Heppner Gazette
Issued Thursday of Each Week
HEPPNER OREGON
ith the work of other educational authorities.
lircat progress has already been made amnnii
nrmer by the creation of farmers' institutes,
f dairy associations, of breeders' associations,
lortieuitural associations and the like. The
lepartnient can and will cooperate with all
uch associations, and it must have their help
f its own work is to be done in the most
rlicient style.
Much is now being done for the states of
he Kocky mountains and the great plains
lirough the development of the national policy
if irrigation ami forest preservation; no gov
rnnient policy for the betterment of our in
emal conditions has been more fruitful of
;ood than this. The forests of the White
nountains and Southern Appalachian regions
hould also be preserved; and they can not be
mless the people of the state in which they
ie, through their representatives in the con
gress, secure vigorous action by the national
government.
I am well aware of how difficult it is to
ass a constitutional amendment. Neverthe
less, in my judgment the whole question of
marriage and divorce should be relegated to
ihe authority of the natioal congress. At pres-
The main points brought out by the presi- I -nt the wide ditTcrenccs in the laws of the
dent in his annual message to congress, deliv- liferent states on this subject result in scan-
sricu iwiiiuci , .uuu. v ia v essent a to the we fare of the i.at on.
I again recommend a law prohibiting all I nothins around which the nation should so
corporations from contributing to the campaign I bend itself to throw every safeguard, as the
expenses ot any party. Mien a bill has at-I home lite ot the average citizen. 1 lie change
ready passed one house ot congress. Let in- I would be good from every standpoint. In par
dividuals contribute as they desire; but let us ticular it would be good because it would con
prohibit in effective fashion all corporations Fer on the congress the power at once to
RESUME OF
THE MESSAGE
Short Review of President's Recom
mendations to Congress.
from making contributions for any political
purpose, directly or indirectly.
Another bill which has just passed one house
of congress and which it is urgently necessary
should be enacted into law is that conferring
upon the government the right ot appeal in
criminal casts on questions of law. This right
exists in many of the states; it exists in the
District ot Commbia by act ot the congress.
isal radically and efficiently with polygamy
and this should be done whether or not mar
riage and divorce are dealt with. It is neither
safe nr proper to leave the question of polyg-
uny to be dealt with by the several states.
Power to deal with it should be conferred on
the national government.
I-et me once again call the attention of the
congress to two subjects concur. ing which I
It is of course not proposed that in any case have frequently before communicated with
verdict lor the defendant on the merits
should be set aside. A failure to pass it will
them. One is the question of developing
American shipping. I trust that a law embody-
result in seriously hampering the government ing in substance the views, or a major part
in its effort to obtain justice, especially against of .the views, expressed in the report on this
wealthy individuals or corporations who do subject laid before the house at its last session
toiii- and mnv iUo nrcv.Mit thf t'overnment I will be passed. I am well aware that
from obtaining 'justice for wage-workers who former years objectionable measures have been
are not themselves able effectively to contest proposed in reference to the encouragement of
a case where the judgment of an inferior court American shipping; but it seems to me that the
has been against them proposed measure is as nearly unobjectionable
In rnnnprtnin uilli this matter 1 would like as any can be
to call attention to the verv unsatisfactory I especially call your attention to the sec
state of our criminal law. resulting in large ond subject, the condition ot our currency
nan from tin. h.-.liit of setrW .-wide the iuda. laws. The national bank act has ably served
mediately to send enough ships to Cuba ui fti
prevent the situation from becoming hopeless. I
In accordance with the so-called ll.itt
amendment, which was ...nhodied in the con
stitution of tuba. 1 proclaimed a provisional
government for the island, the secretary of
...ii acting as provisional governor until lie
could be replaced by Mr. Magoon; troops
were sent to support them, and to relieve the
navy, the expedition being handled with most
satisfactory speed and efficiency. The pro
visional government has left the personnel of
the old government and the old laws, so far
as might be, unchanged, and will thus ad
minister the island for a few months until
tranquility can be restored, a new election
properly held, ami a new government inaugu
rated. Peace has come in the island; and the
harvesting of the sugar-cane crop, the great I
crop ot the island, is anout to proceed.
The 1'nitcd States wishes nothing of Cuba
except that it shall prosper morally and ma
terially, and wishes nothing of the Cubans sine
that they shall be able to preserve order
among themselves and therefore to preserve
their independence. If the elections become a
farce, an
Proposed Oregon Tax Law
(''""Untied from last week) I poncnts to designate the township,
nillUf, SCCIIOI1, part, Ol SCCUOH, tllSiatlce,
course, bearing, tmddirecction, mnltilso
tlu number of lots and blocks, or part
thereof.
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(Assessor to give certificate, of assess
ment Penalty for refusing.)
