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1? PAGE NINE Tha OREGON STATESMAN SafeaT Oregon. Sonday Mondng. December IS, 1931 HELD HUT KEEDED DOCiety Pacific Highway Widening Possible Without it-. No Fund Available Both Marion and Clackamas counties are baring difficulty In solving the problem of the where withal to buy right of way for widening the Pacific highway be tween Salem and New Bra, it has hmn bronrht out in the last week. Neither county has made any provision In the 1932 budget for ralslnr funds for right of way purposes, and there is no exist ing fund from which the money can be diverted. Widening of the Pacific high way, between Salem and New Era orieiaallv was advocated more than a year ago. At that time it was proposed that the pavement should be 30 feet wide, to pro vide three lanes of traffic, and that the right of way would not exceed 70 feet. This apparently waa agreeable to the members of th old state highway commission, and it - was generally presumed that such a project eventually would be adopted. Then followed changes in the personnel of the state highway commission, and injection into the project of various new angles not included in th original pro posal. One of these proposals recommended a 20 foot pave ment, which would not permit three lanes of traffic, and would be wholly Inadequate to meet the existing demands of that part of the highway to be widened. This was ODDOsed vigorously by the several Willamette valley com m unities. All Communities Fnpport Widening When It became apparent that the widening operations might be jeopardised by new proposals and theories, a series of meetings was held In Salem, with representa tives of virtually all the- commun ities along the highway in attend' ance. At (he last of these meet ings it was decided definitely that nothing less than a 30 foot pavement would be acceptable. This information later was sent to the state highway commission In the form of resolutions. At a more recent meeting of the state highway commission held In Portland the 30 foot pavement proposal was accepted as a basis for the widening oper ations with the provision that the right of way should be 100 feet in width. Further provision was made that this right of way 'should be provided by the coun ties before operations would get under way. The width fot the present right of way between Sa lem and New Era Is 60 feet. Marlon county officials de clared that there is no valid rea eon why the state highway com mission should demand a 100 loot right of way. when the width of the pavement will be limited to 30 feet. These offi cials pointed out that a 70 foot right of way would provide ade quate space for the pavement, shoulders, dratnage facilities, and public utility necessities. Alternate Route Is now Considered As a result of the alleged ex cessive demands being made; by the state highway commission, many Willamtte valley residents Are now discussing abandonment of the Pacific highway widening operations, and are proposing completion of the Salem-Cham-oeg-Portland road. It was ar tgued that this highway would be shorter In distance, and that the necessary right of way could be purchased much cheaper tnan long the route it is now pro rosed to widen. Even though Marlon county at tempts to meet the demands of the highway commission, with re lation te the purchase 01 aacu tlenat right of way, the shortage of fafids at this time probably will retard materially the con traction operations, and prevent any work being done on the road next rear. A similar condition exists In Clackamas county, officials said C. K. Soauldinc. Salem mem ber of the state highway com mission, announced In Oregon Cltr last week that he was op- nosed to the 100 footT-lgnt-of wav. and thought a 60 foot right-of-way would be sufficient. Other members, of the state nlchwar commission are J. C. Alnsworth of Portland and WI1 liam Hanler of Burns. . It was reported Saturday that any attempt on the part of the state highway commission or the counties to force the 100 foot rtht-of-way will be opposed In the courts. One petition protesting against the acaulsltlon of additional rlarht of way already has been presented to the Marion county court. 