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i . t ; PAGE FOUR. DAILY EAST OREGOXIAX, PENBLETOX. OREGON, SATURDAY. DE1EMBER , 1W4. B.. ASSESSOR SIMM ON INVISIBLE VALUES CATARRH DESTROYS THE KIDNEYS. - ' .fi ft- T : "f AX INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. GEORGE r -. 'i i -i .1 r. .' YafclWhed T?ry afternoon (except Suotiaj) at Pendletou. Oregon, by the OIIKCOMW I'l'IiLlSIUXG COMPANY. SUHSCUIITIOX RATKS. Jbir, one yur. by ami) $5 nly, six months, by mnll 2 Hy, three months, by mail 125 Snihr.one month. ly mall 50 Vekty. one year, by mail i.ri "eeitiy, six months, by mall weekly, four months, by mail 50 eaal-Weekly, one year, by mall 2.00 Sewl-Wefcly, nil months, by malt... UH Jttoai-Weekly. three months, by malt.. .50 (Continued from page 3.) 3feber Scrlppa Ui-ltae Newt Association. San Francisco Hnrean. 408 Fourth 8t. ftilcaeo Uureau. thi HecurltT Ituilrtins. Wnsbinstoa, V. C, Bureau, 501 14th St.. B. W. Telephone Main 11. sstid at Pendleton I 'nut office as second - class matter. L tt"htn conies the hour of part- inft; when thy face Fades into darkness; when I strive to cull Its vanished features out of empty space. But In a midst of beauty lose them all: Then for a while the sunset of thy charm Dies Into deep. Impenetrable night. Audr I am haunted by u wild w alarm Lest love should ne'er unveil Hb hidden light But darkness lifts the blinding veil of day; And. glancing upward with new-opened eyes. T see. immeasurably far away. Above the zenith of the mid- night skies. Thee, round whose orb all stars w Hke planets move Thee, throned and crowned, the Queen of Light and . Love. Etlmond Holmes. "The Tri umph of Love." II is hoped that most of the splen ur that was extinguished In turning sfT the lights of file St. Louis expo sition Thursday night, will flash into fife again when the button Is pressed jtx. Portland on June 1. 1905. In view of the serious charges asainst Mayor Williams' administra tion In Portland. his attentpted ""nitty" remarks on the efforts of decent people, (the Bheriff alone In cluded among the officials.) to purify mural conditions, will not add many bouquets to the mayor's record. The spectacle of this man in the highest fasftlun in the city, openly condemn -Isg men of good morals for their ef arts - to correct unspeakable social vfls which the mayor has embraced smi, given protection to should bring wen rft political libertines of Port fctnd to. their senses. to tax them according to their value. This Is due to several causes. The annua; pass has Its Influence, and then there Is the lack of knowledge, and dread of litigation. A great corporation Is often stronger than a single county. It is therefore essential that the whole state exercise Its authority for the pro tection of Its weakest member. This can be done by two acts: Hy the creation of u temporary tax commission, clothed with power to examine books, summon witnesses, and compel their attendance, and otherwise consider valuations and em ploy all the rules for the determination of values that a business man would use. The report of this commission should be published and dis tributed among the proper county officials for their guidance. 2.) By passing an act providing for the payment of all taxes In advance of litiga tion when bused upon equitable grounds, and providing for the Immediate correction of technical errors when litigation is brought upon technicali ties. KXPKF.SS COMPAXIFS. The state sustains considerable loss by failure to tax express com panies. If they pay any tax at all It Is puid In Multnomah county. Ex press business extends out Into the several counties of the state and whatever tax arises from It should be either proportioned to the counties on a mileage basis, or else be paid to the state. Connecticut levies a tax of five per cent on gross receipts earned In the state. This is in lieu of all other taxes. New York levies one-half of one per cent on gross receipts, -besides a franchise and property tax. New Jersey levies two per cent on gross receipts earned in the state, besides license fee and property tax. Pennsylvania levies eight mills on gross receipts within the state, and five mills on actual value of capital stock. Besides this real estate is subject to local taxation. Ohio now values express company property for assessment purposes by a state board and apportions It among the counties where It becomes subject to local levies. Formerly in that state the franchise was not included as an element of value for assessment purposes. But under a new rule It Is. The effect of these two rules presents this contrast: Former Rule Adams Express Company, assessed value $ 42.065.iMt American Express Company, assessed value... 23.430.00 I". S. Express Company, assessed value , 28.438.00 Present Rule Adams Express Company, assessed value $533,085.00 Amerlcun Express Company, assessed value- 499.274.00 V. S. Express Company, assessed value 488.264.00 In addition to paying local rates on these valuations, the state levies two per cent on gross receipts. Indiana applies what Is known as the Vnlt Rule In the valuattun of nil property. This method was first adopted In 1891. Its effect can best be understood by Its results. Here are the assessed valuations In 1890. the last year under the old ruie: Land and Lots and Express. Improvements. Improvements. Personulty. Telegraph. Etc. Railroads. 