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The Port Ortord Deep Water Harbor = KEY to the Development of the Vast Natural Resources of the Mid-Pacific Coast Empire PORT ORFORD NEWS Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, October 18, 1932. Volume VI. 13 Measures on Nov. Ballot; Referendum on Ten Bills , L U „.V. class upon the highways; lim iting :: The November ballot will be rath- H . 1 , T j j i.i - the size, w eight and load, and stat- g er a lengthy to g conditions ' leugiuy affair. In addition __m for operations of I:: the nam es of can i a es or certain vehicles thereon; requiring,:: al. State. County, an oca. o :< es. p^rmjt8 for and reguiatjng contract H there will e t ir een measures o haulerg. | mpogjng additional charg- be voted upon, ree o w ic upon certain operators for corn- referred to the people by the Leg- atjon 314 315 no islature. three are upon referendum by petition of the people, and seven Bill Moving U niversity, Normal 1:: are proposed by initiative petition« and Law Schools. E stablishing :: These measusres, with the num- Junior College—Purpose: To move | g bers by which they are designated the U niversity of Oregon from Eu- j j; on the ballot, are: gene to Corvallis and consolidate it Referred to the People by the with the Oregon State Agricultural ii Legislative Assembly College under the name of Ore' 0 Taxpayer Voting Qualification 8°n State U niversity; move the g Amendment Purpose: To permit normal schools from Ashland. Lc 8 the enactm ent of laws lim iting to Grande and Monmouth to Eugene .. v n t a n n « n and consolidate them under the taxpayers the right to trv vote upon «a a r« , at State Teachers questions of # levying «rtarviai special taxes name of Oregon '• or issuing public bonds. 300 yes. College; establish Junior Colleges o r is s u i i g V Ashland and La Grande, dispose 301 no r Amendment Authorizing Crim Oregon Normal School proper- inal Trials W ithout Juries by Con- ty at Monmouth; move the Univer- sent of Accused. Purpose To pro- • « * Schoo! to Salem; all said vide that any accused person in >nat,tut ion , and the medical school , - - a - w » it s h at Portland to be conducted as units other than capital cases, and . . . . . . . . ¡ . i judge, mav ty; the consent . of . the . trial may of said Oregon .. State . . Univers . choose to relinquish his right of make university president ex-off,- trial by jury and consent to be tried c o secretary of board of higher ed- triai oy ju r y a ucatlon 31C yes. 317 no. by the judge of the court alone. such election to be in writing. 302 Tax and Debt Control Constitu- yes, 303 no tional Amendment—Purpose: Tv Six Per Cent Tax Limitation make the power of the state, coun- Amendent —Purpose: To amend the ties, municipalities and districts to constitution so as to lim it the levy taxes and incur indebtedness | h amount of tax that may be levied subject to su ch lim itations and i H in any year by the state, or any control as may be provided by gen- ■ county, municipality, or district, to eral law 318 yes, 319 no. not more than the total amount Tax s upervising and Conserva- levied in any one year of the three tj<>n Bnl_ Purpose To provide for a years im mediately preceding, p u local non-saiaried tax supervising six per centum thereof, excep or conservation board of three the payment of bonded inde te nes- memberg for eacb county, appoint- and interest thereon, instea o sue ^d tbe governor, to review bud- lim itation being based upon e a nd regulate tax levies of the levy for the last year im m ediately CQUnty and of a „ municipal corpor- preceding as now provided b y t e atJons therein; for appeal from any constitution, the same change to be ordgr Qf sajd board either by the applicable to newly created taxing ,evying body or by ten interested i districts. 304 yes, 305 no. taxpayers to the state tax commis- Referendum Ordered by I et , ons gjo n . providing for said beard hold- of the People ¡ng hearings and m aking advisory Oleomargarine Tax B ill—Purpose recomm endations as to special tax To levy a tax of 10 cents per pourn. jevjeg and incurring indebtedness, on all oleom argarine sold in t e a |go COmpiling statistics and pub- state of Oregon, also to require t c |jgbjng information concerning pub- payment of an annual license fee fi. anceg. repeaijng present tax of »5.00 by any person, firm or cor- supervising * and tax conservation poration who shall distribute, sell, 320 yeg 32J nQ or offer for sale oleom argarine in -- ------ . n „„„ __ Personal Inoome Tax Law i; ,h e state of Oregon. 