MORNING ENTERPRISE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1912.
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ROOSEVELT HOT A
GOOD VOTE-GETTER
HIS POPULARITY NOT SHOWN BY
THE VOTES HE HAS RECEIVED.
COUNTY ASSESSOR
GIVES- VARM1MG
;iNGLE TAX EXEMPTS CITY PKZ?
ERTY TO HEAVY DEGREE.
RECORD WILLS'JRPRISE MANY
In New York When He Ran for Gov
ernor He Did Not Get Full Party
Support Presidential .Vote
When Analyzed Is Not to
Hig Advantage.
Sch-me Will Cankrupt Cities Avows
C. P. Strain of Umatilla Farmer
Is Fluc!ed Tho'jch. While
, City Chap Escapes.
Colonel Roosevelt is regarded every
where as the marvelous vote-getter.
"We are for Teddy because he will
TiT C. P. StKArN
Connty As.essor of Uii-iklll'a County.
The general eusat of state-wide
single tax would be to throw a
heavier share of the tax burden on
to rural districts, if v.'e can rely on
present assessment suinmarios.
These show approximately, if we
elect our county ticket," chorused the exclude public-service property and a
Roosevelt shouters prior to the re- few other items vfcose relative loca-
nomintnation of President Taft. And
even now, when, having failed to get
the Republican nomination for a
third term, he is heading a bolting
Third Party organization, there are
many Republicans who seem to think
that he has a strong hold upon the
people. The fact ts the record shows
that he is not a successful vote get
ter. The belief which prevails in
some parts of the country that Roose
velt has a magic hold upon the people
Is not supported by the facts. Mr.
Roosevelt's own activity in self-advertising
is largely responsible for the
belief.
Take, for instance, his home state
of New York. Here are .the figures I
of the Republican vote cast in the
three elections of 1896, 1898 and 1900,
the two years before and the two
years after Roosevelt was a candidate
for governor:
1896, Black ...787,516
1898, Roosevelt 661,707
- . 1900, Odell ; 804,859
lion cannot be readily determined, the
following distribution o( property In
the state to be taxed: '
Per cnt.
Acreage outside of c'ties 39.00
City lots and city asreasa. . .23.62
Distribution of property to be ex
empt:
Per cnt.
Improvements outside c: tic" . 2.61
FarmMmpleniests 63
Live stock 3.15
Total 6.39
Per cent.
Improvements on city lots... 8.96
Manufacturing machinery 1.G1
Merchandise 3.23
Bank stock . . 1.77
Total 15.57
Farmer To Pay Taxes.
These figures show that 39 per cent
;f all the property in th? state is land
outside the c'ties against 23.62 per
cent which is l?rd within the cities.
When Roosevelt ran as a candidate Also that. 6.39 per cent of all the
for governor he had behind him his
prestigate of service in the war with
Spain. He made a spectacular cam
paign with a number of uniformed
soldiers riding with him upon the
rear platform of his special train.
property in the sts'e is subject to
exemption outside tr.o c;:es agamst
15.57 per cent within the cities.
The local effect of s nn;l? tax within
incorporafed cities wonll be to block
city eoveraemnt, temporarily, wher-
Even with this advantage he polled ever charters limit tax levies. This
125,000 less votes than Black and js (jue to the . fact that land values
nearly 145,000 votes less than Odell. usually constitute orly a s-r.all part
This shows that in his own state he 0f the taxable property v.'ii,;n cities
Is not the vote-getter which he claims and that city levies are now r.ear the
to be. charter limit.
Polled Less Votes Than Taft. TT , , . ,, ,ij
Colonel Roosevelt received an enor- , , , ' ' ,
nave ro oe quadrupled, as a run:, iu
raise the revenue now requ:reu.. Hut
mous plurality when he ran for presi
dent in 1904, but that was because
1,280,000 Democrats declined to vote
for Judge Alton B. Parker. The real
test of Roosevelt's plurality is the
number of Republican votes cast for
him. He polled 7,623,486 votes, but
even this number was 55,000 less than
were cast for Taft in 1908 with
Bryan in the field and practical
Democratic harmony restored. Do
these figures show Roosevelt to be a
great vote-getter?
a3 present charter li:r,itation3 forbid
such necessiry increasds, then it fol
lows that cities would be left without
funds to meet their operating ex
penses.
