THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER
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D CROSS PUTS
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Year Budget Stresses Re
lief and Service at Home
and Overseas. t
Millions for Veteran Aid
Over $J,OO0,O Allotted to the Dis
abled .Foreign Work
Leant aa.
Washington. Expenditure! total
Ing $9,739372.47 for carrying through
iU program of services and relief
during the fiscal year in the United
States and overseaa are authorised in
the budget of th American Red Croat
effective July 1, 1922. Thli total it
$2,735.B75 lets than the expenditures
for the litt fiscal year, when dis
bursements reached $12,475,847.69, it
ia announced at National Headquar
ters in statement emphasizing the
necessity of continued support of the
organization by enrollment during the
annual Roll Call, November 11 -November
30 incluaire. This total for
the budget is exclusive of the large
financial operations of the 3,300 ac
tive Red Cross Chapters, which, it ia
estimated, will mora than double the
total .
War Veterana Have Flrat Call
First call on Red Cross fundi ia for
the disabled ex-service men, of whom
27,487 were receiving treatment from
the Government on June 1 last Thit
work for veterana and their families
in a wide variety of service that the
Government li not authorized to ren
der and for which it hat neither
funds nor facilities hat the call on
3,030,692.90 during the current year,
or about 1366,000 more than waa ex
pended last year for soldier service.
Adding the fundi disbursed in this
humanitarian work of physical recon
ttitution following the World War by
the Chapter! throughout the country
will approximate a total for the cur
rent year approaching 110,000,000.
Thit work, in the opinion of the Sur
geon General's office, will not reach
itt peak before 1926.
Through iti Chapters the American
Red Cross it equipped to find the in
dividual ex-service man, help him in
hit problems and difficulties, provide
immediately for his necessities, and
open the way for him to the Govern
ment compensation and aid to which
he is entitled. The extension of thit
work to the families of tuch men
proves to them that the Red Cross
hat lost none of its sympathy nor will
to service manifested in wartime.
Similarly the service goes out to the
men still in the Army and Navy, 11,
087 of whom were under treatment In
Government hospitals on June 1, 1022.
Greater Domestic Program
This year after five yeart of con
ttructive effort during the war and
after the armistice brings with it a
greater responsibility for domestic
service to the American Red Cross.
The budget for foreign operations,
however, totals $3,404,000, but of this
imount $1,834,000 ii for medical re
lief and hospital auppliei for Russia,
which Is a part of the gift made by
the American Red Cross in 1921 to
the Russian famine relief work of the
American Relief Administration pro
gram. The child health service in Eu
rope continues, moreover, and $664,
000 is appropriated for this work un
dertaken in 1920. Other Items in the
stringently diminished foreign pro
gram include $2iM,000 to support the
League of Ked Cross Societies, $22.
000 for nurses' training schools insti
tuted by the Red Cross abroad, and
$600,000 for liquidation of the general
Ked Cross foreign relief program.
Prepared for Emergenciea
For disaster relief the Red Cross
has set aside $750,000, and for emer
gencies in Chapter work $500,000 to
be available for domestic, insular and
foreign demands This it more than
$396,000 above last year's expendi
turea. For service and assistance to
the 3300 Chapters and their branches
$1,293,000 it provided by the National
organization.
Other budget items of importance
In the domestic program include
$200,000 for assistance to other or
ganizationt and educational institU'
tions for training Red Cross nurses
and workers; $190,000 for Roll Call
assistance furnished to Chapters:
$100,000 for unforseen contingencies.
Of the total budget lest than $500,
000 ia allottted for management in the
National organization No cash esti
male, of course, ia possible to weigh
tno value of the service by volunteers
in the Chapters. ,
Democratic Nominee la Alleged to
Have Evaded Law In Se
curing Loans.
By C. E. INGALLS
Mr Pierce, has been weeping copious
tears over the situation of the farm
er for many years without offering
any remedy for conditions that tend
to create the difficulty from which he
suffers, but, on the other hand, he has
had more to do with increasing taxes
by his legislative votes and by the
introduction of foolish bills than
probably any other man in Oregon.
