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8 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Friday, August 19, 1949
NO LONGER A HOP, SKIP, SKEDADDLE
Old Soldier, 102, Figures
Indianapolis Too Long Hike
By HENRY MINAKD
Seattle, Aug. 19 SI.B A very, very old soldier, who now knows
he can't attend the linal reunion of his Civil war buddies next
week, looked up at his doctor today, finally defeated, and piped
with a century-old voice:
"Calculate it's just too, darn
. long a hike to Indianapolis for a
man turned home-body, any
way." But Hiram Gale, 102, wasn't
fooling anyone. Least of all, his
nurses and doctor. They remem
bered last Fourth of July when
the strains from a band brought
him hopping to the window.
Once national commander of
the grand army of the republic,
"Gale, added with forced indif
ference, "that town's no longer
the hop, skip and skedaddle it
was to get to in '65." He referred
to the scene of the first, and now
last, reunion.
The last call for the "men in
blue" will sound in that city
Aug. 23. The once 400,000
itrong northern army has been
whittled down by more than
four-score years to 17. Only six
of those, including Gale just
last week were expected to at
tend the 83rd and last encamp,
ment.
Now, with Gale ordered to re
main in bed by his doctor, the
fast-thinning ranks this year at
Indianapolis will be only five
abreast, one deep.
Those still planning to attend
are Charles Chappel, 101, Long
Beach, Cal.; James A. Hard, 108
Rochester, N. Y.; Joseph Clo
vese, 102, Pontiae, Mich.; Theo
dore Penland, 100, the present
national commander from Port
land, Ore., and Albert Woolson,
102, Dulutll, Minn.
He was glad the conversation
finally switched to the future.
Asked about marrying again,
the thrice-married Gale brigh
tened and said, "I might con
sider it at that, son, ifi a nice
old girl with plenty of money
and a big home came along."
The former newspaper pub
lisher, who switched to real
estate In late years, finally re
tired at 100 years of age from
a 48-hour-a-week job. " 'Cause
I was too young to be cooped up
in an office," he explained.
From then on he indulged
even more In his favorite hobby
-salmon fishing. The spry cen
tenarian once elbowed his way
through a cluster of people look
ing at a large salmon on display
here.
Good bait," he said and con
tinued on his way.
"What's the biggest you ever
caught?" yelled someone in the
crowd. Gale stopped, turned and
said:
"Don't rightly remember his
Aeight but he measured two
ieet 'tween the eyes."
The ancient soldier, whose eli
xir for long life has been "all
bad habits in moderation," fing
ered his diamond-studded com
mander medal today as he prop
ped himself against the pillow of
his hospital bed and slipped for
a moment back into the past.
In all his service during the
war between the states, he only
made corporal. Then it took him
80 more years to become GAR
commander in chief in 1945.
"I really came up the hard
way," he said.
Oiling of Highway
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Dallas Re-oiling of the Orr's
Corner road from the Dallas
city limits to the junction of
Highway 99W near Monmouth
is about half completed in a
project undertaken by the county.
Because of the damage done
by the winter freeze it was nec
essary to rip up the road bed
and do a "three-lift" job on the
highway. Most of the rest of the
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State May Have to Depend
On Property Tax for Revenue
By JAMES D. OLSON
Unless tax probers can devise new sources of slate revenues,
satisfactory to the electorate, the 1951 legislature will be forced to
rely on state taxes on property to raise sufficient funds to cover
state needs.
This was revealed in a tabulation of figures issued by the state
tax commission in connection
with the 1949-50 stale tax levy,
showing that $29,747,414.22
must be diverted from the cor
porate tax fund to meet the state
burget requirements of approxi
mately $77,000,000 for the pres
ent fiscal year ending June 30,
1950.
The state lax commission es
timates that $18,000,000 will be
collected in taxes from corpora
tions during the present fiscal
year and if this estimate is cor
rect, the corporate excise tax
fund will have $7,487,780,46 at
the end of the year, instead of
$37,235,174.68.
Much Money Earmarked
The personal income tax fund,
it tax collections are not re
duced, should total $63,672,
192.47 during the present year
but from this fund existing law
requires distributions for high
er education, veterans loan and
education fund, the basic school
fund, a $15,000,000 cushion and
the county school fund.
When these obligations are
met the fund will be down to
$31,471,163.55 at the end of the
year. Should the voters ap
prove the additional basic school
tax of $30 a oensus child at the
November 1950 election, . at
least another $10 million will
be added to the approximate
$17 million now authorized for
this fund.
There will be no state
property tax either this fiscal
year or during the next, but
what will happen in the years
to follow is what is worrying
both the legislative interim tax
committee and the members of
the state tax commission.
The interim committee, head
ed by Sen. Howard Belton of
Canby, is preparing to hold
meetings in various parts of the
state during the next 12 months,
after which the committee will
hold a series of sessions in Sa
lem to prepare its findings.
Office Also Probes
In the meantime, the tax com
mission under the direction of
the state board of control, like
wise will probe possible tax
sources as well as study the tax
setup of the state, with a re
port jto be made to the board
of control.
At its first meeting the board
of control tax study committee
named Carl Chambers, chair
man, and Ray Smih, vice chair
man, , Both are tax commission
ers. William M. Collier, chief
auditor of the tax commission
was named secretary. The com
mittee will meet again on Au
gust 31 in the office of State
Treasurer Walter Pearson.
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