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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-12

Now that the assessment rolls are
made up for the year, and valuations
have been largely increased, and the
time approaches for levying the
taxes for 1914, it behooves the tax
payers to get busy with the county
city councils and
boards of education, in an effort to
secure the elimination of every dollar
in the respective budgets not requir-
ed for an efficient and economical
conduct of the respective subdivisions
of government.
In preparing a budget the customary
method is to ask the various depart
ments what they think they need and
jot the sum down in the budget. 1t
is no reflection upon the heads Of
the departments to say that their es-
Inmates are made up with more re-
gard to the completeness of equip
ment and general up-to-dateness than
is paid to the ability of the people
to pay. Department heads usually
take pride in their branch of the
government, and desire to have it
excel oftentimes outruns regard for
ways and means that would perforce
control in a private business. The
power to tax is one requiring the ut
most discretion, and the first consid-
Grafton is due to the ability Of the
taxed to pay.
The Aberdeen Budget
The city budget of Aberdeen, as
published, is perhaps as good an IL.
lustration Of reckless expenditure as
may be found in the state. Regard
less of the apparent necessity for
every dollar in that budget, it is SIM
ply and entirely beyond the ability
of the people of Aberdeen to pay.
Probably few of the councilmen have
taken the trouble to figure just what
it's adoption means.
AS near the Herald can arrive at
the sum total, it means that the prop
erty of this city, real and personal
will be called upon next year to pay
the enormous sum of 1856, ,S31.59 in
taxes, as follows:
City warrant Indebtedness. .$134, ,441.76
Estimated expenditures -. 24O,397. .46
School District budget. -. 1Ss.s92.S7
Local Improvements, due in
1914 ......... -. 100000
State and county taxes,
estimated on a four per
cent levy on $7,500,000
valuation -. 49,. soo.ooo.oo
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-12
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Total to pay ......... 1856, ,831.59
Reductions Must BE Made

Reductions Must ee Made
1t is unnecessary to say that the
exaction of this enormous sum from
the people is too intolerable to think
Of. Neither does the Herald imagine
the various taxing boards to be de-
sirous of putting an end to the pro-
gress of one of the richest sections
in the state by excessive taxation,
yet that is Just what this sum means.
1t will deter immigration and CAPT.
SO badly needed for devel-
surely as would plague.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-12
Total estimated receipts. SIT, 7,616.79
But One Way to Reduce

The Herald knows of but one usual
way to reduce expenses, and that is
to spend less money, yet another way
presents itself to q city or school dis
trict. The outstanding warrants, per-
manent equipment and building cost
should be bonded at low rate of in
terest, so as to permit future residents
who will have the use Of them, to help
pay the bills. This would lop of $115,
621.46 from the school levy, and much
more from the city estimates This,
together with q general cut all along
the line should reduce the city levy
to II or IL mills, and the school to
s mills. This year the city levy is
16 mills, and the school 8 mills.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-12
MAY TAKE SALMON FOR
OWN USE, SAYS TANNER
Attorney General Holds Statute Of
1899 Still In Effect-0arwin
Wants Fuller Ruling

OLYMPIA, Sept. 1.-THE new game
law does not repeal the statute of 1899
granting persons the right to take
salmon "by any means, at any time,
for consumption by himself or family"
is the opinion held by Attorney Gen.
eral w. v. Tanner, for the benefit OF
State Fish Commissioner L. H. Oar
win.
The opinion also holds that the new
game code, in prohibiting the use Of
nets in fresh waters, above tide water
does not apply in the case Of salmon,
as one is a game and the other food
fish.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-12
Darwin Still Puzzled

BELLINGHAM, Sept. Ill. H.
Darwin, state fish commissioner and
game warden, when advised Of At
torney General Tanners ruling, said
that he believed that the whole mt
ter is in as much of muddle as ever,
and that unless the ruling goes more
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-12

