Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-06-10

make no difference who did tho
riding, but assertion is no proof
We know what we have got
We might have had better, it
could not have been worse. And
to help reduce taxes our riders
appropriated twenty thousand
dollars to investigate the tau
problem. $4,000 is a mere bagc-
telle collectively, but it is a nice
little piece of Legislative pie for
the few spenders, ahem! invest
igators, but it would look like a
mountain of prosperity for the
average citizen.
Who is there that does not
know that big corporations like
the Puget Sound Milling Co. and
sundry railroads and others own
the greatest part Of King county
and the state on which they do
not commence to pay anything
like an equitable share Of their
taxes, ask anyone who has i'm
proved property adjoining such
land.
If the arrangement is SatiSfact.
Dry to the majority the present
riders will keep their seat III the
saddle but the minority may be
excused if they squeal when they
feel the gatf;.
There are various ideas as to
the most equitable system of
taxation. Some claim that the
land should pay all taxes. ! hold
that income should be the one
and only source Of revenue start
ing on the basic cost Of living
per individual and graduating to
the ultimate enormous individual
incomes.
Just a word about tide land
taxes. You remember few
years ago that there was a boom
in tide lands and waterfront
owners were compelled to buy
to protect their property. Well,
at that time those who bought
got a title from the state convey
ing all tide lands of the second
class belonging to the state. A
little later on the state claimed a
strip of further tide lands to-wit
between mean low water and ex-
IRENE low water. A friend Of
mine Judge -- said it was
a dirty steal but advised buying
same so | paid for an extra title
to something | had already pur-
chased, the whole amounting to
about $45. The taxes on same
started about two dollars grad
ually increasing to ten dollars
this year. When you squeeze a
lemon after the first squeeze you
get less juice, but when it's a
matter of squeezing the tax pay
ers the juice increases as the
squeezing process goes on.
However l concluded as far as
am concerned the squeezing
process on tide lands had gone
! far enough so have relinquished
the tide lands to the state. And
here's a tip for those who want
to hold them and object to the
prepOsterous tax let them go de
linquent and later on when they
are put up for auction buy them
back for very likely less than the
present taxes.
Was the barn dance at Ship
ley'S last Saturday a success? 1t
sure was, the barn was taStcfully
decorated, the floor with the aid
of corn meal got as slick as a
ballroom, the music was fine, the
punch was a good color and
the favor supplemented by cook.
les and ice cream. Harold and
the Misses Shipley put everyone
at their ease and conducted the
affair in the manner of those whC
know how. The guests were IN
good spirit and there was not
a slow minute the whole evening
The Cove berry growers got
down to business last week
adopted a label for the crates
and will market their produce
through Mr.. Grossman pooling
the result. Mr.. Smock gave tho
members a talk very much to the
point, on the necessity of coop
Grafton and sticking together anC
illustrated his arguments BY
some very forceful facts in hi.
own and other experiences. Let