SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4,
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON.
GREAT LOSSES TO
STATEINHIGHVAY
inoMDOoumii
( Continued Prom Pace Oaa.)
doed and submarined by the newspa
pers and by ,the two United States sen
ators, congressmen, the former state
treasurer, highway officials, and the
whole host of lesser officeholders that
bave swarmed out over, the state in an
effort to beat me. They said, if elected
governor I couldn't reduce taxes, and
Governor Oicott himself said that
taxes might even go higher, instead of
lower. "
"Xow I am- going to tell you to
night how in one item ajone a gov
ernor who has been looking after the
interests -of the taxpayers could have
saved the state nearly (2,000.000 in a
single year.
"I am going to read to you now
what the big price was and what the
rctual cost to the state was on 28 con
tracts let by the state highway depart
ment in 1919. The figures are as
follows:.
. Name of Project
'orr Ilia-Polk County line ,
Albany Jefferson '
Adams-Xf hena
Oakland Yoncafla
AVolf Creek-Gimve Creek
Ontrat Point -4ioW Hill i . - .
HmMk-Baw . . .
Jeffaot)-iortfa . . . . i
Amity-Holme rJap ?
Ier Island-Kainier
MrStinnrille-Shendan
Ilickerali-Monmouth
Hold Hill-Jowpliine line
Aahlanii-;reen Storings-Mountain
tirwM Springs- 'aUfornia line . . . , .
Island City-la Ur&nde
Hilteboro-ForeHt tirore
Maimer-. 'In tAkanie
Oakland-Wilbur
Cascade Locka-Uood Rier
Kusene- J unction City No. t
Kugene-J unction City No. 2 "V
wnwn-norfc v i . a
Kock Ceek-Vyetport No. 3
Westyort-Clatakanie No. 3 ,
galen-Dallas .-....-
Athena-Milton . . -
Ieer Island-Heappoose
BID PRICES EXCEEDED
' "In only three .contracts out of the
28 did the state get the work done for
the bid price, and in 25 other contracts
the state paid all the way from 10
per cent to 115 per 'cent more for the
work than the bid price.
"On the Jefferson-North project of
six miles the jjotract price was $133,
00Q. while the aate paid the contrac
tors 1226,000, or $"33,000 per mile against
a bid price of $22,000 per mile.
"On the Green Springs - Mountain
Road - California .line project,the con
tractor's bid was $286,000, or $19,000
per mile, while the state actually paid
.the. contractor $616,000, or $41,000 per
mile.
"On a total of 267 miles the contrac
tors agreed to do the work and gave
bonds that they would do the work for
$5,828,434. The state actually paid the
contractors $7,456,750. or $1,628,316 in
excess of the contract price, more
than 25 per cent above the bid price.
"How long could a man run his pri
vate business that way and not fail?
When- you who live in the cities decide
to build a home, or I who live on a
farm decide to build a barn, we both
go about it in the same way. First
we have an architect or builder make
an estimate of what the improvement
will cost and then we ask for bids.
If the bids are in line with the estimate
we accept the lowest bid, have the bid
der give a bond and then, hold txlm to 1
his contracts
B05SS OF SO COXSEQUEJICE
' "But. ' apparently, that is not the
way the state, at least the' highway
department, has been running its af
fairs. On the contrary, the custom
there teema to have been to treat the
contractor's bid and his bond as of
no consequence, but to pay him, not
only all he asked for, but in 25 cut(of
28 cases to pay him $1,628,000 more
than he agreed to do the work for.
. "That will not be my way of han
dling your business if I am elected!
governor. I - will handle your business'
like I handle my own private affairs.
When 1 make, a contract with a man
in private life, to do me ,a piece ot,
work. I expect him to live up to it. 1
do not pay him 25 per cent more than
his bid price, unless through some
fault of mine I have' run up the cost
. of the work to him beyond what he
expected the job to be.
' "As governor, I will apply the same
rule to state business. -'In the highway
department, like all other departments,
I will require that work shall be let to
the lowest .responsible bidder and I
will apply the rule that contracts are
made to be lived up to. And when
J go into office, if I find there are
men in the highway department or in
any other department under the gov
ernor's supervision who have been ac
customed' to having their own way in
the spending of state funds, without
check by the governor, I will say to
them : 'I have been elected by the
people of Oregon to safeguard their
affairs and to Teduce their taxes. You
must cut expenditures in your depart
ment, to the bone, and I demand the
tight at any time to point out wherein
'- your department is extravagant and
wasteful, and to require that practices
of economy fee substituted, and if they J
will not listen to me I will fire them
. on the spot. That is my idea of what
a governor is for.
