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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1926)
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1023 If . W V r - tai i f - One drcp cf water waterfall ft . 1 i. ' 3 One mzn's effort will not build a ... 1 1 mil f f . . , community Fo? rrcaf fis community mau, orczv, Iiozd prosperous and complete it may (ThlTI7 ffr AH U i' A IT IT (TTT7 become, depends upon us our -willingness and our desire to work together Hlii-i'iOi liUILi .SEICH JrllLuILd ii-i , wIMLj ft . .."! . -. j-'j, .... . "J .,.. ,t ,.-..... .., --,.. , . .... ., ' ,il I. A II ::iaiiii ' -1 -n tiirii j). ir i-,-is..; I x I - A I K t 1 1 j- . . . " ; '.' ' ''- . - . i ...;...'..- . T STiTE-IIIGinyBUILD:fiH!UPi(EP i;i oh;: o hie to big tids The Collection of Auto Licenses and Gasoline, Taxes to - Keep the Work Going Has Become a Vast! Business, That Is cn a Very Sound Basis, and Growing From Year to Year Far Beyond - All Ongmal and Later Estimates- -:' '' - -The automobile license and gas tax business of ahestate of Ore gon, the net receipts of irhlch go to the building and upkeep of the highways of the state,' has- grown to be immense ' In fact, the . gross receipts for this year will' likely be' around $9,5000001r' nearly twice; as m nch'- as the 5 taxes collected for , general sAte .purposes; ,frpm;.all other -sources,, which foot ! up around, $5,006,000 a year. ; v f I a 1 9 2 5 there ' were motor Tehicles licensed in Oregon', and 17,036 trucks, or 216,553 in all, and the gross license fees paid on these, last year were 5,370, 201.78. This license fee money, after costs - are . deducted, . goes three-fourths to the - state .high way fund and one-fourth to the counties In which' the Tehicles, are owned." t ,v i " - . . The gas. tax I receipts for 1925 were 1 3,065,151110.-This money all goes to the state highway fund, after the collection costs are 'met. So it is not 'a stretch off the imagination to estimate that: the gas taxes for 1926 will be around $3,500,000. and the vehicle taxes of all kinds around $6,060,000; especially when': it is known that up to March 15 for 1924 the total registered vehicles in the state were 145,774; for the same period In 1925, they were 162,492, j and for the present year that is. up to and including last Monday, : they, were 177,876 V H'fVVVVJ; SMIIiayDEPMHISITS. fSI SIPS III Has ; 299 Trucks and 1 26 1 Amount of ; Equipment Snow Plows--Takes Many People and a Great oeai or Machinery to j Keep the State Highways jin Repair . : The equipment; department of the Oregon state highway com mission has its" headquarters and main plant in Salem, on five acrea of state property opposite f- the penitentiary on the south side of the extension of State street; Here are four main buildings fori shop . and storage ; purposes, t, hree storage sheds j in parts of which are located repair shops, a general service building, and an office : building.- i Ji A Lot of Equipment .t 't U. P, 4 Cam pbell, assistant , en glneer, is in charge of this depart ment. , ,E. A.,lllntt is chief clerk in charge of , the office... S. . B. Gillette Is purchasing agent, and E. F. Ilalik is master mechanic. Eighty to 85 people are employed there. ' . - ' ' The reader will get an Idea of the 'extent of the operations that center there when he is told that the equipment valuations run to $552,611.57 .at the present time, and that the parts and accessories and general stock '; run up . in value to $308,638.73. ; There are 299 trucks now In service, and. 127 passenger cars. - There are two portable paving plants. Two Branch ' Plants : j There are two branch , equip ment and repair plants, at Kla math Falls and La Grande, and one under construction ,r at Co quille. ' The one at Klamath Falls employs 12 people now, and Hir am T. Smith Is shop foreman there. " The one at Xa Grande emoloTS 2b people, and Roy A. Farnham is shop foreman. ; - Does His Business - '. The total receipts of the Salem ant for the years 1923 and 1924 $1,245.993. 