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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 34
ELIMINAT
COMMISSION IS
TAX SUGGESTION
Umatilla Taxpayers in Meet
ing Today Not in Favor of
Cutting of Officials
Pay.
INVESTIGATING GROUP
APPROVES PIERCE PLAN j
Special Committee Wants New
Revenues Applied to Reduce
Present High Property Tax.
Abolition of workingmen s comra
sions was advocated today by Judge
James A. Fee at the Umatilla fax
Payers' League meeting at tho court
house. Judge Fee presided and open
ed the meeting. '
Dr. F. W. Vincent, chairman ot the
county tax investigation committee,
wild he was not in favor of lowering
the salaries of necessary county ofti-i-ials.
He expressed himself .however,
as in favor of doing away with com
missions 'and in favor of "beheading
hn (i.n.i... rr enmmissions."
m- T.'lXinl v..u. ..nun,, of Utnprtj;-!
Ceunty: " ' ' ' '"' '
.Your committee on the subject of
etato taxation des:res to report as fol
lows: Wo find that the tax situation in
Oregon, particularly desires to report
as follows:
We find that the tlix situation in
Oregon, particularly with reference, to
taxes upon real property has readied
an intolerable stage that threatens
land confiscation unless reform is
provided. For example one of the
government joint stock land banks
has retired from two or three of the
counties of Eastern Oregon 'because
the tax rate in these counties has now
reached a point approximating the av
erage earning power of the land, ac
cording to their appraisement.
We find that three things arc neces
sary to correct the tax situation in
Oregon.
1 a plan for reaching wealth now
exempt or escaping taxation so as to
provide for an equalization of the tax
burden.
2 A hard and fast limitation to in
sure that when new sources of reve
nue are provided the new revenue be
used only for the purpose of educing
the present tax on real property.
3 More economical :tate adminis
tration through abolition or consolida
tion of any commission or department
not vitally necessary to the state's wel
fare. To accomplish the above ends we
look with much favor upon many of
the suggestions made by Hon. Walter
M. Pierce, governor-elect of Oregon.
W would call attention of members
J.ho legislature to the following rec
ommendations attributed to Mr.'
Pierce;
Tax for state on all timber as It is
removed from forest reserves, sever
al billion feet of wh'rh is now con
tracted to parties from distant states
and on which no tax will be paid un
lesa the Pierce pan is adopted. Would
be a direct and inoreaa ns source of
revenue to the state. Would enable
the direct tax on properly to be low- j
cred.
State tax on net incomes. Kthnntrd
new revenue by which direct taxes on
(Continued on pag 6.)
WEATHER
Reported by Major Lee Moorhoua.
weather observer.
MaxiTUim 4 2.
I flnin;i:m 2.
, Marorneter 2!.55.
I
TODAY'S
FORECAST,;
e n or
Am i
p " Jonicht and
DAILY IN AMERICA
Daily
DAILY
TRIES TO TELL STORY,
BUT FINDS HIMSELF A
MEMBER OF THE R. R. R
This introduces James Hill,
latest addition to the ancient or-
dor of the Koyal Ued Raspberry.
Jim has a story which he
sometimes tells to clos;- friends,
and the other night at a dance,
one of the hostesses announced
I litwt refreshments were being
served that Mr. Hill would favor
the company with this story.
Jim arose, cleared his throat,
threw out his chest and began.
He had uttered only a few
words before he was lnliirrupied
by resounding heers and the
claiming of, hands. He waited
until the applause subsided and
started in again, he same per-
formance was repeated several
times, and Jim became suspi-
cious.
Fred reunion got up at this
stage of the entertainment and
suggested that possibly some of
those present had heard the
story, and that it might be a
good idea for those who had
hen ad It to leave the room while
the uninitiated remain to listen.
The suggestion was followed and
Jim soon found himself alone in
the room. When the company
I vet ni-titwi .Tim irstes nicked an a
candy raspberry from a plate of
confections and presented it to
Mr. Hill and informed him that
he had been Initiated into the
It. It. K.
