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The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-23
TAX PAYER ANSWERS JUDGE
Dear Editor:

DcdI LultOT.
 Tax Payers little article seems to
 have reused our county judges ire.
 We surely did not intend to trample
 on his toes, but simply desired that the public be informed as to the truth
 in regard to the machinery bought to
 work the roads. The judge asks why
 we didn't go to him privately for the
 information we desired We'll, the citizens tried that private interview
 process on his predecessor and what did they get? Nothing but promises.
 Yes, a delegation visited the judge
 summer before last on this question and the judge promised, "yes, we are
 guinter put the machine to work and that was the last of it. No. we don't propose to have any private in-
 terviews with our county judge on public matters and are not going to be satisfied with any more "guinters" either. Every time the matter was
 preached to the judges predecessor, the answer always was, "Yes, we are just fixing to get ready to do some thing" and the matter rested there.
 In his article, judge says Nevada county never bought machine; that it was Missouri township. Sure, but we always thought the county judge was also judge of Missouri township Tn road matters. If the judge wants to shift the burden, all right, just turn the taxes collected in Missouri township over to some one to be se- lected by this township and hands off, and We assure the judge that the ma chinery bought with the taxes paid by the citizens of this township will be worked on the public roads and not allowed to rust and decay as in the past. Judge says if Tax Payer will put up the money, etc. An, there's the rub; there has already been too much put up for the returns received. Put up the moneyl Didn't the tax payers of this township put up the money to buy this machinery? Judge says it takes money to run machinery. True, but don't it take money to run a six mule team? It certainly does, judge; if you doubt it, look at the records and see what your predeces- sor and you pay for each pair of mules Ter day The officials of Clark county say that one machine will do twice the work of six pairs of mules If true in Clark, why not in Nevada ? The fact that Hampstead or Clark counties are wealthier than Nevada is no answer to the question, "Why is the machinery bought to work on our public roads left out in the wealth CT to rust and ruin and not used for the purpose for which it was bought and the old fogy mule team kept in use ?" The judge tries to dodge the issue, but the facts can't be hid. Some one is at fault and the public is de- termined to know who it is.
 The judge asks Tax Payer to put up for this road working by machin- cry All right, we will te as liberal as the judge Every time he deposits one dollar of his own individual money with the editor of this paper to be used in running the machinery in question we will also deposit dollar for the same purpose. Now come ahead, judge, don't dodge. Judge
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-23

The April Ladies Home Journal is here and the number contains everv- thing that you want to see. Call 242 and get one.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-23
The PRESCOTT DAILY NEWS
 Published by The News Printing Company

Entered as second class mai. mat. ter November 4th, 1905, at the post office at Prescott, Ark, under the act of Congress, March 3. 1879.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14

Oscar Foster, t~wenty-eight years Of
age. hanged himself in a barn near
Aberdeen.
Horace Jones of Mitchell, Harry
Smith of Miller and Ralph Johnson of
Hetland, graduated from the State col
ioge at Bookings last week, have
been accepted in the signal officers
reserve corps. These men were among
the first ten accepted from a class OF
applicants who took examinations at
Omaha recently.
The finding of oil by well diggers
on land owned by Governor Peter Nor
beck, thirty-ive miles west of Edge
mont, has resulted in an oil boom In
that vicinity and dozens of wells now
are either under way or projected
The drillers struck oil at a depth Of
LOO feet and the flow has shown no
signs of diminishing.
Staff officers and troop commanders
of the First South Dakota regiment Of
cavalry, in conference at Waterfowl
with General c. II. Englesby, com
manding officer, Adjutant General ".
H. Morris and Governor Peter Nor.
beck, have determined upon opening a
training camp for officers in Water
town on June 10, to continue three
weeks. The a%djutant general will be
in charge.
The state supreme court has ruled
that j. A. Johnson, commissioner of
A., oity rs -. NJ,li,o,, 100 ;1I,y,1I,t
elected because in his campaign ad-
veItisements he stated that he would
serve for $500 a year instead OF $500,
the amount that formerly had been
drawn by holders of the office. Jacob
Kundert, who was beaten for re-elec-
place on the ground that the adver-
tisement was calculated to influence
voters illegally. The office now has
beer declared vacant.
Deputy United States Marshal Will
lam III. Hickey has taken to Yankton
Levi Hare, a Yankton Sioux Indian,
charged with the murder of his uncle,
Edward Hare, near Wagner, on the
Yankton Sioux Indian reservation. At
the hearing which took place before
United States Commissioner e. t.
White, Hare waived examination and
was held without bail to the October
term, at Sioux Falls, OF the United
States district court. Hare was or
dered confined in Jail at Yankton,
where he will remain until the trial
Former Governor Byrne has shipped
his household goods from Pierre to h j;
old home at Faulkton and he and his
family viii again make their home in
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14

