OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1901
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Orison City Enterprise
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THE TAX SITUATION.
A .je'L-ral misun.l.Tst iinliiig ex st in the minds of
in i i y "a kamas count v t x p. vein regarding the tax
h- .. this year. Many intelligent people are
l.,!-,.-ii, under the iu.pressinn that lxcauso property
va!n,- v re doubled in this comii'v, then their taxes
hum tl.is year he douhle what thev paid a year ago.
This i ii mistake. Such is not the case.
V mil illustrate. The as -sment roll for the year
l'(J ! presented property of tlie value of $4,.V2b',(iOO
vhi' : if roll 'for ami np-.n wlnou taxes are now
1, i
last year. Herein lies the cause of the high taxes
that are complained of. The blame for the condition
lies with the legislature and
WHAT IS MOUUDr M Ml
Kt-w people liHve over heard of tin r- 1
..utitlv ilitii'iki'.irM.I mimiial kniiwn MM nil). '
not with the otlicers of'iviKlomuii. ami lower otill know any-
Clackamas count v, who are onlv complying with the ! "'"'K ' " vain, or It pr.idmt
' . ' ' J , I tlietr llf, mniK it ha twit known tin i
provisions of the statutes in making the levies. Kx-j (,. ve', nnl i nll rland annum
tra appropriations, itjrgreeating iSti'vOH), and cover-1 " nii.i. rai. Ami very (.. oi onr
11 1 r ' rtxdfr know that tlii nelieM ami tin
ing the Lewis and Clark fair, 1 ho Ialles 1 ortage i,.x,,..jv ,i,,,wit l iMh wiwrnl ur
Hailway and the Indian War Veterans, were made ' " "iMi.te.l in Aiak, but a
' .11 ' l.'W iiiiIi'h ironi kiik'v, dirm'tlv on lli" ,
by the recent legislative session, ami the money that i ,,,, f u. wim,. I'im'h radio I, mid Ii
was so appropriated is bcim provided from among 1 '.v re-ulem ot o.hx.i.i Oty. ;
11 i ' 1, i . " ' are more tli.in a (loi'ii proilniH
the money that is now being collected for taxes. denve.i (nun molybdenum, and iio-ir,
lUit, with it all, Clackamas count v is millv fortu-' r varUn; anion tium Mn th ,
, . ' colorlini ol pom-lain n, ami limn"-,
nate in one respect. Considering the true value of, 0,i,,f,.iiii -lnr dot roior r ,
its lards, manufacturing institutions and extensive ' ll" l'i,f "" '"'evor, is in le.n-:
. , . -I H lllll Hl'l'l, CI'IUXM Hllll III IliT lllollllS,
resources, this county is bearing a small portion of ( ,t-w,,,.,t VmIu for iliii pu -t -!..un
the state's expenses. There are a munber of other lon t.y the frt ihi t...-l arm,.rpii ,
1 . whlrh linK b -en Imr-lein-il hv tlif nmlvlt -!
counties ta the state, no more valuable than C lacka-, , , ,H, .,H ilN ,,.,Bi",Ml mum to
mas, and a number of them for which the writer ! a.ni..r..lieol twu-e ihickm nmin ;
. , I i'f llarvcvui tl tnl, Inch Iihh liciMi in
woulil no; exchange. UiacKamas cnunty wiin consul-, ,,,. or i, t( (.nrpn.,. i,v th- tl,vi. n tl
contribute more towards the , " u ';'r ' Ami when It i
, I it iiiiMiihv rtl that (Iih iti-fHiHHt WMmliipx
instance, the following conn- ,.9 .-t w.th nmorpUitt rnwliiu ,
ties are cited, showing both the per centage and tho i ,,,ir,'". hiohe tiiirkn..-..
amouiu oi ine siaie ia nun is pain oy eacn;
. in mmmm'T " ' 1 IJ
. . -' p iiti r 1
iyiilifUUUll II,,;
erable to boot,
suite's expenses.
that
For
.liected. aggrega es OI'MH I in assessed val
ues ,,! n arly double the roll of a year before In 1002
the t Ml conntv lew w 8 1 nulls, made up ot tin
fo.liM
Co, lilt
hji- eiiv
Sl.itf,
; inili-
noti
-r items: State. t nu.ls; state scnooi, ; mnis,
, I -J mills; road. ! mill" Compare these re-
,.vis with the fol!..-.ing for the year 1W3:
") mills; state s hool, ' mills; county.
road, 4$ mills; tntai. .0 mills. It will be
I mat the total of tin- 1-vy for county purposes
in 1 90 J was 21 mills, lie n? made up of the levies of 12
mills a id mills for count and road purposes re-
pp-eti
Iv.
