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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1930)
The IONE INDEPENDENT lONE, OREGON Friday. Oct. 17. 1930 POMONA GRANGE MEETING HELD BANNER WON BY GREENFIELD GRANGE MF.F.TlVGAPRESSnn BV BONE AND JOSEPH Morrow County I'omor a G' a pe met with Rhea Creek Grans as hxta on Got. 4th ; At their hall on lihea Crvek. This is the ov Grange in the County owrinjr their own hall. Mot than 200 quests were comfortably accomo ite J. The Mornins session was piv n to Pomona business, which time most of the Granges made encoiranir.ir quarterly report?. The fol!ovintr urogram pr pair ed by the lecturer was k really appreciated by tne larpe pithci' inar, there beinjr about ."tH per sons prvsent, Muioal numheia by Willows Orchestra, vocal col. -a by Donald tleliker ai.d Laurel ISeach; read inns bv Sister Hi ckelt and Maiie Shane; pUnno wo'eetion by Me (dames Lee, Mead and Char Its Wickiander; also Miss Velma Houston. Hon. S. Y Notson, i itivducri by the LectMer, in a few well chosen wor.N, introduced Georpt Joseph representative for juliua L. M'ier, who couldnot be present, Mr. Joseph mentioned the three out standing principles of his fatlur's platform, now he inp can i t d on by bis o'd time jfrhmi and su cesser Mr. Meier. 1st. Freedom of speech ami Justice; 2nd. PuU'e devt-lopm and ownership of Water Power; 3rd. Abolishment of public ser vice Commission. Meier considers his Candidacy for Covoni'Msl ip of Oregon fit an application as hii-dni,c"s manager for the Stute, and if elected would serve in that capacity. Hon. Homer Hone, of Tacnma Wash, specialist on power eon a . Mition, was then introduced by Hro. Notson and ad.irsetd the patherinp preseptinp in force :ftil lantuiipe and timely ilhistra tiiMss tl.o sharp contrasts should w e use our natural power te.--otir ' ee:, or should we sell our birth ripht for a few p.iltry dollars, Pastniaster of the State Cnmpe Geo. A 1'almiter, was then inl roduced and in his well known eattust manner, iliscnnscd, bii.f ly. the "Lieutenant Govern. r" and "Income Tax" Hilh meinp HI legal vvtera to not fail in their duties as citizens Rt the polls in November. Grcenel'ield Grunpe, liuvlnw had the larpest hi tendance ut three consecutive meetinpa took home the Pomona Han net to be come tin ir pranpe prop. rty. A new score can! was made and submitted by which the next year and a quarter (Jrange hnvinp the preatest number ol points, oui ot a posMble 10(H) or more points, will be presented with a beautiful National flwp forthtir hall. Resolutions thankinp the Church, 1. 0. 0. Y. lodpe, school dist. and Rhea Creek Grange for their chairo, dinhes ate and Hoy al entertainment ar.d bounteoua tnea a were approved; AW a re a ol ill Ion to the County Court by the membership present, reccom mending lhn present p.dicy ol riippoiiirip a County Nut The rth depreo was beautifully exemplified by the Uhen Cmk Pepree team to a clan of twenty eight. The next meeting of Morrow County Pomona will be wltn Greenefleld Granpe at Hoardinan January 3, 1931. H. M. Akers and son Kenneth drov to D'ifiir Sunday for a via it w i' h Mr Akra' C"Uiln, Tho, Heritor) wlom he bat nut teen for nnny years. ?3 ci AGAINST Warning rower Districts A lament mei "You can't get something for nothing 'viri Impo&ibU Promsk" Says a leading Scalle Newspaper innf. rrtagto current propagarda for so called "public ownership" and to the promises of many a candidate now se. k ing political office. Ic gives this warning to the people of Oregon. "His program restates the premise that has been mat'e in mny other campaigns and in many parts if the coui.t ry. He promises avast pubhc power and eletrical dev lo; ment without cost to ths taxpayers.' " This is a promise that has ncn'r yet Iwn fultiHi J. Where the people have been beguiled into pern: iltini tl e exper'ment it has proved a fa lire and a diirpioii tmci t and has imposed heavy additional burdens upon taxpayer. It is a promise that only the fanatic;-.! few nowadays vc i ture to voice an? where wi hin hailing d s ar.ee c f a c ly cr a section wherein the xpirinunt lias been Iritd " Nothing of the kind can be done without est to the taxpayers. Bends may be sold and debt incurred to tit sucha developrreut uudtr viiy, ino fora time evtrylhirg may seem to be moving unnely. But the day cf reckoning comes around and the sad results are apparent both in tha VOTE 323 X NO tvlJcnCeSiil WaRrcahJ WMlar.aaunint, lm J Kill liir.ry fal pally In the recurrent upward U&rs and bounds i! the Krt end tax r:dc "Th- people of (5n n have vt'y In cast thiir lyis in the ciriclion ol Scintie ;ird I : cc ma to It ;itn ir ri h m this score; t'liy have only in ccck lb ir cr-.is to catch the l( tid C mplaint that arises against these two cities fi in all the ii'i.t 'f t!w T.it.' t U ; - : , n .-i;.ttfi i.rui Irci n:n Ir.nn clud hcaulv iq on fowir iVi! nut t nl nvs to be perf.ct id with-ut ast to the laxjMwrs.' The t.sx rat- in Ta'ci'tna ha vrinc up t; ' 1 mills the l.i.htst in the Nptlhwcst n.id the Seattle rateot 7( mil's claims second i lace. Tax Rates 1929 Tacoma, 81.89 mills. Seattle, 7G.85 mills. Portland, 48.60 mills. Whole State Suffers Tax Losses "Existing publicly owneJ utllltJel oi Klr2 and Place counties havt hacued Uxo In ivery other rity and community In the St.iti of WMhintfon." Tk. ptytti' Economy Ltsii" of ?pukn, - r .i ' Doth Scattk ;.nd Taccma have slrlpptd the UX rolls c( mlll.'jhs cf dollars' woiih of taxatle property for Ihtlr lowcr projects They have taken this rrnpitty hot bnTy wiihln their cwn corporate limits Drd lie llndfs cf tic counties In which they are located, but (hey have Invadid r tinurous othir counties and helped themselves freely. All thU has added immeasurably to the taxes of property ic in . ini - g on the rolls 'i hat is why the rest ot (his s'a'e so bi tcrly complains an so earnestly demands that ihtue ci y u ility pr jec:$ be rompclUd lo rest me a fliare ol tl.c Ux load. Should that be done, the city taxpayers again must suffer, by increase in the direct tax levy, by increase in u tili:y rafes or by both. "SeaMle and Tacoma have gained nothing by these ven lures () i the contrary they have losi much and and s'and to lose s i'.l rr o c. The people of Oregon will be will advistd to mm away from the foolish thought of gettirg gome thing for nothing On a state wide icale, at promiiid in Or-gon and as proposed in ih so called 'district powr bill' Inltlattd for vote in Washingtcn, the nsulti culd be so much tha more disastroui. Editorial Sea 'le Sunday Tima, Aug. 31, 1930 VOTE 325 X NO PEOPLE OF OREGON Heed this Warning Against Confiscatory Debts and Taxes by Voting 325 X No Against Power Districts Constitutional Amendment rai(! Advertisement UTILITY TAXPAYERS COMMITTEE, ILL. Walthcr, Manager, 206, Sixth Street, Portland, Oregon