Aberdeen Printing Co., Particular
Printers. 800 East Wishkah street.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-12
Property of Pioneers Should Not Be Taxed to
Make full Payment on Permanent
Buildings and Improvements
IMPOSSIBLE sum NAMED IN LOCAL BUDGETS
The Only Relief Seems to Be to Bond OutStdnd-
ing Warrants, and Improvements, and
Cut Expenses to the Bone

For the present and future welfare
Of Aberdeen and Chehalis county this
sum must be cut in half, even if a
few necessaries have to be abandon
ed for time.
The idea of the Herald in calling
attention to the condition confront
ing us is to create an interest in this
taxation matter that will cause sug-
gestions to the taxing boards that
may guide them in making the re-
ductions and changes that must be
made.
Glancing over the Aberdeen budget
one is amazed at the huge sum of
$44,954.5S punched under the head of
General Expense" More light is
needed on this item. The police de-
partment calls for S22,S94.S8, while
the Hoquiam department asks for but
$9,99000, yet Hoquiam, with fully two
thirds the population of Aberdeen, is
very satisfactorily policed. Compar-
ing the demands of the fire depart
ments of the two cities, exclusive of
proposed apparatus, we find Aberdeen
apparently requires $32,757.5O, and
Hoquiam, $13, $4,000; the engineers
departments show likewise, with $1S.-
$4,000 for Aberdeen, and $4,000 for
Hoquiam. We ask $47,0S35O, as
against $25, $4,000 for Hoquiam in the
street department and so along the
line, and it is a we'll known fact that
Hoquiam has almost always been
better governed city than Aberdeen.
School Board Estimates
With full knowledge that to criti-
cize school expenditures borders on
the sacrilegious, yet when we find
an estimate published calling for the
sum of $177,616.79, or an average of
$118.44 per pupil, allowing an attend
ance of $500 pupils, it is time to make
some inquiry, to ask, what for? The
published budget Of the school board
shows the following estimated re-
ceipts:
From state school fund. rs 22,1O4.36
From county school fund.-. 23,360.00
From uncollected taxes. 80. 15,523.O6
Interest on bonds. ...... 8,83O.OO
District levy, general school
fund .......... -. -. 107,SO2.37
Tota1 estimated rocoiDtc <177 c1c 70
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09
PLAcINe REsPoNslRILlrY.

Failure to respect signals according to the investigation was the cause of the roller coaster crash in the New Jersey. park. There was negligence OH the part of the switchman, a reckless handling of human life and a sacii- flee thereof for nothing at all. Too long association with the device had dulled the sense of responsibility which should have existed therein and the willingness to take the chance of ev- erything being all right. even when tlie signals indicated otherwise shovel the utter deficiency of the man at the lever
 Such attractions are devised. main tained and succeed because the purliC clamors for them. Little consideration is given to the danger which sur. rounds the thrillers through piece of defective construction or because of the poor judgment of the operators. Yet the more thrilling the experience and sensation the greater is the dcA sire to participate and go the limit. The dangers which exist have caused the exclusion of not few death in viting devices from manyaof the larger amusement centers, but such loss of popularity has followed some such cat astrophe as that in New. Jersey rather than as the result of a recognition of the dangers before something hap. pened. Hair raising stunts can be performed by those who are willing to risk their lives. but the confidence of the public should not be invited to participate in dangers under the guise of safety, and vet it is about time the great American public be- gan to think for themselves and rec ognize danger before they get heels over head into it.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09
GRADE CROSSINGS.

