Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934, July 18, 1912, Image 3

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Tillamook Headlight. July 18. 1912
60-DAY OFFERING
JULY 15th to SEPTEMER 15th
We Are Continuing the Sale of this Choice Property
Drew Addition
Your Choice Without Restriction Only $400 the Lot
10 Per Cent Down
$10 Per Month
THESE IMPROVEMENTS Will Cost You NOTHING
if You Buy NOW:-
Why You Should Buy in this Tract
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Sidewalks
Streets Graded
After the crop is removed, improvements will be made. The
AGENT ON THE GROUND
SUNDAYS
old board fence around this tract is now being demol­
3 P. M. to 6 P. M.
ished and other improvements are under way
SEE US AT ONCE FOR CHOICE LOTS
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
PHONES
ROLLIE W. WATSON
Tillamook’s Leading Subdivision Agent
THE TAX BILLS.
Voters are Up Against a
Difficult Problem by the
Oregon System-The
Single Tax Dodge.
From the Oregonian.
We'll All Be Tax Experts.
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1. —Introductory Price of Lots.
2. —On Main Traveled Road of Tillamook.
3. —Principal 10-inch Water Main of City.
4. —Street Paving within One Block.
5. —Close in to Business Section.
6. —On Second Avenue East and Stillwell Ave
nue where property values are on the up­
ward trend.
The above are a reasonable half dozen statements of facts.
Come in and we will tell you a dozen more reasons
why you should look at this property.
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REASON
REASON
REASON
REASON
REASON
REASON’
You Should
INVESTIGATE
This Tract
The conscientious Oregon voter—
the working, delving, studious voter
who does not like to be in doubt on
initiative legislation—will undout«!-
edly become a profound 'authority
on most phases of the tax question
before the dawn of election day. All
who live in counties other than
Multnomah, Clackamas and Cooa
will have eight tax measures on
which to apply their intellect,, to
say nothing of the ¿mail job of
passing on twenty-eight measures
of other kinds. Those who live in
the three counties named will have
nine tax laws or amendments to di­
gest, and also the twenty-eight
miscellaneous measures.
He who would vote intelligently
ought to know something about
the arguments for and against
single tax, inheritance tax, taxatioif
of moneys and credits, exemption
of non productive personal pro­
perty, taxation of incomes, county­
option taxation,
divorcement of
state and local taxation, taxation
by classification, the putting of the
sole power to tax in the hands of
the whole people, graduated taxa
tion of land holding, and possibly
a few other branches of the ques­
tion.
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It sounds formidable. It is for­
midable. There ia enough in the
taxation measures alone to keep
the conscientious voter of ordinary
attainments fairly busy from now
until November. The following is
a statement in brief of the measures
that will be on the ballot:
An anftndme-it repealing the
amendment which now gives the,
people sole power to regulate taxa­
tion and exemption« and permits
county tax^fuie.
An amenSment permitting st ti
and county to levy and collect taxes
on different classes of properly.
(Divorcement of state and local
taxation.)
An amendment requiring that al)
taxes shall be uniform on the same
classes of property.
An amendment providing for the
taxation of incomes.
An amendment exempting from
taxation all household furniture,
clothing aod other non-productive
personal property.
A bill exempting from taxation
bills of exchange, mortgage notes
and other credits.
A bill revising the inheritance
laws.
amendment
establishing
An
single tax accompanied by a grad­
uated tax on land holdings, fran-
chises, etc.
A bill (in Multnomah, Cooa and
Clackamas counties) establishing
single tax.
The approval of some of these
measures would in themselves de­
feat others, For example, the re­
peal of the county option tax
amendment, if successful, would
defeat single tax in the three conn
ties where it comes up in county
measures, no matter what the vote
of each county was on the issue.
On the other hand, epptoval of the
state-wide
single-tax
measure
would put single tax into effect in
all counties, including the three
where it comes up in county meas­
ures, no matter how the voters in
the three counties voted on the
local measures.
Of the state wide measures, none
is antagonistic of others except the
single tax-graduated tax measure.
All others may be adopted without
serious legal entanglemant. It is
possible, of course, that all eight
state-wide measures may carry
that event the ones receiving the
highest affirmative vote would pre­
vail as to all conflicting phases.
This result would establish a
choatic condition as to taxation
that could only be unraveled
the Supreme Court.
The thing that the voter needs to
be most wary of is ihr attempt-of
single-taxers to becloud the issue
by talking graduated tax. There ia
no graduated tax provided in any
measure except the one which, if
adopted, would eatablish single tax.
