TTTE MOItXFVG OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1909. 13 VALUATIONS CAUSE . MAHY COMPLAINTS Thirty-seven Citizens Plead With Board to Reduce Sig ler's Figures. BIG OWNERS HOLD BACK Mo.t of Objections Filed Involve Small Amounts One Man Whose Name Was Left orf Koll Would Be Included. Thirty-won protests were lodged ye ! Urday wilh the County Board of Equal ; liauon aicainst the assessment made on ; personal and real property in Multnomah j County. They wrro chiefly on email i amounts and every manner of reason ws given in the fvtlttons for reduction. ' One- unhappy taxpayer had It flsured down to a fine point Just why the as sessed valuation of hi entire estate should t2 reduced from to 105. Thai last fipure was all his property would stand, ho snore, and even then he eald he was allowing the full lum of 5 far the valufi of the. family dog. ,.,. n.Mnutinff litnavrr was h or- raied. at the cellmate of J1K placed on his launch. Ha offered It to Assessor Siller for $1). Suveral others denied ownership of property and effects as aeaseii against th m. . . Amazement nearly got the better of the Board when one man appeared and axked to pet " on the taxroll. He said that he owned a. bicycle worth f a double harrelled sliotsun worth UO and four doss, worth a piece. It was a fine display of honesty, but the esthetic . beauty of the visitation was spoiled . when the would-ho taxpayer. H. E. Pod son, suavely confided in the Board that he wishes to become Clerk of an out lyln? School Hoard and that he must be a taxpayer before hia, application would be considered. Valuable Holdings Not Listed. The protests begran developing early and continued late. No large pieces of property have thus far been included In the lists. In most instances the protests aw on personal property. George W. McCoy. rooming-house keener, protested that the entire furni ture in his art rooms is worth not to exceed $M. The assessment was $1:25. W. J. Clemens, insurance, was amazed that his launch should be assessed at Jl. In fact he offered to sell it out right to Assessor Slxler for JlOX) and put the offer In writing. He hinted that even then the buyer would be playing a . losing game. He asked that the assess ment be reduced to Ska). V. D. Smith, living on the LJnnton ! road, was astounded at an assessment i of $750 for cows. He said he would be I willing to pay except for the trifling fact that he hasn't a cow to his name. 1 The Evening Telegram, for similar reasons, declined to accept the assess ment figures on an automobile. Owner ship of any such vehicle Is denied. John i Butterworth also protested ownership of 1 a sailboat assessed at . A. Chrlstensen. SS3 Borthwick street, thought 300 too much for hla personal ' property. Ha asked ' for a reduction to Missionary Society Complains. The Western Oregon Missionary So ciety expressed surprise at being accred . lted with the ownership of JlOuO in per ' sonal effects. The total stock of sup plies, fixtures Included, Is worth but $125, It was' sworn, by 8. J. Laehier, repre senting the society. A. V. Folkman protested that It cost him $12,010 to erect a building in Park , Addition, and he asked that the assess ment, based on 60 per cent of the real value, be reduced from $o00 to $7200. Anyone wishing to buy the entire : amount of George H. Jackson's house- hold furniture for $150 may have that f privilege. He swore under oath 'that he would willingly part with it for tha sum. ' The Assessor thought It worth I $500. -Charles A. land's personal effects are worth only JflO Instead of $2H0. so he swore. G. H. Bruekman objected to pay ' lng on a $60 launch for the reason that lie had sold it to an Albany man. A. Vester rated Improvement on his lots in block 19. . Piedmont, at $1400 Instead , of $3000. The cost of the improvements ; was not $I'X)0, he said. James X. Davis and Mrs. Davis dlf ' fered widely In 'the value of their ef- Tects. Her list showed $700, on which r the assessment was based. He protested J that his list revealed only $300 worth of j property and he asked that the correc tion he made. -Abe Kamusher, 263 First street, had a '- bill of sale to show that the fixtures and f furnishings In his place cost him only tuay. . He objected ta being assessed at ' double that amount. ' C. W. Allen wanted his personal tax j reduced from $300 to $105, the $5 being for a dog which he has acquired. Charles (- 32. Curry said that. In his Judgment, his ; personal property ehould be assessed at ! $300 instead of $100"). Guy E. Holman ex- pressed a reluctance to pay on an auto mobile by reason of not possessing any auch luxury. Thinks Appearance Misleading. . ' E. I Tyler. 