07- For the lis ts! -year up to Oct.! 1, 1925, $1, OIJ.692.68. The net profits for 192S and 1924 were $143,501.23. For the year up to Oct. 1st last the ; net profits were $32,906.55. The smaller amount was due to the charging of lower, prices for repair work; the difference going Into the - roads. The ideal way would be to make the receipts a expenses balance. : . ; 2 lake Their Own Certain tractor tsd truck parts . More Than Estimated , TSrer isince Oregon - had license fees for auto ' vehicles and gaso line taxes,! to ; pay for her good roads program,- the estimates hare been exceeded.' . . The license fees up to date for this year are now running around $400,000 more than they were for tbje same period of last year, from all - license .sources likely quite a" few thousand dollars above $ 4 0 0,0 00 more. . i ! State Highway 'Department ' The state highway 'commission for Oregon is made ub of Wm. Duby Baker; H. B. Van ; Duzer, Portland, and W. H. Malone, Cor vallls. Roy A. Klein is state high way 1 engineer1,-. with, , of course, headquarters at Salem. There ! Is , an article in this Is sue giving an outline of the. state highway work' up' to - date,' with mileage and costs, etc. It la well worth reading.' . V ' ' ' . ' The .peak load of bond pay ments, principal and interest, will be reached in 1 1 9 30, when the total will be $ 3 ,S 4 3 ,3 1 4 .7 0. The following year they will be about $40,000 less, and the year after that .a-bout $132,000 less, shading down; each year-to 1956, when they will be wiped out with a payment of $51,062.50.' - So the people of Oregon, having their . highway ' construction ) and upkeep program on the soundest possible ' basis,' may look forward for still better things in the years to come, especially after the peak load year of 930.i SALEIf II BIG FORCE Passenger Cars and a Vast to Keep in Repair Has 53 are bought in the rough and fin ished at the Salem plant. Some lines of equipment are made avail able in this way at halt .the cost they t would U stand the state if bought uUy finished. , The department , manufactures outright a heavy road planer, for maintaining crushed rock surfaced roads. ' It was developed liere. It Is so ; good that ' a number have been sold to' counties, and seven to- the bureau of .public roads for service in Alaska- .'V - ) " A large part of - the equipment of .the state came from the wax department of the government af ter the World .War. f - This department nas about 135, graders., used mainly In maintain Ing roads. ; It now i has graders that one man operates; does the grading, as he drives the tractor. This work took , two men pn the old style graders." ' 4- " - There are 53 snow plows.' One Is a rotary ; machine; four are V shaped plows on 10 ton tractors; 17 , on five ton - tractors, and . 3 1 truk plows for light snows. A Big Problem During some winters, especially In eastern Oregon, the problem of keeping the state highways clear of snow Is a big one. .The. snow plows are . located at the. spots where there Is likely to be need for sthenu Take, for i Instance. Meacham,- where at one time two ieet of snow fell in two hours. The department has also' shov els for slides; 1 portable shovels; A slide near Coqullle Is being cleared away now that will result in the removal of perhaps 100,000 yards of earth and rock working from both ends. These portable shovel3 have their own power'and track. Hydraulic pumps are also on hand, to use In removing slides where plenty of water Is available. One such .elide was so removed re cently where there was plenty of water the whole Pacific, ocean, There Is Much Work ; ; ; Every mile of the state highway is ' marked.