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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1908)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 20, lws, 12 Your Christmas Will e Doubly Satisfactory MOYERS SACRIFICE SALE B IF YOUR TEETH ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION If you need any dental work come in at once and we will give you prompt service no waiting, no delays." You can. have a bridge placed in position within 2r hours, if you so desire, and all other work .will -be turned out with equal promptness. At this season, when so much money is spent, some of it foolishly, wouldn't it be well to give yourself a present of necessary dental work, or some relative who can't afford it? "We use modern methods, gentleness and skill in all of our work, and the growth of our business is the best indorsement of our success. ", DR. B. E. WRIGHT. GOOD SET OF TEETH ON RUBBER PLATE . $5.00 BEST. SET OF TEETH ON RUBBER PLATE . $8.00 .B.E. WRIGHT PAINLESS DENTIST 342V2 Washington Street, Corner Seventh OFFICE HOURS 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. SUNDAYS 9 A. M. to 12 P. M. Phone Main 2119 Thirteen Years in Portland , TAX LEVY OF 18 JILLS PROBABLE Property-owners Will Have to Produce $1,000,000 More Next Year Than This. INCREASES ON EVERY SIDE Demands of City. School District and County Especially Heavy Port of Portland Levy Same on Increased Valuation. TTnless the various tax levying boards practice rigid economy, and Judiciously prune the budgets of the different de partments, taxpayers of Multnomah County residing in the city of Portland are threatened with a tax levy approxi mating 18 mills. For J908 on a property valuation In the corporate limits of JI15, 679.M5. Portlandites on a total levy of 14 1 mills, pcld taxes aggregating 13.061, -ElKo. This year a possible 18 mills levy will yield fi.SJS.415.ffi taxes from the property-owners of Portland, whose property is assessed at J215.8TA410. Should the levy for IS reach IS mills. Portland taxpayers will pay In the aggregate $S24. 11. 73 more taxes than they did this year. Having carefully estimated the proo ubk lax levies that will bo made, the taxpayers of this city will distribute J3.Sio.415.3S In taxes among; the different departments approximately as follows: Slat. .144.0-: state school, $?ol.10; count-, .vi,ono; county roads, J133.S00; library. Port or Portland, C38.- (.v; city. !.2?O.00O: school district No. 1, Jl.OiO.5iiO: initial tax for new Courthouse. il50.o." These figures represent only the taxes that would be raised in the cor porate limits of the city under an M-mill levy. The total amount of taxes to be raised In the county will be probably jaon.COfli greater than the sum of nearly J4.000.000.W) that will be contributed by Multnomah County. Although this year's assessment roll Is greater by W.OOO.noo than that of last year, there Is a demand from all the departments of the city and county gov ernments for increased allowances. The Port of Portland is the only corporation that yet has made Its levy, which is the same as that of last year. 1.2 mills. Prop erty Included in the boundaries of this corporation is assessed for about $230,000, 009. so that the levy will produce J276.00O taxes, as against J273.fl"ft for 19u8. The , levy for the city and county has not been ( made, neither have the state authorities ; apportioned the share of the state's ex : penses Multnomah County shall contrib ' ute in. the shape of taxes. State Kequfremcnt.-i About Same. There prevails an opinion, however. ; that the requirements for state purposes and state schools will not be larger than those of a year ago. when the levy .for ' general state purposes whs 1.6 mills and for state schools 1.4 mills. That Jevy '. was based on the needs. -of the state . for the biennial period ending January ; 1. 1910. The- same Jevy for state pur ! poses on a city property valuation of . $33,000,000 win produce &44.0PO. For state i school purpose a. levy of 1.4 mills will produce fWl.flOO. . Assessor B. D. Sigler reports that since the assessment roll Is about J3.OO.0-i0 larger than It was a year ago.- it may be possible to reduce the , levies for state purposes and for state schools by one-tenth of a mill each. While there Is a general demand for more money for county purposes. Judge . Webster says that It may be possible to keep the levy down to. that for 1901 taxes, when the levy for county purposes . was 1.4 mills, and for county roads .9 - mills. But In addition to these two Items, the County Court In all proba . blllty will decide to levy a small tax to be set aside us a fund for a new ' courthouse. It is the intention of the members of the County Court to levy a ' tax sufficient to produce about 1150.000. This plan will be followed annually . until enough money Is raised to con i struct such a courthouse as the county needs. A tax of .7 of a nvll on Portland property would produce llaO.SGO, and it prohablv will be levied. The Portland Library-Commission has requested that the levy . for this insti tution be .13 of a mill, as against .1 of a mill a year ago. This would Increase tha funds for the library from 3,300 for 190S to ;7.950 for next year. ; Just what the levy for municipal pur poses will be can only be guessed. Mayor Lane has decline .to make any recom- . mendatlons on the subject, and has put the problem up to the Council for solu tion. Mayor Lane yesterday submitted to the Council his