OIIEOON CITY ENTERPRISE, KRIDAV. (HHOMER !). JOU. OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE PublUhtd Evtry Friday. I. I. BRODlE, I Stt or r4 Pubii.har. Entered at Oregon CHr. Orin. Mioirit- aa foa4cUM matur. Subscription RUta; Oa year !,5j SU Months ,,,, .;j Trtl Kubarription. To Month. , :4 Hubu rlber will find tha dale of rplratUm iUiiiM ou Ihrir papers fol lowing th-tr nanxi. If last payment It not rmtltnl. Undiy notify us, au.f lha nutter will recelva our attention. Advrtlain lUtra un application. EII.L NTMHrRS .138 AM) 3J, if enacted", vwmlj not coii.oiLl.tr the corporation anj inuriur departments. It mil) rltcvt mu!J be to tulMitute for the curpoi4tion comiiiivn'onrr a Jeputy intiraiu commi.tionrr. Tttr imurancr ami corpoutiun law unulj not I autriulrj, liarnioniril or articulated, ami thr tate would et a "ion.olid.ttcd comnuV ion," with two rt of employee, two ct. of boolf, two tcm. of melpt find dMiurvment, and two fund, into which the fee. should no. It won I a department partly .u.tained hy lrii!jtie appropriation of $15,000 per year, ami partly by fee collected. To keep a recur J of the tevript, an diburrment tlte Kvretary of itate would I compelled to keep four le.lrr accounts two more than nevrary, and tlii would a!i !e true in the state treasurer's office. The bill, if enacted into law, would therefore be ahor jive becau- it would not do that which it purport to do. i he bill create the new office of state fire nurlull. 'llie legislature of W) and 1911 refund to enact su.li a law becau of the added expense to the taxpayer of the Mare. Thr lej;Watie bill provided for definite annual appropriations of ? 1 0.000 for the maintenance of the department. It would require more appropriation to maintain the drpartment now than two yean ajo. The itate of Ohio paid $70,81 7.4 1 Iat tear to maintain the fire marhair department; Minnesota. $30,(HH); Kentucky, J7,0i0; Maine, $10,900; Maryland, f 10,000, and South Dakota. ,5Ut)7.50. Oregon has today the most effectively administered blue ky law in the I nited States. Amended by the coming legislature in some slight admin Krative particulars it will possess the model blue sly law of the I'nited State. The administration of this law is a bin separate and distinct from the work of any other department of state. It should be undrr the d rect supervision of one man required to cive his entire time to the work and held responsible for it. It should not as this bill provides be put in the hand of a deputy commissioner. If a person dealing with any big concern, disgruntled at the official ac tion of the superintendent, were to ro to the stockholders and ak them to dis charge the superintendent and give his duties to some other officer, irrespec tive of efficiency, administrative harmony or operative cost, the stockholders xvould think that man was either foolish or a knave. Dill No. 338 and 339 is a direct analog of that condition. The corporation department is the biggest money maker in the state government. Its income from June 3, 1913, to June 30, 1914, inclusive, was 5310,613.09. Its cost of operation, including the purchase of a complete office equipment and the payment of all extraordinary expenses incident to opening a new department, was $24,496.79. Its normal expense will be approximately $17,000 per annum. It turned into the general fund of the state, for the support of the state government during the fiscal year $2S6, 116.30. If there is to be any consolidation of departments, it should be upon a basis of increased efficiency and economy. Bill No. 333-339 means the re verse, and should be defeated. CTrZ O THE SOUTHERN COTTON GROWER, forced by the war II to sell his product at a price below cost of production, ruin seems plant is uue ajid urtoritaiii. The people of Oirwi City are uaitinij to learn what step the new corporation will take toss aid the polity and man innnit of l lie indls. It it understood that those now in ihare will he retained although ito astuiame of tin has hern received here. Oic.ni I'tty and YI l ion as well at the mil's would surfer In car H, T, Mt Haiti, present mill manager, were trantfeiird. I'nder hit careful and ptojfiewike n'anirmrnt, ihe mills of the Willamette company iluiinu the at lew tear hae seen many change. 