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EHICIli il leOUNTY GETS READY LLOYD GEORGE
LEADERS HELD lOR ROADTAVElEP IS HEARD 01
FOHPGS PRQGRAi OF SEASON VATICAN NOTE
Head of Unions and 150
Other Department Heads
Are Placed in Jail ; After
Bombs Are Thrown.
HEADQUARTERS ARE
RAIDED FOR RECORDS
Bombings (Follow -Attempts
to Police Plants ' Boy
cotted by Locals
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CHICAGO, M.y 10. Fred
"Frenchy Mader. president . of
the Chicago Building Trader coun
cil atd mora than 150 other labor
leaden were , being held tonight
after - hating been caught In a
dozen spectacular raids on var
ious union headquarter , today,
. The rouad-up resulted from the
murder of two patrolmen and the
wounding of another In ft running
pistol fight; In which the killers
laded the police last night ' The
two murders followed the; bomb-1
ing of two buildings, the cuimin-
atlon of a series of disorders be-
lleved by the police to have been
ue to labor warfare in tne nuiia-
In g trades. ,,.
In ' ordering ; today s ; raias,
Charles' C. FIttmorrls, chief oi
notice, declared that some of the
labor leaders were Just as guilty
of the murders of the two police -
znen as were the anarchists of the
Hay market riots. ., He character-
... 1
and termed' the labor leaders
"hoodlums and evconncts. ...v
TJndons Inyolred .
r "I hare the orncert and repre-iecnooi tne report oranas ; a mat
Mi.tuu nf wr nnlan 1n the I ter deserrlnc serious 'and lmme
buildiaf trade council,' and some
othef,nnloi,tweprMnted' a -
ong those arrester,"- Chief Fitz-
morris .said, after the raids late
thls afternoon. ' '"Those arrested
will ber Ireated like ordinary
prisoners and held unUl they can
be questioned.' ,
!. Th. Hat off those taken into
custody included the name of the
men who have been known for
year, as the leader, ot labor"!-
AtU I A. ! 1 nAH lM' M "HI
Tim' Murphy, president of tne
Ca "Worker.' union and Cornel
(Con) Bhea, leader ot tbe team-
ter.' strike In . 1904. Murphy.
known as Chicago s labo csar jj-eundg, and adjacent thereto. At
ha-beeh ont .bn ballafterhaTlng the present time little, if any co
been sentenced recently to seven operation . seems . to exist between
years in the penitentiary in eon- the public schools and the Jure-
' nection with .the 40,000 union
station nail robbery. - The raids
came as a complete turprlse, the
first being made oar the . head-
quarters of the building trades
council where a squad ' of i men
from the detective bureau sadden- f8 BOggested. The jury has ex
ly appearedat the entranWof the amlned : many ' instructors and
building, v The raiders' slammed students at the. high schools, but
the doors and kept them . . shut
, with threaU of ehobting, A-score
ot labor leaders were founa ciosei-
ed In conference. They were Ukt
en into custody' immediately and
.11 book, and document. In the
office wised. ,r .
Hangouts Raided
nlda continued on other union
headquarter, and saloons; known
to hare been ttaed as hangouts by
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KEYISFUmUSIIEB
TO TREASURE HOUSE
What - vast t and mighty ' treas
nre of words full of rich mean
lnfc lie locked up in bur language
hidden a way (' from common use,
and enjoyed only by the learned
few. I is 'as It, possessing the
mineral wealth of Mexico." mined,
smelted 'and ready, for the mint,
we turned scornfully aside revel
1 irig in a ' vountary poverty.
A dictionary' constitutes the
treasure house ot a language.
