6 ST. HELENS MIST, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1916
that a certain proportion of tlie taxes' NOTICE FALL FISHING IS fTSU.."!
. would havo to be put over each year; VERY GOOD IIEhl'J n nwnii """ -.
! to a popular vote and continuation NJJ bjr nt U.e (J , WrtJ ft fl APAl
UH8 U
STARTLING VIEW OF
TAX LIMITATION
would havo to be put over each year
to a popular vote and confirmation.
As far as I know there la only one
statu In the I'nlou which has adopt-
Thts measure is what is commonly
lim ii tlm R nur .wilt tnv limltil-
tlon measure, and specilles ' that no , " arbitrary tax llmitalion. and thai!
county, municipality, district or body
to which power to levy a tax has
been delegated shall exercise this
power in such a way so that the re
ceipts from taxes within that par
ticular tax-levying body shall bu
greater than tho preceding year by
more than 6 per cent.
In view of tho burden which taxes
have imposed on most property own
ers the last few years, this measure
has at first glance an appealing in
terest to all taxpayers. i
It is therefore necessary that the
measure be scanned with the .utmost
attention. I
It means that In the event the j
population and wealth of the city of
Portland or the city of Eugene, or i
tho city of Grants Pass should grow
In auy one year 15 per cent over the
precedlug year, that the taxes re-
Is the state of Colorado.
There is one difference between
this measure and the Colorado law :
which is vital, und that Is- In Colo
rado the law provides that In the
event emergencies arise where a
greaer amount of tax is required
than that allowed by law, then a;
commission composed of certain state
officials may sit and authorize a fur
ther Increase. This allows a certain
elasticity to the law which la wholly i
absent in our case.
Take for example Mnn county,!
which has been very cautious In its
tax matters lately. It has a good
right to complain that when times
become more prosperous, the com
munity is entitled to some of the re
sults of that returning prosperity In
! an Increased taxation for roads, pub
j lie. buildings and other improve
ments, und that this law will punish
Notice la hereby given that tho
County Uoudniasler has llled In this
office his Certificate of Completion
of the following contracts:
H. A. Milieu Komi. In Kond Dis
trict No. 5, by 1. K. I.ovegren, Con
tractor. Gravelling Lower Nehalem Hoad,
in Kond District No. fi. by Thos. I'.
Johnston, Contractor.
Ilankey Kond In Koad District No.
2, by V. C. Cooper, Contractor.
All protests against the acceptance
of these contracts must be llled in
the office of tho County Clerk, within
two weeks of the date of tho first
publication hereof.
Dale of first publication, October
27th, 191.
A. K. HA KNOTT,
4 5-2 County Clerk.
Some I'hhenneii Make (iood Cnlclw
lit This Phue.
XOTH'K TO CKKIHTOItS
.,uired to operate such a city could 1, f(r prudence , , pust
not be increased to exceed 6 per cent
while it is apparent, that the taxes
would have to be Increased at least
as rapidly as the population If the
On the other hand we will take a
county which has been prodigal in
expenditures, which has gone mad
over evtmvitirunt rn:ida and other
functions of our public Institutions mnga ,t wlll bo elltitIea umk,r thu
were not to be hampered.
It means, under all ordinary con
ditious, that every extraordinary ex
penditure such as public buildings.
road programs, harbor developments,
etc., regardless of how rapidly the
country is erowin? in wealth or
population, or how self apparent the a,uple' 1 wUl tako 1,10 c-ase of Mult"
law to keep up this same rapid pace
plus 0 per cent if they wish. There
fore the law would penalize the pru-
' j dent counties, while the extravagant
ones would go Scott free.
To make it clear by specific ex-
IN TUB COUNTY COUHT Or' TUB
STATE Oh' OKKUON KOK t'OL
U Mill A COUNTY,
i In the Matter of the Estate of August
Kelel, Deceased.
! Notice is hereby given, that the
undersigned has been duly appointed
administratrix of tho estate of Aug-
list Ketel, deceased, by tho lion.
I County Court of Columbia County.
' State of Oregon, and has duly quuli
j fled for said trust. All persons hnv
! ing claims against said estate are
i hereby notified and required to pre-
sent the same, duly verilled and with
' proper vouchers, to tho ndiulnlstrn
j trlx at her residence In the City of
1 St. Helens, Columbia County, Oro
' gon, within six months from the date
of this notice,
j Dated October 27th, 1 9 1 1! .
