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10 TIIE SUNDAY OltEGOXIAX. PORTLAND, OCTOBER 19, 1919. COUMTY EXPENSES NEARLY DOUBLED Department Wants $1,242,- 165 Instead of $471,480. KNIFE WILL CUT DEEP Elgrn boards, county roads..... Planting trees Rights of way Oiling roads Guard fencing county roads. . . Total $ Machinery account New crusher at Kelly Butte... I New bunkers Trading old truck for new.... Two new trucks Ojia oil-burning engine at Hoyt quarry .......... . . Trading in two old rollers.... Total Crown Point Condemnation of property around Crown Point f Comfort station at Troutdala bridge 800.00 BOO. 00 4.000.00 10.000.00 7.S00.OO ST. 500. 00 8.600.00 1.500.00 8.500.00 12.000.00 8.000.00 5.000.00 1.000.00 8.750.00 Much Pruning Will Be Don Before Estimates Will Match Reve nue as It Is Jfow Figured. (Continue From First Page.) Grand total $1,242,165.00 Bridges and Fcrri 1920. Hawthorne bridge .8 "3.424.25 IDAHO SERV1C E H SHYING AT POLITICS Colonel Davis Non-Committal on Race for Senate. Morrison brlrir. Bumside bridge 113.816.05 44.H24.67 Steel bridge 60.242.99 Broadway brldar. At kra an Ferry Caples 23.627.60 Ferry Mason 81,678 22 Ferry Webster .... 81.047.00 Burlington ferry .. 6,245 62 St. Johns boat .... 720. OO Tool house 1,621.00 Total $447,612.17 Multnomah Farm. Ifaln division 1920. Supplies, Incidentals.! 33.215.32 Salaries 22,195.00 1819. f 25. 171.50 23.322.50 22.210.32 S8.7ftl.94 81.272 OO 19.126 80 29. 310.00 29,635.91 4.fi2.32 19.635.90 415.25 . Totals 65.410.32 Farm division Supplies $ 1T.119.97 Salaries .. 7,530.00 Total 8 24,649.97 County Clerk. - Main office and recording 1020. Salaries 8 73.320.00 Supplies 12.060.00 Total 8 85,330.00 Circuit court division Salaries and sup Plies 8 80,000.00 Registration division Salaries and sup plies 8 57.500.00 'Increase due to election year. County Library. 1920. Salaries and sup-' plies 8247.474.00 District Attorney. 1920. Salaries 16,680.00 Supplies 800.00 Messages 150.00 Office supplies $ Total re-arrange the floor system of -the bridge propers and to lay a hard surface pavement, to provide a new draw rest and to paint the structure. This would cost 8113,816.05, It is fig ured, instead of the $23,322.50 spent on the bridge this year. S2O.0OO EmerseiCf Fond Ailtrd. The main item asked for the Burn side bridge Is a $20,000 emergency fund in case the lower track of the drum has to be renewed. The 1920 budget calls for $44,924.67 for this bridge, for which the 1919 budget asked $22,210.32. Little extra work is planned for the Steel bridge but the Broadway bridge, under the programme, would receive entire resurfacing, with hard surface over a filler, and the wings would be redecked. This would cost, with other operating expenses, $60,564.80, com pared with $31,272 for 1919. The St. Johns ferry would be dis continued, at a saving to the county of $18,916.90. It cost $19,635.90 to operate that ferry during 1919, but discontinuance would mean dockage and watching at a cost of $720 for the j Insanity department year 1920. No provision is made in the budget for the discontinuance of any other ferries, though the stop page of the Albina ferry has been discussed. Farm Wants 914,000 More. The Multnomah county farm asks for about $14,000 more to operate on in 1920 than has been required dur ing the current year. The chief In crease Is in the farm division, for it is sought to buy, among other things, the following items: Tractor, $1000;. dairy cows, $1000; fences. $1000; silo, $600; tractor supplies, $500, and'drain age work, $450. Fuel oil and other supplies on the 'farm demand a larger appropriation. The salary in creases are nominal, the chief items being for extra help during harvest. The cost of nurses has changed from $1047 to $2400 a year, due to the fact that $10 a month pupil nurses have been replaced by $50 a month nurses. The county library asks $247,474, in comparison with its 1919 budget de mand of $163,766.60. This Is made necessary by the mounting cost of books, the need to replenish supplies and some salary increases. Of last year's budget for the library it is asserted that only $15,000 was pro vided for the purchase of new books, which was far from sufficient, for a library having: a yearly circulation of 1,500.000 volumes. The library de mand amounts to 8-10 of a mill. Supplies Cost More. Salaries show little increase in the county clerk's budget, but the cost of supplies has mounted, according to the estimates for the coming year. In the