Farm
Uncle Sam and His Nephews, the States,
Are Collecting Over a Billion Dollars in
Yearly Tolls on Motor Vehicles and Fae!
Mor« Than Meet» th« Nation’s Billion Dollar Highway Building
Bill—Thomas H. MacDonald, Chief of the U. S. Bureau
of Public Roads, Tells Striking Details.
By JUDSON C. WELLIVER
America has reverted to the ancient system of collecting
tolls wherewith to build and maintain highways.
In 1926 these tolls amounted to $1,094.000.000, collected
through motor licenses, gasoline taxes, property, corporation,
Income production and other taxes on automobiles, automobile
manufactures, the petroleum industry, etc.
In the same year $1,003,000.000 was spent on rural roads.
It took near a century to build $20,000,000,000 worth of rail
roads. A highway system costing that much will be created in
twenty years at present rate.
These are some of the high points
presented by Thomas H MacDonald.
Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads.
Department Of Agriculture, in an in
terview on highway development.
“The equipment of this continent
with modern roads has been the most
amazing provision of a public utility
that any community ever accom
plished in a similar period." said Mr.
l.'acDonald.
“Historians say the
Doman Empire was held together by
its highway system, radiating from
Rome to the Provinces. But America
has converted a continent into a
neighborhood within a few years.
“This accomplishment really repre
sents the inauguration of a new sys
tem of taxation; a system of licenses
and excises levied against particular
privileges or classes of property, the
proceeds betag dedicated to highway
development.
"For 1M5 state taxee on gasoline
aggregated tl4E.0M.0M. Add to that
tm.M10.000 tor antemobile registra
tion and licenses; »150,000,000 as
property taxes on the 10,000.000 auto-
mobUea; tl4S.430.70» as the Federal
excise tax on automobiles, parts and
acceeeories for 1925; »50,000.000 to
represent wheelage taxes, special
taxes on gasoline or cars, snd fines
collected from motor drivers The
total reaches approximately »74»,-
»10,70».
Nearly »1,100,000,000 Yearly Tolle
"But these figures do not Include
Income and corporation taxes derived
from the motor car business. Nor do
they include state, local, production,
corporation or Income taxee of the
petroleum Industry. Yet that indus
try has a capitalisation of about
»9,00U.uo0,000. A modest estimate for
these, added to the preceding figures,
makes a total of »1,094,930.709, which
is considerably more than the entire
amount spent on country roads
"You observe that I have not in
cluded the government's expenditures
of nearly »100.000,000 in Federal aid
to road building. In the eight years
from 1913 to 1935 inclusive, the Gov
ernment has contributed »460,000.000
to help the states build roads. That
is considerably less than half of what
the country spent on roads in either
1914 or 1925. Moreover, in the same
eight years, while the Government
was distributing that »460,000,000 to
the states, it collected »873.000.000 In
internal revenue taxes on motor cars,
parts and accessories.
Other hun
dreds of millions were collected tn in
come and corporation taxes from mo
tor car manufacturers and dealers
Thus it appears that Federal cor»
tribution to roads as compared to the
contribution of people who make and
use the cars and the gasoline has
been decidedly modesL
"But, while Federal contribution is
caly about 10 per cent of highway ex
pense. it has accomplished results al
together out of proportion to its
amount First, it was an incentive to
the States. The Government required
them to invest as much as it con
tributed. Then the Government takes
part in a general supervision of con
struction and a share in determining
routes. 8o we have built roads on
better standards, and have got them
organised into a truly national sys
tem Instead of forty-eight state sys
tems.
Unifying the Road System
"Some day it will be realized that
this was the most valuable contribu
tion. Driving from Boston to New
York, a man may pass through four
states
Every one might have a
splendid highway system; but it these
did not articulate at the state lines
the trip would be almost impossible.
Thanks to the systematization under
Federal Influence, country roads are
as superior to state boundary lines as
are railroads.
“The Federal highway act of 1921
required that a complete nation-reach
ing system of roads bo designated
within two years, as the roads to
which Undo Sam would give assisb
ance. It was found that there were
2,(66.061 miles of highway In the
country. Of these'7 tor cent, or 200,-
624 miles, were to be included tn the
national system, eligible for Federal
Bid. Nearly every mile of that 2,366.-
061 was a candidate for designation
as a Federal highway. But in the end
the system «M laid out as a truly na
tional one.
