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THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1922.
Number 41
TAXATION SCORED
AT LIVE WIRE MEET
TUESDAY NIGHT
ROAD MATTERS ARE
STATE INDEBTEDNESS
SECURED BY BONDS
here;s work for the
humane society
NEW SOURCES OF
TAXES PROPOSED
BY SECRETARY
COMMERCIAL CLUB
COMMITTEES NAMED
ROAD MAKING UN
DER PRESENT LAW
SLOW PROCESS
PART LIVE WIRE MENU
Monitor-Barlow Committee Urge
IS $42,659,125
Starvation Among Livestock on Range
Demands Improved Method
and Better Care.
Prospects Are Bright for Continued
Progress and Activity During
The Year.
Court to Proceed with Improve
ments Under Bond Plan.
V
Startling Figures Showing
Causes of Present High
Tax Rate Given
CUT EXPENSES SLOGAN
State Penal, Benevolent and Educa
tional Institution's Costs Declared
to Be Excessive
At the luncheon -held in the Com
mercial Club room on Teusday night
and attended by business men, farm
ers and others the very atmosphere
was charged with the demand for
lower taxes.
G. B. Dimick led off in the discuss
ion of taxes and laid before those
present many causes of the present
high rate of taxation. He called at
tention to the fact that Clackamas
county raised state taxes in 1906 only
$32000 and this year the enormous
sum of $355,000.
Cut Down Expenses
He declared that methods of reduc
tion must be used and scored the high
cost of state institutions as the cause
of a considerable part of the cost.
$388,000 is given by the state to the
State Fair and the Pacific Internation
al Livestock Exposition and another
$50,000 to boost the scenic values and
the agricultural exhibits at Portland
during the past year. And said these
objectives should be self supporting.
He further declared that the state
penitentiary, the U. of O., the O. A.
C, the boys training school and oth
er state instiutions ought to be con
ducted for less money than is now
taken from the taxpayers: that the
higher educational institutions ought
to charge higher tuition and the oth
er institutions be made self support
ing or nearly so through industry and
efficient management.
T Commercial Organization Rapped
H .II. Steward, non-partisan league
organizer described his organization's
origin and plan in Dakota. He de
clared that commercial clubs have
too much power and that the farm
ers should organize against them.
Make business men pay more taxes
and relieve the farmers, he said. His
sarcastic references to the commer
cial club members present were op
posed by J. W. Exon, one of several
farmers present, and who declared
that the "business men had always
helped the farmers by helping to build
roads and in other ways when given
the opportunity. The speaker also
spoke of low taxes under the non-partisan
regime in Dakota,
Business Administration Urged
C. Schuebel gave a concise and
forceful address on reasons lor high
taxes and -agreed that the state penal
and educational institutions are top
heayv with expense. He took the
county court to task for leaving an
average balance of approximately
$380,000 on deposit while the county
pays over $71.00 per day interest
The speaker denied that taxes in
Dakota are lower than in Oregon as
had been claimed; ditto in the state
of Washington. He recommended a
business administration such as runs
the great industrial plants and urged
cutting luxuries from state institu
tions including U. of O. and O. A. C.
Ed Olds portrayed extravagance
and inefficiency in bridge building as
another cause" of high taxes and J.
R. Herman, veteran single taxer, pre
sented his theme and informed those
present that this form of taxation
would be voted on by the people of
Oregon again this fall.
R. E. Cherrick called attention in
cidentally to his candidacy and es
poused the cause of the grade schools
declaring they should be as well sup
ported and of as high standard in the
rural districts as in the city,
Supt. R. W. Kirk, expressed the
feeling that the higher educational
institutions may cut off some lux
uries without injuring themselves ma
terially. O. C. H. S. Wins First ,
Triangular Debate
Debating the question, "Resolved
that the Plumb plan for the control
and management of the railways of
the United States should be enacted
into law," the Oregon City High
school debating team won first hon
ors on Friday evening, last.
