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CONSOLIDAIMUi OF fUNDS IN SCHEME
Hp'"llv Clact Denounces Lobby
and Favors Miseura Which
Could Compel Reglstra
lion of Lobbyist!
ll' prc. ninth n ('. Hi hiichcl, of Clack
limn county, hna In preparation, bill
llilll l tipcclcd Id attract wldn alien
lion ml will rilahlr ! lltlTly
fought.
Tim bill lll bn Illicit ( lli.i ruiillliu
I n K a lrtir ilnl l na. bout which com
paratively III Ho I grin-rally known
nl hlrh have Ik en gradually In
rrrnaed with each aiicoeillng (lull
of Km Icglalatlvn aaaembly. Mr.
Hi hucbd'a bill provides for tha repeal,
at una blow, of all continuing ap
iroirlallotia. Whlln the Icglaluturo In
l"lll aMIirit'irlntnil a.itni.tlilliir III.- 1. I
uoll.ooil. thii taiiayra of Oregon wrre
compelled to do down In tlmlr pocket
10 rare for alioiit ll.f.oo.ooo In tlio na
l urn of appropriation (hat had bren
provided for by previous Icglaluturt-i
Mr. Hchuebel niailu the following atattv
infiit Friday evening:
Board! Will Prcpara Budgcta.
"Tim number hoard ami depart
ments of tht elate have continuum ap
vr lrtitt lotia amounting to nmrv thun
tl viiU.OOO llialdo from the educational
liintitiitliiiiK. Thin- appropriation ar
ii"t tuken Into roimbliTation when the
appropriation bill an pa-ed, at It
11 ra'llrally I in i mnl lilf. ilurlnx the
hurry of thn cgllatlve scmlun, In r-1
Mm InforniittUin a to tho amount of
IIk' standing tlrnrlutliiiN. I
'I Intend to Itiirodiiro a bill repeal
i iik all atundliiR aiiroirlutloiia. All
(ho vnrloua hoard nutl dtnrliii-iitH
requiring anrlatloiia will llii'ti bp
roiiiii'lli'il lo prcpar their budget
ami prcaent thi'in to the aecrctary of
state by tha I Mil day of November pro-
EDWARD RANN1E SUES
W. V. S. f OR $75,556
Thn Willamette Valley Houihrrn la
iM.nl,. ili f, inlaM in a pefKiiul Injury
nil fur V',,:,XM filed by IvUard J
Itiinnla In thn CUkainua lounly rlr
c 1 1 1 t oiirl.
Italiiilo wa on i, of thn flo Injured
June I when i:,,. d-rrh k In tha Ore
CHy yarili o( Hie railway company
ol In r. i !. Ho allege In hla i oiiiph.lut
that h r-celi-il liijiirlea at thn Hum
which ar .i riii.in -1,1. f. M Hwlft.
who tat irialieiit of thn tompsiiy,
r. ieiii . a fnn Infi ll ahull In Hie auiun
an blent which p milted In Ilia uVaWi.
NOTICES FOR TAX
LEVIES ARE FILED
OREGON CITV ANO OSWEGO HAVE
HIGHEST LEW WEST LINN,
THE LOWEST
12 ROAD DISTRCTSHAVESPECrALTAX
VALLEY PRODUCTS
OFFTO 1915 FAIR
School Levy Vanel From Nothing to
12 Mills Time Endt for Fil
ing Notice Witn Clerk
and Aiacaaor
FIRST SHIPMENT OF 101 BOXES OF
APPLES SENT FROM SALEM
SATURDAY
FREHAC LEAVES FOR SAN FRANCISCO
Clackamas Commluloner and W.
Gravel Will Arrange for Ex
hibit I'jO.000 DetcrlptWa
Booklets Prepared
F.
Thn flr-t shipment or Willamette
vnlley product, which w ill form part
of thn Oregon exhibit at tho Han Fran
clwvi fair next year, left Hiib'iu Sntur
lay eveiiliiK. Tho ahluni-ut, whlrh
wna prepiired under tho dirt-rtlon of
thn WlllaiiH'lto Valley Kxponltlon an
Morlntluli and ronnlnted of 101 Imxea of
aiieei will In- mt In cold HloraKo un
til lh fair oD-na.
