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.
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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. Fire
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