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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1925)
■ . V'**‘■ Y, OCTOBER 13, 1»25. . hr ' ' ; | ,.... I ***■ **?**’ ’Sr 't 1925 Model Ford Touring F MJRun a bout 3000 miles. Practically New. Has license and new spare tire Easy Terms Fordson Tractor % « * Has Fenders, Pulley, Governor and Oliver Plow. Run only enough to get broken in. Cost $778.60 for the outfit * Í t Our Price H'"* Easy Terms Dodge Touring Car She Runs Coquille Motor Co. ¿íf»^r:V '»ft ■fi Announcement In announcing my candidacy fot the nomination for Governor on the Republican ticket at the primary elec tion in May, 1926, I desire to call at- tention to my business experience, in- eluding my activity ea a practical farmer for many years. Jn early life, I was engaged in mercantile business, but am now, and { for many years have been, conducting one of the moot diversified farm, in the Willamette Valley. I understand and appreciate the many farm prob lems confronting the farmers of this I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I have had legislative experience I as a member of the state senate I through four regular and two special I sessions of the legislature, and be I lieve I have a knowledge and grasp I of State affaire that would enable me I to be of service to the people of Ore- 1 I gon. » I I I am goi-ig to make a vigorous I I clean and constructive campaign for I i the Rape I .an nomination on issues. I I saying nothing and doing nothin» I I against any other candidate that I I could be used against him in event ot I L his nomination; a campaign that wil I -22 . ■■Ruta? Riverton School Notes II tend, as far as possible, to unite the I ■ ¡Republican party so that the nom I I’inee may have the entire party sup I I port, thus ihsuring his election. Tax Reduction I If elected to the office of Governor I r it to my intention to bring about i I I ¡reduction in taxes. II I desire that this statement be un I I' derstood to mean precisely what i' I I i says. I make no gesture to give ii I II enlarged or uncertain influence. 11 do hot refer to one kind of taxes ti I , the exclusion of other kinds of taxes I I j I shall newer point to mere redistri I I: button of the present tax burdens a* | fl fulfillment of this pledge, although I; I believe that the tax burden shock.’ be re-adjusted, nor shall I ever of jfer as the fulfillment an expensivt L temporary expedient, such as post |! ponement of immediate obligati.-m I or creation of a deficit to make s superficial shew of tax reduction. By reductton of taxes, I mean ex- iiactly that which the people com monly understand reduction of texet to be. I mean by ft a reduction of , the total sum derived by. taxation ? front ail sources. I mean, in short, a * reduction in the cost of Government Lincoln-FORD-Fordson * -. ......... NOTICE Patterson's ............-v«»— As an earnest of my purpae to J bring about reduction in taxes, I in vite a larger responsibility on the I part of the Governor for the cost of ¡Stata" Government.T -khatt faetnn ..................... ........................................ -- mend an amendment 'to the State1 Marriage Licenses Budget law; and by its terms the Oct 17—Clarence E. Martin and Governor shall prepare the general Luta McMullen, both of North Bend. budget of State expenditures for sub They were married here by Justice mission to the legislature. Propara /• J. Stanley at hia office the same tion of the budget to now hi the hand flfc ' of the State Board of Control. Th3 Oct. 17- State Board of Control is also one o: | our most important agencies for ex penditure of public funds. I believe the budget snaking power of the State or any subdivision of the State should be as far removed ar possible from the spending power or body. I believe it to a right princi pie, no matter how sincere, honest and intelligent the board or man clothed with dual authority may be. In our National Government, the President is the budget making offi cer. Likewise in many states of the Union, the Governor to the budge,-, making official I ------- 7——------ ------- ---- -----—;------- I favor in this State making t»>.-I at these institution», front October 1, Governor the budget making officer 1922, to September 30, 1224, wts Under our torw, the Governor hat I ibotrt 816.32 leas per month than at the powe- to veto any appropriatio-. I I he Penitentiary where moat of the made by the legistotore, or any single I nmatee are able bodied. item in an appropriation bill. The per capita coot of caring for If given the power to make the I -rrisoners at the penitentiary, as budget, the Governor would be sole I Jwwn by reports of the warden for ly responsible for Spite expenses ano 1923 and 1924, was 383.16 pgr month, could not evade the responsibility I TT more than the per capita coot of The only way he could be relieved of I I living of the average family in Ore- any pert of it would be by the legis I gon. lature over-riding his veto which re-1 I favor placing the penitentiary quires a two-thirds vote I under the Board of Control, aa it to houses. he only state institution hot now nn- Penitentiary ler the Board, to the end that the The State Penitentiary tenure of office at the penitentiary ' years been used an a political foot* I may depend solely on merit, as it ball for furthering the intereste( of lode at other state institutions. That, . politicians and political parties at is the only way to remove it from pol-| expense of the taxpayers. Any,, de ties. We can then reduce- the cost partment of the State, the employees and hope, in time, to make it self- of which hold positions by reason of supporting. political activity and contributions to Also, I favor abolishing the Parole campaign funds, and lose them by Board and placing the paroling of failure to qualify in this respect, to prisoners under the Board of Control, neceoea-rMy extravagant and ineffi thus reducing, by one, the already too cient. The not result is that the tax numerous State Boards. payer to actually paying the campaign Further, I flavor the Board of Con expenses of the candidate and party trol’s acting in an advtotory capacity organizations. We have the example of the ifM to the Governor in the matter of ■ - ■ ‘ pointment of six wardens at the pardons. Law Enforcement penitentiary in a period of six years. No private business eould prosper with annual changes of management, no matter how able the managers. No one can hope for any perman ent efficient, economical edmintetTa- tion of the penitentiary under this 5Far"comparison, take Hospitals at Belem and the «WÍ'4*.. t*4W- • -M Banish ( State Pendleton r' ■