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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. MONDAY, Jl'LY 6, 1008.
PAGE THREE.
dREBDN I II IHICOiTITITHl
The perennial contention over Ore
gon's tax laws and the payment of
state taxes Is again agitating Oregon
courts and last Saturday Judge Gallo
way of McMlnnvlllo, declared Chat
the law levying state taxes upon the
counties Is unconstitutional and
gave Yamhill county perpetual In
junction agiilriHt the collection of
$22,482 taxes by the state.
A Salem dispatch says of the Im
portand mutter and the fur reaching
results which are likely to follow:
That the law prescribing the ap
portionment of ntate taxes conflicts
with the Oregon constitution and Is
therefore Invalid Is the glnt of a de
cision rendered In the circuit court
here today by Judge Galloway.
' The mho nt hand was the suit
brought by Yamhill county to prevent
' pnymont of alleged excessive taxes to
the state treasurer. This suit- reads,
"County of Yamhill vs. County Treas
urer Foster and State Treasurer
Steel," wherein the formrr Is enjoin
ed from paying and the latter from
collecting the sum of $22,482 exces
sive state tax for 1907, alleged to have
been wrongly and arbitrarily appor
tioned to this county by the state
board.
What tlx; I-av Means.
The state law which Judge Gullo
way has held unconstitutional . re
quires each county to pny a specified
proportion of the total state tax. The
proportion wheh each county was to j
pay was fixed by the act of 1901 and
was determined by taking an aver-
Galloway's decision means a return
to the former system of apportion
ing taxes according to ansessed valua
tions. Took "Hull ly ho llonis."
Washington county evidently antic
ipated thin decision, for the assessor
of that county has already announced
that the assessment roll of 1908 will
show greatly reduced valuations.
Quite likely there will now be a
stampede among all the counties to
reduce assessed valuations ns rapid
ly as possible, In order to escape the
burden of state taxation. Such was
TESTED AND PROVEN,
Tltoro Is a Heap of Solace In I icing
Able to Dopond Upon a Well-Earn
wl Reputation.
For months Pendleton readers have
seen the constant expression of praise
for Doan's Kidney Pills, and read
about the good work they have done
In this locality. Not another remedy
ever produced such convincing proof
of merit.
Mrs. H. Swaggert, living at 319
Gardpn street, Pendleton, Ore., says:
"Both my husband and myself have
used Doan's Kidney Pills with the
most gratifying results. Mr. Swag
gert was troubled severely with his
back and kidneys for a long time and
never received any relief until Doan's
Kidney Pills were brought to his at
(ha ovnnrlnnA mhan that uvatom wna
fnrnHv l fnrn nnrf thA f!nI'HV.1 V ' tenlln an(l he PCUred a DOX at the
decision Invites a repetition.
If Judge Galloway's' decision moans
a return to the system of apportion
ment according to assessed valuation,
Multnomah county will bo one of the
heaviest , sufferers. Under the pres
ent fixed ratio, Multnomah pays 31
per cent of the state taxes, but under
the valuation system it would pay 40
per cent, an increase of 30 per cent
In the amount of state taxes.
Umatilla county now pays about
five per Cent of the taxes and would
bo compelled to pay over seven per
cent under the valuation plan, an In
crease of 40 per cent in the amount
of its state taxes.
Among the counties that would suf
fer Increased state tax burdens by the
change are Columbia, nearly 200 per
cent, Curry 20 per cent, Douglas 25
per cent, Jackson 25 per cent, Tilla
mook 50 per cent, Wallowa 30 per
age of the assessments of each of the cent.
-counties for a period of five years Among the counties that would get
prior thereto. . a material decrease in state taxes
It was originally Intended that this would be Itaker, slight, Benton 50 per
plan should remain In operation for
five years only and that thereafter
each county should pny state taxes
In proportion to Its county expendi
tures, but subsequent legislative ses
sions postponed until 1912 the time
cent, Clackamas 30 per cent, Harney
75 per cent. Lane 25 per cent, Linn 50
per cent. Polk 30 per cent. Union 50
per cent. Wasco 90 per cent, Wheeler
50 per cent.
These figures are only approximate,
whop the new system of upportlon- Other counties would be arretted so
ment would go into effect. , little that the change would not be
. The uct of 1901 provides a ratio material.
that was practically and theoretically "
equitable at the time, but since thenj Orchard and Garden.
Boine counties have Increased In as- If trees set last spring need water,
sessed valuations much more rapidly; pull the soil away from around the
than others. As a result Yamhill . roots, pour in a pailful and let It soak
county's proportion of the state tax down, and then replace the earth,
at the fixed ratio Is double what lt:Lon't apply water to the surface.
would be If based On present assess
ed valuations.
