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TILLAMOOK HBÀDLÌGHT MARCII 13
EXTRAVAGANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT
Administration Waste Denounced in Senate
by Senator Penrose.
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
in a speech on government extrava
gance and waste, said in the Senate:
While we are engaged in proposi
tions calculated to squander the mon
ey of the taxpayers, we are at the
same time making very substantial
inroads upon the taxable values and
incomes from which we must get
revenue. I, for one. think it time to
call a halt, and if these wasteful ap
propriations cannot be stopepd be
fore the 4th of March, at least the at
tention of the American people can
be called to them and perhaps some
relief afforded in the new Congress
and under another party after March
4.
Mr. President, no system of taxa
tion could be devised by the ingenu
ity of man, and no country however
rich it might be, could bear the taxes
that would be commensurate with
these wild, extravagant and wasteful
expenditures • • •
After reading a list of bills pend
ing in Congress, appropriating sun
dry sums for many and varied ob
jects. he continued:
The items I have read Mr. Presi
dent, many of which are pending be
fore committees or are sanctioned by
the departments, or have been re
ported favorably, aggregate »2.880,-
480,000, or nearly *3,000,000,000—
half of the amount proposed to be
raised by the pending tax measure.
There are a number of other Items
confronting us and to be reckoned
with. I will not say that the items
I am going to read are all unneces-
sary, but they will convey to the tax
payer some general idea of the bill
he has got to foot as the result of
incompetence and waste or, in some
cases, as the result of the war.
Amongst what I might term inev
itable objects in the construction of
hospitals, which it is estimated will
require »30,000,000, Whether that
estimate is well based or not, I do not
know.
'1 hen we have the Interest account
on the national debt of »1,000,000,-
000 annually at the very least.
We have the propositions tn con
nection with the merchant marine,
which are to some extent Imaginary,
but they call for an expeiditure of
*650,000,000.
Then we have the loss of *800,-
000,000 on the operation of the rail
roads, a loss which I attribute to the
account of blundering and inefficien
cy.
We have the very general estimat
ed expense of demobollzation of *500
ed expense of demobolixation of
*500,000,000, which, of course. Is in
evitable.
We have the proposition for air
craft mallservice, amounting to *50,-
000,000 a service that 1 think could
very well wait until the stress of ex-
penditure la over. Anyhowt it is a
good deal of a luxury and more or
less of an experiment. Yet, appar-
ently, there 1 h a disposition to spend
money for it, at least until the 4th of
March shall have strived.
Then there are government con
tracts put down at *1,500,000,000—
a wild guess as to the amount that
will be required.
1 have already referred to the Eu
ropean food bill. The war risk insur
ance requires *150,000,000; the em
ployment bureau wants *14,000,000;
and the bonus to soldiers, which we
all indorse, requires *225,000,000,
making an additional
amount tor
some unnecessary purposes, but some
unnecessary or ill-advised, of *5,-
049,ouo,000. This and the miscellan
eous, visionary, and needless items
already mentioned, aggregate *7,-
937,480,000 or nearly *8,000,000,-
000. which added to the amounts
lloating around here In the senate,
tv which 1 have already referred,
mokes *10,000.000.000 actually nsk-
eB tor by senators and representa-
lives with solemn countenance and
«■at nest demeanor, frequently eup-
jutted by a department. 1 have yet
to see one of these measure« fail of
sage when its consideration could
reached.
Jr. President, the air is full of
ngb1 st tons for enormous expenditur
es. Here is *10.000,000,000 picked up
ill the most casual way by looking
t it rough the calenders of the House
and the Senate. Every departmental
i eport contemplates
squandering
money somewhere.
296,S59. I venture the assertion, and
I say it deliberately, and 1 have been
corroborated in it by conversation
with members of these volunteer
here—dollar-a-year
boards down
men. so called—that perhaps one
half of these offices were needless,
and the result of inefficiency and im
providence.
The air is full of propositions for
expenditures,
most disheartening.
Here we pick up the morning paper
and observe that the Secretary of
War is going to send a commission
over to France to take care of the
liquidation of—
war from
"the »30.000,000,000
which we are slowly emerging. ► »
The adjustment of all claims, both
for and against us, which doubtless
will aggregate many millions of dol
lars, will be considered immediately
and will not be permitted to drag
along for years or perhaps genera
tions."
That opens up a prospect ot ex
penditure.
