AUTOMOBILE
General News
Section
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FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 111.
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 24. 1919.
O.f TKAIK3 AKS Kf 'a a
PRICE TWO CENTS
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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
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WORM DRIVE TRUCK
OUR MOTTO-PLEASED CUSTOMERS"
MARION .GARAGE
200-206 South Commercial St.
Salem, Oregon.
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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