OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, APRILS, 1912
FARMERS, USE YOUR HEADS,
DON'T LET THE NAME SINGLE
TAX SCARE YOU.
Study it, Investigate it, and You
will Find it Fop Youp Interests,
Oregon Clly, IU 2.
Editor Courier:
Mr. Ilicinbotham wants more
drastic laws about assessing and
collecting taxes. lie is not satis
fied with the assessors' force that
goes around every year trying to
find out how many dollars the
people have made. These detec
tives generally get a share of the
tools, stock, etc., and they seem
to reason that if a man has spent
a certain amount for improve
meats ho must have as much more
left and they assess him for that.
Mr. Hicinbothem would press
the banks into service so as to get
all the money. To be logical and
to let no man guilty of having
money escape, it would be neces
sary to have a still larger force of
sluths and search out the money
hidden in socks and cans. It is a
safe conclusion if the people
could bo got to stand for such a
law and its enforcement, money
would have to pay tho taxes on it
in one way or another.
We had a mortgage tax law and
deduction for indebtedness m Or
egon and it worked out just
that way. I was payink interest
terest on a mortgage then, and
bad to agree to pay tho taxes also.
Those sacred courts, that like the
king can do no wrong, said we
could have no law impairing the
obligations of contracts, and in
fact no law could compel anyone
to loan his money or prevent him
from holding it or sending it
away to more favorable fields. We
are better off now without that
law, and would bo belter off with
out any attempt to tax money or
its equivalent in personal proper
ty or improvements.
It works out that way. Every
where that assessments on money
or other personal properly and
improvements, especially money,
works down toward the vanishing
point. It is an instinctive recog
nition of tho claim that it is
wrong and futile to attempt to
lax that kind of properly, and the
law is only loleratedlieeause each
one that escapes thinks the oth
ers are being caught. In some
states they have tried the plan of
assessing money at a part of its
value, say one-sixth, and it
claimed they have got a very much
larger tax from it than before.
As to the poor man again, the
starters: I claim that the appl
canon 01 tno singio tax assess
merit sustains our theory that but
very few poor men would pay more
lax under iho plan, even at 11k
start, and those few are land poor
They have more land than they
can use or improve, in tact are
frying to speculato and have nol
tho means to do so. It seems to
mo for tho public good to dis
courango even poor men from
holding more land than they can
reasonably hope to improve. Th
single tax rate for 11)10 would
bavo been 23 Vj mills and the av
erago assessed value of now till
able land was less than $15 p
acre. Forly acres of such land
which is cerlainly enough for any
poor man, would amount to $000
and tho tax would be $13.90, and
this does not seem enough to fri
ghlen any honest homo builder
liaise the rale as high as iO mill
and the lax would be $24, which
many poor men pay now, and even
more
My land is all in cultivation and
I am positive my faxes would be
reduced, but I favor the propose!
change ol assessment only boeau
so I belong lo (he most numerous
(Mass of lax-payers those who
till the soil and who own humbl
homes.
I shall soon give figures which
I chum prove (hat the farmers o
Ibis county would have saved ov
or $00,000 in taxes this year, und
er the single lax plan, and thai
they would have saved $50,000
Willi all taxes from land and eilv
lots alone, without any corpora-
lion assessments.
runners are paying mis year
1 0 Mi per cent of the taxes of Ibis
county, would have paid under
single tax, with corporations as
sesseij the same amount the com
mission assessed them, 23 per
rent,, and to leave out corpora
lions, would have paid 31 per cent
This would hold true, Mr. llicin-
ooiiiaiii, ii nio assessment was
50, HO or 100 per cent of the act
ual value, so long as the change
was uniiorm and fair.
lour (injection mat assessors
could dii f lu1 work, seel ion by sec
tion, appeals to me as stroiiKlv in
favor of the system on account of
its simplicity ami consentient, v
munition of expense and trouble
between th.i assessor ami the tax
payers, on account of impossibili
ly of gelling a proper assessment.
or so many kinds of values. Sure
ly wo won hi bavo a greatly in
crcaseu rnaneo ol a tan' assess
ment or unimproved values of
land alone.
l r i i .
i mini nu iiiiTS siioum nave
this improved system of assess
mem, before this system of road
building and bonding raises the
lax rates, for then, no matter how
high the rates, they will pay less
than under (lie present system.