At Oregon City the local team de
feated the Park Rose team, the award
of the judges being 2 to 1. At West
Linn the negative team defeated the
home team by a decision of two to
one.
As the close of this first triangle
contest, Oregon City had 6 points,
West Linn 5 and Park Rose 1.
Oregon City's affirmative team con
sists of Gordon and Gladys Hanna
ford. The negative is Marguerite
Jackson and Elof Anderson.
The county court are besieged with
queries as to their road policy. Some
are anxious to know the court's stand
on the question pf market roads
bond roads and all other kinds of
roads. Some want new market roads
others want all bond roads mar
ket roads established, and still others
want the court to go right on with
the bond road program which the
court declares cannot be done under
the law, which requires the adjoin
ing districts to grade and prepare
the base at the taxpayers' own ex
pense.
At the meeting of the Live Wires
on Tuesday evening a delegation of
Barlow-Monitor people urged the ap
pointment of a committee from the
Wires to investigate the advisability
of making the J. W. Exon road located
between Barlow and Monitor a market
road and to recommend to the county
court its findings.
J. W. Exon criticised the division of
large Monitor district declaring that
no progress could be mad under
present conditions. He urged the
bond road be made into market roads,
stated that one and one-half miles
of road made ready by the taxpayers
of the district could be paved under
the bond act and said the people
would buy the bonds for the project
The committee appointed by Main
Trunk Dimick consists of F. J. Tooze,
E. L. Pope, Mort Latourette, L. A.
Henderson and E. L. Johnson. .
The committee which recently visit
ed Clarkes at the invitation of the
Booster club committee, recommended
with reference to the establishment of
a market road' from Fishers' Corner
to Rock Creek bridge, that the high
way engineer be asked to make a sur
vey and determine the feasibility of
the proposed new course.
Supplemental to this committee re
port, E. L. Pope favored making all
market roads bond roads and at the
same time as the best plan under
which results may be obtained.
WORLD CONFERENCE
CLOSED IN FINE
SPIRIT
Great Accomplishments Mark This
First Step Toward Permanent
World Peace
Exactly three months after it was
called to order, the Washington con
ference closed with the general ap
proval and good will of all the na
tions represented.
Among the things accomplished in
the interests of world peace and pro
gress are:
1. A naval limitation treaty entered
into by the U. S., Great Britain,
France, Italy and Japan, providing for
a naval holiday of ten years, destroy
ing of many battleships and setting
a definite allotment of tonnage of
warships for the five Great powers.
2. Outlawed poison gas as a war
weapon and submarines as commerce
attackers.
3. A four-power treaty to eliminate
strife in the Pacific.
There are also two nine-power treat
ies affecting praticularly the Chinese
as follows:
1. Deals with the custom duties
granting to China a five per cent tar
iff with future changes.
2. Reaffirms the principle of the
"Open door' and Chinese integrity.
The settlement of the Shantung
controversy by Japan's agreemnt to
return to China Kaio Chou and the
Shantung railway.
Settlement of the Yap question be
tween the U S. and Japan.
Settlement of the division of cables
in the Pacific.
Agreement of Japan to withdraw
from Siberia,
Return of Wei ,Her Wei by Great
Britain to China,
Withdrawal by Japan of the ab
noxious group of the 21 demands
and the relinquishment of the idea of
"exclusive" control in South Man
churia and Mongolia.
Statesmen in the world character
ize this conference the greatest epoch
making period in the history of the
world and give to the United States
due credit for its initiation and suc
cess. Former Resident
Of City Passes On
Christian Bluhm, for many years a
resident of Oregon City, passed away
at the residence of his daughter, in
Salem, on Sunday While In this city
he was for a long time sexton at the
Mountain View cemetery.
He leaves his children, William, of
Oregon City; Charles, of Pendleton,
Christian and George, Portland; Mrs.
Marie Abst, Salem; Mrs.Elizabeth
Noble, Portland; a sister, Mrs.
Priebe of this city; and a brother,
Gotfried Bluhm of Beaver Creek.
