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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1950 Sales Tax Wish Of Livestock Assn. To Lower Land Taxes BROOKINGS HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS. OREGON after retiring as civil engineer, and after an accidental death of his wife, and bought 40 acres up the ridge road of the Chetco. He had but few intimates to who he confided, and who feel somew’hat as does Mr. Jordan, that his death did not exactly come from the fire. He has a sister in Los Angeles and a nephew in Portland, only known living relatives. bountiful dinner was served. It was a beautiful, warm day in Ryker, Ark., when Delilah Bryant became the bride of Is ham Storm on Jan. 21, 1900, at the Bryant home. The Storms moved to Oregon in 1906 and re mained for ten years. In 1932, after 16 years away, they re turned to Oregon and have lived here since. The Storms have three sons: Charles, William and Leonard, all of Langlois; one daughter, Mrs. Josie Nyatt, of Coquille; fourteen grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Both are in excellent health and do all the work about their home. The World’s Best Climate tare and charity expenditures caused by the use of alcoholic beverages, w’e have a stagger ing sum well in excess of twenty b:llion dollars. “If this staggering annual cost cf our nation of the liquor traf fic could be diverted to paying off our tremendous national debt, Uncle Same would be clear out of the red by 1957,” he con cluded. PAGE THRE1 not play as some of the Ophir girls were absent from school. This game will be made up at a later date. The honor roll and perfect at tendance records have become exposed, with more seniors on the honor roll than all the other classes together. The seniors al so headed the perfect attend ance records for the six-weeks, tut the Frosh took those honors for the semester. Brookings put up a stonewall defense last Friday to keep the high-scoring Panthers from go- ing in, and won a surprise vic- tory, 50 to 39, the first defeat for the Panthers this season. GOLD BEACH — Resolutions tn be sent to the legislature that a state-wide sales tax be adopted with provision that the entire p.oceeds to be used to offset amovnt in property dra"’n bv the meet- t - xes of Curry County Livestock NANCY MOORE, Correspondent Last Friday (Jan. 20) Ophir Association at the court house Sixes Grange held its regular Indians suffered another defeat c arlier this month. Copies will meeting Saturday. As it was so at the hands of the Gold Beach bf1 sent to Hon. William Walsh, cial night, the meeting was brief Panthers. The score was 41-19, state senator, and to Hon. Fred and was followed by a program, the scor- with Wallace leading Adams, representative. The bands and choruses are pot luck refreshments and danc and Herb ing with 18 points Another resolution recommend ing. The program was a review ‘Shadow” Schneideau close be- still practicing for the concerts ing to the Curry County Rural of the first half of the 20th cen coming up soon. The first will hind with 14. school board that it levy a tax tury. The Grange decided to The girls volleyball teams did be Feb. 14. in the minimum amount required sponsor a dance for the benefit <jy existing law, which said min of the Port Orford School band. imum amount is understood to This dance will be held, Satur hr an amount equivalent to $2,- day, Feb. 10, so that the date “For every dollar our com- 100 per teacher; and that the will be on a Saturday night. munity receives from the sale of various school districts shall levy Little Ronnie, 4-year-old son intoxicants, it sends out of the such additional amounts as may of Mr. and Mrs. Don Brooks of be needed for the schools in Sixes, was taken to Leep Me community five dollars, to say their respective districts by a morial hospital, Bandon, Jan. 25 nothing about the cost to the community from liquor-caused special tax levy. to be treated for a severe case absenteeism, accidents, poverty, In making this recommenda of rheumatic fever. Though still ill-health, crime and other social tion, it is the thought of this in serious condition, he is able evils,” stated a Brookings Tem committee that if a part of the to return home. perance Society representative, costs of operating schools is re H. S. Cadman, Langlois, and Monday, “And yet,” he added,, quired to be met by a special Don White and Mrs. Ariel Mc- school district levy, there will be Donald, Port Orford, and Dor- “Liquor advertisers try to make an incentive for each of the dis othy Newton, HDA, attended a us believe this is good business tricts to operate their respective three-day meeting for 4-H club for the local community.” “Recent liquor advert iseming s< hoolss on an economical basis leaders in Corvallis last week.; has been attempted to prove that and to avoid excessive or need- These Curry county delegates I In spite of its day-in-day-out usefulness, the Federal Gov alcoholic beverage industries are less expense. ernment insists on taxing telephone service as much as 25%. of Curry County 1 were guests a boon to the nation’s economical A resolution was drawn, to be Bank. This is higher than the 20% tax on luxuries. system. However, they fail to rent to the county assessor call- Roger, son of