OREGON
ENTEiP
SE
FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR NO. 46.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 1922.
ESTABLISHED 1866
FINAL CANVASS fS
MADE OF BALLOTS
CAST IN COUNTY
FIERY CROSS IS BURNED
ATOP WEST LINN HILL
Local Klan of Invisible Empire
Joins In State Ceremony
Over Victory In Election.
No Chance In Officials Is
Made By Formal Count;
Returns Upon Recall Of
County Judge Incomplete.
The fiery cross burned atop West
Linn hiH last night. Above the rise
directly across the Willamette river
from Seventh -street in Oregon cuy
the flaming symbol 'of tne Invisible
Empire of the Knights of the Ku Klux
Klan flamed for a brief period in the
dark.
It was scheduled for S o'clock. At
9:10, heralded by a loud explosion,
the cross aDD'eared on tne hill. At
first it was only a burning upright,
then the crossbar took fire and tor
Final Results Still Awaiting nearly an houV it blazed. More
explosions, and me last Dngut mtici
died away.
The ceremony was part of a" state
wide demonstration conducted last
night to celebrate the victory of the
Klan in the state political field. Al
though the candidates who were un
officially sponsored for. two positions
in West Linn and several positions in
Oregon City were defeated, a large
number of those endorsed by the
K. K. K. gained office and Willamette
Falls Klan number six intimates that
it is not displeased over the general
result. ' ' "
FIGURES ARE MISSING
FROM PRECINCT TEN
Checking Of Lists From
District In Oregon City.
RECALL OF CROSS
LOSES BY MARGIN
OF 694 VOTES
Final Count Is Completed By
County Clerk; Tally Held
Up By FaUure Of Local
Precinct 10 To Report
EGDNOFJLAND
AUTO PARK TO BE ASKED
Appropriation Considered For
Opening Of Road Between
High Street and Highway.
The official count of the vote cast
at the election last Tuesday was com-
Dieted Friday afternoon by County
Clerk Fred A. Miller, with the- excep
tion of the recall of County Judge
H. E. Cross and the precinct officials.
Failure of the election board in pre
cinct 10, Oregon City, to make a re
turn on the recall vote is holding up I
the official count on the recall.
No changes in the officers named
under the unofficial count were made,
although there were slight variations
from the unofficial count in the num
ber of votes received by the different
candidates. In several instances the
unofficial count checked within eight
or ten of the official figures. The
complete official returns, forwarded!
to the secretary of -states, follow:
TWO GIRLS SAID DOPED:
MEN PUT UNDER ARREST
CENTRALIA. Wash., Nov. 10.
After two girls, one 16 and the other
18, had made affidavits that they
had been given cocaine, John Schultz
and Frank Jackson, both 35, were ar
rested last night by local police of-
ficersjand federal narcotic agents.
They were taken to Tacoma today,
where the evidence In the "case will
be laid before a federal grand jury
A search of the defendants rooms
last night following their arrest ia
said to have revealed needle's and
Rand 7439 other "dope"arapherna!ia.
xne investigation mat resuitea in
For State School Superintendent. the .wrest of Jackson and Schultz was i
J. A. Churchill 6804 started when the parents of one of
S. S. George 3ol2l the girls discovered needle. marks on
her arm and notified the police.
For Governor.
Ben W. Olcott 4451
Walter M. Pierce 7114
For State Treasurer.
O. P. Hoff 7457
F. L. Tou Velle , ; 2660
For Supreme Justice (three to
be elected).
George H. Burnett 8377
John McCort 8098
John L.
UNOFFICIAL FIGURES
ARE FOUND ACCURATE
First Returns Vary Only By
Ten Ballots; Constables Of
15 Districts Are Listed.
For Labor Commissioner.
C. H. Gram
B. H. Hansen
6392
2691
For Public Service Commis
sioner. Thomas K .Campbell 5467
Gus E. Ericksen 1832
T M. Kerrigan 2421)
Circuit Judge Fourth District.
J. U. Campbell 8015
George Story , 2127
State Senator.
F. J. Tooze 7962
Joint Senator.
W. J. Clark 5757
E. T. Hedlund 3490 1
Representative (three to be
elected).
Phil Hammond 6188
M. J. Lee 5551
The affidavits say the girls visited
the defendants' rooms on four occa
sions, Jackson holding the arms of the
girls while Schultz applied the needle
The girls were threatened with
death if they told, they say.