1076 East Alder street, j thought the Assessor might have been ) misled by the nice appearance of the ! exterior of his home. He eald the inside f Isn't much and he wanted the assess- ment cut down from $S0. '. Rees and Jennie M. Price filed objec tion to paying JUM0 on three small houses on an acreage tract, citing as their rea son that only one house exists. Lot 4. block 10, Dolan's Addition, Is worth only $1509. James N. Davis testl , fled to this fact in asking for a reduc tion from t2tmo in the assessment. George M. Smith was on hand to swear that his property in South Sunnyside : had keen sadly overrated. He wanted the improvements on lot 3. block 9 re duced from $3JU0 to t2M. actual cost. The improvements on lot 1 block 9 cost less than 19K. he said, and for that reason wanted the assessment of $ii0 cut. TVilllara Reidt paid only $10SO for his . aiVhorsepower Arrow automobile and he objected to being assessed more than that.' E. B. Holme had a protest at be ' lag assessed tZiM for the improvements . on hl lot In John Irvlng"s Addition. The Improvements cost only $1700. he swore. He asked, too. that the assessment on ls household furniture be cut from $500 to half that amount. BRYAN, MAKER OF FADS A Republican Reviews the Peerless One's Changes of Base. PORTLAND, Oct. 19. (To th Eflttor.) The on thin Mr. Bryan has developed In . il ion seral-publlc career m hlch la notice able and comirrvnriable. ia the unswerving loyalty to Brynnum on the part of a, large .percentage of hi subjects, do matter hat evolutions Bryan ism may have rna through . during the interval krwn It maHMni.i f auaeala for recognition and rTaTrn-. Tint Mr T)rvn tin iiTr feean tooked urxm with favor by the 'American people hecauie of the mlatakoa he always makes In the aelectlon of hla paramount issues mistake which he acknoielgi. not by admlwlon but by abandonment. Not more certain waa the Pemocratlo party in that the election of General Grant would cause ui to ''meet aa a subjected and. conquered people amid the ruin of lib erty and the aoattered fragrnenta of the Constitution" aee the platJorm for that year than waa Mr. Bryan In that the continuance of the gold standard would speedily reault In the Industrial ruin of the American people. I heard Mr. Bryan-lay during a session of the Trana-Mlssiaaippl Congress at Salt Lake in July, 107. that the g-old standara airectiy killed more people In the United State each vear than did all the atrocities of the Spanish army In Cuba, and the latter was a very live question at that time, resulting la a m-ar with natn within leas than one year. Po maptcal were the voice asd gesture of Mr. Bryan on that occasion that immediately the mass of delegates rose to their feet and shouted like mad for five minutes, while there was a moft picturesque bombard ment of the atmosphere with a fusllade of canes, umbrellas, handkerchiefs and hats, a bombardment which brought tears to tha eyes of the handful of gold standard men who had through some accident secured credentials to that "no n political" body. To this day it has been an enigma to some of us why those "loyal" Bryan men should have so hyateri rally rejoiced that we had an In stitution in this country that was dealing death to more people every year than was the Spanish army in Cuba! Surely, everybody will remember how Mr. Bryan the year before shouted from the tall end of every railroad train in the United States that the farmsrs-of the country were on the very verre of industrial slavery through the operation of "the accursed gold standard" familiar -phrae-and that the price of all kinds of farm produce was be low a living seal because of the crime of T3. It was predicted everywhere in tones which were appallingly entrancing, and with gestures whose grace rivaled those of Henry Clay himself, that although farmers were then complaining that they were selling their wheat for 60 cents a bushel, "within one year from this time, mark my words, unless the gold standard shall' he uprooted and the money of the Constitution restored by the free coinage of sliver, you will be selling your wheat for -2JS eents -a. buehel." And the crowds