20 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 19, 1923 E. 13 LOSES TAX QUESTION PARAMOUNT IN ALL OREGON'S HISTORY Every Governor, Starting With A. E. Gibbs, in 1862, Refers to Situ ation in Messages to Legislature. FOR ESTATE HI! SOLUTION ! OF TRAFFIC MICE; MM Portland Building Manager t Urges Co-operation. MORAL LIABILITY SEEN Efficient Regulation and Better Renting of Vehicles Declared , Vital Among Regulations. Settlement of the automobile traffic problem depends on the same general principles that control In the solution of any other community problem, said W. C. North, manager of the Morgan building, in a paper on "Automobile Traffic and Its Regulation," presented at the fifth Paclflo northwest conference of building owners and managers In Tacoma, November 10 and 11. Urging that the association repre sented at the conference join in efforts to solve the problem, Mr. North asserted that "management or ownership of real property in its various forms carries with it a moral trusteeship for the whole Community for all time." Traffic Control Important. After dealing briefly with the Unexpected and rapid development of the automobile traffic, Mr. North discussed latest methods of regulat ing traffic. "The trend of regulation," he said, ''seems to be based on meeting the conditions of rapidly Increasing numbers and the fullest possible' recognition of the rate of speed combined with safety, which are marked features of the operation Of the automobile. "The tendency in regulation in all titles is to erect signalling stations at widely separated points that will permit of the traffic being under control simultaneously for long distances. One-Way Traffic Needed. "One-way traffic will be adopted Wherever possible. The elimination of left-hand turns over large dis tricts will be enforced. These measures, linked with simultaneous control of the movement of vehicu lar and passenger traffic, undoubt edly will be among the hard and fast regulations that must be ac cepted by everybody. "The excuse that traffic signs affecting particular streets and dis tricts of comparatively small area cannot be read, and are confusing, will be ignored in the necessity of meeting special conditions. Efficient Regulation Important. "There primarily will have to be the greatest "efficiency on the part of traffic officers, combined with Impartial and thorough application of all regulations. We must drive off the streets popcorn stands, news Btands, taxicabs and sight-seeing touring cars and busses, unless paces suited to their accommoda tion are provided. The movement of horse-drawn trucks must be regulated to the extent of keeping them off all streets that are too narrow to permit of two lines of traffic in each direction or from other streets when one-way traffic is not effective. Preferentlala Are Vital. "We must all be ready to recog nize the necessity of giving way to through traffio and essential street car service. On certain streets through traffic must be given prime consideration at all times. On other streets through traffic must take, precedence over shopping and local traffic during the rush of evening hours." Special parking districts will solve the problem presented by the auto mobile shoppers, in a measure, Mr. North said, and spreading out of the business district as the principal stores seek individual locations will permanently do away with traffic difficulties in congested retail dis tricts. Business Little Affected. Concerning the question of most advantageous business locations in the event of adoption of one-way traffic, Mr. North .asserted that ordinarily it would not make much difference whether a business is located on an out-going or In coming street. "The Incoming Individual is per haps more likely to be headed for a definite point and to know ex actly where he is going to stop," he said. "Certain specialty store men, it is thought, would be better off on an outgoing street. "In view of the ease with which distances may be comfortably and Quickly shortened there will be a natural tendency for the business centers to spread out. Moving-Out Must Come. "The pioneer in the moving-out plan, if he has the type of mer chandise that will stand it, prob ably will do well from the start. Borne of them will suffer disas trously in a financial way for their audacity. "The automobile shopper and trader will soon be glad to accept conditions of regulation which will permit them to get within a reason able distance of the place where they want to go in the congested district." Spreading out of the business district will be accompanied by an Increase in the number of low buildings erected, in the opinion of Mr. North, with four and six story buildings the most popular and eight and ten stories as the limit 4 GO TO RATE HEARIMG Eugene Men to Defend Union Pa cific In Unmerger Case. EUGENE, Or., Nov. 18. (Spe cial.) Charles A. Hardy, local at torney; J. E. Shelton, newspaper publisher; Bruce B.