FA YOBS GOOD ROADS
"Now I know there are some people
who are going to say because I have
exposed the waste and extravagance
in the highway department I am op
posed to good roads. But I am not op
posed to good roads. I have always
'" (ought for good roads, i. am only de
manding that a dollar's wortS of good
roads shall be obtained foe every dol
lar , of the taxpayers' moncjy spent for
that purpose. '
"Why, over to the state of Wash
ington -with an expenditure of only
$20,000,000 against $41,900,000-- expended
in wis state, tney naa over sou miles
of hard surfaced soads to show for
their money, to only 600 miles in this
, state, and Washington had many more
miles of permanent graveled roads
; than we. . ,
"How can we ever get anywhere in
the buildirty-up of a permanent road sys
tem, when, due to wasteful and slip
shod methods, our so-called permanent
roads break tip in few years and
, have to be rebuilt?
PHOTOGRAPHS ARE SHOW X
" T ham fn mv ltniil nhnhwni.
': a, so-called hard ' surface . permanent
road, built In Clackamas , county hv
1920. which has broken into great holes
and soon will have t be . rebuilt. I
x have here another , photograph of a
permanent . highway, so-called, con
structed in Tillamook county in 1118
that had to be rebuilt in 1921. The
original cost was $102,098. The cost
of reconstruction- In 1911 was $118,462,
or a total cost of $43,000 per mile. I
have another photograph of "a, state
road supposed to be permanently built '
. and hard surfaced in ray, own county
., of Union-which. , as1 the picture shows,
broke ud so hadlv ' ths. tin av
ifunivHiconu i
dlnary traffic that j traveled the road 1
before ft was Improved could there
-V "" i I ' "
after' use: the 'highway. T-.f. ;:
- Here Mr. Pierce . turned from-waste
In road building to unbridled expendi
ture in automobile purchases by - the
state highway department. -.
"1 have 'pointed out the terrible
waste in the operation of 435 state
owned automobiles and ; trucks, with
the result that Ben L. Eddy and other
Oicott speakers are traveling over the
state trying to explain this automobile
extravagance and seeking to soothe the
taxpayers to sleep. -
"I will tell Mr. Eddy and his co
workers and tell the people of Oregon
that, within a period of six weeks the
state . highway department alone, to
say - nothing . of other state depart
ments using state owned automobiles
and trucks, spent more than $25,000
of public money on automobile and
truck tires in only three purchases.
In four purchases during that period
the exact amount paid out for tires
was $25,700.75.
PURCHASES ABE CITES
The first purchase took place on
February 14, 1922, and the amount
paid that day' for tires was $3657.51.
The second purchase was March 10,
1922, and it was" $8819.24; The third
purchase was March 20, 1922. and it
was $357.16. The fourth purchase was
March 28. 1922, and it was $12,876.84.
The total, as you will see by adding
up these four purchases made in six
weeks, is $25,700.75. The" last three
of these purchases were made from one
Miles Bid Price Actual Coat
10-5 S224.260 2S1.522
0.0 JG8.827 104.594
0 170.085 203;607
10.12 272.409 320.921
4 9 106.152 134.868
8.0 231. 68 228,271
5 100.043 183.696
6 183.008 226.20U
8.3 244,170 273.600
21 343,878 455.557
8.48 192.411 221,500
T.80 204.122 244.76!
12.20 274.204 346,801
5.85 109.339 25477
14 SO 288.233 616. 708
6 131. 1N2 213.642
4.3 93.799 80.338
12.30 195.812 284.232
7 204.404 332,666
22.11 421.415 5!0.71t
6.10 113.312 135,383
6.10 120.475 127,605
8 177.004 206126
9.5 192.3.-.6 226,418
10.5 284,957 245.670
13.07 320.742 181,440
11.60 260.940 377.152
10.85 229.515 302.697
327.737
28.197
22,633
31.711
27,524
25,648
86.739
83,462
82.964
21.693
26,130
31,381)
28,979
43,483
41.669
85,607
18,688
19.043
47.523
26.988
22,104
20.918
25,765
23.833
23,398
32.989
32,682
27.89S
-H
dealer. These purchases were made
without advertising for bids.
"These were not all the tire pur
chases during the period. There, were
many items of purchases during that
six weeks of tires and inner tubes in
amounts of $20, $50 and $100 or more
which t have not time here to enumer
ate.
"Nor is the tire eitravatrance the
oniy waste, in a single instance, ai
bill of $4672.55 was paid for gasoline
and oil. The date was January 18,
1922. In a single instance,, a bill of
$8186.74 was paid for auto parts. This
was January 19, 1922, the day after
the $4672.55 purchase of gas and oil.
The two items of auto parts and gas
and oil amount to $12,859.29, which
is a fairly large expenditure, of public
money ofl state owned automobiles in
two days for 'a eingle department.
"Nor do those figures include all the
purchases of auto parts and gasoline
and oil in these two days. There were
many smaller purchases of both. I
have not time here to enumerate fur
ther items.
C8ED AS PLEASURE CABS
"There were literally hundreds of
smaller entries on the books of the
purchase of 'auto supplies and gas
and oil. And it is to be- borne in mind
that- It is in but one department of
the state government that these thou
sands of dollars in public money are
being paid out to" maintain automo
biles which are used in hunting trips,
fishing trips, week-end trips and other
private pleasures by state employes
and officials, usually with the sign;
which states that the ears are state'
owned carefully concealed inside where
it is safe from the public gaze. I
submit that there is a place in which
the cost of government in this state
can be cut. 1 submit to those who
have howled at me to put my finger
on items in state government where
cuts can be made, that this automo
bile extravagance Is one spot in which
I as governor would apply the pruning
knife and the knife to the bone.