As
. fwoBl!, we " needlessly deprive
ourselves of the helps at our com
manri. In our datlv Usks. not
one of which, can1 be performed
Without the use of words, we pos -
.ess only the most primitive tools,
when we might bo equipped with
JnS
bolted treasure house we have
mentioned, then the coupon we
'orint dally 1 this paper Is Us
key. "' .' " ' ' r j-"1,
The coupon will appear only
few more times. This marvelous
distribution" draws to a close,
readers are advised to consult tbe
coupon' now. read the display ah
nouncemeftts, aiid ascertain at
once bow this' great New Unlver-
slties dictionary caa! be secured
practically as- a gitw
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During the past week, work was begun on the county
ESZfi Ptnl?i stn' . tH1!?, r OT the bi
1ving program, ihe paving
summer at Aumsviiie, is being moved to Stayton, where
this year's paving work is to be done. This plant will be
ready for service by the first
begin. ''""'
Grand Jury Finds Immorality
in spoicane scnoois,
But in Minority
SPOKANE. Wash., May 10.
Immoral conditions exist among
Spokane high school students,
I tnougn tne majority of them are
aboye reproach, the special grand
jury investigating the schools de-
ciared tonight in a lengthy report
i on tnft subject.
I Lac of interest In Bchool child-
ren' activities, lack of discipline
lin homes, automobile joy rides
and r. entertainment at public
l dances, road houses, noodle joints
land city parks unchaperoned were
named In the report as chief
1 among causes of Juvenile delin-
I fluency. , - - , .
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Juvenile court, who called the
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i. .-Hi,.-..,.,,.,..,.,,..
i aa vuiviu vs. toviaiiug
(contaminating ' element" in the
diate consideration." '
p - style shows Hit "
. High school fraternities, style
shows, road houses, school auto-
mobiles and certain, dances are
criticised in the report The
school , authorities are.accuted of
iiviu urumig jwitj m uiuui-
ing immorality cases, and Orrllre
f. Pratt, superintendent ot schooli
Is aaid to be 'InattentiTe" to
rnMr.tmn .hu, h.
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. . i h M te exercl8ed 0Ter an
t ll8 in 8Cll0ol buildings, on the
fnile court.",
- Narcotic Evidonc Lacking
Assignment of at . least one1
jttYenile officer to cases where
action by the school principal
fails' to bring about reformation.
I not members of tbe noara oi eau-
cation, who were invited to ap
pear ou mui ouuu..
No eridenre of use of nareotics
by. high school etudenU couW.be
rtttoj
r-n;;'ooi
students while In attendance was
I conclusive, and many cases, were
reported where both boys and
J girls were concerned."1
9t?gregaUon Not urgea
Sex segregation in the schools
Is not favored at present,-though
! the report suggests that It con-
dltlona do not improve, the ques-1
tion be placed before tlie voters.
1 More stringent laws-ior con-
trol ot road houses' outside of the
- 1 city ' limits are urged.
Jury to Try Small is
Completed at wauKegan
WAUKEGAN 111.. May 10.
( Br the Associated Press ) . Tb e
Jury to try Governor Len bman
charged with conspiracy to. em
bezzle state funds, ' was completed
today, and tomorrow the trial will
I ret under way. C. Fred Mortimer,
- 1 state s attorney. wo
rrkDhed state witnesses go oe nere
tomorrow and taking of testimony
1 probably will be started before
I noon.
California Banker is
v . enienceo ,10 rriSOn
I TJKIAH. CaU May. 10. -J. E
1 weuer, former; casnier oi 17 xne
a First Bank of Savings and p res-
lldent of the First National bank
I of Fort Bragg, was sentenced to
I serve one to 19 years in San
Quentln' penitentiary on each of
the six ' counts' of an indictment
charging him with embozxlemeht
In superior court here today after
ne piwueu lum;,
ROAD HOUSES
GIVEN BLAME
plant that was operated last
of June, when Davin will
Grading is in progress in the
Mt. Angel section, and the counly
rock crusher is now at work there
preparing the material for sur
facing the roads ready for pay
ing. The paving plant in this district
In tq be started Bbortly after Jane
I The' third plant, at Scollard.
near Woodburn, will be started
Salem plant.
about the same time, as will the
From each of these central
plants, about six miles of hard
surfaced paving will be laid dur
ing bhis summer. About 40 men
will be employed at each place.