Seel ion 4. Any person assessed for
any year may demand of the assessor
an otlicial cert ideate of that fact, and
upon the refusal of the assessor to give
the same he shall be lined in the sum
of $100, to be collected by the person
demanding the same in an action in the
I if the insurrectionary habit be- name of the party injured before any
(U. & 0. Oomp., ai56, without change.)
(Assessment roll What to contain.)
Section LT. That section 3071 of the
Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled
and annotated bv Hon. Charles ii. Hel-
ments of inferior courts on technicalities ab
solutely unconnected with the merits of the
case, and where there is attempt to show
that there has been any failure of substantial
justice.
In mv last message I suggested the enact
ment of a law in connection with the issuance
a great purpose in aiding the enormous busi
ness development of the country, and within
ten years there has been an increase in circu
lation per capita from $51.41 to $:13.M. I-or
several years evidence has been accumulating
'hat additional legislation is neerb- The
currence of each crop season emphasizes the
comes continued in the island, it is abso- i.f j..., 0f (1, . . ; i ..i r
lutclv out of the question that the island i JU!"UU 01 Uu 1M a-L' 111 -Otinl
should continue independent; and the United
States, which has assumed the sponsorship be
fore the civilized world for Cuba's career is a
nation, would again have to intervene and to
see that the government was managed in such
orderly fashion as to secure the safety of life
and property.
In tn-mv nnrts of South America tlipr tvi
been much misunderstanding of the attitude j linger and William W. Cotton, 1)0 Mid
other" Xbf ' An ideaad t " w h is "iiu-nded to read as
come prevalent that our assertion of the follows:
The assessor shall set down in the as
sessment roll, in separate columns, and
according to the best information lie
can obtain
1. The names of all taxable persons
in his county assessable by him.
'2. A description of each tract or jtar
Cel of land to be taxed, specifying under
separate heads the township, range,
and section in which the land lies, in
a nuarter section
and snail report to you at length later on according to tile government SlirvcV, Of
the whole subject of the I'nnnma canal. I .. . , , . . , y , , , , , ' ,
The destruction of the JVibilof islands fur H d IVlded into lots and blocks, then the
seals by pelagic sealing still continues. The number of t he lot Mid block .
regulations n,ic pioen p.anny inadequate to
accomplish the object of protection and preser-
tion ot the tur seals, and tor a long time
Monroe doctrine implied or carried with it
an assumption of superiority and of a right
to exercise some kind of protectorate over
the countries to whose territory that doctrine
applies. Nothing could lie farther from the
truth. Yet that impression continued to be a
serious barrier to good understanding, to
friendly intercourse, to the introduction of
American capital and the extension of Ameri
can trade. The impression was so widespread
that apparently it could not be reached by any
ordinary means.
It was part of Secretary Root's mission to
dispel this unfounded impression, and there
c inst rills, to ru'Ueve tll.1t lio line cni-,-..it,.l
I have just returned from a tnj) to Panama I rates 1101 exeeemng
mem 01 a law 111 couiiv.-i.uoii wnu mc isiaiA, , . ( , i.
of injunctions, attention having be-n sharply de ec s sf the present laws
drawn to the matter by the demand that the l I do. not press any al pV
riebt of applying injunctions in labor cases
should be wholly abolished. It is at least
doubtful whether a law abolishing altogether
the use of the injunctions in such cases would
stand the test of the courts; in which case
of course the legislation would be ineffective,
Moreover, I believe it would be wrong alto
gether to prohibit the use of injunctions. Hut
so far as possible the abuse of the power
should be provided against by some such law
as I advocated last vear.
Lawlessness grows by what it feeds upon:
and when mobs hegin to lynch for rape they
speedily extend the sphere of their operations
and lynch for many other kinds of crimes,
so that two-thirds of the lynchings are not
for rane at all: while a considerable propor
tion of the individuals lynched are innocent of
all crime. In my judgment, the crime of rape
should always be punished with death, as in
the case with murder; assault with intent to
commit rape should be made a capital crime,
at least in the discretion of the court; and pro
vision should be made bv which the punish-
(pent may follow immediately upon the heels
of the offense; while the trial should be so
conducted that the victim need not be wan
tonly shamed while giving testimony, and that
the least possible publicity shall be given to tne
details.
I call your attention to the need of passing
the bill limiting the number of hours ot em-
Various
plans have recently been proposed by expert
committees of bankers.
