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PAOB SIX T H E SPUINGEIKI I) NEWS Consolidation Is Not Favored I c h a rg e o f 81 15 fo r 30») c u b ic fe e t and TIHIHSDAY. U 'iH 'S T 22, 1929 M r and M rs I! a s h o rt v a o y llo n N e a rly a ll S p r in g fie ld i . ,>n In th e Cascade I fla t ra le w ith 75c m inim um and $3 00 in S p ringfield 83.15 m o u n tain s i'll y le ft th e la t t e r p u ri Ou w ater E ugene has a m inim um « season for irrig atio n o f la st w eek. < im cllng io v is it m an : o f th e ln l.e s *n th e n io u n ta in a M i.. EFFE C T OF TAXES C h a rh s M i i ' i i Is r u n n in g (lie N o v e lty ‘ C O M P A R IS O N O F T A X L E V IE S FUR A L L PURPOSES s to re In t h e ir absence T u rn rs on Trip II T u r n e r a re cu a n d canaping t r ip . H » r* From Blus R iv o r Bert Vln I c e n i. B lu e R iv e t re s id í n i, s tu u t M o n C ontinued from l'â g e 1 M M ale was g lv e n S iin d u y u l IR» day o il a b u siness ( r ip Io H p iin g flc h l lim ile by M ra M al l ’i ..'in a l III th a n a m ta n s o f c re a tin g It. For, N O T T F O F F IN A L H E A R IN G f u n c tb iii w e re Mr and M i- I m iii w ith o n t co m p lete u n d e rs ta n d in g and N o ille * h e re b y g iv e n H um Ih e M ule and M iss tir a c i* M ile . w h » is h arm o n y in th e firs t place, th e neces. i n n i ' i sig n e d . O ren ( ' (ta v ia . u d m lttls ber* r iu n ì P o rtla n d v is io n a w lih bei ir a lo r w ith Hie w ill m in »•'ll o f th e wary to te *x»uld no t be m u stered , p aren ls e sta ti* o f F a n n y E W ar**, deceased, even if a ll econom ic an d p ra ctical luu* file d b is f ilia l a c c o u n t in Hu* ! City Am ount A ssessed R ate in Miiis C o u n ty C o n ti o f I.am* C o n n o , I Ire C A L L FOR W A R R A N T S E IG H T H JRAO E E X A M IN A T IO N S consolidatio n . V aluation o f Levy A ctual Equallsotl gou. and llu il 81 p lcm b er 23rd. P U 9. 1 n lfo rm E ig h th G ra d i e x a n iln a Increase P opulation E ugene ............. S p rin g field . O regon, sf Ie n o 'c lo c k In Hi» fo re n o o n H ie re 814,467.899 00 6S.6 54.6 8846.372 00 lio n s w ill gc g \ <n in d is t r ic ts w h e re A u g u s t 22. 197« o f al Hu* c o u rt Ilo its e In Eugene, Figures fo r Eugene S p rin g field 1,302.791 00 86,000 60 71.5 66.7 p u p ils a re e n title d Io ta k e th e m and N o th '.* Is h e re b y g iv e n llu il S* li.n il L a n e l'o u n ly . O regon, lia s been fix e d T he m erg in g o f th e tw o c itie s u n TABLE 8 w h e re a p p llr a t b n f o r q u e s tio n s has P s ilic i N o 19. In S i l i m i t i c i I. la tin * ! by sa id c o u rt ns Hie f t , ne n in i p isce d e r the n a m e of E u g en e would in been m ade, m i T h u rs d a y and F r l d l i . C o u n t)', O re g o n , » II pay it th e of fo r b e a rin g said a* 1011 n I .m il s e llile •C O M PA R ISO N O F TAX L EV IES FOR CITY P U R P O S E S ONLY S e p te m h ir 5 « . 1929. a c c o rd in g io flee o f th e CP r k o f s t i l l i D l. t r jc t a ll m en t th e re o f, and fo r a n y o rd e r th a t c re a s e th e p o p u latio n o f E u g en e by s c h e d u le A lim ite d n u m b e r c m take w n r rs n ts to am t In c lu d in g No. 525 ! n u n be p ro n e i In Ih e p re m is e s lis le 1800 to ♦250 perso n s. T h is m ean s C ity A m ount R ate in Mills th e m a t my o ffic e , by le ttin g me I n lir e s t ceases a f t e r A u g u s t 22 o f f ir s t p u b lic a tio n A u g u s t 32nd. 1929 th a t th e 1930 cen su s w ould show of L evy A ctual Equalized know. 1929 (IR E N C D A V IS , \ ilin ln ls t r a t o r E ugene to h av e from 8 to 10 p er j E ugene E. J MOORE. Sutil W G, Hughes. 17.« 8246.