The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald., February 14, 1919, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

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B T L W . YOUNG.
A n Analysis o f Assessor Beyers' Figures Showing W h ere the
Budget Items W ere R aised and W h ere They W ere
Lowered as Compared W ith Last Year.
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The principle o f the sympathetic
strike appears to be something like
this:
John hits Bam, n i plug Joe."
In other words those who had nothing
whatever to do with th* original quar­
rel are mad* th* goats.
“If
- The attem pt by seven foreign Bol­
shevists at Seattle to inaugurate a
revolution in this county has failed—
la rgely due to backbone and level­
headedness o f that red-blooded Am eri­
can, M ayor Ols Hanson. He is due to
g o up higher. Such vigilan t watch­
men as he are needed on guard in the
troublous tim et through which w t t i t
The U. S. Department o f A gricu l­
ture has ju st kindly furnished us sev­
eral columns o f m atter on cattle tick
eradication. Bxcuge us, but w * don’t
find It ávaSabl* fo r our columns. W hy
spend thousands o f dollars in sending
such stuff to a ll th * newspapers o f th *
country, when not on* in a hundred,
perhaps not on* in a thousand, w ill
print it?
In spit* o f the many difficult!** un­
der which dairymen o f Oregon oper­
ated last year, says D airy Commis­
sioner J. D. M ickle in his January Bul­
letin, there was an increase o f
pounds o f butter made in the state in
1918, over 1917. This speaks w ell fo r
th * patriotic spirit o f th * dairymen.
Feed was high and k b er scarse and
some dairymen worked a t a loss, but
they endeavored at all times to com­
ply with the request o f th * govern­
ment to hold en to their herds.
400,000
•
The editors o f th* daily papers o f
th * Bay seem to be c f on* mind in
saying uncomplimentary things about
th * Sentinel and its editor. They ap­
pear to bo sere new because he is not
linked w ith them os defendant in th*
case th * county is bringing againqt
them to recover funds o f which they
are accused e f hating defrauded its
treasury by a successful conspiracy.
Th* fact that w * had never seen Coos
county when their offense was com­
mitted make* no difference to them.
— am
Alm ost exactly one-fourth o f a ll the
taxes to be paid in this county this
year arc fo r road purpose*. Th * total
is 8318,448X4.
Th * school taxes are th * only larg­
er item, as they usually are every­
where, amounting to $281,167.82. This
is almost one-third o f th * total, or to
be exact 81 per cent
City taxes at $108,987.61 arc a
poor third, and make only 12 per cent
or about one-eighth o f th* total. Gen­
eral county purposes call fo r $94,812.-
79 and make the next item or a little
more than 11 per cent o f th* taxes.
Th * state tax at $70,187.20 calls fo r
nearly nine per cent and th * port
taxes at $67,946.78 fo r over seven per
cent.
Here is what th* Report e f th*
State H ighway Engineer fo r 19lT-
1918, just received, says about state
road work in Coo* county:
Th* work o f the H ighway Depart­
ment in Coo* county consisted entire­
ly in assistance given the county in
th * making o f surveys and th * engin­
eering o f construction work don* un
der the county’s bond issue o f $882,
000.00. For this purpose $16,967.68
o f state funds were expended, and th*
total amount o f county expenditures
audited and vouchered through th*
H ighway department was $170,781.88.
These expenditure* were mad* on
work on the Coast H ighway between
Marshfield and th* Curry County
Line, and on the Coo* Bay- Roseburg
H ighway between Coquill* and M yr­
tle Point. The engineering work was
in charge o f R. B. Murdock.
. Tbe L evi**
F or State purpoeee, per «ta te levy
For Roads, Bridge* aud Ferriaa . . .
F ar ludigaut Soldier*
...........
F o r Scheel parpo*** (7X48 pu p ii»)
F er Scheel Library ........................
F or Other County P u rp o eee.........
Spedai H igh School T a x ...............
Spadai School Tax ........................
Special Road T a x ...........................
Spadai P ort Tax ...........................
Spoetai C ity Tax ...........................
Special Drainage T a x ....................
F ir* Patrol . «•..................................