The funeral was held at Holman and
Pace chapel on Monday. Rev. Krax
berger officiated. Interment was In
Mountain View cemetery.
Legislation And People Vie
With Each Other In
Voting Obligations
FIRST BONDS DUE 1925
Highway Debt Now Over Three
Fourths Amount Allowed Under
State Constitution.
At the end of 1916 or a little over
five years ago, the state of Oregon
had no bonded debt. Toay she is
bonded for $42,695,125. Of these
bonds the largest amount is $31,700,
000 for highways.
The first issue of these highway
bonds was provided for by the Bean
Barrett act passed by the legislature
of 1919 and carrying $1,200,000, which
was to match a federal appropriation
of the same amount. At this same
legislative session there was referred
to the people another issue of $6,000,
000, which issue the people authorized
at a special election in June of the
same year.
Again in 1919, the legislature author
ized an additional $10,000,000, which
brought the amount of bonds close
to $20,000,000 or close to the constitu
tional limit of 2 per cent of the to
tal assessed valuation of the state.
The people then extended this limi
tation to four per cent or approxi
mately $40,000,000.
And under authority of this amend
ment, the highway commission was
authorized by the special session of
the legislature to sell an issue of
$10,000,000 more bonds.
And still there was a cry for more
bonds Some MORE BONDS, and
STILL MORE BONDS. Great speed
was developed in the floating of the
bonds. It was SUCH AN EASY
THING to do, don't you know?. The
same 1920 body of law manufactur
ers with machinery at full tilt au
thorized another $3,500,000 in order
to cooperate further with the feder
al government.
The legislature of 1921 authorized
$7,000,000 sale and the electorate
promptly came to bat by voting an
other issue of $2,500,000 to cooperate
with the federal government in con
structing the Coast highway. -
First Payment Due in 1925.
And "the day of reckoning cometh
soon." Most of these bonds have
been of the 20-year maturity variety
but three installments mature in 1925
and draw interest at 6 per cent. The
first pay day in less than three years
hence.
Owing to depression in the bond
market and high rate of interest the
$31,700,000 worth of bonds sold for
$30,479,141, or at an initial loss of $1,
220,858.90. The soldiers' bonus of $10,000,000
is provided for by bonds cared for by
a sinking fund of one mill tax on each
dollar of assessable property in the
counties; the highway bonds are de
pendent for payment on auto fees;
irrigation bonds are charged up to
the water districts; and the ruial
credit bonds are loans upon the se
curity of the state.
COMMISSIONER HARRIS
WILL BE CANDIDATE
FOR RE-ELECTION
Campaign Will Be Made on Basis of
Official Record Urged to Make
The Race.
W. T. Harris who is now on the
last half of his first term as county
commissioner has decided to make the
campaign for a second term.
His announcement follows:
"To the citizens and taxpayers of
Clackamas county:
"After due consideration and en
couragement from numerous men in
different parts of the county, I have
concluded to come before the voters
asking for a second term as county
commissioner.
"I have no promises or apologies
to make. During my term of of
fice I have been guided by the best
interests of the taxpayers as I saw
them. I have had no pets to con
sider and all mistakes I have made
were made in sincere and honest ef
fort to do what was right. I have
to treat all parts of the country and
friend and foe alike."
"W F. HARRIS."
Milwaukie Recall Approaches.
In Milwaukie the recall preparations
are going merrily on. The date set
for the election is the 16th of this
month. The subject of the recall is
Mayor Snyder.
Mrs .Maggie Johnson, realtor, has
been named registration clerk and has
opened the registration books at her
office.
A Correction.
The' senatorial candidate who
writes in the "People's Say" column
in this issue is R. E. Cherrick.
From a report of the Oregon Hu
mane society coming to hand this
week it appears that there is tremen
dous work for this organizations to
do in behalf of the range stock, par
ticularly the stock of eastern Oregon.
This winter with its general depres
sion in the livestock business and the
unusually long period of cold weather
sees great neglect and suffering.
