VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1932.
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TWO GROUPS BEHIND THE ZORN BILL
capacity except in this off-year of depression. If there is
that much extra space already in buildings on the Corval­
lis campus — almost twice the amount normally need­
ed for years and years to come, the taxpayers of the
state have been sorely robbed. On top of that, Presi­
dent, now Chancellor, Kerr, requested the 1931 legislature
to provide $4,000,000 for new buildings, equipment and land
then regarded as needed at O. S. C. ! Needless to say, the
promise of no expense for new buildings on the campus of
the proposed state university is merely hollow argument
for campaign purposes.
Just a glimpse of the difficulties in the way of the
merger was given forcefully Monday night at the debate in
the Washington school. Mrs. Miller brought out the uncon­
troverted fact that the greater part of the registration at
the state college consists of men, and of women at the uni­
versity. The limited dormitory facilities for women at the
state college are already used up in normal years. What
then would be done with the 1500 women in the university,
for the great majority of whom there would be no accom­
modations in sorority houses or private residences? What
would be done, of course, would be to duplicate the twô
fine new large dormitories for women now on the Eugene
campus and replace, probably, a third and older one—all at
waste of the taxpayers’ money under the guise of saving
it for him.
One cannot save money by junking what is costly to
replace and is performing adequate service. Scrap the uni­
versity and the normal schools, try a new and obviously
risky experiment of state-owned junior colleges, maintain
the same number of campuses as at present after readjust­
ing all of them to purposes for which they were never
originally intended—and save money ! Hardly. Students and
the public would both be the losers.
Among Our
Neighbors •
The St. Helens city council has
accepted the report of the citi­
zens’ committee favoring instal-
laion of a municipal light plant,
and delegated the finance com­
mittee to look into the report
more thoroughly to see whtft
could be done about getting an
unbiased authority to judge the
proposition.
Estimated expenditures for St.
Helens city schools will be almost
$4,000 less than they were last
year.
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this year. If the budget is ap­ in the Brown building. It brings
proved it will be the first in a new family from Echo, Oregon.
• • •
several years to tail for a de­
crease of the tax over the pre­
A half dozen new homes were
ceding year.
started on Vernonia heights the
past week.
Joe Magoff of Vernonia was
Vote YES on the city measures
scheduled to meet Al Washburn
of Clatskanie in a bout at Clats­ or bathe in the creek.
• • a
kanie yesterday evening.
More
improvements around
Thomas Bros, garage is a new 30
Mrs. Willard Everson of Clats­
foot addition to their large build­
kanie was elected president of
ing.
the County Republican Women’s
a a a
organization at the meeting held
The
Tapp
residence just be­
October 14 in St. Helens. Mrs.
ing completed is one of the hand­
Marie Poff is secretary.
some homes in that part of the
city.
~1
Ten Years
Ago * * * *
Arrangements have been made
for St. Helens grade school chil­
dren who desire milk to purchase Vernonia Eagle, Oct. 27, 1922.
one-half pint of milk, a graham
Cleve Mellinger has just re­
cracker and a straw to drink the
ceived
a shipment of goods for
for
day
milk with each school
his -new hardware store.
12 cents a week.
e e •
The Zorn-Macpherson bill is backed by two groups.
The one is secret, closely guarding the identity of its mem­
bers, and seeking to conceal its motive by advancing ex­
The St. Helens Lions defeated
travagant claims in behalf of the measure—a motive which
Seaside 24 to 0 a week ago Sat-
nevertheless is obviously that of self interest. In order to
urday.
sell the scheme to the voters, some disinterested sponsor­
ship was necessary from the start, and for this purpose
The total expenditures for the
the Marion County Taxpayers’ league was picked. The poli­
city of Rainier were estimated at
*15,864 by the budget committee
tical strategy was good, for if the measure were presented
last week. The estimated receipts
to the people as a genuine demand of farmers and other
are *1,300, leaving *14,564 to be
overburdened taxpayers for tax relief, it would have ex-
raised by taxation.
cellent chances of passing.
portunities are awaiting those
All was not clear sailing, however, at this stage of the
The consolidation of the Wil­
who have the patience and the lamette Valley Lumbermen’s as­
proceedings. Gov. Meier denounced the plan as a device for
ability to work.
sociation with headquarters at
increasing, not reducing taxes, the board of higher educa­
No finer tribute could be paid Eugene with the West Coast Lum­
tion turned thumbs down on the bill, the president of the
to the value of 4-H club work bermen’s association of Seattle
state taxpayers’ league and hence an ardent tax conserva­
than the award which has been •»as been effected.
