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THE BEND BULLETIN, BE.VD, OlfE., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER SO, 1010 PAG1J 0 - J Tax Limitation Measure Makeg Grave Problems for Legislature State Must Operate on $400,000 Less Than in 1916 Des pite Institutional Growth and Replacement Needs Balance from 1915 Creates Unexpected Complications. (From Friday's Dally Bulletin) SALEM, Dec. 15 (Special to Tho Bulletin). Money makes the niaro j;o, according to tho old proverb, and money will make the coming legislature go some perhaps even u bit crazier than usual, especially those favored legislators who draw berths on tho ways and means com mlttees. For tho big pioblem of the 1917 session will be finances. Tho last one was called an economy legis lature, but its saving streak was mostly voluntary, resulting from hard times and previous extrava gance. This legislature will be economy-plus, because the six per cent tax limitation constitutional amendment, passod by tho elector ate November 7, has hogtlcd any profligate tendencies of the solons .so thoroughly that they can't even spend on state government us much as tho last closo-flstcd gathering of law mnkers did. In a nutshell, the maximum amount that can bo spent next year is 12,703,000, which Is actually $400,000 less than tho amount re quired during 1916. Prohibition Second Kiddle Putting tho bono dry prohibition amendment In running order will lio tho second big net on tho pro gram. And there will bo plenty of lesser acts, designed to tinker things into Bhopo and out of shape In almost every branch of stato, ad ministration. And probably a fow of them will becomo laws, sotno of them with benefit to tho public and some of them the revorsu. But no matter how tho countcir attractions aro advertised, tho big heiidlluor will control tho spot light and command tho distracted . legislators' attention. ..How to cut uxpetiBea that's tho question; how to get along under tho provisions of this now economy measure which a public, rightfully sick of oxtrava gance, has voted Into being, when given tliu chance by somo money saving folks who woro chiefly out .after county and munjclpal waste fulness and didn't know what they wero wishing on tho stato. Tho new law says that no tax lev ying body shall raise an amount for any year which shall ho moro than six per cent in oxcess of the amount raised tho previous year. That Is what It says. Probably what was meant Is that this year tho state or county or city shall not raise over six per cent moro than It upent last year. But Instead of using tho word "spent," It used tho word "raised." Balance I'lajtt Hob. Now, tho stato carried over nn unexpected balanca from 191C of SG50.000. That balanco went to ward the expenses of 191C. So tho amount raised for 1916 was that much less than normal. Tho stato lust year raised by taxation $GG0, 000 less than it actually needed and .subsequently actually spoilt. It was moro than halt a million dol lars to the good. But now that half million plus looks to tho bad. In 1916 the stato equlred $3,100,000 for operating expenses. Deducting from that amount tho $550,000 balanco on hand from tho previous year, It was required to ralso only $2,550,000, although It spent $3,100,000. So that $2,550,000 Is tho basis upon which must bo reckoned tho maximum Inrrcnso of six per cent for next year allowed under the i now amendment. In other words. tho maximum which can bo raised for 1917 Is J2.703.000. That Is $400,000 less than the state spent In 1916. It Is $583,000 less than six per cent increase upon tho amount actually Bpent In 191 C. And there you aro! (uniting for County Courts Robert Smith of Rosoburg, chief parent of tho bill, admitted that he didn't know about that $550,000 balance which has put bucIi a ser ious crimp in tho stato's financial outlook for tho coming year. He Tvas chiefly Interested, anyway, In holding down road extravagance and tho playful ways of some coun ty courts and city governments In spreading on the expenditures. It Is possible that the amendment cannot bo made to stick as regards the state, because the state, some contend, Is not a "tax levying body," ana such bodies