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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 22. J!)22 9 OLGOTT PROMISES sue mm Wild Assertions Made, Declares Governor. MR. PIERJCE -IS SCORED Statements on Administration's Share in Tax Situation Called Misleading. . (Special.) Albert Carter, 38, was seriously injured Thursday, after noon when struck by a falling vin6 maple. The tree was uprooted while a donkey engine was being moved. Carter suffered a double fracture of his lower jaw and a fracture of the base of his skull. He was taken to the Aberdeen gen eral hospital. I AXES 1ST D ASSERTS PIERCE HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 21. (Spe cial.) Continuance of a sane, hon est and conservative state govern ment devoid of thrills, sensational ism and empty promises was prom ised by Governor Ben W. Olcott in his final address on his eastern Ore gon tour here tonight. "I am not boasting of my ac complishments," eaid Governor Ol cott, "but my administration has been attacked by Walter Pierce, the democratic nominee, and the demo cratic state central committee. ' I have not made any wild promises, but am making my campaign squarely on my record as a public servant. "Extravagant and misleading statements have been made as to the administration share in the present tax situation. I want the people of Oregon to know that at no time in the history of the state have the institutions been in better condition than they are now. ..The executive appointments have been made on the basis of efficiency, and not at the dictation of any clique or faction. I ask you to review my administra tion and point out if you can where in there has been any scandal. In all of the extravagant and mislead ing statements no one has said that the state's business is being con ducted on anything but solid, safe and conservative business lines. C'OHls Are Compared. "The nearest this charge has been made was the assertion tha the taJes of the state have grown under my administration. No one has dared to distort the facts so far as to declare that I was responsible for them or that I could have lessened them to any material degree. . ' Governor Olcott then went on to show that instead of levying $15, 000,000 annually tor state adminis tration expense, as alleged by Mr. Pierce, the money used for this pur pose aggregated only a trifle more than J3, 000,000. The governor also compared the natural increase of costs of private homes and state government and showed that the latter had the economic advantage. T. B. Kay, ex-state treasurer, again charged that Mr. Pierce had a record of extravagance in the legislature, that he voted for more than 95 per cent of the appropria tion bills and was responsible for approximately $3,000,000 of tax levied this year. Tux Relief Not Helped. "As far as I have been able to determine," declared Mr. Kay, "the democratic candidate for governor has not lifted his hand to relieve the tax burdens of this state." Mr. Kay referred particularly to the taxes in Hood River county, in demonstrating the falsity of the claims of Mr. Pierce thai he will re duce the taxes in Oregon 50 per cent. "This is simply a vote-catching p-hrase," declared Mr. Kay, "upon which Walter Pierce hopes to ride into office. "The total amount of taxes levied on Hood River county property this year is $526,344. Of this 8 per cent was levied by county and local au thorities for schools, roads, city and town purposes, including the irri gation tax of $62,803.' I ask. you in all seriousness how a governor can cut the local part of this tax in two? Reduction of the taxes is up to the voter and not up to the governor. Pierce Plan Diacnased. "When pressed for an explana tion, Mr. Pierce said his 50 per cent tax reduction promises ap plied to state taxes. I will at tempt to show you how this would work out in Hood River county "Only 18 per cent of all Hood River county's taxes this year were state taxes. These include soldiers' bonus, 2 per cent; market roads, 2 per cent; state aid to elementary schools, 4 per cent, and higher edu cational Institutions, 5 per cent. The latter tax includes the educa tional aid to the soldiers and sailors as well as all millage bills and appropriations for the Oregon Agri cultural, college and University of Oregon. Bills Introduced by Pierce. "As I recall, Walter Pierce intro duced several of these bills and sup. ported all of them. The remainder of the state tax, i per' cent of the Hood River tax bill, goes mainly to support the state's institutions and pay the cost of the state govern ment. In case Mr. Pierce cut Hood River county's tax bill in two he would not reduce it more tfcan 2 per cent. Such a reduction would result in turning the insane, feeble minded, orphans ,and other depen dants out upon the public for char ity. "Mr. Pierce's