budget for the year 1909. based on the requests of the heads of the dif ferent departments, as to the amount of money that will be needed for conduct ing municipal alTalrs for the coming year. In his message, the Mayor, while refrain ing from making any direct recommenda tion as to the levy, calls the attention of the Council to the fact. that the estimates, exclusive of the water- department, ag gregate J2.272.681.60: while the Auditor's estimates of the disbursements from the same of flees and departments for 1908 was $1.J0.7T7.60. leaving a balance of $441,903.80 which represents the excess of the estimates for 19C9 over the disburse ments of 1908. The aggregate of the re ceipts for municipal purposes in 1908 was $1,659,633.33 with the result that the city will be confronted January 1, with a deficit estimated at $272,590.17. With the demands for increased appro priations for practically every depart ment of the city's service, the agitation for a modern crematory plant and an emergency hospital. Jail and municipal courtroom combined, among other things. It is a matter of general expectation that the levy for municipal purposes for 1909 will exceed that of 4.6 mills for 1908. City taxes to the amount of $991,000, less about $75,000, being the city's share in the unpaid tax against the O. R. & N. Company for money, notes and accounts. have been received this year by the ma- ( niclpality. With the growing; demand for more money for city purposes it would not be much of a surprise if the city authorities Increase the levy to 5 or 6 mills. In considering the subject of ; taxes for municipal ptirposes recently the- Charter Revision Commission rec ommended that the maximum tax that could be levied for city purposes should be mills. Some of the mem bers of the Council already have ex- : pressed their belief in levying- a tax sufficiently large to provide some of 1 the improvements that are consid- , ered essential to a better administra- ; tlon of Its affairs. Combining; this sentiment with the Increased demand for funds in the dif- IINS CHURCH Immanuel Baptist Edifice Badly Burned. Is NEW BUILDING NECESSARY LET THEM WRITE OR TELB- ntti.N K. Unfortunate patrons of the virious apron, pillow-top and s'milar con cerns in Portland will confer a favor and aid in rendering a public serv ice by communfeating with the man aging editor or city editor of The Oregon Ian, either by letter or by telephone. Mala 7070 cr A 8f95. Publicity of their names Is not the object, but the gathering of informa tion only for purposes that will un questionably be satisfactory to them. The Oregonian has already tad. sev eral letters on this subject and would like, too, to communicate with the writers. Temporary Repairs Will Be Made, but Damage Is Too Great to. Present Structure to Con tinue Its Use. Fire, which started In the roof, from causes unknown,, virtually destroyed the Immanuel Baptist Church, south east corner of Second and Mead streets, at 8 o'clock last night. Damages by both fire and water are estimated to be about $5000. of which $3000 is covered by Insurance. The property is valued at about $6,000. Two alarms were sent in. One came from the cor ner of First and Mead, rung in by someone near the fire box, who saw the flames spurting; from the roof of the church, and another, but a moment or two later, was sent in from the cor ner of (Second and Sheridan streets by one of the neighbors living across the street from the church, and who thought he was the first to discover the blaze. . But half an hour before the flames were seen to burst from the roof, S. F. Gunn, the father of the sexton, had been in the building- to look after the fire In the furnace, and had found everything In good order. As the flames were confined entirely to the upper part of the church. It Is thought that sparks from the chimney probably caused the blaze. Large quantities of water were poured Into the building, ruining the carpet, piano, organ and the furnishings. The firemen were busy for three-quarters of an hour before they put out the blaze. At one time the flames shot up in the air. and attracted attention from all parts of the city. ' Rev. A. B. Mlnaker. the pastor, who lives at 1098 First street, was notified by telephone, and hurried to the scene. yie summoned the members of the board of trustees, and at a meeting held by the ruins of the church, ar rangements were perfected to hold the regular services toda7 in Jrr.es' Hall, corner of Front ar.d Oibo nttftt at ferent departments, it Is even predict ed In some quarters that when the time comes to make the levy the Coun- ; ell may go the limit and levy a tax ' of perhaps 6 mills. Under the present charter the tax for municipal purposes ! is limited to 7 mills, but the expres sion recently made by the Charter Re vision Commission on the subject of taxes may be regarded by the Council as a reasonable latitude to take under existing conditions, . A tax of 6 mills on an assessed city valuation of $215,800,000 would pro duce taxes to the amount of $1,294, 800, or $378,000 more than the city received this year, or an increase of about 41 per cent. A levy of 4.6 mills, the same levy as that for 1908. would net taxes to the amount of $992,000, or about $76,000 more than was received by the city this year owing to the re fusal of the O. R. & N. to pay the tax on its money and accounts. A 5-mlll tax on this year's valuation would give the city $1,079,000. or $163,000 more than for 1908. In 1906 the city on a levy of 5.2 mills received from direct taxes $782,000. In 1907. with a levy "of 5.7 mills, $949,000 was raised, while the levy of 4.6 mills for 1908 would have pro duced $991,000, or $42,000 over the amount raised the ' year before. But from the total of $991,000 must be de ducted the city's share of the O. R. & N. Company's unpaid taxes, amounting to $75,000. so that for 1908 the city really received only $916,000, or $33,000 less than was collected for municipal purposes in 1907. The Board of Education already has levied a tax of 4.7 mills, conditional on ths probable action of the directors in Increasing the salaries of the teachers from 5 to 13 per cent. If these wages are not advanced, the levy for school district No.