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Í.AND8 probe p os e d O r e g o n T a x ' L a w i |T D X x * * » * » * ii ilage, or town in which lots uted to be named.) 26. When lots are situated itity, village, or town, a plat of ‘ ) have been recorded,the city, or town in which the same are shall be specified in the assess or) jroperty—Representative char- holder designated.) ■ 27. That section 3073 of the : i Statutes of Oregon, compiled utated by Hon. Charles B. Bel- jd William W. Cotton, be and hereby is amended to read as xny person is assessed as trus- dian, executor, or adm inistrat- ■ngation of his representative shall be added to his name, assessment shall be entered in line from hi9 individual as- and he shall be asssesed for and personal property held by inch representative character at value thereof. -!,except to require th a t personal. Ml, property »hall be assessed at jtand taxation of undivided in real or personal property.) 28. An undivided interest « lots, or other real property, assessed and taxed as such, ides ¡ring to pixy the tax on led interest in any real prop- do so by [laying the tax eol- Bm equal to such proportion vtire taxes charged on hhe entire the interest paid on bears to lie. jjjjjjjtjare Revenue Laws Washlng- ^ ',rder °f 8eCtionH from W a s h in g t o n .) form, varying the same as uw stances may require: LOTS. i*b»ll be sufficient description in ______ ________ _ soent.) 31 3 5 P p "30. That section 3075 of the 3 3 <0 <* d Statutes of Oregon, compiled o 0 V Hon. Charles B. Bel- s. A ” William W . Cotton, be and ■ hereby ig amended to read as 1 O 9 ■9 J ' be sufficient to describe lands eWeedings relative to the assess- lng, advertising, or selling taxes, by initial letter, ab- 111,11 Jhrores^frections^aniW — ------- Haw He S cored . •rweli. the English officer who *1 that country a t the recent ®*n*uver*. received the fob ■ »fter his trium phant re- ¡7 the Boer w ar: ^*r Trench: Ton are a great . I w ant your auto- '"t *batever you do, don’t let ty write I t" ** »ay. Bays an exchange, the autograph, and a Oh of hla hero to boot i City o f .............. Value of merchandise and «took In trade........ Value of machinery and equipment 1 Number of m ile s ............. II V alue.................................. Number of m ile s .......... Rolli Mock ? V alue........................... J3 A , Number of m iles............ g « fit « 9 O - C X V alue.............................. i l l s Money, notes and accounts.............. 5 ee Shares of (Division of assessment made upon Value of farm machinery, imple ments, wagons, etc......... whole tract—Payment of tax on part tor of tract.) | Household furniture, etc............... Section 32. Any person desiring to Number of pay taxes on any part or parts of any real estate heretofore or hereafter as V alue....................................... m sessed as one parcel or tract may do so Number of cattle.................................. by applying to the tax collector, who must carefully investigate and ascer a* tain the relat ive or proportionate value Number of 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 Number of sw ine.................................. sessed valuation of the tract to be divid ed exceeds $2,000, a notice stating the division must be sent to the known Gross value of all property............... Mr several owners interested in the tract, Exemptions............................................ by registered mail, unless they all ap tor ply to the tax collector to divide the as Total value of taxable property....... to- sessment; and if no protest against said division be filed with the tax collector (Provides that the roll may be divided for within fifteen days from date of notice, convenienee. The form of roll used by nearly the counties is supplied by the secretary of the tax collector shall duly accept pay all state merely because it is called for, and it is called for merely because It has here-to-fore ment and issue erceipt on the appor used. It is basedontheschemeofassessment tionment as by him made. In cases been which was in affect prior to the act of 1901, and where protest is filed to said division, is better designed to the old law than the pres Several counties in the state including the matter shall be heard by the coun ent. Multnomah have found changes from the com ty court a t its next regular session for mon form necessary, and procure special forms of rolls designed to meet tneir needs and expe transaction of