The constitution requires that the
legislature shall provide an equitable
system of assessment and taxation
and Yamhill county contended that
the fixed ratio pln violated this re
quirement, which is does absolutely
In theory and to a greater or less ex
tent In practice.
If Judge Galloway's decision shall
be upheld by the supreme court the
effect will be, presumably, to relieve
Yamhill county of half the tax bur
den apportioned to It and to require
other counties which have Increased
their assessments to pay a larger
amount than that imposed by the act
of 1901.
While nullification of the act of
1901 will relieve all counties of the
obligation to pay under that act. yet
It Is manifest that the state revenues
must be paid and eventually the bur-
dens must be borne by the several
counties according to a ratio which
will stand the constitutional test. At
first glance It would seem that Judge
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PEN 0 LETO fi-U Kl AH STA9F
Daily trips between Pendleton and
.Jklah, except Sunday. Stage leaves
Pendleton at 7 a. m., arrives at Uklah
at 6 p. m. Return stage leaves Uklah
at p. m., arrives at Pendleton at 6
p. m.
Pendleton to Uklah. $3.00; Pen
dleton to Alba. $2.76; Pendleton to
Ridge, $2; Pendleton to Nye, $1.60;
Pendleton to Pilot Rook. $1.
Just Rocoivod
Nice Kite of Men'
Tan and Patent leath
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Shoemaker s on Court
Street
A. EKLUND
Winter radishes und rutabagas can
be sown during this month.
Watch out for red rust In the black
berry or blackcap patch,. Pig out and
burn all Infected places at once.
When picking blackberries, get them
out of the sun as soon as possible or
they will turn red In spots and not be
so salable. Hurry them into the crates
and then Into a cool cellar until time
for shipping or selling. Fill the boxes
full and pack neatly In clean packa
ges. If you want a fancy price, make
the crates look uttractive.
Don't let up on the cultivating.
Weeds grow like magic In the hot
July sun. Besides keeping down weeds
cultivation at this season will conserve
moisture, and this is of vital import
ance to the growing crops. If the
weather Is dry, don't be afraid to use
the cultivator and hoe. They will pre
vent the niolture from getting away
by evaporation.
The best time to sack grapes is
when the berries are quite small not
larger than small peas. Ordinary
two-pound paper sacks can be used.
The mouth of each sack should be
snugly wrapped around the stem of
the bunch, uinf securely held in place
by pinning or tying. The tie should be
tight, but of course, not ton tight.
The sacks protect the grapes from
fungus and Insect enemies, including
wasps, birds, etc., and the bunches
thus protected are apt to be finer and
more perfect. From July Farm Journal.
Pendleton Drug Co. They gave him
great relief and he thinks very high
ly of them. I also used Doan's Kid
ney Pills and found that It enly re
quired a few doses to remove the
lameness and pain caused from dis
ordered kidneys. I really believe that
K aney trouble would be less prev
alent if more sufferers knew ot
Doan's Kidney Pills." (From state
ment given In 1905.)
Tested and Proven.
Mrs. Swaggert was again Interview
ed on November 16, 1807, and said:
"We still continue to use Doan's Kid
ney Pills and find them Just as ef
fective as when they first came to
our notice. We keep them In the
house at all times and really think
we could not get along without
them,"
For kale by all dealers. Price 60
cents. Fo8ter-MIIburn Co., Buffalo,
New. York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's
and take no other.
so on, appears in each horoscope.
Sometimes, the inspectors huve al
so discovered that the learned ad
vertiser doesn't know an astrobale
from a Plymouth Hock rooster.
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
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OVER 80,01)0 INFANTS
SACRI EICEI) ANNUALLY
Germ-Infected Milk Supply of tli
Big Cities One of the Commonest
Cmiihch for High Rate of Mortality
Among Children Ueclpe for Pure
Milk Given by New Thought Magazine.
IXVTTERY PROMOTER SCARED.
Postofflce Deportment WaglnR Unre
lenting CamMilgii of ExtoriiUna-.
tlon.
Lottery and prize contest promot
ers are running to cover under a sharp
campaign now being conducted
against them by the postofflce do.
partment. It Is estimated that the
close scrutiny now exercised oves all
publications has resulted In the ex
clusion from the second-class privil
ege of periodicals aggregating 25,000,
000 circulation. These were ah
cheap publications, bulging with
"free" offers and prize contests akin
to lotteries.
The department Is also demanding
stricter compliance with the second
class rules In regard to requiring
puld-ln-advance subscriptions before
admitting to entry.