specifically aro the ronIy ones governed by the law. Tho atate Incurs expenditures, but It oesn't levy a tux. It simply ap portions tho general expense among the counties, and the counties do the lovylng. That contention probably will be settled la the courts, as a friendly experiment. If it held good, pre sumably the stato would go ahead and ipend what It needed, and then would be up to the counties to foot the bill. The first money real lied ty counties in their tax col lecting has to bo handed over to the state, and thereafter counties "ould have to get along on the lean PL-kings left In their treasuries. i If that doesn't work and con sensus of opinion Is that It won't tho only far-reaching alternative to a slashing which really would crip ple the state where Its citizens don't want It crippled, Is Issuance of bonds. For Instance a bond Issue could caro tof all road work, and what now goes, to roads could be utilized elsewhere. Hero and there greater revenue ran bo secured from licenses. No doubt auto licenses will be Increas ed heavily. Tho stntc banking de partment, for Instance, probably can be made self supporting. As things arc, tho insurance department, cor poration department and Industrial accident department aro money makers or Belt supporting from fees, (eneinl Trimming Expected. Thcro will bo trimming nnd clip ping, of course. Thcro will be some consolidations, some eliminations and perhaps somo salary cuts. But people should look Into tho possibil ities uf all this before they get tho notion that It can amount to a very great deal from a dollar and cent standpoint. At present one dollar out of ev ery ton paid by the avorago taxpay er In tho averago county goes to tho state; the other ulno go for county, city and school district ex penditures. Tho economists can ralso hob with every branch ot state administration cripple things up to tholr heart's content assuming that tho legislature should get tho fovor foolishly) and tho sum total would be such an Insignificant sav ing, proportionate to tho totals, that It would amount to but a tow cents out of that dollar; and of course It wouldn't affect at all tho other nine of taxes which stay closer to homo. Without nny doubt or equivoca tion those at tho head of tho stato government Intend to sco that tho six per cent tax limitation Is lived up to, In letter and spirit. Thcro will bo no sympathy at tho stato houso for subtorfugo or evasion re garding It. No doubt, however, thcro will be honest effort to so adjust matters that vitally necessary functions of state administration will not bo crippled. There will bo no hesita tion about cutting out unnccded ex penses. Somo heads will fall. Beal Needs EM. But In tho final analysis It should bo rcmombercd, point out thoso who aro giving tho now problom close attontlon, tho stato s growing nnd Its Institutions aro growing. Tho fcebtc-mlttdcd homo, the girls' Industrial school, tho boys' school, all aro crowded boyond'capaclty and havo waiting lists. Tho stato's wards must bo rarcd for. Thcro nro crying demands for Im provements here and thora; at least for betterments which will keep tho Institutions up to present standards, with no thought of now expend itures. Under tho mlllugo tnx which supports them, tho lncomo ot tho state's educational Institu tions tho unlvorslty, O. A. C. and Monmouth normal havo decreased during tho last three years, becauso tho taxahlo valuations ot tho stato havo decreased. And yet tho pop ulation of thoso Institutions each ono of which Is doing really con structive, vitally needed work, and doing It economically Is Increas ing with leaps and bounds from year to year. Tho present tondoncy means pot only that they can't grow, that they can't havo mora money, but that thoy must get along on less money, and actually retrogrado un less financial angels appear to foot tho bills which tho stato refuses to foot for tho higher education of Us young men anrl women. Altogether, the financial problems of the coming legislature aro tre mendously Involved and tremend ously Important. Thoy deserve tho thoughtful consideration of every citizen. Thoy aro not to bo treat ed lightly. And It Is childish to think that they can be