They start with about two-thirds
of a full crew, and then Pt on
the full number ,when they be
gin to lay the paring and take
some of the men from the 'plant
cot to the road end of the job.
Salem Man Is Active in
Many Lines at State Ag-
ncultural Cotiege
OREGON' AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE, Corrallis, May 10.
Alonzo W. Patchin, son or 'Mr.
and Mrs. E. J.' Patchin 9f 365
South Sixteenth street. Salem. Is
registered as a; Junior, student in
the animal husbanfdy department
of the school of agriculture He
has taken an active part In ath
letics anda has a string of victor
ies to his credit as a varsity
wrestler. He was captain of the
varsity wrestling team last year
and is a membed of the varsity
'W' association. agricultural
club, and Withycombe club' tthe
animal husbandry student's club).
" The livestock course of study
which Mr. Patchin is taking is de
signed primarily to tit the student
for livestock farming: The live
stock course ot study which he is
taking includes the principles' of
breeding, feeding, 'management,
marketing and a study of the his
tory and development of the vari
ous breeds of livestock" and other
work pertaining to the livestock
industry. '
In addition to the livestock
courses he is required to take
work in other departments of the
school of agriculture and a cer
tain number of the social science
courses. The object of work other
than' - straight agriculture is to
train the student fdr leadership' in
the community a. well as train
him to be a better agriculturist.
Traffic Fines for Month
Aggregate $3,215.75
"Tin es imposed by Oregon courts
during the month of April as a
result of the activities of tlrVstate
traffic department, as shown 'in
the monthly report of T. A. Rat
I ety, chler state traffic inspector,
amounted to 13,215:75. This, with
fees which the inspectors caused
to be mailed in . covering chauf
feurs licenses, operators licenses,
transfers and duplicate license
plates, made a total of ST638.75
for which the department was re
sponsible during the month! The
total' number of violations report
ed for the month was 352
L. B. Reeder Withdraws
As Candidate for Judge
L. B. Reeder, Portland attor
ney, yesterday filed with Qecre
tary of State Koser notification
of his withdrawal as a candidate
for the Republican nomination for
circuit judge for the fourth ju
dicial district, department No. 7
nif reason is tnat he has not
been a resident of the state con
tinuously for the last three-years,
although he has been a resident
of the state in reality for the last
40 years.
SEATTLE U J1EAT HIGHER
- SEATTLE; May 10.-r-With the
price 30 cents higher than the
average pre-war level in export
wheat for: five years, new Wash
ington whea t . was greeted with
unprecedented demand and fancy
prices during today's market
transactions here, . . .' . ; -
PITCH MAKES
GOOD in
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1922
Conference Leaders Warn
ed Not to Accede to Rom
an Catholic Claim for Re
ligious Schools.
CHURCH SEIZURES OF
PAST ARE MENTI0NEI
f I I I S Ml
uunciave unaer strain as
Pressure of Various Pro
posals is Noted
GENOA, May 1 0. ( By the
soeuted Press.) While lead
of the "big five" powers were d
enssing the Vatican memorandu
today concerning freedom of rfe.
ligiou? worship and education in
Russia, and the return or oburffh
property. Premier Lloyd Oorre
i.'sued a warning that if the con
icrence backed the Roman Cath
olic church1 in a demand for res
toration it would immediately
provide, powerful ammirSltion to
the Boviet government. Bolshevik
Russia, he declared, would cer
tainly reply that the western
countries, notably France and
England, had. confiscated, church
property in the past.
Papal Note Official
The fire powers decided that
the papal memorandum would be
considered official by Ijhe sub
commission on political affairs.-'
The economic conference can
not stand many more . days of
strain such as it has undergone
in connection with the framing
the allie ' memorandum to tbe
Russian delegates and ' the . rum
ors in connection with the Rus
sian reply which' has b'een eagerly
awaited for three days, but Jwas
riot presented today.
