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v i. - ".: i - PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Saleafr Oregon, Tuesday Morning, Fthnury It 1913 SESSION FOCUS BACK TO TAXES Retaining Three Mill Levy 0r,3 of 3 Alternatives Solonsnow Face ( Cbattneed from po 1) cent, the following figures are as ' accurate an estimate as the state tax commission may make. Feder. al income tax elnmpa the last six inoataa have been aa high as 47 per cast, to a 10 per cent reduc tioa mar Bet be adequate. H. B. S Won Id Afford Host Kevenote la 1933, based on a SO per cent drop la net Incomes, H. B. 48 woeld produce $119,000 addition, al ananal revenae. H. B. SOI would produce $417,000 addition al revenue. H. B. f would produce $$04,000 . added revenue. H. B. 411 woald produce $551,000 ad ditional rerenue. II. B. 410, most drastla of an, would presumably produee $807,000 additional rer enue. . These computations are based en tha amount of additional rev enue which would be produced above the tax commission's bud geted Income tax rerenue for 1931. This figure, $400,000, has vbeen Included In the state levy; addltioaa to the $400,000 would obviously go to reduce the prop erty tax mlllage if the new law provided such steps being taken by the commission. The largest possible increase in state revenue estimated on any Inheritance tax thus far proposed is $200,000 above the estimated returns for 1933 under the pres ent law. There are three other proposals for revenue aside from the gen eral sales tax and the above in creases. One is the Martin bill in the house providing for a sales tax on luxuries. Estimates on rev enue from this bill place the total at $600,000 with $500,000 com ing from the 10 per cent tax on the retail sales of tobaeco. Pass age of this bill is doubtful; ref erendum is certain inasmuch as the retail sales price of tobacco is now one-half tax, as far as cig arettes are concerned. Utility Receipts Tax Legality Doubtful Tha Gordon 5 per cent tax on gross utility receipts provides that this be passed on to the consum er but administered by the utility. The bill's constitutionality is questionable Inasmuch as utilities are now bearing a heavy property assessment load. Certain legisla tive lawyers hold the bill would be litigated and unless it could be shown that the tax was in the na ture of a franchise enactment which it is not the measure would not hold up. This leaves the so-called "tith ing measure" or "service charge" as its proponents prefer to have it deisnated. This might produce $700,000 annually to the state. Previous tithing measures have been soundly defeated. The bulk of the money comes from highway funds which heretofore have been held sacrosanct, not subject to assessment for general state rev enue. The ways and means com mittee may approve such a "re capture" bill for state emergen cies: It would have a hard legis lative fight. Taking tb.e grange income tax bill tha largest rates and the lowest exemptions the grange and labor have been able to agree up on, the Martin luxury tax and the tithing bill as well aa the stlffest inheritance tax yet proposed, the legislature presumably could se cure this much new or recaptured revenue for each year of the 1133 1934 biennlum: Income tax additions. . .$504,000 Inheritance tax boosts.. 200,000 Luxury tax 600.000 Tithing tax 700,000 ToUl misc. taxes. . .$2,004,000 Provided these are all enacted and are not defeated by referen dum, the legislature presumably could reduce the state millage from three to one mill for 1933 end 1934 bv these Indirect tax boosts. The third alternative, the one favored by Governor Meier and a presumed majority In the house. Is a general sales tax. The new est proposal: 2 per cent on retail sales, 1 on retail services, per cent on manufacturers' and wholesalers', would produce $6, 000.000 annually, it is estimated. Halt of this after 1933 would go to tha counties; half to the state. Thus the direct property levy for state purposes would be eliminat ed and the counties. In lieu of their losses In taxes from personal property, would have almost an equal amount ot sales tax Income. Alternatives two and three pre sent, the essential fight ahead In the remaining days of the 17th session. Legislators who believe tha existing taxes should be left status auo are In a decided min ority. They are being pressed by county eourts at home for some readjustment, forseeing that in lOILYVJOOiy Home of 2Se Talkies LAST TIMES TODAY IE ffm with Richard Arlen Zita Johann Weftaesday Thursday : WEDNESDAY N1TE IS DISD2 NITE T creasing realty tax deliaauenciea, coupled with a naw three-mill tax tor state Purposes, will leave tie county treasuries dry. No Organized Fight Against