OREgON-CIf V COURIER, FRIDAY, SEPT. 27, 1912
SEES ALLIGATORS
IN THE POOL
SINGLE TAX IS THE BREEDING
GROUND
And Joseph Fels Is the 'Qatar who
Will Sure Get You.
Editor Courier:
It is amusing to see these men
that are in, tho employment of the
millionaire soap maker get in and
work as election draws near, and
then the old gentleman himself
will be out here in a short tune I
suppose, and then the stewards
will all have to line up and give
an account of their stewardship,
and then if the old gentleman
see9 any sign of any of you being
lazy or incompetent, woe be unto
you, but Bro. Alfred D. don't seem
to be lazy; ho is always right at
his work, and what he lacks in
sound logic, ho makes up in a
multitude of words, and I believe
ho is doing the very best he can
for his employer. But let me call
your attention to one thing Bro.
Alfred, Mr. Fels' interests are
altogether different from our in
terests, he is paying you fellows
a whole lot of money to keep you
agitating this single tax "move so
as to try and get the laboring
class to pay his taxes for him.
He's pretty slick; ho knows which
side of his bread has got the but
ler on all right. He will be in one
class and you and 1 in another
class, if we should adopt that bill,
we will have the kind of property
that pays all the tax and he will
have the kind that doesn't pay
any lax. He will no the land and
we will be the niggers. You say
that every body is satisfied with
the single lax, where did you ever
hear of a county or stale wher the
their own tax laws, that adopted
such a bill as you Fels men are
agitating? It is nothing but a
personal, selfish bill, just intend-,
od to suit his own personal and
selfish interests. Look at the con
ditions at Edmonton. They adopt
ed the same thing there that you
fellows are agitating here and
now look at what it is doing for
them. In the last 5 or 0 years,
since they exempted all improve
ments and made it a straight
land lax, tho assessment of land
has been raised about 15 or 20
Junes as high as it was before
they adopted tho straight land
tax, and the rato is now close to
to two per cent, it don't require
a very great scholar to tell what
that means, does it? Even if the
rate was only 10 mills before the
assessment began to increase, the
rate now would represent close
to 20 per cent, and still you try
to tell mo that there are no lit
igators in your single tax swim
ming hole, when you toll mo such
stuff as that, I will tell you Hint
cither you or wo are crazy for
water is perfectly clear, so that 1
can see clear to the bottom, and
I can see a whole lot of big fat
aligators down in there that only
weighed 8 or 10 pounds 5 or (1
years ago and they will now
weigh about 200 pounds and the
reason you fellows like to swim
in that hole with the aligators
is because you aro all fed with the
same kind of food. It is Fels $20
gold dollar pieces that feeds the
whole lot of you, and as quick
as he quits dropping the feed in
tho hole wo will see a lot of you
fellows scrambling out of the
hole to get away from the aliga
tors. If wo should adopt such an
unreasonable law ns that in Ore
gon, our assessments would keep
going up Just the siune way, and
the moro wo would improve our
roads and streets and our water
systems and beautify our cities,
tho higher would go our assess
ments, and as the laboring man
has to depend on tho products of
tho soil for a living, ami have lo
have the land, hn would bo the
man that would have lo pay the
taxes, no thank you Bro. Alfred,
I don't want to swim in your hole
and 1 lb ink you will crawl out loo,
after Nov 5lh, the water gels chil
ly in the fall, you know.Goodhye
Alfred, I hope to hear from you
again.
Georgo llieinbolbam.
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nothing more. You have no ex
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Hunlley Bros. Co., Oregon City
Molalla, Hubbard andCanby.
Politics may make strange bed
fellows ' but it seems to make
strangers of old cronies this year.
LOGAN.
Thfi crnnsre committee is
hustling like beavers to get the
exihit. readv for the county fair
and if Harding Grange does not
get first prize again, warner
people will know mey nave Deen
in a scrap anyway. Logan is at a
great disadvantage, being so far
from Canbv but will try lo mane
up for the handicap.