Ask RuMla'a Attitude . ,
-The great -question bearing.; 9ft
the reply is: What will the atti
tude Of the Russian be towards
foreigners' property nationalized
by the soviet government. Every
effort has been made to have the
Russians make concessions rela
tive to the restitution of the prop
erty of foreigners in order to pre
vent disruption of the conference.
There are many indications
that the French" and Belgians are
becoming less insistent in their
attitude and, the general feeling
in conference circles tonight is
that the Russian answer is of
such a nature that it at least will
form a basis for the continuance
of the discussions.
Much of the Russtan reply has
become known but the answer to
the property clause still is under
going modification.
M. Barthou, head 01 tne r rencn
delegation, forwarded a letter to
President Facta, protesting at tne
length of time taken by the so
viet delegation to answer the me
morandum.
Radio Sets Become Very
Popular at Silverton
. SILVERTON, Ore., May 10.-
( Special to The Statesman)
Radio sets are becoming very pop
ular at Silverton. Some of them
are very well equipped.
Among the licensed operators
who have both the receiving and
sending stations are Alfred Ad
ams. Glen Shockley. and Olfan
DeGuire.
The boys who have installed
onlv the receiving stations re
Lawrence Bowser and Rueben
Jensen.
Hans Hansen, a former navy
wireless operator, is planning to
install a receiving -and sending
radio in the near future.
It is reported that Glen Shock
ley is going to Install a eel with
two-stage amplifier and loud talk
er at the high school auditorium.
Lockwood New Yell King
At Willamette University
Donald Lockwood of Portland
was elected by the student exec
utive committee at the last regu
lar meeting to fill the position of
yell king at Willamette university.
Donald Rhebock has been chosen
as crown prince.
These two young men will havo
charge of the yell rallies and
pep raisers at Willamette for the
coming year. Upon them depends
to a large extent the spirt of the
college in the1 college events. Bliss
Sadie Pratt, popular co-ed ot Wil
lamette; .was -unanimously elected
song queen for the ensuing year.
The appointments followed the
tryouts at chapel last week. Sev
eral : aspirants gave a sample of
their wares in tbe line of yell
leading; Some very amusing Inci
dents during this tryout' turned it
Into .'veritable vaudeville. '
DTTER'S STATEMENT TO LABOR
COUNCIL IS NOT SUPPORTED BY
RECORD; TRIED TO CUT WAGES
ROTARY WINS
DINNER FROM
KIWANIS CLUB
Rounders Awarded Sandal
Wood Bun and Ivory Marsh
mallows Feed Comes
The Rotarians rolled 'round re
markably regularly during the
attendance contest with the Ki
wanis club. Sq regularly, indeed,
that they win the sandal-wood
bun and the genuine ivory marsh
mallows and the steel-plated milk
shake and all the prizes there are
in- the match. The Kiwanians
are to be the hosts for a joint
feed. '
The joint feed is to come off
in the very near future. The con
test closed with yesterday's re
port from the Rotary club.
. The Kiwanians had their last
chance Tuesday, and turned out
almost to the last man, but they
were a bit late in starting their
sprint, and they couldn't catch
up.
High School Organization
V Lavs Down Rules for
Floral Preservation
i A strong plea for the preser
vation of-.wild 'lowers is being
poade by, the: Botany; elub ot the
high school in a campaign begun
recently to enlist interest among
school students in their move
ment, and to educate the lovers
ot nature to what they claim is
a growing danger to Oregon's
scenic beauty.
"We have come to the place
where' we must think of the wild
flowers or they will entirely dis
appear, declares a small eight-
page pamphlet issued recently
setting forth the purposes of the
campaign, which goes on to il
lustrate by showing the rapid dis
sajpearance of the so-called "In
dian Pipe," "Lady's Slipper" aqd
other once common flowers of the
Woods around Salem. Mter set
ting forth tbe danger it offers six
suggestions to those who are in
terested in the saving of flowers.
which follow:
"'"Don't pick too many of the
same kind in one locality.
