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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1907)
ggtmh 1 te amnmr VOL. XXVIII. LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTV, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 21, 1907. NO. 4 WOULD MAK E RICH COUNTY. Rich In Timber and Ag ricultural Land5. sjn Money for Expenses. I K In nifith Fulls In apt to bo in money Hlrintd bif,.in another opportunity rolls nroond for thn city dads to muko I Another levy for ndmltiiatrul Ion ex- I prunes, iiorordlng to tho Kliimuth Falls ExKrec' view of the situation. 1 ho 'state lnw provides Unit city council ttiont ihmUi' h levy and hiivo tho sumo Wed with thn county dork before Jan uary flint. JhM iDo nintiiHiii r hum council lilled to do, Mini when they ; ill.l piccciit their levy to tho clerk, Hint otllclnl refused to tllo I , coime- SCHEME IS SHREWDLY PLANNED ,......ny n...r m u n., t. collected , for city purposes this your, bii1 iih l ho KxpK'HH Miyn tho town la ahcady In u Imd wuy from h financial standpoint, thn bottom of the towns' exchequer will liu scraped before another January one. roll around. RELIEF PROMISED FROM GOVERNOR. Principal Cities of District jtit Out Would he Klvatt of Town to he Itenefittcd. Am Tho Examiner stated h couple of week ago that thoro wouli Im need for special representation ul tho I1MJ7 season of tho Oregon legislature from thU iotl(n of the county to cikj with mouauron that would ho brought before Mint body affecting Lake county, thoro In a meuanre up now for tho creation of Deschutes county out of portioiiH of Lake, Klamath and Crook counties. The propoaod new county includuM tho west half of Crook county, ahout ", 000 acre from Kluinath county aud about 400,000 acres from Lake county, of tho North end, taking In Silver Iake aud all the rich farming lunda and tho valuable timbered area of the Northern end of the county. The new county, as the linen huvo 1 men drawn by tho promoters, would Ihi the richest in natural wealth of any county in tho jtate, and would make Itend the county auut of tho grouteat county iu the Went. The lines were ao drawn uh to taku la what of the valuable agricultural ..... . i-m:ii:iticK W. MU.KUV, lo wim elivlod I'nlicd Stit St'iintor Vfuti-rilii v fur the Hhiirt thrill coiil- and timbor lauds from three countlert, j '.,.Ntf ' Ht ihicc hihI explfiiitf March but uuttiuK out the towua of Iake- view, Klamath PalU, and l'rlnevllle, na either or all of theae cltiea would be rlvala of Hood for the county neat. No doubt if the aobeme could be alip K1 throiiKh the l"nllutnre aa waa pro bably intended it fchnuM, Mr. J. M. Ijawrouuu, who la u homTi at tho bot tom of it, would probably make anoth er atuKkter to have the Koneljurn Iaud oUIco moved to lie ml. Jt aeema there la not bualuoaa eiiuiih at KoHolnirK to keep Mr. Lawrence from miikiux "mud plea." A Swift Team. Prof. Willita telU of a clrciiumtance t tint reflect k re lit credit on a tine driving team ho own. Junt boforo he utartod to Illy hint Saturday afternoon, tie tvci.t into tho telephone olllco at Keyuolda atore aud aunt a ineHnao to Will MoKee, at tho 70 ranch iu Drewu valley, a diatauco of 2) milua, tolling him that they would bo there for aup por. Ho then climbed into hla ulel'h and "hit the road" went, arriving nt the 70 ranch juat art tho meaHne ho had Bent arrived. 4th. next. Mr. Mulkey U the tlrat I'nltvd Htiltea Seniltor to 1m elected bvitie iienple nt Oietriin. Ilia nomin ation by tlo' Republican party mid cliftlou by tho people ul tlio Kncrnl election In June iM-lotr rntltled by the l'ulaliturf. Shot In the Neck. : h Word waa recolvoxl here thiri week that Charlie Truro bo, who Uvea at Re public, WiihIi. accidently hhot himself In the neck with a '22-calibre rifle. The injury waa quite aoriouH, and waa thought would reatilt fatally. His brother One of Alturita received at ele Krani HCiiaintlnK him of tho accident aud ieft at ouco for Republic. Farmer Anxious. J. (". Oliver wua over from tho Wont Kid hint Haturdiiy. Ho aayatho farm era of that aide of tho valley are aux- ioua to hear tho proposition to be made them by the Hewitt Co., who propoao to irrigato tho West Side. Mr. McKeudreo, who U acting for tho company hero, will start for Tacourn in a few daya, and will re turn with tho plaua for tho carrying out of the project shortly. DELIGHTED 1 v I Philadelphia Press. Chamberlain Will Intervene in Matter of uur Burden of Unjust State Taxation. . . i Governor Cbamberlnnd, In answer Vt a letter fiom Dr. Daly, has promiw-d to help this county to