Mahala A. Gill will have charge
of tho juvenile department at the
rair.
with tho notato digging and
hay bailing and other lines of
work, people are busy and some
can not go to the fair.
Thn Red and band has engaged
an auto to take them to the fair.
We extend hearty congratu
lations to Alexander Dane and
bride. May their boat glide
smoothly over the sea of life and
may it be a long voyage.
Mnnv slashings were burned
last week as there was fear of
rain.
Hoy Spraguo is recovering
frnm the elfects of his recent
trim shot wound. Boys and guns
are not always a good combinat
ion.
Honrv Swales and family have
been on a week's visit to George
Swales in Marion county.
BEAVER CREEK.
Beaver Creek, once more, It has
been a long timo since we have
heard from this old burg so we
are going lo tell all we know this
time.
School started with a large at
tendance and with Mr. Fiske ns
teacher we hope to see him stay
a long time with our school.
Mr. II. Holman started for
North Dakota last week and wo
learn from his letters that he
thinks thero is no place like old
Oregon and I don't blamo him.
Mr. Holman said that it was very
cold and that they had had a
couple of snow storms. There was
lots of rain and thrashing was
yet to be done.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Wilson of
Portland, were out visiting the
latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Herman of this town.
Bluhm Bros., are still thrash
ing and they say that Highland is
poor threshing this year as the
early grain spoiled a lot of good
grain.
Pat Fisher is thinking of go
ing up to Pendleton to attend tho
big round up tho first of tho week.
Mr . Billic Bohlander of Port
land was out visiting friends and
relatives last Sunday.
F. Kanrath, our road boss, sold
a couple of fine milk cows to a
Portland man last week for a big
price.
Phil Steinor took a big load of
No. 1 fine blooded hogs to Port
land one day last week, for which
he received a fine price.
Bill Parry is working over in
Garus driving for the county.
Ono more residence going up in
this little city. Claude Anderson
is having a nice up to dale bung
alow built on J. G. Jones farm.
J. Bohlander and F. Steinor are
busy hauling cord wood to town
Iheso days.
LITHE STORIES
INTERESTING ITEMS PICKED
UP OVER STATE.
Short Stories of Unusal Happen
ings, andBits of News.
There aro moro than 125,000
voters registered in Oregon.
Colonist ratos to tho Pacific
Coast States, September 25 to
October 10.
Tho Salem Journal says:
J. W. Inman brought that of
fico seven spuds from his ranch
i and a half miles Hunt boast of
Dallas, that weighed a fraction
less than li pounds. One lipped
tho scales at and a half pounds.
These spuds easily make Inman
tho spud king of Polk county.
The planting of a 250 acre
Walnut farm will bo begun in
Yamhill County. Tho culturo of
walnuts has proved ono of the
most profitable industries for
the farmers of Yamhill and a
company proposes to go into it on
a big scale.
After fighting a fire in a shed
at Med ford last week, firemen
discovered that the burning shed
housed several boxes of dyna
mite. The wood of several of the
boxes was burned through, show
ing the explosives. It is consider
ed a miracle that falling timbers
or the forco of water did not fur
uish a suftlcient shock to cause an
explosion.
Salem and Albany aro inter
ested in tho movement on fool to
have the Government deepen tho
channel of the Willamette Hiver
from Portland to Eugene. The
Commercial bodies will bring the
matter to tho attention of Cong
ress and it is hoped to increase
the depth of the channel six feet
by proper 'management of the
water by building wing dams and
dredging.
Eastern capital is seeking in
vestment in Oregon timber. It is
stated on good authority that over
$12,000,000 has been invested in
in Oregon timber since January
I. These bonds ore now said to be
with Eastern investors and the
ability to realize on standing lim
ber by the bonding method has
proved of benefit to the Pacific
northwest.
