ORJCGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, OCT. 25, 1912
SOI THOUGHTS
T
THE WAY A GRANGER LOOKS
AT TAX REFORM.
Fact and Figure Put up to the
Votori io Think Over.
riilllui' Cmirlcr:
MiiKim I'uIiiiit In h llninger
liiini'd 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 h i m i ( u 1 n (i ; on a m if in 1 1
f .( till. Jin In overloriifed Wll.ll HOIII0
empty loin in Portland that (Id
mil hi'II iih In si iih lio won Id lilui
mill lin is very much n frn lJ of
I lio Hlnglo 'J'iix.C!iiiiHiniiiinl.ly liu
works foe imlliiiitf mill boards
himself (milling f"i' llio Mm
Ii'iihIh mill land Hnii:ulaUii'H In
Oregon, fur all his Inmiml (Inin-
Ki'i' mini In worth. In Hin (U K (i i) of
pliil.ocnmy ( i m j i 1 k Ii imI uvury
morning u I. K i x III mill Alder HI h.
In 1'iirlliiii'lj ror I Kn HUi In'
whIIm In iiK'iny iivnr tlio awful
I I'l'il OlillI'l'OlllllIK I.IlD Jl(l(llll) of
iiri'Mon Iii'I'iiiihii of lint gmilmileii
mid Kpni'inn Lux mill c x - 1 1 1 1 I ii ti
1 1 1 1 ' n k 1 1 if . Culm yourself, old hero.
V'oiii' Isls will null fiml.nr Hum
over if Oregon l iiilvni'l.lHod Io
IIiii worlil iih Uin plneo wImm'u iiidii
cmii Miihl homos mill mil lio flnnil
like criminals nvcry yimr for do
ing Ho. Yoiii' declining yimi'H will
tin of ponce mid comfort If I In:
people of OrcKou decide Io Invito
the home builders of iilvlli.iillon
In I'oinn horn mid Uililillil it n I do.
vidop lint mIiiIm iiiiiiioIiinIiiiI from
miy liu gatherer "ii in i y evidence
of llii'lr labors, OIIiiu'wIhii, Mm
I hlii of piipulul ion mill rnpllnl will
Iki turned Io ('.iillforiiiu, JJi'MhIi
Columbia, or If wo oimllium In
Irillii willi oppoiliiiilly iiiiulliiii'
your or two imohI, surely io Wash
ington, Friend I'iiIiiiit linvvuih llio
piiMiiiiKn in MM (I of llio measure
giving bollln I'tl I ( III I'ounlli'S II
llio coloring wedge of llio uwful
Mingle I : i . II, Im, II, In, old will'
Iioi'mo fur Hin pooplo. B-U-II-KI
llnl liow i'iiii It ho driven in with
out llio eoneiil of llio poiido of
u eoniilry? If I hoy want In drive,
llml. vm'iIko In for their own local
revenue wind, harm In you? Yon
do hoi, own miy properly In any
oonnly In llio sltilo. Nor do you
own liny in any iTnuuly in wlileli
II, Ih proponed In apply llio prin
ciple of exempting Improvements
from I ii x it I i on . That. moiiHuro wan
Intended Io eiialdo llio pooplo of
any eouuly In I'lle'.VKNT what you
cull Hie Mingle lax from licinH' oh.,
IiiIiIIhIioiI IINI.KSS and UNTIL
llicy wunlod il. 'I'll ut nii'iiNuro also
enables llio people of any county
In vopoal any such lax not
inonl, If found In lie otherwise, un.
vvolldly or Inapidiealile. Why,
I lieu, do you hail it. a the single
lax? Would II. nol. forever pre
vent llio single lax if it proved a
disastrous experiment In llndier
trustified Hons eouuly?
Friend Palmer, II Is npparenl
lliul, llio opponents of llio ox
oiupllon of improvements from
taxation (for even a loenv-w Inly
liil) Knov eiy well thai if (INK
eouuly died il Hie others would
oliMorve il working' wo nalisfael
ory in every way I hat they would
likewise follow I hat. ONK. Every
lino they write and every wail of
nuguish and tear they omit, in
dicates that every last one of
I hem . , . , you included, old (Iran,
gor of many struggles. ,, .KNOW
I hat, is exactly what would hap
pen, So did the last legislature.