which assembled to hear these spreches. were apparently wild with enthusiastic admiration for -the manner 'in Which he taid It. Incidentally. It Is well to remember that before the election day in lSw rolled around, the price of wheat had nearly doubled and not a cent had been added to the amount of the circulating medium, "through the discovery of gold mines" "or otherwise. This effort of Mr. Bryan's in l8l6 was the great est of his life, and Its consideration Is al ways accompanied by " the reflection that never before has any man made so great a mistake by attacking one of the funda mental principles of commercial and lndas trial affairs. - In luO. Mr. Bryan, through soma sort of vision saw that the specter of militarism was going to spread until the menace of & standing army would destroy the few re maining liberties of the people and tha de vouring ghoul. "Empire." would eat up the beloved republic of the fathers. "For," said the peerless Leader, "can't you see that. If. the standing army has been in creased from 100.000 men to 2u0.000 in one year, in another year It will be 400,000 and In another 800.000?" It was boldly and elo quently, though not convincingly, declared, that the Republicans were In favor of em pire and tyranny on general principles, as distinguished from the disciples of Jefferson, at the memory of whose feet he bowed In profound reverence, etc. And the farmers of Illinois who gathered by tha hundreds of thousands to aee Mr. Brian's gestures and to dwell, even but temporarily, within the range of his vocal stiver melody, voted against him by some 2.V0,noO majority. Mr. Bryan's later efforts have been of & nonpolitlcal order for the most part. In cluding a wide range of subjects suitable for the lecture field, from the actual worth of a human soul to the desirability of free trade in hides, women's hosiery and gloves. To be sure, upon his return from a Journey around the world, he emphatically an nounced himself as believing In the ultimate government ownership of railroads as the solution of a great question. But his aban donment of It was contemporaneous with his discovery that the overgrown paternalism which the proposition involved, waa extreme ly distasteful to the survivors of pure Jeffersonlan Democracy and to the believ ers In a "strict construction" of the Con stitution. The problems of an Income tax. a corporation tax, the regulation of rail roads and kindred debatable questions have never come any nearer furnishing a dividing line between tbe Republican and Democratic parties, than the tariff schedules have be tween Mr. Bryan and Senator Bailey, or than what the proper tariff on wool and lumber should be when left to the decision of Senator Bourne and Senator Chamber lain. However and nevertheless, Mr. Bryan ia a pleasant speaker, has a magnificent ges ture, a splendid presence and a lovable voice a combination which pleases most people. L myself, have been swayed by It and was among the first to make a personal call upon him during his recent visit to Portland, a form of respect which was ex tended by hundreds of other Republicans, but these Instances didn't furnish examples of political admiration nor approval of hla public career. Mr. Bryan Is known by the record made during his greatest efforts and these have all been on the wrong side of economic and political questions his fixed principles all having been fixed when the moon was In the shadow: ' i T. T. GEER. CATALEPTIC JAP ROUSES RIGID FOR SIX MOXTHS HE JIOVES FIRST TIME. Sits Vp and Look Around, bat at Once Relapses Into State That Puzzles Doctors. After lying: In a cataleptlo condition, rigid In muscle and limb, with wide open, eyes for six months, K. Ogrhura, the Japanese laborer who has been In the Good Samaritan Hospital since April 18. yesterday morning- rolled his eyes, moved his arms and legs and raised himself up In bed to look around. This is a greater movement, say his nurses, than Oghura has ever accom plished since he entered the hospital and It Is thought may be an Indica tion of an Improved condition. In addi tion to the movement, the Japanese had a healthy tinge of color in his face, that up to yesterday was pale and wan. When one of the nurses soke to him in Japanese he seemed to evince under standing, and the suggestion waa made that while in the cataleptlo condition he only understands his native lan guage. When the Japanese phrase