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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1908)
THE MORNING AS01UAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. TUKHDAY, JUNK IK), long We Are Headquarters Mason Fruit Jars Pint jars, doz. $ JJ Quart jars, doz One-half gallon jars, doz Mjj Jar caps, doz Very best jar rings, 3 doz 5 A. V. ALLEN Sole Agent or the Celebrated H. C. Fry Cut GUsi. PHONE 711 PHONE 3871 UNIONTOWN BRANCH PHONE 713 ARE ITS TAXES LOW Complaint That the A. & C. Gets Off Lightly BUT ASSESSOR. SAYS NO Among Business Men and Others j There is a Feeling That There is a 1 Certain Inequality, in Which the Poor Man is Not Favored. Is is true that some of the poor men of Astoria, men who have mod est little businesses and modest little home, pay more taxes, proportionate ly, than do some of the wealthy cor porations? For example, does the Astoria & Columbia River Railway Company pay its rightful share? At the outset it should be said with emphasis that no one in Astoria wants a corporation to pay more in taxes than does any other person or firm; each should pay exactly alike as far as it lies in the wisdom and power of the assessor's office to as sess each alike, and as far as it lies in the wisdom and power of the other more of the big corporations is hard ly an entirely fair one. . Definite values of the Astoria & j Columbia line are not readily ob tainable. It is well understood, how ever, that the company was bonded for $4,000,000. When the line was sold to the Jim Hill interests, it was commonly reported that the purchase nricc was anvwhere from four to six millions. Therefore, perhaps, no one would be likely to estimate the value of the line in Clatsop county at less than $3,000,000, inasmuch as fully two-thirds or more of its entire holdings lie within this county. The right of way and terminals in Astoria alone ought to be worth at least half a million dollars. It is doubtful if another road could come in here and get for a million dollars what the A. & C. now has in Astoria, right-of-way and all, Last year the Clatsop county and Astoria city taxes against the road on the hillside back of the city nre many modest homes, tenant t; aver, and point to their taxes in proof, that while their houses ml lots are worth no more than tsa i $1500, and that at a sale in open market they, would hardly bring that much, nevertheless that they are a-, sesscd at (say) from $500 to PM that is from one-third to over on half of the actual valuation. If thei. their taxes are doubled this year, it is announced the A. & C. asse nients are to be doubled, it will mon that they will be assessed all out or proportion. t It is admitted on all sides that the system of taxation in Clatsop cof'ity and in the other counties of the s"te, has been for years somewhat f a bungling system. In ottering (" the svstem none of ihose who talk of the matter mean tooffer NORTH-SHORE VIEW OF THE ROW FISHING CONTROVERSY OVER THE SAND ISLAND SEININO GROUNDS TOGETHER WITH A BIT OF SIDE HISTORY OF INTEREST. line launch takes them to am! from the locations, They may all three have ictnet licenses, as It will take three persons to hold the cltflit loca tions, If the nets are allowed to remain where now anchored the leer of the seining site named are thereby put out of business. The lessees, the Columbia River Packers Association of Astoria, this month paid to the United States Government $1294,25, rent for the first quarter for the use i of the seining sites, and have given ja bond in the sum of $5175 to secure I payment of each subsequent quarter' rent, Jt is now tip to the United States Government to protect the lessee in the possession of the water m front o( tne inland and insure The Chinook Observer has the fol lowing account of the Sand Island fishing controverscy, and it makes i... ..... .:.,.. "There is trouble brewing on Sand ?"'l operauo,.,, or to ucc.are n i ... . r .! i i... it is taking from the lessees thou- tnOtter IS''"" , AS USHHI 11 is oiinsnmcu njr to"" .... ....... . . ... iin U of do Mars annua v and hand. any animndversion against th men u.spui.ng ne ignt ,o nsmng m- gold bricks ' , . nffi TVv ,f np- leges and locations. Last week eight ' ,mm, mn" " m" " now in county omcc. iney as t i he time the government pro- parently faithfully following J - ' "" ' p0W( t0 Iea,a the Wnm, t0 lcincrs what has been done for years, oui it - w , it contended ; n;,t .mi tint there neverwas a secured by anchors made of rocks rrc Cil" " w ti mtnueu is pointed out that tnere ncver . , ... ,,u, that the iiovcntment cmM not lease K .:,. .. riaht ittW tO wcigiiing uoom Jiw poiinus, io wimii , , i m, better time tnan ngni w' . . . . ! . ... hr