So did the railroad and limber
trust.
So did tho'walor poweu Irusl.
So did the big land speculators
(if every .shade and degree,
So I hoy Mihnnltod a repeal of
il. Io Iho people in fond hopes of
netting thorn to repeal the pow
ers obtained for the count ton
UITOUK Irving il was possible.
A trial would demonstrate il too
Ihorougly. In every country
where local laves have been lev
ied in this way the people rsfusc
to go back for a minute.
The single (avers know this,
and the low .-.peculators know t,
too, (nl,v a lew grilled ami
honest fanners in Oregon don't
know it. In .New South Wales, in
New Zealand, in licit ish t'.oluin.
lua and Alberta, the pooplo never
go back Io the robbery of indus.
tiy and thrift and the punish
ment of good citucuship through
a tav on the products and crea
I ion of labor.
And as the Icgislalure subniil
Icd its ;;o No, the la reform
ers submitted a slete wide gradu
ated, special and specific meas
ure Number ;Ut I X Nes on llio bal
lot, that has in it the same suc
cessful features of graduation on
big holdings thai has proved so
satisfactory iu British Columbia
and Australia, It preserves the
right of a county to Kl.l'l1 OUT
THK SINOl V. TAX if il so wishes.
Of course, no actual and full ap
plication of the single lax in. Ore
gon. The Federal (axes amount to
half Hie taxes paid by American
ciii-.cns. The slate and local
taxes will rest upon other things
than land values if Hiis measure
Vaxses, Inheritance taxes, Boon.
i, fees and income taxes will
still continue, or be permitted.
W lial i- called the single tax in
British Columbia is exclusive of
all the taxes aboxe mentioned. It
makes the land speculator get a
move on him, and they propose to
hurtle him some more, and per.
hap a great deal more, in the
near future. It has not confisca
ted any fanes in Hniish Colum
bia lo lake (axes from (hem. II
fia net made the slate the land,
lord l hove to tax idle and neeu.
lative holdings in eii ami conn.
Irv MOM and the home and the
cultivated I'AHM les, xn idh
tract there assess,! at $eoo
HINKERS
will pay $50 Inx, mid if it lift loin
limn Mh In Improvement on It
will pay $7.50 MOJU1. Tlio culti
vated orchurd along side, llio
bare Infill of which l likowlmi
worth $5,000, and llio lmprovi
monlH .r),0UO more, puyn $50.
That In In tlio towfiMlilp of Kunt,
and linn luiim in niinrution for
yoiirn, with fiioro homo owiioru
mid fawdi' inorlgnKHM thnn In any
fdinlhir iigrlculUirul Hoctlon In
OroKon. Comiiuro till Improviid
riif tii tux with any similar farm In
I, Inn county, llio. I'ulinor,
Ileal potato man all ovor llrlt
J mIi Columbia, ongugml in rolling
rout outdid, and not In muoouIil
lion, mo Mailing hoiuoM to thou
sands coming nvory month to hcI.
Ho, They ara full of luminous,
while in Oregon, Willi vast natur
al rofmiircoo lookad up and u lot
of land Hpootilulni'H and iiiohh
Ime.kH lllenilly choking J'nrtland
Inn k, I'jikciiii I'aliuni' in wtiihI IIiik
with Ilia proldoui of how Io diH
pimo of ii few IoIm and got oven.
Ho up to IIiIIIhIi ( : i 1 ii hi It I ,a Ku
giuio, for a trip of n wook, and you
will comn hack hiiiio in mind and
younger than thoao ton yours in
body.
Follow Oriingor.
Save Your County.
Of all Ilia iiioimuriis liol'oro tlio
pooplo ul, Ilia November election
none Im morn aliHolutoly vicious
mid uiiJiihI, IIiiiii No. IHH-O on llio
olllclal ballot providing fur tlio
IUVISION t)K COIINTIKH.
