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Hl'NDAr, APRIL M, 111.
DAILY BOOl'l RIVKII OOUIUKR
tAQM THKX3
SIX PER CENT TAX
IS
'Interest or prln'lal on bond
I Furthermore ther U no limit to
I the amount that may bo rained If
ilthiirlxoil hy a mil of tha people
I'll ti mmllil to determine In ad-
ivanre whut ufToit ihli amendment
will hart on th operation of Irrl-
.Wlatant Ht.tie Kni(ltir Ulvee lYo. tallon districts, for whlla It would
llun of Inlunlloa i to m 'atom that tha ability of the dlntrlct
. ' Viik Vu to pay promptly tha obllsatlon It
. , i aiitnorid to Incur, la made to
dapt'tid upon tha urn rtalntloa of an
Thine liiliwitUid In .Urination will lection, tha Indebtedness of a die
And miiie now In the letter from ,trlrt ' limited, einept for prl
I'eroy A. Cupper, assistant slat rn-;oPl ' Intereat on bond, that Ita
UnMir. to the New York llond liny- ninain warrant mint ha paid
r written Tuesday. At tha end ufufor additional ohllKallona may
tha lottnr the OraMa ! district.1 Incurred. It would e.sm that In
I raferrt'd to. Whllti Mr. Cupper, ""t that the warrant would
believes that the alt per ci-nt llm- finally be paid and they are made to
llatlon will not seriously affect the percent Interest.
operation of Irrtxntlon districts, he, The ruling of the attorney general
advise the xrnlne of rare to pre- U equally applicable to drainage din-
vent the district from gcltlni Into trlcta. port districts and other alm-
position where they cannot mt liar organisations. In case of a
their oltllKallona. The letter fo.( drainage, dlntrlrt, which la not to e
Iowa: jCeed ont dollar 'per acre for every
flU-m, Ore., Apr. ti. Il. cr Inoluded In the district. i
Tb flood Buyer. j'ase of a port dlitrtct tha only llm-
IS Weal llroudway, llatlon la one par rant of tha aura-
Sew York City, N, Y. . ' ) Valuation per annum In addition
Cenllemen: l(o the amount to become due aa
I hava your It'ttnr relative to the principal and Interest on bonda.
amendment to the Oregon conatltu Therefore what may be aald of the
tlon limiting the amount talnf Irrigation dlatrlrta will be , largely
bodka inn raise to si per pent In true of every other organization of
addition to the amount rained the this nature and In fact every tailng
proceeding year. body In tha atate. Bueh organlia-
Thl amendment, ropy of which la, "on "iiet In the drat Inalance place
hereto attached for your Inform-,hm,,,l,,M poaltlon to meet
tlon. waa adopted by the people Xlr obligation throogh an election
the' general election. November,.0' ""equate original assessment and
tall. While I have not aa yet re- mu"' 4J' elr assessment when
colvrd an otnlil opinion from the,',y',r moT ,nB Pr rent 1n
atlorney general, ho haa advised jer'', required by a vote of the
.k. .1.. j i. .....n..,.i.i. i'neonle. The HIT legislature passed
U lW Hill tl ItlVUtj IM 1 . j
Irrigation dUtrlcta. which meana r providing for the calling of
that the board of dlrectora. unlaj,"'',lon 'nr Ptirpo.
It la ahown that prompt reeulta will
ba Moored In Inrreaaed food produc
tlone. I understand that the dis
trict la bow preparing to make a
upplamental showing to the effect
that one unit of the project will be
brought under water Immediately
end la requesting the approval of a
part of the bond leaue on thla basla.
Truitlng that thla Information
may be of value and that you will
advlae me If at any time I can be of
tervlca, I remain,
Sincerely youra, ,
PRItCY A. CUPPER,
Asst. State Engineer.
NEW HOPE
apedally authorised by a vote of the. Relative to the approval by the
people, cannot raise en amount by capital Issue committee of the
aaaeaament more than alt par cent. Grants Pas Irrigation district
Mlsa Alslna Pope visited at Now
Hope Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. 0. Wynant. and
son, Kenneth, visited the forraer'a
narenta at New Hope Sunday.
Mrs. Alma Rowley and two chil
dren apent Saturday night and Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs H. S. Wyn
ant at New ITope.
i D. W. Langworthy la working at
the Smith aaw mill at New Mope.
1 The Red Crosa did splendid work
lost Thursday by piecing a quilt for
the aotdler boys. Those present at
the meeting, which waa held at Mra.
Wynant'a were: Mra. Dull, Mra. Co
bnrn. Mra. Melenua, Mra. Langwor
tby, Mra. Lawless. Mra. McCalllaler.
Mr. Hilton Smith, Mra. Chaa. John
son, Mra. Dutchar and Cecil McCain.
Mr. and Mra. Dutch er attended
the funeral of Mra. Wyatt at Grants
Pass Tuesday.
New ITope ha a Junior Red Crosa
which meets at. the borne of Mr. H.