"There is another item which by
comparison is small. But on the books
of the state highway department there
are within 18 days entries showing
the purchase of mileage books on the
Oregon Electric railroad totaling
$1851.75. These were mileage books
on orly one railroad and a short rail
road at that and the purchases were
within only 18 days. Who did ali that
riding at state .expense? Why did
they not use the state owned automobiles?"
The Musical Dance Sensation
Tonight and All Next Week
"BILLY- WEBB'S MELODY ARTISTS (8 men) will feature the
followmsr Dance Selections, accompanied by "Dodo" Jones, the
Sultan of Song.
PROGRAM
Serenade Bines.
Way Down Tonder in New Orleans.
8m ilia" Through (Trombone Solo).
Tricks.
Ji-Ji-Boo.
State Street Blue
Tntly (Solo) by Dodo Jones.
Homesick.
In the Land of Smilinc Waters
Uet Tour Satchel Packed (Solo) by Dodo
Jones.
TT11THt0 tsnniinn A.
, .7r -.ww6, ojruwpoLiyii
Broadway Dance Pavilion
Come tonight, join the merry throng Monday night Bargain
Prices, 25e. Special Holiday Dances, Armistice afternoon and
evening, starting at 2:30 P. M.
Dancing IsonsBeginners' class Monday, Wednesday. Friday
evening, 7:30 o clock. 5 lessons $2.00. Private lessons daily. Best
professional instructors in the city. Broadway at Main.
A Conservative Custodian
On Washington street at Fourth
is the Hibemia Bank's corner.
Every day you ptpbably pass
within a few steps.
Member Federal Reserve System .
.1
FOURTH AND
GOVEIiil OLGOTT
CLOSES HIS THREE
WEEKS' CAMPAIGN
Salem, Not. 4. Governor' Oicott
brought his - three weeks' campaign
tour of the state in behalf of his can
didacy for re-election to s close before
an audience in the armory of "The
Old Home Town" last night, standing
squarely aeon his record of the past
three years and promising a continua
tion of his past "safe, sane and busi
ness-like administration of the affairs
of Oregon without frills or sensational
ism," if returned, to office.
The governor, . who spokoi before a
meeting in Portland earlier In the eve
ning, did not' arrive in Salem until
after 10 o'clock, the two hoars Inter-
verting- being occupied by four f the
"big guns" in the Republican campaign
battery ta scathing condemnations and
denunciations of the Democratic party
in general and of Walter M. Pierce, its
gubernatorial candidate,, in particular.
TCEIC GU58 OH PIERCE
In fact so intent were T. B Kay.
former state treasurer : Walter L.
Jooze, Jr., chairman of the Republican
state central committee; Congressman
w. u. riawiey and State Senator B. X.
Eddy in "exposing" the past record of
the Democratic candidate and in ridi
culing and belittling his promises and
pledges for reforms in state govern
ment and in taxes, that they entirely
overlooked their opportunities for con
structive comment upon Oregon's pres
ent political situation.
Kay, who opened the meeting: here,
launched directly into a tirade against
Pierce, whose charges of extravagance
in state expenditures he characterized
Ss" false and whose promise of tax re
lief he ridiculed as impossible and un
workable. PRAISES G. O. P.
State Chairman Toose declared the
iesVie in the present campaign to be one
of "radicalism against Americanism,"
characterizing Pierce as a "Non-
partisan masquerading as a Democrat
who was out for a plea for the support
i ie raoicai element and who had
behind him every radical element in
the state.
Congressman Hawley dwelt at Borne
length upon the national situation,
placing the entire blame for all of the
nation's troubles directly upon the
shoulders of the late Democratic ad
ministration and Insisting that the
present Republican administration was
entitled to sole credit for the marked
improvement in affairs generally in
the past two years.
COTERSOE SPEAKS
State Senator Eddy attacked the
record of Pierce in the state senate as
one xt inconsistency. The Democratic
candidate, he declared, entered the
primary campaign without a sign of
a platform and referred to his present
campaign promises as "suddenly con
ceived devices," concocted solely for
the purpose of winning votes.
Governor Oicott touched briefly upon
his record in office, justifying his ap
pointments as based entirely upon
merit and defending his administration
of the affairs of the state generally
as one of economy and efficiency. The
claims of his opponent, he declared,
were highly misleading, pointing out
that of the more than $40,000,000 in
taxes paid in Oregon in 1921, only
$9,000,000 had come Info the coffers
of the state and of this amount $6,000,
000 had been voted by the people them
selves. SULTAN REFUSES-TO
QUIT HIS THRONE
(Continued From Par One)
At this council the sultan explained
the situation, saying In effect :
"I am tired and for a long time have
contemplated making room for my
successor. Recent events have caused
me to change m mind. The act of
the National assembly has opened a
question which does not affect me per
sonally so much as it affects the whole
Mussulman world of which I am the
recognized chief. The question of the
caliphate and the sultanate are closely
Royal Garden Blues.