Ten rnrloadx will he m-nt from Sa
lem lieleen now mid lleretnlier 10.
Tho product are Miik prcpan-d at tho
Main fair Kround under tho aupervls-
rmlliiK the iH aaloii of thn leKlluture j 0f (), jj, rrytnK, of this city; W.
A. Taylor and Pred 8. Itynon.
aa provldv-d In rhaptcr 2HI of tho Hen
Ion I-we of 1913. I believe tha af
fair! of tha atata ahould u rua on
tiualnraa principle.
"I ahnll a I no Inlrodiicn a bill provltl
Inn that all of tin) varlotia fundi ho
roiiHollduti-d In thn I'vneml fund. I n
der thn preaent lyitem, warrnnla are
lanuod on i-nrtt particular fund, and If
(hut fund la overdrawn, the ntulo
pay nix per cent Intercut on thn war
rant, while, there are aoveral hundred
thoiiNund dollar lying lilln In other
fiiiidx. I am Informed that the at ate,
will pav about 124.000 In luton-it thii
year on warrant, whllo there aro sev
eral thoiinand dullnra umiMi In the
vurlouH fund.
Anti-Lobby Bill Planned.
Kcprvaentalivo Schuehel uIbo In-
tend to Introduro hla antl-lohhy hill,
that piiaHed the houtto In thn lant hoi-
mIihi nnil wna defented in tho icnntrf.
TIiIh bill provides thnt lohhylNtr) IliUHl
ri-ulnier with the secretary of slnto
nnil t'.mt all lohhyltiR for bills liniHt bo
ihuie In tho open.
"The lobby I one of tho grentost
ev'llH that InfimlH tho li'Klnluture," said
Mr. Hchuebel. "If lobhylHla wcro coin
pelled to reKlHter ond diHcloHO who
llielr employers lire, and were con
fined to appearing before tho commit-
lees and fllliiK written briefs with
l hi) member of the U'KlHliituro, much
inure offectlvo work would he done
by the lcKlHliituro, and It would be
freed from any of tho criticisms It Is
now subject to."
Taxation Reforms Advocated.
The taxation of water powers and
the free text book law will also rocelve
the attention of Mr. Schuelicl, who
naid: ,
"Undor the present law, a person
who appropriated water powor prior
to 1900, pays annually 10 cents on llio
first 100 horsepower, flva cents on tho
next 000 horsupower nnd ono emit on
all In excess of 1000 horsepower. All
persons havliiR Appropriated water-
power Blnce May, 1900, must pay from
25 cents to $2 per horsepower annual
ly. This is an unjust discrimination
uRalnct any person or corporation who
undortnkes to dovolop our waterpower
resources nt tho present time. I ex
pect to Jutroduce a hill to compel all
Twrsons appnprlntlng wntor for power
Purposes to pay the same rate por
horsepower annually.
"I believe In freo text books for pub
lic schools, but nm opposed to sectar
ian schools being furnished with free
text books at tho expense of the pub-
He, und shull introduce bill amending
the district free text books bill passed
by the lust legislature, to provide thnt
public schools only may be supplied
with free text books."
O. K. Fray tag OH fcr tan Franolaeo
Mr. Frvytag, who Is rommlsKloner
from Clackama county, and V. K,
Craves, representing Ilenton county,
left Salem Into Saturdny nl(ht for San
Francisco to confer with Oorce M.
Ilylund, director of tho ex poult Ion, and
to m.'iiHure thn space which Is allowed
the elKht Willamette valley counties
with thn view of arratiRlnK tho valley
exhibit.
Thn committee on publicity has
awarded the contract for tho printing
of 50.000 dimcrlptlvo booklets. Clack
nmus county will bo well represented
by article describing the possibilities
of tho crops raised here. Other ar
ticles hnve been prepared by author
ities selected among the prominent
men In the valley.
Students Will Cook Products.