receipts instead Of upon commodities.
81 Ii falls ~ make a proper use OF
sfanD taxes
~ IL follows an unscientific system
IN fik Esat rafe Gu imports.
~ II lneIndes a multiplicity Of pet
TaHa ~pHgt@ratipe taxes. the vexatious
Aeas Of wlfeh IL oit Of all proportion to
Tie rsyenue they produce
The fundamental lines on which the
Eogae bill should be modified are sum
med M herewith;
~ IhG amount OF new taxation
should be limited to 81. 250, 0GO. o00-or
eft the 0utset 10 $1,5O0,0O 900. To do
more than this would be as unwise as
IT rs unnecessary. TO do even this
sgoaild lie 10 do more than has ever
been done By any civilized Govern
fusiit IN time OF stress.
~ The egcess-profifs tax based upon
q sound system ought to yield about
SSsgoO.GD0yO00
f9J The income~tax schedule ought to
tie revised witt a lowering Of the rates
on earned incomes below $4,000, and
With nm analogous lowering OF the
rates d the higher incomes, SO as not
60 exceed g4 per cent. A careful cal
etilation shows that an income tai of
Fits kind would yield some S450.O00,-
400 additional
tfJ Thestax on whisky and tobacco
J5ftghf ~ rrYY11fn HnnrOYimHfelr MS Il Ii.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14

Clyde Reed. 81 think that if there
are many of our people who are with
holding their subscriptions from the
Liberty Loan. because they are able
to get 6 per cent or farm mortgages
Or in other investments, they may
awaken to a realization of their mis-
take, provided the government fails to
get the support it needs in this war.
The difference between the 80 per
cent which the government offers,
without being subject to taxation, and
the 6 per cent in other lines, could
be more than counter-balanced in case
indemnities are eXacted from us in
the event of our failure to gain the
objects for which we have entered the
conflict. Although we have declared
against indemnities, so far as we are
concerned, there is no doubt, T think,
but that indemnities will be eXacted
in case we do not prosecute the war
to a successful conclusion
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14

the town where they lived for years
before mnving TO Pierre at the time
al the election of Governor Byrne -four
Years age.
Announcement is made that Miss
Jessie Ntabbott, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs, 6. Al Habbott of Aberdeen. who
graduates this year from Milwaukee
Downer college. Milwaukee, Wis, has
been appointed as assistant in the
mathematical department of the Nor.
NAL school at Aberdeen. Her work
viii begin this fall ut the regular
school term. Mlder the direction of
Miss Susan Henaenway. head OF the.
department. For the past two years
Miss Mahbott has attended Downer
college. following two years OF study
at the Aberdeen Normal,
The management OF the Homestake5
mine III Lead has completed a census
of the employees Of the mine and this.
reveals that nearly one-thira Of the
employees are between the age Of
twenty-nne and thirty and therefore
were required 10 register under the
selective CONSUMPTION law on June S.
There afeTln OF these eligihles. or
the 7l04sI are unmarried and ZIG are
married Thirty-three OF the 40 have
not taken out citizenship papers. All
the Honaestake company is somewhat
h~andieappad for mel and owing Ia the
Importance Of the mining industry
Edarflne time Of war III tH mt hnliavsA
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14

Colonel Lee Slower: 81 regret very
much that Mr.. Void, of the ninth
district federal reserve bank, has seen
fit to jump on the farmers for their
failure to subscribe to the Liberty
Loan as literally as he thinks they
should have done. l fear he fails to
speaking, received less than a dollar
a bushel for his wheat last fall, not
withstanding the prevailing price now
is more than twice what the farmer
got. Another thing the Minneapolis
banker should bear in mind, and that
is, so far az South Dakota is con-
! cerned, the crops were poor, many a
farmer not having received enough
for his crop TO cover the cost of oper-
ating the farm. 1t would have served
a better purpose by far. in my opin-
ion, had Mr.. Void given a few words
Of encouragement 10 the farmers OF
Ihs Northwest rather than those of
csasure Having received but a
small prize FIR their crop of 1915, ana
haTg tn Pay enormous prices this
scar fug the things necessary 10 con
ugz their farming operations, the
uv9hNesArn farmers are not in fin
a1aal coadt5an 10 invest millions in
bonds although. of course, many of
hs4 aT money t 0 spare, and no
scT5ed q The Liberty Loan. But, as
hare said, the average farmer de
rived 10 profit from his farm last sea
9n sad since much Of his grain was
TOO inferior 70 be used for seed this
year be- has been compelled to ex-
pend large amounts for seed in 1917
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14