8377. 1'76. 332 $176,661,412 $236,871,076 $ 698.672 $ 66,26.295 Assessed valuation In 1891. first year under Unit Rule Land and Lots and Express. Improvements. Improvements. Personalty. Telegraph. Etg. Railroads. $29,537,587 $269,062,736 $293,745,534 $1,871,012 $161,039,169 Percentage of increase under Cnlt Rule 41 per cent. 52 per cent. 24 per cent. 167 per cent. 143 per cent. This rule of valuation catches the value of good-will and patent rights, especially of corporations. These advance the earnings of the corporations to which their stock values readily respond. KKCAIMTIXATIOX. I huve shown how the state is losing something like $150,000.00 per7 annum by failure to discover and tax cash; $35,000.00, more or less, by the escape of life Insurance investments, and a verv large amount probably $200.00o.u per annum by a failure to reach the franchise" value of railroads and express companies. I have stated briefly the methods adopted by' other states for the prevention of these losses I shall take pleasure In discussing them more in detail before the committee on taxation of the coming session of the Oregon legislature, if desired. Itespectfully. C. P. STRAIN. Assessor Umatilla County. little tangible wealth, the electric light companies, the telephone, the street car companies, and other great interests posses millions in fran chises and privileges which escapes taxation. In it any wonder the farms, stocks of merchants and other visi ble property are heavily taxed? Til tin Who Is General Bell of Colorado, flhat a history of his life should be fritter. ? What Interest will posteri ty have in his career, except to use ft as a reproach to the anarchist mine owners of Colorado, who hired t thug in uniform to United States has suddenly develop ed Into one of the greatest depart ments of the government. From a small bureau a few years ago. It has evolved into a massive department, with millions of dollars at its dlspo- deport , d (n ,,, of western American cmxenB from their homes, rder Uiem shot down without pro vocation and despoil their house- Vild. that they might not ! One of the greatest American millionaires ! once said to his physician, "A million dol i lars, Doctor, for a new stomach. " and then the sick man groaned and turned away. One of a man's greatest pleasures is that , . ., . . , u ! born of a keen appetite, vigorous digejtieu The reclamation department of the ; d Kood di 1 nd U)is Mortn 1o return! 'Cheap military notoriety such ns this OuloraUo knave craves should find no permanent place In American an mats and It would be a blessing if nth Bell and his alleged historian, who have challenged each other to a. duel, would come together as soon as possible and by their miserably repu table marksmanship. shoot each other, and end this disgrace to Colorado and to the American uni- Ih tangible sources of wealth, such aar produce enormous profits and yet srape taxation, is the subject of a IpaUnhed article by Assessor C. P. Brain In today's East Oregonian. nri subject is one of the most vital Wm the state and yet assessors, legis lators and economists have passed It ay, heretofore. It la a fact that the saerchant, the farmer, the stockman, the owners of buildings and visible rues, pay the burden of taxation, srnOe priceless franchises, on which millions are earned, escape from the assessor, because they are Invisible, and have no existence as property, Wfore the laws of many states. Through the enjoyment of these fran chises, millions of dollars are hoard as! each year, while . the owners of vch franchises pay taxes on a miser ably small amount of visible proper ty. What proportion of the wealth of &e Western Union company do the aii of poles and wires and the of- Sac fixtures represent? The cost of; Vaase visible articles of value is but ; at pittance of the enormous wealth of company. Yet the real wealth, ral source of Income which ts saand in the franchise granted by aae people, and from which the avsflts are produced, cannot be reach sal by assessment, at present, In Or- settlement deendent upon its wis dom. Will the official grow and de velop In proportion to the development of his department? or. will the theories and practices that fitted the little experimental bureau. be enforced In the wider and more splendid scope of the great depart ment? Will this department still be made up of red tape processes, the Issuance of abstract reports are of so little concern to the peo ple that they form no part of the libraries of the country? No longer a bureau of experiments, this great department has come to fill an active place in the government. Its effec tiveness will be the means of settling the west. Through Its wisdom, practical sense and actual work must come the next great national evolu tion in the reclamation of the Idle deserts. Congress should widen the scope of the department and give It all possible power and then the de partment should do something. manv a good fellow