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THEV OREGON SUNDAY- JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY , MORNING, MARCH &1 1920.
HIGHER DIRECT TAX
Constitutional Amendment for
Raising Limit of State's In
debtedness Is Discussed.
That the constitutional amend
ment to ba voted on at the coming
primary election, providing: for rais
ins the limit of state ' indebtedness
for roads from 2 to 4 per cent of
-'the total assessed valuation, will not
. involve a direct property tax, even
: though bonds should be issued to
the full limit of $40,000,000, is set
forth in the argument prepared for
.the measure by the legislative com
mittee. An amortization table prepared by the
committee on conservative premises
shows that this amount can be carried
by the motor vehicle license fees and
gasoline tax and that a large surplus
will be left at the end of the bond peri
od. The affirmative argument for the
measure was prepared by the following
committee: B. L. Eddy, Louis Lach-
mund. W. H. Gore, L. M. Graham and
James S. Stewart. It is as follows :
RtAOH MISCNT LIMIT
As -the coostituUoa Dow read, bonds of tbe
tats ma be issued for the purpose of building
asd malntalnlna permanent roads, not xeecdlns
2 per cent of ths assessed valuation of all prop
erty of tba atata. If ths paople adopt the amend
ment now proposed, tha limitation will be fixed
t 4 per cast of the aaaesMd valuation of all
tba property of tha atata. I'nder the eonstlla
tion aa it now stands, and under tha present aa
sswl Ttlue of the property ot tha state, ths
Hmli for bonds for road purposes is a little leu
than (20,000.000. If the amendment be adopt
ed, (lie limit will be somewhat ins than (40,-,
000,000
. All tha funds available under the present state
indebtedness limit of 2 per cent for roads will
hare bean used, contracted or obligated for high-
way work by the end of this year.
Should this amendment fail to pass, large
aeetirns of the Pacific and Colombia hishwaya
that should be pared will hare to be content
. with macadam, proTlded (or by current yearly
income, and ths highway commission will be
powerless to gire aid to many other important
Table of estimated income to carry 140,000,
tjumitea Motor vehicle Uasohne
License Fees Tax Net
Net Income te Btate Hieh-
Tear
Number
of Motor
Vehicles.
1020. . ,
. lOSt. .
122. .
1023..
1B24. .
1SUS. .
1S29. .
1927.. .
1921..
1929. .
1980, .
1981..
19S2. .
188S. .
i 1834. .
1935..
1986..
19ST. .
ma. .
1939. .
1940,.
1941..
1942. ,
194S. .
1944. .
1945. .
14. .
1947. .
1948. .
1949..
.105.000
. .120,000
, .143,000
, .158,000
. . 170.000
. . 1HO.OOO
, . 18.1.000
. .190,000
. .196.000
. .200,000
. . 200,000
. .300,000
. .200.000
. .200.000
. .200,000
. .200,000
. .200,000
. .200.000
. . 200.000
. .200,000
. .200,000
. .200.000
. .200.000
. .2O0.000
. .200.000
. .200.000
. . 200.000
. .200.000
. .200.000
. .200,000
State High
way Fund.
$1,875,000
1,875,000
2,145,000
2.370,000
2,550.000
2.700,000
, 2.775.000
2,850,000
2.025.000
3.000,000
3.000,000
8.000,000
8.000.000
8.OO0.000
s.ooo.ooo
8,000,000
8.000.000
s.ooo.ooo
s.ooo.ooo
3,000,000
3.000,000
8.000.000
8.000.000
8,000.000
8,000.000
8,000,000
8.000.000
8,000.000
8,000,000
' 8,000.000
war
Fund.
825.000
628,000
710,000
790,000
850.000
9O0.O0O
925.000
950.000
975.000
1.000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000.000
1.000.000
1.000.000
1,000,000
1,000.000
1.000.000
t. 000, 000
1.000,000
1,000,000
1 .000, 000
1.000.000
1.000,000
1.000.000
1,000.000
1.000.000
1.000.000
1,000,000'
1.000,000
bighware ia all parts ot ths atata formsar rears
te eonae. If the saBsndment peases, sufficient
bonds can .be pro Tided from yea to year so
that stats aid ms U sxtcaded to Tery county
ia the state daring ths period embraced s ths
ensuing" three or fear- years.
