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AUTOMOBILE General News Section i FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 111. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 24. 1919. O.f TKAIK3 AKS Kf 'a a PRICE TWO CENTS JOORNML m on ... .-; uLi PASSA G OF PROPOSED BOND MEASURES OPENS ROADS TO PROSPERITY n r F r r jr rij 1 uivision or.runus unuvr nuns condition- or western UKEUON KOADa RURAL FOST ROUTE IS CUT EECAUSE OF ROAD Country Residents Warned Ma3 Delivery DepsdU Upon Ilways. of County Court Insure Equal Distribution. By Ju. S. Stewart per year. It would be too muck to ox- Generally, it may be said that thelpect that high rate of increase to go on people of Marion county do not thor oughly understand the market roads measures that are to be voted on at the indefinitely, but figured on the ex tremely moderate increase of 10 per cent per year for the next four years, June S election, and which mean go five per cent per year thereafter for much to the future prosperity of this the succeeeding five years and no iu oei'tion of the Mate. I crease at all for the last five years. The Marion county market road bond Marion county would receive as its share measure provides for the issuance of lunula to tho amount of H,r0,000 for tho building of market roads in Marion county, under a plan formulated by County Judge Uushey and the county court and approved by the (rood roads committee, it is proposed to enter on a live year program of road construction oi the auto tax during the life of its bond issue something over .")20,00O, which would not only liquidate the en tire interest, but pav off about 225,000 of the boudB as well. Tax Increase Small. If the Pierce market roads bill (the so called Grange measure) should puss I II me people on hi nmu raues woi free delivery service at their front door they must see to it that the roads are k 'in good condition. Postal Authorities have recently taken the stand that pee k ple wjio are not interested in good roads .are not enutiea ui irro wto McKeniie Highway. Beginning with Jnne 1. about e c U"T "y mile of service will be discontinued on Open and m fair cendiUon, Eugene raral , 7 ou4 t Salem. This is the toBlue Kiver; condition poor, but pass- t ,hat run, out ot 6alem oa D aoie. B.ue Kiver is Lost ureeK ranger t, thense north to the Bilverton station; closed by snow between Lostroad to Howell Prairie, thence south Creek ranger station and summit. L, the VttXum roB4, returning to 6a Baxlow-Oak Grove. lem by the Garden road. Oten between Cedar Burn and Wapi- xt the further ead of this rente for iritia and in fair condition. Closed by about a mile there are several families snow, no detour possible, between Twin-i wn0 have only lanes leading to their bridges and Bedar Burn. Should be open homes and at times these are not la "i 1 condition for an auto to travel. Begin (Continued an. Dags two) 'ing June 1 these families will bars re inai win give .nflrion county iuu muesi ,,,, .,. -i,., . ,.,; of paved roads and mile of high u f M . rf M an grovel or nmcadam rdads, making ,e .ft f Multomah county the total tf ..0 miles of improved roads to otl1jm npIt year umler the pr0. be conM-U-ted within r ft vw. u divides ove two-third, of years. The paved roads are to cost .. . , , , r,0.),0(K and the gravel, or macadam M"""".""!-', share pro rs a among the roads (200,000, .unking a total cipen- """J "n'"' ?' the fte each year, ititure of 1,700.000 mr double the v'th bl U t"e V"' amount of the bonds that are to be ,W proiw y of Multnomah county the voted. In brief, the plnn is a fifty- Bum.of r-OO.OOO Bhould be available to fil'tv (half cash and half bonds) one 1 Marion "'' d""8 th nex' 13 Wn thnt should appeal to all fair minded ;B,lt. allowing for the very improbable advocates of both systems to those contingency of no increr.se in valuation who believe that the roads should be at all, Marion's share of this gift would built bv direct tux and to those wbolhe --'0,"W) for the 13-year period. This, beleve that they should be built by ,addcd to tho surplus of $1!3,000 froi bonds 1, the motor license fund, would pav on Ttmirt. oM Kiiil considerably more than half of the cn- Judo Bushey aud the county court I'"" ""'d issue, and one mill a year of ne announce'd that the bonds will j direct tax for the years 1924-33 would more man pay tne Dam nee. But supposing the Pierce bill should fail to pa nn'd supposing further Unit the taxable valuation of Marion county should not increase one dollar during the coming 13 years even then a direct tax on one and n half mills or less per year for the ten vear period beginning 1924 and ending 1933, when added to be sold in yearly installments as need lidJMily. 