Starvation and suffering among the j
sheep, horses and cattle on the ranges j
of the state is more serious than iu i
other years and is resulting in big j "
loss-' Congress with the soldiers' bonus
And for this condition, stockmen ai-e i bill before it is looking for the best
not altogether blameless. Some ol means to meet its demands if enacted
this starvation and suffering is the ; into law. The amount required in
price of greed. In many cases it haa j -ash if all soldiers under the propos
been the custom to let herds of cat- j 3d law should want cash payment is
tie, sheep and horses rustle in tlie j estimated at $1,082,400,000.
snow and winter, the owners takinc a Many sources from which this tre-
cnance on meir Dems tuie 10 maa.e j
a living until spring when on the new
grass they will fatten and turn a pro
fit. Horses have been found by the hu
mane society investigators, rustling in
bands in the sage brush country that
lies under a crust of snow and ice,
pawing through to the earth for food
until their feet are worn to the quick
and leave trails of blood. Also at
this time many of the owners live in
comfort in California or in some other
warmer climate from the profits of
winter starved and suffering live
stock. So customary is It to allow herds to
shift for themselves that some big
livestock operators expect losses of
from ten to thirty per ceat and a reg
ular feature of the business imvolves
losses of millions of dollars worth of
stock in any hard winter.
Some stockmen are doing their best
to feed their stock, but hay, cash and
even creJit la short. Some of them
are weeding out the weaker animals
and feeding them, slewing the strong
er to shift for themselves. If the
rough weather shall continue late in
to the spring the losses will be great
er than ever. ' ""
The Oregon Humane uociety is
pleading with commercial organiza
tions, schools, and churches ia order
to arouse interest in this subject, and
are suggesting that it be gives atten
tion in future legislation.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
FILED 182 CASES
IN 1921
Report of district attorney of
Clackamas county, Oregon, for the
year 1921:
Criminal cases Preliminary hear
ings before magistrate, 48; indict
ments by grand jury, 47; trials in cir
cuit court, 12; convictions in circuit
court, 11; acquittals in circuit court,
1; plea of guilty in circuit court, 25.
Juvenile court Cases. 37.
Justict court Cases triad, 56; found
guilty, 29; found not guilty, 25; no
verdict, 2; plea of guilty, 84; dismiss
ed, 20; not apprehended, 24; cases fil
ed exclusive of hearings before mag
istrate and excepting prohibition cases
182.
Violations of Prohibition Law
Cases filed, 40; plea of guilty, 28; plea
not guilty, 12; tried, found guilty, 7;
tried found not guilty, 5.
Civil cases State industrial acci
dent commission cases. 9; trials by
jury in circuit court, 1 ; damage cases,
3; cases dismissed on demurrer, 1.
This report does not include cases
taken before the court without a war
rant, except in prohibition cases.
L. STIPP,
District Attorney.
Prominent Carver
Woman
Passes
Mrs. J. R. Dallas, and estimable
young woman of Carver died at the
Oregon City hospital. Monday after
noon, February 6, following a serious
operation which was performed with
the hope of saving her life. Mrs. Dal
las was 28 years old and has lived
in Carver a number of years where
she had a host of friends. She is
survived by her mother, Mrs. George
Dallas of Portland, her husband, J.
R. Dallas and two adopted children,
Mildred and Billy of Carver, three
j brothers, S. H. Rankin of Glastone,
Charles Rankin, a student at Corval
lis, and Jack Rankin, a student at
Forrest Grove. She also leaves sev
eral step brothers and sisters. The
funeral was hel dat Holman and Pace,
undertaking parlors, Thursday after
noon and was one of the largest funer
als that has ever been held there.
Rev. B. F. Clay, pastor of the Chris
tian church at Gladstone officiated. A
quartette composed of Mrs. E. Dunlap,
Mrs. R. L. Peek, Mrs. Josephine Link,
and Mrs, William Noland rendered
the music.
