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MCARTHUR ADDRESSES
IMPORTANT
LENTS AUDIENCE
TAX QUESTIONS
Lents, Multnomah County, Oregon, Oct., 12, 1916
CRIPPLED
A well till«*d r«sim li«ten«*dto address«*«
from A. A Muck, Georga Ta«well, Mr.
Full Rental Value Land Tax and
i i'eUireon, Pat McArthur ami others, on
Homemaker's Loan Fund Amend I Wednesday evening. It was a fine re-
ment
Tax Limitation Means »fHinaive audience. McArthur was late,
I owing to *|M*akiug at Linnton earlier in
Lower Taxes.
, tin* evening.
Mrs. Jos. Beverage and
Tle-rv x-ernn to Is- great confusion in n«ter, Mrs. Frank Fleming, gave a
the minds of some voters regarding th« couple of delightful solo*. Ail the can
Full Rental Value land Tax and Home- didate* acquitted tli<*ms«*lve« (ntis-
mak>-r*s Loan Fund Amendment. Il is fsctorily. Mr. Mu«*k «talc*I emphatical
a most coinplicalml measure.
After ly that lie would serve th'* county with
rva.ling it through one is conftisml and out favor to any special interest. lie
hardly knows what it is all about.
•poke of Ida preference in giving more
M 1'1 II re (.< -,| I,« no conftlne.ll *I h > ui this attention to laterul country roads.
iiie**ure It Is a single tax measure,
Jndgi «lass well made * hit by outlining
pure and simple, although a loan feature
in the handling of delinquent
III* vi
lias la-eu a-ldral. Tire drs-trine of single children and placing more responsibility
is just tills; That all inr-ome from I on tlie pan-nU.
nr Reed
I m - paid rscli
year to tie« **lsU* in th«* «ha;s* of taxe*,
Do you get the idea'.’ 1 It i* just single
Under single
tax under another nana* •
tax nil incoine from lamí i» taken by Ila*
stale. In this proposed measure income
frpm land is < «ll«*«l "land rent” and *11
of it taken by ila* «tata.
Uren. who
lim bill,
has F**“
M Mr.
r. vmu*
wi»v drew •••
----,----
v|»-al«-dly arknowle<lgr<i that it i* the
romr old «ingle tax that the voter* have
repeatedly rejected al the polls. Every
one who-has carefully read tbe bill
agree« that it i* single tax, but under a
different name.
There i* no nerd of any confusion or
doubt aboot this measure. Thoae who
are in favor of single tax and govern
ment ownership of all land *liould vote
for this measure. Those who are op
posed to «ingle tax and tielieve in pri
vate ownership of all land should vote
«07 X NO.
If then- lia* l>eeii doubt in the mind
at any voter alamt the wisdom of the
Tax-Limitation amendment, it should
have been removed by tbe events of the
past few d*y*
The budgets of proposed expenditure*
for next year haw been made up by the
Stale and by tbe City of Portland The
budget* call for expenditure* way in ex
cess of anything which has been at
tempted before. Every State Institu
tion ha* asked for big increase* in ap
propriations, except one. The one in
stitution which doe* not ask for an in-
creaar la the Etant Oregon Insane Asylum,
located at IVndieton.
Every other in-
■titution ask* for big increase* Do our
public official* Jeel that the tax-payers
can afford to pay unlimited taxes?
What is to become of the stale if this
annua) increane doe* not slop. How
can anyone afford to pay tlie tax bill*.
It is an outrage to ask the tax-payers
for big increases in appropriations when
it is so hard to get money. Taxes
should l>e decreasing then’ time*, not in
creasing.
,
Rut there is on«- big consolation for
tbe tax-payer. It is unanimously agreed
that tax-limitation will carry by an
overwhelming majority.
Every one
admits it. This simply means that re-
gardles* of bow high the stat«* institu
tions or the legislature try to increase
our tax«** they will fail. Then* is a high-
water mark abow which they can not
go. They cannot make our tax«** for
next year more than six per cent over
thi* year’s taxes. The same is true of
the city of Portland. If the Tax Limi
tation Amendment carries, and it surely
will carry, then th«« commissioners of
the city of Portland will have to reduce
tlieir proposed expenditure* 10 per cent.