306 yea 307 Bill -Purpose: To fur- ■ A Bill Prohibiting Commerc.al P VMahinr R iver—ru r- vancing the >- tax r rates on net per- Fishing on on the Uie Hogue rv k nose To close the Rogue river t » r z w iiiA commercial fishing, to prohibit fish- -onal incom es in excess of $5,000.00 t e s t e r any kind of fish in Rogue irom 5 to a m .x.m u m of 8 per cent; Hver its tributaries, or within a substituting an exemption from the iadius of three m ile, from the cen- total tax of $10.00 for a single per- u „ 7 Its mouth in a n y manner ex- son »20.00 for a married person. . h-ia in the head of a fam ily, or husband and h in d and bryOdho°ok or hooks baited wife, and $4 00 for each dependent, nano a y ~r instead of the present income ex- ’ r?- p rovid ln g'for confiscation of o p t i o n s o f »1.500 00. $2.500 00 and Ln other fishing gear nsec unlaw- M000O. respect,vely; and amending ?ully forbidding the sale, barter, the provisions of the law so as to or exchange, or possession or trans- apply to the entire income of rear or exc g . \ in a e n h in c dents from personal service. 322 portation outside of Josepnine Jackson and Curry counties for ye’ - no- such purpose, of any fish taken State W ater Power and Hydro from such w aters, and providing Electric Constitutional Amendment penalties 308 yes, 309 no. I - Purpose: To require all water for Higher Education Appropriation power development and water pow Bill P urpose: To appropriate an er sites now or hereafter owned by amount of money, originally fixed the state to be held by It perpetu- at $1,181,173. of which $500,000 was ally; and authorizing the state to vetoed by the governor, leaving a control, develop, lease wate pow- balance of $681,173. from the gen- er and power sites; control, use, dis- eral fund of the state, to be expend- tribute, sell, dispose of electric en- ed under the direction of the State ergy; separately or with the Uni- Board of Higher Education for the ted States, other states or state Oregon State Agricultural College, subdivisions: Acquire from such the U niversity of Oregon, and the sources w ater power and electric three state normal schools during energy; fix rates and charges foi the years 1931 and 1932. 310 yes. water power and electric energy: 3U n(J loan the sta te’s credit and incur in- Proposed by Initiative Petition debtedness not exceeding 6 per cent Bill to Repeal State Prohibition of assessed valuation; commission t e w of Oregon—Purpose: To repeal of three nonpartisan elected mem- the general prohibition law of the bers to adm inister these powers , state of Oregon, which prohibits the 324 yes. 325 no. manufacture, sale, giving away. barter, delivery, receipt, possession, importation or transportation of in toxicating liquor within this state, Smith, who in mining or J. and provides for the enforcem ent of such prohibition: and thus to do Rock Creek in the Iron Mountain away with prohibition and Its en- D istrict 32 miles east of Port Or forcement in and by the state of ford, transacted business here yes- Oregon 312 yes. 313 no. terday. Mr Smith has been en- The F reight Truck and Bus B il l- gaged during the summe: month- Purpose To provide for securing in preparing to operate his prop information and m aking recommen ertv with the coming of the fall datlons for redistribution o f license rains, and while out on this trip fees' snd charges Imposed for u s- will arrange for his winter supplies of the public highways upon the He reports many prospector, in the several classes of users thereof, by field during the past summer, and the sta te Highway Commission states that several good abowinc^ making investigation and detcrmln- were found, predicting that the ation of the cost per unit c f traffic Curry country would attract the of the construction ard m a lr t - attention of real mining monev ante of such highways cla ssific-- when knowledge of its mineral re- tion of motor vehicles and the rr- sources Is made available thre r.ect work lative effect of operation of each ae u_! dcvi Mining Active THE WORK OF THE R. F. C. In the newspapers last Saturday was printed the report of the August loans made by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. In the few papers which were able to give the necessary space to the publication of this report in full, it occupied two and a half pages of type. The amounts of the loans made varied from $3.16 to a small bank in Nebraska, and which was probably purely a technical credit, to more than $4,000,000 lent to the Wabash Rail way. The banks, trust companies, end building and loan associa tions were scattered all over the xace of the United States, and roughly speaking 90 per cent of the loans were made to organi zations of this sort in comparatively small towns. They immedi ately put it within the possibilities of such organizations to fur nish needed credit for local commercial and industrial loans. A study of the concerns assisted by the Reconstruction