I most earnestly hope that the bill to pro
vide a lower tariff for vr else absolute free
trade in Philippine products will become a
law. No harm will come to any American
1'ndnstrv: and while there will be some small
but real material benefit to the Filipinos, the
main benefit will come by the showing made as
to our purpose to do all in our power for their
welfare. So far our action in the Philippines
has been abundantly justified, not mainly and
indeed not primarily because ot the aiineu
lgnity it has given us as a nation ny proving
that we are capable honorably and efficiently
to bear the international burdens which a
miehtv neonle should bear, but even more
because of the immense benefit that has come
to the people of the Philippine Islands.
American citizenship should ne conierrea on
the citizens of I'orto Rico. The harhor ot
San luan in Porto Rico should be dredged
and improved. The expense of the federal
ourt of Porto Rico should be met from the
federal treasury. The administration of the
affairs of Porto Rico, together with those ot
the Philippines, Hawaii and our other insular
possessions, should all tie directed tinner one
executive department; ny preterence, tne oe
partment of state or the department ot war
Thr needs ot Hawaii are peculiar every
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,nd should, oe given tne lsianus; aim oui cnuns
should be unceasing to develop tnem aiong
this government has heen trying in vain to
secure from ("ireat Iiritain such revision and
modification of the regulations as were con-
templated and provided for by the award of
the 1 rihunal ot rans.
The process of destruction has been accel
erated during recent years by the appearance
of a number ot Japanese vessels engaged
li The number of acres and parts of
an acre, as near as the same can be as
certained, unless the same be divided
into blocks and lots.
4. The full cash value of each parcel
of la nl taxed.
o. The taxable personal pronertv
nclagic sealing. 'As these vessels have not Owned by or to be taxed to such person
ployment ot railroad .employe. . 1 ,he jine.of a community of small freeholders
ici.tic one anu c -.1 . ...:.l. ,.!;.. .ct-llnc
indeed, so .ir as , .1,. :1.,n. f
ka q m I rsilUateu as WHS ICIiiO'i in, ui in. .w.-i.i.v ...
is a very mot
no serious objection to it.
it is in our power, it should
r power. It snouiu oe uui am ., ... .1, .-.: n tnis
r:"u" r:': t; m do . fan iw
'' " , rrce or manner unon any other American com
t.o- ot an eig.it-no.ir nay. 'unity. This warrants our treating it dif-
ine horrors incident to tne emp. ,mc.u . , . . which we treat ter.
young cui dren in lactones or at wors any- --- - - ,,-jj n ;a,r
i-herJf r, a t,lt on n,,r civilization. It is ntories. contiguous to or surrounded by sister
true that each state must ultimately settle the
question in its owe way; Du a thorough or-1 mled fur educational and internal im
fictal invesigation of the matter, with the re- I "c ", '
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suits published broadcast, would, greatly help 1 ' . , "L "., .1. ',. Wn narti;,!lv met. but
toward aro.sing the public coiiscienee and se- , -'"" -- " , . nf the
. . 1 tnere must he a complete reorganization 01
curing unity of state action in the matter. tnere must oe - '"I lJ . hefnre indi-
- ' governmental system, as 1 have netore mui
Among the excellent laws which the con- cated to you. I ask your especial attention to
gTeSs passed at tne last session was an cm- this. Our tellow citizens wno utu
plovers' liability law. It was a marked step I si,nrf.a of Turet sound with characteristic
in advance to get the recognition of em- -nercv are arranging to hold in Seattle the
plovers' liability on the statute books; but iasia Yukon Pacific exposition. Its special
the law did not go far enough. In spite of 3jms incude the upbuilding of Alaska and the
ill nepeaution exercised bv emDlovers there .i.,..i.nmi nf mpnV.m commerce on the Pa
are unavoidable accidents and even deaths cific ocean. This exposition, in its purposes
involved in nearly every line of business con- anc scopCi should appeal not only to the peo-
nected with the mechanic arts. If the entire ple 0f the pacific slope, but to the people of the
trade risk is placed ut.on the employer he will r r.uP States at large. Alaska since it was
nrnmntlv and nronerlv add it to the legitimate I 1 u. v.e Irl tn the government $11,000,
cost of production and assess it proportion- linn nc revenue, anil has produced nearly
ately upon the consumers of his commodity. t3nn nnn.AOO in eold, furs and fish. When
It is therefore clear to my mind that the law roperlv developed it will become in large de
should nlace this entire "risk of a trade" upon cree a'an,l of homes. The countries border
the emnlovpr. Neither the federal law nor. as .u t;fi nen have a nt.nulation more
far as I am informed, the state laws dealing tn thnt of all the countries of
with the question of employers' liability are ,ur0 pe; their annual foreign commerce
sufficiently thoroughgoing. The federal law I to over ?S.onn,non.rtiin, of which the
should of course include employes in navy- Knar. rf the United States is some $70(1,000,
vards. arsenals and the like. loon If this trade were thorouuhlv under
T ; mi u th.-it the nation should stood and rushed bv our manufacturers and
alienate its remaining coal lands. I have tern- producers, the industries not only of the Pa
:. (rnm cettL.tnent all ihf mfip elone but of all our country, and partic
lands 'which the geological survey has indi- ularly of our cotton-erow ing states, would be
cate.1 as containing, or in all probability con- ereatlv benefited. Of course, in order to get
tainine coal. The question, however, can be these benefits, we must treat fairly the coun-
.ter1 nnlv Vn. lecri a t i nn . which in I tries with which WC trade.
