DIE ITO a semicolon 1, 1904, uo exemptions were allow
OUSEHOLÜ
OOODS
EXEMP1
FROM TAXATION.
of
L«|l»l«tor» Io Chssge lieadlst
•»sure to Specif» Articles Tbst
Seed Not be levied on.
tax exemption law, which
effective March 1 of this
Avvili be the source of consid
erably ti.-ubie to Assessors, because
of th« unsatisfi etory interpretation
that Bust l>e placed upon it. Ac-
conilig to general understanding,
^gemption from taxation is
to property of a total value
), but when Assessors read
by which they are govern-
v find that nosuch limitation
L says the Oregonian.
■ household goods, whether
at $300 or $3000, are ex-
Tfrom taxation, if the language
act of the special session of
s to be followed, and there
to he no room for an inter
ion of the law different from
ain reading.
tibie with the exemption law
hegan n 1903, when the regular
■esaion of that year passed an act
■tri king out the provision for a $300
exemption on the personal property
of all householders. That act was
paMeil inadvertently, for very few
members of the legislature knew
the real effect of the measure.
Wlc n the legislature was called
togdh r in December, 1903, to rec-
tify^he errors in the general assess-
and taxation law, an attempt
lade to reinstate the $300 ex
ion clause, though in some-
different language. The re-
f the legislative action was the
ige of a bill amending section
of the code so that subdivi-
8 reads as follows, specifying
fin property exempt from taxa-
ed on the assessment of 1904 and
the act » ecomes effective upon the
assessment made for March 1, 1905
County Assessor Fred Rice, of
Marion county, has been studying
over the language of the exemption
law and has concluded to allow
only $300 exemption on personal
property, though he will probably
seek advice from the Attorney-Gen
eral before making up hie assess
ment roll. He will list property
claimed as exempt in such a way
that he can later allow all house
hold property as exempt or make
the $300 limitation, according to
the decision of the Attoney-Genera)
or the courts.
Packlog
House cao 5« Secured
ation.
placing of the semicolon A WONDERFUL INVENTION
“utensils” sets off that
of the enumeration so I
It is interesting to note that for
that it appears that all household tunes are frequently made by the
goods, furniture and utensils are invention of articles of minor im
exempt, regardless of value. The
portance. Many of the more pop
placing of the comma before the
ular device« are those designed to
conjunction “and,” after “swine,”
benefit people and meet popular
■ets oil the three classes of proper
conditions, and one of the most in
ty there named, so that the remain-
teresting of these thathas ever been
ma.ning articles mentioned are ap
1 invented is thd Dr. White Electric
parently the only ones to which the
Comb, patented Jan. 1, ’99 These
Mill limitation applies.
wonderful Combs positively cure
■The last clause of the paragraph
dandruff, hair foiling out, sick and
containing the proviso seems to in-
nervous headaches, and when used
■ii intention that the total exemp
with Dr. White’» Electric Hair
tion should be limited to $300, but
Brush are positively guaranteed
■uch an iuferance is not necessary
to make straight hair curly in 25
frem the language used. The pro- j
days time. Thousands of these
vieo is that if the value of exempt ,
electric combs have been sold in
articles selected is less than $300
the various cities of the Union, and
th- owners exemption shall lie lim- the demand is constantly increas
Ked to such valuation.
ing. Our agents are rapidly be
| The law as it existed prior to. coming rich selling these combs.
■903 was that “the personal proper They positively sell on sight. Send
ly of every householder, to the am- for sample. Men’s size 35c, ladies’
bunt of $300 the articles to be select I 50c — (half price.while we are in-
ed by such householder, shall be trocucing them.) The Dr. White
exempt from taxation.” This ex The Dr. White Electric Comb Co.,
emption was applied to money, ■ Decatur, Ill.
merchandise, etc, and in some
counties the Assessors credited
Sewing Machine« at factory price
$300 upon the assessment of every with freight added. The White,
p’o;*rty owner, so that in many in Blue Diamond and the X assar, all
stances the exemption wasin reality carrying a full guarantee.—at the
allowed upon real property. It wa« Burns Furniture Company etore.
to correct this evil that an attempt
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was made to specify the articles
WANTED
— Agent«, Hustler«.
which shall be exempt to amount
Salesmen,
Clerks
and everyl>ody I
of 1300. It is understood that some
who
want»
to
enjoy
a good hearty
of the A«-eesors take the view that
the intention was to limit the ex- | laugh to send 5«)c for “Tip® lol
emption to $300 and that the punc Agents.” Worth $50 to any per-1
tuation marks were improperly goo who sells goods for a living
If not satisfactory your money i
placed.
hack.