nw Hw water mark. These set. straighten out certain things m the are lastenea woouen m oys. i no - because now the strte aw ; nets run lengthwise of the island mJre, Deyn ow wa,cr ",arK sjstem, Decausc now me u , , . , , ,f t ,e present essecs are to be demands a new method of lUng val- a id are a few hundred feet , , , hc ffJera, governmen, S shore at half tide. They occupy I'mieueu uic iurhh Kovmiinviu uan L . . about a mile ofthe frontage of sites g" beyond low water mark to For years there was a well fthned anJ 3 Kach exc , Sunda protect them. The annual rental for but seldom expressed feeling that th are a,tcmle(, b Wahcr HussC( a I the s.tes on Sand Island is $675. Clatsop county ought to do all that who armC(1 wi(h a ritlCi N Su. If the sctnets hold on sites 2 and 3 it could to lighten the burdens f thetMIM, am, 01W(.r ouchen M t)c. others can be placed in front of sites A. & C, as it was looked upon a a ( licved to be 'in the employ of Mc- 4 aml S 0,ul in fultirc a" of thm local concern, and one that had the j Gowa & Son! as thc .mcr-s Kaso. will not be worth 30 cents a year, interest of Astoria at heart. It was- "Three years ago, on account of not join in the hue and cry against a tween seiners, and numerous appliea- railway company because it is a rail- tions for tideland and shoreland on way company. All should be assess- the south side of Sand Island, the ed just alike." federal government, at the request of No one will question the county the U. S. hngineers Department. un therefore hardly to be wondcrtJ af if its assessed valuations were (lirly low. Now, however, the A. & C is merely a little tail-end of the girat Jim Hill system, and apparently its disposition, as lately exemplified in Astoria city taxes against me roaa - - ' . . - " - - - - . non an assessed valuation of one or more ways, has hardly beet as assessor s motives or actions m the ceremoniously drove all seiners from were upon an as . k,j, - Ac.nrin ii Atftri.i has alwiva I ...- ... .k. fit Ulnll.l nn,l it lin Intu tii. only $327,750, which may perhaps be taken as being anywhere trom one eighth to one-twelfth of the actual value. The new state law requires that counties and cities shall fix the valuation of properties at their actual value. At the office of the county assessor yesterday it was said that probably the new rating on the A. & C. will about double the value as compared with last year's. This will still leave the assessment surprising ly far below the actual value, if it be true that the road is worth anywhere near what it is bnded at, or for what it was reported to have been . t i-.. .n ontireiv so rt. That is. tne new vaiuauuii equitable levy. Nevertheless there would be still only about one-fourth are many who have come to feel that or one-sixth of the real value. the assessment as against one or To make a concrete comparison. Up- fair to Astoria as Astoria has alwy hen tn it. The A & C. should mwr be assessed and taxed just as y other person or firm in Astoria is taxed, with no favors and no; Ss favors shown. Mr. Cornelius, the county assess, said yesterday that the A. & C ha never been assessed lower ' tha others. He denied emphatically tha it has received the slightest favor t his hands ever." Just because it s a corporation is no reason why t should be jumped upon," Mr. Ca nelius said. "I hear lots of such con- plaints, but they have no foundation in fact. The assessment is maot uDon as fair a basis as it is possibk to make, and that is just the plat! that I have carried out ana will con tinue to carry out. For one I wil matter, yet at the same time a great many seem to feel that the matter should at least be stirred up and looked into. If the complaints of inequality have any basis in fact, arising from an archaic system of taxation, and in the case of a rail road, of taking its valuation at mil lions below what it is bonded or ac tually sold for, the taxpayers at least have a riirht to know that no in equalities were intended, and that the entire subject is so well understood and annually examined by the gen tleman in charge that inequalities, it any, cannot exist for long. Mean while the fact seems to remain that i goodly number of men in Astoria do believe that there are certain in-i-qualities in the taxation of the A. & C. the island and divided it up into live seining nites. Thi move put an end to all disputes, and in April. 