“When the map was published it
showed nearly the 200.000 miles of
designated routes. Since then 46.485
mQos of these roads have been Im
proved. nearly 13,»00 more are under
construction, and over 2.000 have been
approved for early beginning of work.
In addition to that many states have
built, without Federal aid. extensive
sections which are included within
this national system. In fact, these
state contributions aggregate H.0M
miles, so that approximately two-
thirds of the 200,000 mile national
highway system has already been Im
proved.
Uncle 8am ae Road Supervisee
"Along with all of this, there is the
Federal supervision over construction
and maintenance. When Undo Bam
helps build a road he reserves au
thority to require its proper main
tenance. Then there is the business
of uniform marking along highways,
which makes it possible for motorists
to drive thousands of miles on a des
ignated route whose markings be
come so familiar that after a few
miles he need not ask directions.
"Finally Federal participation has
made possible a great number of
bridges at strategic points. Some of
these have been needed for year», yet
state and local authorities have been
unable to provide them, partly be
cause of the cost, partly because of
competition between routes. When a
stream separates two co untie? or two
states. It is often Impossible to get
them to agree where to build or how
to divide the cost of a brid re. In
such cases the Federal authority has
repeatedly mediated different s and
secured construction. Let me men
tion some instances.
"Missouri has been a state for over
a century. Divided east and v sat by
the Missouri river, communlca: in be
tween the two sections has bet n lim
ited. to the state’s disadvantage Four
bridges across the river were re : ilred
in the national highway progra: and
Federal co-operation with the st! e of
Missouri has made them por ble.
Two are completed, the others ar un
der construction. The four will oat
a little more than »2,000.000, the Fed
eral contribution being nearly »1,090,-
000.
Getting Bridges Constructed
"Another bridge that has a pace "ar
Importance, both locally and nat. >n-
ally, has been needed for generat> ns
across Raritan bay, New Jersey. 1: is
one of the links tn the chain of com
munication between New York city
and the country at large. In 1924
New Jersey had some »700,000 of F d-
oral aid allotted to her roads and la
1925 over »1,000,000.
So the state
agreed that this Raritan bridge should
be built, costing about »4,000,0)0.
Federal funds made up about one-
third of the amount The bridge, over
a mile and a half long, is now nearly
completed.
"Such Illustrations might be multi
plied Indefinitely. National participa
tion has repeatedly made possible the
accomplishment of vitally Important
highway development"
According to the American Petro
leum Institute, the gasoline tax was
first Imposed In 1919 In Oregon. It
has now been adopted by all the
states except New York, Illinois, New
Jersey and Massachusetts. The ten
dency has been continually to in
crease the rate of tax per gallon. As
lets as 1921 gasoline texes tor the en
tire country were only about »5,000,-
000; In 1922, »12,000,000; In 1»M, al
most »37,000,000; in 1924, »79,000,000,
and In 1925, »142,987,749.
With good prospects that the "gas"
tax will be adopted soon by states
which do not have It now and with
the gallonage rates being Increased in
other states. It is calculated that thia
tax alone will soon raise »200,000,000
a /ear, quite possibly during 1(26.
Reminder«’
W k B ly T hk S cntinkl
land ciwaring activities end drainage •
Well folk», after spending two
in Oregon have Iwwa increaeeii by the I year.« in Carlton a* leasee and
intnslucluMi u* pysvtoi, Hie selvag-d chief wrilie of the Sentinel, W»
war explosive according t> extrusion have decided that the little old
service r.|s>rls. Thia eaphwive is now town is good enough to tie to tor
available from th« extension service life or there about», so Ibis week
department at O. A C al substantial v we couipL'tsd a «leal with Ilie own
reduced rates to fain tra tor agricultural era for the purchase of the plant,
l><ir|Hisee. Main are taku g advantage good will and all that goes With a
country print shop. Of course wo
ol thia oumrtuiiity.
