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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.
Tickling Throat
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when It etlllcu yon at night.
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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.
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'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
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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
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THERE LOOKtrs FER,
ME AM IT'LL TAKE HER
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HOME -ILL OE HOME.
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Bv Bud Fisher
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