Call it graduated or any other in­
adequate name, it ia the product of
the Fels Fund Commission, which
is pledged to establish single tax
in some community within a period
of time that has now almost elaps­
ed. Its presentment in November
will be the culmination of an effort
in which approximately $5ROOO col­
lected in thia and other countriea
will have been expended in Oregon.
If it ia defeated it will probably be
the final effort of the Fela Fund
Commission to establish single tax
io Oregon. If adopted. it will be
followed by other measures de­
signed tn confisc ate for the state by
means of high taxation all privately-
owned lands in Oregon.
It is the duty of the opponent of
single tax to consider more than
the one measure, however. There
is quite a variety of combinations
to be anticipated in the action of
the people on the eight measures.
Approval of the county option re­
peal and defeat of all other meas­
ures would put the state back
exactly where it was before the last
election in the matter of taxation
laws and constitutional provisions.
Defeat of all measures would leave
it where it now stands, with the
Legislature deprived of authority
to regulate taxation or exemptions
The wisdom of the rule "When in
doubt vote no” is not affected by
the tax complication. But to it
might be added the advice "Don't
be in doubt”
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PHONES
Office in Todd Hotel, Ground Floor
How November Repudiates July.
favor of the New Jersey pedagogue
is rather hollow.
Wilsou has a
"Wall street bets 3 to 2 that Wil­ hard fight ahead of him, with a
son will beat Taft.” "Be's are of­ normal Republican lead of 1,000,(XX)
fered in New York, i without any'vnt(H <o overcome if he is to win.
takers, that Wilson will have a two- Can Wilaon get .KM),(XX) more votes
thirds majority in the electoral col­ than hia sponaor, Bryan, obtained
lege.” These chirps over the wire when he rolled lip Ilia big total of
have a familiar sound
With a (J,.KX),(XX), which is the high-water
change of names the country heard mark of
Democratic strength ?
similar outbursts before.
After Probably not. Every
Republican
Greely was indorsed by, the Demo­ presidential candidate
in ttie past
crats in the Baltimore convention four campaigns
left the 7,(XX),(MX)
of 1872 the betting men in New York ma rk behind.
offered odds on his election.
In
the summer of 1876 Tilden "swept”
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Silverites thought they would
the country. Ten days before the
election oi 1HW) Henry George, who smash the Repiibliclan party in
ha«l been accompanying the candi­ IKIXI, but the total Republicsn vote
date on some of his trips, p. -dieted bounded up to over 7,(XX),(XX). and
that Bryan would carry every state has never been less in any later
presidential year.
except four or five.
Generally the Democratic candi­
"A plague o' both your liousea,”
Parcela Poet a Bother
date is much stronger in midsum­
mer than he in two or three months says the pro|>oaed ‘third party to
That re­
°*‘I organizations,
A recent newspaper refiort stated later. He gets elected every day,
that one of the express companies except on election day. Therefore, I mark was made bv Mercutio, killed
made a profit of more thau SfiO.iXX) those who recall the instance in in the third act of Shakespeare's
in one month from packages that, which the betting men were wrong tragedy because the tiard found
through error, had been paid for at in the campaign of the past will that hie excessive brilliancy was
smile at the confidence, with which Fkely to kill the play.
both ends, says Life.
Almost everyone has experienced they are making forecasts for Wil­
William I- Wilson, the author of
the chagrin of repaying express son now. Neither Wilson nor his
the
infamous Wilson law of twenty
charges on a package, only to learn creator.
Bryan, is showing any
that these charges were collected at especial exuberance over the out­ years ago, wpn a college professor
the* destination.
Probably only look. From experience Bryan re ¡and was born in Virginia. Wood
about one person in ten has taken member« the <lelu«ive character of row Wilson is a college professor
to get the money back from the ex­ the whoops which came immediate­ and was born in Virginia. To those
press company
The wonder is ly after the convention. Bryan, in­ who remember the lean and bun-
gry years when the Wilson law was
that only ffXl.iMXi profit is collected deed, had good reason to feel rather
in force, the coincidence of name,
confident
in
I89fi.
