2 —Port Orford Newt, Thuwday, April 8, 1965
Bill Would Increase Contract
Pay-off Refund Credits
Safely Package
Gets 'New Life'
DOWN WITH LOC \L TOLLS
A new m ove to get telephone to ll charges between Lang­
lois, Sixes and Port Orford elim in ated is u n d e r w a y , so we
learned Tuesday. And if it succeeds, it w ill be one of the best
things that has happened around lie re in a long spell.
A previous attem pt in 1961 m et with failure, the Public
U tility Commission said, because not enough subscribers to
West Coast Telephone service in the area voted in support of
the extended area coverage. Com m issioner Jonel Hill, at that
tim e, said he could not place an increased financial burden
on the subscribers who voted against the proposal.
By now, though, m aybe people in the area have had
enough of paying discrim inating to ll charges to stand up and
be counted in favor of getting them removed.
When you stop to think about it, it seems a little stupid
that you can c a ll P acific high school from Port Orford with­
out paying a toll, while Langlois residents have to. 1 here are
also phone subscribers lust south of the high sclK'ol that are
on the Langlois exchange and have to pay toll to ca ll the
school. And there are neighbors who have to pay toll to call
e a c h other. It kinds looks like the phone company took a
handful of wires from each exchange, gave them a big toss,
and then hooked them up where they landed.
Numerous in fividuals are behind the move, so we under­
stand, and the school board Monday night voted in favor of
elim in atin g the tolls. Other organisations are being asked for
their stand on the issue. There is no better tim e than now, be­
fore the area is switched to a ll-d ig it dialing, to have the m at­
ter settled.
Elim inating the toll would, of course, cause a slight in­
crease in rates for all area subscribers to offset the loss to
West Coast. We think it would be worth it. . . and th t the e x ­
tended coverage area sliould run at least to the Coos County
line.
We w ill w elcom e your letters on the matter, or better
yet, w nte the Public Utility Commission.
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tty SEN. R. F. CHAPMAN
Governor Mark Hatfield said
Friday that his safety package
had been given new life by the
Legislature.
The Governor’ s s t a t e m e n t
was made after the implied con­
sent bill, which had been strug­
gling in committee, was passed
by the House and sent to the
Senate.
• This b ill" the G o v e r n o r
said, " I s the heart of our sa­
fety proposals and I am elated
with its passage by the House."
At the same tim e, two bills
recommended by the Governor
also received favorable act b n
by the House Highway Commit­
tee. lh • maximum -peed limit
proposal was taken from the
table and amended to provide
a top limit of 73 m iles per
hour with other features of the
present speed law remaining
unchanged.
The committee also gave a
"d o p a ss" recommendation and
sent HB 1126, the reflectort-
zed license plate bill, to the
Ways amt Means committee.
Representative Elwtn Paxson
of Portland, one of the chief
sponsors of the reflsctorized
plate b ills, said he was very
pleased with the action taken
by the H ghway Committee.
"1 hope," he said, ‘ that the
Ways and Means committee w ill
carefully weigh the cost factor
of traffic accidents as opposed
to the cost of reflectorizatton ."
" I f they d o ," he said, "I am
confident they will give the
measure their support.”
House Speaker Discusses
Property Tax Problems
Speaker of the House Monte
Mon. tom ery, after meetiiu: in
Salem with the proponents of a
1
limitation on properly tax
said, "everyone must under­
stand all property taxes go to
local governments. Such a lim ­
itation would result either In
a 2/3rds reduction of services
or 147 million dollars of new
taxes In the sta te."
The limitation is spearheaded
by Multnomah County taxpay­
e r s irate over a reapprlasal
program , iliei ,- al e many ram ­
ifications to the proposal which
should l>e discussed by all cit­
izens in some detail.
F irst, w e must remember all
property taxes now go to lo­
cal governmental units, that is
c itie s, counties, schools and
other special d istricts.
Property taxes raise alout
$266 million dollars a year, ex­
cluding special assessm ents in
Oregon at the present time.