- Brundage, cashier of the Bank of Commerce, and E. C. Simmons, local automo bile dealer, left Eugene yesterday for Washington, D. C, to represent Eugene in behalf of the Union Pa cific railway in the hearing before the interstate commerce commission over the rail untuerger controversy. These men left the city unan nounced and it was a surprise to the chamber of commerce officials and Southern Pacific representa tives who had sent W. W. Calkins, president of the United States Na tional bank, to plead the cause of the Southern Pacific. The chamber of commerce re cently adopted resolutions favoring the Southern Pacific in this con troversy, but there is a group in the chamber which made a minority report. These four men ostensibly are representing this group in, favor f the Union Pacific. Phone your want ads to The Pregoni&n. Main ,7070, pALEM, Or., Nov. 18. (Special.) The tax question, on which Walter M. Pierce, successful candidate for governor at the re cent general election, based his cam paign, has been a paramount Issue in Oregon's political life almost since the entry of the state Into the union. This is indicated In a survey of the state house records, which show that every governor, starting with A. E. Gibbs, republican. In the year 1862, included in their messages to the legislature some recommendation or reierence to the tax situation. Governor Gibbs, who served In the executive chair during the period 1862 to 1866, in his message deliv ered to the legislature on Septem ber 11, 1866, referred to the finan cial condition of the state briefly. It affords me pleasure, said Gover nor Gibbs In his message to the legisla ture, to state that there Is J43.811.38 in the state treasury and no debts or liabilities against the state, excepting soldiers' bonds, due eight and 18 years hence. There is due from the several delinquent counties more than $30,000. It is to be hoped that these amounts will be soon paid, as the expenses of building the penitentiary, of the legsia ture and the public printing will soon exhaust the funds on hand. Economic Policy Stressed. Governor George L. Woods, who followed Governor Gibbs, served the state from 1866 to 1870. He also was a republican. With relation to the state's finances Governor Wood had the following to say In his message delivered to the lesglslature in Sep tember, 1868: In view of the prosperous condition of the state and its freedom from indebt edness I cannot too strongly urge upon you the importance of economical mea sures and a careful avoidance of every thing calculated to Increase the burden of taxation. I take pleasure in assur ing you that I will gladly co-operate with you at all times in any measure wnicn nas tor its object the promotion of the general welfare, in the reduction of taxation or in anything pertaining j.nereto wnicn snail be deemed just and proper. Lafayette Grover, democrat, suc ceeded Mr. Wood as governor in 1870 and served until 1877. He gave his message to the legislature Sep tember 14, 1870, and referred to the state's finances in the following language: At the last biennial session of the legislature no appropriations were made for the support of the state government during the following two years. The result has been that two annual col lections of revenue have accumulated in the treasury, and the public debts and liabilities have been outstanding and drawing Interest against the state. I urge early action of your body upon this Important subject, In order that justice may be done the public creditors and that further accumulation of inter est be stopped. Inequalities Are Noted. Again in his message to the legis lature delivered in the year 1872, Governor Grover referred to the state's finances and the attending taxation. There !s now a manifest inequality in the assessments of the several counties in this state, iread his message, returned upon the same classes of property of equal value. There also exists in sev eral counties gross undervaluation of all classes of property. While this con dition of things, would make but little difference with the county finances, it greatly diminishes the funds which would come into the state treasury. With five times as many insane to support and four times as many state prisoners to keep as we had ten years ago, with other expenses incidentally greater, as we increase In population, how can the state be kept out of debt, even on account of current expendi tures, without sound assessments ac cording to the increase of property? Apparently alarmed over the in creased taxation and expenses Gov ernor Grover, in another message given to the legislature in the year 1874, urged retrenchment. The power of retrenchment is solely with the legislative assembly, said his message. No tax can be levied and no public money can be used without an act of the legislature first having spe cifically authorized the aameNo public officer can increase his own pay. nor create perqulsities not authorized by the law-making power. To you the people look for such action as may lessen the expenses of government, I will take great