OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1918.
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BOYS OVER HEIIE
Interesting Facts
City Boys In The U. S.
Service
Orlando and Harry Romtg, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Roinig, of Wlllani- j
ette, are on the IT. S. S. Westbrtdge.
Their mall goes in ca,re of the post
master of New York, N. Y.
sa fa Si
Glen Larkins, of Mulino. who la in
the service, has been attending an au
tomobile school at Spokane. Wash.
He haa been ordered to Fort Wordeu
Pa Pi Sa
Edwia Buech. who has been a;
Camp Kearney, Cal., has arrived
home for a 21-days' furlough, and ia
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs
Prank Busch. Ed has gained in flesh,
and likes army life.
Joha C. Doores, son of W. W.
1 too res. la with Company C, 32 Engi
neers, and to one of the well known
boys of Clackamas county, who is
doing Ma duty "over there." He was
Iwrn and reared in Clackamas county,
and hia former home is Marquam. He
. has a host of friends in Clackamas
county, who will be pleased to know
that he is in the best of health, word
having recently arrived a few d..ys
ago to his father.
Pa Pa
Thomas Joseph Armstrong, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Armstrong, of
West Linn, who is on the U. S. S.
Leviathan, and has Just completed
his thirteenth trip over-seas. He is
in the best of health, and expects to
again sail on this boat.
Pa Pa Pa
William A. Gil! more, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. C Gillmore. is with the 155
Aero Squadron, and is in France.
JS3 is
Ralph Armstrong, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Armstrong, of West Linn,
writes his parents from Goat Island,
Ca!., that he has gained 20 pounds
s nee arriving at that place. He is now
tipping the scales at 152, and will cele
brate his 21st birthday anniversary
next April. He is delighted with the
life of tho sailor, and likes others
there, is anxious to go on the briny
deep. In a letter to his parents a few
days ago, he tells them not to worry
over the Spanish infuenza for he says
the boys are being treated at the
island like they were each a million
dollar bill. Hia brother. Fred, who is
in France, with the 162 Infantry, says
they are certainly making the Huns
go, and they will not return until they
have licked the Kaiser good and hard,
and that will not be 'long the way
things look to the boys "Over there."
P P P
Richard R, Friedrichs, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Friedrichs, of this
city, who has been at Camp Lewis,
Wash., is now with Twelfth Company
I. R. k T. T at Camp Grant, Rock
ford, I1L He Is enjoying the best of
health.
Pa Pa fa
Mrs. Louis Schaber, of this city, is
in receipt of a letter from her broth
er, H. A. Oldenstadt, Of Company C,
Eighteenth Engineers Railway. His
postofficie address is A. P. 0. 794,
American Expeditionary ; Forces,
France. In his letter the young man
says that considerable rain had fallen,
and had been a benefit to the pastures.
He also says: "We always have good
'eats,' and yesterday we had bro
kili, beets, rice pudding, lemonade,
and who would want a better meal
than that, and when our time comes
to eat, It is always ready for us. This
is a big camp where we are located,
and we have a band and a Y. M. C. A
here now. The band plays every day
and in the evening. We have church on
Sunday, both morning and evening.
We are located but a short distance
from a large city, and there we can
get almost everything we need, so you
see we have everything pretty
(,'ood here. Well, I do not believe the
war will last much longer, as they
are certainly chasing the kaiser back
now. Whenever we Americans get at
ter him he not only gets a good walk
on himself, but a good run as well."
Pa Pa Pi
Private (First Class) Charles Rich
ardson, of Headquarters Troop Third
Army Corps, was heard, from this
week by his mother, Mrs. C. W. Rich
ardson, saying he is near the front
again, and that he is to get Stanley
(his little nephew) a pair of wooden
shoes if he has to carry them back
across the ocean in his pocket, and
that h has remembered that it was
his birthday the following day, and
says my how he would love to pick
him up in his arms and hug and kiss
him. He further says: "Yes, you bet
we will celebrate when I return home.
