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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1917)
Expert Accountants Make Report Of this amount $28. applied to There are just two things in the public eye today, namely our Profit Sharing Plan and the Cascade County Movement We know you are interested in both, and this week we are giving our entire atten tion to the latter, but not neglecting our customers. East Clackamas Supply Co. Estacada, Oregon. Better All Over The New Chevrolet Automobile has better SPRINGS, AXLES, RADIATOR, F R A M R , CRAN KSH AFT, D IFFE R E N TIAL. UPHOLSTERING and has fore doors. The same tremendous power and speed with the beautiful lines and a complete powerful change throughout make this the best buy on the market in a reasonable priced car a car that will stand up under all conditions. Willard storage battery, electric lights and self starter. First-class Mechanical W ork Done On CASCADE All Cars. GARAGE Estacada, Oregon S. P. Pesznecker I Group I. $1,877. to Gn up II a> d Continued from front page ¡$5, 113 to Group III. While this That it may be apparent that alters somewhat the ratio ol spec the discrimination complained of [ ial tax turned over to the dis- is r ot wholly a thing of the past, we have picked out the following ! it is still apparent that the dis items of contrast from the re tricts of Group III have consis cords for the single year 1915, ten tly assessed themselves for which are the latest available. I special road purposes much more District No. 11 (Group 1) re | heavily than the remainder o f ceived out of the General fund the county. $4,551.05, while its proportion of The books indicate that there 70% was $2.058.76 j was expended during the seven Distnct No. 47 (Group I) re- ¡ .... . • a , „ ., 0 .. . , yearpenod tor general road pur r- ceived out o f the General hind . ' , P„ lu, , ut «Q fWRSQ „ w u it. poses, the sum ot $613.450.00. bu $9,525.39, while its proportion it would be extremely difficult to was $5,572.99. determine how this was distribut District No. 21 (Group III) re ed geographically. ceived out o f the General fund I It should be adde' that our $1,908.63, while its 70% propor findings deal only with the num tion was $3,447.47. Also, out of bered road districts and exclude its Special tax, amounting to all town and city road districts. $3,693.73, i t r e c e i v e d but| Respectfully submitted, $2,409.11. Whitfield, Whitcomb & Co. District No. 49 (Group III) re Certified Public Accountants. ceived out o f the General fund ! $1.809.21, while its proportion Eastern Clackamas As was $2,874.56. Also, out of its Special tax of $5,133.16 it receiv Usual The Goat ed but $3,466.90. The following figures taken Group III received a total out from the County records show of the General fund o f $23,313.58, | without question a condition that while its 70% a m o u n t e d to affected all outlyingroad districts $28.101.51. Also, this group levi of Clackamas County and to a ed Special taxes amounting to very marked degree the districts $26,930.78, out of which it re contained within the proposed ceived but $20,371.86. Cascade County. By the cancella Group I received a total out of tion of $7017.95 o f the Special tax the General fund o f $44,510.56, fund on O. & C. Lands by the while its 70% was $37,068.19. Cotinty Court in 1912: Road Since the charts, submitted District 49, lost $27^8'»; District herewith, were prepared, it has 33. $323.07; District 9. $387.25; been brought to our notice that and District 21, $622.29; making taxes for 1913, 1914 and 1915, as a total of $4118.41. sessed against the O. & C. R. It. The general tax however for lands are delinquent. the same year was collected hut We tind upon further exami as everyone knows only 50% o f nation of the records that approx this is spent in Districts in which imately 63Vt in value of these it has been raised, the remaining grant lands are in Group 111 and 50% is spent by the County Court 37 % in Group 11, with about one- at its own discretion. Hence by fifth of one per cent in Group I. the cancelling of the Special Tax For the purposes of our investi small loses were sustained by the gation this does not radically districts in and about Oregon change the results. City but as shown above Eastern We find further special road Clackamas bore the brunt o f the taxes to the amount o f $7,018. loss. In other words Oregon City for the year 1912 upon O. & C. had nothing to lose hv being le R. R. lands were cancelled by the nient with the railroad and every County Court and never collected. thing to gain. 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