8 THEr OREGON DAILY -JOURNAL, PORTLAND, , THURSDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1918 1 Good Government League trif Desr t chutes County SayiBurderr- J I -f jraprojperfy, Distributed, jpf Salem, Dec. 19? How are the. Inequal ities In' the assessments for taxation Id the Various counties to be etrred t J, Thai la a question which is receiving considerable attention at this season or the year when county and . Mate boards of equalisation have been In session..;.,.:, f it has been receiving attention In Des chutes , county, where a committee , of ftrtnri rrnrHontlnr th 'ttnfA gnvrn- tnent league made an Investigation .and found the assessments to be a regular hodgepodge. ' "- , Btate Treasurer Kay, after eight years' service on the staU tax comm teuton, de clares that there Is only one way to cor, rect the evil and that is to enact a law which will rive the state tax commis sion sufficient authority over the county assessors to prescribe a uniform method 1 for making assessments and If the asses sors do not properly perform their du ties to make them subject to removal. ; In the first place, the present law ' specifically provides that all assess ments musi do jnauo ai nun value. Outside of Sherman county . there is probably - not an assessor in the state who pretends to live up to the law In A 1- 1 . una returu. ' The committee which Investigated the assessments In Deschutes county re- ' cently reported that assessments in that county were "assumed to be upon 30 per cent of a cash valuation." J'lsa AH Sorts of V aloes i "We find that property is In reality the committee. - 1 Th rnmmlttM rltort mhT (lluatrn. tlons, particularly with reference to, the assessment of merchandise as compared with livestock. "To Illustrate." says the committee,- .'on, biqck ox soous invoicing nearly $50,000 pays upon a valuation of $5200; another Invoicing $40,000, pays upon $8000; another Invoicing $30,000, pays ' upon $3500, etc" Pointing put that legally insurance cannot be written on a building for more than7fi per cent of Its cash value, the committee cites Illustrations in that "A building costing $15,000 Is assessed at $1600 ; another, Insured at $15,000, is legally worth $20,000, and Is assessed at $2900; another. Insured at $4000. legally worth $6300, Is assessed at $200. r Low Flgsres for Big "Mills "The big mills In Bend are no excep tion yet ' because of their ' prominence are of considerable interest Their man agement, we suppose, is no more to blame than anyone else who Is permitted to get by with it. The Shevlin-Hlxon mill has been generally . proclaimed to have cost $3,000,000 1 it pays upon a valua tion of $202,000. - By careful ,alculatlon based itipon, the dally output and the Renown shipment. It Is conservatively es timated that upon the first (flay of March lMJ, there was In 'the yards of thla company 60,000,000 feet of lumber. This lumber lias today offered ion the market at from $25 to $75 per thousand board feet. It, assessed at only $10 per thousand the 'assessable valuation would be $600,000,; Yet this company offers as the valuation -of its lumber $;2,000. ''The ! Brooks-Scanlon company, by the same, basis of calculation it is reasonably certain, liad on hand at the same time not less than 40,000,000 feet." This' at ' $10 per M would have been worth $400,000, yet they offer as sessment ' for? lumber ; $39,000. Yet we have It " upon ' the authority of the deputyj thftt other lumber 20 miles from the i railroads was Inventoried in the yard and' assessed at $8 per M. Some difference rt; ; - Equity Is Borden Demanded ", The scommlttee points out that live stock Is assessed at hearer 60 per cent of cash value ;than 50 per cent. '"Who-- pays, for the upkeep of this county, anyway ?" asks the comml ttee. "The small stockholders' valuations are about O. K. range around 60 per cent, yet by the elimination of so large a percentage of the large holdings from taxation his burden Is Increased at least one-half. ; Not that we think our taxes I are- too high the court could probably spend ' the money If it had twice as much but they are not equal. We believe In every man's dollar being equally patriotic in taxation." A. 0. Newell for Second Time Will Head Civic League A. C. Newlll was reelected president of the Oregon Civic league at the an nual meeting of that organisation Tues day evening In the Benson hotel. This is the first time any president of the league has been honored with a second term. : W. I Brewster, C. B. Cady, Miss Henrietta Falling, Miss Elsa GreUe, A. J. Robinson and Miss Emma Wold were elected directors. A varied program of music and ad dresses lent attraction