In another branch of the depart
ment, postofflce Inspectors are busy
watching advertising fakirs. The as
sistant attorney general's office is the
mecca of all newspaper men In the
capital Just now, with the summer
dearth of news on, because there is
hardly a day tha several fraud or,
dors no hot appear.
Among all the varieties of fakes un
covered by this branch of the service,
by far the most plentiful Is the as
trological, the psycologlcal, clairvoy
ant, or Beeress fraud. These are the
folk who' advertise a complete indi
vidual life-reading "from the atars"
for a small sum claiming an Indi
vidual horoscope, etc. What the de
partment objected to Is that these fa
kirs have horoscopes for the 12
months all prepared and dish them
out according to 'the birth date of
the applicant i Also, In a good many
cases, the same string of generalities
about temperament, love affairs, and
Seeretury Straii-) and Postmaster
General Meyer Inaugurate nan.
Through the department of com
merce and labor and the postoffice
department, Secretary Strauss and
Postmaster General Meyer have in
auKUi'ated a plan of service which
wi!! relieve farmers flnJ others In
this country from further embarrass
ment In the matter, of procuring ade
quate help., The details are being
promulgated through the division of
information, bureau of Immigration
and naturalization, department of
commerce and labor, and assistant
Postmaster General DtiGraw, through
the rural delivery service.
The plan Is original to this coun
try and contemplates a general dis
tribution of admitted aliens and other
persons seeking employment. In
that view, there are being forwarded
to postmasters throughout Ihe United
States, packages of cards with return
attachments, for distribution to farm
ers and others who are likely to need
the services of farm and common lu-j
borers, or mechanics, and who may;
obtain the character of help required!
by mailing the return Information j
card, properly filled out, without pay
ment of postage.
For this valuable service no charge
Is to be made, or fee accepted, either
from employer or employe, and the
officers entrusted with the work will
exercise every posible precaution in
selecting men and directing them to
destination.
In cases where labor Is not needed
at tills particular time, the applica
tions may be retained by prospective
employers for future use.
The work of selecting suitable per
sons to serve In the several fields of
labor covered will be given special
attention by experts designated by
the department of commerce and la
bor.
RUNS UP RED FLAG.
Tillamook Anarchist Insult Stars and
Stripes.
Tillamook, Ore., July 6. Anarchy's
led rag floated above the Stars and
Stripes for a few minutes in this city
today. But only for a few minutes.
Patriotic citizens pulled it down.
William Wolfe insisted that the flag
should float in the breeze this Inde
pendence day, but Marshal Zimmer
man wasn't to be bluffed. Blows fol
lowed, and In the melee the officer
was forced to use his club to beat the
anarchist Into submission. Wolfe now
languishes in a cell In the city Jail.
As the parade marched up Main
street, William Wolfe, of the firm of
Wolfe & Gessner, painters, raised the
red flag from the roof of his ' store
building. Some one climbed up and
tore down the emblem " of anarchy.
Wolfe returned later and ran up two
red flags over the Stars and Stripes.
This stirred the fighting blood of
Tillamook's patriotic citizens. A crowd
collected, and. Marshal Zimmerman
Ordered Wolfe to remove the objec
tionable flags. Hot words followed,
and the officer was forced to make lib
eral use of his club In getting Wolfe
to the city jail. The red rags came
down and are no more.
There was much excitement over
the Incident among the 4000 people
gathered In Tillamook for the cele
bration today, and but for the timely
arrival of the peace officer Wolfe
would have suffered violence at the
hands of the Justly indignant citizens.
Fine store and office room for rent
East Oregonlan building. Enquire
chla offloa, W ilEJ
mmm cue 3m
Will cure anv case of Kidney or Bladder Disease not
bevond the reacn 01 mcaicinc mo mcuiuuc can uu wwc y. ,vt
PENDLETON DRUG COMPANY.
While the subject of a purer milk
Bupply for Pendleton Is being dis
cussed, the following timely and ex
cellent article from the Stellar Ray,
a New Thought magazine of Detroit,
Mich., will be read with intense In
terest by readers of the East Orego-
nian. The Stellar Ray says:
When It is considered that 80,000
children die annually in the United
States from germ-infected milk alone
the importance of absolutely pure'
milk Is readily appreciated. Ignor
ance, that great crime of the ages,
Is the sole reason for the death of
these children.
For there Is none who would destroy
if the knowledge of how to save were
at his command. When one speaks
of pure milk he immediately thinks
of milk that has been inspected by
the city or county milk In.-pc-ctorj or
health officers and pronounced "fit to
drink."