These levies have been extend­
ed on assessm ent ro lls totaling
aliout $12 billion In true cash
value. Based on these totals,
an o v er-a ll celling on property
tax levels as a percentage of
true cash value would result
In the following loss of prop­
erty tax revenues:
The ceiling pegged at 1.0 ,
the loss would be $147 million;
That log-jam of b ills in House met "unofficially” f o r tw o
com m ittees we have heard so weeks prior to the start of
much about is breaking up as this session, and the success­
b ills are beginning to flood the ful results of that early start
floor of the House for final gave way to the passage of this
proposal.
debate and vote.
Additionally, there would be
Among a number of bills act­
Sale of the new $7 recrea­
ed on by the House last week, nothing to prevent committees
tion-conservation sticker be­
the hotly debated inventory tax from meeting during the period
gan Monday at the Forest S er­
repeal b ill, which has gained between the organizational ga­
vice Regional Office, 729 N.E.
perhaps greater statewide at­ thering and th e start of the
Oregon Street, Portland.
tention than any other measure regular session.
Stickers will lie available at
A
memorial
asking
Congress
this session, gained approval
National Forest offices In Ore­
to call a constitutional conven­
38-22.
gon and Washington about the
Now in Senate Taxation com­ tion to consider changing the
end of the week, and at Ranger
m ittee, the bill would repeal the electoral votes within the states
Stations a few days later. In
t a x on inventories, livestock to an apportioning formula also
addition, the stick ers will be
and f a r m machinery over a passed the House.
on sale later at heavily vis­
The bill proposes that elec­
five-year period and institute
ited recreation-guard stations
a 1*5 net business tax on all toral votes tie apportioned with­
during the camping season.
business, Including profession­ in each state in proportion to
The stickers will be avail­
als and farm ers, to help offset the popular vote. This would,
able from other Federal agen­
sponsors
say,
prevent
a
p
res­
lost revenue to local taxing
cies that manage public rec­
d istricts now collecting the tax. idential candidate from receiv­
reation areas and by offices
Rppaal of the tax is aimed at ing a large m ajority of elec ­
of the Bareau of Outdoor Rec­
cutting unnatural seasonal un­ toral votes and a minority of
reation. The stick ers, valid un­
employment in the last two the popular vote. Some 11 other
til March 31, 1966, will per­
states
have
already
approved
months of every year and re­
mit entry to most Federal rec­
m o v in g the "econom ic damp­ sim ilar m em orials.
reation areas, i n c l u d i n g Na­
And for those who would 1 ke
e r " from the state’ s business
tional Parks and National For­
clim ate. Oregon inventories are to see a reduction in t i e num­
est campgrounds.
taxed at a higher rate than ber of state em ployees, the
The 3-inch by 3-inch green
House
approved
a
bill
to
allow
most other states and assessed
and white sticker is designed
the
department
of
motor
ve­
higher than any other form of
for display on the front bump­
h icles to install a new com­
Oregon property tax.
er of vehicles. A ll occupants
Values of inventory would be puter to r e p l a c e 197 em­
of each private, non-commer­
ployees.
Jobs
to
be
eliminated
frozen as of January- 1» 1963,
cial automobile with a sticker
are
routine
c
le
ric
a
l
positions
so firm s requiring inventories
are entitled to admission to
in
which
there
is
a
high
turnover
to do business would not tie
the recreation sites.
required to take inventory each of personnel.
Th» sticker was authorized
year nor reduce their stock at
by the Land and Water Con­
the yea r’ s end.
servation Fund Act as a means
The
net business tax ex­
helping finance expansion
of
cludes banks and public util­
of recreational opportunities
ities and other firm s now pay­
for the American public.
A district meeting of World
ing an 8*5 corporate excise
The Act also provides for
tax. It would be deductable from War 1 B arracks No. 903 and
an individual charge In lieu
Auxiliary
was
held
at
the
Le­
other state taxes, but other
of the sticker for those not
state taxes would not be de­ gion Hall inPortOrfordSunday.
wishing to purchase the annual
The meeting was preceeded by
ductable from it.
recreation conservation per­
In its present form , the mea­ a potluck dinner.
mit. The sin gle-visit charge
Marie Allison was elected
sure faces stiff opposition in
applies to each person over
d
istrict
president
of
the
aux­
the Senate, but unliked features
16 years of age.
of the bill are expected to be iliary; Velma Davidson, senior
The Land and Water Con­
vice p r e s i d e n t ;
M arjorie
amended.
servation Fund Act is adm.’n-
Another part of the House Moore, junior vice; L ucille Ste­
istered by the Bui eau of Out­
R e p u b l i c a n m ajority’ s tax vens, treasurer; Irene Carlson,
door Recreation, w it h each
conductress;
P
e
a
r
l
Eastman,
package received the l o w e r
Federal agency that manages
cham ber’ s approval as the cap­ chaplain; Ruth Com best, guard.
recreation areas carrying out
Department officers and v is­
ital gains bill squeaked by with
the provisions of the Act.
itors present were M rs. Vera
31 votes.