registration division an in crease of more than $7000 for supplies is noted, made necessary because of the 1920 elections. In the main of fice, it is planned to spend several thousand dollars for new steel equip ment and indices. Throughout the county, few new salary increases are figured on, one reason for which is that virtually all the county salaries except those fixed by law were raised recently by the county commissioners on the re quest of department heads. No budget estimate has yet been turned in by the sheriff, county as sessor, court of domestic relations, county agricultural agent, county school superintendent, constable or courthouse superintendent. Digests of the budgets submitted follow: Road Department. $263,004.46 191. $ 82.144.13 10.860.97 $ 51,505.10 $ 8.3S4.66 6,640.00 $ 14.024.6S 1919. $ 73.30.00 6.620.00 $ 79,940.00 $ 74.000.00 $ 60.532.50 1919. $163,766.60 1919. $ 16,680.00 604.92 105.61 Total $ 17.630.00 $ 17.390.53 Probate Department, Circuit Court. 1920. 1919. 250.00 3.3.-.0.00 3.250.00 Widows' pensions . 35.300.00 83,163.00 Salaries 8.920.00 8. 620.00 Total $ 47,820.00 f 45.033.00 County Commissioners. 1B20. 1918. Salaries $ 11,640.00 $ 11,640.00 Supplies 915.00 519.00 District No. 1 , District No. 2 District No. 3 District No. 4 ....... District No. 5 District No. 6 .'. Columbia river h w y Miscellaneous work. Machinery Prop, condemned ... Troutdale station. .. Totals 1920. Requests. .$ 76.400 643.455 01.650 208.810 25.500 31.600 15,000 22.500 28.500 5.000 8.750 1918. Budget Annropr'n. $471,480.93 .81.242.165 $471,480.93 Lower River District. District No, 1, west of the Willamette river and Doah of Cornell road 11.800.00 8.100.00 8.000.00 13.500.00 1.800.00 4.000. 00 15.000.00 2.000.00 10.000.00 2.500.00 Maintenance Kaiser road.- macadam. Sky Line road: Relocate two miles Macadamize three miles. ... Newbury road Sauvie's Island roads Cornelius Fas road, mac'd'm. Burlington bridge ........... German town road Springville road Total 3 76.400.00 District No. 2. west of Willamette river and south of Cornell road- Maintenance $ 15.000.00 Hospital road 159.730.00 Montgomery drive 6S.000.00 Fairmount boulevard 166.500.00 Shattuck. road culverts 2.400.00 Garden Home redress 1.000.00 West Portland, macadam .... 3.000.00 Maplewood road 6.000.00 Bertha-Beaverton road 65.000.00 Pacific hiKhway 600.00 Boone's Ferry road 150.000.00 Maplewood road, macadam... 5.225.00 Totals $ 12,555.00 8 12.159.00 Automobile supplies t tentative). $1800 for 1920. Purchasing Department. 1920. 1919. Salaries t 3.000.00 1 3.600.00 Supplies 175.00 150.00 $ 8,775.00 Board of Belief. 1920. Salaries $ 1,500.00 maintenance, inci dentals, supplies. 80,825.00 $ 8,750.00 1919. $ 1,500.00 26,711.19 Total $132,325.00 $ 28,211.19 Not Included In 1919 total are $5750 spent in an Influenza campaign and $1430.07 on the William Miller case, which would bring the total to $33,891.26. Salaries Supplies Totals County Physician. 1920. $ 6.100.00 2.8S5.00 1919. 6,100.00 2.600.00 $ 8,985.00 County Auditor. 1020. Salaries $ 11.520.00 Printing and sup plies 1,275.00 $ 8,700.00 1919. $ 11.520.00 1.275.00 $ 12.777.00 1919. 1,4111.60 6U.U6 Total $ 12.795.00 County Surveyor. 1920. Salaries $ 2,040.00 Supplies 60.40 Totals $ 2.100.40 $ 1.551.26 The consolidation - of the offices of county surveyor and roadmaster and the employment or county cars tor the trans portation of surveying crews nas eliminat ed the Item of transportation. Other items noted in the budget of 1919 and not noted in the 1920 budget are taken care of by the roadmastefi budget. Deputies in the surveyor's office are now working as high way engineers and. are paid from the road fund. The chairmen are also paid from the road fund. County Treasurer. 1920. 1919. Salaries . . . $ 3.8SO.00 $ 3.830.00 Contingencies 1.000.00 Supplies 562. OO 495.00 LEGION POSTS ARE ACTIVE Dark Horses Seem Certain to Come Into Running When Election Date Draws Near. Totals ..........$ c 5.442.35 $ 4,375.17 District Court. . .1920,. 1919. Salaries and costs. .$ 17.000.00 $ 17,000.00 Supplies 1,300.00 1.300.00 Totals $ 18.300.00 -$18,300.00 - County Coroner . " , .- . 1920. 1919. Salaries $ 4.300.00 $ 4.300.00 Supplies 6,428.00 6,128.00 Totals $ 10.72S.00 $ 10.428.00 Tax Supervision and Conservation Committee. 1920. 1919. Salaries $ 2.5o0.00 1.144.43 - Services began June 5, 1919. Tear's sal aries at existing rate being $2500. County Horticulturist. 1920. 1919. Salary $ 1,500.00 $ 1,600.00 Supplies 25.00 15.00 Totals . . .