A k t 1917
. . . . $ 62X86.7000
....
186,061.2100
....
70,420.0000
....
166.689.2804
....
....
....
....
166,026.8660
84,691.414»
61,887.4606
97,806.4630
1,688.8600
$846,166X113
Total T a x * * ...........................
The
p m m ti U m m figures
to it* roador* fo r th * parpoM o f in-
«Heeting to thoo* taxpayer* who are
complaining about higher ta x ** just
where higher taxes have been levied,
The flret tw o column* are copied from
ft h im nr Beyers* summaries o f taxes
in 1917 and 1918, and look strangely
because beyond the cents they are car-
ried out to m ills and tenths o f a m ill,
so that th * last tw o figures can be
disregarded in these columns.
The last tw o columns are th * 8en-
tin el’s figures showing what taxes
have increased sad what have dsceas
od.
I f there is any n igger la th*
woodpUe it is bound to some cut there.
I f th* County Court has sinned any-
where in piling up needless taxes it is
bound to show her*. A ll these items
o f increase make a total o f >118,881
82; all the items o f decrease make a
total o f $74,498.89.
Deducting th*
latter from th * form er w e find a not
increase o f $44,881.46 in taxes to .b e
collected in Coos county this year.
Take not* now that th * last five
iteass o f increase are special taxes in
road, pert and school districts and
cities, ami that th * County. Court has
no m ar* to do w ith fixin g tho amounts
o f those taxes than th * reader has.
Am ong these taxes there appears on
th * face o f th * returns to be a fix-
grant violation o f the 8 per cent re-
strict!on on tax increase. Th * special
school tanas levied last year amount-
A m t 1918
$ 70.187.2000
218,448X400
1,000.0000
72X40.0000
i •Í.4ÜUÜ
94X12.7908
6X78.7444
182X26.1788
39X40X679
67,946.7802
103,987.6092
2,941.2630
1,686.2970
board*. How can th*y violate tbo law
with im punity?
W ell there i* no
proof that any o f thorn have violated
it. Suppose a district mad* no levy
at a ll last year and this y err votes to
levy $2,000 to build a school house,
Or suppose th* district m eeting votes
to make the levy fo r school purposes
more than six per cent larger in every
district in th* county. That would be
no violation o f the law.
Aside from the district items, there
are ju st fou r item s in which there is
an increase in the tax levy.
How
about those?
T h * first is the state
tax to be paid in this county. N o per-
Ion in this county except th * repreeen-
tatives in th * legislature had any
voice,in th a t Th * County Court had
nothing to do w ith i t
A s to th* two item s o f school taxes
dad school library taxes there is an
increase, but th* rote o f $10 per pupil
fo r school purposes and 10 cents per'
pupils fo r library purposes is the same
in both years. Th * increase in the
number o f children in the schools is
rea lly th * only increase in taxes here,
and the members o f the County Court
cannot have had much, i f anything,
to do w ith this— certainly our bachelor
county judge is innocent.
This leaves th * on* item o f roads,
bridges and ferries where th* County
Court is certainly responsible fo r the
$77,897.18 increase. Agninst that it
most by the same rule be credited
$
Increase
7,960.60
77X97.18
Decrease
*
$ 1,000
1X20.00
lö.dU
1
17,199.81
4X48.94
,
6,681.06
2,941.26
47.94
$118X64X3
62,846.49
7,706.17
NOW
ta the time for the farmer to pUn next year**
crops, next year's production, next year's prosperity.
Whatever his plans, whether farm improvements,
«■frying, UvMtock finsncln*.
w odton will be
pleased to discuss such matters and offer their best service
A hearty welcome always await» the farmer at
this institution.
LET US SERVE YOU
FARMERS & MERCHANTS M W
Commercial and S avin * Deposits
3,441.72
C O Q U ILLE
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O R EG O N
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$74,493.38
' And more than 840,000 o f that $77,-
897.18 additional road and bridge tax
this year is due to the improvement o f
the Sunset Bay rood fo r which no ap.
propriation was made in tho budget
during the past tw o years. But fo r
that th * court m ight be credited with
a reduction instead o f charged with
an increase in taxation in Coos coun­
ty. And do not fo rg e t that on* o f the
members o f th * present court set his
face like a flin t against that expendi­
ture from start to finish.
