G
CORRECTIVE TAX
MEASURES URGED
IN LEAGUE REPORT
State Budget Law Recommended,
And Merger of Government
Units in Multnomah Included.
That there are 80 tax levying
agencies in Multnomah county, that
a state budget law should be adopted
by the next legislature, that a torn
fnlttee of 10 to 25 should be ap
pointed to study means of consoli
dating units of government in Mult
riomah county as a means of pro
moting efficiency and economy, and
that this county should be protected
from excessive tax levies imposed by
the legislature, are outstanding as
sertions and recommendations in a
report of the Taxpayers' league,
rnade public Saturday.
The report calls attention to the fact
that, with a 43 mill rate for 1920, the
total tax load in Portland has Increased
118.63 per cent in 10 years, while in the
same period the population has increased
but 24.65 per cent. The per capita in
crease in taxes is placed at 75.34 per
cent. This Includes, ' of course, taxes
levied for city, school, county and state
purposes. . ,
TABLE SHOWS FACTS
This general table reads as follows:
Pet cnt
' iniO. 1020. incrwuw.
Poirolation . . 207.214 258. 2S8- 24. OS
ToUl taxea. . .(6.03 . K."S3 $13.18 000 11S.BS
Tio pr capita 19.12 1.08 75.84
There are three other important tables
In the report, which enow the taxation
Situation of Multnomah county, school
district No. 1 and the city of Portland, in
tome detail :
COCSTY OF MULTNOMAH.
Per ernt
1910. 1911J. increase.
Population 226.261 275,808 21.84
nea'd ral-
nauon. uvi.g.j.uiii jjo.uiu.ouu ii.u.'
jLTcr'ge tax
i rate (inUla) 21.21 . 85.62 67.B4
Total tana
leried., 6.401.427 12.007,732 87.58
Taaea per ,
i capita.. 28.29 43.S2 53. S8
' The txe levied on the 1919 valuation
Include the levies for interest and mairn
tenance in-the water and drainage dis
tricts. 1
Portland property bore iiearly 94 per
cent of the taxes levied on the 1910 roll
and nearly 96 per cent of the taxes levied
on the 1919 roll, '
SCHOOL DISTRICT ISO. 1 X
i Ter CMlt
r 1910. 1919. increase.
Aaam'd Tal-
' uation. S277.601.985 S315.783.285 18.75
t in
mm.. 30 " 8.60 86.51
doll"ra. 1.748.8B2 2.71B.736 64.13
. In 1917 the legislature limited the levy
Of the school district to 6 mills, excluding
bonded debt and outstanding: warrants,
and in 1919 it raised the limit to 6.5 mills,
with the same exceptions as in the 1917
act. .
CITT OF PORTLAND
CITY OF PORTLAND v
Population
iLaaeaaed mine, raal eatata and public aerrr-e
companies .p.......
Awumaed value, other property... .............
Total assessment. . ..... . . . . . . ..... .
JUtio of real ratata and public aervica to totil
aaemment ,
. rity lery in mille
- City leTT in dollars. .,.. .....
City tun per capita.
Total millaica In nty. i ..... . ...... .......
' ToUl lr in city
Total taxaa r capita.
City employ, January 1
ToUl annual aalarlet....
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TO
TALK ON RUSSIA
Proceeds of Lecture of Famous
Correspondent to Go Toward
-7 Statue for Pioneer.
' The Oregon Historical society will
have a fund with which to erect
statue to the Oregon pioneer, F. X.
Matthieu, out of the proceeds of the
lecture on "Russia and the Bolshe
viki' which Arno Dosch-Fleurot
will deliver Friday evening, Novem
ber 26, at the First Presbyterian
church house, Thirteenth and Alder
streets.
The basis of the memorial was made
by the late Roswell Dosch, the speaker's
brother, which the Dosch family Is pre
senting to the historical society. The
speaker, who is visiting his parents.
Colonel and Mrs. H. E. Dosch, has taken
this form of showing his interest in the
Oregon pioneers, and will be introduced
by Frederick V. Holman, president of
the Oregon Historical society
He is on the staff of the New York
World, and is that paper's correspondent
In Eastern Europe. He spent a full
year under the Bolshevik power in Rus'
si a, and has been-In various parts of
the old Russian empire for the last four
years. He spent a few months in Ire
land' this summer, however, ana may
have something to say on the Irish ques
tion. Tickets on sale at Shermau, Clay
Co. and at Meier & Frank's.
WRITER WHO SPENT FULL
YEAR WITH BOLSHEVIK! !
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Friendship Council
Of university Meet
To Boost Y. M. C. A.
University of Oregon. Eugene. Nov. 20.
The Friendly council, consisting of
representatives from every men's or
ganization on the campus, met Tuesday
awaar
Four members of the cast of "The Mandarin," the Christmas benefit
show to be produced November 23 and 24 by the Elks club. In the
upper frame are, left. Miss Olga Ruff, and right, Miss Agnes Da vies.
