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r.xc.E six. THE G A ZFTTF-TrMF.S. HTTPVER. OREGOX. TBXRSr.W. MAY 8, 1919. it -:- ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY BILL -:- i it. I!, n construction know n a.-, i An Act providing for a hithway to be Thf Root-veil Ccast Military HUhway" to be located from the city of Astoria through Clatsop. Tillamook, Lincoln, Lane, IViuc;!a., Coos ar.d Curry counties ot the Stat? of uregt a. to i ::e California state line, said highway to be owned, constructed a.id niaiutaiaed by the United States: appropriating $2,500, 000, contingent upon the United States appropriating a like sum of $2,500,000 for the construction thereof; to provide for the issuance of bonds by the State of Oregon in the amount of $2,500,000 to raise the money necessary to carry out the purpose of this act; to authorize the governor to take such action and perform such duties as may be nec eesary to meet the requirements of this act; authorizing the levy ol an ad valorem tax to provide a sinking fund for the payment of such bonds at maturity and the accruing interest thereon, and to provide for sub mitting this act to the people. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Oregon: Section 1 That the sum of $2, 500,000 is hereby appropriated out of a fund to be raised as hereinafter provided, to be paid to the United States for the purpose of assisting shall be.ir interest at a rate of not more than lour and one-half (4Vs) per cent, payable semi-annually, on April 1st. and October 1st. Principal and interest on said bonds shall be payable at the office of the state treasurer at Salem, Oregon, and if said gosenior shall so direct, said bonds may also provide for payment at some other place. Said bonds shall be iu form embodying an absolute p.jinise cn the part of the state of Oregon to ray the amount thereon in gold coin of the United States of America, of the value, weight aad fineness of the date of said boud and shall be of such de-j shall be deposited in the state treas ury to the credit of a special fund which shall be used in carrying into effect the provisions of this act. The secretary of state is hereby authoriz ed and directed to draw warrants on the treasurer in favor of the United States against such funds as the same is collected and become avail able. Section 6 For the purpose cf cre ating a fund to pay the interest cou pons and the principal of the bonds provided for in this act, in addition to the taxes now imposed by law, there shall be levied and assessed the amount required each year for pay- nomination as said governor shall ment of principal and interest ot the elect. They shall be signed by the bonds issued under the provisions of governor, secretary of state and this act, which shall be included in state treasurer. Said bonCs shall the slate levy of taxes for each year, bear coupons evidencing the interest and shall be collected and paid in the to become due thereon for each in- j same manner as other state taxes, stallment of such interest, upon j All moneys collected by the state which shall be pri.Uod the facsimile treasurer as the proceeds of the tax of the signature of such officers. The' hereby levied shall be set apart by governor may at his option cause a part or all of said boud.T to be pay able to the purchaser thereof and register the name of such purchaser iu the office of the state treasurer and provide an appropriate endorse ment upon each of said bonds to the effect that the same will be paid only him and shall constitute a separate and distinct fund to be known as "The Roosevelt coast military high way sinking fund." The state treasur er will pay interest on said bonds when due, and the principal ot such bonds when due, out ot said fund. Section 7 If at any time there t"'lV..-.-U, 1 ' W' TSi ister thereof, and providing a method the United States in constructing a of registering of the same as the title military highway to be known as " ' J""" The Roosevelt Coast Military High- " Pt or all of said bonds shall way," from the city of Astoria be Ple to bearer and not to reg through Clataop. Tillamook, Lincoln, W"- Not less than ten (10 Lane, Douglas. Coos and Curry conn- ore the principal or interest ties of the State of Oregon to the due upon any of the bonds pro California state line, and for the pur- v Wed for n this act said governor chase of rights of way and property 'a11 cm? t0 the 8tte tre""u"r h .nwpniant therefor. l"e amount necessary to meet the a raoi i uuu v - . to the owner appearing on the reg- shall not be sufficient money in said fund to pay the interest coupons or the principal of such bonds, when due the treasurer shall pay the same out of the general fund of the state and shall replace the amovnt, so paid out of the general fund, out ot said special fund whenever moneys in tended tor the same shall be