Recognition of the need of abolish ing the crossing of highways by rail- ruads at grade cannot fail when tire Mss of fatalities from that cause con- rnues Co show steady growth Many are the dangerous crossings which have been eliminated but it is often at the apparently unimportant points that ths nsxt fatality occurs Long Is- Land has had two deaths of that kind within as many days and so frequent have they become there that additional protection is urgently demanded. Regardless of the effort to warn those crossing the tracks of Q railroad the lack oe ths proper attention. heed le1sres5 and a failrre to realize the danger Into which they are Fo.rg SC tds t5e number Of dee.ths at crossings up Into large figures each year.
 There is. therefore. cause for thanks giving every t.rn= the railroeas or inc towns make sn etecrt for the abolish ing of tAs decfht-sps. II is obIiga- tory uron the rcads or the utilities commission 10 see that 2 certain nun Ser Of such crossings are removed each year. without tusrcially embarrassing the reads and gradually the evil is being disposed of in this state. l. is a reform ia r&iiroading which is rec cEaa-ec by the roads as well as bv the ng5lte and it is likewise 70 their atvsnta=A With the large number of such dangers. if will require time for tAelr elimination even in this state. but their removal is demanded for safety ln the highway.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09
SAVE THE'NBIRDS,

Aware of the good which the p~o- lection of the birds will cause in this country through the 'new regulations prepared as the result of the action of congress- Senator Mclean seeks 10 make it a worldwisse sbenefit anG is eliciting wide support in behalf of the international legislation which is pro- posed. When the Massachusetts orn: : thologist estimates that the toll levied upon this country each year by in- sects amounts to eight. hundred mil lion dollars, exclusive of the large amount spent in labor and insecti- cides to rid the nation of it's insect incubus, 1t is apparent that there is need of giving protection to thosa birds which prey upon those pests It thus not only serves the purpose of preventing the extermination Of many classes of birds. but it means a saving in dollars and cents to the rajsers of crops.
 Wanfon slaughter of wild bird life should not he upheld, but still more deplorable is such destruction when it also removes one of the greatest forces according to the plans of nature for the reduction of the insects. Protec- ton is the, object of the efforts which have been successful in this country and it is the purpose of the movement which is back of the international ef- fort Failure to recognize the value of our feathered songsters and friends should no longer exist. If we woaid reduce waste through insects we must conserve the bi1yls.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09
DEPEND ON EoREIeN SUPPLY

What effect the decrease in cattle raising in this country has upon bus mess other than the supplying of meat and its various prodlscts. is indicated by the large increase which has fol- lowed in the iuportaG of hides and skins. The number of cattle and sheep in this country at the beginning Of the year yvas 5 per cent less than a decade ago while the consuming 2 population was 20 per cent greater than at the sane& &time. Not only has this decrease in cattle affected the meat surriv. hqt in the same degree has Y hs5 it's in1neuce upon the home sup5ly of hiass. which has so de- c-arsc5 that in oertations have,doubled in quantity and v25le over a decade ago.
 It is 9 healthy development which has taken rlccc ir this country i'll the rranufaci rrin~ lines which require hides and .sllira. They have come to he 9he seennd largest class of inn ports reaching ir ~alne a total of 120 million yearIg, c32ee alone exceeding thf3 sTcot.rt T,-o United States is the worlds larec%t importer of this raw material regardless of the supply available at home and draws upon the entire world for the various kinds. Hides If cattle make uD over a third cf the in ported supply and 1t is ques- tionahlc whether the cattle raising in- dustry in this country will ever be stimulated to d point where it viii be able to cause any reduction in the imported skins At the present time it is having difficulty in holding it's own and manufacturers are dependent upon the foreign supply.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09
PfTTssuRe RaNK rRouRlE