county business, and the rience. The forms recommended herein are county court shall make a final division based upon the experience of such counties compared with the present usual form of roll, of the said assessment, and the tax col and are designed to permit a division of the book parts, dividing the roll as to lots, lands, lector shall collect, accept, and receipt into and personal property if desired.) for said taxes as determined and or (Additional columns in roll—Entries to dered by the county court. be made therein.) (N ew ; compare a somewhat similar statute in Washington.) Section 35. That section 3078 of the (Lands of unknown owner — How des Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled and annotated by Hon. Charles B. Bel cribed). Section 33. That section 3076 of the linger and William W. Cotton, be and Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled J the same hereby is amended to read as i and annotated by Hon. Charles B. Bel follows: linger and William W. Cotton, be and j In the assessment and tax rolls of the the same hereby is amended to read several counties, in addition to the col umns elsewhere provided for, there as follows: When the name of the ow ner of shall be added columns head respective lands or lots liable to taxation is un ly “ Cities, ” “ School Districts, ” known, such lands or lots shall be de “ Amount City Tax,” “ Amount School scribed as that of unknown owner or District Tax,” and if there be a port or unknown owners, and the value thereof other municipal taxing agency in such set down in the assessment roll, in the county, additional columns for the 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 be the duty cf property on such assessment roll shall the several oounty assessors in making he arranged in the order of its loca-1 their assessments to enter opposite each tion, and not in alphabetical arrange item of porperty assessed, in its a p p n . ment by the owner’s name, then the priate column, the name of the incor lands or lots of such unknown owners porated city or town, and the number shall be inserted in their proper place of the school district, and the name of the port or other municipal taxing agen according to location. cy, if any, in which each item of prop (Omits all reference to the occupancr »Hand to avoid "Blackburn v. Lewi. 45 Or. 422, 77 I erty assessed is taxable. °Perty—How described.) Pac. 746.) 28. That section 3074 of the (Form of assessment roll). d Statutes of Oregon, compiled Section 34. That sect ion 3077 of the »»ted by Hon. Charles B. Bel- vd William W . Cotton, be and Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled hereby is amended to read as and annotated by Hon. Charles B. Bel linger and William W. Cotton, be and l*nd assessed be less or other the same hereby is amended to read as robdivision according to the The af-s'ssment roll shall be made ;^t»tes survey, unless the same — into lots and blocks so that out in tabular form, In separate col- definitely described, it shall umns, with appropriate heads, after the ™ed by giving th e boundaries manner specified below, with anch ad ’* *>y reference to a description ditional columns aa may by law be pre ’ ,y number as contained in the scribed or as may be book as hereinafter provided and for convenience may be-dividedNn- other manner as to make the ^ o t o e ? « U n d ^ l ^ '°n certain. J“* of * number, referring to a de- ™ n ta in e d as a perm anent rer Sc,o r’B office In Hen of a description. T his provision y Address............... or land tlaims, townships, and ranges. T . assessor may enter therein, under the proper numerical heading, any tract of land by a metes and bounds descrin- 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 1 rearing such number in the de scription book, and described by metes and bounds under such number in the description book; and in all proceed ings for the assessment, levy, or collec tion of taxes, or sale of property, or other proceedings for collection of de linquent taxes, said designation shall be a sufficient description, and it shall not be necessary to enter in such pro ceedings a description of such tract by metes and bounds. .romC4re tteveuue U w s Washington, 1905, section 47.) »... i the assessment roll to be divided in- r convenience, the form of roll in ,jnmon use being a b lan k et form, In- inl and personal property, on one 4 being unnecessarily cum bersom e ,^ldy. Assessor may not assess more jirres in a single tract.) Charaeter a