OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1011.
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UNIFORM MARRIAGE.
Leading prelates of nil religious
creeds, especially those of the epis
copal church under the leadership of
the venerable Bishop Doane of Albany
N. Y., have long pleaded for the en
actment of a uniform federal law reg
ulating marriage and dlvo-ce. The As-tor-Force
wedding gave renewed Im
petus to the agitation In the public
press and now the matter comes form
ally before Congress In the shape of a
resolution Introduced by Representa
tive Norrls of Nebraska.
The Norrls resolution provides for
the assembling of a body of represent
atives of all the states to consider the
subject and recommend the necessary
legislation.
It Is a wise suggestion. Two years
ago divorces were declared to be In
the ratio of one to twelve marriages.
Today they are estimated to be in the
ratio of one In nine or ten marriages,
Fibres show that ten times as
mnv rttvorreg as comoared with mar-.
rlages, are granted today as were had
a generation ago, and the ratio Is con
stantly Increasing. In the great ma
jority of cases the divorces are ob
tained by mutual consent of the
litigants.
The problem of prevention Is a dif
ficult one. Study of it under the Nor
rls plan should be helpful.
LINCOLN A3 A PROPHET.
Abraham Lincoln, saviour of the
republic, emancipator of the slaves,
director of the victorious army in ore
of the world's greatest wars, "the
gentlest memory of our world," wa3
the prophet of the great Mck to the
farm movement of our day.
"The most valuable of all arts will
be the art of deriving a comfortable
subslstance from the smallest area of
soil," said this great American at the
Wisconsin state fair in 1859.
The truth that was so clear to him
did not dawn upon the world until
more than half a century had elapsed.
When Lincoln spake that which Is
now apparent to all, land was cheap
and easily accessible. Two generations
came before the world awoke to the
importance of bis adominition.
Today we all appreciate with Lin
coln: "No community woose every
member possesses this art can ever
be the victim of oppression In any of
its forms. Such community will be
alike Independent of crowned kings,
money kings and land kings."
Land and Independence, political
and financial, the great boons we
crave, urged by Lincoln, are today
the dominating Ideas of the world's
best minds, and these are cooperating
in the back to the farm movement
advised by Lincoln half a century ago.
OUR ADMIRATION IS FOR TOGO.
The embatt'.od fleets of Russia and
Japan are formed in battle array in the
Sea of Japan. The decks are cleared
for action. A tense science. The
guns roar.the navies clash, the world
is wrapt In the clouds of baUle smoke,
the air Is pierced with the bhrieks of
the wounded and the dying, the sea
is red with the life blood of the com
batants. Silence, and then the message: "We
hold the Straits. Togo."
Years after. The little brown admir
al who sent that message, fresh from
the applause and acclaim cf the Brit
ish empire, faces the cheers of the
people of the world's greatest repub
lic. "The credit for the victory of the
Sea of Japan belongs to the emperor
and not to me," says the little brown
admiral.
So it is not Admiral Togo, the con
queror of Russia, "the Nelson of Jap
an," whom we most like to admire.
It Is rather Heihachiro Togo the man.
For "before man made us citizens Na
ture made us men."
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CREMATION SLOWLY GAINING.
Cremation as we know it originated
In 18CC. After forty-five years of ag-1
itatlon there are today eighty crema-
The P
rime
Objects
show for the labor of years;
to have a home and prosperty.
Then the inevitable emergency, or declining
years can be approached without flinching;trouble
can be looked in the eye.
The world owes us all a living and more, too.
The "more" represents what we put aside in a
good bank where it may grow in safety.
Put your surplus in this bank. We have
space on our ledger for YOUR account.
Hie Bank of Ore gon City
THE OLDEST BANK IN THE COUNTY
torles In Europe. Of there twenty
tow are In Germany, seven In Switzer
land, and thirty In Italy. During 1909
about 13. 000 bodies were cremnted In
Europe .
