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■F mua T he SI eporti : ig MîliTHV’U.E. QMGW, JUL» lì, 1353. SVITI 'M 111 »' 'M» 1«WIH. Under the caption •‘TaKin.'? Monty Discs no Good,” the Willamette Furm- er reiterate., it < policy of ‘'exempting money and its representative« 'in the matter of taxation. Audita piulound opinion is that those who ilo not agree with it in this idle theory “have not xufficient depth and breadth to com prehend the advantages’' it would af ford. And the philosopher further ob- serveth : "When a man has no ability to argue it is easy and ofteu it is con venient to question the notions of the other side.” That's so; had’nt thought of it.— Farmer’s "argument” just put u, in mind of it. Here is a sample of its “ar gument," for instance : "And another great advantage—there would not be the inducement to defraud the revenue that now exists, and is become the rule rather than the exception.” Now ia’nt that a revelation almost divine) And so righteously magnanimous, too I— Spare the tender-hearted moneyed man from the temptation of unscrupulous devices to shirk his duty, but by all means spare him ’ And then another amendment would be in order. We would not show partiality. Let the farmer'» logic be carried out to the end, with equality to all concerned. To avert this "inducement to defraud" let exemption extend to real estate,and to horses, cattle, sheep and to asses, swine, etc., and to all manuer of per sonal property. Let this be done, and wo guarantee that there would not be one half the "inducement to defraud the revenue” that there would be with the Farmer'/ pet plan in operation- As a scheme for moral reformation, it would doubtless prove effective, even brilliant. As a plan for raising reve nue, why—that would be auother idea, without much of anything in it. The imputation of fraud in this matter, laid specillcally upon the shoulders of mon eyed men would lie tough on the mon eyed wen were it not notoriously base less. Now, will the Farmer please conde scend to give its readers some relevant argument in support of its position) We respectfully protest that, however satisfactory to its own mind its bare statements may be, they do not carry conviction into the minds of other men. Never mind that “argument” about having “presented it with un mistakable clearnessjust skip that familiar quotation, "we are the peo ple’s friend readers are sufficiently enlightened upon that very interesting theme, “the farmer uever, never, uo never has been bought,” and so on ad infinitum. The question at issue is a plain one. What we want to under stand is, how is the withdrawal from taxation of money going to increase the public income any more than the withdrawal of railroad property, or any other class that now bears its share of the burden ) A plain answer to this question is first iu order. Auother chi merical dissertation on the "millions of money that will flow into Oregon ’’for borrowers,will not answer. Taxation,as we all undeistand, claims nearly every citizen for its subject. Yet all men are not money borrowers, and there is no justice in placing an extra burden upon the shoulders of those whose good management lifts them above the meshes of usury tor the sole benefit of those who are le.-s fortunate or provi dent. So far m usury laws are con cerned, practical results show much iu them of doubtful expediency. Hut hen it comes to taxation there is uo leasou why the mau who uses his money to • make him an income should escape his equtable tribute to the public revenue any more than should the man who uses for the same purpose a farm or a railroad, a factory or a herd of stock. Xoi ban thi if ever been any barrier I X<»1 ICE. against it» free u»e by the public ottered G. 1.. Harker mul Geo W. Harri- ure n.'» until within a tew days when a large i m»vu -inv Yinnhl'l anti Polk countie., toll** ItliiK •ink., for ihr Itui-kfuril Tita I lulu crow <1 had p issed over to the coast and i euev. wbi.-h > iivl»-' ganerul r»t. .c'lnn juai the maebiM il.at even tumor neatl. when Mr. Sinnot aprang bi.-i “ prosecu ini Tliui vou may know t>-*< this la uj h-iuii’ii tion”—“permit” scheme in an ex. client leno the follt/vtiM certlUeau. McMmuvilla, Oregon. July 9rU, Us1. manner to take advantage of the mul Wa herebv cert I tv that we have mirehaaed titude that were compelled to travel a Tire rtizhteniug Machine, now being -old hr this toad to reach then home. ( ou- Harriet Parker, which we have therougllb tested aivl .Ind to be a succeae for tightening st queutly a storm ot iudignation low err tire, an I cart rocouitueod It to every man who has looee tires on buggies, hack, or wag about the agent’s head. A petition on»,a.being all that isclaime I tor it. asking liia removal is circulating and jlhNPLKSUN X LOGAN BROS. i.