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Initiative Measure Proposed by Initiative Petition
Initiated by Housewives' Council, Inc. : Josephine M. Othus, Mary
A. Dean, Clara M. Simonton-OREGON WATER POWER
BOARD DEVELOPMENT MEASURE-Creating the Oregon
Water and Power Board of five elective members ; appointing
first members, board filling vacancies ; giving board full author
ity for conservation, development, storage, distribution of elec
tric energy and water for irrigation and domestic purposes;
authorizing state bonds issued not to exceed five per centum of
assessed state valuation ; bonds issued to pay interest or princi
pal of outstanding bonds; issuance of interest bearing state
public utility certificates; paying principal or interest of bonds
from state general fnud with repayment from bond fund ; taxes
levied to provide such moneys; appropriating $250,000 from
general fund returnable from water and power revolving fund.
336Yes:L vote for the foregoing measure. Vote YES or NO
337 NO. I vote against the foregoing measure.
This means fifty-three millions of new bonds.
This names five inexperienced people to spend your money.
This mortgages all your property to politics.
Vhis leaves the taxpayer to foot the bills.
This would ALL go into the Constitution of Oregon.
The Constitution would protect these tax-spenders
But what about the Tax-Payers?
Your only protection is to
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Paid Advertisement by Oregon Public Utlity Committee Opposed to the Hosewives' Council "Water and Power" Bonding
Amendment 424 Pacific Building, Portland, Oregon.
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NOTES FROM MAUPIN SCHOOLS
at
Shady BrooR
Community Hall
Saturday
NOVEMBER
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MUSIC WILL BE FURNISHED BY A
Good Orchestra
and one of those good old-fashioned times, enjoyed
by everyone in the past, will be repeated. Come out.
Fresh pyrethrum powder is advis- ance than in reality, however. Centi
ed in bathrooms or damp storerooms pedes destroy house flies, roaches,
where centipedes appear. These in- small moths and other insects, and
seoti are more alarming in appear- seldom bite human beings.
High school cards have been is-
sued this week. The letter system is
being used and should be interpre
ted thusly: A.95-100; B, 88-94; C,
1 80-87; D, 75-79; E,74-0, this being
a failing grade.
The general science class are scru
tinizing daily the Weather Bureau
map from Portland, receiving one
copy daily. This week they traced
a "low" area in its eastward journey
across the states,
Wednesday the same class com
pared standard Pacific time with
mean sun time. They found that the
latter was the faster of the two
Before the next issue of The
Times the project campaign for 1927
will be launched. We are hoping
that parents will, at this time, give
every encouragement possible in or
der to get as many pupils enrolled as
possible. The projects stimulate in
jthe child interest in his own per
jformance and attainments. We can
not expect best development in any
line unless there is a goal set. This
the project furnishes.
The school board members and
their families and the teachers of
the Maupin schools were cordially
received and entertained at a ban
quet last Sunday at Criterion. The
people of that district planed the af
fair so they could get into closer
touch with the Maupin schools,
since their children attend school
here.
The students of Manpin High
school are beginning to see how im
portant their school is becoming In
editorials written last week, Ihey
; pointed out the great increase dur
, ing the last four years, in enroll
i ment, in equipment, in courses of-
fered and in the teaching force. The
hiring of a third teacher is the im
mediate step that has been taken.
One of the editorials follows:
Growth Of Maupin High School
The growth of Maupin High
in the last four years is astonishing.
Previous to the school year 1923-
' 24 the High school students occupied
a room in the grade building. The
'attendence was twelve and one
I teasher did the work.
The next year school opened in
the new High school building with
j an attendence of 20. Because of an
I additional teacher more subjects
jWere offered, especially those which
jwere commercial.
J The year 1924-25 showed an in
crease ol live m attenience. Be
cause of the good gymnasium the
High school entered into athletics
and other intertainmonts, having the
stage equipped with a curtain and
scenery for that purpose.
This year, 1926-27 shows a greater
increase than any other year, there
is a total attendance of 48 due partly
to the two school buses, which bring
in students from the country. The
largest graduating class was inl924
25 with an enrollment of five, but it
looks as if there would be a class of
six for this year.
This year there will be three
teachers and a new one, which the
school board has employed, arrives.,
Much new equipment, such as ap
paratus for the laboratory, libary
booka, magazines, and typewriters,
him been brought for the school.
There has been good scholarship in
the Maupin High school during the
lust few years, and there cun also be
good scholarship in the future. Our
hope is that it will bo lined in the
right way. Great advancement has
been nutdu in athletics. Sumo folks
might ask "What's the use of athle
tics anyway? They dont help the
student." This can be answered in
the fallowing way: 'JAM work and
no play makes Jack a dull boy."
If the students work all the tmo and
have no play or exercise they will
grow dull in their school work. They
need exercise in order to nake their
bodies and minds healthy. What
can be beeter exerclso than that pro
vided by taking part in athletics?
Hence, we believe that the growth
of the Maupin High school during
thi last few years Is amazing. We
also believe that it can and will con
tinue to grow.
SHANIKO HAPPENINGS
Ewell Plaster has gone to Wyom
ing to live with his brother and go
to school.
