The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 31, 1916, Image 21

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON ' SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER "31; 1910. s . ; I SECRETARY OF STATE MAKES AUTOMOBILE K STATEMENT FOR 16 'Receipts Show $146,232 Re ceived From 46,006 Trans - actions; Average $3,17. SMALL CARS PREDOMINATE AUTOMOBILES TO BE K1SSELKAR ENTHUSIASTS ENJOY SNOW EXEMPT FROM TAX AS Movement Is On in California to This End; is of Interest to Owners and Dealers. PAY TWICE FOR ROADS DODGE BROTHERS ANNOUNCE CLOSED GAR 1 , , , ' ..,,(,r.i . I - -t S . ' " I ' iMpMgjqpjpaBWSHWMSMSWWWBSHaSWMSSSMWBSSWWSMMBBSBaBWSBWS ' "'" """' S ' i U'"- kHT! ,r:' ri"UH- H PERSONAL PROPERTY .' llt,OT.45 Will Be Tumsd Back to the tnl Counties for Use on the &oads. A statement prepared by Ben W. OI cott, secretary of state, of the different transactions In the automobile depart ment Tor the year 191fi, hows thi i-mount and the varloux sources from which the receipt are obtained. Total receipts are nhown to be $146. 232, derived from 46.006 different trans ductions, segregated an follow: Number ltecelpta Automobile resls- tratlons Z3. "MotorcyHe "Chauffeur 4,or $121, 214.00 10.104.0') 7.342.00 2.780.00 dealer 278 Uupl'cato motor ve hicle piatex 389 Duplicate motorcy cle plates O.'i Duplicate dealers' plate " Duplicate h a u f- , fur badges CI Additional dealers' 0 plates 2o2 TratiHf'rt of motor vehicles uml mo torcycles 3.GI5 3S9. JO 2.o 61.00 630. CO 3.623.00 $146,232. JO 46.006 Email Cars Bala The average fee rrcelved by the au tomobile department for all transac tions ia $3.17, while the average fee re ceived for th rf'K Istratlon of automo biles Is $3.57. Inasmuch as registra tion fees for automobiles range from .$3 for cars below 26 horsepower, to $ln for cars above 40 horsepower, the fact that the average fee Js but $3.57 shows to what extent t" smaller cars pre-1 domintite. I The following: statement shows the' different Items constituting the entire administration expense, which includes number plate, clerical services, post age, printing' and the stationery of the automobile department, and the sum of $118,987.45 that will be turned back to the several counties for use upon their roads. Number plates, badges $10,440.98 Clerical services 8,6)1.86 1'ostage, expressage. etc 8,466.11 Printing blanks, forms, lists, etc 2,690 05 Stationery, supplies .. 917.05 Refunds 128.50 $28,244.55 -Balance on hand to be returned to counties for road purposes .$119,987.45 7.1 5 i 2.4 1.8 .6 .1 17.9- 82.1 Total receipts $146,232.00 100.0 Big-rest Day Trt. Last Tuesday, according to Mr. Ol cott. was the biggest day In the hia-tofy-of the automobile department. On account of the accumulation of mll '.Incident to Sunday and Christmas, the , clerical force was faced by over 1000 ; letlira-en arriving at their desks Tues ; dajr morning. Without exception, it is a rule of the - offloe that license plates must oe mailed to the motor vehlole owner upon the day the application is received, pro i vlding It Is in proper form. Tuesday ' was no exception to this rule and be f fore the force left for their" evening !rtea, registration had been made and 'license plates mailed to 830 motor ve . hide owners, 66 chauffeurs and 12 'dealers. t Women for Army Cooks. i ;fondon, Dec. 30. (I. N. S.) Women 'from 17 to 35 are now eligible as army cooks, and a school of training for the 'military cookery section of the Britisn army has just been opened at Dart ford. Already 1200 women have bee.i sent to the front from this training sphool. vWhes -' writing or calling on plre-mention Tbe Journal. advertUers, (Adv.) THE UNIVERSAL CAR AUTHORIZED SALES AND SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT We take pleasure in announcing to the public that we have been ap pointed an authorized agent for the sale of Ford cars in Portland. We will carry a complete line of Ford cars and parts in our new building, centrally located at Broadway and Davis Streei. Our Serv ice Department is modern and equipped for quick service. TOURING CAR $360 RUNABOUT $345 COUPELET $505 SEDAN $645 TOWN CAR $595 raxcxas r. o. b. sztbozt Sold on Euy Terms J The Pacific KisselKar ; Broadway at Davis Street Phone Broadway 321 SAN FRANCISCO PASADENA I s'-fQ ftp h 4 - I ' New owners of the Kisselliar "All How Rockefeller Got Into Oil Business Told by Early Associate of the Magnate Maurice Clark Relates How Modern Croesus Came to Engage in the Work That Has Made Him America's Richest Man. John D. Rockefeller, besides being the richest man in America, is also the most mysterious. Though the newspa pers and magazines "play" his comings and goings, few pe-ople know the in side story of this noted Croesus, whom the late John W. Gates once called "the biggest little man and the littlest big man" In the world. How did Rockefeller get Into the oil business? The answer Is here pre sented in the words of a man who was Intimately associated with Rockefeller during his early days In Cleveland. Daniel O. Schurmer, Maurice Clark and Samuel Andrews were born in the vicinity