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FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR. No. 14.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1 922.
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LIVE WIRES HEAR
VARIED VIEWS OH
IMPOST PROBLEM
JNeed tor Keduction or 1 axes
Agreed Upon Tho Speakers
Advance Widely Divergent
Methods of Effecting Cut.
SCHEUBEL AND DIMICK
PROPOUND SOLUTIONS
State Administration Scored;
Inequality In Assessments
Said to be Cause of Trouble.
ALLOVEDOLD SOLDIERS
Clackamas County. Veterans
of Civil -and Indian. Wars
Relieved of Tax Payment.
From. behind the smoke screen of
"divergent opinion, .varying figures,
and- bibical quotations one common
conclusion emerged last night at the
open meeting of the Live Wires of the
local commercial club and that: Taxes
are too high, and something must be
clone about it.
Varioua causes were assigned to the
present- condition by local men who'
spoke upon the problem, inefficiency
of the state administration, inequality
of ; assessment, increasing legislative
appropriations, and excessive voting
of tax levies by the people being in
cluded. Two remedies were proposed,
the readjustment of the assessment
system, and the adoption of a simpli
fied and more efficient administration
code. -
Judge Grant B. Dimick and Chris
Scheubel outlined two widely different
conclusions ag to the cause and solu
tion to the high tax problem. Mr.
Scheubel laid the burden upon the un
equal method of assessing property,
while Judge Dimick found in the ad
ministrative system of the state the
greatest evil which is resulting in a
burden upon the tax payers.
Scheubel Talks Assessment
Speaking on the assessment sys
. tem, Mr. Scheubel pointed to the ne
cessity of maintaining the road and
educational tax levies, which together
with the levy for the state soldier's
bonus, comprised seven million of the
. $9,000,000 state tax.' He showed that
business in general is not paying on
more than from 8 to 12 per cent of its
actual valuation while farm lands and
real estate pay from 40 to 75 per cent,
and the salaried man who enjoys the
benefits of government and who does
not own property, pays practically
nothing. The actual ratio between the
assessment of business property and
farm "property is 22 to 78 on a valua
tion basis, he said. Similar inequali
ties exist between different localities
in the assessment of land itself he
maintained.. As a remedy he proposed,
a graduated income tax, and laws re
quiring the assessment of business
property at full cash value, corpora
tions by their gross income rather
than on property valuation, and farm
property, computed on a basis of 2
per cent return as against 6 per cent
for business property, to be assessed
at one-third of its cash value. He I
agreed that the inauguration of a con
solidation in ibe commissions within
(Continued-on page four.)
Tax emptions, under the provisions
made- for veterans of the Civil and
Indian wars,, will total more than
$100,000 in Clackamas county in 1922,
according to the indications of the
claims being filed with the county as
sessor. Announcement of an extension of
time of another month was made yes
terday by Assessor W. B. Cook. The
law provides that exemption claims
must be filed by April 1, but due to a
slight misunderstanding which has
prevailed in general, another 30 days
was granted.
The law, passed by the 1921 legisla
ture, grants an exemption from taxa
tion on property owned by war veter
ans and their widows, up to $1,000. It
is necessary to file exemption claims
every year, Mr. Cook points out. A
number of the old soldiers believed
that the filing of last year's claims was
sufficient.
A total of 144 claims were filed in
Clackamas county during 1921, secur
ing exemptions on property valued at
$92,400. More claims on last year's tax L
roll are still coming in, according to
Mr. Cook and through a ruling of the
attorney general, it is possible to re
adjust the claims, though no such con
cessions will be made on the 1922 ex
emptions.
The claims filed so far this year
number but 80, and the exact valua
tions have not been computed as they
will be used in making out the assess
ment roll for the coming year's taxes.
Estimates that the exemptions will ag
gregate more than $100,000 are based
on the fact that the report for the past
year at the pesiod in the filing similar
to that at the present, showed an ag
gregate of $65,785. The exemptions,
according to Mr. Cook, would amount
to approximately $5,000 in the total of
taxes paid on this property.
COMMISSIONERS NEW MANAGER SLATED, f AMENDMENT
PETITION IS PUT
IN CIRCULATION!
