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MORNING ENTERPRISE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1912.
REPLY TO U'REN
(Continued from page 1)
would consent 'to debate the Single
Tax question with you, but I do not
desire to debate the question with
anyone who is working under a sal
ary for a system that if carried into
execution, would) make pocket book
profits for the merchant andmanufact
urer and practically destroy private
ownership in the home and farm.
you had given it credit for, and the
Bank of Oregon City had paid $717.70
more tax than you had given it credit
for, but notwithstanding the fact that
the Assessor had called your atten
tion to those errors before you circu
lated your roll, yu sent it broad
cast over the state knowing it to be
full of glaring errors.
I have found, with the assistance
of the Assessor, a large number of
names of tax payers which you have
left off your purported copy of
the roll, whose names appear on the
original roll.
In loolling over your i purported
copy of tne tax roll I find you state
that while the Hawley Pulp & Paper
Company paid in 1910, $3,584.75 taxes,
that under your system their taxes
would have only been $757 16. You
also state that the Crown-Columbia
Pulp & Pafer Company paid in 1910,
$2,552.40 taxes, but under your sys
tem .it; would have paid only $19.31.
You further state that; in three item
the Willamette Pulp & Paper Com
pany paid $4,716.00 taxes, but under
Single Tax it would have paid noth
ing. These figures given by yourself and
other employes of the Fels Fund, go
to show that you are working in the
interests of the manufacturers and
against the interests of the home and
lot owner, and to show you that my
position is correct . I would like to call,
your attention to a few of the many
assessments in Oregon City, wherein
the owner of town lots has his taxes
greatly increased under your figures,
while the rich merchant and manu
facturer practically escapes.
On page 115 of your tax roll, I find
that Jennie B. Harding paid on her
home in 1910 as taxes the sum of
$292.50, and you state that her taxes
would be under Single Tax' $493.80.
Miss Nan Cochran paid on her lot
in Oregon City in 19:1.0, $9.75, and you
state that under Single Tax she would
pay $19.75
Harriett and Louise Cochran paid
on two lots in 1910, $22.75, and you
state that under Single Tax their
taxes would have been $42.80, so it
can be easily seen that you are ex
empting the manufacturer and plac
ing the entire burden on the land
owner.
In the first place you have uot
made a correct copy of the 1910 as
sessment roll as you would like to
lead the average citizen to believe,
but you have changed a great many
assessments and in some instances
where peoplt were assessed with an
undivided interest, you have charged
them with full ownership in the prop
erty, and also charged other undivid
ed owners with full ownership in the
same property, thereby assessing the
same property for the full value to
more than one owner.
As a matter of fact, every paid em
ployee of the Fels Fund is working
in the interests of the merchant and
manufacturer and are practicing de
ception upon the public when they
state that they are working in the
interests of the laboring man. I am not
basing this statement upon my own
opinion, but am taking your own doc
uments as proof of my assertion and
desire to call your attention now to
the pamphlet issued by .the Joseph
Fels Fund Commission containing a
record of the business transacted at
the Single Tax Conference held in
New York a short time since.
The Joseph Fels Fund Commission
was in session and they laid their
plans to work on the merchant and
manufacturer, showing wherein it
would be to their advantage to have
Single Tax, and nowhere did they
mention that Single Tax would bene
fit the laborer or farmer.
You was present at that conference
and on page 5 of said pamphlet, the
following appears: "The Commis
sion has sent out a quantity of such
literature as is obtainable, and
plans are now under way for the prep
aration of a merchant's and manu
facturer's booklet, the object of
which is to show that land value tax
ation means a saving of dollars ac
tual profit of dollars to merchants
and manufacturers."
On page 11 of said pamphlet, the
following appears: "The object of
which is to carry conviction to mer
' chants and manufacturers by show
ing from official figures of vayous
cities in different states how the gen
eral property tax is a tax upon pro
duction and all business, and how
merchants and manufacturers will
get pocket book profits from the land
value tax."
You also have a long list of mer
chants in the latter part of your pur
ported copy of the tax roll, who
would absolutely escape taxation un
der your Single Tax system. Mr. L.
Adams, the largest merchant in Ore
gon City, in 1910 paid $390.00 taxes,
you say in your Single Tax roll that
he would pay nothing; Mr. H- Aden,
a wealthy merchant at Wilsonville,
paid $93.00 taxes, you say that he
goes scott free also under your Sin
gle Tax method, and in fact all of
the merchants whose names appear
on the tax roll are marked in heavy
black type by one of your Fels Agents
saying, "All would have-been exempt
from taxation under County Single
Tax Bill.'' But we find In your same
roll, girls doing clerical work for their
livlihood, with the taxes upon their
little homes more than doubled.
