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ESTABLISHED 1M
ENTER
HONEY TROUBLES
LEAD TO SUICIDE
Of CHAS. HOIIIIE
SAVINGS WERE INVUTIO IN
NORTHWESTERN ASSOCIA
TION TRACTS.
THREATS TO TAKE LITE WOE
10 ATIORKEY SIYERAL TLVIS
New Vv k Held Mm Cam U CUcka
rnn County Lf M Than Var Ago
Eptin find Paying
Orchard Redy Per Him.
Crushed by th failure of lb North
ratrrn aawirlallnn. In which, ti had
put hi Iiik. Charlee llnbne, on
lime prospermia New York hotel pro
prietor, Monday look bl oa III. Ilia
body wa found on lh Houth Knd
road. Bear Oregon I lly, about I o'clock
Monday afternoon by Harry Porter.
Je llau'll. prealdonl and manager
of lh aeeoclallon. I facing a vileral
thargr of ualng Ilia mall to defraud.
A atory of ahallered hope Ilea be
hind tha acL llohn. with bla to
later. Mla llattl and Martha
llnhna, ram lo Oregon City from New
York June) I, expecting lo lake over II
una of Itedland farm land, art out
In bearing fruit tree.
'1 worked bard all my life "d
I've roiue out here lo real, I'va earned
It." ba told acquaintance on hi arriv
al In Oregon City.
Disappointed en Arrival.
Me wvnt out to itedland and found.
Instead of II acre of well tilled, bear
Inn on hard, a Iracl covered with
atumpa and underbruab. He rented
home In Oregon City and brought
nil against the Northwestern aasocla
lion early In June tnd vurtd a Judg
ment for 1100.
llohn" had In vetted lit aavlng In
New York In a Northwestern asaocla
Hon contract and had paid over 11100
Into the company. Apparently he be
lieved all the literature of the ao
rlatlon. tha working slogan of which
waa "With S acre you are Independ
ent, with 10 acre you are rich." Ilia
New York addrciMi wa 10 Kaal
Thirtieth street
Htoni) ft Moullnh, loat attorney,
brought the ult for Hohne again!
the Northwestern association. When
that Bingo of the legal proccednro had
been reach thnt Holme, through hl
attorney, waa almut to aell the Red
lutiila proierty to satisfy the IS00
Judgment, another contract holder
filed a ault and hud a receiver ap
pointed. , Hohne'a Suit Blocked.
The appointment of a receiver he'd
up Hohne'a caae. aa tlio property could
not lio aold while In the hand of Iho
receiver.
Thl step In llm l'R proceeduro
was tlio beginning of tho end. Holme
saw hi cuiie held up by tho action of
another contract holder and feared
Hint he would never gut back lit
money,
1 1 enmo to hi attorneys aa soon a
ho learned thnt a receiver was Ap
pointed. Wllllnm Sloiio, after counaol
ling llolino In regard to the new turn
In tho case, advised him to aeo T. 1'.
Rnndull, tho receiver.
Threat of Sulcld Ar Made.
llolino went to liundull nud discus
sed hi case. "Well, I aeo Hint It's up
to mn to lay down and dlo," ho told
Mr. liundull. Tho receiver told him
to forget such thought, thnt nil would
turn out for tho. heat In' tho. end.
Later Holme, still more despondent
when IIiucll wu nrreHtod by a I'nlted
SlutnH nuirMluil, (old hla attorney that
"If they cun't let mo llvo, nt lennt I
cun dlo."
Kocnntly ho bouglit a flve ncro tract
nt Mt. I'leuHimt und ho and hla two
BlBtora were living on tho property.
Another alHter of llolino, Mra. Clnrn
1 1 ii n nan . wna ii nontnict holder In tlio
NorlhwcHtorn uHHoulutlon und had puld
In $.'100 on a flvo ncro truct for which
Hho wa to puy $1800 In $15 monthly
puynumlH,
Qun Held By Offlolalt.
Holme iiflPd a 38cnlllire revolver In
taking hln own llfo. Tho Kn Ih hold
by Sheriff WIIhoii who may conduct
an InvtmtlKiitlon oh oftlrluls arc' In
clined to hnllovo that Holme pur
cluiMed tho won pon from a local Btoro,
contrary to a atate law. ,.