to the evening. The Wilbur quartet and Dr. Stuart Mc Gulre sang. Judge W. N. Gatene de clared the divorce evil has reached such a point that the increasing number of cases will require the services of an ad ditional judge. Dr. C. II. Chapman and C. C. Chapman discoursed on radicalism and conservation. Isaac Swett told of what the league has done. Mrs. A. C. Newill, Miss Emma Wold and John H. Stevenson were speakers. ADVANCE IS SPEEDY E AST OF THE RHINE Cold Rains Falling a$ Yankees Settle Down to Indefinite Vigil on German Soil. By Bert Ford ' '. With the American Army of Occu pation in Germany.i Dec. 17. (L ;K. S.) (By Courier to JCancy.) The Ameri can third army nad advanced, nearly 20 miles - east of the Rhine by Mon day night; without a -single hostile action. , c- ' I- - The movement of both ! troops and supplies across the Rhine, has been carried out with much speed. The 'fourth and seventh corps, .however are still, on the western side of-the river. Cold Bains Falling The weather has turned colder and there are frequent showers of .rain. The units that have advanced Into Prussia are settling down to an In definite period of VigiL : AH reports coming Into i the Ameri can headquarters show that the Ger mans withdrew to the objectives set for the armistice In perfect order. General Dickman, commanding the third army, is maintaining headquar ters at Coblena. i Units Are Located Other" American units have estab lished headquarters at the following places: Third corps at Keuwill. first division at Montabaur, 3 2d division at Sayn. second division at Heddesdorf, fourth corps at Cochem. 42d division at Ahr weiler. third division at Boppard. fourth division at Bertrich, seventh corps at WItllch, 89th division at Bltburg, 80th .division at Daun, 33d division at Grev- enmacher. The only shot fired during the Amer lean occupation of the Rhine belt was the accidental discharge of a pistol that a doughboy was handling. The Dalles Liberal In Red Cross Drive The Dalies, Dec. 19. Nearly 2000 new members have already been added to the Red Cross in .the Christmas mem bership drive now -being made in this county. Five districts have already gone "over the top" and report a 100 per cent enrollment. They are the Fairfield. Mill Creek, Chenowith, Big Eddy and Wamic districts. In the city the teams have already reported an enrollment of 1076 new members. ... . .r - Second Attempt to Initiate an Air Mail Is to Be Made Chicago, Dec.- 19. (T. N. S. A second attempt to initiate an air mail service between Chicago and New York will be made here late today, v ' Ten sacks of mall which left New York yesterday la airplanes reached here today on a train, the winged mail carrier being forced to land hen with in 400 miles of Chicago and transferring his mall to the steam tine. ; JSngtne trouble delayed the start frortf the Chicago end of the line yesterday. One. reserve plane and a pilot are ex pected here at noon -today and the sec ond attempt to get through to New. York wHl be made about 4 this afternoon. -Aviator Taylor, who manned the first airplane, "was followed, later in the morning, by Aviator Fry,' who is to pick up the matt in the event of an accident. Two aviators were waiting at Belle- fonte, also...- ASSESSED VALUES RE ACH NEW MARK Great Removal Sa ie Pianos of New and Used er ana Play Pianos We, Move to 106 Fifth Street (Opp. First National Bank Now Red Cross Shop January First Wonderful Christmas Piano Offerings Now Ivfeder Possible We open our new Piano and Phonograptftore at 106 Fifth St.-(Opp. First National Bank) in January. - To sell every instrument now on hand we. make this unprecedented offer. Large Payment Not Necessary Select -a? piano now, give satisfactory references, make a small deposit, and WE WILL DELIVER AT ONCE you begin your installments nextear! Finest $500 and, $550 new standard makes removal sale ... $437 $400 and $450 Pianos in finest cases removal sale price. .$368 . $350 and $375 high grade Pianosremoval sale price. . .-. .$300 $300 and $325 fine new Pianos removal sale price. . . . . . .$250 Also all used pianos included in this sale. ) y ! : o5?rcllJ?OS, 8c,cpnd"hanl Piano removal sale prices .$165 . nTte? S1 fin condition removal sale. . .