$ 1.525.00 $ - 1,615.00 Total -. .-...$ 643.455.00 Base I'ine District. District No. 8, east of Willamette river, south of Base . lane road, and west of Ro kwood road Maintenance 8 10.700.00 Graveling. Baxter-county line. 1.800.00 Killing bridge. Pleasant View avenue 2.800.00 Building bridge, Deardorf road 4.200.00 Barbara Welch road 1.500.00 Foster road, hard surface: Asphaltlc concrete ($32,800) 52.800.00 Cement concrete (72.600).. 72.600.00 Grading 8,000.00 Powell valley road, redress... 8.000.00 Rebuild bridge 38 4.000.00 Fill bridge 48 2.000.00 McKinley road 850.00 Total S 91.650.00 Sandy River District. District No. 4. east of the Willamette river, north of the Base Line road and west of the Sandy river Maintenance .............8 10.000.00 St. Johns road 165.000.00 Columbia boulevard 75.970.00 Base L.ine extension 47.840.00 Multnomah Farm road. ...... OREGON .ALUMNI DINE University ex - Students Attend Luncheon at Benson. Seventy-five ex-university of Ore gon, students attended the Oregon Alumni luncheon at the Benson hotel yesterday noon. Arthur M. Geary, president of the alumni, acted as toastmaster. Colin V. Dyment, secretary of the extension division of the university, spoke of the prospects for the ex tension work. Frank Branch Riley, just returned from the east, where he completed his transcontinental speak ing tour, told of his experiences. Mrs George Gerlinger, of the board of trustees, spoke of the prospects of the women's building, plans for which are now being carried out. The interest shown in the attend ance yesterday has prompted the heads of the alumni to discuss the de sirability of holding luncheon re unions monthly. BOISE. Idaho, Oct 18. (Special.) If those party leaders anxious to place Colonel E. G. Davis politically, expected him to make It clear on his arrival from Washington, where he has been spending the past three years, where he stood politically, especially with regard to the United States senate, they must have been disappointed, for the colonel struck a non-committal attitude. Ha neither affirmed nor denied that he would be a candidate. He slrrfply dismissed the subject by the statement that he wished to review the political situ ation at home before reaching a de cision. If the situation is satisfactory and if he believes he has a good chance of winning the nomination, he will get into the running. Colonel Davis made it clear, how ever, that he was glad to be bade in the west again after the worry occa sioned by the work as legal adviser in the judge-advocate's department. He will re-engage in the practice of law in Boise. Ex-Soldiers JVot Candidates. Party leaders who are carefully ob serving political developments, espe cially those who would like to see new blood injected into leadership and therefore are anxious to see some of the new men run, remark that it is a notable Tact that of all the re turned Idaho soldiers, none is at tempting to advance his political in terests. It seems likely that when the time comes men who played no small part in the war will enter the races as dark horses. The ' Idaho branch of the American legion has been strongly entrenched, but It has been made- clear that the legion does not propose to enter Into politics at this time. It is policies not politics that the league advocates. If, to put into effect those policies, it is necessary to enter politics. It is likely that the leairue will become active as a body. The legion mem bers in Idaho are quiet but this does not mean to infer they are inactive. In fact they are very much the con trary. They are watchfully waiting. Idaho Legion Posts Active. Idaho branches of the legion are taking an active part in public af fairs Insofar as they affect the legion policy. This was Illustrated In the action taken by the John Regan post of Boise which a few days ago went on record In favor of the removal of Dr. E. T. Biwer, former secretary of the state board of health, as exam ining physician for the board of voca tional training for the district of Idaho. Biwer was appointed secre tary of the state. board of health when Moses Alexander, democrat, was gov ernor and held over after his retire ment during the period of recon struction of the state government under the cabinet form. He then re tired. However, he received the gov ernment appointment to the voca tional board and has been acting as its examining physician. The Ada county post adopted the following resolution after debating the matter of the