Mttlo of Holino's puat llfo In known
horo.. In himlnosa affair he nlwaya
conHiilted hla uttornoy, William Stone,
who Ihouglit hla client In woll todo
clrctimatances until about two wooks
ago, when ho begun to complain of his
poverty. Ho waa known by many In
Oregon City bociun6 of three Oroat
Dune dona which ho brought to Ore
gon from hla homo In Now York.
Act I Surprlae to 8liter.
The MIssob Hohno were first told
of tho aulcldo of their hrothor by Rich
ard Pctiiold about two hour after the
body wa found. They saw nothing
peculiar In hla actlonB Monday which
would lead thorn to believe that ho In
tended to take Mb own life.
About 10 o'clock Monday morning
Hohne went Into the store of Ward H.
l.awton at Mt. Pleasant and BBkcd for
the beat cigar In the house. Mr. Law
ton aold blm a IB-cent cigar and a
package of clgaretteB. The store
keeper was surprised at the actions of
Hohne aad wondered at the time that
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T
FOLLOWINGXHAS DAY
FIGHT AT COTTRELL
ONI AUSTRIAN II IN PORTLAND
HOSPITAL ANO MAY Oil MOM
DC IP KNIFK WOUND.
PORTLAND, Or, Do. 27 Jo Mil
lr, th Auatrlan who wa Ubbd by
Martin Smith, fillewceuntryman, fol
lowed an altercation near Cottrtll
Saturday, wa ttill In critical con
ditlen al lh Multnemah County hos
pital tonight Hla (banco of recovery
re believed te b alight
Martin H ml tb. Mlka Havkh and Johu
ilurvlh. Hire Aualrlana from the ( ul
trell dlatrlct, were bmuxht here Hun
day tiliht by Hhertff Wllaon and are
hold In the county Jail lo anawer to a
charge of aaaault with a dangeroua
weapon on Joe Miller. Who la In the
Multnomah county Jail and who may
nut recover.
UUWr waa atalibrd In the atomacb.
mhere the tnoat aerloiia wound was In
flicted, and be waa badly rut on the
fare and hand. Pavlrh baa ft black
eye. anil Minim, wno la aam to ne
been the principal In the cutting af
fray, hvi that Miller grabbed htm
by the throat and he dfendrd him
aelf with bla knife.
Nono of Iho men glvea coherent
atury of the ran no of th fight. The
four nien have been clearing bind near
Cottrell.
The fight took place on the after I
noon of Cbrlatma day. but notwltb-j
atandlng th condltlun of Miller, the
matter wa not reported, until about'
midnight Halurdny, hen neighbor. I
A'hcrt JotH-a. heard of the fray, and!
after making an Investigation, he
called lr. II iik tie, of Orvaham.
A definite chargo Will not be placed
agalnut the two men held until the
effect pf the wnunda on Miller la de
termined. n -
COMPENSATION ACT
UPHELD BY COURT
CIRCUIT JUDGE CALLOWAY AF
FIRMED IN CASE OF GEORGE
EVANHOFF.
8AI.K.M. Ore., Dec. 21 Tho supreme
court today affirmed the Judgment of
Circuit Judge (iulloway In the case of
Ceorgo Kvanhoff against the State In
dustrial Accident commission, and held
the compensation act constitutional.
Commenting on tho fact thnt the
plaintiff clulmed 19 alleged specific vio
lations of the constitution of the atate,
Justice Mclirldo anys In the opinion to
day thnt It would Indeed bo a reflec
tion upon republican government if a
bill which Is bo permeated with the rot
tcnucMa of unconstitutionality could
pasa both houses of tho legislature
with only three dissenting votes, aim
thoroufter ho Indorsed by Iho poople
upon a referendum by a majority of
morn tlmn two to ono.
"Upon the whole caso we aro of Iho
opinion that tho act violates no pre
scription of the constitution of this
stato or of tho Culled States, and that
It was properly passed and Is In every
respect u valid law," says tho court
"While experience may auggoBt from
time to timo changes and amendments
they aro in line with twentieth century
progress. Heforo its' enactment ono
workman out of three received a large
compensation for his Injuries by nn
action at la, while the remaining two
wero defeated and got nothing.
"Now, every workman accepting its
provisions receives some compensa
tion If Injured, and, taken as a whole,
It will lo found that moro money In the
way of compensation Is received by
tho whole body of Injured workmen
than by tho Inadequate remedies af
forded In tho court.
