Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-11-13
FoGARTY REPLIES

of October 30th there appeared
an article signed by c. B. Crosno
accusing me of emitting 80
much tnat was history" and he
feels it, due to the taxpayers and
public to know the facts" Why
did he not give them the facts?
Why did he garble them? Why
did he not publish his state
ment at an earlier date so as to
give me an opportunity to reply
to it? Why?
In my statement | omitted
great deal that was history, but
every word contained in it was
true and l defy c. B. Crosno to
say it was not. Can the same
be said about his cowardly at
tack at the last moment? Let
us see: He says when Mr..
Fogarty was elected Commits
sioner the county was practical
ly out of debt" Why did he not
give the figures? was elected
commissioner in June, 1906, and
the Clerks official report issued
September 80, 1906, gave the
county debt as SAL, ,743.68. In
the year 1908 every warrant in
Lincoln county was called by the
Treasurer and the county was
out of debt for the first time in
its history.
He claims the taxpayers pay
the taxes and there is no econ
omy. The taxpayers certainly
pay the taxes; let us see about
the economy. The tax levy for
1912 was 13 mills, state tax less
than $4,000. The tax levy for
1913 was IA mills, state tax
over $4,000. With one mill eX-
ira in 1913 over 1912 we paid
over $35, 900 on the county debt
and, $4,000 more state tax
making $57,000.00. One mill
raised about $4,000. What paid
the other $4,000?
He quotes the amount of taxes
raised from 1902 to 1918, inclu-
sive, and juggles them all the
way down the line, up to and in
Guiding 1910. He quotes the
general levy only, emitting all
the special levies. / thought his
object was to correct my omis-
sions and state facts. Fol
1911-12-13 he quotes the whole
shooting match, forgetting that
the levies of 1911-12 were made
when Gardner was Judge, ant
that of 1913 was made from the
estimates of the various officers
and published in all the papers
in the county, and a date set fol
the people to discuss it with thu
County Court.
/, Taking the levies for 1907-S-9
} 10 which l assisted to make, h
quotes them thus:
1907 s2S0G3.57, actual levy, s56S14.1
1908 456S3.6S, actual levy, 7523S.6
1909 5OO7l.9S, actual levy, 933G2.4
= 1910 71726.13, actual levy, ,136452.7
, The first column was quote
by Crosno as the tax raised TO
those years. 1t only represent
the general levy. The secon
Y column represents the entir
9 tax, general and special, fo
! those years. For the year
y 1911-12-13 he quotes gener;
le and special levies combined.
e. He refers to salary. wondt
=; II it is true that he drew $10C
s. per year as Collector of the Po
e Of Yaquina, lived in Toledo ar
&c paid about eight dollars p,
y, month, or less, to a deputy to {
OF the work. A man who wou
IT, make such a cowardly attack {
l;e me, without an opportunity
,o Or reply to it, might be guilty
he the Port transaction also. I
OF says the county was near
We 100000 in debt when l we
H uc out of office. Again | ask wi
es did he not give the figures? {
Id. January 1st, 1911, when ! we
out of Office the county debt W
:. $71, ,359.51, against this the
was then due the tax for 191
icy The general levy for that ye
was $71, ,726.13. How mu
was the county in debt? +
,tv sides two miles of the Siletz 70
for road was completed and the b
Ing ance graded, except about a h
yer mile. Crosno thanked me
're 'eo the stand | took upon this roi
ids referred to my backbone, e'
md ETC.. He refers to the tax
KS KS The year 1913 being the i
'nS ,ae tax and only one levied sine
bid became Judge, is accounted
fed as follows: The people lev
the for cities, ports, schools {
/, roads $74,S31.67. or the Cou
Courts levy $29,950 went
roads and bridges, $30,S41 st
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