*******
made to Melvin Schwab’s bull,
tionist openly campaigned against it. The final collapse
from
an
animal
that
has
risen
The
Clatskanie
city budget calls
came when Henry Zorn and John Ramage, president and
obscurity to the top rank of all for $4600 to be raised by taxa­
secretary respectively, of the Marion County league ad-
Guernsey bulls of the nation.
tion for the coming year, *333
Romance on the Farm
mitted on the witness stand at the Brownell hearing that
Every boy and girl who possi­ less than the amount asked for
their organization had never met to consider the proposal, The days of real romance on bly can should enroll in 4-H club
than stop and argue with the im-
work of some kind. All may not
and that they and one or two other officers of the group the farm have not ended.
portunist. Many signatures for the
had merely accepted it upon the say-so of parties unknown One of the finest examples of it discover first award bulls in their measure were obtained right
we have ever seen was the award own or neighbor’s herds, but
who hired all workers, issued all propaganda, and paid given Wednesday to Melvin
here in Eugene, proving, only,
they will get training that will
all bills. Clearly it was not a measure originating with or 1 Schwab of Deer Island in the be worth a great deal to them in that the signers had no idea of
what they were advocating.
actively sponsored by the league, and Zorn and his fellow' form of first prize at the Pacific future years.
—Oregon Emerald.
officers either discreetly withdrew from the game or were International Livestock exposition Congratulations, Melvin, and co
for
Guernsey
bulls.
all
those
who
train
to
be
able
ordered to the bench by the coach.
a short time to grasp opportunities when they
Soon another organization was formed to head the The story is that
after moving from Birkenfeld present themselves. —Clatskanie
campaign for the bill, the Tax Reduction Association of to Deer Island, Melvin saw a Chief.
Multnomah county. Its president, Dr. Herbert C. Miller, is Guernsey bull in the herd of a
We Want to Be Hanged
a man of high repute, and the workers, of whom Mrs. neighbor which he wanted. The
Bilyeu, the speaker here Monday night, is a type are much neighbor had traded a team of “We, the undersigned, would
for the bull and now he all like to be hanged on next
more temperate in their assertions than were those who horses
wanted to sell it.
afternoon.” this was the
used the Marion county league as a mouthpiece. There is no Melvin offered him *200 for the Thursday
wording of a petition which 270
reason for questioning their motives, even though one sus­ bull and got it. The bull is now people signed in the course of
pects that they have been misled by a few whose pocket­ worth over *2000 ana fs rated an hour in Chicago.
book is their guide to public policy. It is this other group as one of the four or five best The petition was circulated by
an instructor at Northwestern,
of disinterested backers (the Marion league being out of | Guernsey bulls in the country,
Was it just luck? Far from it. who wanted to test the value of
the picture) who command public attention. Yet purity of For years Melvin Schwab has been petitions in general. Armed with
motive and honesty of purpose do not necessarily mean a member of 4-H clubs. He has the imposing looking petition,
soundness of reasoning, and the fact that they think they studied animals, through the in­ worded with all the ncety of a
are acting for the best interests of the state in remoulding struction of County Agents law decision, and addressed to the
the higher educational system in accord with their theories Smith of Clatsop county and Nel­ mayor of the city, the instructor
son of Columbia county and oth­ found little difficulty in getting
is no guarantee against irreparable damage from unwise ers he has learned how to tell his signers.
action.
That people are willing to sign
whether an animal is poor, medi­
almost anything, has been repeat­
These proponents fall into several errors. They tell us ocre or good.
that bigness of the educational unit means quality of For the past several years he edly proved by petition canvass­
has been on stock judging teams ers, who have on occasion worked
instruction—that one large teachers’ college is better for and winning honors.
in the interests of special groups.
the students than three small ones, that a university-college Opportunity knocked for this The seeming ease with which
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE
is better than a university and a college, that Oregon’s farm lad and he opened the door. proponents of the Zorn-Macpher­ Courageous, Capable and Ag­
educational rating would be greatly increased if it would The training he had received as son school grab proposal got the gressive, Mr. Mott has established
a 4-H club member has prepared necessary number of signatures a record of constructive leader­
only combine, combine, combine.
him so that he could recognize does not mean that even those ship and actual accomplishments
that richly deserves your vote in
The writer has been associated, either as student or the opportunity.
who signed it were necessarily in promoting him to the National
teacher, with seven universities, big and little. He may be Romance is not dead on the favor of the vicious bill.