"It has been a boon to the employers,
employed und tho community, which
latter could formerly only offer to tho
Injured laborer tho rharity of tho alms
house, Instead of that Just compensa
tion which ho may now receive with
out tho humiliation of pauperism or
tho loss of self-respect."
FORD PROMISES TO
REJOIN HIS PARTY
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 25.
Henry Ford, now at sea on his way to
New York, loft hla party of peace en
voys because of a serious but not dan
gerous illness, according to statements
by a commltteo of delegatoa upon their
arrival here from Chrlstlania.
Tho members of the peace expedi
tion received from Mr. Ford a wire
less message, dispatched from the
steamship IlorgcnsfJord, announcing
'his departure and giving assurance
that he will rejoin the party at The
Hague lf he Is chosen one of the dole
gates and his health Improves.
Wesley N. Matlock, president of the
Umatilla County Fish and Game asso
ciation, clalma to be the owner of the
finest fishing pole In the state. He
rates it at $60.
JUDGE ANDERSON
SUMS OP COUNTY
COSTS IN 1916
(STIMATIS USED IN PIGURINO
CtNCRAL COUNTY LEVY ARf
OIVEN SY COURT.
FEW CHANCES AKf MADE FROM
RECORDATIONS OF TAXPAYERS
Item for Election and Registration
IncreaMd 10 Pe Cnt In Pinal
Figure $1(1,000 Remain In
Ih County Road Fond.
llcfore making the county general
levy of J & mills. County Judge Ander
son carefully checked over the original
budget. hlcb waa prepared by the
county court, and tb recuuimeiidullona
of the committee of li and th taxpay
er' meeting. I)olng these figurca, be
prepared a rerlaed estimate of county
caucuses which he sum up In the fol
io lug articles, written by blm for The
Kutcrprlae:
lh different Ituma of county ex
penditure as finally passed upon by the
county court were not materially
changed from th budget as published,
except that the supplies for various of
fices were left out as a part of separate
off He expense and grouped together
under the bead of printing and adver
tising. This was douo upon recom
mendation of the committee and the
count court was adviaed lo advertise
for such work and buy supplies at
wholesale ratea.
It waa thought beat to Increaae the
Item for elections and registration by
10 per cent and It Is doubtful whether
this amount will cover all such ex
pense. I-ane county having nearly the
same population as Clackamas esti
mates the cost at 116,000. The com
mittee left the estimate for the clerk's
office unchanged.
The cost of a pew book machine waa
cut out of th recorder's figures, and
the assessor' estimate reduced 1300.
' Tb new office and safe equipment
wa not allowed in the treasurer's of
fice, and the sheriff a force wa reduced
roo.
Four hundred eighty dollars each a
year waa named by the committee as
a liberal allowance for the salary and
expense of each county commlssionet
and the Item of I22S0 for tho entire
expense of county court waa allowed
lo stand.
Three thousund dollars asked for en
forcement of Iho dry law was recom
mended by tho committee and ap
proved at tho taxpayers meeting. '
Kleven thousand dollars for circuit
court was passed as published and
Wj'oO for tho purchase of county fair
grounds.
Iho CMlmMei 'or county poor ai. 1
widows ponslons stands as published
and a number of smaller Items, most
of which are fixed charges, were passed
without change.
The eight mil's levied for roads
should produce a fund of about JOT, 000
In all. It Is a misapprehension, how
ever, lo infer that all of this amount
Is expended on country roads. More
than $10,000 of this amount Is spent
within rrty limits, leaving the actual
fund for roads outsido of cities aboul
$193,000. !
5 HURT WHEN AUTO
HITS ESTACADA CAR
EAGLE CREEK FARMER AND FAM
ILY SPILLED ON WAY HOME
FROM XMA8FEAST. '
Walter Douglass, a farmer- living
near Eaglo Creek, was seriously In
jured and his wife and four children
wero severely bruised when he drove
his automobile into nn inbound Esta
cada car shortly before 2 o'clock Sun
day morning.
A physician wna called from Esta
cada and a special car was rushed to
the scene from Portland to bring back
the Injured mim; Mr. Doug'ass was
taken to the Good Samaritan hospital
in Portland, where It was found that
he was suffering from a broken shoul
der blndo, cut hend and shoulders and
prpbablo Internal Injuries.
The members of his family who
were riding with him were thrown
clear of the automobile, but he was
plnnod in the wreckage.