II, la had, unfair mid uiiJuhI In
many ways, hut ono iu'ovIhIoii
alono in HiilVicimil to condeiiin it
wllhoiil, fiirthor roiiHlderallon. It
providoM Hint In Ilia organisation
of a new county out of ono or
inoro existing couufloFi ONLY
TIIOSK Ill'ISIHINil WITHIN TIIK
IIOIJIMIAIHKH Ob' TIIK J'HOl'OS
Kl) NKW COUNTY MAY VOTi
UPON TIIK PHOPOSrnON, and
If HO per coiit of HfoHo Im favor,
nhlc Iho new county comes Inln
cxIhIoiici", Tlio pooplo In the ro-
miiliulor of Iho county or couiiHoh
so cut down are holploHH, having
no voice whatever in Iho mutter,
KVKN TIIOIKIH Til KY MAY OIIT
NUMIlKIl TIIK PKOI'1,1'; IN Till'',
I'llOPOSKIi NKW COUNTY TKN
TO ON bl,
If llils moiiHuro Nlumld hacomo
a law mil a county iu Iho Slalo
will oscapa division.
YD l b: "NO ' ON NO, .'l iH-ll,
CENTRAL OREGON.
Oregon still has a vast supply
of homestead lauds. A million
acres would bo a mere parcel of
what is loft. The land olllce ligur
ures differ from I lino lo time as
additional homesteads aro taken
up. It is estimated Mint at Iho
present lime Ihore aro close to
111,000,000 acres available or
enough lo accomodate fill, 000
families with 320 acres each.
In most sections of Central
Oregon along the railroad sur
veys and especially along the
main eouuly roads (ho lands suit
able for agricullureau purposes,
ami in many cases those only
suitable for slock raising, arc
practically nil taken. The lliinip-
on Valley in Southeastern Crook
County is one of the most
prosperous sections of (he Inter
ior. The Pringlo Flats, which are
Just north of this fertile valley,
is also o,uilo quickly populated
and Iho soltlers aro raising enor
mous crops of wheal, barley, oals,
potatoes, etc. These two valleys,
which together are nhout 20
miles v ide and 40 miles long are
oslined to become one of Ore
gon s poultry raising district and
those Industries are paying well.
For the most part the country
in Southeastern crook, Nortti-
aslern Lake and Northwestern
llarneys is comparil ively level,
icing in the form of lowlands or
valleys between rolling hills or
plateaus. In most, places mounl-
lins can he seen on the horizon,
while i nothor places nothing but
a slrelch of level country can he
seen as far as Hie eye can reach
in every direction. The soil Is a
dark, sandy loam, generally
known j as volcanic ash and is
very rich and productive. Sage
brush, Juniper and hunch grass
constitute the growth.
Uight. in the heart of this
wonderfully productive territory
has sprung up the town of Im
perial, which is on the railroad
surveys and also the mam roads
leading from Hend, Prinovillo,
Humes and Harney County, Prin
glo Flats, and l.ake County all
loading to il. This makes Imper
ial the principal trading point in
this part of llio country. This
little town also has many other
advantages which the settler is
glad to take advantage of, such
as branch H. S. Land Oltlee. U. S.
Weather Iturean, Post Oilier,
'Free public Library, etc.
As to the total number of
homesteaders who comprise the
the various colonics which arc
doing I be marvelous empire
building in the interior there is
no available record. The Oovoru
ment oftlocs have the number in
the various sections, but there is
no count on the total number of
the entire interior. The number,
however, will run well into the
thousands.
In addition to the raising of
wheat and other grain crops as
well as all root crop, one must
not overlook th fact that (his is
one of Hie best slock and poultry
raising sections of Oregon.
Since the dry farming methods
have become more generally
known, the percentage of failures
is very small and noxv only the
man who is la;y and unwilling to
work - and work hard makes a
failure in this part of the coun
try, i
The railroads which are now -j
huiluing and wluea xnitl soon
reach this territory xvill mean
cheaper transportation and there
fore much largvr crop.
GIVE TO I',! IJ
HER JUST RIGHT.
