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money in advertising the resources of their r»ntpec-
tive localities, for the j>iri»>se of inducing capital
and homeseekers to locate. Tell the capatilal at tnat
one half the earning power of his money will be
r.-quired fur taxes and he will, in nil probability,
took for a location elarw .ere. *-ll the i um« -eelcer
that ten p*-r cent. 01 the earnings of the farm in
t ntere-l al thr p««t<>ttice at tkio, Ortg->n, •• arruml « Is» requir-d to support the Hchuuls, county and state
■tail matter.
governments, and the beauties of Oregon will, at
once, commence to fade
»•t lu l»m II I VHtY IHII'AV BY
1 < 14 burdensome tax cond.tion exists and the
outlook is that it will grow worse be«ore it grows
T. i., i> r <;<i Ei<
•»etter, if it ever does. We corn* back to the
>r>n«*M ami » I’MorniKHiw,
question of the hegi ning of tins article, Wi at are
we or w hat can we do about it? Tor NEWS m free
Ml'ItiHi («ll'FlON HATKHi
to say that it don’t know*.
(Bv M. A. M'lxtcs)
Following m a »ummary uf < mm - of the
moet important bill«
by th«- late
leg<»laturv affecting the public tchuol*
of (hr« gun.
H oum ult 77 pro»ble» that rat h tfia-
tnct in thr »late mu»t maintain at k-a»t
t> month'» uf »chuul rach year.
The count* court uf rach countv i»
required to levy a tax that will »ggTe
ga'e not i«o than *7 for rach chitó I-
the county U« tweer. the agtr» of i -'id
year».
If the 17 levy <)ne« not give the di—
trtet an amount »uflicient to carry on »
•ix month»' »choul, then it i» thr duty
of »uch district to levy a tax not to ex
I crcd 5 nuil», or ■» much thereof a* may
li
fine vear i. a I.at. ••
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fine year, at e>»l ol »rar .........................................
t>e neevasary to maintain a MX month»'
One year, at ri«l >>l'.* v< ar«...........................
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hool; provided, any school district
77/£ LEGISLA TULE AS I) THE SOR MATS.
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< Ina year. at end <>f 3 year*.... . ......... .. ......... ...
fails to make such a levy then it »hall
HIx months in a«l«ai>rr ................ ...........................
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Three montha in adtatwe......................................
overnor henson
•« • d .1 proclama the levy upon the taxable property tn
Hitigle copy In wrap|«er..............................................
tion convening tne Oregon I- <islature in •aid »cbo«4 diatrtet.
AltVKK THING HATKN i
The la» further provi.ie» that in ca»«
special session, on Monday March 15. The
Cani >d thank« . .............................. ................. . ......................... 8
•all is made, ostensibly, to correct some of the
the $'« capita and the & mill levy fail tc
Special oldtuar* notice», per line ., .................................... 07
produce »utheient furnia to carry on «.
Extended wwlding comment», twr line................................... <K mistakes made at the regular session.
six months' school, then it become* th«
Of
t. al »«Ivertuiltg, I*’ line |*r Imue
Governor Benson has the in-p i«-<i promise of a duty of thr county court to supply tl«
|>i«plav a.|«. 'i « hang«*« per
ir.nlb, one colniiili ni.lr
10 majority of the members that no new It; isiation deficirncy from the general fund* ut
|<er inch
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Pr«it«-osi>>n»l cani», I *» Inchm. i*r month
.. .... 1 o will be undertaken at the apt-cialsession. But will the county.
|«>ng
w time contrail« for a-lwrtiainc madron
N. application,
If any «liatrict fail» to report U» th«
or can tin- rix-ml» r- n ai - t^. . . •
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¡county »uv-rintcruh-nl within 15 day«
Tne normal schools will bring every ¡si-tsihle in after ita annual »chuoi meeting or doe»
fluence to bear, to reopen the entire normal school not ri.ait.tain at leaat six month» ul
THE MATTER OF TAXES.
question. The friends of the normals say that the •choul during the year it «hall not 1«
! ent.th-d tu ita pro|>urtiun of the »clKro.
O USE A CANT EXPRESSION, taxes are legislature has dealt neither fairly nor justly in ; fund.
refusing to appropriate money, at b .1 t. sutfi lent
getting to be aomethi ’g “fierce” in th--8e
Thu u one of the m<j»t important and
to pay the salaries of the teachers to the end of
days and with every indication that they will
far resching bil«a ever muclctl by ai
the present year le-l us ■*••• waether or nut the Oregon legulei ure. so far at rural
continue to grow “fl »reer”.
legislature
was justified in the nontaking of action •choul» are t'oncerned. Following U
Not more than ten or twelve years ago the legis
in
the
matter.
pn>uf of the foregoing.
lature. for the first time, crossed the million mark
The board of normal school r-gents knew full
Month» '
with its biennial appropriations bill. The late leg
well when it made contracts w ith tin e teuehers.
