10 TITE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, TORTLAND, OCTOBER 22, 1022 TAX IS NECESSARY . TP MEET EXPENSES Defeat Would Disrupt City Service, Says Statement. FAVORABLE' VOTE URGED PORTLAND LODGE OF MASONS TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY Golden Jubilee Will Be Held Next Thursday Night and Elaborate Arrangements Have Been Made for Event. Indorsement of Three-SJill Levy Ilcquired to Fulfill Tech nical Requirement. Fearful that the voters in Port land will, not understand that, the submission of t-fte S-mill tax at the November election Is for the pur pose of meeting a technical require ment, the city council has issued second statement on the subject. This statement is toeing spread broadcast through Portland, ar rangements having been made by John E. Young, chief of the fire bureau, to enlist the aid of firemen. The statement is Issued by City Commissioner Pier, in charge of the department of finance, but Is signed and concurred in by Mayor Baker and all members of the city council. - Reauthorization In Needed. "To meet a technical legal require ment the city council baa submitted to the voters at the election Tuesday, November 7, the question of re authorizing the 3-mill tax levy, which has been authorized by the voters of the two past elections to enable the city to meet current ex penses. In order that the public may understand the exact purpose. and meaning of the measure, the follow ing information is furnished," the statement reads. "The city charter, under a provi sion adopted when Portland was a small city, limited taxation for gen eral expenses to 8 mills. With the rapid growth of the city and the rapid increase in the cost of all supplies and materials, the limit of taxation became inadequate. Conse quently the voters have authorized the necessary increase for the past three years. Reauthorization now becomes necessary for the next year. Reduced Service Faced. "For the voters to fall to author ize this tax for the coming year would mean the council would be forced to make a general reduction of necessary service amounting to 28 per cent in every department. 'This would mean inevitably the elimination of several of the pres ent fire stations and fire companies, the elimination of a large part of the park and playground activities, the reduction very materially of the police and health protection, the re duction, of street - cleaning service and street lighting and, In short, a general disruption of the entire city service. The programme of street paving and Improvement for next year would have to be almost en tirely eliminated. No fund would be available to meet any serious emergency that might arise during 1923. The city's service is curtailed at present, and to go further would seriously jeopardize the city's safety and welfare. . Favorable Vote Urged. "The legal question haa been raised by the state tax supervising and conservation commission, which body advocates the adoption of the measure by the voters in the fol lowing language: 'The members of the commission are of the opinion that the government of the city can not be satisfactorily operated if en tirely deprived of this extra rev enue, and they, therefore, urge a favorable vote by the people on the measure. "The 3-mill tax' la not a new tax and will not Increase taxes next year. "Because of the vital importance of this measure to the city of Port land the voters are urged to vote 508 X Yes on the city ballot. The council is unanimously pledged not to levy any more of the tax than is absolutely necessary to maintain a reasonable service." - r fed icy- PJERG E IS SLIPPING OVER WHOLE STATE Republican Advisory Com mittee Reports. CAMPAIGN TO BE PUSHED Drive for Votes Is Said to Be , Just Getting Under Way; Dem ocrat Opposes Good Roads. ss"""" Kir- if t-i!HK THE 50th anniversary of the or ganization of Portland lodge of Masons will be observed with a celebration In the grand lodge hall in the Pythian building, Park and Yamhill streets, next Thursday night. ' Elaborate plans are going forward for the occasion, and the programme will include addresses by men prominent in Masonry. A history of the organization and a series of musical numbers also will be given. ' William H. Bishop, worthy mas ter of the lodge, has designated Ed gar H. Sensenich, past master and & trustee of the organization, to be chairman of the day. An ad dress' dealing with the history of the lodge will be delivered by A. H. McGowan, past master. An address on "Masonry aftd Its Principles" will be given by Wallace McCam ant, a 33d-degree Mason. Pictures of past masters of the lodge will be thrown upon the screen, under the direction of Her bert J. Houghton, secretary of the lodge. Musical numbers will include selections by the lodge quartet. Portland lodge originally formed in 1872 and at that time had only