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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1931)
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON PAGE FOUR TJernania Eaglr Pacific Coaat Representative Arthur W. Slypes, Inc. San Francisco Member of National Editorial Association and Oregon State Editorial Association. $2.00. Per Year in Advance Issued Every Friday Entered as second class matter August 4, 1922. at the post office at Vernonia. Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates—Foreign, 30c per inch; local, 28c per inch; legal notices, 10c per line first insertion, 6c per line succeeding insertions; classified lc per word, minimum 25c first insertion, 16c succeeding insertions; readers, 10c a line. at any time.” When there was any worthy cause that of the county agent and not alone ternoon. The hostess was assis-'a flora! contest. There were Halloween needed backing, his purse was always open and his res by the County agent of Columbia ted by Mrs. Tom Crawford. ponse hearty. If any issue needed courage, he supplied it, county but by the Department of Mrs. Dunlap won first prize in' tions and refreshments. Agriculture of Washington, D. C.,' for he never hesitated to fight for whatever he considered which functions through this of right, and no one doubted where he stood. fice. When Vernonia bade good bye to Mr. Ford a few This county receives through months ago he returned, shortly thereafter, for part time. this office from the state and federal government $2600 a year Now, in again saying good bye and wishing him success in I in support of this office, thereby his new field, it is Vernonia’s hope that he will again return bringing to the county this new before long, on full time. money which is spent directly in Ethelbert the whale came to an untimely end, a messy end that reflects no credit whatever on the ex-whaler who butchered him. Yet in chasing salmon or what not up the Columbia and into the slough he achieved a fame, living and dead, that no other north Pacific killer whale ever achieved. Being a whale, he could not of course realize what a whale of a good story he supplied to the daily press. office in the purchasing of lime, nitrates and other land plasters as well as pumps for drainage RAY D. FISHER, Editor and Publisher purposes, etc. Mr. Veatch states in his edi torial that the league, however, IN THE INTEREST OF THE “POOR” TAXPAYER Birkenfeld, Oregon set out to accomplish something October 27, 1931. for the poor taxpayer. If the Now that the time is approaching for drawing up the Editor, Vernonia Eagle—Un tax league couldn’t save more county budget, plea is being made in behalf of the “poor” der the heading—They want “it”, than nineteen cents and nine taxpayer. published in the Rainier Review, I mills on each one hundred dollars Indeed, the “poor” taxpayer needs relief, and a great Rainier, Oregon, Friday, October paid in taxes, we, the committee, cannot see where the tax league deal of it. Many a man is assessed an amount out of all 23, the editor, A. E. Veatch, would merit any great benefit takes exception to the resolutions proportion to the income his dwelling or farm yields, and he passed by different civic bodies, to the taxpayers of Columbia is forced to become delinquent. Taxes should be lower— women’s clubs and granges of Co county. a great deal lower. I personally have no objec lumbia county and it seems that Yet it cannot be repeated too often—since the real he has taken special exception o tions to abolishing the office of situation appears to be misunderstood—that the subject of resolutions passed by Winema county nurse or the office of Grange at the liait regular busi home demonstrator. In times taxation is a complicated one, not to be solved at all in a ness like these I cannot see the need meeting October 15. meeting or two wherein a vote is taken on this or that I, Hugh M. Jones, was chair of home demonstrator or county measure, and the outcome depends entirely on the habits man of a committee that was ap nurse. These two offices in my of mind and the particular interests of the handful who pointed to investigate the ques estimation are duplications, there tion of the retention of the fore there would be a great attend. saving in the abolishing of some county agent’s office. Such a meeting was held not long ago by the county I personally drew up this reso thing that is not needed, but the taxpayers’ league, which recommended the elimination of lution and presented it before county agent’s office is of great the offices of county agent, county nurse, home demonstra Winema grange for adoption or benefit to the future develop tion agent and county roadmaster. rejection and it was unanimously ment of this county. By discontinuing this office the The trouble with such hasty efforts at economy in the adopted. interest of the “poor” taxpayer is that they do not save In explanation of action taken tax leaguers would throw this county many years of progress the “poor” taxpayer any appreciable amount at all. Ac I will say that after canvassing and development which has been this section of the county and in cording to an estimate of the St. Helens chamber of com terviewing the different farmers gained through the co-operation merce elimination of all the offices named would save only the committee came to the con 60 cents on every $100 of taxes. True, that is only an clusion that it was the desire of estimate, and as such open to argument, but an official the progressive farmers of this statement of the assessor’s office reports that in 1930 all community and Columbia county it was their wish to have the county salaries amounted to 3.8 per cent of the tax roll. that the office of the county agent Eliminate every officer and employe at the court house paid continued regardless of the small by the county, and the “saving” would be $3.80 per $100 extra cost in taxes which this hay -------------------- of taxes. Nobody thinks of doing that, of course, not office entails. -------- GRAIN --------- even the most radical of the tax reductionists, nor would Te amount per capita, or, in ----------------------- FEED words, the county agent’s the law permit it. Yet the extreme that could be gained other office receives nineteen cents PHONE 681 is proof that the league is on the wrong track. He who and nine mills from each one is in danger of having his property condemned for taxes is hundred dollars paid in taxes, not going to escape a sheriff’s sale at the front door of therefore this committee could the court house because his tax is reduced from $100 to not see where there would be any saving or reduction in taxes; $99.40, or even $96.20. Scarcely a farmer attended that great by abolishing this office. Agency for meeting in Warren and voted to eliminate the county The saving of many hundreds McCormick-Deering agent’s office but spent for gas, oil and other operating ex of dollars through this office to penses on his car on that trip alone more than he could the different districts of Colum ------ TRACTORS ------ save in a year’s taxes if the recommendation should be bia county would more than pay the cost of maintenance of said adopted. The Open Forum - - FOR Vernonia Trading Co. Where public money can be saved through a prudent economy it should be saved no matter how insignificant the gain to the ordinary taxpayer, and where an expendi ture is of benefit to very few, it should be done away with. The value of most of these offices in question is too great even measured in dollars and cents to warrant eliminating them in order to save the “poor” taxpayer from ten cents to $1.50. GEORGE W. FORI) Though Geo. W. 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