In the Pacific Northwest Re­
This bill provides for cap­ McCurney, Edith Herman, Haz­
gion of the Forest S ervice, ap­
el
Kasper,
Jeannette
Wooley.
ital gains treatment of individ­
proximately 30*7 Of the camp­
ual income toconform as nearly A ll members of the auxiliary
grounds and picnic sites will
as possible to federal taw, thus w ere invited to meet April 21
require the auto sticker or
removing a roadblock to cap­ at Stella Hansen’ s home for
sin gle-visit individual fee dur­
s e w i n g . Next social evening
ital Investment in Oregon.
ing the first year of the Act.
The House also voted 44-18 meeting will be A pril 20 at the
T h e s e campgrounds contain
to p e r m i t the legislatu re to Roy Haft home.
alxwt 80*" of the family camping
D istrict B arracks officers
meet and organize one month
units In the Region. Final se­
prior to the start of the ses­ elected were W. A. Davidson,
lection of sites has not yet
d istrict commander; Henry La
sion.
been made Regionwide.
B
arge,
senior
vice;
Ike
Gates,
Under the proposal, the or­
National Forest recreation
ganizational meeting would be­
sites that require the sticker
gin on the second Monday in junior v i c e ; C arl Lang, quar­
or fee for entry will be posted.
December of each even-num­ term aster; L. P . Olson, chap­
Use of the National F orests in
bered year for three days for lain.
general does not require an
Department officers present
purposes of electing the House
entry fee.
speaker and Senate president, w ere Jack Herman, command­
Persons are urged to buy an
m a k in g committee appoint­ er; A. O. Soderholm, adjuntant;
auto sticker before leaving on
m ents, adopting rules and in­ J. W. Wooley, past commander;
a vacation or camping trip.
other visitors from out of the
troducing bills.
Otherwise they risk having to
district
were
Ike
Gates
of
Sa­
The m easure is aimed pri­
find a sales office after reach­
m arily at speeding up the leg­ lem , Red Cuin, Ralph Keerney
ing their destinations.
islature by letting the Joint of Coos Bay and Ed Kasper of
At present, the F orest S e r ­
W a y s and Means committee P ortland._______ ___
vice has no provision for or­
meet officially prior to the BUY NEW HORSE
ders by mall.
r e g u l a r session. Ways and
Mr. and M rs. Paul Smith
Means committee members re­
and son, Milt, of Langlois were
view and investigate budgets in Central Point Sunday where
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for the coming biennium.
they purchased a registered
Ways and Means committee Morgan gelding.
v- '
Forest Sticker
Goes On Sale
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A S S O C IA T IO N
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N A T IO N AL
e d it o r ia l
Á bcÍA T I& N
.V I I Cl CII1IL Harold H i g h t
look d ein er) recently ol a new
Plymouth Fury 1 police special
patrol car. 1 lie new nm» replaces
a two year-old Chevrolet.
on lncoim without all the built-
in deductions, exemptions and
evasions that our current in
come tax laws have.
Some n o n -a m o k e r srecom ­
mended a cigarette tax. Assum ­
ing a 1 property tax limitation
and no drop tn the consum­
ption of cigarettes, a 666 a
pack cigarette tax would ra.se
the same needed funds.
Brucellosis Free
Applications Made
I our Oregon counties, I'm i \
Coos, Poll las and Josephine,
have applied for certification
as brucellos s f r e e areas I’he
firs' to atply was C urry.
I hcse coun’ les are Oregon’ s
first qualifying to make applic­
ation foi c e r t i f i c a t i o n as
bi in ellosts free ai •
1 h e • n-
ttre state has been a modified
Certifie»! brucellosis area since
.1939.