pleasure in joining you in all the proper measures of retrenchment and reform. y Tax Complaints Made. In his message delivered to the legislature in 1876, Governor Grover said: The people justly complain of the in creasing weight of taxation. Attached to the message was a statement showing the state's in debtedness, cost of conducting the state institutions and departments and recommendations for wiping out the delinquencies through the rais ing of more revenue propertly dis tributed. Governor W. W. Thayer, demo crat, was ushered into cfflce In 1878 and served for four years. In his message to the legislature given in the year 1880, Governor Thayer said: I am convinced that a large portion of the state's indebtedness has been the re sult of Inconsiderate legislation. An at tempt to appropriate sums of money. when the state has not the money or any immediate prospect of obtaining it. is to my mind, a pernicious practice. Any person of ordinary intelligence, by a moment's reflection, will appreciate the extent of the receipts and revenues of the state, trom which general appropria tions are made. The people, as a whole. are not inclined to object to the levy of taxes, if satisfied that the proceeds will be applied prudently and for the benefit of the entire community. Any other dis position of public funds is an absolute crime. In his message to the legislature in 1882, Governor Thayer again re ferred to the taxation issue as Im portant. He said: It has been my desire during the time I have been in office, to have the af fairs of the state managed economically. W hen I entered upon my term the gen eral sentiment of the people, was op posed to extravagance in any depart ment. The objection to profligacy in civil affairs is not so much in conse quence of the particular loss that will be suffered from recklessness, as from the general evil effects it will produce. Its tendency is corrupt, and it naturally leads to all manner cf abuse in the civil service. A people who duly appreciate the blessings of civil liberty, will con demn the practice wherever it is found to exist. Fee System Attacked. Governor Z. F. Moody, republican, who served during the period 1882 to 1887, in his message to the legisla ture given in 1S85, apparently indi cated that he was satisfied w'th the financial condition of the state. -He said: Our financial showing must be re garded as very satisfactory, as the in debtedness of the state, aside from de ficiencies which have accrued during the past two years, is wholly provided for from sources outside of the general fund. Governor Sylvester Pennoyer, who entered the executive chair in 1887, and served until 1895, in his in augural address to the legislature, referred to the fee system then In vogue as costly and an unnecessary burden on the taxpayers. It would be a practical reform, he said If the pay of al county officers should be definitely fixed by law in the various counties according to the services ren dered. A -part of the county officers have fixed salaries for their services, and there is no good-treason why all should not. Within the past four years the office of sheriff of Multnomah county has beei, worth $20,000 per annum. This enormously high stipened is not only an unnecessary burden en the taxpayers, but it is a prolific incentive for bribery and corruption in the efforts to secure such a bonanza position. In subsequent messages to the leg isiature delivered in 1889. 1891 and in 1893, Governor Pennoyer dealt at considerable length with the tax sit uation, and urged retrenchment wherever possible. Lord Urge Retrenchment. Governor William P. Lord, re publican, in his message to the leg islature in 1897, urged retrenchment and a more equitable distribution of the taxation burdens. An Important duty is devolved upon you, said the message, to carry out the mandate of the people, expressed in their platforms for retrenchment and reform; to apply the knife to abuses and hidden emoluments. If they exist, upon the body politic; to cut off unnecessary expense; to withhold unnecessary appropriations; abolish useless boards, offices and com missions, to the end that unnecessary and excessive taxation may be avoided. Governor T. T. Geer, who entered the executive offices in 1899 and served until 1903, In his message to the legislature in 1901, took occas'on to rap the lack of uniformity in the valuations of property by the dif ferent assessors of the state, and the fact that much property was escap ing taxation. There seems a general tendency every where to conceal successfully personal property.from taxation, said his message The low valuation of real estate in our cities, when coupled with the almost complete elimination of personal prop erty from consideration, has come to give the entire question the aspect of a hollow mockery when placed under the test of the constitutional requirement ot uni formity and equality. Oregon Is suffer ing at this time with a case of combined inequality and undervaluation in acute form. All