Page Six
The Capital Journal. Salem. Oreeoi
Tuesday, October 4
REVISION
OF TAXES
IS HASTY
Penrose and Smoot Ad-;
Way Is But Tempo
rary in Effect.
By A. 0. Hayward
i revenue tax system on Incomes, In
heritances, general sales and land
values.
Seek to Force Out Vast Holders
The sales tax has grown in con
gressional favor rapidly during re-
Icent months. It Is held in abey
I ance now for imposition in the
event a soldier cash bonus, with
its $1,500,000,000 demands, is au
thorized by congress at the next
session. Once it is adopted as a
(part of the tax system it will re-
I main permanently, is the general
mit Revision Under, Prediction. After payment of the
soldier nonus us revenues win uv
used for ordinary expenses of the
1 government.
The land values tax has not so
many advocates at the present
Wuhlnrtnn Oct. 4. Taxat on "me, nut u is coming more mu
svstems and nlans are the chief more to the front in all tax discus
ini. of n.ni dirnKinn In ron-'slons, especially when western
gress these days. mn participate. They are advo-
The whole subject of taxation eating it for the double purpose
has been thrown open by the ad-1 of freeing themselves from the
missions of Senators Penrose and many small taxes and to force mo
Smoot that the present tax revls-j nopollstic land owners to pay huge
Ion is only temporary, being rush- taxes, or to throw their holdings
ed now for the purpose of reliev- on the market. Vast estates are
Ing the country from some obnoxl-' held In idleness, they contend, by
ous business from the worst of Its the great lumber companies, by
stifling tax burdens. They an-, the oil and other mining com
nounce that soon a general revls- panles, and by the hydro-electric
ion of the taxation system of the' water power companies, all wait
country must be undertaken and a ing for future developments of the
more scientific plan of taxation country lor exploitation oy mo
substituted for the eatch-revenue owners.
scheme now in operation. I These vast tracts of unimproved
All tax theorists of house and lands are taxed but little by the
senate agree that there shall be no states, and this has aroused resent-
abandonment of the general plan merit by the state tax pavers, It Is
of Imposing taxes on Incomes and said, who claim that they must
on Inheritances. These taxes seem pay the taxes on their develop
eertaln to stay, but. the systems ments for the benefit of the rich
under which they shall he Imposed landowners, who can afford to wnlt the Oregon
and the rates will be the subject i until Improvements march up to
for debate In congress until a plan j their property, when they will
better than that now in operation reap a wonderful harvest on their
is adopted. I investment. Stiff federal taxes on
Representatives of new schools such land values will have the
Of thought iu tax matters are aria- effect, it Is believed, of forcing
Ing in congress. For the moat part some, of these vast holdings from Dallas, Or., Oct. 4. Some weeks
they present old systems of taxa- their owners and, through their, .g0 a number of people living Just
tlon clothed In new details. Sen-1 development In small holdings, en- weM. 0f Monmouth petitioned the
New Organist At Oregon Theatre
. , . J, :
. .. WHIM - . M .aBHHfa.
Si
were granted citizenship by the
usual hearing in the court, but
two soldier boys did not have to
go to the trouble of the other ap
plicants and appeared in court
only presenting their witnesses
and showing their mJJtiary record,
and after taking the oath of alle
giance were declared citizens.
They were Herman P. Van Well, a
Holander, ana Arthur K. Long, an
Englishman, who served in the
army during the period of the war
The grand jury drawn for the
court term was as follows: H. R.
Underbill of Independence; A. W.
Vernon of Independence; S. H.
Crowley of Rickreall; Charles C.
Campbell of Rickreall; L. N. Bil
yeu of Dallas route 2; Bert Clan
field of Amity route 2; Brank W.
Crawford of Salem route 1. There
being no particular work the
grand Jury was dismissed subject
to the call of the district attorney
or the court. Many of the Jurors
asked to be excused, deeming that
their harvest needed them mora so
than did the court, but thev were
denied the privilege, owing to the
fact that there is a large docket
and every Juryman no doubt will
be in service during the term.
Mexico
Puts Ban
On Aliens
No More Poor Emi
grants from Europe
Wanted; Must Have
$500 to Enter.
Mexico City, Oct.
