Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, February 24, 1925, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR Capital,aJournal Salem. Oregon ii Independent Newspaper Published erery erenlng .icept 8ndy Telephone 81; GEORGE PUTNAM. Reorganization Needed Necessity for a complete reorganization of the state's financial system is made apparent by the present financial crisis. Any other solution will but postpone the issue another two years. There is a shortage of $1,600,000 between the recom mended demands for appropriations and the money provided by the tax levy, necessitating the raising of this money by (spt til and extraordinary taxation, known as nuisance taxes, all of hich will have to be authorized by the people before enforced. The six percent tax limitation prevents the raising of but $5,622,596 when $7,278,455 is required. Yet this $7,278,455 is but one-third of the money the state must raise every biennium for state purposes, the balance being out of control of the legislature. The other $14,076,257 raised by millage taxation, is out of control of the legislature, or supervision of state officials. The state university gets by millage tax $1,724,463, the agricultural college $2,552,510, additional large sums. The Monmouth normal gets $211,766 and seeks $313,000 more. The blind school gets $84,710. The soldiers bonus fund gets $1,588,320, the elementary schools fv?35,522. ' 11 of the millage taxes should be abolished and all appro priations made by the legislature and their expenditure controlled by state officers, for the policy of giving spending bodies control of taxation and waste. It is one of the causes of high taxes. Giesy Is Right Mayor Giesy is right in his stand for maintainance of the c hour auto parking limit for the business district, despite the petition of the business men. One hour is long enough for any one to do all the shopping necessary in a block. Arrests made of those parking the cars over the limit have been nearly altogether of residents of Salem. Few farmers have been guilty and farmers Until thi3 limit was established the curbs were con- "tcd from morn till night by employes who use the auto Since the enforcement of the space for his car. He could not One other change should be made by the council to take Salem completely out of the hick town class, and that is to abandon the obsolete backing-in parking and adopt the head in system, which has so many advantages that it has been almost universally adopted. It is just as sensible to back a car into a garage as to back it into a parking, yet no one ever does. Market Roads and Stage and Truck Bills are Passed Forty-lliroe diiya of legislative deliberation liuvu finally borne fruit. Tlio ffrat bills of any par ticular consequent to be enacted by both houses materialized Mon day afternoon when the senate approved house hilM 4 and 413, the first placing the construction of market roads under the super vision of the state highway de partment, and the second provid ing regulation and assessing oper ating fees upon the trucks, busses and other commercial vehicles us ing the state highways. There was practically nn op position to either measure, al though both were discussed at length. Doth have been amended since posting the house, and will have to go back there for concur rence in the amendments, but there is no evidence that any of the alterations will bo rejected. Supervision Provided Briefly outlined, house hill 4 as It passed the sennte, provides the county courts, except In counties where there Is too llttlo market road to Justify the employment of an engineer, shall appoint a road engineer having at least two years of practical experience ns a rniid builder. The county court is to determine the compensation of the engineer, but tho work and engineering is to bo under the supervision of the highway depart ment. The county courts are required to select and denignnto certain roads A.i market ro.idn, subject 1 o 1 the npproval of the highway coin ni Iks ton, and the courts may' add to this market road system from time to time, but they can-j not drop from the system any, road without the prmis-tinn of lhf highway department. The counts j are authorized to designate the : road a to be Improved and the, order in which they are to be itn- proved, but the highway roimnU sion lit u.st approve