INTERMOUNTAIN TRIBUNE
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LINN COUNTY AGRICULTURALIST
VOL.. 3.
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$1.25 THE YEAR
SWEET HOME, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 16, 1914
NO. 12.
SOME THINGS DO-
SEVERAL TAX
MERCURY REACHES
RAILROAD OFFICIALS SANTIAM TROUT
CHAOGES URGED
SEE EVIL DAYS
ING IN THE STATE
VISIT CASCADIA
109 AT ST. LOUIS
A Timber Deal and the Building of Originators of Plan Takes Sixty Beauties Factories and Enterprises That Give Em­ The Commission Urges in Favor of Two Heat Kills Four Persons and Prostrates
the Railroad Perhaps is the
in 20-Mile Stretch and Say
ployment to Labor and Other
Amendments—System Called
Others—No Hope of Relief
Purpose
the Sport is Keen
News of Interest
Archaic
is Held
Last Saturday evening a number
of railroad men, including one of
the Porter brothers, passed througn
town enroute for Cascadia. They
had ordered saddle horses for use
on the following day.
Just what is the purpose of the
visit, is guesswork; but these people
do not take joy rides. They are
busy men and business is the in­
spiration of all their trips.
Just what is the object of their
trip, is a matter of guesswork. But
we people of Sweet Home hope the
trip means the early construction of
the railroad.
There is no doubt but what a
large timber deal is on hand and
this trip means the consummation
of the deal. If this is true, an early
construction of the railroad is as­
sured.
In the meantime, Sweet Home
people should not go wild and ask
twice what their property is worth.
If we can get new business men in
town and new farmers in the vici­
nity of Sweet Home, let us not, by
exhorbitant prices, keep them out.
We want new business men and new
farmers. This is the only road to
progress.
Sweet Home people, wake up!
Let us make things move. We can
do this by encouraging new 'people
to come to our town and vicinity.
By all means, let us encourage
them.
Lebonon, July 12.—Anglers have
found a new and easier method of
getting the bigger trout in the
Santian River.
Since the lumber companies have
cleared the river of jams and bars,
canoes and rowboats can travel
many miles, and by running a little
faster than the current, a troll line
can be kept out 200 feet.
Dr. J. G. Gill and A. M. Reeves,
originators of the plan, in a 20-
mile trip from Foster to Lebanon,
landed 60 trout averaging better
than a pound each.
One weighed 2i pounds, and the
fishermen declare that a trout this
size gives a man all he can do to;
land it in midstream, even with a
net.
Dr. Gill and Mr. Reeves used a
light canoe, and only twice—^at the
falls at Waterloo and at the dam at
the headgate of the Santiam canal
—did they have to take it out of
the riyer. Since :their trip, numerous
other fishermen have made the run
with unusual success in every case.
C. L. Gano proposes a series of
state-controlled coffee clubs, to cost
$3000 to install, state, county and
city each paying one-third of cost
and maintenance.
Newport has let a contract for a
new high school to cost $16,000.
The Portland, Eugene and Eastern
has finished ballasting its loop tracks
at Eugene at an expense of seyeral
thousand dollars.
The Pacific States Telephone Co.
is spending about $200,000 on new
lines to Astoria, and an the Colum­
bia highway to Hood River.
The Attorney General and Labor
Commissioner are making a fight to
force the work on the Grants Pass
and Crescent City railroad onto an
bight-hour basis, on the theory that
it is a municipal project.
The S. P. Company will expend
$16,000 rebuilding 15 miles of high­
way on the Willamette above
Springfield.
Indications from the tone of the
press are that “safe and sane’ will
be the test applied to all new laws
affecting industries and labor.
Congress has appropriated $10,-
000 for highway improvements.
Coos Bay gets a new life saving
station to cost $40,000.
Roseburg shipped the first car­
load of peaches from Oregon.
One big lumber company in Baker
county will increase its payroll to
$25,000 per month on August 1 and
other sawmills will follow suit.
Lirin and Benton counties will
establish a free ferry at Harris­
burg.
Ordering the forfeited railroad
lands on the assessment rolls by the
state tax commissioriee will compel
the counties to dig up $460,305
taxes for the railroad lands whether
the counties can collect it or not. •
Among the 45 laws to be voted
o.n in November, 14 lost for want of
signersj and 3 would abolish corpor­
ation commissioner, death and the
senate.
Lost—Between Brownsville and
Sweet Home, a ladies chain handbag
containing abeut $10. The loss oc­
curred July 4. Finder please leave
or send same to the Bogart furni­
ture store, Lebanon and receive a
suitable reward.
Wants ths Omaha Platform
J. R. Geddes, of Mill City, writes
us asking if we know where he can
get a copy of the “Omaha Plat­
form,” Populist.
