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£9 8 Kennewiék Courier-Reporter Thursday. October 26, 1944 About the State By Guy LaFollette Bandwagon; and Landslides—3m: May Have Your Own Choice Olympia, October 25—One week from today we will do our final column ‘ before the election and then we will make an attempt to analyze some of the forecasts which are being made with ref erence to the possible outcome of the balloting. a 2 Much is being s (1 about land slides and band wagons this year, and there are those who talk long and loud for their party in this connection, however we doubt if anyone really believes what he is saying when strong claims are made with reference to the nation a] vote. Indications are for Heavy Voting “5.5”“. . . fa Illllam I. sulllunn 3:2 :4 State laureate lumrelulaner ”if 2’ War-er .I nape—sum * “in". your sun-s men rruuurrcr ensue” CONTINUE THE 40-Mlll TAX lIMII MW! THE 40 M" ° ° -! I Tax llmlt Amendment. should have a "FOR" vote from every citizen of Benton County HERE'S THE BENTON COUNTY OFFICIAL RECORD since the 40-MILL TAX LIMIT LAW wae enacted in 1932: ' Property Taxes W 1933 $525,296.09 Property Taxes Wl9“ 303,542.93' ANNUAL SAVINGS _.___.-......" $221,753.16 Delinquent Taxes ...—.___....1933 $588,154.00 Delinquent Taxes Wl94i! 48,640.00 PROPERTY RECOVERED W $539,514.00 County Debt th $ 67,999.56 CountyDebt...-...................;......................1942 18,728.65 GOVERWENT MORTGAGE PA1D......... $ 49,270.91 Scllool Debt ...W1932 $252,267.00 School Debt ......................................................1942 154,266.00 SCHOOLS BETTER OFF By.-.............................. $ 98,001.00 Expenditure for Common 5ch0015......'1934 $182,661.00 Expenditure for Common 5ch0015...1943 312,125.00 YOUR CHILDREN BETTER OFF 8y..................' $129,464.00 e ! ' Votlng 'FOR” HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 1 Proposed Amendment to Art. VII of the Constitution At Top of Your Ballot BENTON COUNTY ‘ 'K ‘K '4O-MILL TAX LIMIT COMMITTEE ‘1! <1! THE OLD JUDGE SAYS... “We can't argue with the Judge on that point. can we Mabel? It’s not fair to penalize the many for the actions of the few.” "That. folks, is exactly what we would be doing in this country if we ever voted for prohibition again. Authorities who have made a careful study of the problem. report that only about 5% of those who drink abuse the privilege occasionally... 95% drink sensibly. Probably doan't compare with the number of folks who overeat and do other things to excess» Prohibition certainly From registration records we have been able to collect it seems that there is an increase in the totals in the more heavily popu lated districts. In King county alone there are some twenty-five thousand .more persons registered than ever before, the total before this election never having reached above the‘226,000 mark. Members of both parties seem pleased with this registration rec ord and everyone hopes that all of these people will get out and vote. /_ Service Ballots Show Less In Totals There are some seventy-five thousand men and women from Seattle in. the services and indica tions are that when the figures are all in less than one third of these will have requested ballots From the results of the primary balloting there will be' less than one half of these who will be able new woman! by Wmdmm 30070:! Imm. In. isn’t the answer. It's not that simple. We had nearly 14 years proof of that, didn't we? “The real answer is education and better control. In fact. the responsible members of the distilling industry are working con stantly toward that end. They don’t want anybody to abuse the use of their product any more than the three of us do." . “If everybody would take that sensible attitude, Judge, and cooperate as moreoand more are now doing. we'd be a lot better off a lot quicker.” to cast their ballots and get them back to the election officials in time for them to be counted. Only a small percentage of those eligible voted in the primaries, some five thousand in number. All of this would indicate that the service vote, about which much has been said, will not influence the out come of the election to any marked degree. Civilian absentee voters will perhaps not number more than five thousand from present indications. State Official: May he Swept in by National Trend . The thing that every candidate for state office dreams about is a great popular