For lO11 th- total of the levy for county
j w lilt mills or iust one-half the levy for the
piveed, t year but this lew i- made n an assessed
vul -i.iti n of nearly dounle that of 1902 The actual
fnc's ir,. these: Whib the lew for V-'O'i is reduced by
fi: . i cent from tluU of h- year before, it is applied
o'i' a i cessment roll th it com-s nearly being double
that Mr the year liefore. ' As a matter of fact there
will ii o' he raised this year f .r county purposes the
ti im i iiount that as raw-d last year by about f "0'o;
U n there is considerable coinpl iint among tax-piy-
- iecause their indivi'lml tax-s are slightly
lienvin than they were a year ago. Without stopping
to iin''igaie the situation, i lie majority of these per
Hon ir - disposed to een-u re th- present county officers
nn l --i Mle on them all of th" blame for the existing
, mii I i us. This is an inj'isii.-e. The reason that
tax-s .i e this year high -r tna i a year ago is a state
an I -i a local condition, over vhi'-h the county officer-
h i - e no control and ar p .verles. to remedy.
Tlie -vstem under whi.'h th.tate taxes are levied
and c l'cted from th- respective c lunties, is not under--,
mi i by the average lax pa-er. At the session of
the leu Mature in I 'JO' a in- i-i was enacted regulat
ing tii apportionment f st i'e taxes. At that time an
averag'- of the asses.-ment roiU o'' the various counties
lor th- preceding five years was taken as a basis upon
which -o compute the pro rata share that each county
hhoul 1 pay towards th- expense of the Btate. The
per cent of the total amount f taxes to be raised for
state p irposes by Clackamas county was fixed 0335
This lav will remain in effect until l'10 when a new
ba-ds ,or apportioning the state tax will be determined
by getting an average of the expenses not including
the it-m of roads and highways, of each county for
five years. Under th present system the state officer
determine the amount of money that will be required
for state purposes and then compute what each county
must raise under the apportionment of the tax that
has been fixed by legislative act. This year the state
board concluded that $1,225,000 was needed. The per
cent of this amount that is required of Clackamas
county 0335 per cent of the total amounts to $41.
037.50, including the county's share of the agricultural
college tax. Under the provisions of the law it is re
quired that the county board of each county make a
levy for state purposes sufficient to raise the amount
that is due fioin that county. The Clackamas county
board had to make a levy of 5 mills this year in order
to raise this county's share of the state tax $41,037.
Last year Clackamas contributed only $27,718 for
state purposes so it will be seen that nearly twice the
amount of money must this year be raised in Clacka
mas county for state purposes as Was raised last year.
At the last session of the legirlature the school law
was so changed as to require a per capita tax of $0
from each county for every child of school age in that
countv. Under the old law each county was required
to levy a tax sufficient to raise a per capita tax of
tiMH for every child of school age residing in that
county. It will be noticed that the new law , a little
more than doubles the per capita tax so with an as
essment roll double that of a year ago, the Clackamas
county court had to levy the same tax of a year ago,
6 mills in order to raise the required $6 per capita.
Lst year Clackamas county had to raise $22,649 on
tie state school account while this year it must con
tribute $41,662 to the same fund.
So it will be seca that C!ackama3 county is this
jtar required to pay about $14 000 more state taxes
rd $24,000 more state school taxes, or a total of $38,
000 more taxes for state purposes than were raised
Pouglas. .
Lane
Linn
Yamhill . .
Umatilla.
Marion . .
Hate
. O'Wo.
.0162 .
..0"26 .
,.0301..
. .0110.
..0l!i:t.
