PAGE SIX
The OREGON STATESMAN. Safem, Oregon, Sunday Morning. August 10, 1930
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ITERS: SCI
eiLLSOIJ FILE
Affirmative1 and Negative
Arguments Entered on
Several Measures
McLaughlin
'sDiaryTells Story of
Eirst Wheat in Valleyj'ih 1845 Crop
Was Legal Tender; Price Low in 70's
Voten of Oregon, at ths gen
eral election In Norember, will
CeciA vbether titer desire to
close the Rogns rtre-r to commer
cial fishing or continue a commer
cial fishing industry, which pro
Tide employment for between 75
end 100 families.
Th Commercial TUherieg asso
ciation, Ifacleay estate company
an! the state federation of labor,
hare tiled arguments with the
secretary of state opposing the
measure which would close the
river to commercial fishing.
The negatrre argument sets out
that daring 1929 fishermen on,
the mer receivea szi.zzi ior
their catches. The sportsmen con
tend that more thaa g 12.00 of
' this went to non-resident fisher
men. It farther was contended by
sportsmen that the state of Ore
goa spent $10,000 for warden
gon spent SltO.SO tor warden
Claim Sponsored
By.- Cnllinrnlnns
. persons opposed to closing the
rlyer to commercial fishing con-
tend that money to finance the
move was provided by California
: millionaires, who hare erected
. Cottages along its banks and de
; sire to spend part of the summers
In Oregon.
" Governor Norblad. the late
.Governor Patterson, Frank Ken
dill, ex-member of the state game
commission and eight sportsmen's
? organisations offered support tor
the proposed measure.
Arguments both for and against
i a proposed amendment which
would extend privileges under the
Oregon loan act to all veterans
4 who have lived- in the state for a
period of 10 rears, also have
been f lied" tn k state depart
ment. The negative argument was
"prepared by W. C. North of Port
land, a former member of the
state aid commission. ..Various
, veterans', organizations are sup-
porting ' the amendment.
Increase of Bond
'Debt Is Denied
North alleged in the negative
argument that approval of the
amendment would increase Ore-
gon's bonded Indebtedness ra
$28,009,000. Persons and organi
zations favoring the amendment
, alleged that the state would not
lose any money, but would actu
ally receive a profit of $5000. It
was pointed out that more than
90 per cent of the veterans who
have received loans have met
their obligations, both with rela
tion to Interest and principal.
North countered with the state
ment that the state Is now over
bonded, and that additional obli
gations would prove a heavy bur
den to the taxpayers. '
The Question . of whether Ore
i gon localities shall be' authorised
to Join la the creation of utility
water power districts, also, will
' ' be determined at ' the November
election. ; . . I
The Oregon state grange is sup
porting this amendment, while It
is being opposed in arguments
filed by the Greater Oregon as
, aociation and W. R, U'Ren, Port
land attorney.
Approval of this amendment
would allow the creation of a dis
trict board of directors of five
members, who would manage,
can elections, levy taxes and Is
sue, sell or assume evidences of
indebtedness in the development
of water power. Sponsors of the
amendment alleged that there Is
nothing alarming a boat the pro
r,cedum, for. the reason that the
Estate already authorizes the
creation of road improvement dis
tricts and other political subdi
visions. The Greater Oregon association
contends that tn creating these
water districts there will be con
fusion and unnecessary expense;
It also was alleged that the di
rectors of the districts would have
.unlimited powers.
The principal argument -filed
against the cabinet form of gov
ernment amendment is that It
'Imposes too much power in the
hands Of the governor. Ho would
t appoint the heads of the nine
'governmental bureaus, besides
having solo control of the execu
tlve department. It was alleged
that this would make him a cxar
.of the state government.
