THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 39,
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day. Cecil Teague, organist at the
Majestic theater, was awarded sec
ond place in the contest.
The words for the song were writ
ten by Ben Hur Lampman, who was
adjudged winner of the contest for
the words some time ago.
It was announced that Mrs. Seitz
won the contest on the basis of the
simplicity of her melody, aa well as
the charm of the music. Both the
music written by her and that of
Mr. Teague was declared to show
splendid style and a wealth of
melody.
Dr. Emil Enna, who had charge
of the contest on behalf of the Ore
gon composers, said that 31 manu
scrips had been received and that
many of them showed splendid
ability.
"As e. matter of fact, the class of
INTEREST CENTERED
OWLIVESTOGK SHOW
LIST REMARKABLE
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Wonderful Animals Coming
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Only Six Days Intervene Be
fore Gates Open.
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PRIZES TOTAL $16,000
ENTRIES ARRIVE DAILY
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Exhibitors From All Sections of
West and Pacific Northwest
to Compete for Honors.
'. Third in size in the United States
fcnd fourth in the whole world, the
nlg-ht horse, show to be held In con
Junction with the Pacific Interna,
tlonal Livestock exposition, Novem
ber 4 to 11, will achieve new records
this year and horse lovers from the
Pacific northwest and all along the
Pacific coast are ea route to Port
, land either as visitors or exhibi
tors, to witness the placing: of rib
bons which denote actual supremacy
In western horsedom.
According: to the bookings already
made at the horse show office, the
list of more than 1200 entries for
the 1922 show exceeds that for 1921
by about 250 entries and makes the
show a close second to the great
Chicago show, which in turn is sec
ond to the New York national.
Increase Due to Manager.
This Increase is due for the most
part to A. P. Fleming, veteran man
ager, whose services as horse-show
manager and adviser have been in
demand all over the west for the
last two years. Although the Port
land, show lasts but a week. Man
ager Fleming- works on it all
through the year. This year he has
created seven $1000 stakes for the
champion classes, half of each be
ing donated by seven leading busi
ness institutions of Portland. ' This
amount brings the total to J16,000 to
be distributed In prizes among the
equine stars to be seen on the tan
bark. By raising this amount of prize
money and by traveling to all horse
shows within a thousand-mile radi
us, Fleming has been instrumental
in persuading the best stables with
in that area to show at Portland- in
November.
Pncific Shows Already Held.
During the fall months and late
summer there have been 10 big
horseshows on the Pacific coast and
in British Columbia, -each being
largely sectional in nature, with the
winning distributed among certain
regional owners. Now nearly all of
these winners, the best horses of all
the shows, are entered in the Port
land show, and the awards will mark
the actual supremacy of the west
coast and the Pacific northwest.
Horses from Oregon, Washington,
California and Canada will compete
for the Pacific honors and the re
sults will show what part of the
west raises and owns the best stock,
just as the stock show denotes the
supremacy in cattle, sheep, pigs and
other barnyard monarchs.
Canada Sending Entries.
A large complement of horses is
on the way to Portland from Can
ada. It includes the 'famous stable
of James McCleave of Victoria, B. C.
embracing harness, saddle and hunt
er horses, and shown by the cele
brated girl rider, Doris Oxley Mc
Cleave; the heavy harness horses of
8 li. Howe, H. Walker and Mrs. H.
K. Vanderhoef, the saddle horses to
by shown by Miss Hilda McCormick
and Miss Janet Drysdale and the
hunters and heavy harness horses
of George E. Herrmann, all of Van
couver, except Mrs. Vanderhoef, who
resides in New York and keeps her
horses in British Columbia.