It is conceded by thoso familiar
with tho big exposition that the ex
hibit of Willamette valley counties
will lxi by far tho best advertisement
that this stuto could have. Among oth
er features nt tho fair will be a san
itary kitchen and dining room presid
ed over by domestic science demon
slrntors from tho Oregon agricultural
college, where Oregon products will be
served. Tho ennnors and dryers of
tho vnlley have responded liberally
with contributions and it is proposed
to give duo credit to tlieBO men on the
days tholr products appear on the
menu.
The inomhora of the exposition as
social Ion nre working purely for tho
ndvoneeniont of this section of the
state and receiving no remuneration
for their services.
HIGH 8CH00L TO ORGANIZE
Tho union high school, voted by the
five districts at Orosham Saturday will
bo organized In a short time upon the
cull of County Superintendent Arm
it rong of Multnomah county All five
'llHtrlcts will he represented on the
Hoard of directors, who will hnve
"barge of tho new high school. One
director will be selected from each dis
trict. ''nlll a new building can be built
n union high school will be estab
lished In the present Oresham building
in February, at which time a new
"Mi school teacher will be employed
,0 take csre of the Increased attend
"nee expected at that tlmo.
WEST COMMUTES THE
SENTENCE OE WW
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 2. Thnt he
might prevent Lloyd H. WilKins, con
victed of homicide in the first degree
In Portland for killing Lou Winters,
from being freed bocause the amend
ment passed by the people abolishing
capital punishment docs r.ot contain a
saving clause, Governor West today
deferred cnnvasBlng the results of the
recent election one day and commut
ed the sentence of the man to life Im
prisonment, Whether the commutation will stand
is a moot question and one which the
dofendunt probably will ask the courts
to determine. The governor was ad
vised by District Attorney Evans, of
Multnomah county, that, according to
his construction of the constitution, an
amendment does not beocme effective
until the vote on It Is canvassed and
the governor proclaims It a law.
TIiik fur filing untie of city tax and
il"iiil ruiil and achool dixtrlct taic
with thn count v rl-ik and county as
arawir PXplred Tlimday.
Tw ivf ilUtrli ! I.avn levied a spn
'iul road tax. A majority of the
levies are of 10 nulla and thn low-
t-M I that of dlatrlct tl. 2 mills. The
Mad dUtrlct which will havn a ape
Hal tax till year and the amount of
(h lux follows:
Dlatrlct y:. 10 mills; district 4, Z
mill; dlhtrli t in, mills; dUtrlct 9,
lo mills; dixtrlct 49, 10 mills; dUtrlct
ft, I iiiIIIm; district r,5, 10 mills; dis
trict 4.'. mill: dlhtrli t 3.1, S mills;
lUlrlct 2S, & mill; dlMrirt CI, 2 mllla.
and dlHtrtct 41. 10 mills.
Outside of Oregon CHy. Oswego will
pav the hliehi-Ht rlty tax rate In the
county and West Linn the lowest. The
town across thn river will pay on a 2
f ii 111 rain and Oswego, 10 mills, tho
aumn levy adopted hy the Oregon City
council. Mllw.iukle has authorl.ed an
S in i 1 1 levy and fHadstonn, Molalla, Kh
tucmla, Sandy and Willamette each
plan fi tulll rnles.
Hiiperint -ndi nt Caluvnn is of the
opinion that of nil tho school dis
tricts In tli-j county, lens than a dozen
will reipilre no special school tux. So
ernl w hich will require a tnx in order
to inako a six month term possible
and have not filed notices will have a
school tax, tb i rate to bo determined
by the county court and Suerlutcnd
flit Caluvnn.