met, or even partially evaded, by any half baked economy cuts In existing governmental ma chinery. That will help, and some of the commission and tho rest of of it will be beneficial. But most It could be wiped clean and yet that $400,000 -handicap which has been placed upon Oregon for tho next year's race couldn't nearly bo equalized, nor the lcgitlmato new demands of growth and replacement be met. FIRE ALARMS WOMAN IN TIME FOR ESCAPE .Mr, (i. H. Allen I'aces Wall of Smoke When She (Joe to Greet. Husband Kute Her Baby. Wakened by a noise which she took to be her husband's footsteps, Mrs. O. H. Allen, living near the railroad tracks, opened the door of ber room last night to greet him, only to be met by a dense puff of k Bfete. pm MMir m mmtm mmm -mm HMi mammmf ummmm m HMnF siF smoko, reddened by tho flro behind. Snatching tip her three months old baby, sho rushed from tho houso, tho only article Buvcd doing tho ba by buggy. Neither Mrs. Allen nor her child sustained nny hums or In juries. She Immediately went to tho houso of Mr. and Mrs, Prlugle, liv ing nearby, and by tho time Mr. Prlnglo could run to tho burning house to see if any tiro fighting measures would bo possible, tho entire roof of tho Allen residence had fallen in. The houso was sit uated In a gully, and work by tho flro department would havo been Impossible. ' Mr. Allen was at tho Hippodrome attending tho Mooso Carnival, short ly oftor 10 o'clock, when a friend In formed him that his houso was on fire. As near as can bo ascertained, It was approximately tho sumo tlmo that ho started In his uuto fpr homo that his wlfo thought sho heard his footsteps. No cuuno for tho flro Is known, unless It may havo resulted from a defective fluo. Tho value of tho building, owned by William Price, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Is approx imately $1000, while tho houso fur nishings are unuppratscd. Being unplastcrud, tho houso yielded read ily to tho flames. " Stopped Children' Croup Cough "Threo weeks ago two of my chil dren began choking and coughing, and I saw that thoy woro having nn attack of croup," writes Blllio Moy berry, Kckort, do. "I got u bottlo of Foley's Honey and Tar and gave thorn u doso boforo bodtlmo. Next morning tholr couch and all hIl-m nr croup was gono." Adv. Seo Edwards for good houso paint ing. Adv. P. E. CHASE '- ' " I i I iii-lTTirrTBBrjIITJJIJinMLlLJ Watchmaker and Jeweler sheet music, musical-instruments Our watch ropolrlng Is guaran teed to stand. P. E. CHASE JOHNSON BUILDING WALL STREET They let you know you've been smoking and yet they're MILD In other words, Chesterfield Cigarettes are MILD and yet they satisfy. This is something totally new to cigarettes. It goes further than pleasing your taste satisfy does for your smoking whata juicy slice of not roast beef does-for. your appetite. Chesterfields satisfy they let you know you've been smoking. 'Give me a package of those CI CARET I H IS OS BUT CLOUD HAS VER LINING. SIL- Now That Deschutes Hun (.one Old Croud I'igui'CM It Can Pull Ke en 11 on Judge Springer mill Commissioner Bluiichard. (From Saturday's Dally Bulletin.) (Special to Tho Bulletin.) PIUNKVILLB, Dec. 10. Old Mother Prlunvlllo situ sadly beside tho Ochoeo softly Blnglng "Where Is my wandering boy tonight?" while sho mourns tho departuro of her second son who has set himself up In tho west on his own resources. Truly, there's n nibiisuro of pu- inoiic appeal in mo situation, u is hurd for a mother In ho linrnft ho completely. Whatever her faults of the past, tho fuel romnlns, In tho beautiful language ot tho modjrn poet, that "no matter how dark tho night sho Is still your mother." And now old Mother Crook's youngest offspring, Deschutes, has left hur. will In tu-n vnr mii aim was desortcd by llttlu Jefferson, al though she managed to catch and bring back young' Doschuten Just as no was muKing ills getawoy with Jorr. Every cloud has a sllvor lining, however, and somo folks over hero aro said to bo busy assessing the value to themselves of said lining. Not In coin of tho realm, mind you, but In possible political guln. Al so, It Is uvorred, tho foreslghtod sil ver liners aro getting ready to lino up somo little deals of Intorost. Any way, there's plenty of talk about IV, Just under tho surface, with now and then a bubblo coming up pub licly. There is to lm n rnonll dIi.i Thafu tho big Itom of local political uonrwrii. wow mat the troublesome west side has deprtrted this life, so far as meddling with cast sldo vot ing Is concerned, somo say It's go ing to bo pleasuntly easy for a cer- i?An. !'