C. e. Hayward Garden City, com
ing to Lake Kampeska for the sum
'mer last Sunday, in town Monday:
'Roads? Well, they We're not as fine
as | have seen them on other occa-
sions We were two hours in wend-
ing our way from our home to the
lake. This side of Henry some road
work had been done, and the ground
had not become settled when the rain
came along, so you may imagine the
condition in which the roads would
b%e-looked like two grooves that
somewhat resembled two great snakes
running in parallel lines"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14
Caught Unawar@@


w. 3. Andrus editor Henry indie
p~erIsent): Eyes. our Henry Chautau-
qua will be featured week after next.
yours to follow the week after. We
feel like congratuiating ourselves
upon the character of talent we have
secured. We believe this years chau-
tauqua will be our best thus far. We
give two entertainments a day-after-
moor and evening"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14

those of the present may not prevail.
If the men who have money to spare,
and they are legion, are not stepping
forward and offering to buy bonds,
Mr.. Void should not blame the farm
ers for backwardness in the purchase
of bonds in view of the uncertainty
with respect to markets and yields
confronting them"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14

A. Sherin: 81 do not believe there
is just cause for complaint regarding
the lack of interest manifested by the
farmers of the northwest concerning
the Liberty Loan-a condition which
Theodore Void, governor of the Min
neapolis reserve bank, complains of.
While no loyal citizen will place OBJ
stacles of any sort in the way of the
successful prosecution of the war, or
in securing financial support for it,
but, on the other hand, should do his
part, yet we must reflect that the
farmers of this region sold their 1916
crops for prices far below the pres
ent range, and they, as yet, have no
assurance that by the time they get
their threshing done the coming fall
a much lower level of prices than
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14

In considering the apportionment OF
the o ordinary burden Of taxes in
war times certain scientific principles
are definitely established:
How Taxes Should Be Apporsionea.
~ The burden Of taxes m0sz be
spread as far IS possible over the
whole community SO IS to cause each
individual to share in tie sacrifices ae-
cording To his ability 10 pay End &c
cording to his s2agHsD the Government,
(2l Taxes on c-g1suEaptian. Witch are
necessarily borne by the community III
large, should he imposed as Eaf 8s f,ss-
sible On articles Of gaag aEGsE rather
than on those Of necessity
~ EEcfses should DE 5ap9sea ar far
as possible upon ecaznoatia III aa
hands Of the flal consumer rafhaf
than upon tbe ARTICLES ma5a gerse prs
marty as raw material for fu,rher
production.
a. Taxes upon business shoasd be
imposed ag far as possible Epoa rat
earnings rather than rspoa groas re-
ceipts or capital invested.
90 Taxes upon income wfseh viii
necessarily be severe Should Id boxa
differentiated and gradnated That Is.
there should be q Gtgt5sscttoa berwae3
earned and uneafael inc9taes ard there
should be d higher rate upoa tie larger
incomes. IT Is essential however. not
to make the income Eate 80 excessive
as to lead to evasion. ass.afngEe
difficulties. or 10 the n8ore fundamental
objections which bare been urged
above.
Gl The excess Profits Nhseb gre due
to the war constitute tie most obvious
and reasonable source Of reseafse dur
ing var tines. But HE principle rrea
which these ~war-profif taxes are laid
must he equitable fl theory aud easily
caseulabie ~ practice
TIE Propesea incere Tar,
The additional ineofne tag ae pagseaf
by tie House rsisl9 u, 10 d rase 81 0J
peg cent P7sgs III Il ssa unsseard ~ III
The herg 0f esgsslzcs goeiesy I'll must
be remembered ft9a1 II WAS enir after
the Gfst 9eAs VI ffe was that Great
Bgdtaaa Increased sser tg1on,e tax ~ tEg
1aaxaasssa NJ ~ ~ eeat. ana fhas
epesa sgw Ill He fourth aY VT fBsa wa
lie hseps3 s8s Ase1 aDs exeaes NV
.ses sssSay
~ e3ptSsa Sits9tg ~ g5SNH sfyas Il tar
WITH saeas sp sags3te se0a1es sghs
stasaaalis aeag AaAaa3 III Great Es4faIa,
ard x8s 8iap 5ary4sr SxsSx,sssN-x 4sxa8s II.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14
HOW SHALL We
PAY FOR The WAR?
A Constructive Criticism on The
House Revenue Bill
LOANS BETTER THAN TAXES