CHAMPOEG. Atur. 8. One of tna nrindral Industries
of the northwest; that of the production of grain, began
with the meager amount of one bushel of spring wheat, a
bushel of oats, a bushel of barley, a bushel of Indian corn
and a quart of timothy . which was" procured from a New
York factory bj Dr. John McLoughlin of the Hudson's Bay
company in the fall of 1825. According to McLoughlin's
journal all of the crops matured well with the exception of
me inaian corn ior wmcn the ground was too poor and the
nights too cold. -
when the servants of the Hud-
sou's Bay. company had reached
the expiration of their period of
servitude they were ably equipped
with the necessary implements to
run farms and encouraged to take
np the raising of wheat. Dr. Me
Loughlln foresaw that the occu
pation of the Indians of trapping
and fur trading; would not last
indefinitely and consequently
each servant was equipped with a
two-wheeled cart, oxen, plows a
cow, end neeessary household fur
niture, which was to be paid for
in wheat, then the ordinary cur
rency of the country. The cattle
were to be returned, the Increase
kept.
Eager to Help England
In their eagerness to secure the
region which is now the state of
Washington, for Great Britain,
the company offered a double out
fit to anyone who would settle
north of the Columbia river. The
fertility and the beanty of the
Willamette valley, however prov
ed a greater attraction to the set
tlers than, the double outfit and
more of them chose to -settle here.
Wheat Stable Product
Wheat was the stable-product
of the Willamette valley, accord
ing to a History of the Willamette
valley published by Himes and
Lang, since the first efforts of the
retired servants Of the Hudson's
Bay company In .their crude at
tempt to raise the cereal. Leon
ard, in his statements says, that
in the year 1844 these few trap
pers, assisted by a few Americans
produced within the bounds of
the valley such a quantity of
wheat that there was a 100,000
bushel surplus for export. Later
in '49 when the miners of Cali
fornia, began to look to the farm
ers of the Willamette valley sec
tion tor their food supply, the set
tlers undertook to supply a large
portion of the . meat and- bread
stuffs nsed In the California gold
fields.
Dr. McLoughlin made arrange-
Fi
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1 GUT
RID OF PILES
Suffered 20 Years and Tried
Everything. Couldn't
Work
SIMPLE HOME REMEDY
WORKED LIKE MAGIC
1 angered witfcpOen for twenty
years and could net get relief nu
UI I rend In the paper about these
Celae Pile Pais yen take tatemnl
ly. They am BssrreUns, eatmn
siasticaUy .declared W. D. Fox, a
wen known farmer of ML Jack
ton, Virginia. -
"My stomach feU nuaemaie as
meats with the Russians of New
ArehaagaL allowing them to
trade with the Indiana of Alaska,
provided that he should supply
that post with 1S.000 bushels of
wheat per year, a fact which also
aided materially in building np
the wheat Industry of the valley.
On August IS. 1S45. the legisla
ture which met In Oregon City
made wheat a legal tender at
market price owing to a scarcity
of circulating; medium.
In the winter of 1841. Daniel
Waldo sowed wheat in the Waldo
Hills country and It Is easily, pos
sible that this Is the Xtrst wheat
planted tn this district which now
is largely devoted to the grow
ing of cereal grains. The first
wheat grown tn Polk county was
near where . Dallas now is. Ac
cording to B. F. Nichols, U was
planted by Colonel Cornelius Gil
liam, who needed ten. acres of
bottom land to California, spring
red wheat from which ho thresh
ed and cleaned 101 bushels of red
wheat.
Yetestteer wises Used
The crop the next year was vol
unteer, and yielded over ll bash
els per aero of California fall, or
whit winter wheat. The next
crop. 1848, yielded SS bushels per
acre. The white wheat that was
mixed with the sowing: In the first
place, did not mature but spread
over the around, allowing the
spring wheat to bo harvested the
first year, and leaving the other
to grow and matare in 1847. The
third was the largest crop of all
and all cam from one seeding.
Wheat 86c la 1878
Of Interest to the farmers now
Is a tew quotations from the his
tory of the price of wheat, j
Hem clipped from the Oregosian
of March . 1878. quoting the
CorvaUls Gasette. says: A farmer
hereabout was offered si.ia for
his wheat bnt ha thought it would
no hlxher and refused. He has
last sold It nt 80.88 which: all
goes to show that those who play
the stock market aren't me only
ones who are beaten, that oven
88 years ago "wise farmers
thought they could make money
by 'hanging on.' - The Oregonlan
of January IS, 1188, quotes wheat
at Sola Polk county at si.OZtt
a bushel, barley at 10.15 and onto:
at lO.SS. Still a later Issue of
November I, lfti, gtrsa a Quo
tation from Pendleton at 19.88.
adding that few of the farmers re
ceived this price an most of them
sold out at 88.88. During the re
cent war tho wheat quotations
from Portland February 24, lilt,
were given at 8.08 per bushel,
one of the high water marks In
the wheat history of the raUey.
