The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-01-23
A new TAX
STATE GRANGE HAS TWO
BILLS TOINTRODUCE.
Revenue Proposed for the Benefit
of the State-Sleeping car, Re-
frigerator car, Oil, Express,
Telephone, Telegraph,
Cos. Will Be Taxed.

Cos. Will Be Taxed.
Portland, Jan. 2O.-Two more
measures will he presented to
the voters of Oregon next June, and
in all probability they will become
laws of the state. They are radi-
cal and sweeping in their provisions
and if carried will yield an immense
revenue. These two measures, re-
printed herewith, were authorized
by the Oregon State Grange at the
last annual session held in Forest
Grove last May. These laws were
introduced in the State Grange In
the form of resolutions urging their
adoption and were adopted unan-
imously.
1t is proposed to Initiate laws to
provide additional revenue for state
purposes; to levy a license on the
gross earnings of sleeping'car com"
'Fpanies, retrigerator-car companies,
oil companies, express companies
or corporations, telephone compan-
les and telegraph companies or cor
porations doing business in Oregon.
The billie were very specific in de-
fning the manner of ascertaining
the amount of such gross earnings
and provide severe penalties for vi.
olating the provisions of the act.
They also define the meaning ofthe
names of the various corporations
or companies and otherwise hedge
them about in such a manner that
the provisions of the two laws can
not be easily evaded-
The history Of these two bills is
we'll known am ong the members OF
the Grange, but their existence has
been secret so all outsiders up to
the present time. They are made
public at this time only for the rea.
sons that the petitions for their in.
iiiative have been completed by the
signatures of enough legal voters Of
the state to insure them places on
the ballot.
The petitions are being gathered
in and in a few days will be hand
ed in the various county clerks fol
verifcatiop. Each name will b.
scrutlnized and compared with the
registration and poll books of th'
last election, and it will be a saf
stateme.t that only legal voter
will be found to have signed them
One of the most prominent law
+ yers of the state, R. P. Boise, Is tn
sponsor Of the bill which propose
to tax telephone and telegraph
companies. The other was intro
duced by another prominent law
yer.
That they are both iron-clad an
legal in every phase is certain
The attention of the State Grang
was attracted to the formulating o
these bills by the statement tha
the Standard Oh Company doin
business in Marion county, was on
ly paying tax of So 50 upon
business of $500, 900 in one year
This fact was brought to the atten
ton of the Grange by its agent
L and committees and at almost ever
I. gathering the subject was discussed
The reason why there are tw
separate bills is because the pro
posed rate of taxation is differed
one being per cent and the other J
Grants Pass, Or, Jan. 49,
Correspondence of the Oregonian.
Dora Jennings, who is on trial fo
the murder Of her father is a sicl
girl.
She was taken i'll after court ad
Ijourned yesterday afternoon ant
spent the greater part of toda,
resting. There was regular biz
zard here Thursday. Snow fell Il
the depth of several inches and Il
walking back and forth to the court
room Dora took a severe cold. l
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