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TAXING OF MOTES.
This year it is compulsory that all
notes be taxed, according to a decree
issued from the Ax board which ap
pear! in another column of this pa
per. In taxing notes It seems to many
that there is a double taxation for the
property is first assessed and then
toe notes wnicu represent any iuuVut
edness on that property are also
taxed. But even If double taxation
doos exist, the question naturally
rises which should carry the bur
den of taxation the property holder I
or the note holder. I
Regardless of the Injustice If It,
be an injustice, and it would seem
that It Is the order lias been made
for the assessor to overlook no note, 1
and that order will he lived up to in
Union county. Back of the order is
a statute which Is cause for the ac- J
tion and which should be repealed ac
cording to the opinion of a great
many people.
It seems that several years ago
Oregon had what was known as the
mortgage taxation law. Its enforce
ment meant that every mortgage on
property In the state should be tax-,
ed. By its enforcement eastern mon
ey was driven from Oregon in large
amounts and there was some alarm
felt by Oregonians. The legislature
repealed that part V the statute ap-,
plying to mortgages, according to his- i
tory . but overlooked the clause apply
ing to notes. As the note is essence of .
o mortgage it leaves things in the
same shape as formerly.
But the action of the legislature
caused many counties to ceaBe taxing
notes and for a number of years the
statute was treated as dead. Now,
however, it has been revived by the
tax board and an order made for Its
enforcement calling every assessor in
the state to note the meaning and in
tent of the measure,
GEORGE PALMER, Pres.
F. J. HOLMES, Vlce-Pres.
F. L. MEYER8, Faultier.
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Quite likely the next legislature
will adjust this important matter, for
there are few people who believe that
' property should In any way tarry a
; double tax.
A SINGULAR CASE
Where Circumstantial Evidence
Played Justice False.
HANGED AN INNOCENT MAN.
Every Incident In the Remarkable
Sequence of Events Seemed to Point
Conclusively to the Quilt of Harry
Blake, Who Was Accused of Murder.
It began in the Blue Horse tavern,
on the highway leading to Albany.
I Toward the close of an autumn day
s half dozen men sat to the old bar
room discussing events which then
were leading to the outbreak of the
j American Revolution. At such a time
' arguments were very likely to be rath
er more vigorous than ordinarily would
he the case And this was no excep
tion. Fen ring thnt trouble might re
sult, one of the men exclaimed: "Come.
Wlckllffe. stop this. Such a dispute
is nonsense."
Wlckllffe was so ugly looking fellow,
short and stout, with a dark, sallow
... bMk x.jva, lun, mlukicu i'uik-
head and lips that bared bis teeth on
occasions like a dog preparing to bite.
"Sly quarrel is with Harry Blake,"
be snarled. "It is none of your affair."
"Well, Wlckllffe," Blake cried good
naturedly, "if yon will quarrel, I won't
I'll say no more."
EvidenUy Wlckllffe was bent on
trouble, for be muttered something
which brought a cry of "Hhnme!" from
every one In the room. Blake's face
became deadly pale. "Wlckliffe," be
said steadily. "I didn't hear what you
said, but I dare you to repeat it If
you do and there's one lmnroDor word
in it, this hour will be the bitterest of
your life."
Once more the offensive words were
flung at blm, and In an Instant Blake
had seized Wlckllffe and thrown him
across the room. For a moment he
lay stunned, but presently, bis face
dark with hatred, be rose and, shak
ing bis fist at Blake, exclaimed:
I "You may take your measure for a
coffin. You will need one."
"Not before you." was Blake's reply.
Shortly after the quarrel Wlckllffe
. left the Blue Horse for his home.
I Blake, whose road lay in the same di
rection, followed soon. Ten minutes
later two more of the loiterers, also
' going over the highway taken by
Wlckllffe and Blake, started on their
homeward way.
, The last two travelers bad ridden
several milts, talking earnestly of the
' stirring events which then engaged
1 men's mlmjs. when a loud cry was
heard at a little distance. In a moment
It was repeated.
I "Mercy!" the voice pleaded, and then,
, "Oh, Harry!"
"Cap Blake- he settling scores with
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Wlckllffe?" exclaimed Gray sun. out- oi
the two riders.
In a moment they bad galloped
around a copse of trees at s bend in
the road. Within twenty yards of
them, on bis back in the dust lay
Wlckliffe dead. Bending ever him
stood Blake, grasping a knife driven
to the haft in bis bosom.