"Leave at least half the flow
ers to' go to seed.
"Use scissors or a knife for
cutilng the flowers.
"Don't pick flowers along the
highway of in parks.
"Don't break shrubs, or beauti
ful herbage of any kind, for dec
orative purposes there are other
sources ot beauty from which to
bring fair things to church, wed
dings, etc,
"Above all, don't pull up the
roots of the flowers."
The Botany club ot the higa
school was organized in March ot
this year under the leadership ol
Miss Ruth Brown, teacher of Bot
any, and has not waited long ti
make its influence felt. The pres
ent enrollment of the club ex
reeds 60 members.
Fire Insurance Business
Summarized by Mr. Barber
Fire Insurance companies op
erating in Oregon during the year
ending December 31 last received
a total in premiums for the year
of $7.991,020.74, according to a
report yesterday by A. C. Barber,
state insurance commissioner.
Losses incurred totaled $3,716.
0&8.61, and losses paid $3,893,
026.19. ItUX RUXXEItS HINTED
EL PASO, Texas, May 10.
Two armored cars are to be
brought here from Washington to
combat bootleggers, according- to
H. R. Stephenson, divisional pro
hibition difector. who took office
here today. The number or
agents in El Pao will be trebled.
PORTLAND STRIKE GROWS
PORTLAND, Or., May 10. A
committee of the citizens appoint
ed by Mayor George L.. Baker to
Investigate the - longshoremen's
strike ' situation reported tonight
a "recommendation that police vig
ilance be increased to lessen vio
lence on the waterfront,
ns
WILD
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Dr. F. Lw Utter, one of the
lem, made a speech before the Salem .Central Trades and
Labor council Tuesday night in which he said he was opposed
to any cut in the pay of city
i this the labor council, voted its
Jt$ut utters record a very
favors a decrease in the pay of the city employes. Further,
it shows that he was the instigator of a move in the city
council to slash 10 per cent off of every pay check on the
payroll of the city, of Salem that was not fixed by Charter
provision. t
At the regular meeting of
Dr. utter arose in his place in
formed the meeting that he, with the assistance of Alderman
Patton, was1 preparing an ordinance bill that would make a
10 per cent cut in wages or
down tne line.
So strong was opposition
measure that Utter's attempt
was introduced. :
Had such i an ordinance been enacted it would have cut
the pay checks of all street department workers, all firemen.
including the chief, all policfe
1 11 1 l l
cuy imu employes . wnose salaries are nox nxeo oy cnarter,
and all other employes whose salaries are not protected by
the charter. -, '
So radical was the measure that other members went to
work immediately to kill it Mayor Halvorsen at the time
was ill in the hospital and Alderman John B. Giesy, insisting
that the proposal was unfair and unjust, went to the hospital
1 J! 1 A f At A 1 WW. . . .
ana aiscussea iz wun tne mayor, naivorsen agreed with
Giesyithat it oight to be. killed. "
Giesy took' the position that the lO-Ber cent was nnt
great enough f to affect the taxpayers as. a whole, but would
be a vfry serious matter for the individual' employe, since
salaries in Salem are low at best as compared with most other
cities. 1
Chauncey Olcott Hears of
Bulbs in South and Re
quests to See Them
Chauncey Olcott, as the guest
of Governor Ben W. Olcott, yes
terday visited the Dibble & Frank
lin tulip farm at his own request.
From its ivid blooms he selected
a great bouquet which he Bent
south to Mrs. Olcott in San Fran
cisco. Following the Rotary club
luncheon yesterday at which Mr.
Olcolt was a guest. Governor Ol
cott offered to take the distin
guished guest for a ride if he.
would like to look around the
Capital city. Mr. Olcott said that
down In southern Oregon he had
heard ot a wonderful tulip farm
near Salem, and would like to
visit there.
