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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1922)
Men w ho w a r knlckerbo. k e i * look Itow would you likc ti* bave lo s ta n t ia l am o u nt by a g o v e rn o r or as though tin» were dashing into thro u gh his in flu e n c e , is so p re p o s a nd to Ch icago w lidi you wanied i tailor their second childhood terous that it is obviously intended repair of som e klud in a Imi ry shops How proto! you would feci ot vour only for cnmpuign purposes U » u f d K v e r j F r i d a y by The problem o( tax reductio n is lionic city If you had gio o s drop m Hull cun never lie .iieeessfully |'|| K M I S T IM H I .IK H IN U ( O M I ' A M mainly a local one. lip (o tile people utii’xpcctedl) alni you had lo mah- e xcuscs for your meni llial you had played in China licealisti tino do not s c . M O K T O N .................................. E d ito r of tlie various taxing d istricts lull How would ioli lia y e any profanity in their ■ ■" —----------- * Of the total tax bill of Oregon this no grocety s torca? yeai. $ 4 0 , 4 7 3 . 9 0 6 only 23 per cent j like tu m ake a trip to a city 20 to ài* j gauge S M U T U IT IO N K A T E S or < 9 .3 7 3 , 3 7 6 . was levied as s t a le miles away to get a prescrlptlou i h«* briil«* K' (tom The pr- - On» Y e a r ......................................... taxes 'Phis amount included th«' sol fiMed w itile a si, k line ai homo migli’ j aimmK tlu* UHI* BU M o n th »......................................... f i ^t) d iets' bon us m illag e necessary for uoed th è prescrlptlou to preservi- :ln-| IN t)«* CUII-* 4 » KlflH al soldiers ' loan bond redemption, m a r spark of llfe ' T h e wu> to bave all Knturcd as l e c c n d - c la M m atte r. ket road millage. m illag e for state of Illese lliiugs ai your door ls to M o s i I f l f p h m i o i.po rutiM 'M w ow Ul I»«* J a n u a r y 10th. 1912. at th e Hoatofflco aid to elem entary schools and all the traile ut homo, to road thè ads in' at St Helrus. Oregon, under the act millage and approp riatio ns lor state your homo uewspaper, and buy froiu v . o n h a un »tf u n n i . •> if tin*y p r o f i l il !» v iholr ml’Uikt'H including wlde aw ak e homi tiierclmuls of March 3rd. 1879 __________________ edu cational institutio ns. (lie s o ld ie rs ’ edu catio nal aid ut th* k U U k.TM, W Uh t Otjly <2.514.nSO. or 6 per cent of C lU ’ NTV O F F I C I A L I’ A P E K King Alfonso of spaili Ini - forlud pun i ” VN il I hOOll W lili all taxes paid in Oregon this year, deli any persoli w ho bus cui cu g u l it looks I were for g e n er a l s late purposes out to com e In con taci wlth Inni M ollo Member National E d ito ria l Associa - all" of roads and edlX.lt ion. while now work Oli lion aud Oregon S t a t e E dito rial 9 4 per cent were taxes voted by the ilio klng is api to he serioiisly ai iio.ved If bis contcm plutcd trip lo • ad of II gold Association. people of tin state or of local taxing ib is country m a t c r la llic s d istricts, or for purely local expens I I \ \| |.ESS \\ W D F K I M . \\ VI.TKH es under ro u tro l of tin people of , •ionie women who m arie for tinnì ifteii dream Huit ti each county and locality. W a l t e r M P ierce, d em o cratic can- As s ta te sen ato r. Mr F ie rc e i n tro py tuke it In thè forni of ali money t u r n s inti did aie for governor, who cam e to duced more hills than any o th e r Oregon .1 "pennil< >i* w andering bo> m em b er of the kind that increase and who now pleads with the good taxes He voted fo: practically everv people of Oregon to help him finance appropriation aud m illage hill that :’ . his campaign with c on trib u tion s of cam e up and lias aused high taxes a dollar and a v o