Willard Tanner, charged with
murder in tho first degree, for tho
killing of Ray Wallace, was found
guilty of man-slaughter in Port
land, The jury deliberated three
hours and twenty minutes.
'T
E
MAJ. NOBLE TELLS REV. FORD
WHAT HE WOULD NOT
HAVE DONE.
How Oregon City Men Differ on
Political Views.
Following are two letters writ
ten from Oregon City to the Port
land Telegram. The first was
written by Hev. T. B. Ford of the
Methodist church to Judge tlenry
McGinn, and the other is an ans
wer hv Maior C. S. Noble of this
city, in which he tells Dr. Ford
what Joshua would not nave
done:
"Dear Sir Though not a mem
ber of the Progressive party, I
thought I would tell you how
oi'pnilv I was nleased with your
address yesterday in the Gypsy
Smith taijernacie. iou uiu youi--anlf
Brent, credit and reflected
honor upon the cause you repre
sented and the state.
"I was really delighted. The ad
m'eau WDH Kit timelv. tho grounds
so well taken, the points so well
stated that you gave Mr. noose
velt's address a great setting,
"if I were not a Prohibition
ist I hnve all my long life been a
republican I would be a progres
sive. "I think you ought to go on the
stump for Mr. Roosevelt and make
Farmers
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a campaign throughout tho stall1.
Yon aro the man to ilo this.
"You may not remember inn,
I used lo ho in Portland as pastor
of tho Sunnysido Motliodist Chur
oli. 1 urn past or of tho Methodist
Kpisoopal Church hero now.
"I wish you woll personally ami
every way. You hold on your way
and you will render tho stale a
groat service. Yours very,
T. it. FORD.
I havo known tho Rev. T. 11.
Ford but lo respect him, and in
making a remark in regard lo his
letter in your issue of Friday
last 1 do so with no personal feel
ing. To tho thousands that were
at tho Roosevelt meeting in the
Gypsy Smith Tabernacle and lis
tened impatiently to the latter end
of Judge McGinn's introduction,
the conclusions of Urol her Ford's
letter must bo puzzling. Judge
McGinn is an eloquent and pleas
ing speaker and his talk was en
joyed until he quoted scripture
and compared Roosevelt to Josh
ua. Then his audience became so
impatient and interruped him so
much that ho found it best to
quit, and did so by introducing
"that colossal inan," "the best
beloved man on earth, Roosevelt.'
Mr. Ford may be used to these
similes but while the judge '.vas
making this Munchausen com
parison the audience had in mind
tho Roosevelt of the past. Joshua
went "up against mighty odds"
and prevailed. Roosevelt boasted
last week in a speech to an aud-
J
LI S H LI A IV 0 U L CI N
DONE SO
ience of Americans who believe in
fair play how he had taken tho
Panama strip from a little, weak
sister Republic, and in the same
speech ho did not believe in a
"braggart or bully." Joshua
would never accepted a vast sum
of money from Harriman for po
litical practices called him an
"undesirable citizen" denied the
acceptance of money after the
man was dead. Never heard of
Joshua selling out to a steel trust
or calling off a righteous invest
igation of the harvest trust.
Neither would Joshua call a
man a crook and make a political
bedfellow of him to get his vote
and influence, as witness Timo
thy Woodruff, of New York fame
and others of that ilk. I doubt if
Joshua would have fixed up con
testing colored delegations from
the non-Republican sates of the
South in hopes ho might forco a
nomination by that party he
(Roosevelt) now says are dis
credited and crooked politicians.
At ono point of his speech
Judge McGinn said "Who shall be
this loader?" some one immed
iately shouted, "Wilson," and
there was such a round of ap
plause that tho judge had to
pause and carefully avoided giv
ing such an opportunity again.
Now Mr. Ford be honest with
yourself. "As the heart thinketh
so a man is."
