T H E IIE B M IST O N
T H E
H E R M IS T O N
H E R A L D
steers gained an average of 1.55 Co. to open cam p soon.
pounds p e r day for a period of 90
B enJ— M ethodist to com plete th e ir
A governm ent p ublication sen t out days w hile th e cows put on 1.11 church.
m onthly asks, how can th e g o v ern pounds a day. Steers fed on alfalfa
A shland— C am paign sta rte d
to
hay alone m ake approxim ately one boost building activities.
m ent help you in business?
T he tr u th Is business in o u r coun pound a day gain, show ing the usual
try Is alm ost a t th e point of being ad v an tag e of Including silage In the
No. 9281. Re,err, Di,I. No. 12
governed to death .
ta tio n .— O. A. C. E xperim ent statio n .
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
A few m ore trad e comm issions,
Commerce
comm issions.
Shipping
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
boards, w age boards and w h at little •>
■> at Hermiston, in th e S ta te o f Ore*on, a t the eleao
business is left would vanish.
o f business. March 10. 1922.
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OREGON INDUSRTIAL
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T here a re now estim ated by F o rd 's
RESOURCES
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REVIEW
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1178.408 86 178.408 86
weekly to be fifteen m ilion persons <•
<• Loans and discounts
Overdraft*, »ecuied
8
m aking th e ir liv in g off th e goveru-
Unsecured
1.018.76 1.018.76
! m ent in one way or an o th er.
Ten year’s rent won’t get you anywhere—you
U. S. bonda to aecure circulation (par
A
dvancing
S
pring
slartH
all
lines
A little broom -handle facto ry in a
value) ........
6.260. UO 6.260.00
just pay rent, then you pay some more rent.
46,000.18
w estern s ta te w as visited by sev en of in d u stry — More building planned Other bonda. stocks, securities, etc
.................... $8,000 00
t e e n sta te and federal Inspectors In- Ihan has been w itnessed for years— Banki”ir hout-e
fixtu res .................
2.487.80 10.467.80
Of course, you have a place to live between
L um bering and m ining as g reat basic Furniture,
) side of th ree m onths
Real esta te ow ned other than banking
All rode In m otorcars paid for by occupations leading th e way to norm
h o u se....................
6.068.17
times but the house isn’t yours, it never will be and
Law ful reserve w ith Federal R eserve
th e governm ent, and all b u rn ed gas al conditions.
bank
-
14.912.47
it’s not exactly as you would like to have it anyway.
A shland— P roperty ow ner to help
and had all th e ir expenses paid by
Cash in vault and am ount due from Nat"
city in im provem ent of gtreets
the governm ent.
ional b anka............
20.648.49
Sad but true, so there’s no use arguing.
T he o rd in ary sta te governm ent has
Hood R iver— W ork resum ed on Total item s 0. 10. 11. 12. and 13 20,548.49
Checks on banka located outside o f city
expanded u n til a h alf ntilion dolars a new city reservoir.
or town o f reporting bank and other
U nion— C ontract let for laying
y ear Invested in m otor vehicles for
cash item s
............
1,494.99
w ater m ains prior to paving.
I officials Is n o t uncommon.
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer
D allas experiencing building boom.
T he tax p ay er and the p roducer are
and due from U .S . Treasurer ---------
312.80
Coquille to get new shingle m ill
cry in g n o t for m ore help from tho
Total
$28X464.20
! governm ent b u t for less of the en d and cedar products factory.
• L a G rande— Local hotel to be en
less ch ain of supervision.
L IA B IL IT IE S
larged an d Improved.
stock paid in
.............« ....... 26,000.00
But if home owning didn’t require some individ
G ran ts Pass-C rescent City railroad Capital
THE ETERNAL TAX QUESTION
Surplus fund ....
..................._ ..
10.000.00
W eston Leader
to be com pleted.
Undivided profits ..........
17.690.97
ual effort the saying, ‘ ‘There’s No Place Like
| If th e tax reduction crusade is to
R eserved fo r in terest a rd ta x es ac-
U nion— Main stre e ts to be paved.
c
r
u
e
d
...................
........
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2,000.00
¡g et us an y w h ere, we w ill have to
M arshfield— Oregon E xport Lumb-
Home,” would be all bunk.”
give up th e th in g s th a t we pay taxes «r Co. resum es operations .
19.590.97
for. T h ere’s no e a tin g o ur cake and
T illam ook— T rask riv er m ark et Less cu rren t exp en ses. in terest and
ta x es paid
......... .......... - 2,641.46 16,949.61
h av in g It too. W e feel th a t we m ust road to be paved.
C irculating notes outstanding
........
6,250.00
have decent roads, good schools, w a t
T u rn e r—-W illam ette iV alley f*lax Am ount d ue to N ational b a n k s _________ 179.57
erw o rk s system s, paved s tre e ts and and H emp G row ers’ Ase'n. purchases Certified checks outstanding ............-—
906.00
Cashier’s checks outstanding.
1,474.08
electric lig h ts. And these a re tho local flax plant.
Total
o
f
item
s
21.
22.
23.
24
and
25
1,608.66
th in g s th a t cost the money. C rip
Toledo— C ontract let for 15 houses.