Tax
.f 42,262
56,55
64.435
. 47,S')7
. 60,025
. 75,0!2
V' -KCl 'IIIH I llllt lllt'lt III.IV w obtmniM
of the iuiixiiimn-w ami vul tin of hii)
vltnue wiiu'li reml. ru it pii'tichl to
n clii- e llieciuii of H'limniUtii In Mppoixi
mutely line-hull hiiiI i liirro pniir
I lOUK'elv tliH crrvink' oimeitv of ihe
I it!! l h (terinitn nivv in now uiitw
molvlxlei.um in the nntimfitriur of '
tnorpUte, . it I Krilpp, llitt Krenl ttenn-n
nun itinl or, U u-inji i f r teinpvii'K gun
nu'Ul. An I ha n in (icriimnv hIomh
i' veil uow iii ttent that the leiimu. i(..r
Ih oi hI ( lit mipply
A little mure than n venr hw'ii I tin iht
ionit in AlHHk wha liHi'(ivrrii, hiuI nev
c ml Orediiii City peoplrt wore fiinhleil to
jel p.m ('-(-ion nf it. Thev Kent Mr. ('.
A. MiHer. mperimeiuli-nt uf Hie Willnin
t'ltB FhIIh ('oinp.iny. up then to inven
li,'HtH the ilepoxii, wilh tlin renull Hint a
I'uiiipmiy, lh Ort'Knii himI AUck Mulyle
It'll ii in Minimi ('oliipftiiy, whs ini'iirpo
ritletl hy tlieui. Mini inentv-tw'n rUlniH,
roveriiitf tliH enlirn ileMiKil, nrqiiireil
1'lie lompimv Ml oine HuuiLluriite.l ilevel
roneous impressions that exist in the minds of tax- jopioent work on it property, which
., ,,. . ,,,, . . . coiinnueil all m-.)ii u( iih fxpunmi
payers. 1 he county officers have fulfilled their prom- , n,e oriniintl uwnrr i,l ihu prooertv of
iaea hv pnttiiii' lie lew in two. following the ilou.- ! tllOO, liim of the i-.iinp iiiv'ii wnrkii'it
. . . , , , ., . Htoek tiwviMir vet
from the, i, , uniKte,!
Even Polk pays .0307 per cent of thetotal,or$37,t!07,
while Washington, at .0301, contributes $3i,S72, and
neither of these counties is to lie compared with Clack
amas in the matter of real value of agricultural lands
and resources.
While the taxes this year are rather excessive, yet
the taxpayer should not place the blame other than
where it belongs. We trust that this somewhat ex
tended statement of facts will correct lnanv of the er-
ling of the assessable values of the countv.
figures that have been presented in the foregoing par
agraphs, it will be seen that the actual ainount tif
money that will this year ho raised for county pur
poses will be slightly less than was raised a year ago.
Do not unduly criticise the present oflijrrs, but give
them the credit for having during the last two years
given Clackamas county the best administration of
affairs that the county ever had. The county "Has
been managed since July, l'-'02, by the present offi
cers as economically as ever before in the history of
the county. At any rate, the expenses have been ap
preciably reduced from the record made by the pre
ceding administration of Clackamas county affairs by
fusiou officers. The expenses of the county under the
present Republican officers have been reduced from
$6ii,535.55, U 1901, to $37,223.30 for the year
During the same length of time the present administra
tion of count f affairs cam eled a road indebtedness of
$37,000, and in the payment of outstanding county
warrants gained three months. All county warrants
issued prior to October I, l'.IOI, have been redeemed.
These cold figures should quite completely disprove
the charges of extravagance that are being made
against the present officers by some Democrats.
AMtcloblo Propnrntioit fur As -slmilatinfiilicFixxlnmlUctf
dia
ling lite Sluuxuiis nud Dowels uf
Promotes PicslionCUvr ful
ness and hVsl .Contains hcIIIkt
Onliini.Morptuite nor Mineral
Not Narcotic.
tryv A-.UrYT UFtTCHUt
AIM IWM
111 I hi firm t U0 r
Apcrfecl Remedy forronslivi
Hon, Sour Stouyu-h.DinrrlKH'fl
Worms .('onwilsioiw .Kcwnsh
itess nnd Loss or Sleei.
FacSunilo Sifirmlur of
For Infants nnd Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Boars tho
Signaturo
ft ii
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
1 b ii . m wmrwmmmmmmvmmm i P I
LKACT COPY WRARPCA. JBVH B I J 1 1 B 1 I
1 " tki nntm wm),
Iw-rn ntrere I for !e.