Among the things that Mr. Pierce
has prated about to farmer audiences
is the difficulty that the farmer has
had and still has in obtaining money
cheaply enough and for sufficient
length of time to enable him to con
duct the ordinary transactions of his
business affairs. One of the funds
which hat been created for the farm
ers of Oregon, from which they might
obtain money at a lower rate of in
terest, is the irreducible school fund.
We have heard a great deal about
the sac redness of this fund both
from Mr. Pierce and from tome of
hit Democratic allies. Mr. Pierce hat
been very fond of this fund in the
past much fonder than even his
earnest speeches in behalf of cheap
er money for the farmer would in
dicate Let us illustrate Mr. Pierce's
deep affection and abiding love for
thii lource of cheap money
The creator! of the irreducible
school fund wished to provide loans
for small farmers on the theory that
the larger farmers such as Mr.
Pierce is (the assessed value of his
property being $253,000.00)- are able
to take care of themselves. They
passed statutory enactment to the ef
fect that no one individual could bor
row from this fund an amount great
er than $5,000 j nor could he get hit
loan for a longer period than ten
yeara, and he should be permitted to
borrow it at the low rate of 6 per
cent
According to the records of Union
County (Book 36 of Deeds, page 5211,
Walter M. Pierce aold to Charles M.
Pierce, his brother, one of his tracts
land, for the turn of $15,600.00. This
transaction occurred on November
Kth. l'.'"l.
Seven days later, Charles M. Tierce
borrowed $5,000,110, the limit that he
could pet from the school fund, from
the Slate Land Board.
Seven days after the money was
borrowed on this farm, Charles Pierce
sold it back again to his brother Wal
ter, for a connideration of $15,600.00
the exact amount that he paid for
it and the record states that Walter
M. Pierce assumes and agrees to pay
the mortgage.
iovemoer 18, 1903 on Hie tame
day on which Walter sold property to
his brother Charles he also sold an
other farm to his lister, Minnie
Pierce. For this farm he received
$16,600.00.
On the same day that Brother
Charles borrowed $5,000.00 from the
State Land Board, Sister Minnie alao
borrowed $5,000.00 from the State
Board the acknowledgment of this
transaction being taken by Walter M.
Pierce, himself, at Notary Public in
Union County.
For tome reason or other, Minnie
B. Pierce did not like the farm the
had bought from Walter, any more
than Brother Charles liked hit farm,
for on December 12 (19 dayt after
she bad given the mortgage), the
told the farm back to Walter for $16,-
600.00, the exact sum that she paid
for it, Walter M. Pierce again kindly
assuming and agreeing to pay the
mortgage.
November 16th, 1903, teems to
have been a very busy day for "Wal
ter M."; for, in addition to the farms
that he sold to his brother Charles
and his sister Minnie, he alio told, on
the same day, another farm to hit
brother George, for the consideration
of $15,600.00.
By a strange coincidence, George
also had to borrow some money on hit
newly-purchased farm and, on Novem
ber 23, 1903 the tame day that hit
brother Charles borrowed $5,000.00
from the State Land Board brother
George also borrows $5,000.00 from
the State Land Board.
Evidently brother George didn't like
hit bargain any better than the other
relatives for, a few days later to
wit: December 16th, 1903, he sold the
farm back to Walter for $15,600.00,
the same amount that he paid for it,
Walter again assuming the $5,000.00
mortgage. This sum seemi to be a
favorite in the Pierce family for it ii
the same amount that Brother Chat,
had paid for his farm, on th lame
dRy. Evidently Walter did not care
to show any partiality between his
two brothers. It may not be of any
tenfit to the account of thit trtiM
action, but nevertheless it should be
noted that these considerations, re
ceived by Walter for the tale of these
farms to his relatives, is slightly over
three times the $5,000.00 mortgage.