about 70 names on the list, a good portion of whom had been members here of Willamette and Harmony lodges, the only Masonic lodges in the city at that time. The organization now has more than 1000 members. A history of the lodge would be largely a history of the development of Portland during the last half cen tury, as many of the prominent men in the city's history were members, - Prominent members who not only held the position of master of the lodge at some time but figured prominently in Portland's and the Etate's history might be mentioned John B. Congle, first master of the lodge, later held the position of grand master of the grand lodge, J. N. Dolph was a United States sen ator for 19 years.' Judge J. C. More land held the position of grand mas ter. Joseph Simon, veteran lawyer and ex-United States senator, still is living. P. S. Malcolm Is now sov ereign grand inspector-general in Oregon for the Scottish Rite. I. W. Pratt held the position of potentate of the Shrine. Dr. O. P. Plummer was the first telegraph operator- in the city and afterward proprietor of a drug store, and H. L. Pittock was head of The Oregonian Publishing company. Harvey W. Scott, once editor of The Oregonian, was a mem ber of the lodge at one time. , Of the 1000 members of the lodge it Is estimated that fully 200 are scattered throughout the world at points away from Portland. The lodge Has one member who is man ager of the Ford plant at Copen hagen, another who is head of a tire plant at Calcutta, India, and others from Nova Scotia to Florida. The lodge committee in charge of the arrangements for the "celebra tion includes William H. Bishop, master; Donald H. . Rowe, junior warden; Herbert J. Houghton, sec- retary; Hardy O. Howard, senior steward; Joseph H. Page and Edgar ti. sensenich, trustees, and A. H. McGowan, past master. Honor Koll Announced. CATHLAMET, Wash, Oot. 21. (Special.) For the first six weeks' period in the Cathlamet 'high school only three students attained an average of 90 per cent or over In four academicubjects. Ruth Olsen, a junior, madean average of 94 per cent in four subjects. Lelia Houchen, a freshman, made an aver age of 61 per cent in. four subjects. The highest average, howevr, was made by a fresiiman jrirl, Elizabeth. Foster, who averaged 95 per cant In four subjects. DAIRY EXHIBIT IS HERE V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRI CULTURE SENDS CAR.- German Pastor Arrives. CHEHALIS, Wash., Oct. 21. (Spe-ei-al.) Rev. F. T. Lucas of Chehalis is enjoying a visit from his brother, Rev. Herman Lucas. The latter ar 'rived in this country a few "days ago direct from Wlddad, Germany. After the brothers have visited the principal points of Interest in the northwest Rev. Herman Lucas will assume his duties as pastor of a church at Aurora, Or. Clergyman Released on Parole. SAN QUENTIN, Cal.. Oct. 21. Madison T. Slaughter, former Chico clergyman, today was released on parole from the state prison here where he had been confined since May, 1916. following his conviction on a charge of betraying Gertrude Lamson, a 16-year-old member of his flock. vk-!' pill VICTOR Records Educational Display to Be Shown at Livestock Exposition tfi This City. A special car, laden with a $25, 000 educational exhibit mobilized by the dairy division of the United States department of agriculture, arrived in Portland Saturday morn ing from Minneapolis, for the Pa cific International Livestock expo sition to be held here the week of November 4 to 11, inclusive. This big government exhibit, assembled from a score of etates, was shown for the first time at the national dairy show recently at St. Paul and Minneapolis and was shipped from there directly to Portland for the November stock show here. Two government experts are traveling with the car and will spend the next week installing the ' Immense display in the exhibits annex of the s.tock show pavilion, where it will occupy several hundred square feet of space. Adjoining the bis government ex hibit will be a large and varied ed ucational display assembled bv the Oregon dairy council, which will be under supervision of J. D. Mickle, general manager of that organiza tion. Manager Mickle also will have charge of the dairy products show, comprising exhibits of milk, cream, cheese and butter assembled from all the Pacific slope states and3rit ish Columbia. An extensive land products show, which also will be staked in the exhibits annex, will be In charge of C. B. Minton. "Pierce is slipping today all over the state." Such was the substance of the expressions made by the advisory committee of the republican state executive committee yesterday. Members of the advisory committee were called on to give their ideas an,d the reports that had been re ceived from most sections all pointed to the democratic candidate for governor slowing down and losing ground against Governor Ol-cott. The republican campaign Is just getting under way and this week will find an active 'speaking- cam paign, supplemented by literature recounting Walter M. Pierce's record as a tax creator while ' a member of the state senate during several sessions. Inform People, In Plea. 