Among the horse owners from the
state of Washington are three in
particular who have divided many
honors at past shows. These are
J. D. Farrell. of Seattle, owning the
heavy harness pair of hackneys,
Princess of Mance and Prince of
Mance, which won all honors in
North Portland a year ago; the sta
ble of Mrs. Wayne W. Keyes of Ta
coma, consisting of Sir Sidney and
Sir Chester, saddle and heavy har
ness, and Golden Lass, a new walk-
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manager of Portland horse show
has made It third in size (n this
country.
music received at this contest was
at least 76 per cent better than that
received at a contest three years
ago." he said. "The Society of Ore
gon composers is planning to offer
a prize of tWO for a song cycle in
tha near future and it is expected
to make the announcement of this
soon.
"The song Just written will add
another splendid number to the pa
triotic songs of the state, the music
and words being of the best."
The judges of the contest were
Emil Enna, Carl Denton, Otto Wede
meier, John Claire Montelth, Frank
Elchenlaub Lucien E. Becker Henry
A. Keates, George Wilber Beed and
George, Street. j
LODGE GROWS RAPIDLY
afnltnomah Camp of Woodmen
227 Membership Applications.
Multnomah camp, Woodmen of the
World, held an enthusiastic meeting
at its hall Friday evening that was
attended by more than BOO members.
E. A. Clark, consul commander,
presided. Twenty-five applications
for membership were received, mak
ing a total of 227 since September 1,
or ten more than was received dur
ing the corresponding period one
year ago.
J. O. Wilson, head manager, read
a telegram from the head office in
Denver, stating that camp No. 77
had received double the number of
applications during October than
were received by Golden Gate camp
of San Francisco, which is contest
ing for the banner.
The members were entertained by
a wrestling match between Walter
Arndt and "Red" Clyde Nutting,
which was won by Arndt, two falls
out of three, after nearly two hours.
0RCHESTRAJS FORMED
Music Students at Mount Angel
College on Increase.
MOUNT ANGEL COLLEGE, ' St.
Benedict, Or., Oct. 28. (Special.)
Mount Angel colleges will have a
good orchestra thiryear, according
to Clement Van Perre, the director.
The number of students who have
taken up music is growing larger
every day. The following have been
chosen for the orchestra:
Violin, Henry Kropp, Percy Duffy,
Clyde Creightoh and Ernest LaFor-
est; cello, Rev. Bonaventnre Hues
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trot horse just purchased from :' T S. T.'n
Loula Long Combs of t. Louls and : g V; piano T Cart Zurlo tom-
ington horseowner is A. E. Stuart,
president of the livestock exposition.
Mr. Stuart Aagments Stable.
Mr. Stuart, with a view to 1m
. -proving the Portland show and to
build up a great stable, has pur
chased 14 fine show horses, which
are already at Portland on the ex
position grounds and which, no
doubt, will reap a veritable sheaf of
ribbons. The string includes such
celebrities as Miracle Man and Mir
acle Lady, celebrated five-gaited
horses from the east; Sonya, a fine
walk-trot horse; Glittering Glory of
the same class and several other
prominent ribbon winners in eas'tern
shows.
From California will come the
stable of Revel Lindsay English of
Pasadena, consistent winners at all
California shows, including Bounder,
a hunter; Senator Flint, a light har
ness horse and' Kingston, winner of
many five-gaited classes.
Other Fine Animals Coming.
Mrs. Winslow Anderson of Pleas
nton, CaL, has entered1 her four
heavy harness horses, and the three
gaited. horse, Highland's Gloria,
which under the name of Santa
Monica swept the walk-trot honors
at Portland a year ago. Another
California stable is that of Mrs.
Martha D. Bowers of Santa Barbara,
which boasts a pair of three-halted
winners at several California shows.
Most of the Oregon horses are
Portland-owned. Prominent among
these are five new mounts owned byq
Misses Roberta and Margaret Ellen
Douty, to be shown by Roy Davis,
leading horseman of the west, living
et Kansas City, and Mr. and Mrs.
Fred A. Martin of Garden Home will
show their pair, Co Co and Harvest
Girl in the three-galted classes; Mrs.