Banks Will Close.
All three of the banks of Oregon
City will close on Monday, next, Feb
ruary 13, in honor of Lincoln's birthday.
Reenactment Excess Profits
And Added Income Tax
Strongly Opposed
ESTIMATE $1,082,400,000
Increase In Postage on First and Sec
ond Class Mail and More Tax
Tobacco Proposed.
mendous sum could be raised are pro
posed. The secretary of the treasury
who is opposed to bonus legislation at
present, declares that congress must
tap new sources of revenue as all
levies at this time are abnormally
high. In fact, they are now as bur
densome as they should be permitted
to become.
Among the possible sources from
which to raise this sum of money
which would produce $40,000,000 a
year: a tax on cigarettes and tobacco
amounting to $25,000,000; three cent
postage on first class mail and in
crease on second class mail which
would produce together $100,000,000;
a two cent tax on bank checks yielding
$30,000,000; and a 50-cent license tax
on each horse power on automobiles
bringing in $100,000,000. Altogether,
these sources would yield $295,000,000
a year.
With the exception of those on to
bacco and documents, the secretary
opposes increases in taxes. He also
opposes the sales tax and the re-enactment
of the excess profits tax.
Neither is he willing to place a con
sumers' tax on sugar, gasoline, tea or
coffee; nor does he approve of using
rSTSSEt of -Hrsgsfereign debt declaring
that this program, would be more cost
ly than the laying of direct taxes.
The suggestions to tax light wines
and beer for raising the bonus is al
so tabooed, owing to the uncertain
ty of it in prohibition times.
Objection is made also to a further
increase of income taxes on corpora
tions by some who contend that these
organizations are now taxed heavily
and to further tax them would mean
to retard the revival of business.
"With these different views before
it, congress is urged to pass the sol
diers' bonus bill at this session.
Madison Street
Bridge Is Opened
The Madison street bridge which
has been closed for more than a year
on account of poor condition, has been
repaired and re-opened to traffic
The re-opening is hailed with en
thusiasm since It Is the connecting
link between important residential dis
tricts and the down town business
section.
Gladstone Resident
Invents Toy Holder
H. E. Beardsley, formerly of Glad
stone, but now living in Portland, is
the inventor of a baby toy holder,
which is both unique and useful.
It is attached to the baby's high
chair tray and prevents the baby from
throwing toys onto the floor; keeps
the baby amused, and saves the moth
er a great deal of time used ordinarily
in picking up toys.
The toy holder is being handled
through furniture factories, furniture
dealers and drug stores, or any dealer
who handles baby supplies.
Mr. Beardsley is a former resident
of Gladstone.
Pete Mountain Man Moonshines.
At his home where he lived alone on
Pete Mountain, Alfred Klaus was ar
rested on Monday on the charge of
manufacturing and having in his pos
session intoxicating liquors.
The moonshine outfit consisted of
150 gallons of mash and 6 gallons of
moonshine. Judge Noble taxed Mr.
Moonshiner $250 and gave him full
suite in hotel de Wilson for 120 days.
Library Shows Gain.
The Oregon City library shows an
increasing gain of nearly double in
the number of borrowers during the
month of January, 1922, over the same
month in 1921. Ninety cards were is-,
sued during January, 1922, and 57 in
January, 1921.
The report has just been completed
by Mrs. Bertha Adams the librarian.
During the month 2986 people called
at the library, either to borrow books
or read which a gain of 110 over the
same period in 1921. We are glad
to know that the public is gradually
P'pttlnp' mnra Interne toil in nni H.
j brary.
The following Commercial club com
mittees have been appointed by J. E.
Hedges, president for the year:
Executive Joseph E. Hedges, John
R. Humphreys, M. D. Latourette, F.
Cramer,, O. D. Eby. T. W. Sullivan, W.
P. Hawley, Sr.
Auditing John R. Humphreys, Per
cy Caufield, Irving Rau.