ft iS but natural that the failure of the hig national bank in Pittsburg should occsyion much unreS. and anx- tety th-orEhort that section of the country when so many interests are in wo-ved and so uncertain are the ct.ar- acter of the assets. IL waS the un .ar- ixTacto-y character oc these which led to the action Of the government ana plainly points out banks duty.
 In the belief that this big irstitu- ton had failed 70 recognize it's fist dufv Gs a bank. the New York Tines says. Tt should never be forgotten that the essence of banking is pay ment On demand in whatever mode of payment the customer asks IL ought 10 be all one 10 the bank whether the demand is for cash or for credit. The busiaess of the commercial bank is to meet the demand. and to conduct its business in a manner to enable ic to do so. IL Is costly for inc customer f the laws are of nature to make it costly for the bank 10 conduct it's business If the law lays a tax on bank currency it Is really a. tax on the bank customer. and through him a tRx on business. the worst sort of tax. E the law limits the banks functions 60 that the bank cannot live cn com mercial banking then the bank IS driven into investments for proht."
 ft fs in such investments for profit however where the greatest care should be exerted for safety. II was the poor character of such investments which threw the Plttsburg institution into trouble. They were of a caar- mcter which showed a disregard for the right given it by the government and the faith imposed in f. by the de- posftors despite the occasional TeDJ--s of its condition as demanded. TToIble can be expected to turk where the lacS of unbiased valuation of securities @rfw4a
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09
E. TIERS TO THE. EDITOR.
Would Be Reflection on City.

MT Editor: A copy of the issue of the Norwich Bulletin of July End has you upon your leading editorial on the subject of Chief Howard l.. Stanton of your fire department. It would cer- tainly be a reflection upon your in teresting little city should any polit- ical complications rob you of the ser vices of a chief of the fire department who is so well and favorably known beyond the confines of Norwich.
 Very truly yours,
 FRANKLIN H. WENTWORTH, Secretary National Fire Protection
 Association
 Boston July ' 1913
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

days ago while swimming or bathing in Chestnut Hill reservoir in Water. bury. For the sake of the drinking water cf Waterbury and to save the stolnachs of it's Inhabitants we hope it is not the custom for boys to bathe in the reservoir. The water in our Mt. Higby reservoir is bad enough. but we do not permit the foreign popula- tion to use it for a bath tub.-Mid- dletoWn Sui.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

"Ha, ha, It was so funny" said Becky, laughing, the next day.
 What was so funny !' Bessie Rud ofsby wished to know.
 "A funny story I heard the other day" Becky answered. "A feller and a girl was on a low roof saying sweet things one to the other. Just then a, fire starts near by, und some one in the house who wants to help put it out spills a pail of water from their win dow. All the water falls on the feller and girl. Amt that funny, Bessie?"
 "Ha, ha, He!" laughted Bessie. It's funnier than that. Wanna hear it?''
 Sure tell mel" said Becky
 "A Teller watts in love with a girl and the girl with him, he wants to cut it big figure. So he goes to another feller wot's got a pair of white pants he wants to sell, and he buys them He's in the feller's house trying the pants on. Just then a fire breaks out. So he rushes up to the roof to see the fire. There he mets young lady. They sit down to watch The feller looks up in the air. What does he see? His sweetheart Is on the roof with a, pail of water in her hand Und de next minute all dat water comes right on his head Could yer blame the fel Ter for getting mad? Now, ain't that a funny story?"
 "Yeh! ha. ha, hal" said Becky. but her laugh was strangely lacking in mirth.
 Maybe you want to know the fel- ler's nane?" queried Bessie, and hers after all was the last laugh.
 "It-it-ain't necessary" said Becky. IN. Y. Evening Sun.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

was very frank enc, and though Cor oner Phelan failed to secure any very substantial evidence bearing on the Stamford wreck, he can hardly com plain. It was too much to expect that he would he a very material witness in any case New Haven Register
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

There are some "outs" about our New England climate. The swift what in the nonotomy of constant pleasure whetDeT, say in California, can equal the keen zest in life with which this change from burning hot to refreshing cool biesses every inha- bitant of this region today? God pity the people who do not know the joy of a change of weather-Waterbur American.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

granted suffrage The returns seem to bear out the indications of last Nov ernber the women divide on about the same lines as the men and that the only marked change due to the added suffrage will be greater number of ballots to count-Bridgeport Standard.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09
Have The Bulletin Follow You

Readers of the Bulletin leaving the city for the seashere, mountains, rural rsssrts or Europe can have the Bulletin fellow them daily and keep in touch with hsme affairs o-Gers should be placed with The Bulletin Business Office.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