my judgment should provide for the witV Especially do we need to remember our
j i .1,. lnrtQ from alr or fromldutv to the strancer within our gates. It is
in eertain eonerial circumstances. I the sure mark of a low civilization, a low
tw. u: then remain in the I morality to abuse or discriminate against or
United States, which should not. however, in any way humiliate such stranger who has
iiipmnt tn wnrlf them, but nermit them to tie come here lawfully and who is conducting
vorked by private individuals under a royalty himself properly. To remember this is incum-
control hent on every American citizen, and it is ot
. ce iho nr, pk;- nriee eoorse neculiar'v incumbent on every govern-
a rharired consumers. It would, of course, ment official, whether of the nation or of the
, . . J . . 1. . .. . . .-l, . ..,..,,1 states
by the corrmon carriers to transport the pro- I am prompted to say this by the attitude
duct as the rates charged by those who mine of hostility here and there assumed toward
it- anrl the unervision must extend to the the Tapanese in this country. 1 his hostility
a . .v, emm carrier. r. that then . snoradic and is limited to 2l very few places.
shall in no wav favor one competitor at the Nevertheless, it is most discreditable to us as
expense of another. The withdrawal of these a people, and it may be fraught with the
coal lands would constitute a policy analoeous gravest consequences to the nation. lo no
to that which has been followed in withdraw- other country has there been such an increas
ing the forest lands from ordinary settle- ing number of visitors from this land as to
mert. The coal, like the forests, should he Japan. In return, Japanese nave come n.jr
r-ateH a the rroTTtv of the nuhlic. and its in (Treat numbers. They are -clcnme. socia ly
disnosal should be under conditions which and intellectually, in all our colleges and in
would inure to the benefit of the public as a stiftions of higher learning, in all our pro-
i t I fessional and social bodies. Ihe overwhelm
The' pas-aee of the railway rate bill, and ing mass of our people cherish a lively regard
only to a less degree the passage of the pure- and respect for the peotde of Japan, and in
food bill, an! the provision for increasing and almost every quarter of the union the stranger
rendering more effective the national control from Japan is treated as he deserves; that is.
over the twef racking industry, mark an im- he is treated as the stranger from any part
.ri.-r-e. in the nr.iner direction tn I of civilized hurone is and deserves to he
mv judgment it will in the end be advisable treated. Hut here and there a most unworthy
in' connection with the packing house insj.ee- feeling has manifested itself toward the Jap
rt r,rr.vi.V for nutting a date on the anrse the feeline that has been shown in
label and for charging the cost of instection I shutting them out from the common schools
., - i I ;n I-'ranris-rv arl in motterinirs at?ainst
-ne question of taxation is difficult in any them in one or two other places, because ot
co-tntry. but it is especially difficult in ours, 'heir efficiency as workers, lo hut them out
:.u I-e.l.ral sostem of government Some from the public schools is a wiclfd abs-irdl'y.
taxes shou'd on every ground be levied in a I when there are no first-class colleges in the
mall district for use in that district. Thus land, including the universities and colleges
the taxation of real estate is vcuiiany one I ot v.auiornia. wnicn un not giaoiy ncuvinc
for the immediate locality in which the real lapanese students and on which Japanese stu
-. is t.n.nrt !?, there are mint Win ds nf I Hents do not reflect credit. I ask fair treat
. . v,;h ran r.n' he levied bv the eeneral ment for the Japanese as I would ask fair
,n as to' nroduee the U-st results, treatment for Germans or Knc'isbment. I rench
Ixcause. amorg other reasons, the attempt to men. Kussjnrs. or Italians. I ask it as due to
:,..e them in one r.articu'ar state too often humanity and civilization. I ask it as due to
reso'ts nrre'v in drivme the corporation or ourselves because we must act uprightly toward
-i.t,,-.,t ar.-rtert to some other l.K-alitv or I all men
,i,er s;.te T-e national government has long I F ast .Viri't an insurrection r.roke out in
derived its ebit-f revenue frr.m a tariff on im-
p "ts and lr"l an ir.rrnai or rxosr ija. hi
addition to these there i every reason why,
v ben --xt our system of taxation is revised,
the n.--i-na1 g verimert h.tM imoe a grad
uated irheritance tax, and, if possible, a grad
w'i A ircome tax.