You have asked me if I have been at
the front I hare, but that is noth
ing. I am going to send you a helmet
and a German cap pretty quick. I re
ceived a nice long letter from Alberta
Dunn, and have answered it. Give
Mrs. Payne, Mrs. White and Mrs. Fry
rear a hello for me. Have Just received
Mrs. White's letter. This finds me
feeling pretty well."
Pa fa Pi
Mrs. E. H. Cooper received a brief
letter from her son, First Sergeant
Milo R. Cooper, with Company 11
Third Battalion, A. C. S., telling of
his being transferred to France. He
has been in England for some time.
He says: "I have surely been busy
since being in the school, and I like
ENTERPRISE
Poatofflce m second-etaa matter.
- QVER THERE
About Oregon W
the work very much, though it keeps
us going a good part of the time. Was
in Paris a short time, but not, long
enough to go many places. The parts
I did see I liked very much better
than I-omlon; also like France better
than England. The country is much
prettier. I am well and hare a fine
appetite as usual, and am getting
along O. K. You can send my mail to
the old address. Company 11, Third
Battalion, A, C. S.. American Ex
peditionary Forces, A. P. O. No. TH
France, as I will not be at this place,
long enough to receive an answer to
this.
Pi P3 Pa
Samuel E. Todd, son of Mrs. Vertie
M. Todd, of West Linn, a well known
boy of that place, who is now on his
way to France, has been stationed at
ElPaso, Texas. In his letter of re
cent date he says: "Dear Mother, as I
am expecting to leave before long
will write a few lines before I leave.
I am well and hope this letter find
you all the same. V have had orders
from Washington, D. C, that one-third
of Company 21, is to go over sea, and
I was one of the delected. We haven't
changed our clothing yet, but it has ar
rived and ready for us. I am so dis
gusted with this country that I don't
care much where I go. It is nothing
but rocks and sand. El Paso is located
where there is nothing to see but
rocky hills and it is so hot during the
day that a person can hardly wear any
clothing. I am ready to leave here as
soon as they are ready to ship me
oat."
Samuel Todd has a brother Albert
Todd, now in France.
Pi Pi Pi
Mrs. William Schatz, of Stafford, re
ceived a letter from her son, Robert
Schatz, who is on his way to Siberia
with his company. He is a well known
Clackamas county boy, and is proba
bly the first of this county to go to
Siberia to fight for his country.
The letter was written while the
young man was on board the boat
and is as follows:
September 21, 1918.
Dear Mother:
"Just a line to let you know that I
am still alive, and in good health.
"This trip across the water was
greatl There certainly were some
sick boys on the second day, but there
were a lot of them who did not be
come seasick. I did not feel very good
for a couple of days the second week
we were out, but I did not 'feed the
fish' as luck would have it, and I do
not know what prevented me from
doing so. I did not know there was so
much water before. I am still on the
boat, bnt will soon be in Siberia. Tftey
are going to allow us to get off at
Japan, and where we will be allowed a
few hours. I sure do want to get my
feet on Japanese soil, so that I can
say that I have been in Japan.
"Well, Mother, according to what
I hear, I sure will get to see some
great adventures in Siberia. I certain
ly will be able to tell you lots of things
when I return.
"Don't worry about me, Mother, for
I am feeling fine. I am sure I will be
able to stand all hardships that will
come to soldier boys.
"As I am to go on guard duty soon,
will close for this time.
"Your loving son,
"ROBERT SCHATZ."
His address is Robert Schatz
Eighth Pro. 62nd Infantry, R. P. L.
Siberia, American Expeditionary
Forces. His brother, Albert H. Schatz
is at the training camp at Seatt'e.
OREGON CITY
BOY RECEIVES
MUCH PRAISE
B. F. Ford, son of Rev. T. B. Ford,
of Oregon City, who is in France, and
is a secretary of the Y. M. C. A., was
one of the secretaries going over the
top with infantry battalions, and car
rying on their work In the midst of
severest losses. B. F. Ford and F. A.
Dawes were highly praised by Gen
eral Allen, who said "These men
specially deserved to be highly com'
mended upon for the zeal and forti
tude shown during the engagement.
