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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, FRIDAY. APRIL 27, 1945
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RURAL SCHOOL TAX EQUALIZATION
Tuesday we referred in this column to the peculiar situa
tion which could develop in Bend if the rural school tax
equalization bill should be passed at the general election.
This situation, however, is inextricably involved with the
changes which would come'about in the county as a whole. It
is impossible to consider one without considering the other.
From a strict financial standpoint the proposed law might
or might not ba desirable to a district. T,his would ordinarily
depend on whether or not the district in question is doing a
real job, whether its taxable wealth is in proportion or out
of proportion, one way or the other, to the job which it must
' 'do. A uniiorm levy, wnicn tne equalization piun pruviues,
would naturally relieve the poor but populous, district of
some' of its burden. It would, by the same token, increase the
levy on property in a rich, but sparsely settled district, or
. in one in which school expenses were squeezed beyond reason.
All privately owned property in the county, ex'cept that in a
district of the first class which had not been included, would
be taxed.' r . '..
We have noted in our earlier discussion that the over-all
board, would pass upon the' budgets of individual districts.
This authority, however, would not extend to special proposed
levies, amounts beyond the six per cent limitation or to
amounts required for servicing bonded debt. Nor would such
items enter into the amount to be raised by the uniform levy.
They would be the .special and immediate concern of the local'
district and would not be distributed on the tax bills of other
local districts.: Aside from this, it follows the share-the-cost
principle followed now within any individual district. Regard
less of whether or not a property holder may have children
in the public schools, he is taxed according to the value of
his proerty to meet the cost of educating the children who
are in the pu ilic schools. ,"
The measure, as already observed, is designed to meet the
needs of districts in rural areas. This is the reason, we as
sume, that it includes union high school districts, which are
especially intended to allow a pooling of resources of a num
ber of rural districts which, individually, would be unable to'
have the high school facilities which, as a group, they are
able to have without difficulty. It is the reason, we also assume.
that districts of the first class (city districts) may be ad
mitted to the over-all district only with the consent of the
local districts which are already in tho organization. It may
be taken for granted that admission would be opposed if
walysis showed that it vould result in a millage increase.
Except for its name the Bend union high school district
Might just as well be considered a district of the first class.
But because of its name and the history of its formation, it
muRt com into the over-all district. The other districts may
desire this, or they may not; it makes no difference. And the
Bend union high school district may desire it or not ; it still
maltes no difference. I
From the Viewpoint of tho 'rural districts, the cfTect of
inclusion on taxes would be the only reason for approval or
disapproval. From the viewpoint of the union high school dis
trict there is this and also the fact that Bend's representation
on the five member board of the over-all district would bo only
one hardly in proportion to population.
There are three answers to the question, as we see it Not
necessarily in order of preference, they are:
... h- Ta,te tne Proposal as it is made. We might eventually
like it, perhaps to the point of attempting to got district no 1
into the super-district. . .
2. Seek the "dissolution" of the union high school district.
There would then, be only district no. 1 in-Bejjd, for both
grade and high school.s. Kut this would make changes in our'
tajc structure which could bo the cause of financial com
plications. ,
3. Defeat the bill. This really shouldn't bo done.' We think
it s a good bill and we should be able to solve our iwn special
caso without endeavoring to destroy something -that we be,
lieve will be generally desirable. .
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TIUK, WHEEL STOLEN ,
William Kredriekson, Kt. 2,
Box 167B, today reported to local
police that a tire and wheel had
been stolen from his automobile
while It was parked In front of
the Ben Graffonbcriiei,' service
station,. WW South Third street
amine Fredrickson's car, and he
took the license number o the sus
picious vehicle.
The a vera bp family In the
United Slates in 11)10 "was 3.8(i
persons It only those families are
Included where husband and wif
.iiurairaKi , .u puiiiu wiiii ne uveu itigeinor, either with or
had seen an automobile running without children or other tela
on a wheel rim di'.ve up and ex-1 lives.
LETTER TO HENRY J. KAISER
502 Caon SI reel
Kedlanils, Calif.
