Tillamook
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1MBER MEN WANT THEIR
TAXES REDUCED.
Cruise Places County
Officials in Embarrassing Position
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The Portland Timber Co., Luther
i. Haak and the Oregon Logging
nd Timber Co. presented petitions
nd asked the County Court to reduce
heir taxes, their reason for doing so
hey clajhied they were assessed too
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In the I Spring of 1008 the County
Zourt entered into a contract with C.
I, Clemen ts of Portland, Oregon, to
ruise the timber of the county, said
.Wnents to employ competent and
•eliablcicruiscrs, the county to em
ploy checkers and in no case should
the difference between cruiser and
checker be more than 10 per cent.
The approximate cost of the cruise
was
Clements began work on
May, 1908. in section 3 N., R. 6 W.,
which is in the noitheast corner of
the county. It is in this township that
the lands of C. H. Wheeler, and Port
land Timber Co. are located. In
township 1 N., R. 6-7 and East half
of 8Htnd in townships 2 N., R. 6-7
and part of 8 West. Clements in
checking his cruisers considered they
were too low and accordingly made
the following notations in red ink on
margin of cruise, and which was ac
cepted t>y the County Court. “50 per
cent.must be added to this estimate,”
signed by C. J. Clements. This nota
tion is made on each item. The red
ink. figur es do not apply to T. 3, N, R.
6 W.BThis curise stands as originally
made. The County Board of Equaliza
tion -ini 1908, upon the protest of the
timbermen affected, eliminated the 50
per cent or the entire red ink notation
and also upon the protest of C. H.
Wheeler that the cruise was too high,
made a reduction of 25 to 30 per cent
in Tp. 3 N., R. 6 W.. This continued
until'I914, when Assessor Johnson
made a re-assessment of the entire
county, and in basing a valuation on
the timber land it was necessary to
rely upon the county cruise. Assessor
Johnson based his valuations upon
the original cruise, and also included
the red ink figures, but the Board of
Equalization in 1914 took the same
view las the Board in 1908, and
“knocked out” the red ink, thereby
reducing the assessed valuation in the
townships where the red ink figures
were added, 50 per cent and reducing
the roll $1,500,000. Since C. H. Wheel
er was not affected by the red ink
figures, his assessment was not re
duced, in fact no reductions were
made by the 1914 Board on timber
lands aside from the red ink figures.
The w’hole trouble of the county
cruise is in the cruise and the meth-
od of recommending that 25 to 50
per cent be added to certain timber
sections and net to others, which
places the Assessor and Board of
Equalization in a peculiar position to
know what is best and right to do
tinder the circumstances. If these sec
tions of timber should have 25 to 50
per cent added to them, then the
timber men are not paying their pro
portion of taxes, and Assessor John
son took the right move to settle the
point, but should the matter be taken
¡Oto court there is not much doubt
but what the timber men would win
put, unless these sections were re
cruised which, under the circumstan
ces, is the proper thing to do and the
timber Mr. Wheeler claims have too
high a cruise.
There appears to be good ground
that some of Mr. Wheeler's timber i«
cruise' too high, but nothing can be
done this year to reduce the valuation
and taxes, and this is the view taken
by the County Court, when it reject
ed the petitions, which are-somewhat
th? same.
Below we will give the petition filed
by Mr. Wheeler.
The undersigned, Portland Timber
Company, a corporation, hereby res
pectfully petition your Honorable
Body for cancellation of taxes, levied
for the year 1914, and for its reasons
lly states:
iid petitioner on or about the
of September, 1914, filed
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County Board of Equaliza
tion, a petition praying for a reduc
tion of the assessed valuation of lands
Mrned by it in Tillamook County,
Oregon, and that the petition was re-
j Stived by said County Board* of
Equalization , but said County Board
of Equilization did not notify the
petitioner when its said petition would
be heard by said Board, and peti
tioner relying upon the receiving of
guch notice, took no action thereon
1 it was informed that the said
Hfounty Board of Equalization had de-
ied the petition without a hearing
hereon or an opportunity to be heard
hereupon, said petition, acting by
^through its President, arranged
r a meeting of said Board in the
City of Tillamook, and on the 3rd day
of Pctober, 1914. a meeting was held
in the court house in Tillamook
County, Oregon, and there was pres
ent the County Judge. County Assess
or and the County Clerk, and the
resident of your petitioner; and at
Headlight. April -15,
1015.