(35.02 16 4 A L T A K IN G . A tto rn e y cen t m ore people th a n w ith o u t th e S p rin g field S-5 C lerk D istrict No 1« \ 22 29 S 5 13 19 28.50« 16 23.7 22 1 I 15c p er I m ite r * ad d itio n al cubic fool on D lith d s y D ln n e r G lv en A hli tib ia * d ililie r lio llo iln i Mi M consolidation. TABLE 9 On th e face of it, th is w ould seem •O regon V oter. May 11, 1929. d esirab le. T h e p re stig e o f a sisab le popakttton to ta l, even th o u g h puffed T he above ta b le s re v eal an a p p a re n t a d v an ta g e in fav o r of th e E ugene by th e a b so rp tio n of a n o th e r In c o r tax payer. T he tax ra te in m ills is low er fo r E ugene. p o rated tow n, d o u b tless would a ttra c t W hat th e ta b le s do not rev eal, how ever, a re th e d ifferen ces In assessed . fav o rab le a tte n tio n of th o se w ho did v alu atio n o f p ro p e rtie s in th e tw o co m m u n ities. A ccording to th e county no! ta k e th e pnins to in q u ire into all a ss e sso r's o ffice and o th e r so u rces, S p rin g field is assesed at a low er figure th e fac to rs re p re se n te d in th e c e n I th a n in E ugene. T h a t b ein g th e case, th e actu a l p re se n t tax b u rd en fo r the sus ftgure. S p rin g field tax p ay er ap p ro x im a te s th a t for th e citizen of E u g ene an d th e i Those p erso n s o r a g en cies who did c o n so lld aticn Wl>uld m ake llttle chan< „ d e te rm in e th a t th e ab so rb ed c ity of • • • SpringfieW w as a fac to r in th e new SUMMARY O F IN D E B T ED N E SS population fig u re for E ugene, m ight JU L Y 1, 1928 m inim ize E u g en e's p h en o m in al n a t u - ; (R e p o rt of State T re a s u re r) n al g ro w th o f th e p a st ten y ears, and i over-eatium te th e p art played b y th e EU G EN E m erger. Bonds Issued 1:1.522.871 24 P ossibility of More P restig e W ith out C om bined P opulation F ig u res. B onds O u tsta n d in g $3.386,755.90 P opulation fig u res in th em selv es W a rra n ts O u tsta n d in g 254.842.83 do n o t g ive a com m unity p restig e. W h ile m ore n u m b ers as re p re se n te d TO TA L D EB T 83.641.598.73 on th e cen su s roll a re prim a facia L ess: S in k in g Fund 666.371 65 ev id en ce of c e rta in p a ra lle l b u sin ess and com m un ity co n d itio n s In th e city , N E T D EBT 82.915.227 08 th e y a re not co n clu siv e proof. S P R IN G F IE L D F o r exam p le, E u g en e's re ta il and w h o lesale volum e h as been o u t of all B onds Issued 8221.931.5« p ro p o rtio n to Its site . In s te a d of be ing bound by th e e x te n t o f its city B onds O u tsta n d in g ‘ 185.931 56 lim its, its tra d e h a s been d eterm in ed ! W a rra n ts O u tstan d in g 12,694 77 by th e size an d p o p ulation of its * .large tra d in g are a . E u g en e m e r TO TA L D EB T ... 8198.626 33 c h a n ts a re re c e iv in g p ra c tic a lly all L ess: S in k in g F unds 17.035.00 o f th e re ta il b u sin ess of S p rin g field citizen s, w ith th e p ossible ex ception N E T D EB T $181.591,33 o f g ro ceries, m eats. co n fectio n s, drug*, som e fu rn itu re and h ard w are, TA B LE 10 and a few o th e r lines T h is is due T h is tab le re v eals th e co m p arativ e n e t in d eb ted n ess of th e tw o c itie s a* to an econom ic co n d itio n purely, ex- of Ju ly 1, 1828. T he fig u res w ere ta k e n from those com piled by th e S la te ls ti r g in sp ite of city b o u n d aries. T re a s u re r fo r each in c o rp o rated city of th e s ta te . In o th e r w ords. E ugene w ith its I P e r c a p ita fig u res a r e n o t show n b ecau se of th e d ifficu lty of acc u ra te ly p re s e n t city lim its and p opulation is ' e stim a tin g th e p re se n t p o p u latio n s of th e tw o cities. g e ttin g th e re ta il b u sin ess of th e citl- i • • • zen« of S p rin g field fo r n a tu ra l eco SC H O O L S Y S T E M S A N D COSTS nom ic reaso n s. E ugene, th en , enjoys RATIO O F N E T SCHO OL D EBT TO A S S E S S E D V ALUATION PE R n re ta il volum e ou t of p ro p o rtio n to S T U D E