Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-31
VOTING ON BALLOT MEASURES.

The Capital Journal cannot see where voter will
make any serious mistake if he votes mo" all the
measures placed the ballot by initiative referendum
Of course there may be difference Of opinion this
NATTER but we believe that view will be quite generally
taken For instance this is time to establish nor
NAL schools and it was the poorest of judgment the
part of the state school ring to force the issue Then
there the $4,000 appropriation referred to the peo
pie by the tax commission 1t is mainly to pay for the
state military police ($250000 the state council of de-
fense Ia useless and exravagan body and to make up
various deficiencies in the budgets of state Institutions
II this blanket appropriation carrying much graft and
able to take of the state institutions and keep them
going and the taxpayers will save several hundred
thousand dollars The fishing bills on the ballot
ly local measures of no public interest
The two bills initiated by G. S. Jackson publisher of
the Oregon Daily Journal (snge tax organ) in order to-
eyen up with the country newspaper publishers for OPP
posing single tax measures at various times so IT is
presumed should be showed under These ballot numbers
are 308 and 310 asaAsasss
One Of these measures No. 80 seeks to regulate the
price publishers of newspapers (outside of Multnonah
county where Mr. Jackson's paper is printed), may
charge for publishing legal notices It really is Of no
The other Jackson bill, No. 3O8 repeals the law for
the publication Of the delinquent tax list It is doubt
where Jacksons spite is playing into the hands Of
the tax lien SPECTATORS who may have paid the expen
ses by initiating the BILL which considerable. These
spectators profess to think right to sell the property
Of taxpayer without giving full public notice of such
sale Their most profitable deals are made under the
cover Of secrecy and in colusion with some official
around the court house who tips off the opportunities to
them for consideration The Oregon Voter discusses
this Jackson bill very inteligently, when it says:
"That part owners mortgage holders will have to
pay fees to title companies to investigate whether taxes
paid upon many classes Of property is the condition
that will be faced if the Jackson bill is enacted next Tues
day. The bill aboishes publication Of the delinquent tax
list and substitutes fnsy and necessarily incomplete
system Of private notification by mail
'The mail notice cannot reach more than one person,
while there many pieces of property that owned
jointly or in which an individual owns an equity The
taxes might go unpaid for many years without such own
ever having chance to find out about it. Often the
party receiving the mail notice would have failed to pay
the taxes and his associates in ownership would be en-
rey without protection unless they engaged the services
of title company to look up the records service which
might be expensive Besides the actual owner of proper
tv there holders Of mortgages purchasers under con-
tract ssgnees of contracts holders of unrecorded in
srments essees and others who are interested in the
payment Of taxes Mail notice would never reach these
terested parties Under the present system of annual
publication anyone whether the taxes paid
net and those interested in property which taxes have
become delinquent enabled to take proper steps for
their own protection.
Confusion, Misrepresentation, delay in tax payments
and gross breaches in trust all certain to be fosered
by aboshng publication and submitting the inadequate