the type of con struction and the plant and specif icat ion. Contract Work Required The hill requires that all iivnkot road constrtuctlon work mint be done under rout rnrt, except in counties having their own road building equipment and whero the highway commission deems It to the advantige of the county to do Its own work. The highwny de partment is required to furnWh plans and specifications for bridges and culverts without roat to the counties. It Is left optional with the county courts to determine whether or not market road money la to be spent on stats highways, but 1L is provided that no market road money Is to be spent on the Pacific highway. th Columbia River highway. The Old Oregon Trail, the It noser, e highway, or the Coos Day highway. Each news II Editor end PublUber and both are asking for revenues is absurd and leads to generally favor the hour limit the cars of business men and tot ride to and from work. law a farmer can now find before. county la required to provide a sum of money not to exceed $200 a mile for the maintenance of market roads constructed. House hill 413 provides for the licensing and regulation of motor triii Us, busses and other motor vehicle operating for compensa tion over the public highways by the public service commission, and provides for the levy of fees as follows: Fees Are Increased 1'assenger vehicles operation over regular routoa, and passenger vehicles operating for hiro any where, a fee of three quarters of a cent per passenger mile, com puted by multiplying the pas senger capacity of the vehicle, measured at the rate of 20 lineal inches seating capacity for each passenger. Passenger vehicles operating for hire out of garages doing livery business, 50 percent of the regular llcenao tax for such vehicle. Trucks operating on regular routes, and trucks operating at large, one mill per ton mile, com puled by multiplying tho com bined weight in pounds nllowed such vehicle by tho number of miles travelled, nnd dividing the product by 2,000. Combined freight and passenger carriers, one -quarter mill per p;u senger mile, nnd three-eights of a mill per ton mile. Certain deductions are pro vided for from fees and other taxes already provided by law. The carriers are also permitted to deduct from the total of miles travelled the number of miles travelled over unimproved roads as defined In tho act. Trucks operated by farmers In h.iuUiig their produce are not sub ject to the provisions of the act. Other bills p.i.ed by the senate wore: M. 11. r:--iSuliiltute for s. n. I'll Committee on Insurance Itelattng io Ktandaril form of life insitranee polieie. II. H. 170, l.oiiei gan- Kempt from estate and inheritance taxes properly prevlouoly taxed within one year. II. n. 433. Howard-Relating to tax levies and tho completion and delivery of tho tux roll to the tax collected. II. H. 425 (Substitute for II. H. 30 Shroek To prohibit the aale of fire equipment not having standard thread. 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That W, ilia word niut begin In ttu o,uaro that contains Its uleiitlfUkg num ber, and citend as far as lbo .wlilte square continue unuiterruoteilly An word tWlnod under "VERTICAL will also begin, la tho white space that contains Its number, but will eitt-iid dowuuat-d as far as tho white spaces renuiln uuliitcrruntedly. M is ui Copyright mat C.conto Mnttbew Adunia 21. Wilding bird Closi'ly confined tl. To be in debt ROOM AND lT"b FROM T Ihc Gt t Bfiniw rigkn (Substituting for Barney Google, H"tV A GCNTLCMAM A is iw DiTRe: A .( 1 locic S C'V it word wlUcfc arree whs the areom- liK. lolt Ul. l-jninent (ub.) 33. C'onceltiiny (L) during Billy SeBeck'i illness) It Looked Like HELP! blub: rjLuR" I ft t ' ' rf j -i TO OlMTT MOO(eH . .. Can it s acoot 1 Ta-e. $k TWO HOUR. ROH JL? m 0 C1H I'll SAvie THIS fcifcb'S LIFC rtMft C6T A HAloAe RsmAl6!.Met SBIUK for Te THIfttt TIM BuT X't-t Dive rVj'b st kim: A Modern An Absorbing Novel KBy ID AH McGLONE GIBSON eni.itciu.i LA FEMME Twe vortical lines formed them aelves between DKlt BUrmount'a eyes as he heard Rotkiey Kvans ri;iy solemnly tbat he did not kill Elton Foas. Starmount had not from the flint believed that bis friend was cullty, consequently he hJd built his case entirely around Kathlyn. Now that he had been aspired be yond doubt that K:ithl-n Leonard Kvana had not killed