N T IN AVERAGE DAILY A TTEN D A N C E its a tu al populationn n b ecau se of th e p ro x im ity of a n eig h b o rin g tow n. T he physical m erg in g of th e tw o cities would not be lik ely to in c re a se the re ta il b u sin ess done. It would seem th a t th e re would he m ore p restig e in h r.v irg g en eral b u sin ess and re ta il cond:rions a c tu a lly b e tte r th a t th e population seem s to w a rra n t, in stead of ten d in g to w ard a n o rd in a ry per- capita volum e, a s would be th e case u n d er th e new pop"! t k n fig u res re- su itin g from th e m erger. E x tn s io n of Eugene's Municipal W ater and Light System to Sprirgfi Id. a— ° j - j « — — oo es a _; « o 2 e Z = t 3 s T -X X îc tr f « s -> X X X — * g ¿ X a X — X * 0B O ¿5*2 » Î t < > r. Z z à < SB « < a. (E u g en e) 814,749.339.00 8562,444.24 3420 84312.68 151 46 3.81% ’ (S p rin g field . 1,598,878.00 98,666 95 724 2208.39 122 47 5.5814 T A B L E 11 T h is ta b le re v e a ls th a t th e a ssessed v alu atio n p er school child in av e ra g e Haily ate n d a n c e in E ugene is n e a rly tw ice th a t for S pringfield. T he net debt p er stu d e n t is 40% g re a te r in E u g en e th a n S p rin g field , y et th e p ercen t d ebt to a ssessed value la leas. T h e te r rito ry co n tain ed in d is tric ts 4 and 19 a re slig h tly g re a te r th a n th e c o rp o ra te lim its in each case.. r. August Sale Continues Reductions Ranging frem 1 5 / to 5 0 / (Contract Lines Excepted) Green and tan Fibre 3 _ ■3 » OOWËRS oo A value th a t Invites com parison com fort. for qiiallty, slyh . and Offered in green and lan, enam el finish, black ami orange trim m ed heavy cretonne. Auto i "i. f cushion:; covered with G -o u p 3 PIECES $39.75 SCHOOL TA X E S T he propose*' m erg er, if follow ed to .AM OUNT O F LEVY, AND RATE IN MILLS, 1928 TAX LEVY its logical conclusion woul : m ean the (S pring. 1920) e x ten sio n of E u g en e's m u nicipal w a te r en d lig h t sy stem to se rv e th e D istrict A ssessed Val. A m ount of Levy K ate in M ills No. 4 (E u g en e) re s id e n ts of S pringfield. 814.749,339.00 8200.591.01 13.« A* E u g en e's m unicipal sy stem is No. 19 (S p rin g field ) ....... 1,598,878.00 32.777.00 20.5 a h k to produce e le c tric ity an d fu r •C o u n ty A ssesso r. n ish w a te r a t ra te s below an y city T A B L E 12 on th e P acific C oast, w ith th e ex ception of T aco m a, it would seem SCHOOL TA X E S th a : th e ex ten sio n of such low ra te s •TAX R A TE IN M ILLS AND TAX P E R C EN SU S Pl-'PII*—C IT IE S O F would b en efit th e citizen s o f Spring- E U G E N E AND S P R IN G F IE L D field. I t is realized, of co u rse, th a t th e re 1928 TAX LEVY— (S p rin g 1929) a r e te ch n ical and legal d ifficu lties ; to overcom e. T h e re is th e m a tte r of : T ax R ate in M ills No. of T ax p#»r “ th e e x istin g fra n c h ise w hich h a s som e j C ity A ctual E qualized C en su s p upils C ensus pupil I y e a rs yet to run. T h e re Is th e m a tte r E ugene 20.72 19.33 4591 866.57 o f th e condem n atio n an d p u rch ase of S p ringfield 27.62 25.71 731 56.55 th e u tility ’s p ro p erty by th e E ugene •O regon V oter, May 18, 1920 W a te r Board. 3 Piece Bedroom Set Bed, Dressei, Chiffonier T his set, finished in Ivory, Includes full size bed with continuous 2-inch tube fram e and half-inch fillers. T hree SPECIAL d raw er dresser with a 16x24-ln«h plate m irror and four- d raw er chiffonier to m atch. T h ere Is o ne v ery serio u s objection T ab le 12 show s th e tax lev ies t o h as ab o u t 655 houses. T h e p e rc e n t to th e plan, assu m in g th a t th e above g e th e r w ith th e r a te In m ills fo r dls- ag e of hom e o w n ersh ip a p p ro x im ates te c h n ic a llti.