As I am one of lhos( who have
their farms pretty well improved
and expect to have my taxes re
duced by the proposed law, I will
risk being fooled. I can see thai
when "nearly half of the assess
able property in the county has
been exempted" and three fourths
of that exemption is farmers'
property, runners are bound to
profit by the change, whether road
Private money to loan on rood
mortgage security. Have loaned
money for 15 vear9 without for.
building costs little or iiiiich.Soiii(Mt''siiig a mortgage on a loan
Clackamas county and that on
their cultivated acres , less than
one-sixth of the total, . they pay
nearly ono-half the land taxes. I
can see that the farmers 97,211
acres of tillable land is assessed
at nearly $60 an acre, and that
528,063 acres of now tillable land
is assessed at nearly $15 an acre,
and that when the tillable land is
cut to $15, and the other is left at
$15, and the rate is raised, the
owners of that now tillable land
are going to pay more taxes and
the farmers that much less.
Assuming that assessments of
city and town lot are fair now be
tween different cities and different
sections of same, there would be
no exemption on them under sin
gle tax and as the rate is raised
the owners would pay more tax
city lot values exceeding all other
city values, and this would help
farmers,
Farmers often get excited because-
of tho big exemptions in
P ?-Mand under single tax. I lfj
figured on the valuations of Mull..
nomah counly as given in tho sum
mary by the state tax commission
The land is all counted as tillable
and is assessed at an average of
$124 an acre. I put tho unim
proved value at $60 and made oth .
er liberal allowances clear thio'
the calculation and I find In;
farmers paid for 1911 9 and Vi
per cent of the taxes, under jiiit
glo tax, with the corporation as
assessed as they were, assuming
that six per cent of that amount
would have equaled their net
earnings, farmers would have
paid 5 and 4-10 per cent of the
taxes and to leave corporations
out farmers would have paid
6 and 3-10 per cent of entire
amount. I give the last calcula
tions, not because it is proposed
lo leave corporations out, but to
show tho relation between farm
and other simple land valuations.
Mr. llicinbotham's graduated
land tax would be all right in con
nection with single tax.and I think
they have it that way in Australia
or NewZealand, one or both, but we
can make a good start without
Lhat.
Brother fanners, put aside your
blind prejudice against single tax,
on account of its name, got a
Stale Tax Commissioners' sum
mary from your assessor, study it
carefully by means of pencil and
paper and find that your best in
terests, and those of all produc
ers, are in supporting this plan ol
assessment.
O. D. ROBBINS
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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT Or THE COUNTY CLERK Or CLAlKAMAS
COUNTY, OREGON.
snowing uie tuuuuai ui viuiuib uuuweu una on wuai account, amount oi
warrants drawn, and amount ot warrants outstanding and unpaid on the
30th day of March, 1912.
IkmntyCtfurt and Commissioners 1,240.95
Juvenile Court 195.18
Circuit Court , . . . 4,580.39
Justices' Court 691.05
Sheriff's Office 2,382.83
Collection of Taxes 831.70
Clerk's Office 2,102.98
Extending Holla , 652.21
Recorder's Office :.. 2,179.63
Treasurer's Office 732.02
Coroner's Office 364.45
School Superintendent 3,263.87
Assessor's Office 1,488.34
Tax Rebate 12.83
Current Expense 613.60
Court House Expenses 2,606.02
Repair ot Court House 23,044.50
Jail 713.18
County Poor, Care of 3,032.98
Indigent Soldier 211.00
Insane 105.27
Election Expenses 157.50
Wild Animal Bounty 158.00
Printing and Advertising 1,904.86
Surveyor and Road Surveys 599.90
Fruit Inspector 91-C5
Board of Health 695.C8
Armory Rent 150.00
Road Damages 1,115.55
County Veterinarian 200.02
Purchase of land 25.00
Refund of Saloon License 200.00
Forest Fires 239.28
Indigent Soldier Fund.
To amount on hand from last report '. $
Balance on hand $
Library Fund.
To amount on hand from last report $
.98
143.17
Balance on hand .' $ 143.17
Total General Fund Warrants Issued $ 56,488.42
Total Road Warrants issued t7,697.43
Total Warrants issued.... $124,185.85
I, W. L. Mulvey, County Clerk of Clackamas County, do hereby certify
that the foregoing statement Is true and correct.
Witness my hand and the seal of the County Court of Clackamas County,
Oregon, this 30th day of March, 1912. W. I mul.visy,
Seal County Clerk.
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT SHOWING THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OREGON, ON THE 30th
DAY OF MARCH, 1912.
Liabilities.
To sreneral Fund Warrants drawn on the County Treasurer, and
outstanding and unpaid I 1,807.94
Interest accrued thereon
County Road Warrants, outstanding and unpaid 107,273.58
Estimated Interest accrued thereon 5,000.00
Total Liabilities $114,081.52
Resources.
Bv Funds In hands of County Treasurer applicable to payment of
General Fund Warrants $ 68,086.28
Funds in hands of County Trasurer applicable to payment of
County Road Warrants 103,841.61
Total Resources $171,927.89
MOUNTAIN VIEW.