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Initiative Measure to Prevent
DELAY ACTION ON
SOUTH END ROAD
Adjustment of Final Details
of Financing pf Outlet toj
Pacific Highway Is
AT CROVN WILLAMETTE
C. W. Morden to Come-Here;
A. Bankus Is Advanced to
North Western Offices.
ESTABLISHED 1866
CARVER LINE iMIOSE i REORGANIZATION -
INItKUKdAN rKANUHiSFI nr pammfdpm i
UI UUI'll'iLIlOIHL
CLUB IS STARTED
City Council of Portand Rules
Road Must Get New Cars,
Tracks; Extension Planned
PORTLAND, April 3. Unless Ste
phen Carver modernizes his system of
btlil! ls announced by the company. A Bank-
Pending; Figures Needed. cal mill, wiil be transferred to the
I Portland office, and C. V. Morden will
; ' I take the position as head of the local J
SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO . j .,,, h ma,
COMPUTE COST SHARE ' ager of th Camas mUI win be asSist-1
j ant to A. J. Lewthwaite, resident man-1
'j ager of the north-western, operations j
of the company with offices ia Port- j
Crown Willamette mJl at West Linn ! se Oi bemes, Traps and interurban railroading his franchise to
Wheels Is Inaugurated by
G. G. Green of West Linn.
500 SIGNATURES TO
BILL OBTAINED HERE
Location of Line Is Expected j land
Vf . C i-rT. ,n ' .. V, ; . ...... r. 1 T- 1
Itnin rew Days; EJlgineer j Bankus here has been in the Portland
At Work Upon Estimates.;
j Concurrent Action of Other
widely experienced in the technicali- j
States to Regulate Larger
Streams May be Proposed, the Portland terminus
ties of paper making.- i .
' i The definite date for the transfer j '
Pending the final arrangement of ! has not been announced bur it is uu- I Au initiative petition to amend Ar
ietails of financing the proposed j derstood that it will take nlace in th I tide 15 of the constitution of the state
aouth ind road here, the State High-; near future.
. ay Commission, Monday delayed ac-
Jon on the location of the routing of,' CT A'T OT? fOTrPT
.he Pacific Highway outlet. ' jOliillJJ VJF l .UUIll
The decision of the commission was !
to have been rendered yesterday but !
letailed figures for the Southern Pa- j
cific railroad, which will be called I
ipon to bear a considerable cost of j
jonsti-uction .of the road, are not yet j
completed, and the commission will i
take no action until it knows definite-'
y what each corporation interested I
.vill pay. j
The highway engineers are working '
)ut the specifications on the overhead --rossing
which would have to be built I
it canemah in the event of the use
of Oregon to prevent the use of seines,
i traps and fishing "wheels, has bee"n
placed in circulation here. "The Peti
j tion is sponsored by G. G. GreetrVof
j West Linn, and has been distributed
; over the state. Some 9.000 sisnaturea
ON DANCE HALL
T TfTT'TVrQl? A PTT7TV ale needed to place it on the ballot,
JLi-LVj-Lil OHi XViVLX .CjIJ. the proponent of the petition claim
operate within the city limits of Port
land will be revoked by the city coun
cil. " .
This decision was reached this j
mnrninp u-linn tho pmmiii in1.t-..i-i i
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nance by means of which the fran
el'ise can be recalled unless Carver
provides a better track and roadbed
and more modern rolling stock for
the tram ssrvice he maintains be
tween Portland and Carver, in-Clack
amas county. The present passenger
equipment consists of an aged car
propelled Dy an automobile engine and
is at Haw
tnorne avenue and East Third stroet.
Cm March 17th last an announce
ment was made of a proposed exten-
Committee Drafting Necessary
Changes In By-Laws; New
Administration Features to
Be Put Into Definite Form.
Condemning the county commis
sioners for their action in granting
a license to the Oak Grove Dance Hall.
going on record as opposed to the use j f n.a riVers over which
of bill boards for cigarette and to
bacco advertising, and urging officials
to make strenuous efforts in the en
forcement of prohibition and the les
sening of child delinquency, the Clack-
Xhe proposed amendment, entitled
"Salmon fishing and propagation"
amendment, Is intended to cover all
streams and rivers within the state
Oregon has
f the basin route. If this line were amas County Sunday Sctiool cotiven-
;staDiisned, the S. I . would be cauea
SECOND INSTITUTE HELD
BY LOCAL INSTRUCTORS
tion Saturday night adjourned the first
ipon to pay the larger portion of the day of their convention at Jenning's
ost, ana it is understood mat taeir Lodge.