names of all taxable persons ^tv assessable by him . jKcription of each tract or par- to be taxed, specifying under heads the township, range, % in which the land lies, in exceeding a quarter section to the government survey, or y into lots and blocks, then the of the lot and block, number of acres and parts of g near as the same can be as- ¡ 1 ,unless the same be divided tfcand lots. »full cash value of each parcel axed. ( taxable personal property k or to be taxed to such person ¿td by law, and the full wish ^treof, and exemptions allowed. total valuation of all properly inland personal. jvenienee the assessment roll divided so as to show separate- juents of real property or lands and assessments of personal ~ 1 jaor shall set down in the as- »11, in separate columns, and to the best information he « Name oí taxpayer.................... A joii_What to contairi.) jj . That section 3071 of the Statutes of Oregon, compiled fdby Hon. Charles B. Bel- William W. Cotton, be and hereby is amended to read as • ^3 fjW Ui«, w lth im t e b s n g e ) “ Empire Builder" I. Next Candidate for Commission Griddle. ¿ =■* h ■n*d f:om ponenta to designate the townshin ___ - CIcert i firote of assess- rouge, section, part of section, distant*’ course, bearing, and direcction, J S JfrtKy ,or refuH' ng^ Any person assessed for S e r ^ r ° n 0 U a n d btod“ . rdenis» 1 1 of the assessor s '»* Permissive *S«|ate of th a t fact, and alibrov/ithm narllyu sw t.) “ t'”'“1 » ‘«h those ordi- »Ll of the assessor to give uTall be lined in the sum (D escription book-C ontents ) Bb, collected by the person i0n 3A u There 8hall be kept in h.aanie in an action in the the8<l the office of the tax collector a book to ■ V ty injured before any !h a n ‘h*" “ thed.w-nption book, which in said county. ________ (No change, except to provide that ports and other municipal taxing agenelea, It any. shall be given columns in the roll.)_______ ________ (To be continued next week) P a t ’ a A *e. On a motor car tour of the County Mayo, which the Earl of Altamont made with “Malrrttn.” an Iriah gos goon, for general assistant, they pass ed a neat little cottage, with a pretty bit of garden. “Who lives there?" asked the earl. “la It there?” Malrrtln said. Indig nantly. “Sure, doesn't ould Pat Mur- pbv live there.” "Oh does h e r said the earl, not knowing In the leant, as he confesses In English Country Life, who "ould Pat Murphy" was. “ ’Deed he does,” said Malrrttn, and him a hundhred If be’» a day—ao he Is.” “One hundred yeara old!” the earl said. In astonishment -Deed and he la." reiterated Malrr- t)n ••no’s been dead these three years, and he was 98 tvhen be dled.” W arming t)f. “Running for any office thia year? ssked the man with the bulbous nos». “Not yet.” answered the man with the cinnamon beard. “But I'm legging for Francis Heott K e , bad just w ritten the “Bark r r o m ^ T e h ' r r - t e d the “Star Spangled Banner." “ In d a y to come.” he « i d . “ when peo- “How did you — p l , hear th at aon* they will atand on t h .l r feet and liaten to K w ith uncovered “““Pretty rotigh.” m ’ da Ju d £ pocket. “I P>t , | X m onth« wa* Just «bout to » telling when I thought I d get off him I waa an iceman. “Did de gam* ^ heard “I should *ay not - I was an Iceman he gave m* a ve even he bad no prem onition th a t th» day would come when th e Pu » 'n* ••Th» S ta r Spangled B anner b y w » b e a t« ¡S o * •rite . h il l r o a d s . • *“ — — Washington, Dec. 10 - A n investí- gat ton of the operations and manage ment of the railroads controlled by James J Hilland associates, including the Northern Pacific. Great Northern and C hicago, Burlington & Quincy is in contemplation by the Interstate Commerce commission. After certain preliminaries have been arranged and counsel for the commigeion selected, formal announcement of the proponed inquiry will be made. As in the cage of the proposed inves tigation of the Southern Pacific and l nion Pacific railroads of the llarrim an system, the inquiry is not the outgrowth of any specific complaints of violations of the interstate commerce law, hut it is to be undertaken by virtue of the general inquisitorial powers conferred upon the commission by congress. The inquiry will be broad and com prehensive, with a view to ascertaining the exact condition of affairs regarding the railroad’s compliance w ith the in terstate commerce act. A member of the commission, in speaking of the pro posed inquiry, said: “ Although there has been outward compliance with the decree of the Su preme coqrt in dissolving the Northern Securities company, yet there has been no difference in the rates given upon the ui.ited system.” DEMAND REGULATION OFFICIALS INDICTED Reciprocal Demurrage Law Will Harriman and Gould Lines Must Be Insisted On. Answer In Court. SHIPPERS TO TRIFLE NO LONGER FORCED SMALL DEALERS TO QUIT G rim Determination Marks Proceed Accused of Stealing Thousands o f ings of Shippers’ Meetirg at Eu Acres^of Coal Land in Utah gene— Monopoly is Flayed. and Wyoming. Eugene, Dec. 5.