! MKS. SUSANNA KETEI.,
Administratrix of the estato of
August Ketel, deceased. 4 5-5
Munv llshernien are still engaged
In catching salmon and delivering j
them to tho llsh buyers here. bile
the run In the river at the present
time Is not so very large, those en
gaged In llshlng am milking good
caliln'S. Tuesday night " Hhor
man delivered more than 1.000
pounds. The buyers are paying 111
cents each for CIiuiiih, and cents
per pound for Tulles and Hllversldes.
This is the highest price paid In
years for llsh at this season of the
year, and I ho llshernien who are
steadily on the Job are getting good
returns for their labor.
UNION COUNTY !
VERY PROSPEROUS !
T. V. Coward, of l.aGraude, Union
county, was In St. Helens Saturday, j
lie states that section of pastern Ore-
gon Is very prosperous on uccouut of
the large yield of wheat and (he war j
prices farmers are getting for It f
Mr. Coward, while a strong Wilson
! man, states It Is the general opinion:
ithat Villon county will give a ma-
jorlty of between 700 und 1000 for
Hughes.
NOTICE TO GRANGERS
ncmah county in the year 1913,
when our taxroll for the county was
swelled by tho addition of a large
road tax and for our contribution
to the north jetty. The next year
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a condition that must and will exist i1"" l"u"l, """-""a ,a ""
in every part of the state as the years
need was, would have to bo submit-'
ted to the people.
Further it would mean that In
periods when property values are in-!
creasing at a rapid rate which is
roll on that we are limited in our
tax expenditures to ti per cent of the
preceding year regardless of the fact
$1,383,000.
Suppose this law htu gono Into
effect the year Immediately succeed
ing these " expenditures. Do you
that our assessed vuluation has in-! think that the officials would huve
creased very much more rapidly. i b,'p" eucouruged to cut tho budge'.
Take for example any town in this! of succeeding year down to the
slate with, let us say, 10,000 In-; uone lr tl,ey thought that they would
habitants, Willi an assessed value of j ue restricted after that to an tn
$10,000,000 and with a tax levy ofjereas0 "f only 6 per cent upon such
25 mills. This levy will produce ! a budget? A similar condition exists
$250,000 In taxes.
The year following, we will say,
today in many counties, cities or
other tax-levying districts in tills
has proved one of prosperity and state.
growth and the assessed valuation There 1b one class of proporty-own-of
the town has increased from ers who will probably profit more
$10,000,000 to $12,500,000 or 25 than any other by the passage of this
per cent. Tho population has also law whose selfish Interest is causing
Increased 25 per cent. some of them to back this bill. l
Under the proposed constitutional refer to thu owners of standing tini
umendment, this town would be able her. ,
to raiso from taxation only 6 per The owner of standing timber, es-i
cent over the preceding year, a total peeially if he be a nonresident owner,!
of $265,000. Now as a matter of i,at, MU or o Interst In tho de-
fact the requirements of this town velopmcnt of tho state at large as!
during such a period of growth fur as his particular industry is con-'
would have materially and properly cerned. for the reason that tho lum-j
Increased and an additional $15,000 ! ,er Industry, when It is supplied with
to the tax will not ho sufficient to transportation can produce and sell
properly govern the city. As the practically under the same advaiit-i
same levy as was used during the ugeous conditions in a wilderness as'
preceding year that Is. 25 mills ' l a settled community. Any retard
this town Is entitled to raise for tax ation of the development of a com-!
purposes the sum of ti2,500 without munity means without question a!
imposing any greater burden upon limitation of the taxes. There is'
the people than heretofore. .therefore not the same Interest to!
Now It is good public financing the timber owner to develop the
which requires no argument to spend country as to others who prosper as'
moro largely during the times of the country develops. I
prosperity anu mcreaseil earnings.: There is not a single intelligent
and to retrench during periods of man In the state of Oregon who does!
depression. , not rt.Kr(!t tie outrageous manner in 1
This bill, as evidenced by tho ex- which the owners of standing timber
amples which I havo shown above, in some of our counties have been
would mean that the community ; gouged by the tax authorities but1
would be retrenching In their ex-; there is no reason on this account!
penditures during a period of finan-for us becoming hysterical about the'
eial prospoi-.ty. for it U the tax levy ' situation and allowing the timber-i
that indicates whether taxes are In- men to dictate to ti, ,.,.,...i ,.r n.J
creasing or decreasing; not the gross gon a crude, unscientific, arbitrary
li n-lf-.ii n I f. I ..sxA n ,.11 . i- .