I'Oas, he was entirely at a lom as to a solution. Aguln he looked at Rodney; the Hoes oa Dicks forehead grew deKr. Ha could hardly make himself believe that evn on as stormy a niyht as that on which foes had Diet his death, could a murder have beett committed on a public street with two people looking on and yet the mud?rer escape. All the circumstantial evidence now pointed directly to Kodney; added to that was Kodaey's Jeal ousy of Poju as s motive. This moj tivo would ahow in Kathlyn a story whleh bad already started in Jim's paper. Starmount groaned. Both Jim and be ha J blundered over that story. lie decided be must so Im mediately to Jim's rooms and have that pari of Kathlyn's story in which fine had wrlttesshal she and Uod had quarrelled over Fobs, cut out. Under no coudition must it reach tho public. Rodney hearing Dick groan ask ed, "What is the matter?" "I've got to build an entirely new case. Rod." "Why?" aaked Evans shortly. "Surely you never suspected either Kathlyn or me?" "I never suspected you, Rod," Dick answered. "Have you been building your ease on the supposition that Kath lyn killed .iharpiy. Foss?" asked Evans IT'S DARK IN THEIe Ato MOi WHERE l Ml. MOOKC AND Hlj riErHOP MOORE LEFT HERE. EAja.LV TOQW r tm ' HAVE 6EEt AROUND "" Getting Money From Home to f" flHAVJKS (QlvjB) foftgj . f Foot.: S , r vWiv.;- SAMINS rY LIFE, Yevj AIN'T WHAT TH- -IMuTTl How CAM ff IMtGBTCl I 4L?li I a I C veR TO M 1 BuuB. - l:; i amythin v iu- . Tu I rN Or? Marriage 'Are you sure, RoJ, that you ww no one tbat night eJtcept Kathlyn until the officers csiue?" Dick asked, striving to keep from answered Rod's question. Why, ra.iu don't you rsalixe that except when the tot-riffo light ning sifi-rtgged the fcky no one could "o his baud before him? The only reason I could see Kath lyn was because she wat standing on th steps directly In the iisht which came through the doorway. I did not see nor hear even the po lice officers until they were rhihi upon us.M "Well, I'll have to get buay im medl'.telv." Dick said wearily. "Someone will have to be found who fired that gun. It was sonic cno who knew Fos iniimattly for undoubtedly the gun wits his." "That was my firt thought. Dick. That was the re.uon I put it back in his pocket." "It wis a very silly thing for you to do. Rod. In my long work in tho criminal courts 1 have found that when either an Innocent or a guilty man tries on the spur of tho moment to manufacture evi dence, he always defeats his own end. "I've got to leave you now. Rod. I'll bring Kathlyn over this after noon to aee you. The doctor says she Is well enough. Keep up your courage, old man. I'm going over the whole evidence again and see where we have switched off. fol lowed the 'wrong clue.' " Turning the whole caso over In his mind ts he rode to Jim's rooms, Richard Starmount could not discover any new lead that he might follow. Utterly discouraged, he parked his car In front of Jim's rooms. As his feet touched tho ground a new avenue in his brain seemed to open. AH'voO LEFT A FAKE MOTE AT WOte AM' bHE THIKKtj TOO ARE AT AfS NONE Nf PLACE? TOMIC.HT Augustus Mutt. tnat belonged to biuwwlf or at losat tbat as had purchased for some one and if. as has been proved, ha could not have shot himself, then someone bad stolen that gua from him or had beea given it by Foss himself. altn seldom give revolvers to other men under any circumstances It hardly looked as though Vernon Stedman would steal a man's gun purposely to kill him with It Dick Starmount drew a sigh of relief. He knew now why he had been so sure that Kathlyn had done it. All the while there had been a sub-conscious thought that somo woman had killed Foss. That was why he bad been so sure it was Kathlyn. With this implanted In his con Kciuusnetis Starmount went up to Jim Kiruy's rooms. Before hs could say a word Kir by Jumped up and shook his hand vffusivwly. "I've got it. Dick; I've got It. I knew nil the time that Kathlyn would say something that would put us on the right track. Foss was murdered by one of the num erous women his name has been connected with in the last year. Koued them up and among them you will find who did it.' Bv Genree Mc.Manua XEP Ats' tiHE'LL CO THERE LOOKtrs FER, ME AM IT'LL TAKE HER ABOOT FIVE MOOR'S TO C& THERE AJS OT OACK HOME -ILL OE HOME. A.HEAO O5" HER WER intOThe Bv Bud Fisher FLOftltA-