who is living on small wages, but the rich man with oat a stomach has to forego the good things of the LiMe because bis stomach rebels. Without a healthy stomach and a good digestion, our blood is thin, watery and pour, our Itenrt action i weak, our liver does not do tt duty. and man is miserable and unhappy. In this condition man is prey to the germ of influenza, consumption, malaria wttd all the ills that he is heir to. Consumption can be treated by natural methods whtcii are as cloa to nature as possible. sudden j cjan Df lut, invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo. N. V., years arro v.n . derAtood Oud tiLtcase, and after a Inns' pc t rind of rcp-intent discovered certain roots and K--t--s men were nature's remedies, aim Mi'.'L-veded in putting them up in a i form that would be easily procured and ready to use. This he called Dr. Pierce's ' Golden Medical Discovery. It gives no ; false stimulation because it contains no alcohol and na narcotic. It helps diges- i ttnti and the aaaimilatinn of such element which j in the food as are required for the blood. instead ot s cod liver oil, against which the already sensitive stomach will declare open rebellion, this tonic has a pacifying action upon the sensitive stomach and gives to the blood the food elements tbe tissues require. It maintain the patient's nutrition by enabling him to est. retain, digest and assimilate nutritious food. It overcomes gastric irritability and symp toms of indigestion, and in this way fever, night -sweats, headaches, etc., are sway with. It fortihes the body again -i the germs of consumption, grip and ma laria, and It builds up the tissue and puts on healthy flesh. When the druggist says he has some thing that is "just as good "u Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, he savs so be cause he hopes to make a better profit, but hi own mixtures have not stood tbe test of long expenence nor had the sui lust in. ricrcc's medicines have had. The Pilot Rock Record Is right In condemning the practice of the Morning Tribune of Pendleton for "holding up" pioneer citizens of Pilot Rock for sums varying from $2.50 to $7.50 each for a few lines mention In an alleged edition of 5000 copies. It would be impossible to mention the history of Pilot Rock without hon orable mention of every pioneer in that community. Many of these pio neers have been constant patrons of the Tribune since It was founded, and by their support It haa been en abled to live. Yet it unscrupulously grafts them for a bare mention of their names in Its - special edition. Through the efforts of the Pilot Rock Record, the city council of that place rescinded Its action donating $50 to the Tribune for a write-up of the town, but the money collected from the Individual pioneers Is gone be- "MU "can. tieitx, also declined to KING ! 0TK.; .AV St.Anthony's Hospital Private room,, elegantl, nlahed. Finely equlppea, Ing room. Al.o MaternltTnL partment. Every convenience nece far the rnrp nf k -i-l . ..UK. Telephone Main PENDLETQX, OREGON, MR. GKOHGE KINCi, Deputy Kh ?riff I I contrai-tiul a severe cold several of Ui'li-i'lkii'r Co., N. Y for vi'arg I vears aao, which from neclcct develoried wan a T.fU known incr'h:iiit of Troy. , into urinary trmililf, and threatened In a letHT from No. 4.1 King St., Troy, j Ilrislit's diwann. I used I'l-rima faitli N. Y., he writes: j fully for three und one-hulf months, "Peruna cured me (rum what the w hen mv hcwllh wui perfect oneo more. doctors were afraid would turn into ; I have never had anv trouble since." bright' s Disease, arier 1 huil suffered with catarrh of the bladder and kiilnev trouhle. "Peruna is a hle-sin..; to a nick man. Eight bottle made me u well mull and were worth in.. re than a llieu-aiid dol lars to me. I cannot speak t-.o hiirhlv troubled, und health since."- I have enjoyed perfect -hxr;:e King, A Prominent Member of I. 0. 0. F. Threatened With Uright's Disease. Pe ru na Restored Him to Health. O, I'red Lindstrom. I Catarrhal Inflammation of the mucous lining of the kidneys, also called j ' r.iiflilV disease," may lie either acute J or chronic.. The acute form produces I symptoms of Huch prominence that the serious Luture of the disease is ut once suspected, hut the chronic variety may come on no gradually and insidiously that its presence i not susHeted until after it has tautened itself thoroughly upon its victim. At the appearance of the first iiymp- tom I'eriina should be taker.. This rem 0. T'd Lindstrom, Past i iranil Master ! edy strikes at once at the very root of Independent Order of odd I'ellows. . the disease. writes from lid Uuiveraity Ave., J A book on catarrh sent free by Tha Paul, Miuu.: Ponula Medicine t:, Columbus, t). PARK AND WASHINGTON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON Established in 1866. Open all the year. Private or class instruction. Thousands of graduates in posi tions; opportunities constantly occurring. It pays to attend our school. Catalogue, specimens, etc., free. A. P. Armstrong, LL.B., principal SUM, WOHK CANT BE TOO GOOD, If satisfactory service Is de sired in house building. 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