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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9. 1923 mm opens TAX-CUT CAMPAIGN 1 3o(KW'.j 4-0-Mill Limit on 50 Per Cent Valuation Is Goal. M NEW LEAGUE IN ACTION Seattle Levy Rises to 67.81 Mills for Next Year, as Valua tions Are Decreased. " PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle, Wash., Oct. 8. A statewide cam paign to "prevent the confiscation of real estate by -'taxation," and to limit taxation of real and personal property for all purposes to not more than 40 mills on a 60 per cent basis' of valuation, has been inau - urated in Seattle. Friday night, when the King coun ty commissioners finished s their Krork on tha county budget, the last to be fixed by local taxing, bodies, it was found that Seattle 1923 tax levy will be 67.81 mills, or approximately 55 per cent higher than the limn demanded by the new taxpayers or ganization. This new organization, which has taken the title of the Tax Limit league, probably did not expect to exercise a determining influence on r.ext year's taxes. Before organiza tion was effected the state board of equalization had announced a shrink age of 561,000,000 in the value of all property in the state listed for taxa tion. Seattle taxing bodies, except the county, had announced their 1923 levies, the city calling for 26.71 mills, the school district for 14 mills ai.d the port district for 1 mill. The state levy had been fixed at 13.41 mills. It was already apparent that the county could not hold to the 10 rr.ill levy of 1922. It has since an nounced a 12.69 mill levy, bringing the Seattle total to 67.81 mills as against an aggregate 1922 levy of t3.17 mills. , Reduction Widely Sought. The Tax Limit league must, there fore, address its efforts to more dis tant future results. So must all the numerous other taxpayers' organi zations which have been at work for a longer time. Probably every chamber of commerce a,nJ commer cial club in the state has its taxa tion committee or bureau; there is a taxpayers' association of .some sort in virtually every city and county, many of which have lately been seeking co-ordination of effort ' through the state federation of tax payers' association. Then there is the Lower the Cost of Government league, which has been organized more than two years, and any num ber of local organizations of build ing owners and real estate dealers. Out of all this organization and effort it would seem that some re- suits ought to be attained. The answer this year, however, is not favorable. The $61,000,000 decrease in the value of taxable property af- i'ras a lairiy strong reason against appieciable reduction of the rate of taxation. 'Assuming that approxi mately the 8am amount of money must be raised by taxation, it is ebvious that s values go down the tax rate must go up. Decrease Equally Distributed. The decrease in assessed valua tions is said to be about equally dis tributed between real and personal property. On the west side numer ous ship-building sites, once crowd ed with activity and highly ap praised, are now idle and unused, subject to material reduction in value. On the west side also there is marked reduction in timber-land values, due to the taking off of tha timber. In eastern Washington, a good deal' of farming land, outside the orchard districts especially wheat land has come in for lower valuations. The personal property decrease is accounted for largely by the smaller size of merchandise stocks. One merchandising concern with head quarters in Seattle has had its as sessed valuation reduced by $1,000, 000. The assessors' reports show a falling off in both number and ag gregate value of horses, mules, beef cattle, hogs and poultry, with a slight increase in the number of dairy cows, sheep and goats. No question has yet been raised in any quarter as to the fairness of the lower valuations fixed by the assessors which resulted in the ag gregate decrease of $61,000,000 for the state. But with such a decrease, and without any important reduc tion in government costs, an in crease in the tax rate here and there .was inevitable. Coats To Be Attacked. Taxpayers' organizations will have to get below the surface of valuations and rates and deal di rectly with the costs of the various units of government. This is what they purpose to do. It is hot suffi ciently clear to anyone, for example, why the total of state taxes, exclu sive of the soldiers' bonus, should have increased by $7,242,346.68 in the last five years; why the counties, the school, port, road and drainage districts should have run up an in crease of $16.974,31S.34 in the same five years; why school taxes, com bined state and district, should have Jumped from $12,532,528.23 to $26, 339.366.51 in the same period. 