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trutl ar, thai jftfu, u t. i.f,fT t th.rU(t that
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iti(t)uk!iif f Uial.uti it cUiu.. u. ftjwr , u4,
no r aTi hy th owners of land should U taxed and
tli ru n who nrn a U-Uvr living in some other way go
t frw.and any thwry which proKBes to adjust tax
atiii ujciii that hacin will depend for its advocates up
in th' who would 1' exempt under its provisions.
TV fMffnient of ral estate at its full market value,
rirlucivo f iiiiprnvenients, of improvements at one
h.ilf tin ir valtif, of jn-rwinal prujierty at an average
valu.itii'ii and the impoHtion of an income tax, so that
I how ho do not own projerty may ay their just
hare .f th' i x ni( h of the government, will come as
rn-arditfe!iity in taxation as can he reached bylaw.
Statictic are valuable and convey much informa
tion whn projx rly presented, but when incoherently
Mat. d m th-y wi re by the " short paragrapher " of the
ih.jnuvin the other dav th-y are confusing to a pain
ful d-fc'r- In cjH nking of a farmer near Scio he says:
" II- ban aermiiulfitnl alniut -l(K) acres of the best land
in that part of tin- country, and has raised three fami
Ii b-nving m in anxious ignorance of the average
yi 11 of family r acre, or how much of the 400 acres
w.-rr- actually under cultivation when the three crops
wrrr raiiK-l. More care should be taken with these
fljtriculturtl item.
I'uring the pan year 315,22-S immigrants landed at
( Vile Carde,,, rinK M,ns7 b-ss than the year before.
1h. re wA a fallinjf off in all nationalities, but especi
ally in the low ,1a,, Itali.tnu. 15,000 of the decrease
1-inu f that clwa. We can spare them. It is not
probablr that anyone stayed at home whom we are
uiTerihu fur, while a great many came who will make
f'T. If we had a r.m1 passjx.rt law there would
" ti pr. nt. r fAH ()ff( lllUch to oUr mn
That rhipmunk up in Hood river valley that laid
K-l mM ,,!y of ,,ms last fall knew his business.
l'" (1 il l-"I'le in Oregon will pay more
in to h wttMlin and make their winter wood
f - fit tUt 11 M '"t Rive out when there is a foot
' U"n. "n ,h- 'r,'un,, that chipmunk could be
P " W..hinKton he would make an excel-
I.Murh ,,,1.,VI trp an rnrrpriging ,ot 0n
!t , ,!i,-.v o!l the non-union employes
U,ltil thp tonl by the
.V V7T in Uo hmn filing a "full
h t . wL n'r;i'?t,,,nif h I-nnittcUt of
UU11 M things are dito