In this country from 1S7G to 1900
there were 13012 crematlous recorded
This method of disposing of the dead
Is growing In favor, says the Journal
of the American Medical Association
In Iloston the substitution of crema
torles for Totter's fields has long boon
agitated. In New York the bodies of
Immigrants dylug of Infectious di
seases at the quarantine station arc
cremated, unless the surviving rcla-
tlves have religious scruples against
this method. The advance U neces
sarlly slow, but cremation Is gaining
In favor and before many years i
great deal of the prejudioa now exist
lug against It will be dispelled.
WOMEN IN THE POLITICAL GAME.
The lady mayor of Hunnewcli. Kan
sas, denies that she said that poil'lcs
is no came for women. She Is in the
game, and proposes to stay and fight
It out We must admire her pluck
Success should be her portion.
Hunnewell's executive has plenty of
historical precedent for he.- resolu
tion. Aspnsla was something of a
political factor In her day. ToeoJora
played some strenuous politics Lu
cretlaHorgia earned whatever of fai'i
attaches to her name by devious and
devllsh political methods. .Good old
Queen Bess was also something of a
politician in her day and geaerntlon.
In addition to women who have
i been politicians there have been those
of the other sex who through kiugs
have ruled a kingdom,
a kingdom, noiaoty
Valliere, de Montespan, de Mnlntenun,
Du Barry and Nell Gwynn.
Our ow n Immortal Jackson was not
above being susceptible to femalo In"
fluence In shaping the policies cf his
stormy administrations.
The lady executive of Hunnewell
need not at all feel lonely when she
turns to the pages of history. And
think of the number of her sisters
throughout the country who would
only too gladly avail themselves of
the opportunity that is hers.
FARMER IS FAVORED.
The lot of the farmer of the United
States Is a happy one.
Preliminary figures of the census
bureau Indicate that the value of
farm properties in this country Is
about $40,000,000,000, or almost dou
ble the value of the same class of
property ten years ago. Nearly all
the farm lands are owned by the oc
cupants, and but a small percentage
are tenants.
In the Eeastern states the tenancies
are more numerdus than in the West
ern, but the returns show that mil
lions of farmers own the land that
they tilL The finances of the coun
try may be in the control of a few,
as has been charged, but the census
figures disclose that the land of the
country is still in the possession of
the many.
THE EXPRESS GRAFT.
In a communication to the McMinn
vllle News-Reporter, Charles V. Gallo
way admits that the express com
panies for that county are assessed
for les3 than $11,000. That is to say,
on a 20-mill tax the express graft for
that county Is estimated by the tax
commissioners as being worth $220 a
year! Single little farms are paying
more than that sum in taxes in Yam
hill. Any body of commissioners who
can estimate that the monopoly of the
express service from one of the larg
est and richest counties in the West
ern part of Oregon would sell for $11,
000 should be incarcerated in the in
sane asylum. The Wells Fargo ex
press highwaymen declared a divi
dend of 300 per cent last year.
.
The wonder Is that people who bury
their pet dogs and cats in costly
caskets contrive to evade the law re
quiring the appointment cf a guard
ian. It is said 3,000,000 bushels of pick
les are annully consumed in this coun
try. This gives every one of the 57
varieties a chance to take the count.
Washington says a seagull In that
city's zoo has learned to talk. That
bird Is in the wrong place. It belongs
in Congress.
A Los Angeles man twice vainly
trled with rope and pistol to end his
life. If he has not changed hs mind
he might go out rowing with a boat-
rocker.
of every money earner
should be to lay up some
thing for the future; to
reach middle life with
something substantial to
Commercial
Club Chat
Among some of the recent exhibits
brought to the Promotion Building
Is a hop vine thirty feet long grown
by George Randal, of Central Point,
Mr. Randall has twenty acres of hops
this year and nays he will have a fair
crop. Tho price of hops will make
hop-growing very profitable. Mr. Ran
dal iuho has on display some of his
famous seedling plums.
A. C. Christiansen, of Bolton, who
savs that turnips crow larger in
Clackamas comity than any place, has
on dlsnlav somo large turnips to
prove this assertion.