> receiving the signatures as well as the hearty approval of all who have seen it, embracing the best citizens of thia section. And if what we hear is true the proceeding is perfectly cor rect, and Mr. Indian Agent Sinnot ought to he hoisted square out of his of ficial boots. It is a pity, after all the hard labor aud trouble to which the Aud settlers of that section have been put to secure a route of travel, that their efforts should at last be throttled upon a pretext so trivial, and there are three Also a full line of farming implement.* or four big counties of us hereabouts AT sufficiently Interested to not allow any Ha such a “racket” without being “heard NORIH YAMHILI from” ACARO Whom it May Concern, TÆC. UNNVïLlÆ, May 10th, 1883, OSBORNE Be it herewith known that I have this div e tabli-hed a iUowers, One Price Cash Dry Goois ani Clothing House, Binders, i n ine, Wire and am receiving NEW GOOD- in that hue EVERY DAY, which are bought EXTRAS For Cash at Bedrock Prices. BAIRD’S, 17m 2 The Dalia, Flouring Mills burned last Friday morning Loss, $10.000 ; insured tor $4,000 The undersigned offers for eale bis property in Happy Valley. The farm consists of 282 acres; 200 acres under fence ; about 90 acre3 in cultivation; good bouse and barn and excel lent spring water. Also a fair flouring mill,on one of the best sites in Oregon. I will sell this whole property at $15 per acre—oue-balf carb down, the balance on reasonable time. Enquire at the R kforteb office. >ew rJTo-l>ay MOHAWK HALL ! TONIGHT JULY 12th. First, Cash-Basis;' Second, One 1’rice to Ail. We shah keep only Good SrUflJ«, and sell All Good» are marked in Plain Figures. to you for them Precisely what they are C. NEWBY’. 2m6 ATTENTION ’ Notice to Farmers ’ The only appear»noe of The Raymond Holinee Comedy Co, In WHIMS Beg leave to inform the public that our business “ 11 be conducted upon the following systematic principles: FOR S.iLE WHIMS WHIMS Having purchased of Mr. W. T- Newby the well-known McMinnville Warehouse, I shill Beautiful Mono, Elegant Coatumea, and the be prepared to store this season’s crop on ad favorable terms as can be done in McMinn ville, and shall be ready at all times to pay Choicest of Comedy Come one and all, md enjoy a good. hearty laugh. We believe in We have only co add that -v? Cash for Crain, J) SQUARE BUSINESS at its highest market value. Will also be pre pared to 5 think ths ■ OAN SACKS TO FARJX CHS, DOX’/FAIL FUSEE THE FAliY Po/tM/ar Prieto. e nr- ’till to do away with the T OOSE CREDIT and forsaid loan will require the sacks return ed filled with grain to my warehouse. Soliciting a share of your patronage, I shall in return therefor endeavor to give von satis faction. W. A. WELLS. McMinnville, Or., June 28,1883.—m6. '.-¡T Eoserved .eats without extra ohargo af. At THE CITY DRUG STORE. • ads and Clothing House, phe Sherman & Hinman’s GREAT EUROPEAN Groceries Croc! CIRCU FARMERS •cJ'TOB. MOWEB GIOIE YOUR IMTROVE Tuesday, July 17, Il b: closed out at extremely low tigures. t Mr. J. J. Henderson, has at his place, 5 miles west of Amity, a thorough-bred Jersey Bull, imported recently from Los Angelos. The-e wishing to breed can do so by the season for $5, due st time of service. 13m3pd . Afternoon and Evening. it ¿ l ength and Durability t Muw<r manufae nred on ibe-Pacific Coast. T! . ?u) “JERSEY CHILI - The — REORGANIZED AND ENLARGED. Pure Special engagement of PROFESSOR JOHN SHERMAN, Now at the stâbles of III.'DLR; Û1 “ J).;:srY C hîff ” No 1 j dropped April 12th, 1S7Î : lire. “ Emperor:” dam •* Minnie War ren P edigree of “ E mpfiîov .” •'Emperor” w»? dr« pped Jan l"ih 1875 s. ?, “ Emperor Bil ly dam “O’ivea” bv imrori’l Ncriunc !2<)j ' - great i “ Nelly Bly,” 22f . —.mr P epigref of “M innie W/ cb ??. --‘‘Minnie Warren,”solid fawn,dropped 'I . h f-in, 1ST* ■ ¡u'¡ion, I.¡¿flit Draft, No Side Draft or Weight sire, “ Beacon Comet,” 14th: um.“ Princes” S.i.ip’. > . 