8PLENDID TRIBUTE GIVEN BY
A 80CIALHT.
John Stark's Weekly Letter of
Curront Comment.
The tlmo Ih now fast upon us
when wo will give voice to our
Ideas, of govornmmil and place
authority lulu llio IiiuiiIh of men
to carry out IIioho Ideas for Iho
coining two to four yours. Thoso
policies will bo to our welfare in
pi'iipiirtloii to Iho wisdom they
express as related to true econ
omic, fuels as Ihoy apply to uncial
oconomii) development. All
government la an experiment and
only changes that conform to tlio
economic di'voliipmonl nro a pari
of wisdom in government. In In
dustry wo have discarded Iho
hand scythe for combined ma.
rhino driven by gas power, hut in
politic our minds still hark hack
to llio days of Iho oxcart and wo
aro nltmnping to fit n sltigo coach
constitution In tlio era of llio fly
ing nincliino. Wo nro no longer
using llio ono-mun Implements in
production; nil factors nro at
least, in a general sense, collec
tive iu Iholr operation; Ihoroforo
it Is necessary lo havo a public
policy that Is n political theory
which Is essentially collective.
Such Is the HociallHt parly which
Farmers
Look Up Your FALL
Requirements in Form
Tools
NOW
If you need a new Plow
or Harrow, Fesd Cut
ter, WaKon, Buggy
ANYTHING in Imple
ments or Vehicles, you
will find it in the
Witcbdl
Cine
The Best for
The
West
See Us !
CANBY
HDWE.
62, IMPLE
MENT CO.
Canby, Ore.
BIG FREE IMPLEMENT
on mo into oxislonro with tho groat
industrial achievements belong
ing to the last half of Iho past
oontury. Tho two old parlies
woro oxprossivo of tho industrial
periods oontomporanious to thotr
format ion , but do not respond to
tho evolution of industry iu so
cioly. Therefore every voter who
comprehend I h at condition will
vote for socialism at the next poll
instead of capitalism as in Iho
past, and not because the person,
olio on tho ticket affords bettor
men, personally, than tho others.
All Iho good men are in tho ceme
tery and this is now tho place for
capitalism, while socialism is tho
living idea for the industrial and!
political hive of human effort.
Whoreas oxory voter who faili to
grasp this fact will vote for capi
talism or the more advanced will
call it by that vajtue but charm
ing word "reform."
The voters' pamphlet is now in
the hands of the voter so very.
ono may inform himself upon th
state questions to be voted upon.
Kvoryone is supposed lo have
some bearing on the welfare of
Iho eiluen. though the import
ance will no be equal in regard lo
ev oryone.
There is one question which i
of supreme importance, as it ef-l
foots in a direct way almost one
ha!f of the people r.d indirectly
every one in the state. To me it
seems but a mailer of simple jiis-
tice, an application
rulo lo confer tho franchise upon
woman make room at Iho ballot
hot as well as any other place In
human affairs. I have heard it
mid that woman does not under
stand political affairs. Perhaps
Dial iu true, but give her the bal
lot arid she will soon seo to make
some good uso of it. It cannot be
truly said men understand politi
cal questions. Surely they all
dispute ono another in tho divis
ion of many parties. Then there
are many men who refune to vole
as Ihoy nay there is nothing in
It for thorn, that they are not 1n
accord with any party. Surely
women may do as well. There is
certainly nothing to fear, that she
will harm the race or injure the
slate, for her life is hound up in
human affairs even by stronger
lies than tho men. From tho very
mittiro of things she would pro
ceed with caution and fore
thought. She goes down into shadows of
tho valley of death to bring you
forth, nurses you to strongth on
her tender bosom, guides your
first faltering footsteps, toachen
you your first lisping words, her
tired arms are always an open re
fuge to you, you go lo her first
with overy pain or worry. Then
when In the full flush of manhood
she charms you with Iho music in
her volco and tho witchery of her
eye, as you go side by side, hand
in hand seeking together to solve
the rlddlo of Ilfo sho encourages
you onward to higher Ideals. ,
As woman first tnstod tho
fruit of tho tree of knowlego in
tho legends of tho past so today
sho seeks newer paths and nobler
impulses, As you pass along sho
becomes tho mother of your
children and watches over thorn
as woman has watched ovor you.