IS
Mayor E. C. Hackett has become
quite an expert as a potato grower,
for those grown this year at the Hack'
ett home on Seventeenth and Wash
ington Streets are of unusual fine
puality. These are of the Early Rose
variety, and many measure in length
13 inches, while the circumference Is
11 and 11 Inches. A number of these
tip the scales at over three pounds
and one is sufficient for a small-sized
I family.
TWO BILLS OF JACKSON ARE
FULL OF FALSEHOODS
In hi efforts to get even with the
couutry publishers for refusing to Ret
back of It sinsle tax measure, the
Portland Journal, thru iU million
aire owner, Sam Jackson, has" had in
itiated tv o measures dealing direct
ly wttu the country press. One meas
ure provides for the abolition of the
publication of the delinquent tax list
and the other lowers the rate provided
by statute for the publication of legal
notices. The rate provided by statute
is exactly the same as charged by 90
percent of the country papers to their
commercial ad?ertisers for the same
class of work. Mr. Jackson was very
particular to see that this proposed
measure did not IN ANY WAY AF
FECT MULTNOMAH COUNTY,
WHERE HIS OWN PAPER IS PUB
LISHED. The voter should bear this
In mind in guaglng the animus back
of the Jackson printing measures.
It la also a matter of court record
that the present bill providing for the
payment of publication of delinquent
tax list in counties of over 150.000 pop
ulation, WAS BORN IN SAM JACK
SON'S OFFICE IN PORTLAND, that
he la Its father and wet nurse and that
the midwlves were John '. Logan and
R. W. Montague, attorneys. That is the
sworn testimony of Mr. Logan in a
Multnomah court, and Mr. Jackson
doesn't deny It. Why didn't he tlx the
bill to abolish the publication then?
Because he thought he had mantpul-
latcd it so that the Journal could get
the publication. It so turned out how
ever that tnere are two papers pub
lished in Portland having a smaller
circulation than the Journal and one
of them is the Journal's hated after
noon contemporary, The Telesram.
The advertising rates are therefore leas ,
and unless the Journal bids below the
legal rate it can't get the printing. It
prefers to do without rather than per
mit Its rival to have it.
In its attacks on the dolinuenqt pub
ication notices, Mr. Jackson is taking
the counties alphabetically and telling
the voters what It cost them to have
the delinquent list published.
Lie Number One.
In his Benton County article, for
instance, he says that it cost the voters
nearly $2,000 to have published the
delinquent list from 1912 to 1918 inclu
sive. If that were true, it would mean
that Benton county collected nearly
$2,000,000 for an expense of 10 cents
on every hundred dollars collected.
There isn't a business man In the
world but who would gladly turn all his
collections over to any collector who
would guarantee to collect at so low a
rate. It beats green trading stamps "by
exactly 2000 percent.
Bnt it is not true, as any taxpayer
can find out by calling at the sher
iff's office in any county in Oregon.
The Journal merely hopes to fool the
public. This collection HAS NOT COST
THE TAXPAYERS OF BENTON
COUNTY X SINGLE CENT, $o it has
collected for the county thousands of
dollars. Nearly everybody who pays
taxes, knows that the cost of the adver
tising Is chsxgln up to the man who is
delinquent or to the man who buys a
tax deed.
"This fear of publicity, and the fact
that the property owner will have to
pay for it," says Deputy Sheriff Taylor
"is the best thing that could possibly
happen - to the treasury of Benton
county. It is what makes many taxpay
ers come in and pay up before publica
tion date. As soon as the taxes are past
due, we send a written statement to
the owner of the property In question.
we nave dozens of these owners
then come In and Inquire as to when
their delinquency will be published
and state that they will be in before
that date and pay the taxes. The
Journal's measure provides for a mail
notice. That would not accomplish the
purpose at all, for we are already, as
required by the present law, sending
out a mail notice to everybody who
has failed to pay.on the date required."