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in which !
this time a question arose as to THE PROFESSOR S ESCAPADE. states of the I nion show
the rural population was less than
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whether or not the County Board of 1
Equalization had met and finally ad Play to be Given ty High School at ten years previous.
the Gem Theatre.
I We have 3,000,000 square m<ee of
journed. However, notwithstanding
territory—1,903,000,000 ac a s of land.
this contention, the Board held a ses- j
The Senior play, "The Prcfr ssor«’ We have 878,000,000 acres of land
sion, and the question of whether a
proper assessment had been made on !>•..ipauv”, better known as “What within our farms, but 178,900,<00
the lands of the petitioner was thor Happe ned to Jones,” will be given acres in this area are mump.’.»ved
oughly discussed, and it was agreed April JJ, at the opera home, begin and unproductive.
The widespread movement from the
that the lands of the petitioner were ning at eight o’clock
“What Happened to Jones" is being farm to the cities and towns accounts
assessed too high, and that a correc
tion thereon should be made, where worked up by the Jefferson High for the decline in products of the
by the assessment on the following School people of Portland, has been farm. The corn crop of 1910 was 114,
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described property should be reduced given by the Baker Stock Company, 000,000 bushels less than 10 years be
for the year 1914. as a comparison:— lies been enthusiastically taken up by fore; it was grown on 14 per cent less
South t/s of North 54, Southwest 54 moving picture companies, and has land, 20 per cent less produce and 43
Southeast 54, Sec. 15, T. 3 N. R. 6 \\. been most successfully staged in New per cent greater value. The wheat
South 54 of North 54, North 54 of York. The play, which is still under a crop was greater on account of the
South 54, Northwest >4 of N. E. 54. royalty, is a high class play of two better yield, but the number of acres
on which it was grown was less by
and one half hours duration.
Sec. 16, T. 3 N. R. 6 W.
Following is a synopsis of the play: over 8,000,000 acres.
South 54 of N.E. 54, Southeast 54.
Ebenezer Goodly, (a professor of 1 The people are growing faster than
Southeast 54. Sec. 17, T. 3 N. R. 6 w.
and that a value should be placed anatomy), his wife, 'two daughters the crops. There are 1,000,000 arces of
thereon which would conform to the and a ward. Cissy, are expecting a , idle lands in Ney Jersey, with 10,000-
cruise made by Geo. H. \\ illiams and visit from the professor's brother, ' 000 people near by to be fed. Acres of
D. Martiny, cruisers employed by the Bishop of Ballarat, Australia. It diamonds at our doors!—New York
Tillamook County, Orego • And re is thirty years since the professor has ' American.
lying upon said statements of said seen his brother and none of the fam- j
Collier’s Caustic Critics.
County Board, petitioner took no ily have ever met him. Secretly the
further action. The petitioner now Bishop has been making love, by let
Winter ends everywhere on the
states that the records of the County ter, to Alvina, an elderly spinster,
same day, according to the almanac,
Board of Equalization show that the sister of the professor's wife.
The professor’s youngest daughter but the almanac ought to know better
said County Board of Equalization
had adjourned prior to said meeting, is engaged to Richard Heatherly, ' than that.
and that the said assessment has not who is supposed to be a very good ' Any American boy can aspire to be
been reduced; that by reason thereof young man. When leaving the pro president; that’s the trouble.
After everything else has been tried
That the market value of timber fessor’s house, however, he drops a
lands in Til'amook County has de card of admission to a prize fight. on a baldheaded lawn, you get it a
creased and not increased. That tak The professor finds it and accuses him wig—that is, a fresh sodding; and a
ing into consideration other timber After much discussion Richard per good wig is extremely expensive.
properties in said Tillamook County suades the professor—"In the inter- ■ All the elements are mediums for
of like value and location, the County est of science”—to accompany him.
carrying on warfare now since fire
During the fight the police make a grenades have been put to use
has made a much lower assessment,
and in levying the assessment upon raid. Richard and the professor es I Mayor Baker of Cleveland says we
the property of your petitioner, the cape by crawling over a stable and arc straphangers by nature. Our pre
County Assessor has unjustly dis down a water spout. They are follow historic ancestors, however, had tails
criminated between the petitioner’s ed by Jones, a traveling salesman.
i to help them get a sinch hold.