Ilial ii lnnliiT mini n
$.'(000, to I fXM'in It'll thiriiiK tlm roiuiiin
u.ll ......1. .. 11...
nil hi iih I , iii .'iiitiiin lur 1 1 ill 'i" y in
priiKeoiliK ill (If Vfl ,iiiuiit work to I
point whirh will iliow iht lull fx'i'iit ol 1
thf ilfpomt, mut put the properly ill !
-Inpi' for llm it'tuil wmk ol in in i " it I'u 1
thin t'lul llitt tliret'iom Iihvh ilrri'lfil to
pl.ti'H that Hiiiniiiil ol lliu Iri'innrv Mock, I
whirh In non HKeBiili!c, on tlm nmrki'l !
(.ir hIh at pr, or twenty tivtt ft'iiln Mr
hare, ami thin utoi'k tun hefn pUi-el
witli V. K. Hyde. o( tliis eity, for that
piirpoH--.
i'lie t'ompmiy is oiItni.t'l mi l con
nervitlivH liHHif), thertt hi'iinly $.VI.(HI0
of capital utot lr. all t t I . ami itit ullii-era
are all well known tuisiiii-ni men of 4 irt
icon Ci'v. namely : I'reKiilent, C A. Mill
er, superintendent, Willamette Kali"
Co.; viiv-pretiilent, J. U. Camp
liell, ileiHitv distriet attorney ; aeeretary,
I IV Keatiiii;, lioi'kket'HT Willame'te
I'ulp and Paper Co.; reanirer, (!. II,
llun'ley, of Huntley P.roa. Co. Thin
iiiaiiHifi'inent, toire'lier with the proha
hihiy tliat Ihe (:IHH) Hlot'k liifiitinneil
aliove and the fart that the prraenf own
era have so miit-h faith in what they
liave that tint a aha' of the individual
tork ia for aale. even at par, in a nuar
antee that the company in not a promot
er'" aeheine. but a genuine hitaineaa
enterprine, and that all holdera of the
lock will allure equally in the protlla
aei'ordini to their holdinifit.
The com pin v has letlera from Krupp
'ilTi-riiiu t purchase Hie en'ire niitput of
the mine, and from piirtiea in thi coun
try makii'if oflera for iimntitiea of Ihe
product, all at (rood p'ioe, ami with a
view to purchaaintf ihn pmixtriy out
n'lfht. When It ia known that there are
but two other knewn ilepoaita of molyh
dennm in the worhl. of aullicient extent
to be worked with profit, the H'trnlticance
nf Iheae ofTera ia apparent, and Iheie ia
no doubt that t he company will find very
little trouble in tlinpoHini; of it atock.
$3.75 Free
The r.rent
SfreclnlWt Dr.
Mile will
nernl a $ 1 7.1
i-ourw of hi
Pamou New Treotment and Hook absolute
ly free. There never wa a letter opportuni
ty for those huvintf iIim-hhc of the Nerve,
Heart, Liver, Stomach or Kidney to be
cured at home. May never occur autn. Con
siftt of a currutive elixir, tonic tablet, pill,
etc, ii-l year' eierience, immenne practice,
00 anmntunt, wonderful tircen. looo cured
after C to 2'J physician fuiletl. Addre bept.
G. The Grind Snttrlum
8JH to h.'in Main Ht., HI k hurt, Ind.
(Ileae mention O rex on City Knterpric)
THE NORTHERN SECURITIES DECISION
No United States supreme court tleci.sion in recent
years is of greater importance or farther reaching in
its effects than that by which the Northern Securities
Company is declared illegal. The cae erjtials in im
portance the insular cases and the income tax cane.
Its general tendency is to increase the power of the
federal government and to lessen tke control of the
states individually over corporations. This central
izing tendency is one that has been in operation from
the foundation of our government, and will continue.