Student Confesses
To Setting Fire To
- Insured Structure
POMBROY, Wash., Nov. 10 Ralph
Spencer, a Whitman college student
and a graduate of the 1921 class of
the Pomeroy high school, has con
fessed, according to the police, to set
ting fire to the old Harford Bank
George Randall 7208 building, destroyed Sunday night.
Elsie fGaffney 3647
. Al A. Price 4620
Joint Representative.
Fred Meindl '. 5591
Elmer Lundburg 3847
County Commissioner.
Roscoe Gard 2555
H. W.,Hagemann 1791
C. W. Kruse 5971
For County Treasurer.
W. W. Everhart . 8424
MEASURES
Compulsory Education Bill.
Yes ..' 6103
No 4723
1925 Fair Amendment.
Yes 4426
No .1 . 4278
Income Tax.
Yes 3092
No 5084
Single Tax.
Spencer had Insured the' building for
$500. He says he burned the build
ing to get the insurance so he could
attend college. He was thrown on his
own resources when a small boy and
has been known here as an indus
trious young man of good habits and
fine traits of character.
He has the sympathy of hundreds
of friends, who, in spite of the gravity
of the" crime, will use their best ef
forts to get matters adjusted that he
"may continue his college work.
Story of 'Wronged
Love Is Related By
Blind French Poilu
PARIS, Nov. 10. A story of a wife,
stolen from the fireside of a blind
Yes 2281 soldier who had sacrificed his sight
.No 6033 for France upon the 'battlefield, and
the murder of the man to whom she
had yielded her guilty love, was re
ceived here today from Avignon.
It is. a tale that reads as though it
might have been lifted from the pages
of De Maupassant. The wronged bus
band. Vincent Fabre. in his humble
TILLAMOOK. Nov. 10. Jay Houser. home at Avignon, takes the hand of
Tillamook - youth of about 20 years, his 4-year-old daughter and whisDers
witn a local reputation as a prize- to her-
rignier, escapea jaii shortly alter t "Daughter, get my old armv nistol
o'clock this morning. The authorities out of the drawer. Are you sure it is
believe he haa outside nelp. loaded? Take mv arm and lead me
i wo Dars -ana six pons noiaing a
The recall of County Judge Harvey
E. Cross failed by a majority oS 694
votes of a total of 10,579 cast, accord
ing to the complete official figures
compiled Monday by County Clerk
Fred A. Miller. Failure of the board
In precinct 10 in Oregon City to make
an immediate return upon the recall
held up the official tabulation until
after Armistice day."
The vote on the recall was:
Yes 4915
No 5564
The vote upon the two candidates,
Cross and Fred D. Shank, was:
Cross 5168
Shank 4703
The official figures upon the recall
compiled by the clerk show that the
returns compiled by The Morning En
terprise on the night and the day fol
lowing the election, came temarkably
close. In the unofficial ' returns
there was an error of only ten votes
upon the ballot cast favoring the re
call and 23 votes on the ballot cast
aginst the lecall.
Tabulations showing the election re
sults upon tne offices of constable and
justice o? the peace In the 15 districts
In the county were completed M.cda7
by Clerk Miller. Fourteen constables
and two justices of the peace were
elected. The justices are Albert
Erickson for district 9, Beaver Creek,
nnd W R Trlfnrd for iHnt-ip 1?
Boring. 1. . .- :." J
The constables . wh . were named
follow:
Wilsonville, No. 1, A. W. Ward; Os;
wego, No. 2, Austin McVey; Mil
waukie. No. 5, F. E.' Lowe; Oregon
City, No. 4, Ed Fortune; Oak Grove,
No. 5, J. Julian; Canbj, No. 6, August
Rothenberg; Barlow, No. 7, C. F.
Zeigler; Molalla, No. 8, Mack Hatten-
hauser; Beaver Creek, No. 9, App
Jones; Colton, No. 10 John Shoberg;
Carver, No. 11, L. H. Snyder; Sandy,
No. 13, R. c. Frace; Estacada, Nov 14,
A. iG. Ames Needy, No. 15; B. K.
White.
Provision for the Improvement of
the 300 feet of road connecting the
proposed bluff route - of the Pacific
highway with East Second street and
High is to be considered at the meet
ing of the budget committee which
is preparing the financial program, of
the city for the coming year. The
committee is scheduled for a session
some time : this week, and it is ex
pected that by the end of the present
month the budget wil be in shape for
submission to a taxpayers' meeting.