Fi nance Corporation quiets in the mind of any intelligent student the doubt as to whether the operations of this corporation are ad vantageous to that individual whom Governor Roosevelt describ es as the “forgotten man.” The corporations assisted are in the main of the kind that come into intimate touch with the small bus iness man, he home owner, the professional man in need of tem porary financial accommodation. More than $7,900,000 was used in aiding in the reorganization or liquidation of closed banks, which means the repayment to depositors of at least a consider able share of the money tied up in such institutions ; $12,000,000 went to building and loan associations, and $2,000,000 to mort gage loan companies, both of these being institutions which deal wholly with the lesser type of business man. The charge that Wall Street is being especially aided seems to be answered by the fact that there were no borrowers among New York City bank and trust companies. If the advances to railroad corporations meet with criticism, it may justly be said that they assist in the maintenance o f employment by these corporations and therefore contribute to the general welfare. Unquestionably the fullest success of this endeavor to meet through a government agency the pressing needs of financial and fiduciary organizations in the United States is handicapped by the insistence of a Democratic official that a clause in the enabl ing act, inserted by Democratic votes, and providing for full pub licity, is mandatory, and must be observed. The Administration strongly opposes this view. Among the managers of great finan cial institutions there is a dislike to being identified as having re ceived Government aid. Some hold that public knowledge of this fact would injure their organizations more than the financial as sistance would benefit them. This Democratic contribution to the law, and its observance, has unquestionably materially lessened its usefulness to the financial community. One cannot study this report without new and fuller recogni tion of the fact that the Hoover program for combating the de pression is operating, is having its nation-wide influence on bus iness conditions, and that if permitted to proceed uninterruptei by political changes will inevitably in time bring order out of the existing financial chaos. Number 48. Analysis 01 Tax Dollar; Voter Can Rout Depression PORT ORFORD Reduction in taxes—in the cost of governm ent—is of prime import LOCALS ance in securing the return of nor mal conditions. Voters, who have the remedy in »heir hands, are scan Owen W. Smith of Floras I-akt ning tax items aa never before, and was a Port Orford business visitor much good should be forth coming. The Christian Science Monitor, to Monday. ' whom we are indebted for the fig- SI W R. Johnson and Lawrence J Ures contained in this article, says: Cook of the Elk Horn mine on the ; American voters who stay away Middle Elk. who spent several days I from the polls when bond issues are last week in Port Orford, returned authorized, and later complain to the mine Sunday. about tax bills, should look into a mirror. W alter Rarklow has been spend If they dislike projects that ing a few days in Portland where draw on their funds, the time to he was called by the illness and protest is election day. The place death of a relative. , is inside a voting booth. Two forces tug at governmental Mrs W T. White, Jr., attended to business in Portland last week. purse strings. One seeks to loosen them by demands for added serv Clayton Kreiger. who has been ices, often to benefit a small group engage in fighting (ire in northern Another force, set in motion by the California for the past five weeks, | public at large, insists upon econ- returned home Saturday. j Omy. In this tug-o’-war. voters must O. B. Roady, who spent a couple act as umpire. They alone can elect of weeks with his family in Port | snd Instruct representatives who Orford, returned to his work at wiU • * " the Pub“c lnt' re“‘ Trscey. Calif.. Sunday . Common sense in governmental expenulture is therefore measured Dennis Sorensen left for Marsh- by alertness of /ot-;s. Public offl- •• field Sunday. He was accompanied cials given to loose handling of i i ' by Roderick McKenzie who spent funds intrusted to their care, will :: | the week end from his studies w ith ' not thrive on an Informed elec- ii • his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. M e-' torate. But conscientious officials ii j Kenzie, on the Elk river. will, as they strive to develop a gov- 1 ernment of top-notch aervica at y I H L Sauers has returned from I mcg.ijottom cost ii I a business trip to California That is no easy job. For one rea P 1 points. son. government in a democracy