$215 $750 Roth & Engelhart Player Piano removal sale price. . . ,$235 k To Hobart ';F;dley Yaini DyMe v 151 Fourth Street Total for State Is $987,533",896 Multnomah County Utilities Put at $32,501,719. Theories' Advanced As to Cause! of Fire ' IVinninea-. Man'.P-- Mf 4 theory that the explosion and einwe- quent fire In a Canadian Pacific tourist car nearBonheur, Ont.. last week, was caused by a Uth ted match in a coach filled with leakln . acetylene cat was advanced by a passenger tn testimony at the coroner's Inquest today. Another theory aald an' overturned spirit lamp caused the blase.; 'Sixteen persona were killed by fire" and la a panicky rush for the platforms. . . Guilty of Grand Larceny . Seattle Deo. 11 U. P. Altered to hare robbed ' tnfluenaa patients at the enterrency hospital at . the old court house here. Dr. EL K. Donaldson formee; Intern, was found anility On the charge of grand larceny by a Jury in Superior Judge Mitchell Gilliam's court Wednes day.. : .. . ; .r - 1 ; , . , s KggP VOUR PlIDafoUT W. f. .' t Salem, Dec. 19. The ' total assessed valuation of all property in Oregon this year "amounts to $987,533,896. which is the highest assessed valuation ever re corded in the , history of the state. Compilation of reports of county as lessors was completed, by , the state tax commission today. Of the grand total, 8122,248.174 repre sents assessed valuation of public utili ties, which were assessed -by the tax commission, while the remaining J8C5, 285,722 represents assessments made by county assessors. The previous high assessment total -was .recorded in 1913, when it amounted to 8954,283,374. In that year there was included $21,225,000 assessment of grant lands, which have since been withdrawn from the tax rolls, so the actual gain in assessed valuation Is even greater than appears on the face of the reports. State' to Get $1413,018 la Taxes ' tJnder the 6 per cent tax limitation, the largest sum which may be raised by direct state, tax next year is $3,021, 402, while . the levy for 1920 may pro duce $3,196,861, making a total of $6,218. 0S3 for the next biennium.' That is the sum , the legislature will have to spend by state appropriations. However, In cluded in it are various amounts al ready appropriated by millage tax levies authorized for state educational insU- muons, roaas ana county lairs. - The miUage tax next year for these institutions will be as follows : Monmouth Normal, .04 mill,. $39,501 ; Oregon Agri-1 cultural college. .4 mill, $395.013 : Uni- versltyXof Oregon. .3 mill. $296,260; roads, .25 mill, $246,883; county fairs, $49,376. Total, $1,027,035. This, is an increase of $61,286 .over 'this year. C Utilities Talaes .f33.501.71t Public utilities in Multnomah county are assessed at $32,501,719. The total assessed valuation of all property In the various countiesls as follows : i Baker. $26.971.633 : Benton. $11.030.. 7S3: Clackamas. $28,963,457: Clataon. $31,184,260; Columbia, $13,780,435; Coos, j S4.922.427: Deschutes. S6.Z56.Z3i: Doug las, $28,052,415 ; Gilliam, $13,926,550; Grant. 88.317.503: Harney. $14.163,700 ; Hood River, $9.249,682 ; Jackson. $27, 881.254 : Jefferson, $5,335,223 ; Josephine, $8.644,984 : Klamath, $17,740.411 ; Lake. $12,803,405; Lane, $35,089,676; Lincoln, $9,475,051 ; Linn, $30,790.945 : Malheur, 812.868.509 : Marion. S42.876.447 1 Morro-s $14.582,795 ; Multnomah, $328,476.484 ; Polk. $13,255,803: Sherman. $15,256,674: Tillamook, $21,683,904: UmaUlla. $52,- 889.503: Union. S24.973.69S : WallOWi $16.680.148 ; Wasco, $18,384,834 J Waeh- lngrton. $21,825,751; Wheeler, $6,250,149; Yamhill, $20,969,091, u OVERSTOCKED WITH MERCHANDISE mmm VM. GREENBERG AT 100 SECOND ST., CORNER STARK. One Block N.oiWashinglon Offers to the public his entire wholesale stock of best grades of Ladies' Clothing, Men's Suits, Overcoats and Shoes, Men's and Ladies' Knit Underwear, Hosiery, Toys, etc, at wholesale prices. I am in the wholesale dis trict And yet in the heart of the shopping neighborhood, away from the high rents., I am able to sell you merchandise at great savings. This is an opportunity for everybody to save money at Greenberg's on staple and dependable merchandise. We guarantee every article purchased in this store. ' If not satisfactory, your money will be cheerfully refunded. II ri '1 jstsasa $20 Men's Suits,, consisting of serges, cassimerea. and fl1 O Kfl worsteds, priced at.. OieVletJU - - $20 Men's Overcoats of the best makes and style, (PI O CA priced at OJLaSetJU $15 Heavy Wool Mack inaw Coats, at $8.50 $2.50 Men's Heavy Cot- Q1 A ton Union Suits 5 J-eUl Sr.75 Men's Han'l Shirts.QI 1 K w.U made, fuU cut....; OXmLO For Accommodation of Pa trons We'll Keeo Store Open Evanings T01 8 P. M. Until Christmas. - $4.50 Good Heavy Cor-PQ HA duroy Pants, go at..... DOeUU Men's Black Cotton Sox, 2C Men's Khaki Work PanU are sure worth a good deal Go at, pair nDJLdO Men's and Ladies' Silk Lislo Hose,, packed li doaen to box, suitable '".J.u-..... $1.50 $1.25 Good Chembrav Work Of Shirts at OJt Bungalow Aprons, made of Scout percale, guaranteed fast ApT color., priced at OAeUJ $4.5oT