The State Law requires that the State
Land Board can make no loana from
the Irreducible School Fund for more
than one-third the value of the prop
erty involved, but that Walter should
always sell for thrice the limit he
could borrow, may be a mere inci
dent. November 16, 1903, waa apparently
a remarkable day in Walter's Real
Estate career for, in addition to the
three farms above mentioned, which
he aold that day to hit brother! and
sister, he also sold a farm to Thomas
J Tweedy, a near friend of his, for
the flat consideration of $16,000.00.
It seems too strange to be true, but
Thomas Tweedy, on November 23rd
the same day that other mprtgagea
were made to the State Land Board,
also borrows $5,000.00 of the sacred
irreducible school fund, and, to make
the coincidence still more remarkable,
on December 12th, he sold the place
back to Walter M. Pierce for $16,000
the exact amount he paid for it
the affable Mr. Pierce agreeing to as
sume and to pay the $5,000.00 mort
gage. Hut this does not account for all
Taxes
and the
Governor
When a candidate for the high office of governor bases his candidacy on certain
claimi and promise! as to what he will do if elected, the public is entitled to have his
claims analyzed and examined.
In this campaign, Writer Pierce ha gone
about the country meJo-dramatically tearing tax.
billi in two by way of illustrating what he will
do to taxes U elected.
The voter, then, should analyze the tax mat
ter to the extent of becoming informed as to
juit what part the governor play in imposing
or reducing taxes.
In the first place, the voter should know that
the total levy In Oregon for 1929 is $40,473,906.
This It a reduction of over $1,500,000 from
last year, to that it will be seen the high cost of
government following the war it already reced
ing. Of this 19S8 levy of 40 million, over Jl mil
lion was for county, city and school district
purposes, over which the governor could have
no possible control whatever.
Of the remaining 9 million for state purposes,
only i million are taxes over which the legis
lature has any discretion, and of this amount,'
only 2's million are for the actual expenses of
state government and might, therefore, in even
the remotest degree, be charged to the methods
employed by the governor in administering the
state's affairs.
In passing, it should be noted that this state
levy is an increase of 41 per cent, since 1916,
and not several hundred per cent, as stated on
various occasions by the democratic candidate.
It should also be noted that less than half of
this 41 per cent occurred during Mr. Olcott't
administration. This ability to keep down the
cost of the state government to so small an
increase, when living expenses in the ordinary
home in the same period increased over 100 per
cent, it most creditable showing.
MR. PIERCE'S TAX. RECORD
It is proper at this point to examine Mr.
Pierce't own record, on taxes and tee if past
actions tt a legislator square with his words.
Of the $0,37689 of state taxes for 192,
which Include the millage taxes, MR. PIERCE
SPECIFICALLY . HAS APPROVED OF
$8,864,039, or 99 per cent He had no chance
at most of the other I per cent
Of the 1989 state taxes, Pierce Introduced
bills accounting for $1,429,189, or IS per cent.
In addition to this, he voted for tax billi
introduced by othere to the amount of $6,114,-
109, and he has given his public approval on
numberless occasions of measures passed since
he was returned from the legislature causing
taxes amounting to $1,020,804, making a total
of state taxes approved by Pierce'of $8,564,038,
or 92 per cent of the total 1922. There is no
telling how much of the remainder he might
have approved if he had had a chance, and it
may be significant that the state taxes have
decreased over 1 1 per cent since Mr. Pierce was
retired from the State Senate.
Mr. Pierce has always been a consistent tax
booster. He voted against only three per cent
of all the appropriations of the 1919 session of
the legislature and voted for all the appropria
tions of the 1920 special session.
In 1917 Mr. Pierce Introduced a bill to exempt
money, notes, mortgages and accounts from
taxation. Yet he poses as being anxious to
take the burden off real estate I
He voted for submission of $400,000 bond
issue to build a new penitentiary.
Mr. Olcott, at no TAX expense and with
prison labor, has fixed up the old penitentiary
in excellent shape for another 25 years.
Mr. Pierce voted against accepting road ma
chinery from the government. That machinery
now amounts in value to $1,800,000.