is A. Grinnell, formerly a resident everyone's business. Yet no on« Is ' forced to take part in it. Average of Port Orford, visited briefly in i | citizens, therefore, tend to let some- town last week. | one else look after the governm ent ii I John R. Sm ith of the Iron M oun-' "Someone elss" finally boils down tain country transacted business 1 to professional politicians. In office. I here yesterday. ( they make apeeches tor economy I one day and set up top-heavy gov- J Reverend D. J. Henry w as a Port ernmental bureaus the next. This Orford visitor Friday. makes more jobs to pass around as rewards for political support. Fat Frank Seal is spending several days here from his home at Eugene. appropriations from Uncle Fublic’s purse foot the bill. S. J. Spoerl and Nat Perkins T - se political feeding grounds were business visitors in town ye . an L kept green only by voters, lerday. j Politicians therefore court and count every vote. Sometimes they ! Mr. and Mrs Robert Fr nm of pay for them in hard cash. They i Brushes Creek m >-ired ‘ Marsh- . g now the value of ballots—if many I field last week We. » • ay. voters do not. C. Donaugh and Vernon Williams of the Democratic State Central ' The subject of taxation la com Committee were Port Orford vis plicated and not well understood itors last Wednesday. by votera generally. The following brief analysis gives, however, a Mr. and Mrs. John Neilsen of birds-sye picture of the situation— Riverton visited at the Bauer ranch an understanding that will permit I several days last week. i of intelligent discussion and action. Federal Taxes Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sturdivan are 67 per cent of all Federal taxes now occupying their new cottage are derived from the incomes of just east of the high school. individuals and corporations; 16 per Davis Ponting, who was Injured a ] Cent from custom duties; 12 per few days ago when a stick from | cent from internal .cvenue; and 5 the saw struck him In the face , per cent from other sources. In ex while at work In the Ponting mill I pending the Federal tax dollar ’ on Rogue river, was able Friday to jg 52 per cent goes for military pur- leave the Wesley hospital In Marsh- ] poses and 34 43 per cent for war field. 1 debts—a total of 72.96 per cent for war costs; while but 27.06 per cent Mrs. H. L. McCartney and Mrs. E. Is required for all other govern L Harris visited at the W. D. Jes- mental purposes Analysis from i sup home at Salal Springs and at ‘‘Institute for Government R e the home of hire E. J Baker on search." Chinquapin Ridge last week. State Taxes 78 per cent of the state tax dol- Roy Corson spent several days I lar comes from property; and 22 in Portland last week. I L per cent from all other sources. In L. B Hatton transacted b u sin ess, ltg expenditure 40 per cent goes for In Bandon yesterday education; 16.9 per cent for high Louis Marsh, who is a patient at ways; 16.7 per cent for charities. the Veterans hospital In Portland, j hospitals and corrections; and 36 4 suffered minor face bruises last for all other state needs From "Fi- week when an automobile in which ! nancla. Statistics of States. 1927 ’ County Taxea he was riding collided with another Practically all of the taxes re- car at the entrance to the hos celved by counties are derived pital grounds. from property In this expenditure Mi and Mrs Ellis Shull of Myrtle 43 per cent goes for highways: Point were guests Sunday at the M cent for publtc works; 11 per home of Mr. and Mrs. L. B Hat- cent for charities; 7 per cent for i ton. Interest; and 19 per cent for all Miss Ruth Clark and Mrs. Al- other purposes. Data compiled ex a I bert Bick were week end guests at result of a survey of 88 counties In Ohio. the home of Mrs. E. J Baker. While the Information regarding Mrs. L B Hatton spent Saturday state and county taxes la general, with her mother, M is W. R Pan- and not intended to represent the ter, in Bandon. Mrs. Panter is quite actual situation in Oregon, It fur I seriously ill nishes a vivid picture of the aver Mr. and Mrs. David McKenzie ac age tax situation of the nation, and companied by Mrs. C. C. Woodworth will permit the voter to att-^i. the of Sixes attended the Grange meet problem earnestly with view to do ing last Tuesday night at Langlois ing his part toward routing old Candidate for Congress Jam es W man depresalon. Mott waa the principal speaker of the evening An eight pound daughter was Loulr. Knapp la transacting bus born last Wednesday morning at lness at the county seat today the Wesley hospital in Marshfield Alfred JohDron and Wllltam Pa.|! to Mr and Mrs. R. M. Knox Mr men plan on leaving the latter part Knox is tha avtcu ltu ral agent for of the week for San Diago, Calif. Curry county.