4- N ews Politics Lecture Pleases A. A. U. W. Members of the A. A. TJ. W. were pleased with tne lecture which was presented by Prof. W. C. Jones on the general subject of "Politics," Saturday afternoon at the 1 o'clock luncheon meeting of the group in the Elks temple. Both humorous and instructive, Professor Jones made his points with much Interest Prof. Cameron Marshall, head of the department of music In Willamette university, sang a group ot numbers accompanied by Robert Magin. Mrs. Harry Keeney was hostess for the afternoon. The luncheon tables were attractively arranged with red tapers in silver sticks, and other Christmas symbols. The next meeting will be the third Saturday In January. Mrs. George Gibson Entertains Club Mrs. George Gibson entertained at her home Friday afternoon in compliment to members ot the Dakota social afternoon club. A Christmas scheme of decorations was carried out with the use of poinsettas, mistletoe and a beau tiful, lighted Christmas tree. A short business session was held, after which a Christmas pro gram and social afternoon were enioved. At the close of the meet ing refreshments in keeping with Christmas were served. Jefferson. Mrs. Lyman W. Patton and Mrs. Fred Wied were hostesses to the Jefferson Wom an's club at the home of the for mer Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. C M. Smith opened the meeting. The roll call, "Christ mas in Other Lands." was inter esting and educational; R. J. Wright gave a vocal solo, "The Heavenly Song" (Dudley Buck); Miss Marguerite Looney read an interesting Christmas story, and the program was brought to a close with a vocal solo by Mr. Wright. Gifts from the hostesses were distributed by a real Santa Claus, and luncheon was served. Mem bers present were Mrs. A. B. Hlnz, Mrs. D. H. Looney, Mrs. C. L, Thurston, Mrs. John Terhune, Mrs. Herbert Looney, Mrs. H. D. Mars, Mrs. C. M. Smith, Mrs. V. D Looney, Mrs. Karl Steiwer, Mrs. M. D. Looney, Miss Eleanor Loon ey, Mrs. James Pate. Mrs. W. H. Sherman, Mrs. Robert Terhune, Miss Marguerite Looney and the hostesses, Mrs. Patton and Mrs. Wied. Guests for the afternoon were Miss Esther Roland, Mrs. E. E. Dent, R. J. Wright. Mrs. Fred Barna and son Billy. Mrs. O. M. Aupperle and Mrs. J. T. Jones. Mr and Mrs. W. D. Henry were hosts at an Informal dinner at their rural home, m.tiIo. UMmd". Friday night. " " .. '.. . t. TtriA via tkA i version m tu ut'cv -7 . .... JM evening. The guest group muu- Rd Mr. and Mrs. Bert u. iac Trinrood Hetehts. Mr. ana sura. O. Russell and air. ana Jr. w n. CnMri ni saiem. Mr. nu MrY Kenneth Henry and small ita04tAi norlnne and tne nosis. uuuo , - . tf mil Mr vr . 11. tienrv Zena. Cleo Chance. Mills City, and Al- MiriA vernuuc aaugnier 01 u an a Mr. J. H. Wilkenson of KtAvton. were married Saturday ftfAAn &t the home of the of- ffeutinr minister. Rev. D. J. Howe. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pres- tnn Af Mill cttr attenaea inem. Mr. and Mrs. Chance will make their home at Mill City. The West Way dab of. th Wo- mil's Benefit association for this year wlll.be headed by Mrs. Avis Martin. Other officers are Mrs. Kathertne BernardI, - vice-president; Jennie ' Miller, secretary treasurer; Agnes Coenberg,-chairman membership committee; - 80 phla Maplethorpe, sewing commit tee ichairman. War Mothers Plan Christmas Party . Carols and readings all la com pliment to the Christmas season will; feature the Tuesday meeting of the American War Mothers at 2 o'clock In the American Luther an church. Christmas will also be apparent in the decorations which will; grace the social rooms. Following the program Mrs. Mae! Salisbury and her committee will; serve tea. Assisting Mrs. Salisbury will be Mrs. Carrie Beechler, Mrs. Rose Hagedorn, Mrs; Prudence Bouffleur, Mrs. Lena Charrlngton, Mrs. Mary EyrB, Mrs. Minnie Keeney Mrs. Anna Lewis, and Mrs. Lucetta White. i Hubbard. The Pink and Lav ender club will meet in its regu lar i session December 22 at the home of Mrs. Anna-ScholL A spe cial feature on the program will be a Christmas tree and the ex change of gifts among the members. Members ot the Toemen and their friends held a card party at the; Fraternal temple Saturday evening. Refreshments were serv ed at the close of playing. Chad wick Chapter Flans Christinas The annual Christmas program for Chad wick chapter. Order of Eastern Star, will bo observed Tuesday night la the Masonlo tem ple. Mrs. Susan Varty wilt he fa charge ot the program of musle and a