Income Tax There Is no organized lobby against increased income and In heritance tax levies. Tha main concern of the legislature li how much real returns these will yield: the tax commission thinks tha only income tax which wm produce a really large chunk of money la one with extremely low exemptions. This prediction fs made because figures for 1911 show incomes above $5000 an nually are few and far between la Oregon. Tha greatest resistance to the administration's sales tax pro gram, will come, first, in tha sen ate, and secondly, in the inevita ble referendum tight. Probably a sales tax will pass the senate. Two more votes would have turn ed the trick in the special session and these three rotes should be secured, first, through the new light thrown on the state deficit, the state budget and the state needs In the lvt six weeks. More over the governor up to date, has not turned a hand to influence the votes of senators by personal, direct action. With the patronage and other powers the executive controls, it Is an Inert governor who cannot swing to his side a senate as nearly divided aa the special session senate's opposition to the sales tax. OF (Continued from pag 1) two years' premiums." he told the committee, "and we can make the other expenses." Those speaking against the bill to create a new fair board Includ ed R. V. Hogg, Salem stockman;; J. J. Sechrist, Ballston, vice pres ident of the Oregon State farmers' union; and G. W. Potts, Marion county farmer and chairman of the legislative committee of the Farmers Union of Marion county, who pleaded, "Don't throw Max out." All members of the state board of agriculture were present. They are J. O. Holt, Eugene, chairman; M. G. Gunderson, Silrerton; J. R. Richards, The Dalles; Mac Hoke, Pendleton; Martin Rostvold, Woodburn; Morton Tompkins, Dayton; and Fred Cockell, Mil waukee. C Winfrey Putnam Called by Death At Independence Winfrey N. Putnam, 73, died at Independence, Ore., at 6:30 p. m. Monday. He was born in Lawrence county, Missouri, August 14, 1859. He was the husband of Belle Putnam and father of Mrs. Ger trude Edwards of Mavllle, Ore., brother of Marion Putnam of Sa lem. Funeral services will be held from the chapel of the Clough Barrlck company, Wednesday, February 15, at 2:30 p. m. Inter ment will be made In City View cemetery. LEGIOXN AIRES AT SHERIDAN A number of Salem legion naires attended the annual dinner in honor of past commanders of the Sheridan post last night. Ar rangements were in charge of Ed Baylies, past district commander and grand chef de gare of the 40 et 8, and Otto Heider. VOTE AGAINST BEER BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 13 (AP) Without a dissenting vote or a word of debate, the Idaho state senate defeated a bill legalizing S.S per cent beer in Idaho. It had passed the house. Ends Today (Better GEM HID 1 DEFENDED m M3dv &3BMrJ tor? mtm1 msomi mm & mam It X . 1 1 1 1 1. V !U-r' and w m rssk. across 7 SPECtALf a AMIS ATTUCTIOMST ABE LYMAN and HIS BAND Newa Events MatXZSa Ere. 25c-33cv n I hj The Call Board By OLIVE M. DOAK The Capitol Today Robert Armstrong and Constance Cummlngs In "The Billion Dollar Scandal". Wednesday Kent Taylor and Lone Andre in Zane Grey's -Mysterious Rider' The Elalnore Today Speaeer Tracy la "30.000 Tears la Sing Sing". Wednesday Walter Huston In "American Madness". Friday Ann Harding and Leslie Howard in "The An imal Kingdom". The Grand Today - Spencer Tracy la "Pace in tha Sky". Thursday David Manners in "The Crooner". Friday Vaudeville and Re- gis Tooney on the screen In "State Troaper". DEBT RELIEF HEED CITED IT HEARING (Continued from pea 1) sure, Chester A. Moores, repre sentative of the Portland Realty board, said such action defeated its own purpose by drying up credit, making renewals impos sible and further contributing to deflation of values. He said his board supported his position. 'Fundamentals' are Stressed by Bronangk X. C. Bronaugh ot Portland, said he was a debtor and subject to the difficulties ot one, but ha declared he was not going to lot any exigency drive him away from fundamental principles." The speaker declared: "We are not going to bring recovery by setting one class against an other." John Cassidy, a Portland law yer, spoke vigorously against any moratorium proposals. He said they were unconstitutional and would be thrown out by the courts as impairing tha obliga tions of a contract. Cassidy con tended that tha laws of the state at the time an obligation waa made, were part of the obligation which protected the mortgagee. F IS E (Continued from page 1) Fighting against legislation was a numerous delegation from As toria including former Represen tative G. A. Hellberg. Other speakers