received. Section 8 For the payment of the bonds by this act authorized and the tobe'owned and maintained by the Payment thereof. Upon receipt ' of interest accruing thereon according .iw.li nnnHflnatA Kir tha dtota tnoaollf United States. , T, " Section 2-That the governor of . he shall prepare and verity a the state of Oregon is hereby c alm for the amounts mentioned authorized, empowered and directed "". attaching thereto said cer duriug the ne :t five years to issue "hcate, and present the same to the and sell the bonds of the State of secretary of state, who shall audit Oregon in the amount of $2,500,000, ucu claim In like manner as other as hereinafter provided, and do any claims ot the state are audited and other act or thing necessary to fully W tin. same out of any moneys pro meet the requirements of this act. the law for the payment Section 3 The attorney general thereof. The state treasurer is au gkall under the direction of the gov- thorized and directed to make such rnor. prepare a form of interest payment of principal or interest on bearing gold bonds of the state of said bonds at such places other than Oregon to be sold in order to provide Salem, Oregon, as the governor may the i iiida to: carrying out the pur- provide. All bonds and interest cou poses of this act. Said bonds shall I Pons upon payment shall be deposit be numbered serially beginning witu,ed by the state treasurer with the number 1 and shall be payable in secretary of state to be .attached to the order of their issuance, in de-,the original claim of the state treas nominations of $1,000 each or less, urer for the payment thereof, as to the governor may seem advls- Section 4 The governor shall pro eble vide such method as he may deem All bonds issued in any year under necessary for the advertising of such the provisions of this act shall be issue of said bonds before tho same payable one-twentieth each yea., are sold, and shall also require such commencing with the fifth year utter dopesits with bids as he may deem issuance thereof. One-half of the advisable, and shall conduct the sale bonds payable each year shall be aud issuance of said bonds under payable on the 1st day of April, aud such rules and requirements not in the other half on the mat day ot consistent with this act as he may October. Each bond shall bear upon adopt. its face a statement sluwing the Section 5 The money derived date of its maturity. Said bonds from the sale of each issue of bonds to the terms thereof, the faith of the State of Oregon Is solemnly pledged and for the payment of the interest of the bonds thereby authorized as said interest shall accrue, the state treasurer shall reserve any and suf ficient funds in his hands at the least possible cost in preference to all. other claims whatsoever, except the interest on the other state bonds heretofore 'issued under acts passed by the people or the legislature ot the state ot Oregon. Section 9 This act shall be refer red to the people of the state of Ore gon for their ratification or rejection at the next general election to be held In 1920; provided, however, that if a general special election is called prior to said date this measure shall be submitted to the people at that time, and shall be in full force and effect as soon as ratified by the people at such election;' provided however, that the provisions of this act shall not be operative until the United States has appropriated or : provided from any fund the sum of at least $2,500,000 for the purposes designated in section 1 hereof, and if the United States shall fail to make such appropriation on or before February 1, 1921, then this act shall be null and void. -3 Sit The house O across the way Beautifully attractive, isn't it? And yet no need for you to be en vious. Beauty in a house is largely a matter of good painting. A coat of B-H Paint will work wonders in the appearance of your home, and in addition will add years to its life. Bass-Huetcr is synonymous with the highest achievement in the manufacture of paints, varnishes, enamels in fact preparations for every painting purpose inside the house or out . Let us know vour oaintine prob lems, and we will gladly solve them ior you. Also we can supply you with brushes and other necessaries. Paints & famishes 9 Peoples Hardware Co. Di$tribator$ for BASS-HUETER PAINT COMPANY, San Francisco ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF MAR KET ROAD BILL Oregon has 45.000 miles of public roads. A greater part of this Im mense mileage is used constantly by the people of the state for marketing their products. The proceeds from the $17,900, 000 of state road bonds provided by the state, augmented by over six; millions from the National Govern-, ment, will only be sufficient to con struct the main trunk and post roads. We all a.