The sheriff then stuck his hand In
to a pigeon hole and pulled out a
double fist full of notices that he had
sent out and that had come back thru
the mall marked "unclaimed." "Just
how the Journal method would reach
this class of people I do not know. It
couldn't reach them, for these return
ed letters show abundantly that It
does not. On the other hand, many of
these people to whom we mail notices
and who do not get them, come In af
ter the property is advertised In the
paper and pay up saying they saw the
list, or that a friend saw it who knew
their address and notified them. Occa
slnally too a man sells a piece of prop
erty and takes a mortgage. The prop
erty is on the tax rolls in the name of
the mortgagor. The mortgagee is In
terested in seeing that the mortgagor
keeps the taxes paid and often this is
his only means of finding out. Every
state so far as I know publishes a de
linquent tax and there is good reasons
for it. It would create chaos to abolish
it."
Lie Number Two,
The lie the Journal repeats in nearly
all Its stories In a seeming effort to
prove that the country press is venal,
dishonest, crooked and full of graft.
It states, "the list is published five
times which is not authorized by stat
ute." This is one of Us boldest lies as
any attorney can tell you who knows
his business in this county, for in
stance, the County Court got a speci
fic opinion on the matter from Dis
trict Attorney Clarke. The district at
torney said the law required the notice
to "be published five times. If it were
not published according to law, the
ta deed would be no good, therefore
the five publications were expressly
ordered by the County Court. Any vot
er can verify this by consulting At
torney Clarke.
Lie Number Thre8.
, The Jurnal says "Had the lists
been set solid it would have reduced
the price $77." This lie presumes on
the Ignorance of the noonle as to the
difference between "solid" and
"leaded" type. This paragraph Is
set "solid." The same thing BE
LOW is set "leaded." The reader
can count the lines and see for him'
self that there Is not a particle of
difference in the number. The lines
are merely farther apart. THE DE
LINQUENT PAYS FOR IT BY THE
LINE.
The Journal says "Had the list been
set solid It would have reduced the
price $77." This lie presumes on the
Ignorance of the people as to the dif
ference bet wen "solid" and "leaded"
type. This paragraph Is set "leaded."
the same thing ABOVE Is sot "solid."
The reader can count the lines and see
for himself that there is not a par
ticle of difference in the number. Tho
lines are merely farther apart, THR
DELINQUENT PAYS FOR IT BY
THE L1NK
An Unfortunate Selection.
In an unfair effort to call attention
to the seeming advantage of its scheme
the Journal aays "It mail notice pre
vailed, James W. Bingham, who owns
an acre in Benton county, would not
have been forced to pay $.50 to have
his S cents tax published."
From the Journal's viewpoint, Its se
lection was unfortunate for its argu
ment. It hasn't cost James W Bing
ham anything nor will it do so, James
V. Bingham was notified according to
the latest Improved methods, a meth
od highly recommended by the Port
land Journal as being Infallible, vix:
THRU T It 1C UNITED STATES
MAILS. Tho letter to Mr.. Bingham
was returned by the postmaster mark
ed "unclaimed," The parcel was then
advertised and thru the advertisement
In the papers It was discovered that
another party has had adverse posses
sion of the land and presumed that It
was Included In his deed given a good
many years ago. Bingham's name got
onto the tax roll by reason of a new
platting by the county assessor. Only
the publication in the papers discover
ed the fact that for several years it
had boon assessed to another man who
hal boon paying the taxes supposing
he had a clear title to the premises. We
thank the Journal for mentioning this
c:ao.
The same serious tai!;ire to notify
interested parties would occur in ALL
cases where tax rolls failed to corres
pond to the records of deeds which
is constantly changing. For the same
reason serious injury would work
against a mortgagee, for under the pro
posed scheme the holder of a mortgage
is not notified of the tax delinquency.
The same would also apply to proper
ty held in trust and no state in the
union has yet been able to find a way
to Issue a tax certificate of delinquen
cy or a tax deed that was worth the
paper it was written on without first
advertising the delinquency. The owner
of a tax deed for delinquent property
not advertised Jn a newspaper would
have difficulty finding a mortgage com
pany who would loan any money on
such a title.
