Cottage Grove sentinel and Cottage Grove leader., April 16, 1920, Image 4

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The Sentinel
which they gave up pleasure» aud the
enjoyment or life, ia subject to tnx»
tion. The fact that education means
nothing to them; the fact that the}
A Waakly Newspaper With Plenty
have no children to attend aehool-
of Baekbona
nnd wouldn’t vote any frills even for
Elbert Bed* and Elbert Smith Publisher« their own children, if they had any in
Elbert Bede.----------------------- ------Editor sehool— doesn't exempt tkeir property
from sehool taxes. How they did .quirui
A firat-elaaa publication eatered at Cot- over the prospect of a 90 per ceut m
tace Orore, Ore., aa aeeoud-claa» matter crease iu those school taxes.
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Buxiueaa Office_________ 412 Eaat Maia
The Sentinel doean't like to pay
Sl'BHORlPTÍON BATES
taxes any better than anyone else. It
One year____ 42.001 Three montha_60e has sympathy for* the old couple who
Bix. mouth».— 1.001 Single copy----- $• have scrimpo,I and anveil to lay by a
.No aubacnption luted for ieaa than Öde
—w ----------- little for old age, whose income is not
increased as the coat o f living has in
Member of
erensed, aud to whom an increase in
National Editorial Aasociation
Drogua Stata Editorial Aaaoeiatioa
taxes means doing without many thing-
liricou Newapaper Confereuee
which most o f us deem real luxuries
Lane County Publuhera ' Aaaoeiation
These are entitled to our sympathy
but the number o f aueh who objected
F R ID A Y , A P R II. 1«, 1020
to an increase in the sehool tax was
few. Most o f such recognized that
good schools are an absolute necessity
E X C R U C IA T IN G L Y TU N N Y.
most o f sneh seemed to feel that the
It would seem to bo almost iuipoaai Cottage Grove schools are being eon
blc to aee anything fuunv iu a meeting ducted as economically as it is |>ossih!e
nhere taxpayers »o re asked to increase to conduct schools. Many probably felt
their school taxes l>y about 50 per ceut, that education might save those o f fu
but possibly the editor o f The Hsstiui'i tore generations from coming to old
can see amusing things »here they Hge without the competence necessary
to a full enjoyment o f their declining
escape the attention of others.
To ns there was soiuethiug very day
But our sympathy for those entitled
amusing about the recent school meet
to sympathy did not prevent us from
lUg-
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m m m
enjoying the squirming o f at least two
It was not very long ng» that num­ taxpayers who i f they have ever vol
bers of the patriotic eitixcna o f Cot iintarily done anything for their fel
tago Grove worked upon committees low-man have succeeded in keeping that
that solicited funds for the Red Cross, fact hidden from the light o f day, who
that solicited subscriptions to the l.ib if they ever cheerfully gave anything
to a war drive gave it to some other
»•rty 1-oau drives aud kindred drives.
A t that time some o f those best able solicitor, who if they ever gave any
to give were the most stubborn about thing to any worthy cause without be
isrtiug with any o f the filthy lucre, moaning the fact that they were being
’hey weren't going to part without driven to the poor house, must have
irot’est with the money for which they done so without the knowledge o f their
tad given the best years of their lives, neighbors.
This was a time when they could not
while others had squandered their sub
turn the solicitor awny— n time when
stance. As far hs they were concerned
the Red Cross and the government they could not tell the soliritor to come
back again and again while they con
could get along the best they could.
That was a case when, if they were sidered w hat they could afford ( t) to
give. This was a time when the patri
willing to stand the sneers of their
fellow citizens, they could not be com otic citizens who did their dufy during
the war, who made up what these
palled to contribute.
Unfortunately for them, however, tightwads did not give, walked np to
the fruits o f their years o f toil, for the little old ballot bo* and said “ You
will this time give what we any you
ought to g iv e .”
The agony o f these taxpayers, as
they saw their money being voted sway
was greater thnn that o f some o f the
An Oregon family o f four had $100 a soldier lads who were stricken down
month ot get along on in 1913, but with German bullets. It was really ex
eruciatlngly funny, and takes awny
had grown into a family of ten with much o f the sting that goes with the
only $45 a month income iu 1920. how increased tax the rest o f us also will
have to pay.
in the world would it liv e !
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If-
That Is the Case With
TAXES THAT ARE NOT TAXES.
There ia much talk on the part of
voters which indicates that through
The State University, the Agricultural misunderstanding of some o f the men
College, and the Oregon Normal. In sures on the ballot there are likely to
be many negative votes, when, were
1913 they had 2250 students; now they the measures fully understood, the
rot
would be in the affirma
have 5404. And $1 in 1913 is only as same votes
tive.
good as 45 cents today, in purchasing
One o f the measures which sei-ms to
have drawn the greatest amount of
power.
misapprehension is the one to raise the
limit to which the state may issue
road bonds.
Many voters look upon this measure
as one which will levy a tax o f four
mills for road purposes. Even were
that the purpose it might not be such
Could you carry on the work of the a bait measure, but nothing enuld be
College, Univeraity asid Normal on the further from the intent and pur|>oiu> of
the measure. Not one penny of direct
same support as in 1913f
tax will be imposed by this measure.