To qualify lor certification
as a brucellosis f l e e at ea
less than 0.02e of a county’ s
cattle ami not more than 1
of the herds may be tu u iello-
sls reactors during the past
18-month period. Also, there
can b« no remaining qu u .in­
line herds in the county and
all herds must have lieen milk
ring tested or blood tested for
t'iu cellosls. Certification is for
a five-year period.
After establishment ob.il m -
cellosls free area certain re­
strictions are Imposed on all
cattle entering the area ex­
cept those consigned directly
to slaughter.
PROBLEM OF DIS I K1BUTION
The bl. ..esl problem , how­
e v e r , would be the distribution
ol state funds. After local prop­
erty taxes reached the consti­
tutional limitation, additional
services anil program s would
be paid for by the stall1, tills
w o u ld mean that the s t a t e
would have to examine the ex­
penditure, before it would fund
them. This would i esult tn a
complicated top-heavy admin­
istrative bureaucracy examin­
ing the Imdgets of every lo­
cal governmental u n it , the
sc a rc e tax dollar would be no
m ore plentiful just because it
was coming from Salem. It
would just have Salem strings
attached to It.
This Legislature has taken
significant steps tn property
tax relief, twt much of this
has l«en lost In the hue and
c ry of ‘ property tax revolt.”
Edgar Dean \ bston, 36, died
I'he Governor has already sign­
, losa
at
Sparka.Nevada,
March25. He
$93 million; pegged at 2.0*’ , ed a $5 million accelerated was bom September 12, 1928, at
release of funds from the high­
lo ss would be $44 million.
Anaconda, Montana,
This is an estim ate prepared way department to cities and
Private funeral services were
counties
to
r
e
p
a
i
r
flood
dam­
by the tax com m ission, The
held at Burns-Frederickson Fun­
age.
These
funds
arc
alreadv
figu res given are the probable
eral Home Tuesday, March 30,
maximum loss of revenue to at work, w h i l e those much with Biihop Frank Walsh o ffic i­
promised
federal
monies
for
local government.il units. Some
ating Interment followed at M l
of the 2600 code areas In the flood damage have apparently Vernon Cem etery, Springfield,
been
lost
in
the
administrative
state would be affected more
Oregon.
severely than others. For ex­ bureaucracy.
Surviving are hii w ife, Stella
ample, a 1.3 limitation might SCHOOL SUPPORT INCREASE Billie A biton and thrvy children,
Hits
leg!:laiurn
ha-
already
reduce the taxes In one area,
Kenneth, Lonnie John and Gay,
provided an $11 million In­
but have no effect in an adja­
two itepaons. BobO*Rillovich of
cre
ase
tn
basic
school
support
cent area that had a lesser
Missoula,Montana,and Jack O '-
for
the
first
year
of
the
bien­
tax load.
Billovich of Oregon State Uni­
If such a limitation were nium, and a future increase versity; brother Victor \ bston of
for
the
second
year
of
the
adopted, a major problem would
D o m n a ,C M gon; two half broth­
exist as to tb-‘ division of »he biennium, perhaps, another $10 ers, Ronnie Egbert, Sacram ento,
million
Is
under
consideration.
allowable millage between the »oin n ouse. nave pa,,.--. - .....- C a lif., anil Robert I gbert, C ot-
Both Houses have passed an ad-
varslous classes of taxing dis­ dlttonal
one million dollars In ttg e Grovo; half «toter, M n. W il­
tricts. For example, if the mllll-
I la m Bolding, Cottage Grove;
grants
for
local library pro­
age was 18 m ills and a 10-mlH
ite p lister, Mr«. Perry Pender­
gram
s.
The
House
lias
approved
limitation were adopted, therfe
grass,Coo« Bay; and father Edgar
would be a great furor and flgtft a program of $323,000 for state Lonnie A bston, Port Orford.
over who would lose the 8 support of fire protection on
nulls. Would the school dis­ g ra ss lands and Eastern O re­ IN PGR I LAND
trict r e v e n u e s be reduced? gon timber lands, and has ap­
Mrs. Phillip Wright of Port
proved In principle a higher Orlord and Mrs. A, W. Sweet
Would county highway and wel­
level
of
support
for
rominu
i-
fare functions be affected? Or
of Sixes were Portland visit­
lty mental health units and com­ ors this week.
would the city government ser­
munity college technical and
vices be cut?
lO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O «
vocational program s.