Five Reasons Why Excessive Taxes at
the Outset of War Are Disadvantage
ous-Great Britain Example Worthy
of Enulation--How the Taxes Should
Be Apportiored.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-27

Word was received this week that
Weldon Zundel, husband of Mrs. Lii
lian Zundel of this city, who had been
stationed at Camp Keely San An
tonic, Texas, serving in the aviation
section, has been transferred to Mt.
Clemens. Mich, and his brother, Har-
old, had been sent to the aviation
training camp at Fairfield, Ohio.
Lavon Zundel, another brother who
has been in training at Camp Keely,
has also been transferred to some
where in Michigan"
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Briggs left for
san Francisco yesterday evening to
spend the holidays with their son
Monte, who is now in business there
They will return about January 8.
j. F. Smith of the Ashland Box &
Lumber Company at Neil Creek left
Sunday for Portland, where he goes
on business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Parker arrived
from San Francisco last week. Mr.
Parker is first lieutenant in the 20th
engineers of forestry.
]. S. MacMurray, teacher of sing
sng. Address Hotel Austin. 45-tf
DR.. Bertha Sawyer left for Klan-
ath Falls Sunday, where she will
spend Christmas with her sister, Mrs.
]. F. Goeller, and family
Robert Pelouze, who has been with
Zhe Stanford Ambulance corps oper-
ating in France since last summer,
has arrived in Jackson county on
visit. He has recently passed sue
,oessful examination for admittance
into the aviation corps of the United
States army and expects to be called
at any time.
Stevenson Studio for portraits.
George w. Holly, with the Brook
ings Lumber Company in Curry coun-
ty, arrived Sunday to spend the holi-
days with his family in this city.
The regular annual business meet
ing of the First Baptist church will
be held on Tuesday, New Year's day,
An all-day meeting has been planned
for, at which time election of officers
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-27
Columbia Agents

Word was received this morning
that Rev. w, c. Driver, who has
charge of the chapel car" which will
be in Ashland next week, will be here
Sunday and will have charge of the
services in the Baptist church, morn
ing and evening. The chapel car"
will arrive here Saturday.
Miss Helen Hicks of Portland is
visiting at the home of her cousin,
/ S. c. Williamson, and family on Cali
fornia street
James Porter went to Fort Stevens
Christmas to visit his brother
Charles Porter, who is member OF
the 1st company there.
Cliff Payne makes glove boxes.
Wanted, to rent until May 1. cabi-
net phonograph with records. Or
dinary use Excellent care. 29
Granite street. 69-2tF
Mr.. and Mrs. C. S. Silsby of Klam-
ath Falls spent Christmas in Ashland
with their daughter, Mrs. Esther Ash
craft
A. E. Morthland left with his fam
lily Saturday for Los Angeles, CAL, to
spend the holidays with two sisters
residing there. A brother, b. E.
Morthland, of Fort Sumter, S. c., is
also visiting the family in that city.
Misses Kathleen and Madeline Sill
yer, teachers in the Roseburg and
Butte Falls schools, respectively, are
in Ashland, spending their vacation
with their parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Silver.
Darrell Minkler arrived Tuesday
evening from Mare Island to spend a
ten days furlough with his grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Minkler
Miss Edna Wells, superintendent
of the klamath county public schools,
and sister, Mrs Maize, of Dunsmuir,
are spending the Christmas holidays
with their mother, Mrs. Emily Wells,
in this city.
Mrs. Alice Young, county recorder
of Siskiyou county, California, spent
Christmas in Ashland, guest at the
home of H. H. Mayberry.
observation-disclosures aluminium paint
gives more than satisfaction. Car
son-Fowler Lumber Co.
F. L. Kinsman of Alpine. Ore, ar
rived Wednesday in Ashland to in
vestigate property, with view of 10
eating.
Superintendent George A. Briscoe.
S. T. Hollowell, Miss Grace Lilly,
Miss Hulda Tarr and Miss Irene
Brandies, teachers of the Ashland
public schools, are attending the
State Teachers Association which
convene din Portland the 9th to
29th. Professor Briscoe is president
of the association.
Rev. P. X. Hammond went to
Grants Pass Tuesday evening, return
ing the same night, where he went to
officiate at a wedding in that city.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-27
Model Town Is
Found at Last

Inlay, the only town of it's kind on
earth. A freight division point on
the Southern Pacific railway, about
thirty miles west of Winnemucca and
Just the other side of Humboldt
House.
INLAY is railroad town of about
300 population; a town where all the
buildings look alike and all the in
habitants talk about being trans
ferred to Sparks or Ogden.
Inlay is model town in some re.
spects. and peculiar in others. There
are no saloons in INLAY, consequently
no jailS There are no lawyers, no
doctors and no red light district.
There is no church in Inlay and no
cemetery on its outskirts. Inlay has
no theatre and no pawnshop. Every
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-27
LOCAL AND PERSONAL


