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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1923)
E S 11 Feb 2 VOL. BOARDMAN, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1923 UhtbOl vitftili E.Li Imt nor .'A,- i 1 m wi V Income Tax Measure !s Gut' standing Legislation of the Thirty-Second Session. Salem. The thirty-second assembl Of the state legislature completed its labors after a session which extend ed six days over the 40-day constitu tional period. By holding over a few days the session closed without the customary confusion and turmoi: which marked the closing hours o: some of the previous sessions. During the session 643 bills were introduced. Of this number 412 haci their origin in the house, while 23 J were offered in the senate. Of the 412 bills introduced in tlu house 245 received favorable consul eration. The others were beaten or the floor, indefinitely postponed o: died in the hands of the various com mittees. Of the 231 bills introduced in t'i senate 138 were approved. The re mairiing 93 were killed on third read ing or smothered in the committees. The outstanding legislation to tin state at large was the passage of an income tax, a new method of raising revenue in Oregon. Rate 1 to 6 Per Cent The income tax law which was ap proved by the legislature provides tor a tax of from 1 to t! per cent. Thi exemptions are: $1000 for single per sons and $2000 for married persont and a $400 exemption for each de pendent. The tax on the first $1000 of net income is 1 per cent with an increase of one-fourth of 1 per cent on each additional $1000 up to 6 .per cent, which is applied on un income of $12,000 and over. Corporations, resident or non-resident, are entitled to an exemption of $2000, and dividends of resident cor porations, if not distributed, are sub ject to the tax to be paid by the cor poration, if dividends are distributed the tax is collected from individuals. In computing the net income deduc tions may be made along the lines provided for in the federal income tax, excepting inheritance and local im provement taxes. It is estimated that the income tax will raise between $1,000,000 and $2, 000,000. Unless the law is killed by the refer endum it will become effective next year and apply on Incomes received during 1023. In the event that the referendum is invoked, the governor is empowered to call a special elec tion next November, so that it will not be necessary to wait until the next general election for the people to decide the issue. Consolidation Fails Next to the income tax, the big is sue before the session was the mat ter of consolidating state offices. Ow ing to divergent views between the house and senate consolidation failed. Most of the tax bills proposed by the tax investigating committee fad ed to pass. The legislature did, how ever, pass the finance commission bill which gives the state supervision over the issue of bonds by the various tax units uf the state and the tax conserva the commission act, which extends throughout the stale the general pro visions of the tax supervision commis sion which has operated in Multnomah county for the past two years. Highway legislation, which in past sessions was one of the big issues, play ed a minor role in the session just closed. While there were a number of measures introduced affecting the road program very few of them were translated into laws. Gasoline Tax Increased. The tax on gasoline was increased from 2 to 3 cents per gallon but all attempts to revise the motor vehicle fees were defeated. One of the bills which was passed where the structure does not cost more than $35,000. Attempts definitely to locate the Roosevelt highway were defeated. A bill was passed which extends indefinitely the time in which the state highway commission can match any government appropriations for the Roosevelt highway. Efforts to have a salaried highway commissioner were defeated, notwith standing the recommendations of the governor. The ambition of the American Le gion of Oregon was realized when Gov ernor Pierce attached his signature to the anti-alien land bill. To the irrigation and drainage se curities coiiimisbion, which for sev eral years Mai been composed cf the state engineer, the attorney general ind the state superintendent or banks, the legislature idded the governor and the state treasurer. Mcineur Controversy f if ttt?d The Malheur lake controversy was probably settled by the Ellis bill, al lowing squatters on the lake bed lands, the gratis acqtilsltii n of 160 acres ead' and riparian owners the right to f.l out their fractional "forties" from the land along the meander lines. Two bills of interest to the farmers wi re passed. One defining the stand ards of ice cream and a bill to pro hibit the use of milk or milk products in milk or butter substitutes contain ing vegetable oils. The fish commission, by