GOVERNOR OLCOTT'S RECORD
The above are but a few of the extravagances
of Pierce. Mr. Olcott, on the other hand, has
conducted the business of the state in an eco
nomical, sane and business-like manner. He
has saved the state thousands of dollars because
of his level-headedness and his intimate knowl
edge of state affairs. He built a new Boys'
Industrial School Building by diversion of a
millage fund, and therefore, without a single
cent additional tax. He has insisted upon devel
opment of the various state farms connected
with the state institutions until the present year
shows the unprecedented income from this
source of $491,511. He is no talker, no politi
cian, no idle promiser and is not seeking re-election
under false pretenses nor catering to preju
dice, but is going to the people on his own
splendid record, confident that if he can but get
that record and Mr. Pierce's record before the
voters of Oregon that he will be vindicated on
election day, Tuesday, Nov. 7th.
Vote for Olcott
for GOVERNOR
REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
WALTER L. TOOZE, Chairman.
C. E. INGALLS, Secretary.
I Mr, Pierce's transactions on that buy
i ,dy. Evidently, they were having a
sell-your-farm day on November
16th, in Union County, for Walter on
that day sells to one George W. Tate,
a business associate, another of hi
numerous Union County farms, re
ceiving for this one $17,200.00. This
amount received for this place would
indicate that Waiter drove a harder
bargain with his business associates
than he did with his relatives.
But, if November 16th wat "sell-
your-farm-day" in Union eounty, Nov.
ember 23rd was also "mortgage-your
farm-day" for the State Land Board.
For the records show that George W.
Tate, on that day, borrowed $5,000.00
from the State Land Board, the mort
gage note being acknowledged in stat
utory form before Walter M. Pierce
himself, as Notary Public for Union
County.
How the minds of the purchasers
of these various tract! ran "willingly
along together, ii indicated by the
fact that Hr. Tate, on November 30th,
seven days after he made his real es
tate deal, sold his newly-purchased
place back to Walter M. Pirce, for
$17,200.00 the same amount he had
paid for It, Hr. Piere again kindly
agreeing to assume and pay the mort-
caga.
In spite of these large transaction!
in Real Estate that occurred at that
time, it will be noted that none of the
parties to these transaction! made
any money off each other all of them
reselling the farms bought from Wal
ter back to him, for the tame prices
they paid for them.
Evidently Walter did not propose
to be outdone by those to whom he
had sold hit property for, on Novem
ber 23rd, the same day that the others
borrowed money from the State Land
Board, Book 29 of Mortgagei for Un
ion County, thowt that the future
non-partisan candidate of the Demo
cratic Party for Governor, alao bor
rowed $5,000.00 from the State Land
Board, and, having assumed the mort
gages of the other five farms which
he had sold to hit relatives and
friends, Mr. Pierce now had $30,000,
00 of the State's Sacred Irreducible
School Fund for which he was paying
interest at the insignificant rate of
8 per cent.
There were other farmers, how
ever, in Eastern Oregon who were not
to fortunate at to tecure even $5,000,-
00 or smaller turns, from the State
Land Board, or any other Board, at
6 per cent; but the records of that
section show that loana were being
made extensively at that time, at
rates of interest carrying from 8 to
10 per cent In fact, the mortgage
records show that John M. Lightfoot
ond wife, on the 9th day of November
that tame year, borrowed from
Walter M. Pierce, the rum of $750.00
for a period of five years, at 8 per
cent interest, giving a mortgage on
their farm therefor. Hundreds of
other mortgage records ihow that no
money was being loaned in Walter's
lection of the country at that time
for lets than eight per cent.
The state law requires that money
borrowed from the sacred irreducible
school fund must not be held for
more than a ten-year period. The
rcordt show, however, that all of the
six mortgages, held by Walter M.
Pierce, were not paid until September
1, 1915. In other words, because their
relatives unloaded their mortgages on
him Walter had $30,000.00 of the
state's irreducible School Fund
when he was entitled to only $5,000.00
for not more than ten years. Other
farmers, in Mr. Pierce's section of the
country, and other parts of Oregon,
were making application! for loana to
the State School Fund, and were un
able to secure money because of the
fact that the available money in the
fund was all loaned out
The records in Umatilla County
show that, during this period, Eastern
Oregon farmers, however, were not
allowed to go without money entirely
for Walter, himself, was. accomo
dating a great many of them, with
sums carrying up to twenty thousand
dollars and that at rates of interest
running for from 8 to 10 per cent.
