The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19

To Those In Sympathy With the Cuban

To Those In Sympathy With the Cuban
q Patriots.
: The ES-MOUNTANEER has been
requested to take the lead in g
movement for popular subscription
!, to the canse of Cuba and her suffering
people who are fighting for liberty.
Whenever a people are oppressed or
denied the right Of self government,
Americans are quick to extend the ir
sympathy and go to their relief. Prob
ably nine out of every ten Americans
are in sympathy with the Cubans
struggling to free themselves from the
tyrany and oppression of Spain, aud
this almost universal sympathy should
have some expression. The popular
subscription plan has been suggested,
as a means to that end. Since
we cannot take no arms We can
| mate rally assist those who do by con-
tributing what Senior Quasada, the re-
representatives. of the Cubans at Wash
ineton, says is most needed, means
with which to supply the munitions of
war. Therefore the following form,
signed and accompanied by the sum
you feel disposed to give, will be
| testimonial of your syr. pathy for the
Cuban cause:
FOR THE RELIEF OF CUBAN PATRIOTS.
As q testimonial OF r,y sympathy for
the Cuban cause, and O measure of nly
hopes for the success Of Cuban patriots in
freeing Cuba from oppressive and tyran-
ous rule, 1 cheeUuLg subscribe the ssaa fol- |
lo,cing my name and address.
address ....................
Amount, S................... ......
Upon receipt of these subscriptions
they will be forwarded promptly to the.
Cuban headquarters in New Nork or
the Cuban legation in Washington as
the scbscriber may select.
soME SIGNIFICANT SUGGESTIONS.
The County Judge OF UmatilIa County
Has an Idea About Taxes.
County Judge Martin, of Umatilla
county, has submitted letter to the
convention of county judges, in which
he makes these suggestions with refer
ence To the methods of collecting
taxes:
"Our present modes of assessing
property and collecting taxes. all to-
gether, all things. tends to complicate
rather than simplify matters and
mixes jurisdictions between county
courts and city governments and school
districts, and rests responsibility On
the county court that can see no good
reason for, whereas, if the county !
court, city and school district govern
ments were separate, as they formerly
were, one corporate bodF could attend
to its own governmental affairs better
than any one set of officers could attend
to three governments a. the county
officers now have to do. The cities and ,
school districts "kick" because they {
claim that they could assess and col
lect their taxes cleaner and faster than ,
it can now be done. The taxpayer ,
''kicks" because he must pay all of ;
these taxes at one and the same time, E
if this law was repealed, or ,
amended, as it should be, they could q
pay the different taxes separately and +
sasier, because they weuld become de-
iuquent on different dates and at diff !,
erent seasons of the year. also favor =
making personal property taxes a lien O
lgainst the realty of the taxpayer. )
t'My idea for the collection of defin- 4
luent taxes would be to make the levy !,
rom the assessment roll and advertise -
$ now, but not 20 have the sheriff !
rayel all over the country and post
copies on every piece of land and town
OF on which the taxes are delinquent.
This would BET great saving of time v
nd expense and would greatly facil- a
ate collections -. d