8ft much Luere, -being iswcil each year as can be economically ex "pended by the county with its own road equipment and puving plants. By this method the interest charges will be kept down to-the minimum. They have also announced that they will fimtch every dollar of bonds with a dollar from tho county s regulur funds 'the auto tax surplus, would more than and that this can lie done without add iug to the county's tnxes any more than tho six i'r cent annual increase that is already tho custom. For exam ple, t the court should sell 1 50,000 of the bonds in 1920, thoy would spend :H)0,000 on the market mad; if they xiiould sell 4200,000 of the bonds in i2l, they would spend 400,000 on the market road, and sn on until the en tire five mile program of l.'iO miles of improved roads is completed. Roads in outlying districts not included in this program will be cared for substantial ly as in the past. By this plan each rond described in the election notices mill received double the u mounts that are sIhivmi thereon. pay off the entire bond issue. If the Pierce bill, under which the state collects a one mill tax from the counties for market 'roads and hands it back to them, p&sacs, it will alone pro duce an amount equal to the entire S.-iO.ono bond issue during tho 13 yean that comprise the life of the bonds. Tax Burden tight The iufitcsiinal nature of the burden on the taxpayer may be gathered from the fact, even if no part of the bonds were paid off by the auto or state mar ket roads taxes, and all of the bonds would have to be retired by direct taxa tion, the man whose property is assessed at UUhh) would be taxed oniy 20 per (year for ten years beginning with the Thus Road No. 1 commonly known asjVe8, 1924, as his share of the bonds. If the Jcfterstm and .reen s Bridge road, hp llulll owner hig propftty womu n mi II Ki ll (i..oi'i,ii iiuiu int.- uuima will get an equal amount from the coun ty's regular funds, muking n total of I2.",620.20 for improved roads; and even- one of the 34 roads described in the notices will get twice the amount of its iionds in the same manner. gain in value far more than that from the splendid system of county market roads here proHsed. By usiiiir the county's credit abd bor-1 rowing at a low rate of interest haif ot the money needed to build these roads, we get them in fivo yenrs instead of ten Anollier teatuie of the court s pian ii,i n..,,., ,. ,h , -.u that each mn.ket road district-of lna,1(. thp pavCl, roadl neccssarv, pa'vs "l.M ll HlVllT OUT u.-ll Kl IS Im-H ll Ul Ih. lt.r.,Mf nn 4l. lif a.....n... the bond money that it pays in, besides u part of Raleni's share, the leguf'dcsig nations of the bond election providing that no part of the amount of the bonds a o do it. whimper. In fact, he is glad 'lotai xieot Biiiuu. The total tmount of the bonded debt only two per. cent of the county's au. i, oy rmcui-a., oncmra or tnxHble valualiuB and u.aiy k. ttian the entire issue ran be legally expend- n ... .i . e.l within the e,ty bin, s of Halem Ho is 0 , rcnJ,t Kr0UIU,u.M tlie this w,Uork out is .llust.ated by the f,ar, of thw timli ,ouls who think ,8, """ 1 n,n ''""'.the voting of the bonds will start tne the schedule worked out by the county I ty ou road to ,he bow.K0W3. . a r'de, the farmer who pays casn for court: ;i it. . i ti.. ?ir:ii'- oerum,,. --x.,., -'" per cent of whet he buys nnd use, seetion-Amonnt pn..l in. 24l',4.19; , ,iig QnW tQ he nWni o money con, louieu oy om i mi the hundred, or who borrows no more ,.,i.ii hniiMtii oi si-, llif", . "in is the fairest and most equitable distri bution of road bonds ever devised in any county of the state of Oregon up to the present time. When Payable. The law provides that four years aft er the first of the bonds are sold pny- than c-u on a f l'l.noy farm, is thought to be in pretty good circumstances and u long way from the ragged edge. I As a mntter of fact, many a farmer bonds his farm, to the government up v 50 per cent of its value, in order to .have the advantage of five per cent money, olitnincd througli the I nited uteut of the principal must beg:n, iAd Htate government, using its credit for that payment be cortinned each yr ! ti,e farmer s benefit, snd as the borrow thereafter at the rate of H3,000 a year'ed money i, ,o either improve the until the entire ts.Xl.nliO bond issue has farm or , takc ,lp tlie g ppT ePnt i(ian b,.en paid off. Therefore, if the first ' a!,ain,, it i, Bood bnsiwss at that. bunds are sold in 1920 retirement of the j Money Kept in Comity, bonds would begin in 1924 and end in: TIPn .)iv gag at , 2 per cent loan 19;i3 with equal yearly payments only ,,iat js tn d(1 t0 lhe vaUlp of n ouf the interest being payable during the farm, j,r eliminating the mud and first four years. 'chuck holes. It would be well to forget Interests on ths Bonds. I,)1P dreadful word "bonds" snd simply The interest on the bonds from first realize that the county is giving its to last( bused on the plan of install- note for 13 years at a low rate of In-tio-nt issues worked out by the county terest so ss to get capital to build our court, will be less than t'.)nri."'"' and market rondi in. the near future instead will be mtn-li more than met by the'of the di-ti.nt future. And as Marion county's share of the auto tax. w.neu' county credit is as good as that of the the kist legislature provided "ehall be 'state or government, there is no reason us.-d f(,r the payment of interest and ' why our local capitalists should not buy retir-'inent of any Umds that may have the dreadful ' bonds" themselves and been issued, or vt b : i !i nicv hereafter be thereby keep all the monef t hoini;. issued by the county for the purpose of the same as Judge Bushev plans to do road foiiftruction and improvement." by eliminating contractors' profits Cilice Oregon 's first state auto license through the county doing tbe, work it K.i Hem idtij efi'i- t I he .iiiiln T of tti has increased at the r"tc ot' Ptr cent; (.Cuntinucd on Page 2.) GOOD ROADS MEASURES TO BE VOTED ON AT JUNE 3 ELECTION AND THE CAPITAL JOURNAL'S RECORDATIONS. 