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Oregon City G osirierl COURIER ESTABLISHED MAY, 1B89 HERALD ESTABLISHED JULY, W93 INDEPENDENT ESTABLISHED IB6B OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1902 19th YEAR, NO. 42 D. & D. C. LATOURETTE ATTORNEYS AT LAW Commercial, Real Estate and bate L Specialties Office In Commercial Bauk Building OREGON CITY OREGON COMMERCIAL BANK ov OREGON CITY capital $100,000 Transacts a general banking business Makes loan? and collections, dUcourtsbllis troya and sells domestic and foreign exchange, and receives deposits subject to ohock. Open from 9 a, m. to 4 p. m. J. J. Meyb Cashle D, C. Latoubktte, President c. N. GREENMAN THE PIONEER EXPRESSMAN (Established 1865) Prompt delivery to all parts of the city OREGON CITY OREGON O. W. Eastham G. B. Dimick DIMICK & EASTHAM ATTORNEYS AT LAW Commercial, Real Estate and Probate Law Spscia ties, Abstract of Title made, Money Loaned. Reference, Bauk of Oregon City OREGON CITY OREGON J)R. GEO. HOEYE DENTIST All work warranted and satisfaction guaranteed Crown and Bridge work a specialty Cauneld Building OREGON CITY OREGON i )R. 1RANCIS FREEMAN DENTIST Graduate of Northwestern University Dental School, also of American College of Dental Surgery, Chicago Willamette Block OREGON CITY OREGON I. SI A3 DEAIjEB in WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY Silverware and Spectacles CANDY , OREGON Qt E. HAYES ATTORNEY AT LAV,7 t Stevens Building, opp. Bank ( Oregon City OREGON CITY OREGON 2 04 EXPENSE COUfniESlSShrcapiia,;- 1 or all counties. . . . 2 54 13,420 m POOR SHOWING OF VLAVKd SldS COUNTY. Banner bounty in Regard to Expenses for 1901 $ 1,050,000 Paid Out in State. Salem, Feb. 28. Ihe total expendi tures of the st ver 1 counties of the state (or the vear 1901, exclusive of roadbuild inR, was $1,049,580.84. This is shown by a statement insiied by Secretary of State Dunbar. The figures are taken from the report" of the several county clerks filed with the secretary of state as required by the act of the last legisla ture. The average expenses of the counties for 1901 and the tour succeeding years will be taken as the basis for the apportionment of state taxes after the period named has expired. Secretary of State Dunbar haB pre pared tables showing the population of each county according to the last census, the assessed valuation of property, the total area, and the percent aves of stale taxes (hat wouid be paid on the basis of last year's expenditures. As this U-t uiatti-r is the chh f purpose of the new law, the effect it will have upon the op portlonment of slate taxes irt uf greatest interest. Under the present law, Multnomah county is paying 31 23 per cijnt. of the state taxes. Upon the basis of expendi tures for 1901, that county would pay but 24.18 percent. Clackamas county, under the present Bystem, pays 3.35 p.r cent of the etate taxes, but her expendi tures last year, if continued for four years, at the same comparative rate, would require tnat county to pay b.bl percent of Ihe state taxes. On the other hand, Linn and Marion counties, which have kept their expenses down, are in a fair way to experience a reduc tion in their state tax burden. ' In the following table is shown the rank the various counties, take in the matter of population, aietsed valuation and expenditures. Thus, for example, it will be seen that Marion county is sec ond in both population and valuation, but drops down to fourth phce on the amount of expenditures. Clackamas county, on the other hand, is third in population, seventh in valuation, but rises to second place w hen it comes to spending the money. Umatilla county ranks third on county expenses, but is sixth in population and fifth in valua tion. Multnomah and Curry counties are the only ones maintaining the same rank in all particulars. Douglas and Kenton counties are quite uniform. Pontine is ninth in population, eighth in Vidua' ion ami eighth in expenses. Benton keep the Snme proportion. Linn county makes a good stiiti.