appointment: Ex-Servlce Mast Wanted. "Whereas it has come to the knowl edge of the John Regan post of the American legion that the person ap pointed as the examining physician for the board of vocational training for the district of Idaho is not an ex. service man. and. "Whereas, there are in such district ex-service physicians competent and willing? to act in such capacity: "Now. therefore be It resolved Dy the John Regan post of the American legion, that we protest, disapprove and condemn the appointment to such position of other than an ex- service man, and "Be it further resolved, that appro priate action be taken forthwith and the matter be presented to the sen ators and representatives from the state of Idaho and to Surgeon-General Blue of the United States public health, service, to the end that such appointment be immediately revoked and an ex-service physician or physi cians be appointed." Biwer Fights Infloensa. This post Is one of the strongest in the state. It has taken the initiative in organizing posts In the various counties and many of the state lead era are included in its ranks. Biwer was on the reserve list and subject to call. He made preparations to leave his state post if the govern ment "needed his services, but he was never directly called and, therefore, remained at his post. He directed the anti-influenza campaign in Idaho laBt winter and made a hard fight against the spread of the disease. The Non-partisan Leader, the brgan of the non-partisan league in this state,- has also created interest in political circles by coming to the de fense of the Scandinavian-American bank which failed at Fargo, N. D. Taking up this defense the Leader says: -. . Bank Defended. "It would be entirely a mistake to assume that what is happening In North Dakota is merely a North Da kota event.- It-is most decidedly not so. North Dakota Is simply the bat tleground. North Dakota is where the great interests of the country, frightened by the growth of the farmer-labor movement, have decided to kill them both off. If the truth were known, there is no doubt but that most of the corporations which now have a throttle-hold on Idaho have contributed large sums of money for the purpose of trying to kill the league In North Dakota and thereby prevent the farmers from carrying out a programme which is sure to spread to and encompass Idaho, Detroit Manufacturers Accused. "In this fight North Dakota itself la but an incident, and the Scandinavian-American bank and its deposi tors were trifles. It has come from an absolutely unimpeachable source, that only recently the manufacturers' association In Detroit met and appro priated & vast sum to be used in fighting the farmer-labor movement. The news of the meeting came from one manufacturer who was invited to contribute his share and refused. The Detroit manufacturers are acting In harmony with the manufacturers over the country. "Perhaps if the farmer movement stood alone and were confined merely to the milling and banking Interests American manufacturers would not so particularly interest themselves. It is the getting together of farmers and workers that alarms the manufac turers. In such a combination they see their vast profits menaced. They see in the future the ownership by the public of the great public utili ties of the nation and the loss of big business opportunity to gouge the public through private control of these utilities and that sight gives them horror. They will spend dollars like water in the effort by any and "very means to crush the farmer labor movement." BALLOT PLACE IS VAGUE (Continued om First Page.) supreme court, a friendly suit was In stituted, through the refusal of State Treasurer Hoff to pay the executive's salary for the month of March. With this accomplished. Governor Olcott Olcott brought mandamus proceed Ings to compel Mr. Hoff to pay his salary, and upon this question the matter went to the supreme court. in a subsequent opinion handed down by the supreme court, five of Its members Justices McBride, Harris, Johns, Bean and Benson agreed that Mr. Olcott was governor in fact, but on other questions interwoven in the suit they differed widely. Justice Mc Bride was alone In holding that Mr, Olcott would serve out the unexpired term or nis predecessor, while Jus tices Benson and Harris noncnrreH in the belief that his term would expire with the holding of elections In 1920. Justices Benson and Johns held sim ply tnat Mr. Olcott was governor in fact, and refused