Chasspoeg Once Wheat Center
Johm Mints in his book saysi
"Champoeg was the wheat port
of tho Pacific coast np to tho
flood of December 1811, com
mencing In 1888 nt which time
the wheat was exported in sacks.
A clipping from the Sunday Ore
gonlan of Norember 13.1927,
shows that of tho 2Z.3iS.2S2 bu
shels of wheat exported from the
Columbia river district from Jnly
1 to October Si of that, year,
21.991,781 bushels was moved In
bulk, thus niustratlng the com
plete revolution nnd progress of
tho wheat Industry from tho few
bushels of grains shipped to Dr.
McLoughlia over a century ago.
DUAL CrnZEXSHIP
RIO DS PANZ1RO. (API
Dual cltlseasbip Is possible In
BrasiL Children bora here of
either British or Italian parents
are Italians or Britons In one
land, Brazilians here.
SANTA BARBARA, Cat,
( AP ) Louies' Noyes, of the
Santa Barbara schools, will make
a six months tour of Great Brit
ain's public schools as winner of
the Lord Balfour scholarship.
STATE DEFICIT
GROWS, SHOWN
Serious Situation is Seen
In Case New Taxes
Held Invalid
At tho close of business June
so. ll SO. the state corernmen-
tal activities faced e deficit of
13,387,847.88, an increase of
11,118,161.94 over the biennlum
of 1927 and 1928. according to
a statement Issued here Satur
day from tho office of Hal E.
Hons, secretary of state. Tho
deficit at the close of the bien
nlum December 81. 1928. was
32.199.194.92.
Tho increase was occasioned
by additional expenditures au
thorised by the state emergency
board to cover general expenses
of tho state. Those appropria
tions aggregated S271.0S1.SO.
Unreceipted rerenne from the
in tangibles and excise tax laws
pending the outcome of litiga
tion testing tho validity of these
acts also contributed to tho de
ficit, the secretary of state said.
Up to tho present time the
state tax commission has as
sessed under the provisions of
the excite tax law the amount
of II47.C4S.87. of which amount
S423.2C8.09 has been paid, tear
ing a balance of S224.417.6S un
paid. There has been assessed
under tho Intangibles lav ap
proximately S92SJ19.8S. with
S88J.042.S0 paia. The nnpaia
balance under this tax Is I14S,-
1TC.85.
Based upon these figures the
combined results of the intangi
bles and excise taxes has been
tho assessment of a total tax of
81.S79.88S.32. Cash receipts
aggregated S1.00SJ88.89, wttk
an unpaid balance or .
g 9 4.4 2. The nroeeeds of these
taxes are directed toward the re
duction of the property- tax. In
the 1930 tax levy, receipts from
these, two laws were estimated
at 3900,000 of an under esti
mate of IC70.8S3.J1. This sur
plus, with the addition of the
estimated receipts for the year
19 SI, will be used to reduce tho
property tax for state purposes
for that year.
Under existing laws the state
mar levy for tho year 1931 a
maximum of 32.717,881.45 with
in the six per cent limitation.
aralnst which must be applied
the proceeds from the excise and
Intangibles taxes which were es
timated as zoiiows:
Surplus of receipts for the
year 19S0 over the estimated re-
ceiots. 8(70.883.32. plus esti
mated receipts for the rear 19 SI
of S2.00t.000. leaving a balance
to be raised by tho property tax
within the six per cent limitation
of only 857.018.11. as against
total of 32.727,881.43 if the spe
cial taxes are not upheld by the
courts.
A specific provision of tho law
authorizes that in case the tax
laws are declared invalid the tax
levying base shall be the same
as if the excise and Intangibles
taxes never were inroksd.
