ia Y,
OCTOBER 3, 1946
u ^ g P ^ .^ p S - H A R B O R
PILOT, BROOKINGS
P.-T. A. Will Hear Discussion
;oposed S tate “Basic School
ort” Initiative, Of Coming Ejection
nation. We must take what steps
we can to assure the continuance
of a sound, general system of edu-
cation to assure the educational
tuture of our youth.
Our schools are not expensive.
1 hey have been so well managed
ed from Page S ix
posed m easure are:
that the actual per-pupil cost of
1. To give every child an even education is surprisingly low. In
(y $455. This is a ratio of chance b y equalizing Oregon's
its fourth preliminary research re
1-an extreme example, educational opportunities.
port dated June, 1946, the Oregon
iting up an existing cir-
A rticle VII, Section 3, of the Tax Study commission says that
e The high Oregon coun Oregon constitution s a y s that of the II Western states, “Only
valuation of $34,801 be- “The legislative assembly shall
one state, Arizona, had a lower
ch child; the low county provide by law for the establish per capita cost for schools in
$3,502—a ratio of 10 to 1. m ent of a uniform and general 1942 than Oregon’s $18.52." Of our
I tax rates also vary as system of common schools.” Ac- state and local governmental ex
depending on the circum - tually, the state has never made penditures in the 1943-44 fiscal
of school districts. The adequate provisions to carry out year, school exjienditures account
district pays 61.9 mills as this m andate of the fram ers of, ed or only 22%, or about one-
ted to a low of 1.0 mills, the constitution.
fifth of the total cost for state
ge is 61.9 to 1.
and
local governmental functions.
2. To eliminate the uncertain
gh a system of s t a t e ty that comes from the year-to-
These facts should re-assure the
upport which provides for year financing, and to stabilize general public. Our school costs
ition, some of these g rea t
school support to permit long- are very reasonable; our school
(ties could be elim inated, range planning.
systems are well managed. But
initiative measure for a
good management alone cannot
3. To finance the program with avert the crisis which is bound
sic School Support Fund
(pared with care to m eet sta te funds so that support need to come if our system of financing
stions point out. On the not come through the property public schools rests on a shaky
$50 per census child, it ta x alone, but can be drawn from foundation. The state basic school
led that the m easure will the income tax receipts or from support fund m easure is that
tpproximately $15.000.0001 such other sources as the legis badly needed firm foundation.
schools of Oregon. If pass- lature may provide. The property
(Local explanation of this m ea
measure would supplant tax is the only source of funds sure will lx* heard at the forth
pr forms of school revenue available to the county and local coming P.-T. A. meeting, billed
for Thursday night at the high
from the state, except school district.
To attract and keep quali- school. Wide attendance is urged).
small amount of the ir-
i:e school fund — about fied teachers by establishing the
schools on a sound financial basis.
annually..
(resent the state is piovid-
The method of apportionment
ut 10 million dollars an- of the funds is left to the legis
of state support. This fund latu re to decide. But the bill spe-
up of the 5 million of the cifificfially states that the distri
Labeling of butter m u s t be
support fund. 3 million bution shall be designed to equal
is a biennial appropriation, ize education apportunities and brought in line with the actual
out 2 million from the ele- conserve and omprove the stan butter quality, officials of the de
f)' school fund. All of this dards of public elem entary and partm ent of agriculture, at Salem,
1 is currently offset by in secondary education throughout said. Monday, in asserting that
insistence will be placed upon the
tax receipts.
j the state.
basis school support fund
Oregon’s schools are good, but correct and propert labeling of
rt* would require only about they could be made better thru this commodity.
Kenneth E. Carl, assistant chief
ton dollars beyond t h e sound financing. We are proud
which the state is already of our system of public education, of the diviison of fods anod d air
Ming. It could be offset by , yet we know that the schools are ies in charge of dairy’ -enforce
‘ tax receipts.
j facing a period of crisis just as ment, pointed out that 50 per
basic objectives of the pro- are all the schools throughout the cent of a quality butter is picked
up in Portland stores was mis
labeled as to grade.
“We failed to find single pound
labeled as grade B bu tter in the
stores w h e r e purchases were
i made. But when the samples had
been analyzed, just about half of
th at butter m arked or labeled as
Grade A. was actually grade B.”
and Apparel Shop
This condition is not confined
j to Portland and as rapidly as pos
sible the departm ent is moving to
Brookings
, correct the situation, which is a
Butter Labels Must
Be On All Sold
OREGON
Home of The Croft Lily
quality defect brought about so
much by w ar-tim e conditions. The
greatest emphasis in correction
will be placed before the cream
ery operators and bu tter graders
and m akers because through a
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program of this type officials will
be able to realize in quickest pos
sible time their insistence upon
proper labeling.
Try Classified Aits
Excavating
They pay!
Sand - Gravel
Shovel
Backhoe
Dragline
Road Rock
Fill Material
River Silt
READY - MIX CONCRETE
BASEMENTS
FOUNDATIONS
SIDEWALKS
RETAINING WALLS
All kinds of Concrete Work
M OORE’ S
A R I E T Y
K ellogg & Bihl
Yelton Apts.
Brookings, Oregon
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Wall Clocks (plus ta x ) ................$3.80 and $1.95
Telechron Electric
‘picture. C\ U nailheads
$c.J embroidery
*3ricb Fall under-fur»
Ceat colors. Fabric
b'Ber linger.
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Steam-O-Matic Iro n ..................................... $15.60
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Electric I r o n s ..................................$8.60 to $11.15
Electric T o asters............................$4.85 and $5.25
Door Chimes ................................................. $10.95
COCOA DOOR MATS
14 X 25.. $2.25
16 X 27.. $2.95
18 x 30 . $3.25
Hendricks' Furniture Co.
New Johnson
Store Hours
9 a, m. M n t
Brookings
Oregon