party vote which will pull him into 'office. . These things occur from time to time and all hope that now is the time again, this time for the party to which the individual doing the hoping he longs. And it could be true for one of the great parties this year. There are indications and these things many times “jell’ in a few days or weeks. County Officials. Luciano”. Measures Important The voter has a real task this year and not the least of these is the selection of his own county and legislative officials. Many times when there are so many na tional and state matters command ing attention, people are elected to those other offices who are not the best we have to offer but they actually slip in and sit down when no One is looking. Then when the din of battle has died away, there they are in a position to at least embarrass more competent folks and many times do real harm to the people whom they are sup posed to serve. Library Districts Case in Point on Legislation An illustration of the task ahead of the voters-is the fact that nine Washington counties this year will vote on measures to create or re ject rural library districts. The wfiwé ,- fig § I ‘ a- elect cu FF omocu'nc Momust lon STATE AUDITOR ‘ He is “ CAPABLE EFFICIENT IMPARTIAI. EXPERIENCED These are qualifies vitally necd’s sary in the man who audi‘h ‘l’l‘l. I'nany millions'of dollars annually expended by Sfafe. County and Municipal offices. Yelle's rec ord in office proves ”not he pouesses limo qualificafions abundantly. . KEEP YEIIE ON “IE 10' counties if the laws are passed. will have voted to assess all their Dmperty outside of incorporated towns and villages up to two mills for this purpose. In many cases this will it enacted mean the levy of a substantial increase on their Present county taxes, which could mean an increase of ten percent or more. This is all very well if the people really want to go into the library business in this manner and are prepared to see that the money is used as intended. The counties voting this time on this measure are: Chelan, Clallam, Kittitas, Lewis, Pierce, Snohomish, What com, Whitman, and Yakima. In view of'all of the important mat ters on ‘the ballot fqr November: 7 every voter in the state should decide this week how he will vote on men and measures. Sample ballots are available for «the ask ing. Let us suggest that some member of every household se cure one or more samples from your city clerk or county auditor and that every home have a fam- Watch for the Opening of ‘ on Route 2, wés: Highlands. in ' llennewick. Washington ' THE PLACE You IIAVE BEEN WAITING FOR! “Featuring Nightly-u . i ‘ Patsy Lee Sullivan 1 , "SWEET and LOVELY" ’ . , ' . . _ famed Sophisticated Songstress Floyd Bates . . AT THE _COIISOLE ' I A I I I _A . Inning - lanclng and Entertainment at Its BEST! . Music of Your Bequests EUR RESERVATIONS PHDNE KENNEWICK 96 ily roundhble discussion regard ing how to vote on these import ant issues. Cpt. Thomas Terjeson. son-in law of the Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Coan, has been a parsonage guest the past week. He is on furlough from his instructor‘s assignment at Scott Field, 111. Circle 4 of WSCS of Methodist church will meet Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Reuben Gest. 428 Third Ave. East, Jennie Elledge assist ing as hostess. LaVeme Dallman, MoMM He is visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Dallman on a IS-day furlough. . Mrs. Lawrence Newsome is host ess to the Escolenta club at her home on First Avenue this eve ning. Mrs. Frank Maupin is guest artist for the evening and will entertain the group with songs by Steven Foster. Mrs. Edwin Neuman will be her accompanist. Governor STATES ‘ LANE“! - t . the FACTS, “In this year and at this moment, We, the citizens of the United States .of America, are called upon to exercise our rights and duties at the polls more faithfully and With grate care and understanding than at any time Since Lincoln. The future of our lives and the “Veg of our people far beyond our. borders will be deeply influenced by our decismns. Only ifwe look sharply into the underlymf facts and pur. poses, the background and the caliber of the men who seek office, can We judge correctly what is, or what is not, for the greatest good. In this election, apathy, Ignoranee and blind prejudice are vicious enemies against the we]. far of all.” 4‘ 3w mum mu 3:45 p. x 811