Entertainment M. D. Latourette,
Raymond P. Caufield, Dr. Clyde
Mount, Dr. A. H. Huycke. Arthur G.
Beattie.
House F. Cramer. J. J. Cooke, A.
B. Buckles.
Membership O. D. Eby, Hal E.
Hoss, Milton Nobel, Dr. L. A. Morris.
O. A. Pace, the Rev. H. G. Edgar, Dr!
W. Ross Eaton and L. O. Harding.
Roads and Bridges T. W. Sullivan
Grant B. Dimick, Dr. W. E. Hemp
stead, Harry E. Draper, Oscar D. Eby,
L. A. Henderson and E. L. Pope.
Transportation W. P. Hawley, Sr.,
A. R. Jacobs, Dr. Guy Mount, D. f!
Skene, George H. Tracy, Jr., and John
C. Busch.
MEADE POST G. A. R.
AND W. R, C. CORPS
INSTALL OFFICERS
Many Visitors Were Present From
Portland and Other Places In
the State.
On Saturday, January 7, Meade
Post No. 2, G. A. R., and Meade Corps,
W. R. C, No. 18. met at WillnmAtto
hall for Joint installation of officers.
arter the Post had installed, the
meeting was turned over to the W. R.
C. Mrs. Anna Butler was installing
officer, and Mrs. LaMarr of George
Wright corps . Conductor for the day.
Officers installed are: President,
Mrs. Bessie Alldredge; S. v: P., Etta
Walker; S. V. P., Ora Draper; secre
tary, Nellie Alldredge; treasurer, El
len Barker; chaplain, J. R. Morgan;
conductor, Jennie Drumm; guard,
Wanda Lageson; Pal Inst., Anna But
ler; presS corres. Anna Mr Ltnnvilis;
musician, Mayme Bennett; Asst. con.
Mayme Barges; Asst. guard, Eve Law
rence; 1st color bearer, Corrinne Hen
ningsen; 2nd color bearer, Mattie
Hadley; 3rd color bearer, Effie Jun
kin; 4th color bearer, Ida Adamson.
At the close of installation services,
Mrs. Corrinne Henningsen and Mrs.
Anna Butler were presented with
beautiful fern vases as a token of
esteem in which they were held by
their friends.
On the regular corps day, January
24, a birthday dinner was served and
directed by Mae Martin, which was
voted by the post as one of the best
ever. The corps met in session at 2
p. m. Members present 52, visitors
8.
Mrs. Hohenchott was present, and
gave a very interesting talk. Others
were Mr. and Mrs. Laman, Mr. Kellog,
department commander; C. A. Wil
liams, Joseph Butler, Past Department
Commander, J. H. Stevens and Mrs.
Alice L. Poe of Newberg. All of
ficers were present in their chairs.
Several members were reported sick
and the president wished those who
could to call on the sick.
The relief committee consisted of :
Corrinne Henningsen for Oregon City;
Mrs. Ida Adamson, Willamette, and
Mrs. Nora Webster, Gladstone.
A motion was carried that Pension
day -dinner be every three months.
June 4, September 4, and December 4.
Those having birthdays and who at
tending the dinner were: Mr. and
Mrs. LaMarr, Portland; Malissa
Shortledge, Gladstone; Genevieve
Williams, Sarah Lacy, Rosina Foutz
Evans, Minnie Donnaven, Julia Saun
ders, Nellie Cooper, Anna Tufts, Mrs.
Horton, and Mrs. Dodds.
ANNA M. LINNVILLE,
Press Correspondent.
Prominent Musician
Answers Final Call
Jasper Dean MacFall, who for near
ly three years has conducted a music
studio In this city, passed away at
his home In Jennings Lodge on Sat
urday last While engaged In. musi
cal work here, Mr. McFall. was for
a considerable length of time In
charge of the Baptist church choir.
The deceased was for several years
a director of the Sunnyside Metho
dist church In Portland where he liv
ed. , -
Amnnc those who are left to mourn
his loss are a wife and little daughter,
and a host of warm and admiring
friends.
