Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-12-26
RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES.
Secretary Cortelyou Makes Report to
Congress.

oeCretarv NorteIyou wakes report 10
Congress.
Washington, Dec. 23.--Secretary Cor
telyou has repoi ted to congress the re-
ceipts from customs from Oregon during
the past fiscal year to be 81 ,140,612, of
which there was collected in Portland
1928, ,29l; Astoria, $17,5l9 and va
quina, $1.35.
The total for Washington, all ports,
was 81 ,622,033. From internal reve.
nue. the collections were in Oregon,
$37s,42s; Washington, $1,O46, ,23S,
and California, IS, 5,536,796.
The immense lead of New York state
in both items is shown: Customs re.
ceipts, 1928, 1877, ,065; internal revenue,
$32, 2,353,7 ,797.
The reports Of receipts from sales of
public lands gives Oregon 81, ,621, ,287,
of which there was collected at Port
land, $163, 796; The Dalles. $344, ,276; /;
Roseburg, $415, ,004; La, Grande, $685..
20S; Burns, $9l, ,952; Lakeview, $171,-
O4s;. In Washington the receipts were
$660,7l4; California, $367, ,270. Total
receipts from land sales in the country
were $7,S78,Sl1.
The territorial government of Alaska
cost $51 ,472 in salaries, and $4,9l9 in
expenses.
The fine custom house at Portland
cost in improvements only $770.42, and
the Baker City postoffice only $50, and
the Salem public building $5,62S.
During the year the government ex-
pended $2,20l on its exhibit which was
at the Lewis and Clark exposition, and
1882 on the exposition government
buildings.
On harbor Improvements the dis
bursements were: Entrance to Coos
bay, Oregon, 1900; dredge for Oregon
and Washington harbors, $1,000;
Grays harbor, Washington, 10000;
Grays harbor and Chehalis river, $3,-
900.
River Improvements cost: Columbia
and lower Willamette, below Portland,
$72,66S; Columbia, at Cascades, 1910;
Columbia, between Wenatchee and
Bridgeport, $1,000; Columbia, Wash.
ington. $l2, 800; gauging waters of the
Columbia, $773, 1886; upper Columbia
and Snake rivers, $1S,000; Coos river,
$500; Coquille river, $4,000; Tilla-
nook, $3.50; Willamette and Yam
hull. $4,000.
The surveyor generals Office at Port
land cost in salaries, So, 750; at Seattle,
$9,75O.
Crater lake cost the government $2,-
900.
Oregon's five per cent of the public
land sales amounted to $22, ,489, Wash
ington's, $20,O11.
Pacific Northwest Indians cost, for
support: Umatillas, Cayuses and
Walla Wallas, $2,7l3; Yakimas, $3,-
39l; Nez Perces, 1887; Warm Springs,
Oregon, 1897; klamath Indians, $5,-
203. besides administration expenses at
all reservations.
To maintain the Columbia river
lightvessel, $74, ,496 was the expense.
The summary of the nations expenses
shows the cost of the war department
or the year was 1928, ,290,50O; navy
$95, 800, 1894; treasury de-
oartment. $72,174,930 state depart
nent, $2,O66, 1894; executive depart
nent, proper, $26, ,407; interior depart
nent, $l65, ,04S,667; postoffice depart
nent, $40, ,097,771 agricultural depart
nent, 50, 551, ,714; commerce and labor,
1929, ,S31; judicial department., ST.
1896.
1t is an interesting fact that although
he department of commerce and labor
las been organized only few years,
is expenses equal those Of the depart
nent of agriculture.
The grand total Of the governmental
apartment expense was 1882, ,488, 1853,
'hich did not include many millions
appropriations and some items
'hich bring the actual outlay close to
| 100000 900,