The industrial and air-icult-iral claws mut
work t'-crther. c.'ipit-ilits and wateworkers
most work together, if the best work of which
it,, m.r'-t is rapab'e is to He done. It is
fsronable that a thorough'y efficient system of
1-iiiiii.n cmrs next to the influence of pat-r;,.t,-r-
in t-inetr aV.-it national success of
this kind. Our federal f'irm of government.
ft"ii:-l "f a Ivintaife to our T"-op m rer
ttt. in other ways undoubtedly limiTs
fs-ir na...nal r., 1 t rot roiVe.
fOT instance. f"r V ra'tpal rrmerf to
take the lead in technical industrial education,
,, ser 1 1" .-it the p ;t,.:t s-. .y inn ol tr.ts
ctvivt-? .irv1.. on a'l ! t'chniral. in-'s-
:-,! seie-;r-r -n e,,mmr rriril sifes. T.lis
oitt be left primsriTy to the several states.
efT,.t is to f-ve the governmental assistance
in the m'rt ra ci:f ttit i. thro-.ph a-
-iati"ri ' f fat-mers ra'b'r than to rr throngh
in '-vi-Ha' farfe'. I i- a'-o ;v!-g to ce
ordinate it '-rk with the ac-ic"ltura1 de-tsrtm-nts
cf the srveral states. a-d so far as
its own work is educational, to coordinate it
I-i t- it sf-e.ti.v "rew evi-'ent --,t the
existing Cuban government was powerless to
. o-,i. 1 los ,i i im. tit ai r I ateu.y asKe-i
If boys and eirls are trained mi -rely in literary
iccmpli lin'e-it. to the t'.'al exclusion of in-
Jiitria1. manual and technical training, the
tendency is to unfit them f r industrial work
ir'1 to rr-.ke them re.'irt.ir to po into it. or
unfitted to do well if thy do n into it T's
is a tendet oy which should be strenuously
-orrb-ted. f t'tr industrial deretotment Henen-'s
largely upon technical education, including in
this term all industrial education, from that
which tits a man to tie a good mechanic, a good
cart-ertrr. r Mat k-mith. to that which ht a
"---- to do the rreatevt enfinet ring feat. The
skil'e 1 m.charic. the ski'led workman, on
Vst become smh by technical industrial ed'i
a''"r.
The rlefiarmert of aerir-ilture has broken
new pro-'rd in many directi.ns. and year by
year it firds how: it can improve its methods
- ,1 .'.'v. t, f. sp. nsefu!- s. Its c,nstant
. v tre 'l n f "'i.in r ivrrrm'-nt to intervene.
A fi--i"'y was r-.t-c-'d by the f.rr-s.dent f
'"that f-.-,t le inter-dee to r'i(tn; that none f
he t-thrr r'.rst.t--t.,ri--.l c..rers mo-il-l con--rt
to c.ttt t n the g -verrrref .f. and 'hat be
as p.--vrl, ss to mintaH r.r-'er. I was evi
Jert that ehaos was irrrsndinp. Thanks to
the preparedness of our navy, I was able im-
been bound even by the inadeouate limitations
prescribed by the Tribunal of Paris, they h-.ve
paid no attention either to the close season or
to the sixty-mile limit imposed upon the Cana
dians, and have prosecuted their work up to
the very islands themselves.
We have not relaxed our efforts to secure an
asxeement with Great Britain for adequate
protection of the seal herd, and negotiations
with Japan for the same purpose are in
progress.
In case we are compelled to abandon the
hope of making arrancenients with other gov
ernments to put an end to the hideous cruelty
now incident to pelagic sealing, it will be a
question for your serious consideration how
far we shouM' continue to protect and main
tain the seal h-rd on land with the result of
continuing such a practice, and whether it
is rot better to end the practice by extermi
nating the herd ourselves in the most humane
way possible.
the United Ptf.tes navy is the surest guar
antor of peace which this country possesses.
It is earnestly to be wished that we would
profit hy the teachings of history in this mat
ter. A strong and wise people will study its
own failures no less than its triumphs, tor
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of hoth. of the' mistake as well as of the sue- I VI 1 lflL'e, or town in which the snmt
1 1 1 1 1,1 i i
as provmeu oy law, ana lite lull casii
value thereof, and exemptions allowed.
(i. The total valuation of all properly
taxed, mil and personal.
For oenvenience the assessment roll
may be divided so as to show separaU
ly assessments of real properly or lands
and lots, and assessments of personal
property.
(Permits tho ussessmcnt roll to be divided in
to parts lor convenience, t lie lorin of roll in
present common use being n blanket form, in
eluding real ami personal property, on one
page, and being iinneeessKrily eiimbersonu'
and nt) eildy. Assessor may not assess more
than Hid acres in a single tract.)