It is believed that Douglass lost con
trol of hla machine or thnt the brakes
refused to work, for the electric car
was visible for some distance down
the line, it is asserted. Tho aittomo
bllo tore off the front steps of the car.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglass and children
were returning from a Christmas party:
given at the home of n. F. Cogswe'l.l
of Eagle Creek. They had gone three
miles and were at a crossing near the
station when the accident occurred.
Mr. DouglaRs la 37 years old and has
been married only a month. Ills chil
dren, the eldest of whom Is 18 years,
are children of a former wife.
fix commission announces that tax
for 1916 will be about 13 per cent lo-er.
Ill COURT HOLDS
CITY IS ij IIII
TO REGULATE 'JITS'
EFFECT OP DECISION ON OREGON
CITY CASE, NOW PENOINQ,
MAY BE IMPORTANT.
HA I. KM. Ore., Oec. 21 - The aula au
prvine court today held that the Tort
land Jitney bua onllnnn la rooatl-
tutlMial and reversed tli Judgment of
Circuit 'Judge Jiagley In for of th
plaintiff In tha raae of TbMke and
other against Mayor Al:e.
The trial court decided that under
the ronklltutlon of the state of Oregon
a municipality baa no per to enact
an auiergeni y ordinance, and alao thai
the ordinance; waa utu viutltutlonal and
void berauao It roiiinwts lo the coii
nilmloner of the depanoi-nt of pulillc
utllltle and to the r'ty council the
I arbrttary power of la.ilng or refualng
certain certificates, and make the Is
suance tif llcenaes to operate inotjr
busies dependent upon the Imuance of
the certificate, thereby enabling the
commissioner and city council to arbi
trarily prevent the p'alntiffs from se
curing a license.
The supreme court found .oduy lu
an opinion by Justice ilenson tbat a
municipality ba power to enact an
emergency ordinance, and tbat It
would require a strained construction
to Justify any other Interpretation.
The effect of th decision of the su
preme court on the Oregon City Jitney
rase, which la now pending may I
Important. The Oregon City ijr will
soon be argued and mauy poii.ta In the
I'ortland caae are slmllUr to the Iocs I
situation.
REFERENDUM MAY BE
USED TO KILL SALE
OF CANBY FAIR SITE
ESTACADA CITIZENS FAR FROM
PLEASED WITH ACTION OF .
THE TAXPAYERS.
The referendum may be invoked to
defeat tho sale of the county fair
grounds at Canby to the couuty by the
Clackamas County ralr association
and petitions are now being prepared
In tstacada end, It Is reported In the
county scat, soon will be In clrcn'atlon.
Tho purchase of the fclr grounds by
the county for thototul of outstand
ing mortgages, $7U'.0. was recommen 1
cd by the taxpavers" meeting, hut op
posed by the committee of 16 taxpay
ers who checked over the county bud
get. Those who oppose the purchase cf
the property by the county nrue that
Canby Is not centrally located and that
a slto convenient to tho Portland Hall
way, Light & Power company's lines
and the Southern Pacific, some place
between Portland and Oregon City,
would be easily reached from any sec
tion of the county. Hy buying the
Canby property, they declare, the coun
ty would fix Canby as the site and a
change from that location to one moro
centrally located would bo highly Im
probable. The people living in the eastern part
of the county, principally In tho Es
tacada district, aro leading the opposi
tion to the purchase of the Canby prop
erty by the county. On account of the
distunce between Estacada and Canby
and tho round-about route, farmers
from tho Estacada section are prevent
ed from taking an active part In the
county fair, and have formed the East
Clackamas Fair association. This as
sociation, they say, wl'l be disbanded
and they will center their efforts en
the county fair if the county will buy
a site more convenient to the Eastern
part of the county.
The approval of the purchase of the
fulr grounds by the taxpayers at the
buget meeting Is attributed to the large
delegntlon of Canby citizens who at
tended It.
DYNAMITE COSTS BOY
TWO FINGERS, THUMB
CARUS YOUTH BROUGHT TO ORE
GON CITY TO HAVE WOUNDS
DRESSED EYES NOT HURT.
Loo Her ford, the adopted son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Lewis, residing at CaruB,
discovered a dynamite cap on the
Lewis farm Thursday afternoon, and
was making an investigation of the
contents and while doing bo the cap
exploded, badly lacerating the lad'a
face, and blowing from the left hand
his thumb and two fingers. Although
his face Is badly lacerated his eyesight
is not Injured.