of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England. Schurmer came to America about 60 years ago. Clark followed a few years later, and In 1857 Andrews arrived. Clark was Rockefeller's first asso ciate in a business venture. Almost without exception, he referred to Rock efeller as "John," Schurmer as "Dan," and Andrews as "Sam." "Dan," he said, "left Malmesburg when Sam and I were boys, and went to Cleveland, In America. I followed him a few years later, and In 1857 Sam came. When he arrived we got him employment as a day laborer in a lard oil refinery. Being a bright and In dustrious fellow, Sam made himself valuable in the lard oil establishment, and became an expert in the practical end of the business. Then a Bookkeeper. "Meanwhile I had become well ac quainted with the produce commission men of northern Ohio, and had saved a little money. Among others I got to LOS ANGELES SAN DIEGO Year" models, formed a party and know quite well was Mr. Rockefeller, who had the reputation of being a young bookkeeper of more than ordi nary ability and reliability. We final ly went Into business together under t,he firm name of Clark & Rockefeller. We had to work hard from the begin ning, and at no time until after we got Into the oil business did we have any thing like an easy time. I put in what 1 had and John got $2000, but we were poor all the time. "While I looked after consignments and disposed of them to customers, John looked after accounts and collec- tions. Occasionally, when I was very busy, he would come out on the floor of the warehouse, help some and hear me swear some. But our relations were always pleasant. At that, 1 thought he was too exact. He was t methodical to an extreme, careful as to details and exacting as to fraction. If there was a cent due us, he wanted it. If there was a cent due a custom er, he wanted the customer to have it. Into tbe Oil Business. "Through coming to see me, Sam got acquainted with John. When Sam became convinced that he could suc cessfully and profitably refine petro leum, he came to me and asked me to go in with him and start a email re finery. I told him there was no chance; that John and I together did not have more than $250 we could spare out of our business. "Somr time, afterward he came to the warehouse one morning and talketl oil to. John and me. I started to shut him off. but when he said 'Mr. Rocke feller thinks well of it,' I Impulsively Branch. PORTLAND OAKLAND went for a trip in west side hills. replled, "Well, If John will go in. I will.' "After a moment of reflection, I did not regret that answer. I knew he had presented the possibilities of the busi ness to John, and I had a lot of confi dence in John's judgment and ability to get the enterprise going. That was what led to the organization of the firm of Clark, Rockefeller & Co., and the little wooden refinery In Kings bury Run, which eventually expanded into the dominating interest In the Standard Oil company. "John had an abiding, faith In two things the Baptist creed and oil. If I had believed in oil as he did, I don't think I would care about that or any other creed. He had the right ideas about the oil business. The volume of trade was v-hat we always regarded aaJ or paramount importance, and after familiarizing himself with the various Interests affecting Itv he sought to con trol the production on the theory that by controlling the production, the con sumption could also be controlled. "Once in the oil business, he devoted all his energy and ability to It, with the result that he extracted from it ( about all that one man could." 1 . T IS AT LAST STAYED, SAYS ANNUAL REPORT Progress Is Accomplished by Interesting Half Million School Children in Work, Washington, Dec. 30. (I. N. S.) The marked decrease in the number of wild birds, continuous for mitny years, has at last been halted, T. Gil bert Pearson states in his annual re port as secretary of the National As- : sociation of Audubon societies. j That more than 500,000 American - school children have beer) formed into clubs to protect and increase tbe num ' ber of feathered songsters Is as j cribed as the main reason for the happy condition of the songbird tribes. Three million Illustrated pamphlets giving life histories of different i American birds have been distributed this year. "If this association had never en gaged in any line of conservation ef fort other than its work with chil dren, its influence for good would still i have been monumental,' the report I states. "Beginning with the school year of 1910-11. when we enrolled ' 10,595 children in bird study classes in the southern states, this organized ' effort has spread with astonishing rapidity to every state In the Union. ' "Each year has seen a marked ln ' crease over the previous year, both in numbers of clubs formed and the number of children enrolled. The past year 9901 such junior . groups were formed, with a total paid membership of 205,196. This is an increase of more than 53.000 over the number en rolled the year before. Since the in ception of this phase of our work six years ago, a total of 28.522 