Speeders Are Fined.
Frank Fanzer and Mike Serres were
arrested by Deputies Hughes and Long
on Saturday night for speeding along
on Main street, at a rate said to be
in excess of that allowed by law.
The officers took their licenses as
an assurance of appearance in court
on Monday, where and when they were
each fined $15 and costs, $3.20, by
Judge Noble.
County Judge Advocates
New Plan for Use of
Road Funds
150 MILES IN SIX YEARS
Roads in View of Speed and
Economy Stirs Public Mind.
Difficulties Cited
According to the general interpre
tation of the law, the bond roads can
not cost of the bond money more than
eleven thousand dollars per mile, the
bonds must be sold at par and the
districts through which the bond roads
pass must grade and prepare the base
at the expense of the taxpayers of
said district.
The cost of improving the roads of
this county averages $7500 per mile.
running from $5012 to over $15000 per
mile from the easiest to the most diffi
cult to improve, according to coun
ty court records.
Up until recently ' the selling of
bonds drawing the rate of Interest
borne by the road bonds has been Im
possible. And now a majority of the
membership of the Clackamas Coun
ty grange has voted to referend the
$1,700,000 road bond issue and are
proceeding along this line with the
circulation of a bond recall.
To prepare the base costs so much
ia many places that it Is prohibitive.
It is contended by some that the large
district plan which was a part of the
original bond plan would overcome the
difficulties which now make it impos
sible for the district residents to pre
pare the base while others feel sure
and declare that only small districts
can meet the situation The one fac
tion declares that the big district can
raise more money and are entitled to
enough more money in road building,
to accomplish the desired results.
The opposite faction points out that
thosein the large district who, are""
obliged to wait long before tbeir mon-.
ey to be spent far away from their
homes in a big district are not wil
ling to wait so long and refuse to
vote special taxes and demand the
smaller district where they can di
rect more fully the expenditure of
their money and receive more direct
and more rapid results.
New Plan Advocated.
The county judge recently declared
in a public address what he believes
a wise policy in the future road mak
ing of the county. At the outset he
characterized the $100,000 available
each year for market roads and the
$200,000 seventy per cent or $140,000
of which is for districts including the
cities and thirty per cent for general .
roads fund, as only a maintenance)
fund when scattered over the entire
county as it is under the present
law.
The speaker then suggested: (1)
That "the bond roads be made market
roads also and that the $100,000 mar
ket road money be used to prepare .the
grade and base. With this market road
money there is now under construc
tion about 50 miles of road in the
county which will be completed in 3
years.
With this $100,000 applied to con
struction of the base and the $200,000
district and general road money all in
one fund and applied, there could be
built 150 miles of market roads with
in the following six years, or during
the life of the bond road fund, and
there would in the meantime be suf
ficient funds to care for incidental
needs in the bridge fund of $55000,
machinery fund of $20,000 and pav
ing fund of $5000.
Lincoln's Birthday
Will Be Celebrated
Lincoln's birthday anniversary will
be observed by Meade Post and Meade
Relief corps at Willamette hall, Feb
ruary 13, at 2:30 p. m.
The program is as follows ;
Introduction, drum corps; invoca
tion, Chaplain G. T. Butter; Star
Spangled Banner, Miss Nora Webster;
reading, Mrs. W. S. Bennett; Tenting
Tonight ,Mrs. E. H. Cooper;, violin so
lo, Mrs. Christine Brakel-Stone; ad
dress. Rev. A. H. Thompson; Ameri
ca, Gladstone school children.
Local People Attend
Mrs. Gilbert's Funeral
The host of friends of Rev. E. E.
Gilbert note with sorrow the passing
of his wife at their home In Salem.
The funeral was held from the First
Methodist church on Monday after
noon with interment in the local cem
etery Many members of the Metho
dist church of which he was former
pastor, in this city, attended the ser
vices. Rev. Gilbert is district superintend
ent of the Methodist churches of the
Salem district
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