4,
RATE nWNAlN
BY OREGON RAiiWAYS
Present High Rates on Cer
tain Routes Give Califor
nia Cities Big Advantage.
WA'-'HI.YOTOX, Dec. 9. fA. P.)
l!:4,ilrond rates on classified freight
from Portland, Medford and other job
bing centers in Oregon to consum n-;
territory in Southern Oregon and
Xorthorn California wero held today
by the interstate commerce commis
sion to be unreasonably hitsh and to
constitute a discrimination against the
Oregon cities and in favor of .San
Francisco, (fakland, Sacramento.
.Stockton and Marysville, Oal.
The commission ordered a general
reorganh'-alion of the rates, applying
to traffic on tho general principle of
reducing slightly the chcarges on
classified freight moving from north
ern points and increasing slightly
rates to the same destinations on sim
ilar freight from the California cities.
Tho weather man has as much '
trouhle as a. politician in suiting
eryonc with his decisions, and hi j
action in sending a waran Chinook
wind to Mvecn over Kantom Oregon I
is a cause of both happiness and ad-
ness to different sets of pt-npU'. j
The wheat growers wt-n m4Klitil
plram'd with the blanket nf snow, and t
if their orders had hncn filled, the j
weather man would have kept on that -blanket
of snow and mipht evi-n h;t-1
' " " ' ' " i " '
J men w. re plad to fe-l the jci nlh- vu
ress f f t!ie Chinook. "L: ss f-d t j
I buy,' is their happy comment. And i
j of course the hay irrowei s are not wet- j
; comintr thf Mnrc.-as of r ildep weath- i
er. It mn blunt the demand f'W '
i their product.
! The wind started in the val'f y lat '
night shrrt!y after dark. I'.y norm to- j
day the snow was pone in many pine . I
FREE STATE PROGRAM
I r:TI'.l-IN'. Per. 9. fl. IV) It is
iindt-rtood t liat mor (t'Ution.s of
i !'f'ii!l;r,irn! o riir rs rit war lo
extermination if feared. The fnatr-
i:ts urt- apparently planning to
!i k f'ff meTiit ers .f x frt KtaP ;
rr;tni7-;iion wh' nVT pfissilde. l'r--id-ni
'njrntve will ret i lint'1 by e-rutir-
p: ixff.'-m for en eh mur d r. ,
UVXNf IKIMI SKWTOi;.
M T1.1N Ie- !'.-Martin
K?'rirri!d. Vv-o fcftat- s catnr and!
pr pi or ot the Ft -man's Journal j
tcxlny a ordered hv the ' rernv Tie -i ;
army' to Kave Ireland inu mdiaN ly
r " "' ' ""i
CARRYING REGULAR WIRE REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, UNITED
EAST OB.EGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY
!' CONDEMNED FOR TREASON.
i l
This is the first picture to reai :i this country showing the sentencing to death
of the high Creek officials who were held responsible for the military debacle
i.y the mil tary committee of the new government. Donictris liounaris, former
premier, is shown here with his hand at bis forehead listening to the testi
mony which seat him before a f.ririg suad.
ROMANTIC OPERA "MARTHA" IS
MOST ABLY PRESENTED BEFORE
LOCAL AUDIENCE AT RIVOLI
Tile comic romantic
t'ha," was most ably
night by the Amor can
upfrra. "Mar
lrst-ntcd last
Light Oix'iu
Co. all the roles being well sustained
and the singers claiming applause.
The lends Were taken by Miss Then
Peunlngion as Martha; -Miss Paula
Ayres, as Nnncy, her maid; Kd An
drews, as S r Tristran; Carl lIundHchu,
of. l'lunUeitj.liai ry IHti-trf ns"l.wmcl
and ;vnrge P. Olsesn the shei ;;ff. .
'I'bc opera is filled with melody, ami
the rlitets, tr us .t hortises ami quartet
numbers were el-arming. Miss Pen
nington sail',' "The Last Rose of Sum
mer" with her usual understanding,
her so rano voice being especially weii
suited to the muni e!'. Ml'. Pfeil also
did some gwod solo work. While Mr.