Junior Audubon bird clubs have been formed and 672, 081 children as regular mem bers have been Instructed in the prin ciples of the Audubon societies. "These bird clubs have held public bird exhibitions, given various enter tainments, established bird sanctua ries, fed birds in winter, built and erected multitudes of bird boxes, post ed notices of bird and game laws, libraries of bird books, conducted bird walks, worked for state and national legislation, organized scores of Junior Audubon clubs and carried forward many other Audubon activities." Navy Yard Men May Build Floating Crane Vallejo, CaL, Dec. 80. (P. N. 8.) Because no private company has put in a bid for the work, the Mare Island navy-yard men may themselves con- struct here the floating crane for which congress at the last session ap propriated $(00,000. The navy-yard's estimate of $200,000 will b cent to Washington. , The rest of the appropriation wilt be used to purchase machinery, much of which, is OE RUCTION OF BIRDS Snrsrostlon Alonj Ban XJLas, Ksds In This Stats, Ear Mat VTltn Ltl Attention, Tls Bald. In connection with the discussion of an Increased automobile registra tion fee, to provide additional revenue for road construction and maintenance, it is Interesting to note that In Cali fornia a movement has been started to exempt automobiles from the personal property tajt altogether. Taxes Exceed la the golden state, as In Oregon, the motor car owner Is subjected to pay the regulation state registration fee, and In addition must pay city and county taxes, which In most cases equal ard often exceed the registration fee. .Fart of the personal property tax goes into county roads and city street tunas, it is contended that the motor owner is thus compelled to pay twice for road work, a procedure to which no other class of citizen is subjected. The California. board of equalization has called the attention of Governor Johnson to this double taxation sys tem, in its annual rrport as follows: "From the reports made to this board it appears that for the assess ment year 1916 there were 127 051 motor vehicles assessed on the county rolls, at a total assessed value oC$32. 949,924, or an average of $259 for each motor vehicle. It Is probable that an assessment for at least an equal amount also appears on the rolls of the several municipalities. "Under the new motor vehlclo license law, passed In 1915. all of these machines are required to pay the slate an annual license tax graded ac cording to the power and ranging from $8.S0 to $25. It would seem that this class of property. In a measure, is bearing a tax disproportionate to other classes of property assessed. "If the incoming legislature is to submit to the people any constitu tional provisions revising the existing law relating to what property is sub ject to assessment, we suggest that it embody a provision exempting auto vehicles from local taxation." To Avoid Xocal Taxation. Using the board of equalization's recommendation, as an entering wedge, the automobile bodies of California are lining up their legal forces to pre pare a bill' to be introduced in the leg islature whereby the motor car will be exempt from local taxation. With more than 200,000 motor car owners In the state backlne the "DroDosed measure it is very probable that the legislature will give it serious con- Slderation. A suggestion to exempt motor vehicles from the personal property tax has already been made in this state, but has not been given any serious attention. In his address be fore the recent convention of county judges and commissioners. Governor Wlthycombe, in advocating an ln- crease In the automobile registration fee for road revenue, pointed out tho advisability of exempting motor vehicles from personal property tax. The suggestion wa not well received by the convention, as was naturally to be expected, and In subsequent dis cussions it was clearly shown that the county governments would protest against a loss of revenue from thin source. Moreover to bring about such an achievement would require an amendment of the assessment laws. Subject Xa Twilight Lanl. "While it is "a generally accepted principle to raise revenuo for roads through a motor registration fee the whole subject lies in the twilight lard between licensing and taxation. Be- tween these two terms, license and After detention for 24 days Mr. Kins tax. is a vast stretch of debatable was liberated on receipt of documents ground, over which the constitutional from Massachusetts certifying that no lawyer delights to wander. In a prl- : criminal proceedings had ever been in mary sense a tax is levied for the I stltuted against him. i purpose of raising revenue and a 11- cense fee is Imposed to cover the cost of regulation. In the case of motor licenses there is. included, by common consent, the cost of repairing the de- struction of roads caused by the lm- pact of the motor vehicle. By some authorities it Is held that a license fee Becomes a lax wnen imposed mamiy lor me purposes or revenue. Supreme Court Opinion. In an opinion rendered In 1901 the supreme court of Oregon