'Hie spiiit of harmony and co operation rtw nisiing in the milU Ivtween the management an-l the him .'ied ol mm i a d.reit ieult if hit woik. Now he ha e.tahliihed a talety l.i.t iii.ivriik-nt in the pl.iiit ami alrrady retultt are tren, Hit ability to or- -iiiir and iatmnie hat evtrn.lrd throoti the winlrn Unh in the mill pnirr ami in the office. Hut Mr. Mc Hain't leiie(icial influeiue extendi tar leond the milk Several teart ao lie wat e'eited pietident of the Commercial club and at the end of hit liit term he wat relet ted without a vote cat for another nun, a thing whith had rieter been done Mure, Mr, MJIiin it prominent in the work of the tate uu litgiene too'etv; he hat taken an active part in the library aiia(in and it nw head of the Imard; and hi beneficial influence eten extendt into tuvh tmnementt at the pure water pioievt and the organ iration of the town of West I.inn. 'Hie paper aiill here, the people of Oregon City and Wet I.inn, the I brary aHijtion, the Commercial club, will all tuttrr if Mr. Mcllain it taken frmn hit post here or if the wonderful organia(nn xvhiih he hat built up it, the mill it destroyed. o . NEW TAX COPE, ane, complete and progressive, it needed by t!ii ttate of Oiri.'in at much at much a in.luiti ir. uilrujiU an,l ,, "ti . .-.'.in ..rf.lV , llill IV, iUIIIC III IMII 11, ,i suit of the preent unrest and tuch measure as the tinje tax, graduated tax and other plant of taxation are being put forward. A tax code commiwion as prt pned by an initiative bill would in a scientific manner study the ef icvt of tax lawt in other ttate and countriei, the conditimt in this state, our present tax lawt and from the fund of information gathrted in thit way frame a law or amendment which would be progressive and vet fair and just. The regulation and levying of taxct is among the most important f unc tion of government. To levy it fairly is the aim of everv honest tax measure, but the field present many chances for personal eree.1 and dishonesty. The fault of the present tax ) stein are acknowledged ever) where. Critics do not agree x to what the errors are nor as to the best reniedie for the evil and ills have been prrvnts at every one of the initiative elections in an effort to hange the present plan. In order that the condition of the state't taxes may be carefully studied a bill vv ill be voted on at the next election creating a tax commission. This body will draft a proposed tax law which will be submitted to the legisla ture after carefully studying all proposed remedies and the condition of the state now. The commission w ill be appointed by the governor and it mem bers will serve without pav. 'lhe only cost to the state treasury will be 2300 for necessary expenses. iii., I., ... A. ...:. .., ... II. nii.lrr inru-nl unr roilililiolli in rtoriiniriil. I hava mmi h ll.r.. .... ing with new dvet, ihey will find that film n.loit will I-? appreciated by a """'l'" ,r""""". """h growing number of -eople. Ul pro.rtr ami immJH!!!1 "'t. '' Oil fh l,, V. ' lan-l fill l,''f11n... ''Iu; KI'AKISII TAX LAWS are the (oedoininaiing feature of the coming in'm" electiim. The fl.MM lav exemplion and the graduated extia tat f a, II. i'. ..,,t . aineinlmrnt ate fair repreteniativet ol the .last, r.very one It pro poted by tome mote or Ir ladical eiwm, In-iiI on thiusiiug on the people of tie itate tome half Smialistic ttheme whith ihey believe will lighten ihe bur 'em of a mlferinL' Isolde and biiiiL' the tlate of Oiffon neaier In a blissful heaven of never ending delight. I'hit graduated lax amendment it only Ivpiiat of the general chistof idle day dieamt these pervnit have. It it a bill whi. h i thriitt foith to lighten the n," '.n, f kV W F iii...fiii.i,t, a . v. l ir b, IN. part or ra. l. a r.H.I. h" at-, Hut how will , , , ir tvlit) ittt.tr ISO Ml. ha lo par iir. '"r Iv or M.. 1 llinva , Hun Ii ,,'" I inn,- mm lion n aa r,. 