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
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TAX
L
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FOR
CITY
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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
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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
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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.
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(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
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■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