claim that he can reduce the taxes 5-0 per cent is rid iculous anf obviously is intended as an argument advanced for com paign purposes. "Of the total tax bill of Oregon this year, $40,473,906, only 23 per cent, or $9,73.376, was levied state taxes. This amount included sOJdiers' bonus millage necessary for soldiers' loan bond redemption, market road millage, millage for state aid to elementary schools and all the millage and appropriations for state educational institutions, including the soldiers' educational aid. "Only $2,514,030, or 6 per cent of all taxes paid in Oregon this year, were for general state purposes out side of roads and education, while 94 per cent were taxes voted by the people of the state or of local ex penses under control of the people of each county and locality." COURT UPHOLDS MUST0E Name of Walla Walla County Man Ordered Put I'pon Ballot. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Oct. 21. (Special.) S. C. Mustoe's name will go on the ballot as republican nom inee for county school superintend ent. This was decided' today when Judge Mills in superior court dis missed the mandamus proceedings begun yesterday by W. A. Toner. Judge Mills, in an oral decision, declared directory and mandatory the law which requires a candidate .for school superintendent to file, at least 20 days-prior to the election, proof of having taught one year in state schools. Mr, Mustoe filed his certificate the afternoon of October 18. Mr. Toner contended that this was 19 days before the election, un der the law. Attorneys for Mr. Mus toe contended that it was 20 days. Judge Mills- did not go into this question. He declared, however, that, had the question of filing the certificate not been brought up un til after the election, "no court in the land would set aside the action of the voters had Mr. Mustoe been named." - . - Gilbert C. Wood is the democrat! nominee. Efforts to 'Cut State Ex penses Pledged. ORGY OF BONDS FOUGHT Democratic Candidate for Gover- Advoates Severance - Levy on Timber. nor KIWANIS CLUB IS FORMED Temporary Organization Is Made at Vancouver Meeting. VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct. 21. (Special.) Temporary organization of a Kiwanis club was made here at a meeting held in the American Legion building last night, 30 mem bers from the Portland club being present to assist in getting the baby club started on the right path. The next meeting will be held Thurs day, October 26, at 12:15 o'clock, at ine loung women's Christian as sociation clubrooms, when the charter will be closed and perma nent organization effected. The temporary officers are Dr. J. T. Allen, president; Judge George B. Simpson, vice-president; Roy C. Sugg, secretary; E. A. Hannah, treasurer. Flour Brands Not Changed. There will be no change in the well-known brands packed by the Portland flouring mills because of me cnange in ownership whereby the Sperry Flour corjfany of San irancisco took control. This assur ance was given yesterday to the Associated Industries of Oregon rrom tne bperry headquarters, i. D. Armstrong, new president of the Portland flouring mills, will address tne Portland Ad club at its Wednes day luncheon on what the opera lions or the Sperry company will mean to Portland. Grave of Viking Queen Is Discovered in Norway. Bodie of Ruler and Servants Are Buried In Perfect Ship. LONDON. Oct. 21. Professor Brogger, a Norwegian arche ologist and lecturer, has announced an Important find in southern Nor way which throws a new light on the art of Norway and Europe dur ing the 9th century. The find is the grave of a Viking queen, believed to have been one of those women who led the Vi kings against their enemies. In the tumulus of the queen was un earthed a Viking ship in almost perfect condition. The bodies of the queen and her servant were within a special burial chamber of the ship, and supplied with the most complete equipment for the future life yet known in northern pagan ism. This included a four-wheeled wagon, four ' sledges, beds, looms, buckets and a completely furnished kitchen, together with 14 horses, four dogs and two oxen. Phone your, want ads to The Ore gonlan. Air its readers are inter- in the classified columns. ested How he considers the tax problem should be solved- is contained in the following formal announcement, issued yesterday by , Walter M. Pierce, democratic candidate for governor: - "When I ani governor I promise to advocate and demand economy in every department of state govern ment, so that taxes will be reduced to the lowest possible point con sistent with good government) To this end I will use the veto un sparingly. "One great difficulty today is that one-half the property of Oregon is exempt from taxation, the timber in the forest reserves being a con spicuous example. The only income from the