4So far as Seattle and King county are concerned and the same ob servation will doubtless apply in due proportion to other cities and counties there has been more of an effort this year than heretofore to keep from increasing the cost ot government and raising the tax rate. jiut tnere haa not been, except on the part of the King county com missioners, any serious attempt by those in authority to cut expendi tures. Budget estimates have been materially reduced, it is true; but budget estimates are generally fixed so high that reductions may be made""ritliout hurting anyone's feel ings, t ISS LUCRETIA - CA VALINE and drover C. Wrenn were married Saturday morning at the First Presbyterian church in the presence of a few relatives- and friends. Dr. Harold Leonard. Bow man performed the ceremony. The bride was attended by Mrs. W. H. Muirhead. Shortly after the wed ding Mr. and Mrs. Wrenn left for a trip in southern Oregon. They will make their home in Portland. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wrenn are popular with the younger set. Many of Portland's prominent matrons will assist in the Symphony society campaign which will begin. Wednesday and continue for several days? Mrs. William MacMaster is the general chairman. Mrs. David Taylor Honeyman and Mrs. William C. Alvord are fhe oolonels in charge f teams. Mrs. Honeyman's team includes Mrs. Louis Gerlinger. Jr., Mrs. Robert Strong, Mrs. E. G. Labbe, Mrs. Ernest H. Meyer, Mrs. George T. Gerlinger, Mrs. Holt Wil son Cookingham, Mrs. Philip L. Jackson, Mrs. Ralph W. Wilbur, Mrs. Ira F. Powers, "Mrs. Warren Keeler and Mrs. W. F. Brewster. The members of Mrs." Alvord's team are Mrs. George Willard, Mrs. Cur tis Bailey, Mrs. William D. Wheel wright, Mrs. Richard Wilder, Mrs. J. D. Coleman. Miss Lucia Morris, Mrs. Charles Hart, Aubrey Watzek and Mrs. Warren E. Thomas, who will represent the MacDowell club. Mrs. Frederick Green has returned from a trip to California. Her daughters are attending school in the east. Miss Mollie Green is at Wellesley and Miss Auli Green has entered the Ely school, at Green wich. . . Mrs. Margaret Burrell Biddle is planning to visit her son Martin at the Ramsey ranch near Chiloquin. Miss Margaret Biddle is visiting in Medford, as the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Gordon Voorhies. ' Miss Ella De Hart has given -up her house and taken an apartment at 705 Davis street. Mrs. Calvki Cowles (Florence Ridenbaugh), who has been visiting in Portland for a week, left yester day for her home in Boise. , Mrs. A. E. Rockey, who recently was injured in an automobile acci dent, .has completely recovered and is the guest of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Paul Rockey, at Gearhart. Mr. and Mrs. Coe A. McKenna are- now residing at Twenty-first and Davis streets. - 1 Mrs. Donald Green and her chil-j dren, her sister, Mrs. John Cabeeni Beatty, and the latter's small son and Mrs. A. A. Morrison have re turned from Gearhart. Mrs. John Beckman complimented Miss Helen Gregg with a charming tea Saturday afternoon. Presiding at the tea table were Mrs. Charles Loeding, Mrs. J. Coman and Miss Agnes McBride. Assisting about the rooms were Mrs. W. J. Rasmussen. Mrs. John T. O'Brien and Mrs. Royal If: " k ' Ir 'V 7 -4- 1' I i ii - i i it I . - : I I j Berger Studio. MBS. GROVER C. WRESSf (LtCRETIA CA VALINE), WHOSE WEDDIJjO WAS AN EVENT OF SATURDAY. M. Shepard. A group of the younger maids assisted in serving, including Miss Flora Jane McBride, Miss Marian Norman and Miss Helen Van Derwater. Mrs. Elizabeth Altman entertained with a luncheon at her home in Rose City Park on Wednesday, hon oring Mrs. E. L. Kinsell, who is leav ing for Biloxi, Miss. The wedding of Miss Sadie Arey and Walter M. Huntington took place on Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Welch. 