t e ," is the owner of by his bills and votes more than any 36 individual farm s in I'n io n eountv o th e r m e m b e r of the le g islatu re i:i having a total assessed valuation of the s ta te of Oregon in 20 years. < 2 3 9 .0 0 0 , according to the records iif the assessor o f that county. T H E I l I t E «»1 ’ M \ I . K I \ L . Atop this. Mr F i e r c e . who has re peatedly ch a ra c te r is e d him self as a I * m i l amp Edward Fa v son W eston walked W e want everybody to see the t.4 l-vfillh poor m an . is a fflic te d with < 1 6 .8 0 0 his way into fam e long b efo re most bwp*vt rsl s fine line of Winchester Flasii worth of personal property, the a s of us were born He Is now in his sessment records show He is pat They are e ig h ty -fo u rth year, and surely e n lights in our store. Ing t a x i s on a graud total of <253.- titled to "slippered e a s e " if anybody beauties! Many special feature, 000 worth of property is Yet he has ju st done a pedes- How much of this sm all fo rtun e is ; :-tan trip from B u ffalo to New York of design and sturdy construc r< rf< a vnf «<¡i the ac cu m ulated result of the returns . Tty. m akin g 500 miles in 30 days, tion have tnade these hi. n from the < 3 0 .0 0 0 Mr. F ie rc e b o rrow ,.s per schedule grade flashlights very popul ar ed from the s t a te 's Irre d u c ib le School T hat Is about 17 miles a day Some fund by proxy, perju ry, a n d . t h e use T r »I - 'X lays he made 3n miles W ho o f our Lon o f the nam es of Ills relativ es as dum \ young fellows can do t h a t ’’ Í rodu. 1 %,m J > it , The Winchester patented tw mies is not known but consistent I C»tr«---- T h e r e is hope, though, for anyon • t h rift on the part o f Mr Fierc e, such am bitious to follow In Mr W eston s position safety switch makes it j./ .i, .*Hw Uth as his loan of <20.000 of the money footsteps. “T h e first mile in the impossible to push it on aci liorrowed from the school fund to m o r n in g ." he says, “ a man feels tliut I <"'Ì t • Mrs Mary E t'ooley at 8 per c en tj he has all the diseases flesh Is heir dentally and waste your hat Cai r • Tf» h j V . ’ . A i ï l and its renewal thro u gh the I n s t r u to 3#an\U « > He wants to sit down T h e sec tery. The coarse pitch threads 4 1 Me kilt m entality of a demand note. Is pron- ond he finds he was m istake n A fter ubly responsible for som e of it One-piece lens the fifth he wants to do a hundred will not cross. Fo o r F a r m e r Fie rce , who led J e s s e before he stop s.” construction insures perfei ’ W lnburn. Ashland m illionaire. Into So any young man or woman of financin g his campaign to the extent contact between the battery the new gen eratio n who c a r e * to un of <5.U0U, pays tax»-- on the fo llo w d e r t a k e such a novel pastim e as and lamp. Extra thick seam ing farm s in I ’nion county walking may find with -urprls.- that School District No 1 — One rarm i feet are ju s t as good for that as they less zinc batteries give lonct; assessed at $ 2 . 2 4 0 . a n o th e r at <2,- are for pressing uutuniohile peduls life than ordinary batteries. 7 1 0 ; a n o th e r at <180; a n o th e r at <2.- J » hi * a 4 i or sliding over a ball-room floor 560 Hut th e re is one fatal thing about School D u tr ic t No 4 S — One farm he walking habit that any prospec Get a Winchester, it’s sate am* assessed at < 2 .8 1 0 ; two farm s at <2 tive cand id ate should con sid er c a r e , •ire made 5 6 0 e a c h ; a n o th e r at < 1.280 fully before com m ittin g h im se lf It dependable Keep it in a hand' Bulls.- •ye. M i n e r -¡•-archi gilt School District No 32 — One tarm is lik ely to c r e a t e a demand for place and you will wonder h assessed at $ 2 . 