were Cecil Moberg, John Strangholm, and Andrew Sepp. James W. Mott, former legis lator from Clatsop and Marlon counties, now national congressman-elect from the first district, was a prominent speaker In oppo sition to allowing operation of fish wheels. Principal arguments ot oppon ents to the bill were that salmon caught by wheels are chiefly of value for hatching purposes. Wheel caught fish, although help ing, a certain number ot persons, are attained only to the detriment of the publie at large and to the majority of other fishermen who work the lower reaches of streams for good quality salmon, it was L asserted. Than 7 Am a FngtHve') ISH WHEEL SUES H ONGE MOR Tomorrow & Thursday - rays aearehbagiy every 1 t- dreama . . . thundering . the acreesu FJSTEII PM1T OF STATE STILL GOLD PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 18 (AP) A frigid east wiad swept cities near tha eastern boundary ot Oregon early today and tha chlBing blast caused tha record ing of severe sub-aero tempera tures at many points. Pendleton was visited by tha lowest temperature since 1110, with 11 degrees below zero aa its minimum. A few miles eastward, Meacham in tha Blue mountain region, aaw tha mercury speedily tumble to 41 below bat a few days attar relief had been ob tained from tha wintera low mark ot 11 below zero. La Grande residents awoke to sea more anow added to aa al ready hoary fall and nlaa below sera on tha thermometer while Enterprise shivered with 31 be-lo-w recorded. Tha mid-Columbia section also felt the chilly galea and the Col umbia river Is frozen from bank to bank for the second time this winter. The occurrence Is said to be the first in the memory of older residents. Portland and vicinity had slightly warmer temperatures with a maximum of 14 recorded and a minimum ot 1$ Monday, while coast and southern Oregon points received near normal win ter temperatares during the day. SAFEGUARD CREDIT. IS ADVICE OF FORT (Continued from page 1) amortisation It months ago' and waa being lenient with interest payments." " Fart said any attempt to re lieve men who can pay fr&td meet ing Ihelr obligations will "dry ap the springs of credit." Fort's visit came only a few hours after tha senate had passed its bill lit. This will permit, it passed by tha house and signed by the governor, the purchase by Oregon Institutions of cooperative stock in tha Home Loan bank. Medical Men to Gather Tonight, Saturday Night The Polk-Yamhill-Marion Med ical society will hold two meet ings this week, one tonirht and the other Saturday night, accord ing to vr. w. W. Baum, secretary Tonight at 6:10 o'clock tha med ical men will aether in the Mi sonic temple banquet room to hear Dr. Martin Howard of Portland discuss a technical subiect. The Saturday meeting, at the same hour and place, will be a special one called for the purpose of hearing Dr. W. W. Newman of San Francisco, noted practitioner. speaa on "Heart Disease". FOUR FIRES OCCUR Cltr firemen mivrMl fnnr calls for minor biases over the weekend. Sunday morning a short Circuit caused a minor hlax a 930 Tamarack street and that eve ning a cnlmney fire waa extin guished at the C. O Robrtnn residence. 442 North H!b ttrut A gasoline blase at th Mini eoniectionery on Court street was q a 1 o k 1 y smothered yesterday morning and a fire In an automo bile parked at the rear of tha Sen ator hotel waa put out before fire men arrived. BABY BUGGY FOUND Cltr notice vesterdav warn imI I In the Identification of the ner son who lost an expensive baby buggy on tha Pacific highway three miles north Sunday. Tha buggy was picked up and brought to police neadquarters. Hurry Last Day THE DUIGJ DOIW1 SCAfWM 7 OMAiACUKOrA Y end Request Picture j Ed. Wynn in 'FOLLOW THE LEADER' 3 DATS STARTING TOMORROW ZAK2 DBTS COGtETlHG RODEO of THE COULD2R DAM AKD-GHAC. ejf t Leg Is 'Advertised nrr.innuA crrr. raw 11, SAWl Soma woman vha lost her rtrfet las- raeantlr eaa recover It by applylag at tha police gtetloa here. Tha artificial leg waa among articles recovered by tha atolaa goods 'bureau. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. It. (AP) Alarm clocks which resi dents couldn't toss out tha win dow harraased aleepera this mora lag. Fighting planes participating In tha Joint army and nary man euvers roared over tha city awak ening residents at assorted hours. LEBANON. Mo.. Feb. 11. (AP) When Jasper Berry em erged after digging himself out ot the county Jail ha found no one la sight except the sheriff, the prosecuting attorney and two dep uties. So Berry went back to JalL SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 11. (AP) Streets being what they are, with snow and lea making fast driving perilous, It was pretty convenient when fire laddies at one station had a conflagration delivered right at their doorstep today. A short circuit set fire to a street car filled with students on their way to school. The stu dents had no more than piled out when the firemen were on tha Job with extinguishers. The car had stopped directly In front of tha fire station. BELLEAIR. Fla.. Feb. 13. (AP) Babe Ruth qualified to day with a card of 4 0-4 S 11. la the Belleair amateur golf cham pionship and figured ha had land ed in an easy enough match play field to have a chance of winning the tournament. Garret A. Hobart of Areola, N. J., won tha medal with a round of 19-11 77. Ruth found himself In sixth place In tha medal scoring. He three-putted the first two greens. took a fire on two short holes and two sevens. Aside from these mishaps, he played well. On the 10th hole he dropped a 3 8 -footer for a birdie three. When Ruth missed a shot, his only remark was: "Imagine that!" Babe's strong point, as usual. was his terrific tee shots. Ruth meets W. R. Harper ot Philadel phia, In the first round of match play. Police Benefit Dance to Have Two Orchestras Dancing to suit the varied tastes of the rhythm lovers of Sa lem and vicinity will be offered at Crystal Gardens starting at 9 o'clock tomorrow night, by the Salem police department, which la staging the affair la benefit to Its short wave radio fund. Lively. orehestraa have been obtained to play both modern and old-time music and entertaining Intermis sion acts are promised. Chief Frank Mlnto plans to put a police radio transmitter In op eration as soon as funds are la sight to pay for tha Installation. Tha Boxing and Wrestling com mission benefit held last month netted nearly $100 for the taad. GROCER IS HELD UP MEDFORD, Ore.. Feb. 13 (AP) Three men covered W. A S tarns, Medford grocery man, with guns as he was preparing to close his store door and then forced him to lie on the floor while they rifled tha cash register of $10 In cash, here tonight. Matinee 2:15 BABE QUALIFIES III AMATEUR TOH APicturc-MdkingScnsaUon! 7 FKMK tO0AM Ht:;;il TIB PflOPOSAL draws opposmorj (Oemtuoed xreea page 1) a arses noma at tha etate tuberca losia hospital aear Salens waa re- r starred to a commute for fur ther investigation- Tha nursee aow occupy sleeping quarters la tha mala hospital. house bill approprlatlag $S 00 with which to Improve tha 8panUh-American War veterans' burial plot la Rtrerriew cemetery near Portland was approved. Tha request for an appropria tion of $7000 to provide for a traveling psychiatric clinic will be considered by the ways and means committee tonight. Representative Dammasch said ha believed this appropriation was warranted, and that it would result In a large an nual saving to the taxpayers of tha state. Tha ways and means committee probably will complete its work Wednesday night, when final re port will be prepared. ; A subcommittee recommended that $1,100,000 be eliminated from the special requests for the World war veterans state aid com mission, but It later was discover ed that this activity Is self-supporting and receives no state ap propriation. Yew Park Evens Double Header At Aumsville AUMSVILLE, Feb. 11 The Yew Park second ttrinr hukn. ball team waa defeated by the Aumsvuie second string team Friday night f-11. The Aums ville lineup waa Donald Hankel, Clold Wlgle. Andy Foster, Frank Tripp and Northup Bates. Sub stitutes waa Lawrence Roberts. Tha Aumsville first string team waa defeated by the Yew Park first string team by a score of 40-41. Tha score stood 19-41 at the final whistle but a foul made the other point for tha lo cals. Tha starting lineup for Aumsville waa Ed Hankel, Ray mond Morgan. John Ogle, Rod Hendry and Mozart Tappln. Sub stitutes, Cletus Lebold and How ard Long. R f.C. Funds for Industries Asked In Goss Memorial A memorial introduced hv sen ator Goss Monday urgea congress to enact legislation making avall- aoie to the states for the use and benefit ot industrial interests a part of the reconstruction finance corporation funds. Goss declared that such a law would assist ma terially in developing the Indus tries of the various states and provide work for the unemployed. Southern Pacific Dollar Day Offer Comes on Feb. 24 A three-day program of Dollar Day roundtrips between all sta tions on Its lines la six western states will be Southern Pacific's excursion offer over the Wash ington's Birthday weekend, it waa announced yesterday. Tha low tares, based oa a cent a mile, will ba la effect February "Believe me, B want a Car that's Safe!" A CKTIRED fflTEtYnW WITH POUCI UfiUTEMANT AMOS ANORSOM. DAJUEH, CONN. I tnem ta my work, go asfr saeana a lot to me. thinking cla great deal mwriiaa to good '. T-t . , - ... . '-- - : ... - , , i ri ad.iM protection Cor my wxi I looked at other lowpdcc4 cars, thea canal end little girl la that steel body aodtb safety glass." back to Plymouth. Nowadays, I fed a lot safer." I govo thorn all tho YM f thinking of safer these days engineered the txctss utigU out of tha car! JZ (iil V"- Also, Iff a victimless Sir ...with that p,"r7a jV ia No wonder Lieutenant Anderson decided lrAJX that Plrmouth offer, more for tha money. i ti.u : ... ww races 4-eooi sedan now sts lcsl PLYMOUTH SIX '495 14. if and It. according to A. F. Nota. local agent, who stated that tha flaal return limit win ba If arch J. Under tha arrangement, it waa pointed out. excursionists will bo able to utilise tha Dollar Day transportation to attend San Francisco's spectacular celebra tion of ground-breaking tor tha Golden Gate Bridge on February It. -The Uaited State battle fleet will bo in the harbor for the colorful ceremonies. Community programs will be presented Friday night by Salem civic clubs, cooperating with Sa lem chamber of commerce at Bethany, Brush Creek and Sher wood, as follows: Brush Creek Booster club, Fri day night, by Salem Zonta club. Miss Dorothy Pearee in charge Music by American Legion auxil iary trio and talk by Don H. Up john. Bethany Community c!-. Fri day night, by Capital post. Ameri can legion, Onaa 8. Olson In charge George Heeseman and Ernest White, accordionist and triple tap daneer; Haywire or chestra. Dr. A. D. Woodmansee, H. R. "Rufa" White, Frank Zinn and Dr. S. F. Scott; address, "Aa X see the 1911 Legislature", by Brasier C. Small; boxing exhibi tion. Jones vs. Randall. Sherwood Motion pictures shown by Dr. David B. HilL Falls City Has Three Wins in Two Evenings FALLS CITY, Feb. It The local basketball squads have come out victorious In the last two games played on the home floor. The Buell grade school team was defeated Thursday night It to 12. Friday night In a double header the local high school five won over the Alrlte high school, 21 to 17. Referee, Nelson. The Falls City Loggers defeat ed the Airlie home towners, 31 to 27. Referee, Zuver. Silverton Slate Has 2 Big Tilts SILVERTON, Feb. 13 Two Interesting basketball games have been arranged for the Silverton high school team. The first of these will be played Wednesday at 8 p.m. when the Eugene Frosh will play here. The next game will be played with Astoria here on the 25th at 8:30 p.m. FACE in the SKY Saaacar TRACY NIXON E3WIN PROGRAMS PUD, HEEC0MM1TIES Third Degree... and then picked Plymouth" tin TO IE FIIJCIAL HOLIDAY DETROIT. Feb. 14 (AP) Governor William A- Corns toek early today issued a proclamatloB calling for an eight day pubUa holiday in Michigan, during which time "all banks, trust companies and other financial Institutions conducting a banking or trust business within tha state ot Mich igan shall not ba opened for transaction of banking or trust business." WALLA WALLA. Wash., Feb. 13 (AP) Officers of the First National bank and the Union bank and Trust company announ ced tonight that they will dose for a 00-day period beginning February 14. Plana tor a consol idation of the two Institutions fell through at the last minute be cause the Reconstruction Finance corporation's inability to extend at this time as much credit ss contemplated under the plan. Four Hawaiians Are Cleared of Massie Charges HONOLULU. Feb. 11 (AP) The finale of a case which by lta ramifications shook Hawaii to lta social and governmental founda tions was written today whoa charges against four men of mix ed blood accused of criminally at tacking Mrs. Thalia Massie, bride of a naval officer, were dropped at the request ot the prosecution. A nolle prosequi or discontinu ance, was noted in the case, free ing four men who had been held under bond for more than a year and clearing the name of another, Joseph Kahawai, who was kidnap ep by Mrs. Massle'a mother, Mrs. Granville Forteecue; her husband. Lieutenant Thomas H. Massie, and two enlisted men ot the navy, and shot to death in the Fortee cue home by the naval officer. WAS ALL READY TO GIVE UP Ufa Look Brighter Sine She) Took Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound "I was so rundown and weak that I could hardly walk. I waa about ready to give up when I tried Lydia E. Pink ham'a Vegetable Compound. Binee then I have bad three more babies and I feel well and strong. I am taking: tha medicine again now at the age of forty three. I am also giving it to my daugh ter." M&a. J. 3- Aim. 2693 Alle ghany Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Don't go another day without tha help this medicine can give you. Get a bottle from your nearest drug store immediately. 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