Hundschii. wilt) his baritone, was
much enjo cd also.
The company wiil close its
men; hero with "The h mes
mandy" this evening.
ng.i pe
pf Xor-
MliS. itUSSI.l.t. TKSTiriKS
OXFOItl), Miss.. Dec. '.I. Mrs. Rus
sell, wife of Cnvernur I.eo ?d. l'.ussell
testified in her husband's behalf today
in the $ I oo.O'Ki seduction siit brough.
li- Miss Fiances Hirkhead. I lie gover
nor's former secretary. Mrs. K.issrli
mi id she took Miss Hirkload into her
home to help her lead a straight life.
She also substantial d oilier parts of
her husband's testimony.
GETTING
( I DON'T KHOV4
j HARDncj OO'NG
I eFFEcT oc NOT
' pi.
4 :m I if
jlp Jl jj0s
mm (w!m
Bm OF COLUMBIA
144""''
War Department Would be Au
thorized to Make Survey to
Precede Reclamation Work.
1 WAylllNCTilN. Poo. J.-i-(A. I'.)
' The war department, under a bill in
( troilneod today I.y Senator McXiiry of
Oregon, would survey the Columbia
; river from Vancouver to Priest Priest
i Itnpids, Idaho, and the Snake river
; from its mouth to Asotin, Wash., to
' determine the practicability of canal
I iation of the two rivers for barge
i traffic and the irrigation and recla
i niatloil of the lands along the rivers
j in the event nf the canalization and
' the le elopment of hydro-elect ric
power.
I rlreds of disguised Scotland Yard de-
1'AltIS, Dec. n. tr. P.) The Mar-1 tectives are guarding Premiers Poln
si files b'oyclc firm offers it purse of! care and Mussolini todny, wiille lien
a en nan francs fur the Carpentier-Siki i attending the. allied premiers' confer
li'iht to dec di' tho championship, Thelence. Tin1 French secret service also
I oxers may split the purse to salt1 attend Poincare, while Mussolini has
themselves. his own Fasc'sli guard.
READY FOR THE COMING-OUT PARTY
EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1922.
UES
TIGER SUGGESTS
PACT REPLACING
LEAGUE NATIONS
Frenchman Proposes Immedi
ate Conference in Washing
to Work Out Treaty Terms.
VERSAILLES PACT CAN
NOT PREVENT WAR, WORD
Clemenceau Not Dismayed by
Failure to Get Encourage
ment From the President.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. !. (U. P.)
Clemenceau today proposed immedi
ate npeu'ng of negotiations in Wash
ington towar l an agreement between
the United Statis and other nations of
the world to take the place of 'he
League of Nations timl return Aaneriea
to the counsels of lOurope. The pro
posal came after he declared in his
I speech hero that lie did nut believe the
I League of Nations means a prevema-
of war.. .... . ,
Pnv.'iril tho end of his sneech t'ho
I Tiirer said of tlie'Leatruc of Nations:
"I don't believe it can ever bring about
the end of war. At the same time 1
believe that any effort to that end is
good."
TVrer Not Dism; 'yeii.
Clemenceau. arriving this morning,
seemed undismayed by his failure to
secure a favorable response from the
government at Washington to his ap
peal. The Tiger, however, seemed
great!,' cnoourneed by Harding's state
ment in his message to congress that
he hoped treaties s'milar to the four
power Pacific pact could be estab
lished In other parts of the world.
Clemenceau spoke here today at the
Academy of Music.
km i kk 'i.osi:i.v ;iHiri
London, Dec. !. (A. P.) Hun-
WORK
ARE
REPORT OF BENNION IS
GIVEN HIGH PRAISE BY
ASSISTANT STATE CHIEF
High praise for the annual re
port of Fred Hennion, county
agent, lias been given by W. L.
Kadderly, assistant county agent
leader of the state, according to
information which lias been
given by Paul V. Maris, director
of extension of O. A. C.