, Dear Mr. Kaiser:
I read in my local newspaper
that the President has asked
you to head a gigantic drive for
clothing.
Mr. Kaiser, you should set
up a special week, to be known
as "Clean - Out Your - Clothes
Closet Week", you should turn
on this week such a blast of
publicity as to practically force
every woman and girl In the
land to go through her clothes
closets and give up every ar
ticle of clothing that isn't AC
TUALLY IN USE NOW!
I am a housewife myself, and
I am speaking straight from
my own clothes closet, as It
were. Like every other house
wife, I answer periodical pleas
for clothing. I lake things out,
view them- from all angles,
weigh the matter pro and con,
knaw my knuckles, finally ac
tually give up something; and
then feel that I have done my
; bit.
But -and this ' Is the point,
Mr. Kaiser I put. back a doen
articles of clothine that I lack
the intestinal fortitude, for
some reason or other, to give
up. And every other housewife
in lhe country is right in the
same boat!
It Is woman's nature tohoard
clothes iinain.sl some mythical
, "rainy day"; or because, while
they're out of style right now,
a little remodelling will fix
them up. ' . . .
You see what I mean, Mr.
Kaiser? You must extract, bv
forc of public opinion, ail
those pet "while elephants"
that are gathering- moths in
the Minimis clothes closets.
I can Just hear them now,
over the gauze dressings:
"Well, have you cleaned out
your clothes closet?" "Have I? '
My dear! I gave that brown
coat with the fur collar that I
bought for inir honeymoon. It
nearly killed me to do it, but
. . ." 'T wept over that black.,
pin slri.ied suit. It never did lit
mo, but I always thought I'-d
. . ." "Hob yelled like a stuck
pig over his old overcoat, but
lie never wears it, so . . . ."
Incidentally, Mr. Kaiser, you
w ill be tilling Hie ladies a great
big favnr! Every woman has
groaned, at one time nr a-ie.
other: "I just wish SOME
HOMY KLSli would go through
my clothes closet and discard
everything lhat I am not ac
tually weal ing, now. I can't r!o
It I've tiled and tried but I
wish somebody else would!"
'Imagine the delight', or ' a
elolhos closet positively clean
of ever y thing but today's
rlolhes! Imagine sudden' re
lease from all that grubby
altering and "fixing" llial's
beep banging over one's head
like a dead fish, tiyne, gone in
one fell swoop!
'.'Am I wen ring H NOW? If
not OUT it COES!"
Yours for success,
MUS. II. CUCO UL'KKIS
Our move was a terrible blow
to my lather. His pride had been
cut In Us sorest spot, and he was
in mortal terror lest my mother's
parents should somehow find out
what had happened.
"Don't write your grandparents
where we are living now," he told
us, trying hard to act casual.
"Let's keep it for a surprise." His
shame was almost pitiful, .and for
once even Julia softened
ascetic life. Her breakfast con
sisted of a slice of toast and a cup
of salted water; her dinner, three
raw carrots and a baked potato;
her supper, a pint ol milk and a
piece of pilot-bread.
She was as neat as a pin and,
incidentally, built almost like one.
Summer and winter alike, she
wore a black dress with long
sleeves and a high collar, and over
It a spotless white apron. (One
of these she washed every after
noon, together with ner unaer
There must have been plenty of-; wear, her stockings and her shoe
talk In town, but my mother held
her head high. "We're going to
spend our summer in the Ameri
lacings.) Her reddish hair sor
rel, Benjamin, the stableman
called it was knotted deftly on
can House," she told her friends j the top of her head. She always
and neighbors. It was almost as smelled ol Lennox soap,
houch she was saying, "We are
taking a trip to Boston." With us
she was -ps pleasant and com
posed as ever. But there- Was a
new set to her chin whenever the
American House was mentioned.
She had found things worse,
really, than she had expected.