1921
tales that enormous
i A ihnro
It is said that more recent arnv- monthg ag0 n, wa8 Bppo,
als from Germany are actually go- Uce progecutor
ing upon the land ana mat su.uc, n WQrkg flne
prosperous colonies u. ..Tne tw0 oba go han(J
I . . .
- , ... tue in
I'ouucio, auu 1 SCC lliat lh -
7. . .. r . . to
it tney re guilty."
Krauss was graduated fr01s
law school and was aiimitj 1
bar while working as chief ot
lice. Shortly afterward hp
ZR-2 Disaster
Held Accident
Hull Eng., Oct. 4 -The catas- Pointed police prosecutor b,
trophe to the giant airship ZR-2
over the Humber river on August
24,. in which more than forty per-
Because sons, including sixteen Americans.
tu.l. iWno wnq Hup to acci-
....... ItTtL LUUI ii,
aiexico aireaay nas muimuuco ui
Archduke Is In Qnandry,
Vienna, Oct. 4 The fnm
f--ltl A ri- i II II 1.' A nnnn .1
.........);.... (n 1 in Vori 1(1. iu in n nimniliirv Ma ... . .
poor people the government wants r,xal..f.A i,v the coroner's jury at a few days aero after havinir
no additions from foreign lands.! the resumed inquest nere lonay. me jugo-&iav ironuer and denmi
For this reason a decision has been There is no evidence as to inc. ed to Austria.
.,.,,....1 .....nil hn it iciirpr tip 'mi py-nr npp nos Tinith-
reached that mmigrants from Eu- - . -
verdict says. right to settle In Austria nor i,
rupe mutit puaocas ivuu I iiiirn-S -l v .1 whiph ia htc ,.l...
iLiitu. to ue uikiaii.cu iulij "in"."'. Hut ti' n p" ipt n np h t'SL pniintrv. tip is t1 ti rp pnm.i,
This Is to Drevent an inrush of over the victims of the giant diri-ei t i live in either of the countru
nnv.rtv.ti-lpkpn famllips which.1 gtble ZK-2, wrecKea August it, until ne is utscuvertu uy tne .
. . ... i score lives, incluamg tnose oi six- it is sain mat tne arcnuuii'
anH Qtil ntr tn tho WAAIfPl Of Tlia . ... .... . t i - . . . !
0 teen Americans, was re.sumeu nere. parents, witti men- t-tsiti uauth
QUiin iirnnllt i TTltm Oil I (1 a t pi V ontor L . : l.-..tnn. i .. e ..
ubi,uui ""u'u ' . toaay. iters, ttre uvmi m a amdii titmiat
into competition with Mexican
L. CARLO S MEIER
Recently of Pasaden, Cal., who will give a Wurlitzer concert,
Wednesday at 8:00 P . M. ,
Dallas News Notes
Battle of Suds Ends
In a Clean Victory
Tonkers, N. Y., Oct. 4
23 last Nan Patterson
county court tor a new road dis
trict, to be designated as road dis
trict No. 25, and that the new
road district was to be taken from
districts Nos. 8, 12 and 20. The
On .lulv court took the matter unner aa
original vlsement and have decided that
"Florodora" sextette beauty, who; tho district should be created. It
ator Smoot and Representative, rich both state and nation.
Bacharach. of New Jersey, are urg-
Ing substitution of a general sales
tax for the mulllliiile of small tax
es now levied. They claim that a
1 per cent sales tax, avoiding
many of the turnovers In Bales,
Will produce Jl. 000, 000, 000. The
tax can be adjusted easily to pro
duce necessary revenue.
To Work 0t Hew System
Representative Oscar E. Keller,
of Minnesota, leading a number of
western representatives, Is press- According tthe story she told! will not be a recall. The county
Ing for a land values tax. At a Acting City Judge Charles W. court has decided that it will be
small rato, hut euslly adjustable. ' n. i c,piu a i-oi.t, .,,..,,,- ir i.v t,.Y i.f 170 nno
It can be made to yield, he claims, Ler )'an(1lord, who lives in the1 for the general road district fund
sufficient revenues to meet the gamo huildlng, wanted the use of to provide proper and adequate
Foyernnieni needs, and worrisome the washtuhs for his familv. and construction and maintenance of
tUXatlon Call be Im ., ,M.,m . i,,t, 1 . I . I . nrmia l... nnhlln mnila anil nrnimplR in the
gralitjoa Miss ratierson, sue says, I county, rne oroer ror tne special
levy waa signed on the 30th of
choked her,
Right then It started, Miss Pat
was tried on a charge ot murder
ing Caesar Young some twenty
odd years ago, was doing her own
washing In a small apartment
here.