8. Wynant every Thursday after
noon. '. ' (
Bert York and wife and Mra. Will
Ohles ,and ion, Floyd, have gone to
Klamath Falls for the gammer. " -,
In addition to the amount raised the, bond, concerning which yoii also
preceding year. However you will make Inquiry. It 'teem that the
m n Ik., ik .... ....I... al A mm) 'mmmIIIu mh HMnptw A Ml 1 nA A
apply to tunda for the payment of approve any Irrigation bonda unless
I Optimistic Thought
Rejoice t1ny. for tomorrow few
may be aslira. ' '
j
Why Ve Are at War With Germany
This War is One of Self Preservation
'"Hera," says Krerystae. "was
Kalaerdom aeeklne world dnminaiion
and perilously near eoconial ,
It aniens the world united to r-xl
him." Thus the radical land reformer
eeea tha laaue. la there any one Mill
blind to Iff
0t were we In America dlrwtly
threatened f H'e were, and irt ci
lareateaerf. A (lerman book published
la the United Htalea In IIU. ami,
called "Truth About Germany." nnttt
to Inflame ua agalnat Kngtand and
Prance, and to persuade us that Ainrr
lea and Oermsny had commoit lilu!,
. rbaraetartatlca, and mi ho.lt, iMy
Ood aave ust) It argued Hiiinniliiy:
- "Two nations united by such rmmii'm
laellnattona and Ideals. boldnnKi f en
terprise, faralghteiliiess. quli knes of
decision, admiration for lntillntual
achievements, can not help being iit
reedlngly cougenlnl to each other."
Pleaani words-hut a lying tongue.
Would Germany, once mentor of Kit
rope,, rememlier our "coiincnlsllty."
and be a poit aefoANir In the Amer
has?
The Oernmna when writing for hom4
nouauuiptlon hold a different language
alout world relations and "neighbor.
"Formerly Oerman ihopght waa abut
up In her German corner, but now
the world ahall have lis coal out ao
'cording lo German measure, and ae,
Tar i our iwordn flush and Oerutaa
blood flow', the circle of the earth,
shall come under the tutelage of Ger
man activity." "A aturdy German
egoism must characterise all political
action. . . . The flrat principle of
our pollryi both at home and abroad,
iiiuoi Ik that In everything that hap
liens the Merman . abould . come oft
licet, and the others ahould have a .
bad time of It", , A , nice, congenial
neighbor! , . , .,: . i
But Germany, when honest, dlrecttf
avowa bar purpoae, ultimately, agstnat
America,. We must "wake up," or we
will be the eaay "neit Map" In her
ambitions. "Oermany , .. . , may la
lena than two centuries auoceed la
ilonilnattug the whole globe ... If .
only It ran In lime strlk out a 'new
cmiree,' and definitely break with A
glo-Atnerlran methods of government,
and with the atatedeatroylng IdeaJe
of the Revolution." 8he 11 trying out
Iter "new courae" uow. "One thing
alone can prollt the Oerman peoplet
Hie acqulaltlon of now territory, . .
that alone ran really, promote the
; dlffuslou. the growth, and the deep
enlng of Oermsnlmu." "Before eea
Ing to found a dreater Oennany la
;frr eonttnents, wa must aeek te
create a Greater Germany la Central
Rurepo." "We roust . . see to
It that tha outcome of Our neit auo
reeslut war must be the acqolaltlo
of colonies." "We must make room
for an empire of Germanic raoe which
shall number 100.OoO.ooO inhabitants,
In order that w may bold oar ewa
agalnat maaaea such aa tbeee of Raaalm
and tbe United SUtaa.": ... . ,
tin farther. It la a longer a eeeret
that Ocraeeny. while . we . were etltt
unprepared war neutral and while,
Oerataay atlU eatenslbly ' aought our
friendship, secretly planned, whan vte
terlone la Burope. te ptok a quarrel
wltb ua and wring from part of tbe
coats of her European war. I
l( .tbe Amerlcaa ."eaay obalr" at
attll too comfortable . for eerloua
thought of what Oennaay rmon to
do Is as. than America deserve the
fate In store for her. This Is tb
material aide of our peril, bat there
I another and deeper aide. I
, This war la oar war, to secure owf
purpose In national and In Interna
tlonal development. If Oermany staonid
.. H-iM, her principle muat triumph and
force alone muat rale the world,-wlta
the strong eiploltlng tha earth. It .
the war ende In n dranrn battle, with
" Germany unchanged In Ideals and pur
' w)es, all that I left or the world
will be compelled to engage In the
: race ef military preparedness, and the
world will be forced to adopt Oer
tnany'i method now ao hateful to na.
A Oermany undefeated would force
m to destroy the ery basis of our
government, mir policy, our aoclal and
" Industrial , life to devote onrtelv..
'capital, and labor, person and prop
. arty, to oae object a mighty mill
tarlsm. Unlena we win this war tbe .
, rolghteet, . most upsetting, nirn;! far
reaching change thla nation haa eter
known la upon ua. We are flgbtlug x
" for liberty to confinwe In our accua
' tomed Un of progress.
This I' the fifth or a series of
ten rrtlclea 1y Professor Douglass
.Adnms, executive head of the hi
.tory department, Inland Stanford
Junior University. j M
The IJberty loan general execu- '
tlve .board will furnish Information
rcfjurdlng; nuthotlty for the, .above ,
quntntlons. . .
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