'I'lila a,, nl. I l. ..... . " " lif. tx on the poor and increase the burden on the tit h. It it not unutiial lo note I t y iim IIM 4 . l - fat.. A A' GREAT MANY CITIES and town have been holding garden cum petitions the past summer. Nevvpaper exchanges bring many re' ports of prizes awarded in these contests. It is often noted that hildren have won out in these contests who never stood well in their book ork in school. Eormerly the boy who could not learn lessons readily w as set down a blockhead. Vet the boy who does not take easily to books is often of peech in the ordinary matters of daily life, tactful in what he says, with a ft for leadership and doing things. In the old fashioned school, the boy who was dull at his books wa prodded and spurred along the thorny path which he was never fitted to travel. Somehow he never could see thing through the printed pagr. Put iim out in a pardon, and cive him corn seed, hoe and snude. or out him on the Losses from such forced sales will not be limited to one l,a'1 ground, and he might raise a crop or play a Kanvt much superior to the bookish boys. Hooks are the record of the world's wisdom, but their use should not be over emphasized. Too much reading and study makes the boy over much of a spectator. His energy is satisfied by the thrill of reading how other boys do things. Meanwhile the dull boy is out selling his papers or raising his potatoes, and slowly w inning his way. Every school should have some outlet for the children who are slow at books. Home and school gardens are one of the most useful of these out lets. Dressmaking and cooking classes teach an art that lies at the founda tion of home economy, and which the average mother fails to import. To more than half of the boys, success in life is to be reached through skill of the hand rather than through the printed page. that thit inrasiiie, like othett in it cla. hat never ken given a trial in lln't "r '""")' ' Um Inini? ioiintiy and there i nothing baik of it exiept the tague aigumenl of the r..l ilmiKtr of ill. 011, dieamert who foster if. These peivut teem lo forget that the graduated tax 1,1 '""f "" Un r hnnt it i i i hi hi i .v i I"""1 m "' '"""I la ..i i K (incndmenl will drive industnet from the itate; will hold lmk Oiegon from , rina Inm utin 144 ihe futiite which it tore to come if the commonwealth hat half a ihance. Thi ir'' ""- r'lli'!.'rl,'!,',.'Jk tfiivrii,ii,ilil an. I ,t. '"""IMS. graduated tax amendment would be a burden on industry, it would hold bat k lf,,r ,) rorraunn ,, .'.""'"""i hu Oiegon will ' 1 ' eom. lu vt.t. Jo t,'"' lall utKiit othKri q " prngrest and make thrill a crime, punishable with a penulty never be mote lhan the it at the piesent time imlest thit plain folly of ex perimentiug with the tax code i stopped. 1'iisettled conditions, the ture re mit of such experiment, will never uttiact capital and industry lo Oiegon. J7SJOR I'ROHAHI.V THE MUST TIME in it 48 ear of existence. Ir3 the Enterprise find it i obliged to tuppoit a Pemoiiatic nomiiiee when there it a Republican in the field who ha teemed hi nomination at the regular primary election. The situation it eculiar. F. M. Ilurlburt received the Republican nomination for joint repre sentative from Claikama and Multnomah couutie at the primaries. An in vestigation into hi past by the Republican central committee of hiIi conn tie showed (hat he has a criminal court record, and resulted in a request that le resign and allow tome man to receive the Republican nomination who could stand the most rigid examination. Ilurlburt refused, although in a remarkable confession he aiknovvledged that hi purpose for entering the fight wa not of the best, A. anil lila wife , ,i.., In lll.kii a m.u.ii l,,.,.. . alilo to lilr lio n lo In t tb,. " Ituprnvr iiHnla o lo r... k rf ' nm rtrm ami vs luli ihey r,u, than In Orriuu. "'Ifi s m 1 I BRIDE OF 4 MONTHS TAKES HER OWN Ufl Tim doily of Mra !iTtnlC hm th rf- of llniry ('. Ptury, aMfiZ' In tha rlvnr Mow ,mulh Clai kaiiia a fi-w minni... .r, The result it that the organized Republican iTiiurailay. bodies have withdtawn their support from Ilurlburt and to all practical pur- tl 1 r ilnmnrd .m pose there i no real Republican nominee. Rotcoe I'. Ilurtt i (he I)emo-Ll0 ,jg' t)lr'n i-,,,,,,, V'r 'fur att. ratic candidate and he w ill receive the vote of those Republican who under. ' "'oril..r for anim-tim- IB) ,w lllli.tllirL.il lllil latn.lna .. ..U the situation. ernoon. aald that Mr. 'ii,.i," 'Hie action of the joint central committee showt their determination t' !'