Ku Ie* I >r blasting big sin upe as de- lai ight it mi the imidern American
trriuined In the •« pet uurnt »Ulina and plan of 11 00 d own and so much
ict oiuiueurleii by powder manufactures per until we have‘‘purred” enough
to pay for it. • We are going to
are as follows:
need a lot of help until the day
1. Measure diameter of stump
2. lu clav or bard pan use two to four when we can burn the mortgage
pounds of »lumping powder to the foot and be aide to shout "now i’m the
sole owner ” So bring in your
diameter.
3. In gravely soils use two to lour subs, anil your want adve. your
bits ot news and don’t forget to
pounds to the foot diameter.
4. tn loam and sandy soil use three boost for the Sentinel once in a
Every
to tire pounds of stumping powder to while if you feel like it
little bit will help
The Sentinel
the toot diameter.
5. When the stumps are on a hillside might be classed a» a email nflair,
compared with Ilie Oregouian, but
dig the bole from the upper side.
6 For stumps that are solid get the we like to think of it us being a
powder well below base of stump and real sizeable paper considering the
size of the field in which it percol
a little past center.
7. For burned or decaved stumps sink ate». Anil We have hopes for its
the holes two feet below the base future. We bop«- some day to te
to give the explosive room to "spread" ■ ble to have a linotye and other
and lilt against as large an area of »be modern contraptions lo lighten the
base as possible. Buch stumps are work and increase the volume of
most succeaefullv removed by electric reading matter. We’re here ready
to do our part in keeping up this
ally fired blivets.
8. For big stump» the boles are large importaul asset io your common»
enough to hold entire charge of ex ity, and it’s up to you folks In do
plosives under center of stump, but only yours. We thank you.
THE EDITOR.
large ewougb to s-co-mo'He the
charge, ae larger boles sre difficult to Carlton Sentinel.
tamp and do not properly confine the
L a Fa 5 et t e
By Mrs. Rose Robertson
Bert E. Haney and wile ol Portland,
arrived here al noon Sunday loceiebrste
"Mothers Day” in honor ol Mrs Maty
Haney,
R«v. F. M. Fisher ot Dav Ion baa been
appointed resident pastor of th«» Evan»
golieal ehuu h of Lifaiette and is nink
lug preparations to move here.
M> Burkhart and wile of Dayton and
Mia Chas l.eeker from Kuidder, Mo ,
were gvests Sunday ol Heibert Jewitt
and wile.
county agents.
Initiative
Measure«
The Oregon oflicial ballot in
November will be decorated with
two state income tax bills, two bills
proposing state ownership of hyd
roelectric power, repeal of the law
enacted by the last legislature
providing a tax on cigarettes, and
a new hill to produce more revenue
from motor stage lines. Another
initibill provides f >r old ag<
pensBos for both men »nd women
who have reached three score years
and five, to be determined by an
other commission. Quite a num
ber <>f of other bills, all more or
les» decorative, will appear on the
ballot. Most of the measures are
"tax raisers.” and if the people
favor such legislation they can not
object to constantly increasing tax
levies.
TIME TABLE
Effective Kept. 7.
Trains will arrive as follows
To Portland
No. 3M
6;M A. M
No. SM
N 31 A M
No. 358
10 ;IW " "
No. 3M
3:40 P.M.
No. Ikki
8.33" "
Frutti Porti itrd
No. Vil
9 IO A. M.
No. 367
11:10" "
No. 369
2:40 I*. M.
No. 363
0 :U0 " ”
No. 365
7:13 " ”
INSURANCE
Miss Nellis Ramsev el sGlvin Im - been
visiting her aunt. Mrs Marv Hanev.
Eire, Tliefi, Embezzlement, and
Kuby Mulanax spent th«' w«>ek end st Life. We care for your every need.
Grant! Island with liei sister Mr», fill
tor«i uibbon.
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J. L. Sherman & Son
Little Betty Lee Powell has boeii in
Dayton.
the sick list during the pa I wv«k.
Maxine Williams of Ca4t< n, visited
Lois Andrews Sunday
Mrs A. I1 Fletcher rvlnrn>«l from
the Evangelical conlercuvv at Leute
Sunday uight. She hud IsniHutina
delegate
Paul R. P«ebly attended a vonfereme
held by the Northwest 11 'pre»> ntutives
ul the Radium Ileallli products CoUi|
any at Porllapd, uav 5. The represent-
ativea were inlurme«! ot the two weess
trip to their factory In Loa Angles, Cal
that is being planned tor Jan. 1, 19/7
Attending the dance a*. Dayton l«*t
Saturday night from Lafayette, were
Mes-lamee Miller, wurrwy and Jones and
Hie Mireea Ruby Jones, Ir.etta Miller,*
Grace Wanner, Faith Snyder and l»>is
Andrews, C. Snyder aud wife, W. G, !