'Keep adding a little more push, a little more energy in getting the true facts before tne people," said State Chairman Tooze to the ad visory committee. ''Mr. Pierce is now being bombarded from all parts of the state with his record, 'and it is having its effect." united States Senators McNary and Stanfield will take the stump for the republican ticket Tuesday, Senator McNary going into eastern Oregon and Senator Stanfield into southern Oregon. Governor Olcott will go" into Tillamook county and with him wMl be the state chairman. Representative Hawley is now on the stump and Representative Mc- Arthur is speal.ing in his own dis trict. , Representative Sinnott is safeguarding his interests in east ern Oregon. On the whole, the state campaign by the republicans is swinging along well. Pierce Continues Talking. . In the democratic fold, Mr. Pierce is continuing his speech - making. This past week he has been brought to the point by his advisers where he had to issue a statement of what his ideas were on reducing taxes. There is still little love lost between the regular democratic party man agement and the Jesse Winburn in vasion from Ashland. The latter i9 conducting series of pink teas and spending money which the regular managers hate to see wasted. Robert A. Booth, chairman of the advisory committee, at yesterday's conference, took a few shots at Mr, Pierce. Discussing Mr. Pierce's pro posed tax on state forest reserves, Mr. Booth said "that would appar ently be a good thing if it. got any where, out as a matter of fact there are no state forest reserves and no body knew it better than Mr. Pierce, so we don't get very far on that sort of tax promises, and when we con sider that Mr. Pierce hasn't any more to do With it than a snow bird it is purely a federal function the governor has nothing more to do with it than he would with a city. Good Roada Opposed. "When Mr. Pierce talks to me he is very decidedly against the good roada programme, but when" he talked at CorvaLlis Friday night I see he says that 'we will save the roads." " - Frank J. Miller of Albany pre faced his remarks by spying he has been traveling over the state for the past two momthsi announced, that eight weeks ago he would have con ceded Pierce's election but now it is a recognized fact that the demo cratic candidate la losing ground. Mr. Miller insisted that .presenting the record of Mr. Pierce openly, squarely and plainly before the electorate, is not mud-slinging. I. L. P.atterson, one of the contenders for the republican nomination for gov ernor in the primaries, said be could only speak for conditions in Polk county and that there can be nv question that Governor Oleott's prospects are greatly improved. Similar reports were made regarding Yamhill and other Bounties. There are some counties in which Mr. Pierce i acknowledged as strongly entrenched and the committee de cided on giving special attention to euch sections so that the voter can have the facts of the campaign plainly in mind wben they go to the polls. Strong Confidence Expressed. Representation on the advisory committee from the western part of the state was large and without exception strong confidence was ex pressed in the success of the repub lican ticket. One committeeman told of sitting et a dinner with 16 men, 11 of whom were for Pierce, but at the end of the meal all 15 were for Olcott. The advisory committee is prepar ing for circulation a brief review of Mr. Pierce's record as a tax raiser, his habit of voting for salary grabs and almost every appropriation bill presented for his consideration, and hia attempt to compel the roads to be paid for by a general property tax instead of the present system of having automobile licenses take care of this cost. OH REINDEER HALT TRAIN Alaska Railroad Engineers En counter Animals op Track. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 21. Locomotive engineering problems, such as chasing cows off the track and waiting for horses to give up the right of way. are being en countered by engineers of the Alaska railroad just as. they were encountered on the pioneer rail roads of the "states" years ago. One train came into Anchorage from Nenana recently several hours behind time and reported it was held up by a herd of 1500 reindeer which essayed to cros3 the track In advance of the train. A little later a cow was encountered and a flock of hens darted across the track. One hen was killed. ' ' "Just like railroading through the sheep belt of Kansas," remarked the engineer. I i $375 and $395 A Small Initial Cash Payment of $10 and Then $8 a Month C- rf"V . C it 1 I nT 1 T. T secures une oi me Auove opienuia iiew rianos a I "We have ready for your inspection on the Sev?nth Floor many choice Grand Pianos, V T t 1. 