Moon River.
The Sneak.
Say It While Dasbint (Banjo Solo).
Hot Lips (Comet Solo). '
Three o'clock in Uu Momin (Saxophone
Trio).
Lonesome Mama (Solo) by Dodo Jones.
lancin- Fool.
Wake Up, Little Girl, You're J oat Dream
inff. I Wish I Knew. (Solo) by Dodo Jon.
i-t ...
a.nyxnmg you ve
ever
WASHINGTON
connected and are determined by the
strict Jaws of the Mussulman religion.
These rules cannot be changed by a
few hundred members of the Nation
alist assembly who are not authorised
to represent . Che millions of Mussulmans.-"
- v
CABINET MEETS
"Furthermore 1 am convinced that
the- bulk of the nation is deeply at
tached to the sovereign and is only
temporarily led astray by a handful of
adventurers. For these reasons J have
decidednot to desert the nation, but to
remain In the "throne." y r.
The cabinet met in the course of the
afternoon and sent s telegram to the
Nationalist , assembly announcing that
it had decided not to send delegates to
the peace conference, but would con
tinue ta power until the assembly could
be .able to take over the civil admln
itratio. It is not likely that the
Nationalists will be in a position to
do so until -the allies withdraw from
Constantinople and the latest events
indicate that the powers sre unwilling
to evaeuate the city.
FAVOR ESKISHEHB
Though pie Nationalists have been
eager " to occupy Constantinople at the
earliest moment possible it has been
decided by the Angora assembly to es
tablish the capital in the interior of
Anatolia and that Constantinople Is to
remain only as the seat of the caliph.
Brussa, Kenia. Eski-Shehr and
pora have been mentioned in this con
nection and the deputies from these
places are fighting to have their na
tive town made the permanent capital.
The members of the cabinet and the
majority of the assembly are inclined
to favop EBkl-Shehr on account of its
central position and the fact that it
Is a railway junction point, all the
lines from the West passing through it.
Farmers Against
Law Halting Stock
Running at Large
The Dalles, Nov. 4. One hundred and
fifty Wasco county farmers, members
of the county Farmers union, in session
at Universal hall near Maupin, in the
southern part of the county Friday,
adopted a resolution opposing the pro-
poeed legislation prohibiting the run-
ning of stock at large in the county.
The measure originally was indorsed
by farmers in the south end of the
county, and it is being attacked on the
grounds that it favors the sheepmen
while it would practically kill the cat
tle raising- Industry in the county. Prac
tically an the cattle ranged east of the
mountains are sent to tne summer
ranges without herders.. They roam
through the mountains all summer to
be rounded up in the fall.
The proposed measure, its ODnonents
say, wouia ena uiis practice, as con
stant herding is economically impos
Bible. ,
The Farmers' union also Dassed reso
lutions opposing the single , tax.
Bar Endorsement of
WALTER H. EVANS
for
CIRCUIT JUDGE
Knowing that Walter H. Evans, Judge of the Circuit Court for
Multnomah County, State of Oregon, Department No. 6 is a man
of high character and unblemished integrity and that he is a good,
careful and conscientious Judge and a man of excellent ability
in said position and that he is an exemplary citizen, a good hus
band and father,
We, the members of the legal profession of the Multnomah
County Bar, do hereby unqualifiedly endorse Walter H. Evans for
election as Circuit Judge for Multnomah County, State of Oregon,
Department No. 6, and respectfully request the voters of this
county to support him for said position at the general election to
be held on the 7th day of November, 1922.
E. V. Littlefield
Joseph Simon
Martin L. Pipes
W. Lair Thompson
C. M. Idleman
-B. B. Beekman
Henry E. McGinn
R. L. Sabin
J. P. Kavanaugh
John F. Logan
Plowden Stott
W. M. Cake
W. S. U'Ren
John B. Cleland
Wallace McCamant
D. Solis Cohen
Earl C. Bronaugh
Dan J. Malarkey
John M. Gearln
Lionel C. Mackay .