"Taken red banded," Grayson cried,
while Walton, his companion, himself
a magistrate, sprang from bis horse,
exclaiming. "Blake, 1 charge yon with
murder."
"Why. I didn't kill blm." Blake said
earnestly. "You are mad. 1 found
Wlckliffe lying dead and was about to
pull this knife from the wound when
you came op."
Grayson shook bis bead. "I wish 1
could believe you. Harry." he said,
"but as 1 hope to be ssved 1 saw yon
stab him. 1 did."
It would be hard to Imagine a situa
tion more likely to convince a Jury of
the prisoner's guilt Consn Doyle In
his wildest fancies In deduction never
presented more damning evidence to
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson the
quarrel in the Blue Horse tavern, the
epithet resented, the light, the counter
threat of death, the departure of both
while their temper yet was warm and
then the terrible tableau on the high
way. What might a man expect even now
with the thousand loopholes that the
law provides for escape? There could
be only one conclusion now. a then.
and that conclusion the Jury reached
without leaving the courtroom. Blake's
protestations were vain. He died on
the scaffold declaring his innocence.
Three months after the execution the
Judge who presided at the trial was
summoned to Albany to see a prisoner
under sentence of death. Grayson,
whose testimony chiefly bad convicted
Blake, also was summoned. Much In
wonder, they entered the cell together.
"You," the prisoner said to the
Judge, "presided at the trial of Harry
Blake."
"I did."
"And you." turning to Grayson,
"Bwore you saw blm stab Wlckllffe.
On your testimony be was hung."
"I saw Blake stab him," Grayson
said.
"You did not." the prisoner sneered,
"for lulled Wlckllffe. I sprang Into
the wood at Blake's approach. His
story was true."
The confession was so clear and full
that It left no doubt In the Judge's
mind that a fearful wrong had been
done Blake. As for Grayson, the chief
witness, he committed suicide. The
records contain many Instances of the
law's mistakes, but few so pathetic as
the case of Harry Blake Kansas City
Star.
Method is like packing things In s
box. A good packer will get in half
as much again as a bad one.-Cecil.
THE ARCTIC PERIL
Peary's Method of Battling With
Polar Conditions.
THE USE OF RELAY PARTIES.
Without This System, the Explorer
Says. It Would Be a Physical Im
possibility For Any Man to Reach the
Pole and Return to Tell the Tale.
Many persons who have asked why,
if Peary got to the pole, it was impos
sible for Cook to do so will find un
answer In Commander Peary's own
story In Hampton's, Although he docs
not mention lr. Cook by mime. Peary
shows how Impossible ii would be for
a man without his equipment and sys
tem to surmount the dlliicultles of
such a Journey. He says:
"Fortitude and endurance alone are
not enough in themselves to carry a
man lo the north pole. Only with
years of experience In traveling those
regions, only vith the aid of a large
party also experienced In that charac
ter of work, only with the kuowledge
of arctic detail and the equipment
necessary to prepare himself and his
party for uny and every emergency,
la it possible for a man to reach that
long sought goal and return.
"in order thut the reader may un
derstand this Journey over thv ice of
the polar seu it is necessary that the
theory and practice of pioneer and
supporting parties should be fully un
derstood. "The use of relay parties In arctic
work Is not new. bat the idea was
carried further in the last expedition
of the Peary Arctic club than ever
before.
"Without this system it would be a
physical impossibility for any man to
reach the north pole and return to tell
the tale.
"First. -Because a single division,
comprising either a small or a large
number of men and dogs, could not
possibly drag all the way to the pole
and back (Some 900 miles) as much
food and liquid fuel as the men and
dogs of that division would consume
during the many weeks of the Journey.
"Second. It is absolutely necessary
that the arduous work of trail break
ing for the first two-thirds of the dis
tance should be done by one division
1 after another ip auccessjon bj order
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IN. JV. WHDl,
THE QUALITY STORE
"Thlrd-When the suDitllea of one
sledge after another have been con
sumed the drivers of these sledges and
the dogs ure superfluous mouths which
cannot be fed from the scanty supply
of provisions being dragged forwurd
over the Ice
"Fourth. Each division being an In
dependent unit, these divisions can be
withdrawn at intervals from the main
party without affecting the main party.