."'' !'r"!'V'!j! 1'" "I'-m b,r ttW, put lvrfore the voters at the coining election a clean ticket. The organia- H y u)t)a mt9 ith Ut tion w ill not support any man who cannot stand up More the electors w ith a pot boat a quarter a mil- Ubi .,i. i-iiiiiin m inn 1 1 inn .xjrt. Pan lean teord. FORUM OF THE PEOPLE imminent. section. The demand for northern manufactured goods and western food products must fall in sympathy. To meet this situation the "buy a bale of cotton movement" w as started. The Washington society women are to have a fashion show of costumes made of cotton goods. Women who have been using imported fabrics will find these goods costing higher this year than ever. If they would each buy a dress or twfc of some form of cotton material, in place of foreign made textiles, a home de mand would be created that would go far to relieve the situation. Cotton is often looked at as a cheap material, an adulterant. It is the least expensive of all the great fabrics. Yet it is capable of infinite beauty of treatment. The workers of India turn out cotton so fine that a pound of thread is 115 miles long. They make fabrics so sheer and delicate that when spread on the grass and covered with dew, they are invisible. As a substitute for wool clothing, cotton is considered to lack warmth. Yet the fact that it is so very largely used in place of wool shows the adapt ability of the material. The worst of the cotton crisis could be worked off at home, without in juring home industries that produce other fabrics, simply by buying cotton products instead of imported textiles. The American people must stand together in this period of unprecedented strain. There is no sense in pay ing high prices for foreign made goods, when an American material, capable of all the beauties of good craftsmanship, is going begging. BN THE CONSOLIDATION of the Willamette Pulp & Paper com pany and the Crown-Columbia Paper company into the Crown-Willamette Pulp & Paper company, it is considered highly probable that Oregon City and West Linn will benefit greatly. Additions to the mills, probably extensive, will be built, the payroll will be increased, the output made larger and the natural result will be more business in the two cities by the falls. Just what the owners of the big mills will do is not yet certain or at least has not yet been announced. All this is known concerning their JOINT ACCOUNTS A depositor may arrange with us so that any mem ber of the family can draw money on the presentation of the pass book; otherwise, withdrawals can be made only by the depositor in person, or upon his written order. The Bank of Oregon City OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY THE EOI.LY OF CHANGING that which is already good for some thing which may prove better and would probably prove worse, is plain to all. An experiment at its best, particularly in the affairs of government, is nothing more nor less than guess-work. No one can deny that in its place an experiment may result in benefits but under any circum stances the greatest caution should be observed in experiments where the re sults of the experiment are permanent in their character. The bill abolishing the desert land board and re-organizing certain other state offices is nothing more than an experiment. Its backers say that under their plan taxes will be lowered and the affairs of public lands and water rights, highly important in the development of the state, will be managed as well as at present. We have their word for it, nothing more than the state ment backed by those who want the bill made into a law. At the present time the state water board, the desert land board, the superintendents of water di visions, and the state engineer handle their departments with efficieny and with little or no friction. The offices are run with such harmony and ef ficieny that the average citizen is hardly aware of their existence except when he comes in contact with one in the ordinary course of his business. The backers of this bill would have the state risk this harmony, this efficiency, merely on the chance that there might be something better in a reorganiza tion. They do not find faults, yet they would reorganize. The only peg on which the framcrs of the bill can find to hang their ar gument is the plea that it will lower taxes, but here again we are confronted with broad statements backed by neither definite proof nor forceful logic. o Tht $1500 Extmptlon Amandmant. OKEiiON CITY. Oct. 2 (K.lltor of tliu Kntfrprliw.) I notice In the lic Hon pmnplili't that la now Miik clrcu latrd. Hint tli heal Votort will be eullxl noon to vote for or annlnut a eonatltutUmal ann niliiH'iit which the 1 1 imli' tau'rn art) culling a homo etuiiip Hon of 1 1 MM). Now I ilntiro to autimlt for mr own Information the follow InK quoatlona: Klrit: If I own a lot aaaeaaod at i)0, ami a hoime thurtmu aaai'i' at