-s can be overcom e. T ran s. ’ t r icts No * and Xo 19 Thfe pllrpoge 63%, in c o n tra s t to about 46% for fe rrin g of th e p resen t u tility p ro p erty j of T ab Ie 13 gli)?hUy d | if e re n t. It E ugene. from p riv a te to public o w n ersh ip wag p rep ared by th e O regon V oted, m ean s rem ovin g it from th e tax rolls, to g e th e r with ta b le s fo r ev erv city in N O T IC E FO R SALE OF REAL F o r 1928, th e M ountain S ta te s Com- th te sta tP j and re v e a ls th e tax co st PROPERTY p an y port 822,710.91 on its Spring- [H, r cengug p u p || fo r th e tw o c itie s In . . N o tice Is H ereb y G iven: T h a t by field p ro p erty T he to tal tax levy for ,)UeHtlon , t w|11 be noted th a t S p rin g field ap p ro x im ated $86,000. S p r, n g f| e |d .a p r e < e n su s pupil c o st is d a te Ju ly 13, 19«9, in th te ma’tte ro f T h is com pany, th en , paid 26.4% of th e a p p ro x im ately 810.00 less th a n th e ’he g u a rd ia n sh ip o f Ju lian F. M iller. total levy for the city. , (:ogt for Eugene a m inor, th e u n d ersig n ed , th e d u ly i ap p o in ted , qualified and a c tin g O f course, som e of th is p ro p erty Is , HOUSING g u a rd ia n o f said m inor and th e e s ta te p a rt of th e co m p an y 's In terco n n ectio n EU G E N E — HOUSING of said m inor, will, on and a fte r th e syst«m and m ig h t n o t be tra n s fe rre d (L ane In d u s tria l S u rv ey ) 23rd d ay of S ep tem b er, 1929, offof to th e E ugene B oard, but th e m ajo r An e stim a te based upon th e 1920 at p riv ate sale for cash , or p a rt would be and would rem o v e o v er I cen su s and re sid e n c e build in g per- b |d d ,C?J,h| n8n 7 * l **e h ig h e s t 820.000 in ta x p a y m en ts from th e ro lls. m ltg glncf> ch eck ed by nun)b<lf £ t h e % h t t G e"an, T n"tei' T h e re t* se rio u s d o u b t th a t th e r e - ; of reglden(;e w a te r co n n ectio n s, In- est of saM m in o r in and to th e re a f d u ctlo n in e le c tric ity and w a te r ra te s d lc a te s th a t E u g en e had 4481 hom es p ro p erty th ereo f, b eing an undivided would offset th is m a te ria l ta x loss. jn j a n u a ry 1928 'o n e -h a lf In te re s t th erein , to-w lt: E le c tric P ow er an d W ate r. j 192(, rcP nta of hom e Dot No. Tw enty-thr.*,' (23, in T he c o st o f 50 K W H In E u g en e fo r o w n erg h ip wag 46 2% |t Block No. T h irty -th re e (33, in .h e A m e n d e d P la t of F airm o n t, now a E P^ ’ng J " ,2 6° a ".rt in 8 p rin g f,e ’'! P robable th a t th e p ercen t« « .' Is now p art of th e C ity of Eugene, In L ane $4.00 (Ed. n o te— T h e av e ra g e used i slig h tly lower, no m ore re liab le es- C ounty, Oregon, in S p rin g field Is about 20 K W H p e r llm atfi n()w a v a „ ab le T b e a p p l). T h a t said sale will tak e place at m o th . T his c o sts $1.60 w hile catio n of th a t p e rc e n ta g e to th e num- th e law office o f Alta King. In the would he 8140 in E ugene. T h e long j b p r hom(?R( ln(11(.a „ .g th a t th e re C o u rt H ouse, E ugene, Lan** C ounty, O regon. com p.leafed ta b le s In th e o rig in a l re- w ere 2070 hom es ow ned by o c c u p an ts T h is notice Is p ublished In th e p o ri a re not re p rin te d h e re ). , Ja n u a ry 192g S p rin g field N ews, first p u h lh a tlo n T he co o k in g ra te Is 82.50 m inim um , b eing A ug u st 22nd, 1929 S P R IN G F IE L D — HOUSING b o th in E u g en e and S p rin g field w ith j ALICE McC. M ILLER, A com parison of sev eral re lia b le G u ard ian of th< person and e s ta te 50 K W H In Eugene costing 82.60 and ' e s tim a te s in d icates th a t S p rin g field of Ju lia n F. M iller, a m inor. Birchfield Davenports Was Priced at $150 T his new davenport is finished in plain m ohair and has full pleated arm lacing, fine leg base, and sha|>ed bottom h o ard with set-in-legs. It also lias the popular reversible cushions. Pay as You Earn $36.95 $119.50 POW ERS Furniture Company Eleventh and Willamette Eugene Easy Terms