2 8 0 : a n o th e r at <’2 - ami metal shoes which. Instead of con fo rm ing 2 4 0 ; a n o t h e r at < 4 8 0 ; a n o th e r at to conventio nal b eauty standards, you ever got along without it. <640 concord to the shape and size of the Sch ool District No. 7 — One farm human foot Anyone who cannot a c assessed at < 2 2 .8 5 0 : a n o th e r at $.8 - cept the s tra n g e d octrine of good pe 7 7 0 ; a n o th e r at < 2 9 .5 3 0 d estrians that shoes should h^ made School District No. 1 0 __ .One farm for feet instead of feel for shoes, T h e Winchester Store” Telephone 9 ‘ assessed at $ 2 . 2 5 0 : a n o th e r at <7 - -hould l o v e r take th e Satal f i r .t 6 2 0 ; a n o t h e r at < 5.530 step. School D istrict No. 19 — One farm assessed at <4 5 0 0 ; a n o th e r at <2.- 700 S ch ool District No. 61.— One farm assessed at <1. 120; a n o t h e r at < v - 8 0 0 ; a n o t h e r at $ 2 4 . 0 0 0 ; a n o th e r at < 2 8 0 ; a n o th e r a t < 1 9 .7 S 0 ; a n o th e r at < 2 .8 8 0 ; a n o th e r at $4 4- 0 ; a n o th e r at < 1 .8 9 0 : a n o t h e r at 1 3 6 0 : a n o th e r at < 3 . 8 4 0 . a n o t h e r at <2. THE ST. HELENS MIST .yJjsl A Better Flashlight D il l'Ilo e who I >*• i......I Mil • p e p i l i 400 Sch ool District No. 46.— One farm assessed at < 2 5 .4 8 0 School District No. 43 - O n e farm assessed a t <16 3 2 0 ; a n o t h e r at <19, 200 School District No 39 One farm assessed at I 9 6 0 ; a n o t h e r at <480 1 and a n o th e r at <24 0. It would be in te re stin g to know how many of theBe 36 farm s were secured as the result of fo reclo sures of farm loans made by W a lte r M Fierce, th>* poor f a r m e r ’s ‘ ‘friend " — Salem C a p itu l-Jo u rn a!. M ill. IT F I D E I I I ' C O M M ill \ I O l ’ NTV T A X E S ? W a lt e r F ie rc e , d em o cr a tic candl-i date for governor, is end eavorin g to c re a t e ’ he impression that if elected governor he can cut taxes In two T h e claim that he can reduce taxes! 60 per cent is sim ply a vote-catch ing e x tra v a g a n ce upon which to ride into o f f ic e Let us see how much a governor has to do with Columbia county taxes T h e total am ou nt levied on t ’olum- bia county property this year is < 7 5 6 .7 3 3 Of this 81 per cen t was levied by county and local a u t h o r i ties fo r schools, roads, city and town pu rposes, in clu ding d rain age d istrict tax of < 5 4 .9 4 7 How could any governor cu t this local part of the tax bill in tw o? Reductio n of th e s e local taxes is up to the voters in the local d istricts When cornered. Mr. F ie r c e adm its his 50 per cent tax cut promise is intended to apply to s t a te taxes only Let us see how this w o r k s ’ out on Columbia county. Only 19 per cent of all Columbia c o u n ty ’s taxes tills year were s t a ’ • taxes - fo r s o ld ie rs ’ bonus, 2 per c e n t; for m arke t roads. 2 per c e n t ; for s ta te aid to e le m e n ta ry -chools, 4 per cent, and for s t a t e higher e d u catio nal purposes 5 H per cent, th*- la t t e r including the edu cational aid to the s old ie rs nnd sailo rs, as well as all the nu liage hills and appro p riations for Oregon A grecultural college and U niversity of Oregon. S e n a t o r F ie rc e introduced several of t h e s e tax m easures and supported ali of (hem W hich one will he cut o u t? T h e oalance of the s t a te tax, 5 per cent of the to tal C olum bia tax bill, goes m ainly to support in stitu tio n s c a rin g for th e insane and o th e r af flirted , beside* paying expenses of s t a te go v ernm ent Even If Mr F ie rc e cuts this am ount in two he would reduce Co lum b ia c ou n ty 's tax bills only 2 84 per c e n t ; yet even this am o u n t could not be cut in two with out t u r n i n g insane, fe