reserves is the rentals from stockmen for grazing, of which 65 per cent goes into the federal treasury. I hold that since f no tax is derived from this vast body of timber, all the rentals from graz ing privileges in the forest reserves should go into the treasury of Ore gon to compensate for the vast, body of taxable property held by the federal government out of tax ation. As governor I would use the prestige of the office In a move ment with other governors and dele gations in congress to bring this about. This change would produce about $350,000 a year new revenue thereby lessening to that amount the burden on property no.w taxed. Third of Timber Exempt. "Practically one-third of the standing timber in the state of Ore gon is In the forest reserves and pays no tax. Under the present law this timber will be cut off, leaving blackened . stumps of untaxable property, and be shipped out of Ore gon without paying a dollar of tax to the state. Not only is Oregon being made poorer by the removal of this . timber, but the natural beauty -and scenery of the state is being marred. A severance tax col lected as this timber is cut and shipped would be a large source of revenue. A big body of such tim ber is now contracted by the fed eral government to people from distant states, and it will be re moved without paying any tax un less a severance 'tax is at once im , posed. As , governor, I would do all in ny power to levy such a tax on all timber taken from the forest reserves. "Vhihle one-half of the property of Oregon is exempt from taxation, much of the other half is paying little or no tax because muoh of it is invested in shares of stock, bonds and property "hidden away from the assessor. This leaves but a part of the taxable property to bear the entire cost of government. This property which bears the terrific burden consists of farms, cattle, horses, city buildings and homes. Tax Held Country's Highest. "In 1921 there was raised by direct taxation in -this state $9,493,105, an average of almost 9& mills on the property taxed. This i the highest direct property tax levied in the United States for state purposes. It constitutes nearly one-half of most of the farmers' taxes, and in the city it often means one-fourth of the en tire tax. "In Minnesota, in 1920, the direct property tax for state purposes was $1,667,428, which is about one-sixth of what Oregon property-owners were called upon to pay for state purposes, and yet the assessed value of taxable property in Minnesota is two and a half times that'of Oregon. Minnesota raised the balance of her state revenue from indirect sources, viz.: A 5 per cent gros earnings tas irom puoiic service corporanoius a 25-cents-per-ton tax upon iron ore mined in the state. "California, in 1921, raised $33. 768,884 for state purposes. This money was all Taised from Indirect sources, viz:- From fees and from a gross earnings tax upon public serv ice corporations. Farmers and prop erty 6wner3 in California were fro.t called upon to pay direct any of this $33,768,884. Lighten Burden, la Aim. "Wisconsin, in 1921, raised by .di rect taxation only $7,801,454 for state purposes, and yet the assessed value of taxable property in Wis consin is four times that of Oregon. The balance of, her. state expenses were raised by fees and by taxes on net incomes. "In Oregon we can relieve the property owners by collecting a larfce part of the cost of state gov ernment from similar sources, viz.: (1) a tax on net incomes; (2) a sev erance tax; (3) a tax on gross earn ings of public service corporations. I favor such a programme in this state under the guarantee that any tax derived from new sources shall not be used for increased expendi tures, but to take some of the bur den off those now bearing more than their lust share of taxation. "The practices of public utilities became so intolerable, that those utilities have to be regulated. A costly public service commission has to be maintained for that purpose Since the commission has to be maintained for the regulation of the public service corporations, those corporations should themselves be required to pay the expenses of the commission, without 'burdening, farmers, home owners, business and other enterprises with that expense. Such a plan would save the taxpay ers approximately $100,000 a year, and I favor it. Oregon Heavily Bonded. "Oregon is, per capita, the heaviest bonded state in the union. We are in the midst of a wild orgy of bond issues. ThS thought seems to be that we can go on issuing bonds regardless of a payday to come later. There is a possibility of hav ing to levy a further property tax to meet accruing interest on these enormous bond issues. A halt should be called in the plastering over our state of these mortgages on the property and toil of ourselves and our children, and