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THE OREGQN DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING -NOVEMBER:: 8. 1908.
CUTS VALUES .
: OF ASSESSOR
Board of Equalization Heeds
Protests of Many Tax-
payers.
Action reducing- a larre number of
assessments was taken bf the county
board of equalization yesterday. Near
ly all requests considered -were granted,
but most of the more important .pro
tests that came from the railroads,
public service corporations and large
estates have not yet been passed on.
Ths Is where the tug of war will come.
The largest reduction announced was
In the matter of the estate of Henry
W. Corbet t The books of the admin
istrator showed that the valuation OnJ
money, notes and accounts should be
cut from 9E,000 to 54,400, anji this
was accordingly ordered.
Keductions on money, notes and ac
counts were granted to the following:
Portland Cordage company from $90,
.000 to $46,000, J. D. Meyer estate from
$10,100 to $4,600, Dan Marx from $46.
000 to $15,900, Carrie H. Roach estate
from $,I00 to $600, Taubenheimer A
Bchmeer from $4,000 to $$,000, Graton
A Knight from $46,750 to $32.OoT and
K a Colwell from $.400 to $1,800.
The board declined to ' reduce the
$11,000 assessment on the stock of the
H. T. Hudson Arms company, which
was badly damaged by fire in July,
holding that this could not affect the
valuation on March 1. , C. Minslnger
also met with refusal in asking for a
reduction on lota in Alblna for which
.' he paid $11,600 a few years ago, now
assessed at $16,900. Increase in prop
erty values is regarded as Justifying
the figures of the assessor.
A. 11. Stearns of St Johns, Who asked
that his assessment be increased from
$2,000 to $3,000 on the ground that he
was not assessed high enough, was ac
commodated. The Schwarzschlld A
Salzburger company was also raised
xrom l,uuu 10 l,iuu on us money,
- notes and ajwnnnta hv its own renuest.
. - The Mount Hood Railway A Power
company secured a reduction on ma
chinery, tools and horses from 416,
' 300 to $4,000 by showng that much
of the oroDertv assessed belonged to a
contracting firm. The assessment of
$16,060 on the hull of the steamer
- Jlstorlan was cancelled, as It Is said
to be dilapidated and of no value. Ma
chtnery valuation-of the Crown Colum
bia Pulp A Paper company was cut
from $15,000 to $10,000. Mrs. Rachel
Hawthorne's furniture assessment was
reduced from $1.(00 to $500.
GOOD ROADS MAN ,
. . COMES TO GRIEF
(United Pre I.ed Wire.)
Sacramento. Cal.. Nov. 6. John Hen
nessey, who made a fortune . In Ne
vada mining, has a wagon road on his
hands because of the refusal of the
state to accept, as a gift, a $80,000
roaaway from tna -Mennessey rancn in
Trinity county to the Humboldt state
road. - tm private rpaaway is uncom
pleted for three miles and Hennessey
tiaa nffitrAri thA atfltA a. hnnua nf IS.
000 for Its completion. The state has
declined all offers -because of the ex
pense required In maintaining the
thoroughfare. Hennessey has become
flnA.nr.la.llv embarrassed : and cannot
complete me roaa ana pay ior lis
.maintenance.
There is no territory of importance
to be developed by, the' road, and the
state cannot see its way clear to accept
tne oirer. . - -
1
Of the root or ankle may produce a
very serious sprain. A. sprain la more
painful than- a break, in all . sprains,
cuts, burns and scalds Ballard's Snow
Liniment Is the best thing to use. Re-,
lieves the pain instantly, reduces swell
ing, is a perfect antiseptlo and heals
rapidly. -
Price 25c. -60c and $1.00.
STRAUS CASE '
- HOT DECIDED
Commissioner Takes Matter
Under Advisement Un
til Next Tuesday.
United States Commissioner Cannon
last evening Joolc under advisement the
evidence submitted at the preliminary
examination of Charles A-V Straus, the
suspended cashier of the Portland post
office, who is charged with a shortage
of more than $4,000. Whether Straus'
case is to go before the next federal
grand jury will be announced by the
commissioner Tuesday.