Thoso districts which have filed
notices of levies follow:
Sycamore, 3 mills; Monte CriHto, 1.5
mills: Hock Creek, 4 mllla; Moadow
llrook. 3 mlUa; Ulnrtitono, 8.5 mllla ;
Voder, l.C mills; Oregon City, 5.3
mills; OrlonL J mills; Springwnter, 2
mills; Cot- ., D mills: Mucksburg, 2
mills; Timber Grove, 2 mills; West
Linn, .1 mills; Dover, 5 mills; Har
mony, 2.5 mills; Cherryvllle, 10 mills;
Itussl'evllle, 3.5 mills: Sandy, 6 mills;
Teazle Creek, 2 mills; Redlnnd, 3
mills; Clackamas, 6 mills; I'pper
Highland, 1 mill; 1'pper Logan, 1
mill; Mllwauklo, 6 mills: Ames, 3
mills; Kstacada, 7 mills; Sprlngbrook,
1.5 mills; Concord, 5 mills; Linn's
Mill, 2 mills, Evergreen, 2 mills; Wll-
sonvtlle, 2 mills; Greenwood, 10 mills;
Currlnsvlllo, 1 mill; One-IIundred-nnd-Twenty-Two,
6 mills; Molalla, 4 mills;
Viola, 2 mills; Pnrkplace, 9 mills; Wil
lamette, 5.5 mills; Stone, 6 mills;
Douglas, 2 mills; Lenland, 3 mills;
llntton. 4 mills; Ardenwnld, C mills;
Heaver Creek. .5 mill: Njw Colton. 5
mills; Canity. 8 mills; Sunnyslde,
mills; Tracy, 2.5 mills; Oak Lnwn, 2
mills; nrown, 4 mills; Porter, 6 mills
North Logan. 2 mills; Advance, 3
mllla; Alberta. 1 mill; Marqunm, 3
mills; Harlow, 1 mill; Sandy union
high school, 2 mills; Corral, 2 mills
Needy. 1 mill: Pnrrot Mountain, 2
mills; Hood View, 1 mill; Dover, 4
mills; Ninety-One, 1.5 mills; Dodge,
1.5 mills; Hear Creek, 3 mills; Kelso,
1 mill; Aurora, 2 mills; Caneinah, 2
mills; Redlnnd, 3 mills: Barton, 3
m'lllB; Hillcrest, 15 mills; Clarks, 2
mills; Russleville, 3.6 mills; North
Hultevllle, 2 -mills; Heaver Lake, 2
mills; Jennings Lodge, 2 mills; Clair
mont, 3 mills; Cherryvllle, 10 mills;
Cnrus, 1 mill; Liberal, 3 mills; East
Clackamas, 2 mills, Boring, 2 mills;
Mnplo Lane, 2.6 mills ;'Mt. Pleasant, 6
mills; Lower Lognn, 3.5 mills! Scott's
Mills, 12.4 mills; Union, 2 mills; Rugg,
1 mill; Marks Prairie, 1 mill; Union
Mills, 7 mills; Oak Grove (near Lib
eral). 3 mills; Wichita, 9.25 mills;
Holcomb, 2.5 mills, and Sycamore, 3
mills.
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TALKONTAXESMAY VAN BRAKLE CASE IS
BUSINESS SHOWS BIO i
SLUMP WITH RECORDER
Korly two deeds wcr r ordud
with Itchier lii-dmuii Monday
and only win Tueaduy. Th dlf-
fi renin waa iaus-t by thn new I
fuli ral war tax which went Into
i-fti-'-t Tuemlay. Hntiral Inalru- I
no ma arn now held In lli of.'IfM
of Km order Ix-dman until ih fud- r
i-rul tin sump Is a flinl.
(iiiricr iKdiuaQ made the i
monthly balnnce Turnlay for N'-
vemb -r. Th rwelpls of the -nioiitb
Juat paat in hlii office total '
I 97 MD against 0:i:.Ci fr (tin cor-
reapoiiiilnK month LiM year. I Speaker Declares Per Capita Tag ll
RESULT IN LEAGUE
ROBERT E. SMITH, OF R06EBURG,
APPEARS BEFORE LIVE
WIRES TUESDAY
3 COMMITTEES WILL STUDY BUDGET
4 4- . 4 4 -a
a clean mm
IS AIM Of TICKET
GOOD GOVERNMENT LEAGUE
PUTS UP CANDIDATES FOR
BETTER TOWN
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CITIZENS' TICEKT
For muyor G. C. Pelton.
Coiincllmen of 1st ward G. A.
Seavey and A. J. Wulker.
v ounriimen or .11 a wuru w. t
ll. Grsslo and II. G. Hkulason. 4
' Councilman at largo Maggie
A. Johnson. ,
Marshal Sam RIIq.v. 4
Treasurer A. U Ilolhtad.