For example, on May 27, 1905, Mary
E. Cooley mortgaged 1,120 acres of
land to Walter in the sum of $20,000.-
00 for 8 per cent
On November 2nd, the same month
in which Walter conducted his nu
merous deala in real estate, he loaned
to 1. S. Shuterneal another sum of
money, on a farm mortgage, at 10 per
cent. In fact, there are so many rec
ords of this kind, showing Walter's
evident frantic endeavor to accomo
date his neighbors at 10 per cent that,
like the articles of the auction bill,
thoy are "too numerous to mention."
There are those tools of "the in
terest" who have the temerity to say
that Mr. Pierce is a lawyer and there
fore not really the friend of the farm
er but that he is merely pretending
to be a friend in order to get the far
mers' vote. Those who know point
to his record in the Senate as evi
dence that he has been the chief tax
booster in the State of Oregon. But
these unfriendly souls do not know
whereof they speak for the above
transactions in real estate and mort
gages show, beyond a doubt, that
Walter is a real honest-td-God-fnend
of the farmer and that that farmer is
Walter Mr. Pierce of Union County.
OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR.
.PRECINCT, MOR
ROW COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 7, 1922.
Mark X Between the Number and Name of Each Candidate or Answer Voted For
UNITED STATES
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS,
SECOND DISTRICT... Raker, Crook, Des
chutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River,
Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Mor
row, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa,
Wasco and Wheeler Counties. Vote for One
12 JAMES HARVEY GRAHAM, of Baker County. Democratic
13 N. J. S1NNOTT, of Wasco County Republican
STATE
FOR GOVERNOR.
Vote for One
14 BEN W. OLCOTT, of Marion County Republican
15 WALTER M. PIERCE, of Union County Democratic
FOR STATE TREASURER
Vote for One
16
Q. P. HOFF, of Multnomah County
Republican
17 F. L. TQU VELLE, of Jackson County
Democratic
Red Cross Roll Call
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The Annual Roll Call of the Amer
ican Red Cross for registration of the
membership for 1923 will begin on
Armistice Day, November 11, and
close on Thanksgiving Day, November
30. The ground work for this stu
pendous task of re-enrolling the mem
bership throughout the world has
been laid in a plan for the first com
plete and comprehensive system of
registration of the Red Cross mem
bership in all its 3,300 active Chap
ters at home and abroad.
An important feature of the round-
the-world Roll Call campaign will be
a universal effort to re-enlist the ser
vices of war-time Red Cross workers
in the peace program by their partici
pation in the Roll Call. In this way
the vast army of volunteers will once
more affiliate with the work of the
Red Cross in its manifold phases. Co
operation also has been assured by
Government and private maritime in
terests in a deep-sea Roll Call that is
designed to reach every member or
potential member in every part of the
world who may be en voyage or tem
porarily in any port.
Thousands of Chapters will adopt
the home canvass plan of enrollment
which originated in Pittsburgh, where
last year it resulted in a membership
increase of 50 per cent. All records
in this year's campaign will be kept
on standard size cards to be filed by
each chapter for future use.
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FOR JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Vote for Three
18 GEO. H. BURNETT, of Marion County
' Republican-Democratic
19 JOHN McCOURT, of Multnomah County
Republican-Democratic
20 JOHN L. RAND, of Baker County Republican-Democratic
FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC IN
STRUCTION. Vote for One
21 J. A. CHURCHILL, of Baker County
Republican-Democratic
22 S. S. GEORGE, of Lane County
Independent
FOR COMMISSIONER OF THE BUREAU
OF LABOR STATISTICS AND INSPEC
TOR OF FACTORIES AND WORK
SHOPS. Vote for One
23 C. H. GRAM, of Multnomah County Republican-Democratic
24 B. H. HANSEN, of Multnomah County Independent
FOR COMMISSIONER OF THE PUBLIC
SERVICE COMMISSION OF OREGON.