' F. J. Graham
A. M. Dibble
W. C. Campbell
G. L Buland
Wm. Davis
t L. B. Sandblast
Karl Hebring
: Clarence H. Gilbert
JohnA. Lee
Tom" Garland
A. L. Gordon
Waldemar Seton
; W. E. Farrell
: John A. Collier
H. L. Kenyon
Sam II. Pierce
C A. Appelgren
; W. B. Meacham
E. Earl Feike
Otto J. Kramer
A. T. Lewis
Arthur H. Lewis
Wm. H. Hallam
Bradley Ewers
Geo. C. Graham
Maurice W. Seitz ,
James P. Stapleton
Edward J. Bra sell
W. H. Magulre
Wrniiam G. Smith
Wm. 'B. Lay ton
G. G. Smith
W. B. Shively
Hugh Montgomery
E. B. Sealund
R. Citron
Jos. A. Lagerfeld
J. B. Ofner
T. J. Cleeton
T. Walter Gillard
Harold V. Newlin
Netta A. Garland
Arthur A. Murphy
Jas. E. Cratb
E. Pinder
E. A.-Bernard
H. E. Collier
John C. McCue
Q. L. Mathews
Coring K. Adams
E. F. Riley
Bartlett Cole
Jas. B. Finnigan
John P. Hannon
W. F. Peterson
Ernest pole
J. L. Hammersly
Wm. Brewster
J. Silford Nelson
Guy C. H. Corliss
Normal Kuykendall
Harrison G. Allen
Robert F. Maguire
Wm. A. Williams
H. Braden Wood
W. E. Dugan Jr.
Geo. F. Brlce
fPaid Advertisement
J ef f eirsomi Migll
WM. MAG DOUG ALL
OF WASHINGTON. D. C
An educator and lecturer of broad experience
i and unusual ability. A powerful and convincing
speaker who knows his subject
Will !
Compulsory Education Bill
.' TONIGHT NOVEMBER 4TH
JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL 8:00 P. M.
Also City Aaditoriam, Sunday. 40 P. M.
Free to the Public
A. sk Ai tL R. School Committee. ; 7 11 Gases Bids;, Portland. Or.'
(Paid Advertisemest)
0LC0TT;SAYS HE IS
MISREPRESENTED
Governor; Oicott," in a letter to; the
press, contends that he has been mis
quoted anf misrepresested by Senator
Pierce and The Journal in regard to
his statements concerning the tax levies
of the state. His letter is as follows:
Portland. Nov. 3. To the Editor of
The journal The Oregon Journal and
Mr. Pierce have persistently misrepre
sented my attitude . on the tax issue.
They state that I bave said in effect
that taxes cannot be reduced ana may
go higher, and' they quote a garbled
excerpt from a speech of mine to prove
their assertion. The written text ef
that -soeech was furnished to the press
and no fair-minded man could so garble
it as to bring out the idea that tne op
position to rse is endeavoring to por
tray.! Permit me to auote from the
typewritten sheet as given to the press
when I started out- on mis campaign
two weeks ago : .
' "For the year 192S there were IT89
distiact tax levying: bodies iri the state.
There are hundreds of other
bodies with power to levy taxes that.
for some reason or another, did not
taka BdvAntflfp nf that mwrr IS 19Z3-
Au-IthEY MAY take advantage of it in
1923, in 1924 or in any other year if
tr.ey; desire totso so. ana I they ao
your taxes from THOSE SOURCES
will -rise Tather than, decrease. The
governor has no power over the action
of THESE tax levying bodies save in
an exceptionally few cases. THESE
taxes are under the control of the peo
ple of the various localities and are as
remote from the power or tne execu
tive control as are the taxes of the fed'
eral- eovernment."
- Thus it will be distinctly seen that
the reference was entirely to taxes in
those localities where tax levying au
thority exists that was not exeicised
in 1322, but which might be exercised
at any time.
Mr. Fierce and the opposition press
should be big enough anrt fair enough
to concede that I was the originator
in Oregon of th idea that taxes should
be reduced and equalised, because they
both know that I made such a recom
mnlation to the legislature two years
aeo. and that it was because ofsmy call
ing their attention to tnis condition,
and urging upon them authority for
the annointment of a special tax in
vestigation commission that the pres
ent" agitation concerning taxes result
ed; Incidentally, permit me to add that
The Oreaon Journal, at the time this
commission was appointed by me. made
the statement editorially that the ap
pointments were most excellent.
Very truly yours,
BEN W. OLCOTT.
Storm Warnings Are
StiU Up; Gale May
Move Toward Coast
Southeastern storm warnings which
were raised Friday night. at all Ore
gon and Washington coast points in
anticipation of heavy gales during the
night were still flying today, although
Frank C. Hanley
Frederick M. Dempsey
Henry S. Westbrook
Chas. G. Benson
John W. Kaste
F. C. Hamell
R. W. Wilbur
Geo. W. Caldwell
Wm. A. Carter
W. P. La Roche
Barnett H. Goldstein
Geo. W. Gearhart
John.,R. W. Owens
C. A. -Marsch
C. C Burback
James S. Gay Jr.
Walter T. McGuirk
David C. Pickett .
F. L. Nagel
, George Mowry
W, E. Critchlow
I Lyle F. Brown
J Jerry E. Bronaugh '
. W. W. Banks
J Chas. A. Hart
John T. Beekman
E. T. Taggert
A. H. SleGurtain
E- K. Oppenheimer :
Wilber Henderson
J. C. Veazie
John F. Cahalin
A. E. Wheelock
Arthur M. Churchill
Alex Bernstein
M. E. Crum packer
Henri Labbe
W. W. Graves
John R. Latourett
Harry L. Raffety
G. A. Johnson
I sham N. Smith
Jay H. Stockman
A. F. Knight
by Tom Garland)
k feT the
the storm temporarily had backed off
to ses v- .. . . . -
This Imoendirur storm is the same
one which, has bothered 1 shipping off
the' Alaskan coast during the. last .24
hours. The district weather office re
ported that, it was likely to move in on
the coast at. any time during the-day.