Add to last week’s article
W hile the total --increase and de­
crease o f county taxes arc not affect­
ed by it, our attention-has been called
to the different methods o f distribut­
ing th* road taxes among the separ­
ate budget funds employed last year
and this year.
In the summary o f taxes to be col­
lected on th* 1917 rolls the county
commissioners' expenses on account o f
roads, th* expense* o f th * Roadmao-
ter’s and Surveyor’s offices and th*
$31,000 fo r interest and sinkng fund
on account o f county road bonds arc
all included in the item o f general
county purposee. W hile in the bud got
for th * 1918 rolls they are all included
under roads, bridges and ferries. So
while this year’s budget item fo r
these purpose* is corroct, last year’s
«ou ld have been $46,760 larger i f th*
same ru le' had been follow ed as this
year, and the “ county gen eral" would
have been diminished by th * same
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In these tw o taxes th* real excess
of the 1918 budget over the 1917 is
$31,647.18.
This year’s method, o f
over a state law in such fashion as
that? Thee* taxes are levied in the taxes --------- T-------- ---------- ---------------- course, indicates the total expenses
be charged with just $7,846.47.
I for roads while last year’s did not.
TH AT
roads."
Am ong these prom inently men tion
ed fo r such improvement is ¿he Ceos
county road from Beseburg to Coos
Bay, on which a great deal o f money
has already been spent This is what
Coos county is to got out o f th * deal.
T h * $2,600,000 fo r a m ilitary high­
way down th * eoadt, which is being
talked o f i f U n de Sam w ill match
dollars w ith Oregon, is another m atter
and lass lik ely to be enacted than th*
big $10,000,000 bill which W ill proba­
bly be passed before th* legislature
adjounrs.
T H E Y W IL L H A V E TO “C O N C U R"
On* o f the lines o f attack o f th*
boos* interests on th * legality o f the
prohibition amendment to th* consti'
tution, which last month became th*
law o f th * land, is to hinge upon the
word “ concurrent” in th* tex t o f the
amendment. Congress and th * states
are given power to enforce the dry
amendment by “ concurrent" legista
tion. It is argued, therefore, that if
any on* stata does not see fit to enact
exactly th* same law as Congress
does, word fo r word and letter fo r
letter, th* amendment
w ill
re­
main ineffective. N ot a nullity as fa r
as that ono state is concerned barely,
but fo r the whole country! Thut would
be going som«
W * all know that where state leg­
islation runs count«* to national k g -
isktion th* nation's mandates have
fu ll righ t o f way. Attem pts on the
part o f states to n u llify federal sta­
tutes have never proved successful
anywhere in the country during th*
past 120 years; nor can they ever.
That was fu lly settled In the court
o f last resort during th* C ivil w ar
which ended in 1866, over h alf a cen­
tury ago, with th* unconditional sur­
render o f th* advocates o f nullifica­
tion. So no state k w fo r enforcing the
prohibition amendment in any w ay can
stand fo r a moment. Only state leg ­
islation which k concurrent with th*
national prohibition k w can remain in
force. No k w enacted by a state leg-
iektu re which fa ils to eonenr with the
national legk k tk m on the came sub­
ject is more than “ a scrap o f paper."
John Barleycorn's life cannot be saved
by any such quibbling as the bream s'
attorneys mre now engaged in.
Just what is proposed to be don*
with th* $10,000,000 road bonds i f th*
legislature provides fo r their issue at
this session we are beginning to learn.
Thro* quarters o f it, or $7,600,000 is
to be used hi finishing th * 718 m iles o f
hard surface roads already under
construction. Thee* are th * Columbia
highway from Astoria to th* Dalles,
198 m iles; Portland to th* C alifornia
line, 864 m iles; Portland to Junction
C ity on th * W setsid*, 112 m ik e; H ills­
boro loop, 49 miles. Th * other $2,-
600,000 is to go into a pot with the X
fasoln * tax, m illage and surplus au to]
Can on a
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A N T I-S A B O T A G E B IL L
! persons assemble fo r the purpose or
'advocating or teaching th* doctrines
of crim inal syndicalism as defined in
this A ct, such assemblage k unlawful
and every person voluntarily partici­
pating therein by hk presence, aid or
instigation k gu ilty o f a felon y and
punkhabl* by imprisonment in the
state prison fo r not more than ten
years or by fin* or not m ore than five
A B IL L
thousand ($6,000.00) or bo h.