Rwortler Dave P. Mathews. 5
I- -i. i- i .S. S. ... .j 1
With "Kquul rights to all, special
prlvilt-dges to none ond a clean town"
as a campaign slogan and an earnest
desire to re-establish the good name
of tho pioneer town of Mllwauklo, the
Good Government It-ague of that city
has put in the field a cjompleio ticket
for next Monday's city flection, there.
The licensing of the Friars' club and
(he Hotel Ik-lle, modcj notorious be
cuuso of many prosecutnns In tha cir
cuit court, is tho Issue of the cam
paign. The Good Government league
and those who are on 1 the Citizens'
ticket, as the league's recommenda
tion Is named, believe that after the
failure of Govrao.Jaat and Clack
amas officials to close tho resorts, the
town should take steps to put thorn
out of business.
Hoth the Friar's club, formerly the
Mllwnukie tavern, and the Hotel Belle
better known as the Gratton, are In
the city limits of Miiwaukle and are
operating with but little apparent re
gard for the law. Those on the Cit
izens' ticket sre pledged to do away
with these places.
The league will hold a public meet
ing 8 o'clock Friday evening at the
city hall.
Higher In Oregon Than In Any
Other State Great In
crease Is Shown
EDITOR SECRETARY
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 27. George
Palmer Putnam, of Bend, today was
named by Governor-elect Wltliycombe
to be his private secretary. Announce
ment of the selection was made by Dr.
Wlthycombe late today In Port
land nnd at the same time the selec
tion was made public of Miss Esther
K. Carson, of Salem, as assistant sec
retary. Mr. Putnam is editor and owner of
the Bend Bulletin. Miss Carson Is the
daughter of John A. Carson, of Salem,
and a senior in the law school of Wil
lamette university.
Mr. Putnam's selection as private
secretary was made from a field of
more than 20 applicants. Dr. Wlthy
combe had the matter under consider
ation for several weeks and arrived at
his decision today, after a thor
ough canvass of the available material.
M. B .VIGAR SUES
FEDS GET PLANK
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2. Edward Plank,
the Philadelphia American's left-hand
ed pitcher, signed a contract today to
piny with the St. Louis Federal lea
gue club.
A telegram to this effect was re
ceived here tonight from President
James A. Gllmore, of the Federal lea
gue, by Phil Ball, vice president of the
local club. ,
EASTERN MULTNOMAH
A movement has been started to ob
tain hard-surface pavement on either
the Section or Powell valley road from
Portland to Gresham next year. Reso
lutions favoring hard-surfacing of one
of these roads, connecting with the
Columbia highway, will be presented
before the Gresham Commercial club,
and If carried will be submitted to the
county commissioners.
The plan to lay hard-surface on the
Base Line road was defeated by the
property owners early this year.
The plan Is to hnve the cost of the
hard-surfacing met by county bond
and not by direct assessment of the
adjacent property. George W. Staple
ton, a Portland attorney, will attend
the Gresham meeting nnd explain the
legal phase of the bonding plan.
The annual convention of the Ore
gon State Association of County
lodges and Commissioners will be
held In Portland December 9, 10 and
11.
M. B. Vlgar has filed a suit In the
circuit court here against Emma
Crockett and Emma R. Welch for $700
which she alleges is due from a Judg
ment obtained In the Multnomah coun
ty circuit court. The complaint al
leges that Vlgar obtained a Judgment
for $700 from Emma Welch and that
she then transferred all her property,
located near Miiwaukle, to Emma
Crockett.
S
GOVERNMENT PAYS S
? MUCH ;COLLECTS LITTLE S
&
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 1. War
3 tax stamps passing through the $
hands of the Ainsworth dock j
? force today affixed to bills of lad--?
Ing for shipments to California S
? netted Uncle Sam 28 cents,
'c caused the clerks $28 worth of $
trauble and the shippers $280
? worth of time. $
Agencies of the Amarlcan-
Hawaiian, Grace line, and every
stenmboat service on the river ?
$ experienced the same annoyance.
Tie law prescribes that a 1-cent ?
? stamp must be on every bill of ?
lading issued except on goods ?
bound for Alaska, Porto Rico, the $
i- Hawaiian and Philippines and all $
foreign ports.
s
Interrxtlng fact and figures were
presented at noon Tucmlay by It. K.