secure relief, at tho present Heaaion of the leKialature, 'rora its unjuat burden of state taxation. In Dr. Daly's vigorous letter to tiovornor Chamlierlaln, he has marshalled fact after fact in that logical sequence which makes bis argument unanswer able. He shows that this county baa been paying more than double its share of the state taxes since 1!K)1, as compared with the other counties of the state, aud that if no relief be ((ranted by the loKialature, at its present session, it is the lntet.tion of the tax commission to increase the tax wbicb Lake county ia now paring, so that it becomes a matter of great importance to the people of this county that something be done In order to Dot only prevent the threaten ed inoroaae in the state tax, but that a substantial reduction be secured in the present per cent, that the county now pays. ' Hero follows Dr. Daly's letter and Governor Chamberlain's answer thereto: LAKEV1F.W, OREGON, December 31, 1900. HON. GEO. H. CHAMBERLAIN, Governor of Oregon, Kalnm, Oregon, Dear Governor: Section 4, of an act to prescribe the method in wbicb tho atuto taxes ahull he apportioned between the several counties of tho state, approved February i!7th, HKIl, piovldos a follows: I "Jn order to ascertain tho proportion of such taxes to be paid by the sv I oral counties, said state otUcers shall attcertain from the reports of expend! i tu res of tho several counties, on file in the office of the secretary of state, the average amount of expenditure in each county during a period of nve years; aud each county shall pay such proportion ot said state taxes as the average amount of expenditure for such period bears to the total amount of expendi tures in all the counties of tho state, such computations to be made by the said state officers in January, 1!KX, and in January in each tiftb year thereaf ter. Until the January, I'Mo, computation , the proportion of the state taxeB to le paid by the several counties ahull be bused on the assessments of the sev eral counties for the rant five years." Tho computed per cent, for Lake county to pay, under the provisions of this act, is far in excess of the amount that it should pay in proportion to the amount of taxable property it now ban, and this inequality is becoming more unequal each year. The asaesstneut of 1!T shows that Josephine county, with property valued at 11, l'J0,!y5, paid only s:),22." state tax on that assessment; Wallowa county, with property assessed at 81,081,515, paid but $7, 482,. 50, while Lake county on that year's assessment of only 12,013,748, paid $10,907. 50, a sum out of all proportion to that paid by any other county in the state. Under the provisions of the law a new computation should have been made in January, 1905, at which time Lake county expected that full justice would have been done iu equalizing its part of the state taxes, but for some reason the legislature at that session provided that no computation should be made until 1910, thereby compelling the several counties of the state to continue to nay the per cent, for state taxes that was fixed in 1901 on property of that and the four preceeding years without any change for a period of ten years. Hucn a law violates every principle of equitable taxation, lor tne reason that many of the counties of the state have more than doubled in wealth since 1901, when the precent rata was flxed, while Lake county, being far remote from railroad facilities, and large centers of popualtion, has remain ed practically without any material incroase of wealth, but with a noticeable decrease in population. Tho assessment of 1901 shows that Multnomah county bad property amoun ting to 107,502, while in 1905 it bad property assessed at 1 143,800,258; in 1901 Lake county had property assessed at 11,030,325, while in 1905 its assess ment wua $2,013,748. The wealth of Multnomah county shows an increase of nearly 500 per cent, during tho past five years, while that of Lake county during the aamo period, increased only about 30 per cent, but according to the law of 1905 tho tax fixed on the property values of 1901 and on the four yours prior thereto must remain in force until 1910 regardless of the increase or decrease of the wealth of the several counties of the state. Wheu tho tax commission was provided for aud appointed the people of the state hoped that a practical method for equal and uniform taxation would be prepared aud submitted to tho legislative assembly at its 1907 session, toas.siat the members of that body in the enactment of an equitable law upon that subject, but the majority report of the commission is very disappointing, for iustead of its recommendations being based on the wealth of the several countios of the state, its data seems to have boeu based upon imaginary con ditions aud arbitrary findings, because the commission say, in its report: "In the case of Harney and Lake countios no data being at band, the commis slon made an arbitrary estimate of 50 per cent. " which means that the com mission, without any information whatever, arbitrarily increased the assess ment of Lake county from 12,013,748 in 1905 to .