Mrs. Mary Egglman, of Beaver
Creek, has on -display a rutabaga
weighing nine pounds. This Is a fine
sample of what may be grown In the
vegetable line in Clackamas county.
William I Eby. of Hygiene, Col.,
called at the "Promotion Office this
week. He has traveled over the en
tire northwest and says he finds
Clackamas county offers the best op
portunities. Mr. Eby is a cousin of
O. D. Eby, the well known attorney
of this city.
C. G. Erbanks, of Walla Walla,
Wash., was one of the recent visitors
at the Promotion Office. Mr. Erbanks
Is interested In mining and spoke
favorable of the display of ore from
the Ogle Mountain mines of this
county.
J. McNulty, of Clackamas Heights.
has on display early Crawford peaches
that are the best of the variety that
have been received this year.
O. G. Hughes, of Beaver Creek, has
a bundle of Golden Amber wheat on
display which Is attracting a great
deal of attention. This is a new
wheat in the county but promises well
and will no doubt be grown exten
sively. Oskar E. Poegell. of Washington,
D. C has come to Oregon City
through the advice of the Commercial
Club and is looking over the county
with a view of purchasing fifty acres
of land upon which to grow fruit. Mr.
Doegell has a friend who will soon
arrive and will also purchase fruit
land Iff this county. These men are
experienced fruit, growers and will be
a gTeat help to the fruit Industry in
this county.
F. Bruns, president of the Sandy
Commercial Club, w as a recent caller
and expressed his approval of the
advertising carried on by the Oregon
City Commercial Club. Mr. Bruns Is
loyal supporter of Clackamas i
county. i
Three varieties of apples are on '
display from the farm of A. J. Lewis, (
of Maple Lane. They are Red As-1
trachans. Harvest Sour and Striped ;
Astrachans and are fine samples of
each variety.
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A large branch of Peach Plums js
on display, grown by Philip Weisman- (
del of Clackamas Heights. Peach :
Plums grow to enormous size In this
county as well as other fruits. .
i
Edward Cox, who lives on the Clack-1
amas River road, has on display some j
fine samples of alfalfa, being the sec-:
ond and third cuttings. Mr. Cox says
that bis alfalfa produces well and he
harvested a good crop from each cut
ting. C. W. Swallow, of Maple Lane, has
on display some of his famous large
Blackcap berries; also a sample of
the second cutting of his alfalfa field,
showing the large yield of the second
crop.
Wing, the veteran Chine?" gardener i
of Green Point, Is taking much in- j
terest in the exhibition at the Promo
tion Office. Among the last vegeta
bles brought in by him is a mammoth
summer squash, two feet in length.
This squash Is of the crook neck var
iety which is so popular with the
housewives at this time of the year.
Wing also has on display some large
tomatoes from the Green Point gar
dens. '
W. W. Quinn, of Canemab, one of
the oldest pioneers In the state and
the originator of the Qulnn's Perfec
tion plum, has some of the fruit on
exhibition at the Promotion Office.
George DeBok, the well-known gard
ener of Willamette, is making a spec
ialty of growing cucumbers and has
some of his best varieties on display
at the Promotion Office.
Charles Ayer, of Fresno City, called
at the Promotion Office Friday. He
likes Clackamas county and will do
all he can to get families to locate
here.
Among the recent visitors at the
Promotion Office were Mr. . nd Mrs.
E. I. Teemster, of Visalla, Cal. They
said that they were not very well
pleased with Oregon until they reach
ed the Willamette Valley, and that
they like the section around Oregon
City very much.
The best display of peaches at the
Promotion Office were brought In this
week from the farm of Charles M.
Oglesby on the Abernathy Creek.
Mrs. J. C. Parker, who lives on
Fourteenth street, has two large sun
flowers at the Promotion Office. They
are twelve feet In heighlh and sev
eral inches In diameter at the base.
Some of the sunflowers will be taken
to the State Fair and displayed In the
Clackamas County exhibit.
