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U/ye Pullman Herald
WM. GOODYEAR, Editor and 1 „bllshcr KARL P. ALLEN, News Editor
Published every Friday at Pullman, Washington, and entered at
the Pullman post office as second class matter
$2.00 per year, payable strictly in advance
-__.... PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, riiIDAY. MARCH is, 1921
THE FOIL TAX LAW
Strong pressure is being brought
to bear on Governor Hart to veto the
poll tax law passed at the recent
session of the legislature with an
emergency clause attached. This is
an antiquated and unpopular system
of raising revenue, aside from the
very objectionable feature of the
bill which provides for taxing the ex
service men to help pay the bonus
voted them by the people of the
state.
In the first place it will impose an
additional burden of taxation upon
all the men and women between the
ages of 21 and SO, who own or are
paying for homes; it will hit the
girl clerks and workers whose pay
it, low at the best; the wage earn- |
ers In the country who are bard
pressed to support their families
while many of the unmarried, non
taxpaying and non-working transients
in the cities will be able to evade
paying.
In the second place the collecting
of the tax will prove difficult and ex
pensive. Regarding this objection to
the law, J. R. Ruply of Clarkston.
formerly county commissioner of
Whitman county and prominent citi- ;
sen of Pullman, offers the following
pertinent comments, based on careful
observation:
"My experience with the collection
of a road poll tax of $2, which we
had some years ago. was such that 1
made up my mind that a poll tax Is
a hard and difficult tax to collect
and is very obnoxious to many peo- :
pie. I kept truck of tbe expense 1
and found that it took from 20 to j
3" per cent of the collections to pay
the collectors. When the tax is $.">,
of course, it should not take such a
high per cent to collect it. Even |
fairly intelligent men did not appear
to want to understand the law and
would argue about the constitution
ality of the act and often encouraged
their hired men not to pay it. * * *
In many cases the collectors found
men out of employment or having
sickness or other trouble at home
Legally, this does not excuse them.
but what can you do in such a case?
The idea of a road poll tax was. I
presume, to make everybody pay j
something toward the expenses of
the county, but my experience at
that time was thai the expense in
curred was more than the amount
collected from so-called transients'
and others whose names did not ap-:
pear on the tax rolls So it would
have been just as well to have levied
a little higher tax on property. * * *
It is at the best an unsatisfactory tax
to collect."
Mr. duply's criticisms are well
founded. The poll tax will not hit |
nearly as large a per cent of the!
non-taxpayers as of those who are al- j
, ready paying taxes to the limit of
their ability. It will Increase rath
er than lighten the burden of the lat
ter. The bill never should have j
passed and, if it goes into effect, pub-
He sentiment is almost certain to
force its repeal at the next session
Of the legislature.
WM. GOODYEAR.
A WORTHWHILE CONTEST
The farm women of this state now
have an opportunity to participate in
a really worthwhile competition, the
planning Of convenient farm homes.
This contest has been inaugurated by
the State College of Washington,
with the American Institute of Ar
chitects co-operating, with the ob
ject of securing the best ideas lor the
arrangement of farm houses, from
those who know most about the prob
lem, the women who live In and take
care of them.
One of the biggest drawbacks in
rural life is the hard work devolving
upon the wives and daughters of
farmers, and one of the chief rea
sons which makes necessary this
hard work is the inconvenient ar
rangement of many farm houses,
which entails many needless steps
and the waste of much valuable
time.
Any woman who is living or has
lived on a farm is eligible to enter
this contest and has the opportunity
not only to win a handsome prize but
also to render a very valuable serv
ice to the farm women of the state.
by designing a rural home which em
bodies a maximum of convenient ar
rangement and will reduce the work
of housekeeping to a minimum.
Such plans, designed by women who
know by actual experience what sort
of houses are needed and what com
mon errors of arrangement should
be avoided, will meet a real need and
contribute much toward lightening
the drudgery of housework on the
farm.
The conception and object of the
contest are highly commendable and
the results will be gratifying and
valuable. If the farm women will
take advantage of the opportunity to
express their ideas by designing the
I kind of house they would like to live
"■its and take care of themselves.
_ WM. GOODYEAR.
TOO MANY TAX EATERS
j it the taxeater pa] bis bills next
year we will have to dig up almost
173,000,000 in th. state of Washing
ton. Many millions of this repre
sents deficits carried forward from
the preceding year, and all because
we have no intelligent method of
compulsory budge! making nor any
personal liability act running against
the personal assets and official bond
of the officer who allows his budgets
to be overdrawn.
The requirements of good govern
ment have not materially increased.