—The attendance at SaltJ Lake, Deo. 8. — W ith the in the shippers' (m eeting was so much dictment of tire Harriman and Gould larger than'w as expected^tliat the’ orig railroad and coal corporations and their inal intention of holding it at the Com- officials the Federal grand jury begun tnercial^club rooms was abandoned and the work of bringing to justice the men the large^courtroom at the courthouse who are accused of stealing thousands was secured. Even th is was filled to of acres of coal land in U tah and overflowing, every seat being occupied Wyoming and utdng their connection at both afternoon and evening sessions. with the railroads to establish a monop Promptly a t 3 o’clock the meeting was oly of coal mining and dealing In the rolled to order by Chairman Whitson, Intermountain country. who, in a few words, stated its object. These indictments are only the first H. L. Thompson was chosen secretary. In what may prove to be a long series Railroad legislation, drastic to the for tiic grand jury is to resume its in lim it, seems to be the penalty that will quisition soon after Christinas. be inflicted on the Harriman system for W O U L D W E L C O M E C IT IZ E N S H IP . its failure to supply cars to the Oregon The grand jury’s partial report was shippers. The meeting Unlay brought made to United States District Judge Viscount Aoki aya Japanese Are together, among other delegates, a num John A. Marshall. The indictment ber of men who have been practically against the Harriman companies em Eager for Natura zatton. Washington, Dec. 10.—Favorable ac ruined by the car shortage and many brace the Union Pacific, the Oregon tion by congress on the recommendation others who are hovering on tire brink Short Line, the Union Pacific Coal com of bankruptcy. of the president in his last annual mes Unlike the usual rim of gatherings pany, Everett Buckingham, general su sage that an act be passed specifically of this nature, very few of the shippers, perintendent of tlie Oregon Short Line providing for the naturalization of Jap anese who come to the United States especially lumbermen, were too busy and a man named Moore. The Indict In fact, most of them for ment charges violation of the interstate intending to become American citizens, to attend. will go far toward securing a continu several weeks have had nothing to do comineree law, alleging discrimination ance of the traditional friendly rela except to lie around in idleness and against I). J. Sharp, a coal dealer in Salt Sake City, who was forced out of tions between this country and Japan, curse the railroad companies. This sentim ent of resentment, which business after he had cut prices below is the opinion Jof Viscount Aoki, the was so pronounced, was at the begin the prices ciiarged by other dealers in Japanese ambassador. “ Of course,” said Viscount Aoki, to ning of the meeting reflected in the in coal. The indictment against the represen day, “ no nation likes to see its subjects troductory remarks of Chairman L L. leave to take up a permanent abode in Whitson, president of the Eugene Com tatives of tlie Gould Interests embraees a foreign land and lose all relation with mercial club, when he stated that this the Utah Fuel company, H, G. W il the fatherland, but in many cases it meeting was not for the purpose of a liams, general manager of th is company, heart-to-heart talk with the railroad Robert Forrester, the company's geolo cannot be helped.” men. He declared th at it was too late gist, W. R. Foster, secretary to Roliert The ambassador expressed the belief that there were not so many Japanese for any more conferences and that the Forester, Alexander M. Cowie, general in this country to take advantage of tim e lrad now come when the shippers manager of the company’s Wasatch naturalization if it were granted, but must strike at the “ head of the great store at Sunnyslde, Utah, Elroy N. he thought that such an oppoitunity jctopus” by means of legislation