The 'storm - conditions brought test'
peratures up r slightly in Western - Ore
gon, but in Eastern Oregon the mer
cury dropped sun lower than on .Fri
day, -The lowest! temperature was IS
i LOGGER 8IMOCSIT HCRTC
.Astoria, Nov. 4. Johns Scot. S7,
an employe of the Larkln Green
Logging company at Blind Slough, was
struck, by . a, rolling log Friday, and
suffered a compound fracture , of the
left leg. -f : ;: - '-' -
ELTON WATKINS
Ex-Assistant U. S. Attorney
for
- CONGRESS
PLATFORM
I FAVOR:
1. Strict Immigration Laws.
2. Non-Partisan Tariff Commis
sion. 3. Merchant Marine without sub
sidies and graft.
4. National Bonus for Ex-Service
Men. paying for samey tax
ing profiteers and predatory
wealth.
5. Better Pay and Treatment for
mail carriers and postal em
ployes. '
6. Government Hospital in Port
land for Ex-Service Men.
I OPPOSE: ,
I.. Newberryism.
2. Oriental Land Ownership.
3. Child Labor.
Nepotism. "
Pending Ship Subsidy Bill.
The Sales Tax.
Pat McArthur's Do-Nothint
Kecora.
8.. Cancelling Foreign War Debt
9. Esch-Cummins Act
Paid Adv. by Watkins for Congress
Club Mrs. Q. Ck English. Pres.
JUDGE FRANK L.
TOUVELLE
DEMOCKATIC CANBISaTS
. . ; FOB
State Treasurer
; (Paid Advertisement by Demo- -'
cratic Committee. .
it
FOR SHOPS AND
ROUNDHOUSE
;;; i. iunEs' '
Machinists .. . . . . . 70c ; per bosu
Biacksmiths .70c per , Imwr
Sheet! Metal Worker. .
. . . . ..70s psr koar
Qectricisns . . . . . . 70c.- fer hoar
Stationary Enfinsers ' ' " 1
$ ' . it v. . .Various Rates
Ststioaary Fireinesa - !
. . . . . . . ( Various . Rates
Boilermskers ; : - - t .'
- . .r....70c to 7Cc.pr koor
Passenger Car Men v i,
. .!-v .. .470c per kour
Freifkt Car Ms. .63e per hoar
Helpers. sH clseecs -
: J. . . . . . . .47c per koar
: ? Mechanics and ' helpers are al
lowed time and - one-half for tims
worked la excess of eight. hours per
day. . - ' . fi' j
' A strike now exists on ths Norths
ern Pacific Railway.
" ArriT BOOST tit " ' 1
Cssea Bandies, Fearts Street :
Kesr. WasSJastoa. Pertlssd -
' ' , X - l
. -Vi 'I
1 j. . . W'i-.-ivjw.'-.v.'i.-.-t sS
:at. -j 'y
MEN
WMTED
I V REC0M1MENDATI0NS OF TAXPAYERS'
... LEAGUE ON BAIXOT MEASURES
. ,
with Its explanation of certain measures having to do with taxation and r:
finance which are to be submitted to the voters at the election to be held!
a Tuesday. November 1922, and Us recommendations thereon.'
i It should ha Vent fn talnd that i .
has resulted from intermittent, indiscriminate and unsystematic voting; of
taxes without the voters being fully advised as to ths effect thereof, uen- I
erallv sseakinr. arh arih1ere of ta-ration ha Iwhlnrl it. some rrouo of citi
sens who are particularly interested
oreaxec ty ftseit without Etvtns consideration to the effect it may nave
upon iiw general xax.
It is frequently stated that with an increase in. population a deereaee
in taxation will follow. The following tabulation showing the increase in I
population ana in taxation for a number of years speaxa I or itseiii : .
Iseremse ef PepaUUoa as Tsxstlea for All Tarpesea. Msltsosislt Cosmty,
Iseladisg Portlaad sad State : ,
' - n Ferrestsge Is.
- Est. i Cesnrna Est. Cessss - crease,
It OS im ins. it -vim overltie
Pepalarloa .... M1U,H7 UMH S4 I1J1
Total tax. all par.
poses, is mlUs T 143 , SS - SiU tM 4 (ClU ViM
Iscreste of 'State Popslatloa aad State Taxatlea Levied- la Meltnomss
j , - . Fereestsre Is.
T.U ' Cessas TU , : Ceasss v. - - crease, lst
1W . itis last , - IMS : sver lilt
PopsUtios ....44t,m 7i.I5 9S ' S48t . ...... 1V4
louu tax, su pr .
poses. Is
st ills....
1.4
The estimated tax for the City of Portland and Multnomah County-for
the year 192S does not include eixher the tax for the fair bill or the tax for
any bonds issued for the bridges. This tabulation shows conclusively that
taxes have increased far out of proportion to the increase in population.
We submit as a test for voters, to apply in passing upon taxation meas
ures the following: "Do we need itt" ot "Do we want tt?