The largest peach received ac the
Promotion Office was grown by Wil
liam Jetzke, whose place is on the
Clackamas River. Mr. .Jetzke says
that be has not as large a crop of
peaches this year as usual, but the
peaches are very large.
J. F. Hodge, of this city, grows I
chrysanthemum sunflowers with I
which to ornament his yard and finds j
them very satisfactory. Some of the
flowers are on display at the Promo-!
tion Office. I
Charles Hobble, of Bolton, has on i
display Duchess of Oldenburg apples j
which are very large and attractive.
!
C. W. Swallow, of Maple Lane, has j
a fine display of apples at the Pro-1
motion Office. Mr. Swallow is one of j
the veteran fruit growers, and has I
always taken an interest In all ex-1
hibits of the county. . I
DIVORCE.
(By Ilort Parsons.)
Answer to Sumantha of Clackamas
Wall Knmamha, I've been thlnkin',
On thorn are things you wi lt,
A sort o-coK-a-tatlu',
About divorce, a bit.
Ther'a lots of things In nater
That never go by rule,
And when a hen agalus to crow,
The cock looks like a tool.
He try to tell her to shut up
And go and sing her lays.
But who Just keeps a cm win'
In spite of all he says.
And Its jest so with humans,
When wiinen git the say,
And want to wear the tro isers,
Though never built that way.
If they'd Jost mind their slngln'
With now and then somo Binlles,
They'd just rulo all creation.
With their seduclu' him lies.
But sposeii, now Snmantha.
I'd up and run away
With some other woman,
(Tls done most every day.)
Or sposeu you should leave lue,
Goll darn It! What'd I do
With the children and the cookln',
The chores and my work, loo!
Of course I couldn't stand It,
'Twould sarlain make ii'f ill:
I'd have to find another,
And that would mean a bill.
And money for the lawyers,
They'd starve to (loath, of course.
If 'twasn't for the business
That's brought 'em by divorce.
I've always thought, Samantha,
The Cathllcks had it right,
For they don't low divorces.
But let them scrap and flsht.
And when the fltin's over.
They sue for peace, I guess,
At least I've hearn It sed,
They jest go and confess.
VITAL STATISTICS
The vital statistics Isi led by the
State Board for April, May and June
show Clarkamas to be one of the
healthiest counties lu the state. In
April there were two deaths from
tuberculosis, none from typhoid fever.
dlptherM and Bcarlet fever and two
from measles. There were four deaths
from tuberculosis In May, none from
typhoid fever, diptherla and scarlet
fever and one from measles. There
were two deaths from tuberculosis In
June and none from typhoid fever,
diptherla, scarlet fever and measles.
There were 17 births n April and
13 deaths; in May 21 births and 16
deaths and In June 23 births and 22
deaths.
EWALD LEW HAS
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. H. Lelsmnn, of Will
amette entertained In a most delight
ful manner at their home on Friday
evening In honor of their son, Ewald
Lelsman's seventeenth birthday. Th!
evening was devoted to games. Re
freshments were served. The young
man was the recipient of several
beautiful as well as useful gifts. The
affair was planned and carried out by
the young man's family, nnd proved a
great surprise.
Those attending were Miss Mary
Leisman, Miss Martha Leisman, Miss
Adah Mass, Miss Ida Berdine, Miss
Helen. Pollock, Miss Mildred Ream,
Miss Alice Oliver, Miss Lucile Rlcka
baugh. Miss Maud Llghtbody, Ewald
Leisman. Ernest Mass, Jr., Harry Pol
lock, John Ream, Jr., L--o Larsen,
Charley Chrlstensen and Walter Leis
man. 25 000
m .