Vote for One
25 THOMAS K. CAMPBELL, of Multnomah County
Republican
26 GUS. E. ERICKSEN, of Multnomah County Independent
27 T. M. KERRIGAN, of Multnomah County
DISTRICT
FOR SENATOR, NINETEENTH SENA
TORIAL DISTRICT. Morrow, Umatilla
and Union Counties. Vote for One
28 COLON R. EBERHARD, of Union County
Republican
29 H. J. TAYLOR, of Umatilla County
Democratic
FOR REPRESENTATIVE, TWENTY-SECOND
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Morrow and Umatilla Counties. Vote for One
30 JAMES T. L1EUALLEN, of Umatilla County Democratic
3 1 ALFRED J. SMITH, of Umatilla County Republican
COUNTY
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. Vote for One
32 RALPH L. BENGE
Democratic
33 G. A. BUEAKMAN
Republican
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
Vote for One
34 LEON W. BR1GGS
Republican
FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR.
Vote for One
35 JESSE J. WELLS
Republican-Democratic
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR.
Vote for One
36 JOS. W. K1RSCHNF.R
Republican
FOR CONSTABLE.
Vote for One
FOR JUSTICE OF PEACE.
Vote for One
Referred to the People by the Legislative
Assembly
Submitted by the Legislature AMENDMENT PERMITT
ING LINN COUNTY TAX LEVY TO PAY OUT
STANDING WARRANTS Purpose: To amend sec
tion 10 of article XI of the constitution of the state
of Oregon so as to require the annual levy of a tax of
two mills on the dollar on all taxable property of
Linn County, Oregon, until all warrant of said coun
ty outstanding December 31, 1921, are paid with legal
interest and permitting such levy to be made in
excess of the limitations fixed by aaid section 10 of
article XI
Vote YES or NO
300 Yes.
301 No.
Submitted by the Legislature AMENDMENT PERMITT
ING LINN AND BENTON COUNTIES TO PAY OUT
STANDING WARRANTS Purpose: To amend sec
tion 10 of article XI of the constitution of the state
of Oregon, so as to require the annual levy of a tax of
two mills on the dollar on all taxable property of
Linn County, Oregon, until auch time a all warrants
of said county outstanding December 31, 1921, are
paid with legal interest and to permit an issue of
bonds by Benton county when authorized by a ma
jority vote of the people of aaid county voting there
on, in the amount of said county's warrants out
standing December 31, 1921, for the payment of
which no funds were then available.
Vote YES or NO
302
Yes.
303 No.
Proposed by Initiative Petition
Initiated by the Oregon Single Tax League: Arthur
Brock, President, 666 Harold Avenue, Portland, Ore
gon; Alfred D. Cridge, Vice President, 954 East 22nd
Street North, Portland, Oregon; Christina H. Mock,
Secretary, 316 Stock Exchange Building, Portland,
Oregon (residence address, Umatilla, Oregon); and
J. S. Hermann, Manager, 316 Stock Exchange Build
ing, Portland, Oregon SINGLE TAX AMENDMENT
Purpose: To amend section 1 of article IX of the
constitution of the state of Oregon to read as fol
lows: From July 1, 1923, to and including July 1,
1927, all revenue for maintenance of state, county,
municipal and district government shall be raised
by a tax on land irrespective of improvements there
in or thereon, and thereafter the full rental value of
land, irrespective of improvements, shall be taken in
lieu of all other taxes for the maintenance of gov
ernment, and for such other purposes as the people
may direct.