Then 1 note that the Department of
Commerce is talking about spending
some »200,000 in connection with
trade with Spain, Italy and the Bal
kans; that it is to be energetically
pushed to promote the work of ob-
taining new fields in which to sell
American goods. Is that comparativ-
ely large expenditure, Mr. President,
authorized by Congress? Has it been
sanctioned by a favorable report
from a committee, after a full hear
ing on the subject? No.
Then I think the sooner congress
passes a law rendering the secret
archives of this enormous fund avail
able to the committees of Congress
and to the American people, the bet
ter it will be for this government
and for this administration. 1 do not
intend to sit idly by and permit
»150.000,00o of the people’s money
to be expended between here and
Paris, and for every kind of uñau
thorized project such as promoting
trade in Bulgaria, to which 1 have
just referred or to make good
amounts which congress has deliber
ately refused to appropriate, without
at some time or other having intor
mation as to bo w every penny has
been spent; and I do. not entirely
agree with the senator from Utah. I
know he is in the minority on the
committee, but 1 do not see why this
enormous fund, without restriction
or restraint, should any longer be
placed at the disposal of the Presi
dent. He is simply a branch of the
American government, the head of
the executive part of our government.
The war, for all practical purposes,
is over, and how any ligitimate pur
pose can be subserved or conserved
by un ability to squander or spend
*40,000,000 or »50,000,000 ls be-
yond my comprehension of the aver
age American citizen when te wakes
up and rubs his eyes and realizes
what is going on.
spoken a
Mr. President. I have
greater length than I had intended.
There is no use in my criticizing ex
penditures made under the stress and
inspirations of war. They were some
times improvident: but I intend on
some other day, as opportunity of
fers and 1 find time to investigate
the different phases of the subject,
to show the American people, on the
floor of the Senate, the character of
the ill-advised economic methods un
der which the war was fought, and
the wastefulness and extravagance of
many of the apropriatlons.
Coyotes and Squirrels,
I only want to refer now to the
bill to stimulate agriculture, carry-
Ing *11.000.000. largely devoted to
the depression of coyotes and squir-
rels. When the war' was at our door
and the most heroic efforts were re
quired to float the liberty loans, the
Senate found time, in th. midst of
the stress and strain and agony of
the war to devote a whole day to the
extermination of coyotes and squir
rels, at an expense of some »ll.UOOr
000 under the guidance of the ma-
jority party.
The enormous appropriation of
*162.500,000 to the food and fuel
production and distribution of waler
over the dam. 1 shall not refer to it
further except as a wasteful appro-
pi latloii. largely for bad economic
methods, which th« historian of the
futur« will employ to exhibit a high
standard of folly on the part of
Extra Office« Created.
1 now refer to extra offices whieh civilized people.
There Is no us« In pty referring t«
lipve been created. I suppose they
Were necessary, during the war..any I the *150,000,000 given to the Presi-
how ; but we have only to go through ' dent for which no accounting has
and ulong the sides of these great been made, because that has at ready
tsmpviary buildings scattered throu- been commended upon.
r. limit Washington, or through the
The enormous sum spent by the
cepat tments. to see the large num Shipping Board. *4.806.000.000, is
ber of employes crowding th* corri largely waste. The policy ot the gov
dors and cumbering up the room«, ernment should have been to requir«
and, tn many cases, actually hunting the building of these ships in exist
something to do. That demoralised ing yard» and to have held contract
situation has been alluded to fre- ors rigidly responsible for results in
i .entty on the floor, and 1 do not stead of
constructing
enormous
intend to enlarge upon it now. I plants like th« Hog Island ¡Shipyard,
simply want as a part of my remarks under a wasteful cost-plus contract,
t refer to the fact that In the Slxty- and demoralizing the labor market
I tli Congress, first session, 82.719 by hiring clerks and mechanics at
t.e.v oftiees were created, requiring soaring and fanciful wages in com-
Ji? 371.231 to pay the salaries; and {petition with normally paid labor
th* second session 191,307 new of- engaged in similar occupations right
•>s were created, requiring *110,- [ulong the Delaware river. The whole
5,428 to defray expenses, making , proposition was ill-advised and un
graud total for the present Con justifiable from an economic and
fs ot J 70,026 new offices created. business point of view, and entailed,
. ring an expenditure of *158,- i . in my rfpinion, the wasteful expendi-
ture of a large part of that nearly
*2.000.000.000 appropriation.
