The Coquille Valley sentinel., November 21, 1930, Page 4, Image 4

H. A. YOUNG and M. D. G
Publishers
H. A. YOUNG. Editor
of victory
ess in st
A« to the fruits Oregon will gather
from our
we know not, but are hoping it will
be something more than an advertis­
ing stunt and a sell'ng agency for a
department «toro er an attempt to
insult and belittle the supreme court
of Oregon. A news item in a Port­
Advertising Rates
land paper referring
to Judge
iplay advertising, 25 cents per Coshow’» defeat, stated, “This re­
h- less than 5 inches. 30 cent« per
h. No advertisement inserted for moves the only democrat from the su­
preme Court bench. Coshow’s defeat,
it is generally understood, was due to
hie attitude in the Joseph disbarment
proceedings.”
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■'
If that statement m the Portland
Entered at the Co mille Postoffise aa
paper , is correct, JAjÚnk it was tb*
Second Class Mail Matter. .
Tekt rrim), then fflf-peop1« of the
state of Oregon may know this about
Judge Coshow—be would rather be
BUILD FOR THE FUTURE
an
honorable, practicing
lawyer.
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_ 2200 , peop’e paid two known as a man who deals fairly with |
Approximately
bits admission for the two evenings hit clients than to sit on the supreme
of Corn Show entertainment, and con- ¡ bench of the state of Oregon and have
s’riering the better order it was pos- eyen thought of him that he dealt out
rtll le tp maintain and the high class justice in the spirit of the bawling«
of ths entertainment each evening, an(j the yappings of the mob.
practically everyone was more than
willing to pay this small admission
charge.
News From State Capital
And looking into the future, the
Speculation as te the possibility of
success of this year’s Corn Show
gives afi iaea~>T what can be^ accbift- • a epcrisl session of the stat» legisla­
ture for the purpose df dealing with
plished by carrying out the same
¡the state’s muddled taxation problem
program for a few years to come.
’ was set at rest this week in a state­
True, the present building is needing
ment from Goevrnor Nbrblad declar­
a new roof and should be «sealed in­
ing that he “deem« a special session
side, plaster board would improve
acoustics and comfort, but look a lit­ unnecessary end therefore no call for
one will be made.”
tle farther ahead.
More than 78 pounds of coupons
This decision, the governor de­
By accumulating >500 a year, or
clipped from Oregon state highway
clare«,
comes,
after
“
a
thorough
con
­
>500 or >750, in a sinking fund it
sideration of the subject from all and soldiers' bonus bonds were re­
would not be many years until the
angles and “in light of what I believe ceived by the treasury department
city would be ready to begin thinking
this week from the Chase National
of a fine, large concréte-auditorium, (to be public*opinion."
Bank of New York City, fiscal agent
In
a
statement
to
the
press
two
capable of seating two or three times
for the state.
The coupons, which
weeks
ago
the
governor
declared
him
­
the number which can now crowd in­
were contained in nine bags and cost
to the Community Building.
In the self as of the opinion that the intan­
gibles tax collected under the invalid the etate >11.25 in express, represent
basement of such a building could be
approximately >2,000,000 in cancelled
located a gymnasium, and possibly a 1929 act could be saved only by a
special session. This opinion be ro- bonds and interest payments and
swimming tank.
marks the peak of Oregon's program
Another idea to be considered would iffirms in hi* statement this week.
“However,” he declares, “as I sense for the retirement of its huge bonded
be a room of sufficient sise, on the
indebtedness.
ground floor, to accommodate the Co­ the opinion of the people, they are
! opposed to a special session and
quille Public Library.
While assessed valuations in the
Ths Sentinel is not suggesting that therefore the intangibles tax money
counties over the state will show a
such e program could be carried out should be immediately returned as
decrease of approximately >4.000,000
in the next year, nor the next five one of the first acta of the next reg­
this year, due largely to the slump in
years, but is one worth planning for. ular session of the legislature begin­
real estate value«, utility valuations
For seven or eight years the Corn ning in January.”
have been increased approximately
A
study
of
the
entire
tax
situation,
Show was held in any foom that hap­
>10.000,000 according te a statement
pened to be vacant—on one rainy oc- the governor declares, has convinced
by the state tax commission.
