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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1932)
PAG1 FIFE W.H.Gore Father of Move Which Provided Fund for Structure MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1932, COURTHOUSE FUND AVAILABLE FROM UNO GRANT BUI Measure in 1866 Gives Rail roads Large Tracts Land Eliminated From Tax- Roll Gore. Gets Fund They Guard County's Peace And Handle Tax Collection As funds for the new Jackson coun ty eourthou were msde av&ilitoie through ths Oregon-Oaliiornla land grant refund, Qua Newbury, local at torney, has compiled & brief tabula tion of event leading up to the man ner In which the money was ob tained. About 1886 the Congress of toe United States passed what was known as the Railroad Land Grant BUI, pro Tided that the government would grant to any railroad company con structing & railroad through Oregon and California every odd section not occupied, for a distance of 20 miles on each side of the proposed line of road, and after that time this was increased another ten miles, making a 30-miie grant on each side of the center of the road, as constructed. This measure was known as the Oregon-California Land Grant Bill. The road was completed to Ashland In 1864, and the connecting link was made from Ashland along to Redding about 1888, &nd when these connec tions were made, the full title to these lands accrued to the Oregon California Baiiroad company. Required to Sell Lands, One of the provisions of the land grant bill was that the railroad com pany would be required to sell these ' lands to settlers &t not to exceed $2.50 per acre, and many acres of this land were sold at that figure to actual settlers. These lands, whether they were sold to actual settlers, or whether they were still retained by the company, found their way on the tax rolls, and were assessed st not less than 83.50 per sere, and large sums of money came Into the various county treasuries of the state of Oregon. These lands were afterwards mort gaged by the Oregon-California Bail- road company to the Union Trust company of New York, and the rail road company tn the latter 80's, per haps In council with the trust com pany, concluded that these lands, notwithstanding the land grant pro vision that they should be sold at $2,S0 per acre, might be sold for & gveater sum of money, and tne com pany advanced the price of these lands in proportion to what they considered they were worth, some of the land selling as high as 910 or $15 , per acre. This action upon th part of toe company was & violation of the land grant act, and though it was brought to the attention of the company, the company refused to recede from It position that it had the right to increase the price of these lands be yond 2 50 per acre. Butt Requested. A resolution was introduced in the legislature of Oregon memorializing congress to authorise the attorney general of toe United States to In stitute a suit In the United States district court of Oregon, for the for feiture of this land grant, because the railroad company was violating Its terms in its refusal to sell toe lands at $2.50 per acre. This suit was instituted and tried before Judge WoTverton of the United States district court, and along about 1908 & decree was rendered by Judge Wolverton cancelling the grant and forfeiting these lands to the govern ment of the United States, and this decree was later sustained by the United States supreme court. All of these lands were thereupon taken off the tax rolls In the state of Oregon, and this greatly reduced the volume of property on th tax rolls In the various counties, as most of, these lands were thereafter in cluded In forest reserves and national parks, so that they never would find their way again on the tax rolls of the various counties. This was a great Injustice to the taxpayers of the state, and resulted in a verf ma terial interference with the develop ment of the state of Oregon, as these lands could not be acquired from the government for settlement. Gore Fathered Idea. W. H. Gore, recognizing the great injustice that was done to the peo ple of the state of Oregon by the forfeiture of this land grant, con ceived the idea that the counties affected by the taking of these lands from the tax rolls, ought to be re imbursed by the government of the United States for these tax losses, and that the amount of the taxes that the state of Oregon had lost by reason of the lands being taken from the tax rolls should be paid to the various counties which this land grant covered, and that this payment should be made in one lump sum, and that there should be a continu ing payment made each year to these various counties, hased upon the an nual tax losses which these various counties sustained. This scheme of Mr. Gore's was con sidered by most people to whom he submitted it, as being nothing but a "pipe dream," but Mr. Gore persist ed in it, and worked at the plan for several years, and finally had the matter formulated and arranged for presentation at a psychological time. Mr. Gore went to the expense of many thousands of dollars in cultivating sentiment in nearly all of the states In the union in fsvor of this scheme of his, and establishing the Justness of the claim. This required many months of un tiring effort. He then went to Wash ington. D. C, and remained there for many months, and at the proper time, and when the bill earns on for psjwstre, messages came in from nearly every state in the union from prominent iUzen to the represa- v &Jtf& ,t IS 1J? u i ever Top row, left to rlghti Baiph Jen nings, sheriff j Olga Anderson, deputy; u 1 Jennings, deputy; Louis Jen nings deputy. Bot tom rowi Gertrude Martin, chief dep uty clerk j LSrma Looker, ta x de partment, an3 G. W. Sunford Jailer. -. Kermeil Ellis Photo. tatlves and senators In congress, urg ing the passing of this bill, and It was then passed by & unanimous vote in both the senate and the house. Mr. Coolidge, who was then presi dent, bad manifested & purpose to veto the bill, and Mr, Gore, in com pany with Senator McNary and Sena tor Stsnfieid, from Oregon, "bearded the lion in his den," and through the Influence of Mr. Gore, established the justness of this claim', and the bill was signed. There came to the state of Oregon, in the counties west of the Cascades, as & result of this measure, (13,003, 000, of which Jackson county received $lr0ai,000, and since that time has received several hundred thousand dollars in addition. Necktie Tribute To Air Industry Even - the neckwear manufacturer has paid tribute to the airplane by designing a handsome necktie called "The Aviator," The- Toggery, in or der to have a shipment of these HoHyvogue cravats la Med ford this wek, had them sent by air mail. Or dered Monday evening, they arrived by plane from Los Angeles, Cal,f early this morning. "The Aviator will go to all the centers of population throughout the world, and its all-over design of min iature planes will carry a boost for airplane travel. A display of these novel ties has been arranged at The Toggeriy. MRS. fflLUAMSON TO Margaret WUUsnaoa wffi opea hr private kisdergartea -aa. September IB at ir hon at 109 Ssath Orange treet. chlVAttn Jrora the ag ot three to ! years are eHgible for enreil ment. Special work will Us oStored la musical education as weii as regu lar kindergarten work, . Transports tios may be arranged aad the hsura Bill be 9 to IS. la eonrsectioa with the kindergar ten apecial lesson In dancing isay be arranged rtth as accredited teacher. For further information or earoii raerrt can 133, Lions Contest Will Close 12:00 Tonight Medford'e most popular girl Witt be determined tonight with toe closing oi the Mobs club, popuiarity contest at the Fox oraterian. A temporary aereen will be erected outside the theater and the returns will be an nounced at intervals, both ontside and inside the theater, until mid night. The tost prize winner wffi get a trip to Hollywood oki the United Air 14nes roiste; aeeonda beautiful Gruen wristwatch, donated by Brc phys jewelry store, and third, a cabin for- a wees: at Lake o the Woods, . Hie screen attraction for tonight will be "Man About Town, starring that popular star, Warner Baxter. Others included la the cast of thia thrilling romance are Karen Morley, Conway Tearie and I4Uian Bond. Ijehanon. E. B. Edes started erec tion of new building adjoining his nut packing plant here. Brooking. The local community church renovated. GLESBAtB. New road proposed from here to Seuben. MOTHER . . BROTHER SISTER ..DAD, The Whole Family saves on SHOES AT WARD'S Everybody gets real values, and superb-wearing Shoes at Ward's! Mother likes their slim lines , , , , Id goes in for stnrdiness aad gets It! 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