Yesterday afternoon Assistant Post
master J. J. KhiDlev -was on the stand.
and told how he found the shortage in
the cashier's department soon after
Mr. 8traus asked for leave of absence
in ApriL Mr. Shipley also tola or rina
lnc the leather carriers' satchels in the
envelope box where stamped envelopes
worth $212 were supposed to be. w.ho
put the satchels in the envelope box
and how long thev had been there has
not been brought out.
O. C Riches and. two other postal In-1
spectors were examined during the aft
ernoon, and last evening. Their testi
mony explained the system of handling
money and books In the department.
They also told of finding the shortage.
Counsel for the defense endeavored to
show yesterday that Postmaster Mlnto
had recommended an Increase In salary
for other employes without mentioning
Mr. . Straus On certain occasions. The
postmaster had been recalled to the
stand to identify several letters from
the department at Washington that had
been asked for bv the defense.
"As a matter of fact." Mr. Mlnto re-
Flled, "I have made more recommenda
lons for an advance In salary for Mr.
Straus -than zor any other person In the
office."
The theory of the defense has been to
show that an enmity existed between
tne cashier ana the postmaster.
The commissioner s hearing lasted a
part of two days, having been begun
Wednesday afternoon, and completed
last night.
DICTATES TO
CITY BOARD
Street Railway Company De
mands Privilege of Se
lecting Pavement.
EMra
Special
In four remonstrances filed by the
Portland Railway, Light A Power com
pany with the city auditor, yesterday,
that corporation practically refuses to
put in Its part of street improvements
on many different thoroughfares, un
less the city shall comply with the
wishes of the railway company's engi
neer as to the character of the pave
ment The remonstrances state that
the company is willing to make "such
improvements as would appear ad
vantageous to the proper maintenance
of their part of the streets and not
otherwise." k
P. E. Sullivan of the street commit
tee of the executive board probably
had these protests in mind when he de
clared yesterday in a meeting of the
committee that the railway company is
uuiuiug up a great numoer or street
Improvements all over the cltv bv re.
fusing to do its share of these improve
ments. We must adopt some means to
compel this arrogant municipal cornor-
atlon to carry out Its share of contracts
promptly so that the contractors may
not be needlessly delayed."
Isaac Swett. however, asserted that
It is the fault of the contractors them-
TomorrowSaturday Only
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OVERCOATS AND CRAV
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On account of the unfavorable weather, to
morrow we place on sale' all our $12.50 and
$15.00 Overcoats and Cravenettes at v
AT EITHER OF 'OUR STORES
NO DESCRIPTION IS ADEQUATE TO
EXPRESS THE GENERAL, 'EXCEL
LENCE OF THESE GARMENTS OVER
THOSE COMMONLY BOUGHT AT $15
TO $20, AND WHICH WE SELL TO
MORROW ONLY $9.95 ;
TWO STORES
COR. FIRST AND TAYLOR STS.
COR. THIRD AND BURNS DESTS.
selves that the work is being- delayed
on many streets. He said that If the
contractors were forced to finish con
tracts within the time limit they would
find some, means to make the railway
company finish its share of the work.
Manager Simon of the Pacific Bridge
company, said that he didn't consider it
any part of his business to see that the
streetcar people hastened their opera
tions in putting In Belgian blocks and
other improvements. Neither could he
see how- his company could complete its
contracts unless the railway company
was compelled to expedite matters.
Metzger's Jewelers and Opticians, 141
Washington St., bet. 7th and Park.
THIRTEEN AND A HALF
ACHES BRING $12,000
(Coltta Press Leased Wire.)
Hood River, Or., NdV. C. Apple land
at Hood River continues to move at
high prices. I M. Smith of Ames,
Iowa, today bought 13 H acres from
A. F. Fllslnger for which he paid $1J,
000. Only half of it Is set to trees,
the rest being In strawberries and pas
ture land. For the land that is in
apple trees the price approximates $1,
600 an acre.
Notaries Commissioned.
(Salem Bureau of Tne Journal.)
Salem, Or.. Nov. I. Commissions as
notaries have been- Issued to T. H.
McDavitt, A. t Veazle, O. F. Fish. E.
O. Eton. Leroy Loin ax and Charles
Lomerlne, Portland; O. M. Corkins, En
terprise; B. w. Jensen. Fort Orford.
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