Congress.
said to have merely sampled them, yet that sampling was farm. In Columbia county today When buttonholed on the street VOTE 25 X JAMES W. MOTT
—Pd. Adv.
sufficient to convince him that the size of the institution it is very much alive. Other op- it is easier to sign and go on.
has nothing to do with the kind of instruction imparted or
the educational benefit to the students. His best and his
poorest was in the same university. In one class, the in­
structor, craving an after-dinner pipe, and taking advan­
Oregon citizens are on the brink of ruin, facing the bitter prospect
tage of the California sunshine habitually took his group
of losing properties by tax confiscation.
of five to some campus steps and held informal recitation
With a high-powered taxing machine, designed for more than the
there. In the other, a class of one hundred or so answered
traffic will stand, the tax boosters have speeded along, without effective
roll call, scribbled notes on the lecture of the instructor
control. They are now on the edge of the ditch.
(an authority in his field) and periodically took an exami­
Talk of tax strikes is heard, but far more serious is the utter inability
nation, passing of which called either for cramming or crib­
of property owners to pay their taxes.
bing, according to the integrity or lack of it on the part of
Many governmental units, by reason of tax delinquencies, are on the
the individual. The rule held in each of the other six—
verge of bankruptcy.
where there was direct contact between student and teach­
Fortunately, the opportunity is at hand for clear thinking citizens
to take control and direct a safer coure.
er, provided, of course the student was qualified and the
Two constructive measures now on the ballot will insure efficient
teacher competent, there was education in the truest sense.
driving of the tax machine and a slower gait.
Where the instructor was forced by size of his group or the
These measure embody the improved OREGON PLAN of tax and
heavy load of his schedule to be aloof from his students,
debt supervision and control—the best plan ever presented in any state.
there was waste of time and educational inefficiency. Mass
They will secure very substantial reductions in the property tax
production has worked wonders as applied to the manu­
load and thereby promote better government.
facture of automobiles, lowering the cost and improving
They will definitely separate tax levying from tax spending powers.
the quality, but as applied to the education of human beings
They will provide effective limitations and control of taxes and
it is tragically out of place. It, more than anything else, is
indebtedness, but positively will not disturb the existing 6% limitation
nor lift the lid of any debt restriction now fixed by constitutional
responsible for the hordes of college students who acquire
provision.
little except the rah-rah spirit and a social poise that comes
They will preserve the true substance of home rule in taxation,
from association with one’s fellows.
distinguished from the empty form of that great principle as it has
One other error, perhaps, is sufficient for present dis­
been perverted by tax boosters to their own selfish purposes.
cussion. The proponents of the bill assume that as con­
Voters, the appeal is to you to help yourselves and your fellow citi­
solidation in general saves operating costs and reduces ad­
zens, to save Oregon property owners from impending ruin and your
governments from fiscal chaos by voting:
ministrative expense, consolidation of the university, agri­
TAX AND DEBT CONTROL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
cultural college and normal schools, and establishment of
318 X YES
junior colleges and a new law school would save money for
TAX
SUPERVISING AND CONSERVATION BILL
the taxpayers. They would have us believe for one thing,
320 X YES
that not a single new building would be necessary in Cor­
Oregon Taxpayers Equalization and Conservation League
vallis to accommodate the combined enrollment of both
James E. Burdett, President
R. C. Flanders, Secretary
institutions. There are on the Eugene campus between
604 Woodlark Bldg., Portland, Oregon
(Paid Ad.)
twenty and thirty major buildings, all practically used to
What Other
Editors
Think
For Congress
James W. Mott
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a paying proposition. Try them.
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James P. Ryan
Independent Candidate for
The Bank of Vernonia cele­
brated its second anniversary on
Wednesday.
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a
SHERIFF
•
The new undertaking estab­
lishment and furniture store will
be ready for business next week,
OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
NOTICE OF SCHOOL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the legal voters of School
District No. 47, of Columbia County, State of Oregon, that a
SCHOOL MEETING of said district will be held at Washington
School, on the 14th day November, 1932, at 8:00 o’clock in the
afternoon for the purpose of discussing the budget hereinafter
set out with the levying board, and to vote on the proposition of
levying a special district tax.
The total amount of money needed by the said school district
during the fiscal year beginning on June 19, 1933, and ending
June 18, 1934. is estimated in the following budget and includes
the amounts to be received from the county school fund, state
school fund, elementary school fund, special district tax, and all
other moneys of the district.