The
him
that
the
state
tax
commission
c don it was held in a huge tent—and
approximately 900 public utility cori
th? accommodations are superior now “can reduce the general property tax
by a substantial amount for next year «orations in the state ahow a full
tb what they were when the Corn
valuatidh of approximately >310,000,-
Shaw idea originated. But they are without the additional legislat on and
000, the statement shows«
not yet what we would like them to ¡ under existing law«.”
“The recently enacted income tax,"
be. In another ten years the Corn
he points out, “can reasonably be
Power utilities .»pent a total of >54.-
Show will be more than double its',
successfully handled ‘without the 259.25 in an attempt to defeat the
pr eent size—and it is possible to
special session three reasons are giv­ People’s Water and Power district bill
have ft properly housed by 1940.
en by the governor for his decision in the recent campaign, according to
The postoffice department is one not to convene the legislature in ex­ reports filed with the secretary o*
which advocates early shopping and tra session. They are, first, the ques­ state at Salem. The largest contribu­
early mailing of Christmas packages tion as to the membership legally con- tor tb the fund was the Utility Tax­
>29,087.1«
Better and more prompt service can' .itituting a special session; second, the payers committee with
be given if th£ usual week before' danger of a referendum being invoked while the Portland Genera) Electric
b«' on any legislation passed by such a company spent >18,188.85.
Smaller
Christmas deluge of parcels can Vs.
spread out over two or three weeks.| session, and third, the fact that the expenditures are reported by other
ItVi all in the day’s work with postal time of such a session would be too Utilities.
employes, but neither the patron nor limited to permit of any careful
his package is delayed if the mail­ thought and consideration being given “Oregon Trail” the Subject
to the problems which confront the'
ing is attended to oarly.
For Beckman History Prizes
state at this time.
fragile
Next Thursday ia Thanksgiving
day and Christmas ia just arc and the
corner. It will soon be too late to
“do your Christmas shopping early."
R. A. Easton’s Weekly Letter
There are folks who get a great
deal.of unmoral courage out of a land­
slide election. They seem to take it
for granted that it is the result of a
great reform thought and action, that
a big majority is always the sign and
symbol of victory and that victory is
always the result of intelligent cour­
age
If that line of reasoning is cor­
rect, the cry of the mob, “Release un­
to us Barabbas" was inspired patri­
otism. And the results of that re­
lease a "landslide" victory. But near­
ly , 2,000 years of time have pro­
nounced that Victory hung on the
erdss that day while the victorious
bawling of the mob were the ashes
of defeat.
All through the history
of mankind a “landslide" victory has
not always been a sign of success nor
defeat the evidence of failure. Hard­
ing’s election to the office of presi­
dent was a “landslide" victory, but
his administration was a disastrous
failure.
WaPer M. Pierce’s election at gov­
ernor. of Oregon was the result of a
landslide «lection. And as far as I
can recall no man ever scattered fic­
titious promises with aa liberal a
mouth or left the state of Oregon in
a» deep a tax hole aa Governor Pierce.
Isaac Patterson was elected gjvernor
of Oregon by a "landslide" vote for
the reason he was not ■ windjammer
•Confirming a statement made by L.
A. Liljeqvist, assistant attorney gen­
eral, in a recent hearing before the
State Reclamation Commission, I. H.
Van Winkle, attorney general, ia an
opinion to Governor Norblad, holds
that "all of the waters of Klamath
river and all of its sources of u apply
not already appropriated” has been
ceded by the state to the federal re­
clamation commission and that there­
fore there i* no water available for
appropriation under an application
filed by the California-Oregon Power
company involving seven power pro­
jects on the Klamath river. Accord­
ing to this opinion there esn be no
further power" developments on the
Klamath river without the specific
consent of the reclamation service and
Dr. Elwood Meade, commissioner of
that bureau, has advised Attorn“y
General Van Winkle that while the de­
partment has no desire to retard de­
velopment and would be willing to re­
lease any watet not needed for its
purpose such release would be made
only “upon adequate assurance and
showing that the rights of the "govern­
ment and the project water users
would. be in no way prejudiced thero-
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