1 STATE MEASURES Submitted by the Legislature-Six PER CENT COUN TY INDEBTEDNESS FOR PERMANENT ROADS AMENDMENT. Purpose: To amend Section 10 of Article XI of the Constitution the State of Oregon so as to raise the present 2 per cent limitation placed upon eounties in the creation of debts and liabilities for permanent roads, to 6 . per cent of the assessed valuation of all the pro perty in the county. Vote YES or NO 000 X YES 001 NO Submitted by the Legislature THE. ROOSEVELT COAST MILITARY HIGHWAY BILL-Purpose To appropriate the sum of $2,500,000, contingent upon the appropriation by the United States of , an equal amount, for the purpose of assisting the United States in constructing a military highway from the ity of Astoria through Clatsop, Tilla mook, Lincoln, Lane, Douglas, Coos and Curry counties, State of Oregon, to the California state line; to raise said sum by the issue and sale of bonds, of the State of Oregon and to provide a method of payment of interest and principal thereon and for the retirement of such bonds. Vote YES or NO 010 X YES 011 NO "Submitted by the Legislature MARKET ROADS TAX BILL Purpose: Providing for the construction of State market roads under the supervision and control of county courts; providing for the .an - nual levy of a 1 mill tax on all taxable property, apportioning the proceeds among such counties as become entitled to a share thereof; authorizing county courts to levy a property tax in each county for construction of market roads in an . amount equal to the sum apportioned, to such county hereunder; excepting from the limitations imposed by Section 11 of Article XI of the Con stitution all taxes levied under the provisions of this amendment. Vote YES or NO 01G XYES 017" NO COUNTY MEASURES Submitted by the County Court MARION COUNTY ROAD BOND ISSUE Shall there be issued bonds by Marion County, Oregon, to the amount of eight hundred fifty thousand ($850,000.00) dollars, due serially, ' the first installment of eighty-five thousand ($85,000.00) dollars to be due and payable four years from the dace of such bonds and each successive installment of eighty five thousand ($85,000.00) dollars to be naid an nually each succeeding year from such date until the entire issue of eiyht hundred fifty thousand ($830,000.00) dollars shall have been 'fully paid and redeemed, the last installment thereof being due and payable thirteen years from the date of such bonds, said bonds bearing interest at not to exceed the rate of five and one-half per cent per . annum, to provide for permanent road construc tion, in Marion County Vote YES or NO 018 X YES 019 NO put out snail boxes oa the main road of travel. Kural route 1 out of Salem, running south ta Oreville and returning on the Riverside drive, will aavs added a little ever five miles beginning June 1. This will bring the route up to about 30 miles making it one .of the heaviest of the nine rural routes out of the eity. The postal rural inspector recently went aver all routes and has reported that on mote 5 near the Albert T. Carey corner the roads are in bad condition. Also on rural route 9 between the Blsn ton and Norwood eorner, roads are also ia bad condition. With this report going into postat headquarters, people in these districts stand a chance of losing free mail serv ice, as the department is taking the posi- (OoatUusd oa page two) WHAT NEXT? Washington, May 24. (Uni ted lres.) Automobile tires ran be made from sage-brush of the western prairies. Repre sentative Raker, C&ifomia, be lieves. He has introduced a bill , tasking the government to iavesti- gate the feasibility of the plan. St MM MM I We Are Pleased to Announce the Motoring Public 'that we have now opened an up-to-date Automobile Repair Shop I and have employed Expert Mechanic! To do any and all kinds of Automobile work. THIS IS ALSO THE HOME OF THE Liberty 1X Automobile IE-!!:::: AND -DAY ELDE iM. WORM DRIVE TRUCK OUR MOTTO-PLEASED CUSTOMERS" MARION .GARAGE 200-206 South Commercial St. Salem, Oregon. .--s4 t C - .. The Time Has Arrived When orders will have to be taken and filled in the order taken for Chevrolet cars. Since April 1st., We have received and sold over 90 Chevrolet cors and have orders ahead for all we can deliver between now and June 1st. On May 21st. we sent the following night letter to the Chev rolet Motor Company, at Oakland, California: "Ship us ten car loads of Four Ninety Touring during June. Entirely out of care and orders ahead for more than we have coming balance this month. Advise if can depend on the ten car loads and how early in June will ship first car load and at what intervals during month." We received the following reply: "Cannot promise more than contract allotment for June until production schedule is com plete." Signed Chevrolet Motor Co. . The above is the true situation and we would advise any one wanting a Chevrolet car to place their order NOW for we must fill our orders in rotation. Salem Automobile Co. F.G.DELANO And Republic Tires A.I. EOFF Distributors Chevrolet and Scripps-Booth Cars And Republic Tires SALEM. Phone 97 DALLAS, Phone 1 i