If you think, as your letter
states, that Judge McGinn can
"render the state a great service"
by talking this way, why not
come out flat footed for Roose
velt, and take your own advice
to the Moose convention at Ore
gon City that "It's no time to
stand on tho fence?" Respect
fully, Chas. S. Noble.
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HE
ft LETTER TO I.
STARKWEATHER
ALFRED CRIDGE SLIPS OVER A
FEW CURVED ONES.
Says Graduated Tax was Drawn to
Catch His Kind.
Editor Courier:
In your issue of the 13th. II. G.
Starkweather declares that the
graduated land value tax will not
effect his-holdings in Portland, as
the tenant agrees to pay all taxes.
Better read the measure again,
Harvey for you havo another
think coming, and a costly ono
too, if ' the amendment carries.
Read it slowly Harvey, and let the
sense of it soak in. In section (a)
notice where the paragraph be
gins, "Second, upon every person
owning land and natural resour
ces and interests therein within
tho county the total assessed val
ue of which is greater than ten
thousand dollars." You and your
wife are persons, Harvey, and
your tenant has not agreed to pay
any taxes on YOU. Therefore out
of your income in Portland you
would put up that $833. in taxes
each and every year until the ex
piration of the lease, and you are
not smart enough to wiggle out
of it. Any tax, Harvey, of a gen
eral nature that taxes automo
biles, would tax wheelbarrows
and wheeled scrapers and farm
(wagons. Any special license is
(another affair, and ha3 nothing to
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YOU UPON REQUEST
do with tho measure that is be-
fore the house. With the im
provements going on in the con
struction of power vehicles it will
not be long before the farmers
will own more of them than any
one else, and your special tax
hits the farmers harder than any
body else. The big land speculat
ors and rent receivers of leased
lands other people improve, in
cities and out cannot be reached
by taxing their automobiles as ef
fectually as by taxing their in
comes derived from their land
holdings, as for instance the
Starkweather crowd. They would
far rather pay ten dollars a year
on two or three automobiles than
$833 on the income from one lot,
eh?
As an enterprising farmer and
Granger brother Starkweather no
doubt is a desirable citizen, and
pays his bill and tries to upbuild
his neighborhood. Nobody is
questioning that. As an opponent
of a measure that would tax the
franchises of the railroads, all.
ready capitalized and paying in
terest upon such values, and
which values are practically un
taxed today, Bro. S. is a joke. We
want railroad cars, sleepers, de
pots, rails. Why tax what we
want? The franchise value repre
sents the monopoly and special
privileges the railroads possess.
Why not tax their privileges the
same as anybody else? If we do
they will have a greater value on
the tax rolls than now.
It is interesting as a study in
Fall Goods
human evolution to sen the wig
gling of men like Starkweather
who are facing the ievitable and
have got to "come to their milk."
The commercial pressure of great
communities like Vancouver and
Victoria will drive San Francisco
to exempting improvements from
taxation. The farmers of Alberta
are practically a unit for this and
have had it enacted. And
the young farmers are leaving
just as fertile and desirable sect
ions in the Mississippi valley by
tens of thousands for Alberta.
They are leaving Oregon to some
extent. What if California oners
all that Alberta does in tho way
of tax laws?
When a tidal wave is coming
what is the use of discussing the
difference between salt water and
fresh water mosquitoes?
Alfred u. cringe.
E
O. O. ROBBIN3 ANSWERS MR.
HICINBOTHAM'S QUESTIONS
And Explains 8ome Things this
Gentleman did not Ask.
Editor Courier:
At last Mr. Hicinbothain and I
have got a common understand
ing about one point but I cannot
see why he should think people
have not the right and the power
to make a new law that will con
trol assessors and boards of
equalization and any railroad or
other commission that may be
created under the law.
As I understand u, any assess
or or other public officer is a ser
vant to the people to carry out
their will as expressed in the law
and even the courts are to inter
pret the law, to decide what the
people desire to have done as they
have had their wishes recorded.