was uttered, despite the probably Incorrect pronunciation, Oghura raised his head and moved his eyes and eyelids. Employed on the North Bank Railroad, and believed by Dr. Buck to be suffering from spinal menin gitis he was sent to tha Institu tion last April. Oghura walked In. "Sick, want medicine," ha said. Ha was shown to a waiting room pending a communication from his doctor. He laid down on a couch and inside of 10 minutes he relapsed Into the cataleptlo condition from which he has had no relaxation, except once or twice dur ing the first month and yesterday. Hla nurse feeds him by pouring an egg or similar nutriment down his throat from time to time. ' It was believed that recovery was hopeless, but the unexpected change leads doctors who have been watching the unique case to believe that Oghura may be returning to a semi-cataleptic condition. In which he may be able to make himself understood. He has never been able to give his physician any clew to the causa of tha . strange malady which might assist the study of the disease. . Gas Consumers, Take Notice. Get Weltrbach mantles by the dozen, and we'll give you Jobbers' prices. Buy your burners and globes in quanltles, and save nearly half the price. You buy a Winter's supply of fuel at one time and save money. Do this with your lighting supplies, and buy from Manning. 43 Third- street, the oldest lighting and supply house on the street, and lowest prices In the state. Tele phone Main or A 2311. , ' .: &0TMotAy baking powderNpJ l'..:d' from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Af 'y, C- made from Grapes w Ha&cs lincst, Purest Food jv J BOND BIGGEST YET $447,760 Security Given on City Reservoir Contract. HIGHEST FILED IN OREGON Agent for Maryland Concern Takes Huge Responsibility Company Guarantees Mt. Tabor Dams Will Follow Specifications. Recording the btssest single bond ever given in Oregon, the Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland yester day filed a bond for 447,760 as surety for Robert Wakefield & Company and the Pacific Bridge Company, concerns which were awarded the contract for the construction of two immense reser voirs In Mount Tabor for the City of Portland. It Is unusual for a munici pality to exact bonds equaling the amount ot the contract, usually only 10 per cent of the contract sum being re quired, but Portland, suffering a loss when the old reservoirs were built 14 years ago, learned a lesson, ine im mense bond demanded on this occasion being the result. The big bond was negotiated by Frank E. Hart and issued by W. J. Lyons, manager of the bonds and casualty department of the W.- J. Clemens Company, agent for the Mary land surety Institution. Not only are the figures of the bond immense, but tha guarantee assured by the bond company Involves great responsibility. The bond guarantees the completion of the reservoir contracts on the specified dates, takes the responsibility of keep ing the big dams In repair for six months under a water test, and accepts the liability of paying $250 a day for every day the contractors prolong the work after the dates set for completion of the reservoirs. I'or every day of delay after six months the surety com pany will be obliged to pay 1500 to the City of Portland, the only alleviating clause In the contract promising a bonus of $250 a day for every day the reservoirs are completed in advance of the dates the contracts end. Work on the huge dams Is already under way, one to be completed July 1, 1910, the other the last day of October. Their construction for $447,760 entails a saving of $142,240 for Portland, the City Engineer estimating that the reservoirs could not.be built for less than $590,000. , The mammoth reservoirs are known as Nos. 5 and 6, and the sites selected He at the end of Hawthorne avenue In the vicinity of. East. . Sixtieth street. Reservoir No. 5 will have a capacity of 60. 