In reply w’e will say we do not
know. If any of our readers or
exchanges can answer this question,
the Tribune will regard it as a
favor if they will reply.
A new berry has been created by
a catholic priest of Brooks, Oregon..
The berry is a cross of the Cuthbert
rasberry and the wild blackberry.
The berry is said to be a most
excellent fruit and very prolific.
ANNOUNCEMENT
TKe wish to announce to the
public that we are now locat­
ed in our Neu) Home in
the Booth building on Main
Street, where we will be
pleased to meet our friends
and customers.
LEBANON CLOTHING CO.
R. WAYNE GREEN, Mgr.
Mrs. W. P. Gabriel transacted
business in Sweet Home Tuesday.
Mrs. W. D. Brown of Lebanon, is
visiting at the home of George
Havens.
‘
S. W. Wood, wife and son, and
Milo Smith, went to Waterloo last
Sunday.
Mrs. C. F. Bigbee has returned to
Eugene. .
Jef Isom and wife visited several
days at the home of W. P. Gabriel.
S. W. Wood is putting a new roof
on his house.
Mrs. J. D. Wood and daughter,
Verda, went to Foster Sunday to
visit Mrs. J. W. Nye.
A Rancher.
Salem, Or., Suly 11.—That they
St. Louis, Mo., July 11.—Four
will put an end to “dangerous persons died here today and several
scheeming in taxation and provide others were prostrated by the heat,
a safe foundation for genuine tax which broke all records for the year.
reform” is the keynote of an argu­ At 4 o,clock in the afternoon the
ment filed today in favor of two government thermometer on the top
constitutional amendments referred of the highest building in the city
by the legislative assembly, which registered 102 degrees. The kiosk
provide for the classification of on the street registered 109 degrees
property for taxation purposes.
at the same hour.
The argument was prepared by
The official forecast tonight held
the state tax commission and a out no hope for relies.
special legislative committee.
It
says in part;
Kansas City, July 11.—Excessive
“Without so amending the consti­ humidity combined with high tem­
tution of Oregon our present farci­ peratures in Kansas and Western
cal pretense of taxing intangible Missouri today combined to bring
personal property must be continu­ much suffering.
In a few places
ed.
the season’s temperature record was
“With the adoption of these equaled.
amendments Oregon can provide by
Only one death was due to the
statute an effective method of tax­ heat, although several cities report­
ing this large body of wealth, either ed prostrations.
by » tax on incomes as in Wisconsin
or by specific taxes as in Minnesota^ St. Paul, July 11.—Two deaths
Iowa, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New and a large number of prostrations
York, Rhode Island and Jn other j due to the heat were reported to
states.
the police of Minneapolis and St.
“Without so amending the con­ Paul , tonight.
The government
stitution we are powerless to enact thermometer here registered 94 this
any scientific plan for the taxation afternoon.
of forests and water powers, to de­
rive a proper revenue therefrom equality and uniformity now pre­
and at the same time promote the scribed by the constitution are
conservation and development of actually guarantees against injus­
tice.
these natural resources.
“Without so amending the consti­
“Second. Of those who derive
tution we cannot take advantage of benefits from the operation of the
the most approved methods in the general property tax and are against
taxation and regulation of public any plan of reform which might de­
service companies, nor provide any prive them of the favors they now
fair apportionment of the revenues enjoy.
derived from the taxation of such
“Third. Of radical theorists who
companies.
believe that by continuing the
“Without so amending the consti­ abuses of the general property tax
tution we cannot enact a fair and system the people, to escape the ills
efficient law for the taxation of they have, will 'fly to others they
automobiles and for the proper dis­ know not of.’
“These proposed amendments of
tribution of the reyenues derived
therefrom in the improvement of the Oregon constitution bear the
unqualified indorsement of the best
the public hignways.
authorities
on taxation.
“Here is ¿he real trouble in the
tax system of Oregon: Section 32,
article 1 and section 1, article 6, of
the Oregon constitution, impose a
primitive form of the general
property tax, which makes the pre­
tense of taxing all property, real
MYERS & ROSE, Props.
and personal, tangible and intangi­
Clean
and Airy Rooms and Beds.
ble, by one uniform rule. With the
The
tables are supplied
.development of new methods of
with the best the
busiuess and new forms of property
market affords
the attempt to tax all kinds and
classes by the same rule is about as
unreasonable as it would be to re­
quire a railroad to'carry passengers
ond livestock at one uniform rate
per head, or to insist that the mer­
chant shall sell dried fruit and flour
at the same rate per pound.
Special Orders---- Special Prices
“The principal opposition to abol­
ishment of the general property tax
Feed and Livery Barn in
in Oregon, as in other states, may
connection with Hotel
be classified as follows:
Prices are Reasonable.
“First. Of those who are misin­
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