NO DIM 0T TUX NKCDID C, "
From the accompanying table it win be sees
that direct property tax - whatsoever will be
necessary to meet any, part ef the indebtedness
proposed to be incurred by authority of this
amendment Tha plan ia to continue building
the stats hiahways as we are sow doinc by re
quirins the aeotor vehicle to pay Oat bills. 8e
aiUea paying interest and principal of the entira
debt that can be created asder the amendment,
there will be from year t year a large cash
surplus to apply on read baiklinc and aaeints
neoee. -
tnt aisyw automobile resi sirs Hons were eoat
menced in 1911 the number of automobiles in
Oresoa has increased SS per cent per year. For
the first twe months of this year tha registra
tions era 17,000 mora tbaa they ware for ths
same period .last ; year, and as they exceeded
88,000 in 191 9, eras without any proportional
increase whatever that it, if no new cars should
be sold darna the 10 months between sfaeeh 1
and tba end ef the year te number of regis
trations won It ba nor than 100,009 for 1920.
Therefore tha estimate rf 106.000 motor a-
hielea fee 1920 contained in the table ia eery
eo rise rra. tire. It ia far aybre likely to be over
than under 110,000, but tba committee fii
that ft if better to under rtimata thaa to over
estimate' the Income. The Increased estimate
of motor vehicles and income from year to year
baa also been placed an conservative saata
and will in an probability us much greater than
these flcares show. .
ROADS MODERN NICKS SITY
It ehould be borne in mind that to adopt tba
amendment new submitted to tbe people doee not
mean in itaetf a new bond Issue, except for rna
110,000,000 lama recently authorUed by the
special M$im of tha lefialatura, which is nr-
ently aeedsd m order to keep the road program
under way ; also to enable the state to match
both the fidirrl aid funds bow available and
funds whloh sia he authorised by pending: mj-
greesionsl leaia-aHon.
80 much has been said from the platf arm-and
in type aa to the relation between means r-t
commanication and transportation on .ua ot-a
hand and social development end comfort cn
tbe other that little need now be addcj te a
twice told tale. Tbe man or woman who doee
not value roads must live s hermit's life in tbe
bills 01 in a 10 story apartment, a straniur ti
his fellow men, to the great realm of tbe out
of doors and to those material interests it fcu-
manty which are so vastly promoted by and
virtually dependent upon hishwaya for inter
change of ideas and commodities. Tbe (rest
me clern movement for better roada has of
course, received its great impetus from tbe ?er
fectioa of the motor vehicle. The eseat to
whk.1) this implement "of progress is now rctng
used for the transportation of freight, to ray
nctl'ing of passengers, is enormous and steelilv
increasing. By its means tns product o' tui
fa-m goes to the factory worker and tha product
f Ihc factory to ths fsrm. The development of
antn truck service ia aa important to -iie Ore
gon ot today as railroad development waa to
former generation. This cannot take nlace
without good roads, and roada cannot be bvitt
will out money.
TABLE Of INCOMES
The present method of financing highway eon
st ruction and maintenance in Oregon has worked
well at home and has attracted favorable atfeu
tlon abroad. It -will bear reasonable expansion,
bat the adoption of the proposed constitnliul
amendment ia necessary in order that this may
ba brought about.
,000 bonds:
Total Amount Interest and surplus Re-
Eatimsted Principal maininc After
Income to Requirements for Payment of
Stats High- 140,000,000 Interest and
way Fund. Bonds Principal.