-1 will be 4.3 mills. The prop erty included in the boundaries of the district is assessed for $220,000,000. and on a 4.7 mills tax would yield $1,034,000. Of that amount, taxpayers of the city of Portland, who own $215,000.01)0 of the $.- ono.OOO of property, will contribute $1,010,500. H ('"sBiawUj "And the eye catcheth in an in stant what the ear shall not learn within an hour. Thence is the potency of travel, the precious might of its ad vantages." Dr. Thompson, who recently re turned from abroad, was for two years practicing in the various eye clinics of London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna. He has seen hundreds of marvelous operations performed by the greatest oculists of the world. It was in Paris that he made his- discovery for in stantaneous sight-testing: that startled the medical profession of Europe. - Dr. Thompson is now demonstrating his new method, by which he is able to correct impaired vision and cure permanently by the- use of properly fitted glasses, headache,- eyeache, uervousness, blurring of vision and, other ailments resultant upon eye strain. Difficult cases solicited. THOMPSON Sight Expert, Second Floor Corbett Building, Fifth and Morrison Streets. This store intends and always will be in the fighting. To show the public the advantages of our enormous purchasing power in this combination of stores, we place on SALE 600 MEN'S SUIT: - 4 Our regular $10 and $12.50 suits, sold in up-town stores at $15, at the nominal price of We promise you that these are the equal of the $15 suits sold elsewhere. SPECIALS IN CHILDREN'S CLOTHES All Boys' $10 Suits and Overcoats Now $6.95 All Boys' $7.50 Suits and Overcoats Now $4.95 All Boys' $5 Suits and Overcoats Now $3.35 All Boys' $3.95 Suits and Overcoats Now $2.60 WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD IT'S SO THIRD AND OAK 1st AND YAMHILL MOYER 10:30 o'clock, to be followed by the Sunday school. - The Immanuel Baptist Church was organized 2.p yeara ago. For five years its services were held In a little house on th southwest corner of Sec ond and Mead streets, which Is still standing, and is now used as a dwell ing. Twenty years ago the building which burned last night was erected, and five years ago a substantial addi tion was made to it. ' Plans for the future of the congregation are not definitely settled as yet. A meeting of the board of trustees has been called for Monday morning by W. S. Hale, chairman, when plans will be considered and decided upon. It is TheBeauty That Charms Is the "fetching" mouth, that - is lined with pearly teeth, that makes a mile a magnet. If you are not blessod with pretty teeth by Nature, and they are defective or decayed, our bridge work will make an ugly mouth look beautiful when Inserted by an efficient dentist. Special Rates All This Month Flexible Flesh-Colored Plates $10.00 Gold Crown,. 22-K ..$3.50 Bridge Teeth, 22-K $3.50 Gold Fillings .... .$1.00 Silver Fillings ..... ....50tf WHY PAY MORE Electro Painless Dentists 303Vi Washington St., Cor. Fifth. We give a ten-year written guar antee. Open evenings and Sundays. Lady' attendant. We keep busy doing good work at these prices. We have the ilatest, most modern electrical apparatus for doing painless dental work. If you are nervous or have heart trouble,- the Electro Painless System will Jo the work when others fail. thought, however, that temporary re pairs will be made to the-partially de stroyed building. It being beyond re pair for permanent use,, and that a new building will be erected on an other site and the present property sold. Before the decision to meet in Jones' Hall had been-completed. Rev. J. Whit comb Brougher. of the White Temple, Invited the congregation to join with his at worship today. While this offer was deeply appreciated, it was thought best for the church to meet under, its own identity in the hall. Absent Too long; Will Be Tried. PORT TOWNSBND. Wah., Dec. 19. The third eourtmartial of a fortnight among the officers and crew of the Reve nue cutter Thette will be held during the coming week. William Hlnk. warrant officer rating as a ship's writer, is ac cused of desertion In charges preferred by Captain A. J. Henderson. Hink has ten years of service but overstayed a recent short leave. RICHARDSON'S Xiiias Gifts for Men Smoking Jackets, Walking Sticks, Wat f Foreign 1 XXd,U I Domestic Bath Robes, Lounging Wraps I fz&, I Dinner Coats, Dress Suits, Business Suits Shirts &?d7l Fancy Handkerchiefs. Neckwear (K3.-1 Night Shirts, Collars, Caps, Gloves, Toilet Requisites, Gloves arri Sweaters, Hosiery HSJ Waistcoats Suspenders SLu, 1 331 Off on all Suits, Overcoats A. J. RIC HARDSON GO. 283 WASHINGTON STREET Opp. Woodard, Clarke & Co.