Demand d ep o sits:
p lin g th e Btate u n iv ersity an d the
N ew port— W aldport road to be Individual d eposits subject to check
176,318.02
p tate college, c u ttin g out a g ric u ltu ra l com pleted In tim e for to u rist travel. Certificates o f deposit due in less than 30
d ays(oth er than for money borrowed) 22,236.02
extension w ork and county ag en ts,
W heeler— A fter 14 m onths idle
Total demand deposits
198.563.04
w ill deprive th e com m onw ealth of a ness, local m ill s ta rts up w ith 117
Tim e D eposits:
re a l and beneficial service, k o r t h fa r men on payroll.
C ertificates o f d eposits (other than for
m ore th a n it costs, and resu lt in no
P h o n . 331
money borrowed)
......................_ 24.163.00 i
E stim ated th a t M alheur county
... 24.163.00
appreciable sav in g to th e taxpayer. 1922 wool clip w ill reach 1,500,000 Total o f tim e d eposits
“ The Yard of Best Quality ”
If th e axe be th u s aplied in a sp irit pounds.
Total
$283,464.20
of false economy, th e tax p ay er w ill
M. M. STRAW . MGR.
1
St. H elens— K nights of P y th ias S ta te c f Oregon
County o f Um atilla i '
n ev er see th e chip, since th e fa r p lan n in g to build lodge tem ple.
I, S. C. Ixx?hrie. cashier o f the above named
do solem nly swear that the above statem ent
Exclusive Representative» of National Builders Bureau
g reater portio n of h is ta x m oney is
H eppner— Local telephone system bank,
is true to the best o f my know ledge and belief.
sp en t for tan g ib le th in g s rig h t in his receiving »10,000 im provem ents.
S . C. LOCHRIE. Cashier
own com m unity. Economy, like c h ar- j P lan s underw ay to com plete St.
Subscribed and sworn to before me th is 17th day
o f March. 1922.
ity should th en begin a t home, if he H elen s-P lttsb u rg m ark et road.
Marion L. Brings. N otary Public for Ore.
feels th a t h e m ust economize. It I*
Oregon City— New ferry cross tho
My coirtmibtoion exp ires Feb. 19. 1926
a situ atio n th e tax p ay er seldom sees W illam ette m ak in g re g u la r sched Correct—A ttest:
F. B. SW AYZE.
flB B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B n ^ ?
__because he doesn’t w a n t to see it. ule, reopening Pacific highw ay.
J . R. RALEY
T h u s S u p erin ten d en t G reen w as lis
B anks— C ontract let to clear and
CHAS. E. OPEL
tened to w ith m an ifest im p atience a t grub 50 acres land.
Dirr-ctors.
th e P en d leto n m eeting w hen ho
R eedsport— W inchester Bay L um
B
pointed o u t th a t U m atilla’s high ber Co. extending logging railroad.
g
With two big office.
B
school costs »650 an n u ally per pupil
100 m iles railroad to be co n stru c t
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P E N D L E T O N and P O R T L A N D
and th a t one d istrict n ear P endleton ed from B ear valley to C rane by way
pays »1500 each year for th e p riv i of B urns.
Is prepared to handle the business of
lege of ed u catin g ju s t one child. Yet
P o rtla n d — 134 W est Coast saw m ill
b
Eastern Oregon better than ever before
he gave concret exam ples of w here for week ending M arch 11, m an u fact
a genuine saving could be effected ured 80,590,443 feet lu m b er; sold
J
Our Specialties
w hile m ost of th e sp eak ers used a 67,727,681 feet; and shipped 76,-
■
Farms.
Mills,
Camps,
Hotels, Garages, Etc.
v erbal s c a tte r gun and h it n o thing.
213,927 feet. U nfilled dom estic cargo
W hen you need any
i
We Negotiate Leases and Rentals
orders totaled 82,290,745 feet; and
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ « • « ♦ ♦ * * * * * * * * u nfilled export orders, 80,441,973
thing in the line of
J
W ire Rush Order, at OurExpen.e
♦
f feet. U nfilled rail orders totaled 4,-
n e a t and attra ctiv e
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P e n d le to n O ffic e
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115 E. W ebb bt.
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THERE’S A PROFIT IN
RENTING
jred s of stu d e n ts from n eig hboring
states. H ere 1» one saving th a t can
By th is time m any U m atilla c o u n
be made and If the num ber of stu d
ty tax payers w ill have received th eir
e n ts a t C orvallis is decreased th e ex
tax statem ents. Those who h a v e n 't
pense of ru n n in g th e in s titu tio n can
leeeived them yet w ill do so soon.
be cut. It Is probable th a t o th er cu ts
T his brings th e etern al tax question
lean be m ade a t th e s ta te schools,
to th e fro n t ag ain as th e taxes of th is
though the leg islatu re should not go
y ear come as a jo lt to m any who a te
’ fa r enough to cripple th e ir w ork.
less able to pay them th a n they have
A holiday in road b uilding has
been for a num ber of years.