With our public schools, magazines
and daily papers, it seems to me that
our citizens should be able to decide
intelligently upon this question in
stead of being harassed by a lot of
paid employees of the Fels Fund,
who in my estimation are the most
corrupt disturbers that we now have
on the Pacific Coast.
Under the Initiative and Referen
dum, every legal voter is a part of
the great Legislature of the State,
and if he accepts money for his ser
vices and influence in securing legis
lation that Is favorable to his employ
ers, such as merchants and manufact
urers whom your Fels Fund Commis
sion states will get pocket book prof
its from your system of taxation, is
just as corrupt as the member of the
State Legislature who accepts money
for his services and influence In se
curing legislation beneficial to his
employer. -
If you had made a correct copy of
the tax roll as you agreed, or if you
had even made corrections that? the
Asstssor requested you to make and
which you promised to make before
you circulated your purported roll I
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CANBY ODD-FELLOWS
TO HAVE FINE HALL
The- contract for the new Odd Fel
lows' Hall at Canby was let Monday
immediately and finished just as
The work will be started immediattly
and finished just as soon as possible.
The building will be 58x100, two-
stories high and a basement. Rein
forced concrete will be used in the
construction.
AMONG THE CRURCHB
First Baptist Church. Dr. W. T. Mil-.
- liken, pastor. Morning service at
11:001 Evening worship at 7:45.
Bible'school at 10:00, H. E. Cross,
superintendent Young Peoples'
Society of Christian Endeavor at
6:45. The new Evangelical song
- books have arrived and a special
time will be enjoyed in; the song
service tomorrow.
Catholic Corner Water and Tenth
-streets, Rev. A. Hillebrand, pastor,
residence 912 Water; Low Mass 8
a. m., with sermon; High. Mass
10:30 a. m.; afternoon service at 4;
Mass every morning' at 8 1
The Congregational Church Geo.
Nelson Edwards, Pastor. Resi
dence 716 Center Street. Tele
phone Main 395. Morning service
at 10:30. Sunday school at 11:50,
Christian Endeavor meeting at 6:30
Evening service at 7:30.
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Ninth and Center streets. Services
Sunday 10:45, Sunday school immed
iately following service. Topic
"Unreality."
Mountain View Union on Molalla Ave
nue (Congregational.) Sunday
son; Sunday school at 10:00 a. m.,
and Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
Communion at 8 o'clock Sunday,
school at 3 p. m., Mrs. A. S. Martin
superintendent. Bible study Thurs
day afternoon at 2 : 30. Prayer meet
ing Friday evenings at 7:30. Preaeh
Morning service at 11; evening ser
vice at 8.
First Methodist Episcopal Church,
Corner Seventh and Main Streets,
A home church for Everybody. T.
B. Ford, Minister. Residence 702,
Eleventh and John Adams streets.
Home phone Main 96, Study phone
Main 59. Sunday services 9:45 a.
m. Sunday School, H. C.rmme, sup
erintendant. 10:45, preaching by
the pastor. Special music by the
choir under the direction of Prof.
Parker. 12:15, Class meeting, Mos
es Yoder, leader. 6:30, Epworth
League, Rally, Mr. William A.
Stone Jr. President. 7:30, the Hon.
George C. Brownell will speak on
Women ini Civic Affairs Woman's
Suffrage. Dr. T. B- Ford will preach
at the Mount View church, Ely
ville, this afternoon at 3:45 o'clock
and Mr. Frank Aldredge will sing a
solo. The public is cordially invit
ed to attend. Miss Maud Damasch
of Portland, whose singing charm
ed the audience at the Philharmon
ic Society Concert in the Congrega
tional church here some months
ago will sing, by special invitation
of Dr. Ford in the Methodist church
this evening just before the ad
dress of Senator Brownell on
"Women in Civic Affairs." Miss
Damasch is a popular soloist in
Portland musical circles Oregon
City people will be delighted to
hear her again. Professor Parker,
a choir director of much experience
has been engaged by the committee
on music of the First Methodist
Episcopal church and the official
board as director of the choir, and
will take charge this morning. The
choir was; organized Friday eToni
and held Its first rehearsal. Dr.
Ford promises the public " good
music at both morning and evening
.services 6f his church.
First Presbyterian Church, Rev. J. R.
Landsborough pastor. Sabbath
School at 10:00 o'clock, Mrs. W. C.