Vote YES or NO
304 Yes.
305 No.
Initiated by the Atlantic-Pacific Highway and Electrical
Exposition: Franklin T. Griffith, 679 Elliott Avenue,
Portland, Oregon; Geo. L. Baker, 945 East 28th
Street, Portland, Oregon; Emery Olmstead, 635 Tilla
mook Street, Portland, Oregon; Wm.' Hanley, Burns,
Oregon; A. H. Lea, 550 Thompson Street, Portland,
Oregon; J. F. Daly, 625 Halsey Street, Portland, Ore
gon; Guy W. Talbot, 252 King Street, Portland, Ore
, gon; W. W. Harrah, 616 Tustin Street, Pendleton,
Oregon; F. G. Deckebach, 940 D Street, Salem, Ore
gon, constituting the Managing Committee 1925
EXPOSITION TAX AMENDMENT Purpose: To
authonie the city of Portland to raise (3,000,000 by
levying and collecting a special tax of $1,000,000 each
year for three years beginning hot later than 1924,
and expend the same as authorized by the voters of
said city at any general or special election, to pay
the expense of holding an exposition in the year 1925
or as soon as possible thereafter to advertise the re
sources, products, commerce, industries and general
advantages of the state of Oregon and city of Port
land, and validating any preceding or concurrent city
legislation carrying same into effect
Vote YES or NO
308 Yes.
309 No.
Initiated by State Taxpayers League of Oregon: W. J.
Fullerton, Warrea. Oregon; Wm. Hanley, Burns, Ore
gon; C E. Ingalls, Corvallis, Oregon; E. C. Judd,
Astoria, Oregon; H. L. Kuhl, Canyon City, Oregon;
A. M. LaFollett, Salem, Oregon; E. W. McComaa,
Pendleton, Oregon; Clyde M. McKay, Bend, Oregon;
George Miller, La Grande. Oregon; B. W. Sleeman,
Portland, Oregon; H. C. Stearns, Yoncalla, Oregon; L
U. Temple, Pendleton, Oregon; Chas. H. Wieder, Al
bany, Oregon, Legislative Committee INCOME TAX
' AMENDMENT Purpose: To require that one-half
of the tax levy for state expenses each year be levied
on net incomes of natural persons and corporations
beginning with 1924, the annual rate of income tax to
be fixed by dividing the amount of tax required by
the total net amount of all incomes subject to such
tax; providing personal exemptions of from (800 to
$1,000 for unmarried persons and from $1,000 to
$1,500 for married persons and $200 additional for
each dependent, also life insurance, gifts, bequests,
devises and inheritances, and charitable corporations
and corporations exempted by United States income
tax law.
Vote YES or NO
310 Yes.
311 No.
Initiated by Ira. B. Sturges, Baker, Oregon; Dr. Robert C.
Ellsworth, Pendleton, Oregon; Harold Baldwin, Prine
ville, Oregon; W. B. Daggett, Redmond, Oregon;
Lewis H. Irving, Madras, Oregon; Collin E. Davis, The
Dalles, Oregon; Leslie G. Johnson, Marshfield, Ore
gon; C. A. Swope, Grants Pass, Oregon; W. F. Harris,
Roseburg, Oregon; John R. Penland, Albany, Oregon;
J. R. Jeffery, Seaside, Oregon; F. C. Holibaugh, St.
Helens, Oregon; O. O. Hodson, McMinnriile. Oregon;
E. L. Johnson, Hillsboro, Oregon COMPULSORY
EDUCATION BILL Purpose: Requiring any parent,
guardian or other person having control, charge or
custody of a child over eight and under sixteen
years of age. from and after September 1, 1926, to
send such child to a public school during the entire
school year, excepting: (a) children physically un
able; (b) children who have completed the eighth
grade; (c) children between the ages of eitrht and
ten living more than one and one-half miles, and
children over ten years of age living more than three
miles from a public school, except when transporta
tion is furnished; (dl children taught by parent or
private teacher.
Vote YES or NO
314- Yes.
315 No.
Local Initiative Petition
Initiated by C. C. Calkins, County Airent, et al MORROW
COUNTY MEASURE FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF
PREDATORY ANIMALS AND RODENTS Purpose :
To levy a tax of live-tenths of a mill on all taxable
property of Morrow County and to provide for the
expenditure of money derived therefrom under the
direction of the county court, in co-operation with
the Federal Government and farmers and stockmen
of aaid county in the destruction of predatory ani
mals and rodents.
Vote YES or NO
318 Yes.
319 No..
I, Hood River, Oregon,