Implements
and Vehicles
of Quality
fR
'DREW
at Slight Prices
CATALOGUE SENT
Then when you are brought to
your bed of pain sho glides light
ly lo care for you, sooth you with
her caressing hand, anticipating
your every wish and when the
mists of Iho dark river rise Rbout
you a gentle hand wipes tho dew
of death from your brow. Alwavs
is woman the prime factor in
your life. Do you think the race
would suffer if you would grant
her equal opportunities with your
self? Surely it is not a manly act
to e.xpress fear that she will
harnt you in that she might be
come your superior if opportun
ities equal with you, were open
ed to her. Give her the ballot on
election day and it will become a
useful implement in her hands.
JOHN F. ST AUK.
BUre- is aoman who speais
from personal knowlete and long
experience, vii., Mrs. P. H. Bro
san, of Wilson, Pa., who says.
"I know from experience that
Chamberlain' Cough Remedy is
far superior to any other. For
croup there is nothing that ex
cells it." For sale by Huntley
Pros. Co., Oregon City, Oregon.
ick headach it caused by a
disordered slomarh. T. Lham-
berlsas Tablet esd correct that
and the headaches will disappear, j
For sale by Kuntley Bros. Co, i
jOrefoa City, Or. J
m 'drew I
ASSESSOR JACK S
O. D. BOBBINS TAKES THEM A8
A TEXT FOR ARGUMENT.
And Shows You Voters how the
Single Tax will Save Money.
Kditor Courier:
I am sending Ibis as a farmer's
contribution lo the single lax side
of the interesting tax discussion
now going on. Perhaps it will
satisfy W. V." Myres and others
who aro waiting patiently for
convinciag llgures in a concrete
and condensed form that may be
easily verillod.'
This single tax assessment roll
sooins too voluminous for some
to grasp, and then it was gather
ed up by that torrlble Fels Fund
Commission whose members are
working for pay, tho same as all
tho rest of us. That it might be
honest pay for honorable work,
seems to cut no llguro in many
minds.
The text for this sermon Is the
following:
Summary of Assessment Roll of
Olaokamas County for the
Year 1911, J. E. Jack
Assessor.
Acres af tillablo land, 97,211
S5.702.170.
Acres of non-lillablo lands
028,003, value 7,8U8,405.
Improvements on deeded or
Fall Goods
That Never
Fall Down
Hoosier Drills
Positive. Forced Feed
Bloom Manure
Spreaders
Double Steel Reach
J.I. CASE PLOWS
The Plow a Man Can Pull
Dick's Feed Cutters
A big line, aid good
Drew Litter Carriers
A genuin labor saver
HARROWS
Disc, spring, spike-tootli
Water Systems
The Mitchell Wagon
Monarch of the Road
See Us!
W.J.
WILSON
&
CO.
Oregon City
Ore.
YOU UPON REQUEST
patented lands$2,015,075.
Town and city lots $2,869,265.
Improvements on town and city
lots$t,084,630.
Logging road and rolling stock
1.50 miles $4,000.
Stationary engines and manu
facturing machinery $735,815.
Merchandise and stock in trade
$171,850.
Farm implements, wagons, car
riages, etc, $150,360.
Money, notes and accounts
$19,945.
Shares of stock, 6,400, $63,750.
Household furniture, watches,
jewelry, etc., $186,485.
Horses and mules, 6963, $389
365. Cattle, 12,041 $201,145.
Sheep and goats, 13,777$2i,0S5
Swine, 5,186, $25,435.
lXgs, 1.947, $11,565.
Gross value of all property
$21,943,345.
Gross value of all property for
1910 assessment $21,080,400.
Increased valuation for 1911!
assessment, $862,945.
Railroads, rolling stock.'tele-l
ephone and telegraph lines are
not included in the above list.The'
assessment for this class of pro-!
perty for 1910 as made by thej
slate tax commissioners was $3,-!