The Journal complains too that be
cause the taxes were under $1.00, the
statute prohibits their being advertis
ed. This Is correct and the only correct
statement in the Journal's continued
harangues. The Journal might also
state, if it were disposed to be fair,
that the statute requires ALL delin
quent property to be advertised before
a certificate of delinquency can be is
sued. There Is no other way whereby
a certificate can be issued. Even the
county Itself couldn't take over the
property and perfect a title, which Is
what Single Tax Jackson hopes to do
ultimately with his scheme. Therefore
the county had the choice of obeying
one law or the other. It chose to take
no chances and advertised all delin
quent property. In either event, It was
not up to the newspapers to say wheth
er or not it should be advertised. It
takes the copy brought to it and pub
lishes according to order.
The Jornal continues, "The same
situation, generally speaking, applies
to every county In the state of Oregon
and not to Benton county alone." If
that Is tr.ie, then the above argument
Is applicable to every county in the
state of Oregon as well as to Benton
county.
But when It makes this statement,
the Journal publicly accuses every dis
trict attorney In the state, every
sheriff and every county court of be
Ing either dishonest or Incompetent.
There Is no other alternative If the
Journal be correct. They either violate
the law maliciously or' lgnorantly in
three different instances, (1) by pay
ing for padded lists, (2) for publish
ing once too often, (3) by publishing
amounts less than one dollar. Either
the Journal Is right and every sheriff,
county court and district attorney in
Oregon is wrong or crooked, or the
county courts, sheriffs and district at
torneys of Oregon are right and the
Single Tax scheming Journal Is wrong
or crooked. Also, every other state in
the union Is wrong and has been for
years and only the Single Tax sch-i
eraing editor of the Journal has dig
covered the error.
In this connection the voters of
Oregon1 Bhould remember that several
other times Single Tax measures have
been launched In disguise by this same
pernicious source. The last time was
in November, 1916, undor the "Full
Rental Land Values" amendment,
which, among other things, provided
"that delinquent tax sale certificates
should be bought up by the State Land
Board with penalties and costs
and thereafter the title should vest
absolutely In the state." Why was the
effort made to have the state get hold
of these tax certificates? If the news
paper publication Is wicked now, why
wasn't it wicked then?
Numerous measures were sought to
be put on the ballot this year.. All but
these printing bills fai'ed. Mr. Jackson
hired men to 30 out and get signatures.
The other measures had to depend on
volunteers. Is it possible that the Fels
Soap Fund has not yet been exhaust
ed? This is the fund left by millionaire
Fel to promote single tax in Oregon.
It' is the fund that has been used by
Jackson and U'Ren to promote all their
other single tax schemes. Were these
Dills initiated thru the millionaire's
soap fund, or by millionaire Jackson
himself?
With Jackson's past record on the
subject in mind these are fair ques
tions to consider. If the delinquent
tax list is not advertised, fewer de
linquent certificates will be sold and
not only will the county's revenues
diminish but the county will get the
delinquent lands themselves. The ob
ject of single tax is public ownership.
As the county's revenues decrease
because of delinquents, county taxes
will necessarily Increase on those
who DO pay to make up the deft
elenoy, Thus It will become harder
and harder to pay the taxes and
there will be more and more delin
quents and the county will become
more and more a property owner
and a step lit the direction of Single
Tax will have been accomplished.
But the Journal arguments of
cause do not mentiou single tax.
They are confined to misrepresenting
the publications and weeping over the
poor delinquent The voter knows, If
he stops to taluk, that It la not the
poor man who becomes delinquent. It
Is the speculator and the man who
has so much property scattered around
that he forgets whether he has paid
taxes on It or not. A fine case In
point exists in this county whore a
Portland promoter platted out the Pa
cific Addition to Monroe and so'd
hundreds of lots to the poor laborers
on the railroad there, tt was sold on
the Installment plan, the real owner
ship being In the promoter. The lots
were absolutely . worthless and of
course the laborers 16ft the country
without paying out and the promoter
has had to pay the taxes or lose It.
This Is'one of the men the Journal
Is weeping over. Its editorial col
umns have little use for a promoter,
but when he can be hidden behind
"a poor man who struggles day and
night, etc.," then It sobs are elo
quent.
