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4 Alexander Theiap I
Some Little Stories and
Gossip of the Legislature
The Capital .Jonrnal carrier boys are instructed to pnt the papers on the
porch. If the carrier does not do' this, misses you, or neglects getting the
paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is the
enlv wav ve can determine' whether or not the carriers are following in
traction's. Phone Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you
by special messenger if the carrier ha missed you.
persons would hnd their property bought out Irom under I
them when they had supposed the former owner had paid I
the taxes, and many non-resident taxpayers who had in I
the meantime changed their postoffice address, would i
never receive the postal card notice. To advocate selling I
thp hnrnp nr nther real ni-nnertv nf a delinouent taxoaver i 4
! on a postal card note is absolutely indefensible from any : n kuc dry wu is irp before the sen
standpoint of justice or honest administration of puhUef-K
i affailS. : threshed out. It evidently is not dry
And nobody, so far as we are able to learn, besides the i jTMfft
h'ort. ant .journal ana juaee tfusnev. warns 10 nanuie coi-; list ..t tin
t . . j. . , i i. , , 1 1 1 1
1 legislature a One with the harm and
(f tire House ' ' f 1. mi
iver 1 iities. Mis.
i.snn. sli,- is liti'-ht.
vivsrions. a good listener, ami an equal
ly g 1 speaker. She. is not insist, ut
nliont having ilie woman's privilege nf
the hist word, for she draw nol need it.
Sli.' speaks seldom but when she does
it is briefly and to the oint. The result
is that wheu she does sneak the balance
void Orton. "What is your objection .'" the legislators pay attention, and lire
::-ked Diniick. "We are ovet iuu di ning . benefited thereby.
Ike printer." was the reply. This was, m has mc.de a splendid iiupreaion
repeated .with each bill, and there were "ot only on the members but on nil ho
11 number of them. Finally Orton re-' have heard her or had the piivileu. of
pen ted his objection and was informed talking to her. Slie lias broken down
that "as the bills were nlreadv printed "t"1 swept aside :i large si'ed deep eut-
eii prejuiiiee nuiuiiio.i n niaiiv against
ose lii'imitteil to receive houoi
. Ml 11 1 II f 1 1 I t , I 1 .' 1 I : ItASf f Til I I' T 11 II 1 S .-' t i t'N ill.- nil l..." I I I I II 1 u I I ' I I nf ill I I I ' I ' ' .... I I .
; lection ot taxes in tne aarK in an oia iasnionea ana un- wi abou, e'.er;thin;, eN. whi!e s0 far wu ,.,;;Mi -Ortou hl ,,,;. ,,:,.,.. women holding oftiee, ..V, iii i
I bUSineSS like Way, except the USUal hOUSe gang Ot tax it hag not been proposed to cut oft the tion. Dimiek giving him a sort of islalive ottice. I here is not nun,.
f, ,,.,.onf foolnusc on,) Viancrorc nn Pno. i ust' Ior sacranieutai purposes, and per- " there will-be no division -ot (hid .nmas P"P"Jr member in the I1011.se and nii-
hen speculatoi-s, warrant scalpers and nangers on. ros-1 hBlm xvilI not ,. ,,,;,,,.'.,. s,m. ;,,, ,.uullty l(H,u.. UHn, ,,. ...her like h... if there are s,-i,. ..id
Sibly the abstract Companies Which thrive On tangled j would go to this length and mkeao J tion before (he senate preluding it with ' piquancy to some of the dehato iii
' i n M ,i . v. u j.i j pxeeDtioua whatever. Some Of these koM the remark: "There beinir no obicc the senate. Jail its a suggestion It
z unes ana ail OI inese wormies wuo vvuuiu idru; auvaii-1 iUt . DW ,,, uim. -m embltleal tion," and the sen&tora imiled nhtle theJw'Sht km Rood plan to send ht , the
WHO WANTS BUSINESS METHODS DISCARDED? i tage of th6 hard-pressed, ignorant or perhaps careless entirely, wate. would do ins. aa wen. lobby did tbe same audibly. senate next this of curse, it
' v i. V mi A J -P i.u,o., Iuimi Htrtrevw, it is not expected thnt unv '. the pie up east of the mountain! do
. nmnprtv owner. Yon will find one ot these tin noin . ....... , : 1 t. . ... .... tk. n .1
COlintv COUrt house Speculators hiding behind every COUn- l.m other than tkea imefgated with re-! grHulated on th tact that the first of ,ll,,st' tTmted states an example of what
, . , , u ite ,V, .ov,fo f ionontinno fVio i '-'rd to making the law still more dras-jthe sex to 1 leeted to a seat in the suttrage means Mk produces in "way
tv uidere. clerk or sheriff who wants to discontinue tne u ,,, ..,-.,,. ,.,. a,i,mted the out on the i-at-ifi.