COt-NTIKS.
District». School.
islature succeeded in appropriating just ahaut four
4
that the tenure of the normal school«
I upm a linker county................... ..io
times that amount. The question that agitates the
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very frail basis, and that the legislature would, as Benton county............
nindf of moat taxpayers ia,' Wiiat are we or wh it
Crook county ................ .3)
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it did, thresh out the entire norm d qnestion at t le Douglas county ..............
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can we <|o ahout it?
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If the present increase of the nite of taxation session just lately el ated. Hence, contracts should Gilliam county............
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maintains, in another ten years, the entire income! (have been made contingent upon the action of t-e Jackson county ............ ..1»
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legislature, w ith these teachers. The board knew Lincoln county.
from property will lie required to pay the taxes
Malheur
county
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full well that then* was a strong and growing
levied ui»n it.
Morrow county
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sentime"t throughout the siate against the normals L instills county ............ . 12
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The late legislature provided for n tax commis
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sion. The probable n-stilt of the labor« of this and that a legislature hostile to th«- normals might WnM-u county ........ .... 10
be
elected.
It
had
no
right
nor
authority
to
compro-
iutrie county
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commission will be. a further increase. In fact, I
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4 pie • ffirine the stat-» in any way w fiatevt-r. i'h«-iM-ani s Lum county.............
one of the ra in. ■< if the incn-.ise of taxation is I
In other «-onia we have a<> mr th h g
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to
contract
to
pay
the
stab
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money
numerous commissions that have b«-en <
like
«iutneta in the alate whi< !■
upon our govermental system. We have increas* d | could not. from the very nature of the cause, ex have only 4 n»i:th»’ school. 210 dutricta
our public officials. lx>th in numbers and in salary, tend beyond the period for w iiich the amount of with fi Month» and ♦ districts with t>
until this feature of our govermental system is be money at its dis|si>al woo d cuv. r. The state’.« moi.ttia. — l^ebanon Express.
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coming burdensome. The cost of our state gov honor was not nor could not lx- involved in the
I ULLA I ION V) MLIIINO
ernment, to say nothing about the countv, city mutter; for no legislature of the past had tne|»iw«-r
to
sav
what
a
suce«-«siinii
legislature
would
or
and school dis net, ¡«over four doll’rs per capita
Th«- educational meeting to be held in
for every man, woman and child in Oregon. When should do in the matter of appropriating money for this city, on Saturday, under thr bus -
' piers of Banner Grange, and to be man
we add to tnis the county, city and scLml district special purposes.
Many
of
us
remember
how
ins*diom«ly
these
nor
aged by Supt. Jackson, will open at the
tax. the per capita would lie ten dollars or over.
putilic school hall on Saturday morning
mal
sclxsils
have
been
engrafted
ui*m
the
stat«-;
The fact of the business ia, our governmental
promptly at 10 a' m. Everybody and
how
they,
al
first,
only
asked
that
those
schools
system must undergo tt svaso'i of retrenchment, |
hi» family is roniiaily invited to lie
But where to la-gin, or «'here to retrench ia the should be recognized by the state and that diplomas present and to bring a well Ailed lunch
problem. It ia a very easy matter to increase issued by them should Is- r« cogmz «1 as being basket. The committer to »uperintend
salaries and create new offices; but most difficult equivalent to a state certificate, in the matter of the prrparaUon of the lunch will »«•«•
t» reduce a salary or disjiense with an officer. We authority to teach in the public schools; how tl.at that coffee, sugar. cream, »inuii» and
duhes are supplied. The following is
know this, in that the last several legislatures i the normal school lobby has been on hand, at every the publishrl;
session
of
the
legislature
since
that
time,
ready
have tried to reduce or decrease the very large
prooram
amounts of money which is paid to the state print and willing to debauch the legislature if necessary,
Muaic.
Scio
Band. Opening Son»-.
in order to secure the appropriat ons th<-v wantod,
er. But every attempt has resulted in failure.
Member» of th«- Grange. Song» and
Then our late legislature was most generous in etc. When we remember th« se I timilmling fads Dvclaivat on«. By pupil» of the Public
the creation of now offices and the iner -ase of the and hear, at the same time, the friends of these Schoo!». •'Comic Selection”, Prof. C.
■algrie* of old off. ’era. It forced additional Icircuit institutions talk about the stat.-’a honor being im M. KendaiL -‘The County High
School”, Prof. L. R, Alderman of the
judirea upon districts which neither needed nor pugned, one can only lauyh at the impudence
State t’tiiveraity. Muaic, Sc<o Band.
wanted them, and anv official could have his salary which they manifest.