A policeman was near enough to
property and other properties of
Allies have their eyes on Asia Min
practically the same location in value. secure part of his coat tail, but Jones or and Japan has her hands in Asia
That the agreement arrived at be gave him an uppercut and got enough major.
tween the County Board of Equaliza start to follow Richard and the pro
If port and starboard arc to go,
tion, ahd the petitioner, was, that the fessor into their house. He demands why hang fast to knots and fathoms?
total valuation to be placed upon the protection as "They are all in this”. I Sometimes it seems as if a man
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timber lands in Section 15, Township A new suit of clothes arrives for the would prefer trying to be independent
3 North, Range 6 West, should be expected Bishop, Jones seizes on on io acres of land rather than trust
$26,500.00; on the balance of the them and is mistaken by the whole to the uncertainties of getting and
property described herein, the ass family for the Bishop. He thus tem holding a job.
essed valuation should be $49,250.00. porarily evades the police. The real
Great fault to be found with recent
The total tax upon the property here Bishop arrives. Jones and Richard get ideas of peology is that the "reform"
in described, according to the ass him to his room. Richard pretends to of the convicted murderer doesen’t
essment as it tjow appears on the be his valet and when he is undressed, I seem to protect society from the
books for the year 1914, is the sum of Richard bolts with his suit to insure murderer who hasn’t been convicted
temporary safety.
$3,196.65.
and reformed.
Petitioner alleges, that under these . A note arrives from a neighboring 1 Our "protest” made to a foreign
facts, said assessment and tax was il sanatarium to say a lurfatic wrapped power is something else that doesn’t
legally levied, and that the petitioner in a blanket and imagining himself to seem to be heard around the world.
will have to protect itself against said be an Indian, has escaped. The Bish- | Monday is sometimes blue because
unjust assessment by challenging the op, getting tired of imprisonment, al it is such an exhausting task to hunt
legality thereof in the Courts, unless so wraps himself in a blanket and for amusement on Sunday.
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the prayer of this petition is granted. comes down stairs. Everyone thinks
Is it possible that cinema artists
That your petitioner has paid the him to eb a lunatic.
missed the opportunities of the Piute
The right one is, however, taken by uprising?
County Treasurer one-half of the tax
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es due for the year 1914, based upon the superintendent. The Bishop, find
Corporations having first fought the
said illegal assessment and valuation, ing Jones’ torn suit under the bed, people to a standstill, and the people
but said tax was paid under protest puts it on and being seen by the po having fought the corporations to a
and solely with the idea of tendering lice, is taken to the police station. He standstill, it is time, with mutual re
to the County the amount of tax tells such a plausable story, however, spect, for both to hold a friendly con-
of which, in the opinion of the peti that he is sent back again by the ference.
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policeman for further inquiries.
tioner, was justly due the County.
Love of truth doesn't compel any
The professor tells the truth (that one to indicate that he has heard that
Wherefore, your petitioner prays
that under these facts and circum the real Bishop is his brother). Jones funny story before. Laugh and the
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stances, and in view of the agree seeing the advantage, threatens to world laughs with you; say “That
sue
for
$50,000
for
false
arrest
of
the
ment that was made with the County
wasn’t the way I heard it,” and your
Board of Equilazation, that an order Bishop, and the policeman begs them left alone.
be made and entered in this Court re to let the matter drop and goes out
Billy Sunday says that a brimstone
mitting to the petitioner the sum of crestfallen. Jones saves Richard and hell really exists. Well, Billy knows
$1,546.90, the amount of taxes that the professor from exposure by say as much as anybody does about it.
would be due under the present levy ing that he impersonated the Bishop . Could cookery be taught to all men,
based upon the assessed valuation as to gain an introduction to Cissy, the some of them could make their o.vn
agreed to by the said County Board professor's ward, whom he says he i strawberry short cake exactly as
has loved for a long time. Cissy, who . they want it.
of Equalization.
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now knows the whole story, helps | Next to a good pun comes an un-
him out, and everyone puts in a good conscionably bad one; it's the 50 pcr
Mending.
word for Jones.
cent ones that get little appreciation
| Cast of characters:
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A woman will brave pneumonia for
Mending up the old things
Jones ................................ Benly Stam. the sake of dress; but a man will do
Trying to make them last;
Prof. Godley...............Howard Lamar. the same thing for sake of baseball.
Everything we value most
Richard Heatherly ....Henry Heisel.
Dardanclls better take that old
Is wearing out so fast.
I The Bishop ................ Don Newman. hame, Hellspont. It’s more like it.
Mending up the old things,
Bigbce ...................... Forrest Erickson.
We view with alarm the fact that
Trying to make them do;
Fuller ........................ Thomas Coates. "commys” and "chinys” used by the
Times are very hard to buy
I Mrs. Goodley .................. Helen Case. I
boys in playing marbles arc smaller
The gaudy and the new,
Cissy...................... Ccrtrudc Ebinger.
than those we used to have.