: advertising of the delinquent tax list. wit -in have to uo back t0 the house
Business efficiency, honesty and fair play demand the
j some compromise reached before the bill I
; advertising "bf the delinquent tax list in the-most open go. to .h.. governor. .With pc
I , , . . . , . , i , sibilitv in sight it may be the Ml h ill i
- and above-board manner through the newspapeis - , ,; iM ,,.,, , ,,. govcriMt an.
i fV.r Pr.,.flonrl TouctiqI lrnmir! it and .TllflCrp KllRhPV W'Ollld 1 iil some time next week. However, it
i 1. 1 i ui iiaou tJ w ... i i.oi ... VI k. a v v ... " j i
t. 1 -. 1 A. 1.. n nv. Atf
Know II ne possessea sense enougn lo pivyviiy wimuu
I the busyjess affairs of a county of the wealth and im
portance ot Manon.
The Portland Evening Journal, organ of the Portland
plutocrats cmd special interests, is continuing its dirty
and unfair fight upon the legitimate newspapers of Ore
gon. It brands all publishers as grafters who accept the
business of printing a delinquent tax list, although it ad
mits that the principal graft in this business has been in
the county of Multnomah and that it participated in the
graft, and has so far failed to return any conscience
money to the public treasury. ,
In1 last evening's issue the Portland Journal prints' an
alleged interview with Judge Bushey of Marion county in
which the cost of publishing the delinquent tax list is
discussed, and figures are given covering several years
past. These may be right or wrong and at worst show
little evidence of graft, and none of cullusion between the
publishers, since their bills were not excessive and dif
fered in their totals. -Only regarding the past two years
does the present publisher of the Capital Journal have
any personal knowledge, since these are the only ones he
has printed. Of these two lists the Portland Journal has
its obliging tool, Judge Bushey, says:
SITUATION MORE TANGLED
The Salem ucwspnpers had evidently agreed on their mtes and bills by
V)', when the IMS delinquent list was published 82 cents an inch for each
01 five insertions, costing the county :I28 for each paper.
The same rate was charged for the publication in 1910 Of the 1!14 delin
quents, and five inseitions in each paper cost the county $368.80 each.
Not onlv was the largest .type possiplc used with heavy sings, bur there
wero hundreds of nee. Hess r.-pilitions. For instance, in one list the name ol
.i... n . u u iv. w r..o.v.i4.l UK times: iii another, tbe name of the
Hammond Lumber company is repeated ties, and there arc s-l lull descrip
tion B of tracts in the same locality that could be referred to clearly on the
space ol u postal card. Portland Journal.
And here is all the graft the Portland Journal is howl
ing about! Marion county, second largest in the state,
handfes nearly a million dollars in taxes, and to collect it
and close the books finally, it cost for advertising in 1913,
$658 (for both newspapers) and in 1914, $7:57.60 (for both
papers) and this bill was not paid by the county, but by
the delinquents. What private business concern or
corporation, doing a million dollar annual business, is able
to clean up its collections for $600 or $700 a year?
And who is doing all this kicking about advertising
the delinquent list? County judges and others who are
backed up by the hangers on and grafters about the court
houses of Oregon. Men who fleece everybody who come
their way scalping county claims, buying tax liens in the
dark and putting honest people to all kinds of trouble and
expense.