NOTICE OK I'KESKNTt TION OF
FINAL ACCOUNT AMI I'KTI
' TIOX FOK FINAL SETTLEMENT
! IN ESTATE OF ISAIAH McltEK,
DECEASED,
j Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned lias rendered and pre
1 seated for settlement anil llled in
the County Court of Columbia Coun
j ty, State of Oregon, her Final Ite
port and Account as Executrix of
' the state of Isaiah Mcliee, Deceased,
and the court has, by order, appoint
ed the 27th day of November, 1916,
j at the hour of 1 1 o'clock A. M. at
the Courtroom of said Court in St.
Helens, in said County and State as
the time and place for the hearing
of objections to the said Final Ite
port and settlement thereof.
All persons Interested In said es
tate are hereby notified to present
their objections. It any they have,
to said Final Koport and Volition for
Final Settlement at said time and
place.
Dated First publication, 27th day
of October, 1916.
DIENA WILKES,
Executrix.
Staplelon & Conley,
Attorneys for Executrix. 4 5-6
Pouiora Orange will meet with
Yankton Grange. November 4, 1916.
All petrous are urged to come, as a
fine time is assured for all.
It. N. LOVELACE.
4 4-3 Pomona M;.ster. Kaluier, Ore
NOTICE
The tilstrlct convention of District
No. 17, Columbia County, of the
Knights of Pythias, will be held at
Itaiuler on Thursday evening, No
veinber lli. All members of the or
der are urged to be present.
M. E. MII.LElt,
D. D. (1. C.
Dr. Stone's llcnve Drop cures
heaves. Price $1; for sale by nil
druggists.
NOTICE TO ItLMTOItS
IN THE DISTKICT COUUT OF THE
UNITED STATES, FOK THE DIS
TKICT OF OKEUON.
In the Mutter of Hoyd O. Mitchell,
Bankrupt.
No. 3972 in Bankruptcy.
Notice Is hereby given that on the
24 day of October. A. D. 1916. Floyd
O. Mitchell, of Prescott, Oregon, the
bankrupt ubove named, was duly
adjudicated bankrupt; and thut the
first meeting of ills creditors will be
held at my office, 8th Floor, Title & 1
Trust lluilding, Portland, Oregon, on
tho 8 day of November, 1916, at
10:15 A. M., at which time said
creditors may attend, prove their
claims, appoint a trustee, examine
the bankrupt, and transact such other
imsiness as may properly come be
fore said meeting.
Claims must bo presented in form
required by the Bankruptcy Act, and
sworn to.
The schedule filed discloses no
assots.
Duted October 28, 1916.
A. M. CANNON,
4G-1 Keferee in Bankruptcy.
E. W. KETEL
St. Helens, Ore.
Contractor-,-BuiIder
ESTIMATES, PLANS
(fluent Work u Spfchilty
I'liono Connection
i .inuf DFI !Mniri-'
. . 3
Sfr OREGON Cfrl
amount raised, as all of us know.
I wish to be clearly understood in ', lation.
tins matter that I am, together with
and experimental form of tax legls-'
a largo majority of the voters of this
No good Is going to come out of
state, still a staunch defender of the i" , "" 'l lm!
WinCp.es of the initiative and refer- "T BU: ' "'-
eudum. But I question the policy of ! ,, ,mH"(1 "pon no,.
forcing the people to vote upon mat- " pr"""'lra' "t this!
r . measure can defend t upon these
ters of tax expenditures in any but ! Ktolm(l!, i
the most Important cases. I do not ; I
believe that the people themselves If you afe'rf' with tlllH l(l,!U- B j
want to be burdened with these de-' 10 tho polla llke a Ba"Ul Intelligent1
cisions, but I do believe that they voter' and ret'lster :!21 No. Kohert
want the officers whom they elect tojH" Hlr"nS ln rogon Voter. . j
pass upon all matters of tax ques-l ,
tions except certain vital new issues, i
WORDS OF WISDOM
n,r!,evP,M!.,nu rUKt 18 8 C""' " not Pl " 1111 t"rrow what
munity and it Is a rare specimen of ; you cilM t0(,ay.
a pessimist who does not think that j no not make someone else do for
his portion of the United States is;V(m wllat you ure ul)1)! t0 0 your.!
not going to grow in wealth anil t;(,f.
population more than 6 per cent peri nno ui,.,i i . i
annum 1 1 ,,Kr tJie should not buy unnecessary.