Circular for stamp. The
The work of making assessments
ha« scarcely begun, and the ques Dr. White electric Comb Co., Deca
tion ha« not been raised as to the tur, III.
extent ti which the $31)0 limitation
applies, but it i« expected the ad yi,i- is the tin..... f year to -A
vice of the Attorney-General will for winter comf rts. so call at th-
soon I*1 a«ked. Because the act of Burns Fumitnr» Cn’s store and
the »p cial session of I9l)3 did not leave your order for a couch of any I
become effective until after March pattern or »trie
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1 am prepared to furnish my customers with the usual
high class goods and invite the public to call when desiring
i
ANYTHING lit MY LINE.
I ii
I Guarantee the Goods and Prices
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Solid (iohl Watches, Fancy Clocks, Jewelry of all kinds.
Silverware, Ebonyware, Cut Glass. Handpainted China at
Cost, Take a peep at my windows.
Io Baker.
The Democrat save: Members
of the Development League and
local packing house experts nre still
enthusiastic over the prospect of the
establishment in Baker Citv in the
near future of a packing house. In
fact there is already quite a pack
ing house here and there is local
capital sufficient to put it in first-
class condition providing the
ranchers will turnish enough hogs
to keep it busy. This seems to be
the only thing in the way from the
packer’s standpoint, as it is an easy
matter to prepare on the ranch suf
ficient cattle for packing fresh beef
for shipment to this entire territory
instead of shipping the cattle east.
It is the beg product for which
there is a large demand and a small
supply of raw material. Those
who have studied the situation be
sides the practical packer are con
vinced that if the packing house
starts up even on a very small scale
and takes all the hogs of this dis
trict and puts up some beef on the
side, the ranchers and farmers as
soon as they learn they have a
hen.e market where they can sell
their hogs at all times at top prices
will more generally go into the
breeding of hogs, especially since it
Wt»<» following property, if owned has been discovered that there are
by a householder and in actual classes of alfalfa and other feeds
uaa, or kept for use, by and for his which make as good hog meat as
or her family; household goods, j grain. It is believed that a revolu
furniture and utensils; two cows, tion is at band on these lines in the
ton bli't j five swine, and the tools, immediate future.
impl riients, apparatus, team, vehi-
clo. harness or library necessary to
That branch of medical ethics
eiwbb- .-my person to carry on his that relates to publicity consists in
trad' occupation or profession by ■each fellow getting all the free ad-
whirl. si ch person earns his or her ' vertising he possibly can obtain and
liying to the amount of $300, the still avoid trouble with ‘‘the soci
articles to he selected by such ety”; in keeping vigilant watch on
bourn holders; provided, however, all the other fellows to see that they
that when the assessed valuation i are properly disciplined if they
of the personal property above enu break into print too often, and in
merated shall amount to less than ayoiiling as the plague or other pes-
$30'i. then only such amount as the i tilence paying for any advertising
total of such property herein enu of any sort. Great is ethics as it is
merated shall be exempt from tax l known to the doctors!—Telegram.
after
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GEER & CUMMINS.
WE LEAD IN
S M. L. LEWIS$
FIRE INSURANCE.
and
... Represents the....
STOCK
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Liverpool, London Ä Globe,
Fire Assurance Co., Philadelphia.
Itu- na, Oregon.
OFFICE WITH HUMS & BIOUS.
Corner South of Lunaburg S Dalton's.
Hermann is Again Indidled.
The federal grand jury of the
district of Columbia has indicted
Congressman Binger Herman, of
Oregon, on information alleging
that he destroyed by burning,
thirty-five letter press copybooks
containing some of the records of
the oflice of commissioner of the
general land oflice which Hermann
held in 1903
The indictment charges that
Hermann did “unlawfully and
fradulently destroy the said 35 let
ter press copybooks and the con
tents of the said copybooks with
the intent to impair their useful
ness and to prejudice the due and
proper administration of lh<- busi
ness of the general laud office, con
trary to the form of the statute in
such eases made and provided, and
against the peace of the govern
ment.”
Immediately after the indict
ment was returned Hermann's at-1
torney appeared and on behalf of I
his client waived the exemption
due a member of congress and ask
ed ttiat his hail be fixed at
K.1,
which was agreed to
As he was leaving the city hall
Hermann made the following state
ment to a representative of the
Associated Press:
“This is the old story. For.
more than two years these charges
have been paraded in the public
press. During all this time I have
been ready to meet them and stand |
ready to meet them in this case, i
They are absolutely untrue and
without foundation.”