Four bands of shoep passed thru
the edge of town Sunday morning.
A trio of sheepmen dined at tho
Col. Son hotel lust Friday. After
the big feast they wandered across
the street to the post office and In
quired for mall as follows: 0. W.
Mallatt, A. L. Haanft, and Chss. S.
Covey.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Altermatt and
children spent the week end at The
Dalles.
Lawn tennis lb the only sport of
the day, there Is a game' on the
court from daylight till dark.
Emll Hackler.of Maupin was in
town Tuesday, buying sheep.
Jddd Zieroff of Sisters, Oregon,
Is spending a few days In town.
Alex Ross is tearing dotfn the eld
Col. Son restaurant.
Miss Margaret Reel, - jrhp spent
the summer with her grandparent
In Portland, returned home Saturday
evening. ,
Fine rain Monday night.
Don't forget next Tuesday h
election day.
Large slxe box of matches, ft
cents, at the Maupin Drug Store.
Soil LIU I rot. Or.
, We went to the Warm Springs riv
er last Sunday with R. W. and R. E.
Richmond. It was our first trip to
that section of Oregon and our eyea
were gladdened by some fine seen
ery. One thing that attracted our
attention was the color of most of
the soil wt saw on the reservation.
It Is the color of Iron ore, and smears
everything which comes In contact
with It with streaks of red.
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Every Forward Looking Citizen Should
Fight for Oregon and its Development
By BRUCE DENNIS .
Author of tho Donnlt Ratolutioa.
When the people of Oregon enacted a state income tax In 1923
they did so because they believed it was just and right They be
lieved it would reduce taxes. At that time they had plenty of
theory and few facta to guide them.
They repealed that law In 1924 because it was a
proved hard times treeder. It cost people of Ore
gon the staggering total of 140,000,000 to learn
that economic conditions absolutely beyond their
control are such in Oregon that a state Income tax
drives out Industries keeps others from coming In,
reduces payrolls, makes it harder to obtain farm
loans, and strikes at every home In country, town
and city.
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But our state is again in turmoil because a de
termined effort is being made to force practically this same law
upon the state this year. Our people are being asked to Ignore
plain fundamental economic facts They art being asked to en
act a law on a "guess" that it will bring good times now, when
painstaking, honest investigation proved that the former tax did
drive out industries capital, jobs, and millions of taxable wealth
from Oregon and a new state income tax will do It again.
Oregon Is full of meritorious projects that should be developed.
Big public Improvements are necessary to open up our state, to
bring the farms closer to their markets and cities closer to their
bases of supplies. Wealth untold lies Idle in natural resources
awaiting the magic touch of development capital to bring it to the "
tax rolls (to create new payrolls, new activities and better llvll-
hood for our1 people.
,
Since the last income tax law was ropealed millions of dollars
have been loaned in Oregon by outside financial concerns at low
rates, on long time, and with repayment privileges never known
to Oregon before. If a new ncome tax law is" enacted, and this
discrimination aimed directly at those investors, rates will go up,
much of the unloaned funds will be withdrawn and our people will
again face the inescapable fact Orrgon needs capital, but capital
docs not need Oregon.
This is no time for prattle. It Is high time for plain speaking,
staight thinking and recognition of the hard economic fact that
Oregon's farms, her Industries, and her citizens desperately need
capital and that the only place we can get it is from outside the
state. 1 i 1
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We can drive capital out but we cannot force it to come In un
less we make it advantageous for it to do so. Oregon,' ninth state
in area, is relatively Insignificant economically. 119,000,000 of
America's 120,000,000 people reside outside of Oregon. Let us
remember that the Industrial city of Detroit has oyer 100,000
more people than the state of Oregon, with its 96,000 square
miles. Let us remember that 782,256 people here- didn't make '
enough to file income tax returns, and that only 811 people In
: the entire state had earnings in excess of $10,000; that of Ore
gon's 500 cororations only 1073 made enough profit to file taxable
reports, that 478 made less than $5,000 and only 183 over
$20,000, including all public utilities, lumber mills, flour mills, fac
tories, railroads and other industries.
Wc have 55,157 farms, one to every 15 persons, 2600 indus
tries, one to each 330 persons. What would one industrial center
like Detroit mean to our farms, our home owners, our workers out
state? Oreon wants them, Oregon wants capital and wants to go
ahead. Oregon wants to avert econimic disaster, and instead
wants to offer capitul, new people, new Industry, opportunity to
help us grow. i , (
That is what the Dennis Resolution is for. It guarantees that
no state income tax can be enacted to discriminate against de
velopment and progress before 1940.' It guarantees to every Ore
gon family that the state will not tax its accumulations when the
bread winner dies. As a prosperity making measure It deserves
the support of every forward looking citizen.
Vote 306 X YES-Dennis Resolution. '
329 X NO Offset Income Tax Bill.
Vote 335 X NO-Grange Income Tax Bill.
Paid Advertisement 1 ,
Greater Oreeon Assn.
J. O. Elrod, Chairman
M. S. Hlrsch J. B. Yeoa
Ira F. Powers W. S. Babson
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Portland, Oregon
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