f.100. and furniture and houai'hold ef- fecta aaneaiH'd at f 100, making a total of $100' for homo and houai'hold effocta how much exemption will I ''t on my aioit'-Miiunt umlrr thla $1000 exemption luw If enacted? tsvrond: - If I purchuan 30 acrea of iiulmiirovt'd land and un-ct a amall cot Uiko thereon and tha unimproved In ml la aaaonRod at $300, and niy Improvu menta and prrannnl property at $300, how much exemption would I bo en titled to under tlio $1500 exemption law? Third: If a man own a atock of good and In enRiiRcil In tha mercan tile, luminous and hlx atock of gooda In till atoro la aimesned at $1500, will th merchnnt get tho full $1500 exemption? Fourth: If a man owna 30 nrrea of land that waa formerly prairie land and la in cultivation, and Is aimttHHed as improved 'and, and an adjoining owner owns 30 acres of brush lund that h la JiiHt atartlng to Improve, and thla liniHh Innd la aaMeaaod aa unimproved land, would the man with tho pralrlo land who in receiving annual crops therefrom have a greater exemption under this proponed law than the ad Joining owner with tho unimproved land Fifth: If a man owned $1500 In per sonal property or Iohs and the $1500 exemption would wipe out liln aflscHH nu-nt, would he he dlaquallflod under the law from Hitting as a Juror in a trial of a cuso In our civil or criminal courtB? 1'li'iiHO answer the above questions fully ho that the answers can be catti ly understood In order that I can (lis tlngulHh whether this proposed $1500 exemption is a homo exemption or whether It Is simply a sIiikId tax mens uro. A HEADER. waded out in tlm water. 'I hi-f aotxw a person standing ai.l,t,.n i. iiT, Init thoiiKht Hint It u n hunting (or something, tin rurt'.u to (he city they found (hn body felu lug mi the surface uf Mm ju-f ai hrouglK It to Urowo't boathiMiM iktrt Dr. Ileiupfiiead and osi,;. limh deavored to rea(or life Tbt bulr U being held at the llolnmn Vukruilat purlora and will probably 6 Ulpnl to California for burlul. Coroner W. J. Wilson too NE OF THE INCIDENTS of the war situation is the difficulty American factories are finding in securing dye stuffs. The result will be an effort to make dyes in this country. Probably there will be some improvement in this very important branch of textile industry. It is remarkable what poor work in the use of imported dye stuffs, and in the colors of imported goods, has been accepted in the past. Every man realizes how badly the average negligee shirt holds its color. It seems to make little difference whether the material is expensive or not. Often half a dozen washings fade the shirt so much that it looks old and worn out. Women of course find similar trouble in many kinds of their clothing. A manufacturer of textiles was asked why he did not take more pains to turn out fast colors. He laughed at the question, and admitted that it would cost but a trifling fraction of a cent a yard more to use colors that would be practically fast. "But who would buy them?" he asked. He went on to say that the only people that seem to have a desire to get fast colors are those who can afford to throw away clothes long before they are worn out. Probably some manufacturers do not like to make colors too fast. It would encourage people to wear clothes too long. That would hurt trade. The demand for better coloring of textiles has had much to do with the spread of recent years of the arts and crafts movement. The?e workers dug up the dye books of their grandmothers, when fabrics were often woven and colored at home, and when material was made to wear. These tested fa brics with long exposure to sun and rain, and produce colors thar stand They use vegetable dyes to a large extent which are usuallv less har.h than chemicals and which blend into each other with more beauty. First. Tho exemption would ho $100. Hut If tho assessor should find that part of the $1100 was for other Improve ments than the houso, the exemption would bo Increased thut much. Tho as sessed value of the lote for taxation would be what It would have been if It had not been Improved. Second: $.'100 only. The $800 value would be taxed. Third: Probably no exemption at all. But It the men-hunt wcro 'an owner of a dwelling house or a part owner of one, and tho valuo of Ills per sonal property anil improvements "on, in and under" the premises would not bo equal to $1500, he probably would bo allowed to muke up