Hie OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, February 9, 1&36
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Ready to Matt
Payment Starts' Feb. 14;
Leniency Granted on i
Delinquencies
- Tax statements tor 1936
those trim reminders of the facta
of life were completely typed
last night at the offices of Shor-
if f A. C. Burk here and by Thurs
day, February 13, will be in the
mails to carry their gloomy mas
cara to property holders of the
county.
- Payment of property taxes. for
193 begins officially Friday,
February 14, the first day the as
sessor'! books are formally turn
ed "oyer to the sheriff for collec
tion. The actual transfer a fort
night' ago of the last books was
made to make it possible for all
" property owners in the county to
receive statements of me taxes
they owe the county.
Back Payment Eased
Under the tax enactments of
the special session of the 1935
legislature, the taxpayer has been
extended greater leniency than
ever before in Ihe settlemht of
his old account with the county.
If he pays the 1936 tax before
it becomes delinquent that is
December 16, 1936, he can escape
all interest on his back taxes
(1935 excepted) provided he pays
this year one-quarter of the old
est Tear's taxes outstanding. In
succeeding years, as long as the
taxpayer keeps his current taxes
paid, he can pay only one-quarter
of the delinquent tax and tnus es
cane all interest.
Local tax collectors believe the
act Is going to cut, down current
tax receipts and do Tittle to hast
en back tax payments. Many
taxpayers who have paid their ob
ligations to the county in former
years are said to be regretful that
they paid In full, when due. and
to hare declared they would et
their current taxes go. thinking
a subsequent legislature will be
lenient and forgive the interest.
The sheriffs office is urging
the taxpayers to pay up back tax
es, in full, while interest pay
cents can be-escaped. A subse
quent legislature may restore the
Interest, the sheriffs-office argues
and thus a taxpayer had best take
the waiver of interest while it is
possible to obtain it.
Fright Rates on
Gasoline at Issue
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President Roosevelt was host to a group of past commanders of th Grand Army of the Republic, left to
right, General Oley Nelson, of Slater, la.; Judge James Willett, Tanna, la.; Samuel P. Town, Phila
delphia; Martin V. Stone, Jamestown, N. Y., and General R. C. Martin of Ix8 Angeles, when the
gronp visited Washington to make arrangements for the annual G. A. R. encampment in September.
Major reductions In the rail
road rates for gasoline shipped
Into the Medford, Grants Pass.
Roseburg and Marshfield terri
tories will be thoroughly debated
In 'Washington, D. C, this week
when applications for the. rate
changes come before the inter
state commerce commission there.
Frank C. McColloch, state utili
ties commissioner, goes east Tues
day to sit with the commission in
conducting the hearing. Both in
terstate and intrastate r&es are
involved.
Truck operators are fighting
the rate reductions which run as
high as 50 per cent Operators
claim the rate slashes would ruin
'their business and would result
In eventual boosting of railroad
Tates on gasoline when. - truck
competition had been destroyed.
Elks Bridge Race
To Close Monday
The six-weeks Elks club con
tract bridge tournament which
followed the Statesman-Elks tour
nament, will be concluded tomor
row night with three local players
bunched for first honors as the
final play is held. A few match
points margin for any one of
the three leaders would bring
first place to them, George
Ketchum, club conductor, ad
vises.
Mrs. L. S. Rankin is slightly
ahead as the tournament nears
its close, Tom Drynon comes sec
ond and Mrs. Ercel Kay is a
close third. Partners have been
rotated throughout the play.
Mr. Ketchum yesterday an
nounced that Mrs. Harry Weid-
mer and Mrs. W. Bowersox were
high north-south in Friday night's
play and Mrs. L. S. Rankin and
George Watson were high east
and west. Runners-up north and
south were Homer Smith and
Mrs. G. Goddard and Mrs. Roy
Byrd were runners-up east and
west.
After this week, Mr. Ketchum
will resume the play of the Cal
cutta - type tournament, having
announced one for Tuesday night.
Business Good in
South Savs Minto
Business is showing rapid im
provement in the south, John D
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his return from a four weeks mo
tor trip to southern California
and Arizona. Minto was accom
panied on the trip by Mrs. Minto
and by his parents, Mr, and Mrs
D. C. Minto.
Bnilding activity, both tew an l
remodeling, is increasing and LV,
heavy tourist traffic makes It
almost impossible to find hotel or
apartment accommodations In Los
Angeles, he said.