As normal schools, in the true s<-nse of the terrr, Aiklrra». State Suot. J. H. Ackerman.
increased, if he would only hang out for and leg
• Select Rra.!ing'*,
Prof. Kendall.
the institutions at Ashland, Weston. Monmouth "Purpose ami Work of the Grange”, V)
for it
If Oregon is ever again placed upon a mixleratelv and Drain, are failures. Tncir graduates, to say Hon J. J. Johnson, Lecturer of the
healthful basis of taxation, it will require heroic the least, are no better than th«* normal graduates Slate Grange. “Recent School la-go-
lation”,
Senator M. A. Mille .
work on the part of our legislature. The state will from private colleges and acadamies. Nor does 26 ”.Mi»i-ellaneuu» Period", General IS.-
have to quit free colleees; quit building rail and per cent of tneir graduates take up teaching as a cuaaion.
automobile roads: lop off numerous perfunctory lifework. These are facts which the history of the
I.ITK*ARY W ork -Declamation, (a)
Price for best declamation by pupil«
commissions; romp«*! men who have pro|M-rty to past w ill verify.
maintain their crazey relations who are confined! Therefore, if the state ha« mad«- a mistake in its aliove the Sth grade. SI.Ml; (b) Prue
in the asylum for the insane and l>ad boys who are normal school endeavor, our lute legislature did a for tieat declamation by pnpil» below Sth
graile |1.(X>. Sotws, (a) Price for be»t
enforced guests of the reform school, and their rel heroic act in refusing to spend the state’s money claaa »ong. U. S. flagfhxS ft); (b) Price
for
what
everybody
now
knows
is
a
mistake,
It
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atives in the blind and mute schools, etc. The
for l>e»t solo, U. S. flag(8x5 ft). Maps
habit of the citizen of shifting his burdens upon now pro|*oscd to submit the whole matter to tre (a) Beat rnap of the U, S, by pupils
the state ought to cease. Then, aa a matter of people at the next general election. This is tl • above the Sth grade. Si.60; (b) Best
fact, we arc |>aying our county anil state officers correct methial of dis|s'sing of the qu< suon. Oi.r map of Oregon by pupils below the Sth
grade, SLOT
too great salaries When an iffiee is s«> tempting present normal schtx»l method will I m .- sat upon so
R a SKKT D innkr —A’l patron» of the
that a half-dozen men will strive fur the nominat emphatically when the people get a whack at it, Public Schools, Grangers and Friemisof
ion before the primaries, the emolumeuta of the that the question will never vex usagain. But the Education are most cordially invited to ' G.
office is too great. Men want the place too badly. ¡icople view- the coming special session w ith suspic bring their baakeu-well filled so that
But retrench as we may, the rate of taxation ion. They know of the unscrupulous work of the the noon hour may be spent in a •ocial
upon the man who makes an honest return of his normal school “push” in the past, and they will dinner.
projierty to the assessor, is now, and probable will never feel entirely easy, until the present plan is
be, too great. We must list property for taxing as dead as the traditional door nail.
Notte».
purposes, which now escape in whole or in part. ■
Those knowing tbrnisrlvrs in«l«-btrd
Franchises in Oregon, are valuable pnqa-rtiea.
Now that Senator Chamberlain has taken the Io the uiideraigned a ill plea «e call and
They should be taxed upon their earning power, oath of office as United States Senator, has been avttle, I retal tire money.
E. C. Pesar.
rather than upon a physical valuation.
mmigned n seat and. we premime, has «wen alatt-d
Tne Morman ehutch which is represented to be for comittee appointments, we wonder if ex-Senr-
wealthy, requires its members to j>ay into the coff tor Fulton has disposed of that smile on his face of
ers of the church, ten per cent of their earnings which he had something to bay, less than one year
or incomes. Oregon has very nearly assumed ago. While Mr. Fulton was one of On-gon’s senr.- Kt-al Estate
Notary Public
that position towards her citizens. A farm, w hich tors. he was active and energetic, yet he was, un
l.oana Negotiated, A lu tracts
is worked by a tenant, ia taxed an amount which fortunately. on the unpopular side of most quest- •
Obtained and Examine.)
will exceed ten per cent, of its earning power The ions. He was ¡»pular with the politicians I Repul-1
monev loaner receives six ¡a-rcent for large loans. licans) of Oregon ; but somehow, he failed to keep M IO
OREGON
Hia taxes, in most of our towns, altogether amount in touch with the masses of the people. Of course
to three ¡»r cent., fifty per cent of the earning he will be shelved, as a politician and office holder,
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jiower of his money.
tin Oregon, whether he is appointed U. S. judge or ' I
The people of Oregon are confronted with a con- not. He belongs to a school or class of politicians
dition, and a most serious one at that.
for which the people of Oregon have no use. Like
y every town in ihe vaiiey antistate has Binger Hermann and M. C. George, he will be
■gg club and is spending large sums of numbered with the "has becns.”
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OREGON
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