(City, village, or town in which lots
are situated to be named.)
Section 'M. When lots are situated
in any city, village, or town, a plat of
w hich shall have been recorded, the cit v,
a re
cess. sit uated shall be specified m the assess-
I do not ask that we continue5 to increase I ,,
our navy. I ask merely thnt it be maintained meill roll,
it its present strength; and this can be done ( No eliango. )
only if we replace the obsolete and outworn , T . ,
ships by new and good -nes. the equals of (Trut property Kopresentative char
my afloat in any navy. To sum building ships after of bidder designated.)
for one vear means that for that vwnr the
law goes' back instead of forward. The old Sect loll L'7. That section IJO'oOfthe
battleship Texas, for instance, would now be Codes and Statutes of ( In'on, compi lp.l
of little service in a stand-up fight with ai , , , ,
rowerful adversary. The old double-turret j and annotated hy Hon. ( haiies K. I'.el
nonitors have outworn their usefulness, while ljn,.r ,m,l Willinm V. Cotton, lw nti.l
single-turret monitors. All these ships should
he replaced by others; and this can be done
'iy a well-settled program of providing for the
building each year of at least one first-class
battleship equal in size and speed to any that
any nation is at the same time building.
S.'hool teacher of San Francisco have
f. ..rined a union.
New York bank reserves are far be
low the legal limit.
Harriman plan t
Chicago's electrical appliances.
The St. Paul railroad has made otli
cial announce meat of its route to the
Paeilie coast.
Ptelhiniy Storer has written an anyry
letter to President lioosevelt about his
lismissal as ambassador to Austria.
Many rich men of San Francisco are
coming, to the front with money to
help Mayor Sehmitz out of his troubles.
the same hereby is amended to read as
follows:
When any person is assessed as trus
tee, piardian, executor, or administrat
or a desinjrat ion of his representative
character shall be added to his name,
ami such assessment shall be entered in
a peparate line from his individual as
sessment, and he shall be asssesed for
the real ami pewmal properly held by
him in such representative character at
the full vulue thereof.
secure Control of I (No eliango, except to require that personal.
as well as real, property shall be assessed at
full value.)
(Assessment and taxation of undivided
interest in real or persona I property.)
Section L'S. An undivide 1 interest
in lands or lots, or other real property,
may be assessed and taxed as such.
Any person desiring to pay the tax on
an undivided interest in any real prop
erty may do so by paying the tax col
lector a sum eiuil to such proportion
of the entire taxes charged on the entire
tract as the interest paid on bears to
the whole.
Fix-Senator P.rown, of I'tah, has
been shot and seriotislv wounded at
Washington by a woman he wronged
anl refused to marrv.
Conditions are beinir s'o.tlv im
proved at Clifton, Ariz., one of the
towns recent Iv Hooded. Searchers
have just recovered six bodies from the
mud.
Attorney fieneral Moody's work
against the trusts have resulte 1 in lines
of over 40o,ooil lieiiiir iiniKised and
manv cases ate still tiending. Ilesavs
the pas-age of a bill against imiiiunitv
is needed.
I'r. ItpjMtni, physician to the pope,
is dead.
The czar recently granted Witte a
three-hours' audience.
Secretary Mctcalf promises a national
license to corporations.
eiiing of bids for Panama canal
work has U-en positioned.
Hughe? may ! supported by II.kisc-
velt for senator from .' York.
The president and all oiliciaU d-nv
that a new treat v with Japan is l ini
considered.
I,at.r is so scarce in tiermanv that
farmers are talking seriously of itnH,rt
in;: ( 'hinese coolies.
The attorney general of Texas lias
pr--hired proof that Senator liailcv was
hired by the oil trust.
Many of the losers jn an pran.
ciseo fire ami .tirtboiiake are receiving
their money ami present itidicatiorii are
that Sll Jm T it-lit of the Irs-e Mill U
paid. Th liouw committee on appropria
tion" has j:iv-n CooM-velt's siinpliti.il
sj-dling a slap by oph ritig all govern
ment print ing to l- sIleil atvoriling
to Welrster.
(No eliango, exeept to amplify the permissive
abbreviations to correspond with tlioso ordi
narily used.)
( Description book Contents.)
Section 31. There shall be kept in
the olliee of the tax collector a book, to
be know n as the descript ion book, which
shall be arranged by order of sections
or land claims, townshijis, and ranges.
The assessor may enter therein, under
the proper numerical heading, any tract
of land by a metes and bounds descrip
tion thereof, situated within such land
claim or section, and shall give to each
tract of land so described and entered a
number, to be designated as Tax No.
