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iiii ii ! THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1921. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON. TAX BODY DEBATES WITH CITY DABS ON PUBLIC IRKS ffewars, and when to build them : pavements, and whether to lay them; coals, and who ahould pay them; these and many othtr Incidental and eorelated problems and pussies filled the atHb sphera at the session of the, tax super vising and conservation rommission Wtdimdi; afternoon. Mayor Baker and John Mann, city rommlairloner, had a verbal tiff. Chair man Mulkey of the tas body, told what he thought about It. and he was sup ported by his colleague. Commissioner tJoldemlth. Commissioner Sabln leaned over to pour diplomatic, oil upon the waters.' and. by Inference at least, to coincide with the mayor on the question of public policy. Through it alt City Engineer Laura-sard was the chief storm center, be cause he la the city official In direct rharire of street and sewer construction and maimer .nc work, but Commis sioner Barbur. and his paving plant, did not do unscathed. LrSTH REWER STAHT The flurry sprung up during a dis cussion of the 1922 program of the city engineer, when he stated that his de partment had outlined a total of ap proximately $4,(Mi0,0O0 of construction work. I.IXM.0W of which was repre- aented fly the Lents trunk sewer. The i lly engineer explained that the . court had directed him. during the controversy over the Foster road sewer, to prepare and file the plans for the Lenta main trunk sewer In order that the Foster road construction would ultimately be Riven an outlet to the river as a sanitary sewer and thus provide the legal basis for assessment of construction costs to the district. This brought Commissioner Mann Into the discussion. He aald he had been In California when the ' Lenta sewer was under discussion and be did Dot know It had been approved by the council for construction next year. He had re quired the construction of a large num ber of cess pools out in the district, act ing as the head Of the health depart ment, and. he aald, he would not have thrown this coat on the property owners if he had known that the sewer was to be constructed. Mayor Baker wanted to know what Mann meant and by what authority he had put expense upon the property owners without first coming to the coun cil to get the lay of the land. Mann retorted that the health of the city was hla authority. DISTRICT HAS LI ESS Former City Commissioner Robert Dieck,' who Is working for the tax body as an expert engineer, brought out that about 5 per cent,.,fi open liens for street work exist iii the district to be traversed by the Lents sewer and that the work could not be done without many of the property owners having to make up differences between assessed valuation and construction cost by cash payments. Baker answered this by say ing that the property owners had come In and asked for the work to be done. Blglow interjected that, notwithstanding this fact, these same owners were not paying their liens. "And." Chairman Mulkey put In. "no body in God s world can tell what part or the burden will fall on the general taxpayers of the city. Dieck agreed with Laurgaard that the ienis sewer was a necessity from a health and sanitation point of view. MAYOR FOR SANITATION Mayor Baker argued that the city government owes a. amy to the general public to provide for adequate sanita lion, even though part of the cost had to be borne. In the beginning at least. by general taxation. "That depends," Mulkey retorted. wnetner it is the policy of the city to require the general public to pay the bill for distriot construction." Commissioner Barbur said that It was a big question in his mind whether the general public ought not, in Justice, to pay a portion of the original construe- tlon cost of street and sewer improve ments. They were constructed for the not for the abutting: property owner alone Me contended that if the general fund had been charged, with JO per cent of. these construction costs there would be no delinquencies, no open iens and no trouble about them. f Tax Commissioner Sabin argued that the question involved a very delicate exercise of dlacrcrUon in the public in terest on the part of the city council, which was given the. responsibility of determining whether to go ahead with a sewer or street improvement project when it was apparent that part of the cost would have to be assumed by gen eral taxation. MA5T OTHER LIENS City Auditor Funk produced figures to Bhow that there are now approximately .