the $1500 out of his merchandise at his place of busi ness. Fourth: The two 30 aero tracts would be assessed as if there had been nothing done In the way of improve ments with either of them. Tho own er of the brush lund would get no ex emption until ho would have a dwell lng house, and then only on his house, personal property und improvements If any. The owner of the Improved 30 acres, If he had a dwelling house would be entitled to an exemption of $1500 on his person property and Improvements on the 30 acres. If his wife were Dart open letter to tho raiidldatrs for gov ernnr I round on my return tr im a (anipalKn trip In raalern Oregon. If I am eM'ted governor I will veto nnv bill currying (tin "emergeiiry clui r uuleaa I believe Its ImmeslliiiH upnra Hon la urgently nweaanry to pivaervo either (hn public peace, or public health or public Unfety of Hie people or Oregon. Aa to niraaurea tliat have n-en en acted by the voters. I ahull ontxina in lllnm Thtirmtay afternoon on 0m tw clianges except thoae that xru elenrly """I an inquest lodtr. Intended to aid tha o mtuIIiiii of Ihe Mr. I'liney Is rounertnl U bill and mnko It morn effective llawley pm,, & paper conipant oi tha Aa to nienailrca rejerted by the vol- city, hi it brother In law l,-ln orr!di era, I shall oppoan their fiiactnmiit by of the concern, lie tuts lind la tU ins ii'Kimuiuro, aim use ina veto power Idly tor the last 20 vein on aura iiieaaure. la necea-ary. Mra. !,.. ... i.h.i.. i ,-,i,.f.. inontlia. They were innrrln) n.Mlt jiiuh la, ai Hie cloan of a "loratlflnl IICIll rOlll.lirH 1'l.al a r . ... r- a 1 . . - " " , ........ wuLiwa nniiimiiifni. I lllJirtf Bl II1H llllltlA f 11 u. fl liftO-ft IVII ... n mil I... " "OU .Vll- -!., J. 1)11. V. llnr OW. Ill ()u LI I iri ...h. ir.unor or iiie Knterprl.ei-ili. sentl ,,.( u, ,., ol) Ul ,T (U((nl nient of the farmer throughout the ,,(! tho '.Mongolia- VU U- er n,,v asnoim mo imuii . iri ,,rl. iil. Mn. Vuaei exemption amendment, 8nd the I maiden uaimi waa Mlaa f.- rtrudt. l ciiiiiu'es nre mat inn Uentnicilvu mean Klnley in - mn iin ui'iurii ii urn tanners iu only go to the polls In November and vote against It. There are ao ninny indifferent men and women (hut there Is still grave danger that the nieaaiiro will rurry'by a minority plurality. In Clackamas county In the 1912 election, when the single tux had a head presentation, and people knew what It waa, there were 1552 regis tered voters who did not Tote on the question at all. Sincerely yours. W. 8. U HKS. CAUSE FOR 1(1 SHOWN AT MUD Cormier V. J. Wilson held un Inqueg Now when tho buby lias been turned Monday over the body of Mrs. (Irrtni around mid given a breech presentn- C, I'liney, the four nioiitli brlile o(ll Hon. It is hoped by Messrs. U'iten, ry I'usey who look her own life Ui ('ridge, et ul. that It will be more Thursday, and the verdict of tlitltfT charming to tho voters and that a mu jorlty will be willing that It shall be born. If the farmers can bo got out to vote on this question thero Is a good pros pect of Its defeat. If a voter, cither man or woman, neg lects to register und vote In protection of his own rights and property, ho should do so in Justice to his neighbor and friend. It Is his duty as much as to tnko up arms In dofenso of his country. 1 he 1 1 in o will soon como, If It Is not already hern, when a man who falls to vote on the questions, forced upon him by the Initiative, will bo looked unou witn contempt. The stnto Is entitled to his vote and hn will bo, in somo snnso (and not nn unimportant senso either) a traitor to tils country It he does not lend his aid In the only manner ho can under our system of government Ho suro to vote and voto 327 X No for Hint Is tho only way you can oro. loot yourself from extraordinary and ever increasing tuxes on your lauds. K. F. Ill L1C Y. owner they would be entitled to an ex eruption of $3000. The taxes each would pay would be on the wild or unimproved value of their lands and the value of personal property and Im provements in excess of the exemption. Fifitb: No. But he may not be se lected or placed on the Jury list unless be has property enough to be placed on tho assessment roll. Bee sections 990 and 990 of the code. An Answer From W. 8. U'Ren OREGON CITY, Ore., Oct 1, 1914. (Messrs. C. E. Spence, C. L. Shaw, and B. O. Leedy, Executive Committee, State Orange) Gentlemen: Tour How the Exemption Would