, and the tracts in each such sec
tion and land claim shall be numbered
consecutively. Such number shall be
placed on the assessment and tax rolls
to indicate that certain piece of real es
tate bearing such number in the de
scription book, and described by metes
and hounds under such number in the
descript ion book; and in all proceed
ings for the assessment, levy, or collec
tion of taxes, or sale of property, or
other proceedings for collect ion of de
limiuent taxes, said designation shall
be a sullicient descript ion, and it shall
not be necessary to enter in such pro
ceedings a descript ion of such tract by
metes and bounds.
( New ; compare Koveuue Laws Washington,
ltW, section 17.)
(Division of assessment made upon
whole tract Payment of tax on iu't
of tract.)
Section 32. Any person desiring to
pay taxes on any part or parts of any
real estate heretofore or hereafter as
s ssoil as one parcel or tract nmy do so
hy applying to the tax collector, who
must carefully invest igate unci ascer
tain the relative or proportionate value
said part bears to the whole tract as
sessed, on which basis the assessment
must be divided and the tax collected
accordingly: Provided, where the as
sessed va hint ion of the tract to be divid
ed exceeds if 2,000, a notice stilting the
division must be sent to the known
several owners interested in the trad,
hy registered mail, unless they all ap
ply to the tax collector to divide the as
sessment; and if no protest against said
division be filed w ith the tax collector
within lifteen days fronvdate of notice,
the tax collector shall duly accept- pay
ment and issue erceipt on the appor
tionment as ny nun maoe. in eases
where protest is liled to said division,
the matter shall be heard by the coiin-
Name of taxpayi
Character of business.
Address .
City of
Value of merchandise and Mock In
j trade
Value of machinery and equipment
3 Number of miles
i
"a" Valuo
iNuinber of mill's .
I Value
NuiiiIkt of miles .
; Value
Money, notes and accounts.
Shares of stock
Value of farm machinery, imple
ments, wagons, etc
Household furniture, etc
Number of horses
Value
Number of cattle,
Value
Number of sheep.
Value
Number of swtne.
Value. .
(iross value of all property
IJxemptlollS.
: Total value of taxable property
(Provides that the roll may be divided for
I convenience, Tne form of roll used by nearly
, all the counties Is supplied hy the secretary of
stale merely because it is called for, and It 1st
J called for merely because it has here to foro
I been used. It is biiscdoiit licsoliomoofassos.-meiit
j w h icb was in affect prior to the act of p.ml . and
I is better designed to the old law tliiin the pres.
lit. Several count ics Hi the state including
(Additional columns in roll Kntries to
be made therein.)
Section .'!". That section 3078 of the
Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled
and annotated by Hon. Charles P. llcl
lingerand William W. Cotton, be and
(New: but compare Revenue Laws Washing
ton, l'K'o, section Ul.)
(Heal property How described.)
Section 21. That section 3074 of the
Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled
and annotated by Hon. Charles I. Bel
linger and William W. Cotton, be and
the same hereby is amended to read as
follows:
If the land assessed lie less or other
than a subdivision according to the
United Sttttes survey, unless the same
be divided into lots ami blocks so that
it tstn be definitely described, it shall
lie described by giving the ltoundaries
thereof, fr by reference to a description
thereof by nnmlier as contained in the
description book as hereinafter provided
or in such other manner as to make the
description certain.
(Permits use of a iniiiilior. referring to a do
goription bonk maintained us a permanent rec
ord in the tax collector's olliee in lieu of
metes ami bounds description. This provision
is borrowed from Washington.)
(What shall lie sullicient description in
assessment.)
Section 30. That section 3075 of the
Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled
and annotated hy Hon. Charles 1!. Bol
ling'Taii'i William W. Cotton, 1h and
t!i. same hereby is amended to read as
follows:
It shall lie sullicient to descrilte kinds
in all proceedings relative to the ussess
ing, illft ing, advertising, or selling
the same for taxes, by initial letter, ab
breviations, figures, fn1 ions, and ex-
Multnoniab have found chaiorcs from the ei
tv court !lt its next regular session for I mon form necessary, and procure special form
transaction of county business, and the " r"lu '.'y''"''1 "' "",ir '"'V1. 'x
' notice. he forms recommended herein are
county court shall make a final division based upon the experience of such counties
of the" said assessment, and the tax col-; i
lector shall collect, accept, and receipt j into parts, dividing ihe roll as to luis, Ihii.I,,
for said taxes as determined and or. j ' personal property If desired.)
dered by the county court.
( New ; compare a somew hat similar statute
in Washington.)