Thio n vit, psisuw
Receivedat
PIAHDERS TI7EETY again nade cloan ewcop awarded first and
pecond all the prizes there wero in her cla3s in ten dcyo reliability
ran Minneapolis to Helena Montana. Hardest oontost any light car
over entered one thousand three hundred ninety niles over mountains
and plains worst roads in Azaerica and rainei nost orery day cud huh
deep. The two FlAKLERS wero enly care in her clasc tc finich uith
perfect scores and only ono other ccr cny price c narr.cn
finished perfect. -Cars penalized included paciera ctcCu-C-L ten
ahtot-detroit aaplez nazwell cole trit hupnoMlo rxd ether cnnll fry.
This is second great victoiy for ITA3EE3S TIY in o ncnth other
was three perfect read scores in Iowa littlo Gliddcn no other CG00
car on earth can stand up with riADTJEas TWEHTY in hard road ccr!: end
in this latest contest she vrent out of her class and tricnod the f c
teousand dollar .fellows.
WALDR05 & WALDRON
OREGON CITY, ORE.
REAL ESTATE
T, W. and Nettle K. Kloii to Mary
K. Rltter, 12 ne.ro of laud In Con
cord; $10.
Henrietta J. Hathaway to Uiurii K
Beutlo, lot 1 of block (1, lleutlo's Ad
dltloti to Oregon City; 1201.
Michael O'Bileu to J. t) Kilenxl, RD
acres of M. M. MeCnrvor I), U C,
township 3 south, raugo 3 east;
$9,000.
Helen Elliott et al to Norit 1C. Rail,
100 acres of section 20. township K
south, raugo 1 east; $1.
James M. Wood nnd A. C. Wood
I to Ijidd & Tlltou Bank, of Multnomah
county, lots J, 4, mock i. tots z, .,
block 5. Kenton; aiso the northwest
quarter of section 7, township 3
south, ran go 3 east; $1.
T. J. Gary and Marian !?. Gary to
Mitchell Pernio land In Willamette
tracts: $l2!i.
Sadie. U Prahl to llcnrv M. and
Anuess Bertram!, 11.71 -teres of sec
tions 22, 23, 2ti, 27, township 3 south,
range t west; $2,340.
U M. and Pansy Felt to William
Eraser Lewis, t;ti,70 acres of Joseph
C. Geer I). I. C. No. 43. township 3
south, range 2 west; $10,
Utilise Stlne and W. I. Sllno to
Claudo S. and Ella Harris, tract "J,"
Clackamas Riverside; $10,
Fred Matthias and Henrietta Mat
thias to A. U ShatiKhucHHV, CI acres
of section 10, township 3 south, range
3 east; $10.
Jesse Hobson to Sadie E. White
and Ellen F. Martin, land In sections
12 nnd 13, township 3 south, range 1
east; $.".00.
Ellen F. Martin to Sadie E. White,
land In sections 12 and 11, township
3 south, rango I east; $10.
George II. ElllKsen and Katherlne
Elllgsen to Thomas Spencer 140 acres
of section IS, township 3 south, ranee
1 enst; $7,f00.
Frit Hoettrlch to May Boettrlch.
5.09 acres of section 20, township 3
south, range 4 east; $t.
Al and Wllda E. IJndsey to William
H. Kennedy, 31 acres of section 4,
township 4 south, range i east; $10.
T. E. Ifcidson and Inn J. Dodson to
Ray 1. Smith and Jesse T. Smith.
IS 1-3 acres of section 1, township 2
south, rango 2 east; $4,500.
Helen M. Elliott. J. W. Elliott to
Albert W. Elliott. 42 ncres of section
20, township 5 south, rango 1 east;
$1.
John W. lyder nnd Grnco E. Iodcr
to S. P. Davis and Emma Davis, lot 1
of block 114. Oregon City; $10.
Daniel Fellows to Jason C. nnd
Lena Fallows, 40 acres of sections
34 and 35, township 3 south, rango 3
east; $1.C00.
Adelle Young and S. I Young to
Louise Brunkal. tract 42, Willamette
tract: $S00.
J. T. Apperson and Mary A. Apper
son to O. I Clyde, Sam Jones and J.
T. Apperson, executive committee of
the Abermethy Grange No. 34C. Pnt
rons of Husbandry, lot 11. and east
20 feet of lot 12, block 5. Edgowood
Addition to Oregon City $10.