I. N. Lipman has a new horse to show;
H. M. Kerron. owner of the Portland
Riding academy, will enter a long
list of his best mounts and harness
horses; Natt McDougall has entered
his veteran of the ring, Sterling
Duke, and a dozen other local horse
owners are also grooming their
horses for a triy at the ribbons.
MRS. SEITZ' SOIMGf WINS
Composition for Words Written
by Mr. Lampman Gets Prize.
, Music written by Mrs. Maurice
Seitz, wife of a prominent attorney,
has been adopted for the song to be
sung at the Koosevelt memorial
statue unveiling, armistice day, as
. a result of the winning of the music
contest, which closed Friday night,
by. Mrs. Seitz.
Announcemit of the award of
first prize to Mrs. Seitz was made
by the committee of judges yester-
bone, Frater Cyril Lebold. O. S. B.,
and Frater Clement Moffenbeier, O.
S. B.; saxophone, James Haun and
Robert Kinney; horn, Edward
Weber.
Flowers Bloom at Cottage Grove.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Oct 28.
(Special.) The weather of the past
few weeks has been so balmy and
summerlike that some of the wild
flowers, which have lost track of
time, have become imbued with the
idea that spring is here and are
starting to put forth fcheir blooms.
A dogwood tree has appeared in full
spring regalia.
PORTLAND GIRX. OIVI-Y OWE TO
WIN FORESTRY DEGREE.
Mlsu Estella Dodge.
An article concerning Miss Es
tella Dodge of Portland, who is
said to be the only girl in the
world known to be graduated
from a college of forestry, ap
peared in a recent issue of the
University of Washington Daily,
the student paper. Another article
telling of Miss Dodge appeared in
the November issue of the Sunset
Magazine in the department, "In
teresting Westerners."
Miss Dodge was graduated last
June from the college of forestry
at the University of Washington,
and is now taking a business
course in Portland preparatory to
work, in photomicography, the
photographing of wood structure
in detail.
Miss Dodge is the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Dodge of 1237
East Twenty-sixth street North,
and attended Portland schools.
She was graduated from Wash
ington high school in 1918.
Special Train of 25 Oars Brings
Flower of California Herds
to Big Pavilion.
With every indication for a record
breaking success in all its numerous
departments, and only six days in
tervening before the gates are
thrown open for the twelfth annual
event, the Pacific International
Livestock exposition is now at the
height of preparation, and is the
center of interest for livestock en
thusiasts throughout the entire Pa
cific slops and inter-mountain coun
try. Entries of purebred stock of all
kinds are arriving daily at the big
pavilion in North Portland, and are
being assigned to the pens and stalls
reserved for them many weeks ago.
Each of these pedigreed animals is
the winner of many ribbons , and
medals, and each group is personal
ly accompanied by skilled attendants
who are centering all efforts on the
tender care and most assiduous
grooming of their valuable charges
for the big battle for Aonors and for
the 180,000 in cash premiums which
will be waged on technical points
during the week of November 4-11.
California's Best Here.
Several .days ago a special train
of 26' cars, laden with the finest
flower of California flocks and
herds, arrived at the pavilion, these
Including four carloads of fancy
show horses which will compete in
the horse show programmes. British
Columbia entries will arrive within
the next few days, and many car
loads of beef and dairy cattle, draft
and show horses, sheep, goats and
swine are now en route from various
points.
A P. Fleming, manager of the Pa
cific International horse Bhows. is
enthusiastic in his predictions for a
series . of programmes this year
which will eclipse even the brilliant
events of the last three years. He
reports that all the old favorites
from California, British Columbia
and other points, will be back to
compete in the high-jumping, hurd
ling and fancy gaited and harness
events, together with a number of
new and brilliant entries.. Notable
in the horse show series will be
seven event for which stakes of
J1OO0 each will be awarded.