Local government would I*
The
House
Tax
Committee
hesitant to lose their share of
property tax revenues and de­ has sent to Ways and Means
pend on state government to a bill establishing a property
raise the monies they needed. tax relief account in the Gen­
eral Fund. At least $5 million
ano
Administrators of local gov­
ernment know that, "H e who and perhaps as much as $10
pays the piper, ca lls the tune." million will be appropriated
In other words, If the state to this account. This bill also
raises the funds, It will also provides for distribution of any
set the standards and exert state surplus which may de­
velop for property tax relief.
control.
This proposal Is one of the
TWO ALTERNATIVES CITED significant Republican Innova­
A retail sales tax and a net tions of this session.
PORT ORFORD
The House Tax Committee
receipts tax are the two al­
ternatives most w i d e l y dis­ has also approved In princip­
cussed to replace monies lost le a 5? a pack cigarette tax.
M flT TO BANK
by a property tax limitation. One cent or about $2.2 million
A sales tax sim ilar to the C al­ a year will go directly to cit­
ifornia sales tax, that included ies, while »he other 4? or ap­
food and drugs, levied at the proximately $8.8 million ayear
rate of 5% would yield the w ill go Into the property tax
ROBERT W W ALLACE
revenue loss brought about by relief account for distribution
A tm
a 1% property tax limitation. to local property taxing units.
In other words, a 3' sales tax
in Oregon would yield about O V E R N IG H T GUESTS
Mr.andMrs.Lonnie Abslon and
$147 million.
A net receipts tax of 3 1/2 Mr.and Mrs.Charles Combs were
to 4*5 would raise about the overnight guests of Mr.and Mrs.
same amount of revenue. A net John Doemer (Susie M iller) of
receipts tax Is m erely a tax Crescent C ity, Sunday, April 4.
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I have caused Senate Hill
No, 401 to be Introduced thia
session of the I eglslature only
tor flic reason that certain of
my couaflltlleiits In Coos anil
Curry Counties have personally
coinpalnod to me regarding
the treatment they liuve re­
ceived when they attempted to
pay oil cei tain retail Install­
ment contracts, this has not
been only loi certain isolaUst
Instances affecting onlv a lew
people, ttalher It seem s Io tie
a prevalent condition In my
ai ea amt loi that reason I ask
that this legislature give ael -
tous consideration for some
I ellel to those people amt Io
others sim ilarly situated in the
Stale ol Oregon.
I have in mind pi tnclpally the
installm >1 conti acts tnvolvim
automobiles, .ipplluln es, lui n-
llui i and the host ol olliei items
th a t th e American publli Is ac­
customed to purchasing on in­
stallment conti aCis With mon­
thly payments, I lie people In
my aiea who ale llile ie s lid in
this bill inform me that Inmost
ol these cases when they at­
tempt io make payment of the
lull balance durni the llle o’
tin conn act, they normally only
receive a pittance ol the char-
es 111 Hie foi in ol -funds. I i t
us assume for example that
one of oui citizens has put-
chased an automobile ami has
agreed io pay ofl the balance
dut mr the term ol 10 months,
At the end ol 15 itionlha ol tin
inti art pei list, I k i nines into
con
some money and offet s Io pay
oil the balance. Ills finance
and service charges have l i en
ftguiisl on the lull term ol the
conti art but on tcadzrlng the
lull amount he comes up with
the i ul> contained in the pres­
ent statute which lim its to only
a small amount he can recovei
ot a refund riid tt for the se r­
vice c h a r g e and financechar-
public a better le eak, Assttmti.,’
a contract toi $1000 with ser­
vice charges nt $6b for the
periisi of 30 month». Accord­
ing Io (he simplified formula
as set out In SB 401, the buyer
would receive a refund riistit
on the servlee charge of $.10
tiy prepaying Hie contract tn
13 months.
It seems to me only fair
that the buying public is en­
titled to u belter break wdien
cash Is advanced Io pay off a
coni i act.
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