1905, the following parties, by paying the fol lowing sums annually, obtained leases and enjoyed them in peace till their leases expired: Site No. 1, W. E Tallent, $400; No. 2. T. A. O. Stens land (fished by McGowan & Sns), $1920; No. 3. W. E. Tallent, $!5tX), No 4. W. F Tallent, $600; No. 5, Hansen & Olsen, $750. We under stand that on account of the poor catches last year the lessees default ed on the last quarter's rent, and this year a bond was exacted of the new lessees to insure payment. "The favorite seining grounds of all the sites is No. 2, It was operated by McGowan & Sons the three past years. They were in on the bidding this year, but their bid wu tnan mat oi tne (Jofuiubla RVc Packer Association. Having u. to obtain possession of ih irr,,,,, .by bidding thc McGownm,, thr Steiislnnd and others, have cvld-i determined to oppose and ten I title of the United State to Hit j ing privileges In front of the k The Columbia River Packer A ,, iatloii will bring the attention tik U. S. Government to the clnit(fj the waters in front of the it,Ji nitci by the setnetters, and it r a I -.,.!.... ... I. I.... ... '1 uiii'ii'Minu m ii-nrii wuHl Slept government will take to quiet and give the lessees poised Is presumed the Government take speedy action on this nmu: delay of a few days would rendu seining sites valuelcs for thi it; The seiner must get their omfm men on the grounds at once, "Fishermen using fixed applii iook upon this new move on s Island as a very unwise one, s will renew the tight of the gill teri against stationery gear, and caute a narrowing down of traj grounds, with more complaints t U, S, Engineers about obstruct drift nets and navigation. The nctters have heretofore fought location on th inland, tlltd lit ' - M 1H( pile-drivers adrift in the art of J ing traps, iney win as vigor, oppose the obstructions incidental settirts, If thc new setnel allowed to fish an entire nmon hundreds of gilluets would ma' impossible for them to act en fish to nnv extieuse. T)er ;i nothing in the business, for whtij salmon are running in great qu tic thc gillnctters actually cov thc ground within a few hundred of the shore of site No, 2 and C hinook Observer." W. R. Ward, of Dyersburg, T writes: "This it to certify that I used Orin Laxative Fruit Svru chronic constipation, and it hai en, without a doubt, to be a ough, practical remedy for trouble, and it It with pleasure I my conscientious reference," ' Laurin, Owl Drug Store. When tht doctor la ertd U i "flow w th howfkt" Tbty in trtlly wrong. Hit vUlt miiM been uvea by timely dot of L Family MtiW, Morning Astorian, 60 cents pertt Why the crowds continue to pour into the jALOFF soreto take advantage ofthemo& phenominal Cut Price Saleevei i ,Mfn,iin Adnri'i We've toldvou before, we sav it yet. that the like has never before heen nresenterl tn tho nnl X llldUbUlalvU XM.M. ' I - mr--mm V W VVjl I and should it continue as on our opening day ana Monaay not a single garment will be here at the expiration ot m TEN DAYS SALE TUESDAY SPECIAL Muslin Underwear $1.50 Skirts go for $ jjj 3.00 Skirts go for 1-69 1.50 Chemise go for -90 2.50 Chemise go for 1-35 3.00 Chemise go for 175 1.50 Gowns go for 85 2.00 Gowns go for 1-19 3.00 Gowns go for 1-85 1.00 Drawers go for -59 1.50 Drawers go for 98 2.00 Drawers go for 115 .40 Corset Covers go for 23 .75 Corset Covers go for 39 1.00 Corset Covers go for .68 1.75 Corset Covers go for 1.10 Hosiery 15c Black Hose, sale price t. 7c 25c Black Hose, sale price 12y2c 35c Tan and Black Hose, sale price 23c 50c Tan and Black Hose, sale price 39c 75c Lisle Lace Hose, sale price 48c 100 dozen 15c White Handkerchiefs for 5c TUESDAY ! We offer at prices never equalled $5.98 9.08 1.98 .99 All wool voile skirts, worthf 11.50. Tuesday special ; Long silk coats, man tailored, wonf 18. Tuesday specials Another lot of those $5.00 trimmed itit .Tuesday special I 500 lawn waists sold for $1. Tuesday tpe. cial ; Underwear The goods in our underwear department are going very fasi Do not negle pur. chasing now. TUESDAY SPECIAL, Immense Stock of Covert Coats Semi-fitting and box effects doomed at less thai cost to make. We advise you to purchase at these lc prices. First come will reap the benefits. You mu: see these garments to appreciate the values. $ 7.50 Coverts, gigantic sale price .$4 9.50 Knickerbocker style, only 6.3 12.50 Knickerbocker style, only 8.4 6.50 New Fancy Mixture Woolens 3.c. Great Reductions in Hall's noted silk gloves. Backward season demands oul getting rid of them at a loss. $2 silk gloves, all colors, 10 button, sale price ...$,2fv $1,50 silk gloves, black and white, 12 button, . go for 93 Ladies, we offer our entire lot of Wash Suits at less than other merchants pay fo hem. The Fourth unusual opportunity to purchase one of these Tailor Made Suits less than half while they last. be a hot one, look cool by wearing one, and don't forget thi JALOPP TYLE TORE K ANN BROTHERS, Sale Managers fimmtffiMvtti..t """" t ""imiiiiin iitttinttiiitttittimtmmmJ