General Manager Plummer of the
stock show organization, and his big
staff of aides are working overtime
to complete the extensive prepara
tions necessray in the numerous de
partments to insure the smooth run
ning of the big exposition, with its
complicated schedule of livestock
Jimglng, judging contests, sales and
special events in each of the numer
ous purebred breeds. There will' be,
Mr. Plummer estimates, upward of
4000 entries on view In the pavilion
this year. In addition to these there
will be the Oregon Poultry and Pet
Stock association's show under the
supervision of C. S. Whitmore, who
says there will be upward of 800
chickens, geese and ducks in this di
vision, with about 600 pigeons, and
from 1000 to 1200 rabbits.
Many Exhibit Educational.
In the two-acre exhibits annex
there will be a $25,000 educational
exhibit sent to Portland from the
national dairy show by the United
States department of agriculture
(dairy division), and a number of
other extensive educational exhibits,
including that of the Oregon Dairy
council, in charge of Secretary-
Manager Mickle, who also will su-J
pervise a big dairy products show in
which nine or ten states will com
pete for honors. In the annex also
will be the land products show, in
which many sections of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho will install
competitive displays of their re
sources. Hundreds of booths are being
built and decorated for the displays
of merchants and manufacturers of
Portland and the northwest. This
big assemblage of advertising dis
plays, with Its varied appeal, will in
itself constitute an Interesting show
for Pacific International patrons,
and the stock show directors are
urging the public this year to make
several trips to the pavilion or spend
an entire day and evening there dur
ing stockshow week, in order thor
oughly to see and appreciate the
broad scope and Important educa
tional influenceof the Pacific In
ternational's immense annual show.
Preparations Made for Crowds.
Special preparations are being
made for adequately accommodating
the stock show crowds for the ap
proaching event. The rest room and
comfort station facilities have been
doubled, and a modern restaurant,
with completely equipped kitchen,
has been installed at one end of the
annex. The stock show cuisine will
be under the supervision of Henry
Thiele, who will serve first-class
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c Merchandise of cMerit Only
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meals in the restaurant and cafe
teria from 8 A. M. to midnight
throughout stockshow week. Nu
merous lunch counters will augment
this service. Among the provisions
ordered by Chef Thiele for his com
missary are 25,000 pounds of dressed
beef, 3000 pounds of dressed spring
chicken, 9200 pounds of potatoes, 800
gallons of ice cr'eam and 9600 loaves
of bread. He will be prepared to
feed from 7000 to 10,000 persons a
day with hot meala at popular
prices.
Parking facilities for the thou
sands of automobiles which bring
horse show patrons to the pavilion
each night of Pacific International
week every year, have -been in
creased by nearly' three acres, and
Building Superintendent Kramer
says there will be ample parking
space for all cars. The parking
area has been extended all the way
to the main highway leading to the
interstate bridge. -
- Saturday, November 4, will be
school children's day, with admis
sion free to all school boys and
girls. - '
PRIVATE SCHOOL UPHELD
Character of Child Decides'What
. Is Best, Says Correspondent. -
1 PORTLAND, Oct. 28. (To the Ed
itor.) I have been an interested
reader of the school-bill controversy
and have been wondering if one
angle of its results has struck its
proponents. If by any chance the
bill should pass would they not be
doing their own children the great
est wrong?
Think of onr crowded class rooms
and inadequate buildings; then
think of the pupils augmented over
night, by such an Influx! And no
matter how much money the school
board had (which it hasn't) how
could equipment be multiplied fast
enough? It couldn't, is the answer
and the education of all would suf
fer. I, myself, attended a public and
a private school; just as I found
a difference in character in my Chil
dren demanding a difference in ed
ucation, one to public, . one to pri
vate. In my case I can only eay that
the public school was more thor
ough; it was exact in its informa
tion, precise in its marks; but the
small classes of the private school
the dear old Portland academy
and the spirit of the teachers gave
a readiness of vision that no public
school has the time to give.
. I am not pro-Catholic; they have
done much to antagonize people; but
why cut off your nose to spite your
face?
ONE CONSCIENTIOUS MOTHER.