Finally, the proposed scheme Is
not offered in good faith ; tt Is a
subterfuge; It Is Impracticable; the
present statute already requires
mail notices to be sunt out when tux
es are past duo; If newspaper publi
cation was discontinued, tax titles
would be worthless. The present
publication law has proven success
ful In every state In the union: it Is
the best collector of revenues the
County has, it compels the tax de
linquent to come up and pay his Just
share of taxes along with the other
fellow, it doesn't cost the county a
single cent of money and never has
and the continued and repeated
statements In 'he Journal that It
dos are but added evidence of Mil
lionaire Jackson's entire lack of good
faith In both printing measures.
The Intelligent voter will vote
309 "No" and 311 "No."
We have referred tho questions
commented on above to the proper
authorities in this county and their
opinion is expressed below. There
is Included also the opnion of A. J.
Johnson, who pays taxes In four dlf
fercnt counties and whose reputa'
Hon and Rood business judgment
are so well known In this county
that It should have weight.
From the District Attorney
From a reading of the statutes of
the State of Oregon It appears to me
beyond question that It Is necessary
that tax notices be published five
times, and not four, as contended.
This position being correct, tax
deeds procured as a result of sales
where the publication has been had
but four times, would not be valid
(Signed) ARTHUR CIARKE,
District Attorney
From Several Authorities
I have examined the two pro
posed measures, relating to chang'
Ing the printing laws, and am coil'
vtneed that their adoption would be
injurious to the taxpayers of the
state of Oregon. I think the pre
ent law on the subject of publication
of delinquent taxes Is a fair one and
should be retained on the statute
books and that an exclusive mall
notice as proposed would not accom
plish the purpose.
(Signed)
S. W. WARF1ELD,
Recorder.
W. It. RICKARD,
County Assessor.
A. J. JOHNSON,
From the Tax Collector
I have read the forgoing article
in reference to the proposed changes
in the publication of delinquent tax
notices and am glad to confirm the
statements made therein. This pro'
posed measure should be defeated.
(Signed) W. A, GELLLATLY,
Sheriff and Tax Collector
From the County Clerk
The delinquent tax measure which
we have to vote on this fall provides
that the sheriff shall notify tho per
son taxed "at the address on the
tax rolls." The tax rolls are made
up March 1st. The time for paying
the last half of the taxes does not
expire till a year from the following
October a full year and a half af
ter the rolls are made up. In the
meantime hundreds of people may
have moved away and it Is impossible
to find them by addressing a letter
to where they were a year and a half
previous. This Is mereiy one of the
very many reasons why I believe
that "this proposed measure is vicious
and should be defeated.
(Signed) EMERY J. NEWTON,
' County Clerk of Benton County,
Corvallis Gazette-Times.
CEREAL ORDERS OF
Eugene, Or., Oct. 25. Eugene whole
sale houses dealing In grains and grain
products yesterday canceled all orders
placed with the Albers Brothers Mill
ing Company of Portland, for unde
livered quantities of cereals and other
products, as a result of the arrest ot
Henry Albers, who resigned yesterday
as president of the milling company,
on espionage charges. The cancelation
of the orders was admitted by the man;
agers of the local firm last night.
One of the managers stated that If
the charges against Mr. Albers were
substantiated , his fortune should be
confiscated and he should be Immedi
ately deported or Interned.
The five films which are known to
have cancelled their orders are: Lang
& Company, Mason, Ehrman Com
pany, Allen & Lewis, Ideal Feed Com
pany and the Grangers' Warehouse
Company.
WEEKLY SOLDIER LETTE R
Thomas Barry, 0 radio student ot
Mare Island, California, and sou of Mr
and Mr. J, L. Barry, of Oregon City,
writes Interestingly of some of the
experiences he has hud while In the
service. The young man Is well known
In Oregon City, and Is one of tho popu
lar boy at the training school. He
ha contributed a number of poems
to the "abort Circuit," a publication
ot Mare Island, gotten out In magiw
tine form,
The .following U a letter received
a few days ago:
Mare Island. California,
'Dear Ones at Home:
In the "Y" at the Inland, and tt Is
Saturday morning, a very nice, clear
morning, hut oh! so dull. Tho Island Is
under quarnntlne for the recent out
break of Spanish Influouzu, an opldom
tc, which Is causing much distress
throughout the various army and navy
camps in the united statos. 11 is a
safety precaution, and a good mea
sure to be sure until the crisis Is over,
and norma) conditions prevail, und ev
erything Is once more toward tho In
evitable, and sure ending of autocracy.