$4,027,496, and recommended that its per cent, for state taxes be also increased from .0107 to .0119 per cent It is difficult to understand upon w hat process of reasouing the commission docided that an arbitrary assessment of tho property values of Lake county, without any information to justify such action, would conform to the con stitutional provision which requires that, "All taxes shall be equal and uni form," wheu as a mutter of fact, a full, fair and equitable amount for Lake County to pay, based on its present wealth aud also in proportion to the wealth of the several countios of the state, would be, not to exceed .0009 per ceut. of the state taxes, instead of .0107 per cent, which the county has been paying since 1901. Mr. W. J. Laohner, in dissenting from the majority report of the com mission, recommends that all taxes should be apportioned according to the wealth in each county ; this theory is not only just aud equitable, but it is the ouly theory of taxation that conforms to the mandatory requirements of the constitution on that subject. Iu view of the fact that Lake county baa no resident, a member of the legis lature, to speak in it? behalf, nor any other member of the lelegislative assem bly of 1907 that Is in any way familiar with the peculiar local conditions of the county ; 1 would, therefore, most respectfully request, if not inconsistent with your high sense of public duty, that you recommend that the committee ou Assessment and Taxation 6f the House and Senate make a thorough invest igation of tb4 property values of Lake county for the purpose of assessment, iu order that au equitable law be passed relieving its people from the unequal burden of state taxation, which has been so patiently borne since 1901. Yours Very Respectfully, 13. Daly. " SALEM, OREGON, January 9th, 1907, HON. II. DALY.Lakeview, Oregou, Dear Judge: I beg to own the reelpt of your favor of the 31st, ultimo, having reference to the apportionment of taxes against your county, aud re questing me to recommend that the committee on Assessment and Taxationof the House aud Seuate make a thorough investigation of the property valuation of Lake county for the purpose of assessment in order that an equitable law may be passed relieving its people from the unequal burdeu of state taxation imposed under the Act of 1901, to which you refer. Uuder the showing made by your letter there ia no question but that under the present system of apportionment of taxes your county is not treated fairly, andsome measure of relief should be afforded by the legislature at this session. Prior to the reoeipt of your letter my message bad been printed, and therefore your oommunioatton comes too late to have the subject matter thereof mentioned In it, but 1 promise you that when the legislature oonvenes I will take pleasure ia submitting your letter to the proper committee, and ask for your county that consideration which your people are entitled to have at their Lands. 1 have the honor to remain, y Yours Very Sincerely, Geo. E. Chamberlain. How to Men sura Hay. Tho rules for measuring hay in the stack vary according to tbe length of time the hay has been stacked, tbe kind and quality of the bay and also according to the character of tbe stack. With alfalfa or prairie bay which baa Wen stacked for thrty days it Is usual to compute an 8 foot cube, of 512 cubic feet aa a ton. When tbe hay has ln-en stacked five or six months usually a 1 foot cube or 422 cubic feet is calculated for a ton. In old stacks which have stood for a year or more a 7 foot culx or 343 cubic feet ia allow ed for a ton. There are different meth ods of measuring stacks, depending upon tbe sbap of the stack and also its size. For a long stack, or rick tbe usual method is to throw a line over the stack, measurng the distance over from tbe bottom on one side of tbe bottom on tbe other; add to these tbe average width of the stack, divide this sum by four which equals one side of the square