Cities Bound for Trouble.
Thus it will be seen that the single
land tax leaves a base too narrow for
the support of our city government
where nearly half our people resido
The figures as to Illinois are also and educate their children. If the
interesting and instructive. In 1904 graduated feature of taxation is to be
the total Republican vote for Roose- used at all as a device to equalize the
velt was 632,645, but this was ' 1,384 distribution of wealth, It should mere
less than were cast for Charles S. jy supplement, not destroy, our pres
ueneen tor governor. Roosevelt was et system.
supposedly the idol of the Republican
party while Governor Deneen's nomi
nation was secured at the end of a
three weeks' convention in which bit
ter factional fighting developed. Yet
Deneen, as stated, received 1,384
more votes for Roosevelt.
An attempt is made to demonstrate
Colonel Roosevelt's popularity by cit
ing the fact that his plurality In Illi
nois in 1904 was 305,000, while Taft's
was only 179,000 In 1908. The fact is
that in 1904 Roosevelt received 632,645
votes. In 1908 Taft received 629,929
votes, so that out of about 630,000
votes the only difference between
Roosevelt's popularity and Taft's
popularity as shown by the total Re
publican vote was 2,713
Illinois is. cited merely because It Is
typical of other states.
Some Primary Figures.
As Republican candidate for presi
dent last spring, Colonel Roosevelt
polled 61 per cent of the total . vote
cast at the Illinois primaries, but only
42.37 per cent of the Taft 1908 vote.
A majority of the Republicans of II
linois have not expressed a prefer
ence for Colonel Roosevelt for presi
dent. In a recent statement Colonel
Roosevelt said: "The primary in Illi
nois last spring definitely decided
that I was the choice of the Illinois
Republican voters for president.'
Colonel Roosevelt should he informed
than 42.37 -per cent of the Repub
lican vote in Illinois does not decide
what 57.63 per cent shall do with a
bolter who denounced their party be
cause it would -not nominate him.
Similar conditions prevail in other
states.
The forgoing record proves that
Colcnel Roosevelt, without regard to
his ether essential deficiencies, is not
a r-owerfv vote-getter. The "win-
with-Teddy" bumcombe is quite popu-
Remember these numbers. They
will save Oregon from Single Tax
"OVEMBER
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Sandy Land. Company to Multnomah
Central Railway Company, land. In sec
tion 13, township 2T"south, range - 4
east; $1.
"Minnie M. and M. E. Lee to George
E. Yarns, south half or,. Tract 44,
Peach Cove; $10.
William and Louise Beard to O. A.
Kruse, 10 acres "of S. N. Vance D. L.
C., township 3 soutn, range 2 east;
$1.
Oie and Aslaug Mikkelson to Mult
nomah Central Railway Company,
3.06 acres of section 11, township .2
south, range 4 east; JIT . .
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Oregon EcmrJ Taxation Leases, 706 Board of
XraUd bunding, roru&nd.
ESTACADA MAKES
DIVISION FIGHT
(Continued from page 1)
Wild Birds' Eggs.
The eggs of wild birds are smaller
than those of the same species of birds
when dompti'"'?Ml
County Court
EXPENDITURES OF CLACKAMAS
COUNTY, FOR THE MONTH OF
SEPTEMBER
GENERAL ROADS.
J. J. Hattan .. IZ.oO
Ray Richey 49.00
W. A. Beck .. 53.00
O. W. Boring 19.00
A. Weaver 39.00
Wm. Wheeler 51.00
J. F. Wilworth 30.00
J. A. Imel 20.50
Morris Wheeler 26.00
W. H. McCord 23.50
L. Ritzer 15.00
Chas. Wheeler 4.00
L. Richey 7.50
Wm. Miller . . . 5.50
J. A. Sutton 9.50
J. W. Roots .' 37.50
M. Sonnichsen 15.10
J. W. Roots : 152.60
W. Booth 20.75
J. B. Jones ..: 2.50
Hood & Hutchins 2.00
Robert LansdowneJ 2.50
Straus Lumber Co 52.25
Fosberg Lumber Co 13.34
Charlie Fosberg 12.00
Chas. Betz 21.50
H. W. Kanne 5.00
Chas. Relstock 30.75
Arthur Deardorff 16.00
C. C. Henderson " 30.00
H. W. Kanne 41.60
Joe Rushford . .". 30.00
Fritz Geppert ' 15.25
August Geppert 15.25
Will Ulrich 8.00
M. L. Knight 1.50
J. Bowers 12.00
Grant Mumpower 4.08
W. W. Cooke 18.00
R. B. Beatie 6.00
W. H. Mattoon . r 22.00
EXPENDITURE OF CLACKAMAS
COUNTY FOR THE MONTH OF
SEPTEMBER, 1912.