Indiscriminate
Bone away with.
nu. . i. . . i'"
, congress, wliOjpu,1Kl her 1)u.ck over the tub and
.w nm mmuj ctiHnges in tax
takes in a number of square miles
in what is known as Copper Hol
low near Antioch school.
Polk county is to have another
special election, M this time, it
systems declare that, with the
changing sentiment In the coun
try as to taxation methods, there
will cone some combination
scheme of a maim tax and a land
value tax that will wipe out the
present system of hodge-podge
taxes and base a federal Internal
terson told Judge Boole, and when
the argument was over the former
"Florodora" girl had command of
the washtub and Immediate vicin
ity, while Mr. Feleh lodged a com
plaint of assault against bis tan-ant.
September and presented to the
county clerk yesterday, directing
him to call an election on Novem
ber 8, 1921, asking the people to
vote the $70,000 increase (or road
purposes.
Just recently a friendly suit was
Instituted in Polk rounty by U. S.
Grant demanding that the county
return excessive taxes collected ii.
the sum of $13.92, as the amount
exceeded the 6 per cent limitation.
The court decided upon hearing
the case that the money should be
refunded. The county court sign
etl an order yesterday demanding
Joslah Wills, county superintend
ent, to refund the excessive taxes
out of the high school tuition fund,
claiming that the excessive ta.i
levy of 2G,000 made by the court
in December, 1920, as a part of
the budget increasing on the tax
able property of the plaintiff in
the tract situation in road districts
Nos. 3, 45, and 58 for the purpose
of educating high school pupils le
sitling in the county and not in
anv high school district, is the
fund from which the refund should
be paid and if the high school su
perintendent does comply with the
request the court declares Ita In
tention to proceed by a mandamus.
The circuit court began its ses
sion yesterday morning, at which
time several petitioners were
granted certificates of naturaliza
tion. David B. Reimer, a Rus
sian; Frank Scott Mahood, a Cana
dian by naturalization but an
American by birth, and Richard
L. Relmann, a subject of Germany,
T1,q .n..npr a n Ti nil tl Port hrt li'il1 n.l f 1 u t fit rinmelonft. JtTld that at
dealt fully at the previous hear- housework has to De penormed
ing witn an tormai eviuence. men- the lormer arcuuucnesa.
tifications and similar matters,! .iMmwMeaaasmM
and it was now the duty of the
jury to find whether in its opinion
the circumstances of the' appalling
disaster Indicated any degree of
criminal negligence or culpability,
and if so, to what degree.
Cupid Appears to Be
Part Of Curriculum waee earners
Chicago, Oct. 4. Dan Timid he' A number of colonization
of archer fame, is being aided and schemes will be affected by this
abetted by our higher education, ! new requirement that newcomers
if statistics compiled by the Unl- must have $500. There are plans
verslty of Chicago are a just cri-jou foot to bring into Mexico great
terion. For ' nnmhra of immigrants from Rtis-
More than 11 per cent of the sia, Germany, Australia, Italy and
men graduates of the TTnlvuraftv nthpr pnnntrips in the manner in
of Chicago marry or become en- which hordes were shipped to the
gaged within the first year after United States in fonner years. r i . nisit T Al
their graduation. Of the 165 men Rot Mpxiro Is not like the Unl- "OllCe Onid IS A1SO
graduated from the university a ted States. It does not need and . . . I
year ago in June, according to the could not receive even a small part POllCe JrrOSeCUtOr :
statistics which were compiled by of what was once the annual in- . . I1
the class of 1920. twenty-one sue- flow into the United States of men1 Cleveland, 0 Oct. 4. Edward :.
cumbed to the diminutive Dan's and women who carried with them G- Krauss of East Cleveland,
darts ere a twelvemonth had omnl i,ti,nv. .nn.fii.. suburb, occupies perhaps an un-h;
el&rsed. .J i , J. , usual position. He holds the dual
Truly, youth learns mora thnn o x..a i roles of chief of police and police '
. ouinc uai'i ciici irii,ci uatc iv
ana ionc in tlin woll-imni ..u. 1L. a ... Droseeutor
, . . " gumeu i. ii a iUKAjcau guvcmmein lu
; its new policy. Arrivals who have
KORITE
Scientifically
Water Proof
KORITE
REDUCES SHOE BILLS
ONE-HALF
ASK YOUR DEALER
R. W: Cook is the first Bend
man to be notified thit his ap
plication for a loan under the
world war veteran aid bill has
been accepted.