which Clark, the U tah Fuel company’s attor should be afforded them along with the would produce results which tim e had ney at Denver, and George A. Moore, citizens of other countries. He said he proved it impossible to obtain through the company’s agent at Denver. They did not think it probable that those any efforts th at might be put forth are charged with defrauding and a t with local railroad men. Hr. tempting to defraud the United States Japanese who were emigrating in It was a noticeable feature of the set government, the chnrges being based on large number to Hawaii and the Pacific coast would avail themselves of natur speeches made, th a t no attem pt was the methods pursued in acquiring title alization, because of the fact that they made to place the blame on local offi to coal lands in Utah. represented the poorer classes, and cials, those officials in nearly every case being mentioned in complimen most of them ultimately returned to tary terms. C O S T O F M A IN T A IN IN G N A V Y . Japan. Viscount Aoki said he had A definite understanding as to just every confidence in the outcome of the test case which will be brought in the what kind of legislation would be Nearly $ 2 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Spent on Ship* sought at Salem was not reached. Re In Commission. California courts. ciprocal demurrage and maximum rate Washington, Dec. 8.— it cost $19,- bills are almost certain to be demand ed, and there is considerable sentiment 004,749 to keep the ships of Uncle FIX L U M B E R P R IC E . favoring a railroad commission bill. Sam’s navy in commission during the There is a little difference of opinion, past fiscal year, according to the annual Senate May Invea.igate Manufactur however, as to the kind of commission report of Paymaster General H. T. B. era Who Control Industry. to be asked, and the majority of those Washington, Dec. 10.—An investiga favoring a commission are not in favor Harris. The building of new ships, including tion of the lumber combine, as pro of allowing the appointing )>ower to posed in the resolution introduced by rest with the governor, theirj conten harbor and material cost, during the Senator Kittredge, of South Dakota, tion being that the commission should last fiscal year, $31,764,566, and repairs will be productive of more goixl to the not be in politics. to ships $5,550,3(61. The sum of $262,- people, in the opinion ot some Western The interest which the coming legis senators, than any inquiry instituted lature will have in the matter was 034 was expended on the naval m ilitia in recent years. Mr. Kittredge has shown by the presence at the meeting of the states. As an evidence of the th rift of blue collected considerable material, and, today of the following members: Sen when it is presented to the senate in ators Kay, of Marion; Miller, of I.inn, jackets, the paymaster general shows connection with details Senator LaFnl- Marion and I-ane; Booth of Douglas, that in the past fiscal year they deposit lette and other Western senators will Josephine and Lane; Mulit, of Jack- ed with the paymasters $636,980; they bring out, a strong majority is expect son; Johnson, of Benton; Loughery, were repaid $734,867, which, with ac cumulated interest on the total savings ed in favor of the resolution. of Polk, and Hodson, of Multnomah, In many respects the “ gentlemen’s and Representatives Rodgers, of Mar on repayment, amounted to $951,652. The paymaster general says that, In agreement” which controls the price of ion; Brown and Upmeyer, of Linn; lumber is like that which was alleged Eaton and Edwards, of lame; Jackson, view of the past unsatisfactory experi ence with commutations of rations, and in the beef packing industry. There of Douglas, and Jones, of Lincoln. particularly as the new navy ration is ate several associations, such as the The suggestion of W. M. Killings- considered sufficient In all respects to Hemlock association, the Pine associa worth th at something be done to break tion and the Hardwood association, the strangle hold of the Southern Pa actually subsist the men, It would seem whose representatives meet once a cific on such a large amount of the pub that the tim e lias surely come when month, discuss the conditions and fix lic domain was receiver! with wild ap commutation should cease. His report expresses gratification price*. plause. This same subject was revert over the practical elim ination of th s There are no recotds and no docu ed to later by Representative-elect middleman and speculator In bidding ments that would inciiminate, but Mulit, of Ashland, who asserted that for naval supplies. through an agreement of “ gentlemen” one-half the land of Jackson county the output is regulated and prices was owned by the Southern Pacific. Perkins Stands by S tats. fixed. _______________ He most emphatically stated that at Washington, Dec. 8.