play. There will be a large Christmas tree and thlt will be arranged with Inexpensive gifts. . The men are taking charge of this party and William Nelmeyer and his com mittee will be in charge ot the exchange of presents. David Wright and his commit tee, will be la charge of the dec orations and Lou Grote and his committee will take charge ot the refreshments. Sidney. Mrs. L. B. Smith was hostess to the Ankeny . Woman's dub at her home Thursday af ternoon. Roll call was answered with Christmas suggestions. Club members present were Mrs. George Marlatt, Mrs. J. O. Farr, Mrs. Sidney Howard, Mrs. C. F. Johnston, Mrs. R. H. Farr and Mrs. Charles Whltaker of Los Angeles, who was a visitor. Names were drawn for the club Christmas, which will be held at Mrs. 8warts home Tuesday, De cember 22. The Leslie Girl Reserve group will hold its Christmas party Wed nesday afternoon after school at the T. W. C. A. and at this time will bring In ceremonial presen tation the gifts which will be -pre sented by it to the tuberculosis hospital children December 23. TAX LOT WILL BE REPORTtD IBM tl Will be Limited to School Item With Rate About 2X8 Mills, Word The tax levy ter 1122. based en the property valuations for this year, will be announced by the state tax commission here Monday. The state tar for 1122 will be limited to the elementary school levy, with a rate of approximately Z.01 mills. The state tax tor 1921. based on the property valuation for last year, was fftt mills. It was possible to wipe out the state tax on property for next year, exclusive ot the elementary school levy, through the elimin ation of -certain fixed taxes, and Increased receipts. Among the le vies eliminated were the one-mill market road. tax. and the one-half mill tax for the operation of the world war veterans state aid com mission. The market road tax law was repealed at th 1931 leg islative session, while the one-half mill tax forth e world war veterans state aid commission, was waived Forty members of the -high school Epworth League ot the Jason Lee church with their ad visor, Mrs. Nelson, held a Christ mas party at the church Friday night. The group ' played Christ mas games and refreshments were served. Miss Lena .Belle Tartar, accom panied by Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Tar tar and daughter Ann, will motor te Eugene today to hear the pre sentation ot the University of Ore gon aasic department of Handel's "Messiah." for the rear 1911. The records show that the mar ket -road tax raised approximately 11,118.099 annually, .while the world war Veterans state aid tax raised 1150.009 each year. A. re port issued recently by the world war veterans state aid commission Indicated that ample money was available to conduct that depart- meui. during the next year. In calculating the. 1922 state tax levy It also was necessary for we staie tax commission to take Into consideration receipts from the Intangibles, personal Income and corporation excise tax laws enacted by the 1921 legislature. These receipts will aggregate ap proximately 14,000,000, members of the state tax commission said. A compilation comoleted Satur day shows that the county prop erly valuations in Oregon are low er this year than for some time past. This situation will enter into the returns from the mills go levies which are outside of the six per cent limitation. At a re cent meeting of the state board of higher education In Salem it was estimated that the miliars re ceipts for the support of the high er educational institutions in 1932 would show a decrease of 1 6fc0 when compared with the receipts rrom tne same source this year. Tne public utility property val uations for 1931, on whic the 1932 tax levy will be based, are slightly In excess of those fixed by the State tax commission for last year. nun mm i 1U.SSSHS Bend Companies Treated Too Well Previously Says Tax Commissioner eonaty treasury and had deterred many other taxpayers from remit ting their tax obligations for the last hall of the year. After delving deeper into the tax records ot Deschutes county today. Galloway declared that for many years the property valua tions ot the two Bead mills were held at i ridiculously low figure. Galloway charged that this situ ation apparently was due to the Indifference of .the Deschutes county assessor. Molalla Man is Seeking Permit