GENERAL FUND.
County Court.
N. Blair '. $ 13.20
W. H. Mattoon 18.0Q
C. A. Elliott 3.50
Fashion Livery Stable 3.00
Edith C. Jackson .... 15.00
M. Gross 10.00
T. M. Miller , 36.00
Circuit Court.
Jas. E. Wilson 20.00
E. P. Elliott 2.00
E. L. Johnson
W. W. Myers 3.00
Jas. Roake - 18.20
F. E.1 Mueller 34.80
Thos. McCabe 44.00
J. E. Boyer 6.00
F. S. Baker 12.20
Chas. A. Bartlemay 39.00
John McGetchie 33.20
W. H. Bremer .'. 37.20
A. J. Monk 34.20
A. J. Lewis 30.60
J. .J. Mallatt '. 2.00
W. S. Maple 10.80
W. R. Wentworth 2.00
Chris Muralt ..' 4.70
S. A. D. Hungal 6.00
Frank Haberlach 35.80
John Heft 37.00
Thos. Eaden 37.80
N. C. Michels . . . 30.80
Geo. W. Judd 39.20
B. O Sarver 5.60
E. D. Olds 5.00
R. Schuebel 5.80
W. B. Stafford 30.20
Justice Peace Dist. No.
C. B. Davis 1.90
Sheriff.
F. A. Miles .-.....' 56.75
Tax Department.
Cis. Barclay Pratt 60.00
Clerk.
W. L. Mulvey 8.00
H. S. Daulton 50.00
Recorder.
Edith Smith 65.00
Mata Graff 65.00
Lou Cochran 65.00
N. E. Derby 5.00
Treasurer.
Alice Dwiggins 40.00
Coroner ,
W. J. Wilson . -. 4.50
William J. Wilson 10.00
Dr. M. C Strickland 5.00
Supt. of Schools.
J. E. Calavan 114.00
Vinnie R. Hewitt 113.50
H. M. Jones 121.95
W. W. Marrs 5.00
Assessor.
Gertie Wilson . ' 4.0X)
Clara Mitchell 50.00
M. E. Gaffney ; 6.00
Edith Jackson 48.00
Surveyor
S. A. D. Hungate 5.00
D. Thompson Meldrum .... -67.8"
Bud Thompson 7.80
Paul Dunn 7.80
Harry Gray 3.75
' Current Expense. .
Huntley Bros. Co 20.30
Pacific Telephone & Tel. Co . 22.60
Home Telephone Co. 9.85
John R. Humphrys, Agent 70.50
Court House.
Board of Water Commissioners
Oregon City Enterprise ..... 131.65
Oregon City Courier . .... 19.40
Wild Animal Bounty
John Hostetter 1.50
Juvenile Court.
B. Kuppenbender 1.00
Mrs. C. J. Parker 21.45
Geo. A, Brown 5.40
J. J. Mallatt 1.00
State Fair.
F. F. Fisher 2.50
Clear Creek Creamery Co ; 7.80
Gladstone Lumber Co 3.50
R. McGetchie 39.29
Thos. Lindslyj ............... 2.00
W. E. Niles 44.44
John R. Bowland 18.75
Geo. DeBok 12.00
0 D. Eby 66.71
Wing 9.10
O. E. Freytag 31.70
The Best L
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J. W. Jones
W. S. Jubb
W. W. Myers
Oregon City Ice Works
Wilson & Cooke
Frank Busch
J. E. Seeley
E. H. Cooper, Agent . .
Jail.
E. T. Mass
County Poor.
W. W. Linten
Frank Talbert
J. J. Tobin-
Sam Smith ;
W. W. Linten
Roswell L. Holman .'
C. R. Thorpe . .'. ."
Louis, Nobel, Jr.
Palace Meat Market
G. Roberts
The Crown Drug Co
P. M. Doyle : ...
H. D. Aden
T. M. Gardner
The Estacada Pharmacy . . .