JOSEPH N. TEAl
t L. J. GOLDSMITH
A. H. DEVERS
R. L. G LIS AN
S. SI, HEARS
STATE MEASVBES .
Permlttis'g Lisa Cosaty to levy a tax to pay oaUtaadisg warrants.'., S0
Ys; 891 So.
This is a measure permitting Linn County. Oregon, to levy a tax to
retire outstanding warrants. From reliable sources we learn that this is
a necessity. ;1
TOTEBS ARE ADVISED TO TOTE 90 YES.
Aseidntit permlttiBg Itsn asd Bestos CossUet te pay esUUsalsg -wsr
rasts. sex aesi m xo. .it-
r This measure is for the same purpose as the one Just above described,
covering both Linn and Benton Counties. . I
TOTEBS ARE ADVISED TO VpTE 90S TES ' '
Single Tax eoastltsUosal antidmtiL 994 Ten 5o. .
This is a single tax measure and is substantially ths same measure
heretofore repeatedly submitted to the people of this, stats and voted down
on each occasion. .
TOTEBS AHE ADTISED TO TOTE 96 SO. ;
State Tax for exposltiea Is City of PorUaad. 90S Tctl SOS Jfe.
Voters . should vote "No" on tUfis measure in order to prevent levying of
a new tax for an unnecessary purpose, as well as for a non-governmentsl
purpose. A vote for the exposition tax. belps to commit the whole state to
the pre poeed Portland fair. Once the state commits Itself by vote of the
people It cannot escape taxation for an adequate state building and state
exhibit. - People ho think otherwise are simply deluding themselves to
their own loss. Private property should not be taken for anything except
the most necessary public purposes, especially in times like these, with the
tax burdens already unbearably heavy. Neither . the state nor the city
measures should be approved. II tney are, tt win certainly mean a greatly
increased tax on all property within the state. Do not be-influenced by the
talk that increased population will decrease taxation. The facts are other
wise. - What Oregon needs are conditions that will encourage industry and
production. Fairs do not tend to bring about, these conditions. Theyf ur
nish places for a few men at high salaries, entertain a few. "but do not
encourage investment. With conditions as they are in the world, including
our own country, a fair would be merely a local exhibition and of no con
sequence. There is but one way to reduce taxes or even hold them as they
are, and that is to refuse to continue to vote sdditionsi taxes.
TOTEBS ABE ADTISED TO TOTE 869 HO. - '
Iaeome Tax Amendsiest. 819 Tesj - Sll Ifo. '. . '
The report of the commission appointed by the governor on the above
subject is about ready for submission. The proposed law is unscientific and
will not reach the result sought. We advise voters to await the carefully
prepared report of this commission' before' they commit. themselves.
TOTEBS ABE ADTISED TO TOTE 811 SO.
, . - i -. ' . ' .
Compulsory Edsestloa BllU Sit Test 8 IS No.
As this is not a tax question and the Taxpayers' League only recom
mends on tax measures or matters of finance, we make no recommendation
on this measure. -!: - .. t , . -
CITT MEASURES ' .
City Tax for exposition Is City of Portlasd. 899 Test 691, Jfo.
In addition to the reasons given heretofore for voting .against ths state
tax in connection with the proposed. Portland fair, we desire to suggest the
following: To make the exposition-a success, it must have the support of
the whole state, and the state must share in establishing and maintaining
it. No fair can be a success unless tt has the united support 'of the people
of the city and of the state in which it is held. The proposed fair has
neither the united support of the state nor of the city. The proponents of
the fair are asserting that $4,D00,000 will completely . finance it ; This is
just the beginning, and if this bill is carried there is no Question but that
additional money will be sought. So-called "non-taxpayers" must not be
deluded by thinking that they will escape, their part of the burden. Everv
one in this city and In the state swill pay his share In increased expenses of
all kinds. The proponents of the fair say that -the taxpayers iwlll only be
called upon for a small amount, and that this is spread over I three years.
It should b borne in mind that it is these small amounts, added together
that make the big ones, and this Illogical reason is the one that is most
frefuently advanced to bring about an increase in taxation-that otherwise
would not be voted and is not required. 1 . . , , ' , v ...
TOTEBS, ABE ADTISED TO TOTE Ml KO.' ' . ? , r
Crestlsg a aew Jsege for Mssleipal CesrU. S9S tt 98 ye,
From the advice the Taxpayers'; League has received, it has concluded
that an Increase In the Municipal Court expenses is Wholly unnecessary, and
that if voted it will create new officers and additional burdens, without any
compensating advantages. j :.: .: - i. ,w v.
. TOTEBS ABE ADTISED TO TOTE 80S JCO." ' ' V '
AneadsteBt to charter provtdlsg for exteaslea ef. period lor payiss; boaded
Sfseitmestt. 604 Vei; 896 St. . .j - .