:ontribuiion to one of the hill routes ; All of the officers who have served
vould be the same as the cost of the ; during the past year were re-elected
onstruction of their share of the ; te exception of the Superintend
verhead. The commission, in figur-1 ent of the Adults division. Royal B.
ng this amount, was not satisfied to : cox will succeed Mrs. Thomas Gault.
ake the rough estimates made on a j The officers who were re-elected are:
lineal basis, but accurate estimates president, Rev. A. J. Ware, vice presi
are to be made in order to determine dent, M. c. Glover, secretary, Mrs. A.
B- Hogg; treasurer, Mrs. W. A. White;
superintendent the -children s ue
the rating of this concern
With the exception of this detail,
it. is understood that the arrange
ments for financing one of the two
I hill routes are practically complete,
The second local teachers' institute ! and which is chosen will depend large-
WILL BEGIN THIS WEEK
Eroccoli harvesting is beginning in
the Willamette valley this week. It is
reported that the quaMty is excellent
but the size of the heads is somewhat
smaller than last year. The cold"
weather has held the crop back, delay
ing harvest more than a mofith later
than last year. The broccoli can not
be grown well on low soil has been
proved by this past season. Practic
ally all of the crop on the low land was
far more severely injured than that on
the up land.
All of' the second grade broccoli is
to be canned by the Oregon Growers
Cooperative association, which will
probably net the grower considerably
more than selling on the open market.
of this year was held in the Milwaukie
school Saturday.
The institute opened at 10 o'clock
with suggestions as to changes in the
state course of study in history, civ
ics, geography and grammar in the
elementary schools and in history,
civics, industry and science in the
high schools.
Committees were appointed during
the morning sessioiu-to investigate
and report on fhe suggested changes.
They were: (elemetary schools) his
tory and civics: Lewis E. Reese, Mrs.
f-1-1 1- n viuii.j . J u ' 1 11 1 1 1(11 II
land; Geography, Mrs. Margaret Mc
Donald, Mrs. Mary Criteser, Erina
Lace; Grammar: Bessie Cunningham;
Minnie B. Altman and N. W. Bow- j
land; (high school) history and civ-1
ics: Miss Doris Miller, Edgar R.
Means, Richard Abraham; English: j
Margaret DuBois, Mrs. Pearl Cart-
lidge, Margaret Miller; industry: Bert
E. Alward, Loren Shove," L. V. Cle
worth;, science: Miss Marjorie Little,
Miss Ruth Steele, C- O. Main.
During the afternoon session the
"County unit plan for school admin
istration" its advantages to the school
children and to teachers was discuss
ed by J. W. Leonhardt, principle of j
the Gladstone school and its advant
ages to the taxpayers and to the coun
ty superintendent by Mrs. Emilie C.
Shaw, principle of Sunset school.
Four local institutes are held dur
ing the year the next being scheduled
to be held at Jenningg Lodge probab
ly on the first Saturday in May.
ly upon the amount of money which
can be raised. Practically all of the
expense will necessarily be borne by
the corporations as neither the coun
ty nor the state are empowered to ex
pend funds within the city limits and
the city has no money to handle the
work which would have to be paid
through general taxation as the na
ture of the highway makes it impos
sible to levy a"special assessment up
on the property through which it
runs.
Definite location of the road and
immediate steps toward its improve
ment are expected'within a few days.
joint control. The latter provision it
is pointed out, would apply only in so
far as the state jurisidiction would
eicend but it is understood that in the
event of the' success o f the proposed
law, an attempt'will be made to se
cure the concurrence of both Wash
ington, where the Columbia is con
cerned and Idaho as it affects the
Snake river.
The amendment would also provide
that fifty per - cent of the salmon
spawn taken from any river must be
re-deposited in the same water, ncrn
less than 20 miles from its mouth.