—Senator Per the coming session of the legislature he Rat Plague in Manila. would introduce a hill providing that kins, who talked with the president to Washington, Dec. 10.—Reports have action Ire commenced against the day about the Japanese situation, claim s reached the War department that a few Southern Pacific for it« refusal to sell that the people of Han Francisco have months ago great numbers of plague in these lands at the price fixer! by the not violated either the letter or the spirit of the law regarding the adm is fected rats were found in Manila, and government. since then a large body of professional Failing in this, he said he would en sion of Japanese to schools for w hite rat catchers have been hard at work to deavor to secure the passage of a reso children. He said the president will protect the city’s health. It was evi lution calling on congress to pass a law learn th at the people of the Pacific coast are unanimous In sentim ent and dent that the plague of rats infected forcing the road to sell the land. only two sections, and in both of these It will he seen from this that car will bow to those sentim ents and short districts a thorough disinfection was at shortage legislation is not the only ly enter negotiations with Japan for th e once undertaken. Every house was trouble that will confront the Southern exclusion of peons and coolies from this systematically cleaned and all the hab Pacific at the next meeting of the legis country. itual abiding places of the rodents were lature, and if the sentiment of the peo removed. Battle With Pulajanes. ple remains at its present white heat until the legislature meets, it will Ire Manila, Dee. 8.— A column of con No Mora Postal Franks. comparatively easy to pass almost any stabulary and troops encountered a New Y’ork, Dec. 10.-— Clarence II kind of an anti-railroad bill that may hand of Pulajanes between laP az and Mackav, president of the Postal Tele, come up. Terragona, on the island of Leyte, De grape A Cable company, stated today cember 5. In the battle th a t followed News to Consul H . B. Miller that the board of directors of that com four soldiers were killed and eight pany had passed the following resolu San Francisco, Dec. 6.—Consnl H en were wounded. Among the wounded tion: "Resolved, That owing to ry B. Miller of Yokohama, who sails for was Lieutenant Ralph P. Yates, J r. changed conditions, it has been found Japan on the Siberia next Saturday, at His wonnds are not serious. T h irty necessary to stop all free transmission tended a meeting of the hoard of educa Pulajanes were killed and many wound of messages and this company will ab- tion yesterday and was greatly surprised ed and captured. No detalla of th e solntelv discontlnoe its free list on and to learn th at the Japanese are not being fight have been received. after January 1, 1907.” There are excluded from the public schools, hat manv franks outstanding. are merely obliged to attend separate Cotnprom ias on Ship 8ubsidy. schools. It was also a great surprise to W ashington, Dec. 8. — Compromise him to learn that sinee 1887 Srn Fran on the ship subsidy hill seems to be in Wealth From Montana Minaa. Butte, Dec., 10.— Montana produced cisco has maintained a separate school sight. At the meeting of the houee • in the calendar year of 1905, copper, for Chinese children. committee Chairman Grosvenor sug silver, gold and lead to the vaine of gested an amendment to the G allinger Japan Praise* Roosevelt. $70.677,583. These values came from hill which will lim it subsidies to th e 5,000,000 tones of ore, and the aggre- Tokio, Dec 6 —The clear, firm and Houth American and O riental trade. gaet production was greater by $10,- determined attitude of President Roose- The amended MU will l* it. harmony 086.736 than the raine of the output of | velt in his message in reference to the with Hecretary Rnot'a Hoot's policy for trade 1904, which was approximately $10,- .Han Francisco school question and anti- extension as outlined in recent speech- 000,000 than the year before. 'Japanese sentim ent is warmly praised, es In the W est.