-iic.il showing It is filth in population, third in v.diia ti in, and drops down to 10th in expen ditures. The counties rank as follows : $ Total 413,136 The assessei valuation and the ex- !W pense for the year 1901 (except for roada Wjji and highways) in the several counties of jb? the state, is as follows : Valuation Baker $3,523,340 00 Brnton 2,388,208 00 Clackamas'... 4,477.483 00 Clatsop 2,928,067 00 Columbia 1,517.845 00 Coos 2,766,535 00 Crook 1,790,388 00 Currv 516,072 00 Douglas 4,206,147 16 Gilliam 1,099,745 00 Grant 1.701,902 50 Harney 2,199,015 00 Jackson 4,130,719 66 Jo8eph;ne... 1,289,030 00 Klamath 2,299.169 00 Lake 1.633,384 00 Lane 5,709,853 00 Lincoln 729,927 00 Linn 6,773,040 00 Malheur 1,456 800 00 Marion 8,314,636 00 Morrow 1,452,014 00 Multnomah. ..43,195,602 00 Polk 3,709,943 00 Sherman 1,500,604 00 Tillamook.... 1,440,185 00 Umatilla 5,085,924 64 Union 3,875,249 00 Wallowa 1,386,120 00 Wasco 4,077,405 00 Washington .. 3,468.986 00 Wheeler 957,021 00 Yamhill 4,731,534 00 f a- J4 . ffSMaBMMiJUUiMMB.lK'iM'fl'.JMIIWIIIIHiBI Experts 37,441 23 20.992 53 t9.535 55 ; 37.993 23 12,807 19 20,018 40 17.178 45 5,676 44 37,172 50 i 13,030 12 23,965 02 1 21,268 22 27.365 57. 16,722, 84 15,237 41 16 685 49 39,921 98 12,913 63 31,304 45 19,000 94 44,73 49 j 14.102 86 ( 253,822 50 i ! 20,17 07 I 12.564 03 14 536 30 46,052 29 I 36,740 01 i 12,185 46 ! 28,288 13 j 3,212 63 19.087 01 27,390 83 : i QEO. T. HOWARD NOTARY PUBLIC REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE At Red Frort, Court House Block OREGON CITY OREGON JJj C. STRICKLAND, M. D. (Hospital and Private Experience) Special attention paid to Catarrh and Chronic Diseases Office hours: 10 to 12, a. m.; 4 to 6, p. m. Willamette Building OREGON CITY OREGON a Schuebel W. S. ti'REN 1JREN & SCHUEBEL ATTORNEYS AT LAW S)eutf4er SIb&otat Will practice In all courts, make collections and settlements of estates, furnish abstracts of title, lend you money and lend your money on first mortgage. Office in Enterprise building, OREGON CITY OKKOON R ROBERT A. MILLER CARL IIABERLACII Deutscher Advokat ATTORNEYS AT LAW Will practice In all Co'irts of the State Welnhard Building, Opposite Court House OREGON. CITY, OREGON Multnomah Marion Rank in Pop. 1 Clackamas. 3 Lane 4 Linn 5 Umatilla 6 Union . . 7 Baker '. 8 Douglas 9 Washington 10 Jackson 11 Yamhill 12 Wasco 13 ClatEDp 14 Coos 15 Polk 18 Josephine 17 Benton 18 Columbia 19 Gnnt 20 Wallowa 21 Tillamook 22 Malheur 23 Morrow 24 Klamath .. 25 Crook 26 Lincoln 27 Sherman 28 Gilliam 29 Luke 30 H imey 81 Wheeler 32 Curry 33 IV. M. YWAU'x Livery & Fen! Stab! Finest Turnouts in City OREGON CITY. OREGON S. J. VAUGHN'S Livery, Feed and Sale Stables Nearly opposite Suspension bridge First-Class Rigs of All Kinds OREGON CITY, OREGON in Vul. 1 2 7 4 4 5 14 12 8 13 9 6 10 15 16 11 29 17 23 21 28 27 25 26 18 20 32 24 3D 19 31 33 in Ex. 1 4 2 5 10 3 9 7 8 15 13 12 11 6 19 18 23 17 SO 14 32 26 21 27 25 22 29 31 28 24 16 20 31 Total.. $141,398,013 98 $1,049,588 13 The care of the poor, the salary of the couuty physician, poor farm, provisions or transportation furnished, hospital charges, burials, etc., in each county, is shown in the following statement: Baker $ 4548 10 Benton : 1622 91 Clackamas , . 5526 54 Clatsop 3652 78 Columbia 14(11 12 Coos 8822 77 Cruok 1C03 33 Curry 42 00 Dougla3 7,117 48 Gilliam 952 00 Grant 3127 36 Harney 1545 52 Jackeon 4843 20 Josephine 3623 13 Klamath 1842 70 Lake 1396 53 Lane 2599 43 Lincoln 310 74 Linn 204 1 75 Malheur . 17;s8 26 Marion 4503 75 Morrow lolO 78 Multnomah 20,351 5") l'u:k 1155 24 Sherman 844 35 Tillamook 864 07 Umatilla 5l'70 29 Union 3790 18 Wallowa 1193 30 Wasco 3905 66 WaahiUKton 2743 96 Wheeler 249 91 Yamhill 3992 56 Total. $103,638 23 Following is the table of expense i f the offices of assessor and commissioners and county court for the state: County Com Court Baker $ 15C0 10 benton 1 Itib 10 Clackamas 3308 50 Clatsop 1473 40 Columbia 1066 45 Coos 1413 27 Crook 986 80 Curry 555 40 Doualas 1241 90 Gilliam 614 92 Grant 1481 56 Harney 1881 84 Jackson 1453 00 Josephine 7 -'4 00 Klamath 981 35 Lake 1921 34 Lane 1777 30 Lincoln 2025 75 Linn 1962 00 Malheur 1558 88 Marlon 1435 40 Morrow 1094 20 