BUDGET
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
1. Balance on hand at beginning of school
year (third Monday in June) for which
this budget is made ....................................... $
None
2. From county school fund .......
6,000.00
3. From state school fund .................................
800.00
4. From elementary school fund ....................
4,300.00
9. Receipts from all other sources:
1. O. and C. fund .....................................
600.00
2. Other sources, delinquent tax ............. 16,500.00
10. Total Estimated Receipts (items 1 to 9, inc.)_______ *28,200.00
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES
I. GENERAL CONTROL
1. Personal service:
(1) Clerk ....................................................... *
*(4) Compulsory education and census ..
2. Supplies .........................................................
*3. Elections and publicity ............................
*4. Legal service (clerk's bond, audit, etc.)
5. Other expenses of general control:
(1) Phone .....................................................
216.00
25.00
30.00
50.00
25.00
100.00
6. Total Expense of General Control ............................
11. INSTRUCTION—Supervision
1. Personal service:
(2) Principals ..............................................
2. Supplies, principals and supervisors ......
*
446.00
1,800.00
60.00
5. Total Expense, Supervision ............................................... * 1,860.00
III. INSTRUCTION—Teaching
1. Personal service:
*(1) Teachers ................................................
•2. Supplies (chalk, paper, etc.) ...................
*3. Textbooks (desk copies and indigents ....
15,000.00
200.00
150.00
6. Total Expense of Teaching ............................................
IV. OPERATION OF PLANT
1. Personal service:
‘(1) Janitors and other employes .............
*2. Janitors’ supplies .......................................
»3. Fuel ................................................................
4. Light and power ..........................................
5. Water ............................................................
7. Other expense of operation ..................
*15,350.00
1,500.00
250.00
450.00
250.00
220.00
30.00
8 Total Expense of Operation .................................
V. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
Repair and replacement of furniture
and equipment .............................................
2. Repair and maintenance of building
and grounds ...................................................
* 2,700.00
1.
50.00
400.00
4. Total Expense of Maintenance and Repairs
VI. AUXILIARY AGENCIES
1. Library
•(2) Library books .......................................
2. Health Service:
(2) Supplies and other expenses ...........
3. Transportation of pupils:
*(1) Personal service .................................
4. Other auxiliary agencies:
(3) Board and Tuition ..............................
5. Total Expense of Auxiliary Agencies
VII. FIXED CHARGES
*
450.00
150.00
10.00
4,300.00
180.00
............
* 4,640.00
*1. Insurance .......................................................... *1000.00
5. Total Fixed Charges ....................... ..........................
VIII. CAPITAL OUTLAYS
*4. New furniture and equipment .................
7. Total Capital Outlays
* 1,000.00
250.00
............................................
*
250.00
IX. DEBT SERVICE
1. Principal on bonds ..................................... *18,500.00
2. Principal on warrants ................................. 16,500.00
4. Interest on bonds ......................................
3,376.90
6. Interest on warrants .................................
500.00
9. Total Debt Service ............................................................
X. EMERGENCY
1................................................................................
*38,876.90
2,000.00
3. Total Emergency .................................................................. * 2,000.00
RECAPITULATION
(sum of items 1-6, II-5, III-6, IV-8, V-4,
VI-5, VII-5, VIII-7, IX-9, X-3)
Total estimated receipts, not including pro­
posed tax ............................................................
28,200.00
Balance, amount to bo raised by district tax................
*39,372.90
’Items marked with an asterisk (•) are those most commonly used
by school districts of the third class.
SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES
For school year from Juno 19, 1933, to June 18, 1934.
Personal service sum of I-l-(l), (4); II-l-
(2); III-l-(l); IV-l-(l): VI-3-[l] .......... »22,816.00
Supplies 1-2; II-2; III-2; IV-2; Vl-2-(2) ......
550.00
Maintenance and repairs V-l-2 ........................
450.00
Debt service IX-1-2-4-5 ..................................... 38,876.90
Miscellaneous sum of 1-3, 4, 5; III-3; 1V-3,
4, 5; VI-l-(2), 4-(3); VII-1,; VIII-4 ........
2,630.00
Construction VIII-1, 2, 3 .................................
250.00
Emergency X-l .....................................................
2,000.00
Total ...........................
INDEBTEDNESS
*67,572.90
1. Amount of bonded indebtedness (include
all warrants issued by vote of electors) _.. *63,000.00
2. Amount of warrant indebtedness on war­
rants issued and endorsed “not paid for
lack of funds” ......
5,897.85
4. Total Indebtedness (snm of items 1, 2) ....................... »68,897.85
Dated this 18th day of October, 1932.
Attest:
LOEI. ROBERTS.
BEN S. OWENS,
District Clerk.
Chairman, Board of Directors.