The boy, who is 11 years of age, was
rushed to this city by Dewey Thomas
and Clarence Green, and Dr. M. C.
Strickland dressed the wounds, be
was able to be returned to hla home
Thursday night
WILL SEEK
NOMINATIONS
HAY PRIMARIES
COMMISSIONER, ASSESSOR AND
RECOROER PROBABLY BE
CENTER OF INTEREST.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY HEDGES IS
EXPECTED TO RON FOR REELECTION
This Early in Re, Three Candidate
Hav Appeared Who Seek te Suc
ceed Recorder Dedman and
Three Out For A Meteor.
Tbe dale of the primary nominating
e'ectlon cornea next May, but aside
from tbe candidates who are expected
to succeed themselves for second
terms, there I already promise of a
lively Interest In the county campaign
Tbla I particularly true of tbe office
of commissioner, asseskor and record
er.
Clackamas county will elect three
representatives In tho legislature, and
there are three men who may be re
garded a being In the field, and they
are all strong factors In a political
race. George C. Ilrownell, who served
three year a In tbe state senate, once
aa president of tbat body, will unques
tionably run for the lower bouse, there
being no vacancy In tbe senate. Chris
tian Schuebel, who baa been la tbe
house for the last two sessions, will
make the rare again, and E. D. Olds, of
Oak Grove, will be a contender. There
have been reports of a candidate for
the legislature appearing from the Es
tacada district, but no aspirant ba yet
appeared.
Commlaeloner Rac May Be Cloe.
It I over the race for commissioner
that a fight promise to develop. Com
missioner Mattoon, who la Just round
lug out his second term, aald a few
weeks ago that he would run again,
but he has since denied tbat bo would
be a taudldkte. He. may ulttmaicly
I conclude to make ibe race.
J. W. Herd, of EstaraHa. and tiuy T.
Hunt, of the same town, are possible
timber. Mr. Reed waa mayor of hi?
borne town several limes and baa a
large following. Mr. Hunt wa In the
legislature last session, lie baa been
supervisor of the Garfield road district
many years.
W. A. Proctor, of Sandy, who waa
mentioned as a candidate for commis
sioner, has not announced bis candi
dacy, and there Is said to be some
doubt whether ho will mn. W. H. Uot
tcmtller, of Clarkes, has been urged by
some of his friends to get into the race.
It Is expected that Charles W. Rlsley,
a member of the last legislature, will
be the Democratic candidate.
Candidatea for Recorder Many.
W. W. Everhart. of Molalla, will
probably make an active campaign for
assessor on tho Republican ticket
Charles F. Romlg, a teacher of the Wil
lamette school and a former resident
of Canby, has also announced his can
didacy, as has R. E. Woodward, of Ore
gon City. Others mentioned are Ros
well L. Holman and C. I. Stafford, both
of Oregon City. The Democratic can
didate will probably be G. F. Johnson,
present chief deputy assessor.
Dudley Poyles, of Oregon City; ClydeJ
Hughes, of West Linn, and Pearl Sel
by, of Oregon City, are candidates for
county recorder. Mr. Doyles formerly
lived at Molalla. He Is chief deputy
in the office of Recorder Dedman and
has a wide personal acquaintance. Mr.
Hughes Is employed by the Crown Wil
lamette Paper company antf Mr. Sol by
Is connected with the Huwley Pulp &
Paper company. .
Many Out Fee Re-Election-County
Clerk Harrington, Sheriff
Wilson, Treasurer Dunn, School Su
perintendent Calavan, Surveyor John
son and Coroner Hempstead will be
the Republican candidates for Becond
terms, and will probably have no op
position In the primaries.
There Is promise of nn interesting
contest over the office of district at
torney. The Incumbent, Gilbert L.
Hedges, a Democrat, Is expected to be
a, candidate to succeed himself. Wil
liam M. Stone, an Oregon City attor
ney, Is already making an active can
vass for the Republican nomination
John N. Sievers, who Is Justice of the
peace for tho Oregon City district, may
enter the race against Stone, as may
O. W. Eastham, an attorney of Oregon
City.