- The markers . are made here. Thus where there is an accident the place can t be known by the markers, b The pavlss ' plants are la use est ea nc-tij 13 tLa yc-i, I zllllz z new highway. They require 45 men each to operate them. For ther repajr work, there are fire dirtsions working in all an army of 'nienitof the highways mast be Ttept hp the year through. The 'headquarters for these main tenance divisions are as follows: No.- ! and No. 2, Balem; No. '3. Grnts Pass; No, Bend; " No. 5, . Grande.- The . repair forces work out of those places, .and are directed from those headquarters. OREGON LEADING IN MATTER OF HIGHWAYS (Con tinted from pags 8) . . , .4 ginning of the year of $1,452,458.- 44. This total income was made up as follows: i - ' , t Balance on hand, r . I 1917 .........$ - 94.418.14 Bond sales and ac- : . - f ' " erued interest.. 40,708,819.37 Motor . vehicle 11- - - . cense fees ..... 16,683,329.92 Gasoline and dis tillate tax ... 9,9 9 4,1 8 5.28 One quarter mill v ; . property tax ... 1,724,032.22 Interest on bank u ,' balances ...... "259,524.67 Fines for traffic law violations . . j, 47.974.18 Total .$69,512,283.79 It is to be noted from these fig ures that property has paid a di rect tax for the carrying on of the work of only . $1,74.032.23,' or less than 2 per cent of the total. While the point is net susceptible to exact : measurement,1 It ' Is : not to be doubted that Improved high ways have Increased the property values by much more than 'the tax has amounted to? s-iP'Z- i":-t Y-r " ! Oregon Pioneer jfrt. It will also be seen that, practi cally the : entire revenues .have been received from the motor ve hicle license fees, gasoline and dis tillate - taxes, - and - from ' ; bonds which have been predicated, on, and will be retired; from the f rev enues' to be received franr the li cense fees and fuel taxes, v; Ore gon was - one of the pioneering states in instituting a motor 've hicle fuel : tax, and has , been, fol lowed ! by ; approximately i thirty five' other states. ; The ' Oregon plan of basing the: retirement Of bonds on the income to.be derived J from license fees and. fuel taxes 'Js fundamentally sound and is suit able in placing the burden of pay ing, for improved roads upon the shoulders of those who derive the benefits. ar0T: V i- TtmlnMnif thi Vuuf - As given in the table above.' in come to the amount of $40,708,- S 19.3 7, has been secured from the sale of bonds." This amount; how ever, includes $3,011,805 which was secured ; from r bonds which were recently Issued to retire pre vious ! short term bonds, s These short term bonds were sold i when interest rates were high and their retirement by the sale of " later bonds materially reduces the in terest rate to be paid on the out standing indebtedness. - v ' . Disregarding short term Issues how retired, a total of bonds to the net par value of $38,700,000 have .been ' sold. Of this ' amount $1,436,250 have been retired, leav ing the : outstanding Indebtedness $ 3 7,2 6 3;75 0 at the ' present time. Payment : of interest and retire ments will amount to $2,919,761.- 65 during 1926. 'The peak year will be reached In 1930. when the payments will amount to. $3,343,- 314.70. Subsequent to this the yearly payments will progressively decrease until the last retirement is made on April 1. 1950. Consrrnction Going On wnue the : construction pro gram of the department has been gradually; decreasing .from i the! high water mark of 1921,! owing to the gradual decrease in the' funds available, the work carried , on each year Is amply sufficient to make highway eonstruction still one of the -major financial enter prises, of the . state. - A :. total of $13,328,356.37 was expended dur ing 1925. : Of this $2,598,819.24 was for Interest and retirements on. long term ; bonds and $3,000, 000.00 wa for refunding of short term-issues, leaving a balance ex pended of $7,729,537.13, exclusive of bond requirements. The esti mated expenditures for -1926 are approximately $10,000,000.00,- of which bond Interest and, retire ments will require $2,919,761.65. : The : grand total expenditures during. 