Section 4. Th* ownor, agent, su­
F or an A c t defining th * crim e o f
perintendent, janitor, caretaker or oc­
crim inal syndicalism and prescribing
cupant o f any place, building or
punishment therefor.
rooms, who w ilfu lly and knowingly
Be It Enacted by the People o f the permits therein any assemblage o f
State o f Oregon:
persons prohibited by th * provisions
Section 1. Crim inal sydicalism k of Section 8 o f th k A ct, or who, a fter
th * doctrine which advocate crime, notification that th* premises are so
sabotage, violence or bther unlawful used, perm its such us* to be contin­
methods e f terrorism as a means o f ued, k gu ilty o f a misdemeanor and
accomplishing industrial and political punishabk by imprisonment in th*
reform . Th * advocacy o f such doc­ county ja il fo r not m ore than one year
trine, whether by word o f mouth or or by a fine o f not more than five hun­
w riting, k a felon y punishabk as in dred dolkrs ($600.00) or both.
this A ct otherwise provided.
Section 2. A n y person who:
Rev. A . Haborly, form erly pastor o f
(1 ) B y word o f mouth or w ritin g,
th* Presbyterian church in th k city,
advocates or teach** th * duty, neces­
in w ritin g from H ill C ity, Kansas, to
sity or propriety o f crim e, sabotage,
renew
fo r
the
paper
“ that
violence or other unlawful methods o f
keep* him in touch with his old homo"
terrorism as a means o f accomplish
says: “ W heat prospects are good.
in g industrial or political reform ; or
Ground k in fine m oist condition. Th*
(2 ) Prints, publish**, edits, issues
“ Flu” has run out a t last, but was
or knowingly circulate*, sell), distri­
not as fa ta l in th k county as in sos
bute* or publicly dispkys any book,
others in Kansas."
paper, document or w ritten m atter in
any form , containing or advocating or
STRONG EVID ENCE
teaching th* doctrine that Industrial
or political reform should be brought
about by crime, sabotage, violence or Is th* Statem ent o f This B egan* Man
Backache is often kidney ache;
other unlawful methods o f terrorism ;
A common warning o f serious kid­
ney ills.
(8 ) Openly, w ilfu lly and deliber­
“ A Stitch in Tim e saves Nine” —
Don’t Delay— us* Doan’s Kidney
ately justifies, by word o f mouth or
w riting, th * commission or th * at­ Pills.
P rofit by this nearby resident’s ex­
tem pt to commit crime, sabotage, v i­ perience.
olence or ether unlawful methods of
L. Bonney. 888 Sixth A v*^ W , Eu­
terrorism with intent to exem plify, gene, Oreg., says: "K idn ey trouble
spread a t advocate th * propriety e f which started' by liftin g heavy tim ­
bers and a fa ll which wrenched m y
th* doctrines o f crim inal sydicalism ; back, put me down and out more than
|8o many people have expressed
their regret, (to put it very m ild ly)
that Representative
T h rift
voted
against th * crim inal sabotage act in
th* house at Salem that as a m atter
o f interest to most, i f not a ll o f our
readers, w e give below th* fu ll text
o f th* b ill; as ntroduced:
once I spent dollar a fter dollar m
(4 ) Organises or help* to organ­ the hop* o f finding something that
ise, or becomes a member o f or volun­
ta rily assembles with any society,
group or assemblage o f persons form ­
ed to teach or advocate th * doctrines
o f crim inal syndicalism
k gu ilty o f a felon y and puniaha-
b k by Imprisonment In the state
prison fo r not rapr* than tan years
or by fine or not more than five thous­
and d olk rs ($6,000.00) or both.
•88t*8fi 8. Wharcvur two or more
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