A state that already has about
three-fifths of Its area locked up in
forest reserves cannot afford to al
low this great additional wealth of
natural resources to be transferred
to the federal government without
protest.
Can State Lose Its Illgbts?
An Interesting question Is raised
as to whether these lands can be tak
en without the Jurisdiction of this
state, title once having vested In the
grantee of the Government.
The right to tax these lands has
vestel In the state and no forfeit
ure of the rights of the state to tax
these lands should be permitted.
What the people of Oregon want
is that the terms of the O. & C. land
grant should be Inforced; that the
lands should be distributed and the
development of the counties wherein
the lands are situated be promoted.
We do not want these reverted
back to the Government, where they
will pay no taxes, and the State's
Interest In Its right to tax these lands
should be insisted upon.
Oregon should intervene In the
suit now before the Federal Courts,
to the end that its rights may be
preserved.
These lands will not be open to
homestead or preemption. '
ADMINISTERING THEWATER LAWS
Cost Has Increased Over Two Hun
dred Thousand Dollars In Past
Twelve Years.
Here is a statement showing what
the administration of our arid, land
and water laws has cost the tax
payers and tells how mighty oaks
fiom little acrons srow:
In 1901-2 the State passed a law
accepting the provisions of the Carey
Act, providing for the reclamation of
our arid lands and placing its ad
ministration In tho hands of the
State Land Board; no appropriation
was made '
In 1903-4 no appropriation was
made for State Land Board for the
Carey Act Project.
In 1905-6 no appropriation was
made for State Board for Carey Act
Project. But the office of State En
gineer created, calary $2400 per an
num. Appropriation for S'ate En
gineer's office of $15,000.
In 1907-8 no appropriation for the
State Land Board for the Carey Pro
jects was made. The appropriation
for state engineer's office was again
$15,000.
In 1909-10 the Desert Land Board
croated to take over the Carey Act
work. Appropriation for said board,
$4000.
The State Water Board of Control
was created to take over adjudica
tion of water righto with an appro
priation for said board of $20,000.
Appropriation for State Engineer's
office $25,000. His salary was rais
ed to $3000 per annum, making a
total appropriation for this office of
$49,000.
In 1911-12 the Desert Land Board
received $8,000; the State Water
Board got $20,000.
The state engineer got following
amounts: Standing appropriation
$20,000, Special surveys $13. 800,
Special surveys estimated $8200,
Topographic and hydrographic maps
$45,000. Making a total ot $115.-
000.
In 1913-14 appropriations were as
follows: Desert Land Board, $10,-
000; Stato Water Board, $40,000.
State Engineer's office: Standing
appropriation $20,000, Special ap
propriation $13,800; Special surveys
estimated $11,200; Topographic and
hydrographic maps, $45,000; Co
operative survey $50,000; Celllo In
vestigation $15,000. Total of $155,
000. Or a grand total ot $205,000.
It is proposed to place all these
functions under tho State Land
Board, and reduce the number of of
ficials and appropriations.
FARMKK8 TLAN RAILROAD.
More Direct Outlet to the Sea an Im
perative Demund.
With a view to forming a stock
company ot farmers ot Umatilla
County for the construction of a rail
road from some convenient point in
the Cold Spring section to the Col
umbia River, a meeting has been
called to be held at Pendleton Satur-
oay by the farmer b union urain
Agency. The proposed road would
be about 20 miles In length, and it ts
estimated that the cost ot construc
tion would be $100,000. Should the
plan fall a hard-surface highway will
be built as the next best move.
The trend of the times ts the look
ing to the utilization of the Colum
bia River, the greatest trade artery
In the West, as an Inexpensive means
of reaching the markets of the world
with the products of our Western
Empire. Preparations for the en
joyment of enlarged trade by reason
of the Panama Canal are appparent
everywhere In the West.
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Commonwealth's Friends to
Have Extra Session.
Xeetl of Constructive Legislation to
be Pointed Out and LcfflKlaturea
Asked to Act.
To discuss three definite legisla
tive problems, a special session of the
state Commonwealth Conference will
be held In Villard hall, at the Uni
versity of Oregon, Eugene, on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
December 10, 11 and 12. Governor
elect James Withycombo Is to open
the conference.
The three main topics will be:
1. Unemployment.
2. Greater economy and efficien
cy in state administration.
3. Hydro-electric districts, made
up of a city, as a nucleus, and Its
tributary watershed area.
The three days of consideration
are to culminate In appointment of
committees, each of which is to draft
the recommendations of the confer
ence upon its special problem and to
submit these recommendations to the
proper committee In the Oregon leg
islature. The conclusions In each
case will reach the legislature of next
January In the form of a bill.
The persons whose participation
is expected In this conference repre
sent about all the elements directly
interested In each of the three Items,
and are roughly these:
1. Unemployment. The state leg
islative committee on unemploy
ment; representatives of labor; so
cial service workers; city officials,
especially members of the Oregon
League of Municipalities; state of
ficials; members of the incoming
Oregon legislature; members of state
commissions or other bodies having
to do with labor In any form; rep
resentatives of employment agencies;'
the state labor commission. Meeting
with them will probably be Frances
A. Kellor, managing director of the
North American Civic League for the
Protection of Immigrants, 95 Mad
ison avenue, New York.
2. State administration for great
er economy and efficiency; State of
ficials; members of the incorcirg
legislature; efficiency experts.
3. Hydro-electric districts: The
state hydro-electric commission: all
city officials who can come; persons
interested in power development;
legislators; the state engineer.
Several important states, notably
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa. 11
inois and South Dakota, have found
taxes growing faster than either
wealth or the number of taxpayers.
In these states Investigators discov
ered that commissions, bureaus, and
other - administrative bodies, had
been created in unscientific fashion,
often with overlapping duties. Each
of these bodies had a chief and a
staff. Results among the various
groups were not corelated ; results
were also expensive. The remedies
suggesting themselves to a typical
Investigating body were these:'
To group commissinos, individuals
bureaus, departments, that are
doing kindred work Into a central
department with a single head.
To let that single head be an ap
pointee of the governor, except In the
treasury department, where he
should be elective. To hold the
head responsible for results and for
the cost of results in bis office.
To let the subordinates in all such
departments be under civil service
provisions.
To adopt and use a simple field
and clear budget in made easier by
such grouping of state administra
tive functions Into a half dozen de
partments. The organization ot Oregon com
missions, departments, bureaus and
similar state administrative offices,
that are recommended In these re
ports of experts will be brought Into
a harmonious whole, and as a report
of the Commonwealth " Conference,
formed Into a suggestion to the prop
er legislative committee.
Preceding the experts' report will
come a paper upon the principles
that underlie state administration,
the University 'n this connection ful
filling one of its many duties, that of
making special material available
for use by any element In the state.
TIME TO LIQUIDATE.
Do Not Dcluy In Applying for Auto
mobile License.
To expedite the registration ot mo
tor vehicles for 1915, Secretary ot
State Olcott Is sending to all owners
the necessary blanks. Under the law
all motor vehicle registrations ex
pire December 31, and by forward
ing blanks now, ample time will be
given the owners to app'y for licen
ses. The motor vehicle plates for next
year will be made with yellow back
ground, and black letters and numerals.
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