and multiply tbe quotent by itself and this product by tbe length of tbe stack. This will give the number of cubic feet in tbe stack. which may be divided by 422, or 343 in order to And the number of tons. COUNTY DIVISIOII IS TO BOOM BEIID, Not Looked. Upon With By The Press. SILVER LAKE HAS ASPIRATIONS. Fencas to Come Down. Commissioner Richards of the Gen eral land office has caused to be sent out circulars to all registers and re ceivers of land offices, calling atten tion to tbeir duties as regards tbe law to prevent tbe unlawful occcpancy of public lands. The circular, after quo ting tbe amendment to the act of Feb ruary 25, 1885, instructs special agents and receivers and registers of local land offices throughout the United States, to give tbe widest publicity thereto that the provisions of asid act for tbe summary destruction of in cisures and obstructions existing in violation of said act will be rigidly enforced on and after April 1, 1907. How to Order Meals. "There are all sorts of ways of or dering from a bill of fare. Some peo ple go in with an air of being on fam iliar terms with the establishment," writes FJizabeth M. Rhodes in the February Delineator. "They call the waiter 'Ilenrv' as a beginning, and give their order in a confidential tone, as if to imply that Henry understands that they are used to the best and nothing short of that is good enough for them. Just aa Henry thinks that he has the order, they beckon him back and say, 'Just a little ice in that, please', or, 'You understand no Worcestershire with mine.' And when Henry goes off they lean back complacently, as who would say, 'You see, I'm quite used to living in this style then.' " Miss Rhodes gives a concise summary of the conventional ities of the restaurant, including choice of table, ordering a la carte and table d'hote, pavmeut of bill and tipping the waiter. We understand that Messrs. Will iams, Ivory and Dorris, the gentlemen hers from Alturas, came up with the expectation of buying the Brattain band of horses. They will go to Chewaucan to look at the horses. All Three Counties Involved are Opposed to the Creation of The New County. Tbe Silver Lake Oregonian and the" Klamath Falls Herald treats the sub ject Df county division as follows. It will be noticed that Silver Lake is to be included in tbe new county: (Klamath Falls Herald. ) From this distance, it appears to be simply a boom for Bend, as it would be the probable location of tbe county seat. A' vast amount of land included within the boundaries of tbe new county is practically worthless at pres ent, and in ordar to raise the required revenue for the transaction of county business it is necessary to draw heavi ly from Klamath and Lake. It is not likely that tbe scheme will prove suc cessful but nevertheless steps should be taken to let our representatives in tbe Legislature know that it does not meet approval of our citizens and the scheme to boom Bend should be nipped in the bud. It is understood that both Representatives Merryman and Belknap are opposed to the divlj sion, and will do their utmost to de feat it, and they should be backed np in their work by tbe people of Klamath. (Silver Lake Oregonian. ) But such a move will undoubtedly be strongly opposed by the Klamath and Lake county people, and if the promoters of this scheme wish to make it a success it will probably be neces sary for them to confine their bound ary lines within the limits of Crook. Then they will have no opposition to contend with. Lake county can ill afford to lose any of her taxable pro perty at the present time, and when tbe time does arrive that a county division in Lake seems a feasable pro position, the citizens of this end of the county have aspirations, of their own. I Miller Buys Cattle. F. M. Miller returned from the 7T ranch Tuesday. Mr. Miller has bought 1000 haed of young cows from the French-Glenn Co., and will go about the 1st of Feb. to brand the cattle. They will be put on the 7T ranch. Miller says the cattle are doing fine in Warner. They are feeding only tbeir calves and a few cows, there be ing no snow to prevent stronger catt'e to find all the grass they need. r' X.X-V . x' V , . - - r. s ,. "V. t V X a - x JONATHAN BOURNE Jr., who was elected United States Sena tor by the Oregon Legislature yesterday, for the term of elx years, succeeding Seuator J. II. Mitchell. Mr. Bourue was nominated by the Republican party at the primary election last April, aud elected by the people at the general election la June, ratitk'd by the Legisla ture yeBterday. 1