1249 East Flanders street. The wedding was a quiet but attractive morning affair. The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Herbert L. Arey, and the service was read by Dr. William T. McElveen. The bride wore an attractive costume of navy tricotine, with velvet hat to match and a cor sage of yellow' rosebuds. House decorations were done in autumn leaves, zinnias and shaded lamps. The few guests bidden included members of the immediate families. A buffet breakfast was served fol lowing the ceremony by Miss Myra Welch and assistants. Mrs. Hunt ington, who is the daughter of H. H. Arey of Timber, Or., has lived in Portland for several years and has a large circle of friends here. Mr. Huntington, a former resident - of The Dalles, is a graduate of Univer sity of Oregon and a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He is a member of the law firm of Hunt-, ington & Wilson in this city. j WMsWfizi ' - By Helen Decie WEDDINGS are usually more formal in October and Novem ber than in the unconventional sum mer season. Groom, best man and ushers wear cutaway coats, dark gray striped trousers, patent leather shoes, black and wnite Ascots, four-in-hand:: or bow ties, and standing wing-collars. The ushers wear black vests, but to add a festive wedding touch, the bridegroom and his lead ing man may wear white vests. At an autumn wedding, even in the morning, it is correct for the groom and best man to have silk hats. The best man leaves both hats in the vestry when he follows the groom to the chancel. The best man is master of cere monies. He must have the ring and the clergyman's fee in his pocket, when he arrives at the church. " Be fore that, he, should have engaged the bridal motorcar and should have sent the suitcase (containing the bridegroom's traveling clothes) to the house of the bride. COAL PRODUCTION DROPS Bituminous Mining: Slumps but Anthracite Improves. WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 8. Bituminous coal production dropped off a trifle during tha present wee'k, as compared with previous weekfl since the settlement of the national coal strike, according to" estimates made public today by the geological survey, whose officials said the out put probably was insufficient, to al low the country to build up its de pleted stocks and at the same time provide for current consumption. The present week, it was indicated, saw about 9,600,000 tona of coal mined as compared with 9 766,000 tons the previous week. Anthracite production for; the week was about 1,900,000 tons. th" survey estimated, as compared with 1,802,000 tons a week ago. CITY TICKETS IN FIELD tween A. C. Funk and W. A. Rhodes. The fourth-ward contest has been running for some time, with T. B Swearingen opposed by John Vaughan, former mayor. Manuel Friedley, William Mo- Cormmach, A. C. Funk and T. B. Swearingen arereported to be on the Ku Klux slate, with the four opposing men standing together, it is understood, against them. Can Several Candidates File for Pen dleton Councilmen. PENDLETON. Or.. Oct. 8. (Spe cial.) With the filing of W. A. Rhodes and Dr. H. S. Garfield for election as councilmen for this city, there are two complete tickets in the field. - Judge James A. Fee is unopposed for mayor. Ir. the first ward Manuel Friedley is up for re-election, with Ernest Temple running on the opposite ticket against him. In the second wt'rd Dr. H. S. Garfield, has come out against William McCormmach. In the third ward the race is be- WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS FOR FALL WEAR? FUGITIVE IS ARRESTED John Stevens, Wanted In Astoria, Caught at Tillamook. ASTORIA. Or., Oct. 8. (Special.) Sheriff Slusher and Deputy Dehridge returned today from Tillamook bringing John Stevens who was ar rested there yesterday and who was wanted on a charge of issuing a bogus check and larceny of an au tomobile belonging to a Mr. Seer of Seaside. The machine was re covered. The last heard of Stevens before his arrest at Tillamook he was in Seattle and he is believed to have gone to Canada. H told the of ficers he was on his way back to Astoria. Before leaving here Stev ens deserted his wife and children at Seaside and defrauded a local minister of the gospel of about $30 in borrowed money by telling him a tale oi woe. i '! t ' A3?- F.?