Pleasantdale
explosive
9. The charges are always firmly
By Mrs. R. G. Hadley
tamped to insure a solid impact upon
Scott Edward» and family attended a
fireing. Experienced blasters avoid
school program in Hopewell Bunday
being on the same side of the stump as
night.
bole when the blast is fired, as fragments
A surprise birthday party was given
are thrown harder and further on that
in honor ol Mrs. David Robinson at the
side.
home of her daughter Mrs. Alice Naeve
F ilthy C hxrht M agoot C ontbollxd B y
in Tigard Friday. Several ol the child
S hbsyinu
ren and their families were present.
The filthy cherry maggot is controll
George .lackman and wife were Sun
able, according to C. L. Long, O. A. C.
day guests at the A, N, Merrill home.
extension specialist in horticulture.
Win. Bims and family, and Sam Binis
The adult fly is easily poisoned during
the first few days after it appears in of Portland were Sunday visitors with
early summer as its time is then devoted home folks.
to playing and eating. If spraying is
delayed, the fruit will not be free from
maggots. The most difficult part in
combatting this peal is the timing ot the
arrival of the first flies and the immed
iate application of the first spray.
Control measures are simple if prop"
erly timed. The spray solution is
composed of one half pound of arsenate
of lead, two quarts of syrup, and 10
gallon of water. This is enough for H)
trees. It is not necessary to sprav
thoroughly as the sweet solution serves
as bait for the flv. H the first spraying
is properly timed, the second and third
spraving with same matei tai is due. If
the first spraying ia properly timed, the
second and third spraying with same
material is due one and two weeks later.
If it rains any time between spraying
or within 10 days after the third spray
ing, extra spray is given as soon as the
trees are dry.
This insect is scattered throughout
the Willamette vallev and is increasing.
It will continue to be numerous unless
all cherry growers unite to control the
;>eet. One neglected tree will inkbt a
radius of a quarter of a mile.
The college, county agents, cannery-
men, and Irnit inspectors are cooperat
ing to time the arrival of this pest,
which is expected about .lune. Its ar
rival will be announced through the
press. K. O. A. C. tadio station, and by
». P Mnllway Go.
Courtney ami
m .
N. Robertson.
Edith Miilanax, Alice Wade, Harold
How art h and L. B. Morgan attended
the May Day festivities in McMinnville
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last Friday.
Office Phone Red 49
Visitors over Sunday at the home of
Mrs. M. E. Biddle were Dr. Jeauelt and Day ton
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wife and daughter Betty of Portland
and R. W. Hamlin wile and children, I
May and Buster, of Corvallis
wrs. Lulu Brooks entertained the
Betsy Ross Club Friday alternoon.
The home was prettily decorate«! with
roses and sweet peas. There were three
card tables at which the game "<MX) 1
was played. Mrs. Myrtle Blough won
Mrs. G. B. Foster pleasantly enter-
the first prize and Mrs. Lohriug secund
tained the Pleasantdale and Aloha clubs
prise. A delicious luncln ou was served
st her home Thursday
afternoon.
by the hostess.
Fourteen ladies were present
Eleven mambers of the Komona club
Mrs. Ruth Addison and sons returned
were pleasantly entertained by Mrs.
to their home in Salem Sunday after
Flavella Colson Friday afteanuun.
visiting relatives here for the past two
Dainty refreshments were served. Each
weeks.
guest was presented with a rosebud as a
Mrs. Jack Elia of South Band Wash,
favor.
a id mother Mrs. J. Hembree of Lafay
Virgil I’eeblv and wife from Portland,
ette visited Monday at the home of Mrs.
spvnl the week end visiting friends and
R. G. Hadley.
relatives in Lafayette.
Miss Elsie Crimmins is visiting rel-
At Mrs. Rotierl L. Smiths country
»lives in Oswego.
home a covered dish luncheon was giv
Clifford Gibbons and wife visited rel
en by the members o( the St. Barnaby
ativea in itefayette Sun lay.