Penalties of $100 to $1,000. fine or
sixty days to a year's imprisonment,
are provided in the proposed bill.
Nearly . 500 signatures have been
sion oLjthe Portland and OregOTr City
railway from Carver to Viola on Clear
creek, a distance of nine miles The
object of the extension is to set at
the virgin timberin the vicinity of
Viola. The estimated cost of the pro
jected road wa3 said to be $90,000 and
a company was formed with a capital
ization of $100,000 to carry on the im
provement. Associated with Stephen
Carver in th venture were c. E. Cun
ningham, of . the U. S. Mortgage and
Investment Company and George P.
Heuser of R. E. Menefee and company.
partment, Mrs L-.L. McCulloch; sup-j secured to the petition in Oregon City?
erintenant young people's divis-Oii, according to the statement of those
Mrs. Carl K Smith; superintendent of ! who re circulating it.
Admin"1iTlive Division. Mr J. -A.I The Provision of the bill follow:
Eberly. ' I Salmon fishing and propagation
. The lesi. utiou, passed co-mleming ! amendment: Making unlawful the use
tlw cmtv j.rUon, follows: j of seines, traps and fishing wheels for
Whereas the CVackania3 n-ir.iy catching salmon in any" waters of the
snndav p-hec! convention iti ..Is 4i ' state or over which it has concurrent
those tilings hich elevate i. n-:ike ! jurisdiction; requiring fifty per cent
for belter c.iinship and is oir"v-o'l ot" sa!mon spawn to be planted in the
BONUS CRITICISMS ARE
REFUTED BY SECRETARY
WORKTO BE RUSHED
DECLARES PRESIDENT
Comprehensive Activities to
Be Taken Up; Organization
Campaign Figures Awaited.
$24 SCALP BOUNTY PAID
BY CLACKAMAS
t( th'-jo ihjnas which have a ten lone river irom wnicn it is taKen, not less
to far down :.nd whereas thj wikIu. - than 20 miles from its mouth, except
f f the Oak C.'i've dancing nI:on. ! where a dam or falls is within such
as conducted during the past year j distance, then as near as practical to
-., cr.h ac. r.ins rAnentPri nmtest i such dam or falls; and providing a
em thnco v.ri miii0 in the viinitv ' penalty from $100 to $1,000 or im-
of the navilion. and wherea the same ! Prisonment in the county jail from 60
parties who conducted the pavilion : days to one year or both such fine and
during 1921 have been granted a li-1 imprisonment.
cense to operate during the coming j -
I year and whereas the license for the 001100 TTAPIirnO Pfl fill
Incrrwloll ItAbntKo bu UN
; the protests of County Judge Cross j
! and a petition signed by 36 residents i
t of the Oak Grove district and personal
j pleas that the license lfe not granted, 1
DAY'S INSPECTION TRIP
thorpfnrft- !
Scalp bounty in the sum of $24 was ; Be it resolved that this association .
v,,, 4V, na v,Q in convention assembled does con-
week mid. This represents bounty on ! demn the
6 bobcats and 2 female coyotes and
action of Commissioners
was allotted as follows: C. E. Mitts
Aurora, route 2, 1 bobcat, $2; Ernest
Douglas, Estacada, route 2, 2 bobcats,
Oregon City school children had a
holiday Monday while the local teach-
iitsis piif visitine- Schools 'in this dis-
Harris and Porctor and do hereby com 1 trif.t including Portland. Vancouver.
mena uoumy juubc . Corvanis, Monmouth, Salem, Gresham
for his stand in opposing the license. and Milwaukie were visited, and the
The resolutions committee was.com-
GEORGE STORY MAY RUN
George L. Story, former city attor
ney of Oregon City, will in all proba
bility be a candidate for the Republi
can nomination as circuit judge for
this county. Mr. Story's friends are
grooming him for the candidacy, and
as yet he is the only opposition which
has deveped to Judge J. U. Camp
bell, at present on the bench here,
who has already filed his declaration
Mr. Story stated Saturday that he
had not definitely decided whether or
not he would run, although he said he
is being strongly urged to do so.