Moving and garden making
have been tho order of the day for
the past week.
Wiley May and wife moved into
their cottage near Duano street
last Monday.
A family by tho name of Ken
neily has moved into Charles
Dickey's property on Molalla
Avenue.
Frank Winslow has moved to
the Ingram house and D. C. Robi
son to the one vacated by Win-
slow.
A now arrival from the east is
building on tho six acre tract he
recently purchased, and will start
a poultry ranch.
Mrs. W. C. Hall and Mrs Fred
CuiTans went to Falls City last
I hursday. Mrs. Hall returned
Sunday, Mrs. Currans remaining
for u visit of several days with
relatives.
Mrs. C. W. Mason visited in
Willamette two days this week.
Mrs. C. A. Wickinan visited in
Sollwood with Mrs. Duvall last
riday.
Harvey Van Hoy of Portland,
visited his cousin, O. II. Van Hoy,
tins week.
Mrs. Maggio Harrington came
up from Silver Springs last Sun
day. She is suffering with a bad
case of poisoned oak on her arms.
I ho bible study meets next
rhursday with Mrs. J. Luwellen.
V god aftendanco is requested
Mrs. I'ishers baby sems to be
somo better at present.
I'.. C. Sibley bought a new piano
for bis daughter, Opal.
Henry Urandt has built a new
woodhouse and is re-shingling his
residence,
Mrs. A. II. Ouinn has returned
from Idaho and will sell her home
properly here and return then lo
make her home.
Mrs. S. A. Uillett attended the
meeting of the artisans at Sell-
wood last Monday and visited with
friends.
Al and Will Jones of Cams call
ed on their mother, Mrs. Roe hi
while in this city last Monday.
MOUNTAIN VIEW.
Nice weather prevails and every
person is quite busy making;
garden.
Mrs. Ilarto and family will
soon move into the Charlie Rob-
rlson house on Warner street.
Mr. Long is quito busy plowing
up bis little field to rush his crop
ir
mountain mow einuiron are
planning for a children's dav
program.
There is another house for rent
on W arner street, as Mrs. Qninn
nas vacated her place and wishes
lo rent, it at a reasonable figuro
Mrs, yuinn has returned from
Idaho, where she has been visitin"
her children and old friends. She
is talking of going back soon.
valuable horse of Mr. llurd
witso rippled by running a nail in
foot recently.
Balance on hand t 57,846.37
W. L. MULVEY,
County Clerk,
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT.
Of the County Treasurer of Clackamas County. Oregon, for the six
months ending on the 31st day of March, A. D. 1912, of money received and
paid out, from whom received and what source, and on what account paid
out.
i
,31
SDeclal School Fund.
To amount on hand from last report $ 7,126.72
To amounts received from Back Tax 136.00
To amounts received from 1909 Tax 38.85
To amounts received from 1910 Tax 3,962.07
To amounts received from 1911 Tax 86,781.47
$ 98,045.11
To amounts paid out from Special School Fund $ 49,804.61
Balance on hand 48,240.50
$ 98,045.11
SDeclal Cltv Fund.
To amount on hand from last report '.$ 624.74
To amounts received from Back Tax 49.13
To amounts received from 1909 Tax 4.96
To amounts received from 1910 Tax 1,159.88
To amounts received from 1911 Tax 24,973.33
$ 26,812.04
To amounts paid out from Special City Fund $ 10,340.46
Balance on hand 16,471.58
$ 26,812.04
General Fund.
To amount on hand from last report ba.bii.ss
To amountB received from Back Tax 232.95
Tn amounts received from 1909 Tax : 104.60
To amounts received from 1910 Tax 7,048.78
To amounts received from 1911 Tax 130,970.71
To amounts received from Fines 397.75
To amounts received from County Clerk's Fees 3,532.95
To amounts received from County Recorder's Fees 3,368.45
Z14.3U
14.25
196.55
86.25
40.00
184.96
3.70
To amounts received from Sheriff's Fees
To amounts received from Junk and Cement
To amount received from cement sacks
W. L. Mulvey, Wild Animal Bounties
W. L. Mulvey in Hen of Gen'l int. A 3158
O. J). Eby, Clackamas County Fair Exhibit
Geo. Brown, to correct error in General Warrant
$215,911.08
To amounts paid out in General Warrants $ 57,228.77
To Thos. B. Kay, State Taxes 76,813.30
To Thos. B. Kay, Home for Feeble Minded 226.78
To Thos. B. Kay, Violation of State Game Laws during 1907,
'08, '09, '10 and '11 490.95
One-half Game Fines 25-
Transferred toT correct error by order of the Court 13,000.00
Balance on hand 68,086.28
$215,911.08
County School Fund.