Guild of McMiunvile last Tuesday.
Chas Naeve and family of Tigard and After partaking of Hie sumptioiis repast
Grover Johnson and wife of Newberg the afternoon was spent by doing faney
were Sunday guests at the home ol their work and sewing. The guests were
mother, Mrs. David Robinson.
Mesdames Walter Miller, Patty, Mooru,
Gerald Hadley. John Litacher, and Wisecarver and Bauman
Altera busi
James Wakefield Jr. were Portland ness session the mee.ing adjourned.
visitors Sunday.
Tiie monthly Silver Tea was served
R G. Hadlev and family were Sunday Thinsduy afternoon in the dining room
visitors at the Chas Hadley home.
<»l the Evangelical church. Mrs. Nettie
Mrs. Brooks Sweeney was call d to Heiuloee and Mrs Georgia Moignn were
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Newberg Sunday bv the sudden death the bostessa». Decorations were bou
quets of rosea. Cake, salad, tea and
of her father, O. M Murphy.
Roliert Cinnamon and Mrs. Roy Ed c iffee were terved.
wards went to Toledo Monday to help
The pupils of the fifth anil sixth
care for their sister, Mrs Wiley En - grades ware treated to a party Wednea*
inert, who is dangerously ill wilh day after school bv the teacher Miss
pneumonia.
Zelma Smith. She was assisted by the
.Misses Frances Dell, Grace Wanner,
Oldest Bride Claimed Leona Smith and Bernice Blongli. I c
Portland Couple, Woman 91, Man 79,
cream and cake were served.
United in Marriage
.Mrs. Fred Morgan has been confined
Portland claims the oldest bride in
to her bed with a painful attack of in
America.
flamatory rheumatism. Bhe is rrqsirted
Mrs. Marv Jane Jenney, 91, was
to be improving.
married to George 11, Goehler, 79,
The Commercial Club met Wed nes-
Wednesday night, at the home of the
day
evening and transacted the usual
bridegroom’s granddaughter Mrs. Char
amount
of business.
lotte
Sanders,
Base
Line road.
The ceremony was performed by Rev,
Chas. Schmauder have moved to
U. C. Smothers of the Montavilla Meth Salem. Chester Morgan and Marley
odist church. The bride was clad in a Wanner moved tHe house hold goods for
■‘going away" habit, and her bobbed them by truck.
head nodded vivaciously as she murm
Alice Miilanax of McMinnville, visited
ured the marriage responses. The brid
at. the parental home in Lafayette over
al pair went to Corvallis for their honey
Bunday.
moon.
Twelve or more young people from
"Yes sir she’s my baby,” said the 79
year-old bridegroom to one of the wed Lafayette attended the fancy ball given
ding guests, "and I dont intend for any at the Woodman Hall in McMinnville
one to vamp her away from me.—Ore Monday night, some of them dressing in
costume.
gonian.
M W. Burnard. M. D.
Physician
Phon<' Red 78,
Dayton, Oregon
G. B. AhdiII
Having installed a L mdis Stitcher
and Fimeher, we are prepired to
do all shoe repairing with ncat-
nesr.
Dayton,
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Oregon.
Dayton Rooming
House
BEST BEDS ON EARTH
Mrs
C. E. Maute,
Prop.
"The action of one, in behalf of
another, perf >rmed in the interest
of both, is service.
Try the Union Auto Ins. Co.
For Service
C. S. LEWISf A gent .
Neetkui Barber Shop
Day ton, Oregon
Expert Ladies Hair Cutting
Earl G, Kidd, Prop.
Por County Gomm-
is«lonor
Subject to the appro»al of the
Republican voters at the primaries
May 21, I announce inv candidacy
for the nomination
of County
Commissioner, I stand for a record
equaling the ebue of 1918 and my
term ns County .1 udge, with cash on
hand totaling $G9,455.72.
Reapi <-tf u 11 v ynurs
37 2if
W. W. Nickell
McMinnville—First Baptist plan
new church, to cost $80,000
Oregon hops sell up to 27 cents
a pound for spot delivery,
Salem to have station for forest
fire air patrol.
Government will spend $300,000
improving Willamette and Colum
bia Rivers thia year.