Below Lillian Holman and Mrs. Fred Ii. ! Olson.
partment in 1910 was! 70 ; in 1920 about
150. ' j
The report shows that the gross bond
ed indebtedness, including improvement
bonds of all units of government In Mult
nomah county, on September 1, 1910 (city
of Portland statement as of December
81, 1910) was ?15,260,489.95,-or J67.44 per
capita, and that gross bonded debt in
1920 (city of Portland statement as of
September 15, 1920) was J34.269.218.72. or
$124.21 per capita. .Payments on princl-
IftlO.
207.214
230,028,05.00
44.24'J.O70.O0
274.266.03S.00
1 83.87
.006
1,645,596.00
7.94
.0'2
6.033.859.00
2V.12
1,225
1,866,696.18
1020.
25S.288
$254,110,540.00
58)561.245.00
812.671,785.00
Per Getit
Increase.
24.65
10.74
32.37
14.
81.27 Decrease
.014 133.33
377.405.00 1416.08
16.05 113.47
,03680 67.27
11,506.321 OO 90.60
44.55 62.98
1.913 56.16
8,280.022.61 130.99
CITT SALARIES G1YEIT
; October 1, 1920, number of city em
ployes, 2221; salaries paid for month of
September, 1289,296.07.
i City of- Portland levy for 1920 includes
the dock commission.
Prohibition and other causes have low
ered the receipts of the city from other
sources -than taxation from $637,751.20 in
1910 to $182,425.75 in 1919.
:" The number of policemen In 1910 was
199, snd in . 1920 it was 418, an Increase
of 110.05 per cent. The cost of the police
department in 1910 was $260,964.24, and
the estimate tor ivzij is ti,.Ztt.li, an in
crease of 322.54 per cent.
; In 19j0 iho fire department had 291
men, arid "all: the apparatus was horse
drawn, i In 1920 there were 429 men. with
motor-draWn apparatus, an increase in
the personnel of 47.42 per cent. In 1910
the cost of operating the fire department
was $157,225 87, while the estimate for
1920 is ?991,591.04. an Increase of H6.82
per cent. The adoption of the double
platoon systems .by the voters within the
teriod Under review is responsible for
much of the increase in the personnel
and cost of operation of the fire depart
ment. . ."
JPARK 1XCREASE SHOWS
f In 1910 the number of acres in parks
under the direction of the park depart
ment was 6S0.26 ; in 1920. estimated. 1560.
The number of employes. In the park de-
pal and on gross bonded debt amounts to
$3842.13 a day in this county; and the
report adds : j
The requirements for principal and in
terest alone in 1920! were $86,000 more
than was levied for all purposes of pov
trnment in Multnomah county in 1902.
The report which was prepared by
committee consisting of Henry E. Reed,
Henry L. Corbett and Forrest S. Fisher,
recommends : ', '
Reenaetment of the uniform county ao
counting- law of 1913, which was repealed
by the legislature in 19 lo.
Enactment of a competent budget law
applicable to all units of government.
Delegation of adequate power to the
tax supervising and conservation
mission.
Serious consideration of city, county
and school district consolidation jby a
committee of 10 to 25 persons.
Appointment of a committee to
additional tax legislation having
purpose the distribution of taxes
cordance with ability to jay.
Corrective legislation to prevent
position of excessive tax levies ,by the
legislature upon Multnomah county.
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Chicago, Nov. 20. (L N. S.)4-Two
men in the county hospital are expected
to die from stab wounds that followed
an argument over some subject so pnim
portant the victims do not remember
what it was. They are William McNab,
40, and George Bain. 40.
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From $3Cto $60
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night and discussed plans of the T. M.
C.A. executive committee.
The bis feature as planned thus far
is the procuring of four well-known men
to speak during the months of January
and February. These men are William
M. Sweet, president, of a large Denver
bonding concern ; Sherwood Eddy, who
has just returned from Europe and is
prepared to give some interesting side
lights upon the political, situation over
there; Fred B. Smith, vice president of
the Johns-Manville company, and iNct
man Coleman, former president of Reed
college.
A number of speakers, representing
-various organizations, such as the Cos
mopolitan club and the Workingmen's
club, spoke.
A Thanksgiving party is. planned for
the near future and other activities were
discussed.
Roy Veach was elected president. Art
Campbell. vice president, and Elmo
Madden, secretary. , . .
of 85 acres tn Lake county.
" By William C Paxton of Madras, for
water from the Deschutes river for the
irrigation of a small tract In Jefferson
county. '
By James Johns of Pendleton, cover
ing ttoe right to construct a rese.-voir
on Travellion Springs creek for the
storage of water for Irrigation of land
In Umatilla county. ! ,
6 Applications for
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! Salem. Not. 20. Ray W. Angell of
Boyd has filed -with the state engineer's
office an application covering; the arr
propriatlon of water from Eight Mile
creek for the Irrigation of a small tract
of land and fer domestic and stock use.
Other applications for water rights
have been as follows:
By Grover C. Curtis of Willows, for
water from Wallow creek for domestic
use and the irrigation of a small tract
In Gilliam county.
By John Jackson of Glendale, for
water from Cow creek for the Irrigation
of 60 acres in Douglas county.
' By John Ohman of Lakevlew, for
water from Hay creek for the Irrigation
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