Tax Limitation is a measure which
has ls>cn initialed by the State Taxpay
ers league for the protection of tbe Tax
payer*. It will carry by a big majority.
Garbage Dumpers Liable to Arrest
People who dump garbarge pro
miscuously are liable to a real interest
ing fine. Some one recently dumped a
bunch of tin cans in the front yard of a
92d street home and drew down the
wrath of the property owner. A repeti
tion of the offense will he taken serious
ly. A certain number of people seem
to think it is all right to dump rubbish
in the street or along the roads. Ry
doing so they an- laying themselves
liable to fines up to $25. It is safer and
cheaper to bury your tin cans and other
unmentionables.
ov niton ot in<
about 9:30.
minute» ami wa» repeatedly cheered.
He diaeuwed the Detms*raiic record on
tlie Mexican question, on |«*ace, pre
paredness, tlie chihi labor law, and the
rewnt eight hour law. He calleci at
tention to tbe fact that over 2K>
American cillaena had been killed in
Mexico ami along the border during tlie
Wilson administration, without satisfac
tion on tlie ;>art of the Mexican*. He
recalled the men who were «lain at
Vera Cruz: the colored soldier* who
were shot down at Carisal, the looting
of nnmbcrs of border town*, the despoil-
ing of home*, and the degradation of
women. Hi* |>ortrayal of the Tampico
affair where the commander of the
I'. 8. Fl«<et wa* unexctisahly ordered to
leave port and 1500 American citizen*
were left at the mercy of a riotous mob,
o tie ««ved by English and thrman
naval v«-«*<*l*. IL* showed how the
president had ridiculed the idea of pre
paredness until it was forced on him
after which he clainwd the honor of
promoting it. The same was true of th«*
naval program.
II«* explained the •<>-
c al led eight hour law, showing it was a
mere subterfuge that would ultimately
result in injury to the working men and
the country.
Pat made some votes for himself •nil
Hughe« Wednesday evening.
EVENING STAR HAS
REGULAR MEETING
A very pleasant and instructive pro
gram waa rendered at the last meeting
of Evening Star Grange. Soloe were
rendered by Misses Eva Zimmerman
and Marian Rennet and Mr. Richard
Mulford, all of whom kindly retqsmded
to encores,
Mrs. F. A. Ward gave a very instruc
tive talk upon the subject of "Modern
Method* of Instructing the Deaf.” She
told of the efforts being made to teach
the deaf child to *|>eak, thus doing away
with the sign language. Her little boy,
ten years of age, showed how lie could
talk, understanding all that was said to
him.
"The Effective Ballot” was the sub
ject of a talk by Mr. Alfred I). Cridge.
"The Ship Tax Exemption,” an initia
tive amendment to I m - voted upon at the
November election was thoroughly ex
plained by Geo. M. McBride. This bill
proposes to exempt all but state taxes
upon the ships of Oregon. The states
of Washington and California exempt
the tfxea on their shipping, and they
have a large number of ships at the
porta of San Francisco and Seattle,
while Portland ha* almost no vessels of
any size or worth. It is a good law and
all should vote for it if we wish to en
courage and have any commerce in our
own ships.
A beautiful tribute to the memory of
our late brother, Mr. John M«x*k, was
read, ami the charter draped, while the
audience sang, "River of Time.”
The Gold Hill News says: "When
ever we haw a great national strike, lie
it railroad* or otherwise, the common
people are al way* the goats and their
bleats of distress are consistently ignored
by both sides.”
0. E. flpence, Master of the State
Grange, says the People’s Isuid and
Th«; Sheridan Sun, one of the best Txian measure on the liallot this election
papers that comes to our exchange *| m *II* confiscation for the farmer.
table, is meeting the high cost oi print
The State sold 25 tons of flax at 7
paper by disj>enaing with ready prints.
cents « pound to California Mills, The
Economy is not the only thing gained, same wss pioduced with convict labor.
however, for additional self res;>ect goes The state is handling 750 tons.
with the alwence of the patent medicine
Salem is getting the one-man street
and other advertising which the ready
print houses are apparently unable to do car*, made necessary by jitney comjieti-
business without.—Monmouth Herald. tion.
This'is a goodjtime to re
new your subscription to
the Herald.
Vol. 14.