Provisions had been bought by
wholesale, and both the cellar and
the storeroom were stocked with
perishables meat, eggs, butter
barrels of crackers, a crate of
oranges,' and' two whole' hunches
of h-inanasThe place was over
staffed, too. There were two wait
resses, a chef, a chambermaid a
clerk, and two. men In the stable,
all of whom had been sent on by
the same agency that had recom
mended Jim McClure. i
. "What we need Is native help,"'
my mother said after one look at
the kitchen. So she discharged
those from the agency (all of
whom had been resting well and
eating heartily) and set out to find'
local people to take their places.,
The first frtilt or her search was
Mrs., Cuptill, a widow from a
neighboring village. '
.'
Given only Mrs. Gupfill to reck",
on wlih, my father might have:
been well on his feet before thej
summer was over.' Her industry I
was A thing to marvel at. She was
up at 5 every morning and by
S.-.'U) she had the Tire going,, the
kettle boiling, the biscuits cut, the
Mean and beefsteak brought in
from the cellar, and the fish rolled
In corn meal, ready for. frying.
By a quarter to (i she was rattling !
the dumb waiter, fuming at prrh !
pre w ho thought only nf their bed
and hoard. She 'herself lived an
Ada, the table girl, came next.
She had- a broad,, shining face,
with a few freckles on it, brown
eyes and light brown hair which
she wore in a pompadour with
the aid of a wire framework. She
was quite a talker, specializing In
a long string of calamities which
always involved members of her
immediate family.
Nothing ever annoyed Ada. A
spilled cup of coffee. Or a transi
ent comiiig in at 7 o'clock. Or 27
lamps to clean daily. All she asked
was an hour or two off in the
afternoon so that she could study
up on the LOVERS' GUIDE AND
MANUAL which she kept hidden
behind the dinner plates. It had a
chapter on the Language of Flow
ers, I remember, another on Rules
for Handkerchief and Postage
Stamp, another on Eye and Whip
Flirtation. The book always sur
prised me, since Aria never flirted.
Indeed, she treated, every drum
mer as if he were an uncle. This
was a ereat relief to mv mother.
"Now. take some girls," she
would say. - 1 -
But Ada had her dreams. Her
ideal was an older man.a "gentle
man," she emphasized, with a
white mustache. Preferably an
Englishman who dropped his h's
There was no one In town . who
approximated that description, but
she was content to wait, mean
while tolerating the attentions of
Benjamin, theatableman.
Benjamin- was a- Finn, big,
blond, and slow - speaking. He
didn't love horses, as my father
did he even used a whip some
timesbut he had'a way they re
sponded to. He could get more
work out of a horse than anyone,
yet he seldom lamed one or
brought one in sweating.
His helper was Basil Googlns,
generally referred to. as "Brishy."
Boshy's sole qualification for his
job seemed to be that no one else
would hire him. If we didn't, he
would be on the town, my lather
told us, and you couldn't stand
by and see that happen to any
one. (My father" -was always his
brother's keeper.)
We had no clerk. My father
had intended to spend' all his free
time in the office, but measles
and whooping cough were ram
pant. (Spring is always a great
time for babies, and there is pneu
monia to watch out for.) So more,
and more responsibility fell upon
my mother. Man-like, my father
did not object to her working in
the kitchen, but he winced when
ever he saw her behind the desk.
"To think that I should havej
brought you to this," his expres
sion said. ' '
(To Be Continued) .
man with a collection of trick
amendments, two quarreling Pol
ish factions, not a half-dozen Brit
ish dominions scheming quietly to
rule the world, as they may be
bothered by this fringe of 42 lob
byists.
As a demonstration of Amer
ican public opinion expressing it.,
self by Insisting that the states-;
men get together and form an or- j
ganization that will stop war, this !
