Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-07

dangerously near to being right, and
had that decision been allowed to
stand, it is not probable that any
delinquent taxpayer would have been
called upon to dig up more than the
maximum amount allowed by law for
publishing the sale of his property.
But later on, the court appears to have
changed its mind concerning the West
Sides bid, and we find in the docket
that sit now appearing to the court
that 173 cents line, BREWER, is not
more than rs cents line, nonpariel,
etc. the contract is hereby awarded to
the West Side" 1t would be interesting
to know how the court acquired that
wonderful information. Few, if any
OF our readers are printers, but we
would call their attention to the above
notices and ask them if they believe
that the court was right.
Take the Montgomery property for
instance: The West Side notice is set
in BREWER, and amounts to 10 lines,
which at 173 cents line, amounts to
$S.32. The same notice set in non
pariel, (the type required by the law
OF Oregon,) makes only IS lines, which
at the full rate of 25 cents a line,
amounts to only 1925. Not a great
it is true, but just enough
to he greater than the law allows.
Most Of us know old Mr.. Montgomery
up in Falls City, and we know him to
be pretty fair sort of an old man,
and there would seem no good reason
why the county should stick him up
for more than the law allows, merely
because he happened to be little slow
in paying his taxes.
Then there is Mr.. Bush. Now, the
OBSERVER does not happen to have the
pleasure Of his acquaintance, butwe'll
wager that he is pretty good sort of
o fellow, and while he is doubtless
liberal with his money, it is hardly
likely that he will appreciate paying
FOR 6 lines in his notice, when the same
could have been set in 4. It is safe to
say that you could not convince him
hat lines at 174 cents is less than 4
ines at 25 cents, even if you argued
with him for as much as day and a
half
And to return to Mr.. Montgomery.
f the old gentleman is to be charged
he very highest limit, and then
title more, why not have his notice
et in this fashion:
H. s. MONTGOMERY, Falls City Lumber Co.,
gent, beginning s 81 degrees 81 minutes, w Is
eet and n. 80 degrees W. LIS chains from N e
egrees W 1875 chains, n IA degrees 30 minutes,
$40 chains to bank of Luckiamute r East
rly along said R 1880 chains, S So degrees 80
1inutes, W 10 chains, 8 EasteTly $50 chains
rees 30 minutes, w 1.48 chains to P B, Sec. 20
p 8S e W. containing 10 acres. Tax $4.l4,
enaties $685. printers costs So 81, total. sS.2S
This is the style in which all regular
egal notices are set, and it is the style
hat Judge Coad or any other lawyer
you'd insist upon if the work was
eing done for client. It amounts to
xactly one inch of type, for which
ny publisher in Polk county regularly
harges $3.50, and is glad to get the
Tork at that figure. We are not say
ng that the notice should be set in
mis- way, but isn't it just as plain and
in every way as the other
orm? 1t is the way all other legal
Offices are set, and why not in this
Instance, when more than the lawful
ate is being charged?
Now, the whole matter just comes to
his: The present court, like many
ourts before it, in an effort to make
tile show Of economy, has undertaken
} do so at the expense Of the printers
( the county, apparently caring
othing whether the printers make a
ecent, legitimate profit, or not. In so
oing, the Court has tackled some
hing it knows absolutely nothing
bout, and as a result, it gets the
'orst of it. The OBSERVER does not
now that it particularly blames the
ublisher of the West Side; in fact, If
[r. RaIston could argue the court into