1925 were made; up of. 110,611.283.45 from state funds, $1,327,328.95 i from jgovernmentj funds, $1,327,243.26 from county funds, and $62,500.74 from funds of railroads and industries. The total estimated expenditures for 1925 will be made up cf $7,350,- AAA . ..... . 1 .. A . MM 000 from government fund3, $700, 000 from county funds a&i $50,- 0C3 from railroad fuE.d3.k - - . To Connect Up metiers la foraulitlzj.a fl-a.cf pro cedure for constructing the state highway system, the "state high way commission followed the log? leal method of taking up first the most Important highways and of giving 'precedence to the sections between' important centers of pop ulation. I In such a - plan ; of con struction it . necessarily follows that the later years of ; the Opto gram, will consist of -work which Is required to connect ; up" the more Important sections previously con structed, and to finish out the con tinuity of the particular highway as a whole'. During the . very re cent years the work of the depart ment has consisted largely ef this class. ot; work,; with the exceptfonf, perhaps of the major construc tion put under way on the Roose velt coast highways In Curry coun ty, Grading and surfacing Jiad been completed from Port Orford to Euchre fcreek and a': contract for, grading from jthe latter point to the Rogue , river was awarded. This work was awarded InHtwo sections,, wltfi a combined length of 1 1 - miles, "and Is , estimated to cost .$211,000. It Is expected that .construction will be completed during the present yean ? T ' South of Gold Beach the flyers Creek-Burnt Hill and Burnt ,11111 Chetco river sections have 'been placed under contract -for grading. The first section should be com pleted during- the present y ear, and the other will be finished, dur ing 1927. The Burnt Hill-Cheteo river section .Involves one of the heaviest pieces of grading 'work ever undertaken by , this depart ment. ;The work was awarded in four; ; units, with a combined length of 23 miles, and is estim ated to .'cost a total of , $1,000, 000. ;: '-, '..j VT-Vv" ..v'. 1 Work In Willamette Valley V 1 While i the major work "done, during; 19 25 has been outside of the dim Us of ;the Willamette val ley, there are a few projects with in the valley which may prove of particular, interest.- ;;-:!:f ''T.SS1 ; ; One "of the most. Important of these is .the paving of the section between Oregon City and' Cane mah. This was the last .gajLexlst Ing between .Salem and PSrtlaittft and Its completion provides a con tinuous - paved highway . between the two cities. - ' 7 On jthe south: the. .new bridge at Harrisburg has been completed, and - the new pavement between Harrisburg and Junction City has been finished and thrown open to trafflci .The; 'completion ; of the bridge eliminates the use of the ferry at Harrisburg with the waits attendannt upon that method of crossing the Willamette river; and the new pavement supersedes the previous rock surfacing. " t lr , At Albany, the Willamette river bridge on the Albany-Corvallis highway has been opened "to traf fic and supercedes the old' county bridge across the same stream. MOTOR REALTY OFFICE v A ; Chicago ' realty firm uses a bus fitted like an office, ha viBg three rooms furnished with desks, drapes,, furniture and even. elec tric fans. - Prospects are taken to view .? property 0 and' the : entire transaction can be Conducted from the moving office,.- - . 