Mr. Story is, a native Oregonian and
for the past 25 years ha8 practiced;
law in Oregon City. ;
STEAMER IOWAN AFIRE
BALBOA, Canal Zone, March 31.
The United American, line steamer
Iowan, due here today from Pacific
port, has wirelessed that she is afire
in number one hold.
1 FINED, 1 CONTINUED IN
TRAFFIC OFFENSES HERE
L. W. Hoffmeister of Boring was
fined $15 and costs in Justice Nobles'
court Saturday on a charge of driving
without a license. V. G. Ilillard of
Boring, on a similar charge, was fined
$5 and costs. The case againsfc Paul
Poplin of Hoff, for the same offense,
was continued. The arrests were
made by Carl J. Long, county traffic
officer.
Bill Strange was arrested Saturday
night on charges of operating on the
82nd street road without proper
lights He will be sentenced by
Judge Perry today.
$8; O. I. Evans, Eagle Creek, 2 bob- i posgd or i. - wuvei, xuu.u.
cats, $4; Krist Klinker, Bissell, 2 fe-j Gault and J. L. Gary.
male coyotes, $8, and 1 bobcat, $2. j DOC-rTTO YEARS
teachers later are to make, reports of
their observations. Superintendent E.
W. Kirk expresses himself as well
pleased with the results of the annual
trip. r
LENINE DEAD, REPORT 1 " ,
- ! PORTLAND, April 1. "Dr." Charles , BLAST KILLS SALEM MAN
LONDON, March 30. A Central ; Liscum, who was convicted Wednes-J x
News dispatch from Paris says a re-i day by a federal court jury for violat-j SAIEM, Ore., April l.--(Special)
port that Nikolai Lenine, Russian j ing the Harrison narcotic law, was ; a. F. Fox, 53 years old, died in a local
soviet premier, is dead is published sentenced to two years at McNeil hospital aX 5 : 30 this morning as a re
by the Rome newspapers, who treat it I island this morning by Federal Judge gult of injuries received in a prema
with reserve. Bean. j ture explosion of dynamite yesterday.
FATHER OFFERS REWARD
FOR MURDERER OF SON
A reward for the arrest and convic
tion of the murderer of his son,
Everett E. Davis, has been posted
Granville Davis, of Indianapolis.
I E. E. Davis was discovered on his
homestead near Wilhoit on December
12, 1921. His head had been com
pletely severed by a blow from a hand
axe, later discovered near the cabin.
No clues to the mystery were found
despite the arrest of several suspects.
The reward of $500 is to stand until
December 31, of this year.
CIVIL WAR IN LIMERICK
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SALEM, April 3. Strict business
principles govern the making of
bonus loans, according to a statement
issued by H. c. Brumbaugh, secretary
of the bonus commission, in reply to
criticism addressed to the commission
because of its action in rejecting the
original appraisals placed on certain
properties offered as securities for
bonus loans. .
"In making loans under the state bo
nus law the commission has adopted
the policy, of examining and personal
ly passing upon each loan application
and where the facts presented justi
fied such action, fixing a loan of not
in excess of three-fourths of the loan
able value of the land," the statement
reads. "The commission has taken in
to consideration th age upon which
loans are made and naturally has not
felt justified in making loans on
houses which are old and others in
poor condition, for it ; must be borne
in mind that the State loan runs for
28 years.
"The right of reconsideration of the
amount of loan tendered applicant by
the commission after examination of
the security they lave to offer i3 ful
ly recognized and in all such cases
are immediately reopened upon a fur
ther showing of values than that in
dicated in the original report of ap
praisal. In several such cases, based
upon additional information, the
amount of loan first tendered has
been increased by the commission.
"The commission undertakes to fol
low Uie principle that a loan which is
not repaid injures not only the ex
service man but the state as well and
believes that in the granting of loans
extending over such a long period as
20 years the security offered for the
loan must be most carefully, consider-J
ed and sound business principles ap
plied as being the determining factor
in all cases."
Redrafting of the by-laws of the lo
cal Commercial Club to provide a form
under which the proposed reorganized
system can operate, is to be completed
by the end of the present week. Jo
seph E. Hedges, president of the or
ganization, L. A. Henderson and Sam
Clay are at work upon the new draft
which is to embrace the departmental
scheme of administration of the
club's activities.
