The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-03-26
MARION COUNTY TAXES
Discussed and Compared With Linn
County Expenditures.
Average County Expenses Of Linn
S3s, 600 Year, of Marion S7o, 900
Year.

The various county conventions thi
week will probably deal with the prof
lem Of how ito reduce taxes In Marioi
county 30 that real estate will not b
altogether undesirable.
LINN COUNTY TAXES.
AT Woodburn Friday the master Of tn
grange read following letters:
Our grange has been attacking ou
county court ON their high levy for taxes
and instead Of telling us why it is so
they dispute the correctness Of our com
parison Linn county exhibit) in this
particular: That the present Linn
county Judge came into Office with
t45, 900 cash on hand, that he has not
kept up roads and bridges in good re-
pair az former administrations have
done, and his successor will have a big
out lay at the start on this account.
A general denial that the present court
has given an economical management
Of county finance in Linn county. Please
give me the facts. We have another
meeting Friday, March 20, p. m. at
Beach's hall, Woodburn, to try TO get
an answer TO our questions: Why
should our tax levy be nearly four times
greater in Marion than the tax levy in
Linn county2 IL is hard question for
the CRATER 10 answer.
LETTER OF JUDGE BARTON.
Your letter Of inquiry TO Editor Hale
Of this city was handed me with request
10 answer the same and submit to you
facts on the question at issue. 1t Is
alleged by interested parties that when
the present County Court OF Linn county
came into office July 9th 1896, that there
was cash in hand Of the county treas
urer applicable TO payment Of cur
rent expensesthe sum OF $4,000. | deny
this absolutely. As grounds for this de-
NAL / submit to you the following list
taken from the warrants themselves,
showing the date when they were
mot paid for want Of funds"
with the amount OF such stamped war
rants for the quarter ending June 80,
Is90. would specially request any
person who may question this state
nent 10 call and lot me substantinate
by showing the stamped warrants.
Judge Barton then gives a list Of
ti303.66, dated IRON April lB,
S96, 10 June 80, 1895, showing that
INN county up 10 the time Judge Bar
ON went into Office was stamping war
ants.
The above statement shows that the
ounty treasurer was stamping warrants
p 10 elk days previous TO the date wo
imo into office rs county judge. Nay,
lore, one warrant was stamped mot ,
aid for want Of funds" ON July o, 1896, !,
10 very day we took charge of the office.
oes that look as though there was tl5,- I,
10 or any other considerable sum with
10 county treasurer at that timer
The warrant stamped on July o, 1896,
the last county warrant stamped from q.
at date 10 this. "
As To the other buncombe charge that
% roads and bridges Of Linn county are
II maintained as thoroughly as during NJ
o previous four years Of administra. ~
N, II Is strictly in keeping with the W
sh'in-the-tre treasury statement, In my NJ
lgment, no time in the history OF Linn IN
unity have the roads and bridges been
40 safe and excellent condition, not
9 single accident from the breaking Of Y
y bridge in the past four years. do
{ believe there is person In the
inty who values his reputation for
lth and yeracity who will contend for -.
moment that the roads and bridges of VI
, county are other than in an improved nc
ldition from what they have hereto. ou
Q been. ,.,
THE woODBURN MEETING ~
The grange was not we'll attended. Mr..
orhocs read the above correspon.
ice, and asked those present 10 dis.
u why taxes were 30 much higher in
rion county than in Linn county.
no one could explain and the ques- 'o'
. still remains unanswered. A great
ny facts we're brought out at Wood. To
n that showed the expenditures un. tru
three years of Judge Terrell and spl
~ years of Judge Hubbard TO be feci
tty much the same. Hubbard beat gen
rell ON some items and Terrell beat iorl
bhard on some but on the whole by
re was not pointed out much differ.
=. The average OF county expenses
nine years has been about $4,000 a j
he sense OF the Woodburn meeting OF a
ned To he that OF the office Of county lS5 ',s
90 is one that no party man can an froT
satisfaction To tho party or the peo. shir
lie cannot sorVe two masters. II alls
uts OIL the hundreds Of little leak zap
no TO tye dollars he bocomes unpop. tow
with the county treasury raiders. A aim
ought 10 an the office who is indie. and
len, Of all parties, lie ough, To con. 'Se'
the business as he would his own.