Work rOKTLANIJ, Ore., Oct. 2. (Editor or tno hnterprisn) As an illustrutlon of how tho $1500 exemption amend ment would work, I want to Instance tho cntto of threo or four farmers, it being understood that a man and his wire can hnvo $3000.00 exomptlon by owning tho land togother, ench an un divided one-half. (Huo explanation by Mr. IJTton and others in tho voters' pamphlet nt pnge 38.) A. ami his wire hnve an 80-acre farm, 40 acres of which Is well Improved bo Ing cleared und fenced and having a dwelling houso and other buildings. The Improvements und all tho personal property would be assessed nt. a little less than $3000.00, and would be all exempt. II. and his wife hnvo also nn 80-acre farm upon which the personal prop erty and improvements do not exceod $1000.00, he being a beginner. C. and his wife own and live on a ten ncra farm well Improved and with Improvements nnd personal property equal to A'c, nearly $3000.00. D. and his wifo have 1(10 acres or same kind of land aa the others. They have an ambition to make a nice 160 acre farm and are working hard to that end and are contenting thomselves with less personal property for their, comfort and convenience. Still another neighbor, E. and his wife, have but two acres, but they have personal property and Improvements thereon to value of $3000.00, all ex empt. Now if the exemption amendment Is passed, how will it be with these men about their taxes. The poor man, B. and bis wife, will have to pay as much taxes as A., eight times aa much as C. and 40 times as much aa E and 1 as much aa D. and yet A. C. and E. was "drowning with Intent tn cobbH suleldo." The Inquest was delayed by Corw Wilson until the arrival of h.'rtno, lllrnui C. Cornell, from KantiAiu, Cul. Tho body was shipped tt&uM Anna Monday afternoon und thtitrt' ices nnd Interment will take pUct the California town. Tho most sensational developed at tha Inquest wus testimony front'' Connell tending to show that I'usey suffered temporary ilenrMe niouts when she desired to take bf own llfn. He slated thut at onu tlmtte caught her Just as sho was about to press a bottle of ucld to her Hp. Mrs. Frank Ilusch testified lh.it it saw tho couple frequently and iW both appeared to bo happy. At time she bei ii inn hnmcstick, Mrs. Hunch l titled, but as far as her d etile I"' was concerned, there was no troublt Tho others who took tho stand l I'' inquest were: Dr. M, C. Ktrlckland. who wus Mrs. Pusoy's physician im who Identified the body : Henry VWl her husband; K. J. Daiilton, wlio Mrs. I'usey walk north on Main irwl tho morning of tho drowning, and F. Hydo, who was In his boat a quarter mile from the shore and "r Woman wmln nut In tint ual.T ADd won afterwards took tho body to Prowl boothouso nt tho foot of fifth lrMt- OREGON CITY TEAM LOSES, IM rrl, !, ll .. 1 1.., nrncnoCHy ,IU l,llf iirnill Ul IIMI u'"" .. . nigh sciiool pluyod and lust i gamo of their senson SatunW " h(j ' noon when the local school ,n i I . ... ..nnui a socond team of the Mncoln wr .v. mot on Multnomah flold. IW'W' score was 13 to 0. . Lack of team work and training i given ns tho cause by tho member" the Inciil tciiin. The Oregon city f " - . ,. ...... Immi0 ers nao oiny u ween a prncin u the game while tha Lincoln men dpi-"" work early In September. The welK of the two tennis wus nhout tho sanj6' Tho game wns the first of a douWJ header. Astoria high school and tw first team of Lincoln mot nnd the for mer team came off victors, 6 to 0. Tt' field wns slow on account of the rece rains although there was no show'1' during the playing. There Is mors Catarrh In this section ' the country than all other dliwM together, and until the Inst to l"'". wns uipocd to be Incurable. For a IP". many years doctors pronounced It a iw-. illncnee nnd prcucrlbcd local remeille'- . I)V rnnalanlfv nMlna in I-IITA With 15i treatment, pronounced It Incurable. SJ! , enre tins proven Catarrh to be a re"'' tutional disease, and therefore renuir constitutional treatment IIn"'.cit Cure, manufactured by T. J. '"JiW Co., Toledo, ' i, 1.1 the only Con" llnnnl mr. on I l a mnrkot. It l taken ternally In lort trnm 10 dropi In ' ipoonful. It acta directly on tn J.. tnd mucous surfaces of the ay-tern. ' (t Av- kit.Mrf Hnllara for B flT . . ... falls to cure. Bend tor clrculari ana j tlmonlala. ... ( Addree.1 F. J. CHltNIT CO., ToW Bold by Drnriri-ti, TM. .,,iae. Tike Hall's Family PlUa lor onPw"