KING PlPPirrO BE GUEST
Apple Growers Will Be Honored
at Intercity Lunttieon.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 28. (Spe
cial.) King Pippin will be the guest
of honor at a luncheon to be given
Jointly next Tuesday at the Colum
bia Gorge hotel by the members of
the Tuesday Lunch club of th! city
and the Kiwan's club of The Dalles.
Apple growers of all mid-Columbia
district have been invited- to attend.
A. W. Stone, general manager of
the Apple Growers' association, who
will be chairmain of the meeting,
will be present. He will give a brief
history of the commercial apple in
dustry of the Hood River valley,
where the growing of boxed apples
on a business basis first was intro
duced in the northwest. The valley
at that time was a part of Wasco
county.
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How Your Taxes Can Be Reduced
When I am governor I promise to advocate and demand econ
omy in every department of state government, so that taxes will
'be reduced to the lowest possible point consistent with good gov
ernment. -To this end I will use the-veto unsparingly.
One great difficulty today is that one
half the property of Oregon is exempt from
taxation, the timber in the forest reserves
being a conspicuous example. The only
income from the reserves is the rentals from
5 stockmen for grazing, of which 65 per cent
goes into the federal treasury. I hold that,
since no tax is derived from this vast body
of timber, all the rentals from grazing
privileges in the forest reserves should go
into the treasury of Oregon to compensate
-for the vast body of taxable property held
by, the federal government out of taxation.
As governor, I would use the prestige of
the office in a movement with other gov
ernors and delegations 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 now taxed.
FOR SEVERANCE TAX
Practically one-third of the standing tim
ber in the state of Oregon 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 Oregon without pay
ing a dollar of tax to the state. Not only
is Oregon being made poorer by the re
moval of this timber, but the natural beauty
and scenery of the state is being marred.
A severance tax collected as this timber is
cut and shipped would be a large source of
revenue. A big body of such timber is
. now contracted by the federal government
to people from distant states, and it will
be removed without paying any tax unless
a severance tax is at once imposed. As
governor I would do all in my power to
levy such a tax on all timber taken from
the forest reserves.
While one-half of the property of Oregon
is exempt from taxation, much of the other
half is paying little or no tax because it
is invested in shares of stock, bonds and
property hidden away from the assessor.
This leaves but a part of the taxable prop
erty to bear the entire cost of government.
- This property which bears the terrific bur
den consists of farms, cattle, horses, city
. buildings and homes.
DIRECT TAX HIGH
' In 1921 there was raised by direct taxa
tion in this state $9,493,105, an average of
almost 9 mills on the property taxed.
This is the highest direct property tax lev
ied 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 entire 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 gross
earnings tax from public service corpora
tions and 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 raised
from indirect sources, viz.: From fees and
- from a gross earnings tax upon public serv
ice corporations. Farmers and property
owners in California were not called upon
to pay direct any of this $33,768,884.
Wisconsin in 1921 raised by direct taxa
tion only $7,801,454 for state purposes, and
yet the assessed value of taxable property
in Wisconsin is four times that of Oregon.
The balance of her state expenses was
raised by fees and by taxes on net incomes.
In Oregon we can, relieve the pronerty
owners by collecting a large part of the cost
of state government from similar sources,
viz.: (1) a tax on net incomes; (2) a sev
erance tax; (3) a tax on gross earnings
of public service corporations. I favor such
a programme in this state under the guar
antee that any tax derived from new sources
- shall not be used for increased expenditures,
but to take some of the" burden off those
now bearing more than 'their just share of
taxation.
The practices fit public utilities became
so intolerable that those utilities have to be
- regulated. A costly public service commis
sion has to be maintained for that purpose.
Since the commission has to be maintained
for-the regulation of the public service cor
porations, those corporations should them
selves be required to pay the expenses of
the commission, without burdening farmers,
home owners, business and other enterprise
with that expense. Such a plan would save
the taxpayers approximately $100,000 a
year, and I favor it.