- ; ',.: J ii K . L : . . : -; , , .4 mmfmms&M&m lit H W.tii$MMrZ-' lllliHI ii ;' - fx i , v.J I iijlLi ? v I Copyright Photo by Bain. Above ia saown one of the latest creations in the way of m hat a blue panne velvet uSStai, yilta bow of jcontrantlBS abadea of bine. - n We Ship Olympia Oysters Direct Mr. Day, of the Jewel Restaurant, 406 Washington St., or Mr. Snyder, of Snyder's Crawfish, 467 Wash ington St., will serve you these oysters any style. To take home, cook and serve your self we have them in bulk. Oar Oysters Measure 200 to the Pint rdusive 'UDeliJtatessen dshihatonSLreet-betweenl3i814i Because you gel llie wlmosl in Flavor and Fragrance al a Price that is low indeed Sensibly'Packaged SensihlyjPricQd Wi J fyylon black vassing has now stanea. rne cuy election will be held with the gen eral election. tif Maiamlhchei- ' Dear Madam Richet: I am coming to tou acrain. I had so much success before. 1 hav two vara ot DiacK siik lace so inches wide (flounclns) over jaae satin. 1 do not llk the way It is made. Skirt is too narrow and small around waist. I also have a white mescaline dress. long-waisted, skirt is scalloped and faced with red messaline, which makes the skirt Just 24 inches Ions. Two 36-inch widths wide. Could I combfne the black lace with the white messaline and make tome kind of a dree suitable for any kind of wear, or have you other sugges tions? Also what could-! use the jade f atln for ? The waist is beaded in jet reads of sunburst pattern, skirt is 29 inches lone, no hem. and 54 inches wide. one-piece, 3ft inches wide is crosswise of material. Tour help will be greatly ap preciated. CONSTANT READER. CONSTANT READER. Your jade satin has great possibilities and if in g"ood condition would advise the combining of it with a black broad cloth or duvetyn. The skirt joined in gathers to a pointed line at the bottom edge of the bodice. Also the looped panels and the narrow etrip panels at the sides. The pattern as mentioned for tne Tiouse trim is very good and lends itself splendid ly to the black kirt. The sleeves I would have in the new material and not as extreme as the model later numbered. X judge that you? sleeve seam is on a higher shoulder line which will still be correct with the attached sleeve of black. The neck should have a binding of the contrasting fabric and the bottoms which line the back fastening should be in the black. Tou have not mentioned the line of your dress but 'I am planning from what it would seem to be, and the grreen satin suggested the very attractive scheme of line and trim. See the Fashionable Dress for this month, page 24, No. 2222. If your blouse in its present line will not permit of the style then use the skirt and make with the drop shoulder. But in either cas the jt beads are far Reduced Round-Trip Fares Now in Effect Oregon Electric Ry. Every Week day end Salem .'. . $2.50 Eugene $6.30 $5.90 Corvallis , $4.50 $4.25 Junction City... $5.50 $5.20 Han-isburg $5.30 $5.00 Woodburn $1.95 $1.75 Hillsboro $1.15 $ .85 Forest Grove... $1.50 $1.10 Fares to Other Points Will Be Quoted on Request. "Daily Tickets" are good for re turn 15 days from date of sale. Week-end tickets are on sale Friday, Saturday, Sunday; re turn limit Tuesday. Oregon Electric Ry. PAINS ACROSS SMALL OF BACK Husband Helped in Housework. Lydia . rinkham s Vegetable Compound Made Her Strong Foster. Oreeon. "I used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for pains across tne small of my back. They bothered tne so badly that I could do my work only with the help of my husband. One day he saw the 'ad.' in our paper telling what Lydia E. Pinkham a Veg etable Compound is doinsr for wo men, so I began to take it. It has helped me wonderfully. I am feel ing tine, do all my couseworK ana washing for seven in the family. I have been irregular too, and now am all right. I am telling my friends what it has done for me and am sure it will do good for others. You can use this letter as a testimonial. I will stand up for Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Comoound any time." Mrs. Wm. Juhnke, Foster, Oregon. Doing the housework for a family of seven is some task. If you, as a housewife, are troubled with back ache, irregularities, are easily tired I out and irritable, or naveotner aisa ' greeable ailments caused by some : weakness, give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. Let