17 VsitatiM - Baby Chicks Cnctea BteUag ; ... LEES .... .:. HATCHERY fbon S2T2X- . w v Oregon PUBLIC fclARKET t Cfear Storo - Clears - Cigarettes . Tobacco Soda , Fountain Soft Drinks 5 '" Candles - W. R, Itolcomb Electric Etore . SetPelnt snd UniTermi AppUsaoes tO?S W. CtpItU Overland ; Willya Ilniclit .: - i . -- ... Calca and Ecrrics , vie:: eros..: iMTKi --H tain 'T CfllEBT H8SIE HUES BED Kenneth Cooperr of United .States . Bureau, 1 Urges - - Time Limit.Nears -' . SlLVERTON, Or., March 17. Special.) -The following ; report of the talk given here recently by Kenneth ; Cooper, of the United States veterans' bureau, has been received: t.iWp-i- ;iZ4,:JJi,-i w World war veterans who have not 'reinstated their war , risk in surance or converted term policies Into : Permanent forms ' of ; govern ment insurance were warned in a statement made here by Kenneth L. Cooper,. Oregon regional mana ger, of . the United States veterans' bureau,' that the time limit to take adrantage of the insurance bene fits offered by the government ex pires. July3 2 - of this year, . He Urged that every world . war vete ran who( held : government .Insur ance ' during - war service protect himself and his dependents by se curing a permanent policy, before the opportunity is withdrawn.' provisions of insurance rein Etatement are so lenient, the terms of policies so' liberal and premi ums sq low as. to bring one of the siXyftcon verted policies within the reach of every veteran," declared Mr. Cooper. ' ' ' -. . iJ"We want every, ex-service man 1st the state of Oregon to know about this time limit; - It means that those who have not renewed their war " Insurance "? must rein- ftate and convert to a permanent orm of government insurance be fore July. 2' Those who have re instated their war. risk Insurance and .SOW hold' term insurance are Vequired to convert same into per manent policies before this date if they desire to participate in the insurance benefit r offered . by the goverhmehT. ..tR Jn the latter case no physical examination is required, but such an examination is required for re instatement." '"The ' medical exam ination, will be given 'without charge at the office of the U. S. veterans' bureau." 'vv-M;";-. I Mr. Cooper stated that during the fiscal year; 1925, 461 applica tions made by Oregon veterans and amounting' to $ i, 8 4 8 ,5 0 0, were ap proved. v At the end of the last fiscal year.; 6674 ex-service men in this state had taken- government policies .amounting" to over $20, 0 0 0,0 0 0, he announced. The total amountj of such ' Insurance now held in the United States amounts to nearly three billion dollars and SPECIAL IOW - FKICES V i EVERT v TDXSDAT f V SALEM CKICKESXEI pbokb 400 e Leading Varieties . . 264 Kvrth Cettaga Street - Electric Supplies . u , FIXTURE IXSTALLiyQ WHUNQ - -A VLBBERT & TODD Ferry 'and BClgh Sts. . radio . - ' 'uGnTi?ra MOTOIt SERVICE ; GLDEON-STOLZ CO. " Manufacturers of " " TINEGAR SODA WATER Fountain Supplies Salem" Phone 20 Ore. DUNS3I00H BROTHERS 1218 EUte ' Tslaoas tiii Painters and Decorators . , - Xstwlax n Kzvtrler Work " W pelaUM a Interior work. . Xs as asow jon mm wwrk w av Sob. : v..-,. affects approximately ; 5 5 0,0 00 world war veterans, i - f -AV "D e s p i t e- this ctrnpendou amount of insurance in the hands of. war veterans, thereu ere stil! thousands" of., ex-service) men In Oregon who are entitled to insur ance but who-flo far, have failed to secure permanent forms of govern ment , insurance,' ; continued the bureau' manager. ' Unless" these vterans take ; action before July 2 there may come a - time when either; the veteran or his depend ents, or both, will regret the fail ure of the former, soldier or sailor to obtain government - insurance before ltj was too late. ' "The ' record of death awards shows that beneficiaries of 141, 384: veterans t who .held. term. In surance are receiving government insurance -payments, the amount since ' the war being well - over a billion dollars. Certainly no ex service man with dependents who had insurance while in the service can afford to let this opportunity of securing a. permanent form of government insurance v. slip j by. These policies carry no restrictions such ; as v hazardous occupations, airplane flights or military experi ence and this Insurance is free from all taxAtlon.'V rt - ; ! : Mr. Cooper, aeciared that this Insurance . Is given to war veter ans at cost, the government paying overhead, expenses