Altogether, the people of Clackamas
county will not lack candidates for the
various offices. The vote of the wo
men has caused such an Increase in
the total vote cast at the last election
that it has become necessary to divide
a number of the pnscinctB, and the
county will have about 80 polling
places.
ROOSEVELT WINS COSTS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 28. Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt this afternoon was
allowed $1442.52 against William liar
ncs as costs and disbursements In de
fending the $50,000 libel suit brought
against him by .Barnes. The trial of
the suit ended In victory for Colonel
Roosevelt
"Curry county," Bays the Eugene
Register, "excited by recent strikes,
sees visions of a return of the golden
days of the fifties. Visions and min
ing camps go always band in hand.'"
PLANS HADE FOR A
CLUB AFTER JAN. I
EVEN SOFT DRINKS WILL BE BAR
RED NEXT YEAR WILBUR
MAY LEAVE OREGON.
Not ern soft drink will served
al the Friars' club, tbe Hllwaukle re
sort, after th first of the year. If you
ant a drink of near beer or aoda yon
will have to go to the club's neighbor,
the Hotel lirIK wbUb plana to replace
a bar with a fountain January I. 191$.
Julius Wilbur, steward or 'he Friars'
club Tuesday told tbe plana fur tbe
club that Is lo be arter tbe first of the
year. It will com more to fulfilling
Its purpoae, a outlined In Its article
of Incorporation : lo elevate the mental
standard of Its member and to afford
them athletic recreation.
Tbe trustees of the club have com
pleted their plan. The club building
will be repainted and thoroughly over
hauled, both Inalde and out A Urge
floating swimming pool will be an
chored In th river by the club bouse
ground and an acre or so, bordering
on tbe Willamette and on Johnson
creek, will be made into picnic
grounds.
Put Mr. Wilbur la not aure that he
can stand the change that I to come
over the club, with which be baa been
connected for so many years, and the
man who was made famous by Gover
nor West along with the club Itself,
ma go to California. The trustee
have made an offer to Mr. Wilbur to
stay as steward of the reconstructed
club.
"I have stood the brunt of criticism
that baa been directed at the club."
be said Tuesday, "and tbe trustees in
return have made me1 a fair proposi
tion. Hut I don't know that I will ac
cept it I look at the matter like the
rest of the boys. If there la room in
Call ion) la for them, then there Is room
for me."
ROAD LEVY PROBLEM
GETS WIDE NOTICE
COUNTY JUOGE ANDERSON 6ENDS
COPIES OF DECISION TO
OTHER OFFICIAL?.
The question of the legality of a spe
cial county levy for permanent roads
or for bridges, which was recommend
ed at the annual taxpayers' meeting.
has attracted wide attention and Coun
ty Judge Anderson within the last few
days has received calls from a number
of county officials asking the legality
of the plan.
District Attorney Hedges yesterday
presented the county Judge with a writ
ten opinion, In which be declared that
a levy such as was under consiuera-
tion by the Clackamas county court
was Illegal. Judge Anderson will mail
copies of the decision to inquiring offi
cials of other counties.
Under the new road statute, 70 per
cent of all road taxes must go Into the
district funds. This leaves only 30 per
cent of tho fund for the larger county
road projects and for bridge work.
Counties, such as Clackamas, with hun
dreds of bridges and a thousand or two
miles of roads find It difficult, with
such a small margin left in the general
fund fund, to keep up the bridges, put
In culvert and meet other expenses
thut must come from the general road
fund.
Termanent road work, which is nec
essarily costly, la hampered by this
condition and the taxpayers, as well as
the committee of 15 which checked
over the county budget, recommended
a general levy of two mills for hard
surface, believing that this fund could
be raised and devoted entirely to the
laying of a permanent type of road.
But under District Attorney Hedges de
cision, such a program is impossible.
Judging from the inquiries from In
terested officials in other counties, the
problem if not confined to Clackamas
county arid other parts of the state
are seeking ways to build up a sub
stantial general road fund for better
bridges and roads.
BONDS VOTED TOR
130 MILES PAYING
EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 29. Snoho
mish county, in accordance with the
wishes of a majority of the voters aa
expressed at yesterday's bond election.
will build 130 miles of hard surfaced
highways during the next three years.
The plans proposed will give Snoho
mish county one of the finest highway
systems In the state.
At yesterday's elecetion a bond Issue
of $1,813,800 to cover the cost of con
structing the roads was approved by
the voters. Returns tabulated today
indicate that the bonds carried by a
vote of almost three to one. Only
three precincts in the county returned
a majority against the bonds and in
one precinct the vote favoring the
bonds waa unanimous.