We could. if we would, get along
swimmingly with no more govern
ment than we had, say in 1904. To
be sure we were denied the benefit
of direct primaries then and also ol
the initiative and referendum and
the imperative mandate, now known
under the less mouth-filling name of
the recall. We did not have the multi
plicity of functions, the boards, comm
issions, clerks, stenographers, etc.,
etc., then that we have now, but we
did carry on the public business, kepi
the peace and preserved the physical
Safety and health of the people then
as efficiently and as satisfactorily as
now.
The increased cost of government
is not due to increased necessity for
more government but to swollen pay
rolls and inefficiency, waste and ex
travagance in the administration of
public office.
The civil service lists of the feder
al goverment show that one person
jr. every 65 of our population Is en
trenched for life in some sort of a
federal clerkship There are in office
In this country, from the national
capital to the township and school
district, an army constituting one in
seven of the entire population of the
country.
Yet we go on supporting these
crafty political mendicants, and they
in turn importune us constantly to
increase the army of political de
pendents. They devise boards, com
missions and other bodies, salaried,
01 course, with salaried clerkships
and secretarial positions and con
tinue to make increased demands
upon the people who pay the taxes
The taxpayers haven't even the
ambit lon to go to the polls and enter
protest. If they bad we would soon
lie doing government by budget in
stead of by guess and insisting at
the same time that any official who
exceeded bis budget allowance did it
at his own or his bondsmen's ex
pense.
A budget law. hard and inflexible
and a personal liability statute.
equally Inflexible, will reduce the
costs of government, but it is doubt
ful if any other or less drastic meas
ure will do it. We will have to make
war on the taxeaters or they will get
:us in the end. -Washington Stat !
I Weekly.
NALDER TOLLS STATE ON
FARM BUREAU WORK
F. F. Nalder, director of the gen
! eral college extension work, left on
j March 1 on a speaking tour through
the state in regard to farm bureau
| organizations. He spoke to the al-
I umni in Grant and Douglas counties
| at Ephrata Saturday and on Sunday
Mr. Nalder lectured to the Archeo
loglcan club at Wenatchee.
All this week Mr. Nalder will lec
| lure to all the farm bureau meetings
in Chelan county. These meetings
| will be held at the following places:
: Cashmere. Monitor. Manson, We
! natchee Entiat, and Sunny si ope.
j The farm bureau work is in charge
i of Will Nlckle, a graduate of this col-
I lege and now county agent of Chelan
county.
• —
COLLEGE HONOR ROLL
COMPLETE THIS WEEK
The college honor roll containing
names of 20 per cent of the student
body receiving the highest (stand
ing in scholarship, was complet
ed by the registrar's office this
; week. The freshman honor roll,
consisting of a tenth of the class
having the highest grades, was pub
lished last week.
CALL FOR inns ON WATER PIPE
j Sealed bids will be received and
j considered by the city council of the
City of Pullman, Wash., at 7:30 p
m., April 5. 1921. for
700 feel of 6-inch Universal iron
water pipe.
'•"" feet of 4-inch Universal iron
water pipe.
1 0-inch gate valve.
2 4-inch gate valves.
4-inch Ts.
C-inch Ts.
1 6x4 reducer.
A certified check for five per cent
of the bid must accompany the pro
posal.
The city council reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
MATILDA P. GANNON,
mchlß-25 City Clerk.
ORDINANCE No. MB
An Ordinance amending Section 5;
of Ordinance No. 373 of the City of
Pullman, which provides for the
grading, paving and improvement of
certain streets and places therein de
scribed, being in Local Improvement
District No. 31 of the City of Pull
man, commonly called the Methodist
Hill Improvement District, ■———
and providing for the payment of
the cost thereof.
The City Council of the City of
Pullman do ordain as follows:
Section I. That Section ."> of Or
dinance No. 373 of the City of Pull
man, which said Section 5 now reads
as follows: "That all of said work
shall he done under the direction and
supervision of the City's Engineer,
and that as soon as it shall be com- 1
pleted, approved by the City's Engin
eer, and accepted by the City Coun
cil, said City shall make up nn as
sessment roll, levying and assessing!
the cost and expense of said improve-'
ment on the lots, tracts or parcels of
land or other property within said
district according to the benefits de
rived hy said Improvement and will
adjust. Equalize and confirm said
roll and give notice of the time for
hearing objections thereto, and will
levy and assess the said amount on
the property within said district ac
cording to the benefits derived by
said Improvements, and will confirm 1
the same hy ordinance," he and the
same is hereby amended to read as
follows, to-wit: Section 5. That all
of said work shall he done under the
direction and supervision of the
City's Engineer, and that, after the
contract for said improvement has
been let. the City's Engineer shall
make up and prepare his final esti
mate of the total cost nnd expense i
thereof as soon as can he done, and
the proper city authorities shall then
make up and prepare an assessment I
roll levying and assessing the cos* j
and expense of said improvement on
the lots, tracts or Da reels of land or
other property within said improve
ment district according to the bene
fits (Wived from said improvement,
and --hall adiust. eonalize and con- \
firm said roll after giving due notice
of the time of hearing objections
thereto and shall levy and assess the
said amounts on the nronertv with
in said district according to tho bene
fits derived from said improvements,
and shall confirm said roll by ordi
nance. ... ij-jiii
Section 2. That said Section 5 of
said Ordinance No. 373 be, and said
section is hereby repealed. „,
Section .'!. That this ordinance
shall tie in full force and effect five
days after its passage, approval and
publication in the official newspaper
of the City of Pullman, Washington.