42-act greater combined lobby of
counsellors ' can exert ' a whole
some influence. But If the boys
Included in the 42 are four big d. jrls get the that thev
are going IO oun r rmitiawi to put
over pet projects, to insist on pat
ented panaceas of their own prep. 1
aratlon, to stage demonstrations
and raise holy Ned if their pri.
vate, picayunish perfectionism is
not followed to the last rtRta.l
.-In the name of peace, sweet
peace, they ought to stay home.
business groups, two associations
of lawyers, three labor organiza
tions, four veterans .organisa
tions, four farm groups, five wom
en's societies, two Cajhojic, two
Jewish and two Protestant auxil
iaries, six peace societies, four
businessmen's luncheon clubs,
three educational societies and
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
. If the object of San Francisco
Is to establish peace and keep the
peace,' why don't a lot of these
people stay home? The fact that
more than one of each of the pres
sure groups are invited to San
Francisco is in itself evidence that
in normal times they can't agree
with each other on the same thing.
a
Loving this- country and not
wishing any other, it is,n"ssibIe'to
eniov the corn relish at high noon I
knife - and - frK deliberations of
Lions, Rotarians and Kiwanis; to
view with detachment the bicker
ings of A. F. of L.', C. I. O. and
N. A. M.; to argue religious dif
ferences with tolerance; and to
get sqme genuinely hearty laughs
every now and then out of the
women, God bless 'em, who will
join clubs. All these things are as :
American as apple pie and ice
cream and we understand them- '
Madras Principal
Gets Army Call
Madras, April '27 (Special)
Charles F. Kupper, who replaced
H. B. Stephens as principal of the
high school here when the latter I
afcepted a position at Winslow,
Wash., was called into the service
and left Ffiday to straighten his
affairs before reporting to Ft.
Lewis for duty Tuesday. Mrs. p.
D. Lewis of this city Is filling the
place for the rest of the term.
Mrs: Lewis is a graduate of
Baylor college in Texas and hits
taught school in Texas as well as.
in Vancouver, Wash- The Lewis
family came, from Bend several
months ago. Lewis operates the
O.K. Rubber Welding company.
Their daughter, Joanne, attends
high school here. '
City Drug Co. City Dri g Co. City Drug Co.
Washington
Column
By Peter Edson '
. (NEA SUff Correeudndcnt)
San Francisco. Looking under
the bed to see who might be hid
ing there o .disturb the sweet
dreams of peace being envisaged
for San Francisco, the first thing
that greets the eye Is a scary
spectacle so frightening it makes
you want to dive for the pillows
and pull the covers up over your
nead tignt. it is tne prospect oi
representatives from 42 U. S.
clubs, societies 'and pressure
groups who have been invited by
the state department to send to
San Francisco spokesmen who
will serve as consultants to the
eight-member official U. S. dele
gation.
The 4b united Nations may
have their difficulties in agreeing
how tney win lie in tne same Bed
of security, but their peaceful
slumbers will not be disturbed
nearly so much by a Soviet Rus
sian with a secret vol.; plan, a
temperamental De Gaulle French-,
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a cool V-neck and fagotted
shoulder trim. '
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bands if contrast around ;
hip and across shoulder and
gently gathered skirt is "on
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dress with those cool, smart
wing sleeves you've been
hearing so much about. This
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fresh look in the wrap
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pockets. " '
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HORIZONTAL
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Senator
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11 Forward
13 He was for
' nierly of
his state (ab.)
14 Releases
' 16 Tear .
18 Cattle
iii" .- . 15 Half-em
22 Like
4 Presses for
payment
'5 Glim'pse
6 Body part
7 Exclamations
8 Recipient
(suffix)
9 Measure of
length
10 Tod .
12 Expire
13 Leave.
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24 Exist
25 Soil
28 Lance
32 Scrub
33 New Hamp
shire city
34 Cubic meter
35 Heating
devices -
46 Edward (ab.)
37 Dutch (ab.)
38 Musical work
41 Kitchen
.utensils
45 Kind
49 Obese
50Vntilating
52 Contend ,
53 Thick , .
55 Patched
57 Wound mark
58 Anifnal trail
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17 Parent
19 Dispositions
'21 Momentum
23 Scrap
24 Requested
25 Essence (ab.)
26 Behave 44 Cut
27 Fish eggs 46 Above
29 Even (contr ) 47 Free
30 Literary
scraps
31 Legal point
38 From
39 Cushion
40 Indians
41 Breakwater
42 Either
43.Tilts
48 Tellurium ' ..
(symbol)
50 Man's name
5)1 Earth (comb
form)
54 North
Carolina (ab!)
58 Symbol tor
cobalt
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