OIIEOON CITY ENTERPRISE, KRIDAV. (HHOMER !). JOU.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. ..... .
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tx on the poor and increase the burden on the tit h. It it not unutiial lo note I t y iim IIM
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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.
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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
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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. ... (
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