Mr. Olcott is known as a great
lover of flowers and was particu
larly pleased with the wonderful
blooms at the Dibbell & Franklin
farm.' The firm is now shipping
out flowers to PorMand, Seattle,
Tacoma, Spokane, Salt Lake, Los
Angeles and San Francisco.
Mr. Dibbie and Mr. Franklin
feel confident of marketing more
than 50.00O blooms from their
farm this year and have hopes ot
miking the figure 75.000 if every
thing runs satisfactorily.
J. A. Currey, a Portland rose
authority, was another visitor at
jthe famous Oregon tujip farm
yesterday.
French & Co. Creditors
Get 80 Cents on Dollar
THE DALLES, Or., May 10.
Creditors of the bank of French
&.Co., which failed two months
ngo, will probably receive about
80 cents on the dollar from pres
en t resources of the bank, it was
announced today by O. B. Robert
son, state deputy bank examiner,
Robertson added, howeter, that
business property" owned by the
French families in The Dalles had
been placed in trust and if neces
sary this property will be used in
tbe liquidation, so that it is pos-i
sible that creditors may eventu
ally get dollar for dollar.
Eugene Banks Increase
Deposits by Big Spurt
EUGENE, Or., May 10. The
deposits in the three ; Eugene
banks increased $700,009 during
the past 60 days, according to the
reports of the institutions pub
lished today.
" General improvement In busi
ness conditions and the resump
tion ot operations in the lumber
trade ' here are, given as reasons
to the increase.
ACTOR VISITS
candidates for mayor of Sa
employes. Takinsr his word for
endorsement of his candidacy.
recent record shows that he
the city council on February 20
the council chamber and in
salaries of city employes cleaJ
in the council against such a
wa3 foiled and the "bill neMer
officers including the chief, all
" . . , . .
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Portland City Council Denies
Application to Solicit
on Streets
PORTLAND, May 10 The city
council today denied the applica
tion of the Sanity League of Am
erica to solicit memberships on
the st jeetB of Portland for the or
ganization which proposes modi
fication ot the Volstead law to
allow the manufacture of light
wines and 'beer.
A. N. Jackson, executive secre
tary, asserted that the organiza
tion was not backed by liquor
interests nor connected with poll
tics' and that he hoped to secure
100,000 members in Oregon.
Salesmanship Class Will
Continue Through Summer
Tuesday night saw what, was
to have been the formal closing
of the class in salesmanship that
has been carried on for, the past
17 weeks at, the Salem Y.M.C.A.
It doesn't really close, however,
for the work has proved so fas
cinating to the members that they
voted to continue It through the
summer, meeting, however, , only
once a month Instead of every
week. They have selected ' the
first Monday night of each' month
as their meeting night V"'- ;
The class at thebegtnning num
bered about 25; it grew to the
required 30, within the first two
or three weeks, and ended with
34 members, and a long waiting
list of others for whom there was
not room". T. E. McCroskey will
continue as instructor.
Laird V. WOod of Dallas
is First: tor Cash Warrant
Laird V. Dallas, one of the first
five Oregon ex-service teen to be
forwarded a warrant from the
state bonus and loan commission,
Egsterday cashed his warrant at
the officeof State Treasurer Hoff,
the warrant 'being the first one
cashed under tbe bonus and loan
act The. amount was for the full
$3000, the maximum limit un
der the act
WOULD OUST KLANSMEX
BAKERSFI ELD. Cal.. May 10
The resignation of every pub
lic official in -Kern county who
belongs to the Ku Klux Kian was
demanded in a resolution adopted
by a sta nding vote by a crowd
that packed a Taft theater to
night The resolution condemned
ddlddt hkn lae d ..D..8dofddd
the kian as un-American.'
!;.;-: ' weather Vr-y;
' Thursday showera west, fair,
east portion; light to havr frost
in early morning east portion
SITr LEAGUE
J f" i "W?v
PRICE: FIVE CENTO
Bl SEERETil
Property Classification fcr
Assessment; and Taxation
As Proposed by Oregon
Equalization Association.