The comment Kadderly lmil to
make concerning the report to
Maris was as follows:
"I commend to your attention
Pennion's report. It is the most
complete, most interesting, best
organized report so fiu' received
Likewise, i believe no agent can
show such a scope of successful
project work as is reported upon.
Very few agents have the capa
city for thoughtfully organized
work seemingly possessed by Mr.
P.ennion. A better county agent
report lias never come to my at
tcntion."
Will Amend Constitution to'
Prohibit Tax Exempt Secur-
itics : Draft Credit
Terms,
rASlIINf!T(l., Dec. .-
--ir.
to
1'.)
carry
Congress today I'linmiencod
out the program outlined In
Ilardlhg's message. The house ways
and means commltteo asked the rules
committee next week to allow a reso
lution amending the constitution to i
prohibit tax exempt securities. j
The agriculture and banking cur- ,
reney committees of both houses are
endeavoring to frame a bill rrnntinjr a
farm credits department. The house
and senate Interstate commerce com
mute" are considering thetrnusports.
tion law but no action Is expected this!
session. The bouse Jud'clary coinmlr- j
tee probably will present a resolution
amending the constitution to give con- j
gross power to prevent child labor. I
Tho recommendations for the' pres- '
ident'H conference of governors on
prohibition will he translated Into leg
islation for enforcement.
to ii: ni: championship.
MOW YORK, loo. !l.--(i:. P.) In
quiries were started today regnrding
the health of Suzanne Inglen with a'
view of nrrang ng a match next
spring In Southern France with Molta
ll,.Mallory to decide tin
championship, "f the world
disputed
T
The Astoria 1
by Pendletnnians and former Pontile-!
lonians did not suffer a total loss In I
'he big fire at Astoria yesterday. II j
is possible the
mostly covered
Information on
ivallable. The
Pudget's loss may bej
by Insurance though i
this point Is not yet
Mtldget occupied aj
oncrcto building
il being constructed ,
xst mminier.
The fidlowimr nifMH.iir
ChcHsman editor of the
I of.n rt-ifiV4'tl he i-
from M. It
lludget, has
P.udget suffered along with the rest 'heat prices show a sharp advance
of the buslncKs district, iiuil.ling was to.lav. Dec. mber grain closing at
hiune.l hut walls still stand and nrchl-!' ilu' !,t ".SO 1-4 unU July
tort tells n thev are ah.- olutelv all, at tl.'iii 5-K. The closing yesterday
irlght. Itasement likewise, Kiivnl w n.u i-i. ti.u i-ira.. e.,
i books, flic and n-arlv Mil of ofrlo"! Following are the quotations recelv
! fixtures. Also linotype magmlnes and;"'1 y ''verbeck Cooke, local brok-
!t.ii,IIi,v riiKi'H IiiIiMhii.iI nn In Imeo- . el" '
1 graph today, f-oir-lss-ic nnil are try- i
' ing to ttrrntiue with Tov-tI or Seaside,
'Signal so that we can start opera-.''ec.
tlons. (May
j The Oregon Journal yesti-rdny .x-jJul'
I tended n reiu-rous offer to the lludget f
to make iim of the Journal plant In j
1 I'oitl.iiiil onili tb- liudget plant can be
' rehabllltat-d. T'luibh- to i-ach Astoria j
I by pbore th'- ffer WHS extended to,
i'he Pefulbton owners. I
j K. P. Aldrleh. .,i. of die. Itudget f
' owner- and pr-'-idenl of tht Itiid'i t j
Publishing "".. I ft on No. i; today
for Ast-.ria. ' ...
i H M l r. SI STMM I1.
IIM'A;o. In c. 9. r. l-.t The I
jraili oa-l labor board late Friday de-
!CfP-,l to continue the prem-nt s-'ak- of j feet to the four posts of hla bed by a
jwnucs t-t v iailroti, ti-letr-riphers. j erax-d mother, who had fear that
'An !mr-n-e was askid t,v the em- j her son wo ild be taken from her. I'o-'i.l,-
s whil- the ciirri-r wanted a re-J lice were forced to hatter down thj
hi. lion Th- lK,r, continued In. ' door and kiuck the nt-her nncona-jh-
arlng indefinitely. ,-etiig "no urgent i clous Ix for? the will could lie releaed.
reason for fmmf-diate action."
j The wage of ll.ooii railroad tele
'cr.iphers on elevi n western, road
1 lias l,en cut $l.5,oo.(MfO annually In
i order to rorr- -t the exinttng Inr-qualitie-i
between pay stations and
tl yi.iph t lll.o,-!.