!a o'uwd'Vlo hundlo things. Which Ib whv salii n n i i,i.,.. lug to pork up, realizing tho pos sible udvantages of the lato lament ed division. Thq Wllllamaou-Urlnk-Coombs fru- tOrilltV firmi'l antliMol....,!.. ..I . Judge . Springer and Commission or J. F. Blauchard. In fact n,v llko 'em liiHt niimit ii... ....... .. . likes a healthy dog looking for trou- MIU. lleretnforn tlmr.. un .. i. ...... lllllllne a ntr.nll ..I,.., in., .. .... i..". ,.. honor and jhe commissioner, be cause the weat side vote would most probably have lined up tho wrong way. Now that complication Ik r. moved, poliycal prophets declare It can bo put oyer. Thoy say Hprlngor and Blanchard wnnl,i ., .... ...... . . : . . rivv junk auuui the same kind of an east side vote 1 V But they're MILD, too Chester fields arc! If you want this new cigarette delight (satisfy, yet mild) you've got to get Chesterfields, because ,no cigarette maker can copy the Chesterfield blend. This blend is an entirely new combina tion of tobaccos and the biggest discov- ery in cigarette oienaing in cQ2ftttJnyebJij&iQCoQx cigarettes that SATISFY'' as Ovorturt did, and Overturt lost "old" Crook county by somo 300 votes. While- It docsn'b appear that things hnvo been lined up definitely yet, thcro aro whispers that Collins Klklns would consent to becomo county Judgo If It woro forced upon him, and there Is even moro persist ent talk that Hugh I.akln of Beav er Creek would bo willing to run against Blnnchard. I.akln'H terri tory, it Is alleged, never got enough nioney spent on Its roads to bo worth mentioning, and Its obsorv aut electorate .Isn't In an especially happy tramo ot mind regarding tho present Incumbents. So old Mother Crook may bo llv onnd up with a nice sociable recall fight, which no doubt would Horvo to take hor mind off her other troubles. BEND SCHOOLS CLOSE Will Iteopen After HiiII(Iii,k on Second Buy of New Your. Bond schools closed their doom today for tho Christmas vacation, to reopen on tho morning of Janu ary 2, the occasion being marked by numerous programs, composed largely ot songs and recitations In which tho holiday spirit predomin ated. Monday tho Instructors aro sched uled to go to Prluovtlle, whore u 3 day teacher's Institute Is to bo hold, with examinations lusting through two days, following, A number of tho Bend educators will leuvo after ward, for tholr homes outside tho city, to spond tho romalndor of tho holidays. A doslrablo bread knife frco with overy annual subscription to The Bend Bulletin. HKAh ESTATE FIItB insurance: C. V. SILVIS BARGAINS IN IRRIGATED RANCHES AND CITY PROPERTY LOTS FOR HALE IN EVERY ADDITION IN BEND PROPERTY HANDLED FOR NON-RESIDENTS. TIMBER BOUGHT AND SOLD. OFFICE: OREGON STREET O'DONNELL UNION ONE CENT f - ir t su years. $35,000 DELIVERED ON RAILROAD BONDS Another step toward tho Stra horn YullroudH was taken today when 0. K, Keolor, of Koolor Bros., bond dealers, of Denver, nrrlvcd In Bond to place $35,000, tho purchase prlco ot tho bond Issuo authorized to sacuro terminals nnd right of wny, to tho credit of tho city, In tho First National Bunk. It Is under stood that work will ho started to aeeuro tho necessary terminal altos within a fow days. THANK YOU. Tho first Issuo of tho Bond Bulle tin ns,a dally newspaper has reached Salem. Tho paper Is published by Oeorgo Palmer Putnam and Iiiih been run as a wcokly heretofore Tho pa por has a rogular telegraphic nows service, Including mnrf roporta from Portland, nnd Its fi storiea aro well handled. It Is madn up nnd In appoaranco equal lie best of tho smaller dailies of th tato. Oregon Statesman, Salom. rti v mm Pasteurized Milk Olticii like it. None Kctpi bet. Id. Slei have doubled in p4 30 dtyi. CENTRAL OREGON FARMERS CREAMERY Phone Red 131 INVESTMENTS BROTHERS MARKET A WORD IS AULA LITTLE WANT AD WILL COST VOU. 7