Rosalind and John 11. Gibson to i
Rose A. Bunn, land In Hector Camp
bell D. L. C. section 30, township 1
south, range 2 east; $1.0(10.
E. C. Ward and Floy R. Ward et al
to Hazel Tooze. 25.28 acres of D. I C.
of '.. C. Norton, township 3 south,
ranee 3 east; $10.
Minnie W. Henderw n and W. H
Henderson to Hazel Tooze. 2.28 acres;
of section 3, township 3 south, range
2 east; $10.
John II Ley and Jessie Ley to
Jessie C. Tucker, 100 acres of sec
tions 1. 2, 11, 12. township 4 south,
range 3 east; $150.
Archie and Bessie Howard to
Mathlltle Harold, land In section 33.
township 2 south, range 7 east; $325.
Mount Hood Land Company to W.
A. Carter and A. McGregor, the south
east quarter of the northwest quarter
section 28 township 1, south of range
5, cast of the Willamette meridian; :
$10. j
The heirs of M. Ball to Hairlet Ball,;
204 acres In section 27, township 1,;
south of range 4; $1. i
Tliom.'.s Mann and Bessie Mann to
Daniel II. Purcell, 14,000 square feet
In township 2, south of range 2; $1.
THE WESTERN UN!ON
OFFICES IN AMERICA
II 2V5 CG ? 51
Detroit. Mich.
O
BAKING.
Absolutely Huro
Tho only Baking Powder mado
f rom Roy a I C ra po C rca m ofTa rta r
NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE
I). I lloylnn nnd Minnie M. Hoy
tail to II. U Hcheer nnd Clara Hclmer.
tract 4 of Beiitel tracts; $2,300.
Huttlo U Waldron and N. Wnld
ron to. C. E. Waldron nit I Helen C.
Waldron. pint of tract 63, Wllliimetio
and Tualatin tracts; $1.
D. K. Bill to John W. l-oder, lot 7,
block 107. Oregon City: $10.
11. I Sckeer and Clara Hclmer to
Sarah Page, lot 7. Botitel tracts;
$2 600.
J. M. Cady to U W. Frailer and
Mario Fra.ler, lots 17 to 24 Inclusive,
block 17, Mlnthorn; $10.
CLACKAMAS ABSTRACT A TRUST
COMPANY.
Lanl Tlttft Examined.
Abstracts of Title Mid.
JOHN F. CLARK. Mgr.
Office over Bank of Oregon City
,-I have a world of confidence In
Clmiiiberliilu's Cough Remedy for I
have used It with jxufect success."
write Mr. M. I. Basford. Pinilevllle,
Md. For sale by r.ll dealers.
WOMAN CHAMPION
RATTLESNAKE KILLER.
DAYTON. Wash., Au. 25.V-Thl
season's record for tho number of rat
tlesnake destroyed by ono person
goes to Mr. A. J. Smith, of tho Bow
man ranch, twelve mile east of Day
ton. She claim to hnvo killed six
teen snakes, of which number thirteen
were rattlesnake. Most of these had
about eight rattlers each.
Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORI A
FflDIIM flF TMF PF0PI F
I VlVUi'l VI I II l- I L.VI 11
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SCORES THE SINGLE TAX.
One man's Idea or opinion of the;
one-tax proportion.