PRESS AND THE I.N.S,
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gon's greatest newspaper aiid as- a aftll
iiiRT force gives to the, advertiser ovr
twice the guaranteed average paid cir
culation in Pendleton and Umatilla
county of any other newspaper.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
NO. 10,312
OF
SENT
SOLDIERS WITH
ORDERS TO KILL
Lumberjack Reported to Have
Told Woman He Had Set
Town on Fire; Investigate.
ASTORIA CITIZENS LAY
PLANS FOR CITY RELIEF
Offers of Aid pour in; Port
land Civic Bodies Contribute
Supplies; S. P. Carries Free.
ASTOItIA, Dec. 9. A. V.) Atnid
! the smouldering ruins of the city's
business d.atrlct relief activities and
prolliuinary work toward reconstruc
tion began at dawn today. Thousands
of fires scattered about the devastated
' area burned brightly during the nhrht
!"ml ' t,u' 'fiickerinsr UbIU could . be.
I seen tho firemen still at work. Sail.
lors with fixed tweyonets stood Kiiurd-.,
ling the viitilts of tll- ruineil bunks,
and numerous noldlers and j'olunteer
relief workers illstiuKuisHed by Ked
bands about their urnin iiml improvis
ed hmgiiv fHthfo piirittlttid,wttH
in tho fire lines.
The spectre of the flrebu arose
from tho ashes and there vere many
rurnors which the authorities attempt-
led to run down, 'iteprosontatlvcs of
I the fire marshal's office, If. il. Pomer
oy and ,. II .Davis, tiro working with
Fire Chli'f Foster and Chief of Police
I Carlson to learn tho cause of tho fire
j w hich started early yesterday morning
and raged for ten hours, wiping out
about thirty blocks and causing a lose
estimated today from twelve to iwen
ty m.llloiH. , ' ,
j "If the fire was Incendiary It waS ft
pure case of arson," said J. DeWitt
I fillbert, city editor of tho Astoria,
tliudget. "I do not bolievo there, la any
iground for attributing the fire to rnd
'Icals. The Industiiul situation Ht As
itorla has not been disturbed. There
wen; senile ugltators here but there ha
! been no strike." '
Tim basis for the Incendiary rumora
rests on the reports that tho fire ap
pears to hHvc been burning In two sop-,
arate places on both sides of tho Bee
Hive department store within u few
minutes after the first plazc wua dis
covered. ' 't
Cltln-iui OrcaiilM
ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. V. (1". P.)
Stunned, but hopeful, citizens today
lure raring for tho homeless victims
j of yesterday's fire and laying plana
for the reconstruction of the devastat-
ed city. There is no ini mediate shoi't-
STANDING GUARD
Inge of food supplies, but ton d a y ra
tling lludget, owned; Hons for the 2,rno homeless will' tut
(Continued on pujea t.)
IN SHOWS '
E
I
Wheat.
High
1.20 '4
1.09
Open
Jl.lS'i
1.1.7
1.0S4
Imw
I1I9H
1.17
1.0 V.
Close
$1.52X
1.0
PRISONER 4 YEARS
Cllir-Afio, Ini-. . l'. James
Koieny today li.s In the hospital
phKir:il and mental wiwl after four
years of 'imprisonment during; which
I time he was t rapped by h hands auj
poi.a f.Ki Mmu$:n
- IIKIll.l.V. 1st. .(!'. P.i Hola
X.grl h-i I" r-tHirie ""-'d to
Charlie Chaplin. Il" St'1' 'if f" of A
Polish -!?. " rc
her, according to a i:.;!ia j, jpatr,
i