THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 20, lws,
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Your Christmas Will
e Doubly Satisfactory
MOYERS
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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?
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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:
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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.