-;ree that it will be an im-. meuse accompliohment to have a paved road from the California line to Idaho, by way of Portland. It j will be a greater accomplishment,, evca, to navy good roads over which the farmer may haul his products to niHfket anv season of the year. This bill provides for a one mill tax which will raise, approximately $1,000,000 annually to be distributed to the counties by the State Highway Commission, Multnomah county will pay into this fund, approximately $365,000. Under the provisions of .the bill no county can receive to ex ceed ten per cent of the amount an nually raised, therefore, $265,000 of the amount to be raised by this bill in Multnomah county will be for ap portionment in the various counties of this state that take advantage of the provisions ot this act. Any county desiring to take advan tage of the provisions of this act must raise an amount equal to the amount appropriated to the county by the State Highway Commission. Under the provisions of the bill no county of the state can receive less than the amount they pay into the state market road appropriation, ex cept Multnomah county, provided the county takes advantage of the act. It will be a strong incentive to in duce every outlaying county to im prove market roads. It means the expenditure ot $2,000,000 each year, in addition to amounts already pro- Commfcsion. vided for. in Improvement of these' This act will various essential arteries of trade. In five years this act will raise more money for market roads than has been provided by the ten million dollar bond issue passed by the Leg islature. The bill provides that all plans and specifications for market road con struction shall be provided by tie State Highway Commission. The ob ject of this is to secure uniform road construction. The bill also provides that in counties taking advantage of this act, the Improvement of the market roads shall be under the con trol of the county courts. The county courts are in close touch with the people who pay the taxes and who will be the chief users of the market roads. Under this plan, the State Engineer making the grades and specifications free of charge to the counties and the county court doing the work, we will receive a dollar's worth of work for every dollar ex pended. The taxes provided under this act will hardly be felt by the ordinary taxpayer. If assessed for $10,000, by the county assessor the amount to oe paid into the state market road fund will only be $10.00 and an ad ditional $10.00 to be levied by the' county court. No one with $10,000 of taxable property should object to paying $20.00 annually, In addition to what Is now being paid, for the Improvement of market roads in the state. Nothing will add more to the material improvement of Portland and other cities as well as to the en tire state, than a comprehensive sys tem of market roads. This appropriation will be con tinuous from year to year. If there are any defects discovered In the ad ministration of this act they can be amended by the Legislature in 1921 seasion. We believe the main features are correct, viz: market roads by the various county courts as the work is so varied that it can as a rule be taken care of by the county courts in a more efficient manner than by the State Highway virtually compel every county to Improve its market roads or be taxed annually for the benefit of counties that are willing to make such needed improvements. F. R. Brovn, connected with the Farmers' Exchange of Heppuer, was here Wednesday last in connection with ma ten; rertaining to the opening of the John Day project. While here he also conferred with officers of the local dairy association, and it may be that he will handle the sale of pure bred stock at the Dairy and Hog Show next fall Her miston Herald. Henry Aiken is building a nice new home on the lot adjoining the prem ises of his father In North Heppner. Carpenter Reynolds Is doing the work. Marcellus Morgan of Rhea Siding, was In Heppner on Monday and Tues day on business connected with the estate of the late Thos. Morgan. A TWICE-TOLD TALK. One of Interest to Our Readera. Good news bears repeating, and when It is confirmed after a long lapse of time, even if we hesitated to believe it at first hearing, we feel secure In accepting its truth now. The following experience of a Hepp ner man Is confirmed after six years. J. H. Cox, carpenter, Baltimore St., says: "When I catch the least cold, I suffer from pain in my back. At times it has been so bad I simply couldn't move and have had to stay in bed for a week or ten days. I have used a great many medicines, but Doan's Kidney Pills have done me more good than anything else. I haven't had an attack of this trouble for some time." OVER SIX YEARS LATER Mr. Cox said; "It has been a long time The expenditure ot the fund for Kince I hare had any occasion to take a kidney medicine. 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