The improvement, which 'would in-i
volve paving along a. 3Q0-foot exten
sion" of South Second street, .would
cost betweeen $2,500 and $3,000, ac
cording to ..the estimates, made by
Acting City Engineer J R; Staffqrd.
The high cost of the work is the re
sult of the -necessity for considerable
rocfc excavation. v .-
The completion of this" block and
CEREMONIAL TO
ATTEND OPENING
OF W BRIDGE
Committee To Plan Details
Is Appointed By Board Of
Governors Of Commercial
Club; Date Is Uncertain.
10BILE
A. T. Kline Hurt and Car Is
Wrecked; Fred Cool Is
Arrested For Recklessn"
CONDITIONS OVER
EAST ARE SAID TO
JE ENCOURAGING
wa j
and
'under arres I
GervVar
A. T. Kline
injured badly
on charge of rev .l.'V.s driving, as the
result of an accident on the Pacific
highway a mile south of Molalla
bridge ' at 1 o'clock Friday morning.
Mrs. Kline and her daughter, Erma,
M. D. LATOURETTE IS
NAMFnTO HFAn Rnnv! escap injury, although their ma
rVUVlCOS A W DbAU DKJU I chine was nracticallv demolished. Mrs.
Will T. Wright, President Of
. Bank Of Oregon City, Back
From Attending Meeting Of
Association in" New York.
chine was practically demolished. Mrs.
Cool was slightly bruised, but was
j able to continue with her husband!
AGRICULTURE VIEWED
AS KEY TO SITUATION
Sullivan, Hedges, Mount. Eby. : on their way to Eugene
Charman and Andresen Are
' To Direct Celebration Here.
! was damaged to the extent of $300. (
' ' An appropriate celebration, marking
the . dedication of the new Pacific
Highway bridge, "will he held on the
ilair that the new anan ia first ODened
a half of street" is neoessaTy in order to traffic, it was decided Monday at a
to connect the proposed South End moatine- th board of governors of
road with ther upper part of town, the .Commercial club J. E. Hedges,
Laccording to the plan presented to the president of the club, at the request
tuuiuiiueo. xuj now routine Will hnonl nnnnlntAri a committee
strike the present South End high-1 to handle the arrangements for the
way about midway -between the auto ! affair. It is composed of Ml D. La
park and the end of the existing road. t tourette, chairman; T. W. Sullivan. O.
This will leave no adequate means for t. Eby. E. B Charman, Gilbert Hedges,
macnines ariving north on tne nigh- w. R. MonnL and WiUiam Andresen.
way to enter the uphill portion of the The exact date of the opening of the
city without going a considerable dis- bridee haa not been determined. An
effort is being made by the business
Cool's car, r r d : r
- - - - - w nig & unci
Of Farmer Is Needed To
Bring Prosperity, Is Belief.
Cool' was cited to appear in court
here by Traffic Officer Long, who in
vestigated the smashup.
Cool attempted to pass' around a
truck and two touring . cars, ' and "was - " - '
unable to stop and regain the right) That the optimism with which con
side of the road after he saw Kline's ditions over the country are being
machine, according to Long. Klin viewed is not superficial, but is the
was forced partly off the road before reaction to improvement of a slow but
the two cars crashed. j solid nature, is the opinion of Will T.
J. Marsters, of Molalla, and a ma-j Wright, president of the Bank of
chine driven by Dave Cady, collided Oregon City, who has returned from
at Oak Grove Hill last eveningl Bot! j an extended trip tiy-oughout the east,
cars were damaged, but none wa J where he attended the American
Durt I Bankers' association convention in
Elvin Catto, of Gladstone, ' was New York.
slightly injured when he was struck
(AnrA H nwn th. tmt A a nnil tir, Yia nlrl '
road
The plan is to ask the budget com
mittee to make a provision for the
work under Its 1923 program so that
by the time the. road is built there will
be funds - on hand , for making the'1
connection.
Portland Woman
In Hospital As
Result of Crash
20-Year-OId Youth
Escapes From Jail
Mrs: Grace Manning' and R. G.
Leece, both of Portland, were slight
ly Injured in an accident Thursday
evening at the intersection of Tenth
and Main streets when their car
struck the "Iron Policeman" and was
badly wrecked. The woman was
rushed to the local hospital but was
able to return to her home Friday
morning.