000,000 gallons, and the capacity of No. 6 will be 76,000,000 gallons, indi cating that both reservoirs will be capable of receiving and distributing 125.000,000 galons of water In every 24 hours. Reservoir No. 5 will bo built at 412 feet elevation, and No. 6 will bo 102 feet lower. NEW DISTRICTS FORMED Growth In Eastern Multnomah Makes Another School Necessary, GRESHAM, Or., Oct. 19. (Speclal.) A new school district, designated official ly as No. 49, hae been established about flvs miles east of Gresham. The district was created from portions of Nos. 6, 10 and 15. known as the Orient, Cedar and liustt-d districts, respectively, and is the center of a new and rapidly-growing set tlement. The board of directors elected consists of Walter Cooley,' chairman: John Ickler and William Morgan. Jr. Ftath ia clerK, A tax lew was voted and a new school- house is nearly finished at a cost of $1500. A teacher has been engaged and the first lerm of school will begin the second Monday of November. There are about 4K nunlls in the district Almost in the oenter of the- district te a tract of 320 acres of excellent land re cently purchased from James Manary for colonization purposes. It has been platted Into 63 small tracks, only one of which Is over five acres in size. An Jiasx- ern colony is expected to take these small farms and the neighborhood will soon be one of the most flourishing in tnis sec tion. SALOON MEN ARE SCORED Pendleton Prohibitionist's Views of the Dry Town. wrvnr.ETny. nr.. Oct. 18. To the Edl tor.) lu The Oregonlan's report of the Weatarn Hotel Men s convention In last Sat urday's Issue, I find some peculiar state ments In regard to this tcrtvn. I moved my family of nine to this place In the earlv part of last -Winter for better school privileges, and on account of its being- a drv town. In canvassing for a house I certainly did not and the half of 200 va cant houses, and at present many of those I did And are occupieu. as io tno vvyu'. tlon decreasing, how i it that the school census does not show this fact? Could l.iOO people be taken from us, without, a notlcable effect on the number of children? I hear our Western hotel men quoting two of Pendleton's hotel men as aumonuca on conditions here. But- these men are now under Indictment by the graim Jury for violation of the law a law which they claim Is Inoperative and produces worse conditions thai no restrictions. It looks to me that the Western Hotel Men a conven tion was playing the same role as in days gone, when men in a crowd ' called "Iook out for pickpockets," the purpose being to draw men s hands to the vicinity of their cash and thereby facilitating ins picKpoc a,- onnovnrlnn rtf the same. Other allegations raised against Pendle ton are new to me. ana mere is uouu. they are as valueless aealnst us, as temper ance people, as those noticed to be un worthy. The "wets" are trying hard to make the nasty thing look; pretty, but with little success judging, from the meeting Saturday-" evening. Pendleton Is all Tight We know what we've got and propose to keep it. The kind of prosperity that oomes with saloons we can do without. R. B. MORTON. Father Who Beat Son Missing. Because Adolph Bchlewe, of 772 Mary land avenue, who beat his young son severely with a broomstick recently, has left the city, presumably for San Fran cisco. Juvenile Judge Bronaugh . took no action yesterday afternoon regarding him. The boy was ordered kept at the Deten tion Home until further court instruc tions. The sudden departure of the father Is believed-to be because of a fear that he would he arrested and punished for beat- Post Toasties are pleasing to little folks and grown-ups. The delicate, fluffy- bits made, from White Corn, with the special "toasty" flavour, browned to a "turn," are good for all the family. The Memory Lingers" Postum Cereal Co., Ltd Battle Creek, Mich- "HOW ME N GET . RIG! Under the above title in the December-number of the " World's ."Work, ' ' Andrew Carnegie says : "That by far the greatest amount of wealth created in any branch comes from enhanced values of real property is especially true in a prosperous coun try, increasing rapidly in population, like the United States. The census shows that from 1890 to 1900 the value of real estate increased from $39,544,544,333 to $52,537,628,164. an increase of $12,993,083,831 ; $1,300,000,000 per year, over $3,500,000 per day. . "The obvious creator of this wealth is not the individual, but the com munity. "In other words, increased population the community increases the wealth in each successive generation. "In no other field is the making of wealth so dependent upon tha com munity, so little upon the owner, who may wholly neglect it without injury." There are 80,000,000 people in the United States east of the Rocky Mountain's. A very large percentage of them are looking to the "West for their homes, and hundreds of thousands of them are coming. The result will be a prodigious increase in the popu lation of Portland and other Coast cities, with a resulting increase in the value of property. Property values in Portland are now very low in comparison with other cities, and they will never be any lower. This fact is particularly true of The.