* EASTERN D evoted to the Interests o f Eastern V olume 10, N umber 17 E stacada , O regon , T hursday , NEWS Clackamas County J anuary 11, 1916 $1. P er Y ear A FEW STATISTICS RELATIVE TO THE To Be Presented And Discussed At A Mass Meeting At The I. O. O. F. Hall In Estacada Friday Evening, January 12th. C omparison of the S alaries that will be P aid the O fficials of C ascade C ounty and the S alaries now P aid the O fficials of C lackamas C ounty . C ascade C lackamas County Judge $ 600. $1200. Commissioners, two at $3.(«i per day 600. 1770. 1000. Clerk & Recorder 2700. Deputies 600. 5040. Sheriff 1000. 1700. 600. Deputies 6220. 900. Assessor 1250. Deputies 400. 3940. Surveyor 150. 4100. 1000. School Supt. 1000. Asst. Supt. 1200. Extra help 1080. Coroner 1200. Ì c. Health Officer 750. 700. r J County Physician 800. 250. Treasurer 1000. Deputy 720. Total $8050. $85620. A C omparison of the C ost of O peration of the O ffices in C ascade C ounty and the C ost of O peration of the P resent C lackamas C ounty O ffices C ascade C lackamas Assessor’s Office $ 207. . $1035. Clerk & Recorder’s 287.50 1449.50 Sheriff's 262. 1310. 176.66 School Supt. 883. Coroner 270. Health Officer )• 1350. County Physician J 254.80 Treasurer’ s 1374. Total $1457.96 $7401.50 A C omparison of the I ncome from the V arious O ffices as E stimated for C ascade C ounty and the I ncome from the P resent O ffice in C lackamas . C ascade C lackamas Clerk’ s Office 1 $66(H). $2620. Recorder’ s Office i 6500. 150. Sheriffs Office 750. 100. Fines in Circuit Court 950. ’ ’ “ Justice 50. 500. 600. Motor Vehicle License 3000. Forest Reserve Rentals 1000. 1000. 180. Delinq. Tax Penalty 900. 100. 59t U. S. Land Sale 100. loco. Interest on bank deposits Total $5900. T he A ccepted C lackamas C ounty B udget F or 1917 Asphalt and Oil 11600. Assessor 6225. Auditing accounts 500. Bridges and Culverts 23200. Care o f Poor 14000. Cattle Indemnity Circuit Court Coroner County Court Court House County Clerk 600. 10000 . 1200 . 3170. 3136. 4775. 800. 2000 . 2050. 300. 500. 300. County Physician Damages Health Officer Insane Insurance.' Indigent'Soldiers. Jail 1000. Justice Court 4200. Juvenile Court 10(H). Printing and advertising 2800. Recorder 4544 50 Road Mach, and Repairs 11600. State & fed. road co-op. 11600. Surveyor 4300. Sealer o f Weights 425. Sheriff 9230. School Superintendent 4163. Tax Rebate 400. Treasurer 3094.90 W idows’ Pension 14000. Wild Animal Bounty 500. Total $157213.40 Apportioned, road fund, Sec. 6320 $174000.00 School and library fund 100000.00 State Tax 100000.00 Total $374000.00 157213.40 Grand Total $531213.40 $203(H). ------------------------:------------------ EVERYBODY URGED TO NTTEND COUNTY DIVISION MEETING Dinner and Meeting Open to Men and Women Already reservations have been made by over 70 representative residents o f this part o f the county for plates at the 35c dinner, which will be held in conjunction with the mass meeting at the Odd Fellows’ Hall in Estacada next Friday evening, January 12th. The dinner will be served by the Ladies Aid o f the M. E. Church and all voters residing within the boundaries o f the the pro posed Cascade County, both men and women are urged to attend the meeting and if possible enjoy the dinner first. Accomodation can be made to serve about 150 at dinner and if necessary to accomodate the crowd for the meeting, the gathering will adjourn to even larger quarters. Phone at once to either Fred Jorg or & J. Howe o f Estacada and make your dinner reservation now, as the committee must know how many to provide for by Friday noon if possible. At this meeting will also be presented the report o f the Cheese Factory Committee. The amount o f tax that would have to be levied on an estimated valuation o f Cascade County o f $6,000,000. in order to raise $49,157.96 (This would not in clude any road taxes.) Salaries o f officers $8050. Cost operation offices 1457.96 Estimate o f Budget 45550. A n E stim ate of a B udget S ufficient to O perate C as cade C ounty for O ne Y ear Care o f Poor Justice Court Sealer o f Weights Wild Animal Bounty Cattle Indemnity Circuit Court ’ Court House Juvenile Court Printing & Advertising School & Library Fund State Tax Forest Fires $ 1000. 250. 50. 200. 100. 2000. 1000. 200. 500. 20000. 20000. 250. Total $45550. $55057.96 Deducting probable in come 5900. $49157.96 In order to raise $49.157.96 it will be necessary to make a levy o f 8.1 mills. Add to this a 5 mill tax for roads, which would amount to $30,000, all o f which would be spent on roads within Cascade County and it would represent a total tax levy o f 13.1. ‘ mills, as against 18.5 mills now in Clacka mas County and would represent as much money for roads as Cas cade County now receives. According to law, the new county if created, will receive its pro-rata share of the assets of Clackamas County, which will amount to about 1-5 o f the assets. Jefferson County, Oregon, which two years ago was formed from Crook County, last year operated on a tax levy o f 18.5 mills, with the parent County of Crook, maintaining a tax levy o f 26. Statistics generally indicate that the smaller counties o f Ore gon are operating on a lower tax levy than the larger counties. (These statistics were received this week from the office o f the State Tax Commission.) An estimate on the best of authority, states that the prob able cost o f transcribing the records for Cascade County, would not exceed $2500. The statistics and figures rep>-o- duced on this page are not the re sult o f guess-work or rough es timates, but represent the labor of a number o f experts, aided by the latest direct statistics from the State Tax Commission and carefully compared with other counties in Oregon, o f similar size, valuation and population. It is the object o f the County Division Mass Meeting on Friday night, in Estacada, to further ex plain these figures, to answer all questions, and to furnish full in formation on all phases o f the Cascade County movement. Voters are asked to study these figures and come prepared to ask questions.