The Portland Journal may have been a 'party to graft
ing the taxpayers of Multnomah county in the publication
nf thp dplinmient list, as it now confesses it was, but there
has been no graft in Marion county in this, respect, as
the figures given by Judge Bushey and reprinted above
from the Portland Journal aie proof. The price paid here
is only commensur-ate with the service rendered, and the
service is one -of the most important in the conduct of
. . -i ti mi j
county affairs in a business-iiKe way. ine county ex
penses are made up in budget form and a tax levy is made
to cover them if the taxes assessed are paid. If they
are not paid the property of the delinquent must be sold
to realize the money necessary to meet me county uuugeu
There is only one way this can honestly and effectively
be done: by advertising thoroughly, with a full and cor
rect description, all the property delinquent and the date
upon which it will be sold if the taxes are not settled be
fore that date. The burden falls not upon the man who
has paid his taxes but where it should fall, upon the
property owner who has not paid. It is properly not an;
expense upon the general treasury, and the present
method of advertising'tnis delinquent list and charging
tfte cost against the delinquents recognizes this fact.
But the delinquent has rights in this matter also. One
of these rights is full notice of his delinquency, through,
publication in its fullest possible sense, and not by the
percarious, uncertain and unbusinesslike method of postal
cards through the mail, an expense which, the man who
has already paid his taxes, would have to bear. Assess
ments are made a full year, or even more, before taxes
become delinquent, and a large amount of property
changes hands between the time of making the assess
ment and the levying of the taxes, so that a large per-
Great Britain has notified the world that she has
! placed mines in certain waters near the coast of the
i Netherlands; and Germany comes back with the an
nouncement tjaat she has extended the zone inside of
1 which she will wage relentless war on vessels of all na
: tions, and warning all such to. keep out of it. At the
same time she establishes a route which can be traveled
with safety so far as she is concerned by strictly pas
I cpno-PT- vpsspIs Thp.Rfi must he vouched for bv the United
i States as carrying no contraband as defined by Germany.
It is in effect a declaration that if England and the al
i lies do not cease trying to starve the Germans, that Ger
1 many will use every means at her command to bring the
; hunger phase of the war home to Great Britain and
France. What the result will be can not be forecasted,
nor can the course this country will pursue, all depend
inrr run euvTVinnrlincr and f.l rmimstanaees of individua
II II, UJI CUl 1 r iai w m.-
I cases. At first glance it wouia seem tnai uus is a ureawi
I of the promise made this country by Germany that she
i would not attack ships without warning. The arming of
! ships "for defense" by Great Britain, these ships being
i able to cope with submarines is another feature that will
! have to be dealt with. Germany claims this arming
i makes it impossible for her submarines to warn a vessel
so armed without the utmost danger to themselves.
Taken all in all, the situation as the common herd would
; express it, is "getting no better fast."
is likely most of the advance supplies j
Ifiid in iifjainst a long drought ha .e nil!
been ordered, and delay "ill not largely
increase the business at llornl.rook or
other California shippi.ig'point-s.
When Senator Diniick was in the
chair yesterday afternoon .luring the j-
discussion of the Htt bill conceriinig
tuberculosis hospitals, Senator Orton
lliouglit to bullying the president pro
tern by objecting us bills from the house
were read the first time.. "I object,"
'TWAS EVER THUS
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ADEN CADI1M
It Of $ jt
THE BRIDGff QUESTION
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
Established 1S68
CAPITAL
8500,000.00
Transact a General Banking Business
Safety Deposit Boxes
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
i There remains after today but a dozen days for the j
; legislature to cltan up its calendar, it can saieiy De siaieu
! that night sessions will have to be resorted to if all the
i bills are to be acted upon. It has been the hardest work
i ing lot of legislators ever assembled in Oregon's capital.