$2,100,000 $ 494.8li0.OO $1,605,180.00
2.800,000 1.048.280.00 1.456,750.00
2,860,000 ' 1,898.250.00 1,486,760.00
8.160,000 1,670.750.00 1,480,250.00
8.400.000 2.007,340.00 1.898.000.00
8.000,000 2.S77.617.SO 922.882.50
3,700.000 2,067,367.50 742.632.60
8.800,000 8,149,180.00 651,000.00
3.900.000 8.2S0.742.60 ' 670,257.50
4.0OO,000 8,489.055.00 ' 670,945.00
4.000.000 3.896,842.60 603.157.50
4.000,000 8.808.892.60 601,607.50
4.000.000 8. 219. 042. SO 780,057.50
4.OOO.00O 8.1 81.492. SO 888.508.BO -
4,000,000 3,043,042.50 956,958.60
4,000,000 2,954,592.50 1,045,407.60
4.000.000 2.866.142.50 1.188.858.50
4.000.000 2,777. 002.50 1.222. 3080
4.000.000 2.080,242.80 1,310.757.50
4,000,000 2,600,792.50 1,890.207.60
4,000.000 2,412,842.50 1.987.857.60
4.000.000 2,827.892.50 1.672. 107. 80
4.O00.000 2.218.442. SO . 1.781,557.60
4.00O.O00 2,068,492.50 1,931.607.40
4,000,000 1,845.952,50 2.154.047.60
4.000.000 1,161.475.00 2.888,525.00
4.000.0O0 798.276.00 8,206,726.00
4.000.000 618.012.60 8,486,988.60
4.000,000 244,000.00 8.756.000.00'
4.000.000 56.287.50 8.048.762.50
40,000 Hupmobiles
. A Year, Is Program
Construction has been commenced on
a building program which will, within
. f three years, expand Hupmobile manu-
' facturlng and production facilities ap
proximately 109 per cent to 40,000 cars
. a year. Including; these additions, the
total floor space of trie Hupmobile fac
tory at Detroit will be approximately
1,040.000 square feet and the actual
ground covered by the 26 buildings will
be 12 acres. The present plant at Jack
son, 'Mich., making front and rear axles
and doing other machine work, occupies
nine acres and contains 120,000 square
feet of manufacturing area. In addition
a Canadian branch factory at Windsor,
Ont., covers three acres, providing 30,000
square feet. r
Tieautu
IPovoer
Comfort
Beauty, power, and comfort are masterfully
con&kved ia die Auburn BeautyIX.
TimfHirjst azeacive designing is to be found every
where ia iii beautiful car. kg graceful lines imbue it
jada kkotifying individuaiityr Its appointments and
fittings latfahlish new standards of elegance.
The Aubum power plant is the consummate achieve
ment of twenty years successful automobile engi
neering. Tha scexotcf Bcauty-SJX comfort lies deeper
thaa ample riding-room, .quality upholstery, and
adequate springs it is found in perfect chassis balance,
emiaent road ability.
AUBURN AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
AUBURN, INDIANA
Automobile Engineers for Twenty Years
Auto Sales Company
Distributor for Oregon
Ninth and Couch Portland, Ores.
Some good territory still available.
3uaJaN0Watl4
;
DononirraoVm Under Ewrtf Ttat
tout Coneeastma
Washington-Idaho-Montana
. The heavy rains during tbe past week
has made all eastern highways practi
cally impassable. Many tourists are rest
ins; here for more settled weather condi
tions before starting eastward. - : i
The route to Wallace. Idaho, is also
considered dosed, and' no one but .ven
turesome ' motorists . will attempt this
route as it is a climb over new construe-:
tion work which materially Interferes
with travel. Tbe recent rains alao have
mucked the , roads throughout the dis
tance. : - -:,-;'.('-'
Spokane-Portland highways are con
sidered very rood with but one bad spot
recorded between Lewlston, ' Idaho - and
Eayton, Wasla. - The Central ferry -. is
running and the route from Walla Walla
to that point is considered good.
The Snoanatmie pass route to Seattle
is still closed. Considerable snow is re
ported through the pass, and It win be
at least 30 days before any direct route
through the pas will be assured. .
Southeastern Washington
With but , two - routes out . of Walla
Walla impassable and this because vf
construction . work which is now under
way the roads in Southeastern Washing--tonSare
in better condition than they ever
have been at this time of the year, ac
cording to reports received by the Tri-
State Automobile headquarters in Walla
Walla. The construction work on, the
Lyons ferry and the Central ferry routes
is still holding up auto traffic to Spo
kane via these roads. The high dry winds
of this week have cleared up the routes
to the extent that the roads to Spokane
via Lewlston and Pasco respectively are
considerably better as is the 1 road to
Yakima and to Pendleton.
Snow in the Blue mountains has made
the Day toij-Godman Springs road slushy
and muddy while routes from Walla
Walla to the mountains are not so good
after the climb in the foothills starts.
These routes are said to be hampering
the ranchers somewhat in the move
ments of their outfits - to spring plowing
regions.
The roads .report in 'detail follows :
Walla Walla to Spokane via Central
ferry Impassable arter the Snake river
is reached because of construction work.