'I am feeling great. Never full bet
ter or hud less. As I write this letter
there are about 200 sailors sitting
around the fireplacesome writing.
some reading and some huvtng a tulli
feast.
N't-a! Snlllvuii is In the hntuf. He Is
an Oregon City boy. Bert Lagesou,
Mike Myers, F. W. McKeeule. Thorn-
Harris and myself are about nil the
Oregon City boy left here that aro
going to the electrical Rehool,
see where It. L. Holselnw, captain.
bus returned from Franco. I would
like very in ich to see him. I Uuaxtue
he haa some very interesting tale
to tell about his experiences "Over
There."
1 have ubout four more mouths of
school here.
What are the strikers doing? Are
they still 'holding down the corner
of tho bridge, or is it till over?
"Do you ever hoar of Leo Shannon?
I never see anything in the Morning 5
Breeate about him. He I a very fine
follow. I hope he Isn't or hasn't been them. I have passed my second birth
killed or wounded by d Huns, -And duy In the army and don't worry be
Al Fredrick I never see anything emw ym, couldn't mmd
about him, either.
"I suppose that till the boys, who
are physically able huve gone by this
time. Oregon City. I Imagine, I very
quiet.
"How did Oregon respond to the
fou-th Lllierty Bond drive? I took out
$50 bond, and would have liked to
have taken more, but you see some
times the flnnnrln.1 condition with
the sailor nre not quite satisfactory.
"Mother, don't worry for me, a I
am feeling fine, a you see 1 have ul-
MAIL NOTICES
WON'T REACH
ALL TAXPAYERS
That part owners or mortgage hold
ers will have to pay fees to title com
panies to Investigate whether taxes
are paid upon many classes of prop
erty la tho condition that will be faced
If the Jackson bill Is enacted next
Tuesday. The bill abolishes publica
tion ot the dolinucnt taxq list, and sub
stitutes a flimsy and nocessarlly In
complete systom of private notifica
tion by mail.
Tho mall notice cannot reach niore
than one person, while there are many
pieces of property that are owned
Jointly, or In which an Individual
owns an equity. The taxes might go
unpaid for many years without such
owners ever having any chance to find
ont about It. Often the party receiv
ing the mall notice would have fail
ed to pay the taxes, and his associates
out protection unless they engaged
the services of a title company to
look up the records, a service which
might be expensive.
Besides the actual owner of proper
ty, there are holders of mortgages,
purchasers under contract, assignees
of contracts, holders of unrecorded In
struments, lessees and others who are
Interested In the payment ot taxes.
Mall notice would never reach these
OREGON'S CONGRESSMEN ARE O.JK.
Senators and Representatives Have Made
Good In Of f ice
Loyal and dependable support of
the President and his prosecution of
the war Is the prime requisite de
manded by all American citizens ot
every candidate for office at this
time. Win the war and win It new
Is the domand. Nobody has any time
for the pacifist Men of action are
wanted. Officials in office who have
measured up to these dema'hds should
be retained. They are on the Job
and intimately acquainted with the
needs of the government. They know
what has been done to expedite the
war. They know what should be
done to hasten the unconditional sur
render of the Huns.
It Is with a full knowledge ot these
facts that the Republican State Cen
tral Committee commends to the vot
ers of the state every Republican
nominee on the ticket. Senator Mc
Nary and Representative McArthur,
Hawley and Sinnott have made good.
They have subordinated politics and
are working earnestly for the one
great cause win the war. Each has
a 100 per cent record In his support
of the President, Never have they
faltered In backing up the Presi
dent's war program. They have giv
en him support at times when such
Democratic leaders as Champ Clark,
KItchin and Dent balked and by their
attitude Imperilled the enactment of
legislation vital to the successful
ready told yon, and nm not a victim
of the HpuulsU Influent so far.
"Your loving son anil brother,
TOM."
