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March 7. 1948. ur- »
Act of ' arch S. 187»
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Tax Committee Can Do Job for County
1 he wisest course seems to include setting up a three A m erica,” betw een Brookings
and Gold Beach.
man board, one from each of the three Curry commun
Then th ere’s "R ings Around
ities to delve into the tax question. The amount of work Us,’» an o th er one of those h ilari
ous ch • . .. . . th e hilariou:
would involve the spending of some money.
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Some of the questions to be asked are: Who ar “C h e a te r by the Lu*x.i,’
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the largest timber owners in the county? What is ’h. .cle.
property assessed at? How much tax was paid by the E qually new and popular :
“O klahom a R u n ”, C onstant;
above in 1955? Is there a possibility of aerial photos “Innocence
U nder th e E lm s ’,
being used to bring the re-appraisal program to a head Rich; »‘W in ter H a rv e st’», N onna
sooner: Couldn’t the state be made more aware of the Lofts; "Behind th e M ountains".
L a Forge, of “L aughing Boy"
problem here.' Would more help for the county asses fame; and “Use Your Head
sors office be justified in revenue gained? What about H ildy”, Ju stu s.
a full time county forester?
Most of these answers are in the county assessors UPHILL W A TE R
office, and are not confidential. However, the public On the southw est corner of
and O ak a phenom ona is
can t expect the county assessor to delve into these mat Chetco
being w atched for. Last Fall a
ters—as he has a big enough job to handle already.
drain was layetl across 101, and
Our main point is that we can’t let the taxation the hum p is th e re yet, to take
care of th e flow down the Oak
and finance committee die. 1 hey can render a great Stneet hill. At th e far end ot
service to the county, and we should see th.tt they have the culvert a concrete box was
built w ith a conventional grill
moral and financial support to further their work.
atop it. T he top of th e grill sets
We are convinced that inequities in our current quite a bit above th e su rro u n d
tax structure exist—and it is going to take some effort ing co u n try and some of th e
pessim ists are inclined to feel
to correct them.
no w ater will ev er drain down
The recently completed meetings of the Curry
County Economic Survey Council has brought about
the accomplishment of a good many things. Most im
portant, of course, was the better understanding of die
county, its government and its problems by a number
of people. We’ve got to give credit to County Agent
Ken Priest for bring this understanding about.
We assume that a documented report on the re
commendations and findings of the various commit
W ELL CH ILD C LIN IC
tees will be made available to the press—and to the On May 18, between 9:30 and
county government.
11:30 a m., th ere will be a well
child clinic at th e Brookings
Primarily we are concerned right now with the grade school. Dr. R onniger and
tax structure of the county. We think that of all the Mrs. D orothea Miller, public
various groups, the one that could mean more in dol h ealth nurse, will do the ex am
lars and cents to the county was the Taxation and inations and imm unizations.
Finance Committee.
ABALONES
It was the findings of the committee that a state Some publicity it. being circu
re-appraisal wouldn't be completed until 1959. That, lated in m etropolitan new s
papers concerning the size and
ladies and gentlemen leaves the average county proper lusciousness of abalones taken
ty owner holding the bag for another four years
on th e lower C urry coast. Sev
We don’t think that this committee should dis
solve at this time. We think that the committee should
go into more detail about the re appraisal and re-assess
ment picture. They should find out just what is needed
in a complete study of the tax problem here. Then they
should, as they suggested, report to a joint Chamber of
Commerce meeting of Gold Beach, Brookings-Harbor
and Port Orford.
1 hen as a committee member suggested, the coun
ty or various Chambers should take over from there.
ERO û k IXGS, OREGON
eral are known to have been
taken between the sta te line and
W haleshead.
OCTOPUSSES
F red B aum gardner and W a r
ren McNeeley are reported to
have taken a whole mess of
these sea anim als off Bird Is
land. Some of them w ere said
to have been all th e gents w a n t
ed to tangle with. T hey're look
ing for recipes, now, as they are
very’ fine eating.
NOW
P/.G E THREE
H ospital in Medford in June,
she will be looking for w ork a ».
a medical technician to ht p i?r
th ree younger childrt n eeure
college educatio;
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y tu r-u id wu
.. aon to be
electrical appliance rep airm an ,
“We have decided to go w here-
ever Viola receives the best job,
for my w ork is neeeded every
where. We need both o u r in
comes so th at our children can
- V s -•'r husband Jam es, a n 1 com plete th eir education.”
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LIBRARY NEW S
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Mr. and Mrs. C arl Y har some O PPO RTU N ITY AT O TI
seventy m ore valuable books
An unusual g ra d u a te will re
a re w here m any jieople have ceive her diplom a in Medical
access to and can enjoy them . Technology Ju n e 8 from Oregon
W ith the McCulloch and H arm s, Technical In stitu te. Viola M.
and this collection, some 250 S herrick has passed h er exam i
volum es which will, alone, r e nation for h er A m erican Medical
q u ire some forty feet of shelv Technology R egistry as one of
ing. and still m ore could be the two highest in h er class ac
used for o th er volumes, eith er cording to D irector W. D. P ur-
now at the library or possibly vine. In 1954 she ¡»assed the
com ing in. The question now Oregon S ta te exam ination for
before th e house, who will build Licensed P ractical N urses w ith
this e x tra fu rn itu re to accom o a score of 97 per cent, th e high
d ate books w orth, at the very est ever achieved here.
least, $500?
In addition to being a house
By purchase th e re has been wife and the m o th er of four
ad d e d :
children from 10 to 18 years old,
Gods, G ia\i.’s and S cholars , Mrs. S herrick has w orked for
Ceram , excellent and en tertain - a K lam ath F alls physician. She
mg source m aterial on the peo- has been se cretary of the cam
ple who inhabited this e a rth pus honorary society S ilver Key,
thousands of y ears ago.
and secretary of H ippocrates,
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the states, from New foundland has received th ree p a rtia l schol-
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