N. E. J. GENTRY,
Attest: Mayor.
Matilda F. Gannon, City Clerk.
Passed March 1.",, 1921.
Approved March 15, 1921.
Published .March 18, 1921.
Approved as to form:
D. C. Dow, City Attorney,
mchl S
ORDINANCE No. :?80
An Ordinance amending Section 4 \
if Ordinance No. 375 of the City of
Pullman, which provides for the |
grading, paving and Improvement of
:ertaln streets and places therein de
scribed, being in Local Improvement
District No. 36 of the City of Pull
man, commonly called the College
Park Addition Improvement District,
— , and providing tor the
payment for the cost thereof .
The City Council of the City of
Pullman do ordain as follows:
Section 1. That Section 4 of Or
dinance No. 375 of the City of Pull
man, which said Section 4 now reads
as follows: "That all work shall be
done under the direction and super
vision of the City's Engineer, and
that as soon as it shall be completed,
approved by the City's engineer, and
accepted by the City Council, said
City will make up an assessment roll,
levying and assessing the cost and
expense of said Improvement on the
lots, tracts, parcels of land or other
property within said improvement
district according to the benefits de
rived by said improvement and will
adjust, equalize and confirm said roll
and give notice of the time for hear
ing objections thereto, and will levy
and assess the said amount on the
property within said district accord
ing to the benefits derived by said
Improvements, and will confirm the
same by ordinance.'- be and the same
is here amended to read as follows,
to-wit: Section 4. That all of s.iid
work shall be done under the direc
tion and supervision of the City's
Engineer, and that after the contract
for said improvement has been let,
the city's Engineer shall make up
and prepare his final estimate of the
total cost and expenses thereof as
soon as can be done, and the proper
Cit> authorities shell then make up j
and prepare an assessment roll levy
ing and assessing the cost and ex
pense of said improvement on the
lots tracts or parcels of land or
other property within said improve-!
ment district according to the bene
fits derived from said improvement,
and shall adjust, equalize and con
firm said roll after giving due notice
of the time of hearing objections
thereto and shall levy and assess the
said amounts on the property within
said district according to the bene
fits derived from said improvements,
and shall confirm said roll by ordi
nance.
Section 2. That said Section 4 of
said Ordinance No. 375 be, and the
said section is hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance
shall be in full force and effect five
days after its passage, approval and
publication In the official newspaper
of the City of Pullman. Washington.
N. E. .1. GENTRY.
Attest: Mayor.
Matilda F. Cannon. City Clerk.
Passed March 1.".. 1021.
Approved March 15, 1921.
Published March 18. 1921.
Approved as to form:
D. C. Dow. City Attorney.
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sor " hoes and rakes at Otho West's
maris
Bay that new Battery at Martin's
Oarage. mar! 1-2"
Goodyear "Wingfoot" hose at
West's maris
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ORDINANCE No. :{«:*
An ordinance amending Section
Three of Ordinance 351, entitled "An
Ordinance Creating the Office of
City Engineer of Pullman, defining
his powers and duties, making City
Engineer ex-offlclo inspector of
buildings and inspector of wiring
and fixing the compensation for his
services and repealing Ordinance No.
318."
The City Coucil of the City of
Pullman do ordain as follows:
Section 1. That Section 3 of Or
dinance No. 351 as entitled above
be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 3. That the salary of the
City Engineer shall be the sum of
$225.00 per month to be paid
monthly by warrants drawn on the
current expense fund of the City of
Pullman; provided, that all engin
eering work required in connection
with any local improvement shall be
apportioned to and paid for out of
such local improvement funds.
Section 2. That this ordinance
shall be in full force and effect five
days after its passage, approval and
publication in the official newspaper
of Pullman.
N. E. J. GENTRY,
Attest: Mayor.
Matilda F. Gannon. City Clerk.
Passed March 15, 1921.
Approved March 15. 1921.
Published March 18. 1921.
Approved as to form:
D. C. Dow, City Attorney.
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is really hard te understand
why you keep putting it off.
You own the property, don't
you? You can't afford a fire,
can you? You can afford in
surance, can't you? Well.
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