LEFT
In
at
on
WFF.1VFQr.AV TUTTDCF-AV
which to buy your cotton goods, bedding, draperies, ginghams and wash materials
a saving. You w il! have to pay more elsewhere, no matter where you shop. Prices
'oNou goods air going up right along they will he no cheaper.
TORCHON
LACES
'Good heavy 1, inches
wide Torchon I .an-s. lin
n finish, special, yard
4c
Torchon I .aces in narrow
widths, siecial, yard
2V2c
OUTING
FLANNEL
:28-inch White Outing
l' lannel, special, yard
i2y2c
36-inch Colored Online
Flannel, special, yard
19c
I HOSIERY
Heavy Cotton Hose for
, Children, black and white
pair
15c
HOUSE DRESSES
You will not be disappointed
here, the assortment is bijr,
and the dresses are pretty,
suitable for home or street
wear (iinprhams, Crepes,
Voiles and Percales. Specially
priced from
$1.00 Up t0 $2.98
Women's Cotton Hose in
black, white and brown,
flpeciaJ, pair
15c
jWomw's Cotton Fleec
Hose, srxwial, pair
25c
Women's Cotton - ribbed
Veata, a pedal
25c 35c
Women's Cotton Union
Suits, apeciaJ
39c
Blankets, Comforters
Bed Pillows
Cooler nights are now upon iu and
more bedding will be necess.try to in
sure sufficient warmth. They are ex
cellent good grades
$1.85, tl,IX75 $2.98, $3.50, $3.75,
$3.95, $4.75. $4. IS. Sinnn. u.i '
$6.98, $8.95, io.OO; ' '
Woolnan Blankets.
. n.nui ailtj
cozy, tan and gray, size 66x84, seal,
Fancv colnrrvl Is 11 1-a i.i.,,.i ni .. i .
lhese are very nice and dainty, spc-
$3.50
OTHER BLANKETS AT
$1.85, $1.95, $2.75, S3. 75, $3.95, $4.48, $4.75.
And On Up to $1Q.00
BED PILLOWS
2Vfe-pound fancy tick Pillows,
filled with choice featiu-is.
Special, each
98c
BED SPREADS
Special ,UaJity' fuU ize crocht Sprtads.
$1.59
TURKISH
TOWELS
Plain Turkish Bath Tow.
els, special, each
19c
HUCK
TOWELS
Good grade Huck Towels
special, each
i2y2c
REMNANTS
AU tho Mi mn an I i th.t i . .
- j 'wjuuiea in me store are
gatAerM m our downstairs store and marked at
VERY LOW fiBMNANT PRICES
Genuine
DEVONSHIRE
CLOTH
Mill Ends
Special. . r vsrd
29c
IXma UaUi Fl wr
Good Quality S'0-in.
SHIRTINGS
Mill Ends
Special, per yard
23c
Capital Journal EarMii,
Price $5.00 per year by carrier.
Capital Journal Bargain
Price SJ.OO per rw by raai,
JOURNAl, WANT ADR
JOLRNAL WANT Ana Piv
come tor the purpose of forming
the "farming colonies" have prov
ed to be nothing more than groups
ot wage earners, with no thought
of engaging in agriculture. These
have scattered to various cities
and have become competitors of
Day Mexican workers at a time when
work ha sbeen scarce in Mexico.
j One party of six hundred German
Day i farming colonists dW not proceed
J farther than Mexico City. Num-
,'bers of the "farmers" came to Mex-'
Y I ico with the intention of seeking
work at Tampico, having heard.
F. N. WOODRY
Livestock, Merchandise, Real Estate
AUCTIONEER
Phone 511 for Sale Dates
Salem, Oregon
HOOSIER
SAVES MILES OF STEPS
' .
FLANNELETTE
Heavy Fleece, only
two pattern
Special per yard
19c
Daily
Start Hours
8 A.M. to 6 P. M.
Down Sutn flocr
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We pay the postage or
express on all mail order
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