the state be re turned to a policy of sound and stable finance. I stand pledged to such a policy. "One of the first things I propose to do as governor will be to. employ every power of the office to con solidate the boards, bureaus; com missions and committees that in terfere with each other because there are so many of them. Their work overlaps and duplicates. There are too many ornaments drawing salaries and fees for doing little or no work. Fewer boards, few offi cials and more work by these boards and officials is the crying need of the state of Oregon. I pledge my self to tne worn or correcting this conspicuous waste ' of , the state's money. Greater Economy Pledged. "Other states have systematized and simplified government by ap plying to public business the same rules of efficiency and economy used in private business. It has not been done in Oregon because poli ticians, payroll functionaries and hangers-on have combined to ob struct the cutting away -of salaries and sinecures. I stand pledged to a policy of simplified government eco nomically administered. "We can dispense with many au tomobiles now operating at state ex pense. The use of state-owned au tomobiles by officers and state em ployes is subject to gross abuses, as every taxpayer knows, and this vi cious practice must be abolished. "Every man on the state payroll should actually work, and every man drawing a salary without earn ing it should be fired. "It is commonly reported and widely believed that too small a per centage of the money provided for highways goes into actual construc tion of roads. For example, Jay Bowerman was long on the payroll as adviser for the highway commis sion, when It is 'the business and duty of the attorney-general to act as counsel for that body. This is waste of highway money. There is general dissatisfaction with the en gineering and other overhead cost, which runs into very large amounts. Statements are broadly made that narrower roads in Oregon are cost ing more per mile than wider roads in some other states. There have been instances in which costly high ways have had to be rebult within a year or two. Road building in Ore gon has been a vast and expensive enterprise, in which there should be no leaks or wastes. I have faith in the gentlemen serving as highway commissioners, but hold that there should be a very thorough Investi gation of the operations of the men and some of the contractors working under them, to the end that ex crescences may be lopped off, all leaks stopped and a dollar's worth of road be built for every dollar of public money spent. Governor for Everybody, Promise. "Jay Bowerman is attorney for the state banking department in several cases now pen-ding in the courts of Oregon. It 'is the busi ness and the duty of the attorney general to act in that capacity. As governor and a member of the state banking board I would insist that the attorney-general and his depu ties attend to the legal business of the state banking department. When governor I sh-aJl be gov ernor for everybody. I have prom ised nothing to anybody, and am free to use, the appointing power without dictation. My. administra tion will not be wholly a man's gov ernment, but a government of, by and for men and women. As governor I shall demand of the legislature that every appropria tion bill shall be itemized, and I shall veto every appropriation bill that is not so Itemized. In addition to that, I shall veto every unneces sary, useless or questionable item in every appropriation bill passed by the legislature. I shall exercise my prerogative to call to the attention of the legis lature and suggest to it the enact ment of such laws as- will reduce the expenses of government to the mini mum and equalize the burden of tax ation, so that all property shall bear its Just burden. "I can and will point the way for relief. I know the majority of the next legislature, coming from the tax-burdened people, will feel as I feel that there must be relief. It Is not a question of party political, but a vital question of property rights, prosperity- and" the welfare and hap piness of the people. crystallized around this theme of taxation. High taxes are bad adver tising. High taxes are keeping new comers and new capital out of the state and driving old settlers away. Business is being discouraged; progress is being halted. Taxation is the weight that is dragging us down. - - "Our friends who are now in con trol of the state and legislature confess that they are helpless to supply a remedy. They are trying to confuse voters. by injecting per sonalities and by throwing mud. They are making frantic appeals to party loyalty, thus proposing to leave the people with the same op pressive burdens of taxation piled on their backs. They are garbling my speeches and putting words in my mouth .that I never -uttered. They are trying o divert me from -my fight for lower taxes.. They are in a sad -plight because under their ad ministration they have created a situation from which every tax payer is crying aloud for release. "I refuse to budge one-inch from this matter of taxation. It is the dominant issue. For more than 20 years I have talked and worked for lower taxesf and this will continue to be the first theme In my thoughts. "Taxes can and must be equalized and reduced, and I have here pointed out some of the ways the thing can be done. "WALTER M. PIERCE." . PROMINENT IDAHO REPUB LICAN TAKES STAND. breed, has been received by Rex Bord, local breeder of purebred sheep, and heads the Bord flock in this county. The price paid for the ram was $1000 and an additional $300 was required to transport Jt across the water. District Oddfellows Meet. CHEHAL1S, Wash., Oct. 21 (Spe cial.) The district meeting of the I. O. O. F. lodges of the district in cluding Onalaska, Olympia, Shelton, Chehalis, Centralia, Tenino and Bu coda was held today at Onalaska. A business session for the afternoon, with open house at night at the Onalaska clubhouse, featured the occasion. "Voters of Oregon, the issue has July 4, 1922. Autolst Snes for Damages. MONTESANO, Wash., Oct. 21. (Special:) Suit for damages of $380 has been filed in superior court here by Herman Anderson against Fred Achey. The action is resultant from ah automobile collision on or about John W. Hart, National Commit teeman, Says He Favors and Will Work for Such Law. BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 21-(Special.) -r-John W. Hart, republican national committeeman for Idaho, tonight is sued a statement declaring he fa vored passage by the next legisla ture of a state-wide primary law and that after the people elect a legislature he would earnestly seek to have such a law enacted. Mr. Hart's statement, in part, . follows: "I voted for the first primary law which was passed in Idaho. I was in favor of the legislature passing a primary law at the last session. 1 voted for a state-wide primary plank in the committee on resolu tions at Wallace. I recognize that there is an honest difference of opinion in the republican party con cerning this principle. "The only way for the people io express, their will for or against the primary law, or any other issue. through their representatives in the legislature. Should they express such a wish I feel sure the repub lican members of the legislature will acceede to their demand and give the people of this state a good workable law properly safeguarding the integrity of political parties. "Such a law I am heartily in fa vor of and shall earnestly seek to have enacted. We should respect the will of the people in regard to this, regardless of how we may feel personally about the matter." Hunter Becomes Target. GRANTS PASS, Or., Oct. 21. (Special.) Harry Schermer of, this city, was shot at three times re cently while in the mountains hunt ing. The first shot grazed his wrist and he fell to avoid being hit, and two more shots went past. The man who fired the shots stated that he fired but once, but upon examining his gun, found that three shots had been fired. Mr. Schermer was un injured. Forty More Muscovites Made. ALBANY, Or., Oct. 21. (Special.) Forty candidates from all parts of the state, mostly from western Ore gon, were initiated into the mys teries of the Muscovites, the joy makers of the Oddfellows, at a big conclave here tonight. About 200 delegates, including ' Portland's clown band, patrol team and the Muscovite drll team from Salem, participated in the parade on the streets of Albany at 8 o'clock. New Zealand Ram Imported. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Oct. 21. (Special.) A Corriedale ram, four years old. said to be the highest priced ever exported from New Zea land, the home of the- Corriedale Work on New Art Building Begun. EUGENE, Or., Oct. 21. (Special.) Hoojer & McNeil, who have the contract to erect the new art build ing at the University of Oregon, yes terday took out a city permit calling for the expenditure of $26,500, the contract price. Excavations have already been made for the structure and work on the foundations and walls will start immediately. Legion Backs Hotel Project. CENTRALIA, . Wash, Oct. 21. (Special.) a resolution indorsing Centralia's campaign for a new $300,000 hotel ws adopted by the Grant Hodge post, American Legion, at . its regular meeting Thursday night. The veterans also pledged support to the annual membership drive of the local Red Cross chapter, which opens next month. I . DURING THIS INTRODUCTORY SALE I I CARLOAD NEW I I SALE PRICES fe SALE PRICES Man Hurt by Falling Tree. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Oct. 21. 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