Walla ' WsUla to Spokane via " Lyons
ferry Impassable. Construction ot new
ferry not completed, v 'j1 ' v
Walla Waila to Spokane via Iewlaton
Road improved. Muddy sections east
of Pomeroy clearing up. ,? '-f
Walla Walla to Spokane via Pasoo,
Connell and Rltxvllle Boad much Im
proved. This is one of the best routes
out of here to the nortlu
Walla Walla to Takima Road la good
condition and improving every day.; 1
Walla Walla to Pendleton Road paved
21 miles' of the 47. -Dirt sections and de
tours around construction work in good
condition- and getting better. '.:'
Walla Walla to' Ooldendale via Ever
green highway This- route is In good
condition but the highway Is not pass
abfe beyond Goldendale. towards Port
land,' "' -
Walla Walll to La Grande via Pendle
ton and Meacham Road, in good condition.
Pendleton, to The Dalles-vThe beat
route is via Echo, lone and Wasco. '
' Vroxa The Dalles on to IJood River
the road is impassable. t
'Oregon .Trail west from Echo Road
impassable to Olex. ' . ;r
Southern Oregon
Schell St Calvert. : 'contractors of "the
Josephine county to Gold Hill section
of tbe Pacific highway ate erecting' a
paving plant at Foots 'creek. ' Over a
distance of 12 miles much of the grading
has been completed and about five miles
Of rock laid on which the hot stuff will
be started in May. The new abridge at
Bock Point, which was completed a few
weeks pavst,' is now supplied' with, sub i
stanttal approach and can be used if
travel , cares to rtslc the newly traded
highway down tha north side of the river
Instead of, going by way of the town of
Rogue River. This stretch. Including the
north side of the river from the new
bridge to Gold BUI. will be paved this
season, jt With the exception of the over
head crossing at Tolo, where the ap
proaches have been completed; and where
the forms are being constructed -for the
pouring of ,a' solid overhead crossing
over; tha 8. '.P. i tracks.- the paving is
now" complete from Ashland and , Gold
H01." a distance of , 2 miles. AThe com
pletion of the :Schelt se Calvert section
of the highway this- summer will make
the longest strip of completed, pavement
pn the pacific highway in. Oregon , ,
1 fWhila In Canyonvllle Herbert Nunn.
state 4 highway . - engineer, who made
"the trip f tfom Salem in hisVar. said the
section of the Pacific highway- between
Central. Point and Gold Hill is the best
road In the state. It hag a t-lnch bitu
minous base and a 9-inch hardsurfaee.'
The paving of five and nine tenths
miles from Grave creek to ; within an
eighth of a- mile of Wolf creek' and the
macadambttng of five and a half s miles
from this point to the top of the TJmp
qua i divide. ' between Wolf and -Cow
creeks, has been completed and the
equipment is, now being loaded on cars
for shipment . elsewhere. Just as' they
were) about to begin hauling: water for
the final leveling and packing the rain
came and! enabled them to finish the
work nicely. - t
' The Smith- bill, south of here, la im
passable .for autoa except with the aid
of teams since the rain.
' Lane County
Although thee has been 2.51 Inches
of rain in Lane county since the first
of tbe month, roads are in as fine a con
dition as ever, and that means the best
ever known for this time of year.. The
. state highway force is doing some final
work on the grade between Eugene and
Junction City,- but this does not inter
fere vidth i travel, as the work is rust
In spots, i During , this week a road
working crew -with 'caterpillar scarifier,
roller and grader, -will work on country
roada between Cottage Grove and Row
River and then towards Lorane. J. R.
XfciCav. eomtv road enea-tltaialnt. save
that with a few weeks of favorable r
weather, Lane county will have the finest
roads ever known. Ten thousand dollars
Is to be spent on grading and macadam
ising In the Silt creek section of the
county, j ; ' ,
Southwestern Washington
tha many' highways radiating out of
Centralis, are in unusually good condi
tion for this season of the year, according-
to motorists who ' during the past
m-eek- have covered , all of these high
ways. North, south, east -and west, an
of the roads are passable, and some of
them are in really excellent condition.
-,. The motorist driving- nor from Cen
tralia has a choice of two roads as far
as. Teniae, but the shorter, route, that
by way of Bucoda, Is the better for con
dition.. The Pacific highway, which goes
by way of Grand Mound, la by no means
bad, but ia rutted more than, the Bucoda
route, from Tenino to the junction with
the Of full lake road the Pacific highway
is in good condition, but from that point
to the end of the pavement southwest of
Olympta,,, near Plumb station, the road
is rutted, due to the preparations under
way. for i paving. It is passable, how-
tver,' and -the stretch is not more than
five or six ' miles in length. Onee the
paving , is reached tt Is clear Balling; all
the way to , Tacoma. , ?