I do not know how much has been
appropriated for housing, due to al
leged war needs. I noticed one item
of »100,000.000. It is a proposition
that never had any merit, except in
connection with certain restricted lo
calities, and yet we have squandered
several hundred millions of dollars
in this connection unnecessarily and
wastefully. and the houses are now a
dead loss to the government in most
cases. Clerks, perchance, could not be
crowded for a few months, even it
soldiers were content to sleep in the
trenches and dugouts in France.
Notioe of Hearing of Petition to form
Drainage District. In the County
Court of the State of Oregon, for
The County of Tillamook.
poeed operations of such district,
vni.
The formation of a drainage din-
trict under the provisions of Chap
ter 340 of the General Laws of Ore
gon for the year 1915, as amended
by Chapter 414 of the General Laws
of Oregon for the year 1917, under
the provisions ot which this organ
ization is proposed, f is a proper and
advantageous method I of accomplish-
ing the reclamation and protection
of the lands included in said propos-
ed drainage district.
IX.
The proposed plan for reclamation
and protection of the property in
the propesed drainage district is,
that a dike or embankment shall be *
constructed around the outer bound
ary of said district, of sufficient
height to protect said lands from
over-flow from the waters ot the ad
joining rivers and sloughs, with tide
gates therein at such places as may
be found necessary for the purpose
of affording the necessary drainage
of water from the lands in such dis
trict. The lands included in the dis
trict are all subject to over-flow, and
are cut up to a considerable extent
| by tidal sloughs, and it is proposed
to drain said lands and provide for
keeping the waters dained off of tije
land so that instead of the land re
maining cold and wet as they do un
der present conditions, the water will
! be drained oft and the land will dry
off more quickly, and be thereby ren
dered more fit for cultivation and
more productive.
In carrying out the plan of recla
mation it is proposed to make use of
some diking work already done by
some of the owners, and also to act
in connection with Tillamook County
in raising the road bed of the coun-
ty road which runs along a portion
of the boundary of the district.
X.
The signers of this petition agree
that they will pay any and all ex
penses incurred, and any tax or
taxes that may be levied against
their respective lands for the pur
pose of paying the expense of organ
izing, or attempting to organize the
proposed district, the expense to be
taxed against the land of the sign
ers in proportion to the number of
acres owned by them and affected by
the proposed project.
XI.
Wherefore your petitioners pray
that the lands described herein, or
such of them as may be found by the
court to be properly included in the
proposed district, either permanent
ly or until further investigation and
survey may permit elimination,
shall be declared organized into a
drainage district under the provis
ions of the Laws of Oregon relating
to such districts and hereinbefore re
ferred to.
Dated February 10, 1919.
Emil Benscheidt
M. V. Stillwell
Ida E. Reynolds by E. W.
Stanley, her guardian.
F. and Gottf. Josi.
W. J. Stillwell
Ulrich Wyss
Fred C. Baker.
P. W. Todd.
State of Oregon, County of Tilla
mook, ss:
I, Emil Benscheidt, being first du
ly sworn, say that I am one of the
signers of the foregoing petition;
that I have read the said petition
and that I believe the allegations
thereof are true.
Emil Benscheidt.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 15th day of February, 1919.
(Notary Seal)
H. T. Botts.
Notary Public for Oregon.
My Commission expires Dec 21, 1919
Notice is hereby given that hear
ing on the following petition will be
held at the Court House in the City
of Tillamook. Tillamook County,
State of Oregon, on the 5th day of
May, 1319. for the purpose of de
termining whether the prayer of said
petition shall be granted.
All persons owning land or claim
ing an interest in lands described in
said petition are hereby notified to
appear at said place on said date and
show cause, if any there be, why the
prayer in said petition should not be
granted.
Erwin Harrison,
. County Clerk.
To the Honorable County Court of
Tillamook County, Oregon:
The undersigned, being the owners
of more than J50 per cent of the
acreage of the contiguous body of
swamp, wet and over-flow land in
Tillamook County, Oregon, herein-
after described, do hereby petltlon
your Honorable Body to cause to be
organized a drainage district for the
purpose of having such land re
claimed and protected from the el-
fects of water for sanitary and ag-
ricultural purposes, and for the cov-
enients and welfare of the public,
and for the public utility and bene
fit, and for the purpose of this peti
tion we state the following matters
as required by Chapter 340 of the
General Laws of Oregon for the year
1915, as amended by Chapter 414, of
the general Laws of Oregon for
1917.