PROHIBITIONISTS
HOLD BIG RALLY
i
There was a well attended Prohibition
Rally on the street* of Lents on Tuesday
evening, at tlie junction of Main «treet
and Foster road. The speakers were
Rev. John Riley, pastor of the Friend*
church, Rev. Robert H. Clark, pastor of
th«- Free Methodist church, Hon. A. W.
I-afferty. candidate for Congress from
the Third District, and J. Sanger Fox,
Executive Secretary of the Prohibition
Party. Instrumental music was supplied
by tlie Bradford Trio, Messrs Paul,
Harold ami Mark. The audience joined
in some spirited singing.
Mr. Itafferty announc-xl nimeelf as a
believer in National and State Prohibi
tion anti a large part of his address wax
devoted to this issue. He declared that
would endeavor to have the "Cha tn -
rlain-McArtliti
I Grant bill
—«Q,eore <n New York Telegram.
GENERAL INTEREST
No. 41
FARM LOAN BOARD
REPORTSPROGRESS
Board Recently Visiting Portland
Reports Visits Made and Progress
Made.
Banks to be Located
Soon.
The Federal Farm Loan Board re
cently named to put into operation
Uncle Sam's new rural credit* act ba*
retnrn«*d to Washington after holding 27
hearings in the northern half of the
Unite«! State* Tie* hearings were held
to determine in what »ections of the
country Federal land banks are most
badly needed. Farmers were invited to
the bearings to tell their financial neetis,
and cities were invited to present tlieir
argument* for the 1« .cation of tlie 12
Federal land bank* which are to be
tabltsbed.
Testimony of farmers indicated that
■rest rate* on first farm mortgages in
northern half of the country range
Hour Law and Rural Credit*.
n 5 per cent per annum to 5 per cent
Mr. Fox pointed out that there wax per month. Even in many races where
no material difference between the plat i 5 and 6 per cent per annum are charged
forms and candidates of the Republican commission* also are exacted ranging
and Democratic parties and urged his from a flat 1 and 2 per cent to 1 to 3 per
bearer* to vote for J. Frank Hanly, the i cent per annum.
Loans are rarely
Prohibition nominee. He suggested that made for more than 5 years and farmers
the balance between the two parties constantly face the danger of fore
would not be changed if Republicans closure.
and Democrats would pair their vote for
Testimony indicated that farm de
Hanly. He showed how the primary velopment had been hampered in the
law had been changed from time to time United State* a* a result of short-time
to prevent minority parties from nomi credit*; prospective farmers were un
nating their candidates by the primary able to borrow to purchase land and
plan. He drew attention to the fact productivity of farms suffered because
that a vote of 20 per cent of the vote for farmers could not get sufficient credit
Prohibition Presidental electors would with easy term* of repayment to make
place the Prohibition Party on an necessary improvement* and buy live
equality with the other*.
stock.
Rev. R. H. Clark, who has but re
Farmers in nearly every State visited
cently come to Lent? made a very favor assured tbe Board that the long time
able impreseion in bis appeal for Pro- amortized loan at a low interest rate, a*
hi’oition votes.
provided under the new Farm Loan Act,
would be a great contribution to the
Lents Grange Saturday
prosperity ot the country; that it would
stimulate agricultural development;
The following program for Saturday’s
check the increasing percentage of farm
Grange has been arranged:
tenantry; increase the percentage of
Piano solo, Miss Sanders; Instru
farm investment in improvement* and
mental Duet, Marcella Voight and Eva
livestock, and thereby result in more
Walrod; Recitation, Dorothy Farley;
intensive farming, smaller farms, more
Piano solo, Mrs. Schutam; Vocal solo,
farm population, and more farm pro*-
Mabel Sweet; Folk Dancing, Winne-
perity.
fred Smith and Virginia Andrezzi.
The Board will leave shortly for *
The different amendments to be sub
similar investigation through the South.
mitted to the voters next month will be
It expect* to establish the twelve Fe«ier-
discussed.
al Land Banks by January, 1917.
The public is invited at three o’clock.
A case rsf infantile paralysis has j ciaent insurance commission from No
vember 5, 1913, to September 20, last,
been discovered near Amity.