Hinlth, of Itoii-btirR, secretary of the
Oregon Rational Tax Reform aarxia
tioii, who talked to CO business and
professional nun and farmers at th
Commercial club, following the week
ly luncheon of tha Live Wires.
Mr. Smith la covering rv--ry section
of the state In hla efforts to make
plain to the people Just why taxes are
high and suggesting remedies. Ho
has considerable data from many of
the count lea in Oregon and he manfest-
ed an astonishing familiarity with con
dition! In Clackamaa county. Mr.
Smith was Introduced by E. E. Hrodie,
chairman of the meeting.
Clackamaa Increase Shown.
Mr. Smith preluded his adilroa with
tho statement thnt the per capita tax
In Oregon Is higher than any other
state In tha union. He said the tax
roll in Clackamas county bad In
creased from $223,000 in 191! to $S40,
000 In 1913.
In discussing the causes of high
(axes, Mr. Smith asserted that one
half of tho area of Oregon paid no
taxes at all, due to the fact that half
of the land was either In the forest
reserves, or had been withdrawn from
entry by the government, nnd that In
addition to taxes were being collected
on the land grant of the Oregon and
California Railroad Co., which had
been declared forfeited In the United
States court and was now before the
United States supreme court on ap
peal. Much of this land not now sub
ject to assessment, declared the speak
er, is good agricultural timbered land
and should be taxed. Mr. Smith made
the point that Oregon la largely unde
veloped and needed more- population
to decrease Its overhead expense.
Organization Urged.
Ho urged the taxpayers to carefully
scrutinize the budget which has al
ready been published, and which will
be publicly discussed at a meeting of
the county court to be held December
15. He pointed out that as a general
rule there are organizations In every
county that are continually asking for
something that results in a tax, but
that very unusual to see an organized
body appear before a tax making body
with an appeal to reduce taxation.
Mr. Smith closed his address with
the suggestion that three committees
be appointed to investigate the budget
figures and then appear before the
county court. He said each committee
could consist of three taxpayers, one
committee to handle roads and bridges
another for county officers expenses,
and a third for sundry items.
Committee la Named.
Upon motion of B. T. McBain, the
chairman appointed a nominating com
mittee conslcting of S. O. Dillman, W.
L. Mulvey and J. E. Hedges and this
committee has selected the following
committees which were provided for
In the motion: Roads and bridges, R.
B. Beatie, Beaver Creek; E. L. Pope,
T. W. Sullivan, John Cole of Molalla,
and Homer Kruse of Sherwood; ex
pense of county officers, J. O. Staats,
W. W. Everhart of Molalla, and George
Lazelle of.Mt. Pleasant; and miscel
laneous expenses, A. C. Howland, W.
H. Bair of Canby, and R. L. Herrln
of Oak Grove. The nominating com
mlttee aimed to give every part of
the county representation.
It Is possible that the ultimate re
suit of the meeting will be the organ
ization of a taxpayers' league In Clack
amas county, the purpose of the pro
posed league being to watch not only
county expenditures, but those of cities
and towns, and school an,d road districts.
SETTOR DECEMBER 17
Dr. J. A. Van Urakle receive! word
Friday that Ibn apical which was tak
en by the pbyulrluna from tha dc Ulft
of Judgfl Campbell would 1 bn arxnis'J
before the supreme court x-ci-niber
17.
In July tha atalu board of heal in
notified the rouly court that It hnt
reiiioted Dr. Van :rakl from thn pi
sltlun of county health offi-r. lr
Van Hrukle appealed to thn circuit
court whern Judgo ( anibpell held that
tin Ixard did not comply with tin
tat law. Tliw local phyahians then
sought an appeal to tha luprema court.