153.617.
for Clackamas counly for 191 1. as
ie:i by the SiaSe Tax Commiss
ioners, was $4,381,944. It will be i
found from the summary that the
liUafcU land was asssssed at an
average of -very nearly $80 per
acre, and the non-tillable land at
very nearly $15 per acre.
For the purpose of this calcu
lation, lo estimate what tho far
mers paid for 1911 taxes and
what they would have paid under
single tax, I havo placed for
them in both cases 200,000 acres
of non-tillablo land at $18 per
acre, being $3 above the general
average. In the single tax esti
mate I have placed the tillablo
land at $20 per acre, being $5
above the general average for
non-tillable land. Hero is my es
timate of the farmers' part of the
1911 assessment:
Tillable, 97,211 acres, $5,762,170
Non-tillable, 200,000 $3,600,000
Improvements on lands$2,OI5,075
Farm implements ...$ 150,360
Money, -notes, accounts 5,000
Household furniture, etc 90,000
Horses and mules.. .. 350,000
Cattle 190,000
Shoep and goats 20,000
Swine 23,000
Dogs 6,000
Total .. . .$12,211, G05
This is 40 and 38-100 per cent
of the total assesseed prop,$26,
325,286. . '
Under a -straight single land
tax assessment, I place the farm
eis' tillablo land,.97,211 acres, at
$20 an acre, $1,944,220,
Non-tillable land, 200,000 acres
at $18 per acre, $3,600,000.
Total farmers' assessments, -544,220,
Speculators' non-tillable lands,
328,003, at $15 per acre, $4,-920,-945.
Town and city lots, $2,869,
265. Total $13,334,430.
Tho farmers' assessment is
41 and 57-100 per cent of total,
which deducted from tho. first per
cenlage, gives a reduction of 4
and 81-100 per cent of total as
sessment, and consequently of
tho total tax. Estimating that the
special road and school levies
would make the total tax raised
for all purposes, 20 mills, tho to
tal tax was $520,505.72 and 4
and 81-100 per cent would mean
$25,385 saved to tho farmers.
The singlo tax corporation as
sessment for 1910 was $176286
less than tho state tax commis
sioners' assessment. Deduct
more than twico that amount
from the commissioners 1911 as
sessment and add the remaining
$4,000,000 to above for franchis
es and rights of way, and then
tho farmers' assessment would be
31 and 98-100 per cent of total,
and they would save 14 and 4-10
per cent of tho total taxos.which
would amount to the tidy sum of
$70,816.
Of course these figures will not
n ean anything to my farmer
friend, George Hioinbothem. His
X-Ray mind can see through a
wall of facts, llgures and solid
reasons and seo the Fels Com
mission on tho other side. He
can seo more about Canada than
Canadians and actual visitors.IIe
knows singlo taxers are in favor
of government ownership when
they do not know it themselves,
and when in places where singlo
tax has been In operation for
many years no steps havo been
taken toward that end. Ho knows
that 'under single tax, assess
ments and taxes will go up, up,
up. He cannot give any process
of reasoning that any ono else
can work out and seo it loo. He
Just knows it and so does Shields.
And that is enough. He can see
confiscation where there is only
a means to prevent confiscation
of labor created values by para
sitic wealth.
I do not think it can bo dis
puted that an actual sinblo tax
assessment would be much more
advantageous to farmers than
the figures I havo given show, as
the intention was to make conces
sions to give a severe test. As to
the future, tho wild land always
will be there whether cleared, or
not. It will not shrink up or blow
away. Speculators will nol givo it
up suddenly on account of a tax
that is a small per cent of us
and if they did, it would only be
their loss and a public gain, lhey
say if speculators were done
away with and farmers should
own all te land, farmers would
havo to pay all the taxes. Where
would be the disadvantage to us
present farmers to trade specu
lative tax payers that would im
prove Iho country and give a
proper and healthy increase to
the taxable value of all land.