pretense to observe the law has been thrown to the winds and the effort to see which county can get away from it the farthest has become a matter of public record. It is presumed and hoped that you will not adjourn without the enactment ot a plain, Just and easily understood assessment law. It should be direct and unambiguous. Credit Unimpaired In 1903. In his message given to the legis lature in 1903, Governor Geer said: The credit of the state remains un impaired. Oregon does not owe a dollar and it may be said that no state In the union is in better condition in every branch of its public service. More than this could not be reasonably asked or hoped for. Governor George E. Chamberlain, who served from 1903 to 1909, In his inaugural address said: . It is to be expected that as the state grows in population and In wealth there must be a proportionate increase in ex penditure to successfully administer its affairs. But It does not follow that the general rate of taxation should continue to increase. The steady growth of wealth, constantly adding to the aggregate as sessed valuation, ought to keep down the rate of the tax levy. This has not been the case. With an increased and steadily increasing expenditure, the rate of the levy has not only remained stationary, but the tendency is to increase each year. The responsibility for this condition of things lies primarily in a defective as sessment law, and secondarily with the assessors of the several counties. In his message to the legislature given m 1905, Governor Chamberlain referred to the tax question as fol lows: Permit me to assure you of my earnest desire to render you any assistance in all legislation having for its object the relief of our people from oppressive taxa tion and the betterment of their social and industrial condition. Financial Condition Good. Governor Chamberlain, in his mes sage to the legislature under date of 1907, said: The financial condition of the state was never better in its history than now. There is no indebtedness of any kind outstanding against it. , As rapidly as conditions will permit there ought to be a complete divorcement between the sys tem of taxation for state and that for county and municipal purposes. Only brief mention was made of the tax situation by Governor Cham berlain in his message delivered to the legislature in 1909. Jay Bowerman, republican, who served as acting governor from 1909 to 1911, following the death of Frank W. Benson, in his message to the legislature said: The public has a right to expect and demand that public money be expended with the same judicious care exercised by an ordinary prudent business man. There is neither reason nor justification for the present method of managing the state's affairs. It is not economical, and is out of keeping with- good business methods. Governor Oswald West, in his message to the legislature in 1913, commended the state's financial con dition, as follows: The state's finances are in splendid condition. We have no debts, bonded or otherwise, to worry us and , there are ample funds on hand to meet all current expenses. Unexpended appropriations and accumulated receipts from license fees and other sources in excess of a million dollars will be available for ex penditure during the ensuing year and make necessary a state tax levy of but $1,000,000 as against $3,000,000 last year. Taxpayers Demand Relief. In the year 1913, financial condi tions apparently had changed and Governor West, in his message to the legislature, commented at some length with relation to the increas-" ing tax burdens. He said: A cry for relief went up from the over burdened taxpayer and you answered that you would .come to his aid. The time for action is at hand. Appropriations must be held to the lowest level consistent with good business, every useless board and commission should be abolished and, wherever possible, others consolidated. Governor James Withycombe, at the outset of his administration in 1915, warned the legislature against extravagance. "Economy is the key note of this legislative assembly," he said. "It was the dominant fac tor in pre-election pledges, and it now devolves upon us to see that these promises are put Into practice. The principle upon which we should act when state money is concerned is the same as if that money were our own." Governor Ben W. Olcott, upon en tering the executive office at the death of Governor Withycombe, real ized the seriousness of the approach ing crisis following war prosperity, and in his message to the legislature in 1920, warned that continued ex travagance would not be tolerated. He urged careful consideration of appropriations, and asked that taxes be cut to the lowest poss'ble ebb. To attain this end he recommend ed the appointment of a special tax investigating committee, which later was created, and is now at work preparing its report. As will be noted by the excerpts from the messages and inaugural addresses of the various governors of Oregon, there always has been a cry