Thursday evening, shortly after 5
o'clock, Leece, in company with Mrs.
Manning and a third person, was
driving to Portland. The light in the
intersection -block was either out or
burning so low that it could not be
seen, he says. The machine struck
the "iron policeman" and the wheel
was jerked around. Leece had been
running 20 miles an hour and the
force of the crash threw the car on
Its side over upon the west side of
the pavement.
The two women were thrown to the
pavement. Leece turned in the seat,
his feet striking the pavement, which
prevented the machine from turning
turtle. The woman was rushed to the
Oregon City hospital. The exact ex
tent of, her injuries had not been de
ermined last night.
At Tenth and Main streets the in
tersection block is not in the middle!
of the street, but east of the car track.
EMPLOYMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH NURSE PLANNED
men of the city to have the span
opened by the 15th of next month.
The contract calls for the completion
of the bridge by January 1, 1923. but
the merchants are anxious to have
the structure in service before the
holiday" season.
The determining of the exact date
and the complete arrangement of the
dedication are in the hands of the
committee. , which will probably take
up the work without further direction
from the club.
The board of governors decided to
' refer back to the Live Wires the mat-
. - ter of promoting the establishment
Association to Ask Inclusion hfe o National Children-, home
of the Brotherhood of American Yeo-
Of FutJ for County Work; j men. At the last meeting of the Live
. . ' Wires the matter was referred to the
Katherine Ewihg Speaks, board, which determined that the pro
- - i motion v of the enterprise should be
! left to committees from the forum or
The inclusion of an appropriation ; ganization.
in the county budget for next year j j. e. Hedges and E. B. Charman
for the maintenance of a county j president and secretary of the board,
health nurse, is to be requested by the : were named as delegates to attend the
Clackamas County Public Health as- meetingof the state chamoer of com
sociation, it was decided yesterday at merce, which is to be held Ia Port
the meeting of that organization At land during the month of December,
the budget meeting last year, the ap-. The exact date of the meeting has not
Th fiiiocPKfiflil RArfTpmpnl rf th
u, nicmne on tne Kiver roaa neari ral, and coal strikes nas naQ a atm
that city. The accident had not been hnti, mrai .h
reported to the sheriff last evening.
REPEAL OF ALL CUSTOM
CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 10. The
allied high commissioners yesterday
handed a note to the Angora govern
ment representative here demanding
the repeal of all measures relating to
the customs, the public debt and the
sanitary and other ' services which
conflict with the : capitulations and.
yet been determined.
Pierce Leads by
2663 In Official
County Returns
propriation for the health nurse was
eliminated, and the work conducted
for the first six months of 1922 with
funds provided thrpugh the associa
tion. Arrangements for the sale of Christ
inas seals in the county for the month
opening December 1, were made.
Miss Katherine Ewing, of the Amer- - " " '
lean Red Cross spoke at the meeting h offI,ia, - count for Clackamas
on the work of the organization of ; county will be completed today, Fred
which she is field secretary for this A MiUer county clerk, believes.
district. ; I -d-.. -o,,mi imrothur with an ex-
"A A uiilUL iMi, mw, two -
The next meeting of the group will be Derienced checking force in the
of the official figures faster this year
than ever before in the county
The official count for governor in-
lating effect, both on commercial and
industrial activity, Wright points out.
Manufacturing plants in the east are
again running on a normal basis.
Steel mills are nearing a capacity
output, but there is no over produc
tion in any of the major lines of
manufacturing, he says.
Labor conditions, the banker found,
promise to be better this winter than
for a number of years past. At the
time of the convention, October 2, it
was found that there was practically
no unemployment.
Cotton Crop Good.'
"Business conditions generally,'
said Wright yesterday, "are encour
aging. Industrial activity is marked
in the east. The south is showing the
the stipulations of the Mudros armis- improvement in agricul-
fZ i nt;(k J t"re. Both the cotton and the tobacco
Otherwise says the note, the com
mlsstoners will be competed to refer - market. 8 .- , .
to their governments for necessary ..CondItion8 in the west and middie
aCThe' allied eeneraU also arranged west" he continued- "nave not as 7et
ine ainea general aiso arranged ho the ame improvement as the
a meeting with Rafet Pasha the na- and east. The wheat crop, al-
1 ?n Tt01160 W,m Li "Sh one of the best for several
wiU subt their demands with a view. been ngive to raIse
to insuring the safety of the troops; market
and efficient control of the police and J comparatively low. All
gendarmerie, and also will discuss the. meQ and stock meQ are stm
" "i" suffering from this condition. The
the Kemalist encroachments upon the Mff,mU , mMla WMf ta
neutral zone.
held December 5.