Green, Superintendent. This is
Rally Day in our school, and all
children are requested to be pres
ent. Morning worship at 11:00
o'clock. At this service the Sacra
ment of the Lord's Supper will be
commemorated and baptism ad
ministered. All members are ex
pected to be present. Evening wor
ship at 7:30. Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:45.
A Rally Day program has been pre
pared by the young people of the
Endeavor society.
Pankplace Congregational fter. C. L.
Jones pastor, residence Clackamas;
Christan endeavor Thursday even
ing : 30. Sunday school 10, Emery
services each Sunday, alternating
French superintendent; preaching
between 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
C. W. Robinson, rector. Holy com
munion and morning prayer and ser
mon at 11 o'clock. Evening prayer
and service at 7:30 o'clock. Sunday
school at 10 o'clock, William Ham
mond superintendent.
Willamette M. E. Church Regular
preaching at 2 p. m., Sunday school
3:15 p. m., Mrs. Fromong superin
tendent. Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Sunday school 9:30 a. m., Mr. Dav
id Bottenmlller superintendent
Sunday service 10:30 a. m. Luther
League 7 p. m. Evening service at
7:45 p. m. Rev. W. R. Kraxberger.
Church of the United Brethren In
Christ Sabbath school at 10 a. m.,
F. E. Parker superintendent Preach
ing at 11 a. m. Rev. F. Clack, pas
tor. Christian endeavor at 6:45 p.
m., Alice Boylan, president. Preach
ing at 7:45.
Christian Church Gladstone Sunday
School 10 a. m., preaching 11 a. m.
and 8 p. m. by Rev. Ray L. Dunn
of Stayton, Oregon. Union Endeav.
or 3 p. m., G. E. at 6:45 p. m
German Lutheran Emanuels Church
(Ohio Synod. Cor. 8th and J. Q.
Adams. Rev. H. Mau, Pastor. Ser
vice at 10:30 a. m., Sunday school
at 9:30 a. m- Everybody cordially
invited.
Preaching Services on the Mulino
Circuit Molalla, October 6, 11:00
a. m.; Mulino, Oct. 6, 7:30 p. m.;
Carus, Oct: 13, 11 a. m.; Central
Point, Oct. 13, 7:30- F. A. Pipes,
P. C.
CORRESPONDENCE
WILSONVILLE
H. D. Aden and J. Thornton went
to Oregon City Wednesday on busi
ness. The Onion Growers' Association of
Wilsonville, held a meeting at J.
Seeley's on Thursday evening.
Mrs. Cronin and Mrs. Larsen visit
ed Mrs Cronin's relatives in Canby
last week and attended thai county
fair.
A new minister has been given the
charge at Wilsonville, since the last
meeting of conference, and services
will be held as usual. Everyone is
cordially Invited to attend.
Mrs. Marion Young was awarded
first prize on her crazy quilt and sec
ond prize on display of raffia work at
the county fair at Canby.
Margaret Batalgia received first
prize for her doll's quilt at the county
fair. Menga Batalgia also received a
prize on her apron, which won a prize
at the state fair. ,
Roy Baker received the $5 from
Mr. Gardner, of Oregon City, for the
largest music melon grown in the
county for the juvenile fairs. -
Miss S. M. Gresham and two nieces
spent Saturday and Sunday at home.
The school house contractor de
serves credit for the splendid work
he is accomplishing in so short a
time. The school house is almost
ready for occupancy, and is a credit
to our village.
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International Copyright and Performing Kights Secured and Reserved
" SUMMER DAYS" The Summer Song Hit
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James and John . Say received
checks from the State Board of Agri
culture for vegetables sent to the fair.
Mr. MitchellhUL of the firm of
Mitchellhill Bros., of. St. Joseph, Mis
souri, was in town last week and
loaded up a car of clover seed, pur
chased from the farmers here.
Melvin Crissell, one of the most
successful farmers near Wilsonville,
has decided to be a bachelor no long
er and will return here with his bride
in the near future, where they will
be at home to their many friends. We
wish them happiness and prosperity.
Mr. Criswell has grown up here from
boyhood, and has hosts of friends who
wish him well.
Mrs- Marion Young and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Aden, Mr. and Mrs. Ridder
and family, Anna Batalgia, Mrs. Ali
son Baker and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Wood, Mrsl
Cronin and family, Ira Seely and fam
ily, Jud Seely, Mr. and Mrs. G. Todd,
Mrs. Larsen, Geo. Seely and family,
Misses Baker, Misses Helen and
Mary Murray were among the resi
dents of Wilsonvile attending the fair
at Canby.
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