GUCCEtSORSlTO TUPKER a Wil SON
Wagon Work.
ALL WORK GUAR
ANTEED.
Burns, Oregon
< Intarlo office :
Harney County Hospital
THE CARTER HOUSE
AITERICAN PLAN
I’ati Tits receive every attention when placed
under our care. G < >tl comfortabl • r« onts.
ONTARIO, OREGON.
Elegant
Fire-Proof, Modern,
Surgical and medi al cases.',Terms reasonable
Rates $2.00 and $2 50 per day.
Pleasant Quarters provided for
Obstetrical Cases.
All Outside Rooms— Near Depot
This modern new hotel was only recently opened to the
public. Harney County people will be always welcome
and courteously cared for. A first-class bar in connection.
experienced
nursbs
in
attendance
( has. E. Mc.Phfcctcrs, Prop!.
L t V RY BARN IN CONNECTION
Burns, Oreg«».
THE HOTEL BURNS BAR
URNS MILLING CO.
5AM BRILEY, proprietor,
HORTON'& SAYER,'Propts.
CLUB ROOMS IN CONNECTION
EVERYTHING il 5T-CLRSS
Courteous aod 0M14104 Mixologists.
Rough and Dressed Lumber,
Rustic, Flooring, Moulding,
Finishing Lumber.
$
£
Nearest Sawmill to Burns. Good Road.
Lumber Yard in Burns.
lie White Front Livery Stable
•*I And TIHfoM’i B!aHr-Dr<n<ht
airnod modidno for H er <! «MMM.
It cored my < n after he ha • gp- nt
1100 with doctors It i« all ti e med
icine I take”—Mil 4 < A < »LINE
MARTIN, Parkerwhur», W Ya
If your liver doe» not act reg
ularly gn to vour druggi-t and
«ecure a park.w of Thedf.ird',
Black T>raught and take a do«,
tonight
Thi« great family
medicine fre^n the constipated
boweli. wtin n] ip th'- torpid liver
secretion
and cause« a healthy
i
of bile.
Thedford > Flack - 1 Draught
will clean*? th» uoweb
“ of im
:_i-
puritiei and rtr 5 jthe« the kid
nevi. A tnrp. liver invite,
cofdi, Liliouines chill« and
fever and all rr. r.er of «ick-
Weak kid
neat and cnnta<jo.
ney, result in Bright'« di»a«e
which clanus ae many victim»
•• i»nt
as ronsurp' :-*n.
A
nackaff’ of Thedfi rd’w
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Praugtit should a * .ys
in the hooee.
DLACri
DRAUGHT
Mines and Mining
RealjEstate.
fine Wines. Liquors and Ciqats
Rqppts for dryland Club WbiskU-
LIVER
TROUBLES
THEDF»
Blacksmithing and
Horseshoeing.
Napton .&. Boyd
Alfalfa at Geer
"I «**4 Tbr
Draught for liter
DiBiQtd »r 4 fi .
k’-wni 1 a ji
Mehetd. Hi.
WILSON & ASHTON,
H ouston N apton .
THE
LEWIS & McGEE, Propts.
New and Elegant Livery Turnouts Complete.
URNS HOTEL
H. E. THOMPSON, Propt.
Fresh Teams
Reasonable Rates, Good Clean Meals, Comfortable
Rooms, Courteous Treatment.
Horses boarded by the day, week or
month. Special care given all stock
Accommodations
Traveling Men.
( Special accommodations for Commercial Men Special
Cor. First and B Sts., Burns. Oregon.
for
the
FIRST CLASS IN EVERY PARTICULAR
Your Patrona e Solicited,
JOHN McfWLLEN,
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All the latrst »tyle» and improved photography In
use to be had Profile Pane!*, Artist*» Proof and
Poacelain pr<H»a». Photo« tinnhrd in up-to-date
»tyie upon application All «izr« from the «inallest
> ..ket picture up to an 8 x 10 finished in Aristo
Platino or on any of the Americ an paper«
<i«ll«r> opp*<liei First bltlnr»! Bank
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Msnufa- lurrr. »nd dealer« in
SADDLES and HARNESS.
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Bridles, Spurs, Whips, Rohes: Ropes, I tc.
If your stock are ailing in any way come and get «■ rwne
Security Stock Kemedie,; Gall cure, linim<-nl», hli«t lern.
etc. Aho poultry (oo<l.
Address, Burn-. Orrgoti.
Oregon. <
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