Managing Editor of
Hie Enterprise Is
creased Pierce's lead over the - un-
nffiinl fimirea hv 71 votes, giving the
Honored at Eu"ene Democratic candidate a majority in
Better Economic
Conditions Aim of
Judge H. E. Cross
In a statement to the people in ap
preciation of the vote given him at
the general election in his attempted
recall. County Jjzdge H. E. Cross yes
terday pledged himself for a "cam
paign during 1923 for clean govern
ment and 'better economic condi
tions." The statement says:
this county of 2663.
The official figures are:
Pierce
Olcott
sheet iron protection outside the jail
windows were found sawed through,
apparently cut some time ago. The
sheriff is investigating the movements
of three occupants of an automobile
that was standing in front -of the
courthouse about the time of the jail
delivery.
Houser was serving a four-months'
term for petty larceny and faced an
indictment charging robbery at a fish
ing lodge near WheeJer. He was held
with five other prisoners and had been
turned into the corridor at 6 o'clock
by Jailer Espelette with the others.
At 7 o'clock one of the others gave
the alarm. None of the five admitted
seeing Houser leave the JaiL
The automobile standing in front
of ' the courthouse was noticed by
Night Watchman Stark, who remem
bered the license number. The sheriff
traced the car.
to the home of Joseph Audenham,
When we get there, if you hear your
mother's voice, lead me directly in
front of her. If she is not there, bo
sure to place me directly in front of;
Joseph Audenham."
Led by his little daughter, who
tripped gaily at his side, Fabre
reached the home of his rival. His
wife was not there. The baby daugh
ter, obeying instruction, -nlaoed her
father in front of Audenham. Fabre
spoke. Audenham replied. Fabre
fired. Audenham fell dead. Then the
baby girl, horrified, led her fathe
back to his home, i where lie was ar
rested, repenting his act in the arm
of his wife and daughter. Fabre had
been with his wife since the war. He
noted a change in his wife's conduct
and then neighbors confirmed his sus
picions. When he was led off by the
gendarmes, stumbling down the road
way, he exclaimed
Speeder Is Fined -
In Justice Court
W. H. Hamblet, arrested by Traffic
Officer Long on charges of speeding
and passing on a curve, was fined $lfr
ana costs in the justice court yes
terday.
County Bounty Paid
Upon Two Coyotes
. Bounty on two coyotes was paid
yesterday by the county clerk's of
fice. H. B. Davis of Estacada and
J. B. Fowler Boring Route One
were paid $3 each, for a pelt apiece.
Maybe calf-love is caused by, the
skirts gals wear now-a-days. . . '
Hal E. Hoss, managing editor of
The Morning Enterprise, was Sunday j
initiated into honorary membership in ;
Sigma Delta Chi, men's professional '
journalistic fraternity. He was elected
by Omega chapter at the University
of Oregon.
Other state newspapermen' elected
were Ralph Cronise, editor of the
Albany Democrat; Phillip Jackson,
publisher, and Donald Sterling, man
aging editor of the Oregon Journal;
w. p, g. Thacher, professor of adver
tising in the University of Oregon
school of journalism; J. E. Wheeler,
president, and L. R. Wheeler, vice
president of The Telegram Publish
ing company, and William Warren,
assistant city editor, and Ben Hur
Lampman, of the Oregonian staff.
Sigma Delta Chi in Oregon City,'
Arne CI. Rae and Charles Gratk both .
on the staff of The Morning Enter-, For S- Senator
prise.
4151
7114
Slight changes in the exact figures
for senator and representatives from
Clackamas county were made by the
official count, although the candidates
remain unchanged. The official count
For Representative.
Randall 7208
Hammond 6188
Lee 5551
Price 4620
Gaffney 3647
For Joint Representative.
Meindl 5591
. Lundburg 3847
J For Joint Senator.
Clark 557
Hedlund .' 3490
difficulty in the middle west is added
to by the fact that they have still to
overcome the fictitious land values
at which property was sold during the
war. This-is complicating the read
justment of the agricultural situation
there.
Railroads Active.