! True, three Saturdays have been without the legislative
work in the halls, but the committees have been at work
! and nothing can be done until their reports are in. Every
' day the desks of the president and speaker have been
1 cleared, and before each adjournment there is a busy few
thp meetinps of committees. The
i bone dry bill being practically out of the way, the con
solidation bills getting pretty well in hand and the appro
priation committee already reporting back many of its
bills eives promise of getting at least all important meas
ures attended to. The 29th session has set the pace tor
work, and it will probably add to that record a reputation
for economy.
thp PtiKlip Service Commission
has written a lengthy letter to President Sproule, of the
Southern Pacific, calling attention to the desperate sit
uation of Oregon industries on account of the car short
age. He covers the case fully and concludes: "Unless
immediate and positive efforts of securing more power
and additional freight equipment are adopted, this year
...m Ua o rinrviotmn nf thp verv unsatisfactory conditions
Will a, uuuvmw - j
existing last year. Will you arrange to promptly meet
this need?" Owing to the fact that President Sproule is
a very busy raiffoad president and may overlook replying
soon, we venture to make answer for him. Briefly the
answer is: "I will not,"
A Baker City man undertook to get from under the
coal shortage by ordering a shipment of coal from Wyom
ing by parcel post. The idea was to beat the car shortage
alscvbut the. storms stopped all trains and the Baker man
is still shy his coal. The shipment cost $83 a ton which
is much like some subscriptions for the heathen, it
requiring more for the freight than the amount con
tributed. It is seldom Uncle Sam goes back -on those who
rely on him, but the coal trust and the carshortage, backed
by a real blizzard were too much even for our good old
uncle.
To the K.litor We are ta ouvers in
both counties, a' resident of Salem all
my life, naturally much interested in
this bridge movement.
I should like to suggest a plan that
seems practical to me.
I shoubUprefer to see the 1 2,000, Ol
a requisite portion of it. that it would,
require to plank the railroad bridge,
used in putting in B large steam ferry.
It would have to be built here as it
......I.I ..... I... I.,, .mil, I IhMuiffh tl.. lncU
individual at Oregon City.
I thinK we snoui.i not consoler any
thing but a concrete bridge, the cos"
of OOUrM would be great, we must ev
nand to great things, why not now.' We
would have something to show for the
money invested, and a bridge of this
kind would requite no outlay for up
keep. We would not be facing this sitna
tion again as a concrete bridge uniil.l
be permanent structure.
It seems to me a steel bridge every
twenty live years or so, with all the
expense of lip keep added, would equal
a concrete bridge in the end, lurther
innio I understand in government work
that all steel construction must be
drilled, but the average contractor has
a method of cold steel bunch, which the
government claims .-rv :--ta'.i.es the steel
thereby materially shortening its lite.
If we should build a steel bridge this
cold steel punch method is doubtless
what we would get.
My plan for a steam ferry would be
to operate it until the two counties were
ready for a concrete bridge, and when
the time came thnt the. ferry was no
lonoec needed here let it ronlace the OH!
at independence which is owned and Q
erafittvjiy Marion and I'olk counties, f
Th,. ones: ion of a lafldiuir. I BUtrneBt
the Marion county court, il it dare, in
this nge when corporations are given
everything thev want, condemn enough
water front belonging to a private eOTjl
potation for a lauding III the old fen
When I am well I josh the doc, and say his
pills are made of chalk, which never cured a
human ache; that all his science is a fake.
I roast him bitterly because he is too handy
with his saws, and seems so anxious to
remove one's backbone from its old time
groove. But when my organs all go wrong,
and I'm no longer hale and strong, but
doubled up with grievous pains, clear from
my fetlocks to my brains, the doctor is my
only hope; I clamor for his pills and dope.
And if he brings his saw and spade, and
save hp thinks hp'U linvp tn wndp all
kit n-r 'I' i i i i i i , iiv i ' iivi t v. v vy i i
through my system with the same, I say, "Go on, and hew
my frame!" And when I'm lying on my oed, with poul
tices upon my head, I murmur softly to the nurse, "The
good old doc no more I'll curse! His science kept me from
the grave, and after this I will behave." But when I'm on
my feet once more, I hang around the corner store, and
say the doctor is a fake who couldn't shoo away an ache.
Thus, when our cares have taken wings, we hoot and jeer
at solemn things.
Let us by all means hnYe a steam for
y, let it be built right away that m
lore valuable time be lost, and opciat
d until we have a coio-rete bridge.