e b le minded, o rp h an s and o t h e r dep endents out upon th e public fo r charity. T h e c laim that ta x e s can tie re duced 50 per cent or any o th e r sub T axes and the G o v ern o r When a candidate for the high office of g o v e r n o r b a s e s h i s l claims and promises as to what he will do if elected, the p u b l i c is e n u claims analyzed and examined. In this campaign, W alter Pierce has gone about the country melo-dramatically tearing tax bills in two by way of illustrating what he will do to taxes if elected T he voter, then, should analyze the tax mat ter to the extent of becoming informed as to just what part the governor plays in imposing or reducing taxes. In the first place, the voter should know that the total levy in Oregon for 1 9 » is $40 473,906. This is a reduction of over $1,500,000 from last year, so that it will be seen the high cost of government following the war is already reced ing. Of this 1922 levy of 40 million, over 31 mil lion was for county, city and school district purposes, over which the governor could hav* no possible control whatever. Of the remaining 9 million for state purpose«, only 384 million are taxes over which the legis lature has any discretion, and of this amount, only 284 million are for the actual expenses of state government and might, therefore, in even the remotest degree, be charged to the methods employed by the governor in administering the state’s affairs. In passing, it should be noted that this state levy is sn increase of 41 per cent, since 1918, and not several hundred per cent, as stated on various occasions by the democratic candidate. It should also be noted that less than half of this 41 per cent occurred during Mr Olcott’* administration. This ability to keep down the cost of the state government to so small an increase, when living expenses in the ordinary home in the same period increased over 100 per cent, ia a most creditable showing MR P I E R C E ’S T A X R E C O R D It is proper at this point to examine Mr. Pierce's own record on taxes and -a* if past actions as a legislator square with his words Of the $9.376,269 of state taxes for 1921, w) ich include the nuliage taxes, MR P IE R C E S P E C IF IC A L L Y HAS A P P R O V E D OK $8 564,039, or 92 per cent He had no chance at most of the other 6 per cent. O f the 1922 state taxes, Pierce introduced bills accounting for $1.429.126. or 15 per cent. In addition to this, he voted for tax bill« introduced by others to the amount of $6,11V - n te n .o n 1 tu h a v e h is tvam a v a i . * S l I|V |V-,1 ^ iw a to rs pei tem e tliut It I" « m ed icine of real worth and in cili, do not lie-.ltul, J a m a f f i l i lu i tin well L about speaking a good word for it KtluWj) Edward l e w is . Minim. N Y w rites. 1 n i n i r e l i a b l e s c i m i .ilur l). • I tiave used C h ain b orlu lu '* Cough * âfts It. airily for twenty ye ars and II liai a m i o i l c . l i l t e d m ,-u k I,over failed to cure me It Is by i .i i t lie l - c i cough meli telile I hav e . . H V Miel M au lad will muko that \ St COLT 1 I c lcn O regon Nil l«4 Tlic Seal of Approvai is un This llank—Placcd Therc In tlie Government K v ety m eni tu n sa c tio n , r v r iy is s i t u t in i/ e d hy H easu ry depai tm en t. lu tei) tru stw o rth y . in v e stm e n t thè tra in e d and g cv e rn n icn t i-,nurse --III, i . i ! ,,| ,|lr 1 h a i i s w h y t h i s h.tn Your m oney is abso- c . s a i e m ih c u i , t o d y o t a t a n k i h . i t is t l t r e c t l y u n d e r t h è tipi . imoii .-t o llicta ls. WK I N V I T E A CC O U N TS. SMA! I. O F FARGE First National Bark WÆ St. Helens Hardware Co. l HT III I L 8 9 , i l i t i I .I I S M e m i.