Sunny South f X Atlanta, Ga. X X Price 50c a year X X The Constitution Atlanta, Ga. X Price $1 a year Courier-Herald Oregon City, Or. Price $1.50 a year All Three for $2.00. In the expense per capital of the (Li ferent counties, Washington is in the lead, if the lowest per capital entit.es a county to first place. That county spent a fraction over $1.60 for each inhabitant. Marion county spent a fraction less than $1.61 per capita. The total county ex penditures in all the counties in the etate amounts to $2 54 per capita of the total population. It will be noticed by the table that the thinly settled counties have the highest per capita expense. The following table shows the per cap ita expence of each county and the popu lation of each according to the last cen sus (1900), made by the federal govern ment : Per Capita Couuty Expense Baker 2 4) Benton 3 13 Clackamas 3 54 Clataop ? 97 Columbia 2 05 Coos 1 93 Crook 4 33 Curry 3 00 Douglas , 2 55 Gilliam 4 06 Grant 3 86 Harney 8 22 Jackson 2 00 Josephine 2 23 Klamath 3 99 Lake 5 86 Lane 2 03 Lincoln 3 61 Linn 1 68 Malheur 4 52 Marion 1 6f Morrow 3 39 Multnomah 2 46 Polk 2 03 Sherman 3 61 Tillamook 3 24 Umatilla 2 68 Union 2 29 Wallowa 2 20 Wasco 2 14 Washington. I 60 Wheeler 7 81 Population 1900 15,597 6.706 19 658 1?.765 6,2:!7 10.325 3,964 1.808 14,5(15 3,201 5,948 2,598 13,698 7,517 3,970 2.S47 19,604 3,575 18,603 4,203 27,713 4,151 103,167 9,923 3,477 4,471 18,049 16,070 5,538 13,199 14,467 2,443 Multnomah. Polk Sherman Tillamook.... Umatilla Union Wallowa. Wasco. Waihington . heeler. . 9131 35 1930 25 395 50 1058 0 2029 50 1670 48 627 6' 1528 95 1079 00 533 60 Yamhill 2973 95 , Assessor $ 2400 00 744 15 6375 l2 1796 50 1615 50 1384 00 600 00 4o0 CO 2898 95 839 00 1048 00 1305 00 2037 50 1117 00 820 00 816 CO 3109 40 799 50 2427 80 732 00 3609 00 892 00 11,981 80 2147 6.5 1032 65 14o0 00 4127 50 3806 00 7i0 00 2275 15 1731 00 476 00 1955 25 Total $54,582 12 $69,509 18 W. ile the expense of trie assessor's of fice of ClackamaB county is $8375.02 aud ranks second, there is also an expense of $1543.60 for assessment, collector, ex tra clerk, copying, ate. in which it ranks third in the state. Clackamas county ranks second in superintendent's oflice with an expense of $1300.18; third in coroner's ollice with ' an expense of $494 85; second in treasurer's oflice with an expense of $1262.80; furth in record er's ollice with an expense of $2488 70; eighth in justice court with an expense of $1205.68; eleventh in circuit court with an expense of $2197.50; sicondin indigent soldiers with an expense of $808.75; eight in current expenses ol $1631. 8n; eighth in court Imnse expense of $1625.00; 10th in jail expenses of $285.51 ; third in reform school expense (Continued on page 4 ) A Printer Greatly Surprised. '"I ntver was so much surprised in my life, as I was with the results of using Chamberlain's Pain Balm," says Henry T. Crook, pressman of the Asheville,(N C.,) Gazette, "I contracted a severe case of.iheumatism early last winter by getting my feet wet. I tried several things for it without benefit. One day while looking over thi Gazette, I noticed that Pain Balm was positively guaran teed to cure rheumatism, bo bought a bottle of it and and before using two thirds of it my rheumatism bad taken its flight and I have not bad a rheumat ic pain tiDce." Sold by G. A. Harding. Plows Harrows " Drillsj MOW is the time that the WIDE AWAKE FARMER " is looking where he can buy the best goods for the least money, and he always decides on the Canton P. & 0. Plows and Harrows because they run easier and do better work than any other. ujenor jrills an d Seeders tHB5aBBaE3flaMMJlBitaCTBSMlB Are the Standard of the World. They work in all soils and are a positive Force Feed, and will sow all kinds of grain without cracking the seed. If you contemplate buy ing a Drill or Seeder investigate the Superior. Now is the time to Pull the Stumps out of your field. We have the machine the Steel Clad Grubber, It will pull half an acre while while' you set some other machines. 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