Heavy Cotton Blan-QO fjff kets, size 64x76, pair. . O Pillow Cases, 44x36 25 C ridios' Heavy Cotton Union (?Cn SuiU (mill run), go at.... VJUC 3-Ib. Cotton Batto, 1 C stitched down, largo sizo OLLO Men's Cotton Jersey Sweat. HKg ors, go at .............. Iwt Men's Good Heavy Wool Kf Sox, priced at, pail.. . . . . . OUC Men's Medium Weight Wool Sox they come in' black and ' QKn oral colors pair OtlU Up to $2 Children's Wool IJfT Sweaters ftJC SHOES Men's Work and Dress Shoes made of solid loath er, at , wholesale prices. MANY OTHER GOOD BARGAINS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION Come inland you will not bo disappointed. Jewelry Bargains Xmas Gifts Specially Priced $5.00 Gentlemen's Watch Chains, 10-year guaran tee. Special price $1.25 Baby Rings. 10-karat, solid gold $1.00 Ladies' and Children's Lav allieres, gold filled, 75c 13.50 Gentlemen's Plated Cuff Links,poir $1.25 i i i 1 1 UUIU We Cash Your Paychecks LU-LU JsVJ IJLrliJmJiiVl VUi Without Charge 100 Second St.- Cbrner STARK Just 1 Block North of Washington St.' In Norway there Is being built a plant irfo tbat will produce 4000 tons of aluminum . K7 annually. 21 - Your W 1 tf Ghristmasn m rj Novelty Gift Boxes r' B- jfcp FJ while the displays , M 5 J J are it their best? " IJ : and all the usual , : ; the usual -"Swetland way", 11 : s nave improved yes: even tKe familiar Christmas Pudding inmg T happened in the lobby of a well-known hotel. was sitting . tkere in one of theheaT ily upholstered lotmging chain discussing . different topics with an ac quaintance. .Tes Tie was heard to say; things have improved improved mate riallyeven the familiar' Christmas pud ding." ; Said he: "Why, I can remember how, around about Christmas time, the kitchen in the old home was all hustle and bustle and the center of much of the activity was the traditionally necessary and I might remark that in my own mind, the most essential part of the Christmas din ner the plum pudding; and the work of making it was only secondary to the work of boiling it. My, I used to swear that it took a ton of coal to keep the fire, going I carried, the coal; aad it seemed that I used to make a con tinuous tramp of it from the stove to coal house from the coal house to the stove. , .. a I look back on those days with, fond affection, yet with, considerable ' sympathy ' for those who were compelled: to i expend such big effort to achieve a comparatively small end. Today, at home, we have no pudding-making session my wife goes to the telephone calls the grocer ana the grocer's boy-fetches a pudding in a can the superior of any we had in the old days t a cost - very , probably, if all things were figured ' in ingredients, heat, labor, patience and skill that ta considerably lower .than the old-time puoV dings. .This is just one example.. There S ' i Man is at times very-stupid, but . here, in this instance, he readily, recognised the advan tages afforded by the modern Christmas Pudding. Evidently his wife had made the acquaint ance ef Mrs.; Perter Puddings, and being progressive, as prac tically all housewives are today, discarded for good the old-time method of making puddings. In Mrs. Porter's Plum Puddings are found all the qualities that the most skillful, moot careful. most exacting heusewife could embody in a plum pudding." ... .'A' .v" v---r Mrs. Porter was an unusualljf good hevsewife in her own home, before she began devoting her time to making puddings for the public at large. Therefore, those principles that make for good housekeeping have been carried into her plant where she superintends the making of the pud dings that have made her famous. There never have been made puddings which .excelled hers fer goodness and with her super vising all operations and selecting all ingredients, it is patent that the puddings are just as good as they taste. . - - .'v'- : There has only been one drawback it Jias been hard to make enough to supply the demand. Each season many have been out of stock at a very early date; and this year can hardly prove an exception the demand should be even considerably heavier than in previ ous seasons; and if it is, there is sure to be many who will be disappointedbe unable to get Mrs. Porter's Plum Puddings. In face of such a prob able condition, a word to the wise should suffice buy a supply now. 20 to 76-cent sixes at good . grocers. :-, .' -. ' ' - ": K "' '- - - Ta tmmm easi eaeuy. w wmm wumm, iton Moatae- tarwica. attee Id 4 am lac Jaae a tm laet warm ; uni vtta eat Hias aia ttmj wmw ur r aaaaj. aaer-tav eet ewear n aiae ktMT), aJ4 taeMa ab tastke. flavee vita vaailla. lemea may ee aday Xe aet eeek. ee aatmag; t i A