The Mintos visited Phoenix
Death Valley and the Boulder
Dam on the tour. The dam con
ctruction is practically complete
and the generation of power is ex
pected to start in July. Minto
said.
Deny Effort For
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; special session
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Oregon, and Ray Gill, state mas
ter of the grange, yesterday in
dividually denied that the or
ganizations they represent were
planning to demand a special ses
sion of the Oregon legislature in
order to -provide old-age pensions
with federal assistance for Ore
gon citizens. Rumors that the
grange and the union were to loin
with Townsend groups, demand
las that Governor Martin convene
the - legislature this spring, had
been current at the statehouse
last week.
Senator Byron Carney of Ore
gon City, who headed- the organi
sation which fought the proposed
sales tax, said he had heard noth
ing concerning such a conference.
February 18. A play fashioned
on this pattern several weeks ago
was greatly enjoyed by contract
bridge players.
Burk Not Certain
About Candidacy
Sheriff A. C. Burk hasn't tn
nounced his candidacy for reelec
tion but he's toying with the idea
and cau be counted on to bounce
his hat into the ring within a few
weeks.
"This job isn't any bed of
roses," Burk opined yesterday.
"However, it is interesting and
one can keep very busy at it."
Burk. a democrat, defeated
Oscar Bower in 1932 in the dem
ocratic landslide. He has no an
nounced opposition in his own
party, as yet. S. A. Harris and
James McGilchrist are both an
nounced candidates for the repub
lican nomination for sheriff.
Select Junior Play
FALLS CITY, Feb. 8. The
junior class have selected the
play entitled, "The Boss of the
Powderhorn," and the cast will
be selected in the near future un
der the guidance of Mrs. J. B
Hatch who will direct the play.
Rackets Topic of
Chamber Address
Smelt Union Row
Gets Airing Here
Both Sides Told; Market
Agreement Revised in
Mid-Season, Held
Rackets. Business, professional,
petty and big they'll be the topic
for a talk Monday noon by Lyle
J. Janz of the Portland Better
Business bureau, who will speak
to the Salem chamber of com
merce. Janz was recently elected
manager of the bureau, succeed
ing Robert M. Mount who becgjne
manager of the Pacific Northwest
Newspaper Publishers' associa
tion. The Salem chamber of coni
merce and the Business Men's
league here have both been ac
tive in seeking to eliminate busi
ness "rackets' in Salem. Three
complaints came to the latter or
ganization here last week: one
was from a woman who paid
$10.50 for a set of books and
never received a book; another
woman entertained a doorbell
ringer and while she ordered
nothing, shortly received the
merchandise and a threatening
collector; a third local "inves
tor" wanted a gum buying ma
chine. The salesmen took her
Initial payment and no machines
have turned up.
Two varying explanations of
the fishermen's union difficulty
which is causing one Salem mar
ket to be picketed, were given this
weekend although each story
agrees that the men whosejmeK
catches are declared "unfair"
were members of the union i p
to a few days ago,
Prices paid at Kelso for smelt
are high this year so much so
that fishermen under - favorable
circumstances are able to make
the startling wage of 1.45 per
minute lor the time they are ac
tually fishing, says W. S. Fitt.
one of the proprietors of the
market being picketed. With these
prices so long as they are uniform,
he declares, he has no quarrel
The prices were fixed by the un
ion arly in January. This favor
able situation drew a large num
ber of men into the smelt flshin
business.
There were however, says Fitts,
half a dozen or so well-establish
ed fishermen who had a majority
of the contracts to sell fimelt and
the others were having difficulty
in finding a market. This latter
group, In a" numerical majority
took action within the union to
sell all the smelt cooperatively
with all fishermen sharing alike
The men who had the contracts
naturally refused, and were black
listed by their fellow union mem
bers though they were parties to
the original agreement and. ac
cording to Fitts, are still adber
ing to it.
Union Side Told
Denial that the men against
whom picketing activities here
union of Kelso, Wash., were still
members of the union or that the
difficulty was within the organi
sation, is contained in a letter
from C. E. Farsberg, union Secretary.
He declares that the men deal
ing with the merchant here whose
place was picketed, had refused
to cooperate in a joint selling
program which the union adopted
by a 60 to 5 vote, and that they
were therefore asked to with
draw; when they refused, tbey
were blacklisted and refused use
of the union label.
