Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-03-05

are Idlu lu these ctrtihcatca that are
a lien on the land. The land stands as
security for this road tax, and the
farmer pays it 20 the county officer
like other taxes There were about
256o acres on @ linval mile Of this road.
II 10 cost 25oo a mile it wouh be si.OO
per acre. The farmer got tho use Of
the roaj for the ten wears while he was
paying Tor it The farmers would get
TO do most Of the work aud would be
very glad to 10 The work az $500 a
day.
The county crur7 bad ~ aside ti0..
600 TO help out ito rutile act. or $500
a mile for each mily built under this
law. II that vas not goSl proposi.
tion ho did not know what was They
bad offered The silvcrtou people $1,000
"a mile towards their rad, as that was
"a hard road 10 bullu lie denied "hay.
ing it in for the Maclcay ncighbor.
hooh" II was no particular pleasure
TO go out into tho country and talk 10
the people AMI let hs work pilo up
Ia his Office anil have 60 do Il after
night To admiitci being an cu,hus
last on good roaJs II thc farmers did.
not buibl good roads. tho people Of
Washington and California woult be
slapping iu farm products from thosc
states cheaper than che farmer Ia the
hills could haul them Eve miles for.
Was tho tax 90 be- - much per acre
on an tho lan,l or according 10 looa'
tioni 10 this question Scott answered.
that Il WIS according 20 location, with
a right 10 appeal 10 the courts. II a
farmer appealed aul was allowed no
relief Of over 20 per cent he got uoih'
ing, AMI had 20 pay tho costs,
How about a man who was within
milo Of another ruadi To this tho
judge answered that tho board 20 make
this assessment was composed Of three
men appointed by tho court, not resh.-
ing Ia tho territory affected
How about tho man who liyel just
outside the two mile liuii He would
get the beHeht without paying a cent
He'd geo caught, s.id the judge by
tho first gooI roal lu.lt on tho other
side (laughter).
Chairman Taylor .sid Judge seoil
haI certainly a.pe.lad AN illusions
about anyone having 20 pay any tax,
anal d. now introduced another Salem
man. n. b. Thie,-on. a civil engineer ~
great experience Mr. Thielsen said
Do hail travelled a great deal iu Europe
on the fine roads where ia costs No. cents
PER ton per mile o. haul farm products
Iu our country it costs 25 cents per tun
pcr mile. one horse In Europe eou.t
hau 5000 pounds where Two hora.s
here eould hardly haul 5000
He Thought roads should be- laid uut
by grades regas Hess of laud lines or
where the road eut through Az 5000
per mile for mafadam, AMI $500 per
mile for grading. Under the Tuttle law
some would pay more than 800 per
acre ami some would pay less. On an
average grain land would not turn on
over oue-third Of a ton per acre. The
average haul would be three miles, AMI
the average OF SO tons per 100 acre
farm. The saving would be 37ia cents
per ton, or 1919 cents per acre sayel
while the "a was ten cents per
acre. So the Tuttle law would pay a
saving Of haul alone, THIS was nothing
compared 10 saving on warehousing the
grain The warehouse men dbd not do
an his work for nothing. The saving
on warehousing grain alone would paw
the tax under the Tuttle law. He
favored laying the r0ads on the low
est possible grade, regardless Of where
il put the road. Where roads could be
given a better grade il should be chang
ed. The convenience of the many
should not be obstrueted by the self
ishness Of the few, if a man got a fair
prdee for his lands The difference In
grades was equal 70 hauling 24OO pounds
over a 5 per cent grade, 1000 pounds
over a / per cent grade, and 5000
pounds on the level What should DO
the maximum gradei He replied or
6 per cent. He did not believe the
Maeleay bin was over six feet in the
hundred al the steePest place.
Judqe scott said the first neighbor-
hood 70 act under the Tuttie act would