against increased taxation, and almost without exception the gov ernors have pleaded with the legis 'xturea for economy in the conduct tri state affairs. Despite this, how ever, taxes have continued to in crease and today Oregon has the largest bonded indebtedness in Its history. Petition for Descamps Prop erty Denied by Court. APPEAL TO BE TAKEN ' Army Deserter Surrenders. George E. Gould, who said he was a deserter from the tenth field artillery at Camp Lewis, walked into the police station yesterday and gave himself into custody. He will be held for army authorities. Other than a statement that he left Camp Lewis in June with a desire to see more of the world than army life offered Gould would say nothing. Judge Tazwell, In Opinion, Says License Records Fall to Show Couple Legally Married. . Petition of Jeanne Grivois, who ' held that she was the widow of Ernest S. Descamps, to be declared sole heir to the estate of $71,000 valuation left by the mysterious dis- j appearance of Descamps early in 1920, was yesterday denied by Cir- j cuit Judge Tazwell. Trial of this suit last spring attracted only a. little less attention than did the ! sudden and unexplained disappear- j ance of De'scamps. Madame Grivois and her attorneys i put up a brilliant battle In their attempt to prove that the woman, if I not actually Descamps' legal widow, 1 should be so regarded under the ' common law statutes. This fight is not yet over, for her attorneys im mediately served notice that they will take an appeal to the state su preme court. Puzzle One of Greatest. The disappearance of Descamps, long prominent in the local French colony and a leader in the old under world element of Portland, was one of the most Intriguing mysteries over which the city has ever puz zled. A theory that he had been brutally murdered by some ancient enemy gained wide credence when hacked and mutilated portions of a j human body that might have been his were found in widely separated parts of the city. Sufficient portions of this body to establish identifica tion were never found. Neither were the authorities able to unearth satis factory clews as to who might have murdered Descamps. In the suit of Madame Grivois the testimony convincingly showed that she had lived with Descamps for about five years as his wife, so far as appearances and recognition by friends and acquaintances indicated. Her case was weakened somewhat by the fact that she had left him and gone east to live some time prior to his disappearance. Marriage Declared Legal. The story of Madame Grivois was that Descamps had taken her "across the river," presumably to Vancouver or other nearby Wash ington county seat, and that they had there been married. She pro fessed to have believed that the marriage was regular and legal. At the time she left Descamps, she said, he had explained that he was facing suit ' for breach of promise and wished her away from the scene to make it easier for him to effect a settlement. He told her; at that time, she said, that their marriage had not been legally performed. Unable to establish the actual fact that Descamps and the woman had been legally married at eome point In Washington, her attorneys argued that the statutes of Oregon classed her as his common law wife. As such, they, held, she should be de clared the legal widow and heir. In the opinion handed down yes terday Judge Tazwell cited the fact that license records failed to show that the pair had ever been legally married. Even the madame's mem ory of the affair seemed too vague to be convincing, he held. With ref erence to establishment of the rela tion of husband and wife under the common law provision, Judge Taz well's opinion was that there is no well-defined interpretation of the statutes that supports the woman's claims. Cousins Live In France. Descamps' estate consisted of a half interest in the Camar apart ments, 704 Lovejoy street, capital stock of the Consolidated Invest ment company, other stocks and money. It was appraised by Ralph I w. rioyt, Fred w. German and Will iam Baliis, who fixed its value at t70.126.19. Hector Mouimal, close personal friend of Descamps, was appointed administrator of the es tate under bond of $80,000, on Febru ary 13, 1920. The nearest relatives of Descamps are cousins living in France. Should the claim of. Madam Grivois be de feated in the higher courts the claims of the cousins are expected to put them in line to receive what remains of the estate. C. Henri Labbe, consul of the French government in Portland, and Johnston Wilson were attorneys for the estate in the suit. James L. Conley and Martin L. Pipes repre sented Madame Grivois. The prestige of Oregonian Want- . j, The Oregonian's large circulation, but by the fact tnat all its readers are interested in Oregonian Want-Ads. RIVOLI, LIBERTY, PEOPLES, MAJEJTIC, COLUMBIA it starts NOV. f I Prices talk these days! Every price ticket in our entire store has a real story of big savings to tell you! 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