laid down the following rule: ( A statute, requiring a yearly payment of $1.25 on every bicycle as a condi tion precedent to its use on the public roads and setting aside a certain pro portion of each payment to create a particular fund, is a statute providing for a tax as distinguished from li cense, since the sum required is mani festly much larger than is necessary for a cost of regulation and the law is palpably designed to provide a j revenue. The opinion was handed down In the case of Ellis vs. Frazler and is re corded in Thirty-eighth, Oregon. The state legislature passed a law, which only applied to about 10 coun- ties in 'the state, imposing a licento fee of $1.25 on every bicycle operated in those counties. The revenue derived was to go to a fund for the construc tion and maintenance of bicycle paths ' The law was decided unconstitu tional, first, on the ground that a statute imposing a tax on bicycles in certain counties of the state only which shall be used for the construe- ' tlon of bicycle paths contravenes a1 constitutional provision against spe-' cial or local laws for laying out. open ing or working on highways. Second, the setting apart of four-fifths of a tax Imposed upon bicycles as a fund for the purpose of constructing and maintaining bicycle paths shows that it was primarily designed as a means of raising revenue and the burden im pressed must be treated as a tax and not as a license. j Question for Lawyers. j It was further held that the Imposi tion of a uniform tax upon bicycles regardless of their value for the con struction of bicycle paths violates a constitutional provision requiring uni form and equal rates of taxation and the prescribing of regulations to se cure a Just valuation for the taxation of all property. In addition to this It was held that to impose "a tax of a specified amount, on all. bicycles, whicn class of prop erty is included in the terms of the statute Imposing general taxes on per sonal property, subjects such' property to a burden from which other claasw Dodge Bro tilers' Springfield bod, The car is built on the regular . the weather moderates from chill win chassis, but shows many re- ter to balmy spring, the aide glass Dodge finements of color and equipment. As I constitutional requirement that all taxation shall be equal and uniform." Whether this case has any bearing on the auto license discussion Is a question that must be left to those skilled In the verbiage of the law. It uould be surprising if they agreed either- way. FATHER WINS A STEP IN HIS INTERNATIONAL CONTEST FOR CHILD Custody of 9-Year-0ld Olga Eills Awarded to Rev, Eills by Japanese Court. Toklo, Dec, 30. (I. N. S.) IJttle Olga Eills, the 9-year-old American girl whose "ownership" has been in doubt since the Massachusetts courts in 1912 gave the right of custody to her mother, has now been legally re stored to her father by a decision of the Toklo appeal court. Unless Mrs. Ellis should carry the case to the su preme court, this ends a case which ,.. traveled from faphi!Ht In Japan and has attracted international attention The case began In 1912, when Mr. Ellis, then a Unitarian clergyman In Boston, allowed his wife to be com mitted to a hospital for the insane in Massachusetts on the advice of a num ber of physicians. Three weeks later Mr9 EillB WBa reeMea and BOOn after she brought a suit in the probate court for the custody of her little girl. In view of Olga'a age at the time four and a half years the Massachu setts courts gave the custody of the child to the mother "until further or der," but the father, after a year's experience of separation, was ho wrought up that he bolted to Japan with his daughter. rather Zs Xdberated. Attempts were made to extradite' him on a charge of perjury and he Q was arrested by the Tokio police The charge of perjury, it was subsequently learned, was sworn to by Mrs.' Ellis. At the time Mr. Ellis rormany called attention to the fact that his wife's attorney, David L. Walsh, later governor of Massachusetts, had been ' elected lieutenant-governor while the case was in progress. 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Twelfth at Aider 3trU " ' ' 1 "J " Wishing Each and Every Motor Owner A Happy New Year Ballou & Wrigtat ;; BROADWAY AND OAK .11? rtland by the Covey Motor Cue Co. car with a permanent roof. Is very much the vogue priced cars. Ths Idea : In higher i'. 'r-!' if' 1 1 1 1 - her on the plea that the father 'w.: planning to remove tier from ,Japan. The order was suspended on repr,esen r tat Ions by the father. . f .. In April lurl y.-Mr she brought a Suit ' against the father in the courts t Toklo for restitution of the girl,'- The. lower court gave a decision ' in''YaVf J of the mother. The father .appealed ? ? and the higher court has now awarded ; the child to him. There the esse rests unless It is carried to the supreme court. . .-'-';'.' Advance Advance Was January, lit r .A Automobile Co. V car is less understood than frailties hardly realized. days of little driving, and come- service to your battery. 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