Mr. and Mrs. mention that the nearly ten bil Long distance calls costing 25c or over are taxed 25%. ing for consideration of existing Joseph Stankavich, had the mis The Federal tax increases the cost of local service by 15%. inequalities since assessment of fortune to cut off most of his lion dollars annually spent for alcoholic beverages would be a various classes of property, it Other forms of telephone service are taxed from 8% to 25%. big toe while clearing bush last much greater boon to the nation being the belief of the associa This excise tax is imposed directly upon you. Your tele week. He was taken to the hos if it were spent for social and tion that farm property is, on phone company, at its own expense, acts as a tax collector. pital at Bandon last week. educational welfare and could be the average, assessed at a high Mrs. Ollie Burgess and Mrs. diverted in building a better Am These excise taxes are in addition to corporation income er ratio to its value than other Helen Fain returned Thursday, erica rather than destroying the taxes and other taxes which the company pays to the Fed classes of property, particularly Jan. 26, from California. Mrs. present America.” timber and business properties. eral Government either directly or indirectly. Burgess visited her daughter, “The liquor business becomes Reslution to county assessor, We are sure that your Senators and Representatives in Jerrence Venard, who is recov bad business when we realize the expressing approval of timber- ering well from a recent opera harm it does to the economic Congress would welcome your views on this continued land cruisings, was passed. tion. peacetime tax ot a necessity. stability of the nation as a whole. Rev. and Mrs. Charles Bates j We mav add to the annual pur- had to postpone their move to chase price of liquor the cost Gold Beach because ot the slide o) medical care, jail maintenance! on the highway. They plan to I absenteeism, lost purchasing pow- move sometime this week. ' er, crime, deliquency, divorce, in Jerry Kamph has returned to sanity, ... death, accidents, and wel- his home after a visit with Ed 1 Kamph at Smith River, Calif. | Although Langlois town team' Mystery surrounds the burn lead during the first three quar ing to death last week of George ters of their basketball game | II Purvis. 83, retired civil en with Port Orford last Thursday,, gineer, at his home up the Chet- the visitors won, 49 to 47. Losh-1 co. Raleigh Jordan, one of his baugh and M. Haga were high- j closest friends believes he is a point men for Langlois. 1 victim of foul play, and went on Owners of many small mills to explain his reasons: in this area are making use of “Mr. Purvis must have admit their time during bad weather to i ted friends the evening prior to get their machinery in good con-1 his death, for he would not like- dition for the spring operations.! lv be having a fire at the time Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kane who of night, the fire was first seen have been operating a clothing »y Eddie Thornton, about 1 a. store in Langlois, are moving m. Wednesday, Jan. 25. Yes, 1 also thought that drinking at parties was glamorous, their stock and equipment to the “He was an old civil engineer county seat where they will op as the liquor ads made it appear. and certainly knew’ what he was erate a store of the same type. “it seemed harmless, until once I overheard two women talk doing at all times. He had talked Traffic from the south was . to me many times, and I cer ing: ’You se, I had acquired the habit of drinking at home every completely shut off for a num tainly feel certain this was no ber of days by a slide on the* day for GOOD reasons.’ accident.” highway. For a while it looked ‘I did not know I was slipping, until I heard one woman say Mr. Purvis came here in 1932 like we would be completely iso about me: ‘SHE USED TO BE SO SMART ABOUT HER HAIR lated because water covered the AND COMPLEXION.’ Coquille dike. The isolation was of short duration as the water “That was several years ago. I haven’t tasted liquor since. receded and the slide was by- “Now, when other women say and do things while drinking passed. at a party, I wonder if I was like that. School Notes The dance, given by the stud- “1 think enough of myself to be myself all of the time. entbody last Saturday, was well attended. The gym was decor “I tremble to think what would have happened to our home ated in the Valentine theme. Mu if I had kept on drinking. I was like 1,200,000 others who start sic was furnished by Charlie Jen sen’s orchestra. their drift into alcoholism from innocent’ party drinking. So, Langlois had to postpone its I do not touch alcoholic beverage at all The risk is too great, game with Ophir set for Friday and I’m having more fun without liquor than I ever had .with it.” due to collapse of the highway ......... Bv H. E. NORTON south of Port Orford. The game will be played early in February. Celebrate Golden Wedding Many friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Isham Storm helped them to celebrate their golden LANGLOIS NOTES Gold Beach H. S Liquor Causes Financial Drain On Community TELEPHONE TALK and TAXES Foul Play Hinted In Death Of Geo. Purvis, 83, In. 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