Mending up the old hearts that beat
Marjorie ................. Freda Schnuclle.
Brotherhood of man might be more
with love so long,
Minerva ............................. Sylvia Rowe. inviting if it didn't
require so many
Mending them with laughter and the
Alvina ........................... Pauline Beals rules.
lifting of song!
Helma .............................. Helen Stam.
Chautauqu can't see
Mending up the troubles,
why their
Miss McElvaine, who has unusual
season isn’t pushed forward as the
Trying to make them seem
dramatic ability, is working hard with baseball season is.
Once again like bubbles
the cast, and excellent results arc
Peace glimmers on the European
Blowing through a dream.
evident.
horizon. That’s der Tag we’er all
Mending up the heartache,
waiting for.
Mending up the care,
Why Food Prices are High.
So the spirit will not seem
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So mendicant and bare.
Notice to Farmers.
One
tenth
of
our total population
Mending up the sunshine that used to
today
lives
in
New
York,
Philadel
glow so sweet,
The Tillamook Lime Products Co., '
And mending all the faded flowers phia and Chicago. Fifty-five per cent
live in cities and towns. Of the to,- is ready to furnish ground lime stone
life scatters at our feet!
000,000 living in New York State 75 to the farmers. The lime stone is
Mending up the places
per cent reside in cities and towns. In ground so as to pass a t-6 inch wire
Rent and ripped and torn;
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twenty-five years New York City in screen.
Mending up the twilight
The lime stone will cost $5.00 per
in
population,
and
creased
3,000,000
Till it turns to sunny morn.
during that time over i.ooo.ooo less ton in sacks at the plant. A charge of
Making old things over
acres of land have been cultivated 3 cents per sack or (ioc. per ton extra
Out of all that’s past;
throughout New York State. In Suf will be made for the sacks unless '
Days that once were clover.
folk County, on Long Island, 248,000 sacks are furnished by the customer I
Trying to make them last.
Only grain or meal sacks with a close
Mending all the old hearts with kind acres have never been touched.
weave should be brought as the fine
In
1950
New
York
City
will
have
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ness and with cheer.
dust or powder will all be lost if the
Mending them with sunbeams to help 19,000,000 people and the United
sacks have a course weave leaving
75
per
cent
of
States
300,000.000,
to hide the tear!
whom will live in cities and towns only the course grains of limestone in
—Baltimore Sun.
Over 22 per cent of our population the sacks.
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A set of new grinding rollers are
live in cities of 100,00 or more, to per
Love, laughs at eugenics, but uphap- cent in cities ranging from 25,000 to being installed to increa' e the capac
pily it is compelled to laugh at the 100.000, while over 15 per cent live in ity and produce a finer prxli.it.
Address all commun: •.!’•<,m to U.
law and proprieties in states where cities of 2500 to 25,000.
they get such notions into statutes.
all the G. Jackson, Box 413, Lilian.ool".
In 1910 2491 counties
TILLAMOOK
TO
SAN FRANCISCO
AND BACK
36.50
Return Limit 30 Days.
t
Ninety Days Ticket, $39.50
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$58.50
TO SAN DIEGO
AND BACK.
Return Limit 40 Days.
Call on Agent Tillamook for full par
ticulars. stop-overs, literature, tfc., or
on any P. R. & N. Agent for fares from
other stations.
Pacific Railway^ Nav- Co
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent.
Portland, Oregon.
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RESOLVED
THAT THE BIG DRoPJ
COME IN OUR PRICED
WHEN WE F I R 5 T
MARK OUR ^GROCER
IES. oVR M otto is
"QUICK SALES AND
SMALL PROFITS."
Special Grocery Prices This Week
Rex 1(10 per cent Lye—3 cans for 25c. *
White Linen Soap—6 bars for 25c.
Mt. Vernon Milk—3 cans lor 25c.
Burgher corn— 3 cans for 25e.
Silverdale Tomatoes—3 cans for 25c.
Lily Corn Starch—3 pkgs, for 25c.
Royal Club Fork & Beans 3 cans for 25c.
Koval Chib Popcorn 3 pkgs, for 25c.
Try Ray & Company’s Special Coffee—27c per lb.
RAY & CO.
GROCERIES, SMOKED MEATS, FRUITS, VEG
ETABLES, HAY, GRAIN, FEED.
TILLAMOOK, ’
OREGON