"Fifth. At the very end, when the
supporting parties have performed
their, important work of trail breaking
and 'v transportation of supplies. the
main party for the final dash must be
small and carefully selected, as a small
party cau travel so much faster than
a large one.
"The pioneer party was one unit divi
sion, made up of four of the most ac
tive and experienced men of the expe
dition, with sledges lightly loaded with
five or six dHys' provisions, drawn by
the beat dog teams that could be se
lected from the entire pack. When
we started from Cape Columbia this
pioneer party, headed by Bartlett. went
out twenty-four hours In advance of
the main party. Later on. when we
reached the rime of continuous day
light and sunlight through the twenty
four hours, the pioneer party was but
twelve hours In advance of the main
party.
"The duty of this pioneer party was
to make a march in every twenty-four
hours In spite of every obstacle, ex
cepting, of course, some impassable
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REMEMBER THE
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Best on Earth at the Price. $25.00
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OF ANOTHER NEW AND HIGH GRADE LINE
ADDED TO OUR STOREFOR YOUR BENEFIT.
We have jatt taken the EXCLUSIVE AGENCY for
Indertruoto Trunk, have the crefanw feature, that will win place
ror them where baggage handling U most severe.
I hey axe inaarerfVee-against
ror live years.
They are regif t
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design a
I lean. Whether IbereTvas a ucep anew
or violent winds to be faced or moun
tainous pressure ridges to be climbed
over, the march of the pioneer party
must be made, for past experience had
proved that whatever distance was
covered by the advance party with Its
light sledges could be covered In less
time by the main party even with
heavily loaded sledges, because the
main party, having the trail to follow,
was not obliged to waste time in recon
noitering. "In other words, the pioneer party
was the pacemaker of the expedition,
and whatever distance it made was
the measure of accomplishment for
the main party. The leader of the
pioneer party. In the first instance
Bartlett. would start out ahead of his
division, usually of the snowsboes.
Then the light sledges of the party
would follow after. Thus the leader
of the pioneer division was pioneering
ahead of his own party, and that
whole division was pioneering ahead
of the main party.
"One great advantage which 1 had
on this expedition was thnt. owing to
the size of my party, win-never the
men in this pioneer division became
exhausted with rhelr arduous lahor
and lack of aleeii I could withdraw
them into the limit) party and send
out a fresh divifi. i to take their piece,
A large party Is absolutely neeesMry
to success."
Narros. Hg the Field.
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Trunk are handsome, "different " in
radical departen from the ordinary
wunx styles, you vr.ll appreciate the Inde
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value on a trip.
Wo want you to buy an hdWrccto
Trunk for yor own benefit. We wtnt
to show f!)t;m to you whether you buy or
not.
WlB you coma into ovr trunk department!
and act tlieia nsxt tj.-ne ; ou are down low,?
Exclusive INDEX TRUCTO Agent.
to many candidates for my hand."
"Let 'em hold a primary, then."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
How blunt are the arrows of adver
sity In comparison with those of guilt!
-Blair.
How It Began.
And to the Lord old Noah said,
"The water now tnstea varv hnrt
Because there have been drowned therein
aii Deasts ana manKlnd In their sin.
And therefore. Lord, 1 even think
i 1 abould prefer some other drinK."
-New Vork Times.
Something Pretty.
Illl' : 1 .....
we women propose to establish a
bank. What shall we call It?"
"Call It the Shoe and Leather. That
a good solid name."
"The idea! Now, we might call it
trie ice Cream and Soda Water."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Said the Eyewitness.
"Oh. murder:
Oh. mother!
Two girls With big hats
Tried to kiss
Each other!"
Chicago Tribune.
Reportorial.
I "I m ritecnHeHnri U'itli i nnr ou.nr.l
.............. .L., juu. aviviuiu
of my discovery," declared the sclent
tist. "I told yon that it would be Im
possible to exaggerate the Importance
of this discovery."
"Well." said the reporter. "1 didn't
try."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Tha Need of Brotherly Love.
Like others. 1 ha ve had-to stand
In tight and ticklish places
And prayed some friend might lend a
deuces full of aces.
Indianapolis News.
WE GIVE PARTICU
LAR ATTENTION TO
THE BUSINESS OF
FARMERS. WE COR
DIALLY INVITE THEM
TO MAKE WIS WEIR
BANKING HOME.
The United States
National Bank,
LA GRANDE, OREGON.
FARMERS' BUSINESS
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