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The work of packing out the crop may last well up toward December at many of the larger packing houses. Unlicensed Salesman Fined. MONTESANO, Wash.. Oct. 21 (Special.) A fine of to0 and costs of $22.95 was imposed upon P. A. Farquharson, salesman for the Equitable Finance, Bond & Mort gage Company, Halght building, Seattle, by Justice L. B. Blgnold, yesterday afternoon. Farquharson was found to be selling membership Jn his compa"ny without complying with the state law regarding li cense. The court held this was the same as selling stodc. Pianos Underpriced and Fully Guaranteed IANOS ?375 NEW UPRIGHT PIANOS REDUCED Howard, mahogany.") Arlon, walnut I Monarch, mahogany f $10 Cash $8 Month j Hamilton, mahognyT Arion, Cir. walnut.. I Howard, mahogany. 910 Cash $8 Month J Portland, ant. mah.-i Howard, walnut. . . Portland, Cir. waL. f $15 Cash 9 Month Gaylord, mahogany.-) Portland, ant. mah.. 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J i ?345 ?395j ;P435 j 575l Policeman's Bullet Proves Fatal. LA GRANDE," Or., Oct. 21.-(Spe-cial.)' - Ramon Cabanela, Filipino, who was wounded Sunday in a gun fight. with a policeman, died Friday morning as a result of the wounds O OH cTMerchandiso of.c Merit jOnly" at the termination fight for life. of a five-day I Highway Work Begins' Nov. 1. WHITE SALMON, Wash.,- Oct. 21. (Special.) Work will be started on the North Bank highway Bingen November 1. at Vote X 99, Dan Kellaher for city commissioner. Paid Adv. We Invite you to eeme In sod hear th following records play ed by the famous Flon- zaisy Btrinc wuartet. Y!A6 Quartat in D Major-Minuet. (Mozart). 74HG Quartet In D Major-Adagio (Haydn). 74C33 "Xoctume." (Borodin). V4,t2 Quartet In C Major-Fugue. (Beethoven). 74580 "Molly on the Shore." (Grainger). 7078 Quartet In A Minor-Scherzo. (3cnuxnann). 746S3 Quartet in C minor-Allegretto. (Brahms). 74A52 Quartet in D Minor-Allegretto. (Mozart). Mall Orders Given Prompt Attention. G. F. Johnson Piano Co. Hi) th bt., bet. Morrison aad Aider, lO for the Set OF 3 FIXTURES PICTURED BFXOW This stock will un doubtedly b exhausted In few so It be hooves you to hurrx. SOLID BRASS f lttlna;a and heavily brass plAted ekili n these fix tures. These sets are re- rved for home owmers and builders only and will not be old to dealers. REMEMBER QUALITY COUNTS Ton Win Find Here the Most Connlets and Fix eat Selection. STANLEY LUTZ , ZOn-S-rt-7 Chamber of Commerce Bid, Second Floor, Third sad Stark Brosdivey 4S1S, The Spirit of A menca The future progress of the nation its achievements ; its outstand- ing- services to mankind ; its heritag-e to posterity and its ability and power to DO shall depend upon the spirit of its people. No matter what great undertaking the people of the Nation may be called upon to support, its success will depend upon the common spirit of service inculcated in the earlier years of the nation's public school education. What we hope to do and what we shall achieve have a direct re lationship, to our conception of our manifold responsibilities to each other. There must je a common viewpoint as to what constitute these responsibilities, and that viewpoint can be best fostered and estab lished through universal public school education. The public school system of America was handed down to us by forefathers who knew that its principles woujd guarantee even-tempered and balanced progress ; that it would democratize the people and solidify their spirit upon the basis of common service a spirit that could meet all problems successfully and overcome the obstacles which confront leadership. - :" The American public, school is a democratic institution. It puts love of equality into the hearts of men. It breeds faith and confidence in them because mingling with all classes brings the kind of fellowship . which makes national leadership a positive thing. To isolate the grow ing child and to deny him of this eomradeship is a thrust at the very life of the Nation. It breeds class distinction the most demoralizing and deadly force which undermines the spirit of any great people. Those interested in the future of America will support the Com pulsory Educational Bill. , . " ' ! . VOTE 314 X YES A VOTE FOR A UNIFIED. AMERIQA ' P. S. MALCOLM, 33 Inspector-General in Oregon, ' Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite MEETING-Public Auditorium WILLIAM MAC DQUGALL A lecturer and educator of broad experience and, unusual ability, will speak upon the Compulsory Educational Bill Be sure to hear him. Tuesday, October 24-8 P. M. 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