« r »’• ile ra l itia a -rv e • I l I h . t i l t I l i \ M . l ’ rc w lib m v - 1 - ni II t • I l i ! Iis NIK W E E K L Y O FF E R IN G S OF lUTHKRTORI) I o\Ns < „ , | , lr r RKALTY CO. l i n M t s 1C» N i l i * . n i N \ n \ M I l l : \l >! s I N U s I M I N|s IIICISU I s \n||l I I I W U h %\|| TRADKS Two K‘***‘l < o IU hi Mu County f a r m. f. .r -St I LI - iiiK tlou»*’ f«<r f a r m . (toot! * i»u I» ICutu ii T'-n u* r» *« (»ii Whiilt'iit for St ll**l<<tm ni Hoorn* 1 i*»l •»!»*, FARM S 4 A t r c n , in. *4 (iv III i i ** H UUt w i t h r l» u r »1. O il i V } - T» ii 40 ucr« 1 c it y t io n , u t! cl**i»r. u n *« h » i ! r« •a il a tut fr»»«*k, * » * m ! 7 ri»« »in huus«* an <1 tin n ì am i j r f a r t iri i i a l f v I.* u r p i • u t y nK*.. «»ni« $ i *♦*»«( A* ». u n Im p ro « «•«1 u t $ 1 S 0 0 1» »irr** » B y m u! fu m i. Tw o brami ih K«M)<! .»Il c i «tur i*»n. o n ly o li «»f w a t r « n » c ! r«*u »i W i ( il 1 h«*up h o u ■•*, 9 1 :»oo 4 mil**« out .1 . «ni lami U OUSES w -si rii ti> irtodi't u, fiv»*r vD** ri in kuriKu lo * <>f v * • r > I i t f t h v [ i r , f a r r i. » '* f f 11 » ; * i .* • 4 r o o m ot» p a ll i u | i n t r - ’ i t t»d ! * . » « U n d v - . il 1 « t f»»r $ s t ) 0 . v«*ry ♦ ; i* y n - r m n ! ‘j u ti , «m v hom- Two 4 roon» holm’N ,it 4 idi! 4»u«l $s.',u tto<4<* t)iilt wilnl til f£t*( l|)i**lt(l i * L. • r»*nt to i i ^ i w a it l'ito riK n lVrin u n i i i s loie yi l a iiNift» RIJTIIICRFORI) RKALTY CO. K li'd t r s O tfu r 1 J J — R e s id e n c e J8 -J and 74-W 109, and he has given his t approval on numberless occasions of it ■ , j cd n- e he was returned from ’ l<*, lslatuie causing taxes amounting to $1 i,- <4 making a total of state taxes approved bv I'm ■■ $8 564,036 or 92 per cent of the t ♦ There is no telling how much of the r- .nainder he might have approved if he had had a chance, and it may be significant that the state t.ixe, 1 ve decreased over 11 per cent since Mr. Pierce wai retired from the State Senate. Mr Pierce has alway, been a con .tent tax booster He voted again» only three per cent of all the appropnauorwi of the 1919 session of the legislature and voted for all the appropria tion* of the 1920 special scs ion. In 1917 Mr. Pierc« introduced a bill to exempt mor»*y, notes, mortgage . and account* from taxation. Yet he po.e* as being anxious to take the burden off real estate! He voted for submission of $400,000 bond Issue to build a new penitent.ary. Mr. Olcott, at no T A X expense and with prison labor, has fixed up the old penitentiary in excellent shape for another 25 years. Mr Pierce voted against accepting road ma chinery from the government Tha' maclunery now amount* in value to $1 800,000 G O V E R N O R O I-C O T T 'S R E C O R D The above are but a few of the extravagances of Pierce. Mr Olcott, on the other hand, has conducted the business of the sta’e in ar. eco nomical, sane and business-like manner He has saved the state thousands of dollars he< au*e of his level headedness and his intimate knowl edge of state affairs He built a new Boys’ Industrial School Building by diversion of a millage fund, and th-refore, without a single cent additional tax He h is insisted upon devel opment of the various state farms conn« ted with the state institutions until ’he present year •hows the unprecedented income from this •ource of $491,511 He is no talker no politi cian, no idle promiser and is not seeking re elec tion under false pre’enses nor < a'enng to prejti dice, but is going to the people on his own splendid record confident that if he can hut get tha* record and Mr Pierce’ , - cord before the voters of Oregon that he will he vindic»ted on •lection day, Tuesday. Nov. 7th. 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