$2,100,000 outstanding city liens for street and sewer Improvement work done In the past, exclusive of accrued interest. "Well, gentlemen. " Chairman Mulkey smiled, ''step ont and sell this ' property and bring in the money. That's what we are doing now. Com missioner Pier assured him." Laurgaard suggested that no pave ments should be laid in a district until after sewer construction had been com pleted and paid for, and in this he was sustained by the expressed approval of Chairman Mulkey. Judging from the sidelines it begins to appear probable that the tax com mission has it in the back of its head to recommend some extensive modifies tions in the scope and extent of the im provement work to be undertaken by the department of public works during the coming year. Jackson Talks of Unit School Plan NDEP NDEHTS III N. DAKOTA SEATED 4102. The vote was: Nestos 111. 4 J 4. Frazier 107,332, Johnson received 112.361 votes and Lemke 103.575, Kltchin re ceived 115.754 votes and Hagen 105.J14. Medford. Nov. 24. As a result of a meeting held recently by the board of control of the Jackson county division of the State Teachers' association it was decided to join forces with the county superintendent in pushing the adoption in Jackson county of the county unit plan of school administration and taxa tion. A committee was appointed to work with the county superintendent to eet the measure placed on the ballot use and benefit of all the public, and next May. (By FnHtd Kewi) Bismarck. N. D.. Nov. 24. R. A. Nes tos. teacher, bookkeeper, and lawyer. is today governor of North Dakota. He was inaugurated Wednesday after noon, after a day of uncertainty in which the supreme court blocked a threatened disbarment and the state canvassing board ratified his election. Nestos takes the office of Governor Lynn J. Frazier, the first governor to ba recalled from office by his constitu ents. Frailer served during rive years of Non-Partlsan league control.' When the people recalled Frazier. they also recalled Attorney General William Lem ke and Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor John N. Hagen. Wednesday Svlnbjorn Johnson was in augurated attorney general and William Kitchin became commissioner to succeed Hagen. The N6n-Partlsan league obtained con trol of the state offices five years ago, after capturing the Republican pri maries. Since then the league officers have initiated a scheme of state owner ship of industries and inaugurated new and radical departures from ordinary state government. "It is the job of the new, administra tion to right the wrongs that have been done." said Nestos. 'e hope to re store the credit of the state." As he was delivering his inaugural address, newspapers announced the clos ing of the deal by the retiring Non Partisan administration, whereby more than $15,000,000 in bond issues was dis posed of to a Toledo firm. This bond issue had been held up because of slow market conditions for more than a year. The Non-Partisans were able to dis pose of the Issues at the last minute and thus claim an "excellent financial status." The report of the canvassing board showed Nestos elected by a majority of Dr. Pascal of N. Y. Will. Give a Lecture Series on Optometry Dr. Joseph I. Pascal, president of the American Institute of Optometry. New York city, will deliver a series of four lectures before the Oregon Optometric association in Portland, December 12 and 13. under direction of Dr. Floyd B. Dayton, North Pacific regional director of this association. Dr. Pascal will also address optometric bodies in Spokane. Seattle and Boise. As president of the Oregon association. Dr. Dayton announced that one or more public addresses, a banquet and a high way trip wul feature Dr. Pascal s Port land visit. The local reception committee is com posed of Dr. Dayton, Dr. A. B. Reynolds and Dr. Charles Ruse Jr. of Portland and Dr. Chester B. 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Every Winter Suit drastically reduced to 29.00 39.00 49.00 69.00 The finest of our fine collection (models excepted ) to sell at 69 DO! 200 of our finer frocks drastically reduced to 39.00 49.00 59.00 69.00 79.00 Remarkable values, at tremendous reductions, in frocks for all occasions. Coats at drastic reductions 50 splendid values at 49.00 Choice fabrics furs and styles at a fraction of their actual worth. Every model suit reduced Vfe Every model frock reduced y$ departmi Price tells only half the story. It is quality plus price that makes this sale so vital! Charge purchases billed Jan. 1, 1922 ESTABLISHED 164 Charge purchases billed Jan. 1, 1922 $60 $60 ATTACl $60 WITH ATTACHMENTS $l.Si DOWN $1.2 FEB WEEK Cleaners Rested I1.2S a Week Open Satarday Evenings. E. L. Knight & Co. 41t Wash. St. Bdwy. Hi. "Knight Makes Day The Electric Way." 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