I.
The name proposed for such district
is Stillwell Drainage District.
II.
The boundary lines of the proposed
district are as follows;
Beginning at the point where the
quarter section line running East
and West through the center of
Section 26, Township 1 South, Range
10 West. W. M., intersects the East
side of Tillamook river, and running
thence East along said line to where
said line intersects the right bank
of Trask River near the center of
said Section 26; thence following the
right bank of Trask river up stream
Southerly. Easterly and Northerly
to the Northerly bank of a slough
connecting said Trask River with
what is known as Trask River cut-off
at a point near the Northwest cor
ner of the Southeast quarter of the
Southwest quarter of Section 25, in
Township 1 South of Range 10 west,
W. M.; thence following the bank
of said slough northeasterly to the
left bank of what is known as Trask
River cut-off; thence following said
left bank of the Trask River cut-off
Northerly to its intersection witn
the South or left bank of Hoquarton
Slough; thence down said Hoquarton
Slough, following the left
1
bank
thereof, to the intersection i of said
Hoquarton Slough with the Tilla-
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Notice of Final Account.
ntook River; thence following ; the
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right bank of Tillamook River, ■P
All persons concerned are hereby
stream to the place of beginning.
notified that Jessie McGinnis, Ad
And all of the lands included with ministratrix of the Estate of James
in said boundaries constitute a con- Jefferson McGinnis, deceased, has
tiguous body or swamp, wet and filed her final account in such estate
over-flow lands.
tn the County Court of Tillamook
111.
County. Oregon, and that said Court
The total acreage included in said has appointed Monday. March 24th,
proposed district is 432% acres.
1919. at the County Court room in
IV.
the Court House in Tillamook City,
The names of the owners of land Oregon, at the hour of 10 o’clock a.
in said proposed district as shown
i’u. as the time and place for hearing
the records of 'Tillamook County,
.tlons to said final account and
Oregon, and the acreage owned by h
ettlenient thereof.
each of such owners is as follows:
Du.ed February 20th, 1919.
Owner
No. Acres.
Jessie McGinnis, Ad
Fred and Get (fried Josi
... 64.
ministratrix.
P. W. Todd......................
... 6^
H. T. Botts, Attorney.
Wilbur Stillwell ............
... 87
Ulrich Wyss...................
... 42
Notice of Administratrix Sale.
Mlnny V. Stillwell ....
... 37.50
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L. L. Stillwell .................
... 47.
Notice is hereby given that the un
D. Tomlinson................. .
... 36
dersigned administratrix will sell at
Rachel Stanley ...............
... 15
private sale from and after the 15th
Ida E. Reynolds............
... 25
day of February. 1919. the following
E. Benscheidt.................
... 8.75 described real property, situate in
FratLC. Ba^r
,. ...
... 2.50 Tillamook County. Oregon,- to-wlt:
Eric#-Erickson
... 2.50
Lots 3 and 4 of Block 8 in Jane
TIRantook County, tract cov
Fuller’s Addition to the town of Bay
ered by county road.
City, in Tillamook County. Oregon,
V.
according to the recorded plat there
The proposed reclamation and pro- of.
tection of said lands is for sanitary
Said sale will be made for cash
and agrleultural purposes, and such and will be subject to confirmation
proponed reclamation and protection by the County Court of Tillamook
will be oonducttve to the public
County. Oregon, and bids will be re
health and welfare, and of public
ceived either at the residence of the
utR4ty, »nd benefit.
undersigned or at the office of H. T.
VI.
Botts, attorney at law. both in Tilla
All of the lands included in said
mook City. Oregon. This sale is made
proposed district are properly in
in pursuance of the order of the
cluded therein, and will be benefical-
County Court in Tillamook County,
ly affected by the operations of the Oregon.
proposed district.
Dated this 1th day of January. 1919.
VII.
Catherine A. Long
The benefits of such proposed re
Administratrix de bonis
clamation and protection will exceed
of the Estate of Mina J.
the damage to be done, and the best
Campbell, deceased.
Interests of the land Included and ot
the owners of such land as a whole, I There seems to be a lot of secrets
and of the public at large, will be [connected with pitiless publicity and
promoted by the formation and pro- open covenants openly arrived at.
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