As a result of lltlgatloa at
tacking theso laws the funds re
ceived through tho operation of
tho excise and intangibles taxes
have been .held by the state
treasurer as unreceipted until
such time as tho courts pass on
their validity. In cast tho laws
are sustained by tho courts tho
funds will be applied toward re
ducing the property tax. . In
case tho laws are not sustain ea
tho funds win be disposed of as
directed by the courts.
' In the event the laws are neia
to be constitutional, tho deficit
of SS.SS7.S4S.SS will bo reduced
by 3900.000 or to 32.437.347.36.
In case the laws are not sus
tained, the state treasury will be
in tho most precarious position
in Its history through the loss of
3900,000, nnd property taxes
will be Increased a sufficient,
amount to make np this loss.
Furthermore, If the tax col
lected is refunded the loss will
be an actual one, and the exist
ing deficit will seriously affect
the finances of tho state govern
ment. ' -
LAME BACK
aches; PAPS
OR STIFFNESS
RELIEF OTONIGHT
MIKE MIRTIR'S
UHIUEHT
DIRECTIONS WITH.
4 tOTTLB
A FEW CENTS All.
Mi MAMTM
MUMS .
DKUQ STOKES
the piles would come down so bed
they felt big as say tst and hurl
a had I amid not nU down or walk
bat thanks to Celae PUe Pills. I'm
free at bat of that awful trouble.
I couldn't believe that pills yon
sw allowed at meal time would kelp
piles in such a short time bnt after
the tmt two denes I could see l
was vettinc better. ITS aiadlr tell
anybody what they did for see if
they write and yen can use my
name all yon want to," continued
thin-man. Thousands of others
say the mum. No com ah Id naf
fer nstether day er bather with
nasty salves or sanmesdtsnien, Doc
tern indorse thin new internal way.
Wsrmlren and sjnfcfc. If reader de
sires to try Celae PUe FQlsi bur n
bottle of local drnggist, or send!
75c to Celae Chemkal.Csv, Brent
wood. Md, fee regular bottle, full
directions, postage paid, by return
mail. Results smaranteed or mon
ey back by this nsti illy knows
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Power
HORSE SENSE SERIES. ..NO. 1
JOHN ZEHNTBAUER has his feet squarely on the
ground. He thinks straight uses horse sense, in
short. Thanks to him, Portland's name has gone round
the world with "The suit that changed bathing into
swimming." Here is what he thinks about the Oregon
power situation:
"I guess our Jantzen plants use more electric power
than the average industrial concern. We pay the same
rates as the rest. And it amounts to a mighty little part
of our expense. Now suppose we Oregon folks 'junk the
powe campanies' and duplicate their plants. Who pays
for the new plants? Or suppose we buy the power com
panies. Who pays the bill? Nobody but the Oregon
taxpayers, of course. Would we get lower rates? How
could we? The power companies take all the risks
of the business, pay Oregon stockholders9 divi
dends, pay huge taxes to Oregon governments,
and still sell power for less in Portland than it
costs users almost anywhere else in America!
"That takes mighty efficient management. No
municipal plan could do any more. We all know
that most of them don't do as well, even though
exempt from taxes and paying no stockholders'
dividends.
"We are trying to get more industries for Oregon
and yet some thoughtless people would destroy one of
our biggest industries by short-sighted legislative meas
ures. Personally I want to see our
public utilities regulated and con
trolled. Tliey are willing to submit
to that It spurs them on to greater
developments. They work with the
rest of iito; Biqre people.
: dtm so
tiey: can cnto to grow. Oregon
needs theirh
"Its only plain good business
to encourage them."
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What Oregon needs Is a dozen
trade-marks as famous as this I
And more level-headed leaders
like John A. Zehntbauer, Jantzen
Knitting mils' President, to
speak their minds. Such men see
through glitterin?
"campaign
promises" and realize that pros
perity and opportunity are .cre
ated by sound industries, Well
financed not by the mere pass
big of laws. Pacific "Northwest
Public Service Co. Pepcon
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BOOST FOR OREGON AND EVERYTHING IN IT! IT'S GOOD HORSE SENS&
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