P, 8. Please answer noon. Geo! but
I sure like to Ret ft loiter from you
all,"
psj fei pa
Delta O. Crltosor, of Buttery "A,"
H7 F, A. America K. F., Franca, write
his mother, Mrs, Newt Critower, of
Now Era,
Franc, Sept. 9,
"Dear Mother and All:
"I received your letter dated July
28 the other day and one today dated
Aug- Kith, but have boon so busy I
didn't bave time to answer any until
today. I'vo boon very anxious to got
your letters to know how you are sot
ting along, and the rest of the folks
too, and I guo all you folks are just
as anxious to hour from me, I'm get
ting along fine and am staying la pret
ty good order.
"Hv you been wondering what I
Htit doing In the fighting? I've been
an extra cannoneer part of the time
and the rest of the time K. P. In the
kitchen.
"We sure have not the Huns
scared and are bringing In Iota ot prls
oners. I know that ou folks hoar qult
a bit ul10.1t tho wur by the paper. (Wo
got some papers to read.)
"Just at present for the lust eoitple
of days w have moved hack to a rear
nub strove, out of the range of the Hint
guns but not thotr bombing airplanes
which umnago to slip oer In the
night. We are four different fronts.
We sure have done a lot of traveling.
"We nr having cloudy wt!hr and
ruin part of (he time.
"I remind a lotior from Albert
Mottd todtiy. Ask Mr. Brown If ho re
ceived my letter. If (uhoI Chlnn Is
over hern, which I oupod by now, I
sure would like to soe him, Albert and
Ed (Mead) wanted to see me when
they hud their furlough, hut didst got
a chance to.
"Well. 1 think w will com march
ing home beef re many months for we
Bn uie nun on ne run. I think us
American will show them a few
things before we are through with
this time.
"A It I lioting Into will flo for
till time, hoping this will find every
one well.
"From your son
"With love.
"DELTA."
A brother, Ernest V. Crlteer, I at
Camp Lewis, Wash., In the base ho
pltal suffering from tho Spanish In
fluenza, and hi sister, Mr. Etta
Womlard, I In The Dslio hospital
with the typhoid fever.
Interested parties. Undor the present
In ownership would ba entirely with
system of annual publication anyone
can see whether the taxes are paid or
not, and those Interested In property
on which taxes have become delin
quent pre enabled to tuko proper itepa
for their own protection.
Confusion, misrepresentation, delay
In tax payment and gross breache In
trust, nre all retttiln to be roi.tered by
abolishing publication and subUtu
ting the Inadequate system of mall no
tic. No out) owning any Interest In a
piece of property, or expecting to buy
property, will vote against tax Hat pub
lication after carefully considering
what would be sure to happen were
opon publicity dispensed with for the
Incomplete private notice systom.
MEN IN NAVY
OUTSIDE STATE
CANNOT VOTE
SALEM, Oct. 29. Lieutenant Com
mnnder Talntor, of New York, com
mander of the' third naval district, haa
written Secretary ot State Olcott in
quiring If here 1 any provision under
the Oregon law whoreby Oregon men
who are on duty in that district can
vote at the election next Tuesday
Secreary Olcott has replied that there
Is not.
prosceutlon of the war, foremost of
which was the selective draft law
Here at home, Governor Withy
combe has cooporated with tho Presi
dent in every war activity. His zeal
In patriotic work has beon unbound
ed. He Is Intensely American. The
unpurulloled record Oregon has made
in all war time activities and the
alacrity with which the state has re
uponded to every call for patriotic
endoavor Is due In part to tho leader
ship of Governor Wihycombe.
Both in the hallg of Congress at
Washington and In the Governor's
office at Salem, the people ot Oregon
are fortunate in having experienced
men with a record 100 per cent
American men who are standing
behind he President for a vigorous
prosecution of the war to a speedy
victorious conclusion.
Senator McNary, Representatives
McArthur, Hawloy and Slnnnott, and
Governor WIthycombe should all be
re-elected. They are at their posts of
duty. None Is making a campaign.
They are too busy serving their state
and nation. They should be return
ed for continued service. Election of
new and untried men, lacking la
ability and experience to fit them for
the positions, would not only be un
wise at this time, but would fall far
short of the patriotic duty ot the
voters of this state.