The Olympic highway west to Aber
deen and'Hoqulam ia in excellent condi
tion. The road gives evidence ' of fre-
cuent "dragging" and at present no new
work-is under way.
. The Pacified highway south of Cen
tralla is paved for about 18 miles, then
there is a short unpved stretch from
the Jackson Prairie courthouse to a point
near the junction with the Winlock
CowlltxYoad that is In "fair condition.
From that point the highway is paved
to Toledo.
The Ocean Beach highway - to Ray
mond .and South Bend la in good condi
tion considering the season', . with some
portions paved.
GASOLINE EXPORTS
DECREASE IN. 1919
Mineral Oil Experts Also Slump,
; but Lubricating Oil Figures
Show Marked Increase.
-
Mineral oil exports in 119 show
a small decline from the- preceding
year figures, amounting to t.al
7M.3a7 gallons, against 2.714.618,
748 gaUons. a drop of 221.les.C49
gallons. The decrease Is accounted
for by a falling off of about l per.
cent in fuel and gas oil experts
t'rwle on. talloaa
Fuel and fu oil
Kermene ; " V
I .nbricatiiur oU. ...Il!t!TII
Gvollns
Aa other (oaptha; ate) '.
uesauum . . . . .
which totalled mora than 1,200,600,
000 gallons- in HI J arid only 584,
8.05 gallons to'lslt. :
Gasoline axporta also show a decllni
at tWW1 lew 4. CA aaeee 11 ev aft ' e Je.lrl
eesseiauia J t r SkMWIIsl..lH V14
cm pared with J51.IST.H4 In ltll, a dej
crease of 2.1t3.2 irolloha, or nearlyS
per cent. Both gasoline and fuel , of
were affected by after war oondltionJ
hen both kerosene and lubricating o
dominated the export trade. i
UubrtcaUng oil exports amounted t
277.591.151 gallons in 1919. against 257
m.Z&l gallons In IS II. a gain of J0.S73.
gallons, or 8 per cent, while Icerosen
shipments totaled ' 97.S05,H5 gallon
compared with 491.109.816 gallons in 191'
an increase of 486,16,70 gallons, orffCat ,
iy 100 per cent. v
The value of crude 611. kerosene, tubri!
oatint oU and residuum shipments large
ly offset a decline In exports of fuel ant
gas ou. gasoune and miscellaneous re
Dned- products.
. The following table shows the quantlt
of crude and refined oil exported In lia
compared with 19H (byreau of foreigJ
ana oomosuo commerce nguresi :
isi tsis
2,HT4,SSS auft.HB.OSO
ei4.849,0A l,2n0.7SO.I19
Total
S76.80I.S4S
3TT.Set.lB8
2BB.7a.l
112.S4s.708
12.999.T0B
... S.9X,TS4.S7
tlorraaat.
The value of oil exports In 1919
In 1918, a decline of only 8489,115, or
table shows the value of crude. and
491.10S.81B
1ST. sit. ass
8i.ae7,ie4
107,401, 891
844.4T4
3.71.aiB,7S
Dee:
T848,U45,08
1 5.900.71
t4HA.19S.tn
t X0.2T8.BO
S8.1SS.S4
- B.OM.BB
t 82.766.38
S81.S6S.Sa
8a4S.778.386 compared with 8844.MS.B04
not m,uch over 1 per cent. The following
relink oil exports :
Crnde oil ....... ,
Fuel and caa . ...
Krroaene . ,
I.ubHcstlra oil . . .
(Caroline
All other (napthe, etc.)
Residuum ,
' Total
tlncreiaa.
1010
s i4.sa5.2oa s
80,818,877
118.tflfl.776
85.4al.SBB
l.TSTae
80,291, 73
1. 84.29 V
ISIS
18.084.3Be
99.fll6.748
60,864.414
75,0S.08a
Sfi.2a5.S74
64,808,166
14.208
Pee
18,799,891
t e.8.s4
SS.4ST.7ld
24,076.164
1 1.818.88(1
SS4S.776.88S 8S44.38S.S0O 8 489,116"
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