This, however, is not pure milk it
is only "near-pure" milk, and is still I
In an unfit condition for the consump- '
tlon of small children and babies, I
Milk to be In absolutely pure con- I
ditlon, robbed of Its death-germs, j
must undergo an operation of pasteur
ization. Pasteurization is a simple
irocess, which should be known by
every mother. It requires no chemi
cals and It means simply the appli
cation of heat to the milk.
It is a process that every mother
should learn, and the directions for
which she should keep on hand in
the house with far greater care and
concern than her household recipe I
book. No woman can keep house I
without this book, which means
frosted cakes and currant Jelly, but j
the recipe for pasteurization of milk .
means the lives of the children andj
it should be regarded as one of thei
household's greatest treasures. We '
hal! give this recipe and then tell you
a little of the Importance of using it;
The milk should be furnished to in
fants in nursing bottles after heating
It In the bottle In boiling water to a
temperature of 163 degrees Fail., for
at least 20 minutes. The nursing bot-
tie should be clean. The milk is then
introduced into the botle, which is
wrapped in a cloth and placed in a
kettle or other vessel containing wa
ter reaching almost to the neck of
the bottle. The cork should be re
moved from the bottle und placed in
the water. The water is brought to
a b'lll; the flame then lowered to keep
i.ter near to boiling (but not boil
ing) for from 20 to 25 minutes. The
flame Is then extinguished, the cork
inserted into the bottle and the whole
allowtd t cool to the temperature of
the ruum. It is then ready for the
child.
Tlve so-called commercial pasteur
ization of milk is almost worthless.
Of course milk Inspection In most of
the large cities does a great deal of
good, but it is a safe estimate that It
decreases the death rate of children
not more than 25 per cent. Nathan
Strauss of New York took up the
task of real milk pasteurization 15
years ago. As a measure of his won
derful reward statistics show that lust
year alone his method saved the lives!
of 11.000 children. In St. Louis, Chi
cago, Boston and Kansas City his
plans were followed with great suc
cess. It is somewhat astounding to know
that while children under five years
of age constitute but 13 per cent of
the population of the United States
they furnish from 30 to 50 per cent
of the deaths.
With such advancement as we are
making today in every department of
life's welfare, it would seem that
greater attention should be paid to
the saving of babies. Ten per cent
In deaths of children should be an
enormous price. Th altar of Ignor
ance and negligence demands a saf
rlflce, but let not the offering be so
great ,
Booth Was Acquitted.
By a verdict reported in the United
States court Saturday, James Henry
Booth, ex-receiver of the Roseburg
land office, was acquitted of the
charge of accepting unlawful com
pensation while serving as an offi
cial of the government, says the Sun
day Oregon. Booth was in dieted
for furnishing advance Information
lo Frederick A. Krlbs, a timber land
speculator of Portland, regarding the
final cancellation of lieu land selec
tions, and for which it was alleged
$S00 was received on October 3,
1903. The jury reached a verdict at
12:05 o'clock yesterday morning, 35
minutes after the Instructions of
Judge Wolverton had been repeated.
At 12 o'clock midnight Judge Wol
verton went home, after ;nns tnat
the Jury be locked up for the night,
consequently the finding of the Jury
could not be reported into court un
til 9 o'clock yesterday morning.
Kennedy's Laxative cough syntp
acts gently upon the bowels and. there
by drives the cold out of tht syatf
Sold by Tallman & Co ,m.
Facial and scalp trettm
curlng, electrolypsla and ' nL manl
opment. Madame- lp ' Am.
John Schmidt br,F "ZoT.
Phone Main
De Witt V
peclally roc' ., ..
July Clearance Sale
Lawns at Cost
Parasols 33 1-3 percent. Discount
White Lawn Dresses at Cost
White Lawn Shirtwaists 33 1 3 per cent. Disc't.
Ladies' Tailored Wash Suits and Skirts 33 1-3
per cent. Discount
Odd Lots of Ladies' and Children's Oxfords at
Less Than Cost.
Alexander Dep't Store
Givers of Best Values
FOUR TRAINS TO THE EAST.
NORTH COAST LIMITED
TWIN CITY EXPRESS EASTERN EXPRESS
NORTHERN PACIFIC-BURLINGTON EXPRESS
Northern Pacific Railway
Visit Yellowstown National Park
Stopovers allowed on all tickets to enable
trip being taken through Park.
ROUND TRIP TOURIST RATES
. ; " To all points in the middle and eastern states.
Apply to any ticket agent Northern Pacific Railway and have fares
quoted, routes explained, and berth reservations made, or call on
or write
S. B. CALDERHEAD.
Genl. Agt., Walla Walla, Wn.
A. I). CHARLTON, A. G. P. A.
W. ADAMS,
Agent Pendleton, Ore.
Portland. Oregon.
See the Twin-Dime Across the Street.
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