Mrs. c. j. Brady Is entertaining at
her home Mrs. d. NJ Neidigh of Seat
tie, who has been in Ashland for the
past two weeks. Her son, DR.. James
u. Neidigh, who is student at the
North Pacific Dental College in Port
land, arrived Sunday and will remain
in the city for few days. DR.. Nei-
digh is member of the dental corfs
of the navy, and is awaiting call to
service.
Mr. and Mrs Heinrich Heidenreich
OF Roseburg spent Christmas with
relatives and friends in town. Mr..
heidenreich was former athletic
coach in the Ashland high school.
and occupies the same position in
loseburg at the present time.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-27
Oregon Farmers
Should Raise Bees

Every Oregon farm should have It's
colony of bees, say students in the
school of commerce. who are making
a study OF the honey-producing posi-
bilities of the state in connection with
their survey of Oregon industries.
The alfalfa districts of eastern Ore
gon are particularly adapted to bee
culture, yet statistics show that only
one farm in five has bees.
With the present necessity Of con-
serving the nations sugar supply.
honey can he successfully substituted
in scores of places. Instead of a lux
ury 1t will become a household neces-
sity, in the opinion of many students.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-12-27


will take place. A good program and
social time with refreshments Is the
order of the day. Rev. and DR.. Ferns
and Evangellsts DR.. and Mrs. Driver
will be present.
Among the Ashland teachers who
are spending their holiday vacation
out of the city are Miss Gretchen
Kreamer, who went to independence,
Miss, Fern Bellinger to Lebanon,
Misses irene Brandes, Grace Lilly
and Violet Mclean to Portland, Miss
Fredericka Swartzlander to Tacoma,
Miss Alma Ross to Eugene, Miss
Marian Arendt to San Francisco and
Miss Elizabeth Wagner to San Jose.
Elmer Hastings son of r. w. Hast
ings of this city, passed through Ash
land the first of the week He re-
Gently enlisted in the aviation branch
of the army.
Louis Smith of Portland. a former
resident of Ashland, passed through
Sunday on his way to visit his par
ents at Santa Cruz.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. f. Moreland and
daughter Lottie left Saturday for Los
Angeles to spend the holidays with
relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Graves AMI
children left Monday evening for
Newberg and Portland, where they
go for a visit with friends and rela-
tives
Mrs. J. Z. Peterson returned from
Dunsmuir Monday evening, where
she hos been visiting her mother,
MS J. Lee.
Mrs. G. w. Trefren went to Horn
brock Monday evening to visit her
daughter, Mrs. c. E. Pratt.
f. A. Walters, chairman of the
Board of Railway photographers, re-
turned from San Francisco Monday,
where he has been on business trip.
Miss Frances Mellinger of Fergu-
SON. Iowa, T. F. Mellinger and j. D.
Mellinger of Portland arrived a few
days ago to visit their brother, Rev.
w. L. Mellinger, of this city through
the holidays. It is the first time the
brothers and sister have been togeth-
er for "a years.
Evangelists Rev. and Mrs. W. G.
Driver, in charge of chapel car Good
Will" owned and operated by the
Baptist denomination, will be in our
city to begin a series Of eyangellstic
meetings next Lords day, continuing
through January. See regular
church announcements.
S. Fl. Thornton. who has been en-
ployed as machinist with the AL
gonna Lumber Company for the past
year, is spending the holidays in Ash
land.
Miss Priscilla Carnahan. daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. H. A, Carnahan of
this city, accompanied Mrs. j. c..
Gearing of BuckhOrn Lodge to San
Francisco Sunday, where she is
spending the holidays.
Mrs. ]. P. Wolf, who has been
spending several weeks with her son
Adrian in the navy aviation training
station at Goat Island, returned
home Monday,
Miss Olive Thorne arrived Sunday
evening to spend her holiday vacation
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. o. H
Johnson Miss Thorne is teacher
at San Diego, Cal.
Miss Clayre Johnson. who has
stenographic position at Grants Pass,
came home Saturday to spend the
holidays.
Miss Frances Briggs, who is at
tending business college at San Fran
cisco, went to Reno, New, to spend
the holidays, while Miss Hortense
Winter, who is also student in the
city, went to Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Icenhower
and little son are spending the holi-
days with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. B. Icenhower, and Mr.. and Mrs. F.
A. Brown of this city