Cruse Brothers
F. T. Barlow
J. W. Reed
Insane.
C. G. Miller
F. A. Miles
J. W. Norris
Hugh S. Mount
Printing and Adv.
15.00
- 1.50
178.50
27.00
2.70
.75
1.35
3.60
51.60
98.57
5.00
3.50
4.00
10.00
17.50
lSiOO
13.35
13.55
1.60
20.00
2.13
10.05
10.05
12.60
1.25
18.84
20.00
5.00
2.50
2.50
5.00
. 10.00
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MAIN STREET in the BEAVER BLDG.
county seat and boom their town.
Aside from the sentiment in favor of
lar with Colonel Roosevelt and his measure at Estacada, where the
John R. Kelso
C. B. Davis ..
Arthur Layton
R. S. Lillis ...
F. D. Spear ...
Joe Smith
John Roethe .
Edmon Harry .
supporters with the hope of dragging
into line timid voters and pot-huntin'
plan was hatched, there is little sup
port in other sections of the proposed
new county. This is shown by the or-
politicians. The facts show that as ieinai netition. for of 7166 resistered
a vote-getter Roosevelt never had voters in Clackamas County, less than
been as strong as his party. He was 300 signed the' petition, and less than
not as strong as Black and Odell In 100 outside of Estacada precinct, and
New York, where he is best known; a part of those were from Milwaukie
althnueh runnine aeainst a criDnle In and Oswego precincts, which are not
Judge Parker, he ran more than a embraced in the proposed Cascade
million votes behind his party County. Being unable to get the re
strength; he was not as strong as Taft qmrefd n"mb1er1 of r,m-
in the country at large; and he was
county, the balance of the petitioners
Wara iahan frnm Pnrtlanfl QTlH tho
not as strong as Taft and Deneen In state at larg6( who Q0 not know our
Illinois. Wai conditions
The current belief, stimulated by As business men living in the pro-
Roosevelt's own expressions, that posed Cascade County we feel that we
Roosevelt is a powerful vote-getter 1b should not have something forced up-
disproven by the facts.
IT
GOOD WALNUT CROP
on us that we do not want by the
state at large, who do not know our
local conditions. This measure is on
ly a local measure and if left to the
voters of this district would be defeat
ed by a large majority. We respect
fully ask your help in defeating this
measure by voting Cascade County
319 No.
Considerable amusement was creat
ed by the publication of a statement
that some or the Estacada people plan
Frank Moore, of Greenpoiut, will to sue the members of the lackamas
... . . , . - I ri,,T.4-Tr fniirt 117 hn mnilfl ail n nnro-
j. t, v t-t, x priation to assist in making the fight
one tree at his home, the yield being t. roBfiTlf boundaries of
about seven busEels, while an English rjiackamas County. The Estacada
walnut tree has about a bushel ! or committee has circulated literature.
Mnnr naid Wednesday hearing neither the name of the author
. - - - ..- ,. , j,. f - -
that the nut crop snouia De one 01 we nor me,puwi, m uU Bignam 4 05
most profitable in) Oregon. I the Corrupt Practices Act . ,
7.05
9.55
2.40
2.40
.2.40
1.60
1.20
......... 1.20
Mrs. Edmon Harry 1.20
Jos. Weber 1.60
R. L. Large . . 1.20
F. N. Lechler 1.20
Tom Weaver 1.20
Roy Haskell 1.20
Clem Wilson 1.20
L. D. Roberts 1.20
W. W. H. Samson 25.80
E. L. Shaw. 3.10
D. E. Frost 4.20
John Fagle 1.70
i 1.70
1.70
1.70
6.10
1.70
J. T. Fagle
Montague
ft
Gladys Curtis "
Geo. A. Brown
Geo. A. Brown
Charley . Wright ' 1.70
G. H. Hammond 1.70
F. B. Hayward 1.70
H. D. Mercer 1.70
C. Ridenhous 1.70
Charles -McCarver ,. 1.20
G. L. Mattock 1.20
J. R. Worms 1.20
W. J. Rauch :.. 1.40
C. R. Livesay ,.. 1.40
R. E. Woodward 1.20
E. L. Shaw 3.10
A. G. Harberg 3.95
F. M. Morgan 5.25
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