Farsberg also said the men who
were, blacklisted, were not year
around fishermen but jumped into
the game during the peak run.
Must License Dog
By End of Month
February 28 is a positive dead
line for dog owners in Marion
county to pay their 1936 licenses
without ajl penalty being added,
the county clerk's office announc
ed yesterday. This year the doD'
license control board is in charge
of paying for sheep slain by dogs
and of handling collection of the
licenses, and prompt payment of
the licenses or a penalty, is the
dictum of the board. Its members
are Asel Eoff, sr., C. C. Cannon,
both -of Salem, and Robert Un
saker of Turner.
Heretofore Paul Marnach, d ,
license collector, has worked on
a fee basis,-receiving a percent
age of all licenses collected. Now
Marnach is on a flat salary, re
ceiving $150 a month for collect
ing licenses iand handling inspec
tions where dogs have killed
sheep. Oat of this sum. Marnach
must pay all the upkeep and
expense on his car.'
Nearly 800 licenses have' begn
issued to date at the courthouse,
Insurance Report
Reflects Revival
Assets and New Policies
of Northwestern Gain;
Farm Loans Lower
Last year 4700 dog licenses were
were aimed by the fishermen's issued in the county.
Substantial Increases in assess
and in new insurance paid for
are sbown in the 1935 annual re
port of The Northwestern Mutual
life insurance company, submit
ted to its board of trustees at the
home office in Milwaukee last
week, according to word received
here by Octon and Wenger. local
representatives.
Admitted assets reached an all
time high $1,071,991,955.41. an
increase of 5.3 per cent over 1934.
New insurance, Including annui
ties, amounted to $274,236,856,
an Increase of nearly 15 per cent.
Total insurance in force amount
ed. to $3,705,020,135, a slight in
crease over the previous year.
Farm Conditions Improve
Mortgage loan investments of
the company stood at $296, 448,
791, or 27.65 per cent of the ad
mitted assets. Of this amount
$108,924,856. or 10.16 per cent of
admitted assets, was invested in
farm mortgages. Farm mortgage
investments decreased by $37
381,764, largely because of tne
program of the federal farm cre
dit administration, many farm
borrowers have refinanced their
loans through this agency.
A decrease in the rate of ac
quisition of farms through fore
clasuie reflects the continued ag
ricultural improvement. The net
increase in farms owned in 1935
was 14 6, as compared with a net
increase of 469 in 1934. Seven
hundred thirty four farms were
sold for $6,119,670.46, which ful
ly covered the asset value and thf
costs of repairs, improvement
and selling.
The report points out the tre
mendous importance of the life in
surance companies in providing a
vehicle through which millions of
people are creating financial in
dependence for themselves and
dependents. ; .
."During the last six years,"
it' states, ''the' payment to th
policyholders and their benefici
aries by American life Insurance
companies have exceeded sixteen
billion dollars . . . sixty-odd mil
lion citizens of the country today
own policies . . . that total an ul
timate restate of more than one
hundred billion dollars. -"The
far reaching Importance
of these facts from a social and
economic standpoint is obvious.
The continued and expanded uso
of this service with its establish
ed safety and certainty may well
command the Interest of all who
are concerned in the preservation
of a system that makes possible,
personal freedom and individual
independence on a voluntary basis."
Win Four-II Pins
HUBBARD, Ore., Feb. 8. n
boys who received -f-H club pins
this week for work done in tns
handwork craft, under the direc
tion of Mel?in Wilson, were Ralph
Gant, Duane Hatcher, Harry Ben
net, Elton Uredenberg, Wallace
Brown, Fred Scheller, Carl Pop
penga, Ivan Ergish, Wade Chat
Held, Arthur Douglas and Wilbur
Shank.
Salem Native Is
; Buried in Eugene
Funeral services were held in
Eugene yesterday for Mrs. Orllla
Geneva Roney, 79, who was born
la Salem June 16, 1856, on the
Baker donation land claim. Her
parents were John and Nancy Ba
ker, among the first citizens of
thu community.
In 1889 she was married to Mr.
Roney and the family home was
maintained at 681 Jefferson
street in Eugene throughout the
years. Her widower and a brother,
J. O. Baker of Shoshone,' Idaho,
survive her. She was a charter
member of the Christian Science
church of Eugene and a member
of the Evangeline chapter. Order
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