Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-03-08
Judge Chiles Speaks His Mind.

Mr.. Editor: AS a tax payer / ask |
space for brief discussion of the above
topic. 1t is not my province to do
anothers thinking or to suggest the
line OF his action. In tire first place
| will ask what is a court house and
who is the owner Of such property
and answer by saying that it is the
property of the aggregate tax payer
who built and paid for same. Are
you able to build and pay for one at ,
s25, OOO2 II so, why have you not paid
for the stuff that you got and CON
sumed six years ago and are now
paying interest at the rate Of about
$4500 yearly in order to keep even. |
Between the two propositions OF
building and repairing in the matter
OF costs, there is difference of $a2,.
600 to be thrown on the market in
shape of county warrants bearing 6
per cent and to keep even on this
proposition the interest on this sur
plus will amount to s1260 yearly or
$l06 per month for the luxury of this
new building to De occupied by the
office holders with very recently
patented salary In his pocket accord.
ing to bill gotten through the legis
lature by W. G. Hale upon little
snide secretly gotten up petition
around the Grants Pass, not represent
in as much as per cent OF the tax
payers of this county and that bill
increases the yearly burden to the
smuont OF $1,000 and it is heeler. 1t
is there to stay and you must grin
and endure as God gives you grace.
If this is not 80, will some one please
answer and point out the hero who
has strength and courage to throw the
monster into cesspool of Grants Pass
from which it was dug out by moon
shine and there let it die although its
cries awaken the quiet midnight t
slumbers of the surrounding denizens.
Better have this for few days en-
durance than the perpetual blood
sucking Octopus sitting upon the top
Of yor head uttering his usual cry
Of one not, the only one ever yet
heard and that is more.
Again the time may be speedily
drawing on and near unto the har-
vest for the manufacture Of another
present owners book and If it comes
you must again grin ana endure
although it should cost $500.
Again we know that the time is
near at hand to build new bridge
over Rogue River. 1t would hardly
be good sense to say let us have the
new court house now and let the
people cross the river all the same as
ducks when it washes out or falls
down. That Rogue River bridge is
absolutely Indispensable and must
be replaced without a quibble or ar
gument aud when that time ripans for
harvest we may have another Honest
Abe to dig up perpetual injunction
and make the order that the district
attorney appear before the circuit
court and ask that the case be re-
opened and the warrants so enJoinod
be paid aud the district might at the
same time be cursed with another
just such as Watson, who had no more
back bone than to wear sheepskin for
shoe leather when a common cow.
puncher could tell you what was his
duty in such a case where the interest
Of the county was involved. Another
$500 gone, being fooled by Honest
Abe. Just such contingencies are a.
thick as Rrasshoppers in harvest and
you never know how thick until you
scare them up, because. like the
grasshopper, they keep under conceal
ment. II were to go TO the average
tax payer of this county and suggest 10
him that he should have better
horse, wagon. team fences, gates and
other implements when in reality he
was heavily mortgsged, and and
argue that good way to get out was
10 get deeper in. he might look at
me and say that my msthemati CO
might be good but he thought it
would be wearing on man that had
any brains and as for his part, ne did
not care TO risk il.
Respectfully,
J. NJ. CHILES.