Oregon is, per capita, the heaviest bonded
state in the Union. We are in the midst of
a wild orgy of bond issues. The thought
seems to be that we can go on issuing bonds
regardless of a payday to come later. There
is a possibility of having 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 returned to a policy of sound and stable
finance. I stand pledged to such a policy.
FOR CONSOLIDATION
One of the first things I propose to do
as governor will be to employ every power
of the office to consolidate the boards, bu
reaus, commissions and committees that interfere-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, fewer officials
and more work by these boards and officials
is the crying need of the state of Oregon.
I pledge myself to the work of correcting
this conspicuous waste of the state's money.
FAVORS SIMPLIFIED GOVERNMENT
Other states have systematized and sim
plified government by applying to public
business the same rules of efficiency and
economy used in private business. It has
not been done in Oregon because politicians,
payroll functionaries and hangers-on have
combined to obstruct the cutting away of
salaries and sinecures. I stand pledged to
a policy of simplified government economi
cally administered.
We can dispense with many automobiles
now operating at state expense. The use
of state-owned automobiles by officers and
state employes, is subject to gross abuses,
as every taxpayer knows, and this vicious
practice must be abolished.
Every man on the state payroll should
actually work, and every man drawing a
salary without earning it should be fired.
It is commonly reported and widely be
lieved that too small a percentage of the
money provided for highways goes into
actual construction of roads. For example,
Mr. Jay Bowerman was long on the payroll
as adviser for the highway, commission,
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
engineering and other overhead cost, which
runs into very large amounts. Statements
are broadly made that narrower roads in
Oregon are costing more per mile than
wider roads in some other states. There
have been instances in which costly high
ways have had to be rebuilt within a year
or two. Road building in Oregon 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 investigation of the op
erations of the men and some of the con
tractors working under them, to the end
that excrescences may be lopped off, all
leaks stopped and a dollar's worth of road be
built for every dollar of public money spent.
Mr. Jay Bowerman is attorney for the
state banking department in several cases
now pending in the courts of Oregon. It
is the business and the duty of the attorney
general to act in that capacity. As gov
ernor and a member of the state banking
board I would insist that the attorney-general
and his deputies attend to the legal
business of the state banking department.
When governor I shall be governor for
everybody. I have promised nothing to
anybody, and am free to use the appointing
power without dictation. My administration
will not be wholly a man's government, but
a government of, by and for men and
women.
FREE USE OF VETO
As governor I shall demand of the legis
lature that every appropriation bill shall
be itemized, and I shall veto every appro
priation 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 legislature and suggest
to it the enactment of such laws as will
reduce the expenses of government to the
minimum and equalize the burden of taxa
tion, so that all property shall bear its just
burden.
I can and will pomt 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
politics, but a vital question of property
rights, prosperity and the welfare and hap
piness of the people.
Voters of Oregon, the issue has crystal
lized around this theme of taxation. High
taxes are. bad advertising. High taxes
are keeping newcomers and new capital
out of the state and driving old settlers
away. Business is being discouraged; prog
ress is being halted. Taxation is the weight
that is dragging us down.
TAXATION DOMINANT ISSUE
Our friends who are now in control 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 oppressive burdens of taxation piled
on their backs. They are garbling 'mv
speeches, and putting words in my mouth
that I never uttered. They are trying to
divert me from my fight for lower taxes.
They are in a sad plight because, under
their administration, they have created a
situation from which every taxpayer is cry
ing aloud for release.
I refuse to budge one inch from this mat
ter of taxation. It is the dominant issue.
For more than 20 years I have talked and
worked for lower taxes, and this will con
tinue 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.
You Should Help Pierce
by contributing One Dollar or more to nls campaign expenses. Tn dolntr this Ton will help
yourself reduce your own taxea, for that in the (treat issue Pierce Is making; for you. Send
money, In cash, money order or check, today to
T. H. Crawford, Manager Pierce-for-Governor Campaign, Gordon Building, Portland, Or.
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