This Is a measure allowing a person -who9 has bonded his property for
street or sewer assessments, and who is not in a position to pay the balance
due to re bond for one-half of the original assessment and for a period of
not exceeding five years upon payment of all ; prior general taxes. The
League is of the opinion that this Is -a proper "measure, and that it will not
only help the city to collect money that could not otherwise be collected,
but will also help property owners. i J
TOTEBS ABE ADTISED TO. TOTE 694 TES. '
- . . ' . - . i i .. .
Antendmeat to ehsrter ebasgisg method of estsbllshlsg sad efcasgiaff street
grades.. 408 Yes; 607 So. .
' The proposed measure ' denies the right of remonstrance to "property
owners in a district who may have to .pay a special assessment ss a benefit,
while it gives the right of remonstrance to an owner whose property, is
injuriously affected. We oppose the measure, because its is discriminatory.
TOTEBS ABE ADTISED TO TOTE S97 XO.i
Tares Mill Levy. 698 Test 699 3To. . !
While not convinced that the entire amount Is necessary, the League feels
that this levy is a maximum amount, and that the city commission will
not require nor use the full amount. Under the-circumstances, we approve
the measure.
-TOTEBS ABE ADTISED TO TOTE C98 TES.
Giving pewer to Coramlitlos of Psblle Docks to eosiesi a property sot
- immediately reqsired for psblle sse,- aad te; lease the same. 619 Tea:
t. 611 K. . , . ,v
In our opinion this is sn attempt to confer the right-to exercise excess
condemnation on the Dock Commission, and to confer the power upon it to
engage In a real estate , business for the purpose of leasing property so
acquired for industrial sites to private parties, .We are opposed to - both
powers.
TOTEBS ARE ADVISED TO TOTE 611 HO. 5 ' ' .
Amesdmeat ' to charter vreTidlse ' for lasaaare nf bo ad a for additional
lmprovemests to water system, aad
1. 19SS. 61S Yeat 618 Xo. .
As we are advised, this Is considered a necessary measure." . ? '
TOTEBS ABE ADTISED-TO 'TOTE 619 TES. .
, - - COTJJfTr BALLOT i
. t -.i , i t . . .. , j-:.. . ' , .
Bsraslde Bridge.; IS Ttij . IS 3fo. . 'I 't ,
' A new bridge at Burnside street is a necessity." We therefore favor this
measure. -.However,, we wish it distinctly, understood that-- tfais approval
does not carry with' it our approval of any particular type of -bridge, but
that this matter - should be left -open for careful consideration hereafter.
On the contrary, - we assume - that the County : Commissioners sre not
committed to any plan but Will avail themselves of the best engineering
judgment and skill before finally commencing construction. .
TOTEBS ABE ADTISED TO TOTE IS TES. .jv V;' '.t':'5'-; ''j'
Beaa Isla'sd Bridge.' 14 Te;' 16 3T.- :.'.' , i --'J-
' A careful consideration has convinced us that a bridge at this point will
be a necessity by the time it can be constructed. The remarks as to the
character of bridge to be constructed apply to. the Koss Island bridge the
same as the Bumside bridge." v- - - u . i , -
TOTEBS ABE ADTISED. TO TOTE 14 TES.
Take Tkls Wfth
Lisa Cesaty Wsrraat Bill .. .. ...Tets 809 Tea-
I.iaa sae Beaten CesaUes Wsrraat Bill.. ....Tote in in
Slsgle Tsx iV.v-. . ... Tete 908 ?f e --'
Exposition Tsx ....................... k ....... Tote ?- o
Ineema Tax A mead meat ....;.,,..i......Jf.Tete Sll Its
Csmpnlsery Edseatiea Bill.. ........Se BacostmcsdsUos
- y, : :i:-:-:4'?VtX MEASciiEst 1 1-'-K vX:.;
Expoaltiom Tax...... ............S...L..... .Tete 691 ITa .
Additional MaaieiBal Cosrt ......v..v......i.Tote 60S ?fe
BeboSdisg Property .... ..ii...... ...Tote 604 Tee l
KstabliaalBg: Street Grades ..... .....J... ..... Tete 607 o
Three Mill Tax ............. .l........i,.....,.Tete 60 Yea "
Deck CestBalsBlom Power to Coadems Lssd.... Tote 611 Tie '
Water Bosda ..... ...... ,..,.,,... .!,......Tote 618. Yes
v . - COtTJfTT
Bsraslde - Bridge- .
Bos ItUsd Bridge
PAID ADTEBTISEMI5T,
v
7-
Portland, Orexon, November 1S22.
trrmt Ttnt tha llli ril m In taxation i
in the outcome of that-issue and is
S.t
t.9S t.St CEsO
4M
HENRI LABBE
A. J. GIESY
F. H. PAGE
F. W. MULKEY
Executive -Committee.
for refssding water bosdt dae July C
, . . .
'. BECAPITCL ATI0X ;a : ; :lf. i-.ii,.
Tos Wkes Toa Tote., j.
BALLOT
.... .
r. .Tete IS Tea
...Tsts 14 Ts
TAIPATEB8 LEAGUE
i
JOSEPH N. TEAL. Executive Chairman. Vr
L. OOLDSM1TH. Secretary, Piatt Building.