As a matter o f fact, to defeat this
measure would be more likely to re­
sult in a direct tax than would its ap
proval.
Neither can the Htate University, the
What the measure will actually do
Agricultural College, and the Normal will be to make it possible for the
state to issue bonds for the building
School do it. Will you not help these o f permanent roads up to four per cent
three institutions to continue their use­ of the total o f its assessed valuation.
The limit to which bonds now may be
ful and productive work for Oregon by issued is two per cent of the assessed
voting on May 21 for the Higher Edu­ valuation.
Unless the limit is raised at once, the
cational relief measure!
state will soon have to stop issuing
bonds for road building.
The measure will not raise direct
(Paid advertisement inserted by Colin
Dyment in behalf o f the Jirint Alumni taxes one penny, because all these
Relief Committee for Higher Education bonds will be taken up by receipts
in Oregon, 514 Pittock Block, Portland) from automobile license fees. The table
which will be shown in the voters’
If You Yourself Were
Responsible
You Could Not.
O u r W in d o w T h is ^ fe e k .
TfakinjS a Daie
in the SI EoneA$e
The Modem Pharmacy
Cottage Grove
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Oregon
pamphlet, which every registered voter
Will get. Will show that the receipts
from this source are such that there
is absolutely no possibility o f these
fees failing to take up all bonds, ns
« e li iis b-aviiig n pritieely surplus tu
he expeiiiled ili recti} in road building
There is n possibility thnt to defent
ibis meusiire wuuld mise thè direct tax
bei-ause thè uatioual govsrumeut ha.
offered, ami will offer, money to the
state for road purposes whicli cuti be
inmle ni ni lutile oiily by uiutchiiig it
»U h stnte money iu thè sanie amount.
Money in a eiiffìeii-nt amount ean no»
be raised in tiiue to mnteh thè gin erti
meni money except through mi issue of
timide. Without thè federili luouey, thè
entire e spense wuuld Inno tu be borri»
by thè stute miil »e r e thè suine rouils
lo he built by stnte tuoney a direct lux
woutd be noeeesnry. At least, more
rouds ami boiler rosile cimi be bui It by
tieing ready to take adinutuge of Ilio
offer by thè federai govoriiuioiit, whicli
s, iu effeet, a lesaeiung of Ilio stilli­
la*.
The measure to levy two milla for
elementary sellouts will increase the
stnte tnx by that amount, but eituh
county hns rfluriu-d to it the amount
of uioucy raised in thut county. The
nvernge school district in the county
will hnvo returned to it priietieally the
same amount thnt is colleetrd in flint
district, which monns thnt the local
tnx rnn he lowered by just that
nnnmut, if desired. In other words,
should this measure be defeated, each
listriet will have to make its local tux
two mills higher thnn it would were
this measure netexl upon favorably.
There is n probability thnt tnxes in
Cottage Grove will netually be lowered
by favorable net ion upon this measure.
The reason is this:
Much property in Lane county is now
■ utsiilo of nuy school district nml pays
no school tax. Hy making the county
the taxing unit, nil property would j f
the tax. As there ure no schools in
this uiitnxeil territory, the money
raisin) there would have to be expend
rtl in districts having schools. Cotinge
Grove might netually have more re
turned to it than it paid out. We
doubt if anyone in the district would
object to a tax hnviug that result.
There is a probability, however, that
school taxes will appear much higher
in the years immediately ahead or us
than they are now. This is due to the
fart that local taxes must be muter
ially increased. The cost of conducting
schools must be met and that Cost has
advanced hr leaps anil liounds. The in
creased price of material already i»
being |mid. la rg er salaries must be
paid to teachers. They are just ns
much entitled to an advance in wages
as the laborer, the clerk, the printer,
the engineer, or any other wage earner.
~n comparison with what others were
receiving, they were greatly anderpHid
even before the advnnee in the cost
o f living. The advance« in wages they
ure nsking will not yet put them on a
wage equality with the ine» henlcr of
eastern Oregon.
I f we are to be satisfied with ICach
ers receiving a wage lower thnn that
paid a sheep herder, it naturnlly
follows thnt we will la- satisfied with
teachers that will teach our children
leas thnn a sheep herder would tesrh
them. We would want them to teach
them less about some things.
The proposed two mill levy is one of
the first sti-fn* to put our schools on
he scientific basis thut prevails in
states that have progressed further in
such matters than we have.
When you go to the polls, benr in
mind thnt the proponed raising o f the
road bond limit and the pro|>one<! two
mill levy for elementary schools will
not, In effeet, rnise your tnxes a pen
uy, and are much more likely to make
your tnxes less.
They are tax measures thnt ndd
nothing to the tax roll. The people o f
Oregon should be taken with aueh w w
fangled tnx measures as that.
(Corvallis Gazette Times.)
THE
A.
B, 0 O f BONDS— W n A T
ABOUT THEM?