Under single tax, Mr. U'Ren
would not have control of the as
sessor's judgement about the
comparative values of property
where that would be left to his
judgement, but if the people get
back of Mr. U'Ren and enact this
single tax and exemption amend
ment and say to the assessors, for
the purposes of taxation, you
shall not assess any improve
ments in, or under the land or
any personal property, then you
will find them obeying that law as
they are now obeying similar
laws in other places, and as they
are obeying our present law here
now. The will of the people, when
lawfully expressed, is and cer
tainly should be the guide of the
assessors, commissioners and
courts. It is not a question of tho
assessor's judgement about the
selling value . ot property but
when he is told through legisla
tive enactment that certain kinds
of property shall be exempt from
taxation, it shows in Oregon at
least that the people think that is
best for the general interest and
they will see the plan carried out.
In answer to the specific ques
tion, if I were assessing Mir. Hic
inbotham's land under the pres
ent law, being as he says law
abiding, I would assess his im
proved land and the unimproved
according to the selling price or
value. But if I was assessing un
der the proposed new law I
should assess his improved land
the same as the other unless it
was a natural or focational dif
ference. There is very little reasonable
foundation for saying the people
have picked out and improved all
their choice land and what is left
is culled and refuse. Nearness to
market and ease of clearing are
the most important factors in
that case. Land near the cities
though often poor and hard to
clear, is improved before fertile
soil farther away, and we all fol
low the lines of least resistance
and clear the land that has the
least brush, stumps and trees on
it when the other is as good and
often better. It has been the cus
tom as Mr. Hicinbothain has said,
to assess wild land at a nominal
price, becausing it is not pro
ducing a revenue, and it is asses
sed at a lower percentage of its
IIS HOW II
WQIILO WORK
TO THE FARMERS OF
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
We want to sell you your seeds, and we will sell you if you
will give us the chance to show you and quote you. We carry
in constant stock
Vetch, Wheat, Oats, Rye, Barley,
Orchard Grass, Cheat, Clover
and Timothy.
The Celebrated Conkey Stock and poultry Food
and Remedies
We will sell you at Portland prices and under, and you
have a responsible Arm to deal with. We are going to make a
specialty of seeds. We buy from the best seed houses in the
country and will carry only the best selected lines.
We want you farmers to come in and see us before you buy
your seed.- We want your patronage and we have the slock
and prices to get it.
I Oregon Commission Co'py
I 1 1 th and Main Streets,
selling value than is improved
land. A fair and impartial single
tax assessment by a regular as
sessor or board of assessor,
would if it made any practical
difference from the asessment
made by Mr. Johnson still farther
favor owners of improved land.
About the highest price that is
asked and has been received for
improved land in Logan is $200.
per-, acre and valuable buildings
and other improvements go with
it. Such land is assessed at ?60
per acre. Unimproved land that
owners will not sell for $100 per
acre is assessed at $20. Our im
proved land to be assesed at same
percentage of selling value as the
unimproved should be at $40 in
stead of $60.
Yes, every dollar of assessment
would have to bear its share of
all the exemption, but those that
have the most exemption, the
farmers, would have a less per
centage of tho total dollars of as
sessment than before, and those
with no exemptions, the speculat
ors, would have a greater per
centage of the total dollars of as
sessment than before and there
fore would pay more tax than bo
fore. This is another elementary
arithmetic problem.
If tho people through a simple
amendment of the law can not
contro 1 assessors, boards of
equalization and all other officers
let us find out that fact by ex
perience and then we will be
wiser.
Do not the assessors exempt
from assessment property used
for charitable, religious and ed
ucational purposes and why
should they refuse to follow fur
ther instructions along that line.
. The tobacco that Mr. Hicin
bothain uses and calls progress
ive must have been opium in it.
as it fills his mind with distorted
and unreal visions. Leave it alone.
Horrible fears aroused by pipe
dreams serve no useful purpose.
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