in connection with the department' from other sources Than premiums , received. Dividends of nearly three million dollars, were paid holders of con verted policies during the last fis cal year.. There are six forms of life insurance. This - insurance contains a liberal total permanent disability clause which is not lim ited as ; to' age and provides 'for waiver of payment of . premiums So long as the veteran lives and. is so disabled. - All' policies provide for igans'at any time after the first year, the loan value Increas ing as time goes' on. : The form .of any. . converted -. policy ; may - be changed within five years from the effective date of the policy. , Ex-service men who desire fur ther information or wish to .fill out the . required forms for rein statement or., conversion ot war Keep Tear Keaer' 1b Ongsa Bay Monoaanf , Had at Salem, Oregea ; OAFXTAZ. VOVWXSTAX, WOSSS - X. O. Joaea f Oe4 Prepiletora . ' i AU BUnda of SXuiuieatal Wezk, Faetorr and OfTicet SUa S. Com'U Oppeatte X. O. O. T. ' . Cemetery, Sox St -rsese 68. SALEM, OREOCnr r ) -; i ORDER NOW f FRUIT AND SHADE i TREES, SHRUBBERY From our splendid assortment ot varieties for spring planting. SALEM KURSERY COMPANY S16 Oregon Bldg. - , Phone 2365 1 b Your Well , Properly Lined? - Use our sanitary; r well pipe, that keeps .: out surface water, and ' lets only deep . grounds .water - in, v. . Made of strong ma- ' terials and.; reason- . s able in price, t ' OREGON GRAVEL ' COMPANY , Hood atFront Street :SHIP BY SAL GTEAr.iER'iconTiiY.XGTi:?.:;' " OPEliATEIQ ON 'A REGULAU CCnia)TJI.r: Tlandllns i:erchani!a and c--'-- " .Between SALEU and POIITZANO . and. . Way Landlar3 ; ' ' , ' ;SCIITDULU ' v I . v. . . Iieave POKTLAXD C:C3 A. -CnnJLiys, Toesisxs . er 3 ' . T!. r.rr -3 : 1 - ; Leave BALZ21 ' C:C3 A. II rionds, Wei3aes-js ani'-'riia noun: Your; s: :i?:.:zi vrz ' . . Cora GUPPLE3 Insurance should communicate Im mediately " with the Portland ' re gional office of the veterans bu reau, Woodlark bldg., : Portland, Or, ; - Georgia. F.Id!on Growers Try Hot to Flood Market s - . ..... r . 1' ' . - -.I "'' : "!MOtrLTRlE.'r"Ga.iEf forts : are being made fto keep! the produc tion of the luscious Georgia' water melon, which Mark Twain Insisted was. Ithe subsistence " of - angels. from- increasing, notwithstanding tkat last year's crjp was one of tne most prontaoieever marxetea. The So wega Melon-Growers as sociation, which controls virtually J -i ftrai rrvs. SKrrrnr-B ' , . ,' ; mjpj" ' jftsacatssoiut CAPITAL CITY CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY BUTTER-CUP BUTTER J ": Know for Its QUALITY Buyers: of Best f Grade' Cream ; Our Method : Co-operation ; Our Ildeal:,The Best Only . 1S7 South ComiherdaJ Street -.v.--,. ' Phone 299 j I Perfectly Pasteurized I w Milk and Cream Phonei725 ; DEMAND ; : "Marion Butter" The Best Wore Cows and Better Cows . Is the Crying Need t : Marlon Creamery ' &4 Produce Co. Salem, Oregon ttti Phone 2422 --eXVSSK. ) -IAN." i-o sIi. . r ww t w R 1 4 Ir1 ' i . riidrireat GrQwers, Shippers iu d Err- liii.z ; PAinC COAST HOP3 : Offices : Salern, Oregon and Sn Frr.:: -! ; z 5. - Oregon Pulp & Fcryj j . ' llannfacturers of " V ; , E0ND- LED GEIll-GLAC ZXIJTJ - A. ; GIlEASEPROOr TITCU2. . . , Scpport Orc-cn Pcucti v , . Gpccify .fSSalca I.Iads" Prcr fcr Vc-j: WATER and SAVE TOE DIFFEIIEIJCE A r r EOCi; ry-- - f-- half the South Georgia n crop, Is leading the raavei Georgia is the leading- melon ducing state and South Ge is the heart of the belt; Th soclatlon desires to keep flooding markets in the nortt e&str- -' ' ' UP TV . 11 I M Consider what Is claimed Chiropractic ' methods and : will 'easily realize what a cc mon j sense science it Is, aims, by; remoying "causes, eliminate disease, and does successfully. - , Pbcme for an mrpcintmen Dr;6l L.ScoltrD. : 256 North Hish Strcc! Phone 87, cr 82S-R What I3 It? SHI2 THEO. Til. 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