Arrangements are rapidly being wera $1.437.581.49, according to a
completed for the erection of a cheese statement issued by the commission.
The proposed early establishment of
factory at Stanfield.
Total registration in Multnomah a second steel shipbuilding plant in
county this year will aggregate ap Portland is the latest development in
proximately 94.600 votes.
th« already rapidly growing marine
It is estimated that the prune crop construction programme of this port.
Several hundred delegates, repre
in Linn county will total about 1,500.-
senting women’s clubs throughout the
000 pounds, dried, this season.
Fire in the Schmidt building at Pen state of Oregon gathered Monday at
dleton gutted several stores and of- Seaside for the 16th annual conven-
flees, causing damage estimated at tion of the Oregon State Federation
of Women’s Clubs.
$100,000.
The state board of control bas ap
Details of the cost of paving the
Columbia river highway from Sandy pointed a commission of three to in
river to the Hood river line show a vestigate and report to it upon tin
needs of the Oregon state traininc
total of *486.703.17.
The supreme court of Oregon has school for boys and the state Indus
held that a justice of the peace was trial school for girls.
Captain George H. Dunbar, formerlj
a judicial officer and his term covers
The ladies of the Parent- Teacher’s
master of the dredge Chinook, but dur
a period of six years.
Circle
have arranged an interesting
There were reported to the state Ing the past four years master of the
free
program
for the evening of October
government
survey
steamer
Arago
industrial accident commission 274 ac
20th.
The
women
of the district, par
cidents. of which one was fatal, dur committed suicide at Astoria by shoot
ticularly,
will
be
interested
in hearing
ing
himself
in
the
head.
ing the week ending Thursday.
To keep pace with its new era of some of the initiative measures dis
With more than 35 undertakers in
attendance, the 12th annual conven agricultural and industrial develop cussed. Everyone is invited. The pro
tion of the Oregon Funeral Directors’ ment. Josephine county within a year gram to be offered follows:
Piano Duet, Dorothy Sell* and Esther
plans to have completed in Grants
association was held in Portland.
An increase of 25 per cent in new Pass, its county seat, a new court Mitchell; Song, Nina Peterson; Solo,
students of all classes and of 31 per house to cost between 170,000 ami Mr. Carol Day; Quartet, Mr. and Mrs.
Ash, Mrs. Sells, Ralph Spearrow;
cent in the freshmen class is reported $80,000.
W. D. Jones, engineer on a thresher Prohibition Amendment, J. Sanger
at the Oregon Agricultural college.
Apple growers of Linn and Benton operating at Malin, was instantly Fox; Single Item Veto, Normal School,
counties are expecting to market the killed when he started the engine for H. A. Darnall; Anti-vaccination, Lora
biggest crop of apples that ever reach the day’s run. The engine was on C. Ijttie; Full Rental Value, Henry E.
center and he attempted to throw it Reed, county assessor. J. P. Newell will
ed the consumer from that district.
l>e et-cured to speak on the Brewer's
The 40th annual reunion of the So off by jumping on the spokes of the
amendment.
big
wheel.
ciety of Southern Oregon Pioneers was
Completion of extensive improve
held at Jacksonville Thursday with
more than 300 members in attendance. ments now under way at the United
Records compiled by the state in States fish hatchery grounds at Clack
surance department show that during amas station will give Clackamas
A very simple and labor-saving way
September fires occurred in 43 Oregon rounty one of the best fish hatcheries
towns, causing a total loss of $335,310. in the United States. At the present of canning fruit is by the oven method.
A grand market and rummage sale time a hatchery building 58x100 feet The bottom of the oven may be covered
held in Medford last week for the ben is under construction and a large force with asbestos, or a shallow pan with a
efit of wounded French soldiers made of men has been at work on the small amount of hot water in it, may be
used to protect the jars from breakage.
a net profit of more than $1200 in two grounds for several weeks.
i ne Oregon City locks around the Thoroughly sterilize the jars, covers,
days.
According to the report of State falls of the Willamette, bought by the and utensil* used in packing the jars in
Treasurer Kay for the three months federal and state governments at a boiling water. Prepare the fruit as for
ending September 30 there was on coat of $300,000 from the Portland any method of canning. Make a syrup
that date a balance of $1,138.802.80 in Railway. Light & Power company, are of any desired density—usually the pro
practically useless at the present time, portions used are one-fourth to one-half
all funds.