It has been said that this sys
tem of taxation is revolutionary
and would lead tho people to ac
quire the kind of property lhat is
exempt. Revoluticns are some
times necessary and the peaceful
ballot kind, such as tho Oregon
system often accomplishes won
ders. A system that will lead
people to acquire improved homes
farms, stores, factories, elc, fs
what xve want and wo are willing
for them to acquire autos also.
O. D. Bobbins.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
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serving his fourth term as Mayor
of Omaha. Nob., having received
the overwhelming support of tho
voters of that city. His steadily
increasing popularity paralell
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COMMENDS 8HERIFF MASS FOR
HIS UNTIRING WORK.
ECHO OF HILL FAMILY MURDER
"Honesty and Efflolenoy Above Ly
ing and Selfish Motives. "
TO THE LAW ABIDING CITIZ
ENS OF CLACKAMAS COUN
TY: On account of recent attacks
made for political purposes on
the standing and official worth of
Sheriff E. T. Mass, I am impelled
by a senso of fairness and just
ness to mako reference in this
public manner to tho revolting
crime that robbed me of a belov
ed daughter and her husband
and two beautiful and innocent
grandchildren that wero the joy
and sunshine of my declining
years. I refer to tho murder of
William Hill, his -wife and two
children.
I desire to say as emphatically
as it is possible for human utter
ance to make it, that in the of
ficial investigation undertaken
by Sheriff Mass imediately fol
lowing that foul crime, and which
has been pursued with dogged do
termination and without inter
mission up to tho present time,
ho has done all and more than
could be expected of an honest,
intelligent and efficient officer.
More than this, he has accomp
lished that which, had he been
given the support and assistance
to which he was entitled by right
and by law from the state's of
ficials, would have enabled him
to bring to justice the perpetrator
of the foulest crime ever commit
ed in the state.
These statements are made by
me with a full and intimate
knowlege of the facts. That which
is done cannot be undone, and no
human agency can return to me
and mine the loved ones so brut
ally slain. But I can and do ren
der tho tribute of appreciation to
the honest worth of Sheriff Mass.
As a sorrowing father and
grandfather I thank and honor
him; as an old lime resident of
Clackamas County I commend
him to my friends and to those
residents of the county who hold
honesty and efficiency in an of
ficial above the lying utterances
and selfish motives of potty pol
iticians. Thomas F. Cowing.
No. 334 Worcester Bldg.
Portland, Ore.
October 12, 1912.
TO THE LEGAL VOTERS OF
CLACKAMAS COUNTY:
Being a candidate for re-election
and believing my first duty to
bo to attend to tho duties of the
office to which I was elected and
thereforo being unablo to inter
view the voters in person, I take
this method of familiarizing the
public of an outline of what has
transpired in the sheriff's office.
I desire to call attention to the
fact that tho 1910 tax roll was
$75,000 larger than 1909, the 1911
tax roll $150,000 larger than 1910
that owing to the increase of
population , etc., of tho county,
1,000 more tax receipts were is
sued in 1910 than in 1909 and
3,500 more than when my oppon
ent was last chief deputy sheriff.
Thereforo this offieo waited on
1,000 more tax payers than did
tho sheriff of 1910, and 3,500
more tax payers than when my
opponent was last chief deputy.
There wore 30 more cases ih the
Circuit Court in 1911, not in
cluding County Court cases, such
as non-support f ramily or con
tributing to the delinguency of
minors, olc, that there were 20
more in jail in 191 1 than in 1910.
As shown by the records kept by
my opponent, there wero only
four men tu Jail in four years
when he was last deputy sheriff,
against 81 in my first year. The
fees for serving civil papers in
one year were one half more than
the whole four years my oppon
ent was deputy last.
That owing lo the increase of
population there was a general
increase in crime. There were
Iwo blind murder cases, one very
brutal and atrocious, in which I
made every honest and possible
effort to apprehend tho guilty
parlies, for which effort I was
cummomlod by (ho grand jury in
ilieir final report and the forego
ing lei lor which I herewith submit
If you approve of this record, I
solicit ymir support for re-election.
l' T. MASS.
Sheriff.
(Paid Adv.)
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