Eugene, Ore., April 7.— (T o the Ed
itor.)— I f <the bond issue should be up
proved by a uiujority vote at the May
election, it would provide for the fol
lowing:
A — A total issue o f $2,000,000.
B— Not over $500,000 to be sold ia
ny one year.
C— It is not the intention to sp«ml
$500,000 or any other sum during uny
one year unless the labor or miiteriul
market is such that the county court
feels justified in doing so.
L>— A ll money received from sale of
bonds to be expended only by the
county court.
K— Money cannot be taken from one
project nrid expended on another.
K —Money received from sale of
bonds can be expended by the county
court only on roads ns designated in
tho bond bilL
G— I f yo* can’t trust your county
court in the hundling of this money,
who can you trust!
U— NO L A V E M E N T o f any kind is
provided for, and no pavement will be
tiuilt with the bond money.
I-—Roads are to be built exactly as
provided for in the bond bill, and not
otherwise.
J— The estimated cost o t building
these roads wus made by the county
engineer and county runduiastcr.
K —I f you can’t trust the county
rigineor and county rondmaster, who
can you trust!
I.— Bonds to be paid o ff in twenty
annual installments, beginning with
the
sixth year after
the
bonds are is
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t*o
sued.
M— Not over $100,000 in bonds to
become due in any one year.
N —Bond issue provides the only
method for a definite, systematic road
program which cannot bn changed.
O— That was the main reason why it
was adopted by the committee o f thir
ty eight and the taxpayers meeting.
P — Bonding the county' to build good
roads is the same as a taxpayer bor­
rowing money to improve his home or
fnrm.
Q— Paying o ff these bonds Is the
same as a taxpayer {mying o f f his note
except that the county hns a much
longer time in which to do it.
B— These bonds nre to benr only five
>er cent interest and ennnot under the
aw be sold for less than par. Can you
borrow money for five per cent, or do
you have to pay seven or eight!
B— Would you have a prosperous bus
in cm , s good productive fnrm or a
D IV ID E
' ■ g l o ■ houle i f you lini! never
rouifortnldii
April t i
Mr. and Mrs. A. Tornile
borrowcil tuoucyf
and family arrived Hominy from New
T Wore you evi-r fiiinm-ìnlly ruiiieil York and will lignin make this their
by repaying thè so obligatlons whon you home.
limi long lime in whicli tu ilo i t !
Mrs I ... Ungati visited Mrs George
t
Wlicn you b o r io » money at ciglit AII ciiiiiii Tuesday.
per ceut you gfnornlly make more tinnì
Kenneth Mi-Revnolds returned Wed
eight per cent mi ibis money don't in-sdav from southern Oregon.
you!
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^Jdjji^h^nink^Tnrnm ^und'bui^l^J^.
Y Do you know uf a successful bus
iuoss iiih ii or fariuer who never boi
row ed money !
W Money iteri veti from thè sale o f
lunula will be uaed tu improve thè fon
ilitioli o f every tnxpnyer in thè eminty
X I f thè boiid bill earries, Lane
eounty ean export tu lidi alice thè sanie
iis our sister state* o f Washington nini
Cslifiirnin bave dulie with tlieir gund
ronda.
Y
llave you a guoil road by ynur
pince nlrendy lui1 1 1 by thè siate or
i-ounty money!
/ I f uot, help to *get mie ut thè
May elei-timi liv voting fnr bollila. I f
you bave a goml ronil, vote for bornia
alni ht-lp thè pooplo gel gnnd rumi*
timi holiied yen gel youra.
The nnove is respectfiillv subinitted
fnr thè purpoac o f e larifyiog some mis
stntemeuts and miaundoratntulingN re
garding thè txniil issile in thè hopes
of having thè iniitter thomughly under
stomi.
I*. K. Y O B A N
(Note.- The Ncntiiiol luta offered to
prmt letters frinii tlmac tiikìog either
side o f ‘ ho borni i»«iu- nini ha« ..... ..
prmitiacd severa! un thè negative stile,
but thè nbove is thè Tirsi for wtii.-h
thè copy hns bi-en ftirinshcd. Uulcaa
thè oppoaitlon hurrles. it » di sono fimi
itself swept awnr by thè energetie
campitigli In-iiig rondiirted by expo
■lolita o f thè buttila.)
Miss Julia, left Monday for a
weeks’ visit with relatives at I
Mo
Mrs. James Ambrose shopped !■
tlrove Monday.
N. Lewis was a Grove viaitor H
day.
Mrs. L. Brown and grandson, Ji
Brown, visited in the Grove Ki
Special Prices or
Paint W eek of April 17 to 24
To (‘iii-ouittgi- you in rli-nnitig up, painting up mu! ilreHniug u
your preiiiiw-H wo will for tin- week In-giutimg tomorrow, H.-it
urilny, April 17, »ml muling Sitturilny, April lit, oiler our mini
pli-li- »tiu-k of paint at greatly rmlueeil prit-ea 1‘aitil for Imtl
iuaiili- ami otilauli- ami all aiiloa of tin- fmuar I'am t up, h I m !
up, ami make Cottage drove look like a regular city.
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The rich tobacco taste las
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Small*
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