"Since the settlement of the rail
road strike," the banker declared,
"there has been great activity in
transportation. The movement, how
ever, is one essentially toward the
east. The Union Pacific lines, along
which I traveled, through Chicago on
my way east and through the south
on my way west, look like a continue
ous freight . train. This has resulted
I wish to express my profound ap- i ia car suui wge m m west wnicu
nreciation and thanks to mv friends !1 hampering the moving of lumber.
in Clackamas county who went to the fruit and vegetables." With the ne
nolla last Tuesdav and ex Dressed their cessity for moving the middle west-
confidence in my administration of j ern crops and the shipping of eastern
county affairs. Their vote is an in
spiration to higher and better effort
in behalf of good roads, well built,
and just treatment to all.
"Let me bespeak for the new county
court to .take office January 1, 1923,
the loyal support of all .good citizens
of the county in a campaign for clean
government and better economic conditions."
Tooze
.7962
Hecker Transcript
Is Filed in Salem
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 9. Transcript
of testimony in the murder case of
the state against Russell Hecker was
filed in the supreme court yesterday
by Gale Hill, of Albany, and Gilbert
Hedges, of Oregon City, his attorneys.
The transcript covers 426 typewritten
pages
MAN IS ARRESTED FOR
RUNNING PUNCH BOARD
Vaccination Laws
Are Declared Legal
By Supreme Court
goods and coal west, the situation will
soon become adjusted, he believes.
The .placing of agriculture upon a
firmer basis is the problem which
confronts the country. Wright pointed
out. Fifty per cent of the business is
agricultural, he said, and the farmer
is equally as much of a consumer,
both of raw and finished products, as
he is a producer. The return of the
agriculturists' buying . power to
normal is occupying the attention of
(Continued on rage 5
TAX RATIOS ARE TO BE
DECIDED FOR NEXT YEAR
E. B. Heath, of Parfcplace, was ar
rested Thursday on charges of oper
ating a punchboard. He was taken
I into custody by Deputy Carl Long and
A date for the hearing has I will be held to await the action of
not been set. Hecker, whose home ' the grand jury. The offense under
is in Albany, was convicted and sen
tenced to be hanged for the murder
of Frank Bowker, of Portland. The
murder was believed to have been
committed in Clackamas county and
the trial was held at Oregon City.
Fools make feasts, and wise men
eat them.
.the state law carries a six months to
one year term in the state peniten
tiary and a $100 to $1,000 fine.
There are a number of punchboards
running in the county outside of Ore
gon City; according to information se
cured by the sheriffs office, arid ad
ditional arrests are expected in a few
j days. - . . .
' WASHINGTON. Nov. 13. The su
preme court of the United States to
day upheld the validity of legislation
and city ordinances which compel the
vaccination of children against dis- SALEM, Nov. 11. Assessors from
ease as a school entrance require-1 28 counties in Oregon, membern of
ment. f the state tax commission, and repre-
The decision was handed down In ' sentatives of a half dozen public utili
the case of Rosalyn Zucht, a high ! ties operating in the state, held a con
school girl of San Antonio, Texas, ! ferencehere today and discussed the
who had sued the health authorities ! tax ratios for 1923. These ratios will
of that city for damages because it
barred her from school following her
refusal to submit to vaccinnation. The
case attracted nation-wide attention.
.The girl challenged the validity of
the city ordinance and carried her ap
peal to the supreme court. The de
cision was deemed of Importance to
thousands of communities which have
similar ordinances.
The supreme court denied her claim
for damages and declared the ordi
nance legal.
"John, John!" whispered Mrs. Con
gressman Squibs. "Wake upt I'm sure
there are robbers in the house."
'Robbers in the house" he muttered
sleepily. "Absolutely preposterous!
here may be robbers in the Senate.
Mary, but not in the House."
be based on the tax rolls for 1922.
The assessors recommended a high
er ratio than was fixed by the state
-tax commission last year, while the
public utility representatives declared
that any increase In the present ratio
would be unreasonable and unjust
The hailroads especially opposed . a
higher ratio and submitted figures to
show that the revenue of the carriers
had decreased rather than increased
during the last few years.
The state tax commission will meet
early in December, when the tax ratio
for 1923 will be announced.
Just .before adjournment tfhe as
sessors elected officers for the en
suing year. H. E. Walker, assessor
of Lane county, was elected president
and C. L Tallman, assessor of Benton
county, secretary; - -