The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-11-28
KEEP The COUNTY OUT OF DEBT.

Editor News Record Among other
things, at this holiday season, our peo-
pie should be thankful that Waliowa
county is out of debt.
Soon the circuit court will convene
and with it jurors, witnesses and liti-
gants from all parts of the county.
Many of them will travel long distance,
at great inconvenience and expense to
themselves, in order that they may
fulfil their duties as citizens. Most OF
them depend on paying their expenses
at court from fees received. How
would it fare with them If the county
was in debt as of yores They could not
get rs cents on the dollar for their pa
per. A Wallowa county warrant would
be begRar on the market. 1t would
be as worthless as bankable note as
far as demanding ready cash ia con-
cerned. Banks are forced to protect
their cash reserves and are not paying
out money. except where stern necess-
ity demands it.
At the apr oaching term of the coun.
ty court thousands of dollars in war
rants will be issued in payments to
jurors, witnesses, laborers and others
who have rendered services or furnished
supplies for the county. Every one of
these warrants will be worth 100 cents
on the dollar and will be promptly paid
In cash on demand. The holders of
these warrants will not be put to the
humiliation OF hunting buyer, and
begging like mend icant, to have them
cached at a ruinous discount. They can
walk up to the treasurer, with feeling
OF civic pride and Independence, and
demand the cash "without dCfaultca-
tion or discount" True the taxes were
somewhat higher than usual last year,
but it was only for once, and money
was more plentiful and prices higher
than ever before. The, court was con-
vinced that then was the time to pay
off the county debt, and subsequent
events have more than confined that
conviction. Further, it must not be
forgotten that this money has been
kept at home in circulation among oul
own people. By the incoming Of the
taxes from the 1907 roll, nearly all o.
this money will have been returned tc
the body OF the county. We have i'm
proved our highways, built bridges q,
never before. contributed to the com.
mon school fund far more than II ever
before received, and paid all our oblisa
tions promptly in full. BY this means
the tax money has been or will be re
turned to the channels of trade In thi
county. Time was when stream o
gold in the way of discounts and inter
est was flowing from the county neve
to return, to satisfy the demands o
nonresident creditors. Now warrant
are no longer discounted, and the item
of interest has disappeared from on
semi-annual statements. But best OF al
at this particular time of money scarcit,
and falling prices, the court will be in
position to make the lowest levy in tn
history Of the county. While othe
counties are staggering along under tn
burden Of debt and continued higl
levies. we will saunter along the road O
prosperity with comparative ease.
the voters are always firm in their de
mands for public economy, we vii
always have low tax levy, be out O
debt. and keep apace Of the times will
public improvements.
So, my friends, Mr.. Editor and Mr.
Taxpayer, on this sple ndid Thanksgiv
ing, as we cit down to our turkey ant
cranberry sauce, let us all the fowin,
bowl with water of course), and drinl
TO the future prosperity of Wallows
county; and let this be our common
sentiment, "KExP THE COUNTY OUT OF
DEBT" Yours very truly,
o. M. CoRKINs,
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