The bond election and the good
roads movement was actively support
el by tbe newly organized Everett
Commercial club.
PERMAHENTROAD
LEVY
OUT BY STATUTE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY HEDGES PRE
PARES OPINION FOR COUNTY
JUDGE ANDERSON.
DISTRICTS HOST RECEIVE 70 PER
CENT Cf ROAD LEVIES, EE SAYS
County Judge Some Up Problem With
Two Question Which Are Atv
Swered by District Attorney
Dclon Is Given In Full.
The division of tbe road levy Into
three part, two mils for permanent
road construction, one mill for bridges
and five mills for the general road fund,
cannot be made legally In the opinion
of District Attorney Gilbert L. Hedge.
Mr. Hedges Thursday completed a
written opinion and presented It to
County Judge Anderson, taking up the
matter from a legal viewpoint He finds
that auch a program Is contrary to
tbe budget law, which was passed by
the last legislature, and to tbe road
statutes.
The plan of dividing tbe road levy
was recommended at tbe annual tax
payers' meeting beld two week ago.
Two mills for permanent road work
would lay five miles of hard surface
redress over present macadam. It wa
estimated, and atart tbe county on a
program of permanent road work.
With the recommendations of the
taxpayers defeated by the state law,
the county court now Is making an
8 mill general road levy, as was made
this year and has been made In former
year.
District Attorneys Hedges' decision,
which takes up several Important
points In road law, follows In full:
(1) Chapter 234. Laws of 1313. gen
erally known as. ibe "I'.uUkoI ,iw." ,
'provide In section J. as follows:
j Cet-tio 1, It, ahal be tmhtwful fur
hm iu i- " Ti'i-n-ru -r n'i"iM-
ed. for any county. On!rs.1 an estimate
shall have first been made of the''
amount of money proposed to be raised
by taxation for the ensuing year and
such estimate published, and oppor
tunity for a full and cemplete discus
sion thereof allowed in the man
ner hereinafter provided for. Tbe esti
mates herein required shall be fully
Itemized, showing under separate
heads the amount required for each
department of county government,
county office or county officer, for each
county improvement the maintenance
of each county building, structure or
institution, for the salary of each coun
ty officer or employe, including those
whose salary shall be fixed by statute;
provided, that employes of like salary
in each department of county govern
ment may be listed by the number of
such employes, the amount of each sal
ary and the amount of their combined
salaries, for the improvement and
maintenance of public highways, roads,
streets, bridges, the construction, oper
ation and maintenance of each public
utility, and shall contain a full and
complete disclosure of the contem
plated expenditures from the money
or moneys proposed to be raised by
tuxation, showing the amount of each
public expense. Said estimates Buult
also contain a statement of tho prob
ablo receipts of the county proposing
such tax from sources other than di
rect taxation upon the real and per
sonal property In its Jurisdiction dur
ing the period for which such tax is
to be levied, and the amount of all
balances, if any, on hand in the funds
of said county, at the time such levy
will be made. Estimates of the amounts
to be raised by taxation shall be made
a sufficient length of time In advance
of all regular or special meetings at
which by law levies are authorized to
be made to permit publication as here
inafter provided.
Section 2 of said act requires that
the estimates, together with a notice of
the time and place at which such esti
mates may be discussed with the coun
ty court, shall be published at certain
times prior to such meeting. I find
that the provisions of these two sec
tions have been complied with and
the taxes levied pursuant thereto will
be lawful.
In said budget or estimate published
appears this item:
Roads and highways 210,000.00
'ISrldgea 30,000.00
Total $210,000.00
Section 3 of the "Budget Law" is aa
follows:
Section 3. It shall be the duty of
the county court to meet at the time
and place designated in said notice,
when and where any taxpayer subject
to such tax levy when made shall be
heard in favor of or against any pro
posed tax levies.
The act further providcB in section
4:
Section 4. When such hearing shall
have been held, or if at the time and .
place appointed for such hearing, no
taxpayer shall appear to discuss the
proposed levy, the county court shall
proceed to make, determine and de
clare the amount of taxes to be levied
upon the current assessment rolls, and
to make a separate levy for each pur
pose, sufficient to raise the amount of
taxes so determined and declared, and
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