it help you. . jlKl!'U'.".;jj I1' II--Ji the best to use with tha black klrt featured. For the black lace I would ha a long-waisted blouse made over the white messaline the latter as a camisole with a red ribbon, match ing; the scallops, run through the middle, cross line. Front and back. This through the lace will add a colorful touch. Over the seam of joining- have the black velvet ribbon in the inch width, ending at the left side with a beaded button in. red and black. Should your skirt be too short add a band of the black satin which will continue from under the scallops leaving the red to border over the black. This will supply a fetching color scheme and will make a very attractive frock. It sounds daring but will result happily. I am sure. Fasten In the back or on left shoulder and down left' side under arms. Pear Shipments Large. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Oct. . (Spe cial.) H. W. Hamlin, manager of the orchards of the Mount Adamr Farm company at Gilmer. Wash., hero yesterday reported that hi corr-pany had shipped 2ft rum of d'AnJou and eight ear of Bartlett pears this season. The Gilmer or chards comprise the largest Indi vidual holdings of apples and pears In the mid-Columbia. Mr. Hamltn says iat he will ahip about 1 ad ditional cars of d Anjous. POTATOES TO BE SHOWN Weston to Increase Popularity of Seed Varieties. PENDLETON1. Or. Oct. I. (Spe cial.) Plans have been completed tor the Weston potato show to be held at Weston October II. This Is the first of what Is planned to be an ar nuat event. Weston mountain certified pota toes have made a name In the north west and the show is staged in the Interests of Increasing the popular ity of the seed potatoes. Two classes are listed In the pre mium lists. The first Is seed and the second ccmmerelal potatoes. The classes are subdivided Into lota and a good prise list Is announced. Rend Tne Ores-nnlan classified sds. City Auditorium, Thursday evening, October 12, Manage ment Steers & Coman. Tickets on sale at Sherman, Clay & Co. 1 he piano will be the Steinway. Farrar is Coming! Prepare to hear her glorious voice, rendered in person, by listening to her famous Vidor records. Here are a few that we shall be glad to play for you on the Vidrola. Au Printemps (To Spring) in French 'Gounod 1.25 Si J 'etais Jardinier (W ere I Gard'ner) in French . . Chaminade 1.25 Mignon Connais tu le pays? (Know- . est Thou the Land?) in French 1.75 My Old Kentucky Home . Foster 1.75 Boheme Addio (Farewell) (Harp by Mme. Rossini) in ItaIian.Pccjni 1.75 FARRAR AND DE LUCA Zaza H Bacio (The Kiss) in Italian Leoncavallo 1.50 FARRAR AND SCOTTI Boheme Mimi, Jo son (Mimi,Thou Here!) in Italian . . Puccini 2.00 FARRAR AND CARUSO Faust Eternelle (Garden Scene) in . 1 French .... Gounod 2.00 Faust Act V, Mon coeur (Prison Scene) in French . Gounod 2.00 Faust Ad V, Attends, voici la rue (Prison Scene) in French, Gounod 2.00 Manon On Pappelle Manon (She is Called Manon) in French . Massenet 2.00 Farrar makes Vidor records exclusively and insists upon the Steinmay piano Shermaniay&Ca Sixth mnd Morrison Streets PORT LAP U Oppowst PoMaaVa fiATTLB TACOMA SPOKAN1 Home Coffee cost more iham good coffee does iodcty Perhaps you remember the days when coffee was purchased green and roasted at home. A few handfuls placed in a hot oven and stirred around for a short time until brown, perhaps burnt a little for good measure, was the usual thing. Although in all proba biKty it was a low grade of Rio sold at a fancy price, one can look back with pleasure on the mornings when coffee, on account of its scarcity and high price, was a big addition to the meal Coffee roasting and pack ing today is not the sim ple thing of forty or fifty years ago, for the in sistent demand for qual' ity has made coffee prep a rati on an exceedingly difficult and important operation. The half century en deavor of Hills Bros, toward one aim-highest coffee quality-has devel oped processes of blend ing, roasting, grinding and packing that arc dis tinctly individuaL These methods, a little more skill and knowledge here and there, make a differ ence in taste and favor which accounts for the fact that Hills Bros. Coffee leads all other brands in volume of talcs. SoU only by retail grocers Hills E ros. fyTiM n mw i t.'wv..x.i.."1 -vi"'. . '..