1th, (2302); grand-dam, •‘Princes” (761'— on Horses’ Necks. impoitcd by W. B. Dinsmore in 1868. i'iei i•: •• mid examine the VICrOtt before purchasing a Mower, T erms —For season. $5. HENDERSON ± LOGAN BR0-*. av t has ma- > p , iis that make it superiob to other machines. TOMMY. BARNEY JACK. *8. LOG A i BRO Mc.MirNVILLE, 0BEG0N And bis Wonderful Trained Ilo ges, AND A. j^rsw Dlouded 1 i Sir * I also have the Improved SHABBY UTRaFY, rogether with the brightest array of Areniy Sura ever exhibited on the Tai iio Coast. Foremost of which stands A gentleman whose residence is just outside the borders of the Grand Homie reservation, brings us a story very un complimentary to Mr. Sinnot, the Indi an Agent at that place, and in support of his allegations our informant pro Crowned Frances» of the Arena. duced various papers which served as conclusive evidence. A few daye ago it 6eenis that Mr. Sinnot issued an edict Cbanipi >n U ir ila K Jar of the Werl I. declaring that all outside people found traversing the reservation were tres L I f T Li: «LORI A, passers and as such should be prosecut The Child Wouder, aud b.i ponies, Duke aud Duchess ed. citing such portions of the V. S statute as lie had determined to enforce. M.iihiine OICltOC^lK The enforcement of a law calculated to abate any anuoyance or rectify any Toe Women with the Iron Jan*. wrong of course would bo unquestion ———Tnr Gir.-.T A crobats , trf ------- able. But in this case the object ap pears quite different. Attached to Mr. , Sinnot’s order as above described we | find he provides that an Indian named 9 Silas is authorised to grout permitt to Victor, Frank, Charle» and Harry. those whom he chooses lo pass over the Youog America C ntortionist. road through the reservation. And these "permits" are granted unreserv edly to each and every person who America s Greatest Knockabout Ciowu, pays a toll, fixed at all the way from 50 cents to a fl 50 each. We Lave in our possession several receipts given Tb« Eero of the Black Wire- ky Indian Silas to feme cf our ueigh- The Tiumu- F> i>ots who have suffered this exiortiou. Soli ta plain that Mr. Indian Agent Sinnot,« "order” in th.aconnection was Equestrian Clown a direct thrust at the travel over the Nestucca road to the coast, a portion of OHi litoide the Tent, net in the St, . ,t. which lies across the reservation. It is evident, also, that the object of it is a apecuhitmn of uot the most creditable character The road in question his Will Hrw.k I v«t pHrr M th» »ArraeoB pt-ifrrutins u their m«zr’£«-*nt Ban! Char.* t Jrar ■ by MX NOBLE STEEDS. been miiutained and kept iu repair bv settlers of that section for years and ADMISSION, »1. CHILDREN, 50 C«nt». no thanks are dv.e to the agency for it. Boo.« Open al l.altf, m. Ferformonce nt S and S, WAkTZrEEt -V woo»»« Produce I Cöiiimr sion MISS PAULINI MR. WILLIAM Mows; : nr! Binder—Something entirely new. Missing bundles ¡s oi t; e past. ill run one horse lighter than other Self Binders. House. 5----- ? Ì» —J GORMAN Moresco Brothers Fay Cash Mr. Iranis Monroo, George Zorello, King of th* Air. George Thompson, WV riiv Sherman's Silver Cornet Band ¡H* For all kin Is of Pi ÌQ - B Meat?. La ni, Apples, Onions», I Turkeys, Ducks, Geese and P . v. Cu Sappington & Laughlin I have for sale 4 l.diiija ßyjjiüu Gt Latid Plal'JF Thtonly fenil Linje. r fhst con»? B 5 » SS h NORTH YAMHILL, $2 ì yu'113 cil! th« alteot. n rf the Fars.«n »’ »irubill and Wa.hingtoti Counties, to th. fa that they have the aeeo''v fcr aotna of tbebetl ’riakes of Farm Machinery, am j 0£ which they may mention the *?a;r— < í Pb •.-»pha>- I am also agent fur the rRAMB MOROS CO, Cbiarlss A&orcsoo, B. F. HARTMAN, 9wl0 ■................... Jâijadôr, Doering Mower* The Old Rollabio. - -.... EÏ El. *,0 FARM, Road and Mill WAGHiHERf, MARKET .»r-. [vrw.- -.'r- -;»J hid .I new have n exb '-.r st mv * . •> f10t •wortment of Farm and R m H JAtcb.i.. . eluding the . WARRIOR mower HAY RAKES, n tfct Br:ek Qn f-t'lE-w. Wh-.r» wiU DODDS lhe Westinghouse Threshei, Hind«. - '«1« a lad Dried f («h. Bacon. Ham«« Fjrjr». 1 loin troni l af-Ajettv Ylill«. Chic ■ ?ny. 4r„ < St. Paul Twine Binder. Call and se. m« at the W,: B , ding, oppose Mason * Hsi:. ’ Ivtf r. X. riARntNG. Plow«, Harrow«, In fact all kinds of Farm Machinery- Ir- ad i CT F ' yining tept m a IK A. C. Southmayd 5 Potter, RE AL ESTATE U-IA f . tn Sr häidv.aiS, ClGCKSiy'whld Giocw FOR CASH. Ltc, .ve n S heridan Y amhill Co, O regon . Valuable Farm Lands for ss > in qn and on terms to suit. II Ml ALSO, T CI. IS* MARKET i , j ...at the. 11 • T GARRIÜOX ovílle, Orear». ) Mar II, JIM. ’ IloiS* Piríivifñií l e\*ortk I’awiA*d