The lad who interpreted the z. :. in fha shipping news as safe and sane, haa learned his lesson and at the same time offered an important sug- w~srfon for the steamship companies ilmt of luxuries
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

Ii ls well that the common council has recognized the need for better walks ln the city. T. fs to be hoped that it will show results through the proper cooperation on the part Of the property owners.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

Happy thought for today: The right thi1s in public life should always be the popular thing. but the popular thing is not always the right thing.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

Washington, D C., which is having some trouble determining when a per- son is drunk might apply the truly rural" test
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Balkans are killing off each other as if they never were friends.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

There is nothing which pleases the summer hotel keepers and the excur- sion boats like a prolonged spell of sweltering weather
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

The prospects &lat the extra session og congress viii -dn into October and I-lay co---ec1 v.t- the December ses- sicn indicates 2. Tsrm time ahead in more ways tfs- one.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09
obieetions to the Rudaet.

Another serious objection to the budget system that is recognized by some of the hard working patriots at Washington is that It is likely to in- terfere with the distribution Of pork. -lndiGna~o coils News.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

The Massachusetts prohibitionists being unable 10 get c. s. Bird to ac- crpr their nomination decided upon MT. wrenn and it remains to see which mas a chance to crow.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

Will inc Sons of Veterans make as good an appearance at the centennial of GetVrsburc as their elders did at the half century anniversary?
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

Parents are beginning to realize that there Is no more sense in per- mitting the boys to have their own way on the Fourth than on any other days in tfe year.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

The rniiitzr1s have gotten tnen1- -slues fntc such dfsrepute that every Ire in England ir now blamed to them. and thar cnnEder fl such Sood adver- r1mGnr rhry dcu't deny4tE
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

The great difficulty with balloon races is that those who see the start have to depend upon others for the features of the finish
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

When ( gezIs7.e bull moose chased s Minnesota tail n1ooser to a place o< s1<e.ss, s-oa nay have been what Col. Eeoseve.s fait like doing to "Iae'' Walker for ais daring attack.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

One of the reasons suggested for Germany's unwillingness to slow down in building battleships is that German shipyards need the work Possibly, on the other hand, German taxpayers need their own money. But the tax payer and consumer does not count for much more in Germany than in the United States-New Haven Union.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

Mercury has been taking some long and sudden falls of late, but each is followed by full and quick recov- cry.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

There is no question but what the fight of the Balkans is for blood as well as for Macedonia.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

Secretary Wilson and Governor Sul- ger are undergoing the tortures of the n1uckraked
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

The demands of the little boy and the auto for shoes are constant and costly.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

There is 2 demand among the farm CTS for a small power propelled blow.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

While Sunday school picnic is not thoroughly satisfactory to the young sters unless there are deep water and high cliffs, the chance to get hurt on trolley cars or automobiles may be considered partly satisfactory sub- stitute.-Meriden Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

A youth of r was drowned a few
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

Another Candidate Suggested.
 If President Wilson insists upon an Indiana best seller for the Portugal post, what's the matter with MT Tom Taggart, of French Lick Springs ?- Washington Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09
OTHER VIEW POINTS

All will please take notice that Sena- tor John Hurley, of Waterbury, is out of politics. barring change of mind.' That probably means that his friends wouldn't have to crook more than three fingers to beckon him back.-Ansonia Seminal
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

Young people should be taught to realize the criminal foolishness of counting danger unnecessarily for the sake of pastime. Sensible people un- derstand that there is just as much fun in being safe as there is in talk ing risks.-NeW London Telegraph
 MT. Mellen's attitude on the stand
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-09

death all over the front page of the pa per on any Monday morning or the morning after a holiday It seems as though those of us who don't fall out of boats or get drowned while bathing are gathered in by autos. Life is a dangerous vocation, anyway and few of us escape Waterbury Re publican.