But this deciiion is a very great step forward in that
direction. The political significance of the decision is
also great. Pn-sident Roosevelt is fully justiGed in
his course, for which he was so bitterly denounced in
Wall street organs when he entered upon it. It is
worthy of special remark that Justice Hollies dis
sented from the majority opinion. When he was
named a year ago by the President, the President was
accused by the Sun and other journals of "packing
the court" by appointing a man likely to uphold his
course. The other three judges who dissented with
Holmes were Chief Justices Fuller and Justice White
and Peckham. The majority of five were Justices
Harlan, Brewer, Brown, McKenna and Day. Even
of these Justice Brewer, though concurring, presented
an independent opinion, in which he held that previous
anti-trust decisions had heen more sweeping than
was justified. It does not conduce to a high respect
for the law in the lay mind when, on so vastly an
important decision, five members of the greatest civil
court in the world are to be found on one side and
four upon the other. Justice Holmes dissented with
particular vehemence from the majority. He said:
"It is vain to insist that this is not a criminal pro
ceeding. The words cannot be read one way in a suit
which is to end in fine and imprisonment, and an
other way in one which Beeks an injunction." He
held that logically construed the decision should be
followed by criminal prosecution, justice w mte was , jl t- wuat votl ncef4. e0me
also severe, saying that th principles laid down in tQ curc your bjljousress
the majority opinion are "destructive of government, an(j regulate your bowels. You
destructive of human liberty, and destructive of every neC(j jyer's pjJJSt Vegetable
principle on which organized society depends." When tiv i. 9ti ' ,.o.i,c!
, . v ui..ii E"" r
UOClOrS SO UloHgree, woo mmii utoiuci niguunuk. -
Tjje Salem Statesman says Hon. Wm. Galloway is
one of seven aspirants for the nomination as one of the
circuit judges in the Third Judicial District on the'
Democratic ticket. ' 1
Prices Reasonable
LET US
Do Your Work Work """'
We tlo a (teneral I'.iiHuugK and Transfer BuHinenH.
Safes, Pianos Furniture Moved
Otlii'tt Opposite Masonic Building
r''H't::Zr Williams Bros. Transfer Co.
OREGON daily JOURNAL HELLQI
ALSO WEEKLY AND BEMI-WEEKLV
R.'ad the Market News
IN THR
A BuslneNS rrotuiltlun.
If you are tfoiutf eant careful selection
of your route in eew ntial to the enjoy
ment of your trip. If it ia a buainettn trip
time if the main consideration ; if a pleas
ure trip, acenery and the eonveoieacei
and comfort of modern railroad.
Why not combine all by mting ihe
Illinois Chntkal, the an-to-date road,
running two tripe daily from Ht. Paul
and Minneapolis, and from Omaha to
Chicago. Kree lie chninn Chair can, the
fainoua Balfct-Lit)r.r)r-8inokinK Can, all
train ventibuled. In nhort, tliorouhly
modern throughout. All tickets readint
via the Illinoii Central will l lionored
on thean train and no extra tare charged.
Our route are the mine as tboee of in
ferior road why not gut your uioaey'a
worth?
Write for full particular.
B. H. Thumuum., Com'l Agent,
1'ortlaiid, Ore.
J. C. Lihdskv, T. F.AP. A,
Portland, Ore.
Paul B. Thompson, F. A P. A.
rieattle, Waah.
Liver Pills
Oregon Daily Journal
T"OTI!INtl in omitted whirh coneem
(Iih interna of hiiyer and tmlleriin
It tl' I'vh iofk. ilii, proviniin,
prmliii'n and llinmrul market" t tie iUO
liitioiet aril iHiiiprflieiiHiVe, and are in
every way relu'ilu.
The Journal in addition curries every
day a lull and truthful report of t lie
world' Hewn and preniMitn uxiiy "imtihI
feature of deep interent to the averitifn
reader. I'lie Jotirniil 'a wouiiin' pHiie,
the illustrated HporiiiiK new n Jour
nnl Hturie nud roinii: pme and other
U'hxI tiling in ike it M very poiniUr fiioi
ily iiewHptiier. clean and hnlit from A
to and year' end to year' end.
Daily, one year hy uiil, onlv aix
month, L'.'i; three Inontlm, $1 -5.
Semi-weekly, 104 iue, one year,
tl.M).
Weekly, fl The iue of the Semi
Weekly and Weekly Journal alo contain
the market new and all of the feature
of the Daily Journal. Addre,
The Journal,
, Portland, Oregon.
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D the t'nitl riUIi, Kurope anil lloni Kon.
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ojieration by tli I'Bcilio
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ternoiial coiiiiiiuniuation.
Uintance no eflett to a
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Central Home Telephone
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PIONEER
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Freight and parcela delivered
to all parts of the city.
RATE 8 - REASONABLE
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