COLLEGE MILLAGE TAX
ATTACKEQ IN MEASURES
Two Different ! Organizations
Sponsor Proposals Filed
by Initiative
.
Three initiative . .tax retorm
measures were tiled wlthth . sec
retary of state yesterday and will
be referred to the attorney gen
eral tor ballot title.
' One ot the measures 1. . com
plicated proposal termed "Proper
ty classification i lawMor assess
ment and taxation," and la init
iated by. the Oregon Tax Equali
sation association, of which O, K.
Spenc. is president and William
A. Alrd ot Oregon City is secre
tary. I This organisation Is a com
bination of the state grange the
State Tax Redaction cltbs snd the
Farmer, onion. as - Indicated '- by
the name, of the Initiator..
Mlllago Law Attacked
The other two measures are In
Itiated by the Oregon Tax Reduc
tion' clubs, represented by J. C
Cooper, president end ' R. V.
Stockton, secretary-treasurer. One
of the measures' proposes tbe re
peal of the mlllage act passed by
the people at the 'special election
of Mir 21, 1920, .mounting to
1.2 mills, of whicblour-seventhts
goes to Oregon Agricultural col
lege and three-sevenths to the
University ot Oregon."
Theptber .measure -Is, pro
"posed 'constitutional amendment
whereby . vote o( two-thirds of
th people at a general election
would b. necessary for the ap
proval of any measure authoris
ing bond Issue, or the creation of
public debt ' Also ' it would pro
hibit voting on such measures at
special elections. .
Provision. Hummarlr-M
I The' property" classification bill
proposed by tht Tax Equalization
association has the following pro
visions: To provide for assessing
manufacturing: and merchandis
ing estahllshmenU at f nil . cash
value; classification ot Jands for
taxation: assessment of Up4 at
oae-half Us cash value; assess
ment of Improvements on farm
lands and ot all dwelling houses
at one-halt cash value; assess
ment of all other. Improvements,
buildings and structures-at full
cash value., The amount tqj be
raised by mlllage taxes would he
limited. -:rr ?. A . h V
V" ' Division la Font Gronp.1
The - proposed r classification of
lands is a follows:?" ' I f
CrouD 1 -Farm i land. Qass
1. Tillable farming-land. Grade
1, grade 2, grade 3. Class i2
Pasture land: Grade 1. grade 2.
Groud t -Timber lands. v , v :
', Group 3 --Mineral land. " ; .
Group 4 All other lands, t '.,
8peVla) Fund Created .V-.'.
It Is proposed that lands suit
able for classification In more
than one group shall be so classi
fied. County court, may proylde
for such other additional classlfi'
cations as they deem proper.
It is provided that the county
court shall provide a classifica
tion fund by a tax of not more
than 1 mill for the payment of the
costs of classification of laud; ' A
Every five years, according to
the bill, the county court, of each
county would appoint three ap
praisers to appraise all lands and.
Improvements at full cash value.
"rra$tit Piwldrd ; ", A f
Owners" would be ;reqniredAto
f u rnish , in formation, ' under oath.'
of a penalty of. $SQtt would be ln-
voked, by action Jn court. Asses
sors or district attorneys not, en
forcing this provision would: be
deemed guilty ot mafeasanee in
office and subject to punishment
by fine of rfot more than $1(00.
imprisonment of not less than 30
days and not more than one year,
or by both such fine and Imprison,
ment. , Any owner of property, or
Official detected falsifying would
be deemed uilty of perjury and
punished as the law provides.
- - - limit, Impoardi
Relative to the present mlllage
taxes It Is proposed, la the mea
sure that the several millage (ax
es provided' of the state high
ways, sta t9 marker roads, finan
cial aid Mto soldiers sailors anl
marines, support and maintenance
of public elementary schools, Ore.
(Continued on pa-9 5)
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