-Additiomwith Character If you will investigate, you will find that the prices of lots in this addition are just about one-half the prices of similar property, with fewer advantages in other parts of the city. You can buy beautiful fifty-foot lots in LAURELHURST for $1000 each or less, and these lots will double in value within the next year. All street improvements,. including asphalt pavements, to be made at once. Building restrictions protect the whole addition. Think this over and see us. . Office on the ground at East Glisan and East 38th streets. Telephone East 989. To reach LAURELHURST, take either the Montavilla or the Rose City Park cars both lines run through the property. E&&'RJemy fib. Henry Building. Phones: A 5234, Main 2565. acurelhura! Co. Corbett Building. Phones: A 1515, Main 1503. lne the bov. An order restraining him from disposing of his J370O worth of real estate, and ordering that Its proceeds be used for the boy's maintenance, may be made later. Adrian Iectures in Idaho. na i-NJCTVTT.TEl Idaho Oct 19j fSDe- i.i t,a Anniifil session of the Idaho County Teachers' Institute has been one of the most successful and interesting ever held in the county. Abgut 70 teach ers were In attendance. County Superin tendent Klanvllle presented an Interest ing programme with the assistance of Professor H. A. Adrian, principal 01 tne Santa Barbara. Cal:. schools; President J. P. McClaln, of the University of Ida ho; and State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Miss Belle Chamberlain. UNIJED WIRELESS Stockholders are urgently requested to Immediately communicate with u, as we have Information of the utmost Im portance to Impart to you at once, 703 Oreffonlan Tldgr., Portland, Or. wm The government commissioners appointed In Italv to report on th question of uf frapo. have recommended that women en gaged in trade have the right to vote for members or ine cnampers or commerce A low pricecan!t bring enough quality. Cheapened clothes are not cheap. The label n 4the corner is put in our garments to enccfurage confidence; it means that you can't talce a risk at any shop where you find it. Ve take the. shrink out of Sincerity cloths beforewe put them into ttceretg Ctotltc. That's why their shape is permanent it Auauldn't be if there was the least chance of the fabric stretching after you -wear the garments. ,The shape with which you start a Sincerity Suit or , Overcoat stays' there until you stop wearing it. It's tailored into the fabric. Sin cerity Clothes for . young men are cut on special models. t Such good figures are built into the garments that you needn't wo$ry about yqur own. A boot about young m erf's fashion Im for tht hiking. ' Why not ajif Ktitt, tlatRatt fi IneWtr Co t - v m a.v u rawer- . -n a r w in keZ: j:.LJt$ rv"- V J 5 im MAKER8 CHICAGO THE COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY, The Fruit Basket of the World A poor nian has a amall ehauce of ever beoomlns nealtay m the Kar Uattera bLfiies. Even In tbe Aliddi West tit a oifeulnK are be coming scarce aud many cue rje tie men aee inat Uef can better tncniaelvee by cumlug to tbe Aortaweeu borne who have corns W esc find they have not suffi cient Knowledgt of tha country- to be able to le cate at once la a business) vtblch will, bay them well. Af you are of this number, why not investigate tao district which has mora opculnicB aud opportunities lor uittu of small or lar capital than any other aeo- lion of the orthwst f The Columbia Klver VaU ley cannot he surpassed mm i a desiraeie place to live when you consider tha many Hues of business that are still needed, the iaraa populatiuu which will sure- ly settle here, aad the vast increase which will follow any small investment auada at this time It will pay yon to look Into the conditions la this land of opportunity. Keaae wick, and r a a e o are al ready tbe Important com raercial centers of this dis trict. For In.lormatton con cerning ope.ilngi in all -lines of business address KENNEWICK COM'RCIAL CLUB i KENNEWICK. WASa PASCO COMMERCIAL CLUB PASCO, WASH. 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