If a ! things JiiHt because they happen to1
' " """" ""l eiceeu t, i )0 c10a).
i.i cci annually, men I presume
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I IIKICIIKKIS,
I I AUHAI'l(ll.l,A,
Jli .Ml
I'M AIIOH .'I RS.
For over 40 years
a valued remedy
for biliousness
and constipation
Sold and Recommended by
A. J. DEMING
ST. HELENS
this measure can do no extended
amount of barm, but if we grow or
any section of our community grows
moro than 6 per cent per annum
ever a period of years, then those
Vanity cost more than everything
necessary for food, drink, dwelling
and raiment combined.
One seldom has to regret having
done too little.
To think of all tho worry wo have
rrrllnna . Iw. . i... . .
. . c.u,..u.my which ore gOMO through on account of uomo-r.-owing
at the more rapid rate areju.mg lhat never happened, but mere-
ly might have happened.
bound to become Involved in a serf
ous lax situation. And it Is easy to
bco that it will reach a condition j COUIll a hundred
wnero tne increase allowed by law
would not take care of the legiti
mate operating expenses of that com
munity (to say nothing of develop
ment expenditures) with the result
If angry count ten; If very angry
Mrs. Thos. Isblster, who has been
visiting friends ln southern Oregon
and northern California, returned to
St. Helens Saturday night.
Mortgage Loans
On Improved
Farms
at the lowest rates and
on long time. Kepny
able ln such Installments
as the borrower may
wish. Liberal prepay
ment terms arranged. No
commissions charged.
Loans closed promptly.
Mortgages purchased.
WM, McMASTER
7(11 Coilfett Itldg.
Portland, Oregon
Be Fair to Your
Wife
Save her the Wash Day
DrutlKery. Let us call for
your laundry.
Our work will satisfy you
St. Helens Steam
Laundry
Ceo. Watkins, Prop.
AHomelndustry
LYONS BROS.
or Hood, liouest W(llki ,.,,, 9
to UN. Jf
LYONS BROS.
Painters and
Decorators
All our work guaranty mid
none but (l, .Ht f ma,,.,.!,,
used.
St. Helens,
Oregon
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Always
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Signature
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For Over
Thirty Years
"Always trade In your home town j
I Ask I)lek; he knows The Toggery,1
of course."
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Druggist
iniir (Im-lnr's itcsctiiiioii will he carefully u i m I au"
ratclv .- ii i p ti in U- when hmunht to our slor.. Our
specialty is the Lest of Drills coiiiioiiinlcil just as your
i'u. smaii wains ii.
PLAZA PHARMACY
Bank Building
St. Helens, Oregon
We carry a full line of Toilet Articles. Perfumes,
Druggist's Sundries and Candies
When in Need of Automobile Tires
'OMK TO I'H
We handle the relet. rated anil Kimranleed
UNITED STATES AND FEDERAL TIKES
None urn lu-lljr
asoi.K ACCIIHSOUIKH HTOUM
ST. HELENS GARAGE,
U. S. De Spain, Prop.
UK ItKXT oi;it AUTOS TO HIIHI'ONNIHLK I'AKTIKS
I'Iiiih ft7
E. A. Crouse
Architect and Contractor
riaiiM ami MstlniateH rii.Nlw
v"'v iH KoiI time to liuilil.
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PURE FOOD BAKER
...... wiwr sr. iii:li;xs, ohixjon ,
u ill ii:lu i:h itmai) hot i uom thu ovk.n w i
PASTRY OF ALL KINDS AND
FANCY CAKES A SPECIALTY
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uixl Ih . tfi -.- - .ni,i I'll ii nmiii,
nu I nsliy, (enuai t onfei tionery, V. II. Ilrower, rn.