j been proposed to allow th e sta te to
The hearin g of the state tux com
catch up an d th is m ig h t be advisable,
m ission in P endleton last week
th o u g h m ost of us do n o t like to
brought out m any suggestions, some
th in k of going back in th is im port-
of them good and o thers open to
I a n t m a tte r. A sta te Income tax is
question. It is suggested th a t tho
u n d er consideration. T h is w ill be
extension service of the a g ric u ltu r
opposed by m ost of those w ho pay
al college should be discontinued,
. th e fed eral Income tax , b u t It may
th a t county ag en t and home dem on
prove to be th e m eans of ta k in g th e
s tra tio n offices should be abolished
p resen t In to lerab le b u rd en off real
In th e counties, th a t new ap p ro p ria
property. M tllons of d o llars w orth
tions to the sta le fa ir and th e Pacific
of p ro p erty In notes an d m ortages
Livestock exposition should be cut
are escaping ta x atio n , b u t It does not
e ff and th a t county fairs should be
seem possible to reach th is w ealth as
abolished alto g eth er. Among th e la t
it w ould cause th e money to go o u t
te r we presum e would come o u r dairy
side th e sta te w here It Is n o t taxed.
und hog show w hich we have w orked
It seems to us th a t th e only w ay to
so hard to build up.
get an y considerable relief Is to de-
Then It is suggested th a t we arc
tnobolize th e ponderous a ra y of
paying too much for education, and
boards, com m issions, b u reau s, d e p a rt
the idea is conveyed th a t th e sta te
m ents, etc., etc., etc., ad in fin itu m
ought not to fu rn ish free college ed
w hich we have created a t W ash in g
ucation. These are only a few of the
ton, Salem an d p erh ap s to some ex
views developed a t the tax h earin g s
te n t In P endleton. A ll o u r a ffa irs
in Pendleton und oth er cities. Out of
are Inspected and supervised by h ig h
them w ill come a dem and for real
ly paid public officials. H en ry F o rd ’t
retren ch m en t in the sta te , county
D earborn In d ependent m ay be w rong
and local governm ent. It is com m on
we never counied them , b u t it says
ly agreed th a t taxes m ust come down.
th ere a re 15 nilllon people in th e
T he question is, how and w here to
U n ited S tates liv in g off th e g overn
cu t?
m ent In one form o r an o th er. T h a t
It seems to us th a t the schools are Is the real reason w hy taxes are h ig h
not the plaee to commence. If any and they a re going to stay h ig h u n til
money is being wasted in the schools we find some w ay to g et anolg w ith
Il should he suved, b u t we are d o u b t o u t so m uch governm ent.
ful If the way to progress lies in c u t
L et us not deny th a t m ost of theRe
tin g down the num ber of teach ers
governm ent b ureaus a re help fu l, and
and the salaries and in reducing tho
th a t the problem ahead is a h a rd one
num ber of subjects ta u g h t. Such a
w hich w ill require b ra in s to solve.
step creates the im pression th a t a
P ut it is a fact th a t we have too
com m unity is going bark ra th e r th an
much governm ent an d th a t we m ust
going ahead. ”
certain th a t Ore
again do ourselves m any of th e th in g s
gon will be on the way to decay when
th e governm ent has been doing for
gho becomes unable to fu rn ish a good
us.
education Io every child. More edu
The old Jefferso n ian d o ctrin e th a t
cation, not less is th e need.
In the colleges th ere iB at least one held sw ay d u rin g th e fo rn iu lativ e
th in g th at can be done. The Oregon years of o ur governm ent was, ‘'T h a t
colleges do not charge Million to ou t- governm ent governs best w hich gov
tilde sludents. If an Oregon stu d e n t erns least.” In o th er w ords leave ns
goes to W ashington or C alifornia to much to th e Individual as possible
bo educated he pays a stiff tu itio n th ereby leaving as little as possible
fee a t the state schools. If a W ash for the governm ent to do for him . In
ington or C alifornia stu d en t comes late y ears we have gone to th e op
h ere to he educated h c pays n o th in g posite extrem e and have m ade th e
beyond the sm all fees th a t th e loeul governm ent do as m uch for th e in
stu d e n t has to pay. Oregon Is very dividual as possible, leaving as little
generous, but like lots of o th er gen an possible to his in itiativ e.
The resu lt Is tlia t taxes are high.
erous people, she Is holding th e saek.
It would be far b etter if all states Ilow can they be o th e r th an high
w ould elim inate these non-resident when ev ery th in g we do is reg u lated
Close Decisions
fees, b u t as the o th er stales ch arg e by th e federal and slate governm ent
P o et: “ You ca n ’t pick o u t any
to educate Oregon stu d en ts it seems and by several bureaus of b oth?
special fa u lt In th is poem, now can
no m ore than fa ir for Oregon A gri C an 't we g et along w ith less g overn
y
,,M
cu ltu ra l college, which alone of th e m ent? Must we not gel along w ith o u ?"
E d ito r
(e n c o u ra g in g ly :)
No.
Oregon state schools, enjoys an In te r less governm ent if prosperity is to
fra n k ly , I ca n ’t. One line is Just as
sta te prestige which brings it h u n d - bo restored?
bad as a n o th e r.”
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