Johnnie Stump, of Monmouth, prob because of the shallowness of the low cup of sugar for each cup of water. Each
ably won more prizes at the state fair er lock chamber at the present stage jar will require one-half its capacity of
syrup. Pack the fruit in the jars, pour
than any other boy in the state. He of the river.
Engineers' maps of the channel of ’ over the syrup to overflowing, and put
won a dozen prizes of different kinds,
the Columbia river and the Willam I on lid. Cook in the oven ten to twenty
valued at over $1000.
An eight hour day for employes of ette, and also of the mouth of the Co i minutes—depending on the kind of fruit.
the Northwest Steel company, Port lumbia. showing the new 40-foot depth I ft the screw tops are used they will
land's giant shipbuilding plant, was that has been obtained, will be pub I haw to be tightened when the jars cool.
announced Friday by J. R. Bowles, lished by the Portland chamber of Ry using this method it will be found
commerce and circulated widely In i that the fruit will retain its color, shape
president of the concern.
Sale of 25 tons of flax tow from last shipping circles to advertise the mer- | and flavor wry satisfactorily.—M. H.
year's crop to the California Cotton Its of the port.
At the end of the first year of co-
Losing Ground.
mills of Oakland, Cal., for 7 cents a
operative
shipments of livestock by
"My wife is In a flx about her garden
pound, f. o. b. Salem, was authorized
the farmers of Itane county under the Party."
by the state board of control.
"What's wrong?”
direction
of C. J. Hurd, marketmaster
The car shortage situation reached
"Declinations are coming In about as
of
the
Lane
county
Pomona
grange,
The
to
the high water mark Friday,
fast as she can send invitation* ont”
tai number reported short on the 50 carloads of livestock and 40,000 —Louisville Courier-Journal.
Southern Pacific’s lines to the public pounds of wool, valued at $100,000
have been sold in the Portland market,
service commission was 1739.
The Myrtle Creek prune crop will ap
Receipts of the state industrial ac- according to figures submitted by Mr. proximate 2,000,000 pounds.
Hurd.
PARENT-TEACHER’S
PROGRAM OCT. 20
In Memory of Wallace fairbank
The funeral of Wallace Fairbank waa
held at 10 o’clock Monday morning, at
Kenworthy’s, Rev. W. B. Moore officiat
ing. The burial waa at Mt. Scott.
Wallace Fairbank was born in the
village of Herman, New York, on July
57, 1848. While young his mother died
and he moved to Wisconsin.
He lived
there until be was 15 years of age, when
he enlisted in the army in March 1864.
He servei in the First Wisconsin cavalry
tor several months.
He was injured in
an engagement from which he has suf
fered ever since.
He married Miss
Jennie Honey at Fillmore, Nebraska,
on Dec. 3, 1872, and came to Oregon via
‘‘Praire Schooner” in 1878, arriving just
in time for the Indian trouble between
Ogden, Ftah, and the Grand Ronde
valley. He lived in the Grand Ronde
valley until 1904 when he caine to Port
land and settled down at Lents. In
November 1913 he moved to Newberg
returning to Firland in December 1915.
A week following a trip to Newberg he
suddenly died on Oct., 5, 1916.
He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife,
a son, A. R. Fairbank; three daughters,
Mrs. L. C. Fleck, Mrs. J. F. Baker,
Mrs. C. E. Eatchel, three grand child
ren, a brother, Randolph Fairbank, and
a sister, Mrs. Emma Sheldon.
The employer must realize that not all
the profit should come to him. Hie
workmen are entitled to a fair division
when they give their labor. They are
entitled to protection of their health by
sanitary conditions, by safeguards
around machiney and by reasonable
hours. On the other hand the em
ployees of the nation must come to a
realization that when the business in
terest suffer, foreign competition comes
upon the scene to underbid the
American manufacturer.—Salt Lake
Tleegram. Ind.
Much legislation will come np before
the next session of Congress which will
be of vital importance to the North
west. One of the most important
measures having to do with our indus
tries will be the passage of a bill under
which water powers may be satisfactorily
developed. A prohibitive government
tax in addition to the state taxes would
discourage investors in these enterprises.