FEDERAL WAR TAX
IS
NOW IN EFFECT
OREGON CITV POSTOFFlCE HAS
NEITHER STAMPS NOR INSTRUCTIONS
TAXPAYERS
SCHOOL
ESTIMATE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF BOARD
ARE APPROVED AT ANNUAL
MEETING
ASSESSMENT IS IN MANY FORMS
Wherever Poailbli Purchaser Will
Bear Burden of Taa M0 Fine
le Provided In Bill for
Any Violation
LEVY IS NOW FIXED AT 57 MILLS
Rate Is 26 Mllla Under 1914 In 1915
Budget $35,640.90 Estimated
Expenditures for Com
ing Year
The budget prepared by the achool
hoard which calls for a levy of 5.7
mills, was approved at the annual tax
payers' meeting which was held In the
rourthonse Friday night. Tho meet
ing was not well attended.
The school tax rate Is the second
levy on Oregon City property which Is
definitely known. The city tax will
he 10 mills, the same as In years pre
vious. The school tax, however. Is 2.0
mills under the rate ' of 1914. Al
though no Improvements are possible
under this rate, the high standards of
the city school will not be lowered.
last year the taxpayers approved a
levy of 8.3, the recommendation of
the board. Of this, 6.5 was tor mainte
nance, 1.5 for an addition to the Bar
clay building and .3 for the (Inking
fund which will take care of a bond
Issue which will expire December 1,
1916. This year tho special levy for
building is eliminated. The sinking
fund Is increased .1 of a mill and the
levy for general purposes Is decreased
1.2 mills. Tha levy of 5.7 mills on a
valuation of $2,817,255 will produce an
estimated revenue of $16,058.35, the
remainder of the district's receipts
coming from the state and county
school funds and from tuition.
In the past the taxpayers have al
ways approved the recommendations
of the school bonrd and this year, with
remarkable reduction In the tax rate,
It was not considered probable that
they would change the estimates,
The estimates for 1915 follow:
Receipts.
County school fund $14,227.20
State school fund 3,577.90
Special school tax 5.3 mills
on valuation of $2,817,255. 14,931.35
Special school tax .4 mill on
valuation of $2,817,255.... 1,126.90
Tuition 1,800.00
$35,663.45
Disbursements.
Teachers' salaries $22,809.00
Clerk's salary 270.00
Janitors' salaries 1,650.00
Repairs, and Improvements
to buildings and grounds. . 1,500.00
Supplies and fuel 3,000.00
Water rent and electric light
and power 600.00
Apparatus and furniture . . . 500.00
Printing and advertising . . . 250.00
Interest on bonds 2,575.00
Interest on loans 200.00
Miscellaneous expense 1,100.00
Sinking fund 1,126.90
$35,640.90
The new road between Portland and
Miiwaukle, In Clackamas county, prob
ably will be completed by the end of
the week, unless rains Interfere with
the finishing. All heavy grading has
been completed and the roadway is
graveled for the entire distance. A
heavy steam roller Is In operation. The
roadway Is 24 feet wide and the grade
Is 2 per cent.
Work Is In progress south of the
steel bridge across Johnson Creek to
the Miiwaukle city line connecting
with the Front street pavement. There
will be a continuous pavement through
Miiwaukle to Sellwood.
J. W. REED SUED
Two actions were instituted in the
circuit court here Saturday against
-Tames W. Reed and the Northwestern
Trust company. The Copeland Lum
ber company is suelng for $S9.G3, al
leged to be due on unpaid material
bills and A. J. Bund for $6.80 for labor.
10 TICKETS BEFORE
MILWAUKIE VOTERS
Two complete tickets, the Republi
can and the Citizens' representing the
Good Government league, will be put
! put before the voters at the Mllwnu
kie city election, December 7.
The Hotel Belle and the Friars' club
together form t'ie issue of the cam
paign. The Republican ticket, headed
by Herman Loedlng, now a member of
the council, Is understood to be in fa
vor of the two resorts, while the op
position candidates are decidedly op
posed to them.
G. C. Pilton is the candidate for
mayor on the Citizens' ticket. The
other nominees are: A. J. Walker
and G. A. Seaman, councilman ward
1; B. G. Skulason and W. H. Grasle.
coiincllmen ward 2; Maggie Johnson,
councilman at large; Sam Riley, mar
shal; A. L. Balstad, treasurer and Da
vid P, Mathews, recorder. Republican
ticket follows: Herman Loedlng,
mayor; John Bond and C. C Perry,
councilmen ward 1; L. Warren and
Leo Shindler, councilmen ward 2;
Charles Counsell, counmilman at
large; A. L. Reed, marshal; Dr. Tay
lor, treasurer, and David P. Mathews,
recorder.