To amount on hand from last report &,tnu.oo
To amounts received from Back Tax 92-93
To amounts received from 1909 Tax 39.38
To amounts received frotn 1910 Tax 3,276.10
To amounts received from 1911 Tax 76,025.54
To amounts received from IT. S. Land Sales 627.83
$105,602.33
To amounts paid out from County School Fund $ 26,525.68
Balance on hand 79,076.65
Mortgage Loans
of tier class will pay more of it
than under the present system.
I can see that the fanners own
less than one-third of tho land in
made. Will loan your monev for
you at 7 per cent.
GRANT B. DIMICK
Room 3, Andresn Bldg.
Oregon City, Ore.
. $105,602.33
District Road Fund and Special Fund.
To amount on hand from last report ? J8,45.ba
To amminta received from Back Tax 191.57
To amounts received from 1909 Tax 82.33
To amounts received from 1910 Tax 6,918.36
To amounts received from 1911 Tax is,sn-.t:
To amounts received from U. S. Land Sales 860.07
Tn nmnnntn rflceivert from crushed rock and nlatlks 14.64
Transferred to correct error by order, of the Court ' 13,000.00
$ 143.17
STATE OF OREGON, County of Clackamas, ss:
I, J. A. Tufts, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
statement of the amounts received, paid out and remaining on hand, in the
County Treasury of said County for the six months ending on the 31st day
of March, A. D. 1912.
Witness my hand this 2nd day of April, A. D. 1912.
J. A. TUFTS,
County Treasurer.
SEMI ANNUAL REPORT OF BUSINESS OF SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CLACK
AMAS COUNTY, OREGON, FROM OCTOBER 1st,
1911 TO MARCH 313t, 1912. ,
Cash on hand October 1st, 1911 $ 556.S8
Delinquent tax collections, years prior to 1911 22,635.21
Delinquent tax sales, years prior to 1911 792.03
Taxes collected for current year i 543,700.19
Fees collected 231.30
TOTAL COLLECTIONS $5C7,915.61
Paid County Treasurer Account Tax Collections $561,120.81
Paid County Treasurer Account Fees 231 30
Cash on hand at close of business March 31st . . . 6,563.50
$507,915.61
I hereby certify that the above report Is correct.
E. T. MASS,
Sheriff of Clackamas County, Ore.
By J. O. STAATS, Deputy.
Oregon City, Ore., April 3rd, 1912.
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LOGAN.
Juclffe Gordon E. Hayes spoke
at the grange hall on the 12th in
opposition to Hie single tax bill
and to Chris Schuebel's proposed
bill taxing frauchises and appro
priated water powers. Incident
ally of course, the judge is oppos
ed to the nomination and election
of Mr. Schuehel as a representa
tive from Clackamas county. To
a democrat on a stump, watching
an interesting republican scrap,
it looks as though Schuehel has
tho best of the argument. Judge
Hayes said lhat the water power
at Oregon City had no value until
the buildings and machinery de
veloped it and the fax on buildings
and machinery is heavy and suf
ficient. Let us see, farmers have
to pay I axes on their horses, on
their stables that house them ami
their provender and on their har
ness. Here are horses, say 50,
000 of them, that will live forever
and work night and flay for their
present owners, their heirs and
assigns, require no provender and
yet we are told that a tax on tho
stable and harness is sufficient.
To be sure it is rather a costly
stable and harness, but not more
so than one sufficient to house
and feed 50,000 common farm
horses with their imperfections
and short lives. Think on these
things, brother farmers,
H. S. Anderson has been very
sick and does not seem to im
prove very fast.
The first hall game of the sea
son was played hero on the 7th
and Logan won from Redland. On
tho 14th Logan went to Damascus
and won by 1 1 to 3.
The young folks of Harding
grange will have an entertainment
at the hall on Hie evening of Sat
urday, April 20. Come all and
have a good time.
Everybody is interested in the
development of the public park
ground, lie sure and he there on
April 22 with a sharp grub hoe
and other necessary tools, ready
to remove the hazel and other
grubs.
Grange Meeting April 20.
The officers of Warner Grange
No. 117, have decided to have the
Grange meeting one week earlier,
which will make the day Satur
day, April 20. This is deemed ad
visable on account of tho big
booster day and horse show on
April 27, as this day in Oregon
City will be a great event, and has
many attractions and as it is be
ing advertised so extensively in.
Clackamas county, our entire
membership as well as Clackamas
counly will bo there.
We trust that you will attend
the grange next Saturday. Wo
are going to bavo prominent
speakers, good music and a good
program. As you already know
we have had good meetings this
year, and we must keep up our
good record, so do not fail us ev
en though this is one week early.
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W. A. Dodd, Overseer.
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From State School Fund : 19,340.16
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Amounts paid out from Institute Fund $
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