to comment on his tenure of oriice, Brown Promises Opinion. Justices Bennett and Burnett lsn rerusea to give an opinion on the crov ernor's term of office under the fon tention that the question had not been piacea oerore them. Althouch Attor ney-ueneral Brown this afternoon stated that he probably would give an opinion in reply to 'Mr. Kozer's lattor within the next three or four days, it is nut uenevea aoout tne i-anitol that s question at issue will h (infi nitely settled until it has si-aln hn placed before the supreme court. Just now this will be brought about is problematical, but it is surmised In certain quarters here that it will not do long until some nerson bent on serving the people as srovernor will rue his nominating petitions with the secretary of state. The secretary of state, at his discra tion, could refuse to accept the peti tion, whereby a friendly mandamus action could be instituted by the can didate to- have his name nlaced on ine Dauot- fractlcally all of the at torneys hereabouts. Including two members of the attorne v-trenerals staff, believe that this is the most logical and feasible way of arettinsr the controversy before the supreme court. Mr. Kawr Thouarht Sincere. Although it Is believed here that Mr. Kozer is sincere In his request ror a legal opinion in order to exne dite preliminary election work In his office, there Is some doubt expressed as to whether he would make up the ballot without first obtaining a ruling oy tne supreme court. This belief is shared by many per sons at the capltol, who contend that the previous decision of the supreme court was so vague that nothing short of another opinion would warrant the assistant secretary of state in going aneaa ana preparing tne ballot. At any rate, however, it is believed that Mr. Kozer's letter will have the desired effect and tha the question of whether Mr. Olcott Is to serve out the unexpired term of the late Gov ernor W ithycombe or will retire in 1920 will soon be determined. Wardrobe and Tires Stolen. A complete wardrobe was stolen from the rooms of C. F. Gaiser. 26 Glenn avenue, according to a report he made to police headquarters yes terday. 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Oscar D. Par ker. Mrs. Parker Is said to be very sick and Is quite anxious to see her husband, whom she has lost track of. 1000 Pounds or Mint Oil Shipped. EUGENE, Or.. Oct. 18. (Special.) One thousand pounds of mint oil were yesterday consigned by different growers around Eugene to John Lavies Jr. ot Portland, and most of them are expecting to receive $10 a pound. The present market prii-e Is $7.50 a pound, but it is rapidly advancing. a- rrv T v - - . . j iityxttt JjSfA Cork Hoor Products to. SUf mK 202 Broadwayat Taylor WW Use LINOLEUMS or CORK TILINGS if you want noiseless, durable, sanitary and attractive floors. Cork Floor Products 202 Broadway a Main 90 Earth Cannnt IVc Moved. YAKIMA, Wash.. Oct. IS. (Spe- f clal ) Judge F. H. Rudkin of the United States district court gave a decision yeserday sustaining the Ya kima superior court in holding that the government could not take earth excavated in building an irrigation ditch across one man's land and use It for building a continuation of rl.e ditch beyond the boundaries of the land from which the earth was taken. Total 2S. 810.00 District No. 5. east of Rockwood road, south of Base Line road and west of the Sandy river Maintenance ................$ 12.000.00 Karnes road 2.500. 00 Fill bridge. Beaver creek road 1.500.000 Road No. 60S 600.00 Concrete culverts and fill at bridKe 53 1.400.00 Repairs bridges 45, 46, 47.... 2.000.00 Killing bridge No. 71 4.000.00 Filling bridge No. 64 1.500.00 Total S 23.500.00 District No. 6. east of the Sandy river Maintenance t 10.000.00 Uradinff and g-ra,velinir nine roads and bridge over Buck creek 21.600.00 Total $ SI. 60O.00 Colombia District. , rnlumbla river hiehwaV Maintenance ..,,,..,...S 13,000.00 Learn Hawaiian Guitar OREGON vTn Steel I Private lessons and classes. Instructions free. t's so easy to learn and such sweet music." Get a genuine Hawaiian steel guitar equipment in our orches tra instrument department. Eilers Music Building. Oregon's only complete music house. pl!lllillllllil!!!l!llllllll!l!il!!!llllllillll!l!lllin Big Sale of all Paper Continues The past week has been the busiest of the fall and we have de- j cided to continue the sale of Wall Paper and Paint through this E week. 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