The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-02-17
MAND IS MADE
| FOR TAX RELIEF
5rty Owners OF OrOville and vi.
Entity Declare Burden Makes
Prosperity Impossible.

greatest burden the 1ArIner mas
Try is the tax burden. The pros.
OF this community depends up.
prosperity OF the farmer and he
II prosper while taxes are so
mctiOn in taxes must be made to
e this burden.
are getting what we ask for and
pay Tor 1t.
brdpr TO insure tax reductions we
ask for less and demand that
OF the things We have required
past be dispensed with until
me comes when we can again nj.
hem.
taxpayers are TO secure u reduc.
m public expenditures they must
lie for that purpose to offset the
lixed efforts Of the tax spenders.
ese are conclusions arrived at the
yers meeting held In the, Civic
he building last Saturday after.
80
tty taxpayers of Oroville and Vi
attended the meeting called to
SIS the problems of excessive tax
Ems and consider the question OF
ing representatives to county
ing to be held February % that
take up the same subject.
A. CRUDE acted as chairman OF
{rday's meeting and called upon
)st Riste to explain the purpose OF
Gathering. Mr.. Riste recOunted
year ago the Oroville Com
cial club had named committee
ktend a taxpayers meeting at Okla
In when county taxpayers
lie was organized. A committee
named by the league to continue
Study of the tax problem. of which
B. Whitworth of OkanOgan was
led chairman, and Mr.. Riste a
ber.
kxes form the greatest burden that
hers have to bear. Mr.. Riste de-
ed. He said that what the county
hing wants is conclusions and sug-
led that committee be named to
|k on definite subjects and present
illusions to the county gathering
February %.
kcting on this suggestion the meet
| authorized the chairman to name
n a committee and the following
ke appointed to draft recOmmenda-
Is. report back to a second meeting
BE held in the Civic League build
4 tomorrow Saturday for its ap-
val, and if approved to present
he recommendations to the county
Ference: Frank J. Samson, chair
h; Ernest Riste. J. M. Adams, d. F.
Is and F. NJ. Dallam. Jr.
Prior to this action of the meeting
outline of the movements through
the state to secure tax reduction
(ough lower governmental expendi-
les was given by Mr.. Dallam and
Samson discussed the general
hstion of state and local taxes. He
hmed up the situation in the terse
4ement that I'VE are getting what
ask for and can't pay for it."
J. T.. Parsons talked on school taxes
j declared that his experience as
hmber of the school board convinced
y that the individual taxpayers are
kponsible for the high cost of school
les as in the four years he served
the board never did q single tax
Yer appear before the board to pro-
h against expenditures. but repeat
IN taxpayers came before the board
Task for some new addition to the
penditures.
e. Carrel explained the mehods OF
tesing property and the difficuities
H an assessor meets with.
Sunday afternoon the committee
he'd Saturday met and agreed upon
| following recommendations to be
omitted to the second meeting to be
Id tomorrow for its approval as con-
bsions that are to be offered to the
nnty conference:
That a so per cent cut be made in
unity and district road levies and
at we urge a policy OF maintaining
cal roads in settled communities by
lunteer work;
That. if as it is reported the cost to
g county of maintaining the INDECENT
the county poor farm is extravagant
@ commissioners be urged to find a
IS costly method of caring for them;
That since the 20-10 plan of provid-
o for the cost of maintaining the
hools should now result in reduc-
On of the local school district levy
e 3O-1O of taxation be adopted as a
ore equitable form of taxation, which
Iould result in further reduction
the school district levy;
That the county conference go on
cord as opposed to the agitation now
ing carried on in the state for the
of the women's indus
ial home at Medical Lake.
Mr.. Olds was requested to submit
to taxpayers ana schoo'
,trons of the district and summarize
e answers for presentation at the
Getting Saturday. This QUESTIONABLE
outlined by Mr.. Olds, states that the
.hool taxes represent over half of thf
,tal taxes paid and that 20 per cent
the cost of operating the loca
,hools is due to maintaining courses
cooking and sewing. music, manual
aiming. foreign languages and in pro
ding transportation of pupils anf
FINISHING free text books all o.
hich are not required to maintain
le high school standard, These re