OXK lXTKIfKSTKK.
II 00 Members I
100 Hours!
p Watch This Space
raw HUSGfAND AND I
THE PARTING
President Wilson's peace ideas will have to materialize
soon as it will not be long until spring trench cleaning be
gins on the western front. After the curtain fire is hung
on the line it will be too late until the summer campaign
is over.
CHAPTER CXX.WI.
All the time we were packing, even
though the incessant chatter Mu
riel kept up, I wondered what I
should say to mother. Had I thought
it wise I should have planned to
kep it from her; but I wasn't good
ut keeping secreta, and I knew that
in seme way she would divine that
mv visit wu not simidv a home com
ing for a bit, as it had always been,
but soemthing far more serious.
Ouu thing I firmly decided. 1
would say nothing about Leonard
Brooks. In fact, I wouldn't have
dreamed of speaking to mother about
any man save mv husband if it wen
possible to avoid it. Her ideas were
too strict, and as 1 had come to
think, too old-fashioned. I would tell
her thnt I had made up my mind to
leave Clifford; that he hnd sent mi
to her for a time hoping to alter my
decision. I couldn't ask her not to
meiition the matter to the girl( or
the neighbors; it savored too much
of guilt, and J Dad done nothing to
be ashamed of.
Then, too, mother thought th.-ro
should be perfect love, perfect un-i
deistanding, perfect harmony between (
husband and wife. 1 knew ticeausc l
had heard her say so. It had been M
between her and dad. -He
ue, to say their married life hall
been one hundred per cent hnppi
UCSS
M
I tell
lllolo
icted
that
I
iust
-d, while
1 went to the ti
at mv earnest solieita I Ion
I .mild not face Clifford
n I not have worried. He
as thouL'h noihliut hud haiiii
I felt as if the whole world were ttUttb''
ling about my ears. He chatted amiab
ly with Muriel and me the few inonieni
we had to wait, petted Kdith, tind sent
graeiOUl messages to mother and the
girls. Was he trying to .-.end me away
so pleasantly that i might forget my
determination to leave him.' I wonder
ed as he waved me a final good bye, an. I
threw a kiss to Edith.
Comments.
' I got nice daddy, I
ma ? ' ' Kdith conf idod
drew out.
"HliM Hammond shure am feelin'
torn' fine today," Mandy volunteered,
ns -lie made us comfortable "I don'
'member his bein' so happy lookin ' in n
long time."
"(Had to be rid of BM," 1 thought:
then eame the remembrance thnt had
he so wished he might have been
rid of me tor all tin.e. Lite was too
much of a problem for me. I mis worn
out will worry, tired to deall
ing. I couldn't do anythin;
tm I time, so I would rest.
I laid my head on the In
seat and dosed my eyes.
I
t rail
think'
least
if the
"Y,r ions' be still. Missy Kdith, yo'
'mamma it 'ike.' Mandy ivhUpered,
"What makes my mamma so young
and my papa -o old, Mandy not so
awful old, but not pretty and youltg like
mamma .' '
"Sh s! " whispered Mainly , 'Yo
mamma warn'! nojthiu' but ehile
when she married Marse Hammond,
.les a chile, " she repeated. "All yon
f.a am a fine lookin' man, Missy
Kdith! 1. ain't no fault to fin' wM
his looks. ' '
"His hair's gray, Mandy, and Mum
ma's hair is brown like mine. Ann,
Mandy, what did she get married to
daddy for when she was a child! Wry
didn't she wall till she groucd up!"
"Dat's ,ps what I axes oia Man.h.''
the colored woman returned, and think
ing the confidence had gone far enough
I opened my eves and gave her an or
der. Kdith was very quick, ami T didn't
w.'nt her to speculate concerning her
father and myself. Time enough for
chat when 1 had made some move
toward a scoaration. For in spite ot
the meek way in which I hnd obeyed
Cliffoid. I had no intention of relum
ing to hini-u his wife. I would de
cide just what I would do. then nopuiint
liim with u v deoiiion.
Trin. rr.iw -An Accident.)