He
attracted
in one month.
birthplace, profession and political
The first expressman who discov­ larger crowds than had gathered to
principles has a sinister aspect.
ered that he could collect at both greet any other candidate since the
ends without being thrown into civil war. No such audiences can
S|«eaker Clark's anger st sudden­
Jail (or even receiving a protest be won by Wilson. He lacks the
from the shipper) ought to be put magetism, as well as the eloquence, ly finding himself in a subordinate
Democratic
on the same plane with the man of Bryan. The sincerity of his re­ position as regard«
who ate the first oyster. He is one cent conversion to radicalism is not leadership in Congress is natural.
of the unrecorded heroes of history. likely to impress the radicals, while On the strength of hie supposed
It seems a pity that the parcels it will arouse distrust among the primacy he became one of the con­
post idea, with ita blatant economy, conservative section of the Demo­ spicuous aspirants to the presiden­
tial candidacy. He has a rival for
should obtrude itself upon our ex­ crats.
press compsnies snu, («»ssibly,
”1 lost the nomination solely the honor, however, in hia own
Mr.
Underwood, the
interfer with thio great work. To through the vile «nd malicious chamtier.
pay three times as much for trans- slanders of William Jennings Bry­ chairman of the Committee <>o
porting a package an it ia worth an,” exclaims Speaker Clark. While Ways and Means, which is the
and then to have this same amount ClArk says he will «u(«port Wilson, body that has a dominant voice in
collected from a trusting friend st « does anybody suppose that he will the framing of all the other ata tid­
the other end to whom you have work with any heartines« for him ? ing comnnttre« of that cliamlier,
consigned your gift—sll this ia the Henry Watterson regrets the choke also received many votes for the
highest kind of art. Why should oi a candidate, but «ays he will ¡«esKlential candidacy. These were
work for the platform, thus revers­ given to him on Hie theory that he,
it he interfered with ?
Mr. Hitchcock is right He says ing the sentiment of hia ol«l friend, ami not Speaker Clark, was the real
it will take some time todemonatate Greeley, jual after Scott wan nomi­ leader of hia ¡«arty in the Democratic
a ¡««reels poet, probably feeling nated by the Whigs after an obnox­ I «ranch uf Jongreaa. As the leader.
that if the matter is allowed to rest ious concession to slavery. **f will Underwood ask« Candidate Wilson
exclaimed to communicate Ina views to him
we will soon forget all about it, support the ticket."
sod thus the express companies Greely, "but I will spit upon the on the question« which may come
will be enabled to continue upon platform * The pretense of har­ up in Congress lietween now and
mony among the Democrats in lb« vnd vi ti«s sessioii
their highly artiaUc careers.
BITULITHIC INVADES
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Taxpayern of New Welt-
minister are a unit in favor of
“THE BEST PAVEMENT.”
New Westminister has taken her
position in line with Vancouver
and others on the Canadian aide
in favor of "the beet pavement
available.”
In this case, as in
fact it is in ull such statements of
preference, it proves to be bitulithic
The fact that bitulithic ia rapidly
winning out in the notheru climates
aswedhs in southern sections ia
due to the fact that it adapts itself
perfectly—more so than airy piher
known pavement—to all climatic
conditions, quick
ami extreme
changes, etc.
The city government in Want.
minister, B.
«¡«ent a long ¡wriod
oi time in investigating the merits
of all the various forms of ¡lave­
ments before they finally decided in
favor of bitulithic,
The initial award consists of
about Si.(MX) yards.
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lu these days of high co»t of liv­
ing, a medicine that get« a man up
out oi tied and able to work in a
few day« is a valuable and welcome
reuirily.
John Heath, Micliignu
Bar. Cal., had kiilney anil bludder
trouble, wan confined to his lied,
unable to turn without help. "I
commenced using Foley Kidney
Fill« and can truly «ay 1 was re­
lieved at once." Hi« example is
worth following.
Lamar's Drug
Store.
Buy it now. Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholers and Diarrhoea Remedy is
almost certain to be needed betöre
the summer is over. Buy it now
and be prepared for such an emer­
gency. For sale by all dealers.
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During the summer months moth­
ers of young children should watch
for any unnstural looseuess of the
towels. When given prompt alien
tion st Ulis time aerious trouble
may be avoided.
Chamberlain's
Colle, Cholera and diarrhoea Rem­
edy can always be depended upon.
For Hale by all dealers.
If you are a housewife you can
not reasonably ho¡«e to be healthy
or beaut if ill by washing «liehe«,
■ weeping and m«ing housework all
«lay, an«! crawling into l«ed «lead
tired at night. You must get out
into the teten air and «unlight. If
you do tin« every «lay and keep
your stomach and laiwela in graat
order by taking! Iianilierlain's Tat.-
let« when nee«le«l. you should l«e
come tiotli healthy and beautiful*
For sale by all «lasiere.
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