(Itttids of unknown owner How des
cribed). Section 33. That section 30711 of (he
Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled ; the same hereby is amended to read as
and annotated hy Hon. Charles B. Del- j follows:
linger and William W. Cotton, be and ) In the assessment and tax rolls of the
the same hereby is amended to read several count ies, in addit ion to the col
as follows: umns elsewhere provided for, thero
When the name of the owner of f shall be added columns head respect ive
lands or lots liable to taxation is tin- ly "Cities. " " School Districts, "
known, such lands or lots shall Ik- de- : "Amount City Tax," "Amount School
scribed as that of unknown owner or District Tax," and if there he a port op
unknown owners, and the value thereof , other municipal taxing agency in such
set down in the assessment roll, in the county, add it ional columns for t he name
same manner that lands of known own-' of such port or other municipal taxing
ers are required to be described, and agency, and for the amount of such port,
the value thereof designated. If the ! or other taxes. It shall la the duty f
property on such assessment roll shall j 1 1 it several county assessors in making
be arranged in the order of its loea- j t heir assessments to enter opjaisite each
tion, and not in alpha bet ieal arrange-' item of porjicrty assessed, in its iippr
ment by the owner's name, then the j priate column, the name of the incor
lands or lots of such unknown owners ! porated city or town, and the numlicr
shall be inserted m their proper place I of the school district, and the name of
according to location.
(Omits all reference to the occupancy of land
to avoid Blackburn v. Lewis" 4o Or. -JLl', 77
i'ac. 7 Hi.)
Ilenr He Srnrrd.
Oen. French, the Knlisli officer who
represented that country at the recent
French maneuvers, received the fol
lowing letter after his triumphant re
turn from the Itoer war:
"My Iear French: You are a great
British general. I want your autiv-
irraph: hut, whatever you do, don't let
your fwfTctnry write It."
CevI'css to fay. says an cxcii.ni7.
t?ie boy Ct the ntitoirrnpii. ami a
limned photograph of his hero to XnytL
(Form of assessment roll).
Sect ion 34 . That sect ion 3077 of the
Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled
and annotated by Hon. Charles B. Bel
linger and William W. Cotton, be and
the same hereby is amended to read as
fol lows:
The a.'S ssment roll shall be made
out in tabular form, in separate col
umns, w ith appropriate heads, after the
manner siecitied Iielow, with such ad
ditional columns n may by law !e pre
scrilcd or as may Ik deemed necessary,
and for convenience may lo divided in
to jmrts so t iiit assessments of lands,
lots, or other real and jtcrsonal estates,
npiear in separate jiarts thereof, as
nearly as convenient in Ihe following
form, varying the same as the circum
stances may require:
LOTS.
the jMirt or other municipal taxingagen
cy, if any, in which each item of pro -erty
assessed is taxable.
(No chance, except to provide that ports ami
oi her in n ii ici , ul tan ing agencies, if any, shall
be given columns in the roll.)
V -A
3
I I
....!
(To continued next week)
I'nt'a Air,
On a motor ear tour of the County
Mayo, which the Karl of Altaiiiont
made with "Main-tin," an Irish gos
soon, for general assistant, they pass
ed a neat little cottage, with a pretty
Lit of garden.
"Who lives there?" asked the earl.
"Is it there?" Mairrtin said. Indig
nantly. "Sure, doesn't ould I'at Mur
i phy live there."
j "Oh, does he?" said the earl, not
' know ing In the least, as he confesses
In Fnglish Country Life, who "ouhl
I'at Murphy" was.
"'Deed he does," said Mairrtin, "ami
him a hundlm-d If he's a day 3o he
Is."
"One hundred years old!" the earl
said, hi astonishment.
"ptsril and he is," reiterated Mairr
tin. "He's been dead these three years,
and he was !Swhcnhedled."
Wnrnilntc I p.
"I.nnniinr for any office this yp.m?'
ssk'tl the man with th bullion nose.
"Nut yet." answered tbe man with th
cinnamon heard. "IJut I'm legging for
it."
II nd llrenk.
"Hack from de east, eh?" greeted th
highwayman. "How did you make
out?"
"Pretty rough." rejipel the phk-IMM-ket.
"I 't suai'iieil up an' de judge
was iilst :ilHiut to L'ivo mo sir month
when I thought I'd jret off l,y telling .JT, w'",M TZ "hn P'" p
liim I w.m an iceman." I . , ,. , C. .,
I ..... , , orchestra, would make the people within
i Im de came work? ! l.c.rins rise t thoir feet nn one man.
I I should say not! When he heard cral, ,Iu.ir wraps anj make 4 dive for th(
I I "-as an iceman lie gave me a vear." i .
Francis Scott Key harl just written tli
"Star Spnncleil Banner."
"In days to come," he said, "whrn peo
ple hear that snng they will stand on
heir feet and listen to ?t with uncovered
heads !"
Vet eren he had nt premonition that