B. F. Elmore of Molalla. has tiled with the state engineer here an application for permission to construct a reservoir for the stor age of four acre feet of water from Bull creek, tributary of Mill creek, for the irrigation of lands In Clackamas county. Charles V. Galloway, member ot the state tax commission, will not give an Inch in connection with the proposal that the Shev-lln-JXixon and Brooks - Scanlon timber companies, operating near Bend la Deschutes county, shall receive a depreciation item of six per cent tor a period of four or tire years in the future, based on their property valuations. This was made plain by Gallo way Saturday, after he had con sidered further the request for a readjustment ot the tax differ ences existing between the state tax commission and the mill Own ers. The proposal to allow the two mill companies a depreciation Item of six per cent on their equipment and machinery, so that the operators would pay the last half of their 1921 taxes without further delay or litigation, was placed before the state board of control and state tax commission here yesterday by F. 8. McGarvey, N. R. Gilbert and C. L. Manheim- er, representing the Bend chamber of commerce and many taxpayers of the Bend district. McGarvey told the state tax commissioners that unless some adjustment was made and the mill companies paid their last half taxes for 1931, it might be neces sary to close or curtail the activi ties of two school districts at Bend. McGarvey also emphasized the statement that the non-pay ment of the tax by the mill com panies had depleted the Deschutes EH W BE HELD FOD DAMAGE An examiner of the operators division, secretary of state, may be held liable for damages re sulting from an sccldeat Involv ing the car in which he Is eon ducting a driving examination If the examiner disregards the laws of the road, or la any way Is negligent In directing the appli cant as to the manner In which he shall proceed. 1 This was the oplaioa of Attor ney General vanvinkie banded down Saturday. Whether or not the driver is liable for damages In any given ease is a question of fact to be decided from the evidence pre sented in the matter. Van Winkle ruled. The attorney general held that the examiner who has been ap pointed under the provisions of law to conduct examinations of applicants for operators and chauffenr licenses is performing a lawful duty. The opinion was requested by Hal B. Hobs, secretary of state. Illinois birth rate for 1930 was 16.7. lowest In all time, but it topped the death rate, which was 10.9, also a new low. SPECIAL oem IT fin i Problems - In Christian living from the viewpoint of the young people of the church will be pre sented to the congregation attend ing services at the First Presby terian church tonight. Members of the young people's department will furnish special music, the ser mon and will lead In prayer. Charles GlanolL Willamette un iversity sophomore and chairman of the program committee of the young people's Christian Endea vor society, has made arrange ments tor the program. . He will deliver the sermon. Miss Mildred Mnlkey will sing the offertory eolo and Melvln Crow, society song leader will lead the con- ft C I fl Jr n An fil That Carry Expression of Refinement from the Giver iWe have selected our Hosiery, Hand Bags, House Slippers and other gift merchandise to fill the demand of the buyer who must have his or her gift outstanding and distinctive and showing careful selection . . it A Large Display of Cards at OTHERS RANGING FROM . Sc to 25c IJ Attractive box assort- ments containing from ml HI onev dozen to two dozen II car da at II 35C up 1 1 Why not a Star doUar book for Christmas? Tfeey make I III appreciative gifts. I NEEDHAMS . I Atlas.Rook 1 Store ' III 465 State St. Phone 5802 Rollins Runstop PURE SILK HOSE with the laco top - all thai new shades Ji $450 Rollins Runstop NEW NET HOSE in black and other late shades jgj you must see this new number to appreciate it! 3 pairs $H)00 Vtwa Via Ladies' Leather and Silk Hand Bags many new numbers brown, blackgreen or blue last season $4.95, $5.95 and $7.95 now Men's Sox $115 $295 5595 in wool, silk & wool, silk & rayon, lisle Ac rayon regular 50c, 75c, $1 all go on sale, one price 3 pairs $11 00 ft to L ' I $alni,Ofogo: raeational singing. OtIl6r'rs of the society ercr. - th eren- wW, '2 ' WV. "