Every effort to set the new system
in operation as soon as possible will
be made, acocrding to Mr. Hedges.
The work of checking up on the driv
which closed last -week is still in pro
gress and no accurate results of the
campaign can be announced until all
of the pledge cards have been gone
over . There are a number which are
still out and as yet some of the larger
subscriptions which have been prom
ised and are counted upon, have not
been delivered.
The total will run more than 720
memberships, Mr. Hedges estimates,
which is 120 past the mark set for the
campaign. This would ensure a bud
get pf $8640 for the year which would
provide adequate funds for the activi
ties of the club.
The activities of the club have not
been conducted upon a comprehensive
basis for the past -year, it is pointed
out, but the plan for rearrangement
of the administrative detail is expect
ed to place the organization in func
tioning shape.
Official announcement of the detail
ed plans for the new type of operation
will probably be made about Monday
of next week, Mr. Hedges says. Fol
lowing the arrangement of the legal
provisions, the appointment of the de
partment members s to be made. Un
der the club's new method, all of the
members of the organization will be
connected with somj one ot the eleven
divisions, under which classification
will fall all of it activities, and
these divisions wilj elect chairmen,
which will constitute the board of
directors to replace the existing body.
Arrangement for thi changing of the
authority to the ne r body is to be
made in the readjustment of the gov
erning code of the organization.
Under the reorga nizatioD the pre
sent officers are .to continue their term
in office with the exception of tne
governing board.
30,000 VOTED
FOR ERECTION OF
SCHOOL BUILDING
65 BONUS LOANS PASSED
A total of 65 applications'for loans
ander the so-called soldier bonus act
have been approved in Clackamas
county according to the latest figures
available from Phil Hammond, bonus
attorney. The work of appraising the
property on which the loans are to be
made is now in progress, and although
no appraisals have been completed it
is probable that loan payments in
thig county will start about on a par
with the allowance of any over the
state.
No figures on the cash bonuses al
lowed here are available to date. j
GRANT DICK SPEAKS
AT
SILVERTON, April 1. Judge Grant
B. Dimick, of Oregon City, was the
prJncivil speaker at a meeting of the
Tax Reduction league, attended by
about 260 members.
Judgo Dimick came down on the
state executve, saying that Oregon
more than ever needed a strong busi
ness executive and that the fault of
the big taxes layvwith the legislature
and that that body coupled with the
executive was responsible.
i ne Irish republican army m Limerick, where new civil war is threatened. Photo shows
members ot the Republican army at the entrance to the hotel where they kre quartered.
EX-EMPEROR DIES
or Karl of Austria-Hungary died today
at Funchal, Madeira, after an illness
of several weeks,
By a vote of 225 to 32 Union high
school district No. 2, Saturday voted
to issue warrants, not to exceed
$30,000, for the erection and equipping
of a new high school building. The
heaviest votjng was done in the San
dy, Kelso and Cottrell districts, which
reported 157, 45 and 25 votes respect
ively. The new building will be built on a
four acre tract, on the Bluff road near
Sandy, donated by Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
F, Burns. This building is to e used
for high school purposes only and ac
cording to tentative plans will be a
four room structure with an auditori
um and a play room in the basement.
The plans were drawn by P. Chappel
Brown, a Portland architect.
A new building has been made ne
cessary because of the great number
of students in the district. The' present
buildings are, at the present time,
crowded to capacity and the number
of students is ever increasing. Steps
will be taken at once to get perma
nent plans and to let bids on the build
ing. Beginning next "tall it is planned to
add a commercial course to the cur
ricula. It is also planned to ' add
some of the outlying districts to the
high school - district. An entertain
held in the high school Saturday eve
ning proved a succesful event.
P. R. t. S P. SEEK POWER
'FROM DAK GROVE CREEK
Application for authority to appro
priate water from Oak Grove creek in
Clackamas county has been filed with
the state engineer by the Portland
Railway, Ligkt and Power company.
The company is seeking to develop
sufficient horse power to operate the
LONDON, April 1. Former Emper-1 plant projected in that neighborhood.
rnia is a part or tne general new
velopment scheme which is contem
plated by the company.