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