Although thn federal war tax la now
In pffect, thn On-gon City poatofflce
baa not yet receive) stamps or Inatnio
llnlis from the poatofflce authoritlna.
"All that w know of the nw lax
Is what we have read In the n-wnp.
pcru," said Mrs. Naah, aaalalant pout
munter, Monday afternoon. "We have
rc-lvl xv Inatructiiina of any kind."
oalmaati-r Randall Is out of town.
Recorder It Busy.
Recorder Dedman has only vague In
formation of tho working of the new
law. Hla office wai crowded all day
Monday by thoae who wlnbed to file
real eatate trnnafera before the new
tax law became effective. Over 60
transfers were filed up to closing time.
Local banks have received stamps
direct from the revenue office In Port
land. They are printed In red with
the denomination of the stamp in large
figures In the center. Otherwise, they
are marked "Documentary V. 8. A. In
ternal revenue stamp of 1914."
The tax applies so fur aa documents
are concerned, to bills of sale, bills of
lading, any certificates filed with tho
county clerk, deeds for real estate (the
tax Is 50 cents for each $500, though
not applicable to transactions less
than $100), Indemnity bonds. Insur
ance policies, promissory notes, power
of attorney, stock certificates.
An interesting feature of the appli
cation of the war tax to real estate
transactions Is that it will be Illegal to
attach the "nominal" value to the deed.
In other words the tax requires that
the full price be given, for the tax
varies with the price.
Purchaser Pays for Stamps
Postage stamps can be used where
the denomination Is correct, but the
war tax stamp In many Instances must
be much smaller than any postage
stamp. For Instance on certain toilet
articles, where the price does not ex
ceed five cents, the tax is one-eighth
of a cent, and stamps of one-eighth of
a cent denomination must be affixed.
In nearly all Instances, where It 1b
possible, the burden of the war tax
must be borne by the purchaser. The
banks Intend that the purchasers of
papers and documents requiring
stamps pay the tax, for the banks have
already paid their tax in the form of
a percentage upon their capital stock.
The Insurance companies are Instruct
ing their agents to collect the taxes
from the customers. The tax on an
Insurance policy is one-half of one cent
on each dollar on the amount of the
premium charged.
Insurance Agents Instructed.
The instructions sent out to the in
surance agencies by nearly 200 com
panies Include the . following direc
tions.
'Policies Issued covering notes prior
to December 1, 1914, but commencing
on or after that date, which are issued
in the usual course of your business,
and according to the general custom,
and not made for the purpose of evad
ing the tax, need not be stamped.
Policies issued upon covering notes-
or applications, after December 1,.
1914, but where the liability begins be
fore December, will have to be
stamped.
'Policies issued on or before Decem
ber 31, 1916, to begin after December
31, 1915, will also have to be stamped.
"Any endorsement made on or after
December 1, carrying an additional
premium, must be stamped on the
basis of such additional premium, ac
cording to law.
"Where temporary covering notes
are given to the assured and regular
policies are issued subsequently, dat
ing back to the commencement of the
covering note, the covering notes need
not be stamped Inasmuch as the policy
will carry the tax burden but if a cov
ering note Is not merged into a regu
lar policy, as above suggested, the re
quired stamps must be attached there
to.
Bill Carries $500 Fine.
"After the stamps have been at
tached to the policy, please see that
they are properly cancelled, as the law
requires, by writing or stamping your ,
initials and date of cancellation on
the stamps.
"To avoid violations of the law and
consequent penalties, do not deliver
any policy to the assured until the
stamps have been duly affixed and
cancelled."
A fine of $500 Is provided for failure
to cancel a stamp as directed, or fail
ure to properly stamp articles as re
quired by law.
AURORA CANDIDATES FEW
There is a dearth of candidates In
Aurora although the city election there
will be held December 7, says the Au
rora Observer. Several have been
mentioned for places on the council
but there seems to be considerable
modesty on their part to become can
didates. Two places on the council
will be filled.