Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-05-13

file in the Office of County Clerk Wade.
He will find that ALL back taxes are in
cluded in said report as a resource.
The next subject dealt with by Mr..
Clark is the county expense for the
next six months which has not yet
been incurred. He evidently forgot to
add thereto the expense of the Lewis
and Clark Fair to be held in Portland
in 1905. 1t certainly would have been
in keeping with his peculiar logic. He
figures the expense of the next six
months at SS,869 and the interest at
$3,36S, and after giving credit for the
funds in the hands of the Treasurer
and the $4,000 uncollected taxes, he
finds, after consultation with Brother
! Matthews of the Newsance, that the
Indebtedness is $6l,267. OF course, he
did not certify that this was correct.
Now we desire to say word in regard |
TO this report being a Campaign state
ment." Had County Clerk Wade de-
sired to issue such document he would
have enumerated among the resources
the total amount of all property bid in
by the county at tax sales, as we'll as
the county farm, courthouse and
grounds, as did his predecessor. Mr..
Lutz, in his last report of March 81,
1902, which was never published, as re.
quired by law, but it is on file in the
Clerks office. This report, after giving
the amount of money in the Treasurer's
hands applicable to the payment OF
county warrants, estimates the re-
sources as follows.
Uncollected taxes cs..,.........so .96O 65
Value OF prope rty bought in by the ''''' ~
county at tax sale of 1900. .......... 5000 90
All prior tax sales. Observation-Disclosures. 5000 90
Courthouse and grounds. ........ 4,oCS 90
Total. 81, 1850 65
Here is total OF s27, ,36O65 estimated
as resources by Mr.. Lutz which was not
cash. County Clerk Wade, in his last
report, cut out all of these resources.
AS matter of fact, this property bid
in by the county is worth something as
resource, as anyone Can learn by eX
amining the redemption records in the
office of the Sheriff and Clerk.
We will now take Clarks mathemati-
Cal calculations and compare them with
the report of Clerk Wade, which is re-
, corded in Book / Of Semi-Annual re-
! ports.
We first take the $4,000 uncollected
!. taxes, which Mr.. Clark balks at, and to
emphasize the gentleman's logic, cut il
/ out entirely and not consider it a re-
: source. Now we have an Indebtedness
s as given in the report of $53, 1896. g.
8 This includes all outstanding warrants
q and interest. From this we take the
# amount in the bands of the Treasurer
J, on March 81, which is sl1,325. About
v $4,000 of this will be deducted as inter
e est, leaving the Indebtedness $44, OH. .6s
If and not 100000 or s7OOOO as stated
If by Clark and his echo at Newport.
10 Any taxpayer who will call for the
.. warrant books and check up the stubs
l. commencing with the first warrant is
r. sued after the experts report, takin,
8 the number and amount of each war
is rant drawn up to March 81, 1904, tn
" date OF the report, then call on th
lg Treasurer and get the amount of war
s, rants Cancelled since the report O
Is Messrs. Wilson and Jones, can easil
Of ascertain the amount of Indebtedness
D. regardless of Clark's mathematical cal
Sc culations.
it The record speaks for itself. TH
ie LEADER will close the chapter, an
3 shall hereafter refuse to notice an
I'd statements not taken from the records
Z, We desire also to call the attention Z
w the voters to one other fact in this cor
a nection, namely: II this report he
been juggled for the purpose Of mi,
ir leading the taxpayers, then Ira Wad
Ut is an official who is unworthy of tn
he support of the voters of Lincoln count,
n Again The LEADER challenges II
W, doubters to examine the records.
H. Mrs III II Sturdavapt hoo baao 10,