It has been declared that the world
derives It just powers from consent
of the governed. Men are, therefore,
seeking consent fnm tho government
to change the presetn system of laxa-
lion by inaugurating a system nr pro -
cess of taxing land alone an., of ex-
empting all iH-rsonnl property from t
taxation endeavoring to crowd the j
matter to a referendum vote at ttiej
next general election, designing to
statute of the state at the meeting
of thn next Legislature. Tims the tax
dodger are seeking relief from taxa
tion by crowding heavy burdens uinm
landowners alone. The prime mov
ers of this one-tax proposition claim
that they are thus striking at land
speculators, but Instead are aiming to
make all the land owners and general
producers of the soil subservient to
tbelr will. The mogul Holding the
sack who are thus trying to escape
personal property taxation, thereby
bettering their own condition. If It
bankrupts a portion of their fellow
men. Should the one-tax system be
come a law every county In tho state
would soon be In a tanglo or in trou
ble. As the Supreme Court has decided
that taxes In order, to bo legal, must
be general that Is to say that you
cannot tax one class and then go on
and skip or exempt another class from
taxation. The meaning of taxation Is
to draw from every property owner a
LETTER
TELEGRAPH COMPANY
.CABLE,' SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLO
ecLviacKC fesiooKs
Aug. 9. 1911
TEE STUDEBAKER CORPORATION
E-U-p Factories.
10.57 P.M.
POWER
portion of the fund necessary to de
fray tho county and slum expense of
government. Thus, to be general,
every property owner should bo re
quired to pay a nlinre of the necessary
expense of government and be ramo
According to appraisement of his prop
erty and 1 1'" county levy none to be
exempt.
Therefore, under thn Htipretiie
Court's decision the ohtioilous land
speculator would bo thn first to fight
the fourfold lax on account of lu
Illegality In taxing every other man
and skipping or exempting a largn
proportion. These counties would lone,
more than they would gain by thn op
eration of requiring farmers and land
owners Roiienilly to shoulder thn full
burden of taxation nnd requiring them
to make up for all deficient-en, and
should tho one In system bo liiMURtir
Mod there will no doubt bo a remov
ing from thn tax rolls at least thren
fourths of tho taxable property under
thn present system which would bo a
great Ions III tax collections, but loss
or deficiency must t mnde up by tho
land owners, farmer and owners of
small tracts, a taxes must be raised
from some quarter, but with personal
property exempt lher would bo a
laud levy of dangerous proportions,
probably four time what It I now.
The present system of taxation has
been III force for thousand of years,
with iH-caslonul romplulnt of assess
ment errors. An assessor need to
be better qualified than any other
county officer, a man of practical
Judgment, having mechnnlfttl exper
ience and capable of placing correct
values upon property coming under
his supervision. It see tin that some
men are continually trying to tear
down what It has taken years to ma
ture nnd build up. A few year ago
the Oregon I'glslatur passed a law
exempting mortgage from taxation
' hi,. I ft ttiiin II vlii. lu.nr llriMik hfivllltf
veral thousand acre packed off
Ka-, mortKiiuiim 1,1s imid to hi many
I friend In order to avol l the usual
,lu atllH Tm, (llWi hi.wnvnr,
was soon repealed and thn laxdodg-
ers brought to time.
Men under thl new proposition, lu
, order to eel rid of the double taxes
m land w ill want to heroine mer-
1 chant or i-nKage In Mtunn lucrative
j IhisIiichh, such as raising sheep,
1 horse, cattle, hog, dog nnd to bo
driving automobile about tho country
fur pleasuro or to build skating rluk.
swimming pool and a rnllroad to tho
canal tone.
Tim Inauguration of tho one tax
might make Improvements on leased
Intnl. yet while being exempt himself
the holder of the land would bo taxed
equal to tho usual tax for both.
ORIN A. CHENEY.
A Fierce Night Alarm
Is the hoarse, startling cough of a
child, suddenly attacked by croup.
Often It aroused Lewis Chnmberliu,
of Manchester, ().. (R. R. No. 2) for
tbelr four children wero greatly sub
ject to croup. "S'linetlntoH In severe
attack." ho wrote "wo were afraid
they would die, Tint slncu wo proved
what ,i certain remedy Dr. King's
New Discovery Is, wo have no fear.
We rely on It for croup nnd for
coigns, cold or any throi,t or lung
trouble." So do thousands of others.
So mny you. Asthma, Hay Fever, 1j
Grippe, Whooping Cough. Ilmnorr
hiiKc tly before It. 5(c and $1.00.
Trial bottle free. Sold by Jones
DrtiK Co.
oritiui maimcm