the imposi tion of a 1-cent p.juudage tax on fish caught and used by canuers, and the establishment of a sinking fund out of part of the proceeds from this fund, has taken the step toward making that body seif-sustaining. Ui.der the provisions of (ho narcotic law approved by the governor, the I' allies for the use, possession or sale of narcotics are greatly increased. A state prohibition enforcement or gan, zation headed by the governor was created and a division of fines imposed In the counties authorized to main tain the state organization. Confiscation of automobiles used in illicit liquor transportation was pro vided for and additional restriction! placed on the use of stills and mash products. Sterilization Law Enacted. Considered among important ee-ict- ! ments is the sterilization bill, Intend : ed to curb the propagation of t( bit minded and criminally inclined I er- 80I1S. : Another Important bill requires a lit ; eraey test for voters. The old wild animal bounty sys tem was repealed and in Its place was enacted the so-called hunter sys tem whereLy counties have the option of using government hunterB to chase down predatory animals. They are iaid jointly by the counties and the government. Measures flavored with religious pre judice received scant cons The only bill of a religious CORRESPONDENT'S OPINION op Stub legislature fifty fblks, Aren't you all vastly proud of our state legislature, an'' all their recent accomplishments? We'll admit that the governor triecL really made an effort to live up te, his campaign promisee but when each senator has an axe of his own to grind, the poor lone governor can do little. We especially admired the bill (Mat was proposed by one of our brilliant solons requiring cows and horses that were on the highways at night to wear head and tail lights. Wasn't that bill the result of a par ticularly severe brain s'orm on the part of some Socrates? There were others too, equally as annoying. We liked the wrangle over the fishery question; it gave the sen ators and representatives a good op iportunity to have something to talk about so they could put in their time and also so they could leave all th really vital questions till the last days of the session. A Journal editorial put it rather aptly when 'comparing prices of beef at 16c a pound and salmon advertised at 40c by saying that probably the rea-or. for the differ nee in price was be cause the state propagates thi sail. ion and the set) feeds them, hen.' their high price. A man may be elected to the legislature and journey to Salem with real ideals and plans and hop-: but he soon recovers and become one of the crowd. The proposition for the slate to aid Astoria by building a part of thi state highway through the town re- eoiirort cf. nineh BltvrrBa rmniitr.n that the bill didn't pats hut It gor to show the brillinnco of thw 'ml of some of our legislators. But wh rave, our United States senate 1 doing far more. So be it! ?U ra$ NOTES r . J Ilia I? V J '- ' J rrinc'pa! Cvcnts of t.:e V t Cnefly S!:etched for Ir.'or n a!ion cf Gtl? Leaders. prohibit Ing sec opposi'J Kiils sideration. character dward bill !rom wear was little prov the stat stat des that fines for violat raffic laws, when made traffic officers, shall go i treasury and be credited highway fund. Formerly the engineering office of the highway department has designed and looked after the ccn-truction of important county bridges. Senator Ed !y secured the enactment of a law which enables county courts to do their own bridje work or have it done. n to the measure. to eliminate Columbus day from the' list of legal holidays and to repeal the law providing for both Pro testant and Catholic chaplains at the penitentiary failed. No attempt was made to advance the effective date of the compulsory school bill that was passed by the people in November. Bills attempting to place a tax on church property and on hospita.s also failed. A bill providing for free text books, another proposiug that all elector! in school districts be allowed to vote on questions affecting school finances, and another calling for dental inspec tion in public schools all tailed. The $4o,000 appropriation for the Pacific Northwest Tojr.st association was killed. Initiative Changes Fail. Several attempts were made to amend trie initiative, referendum and recall acts to curb the activity of peti tion circulators, but these failed. A house joint resolution proposing to submit to the people the question of amending the state constitution to pro vide for a lieutenant governor was in definitely postponed. The Bennett Ij.H. which wouid have done away with the listing of agricul tural and horticultural lands by coun ty assessors was vetoed by the guver- Had Him Won Over The southern Caiifm unit) inaj think himself an adept making seductive pic titles of his end nt the "lute, but In can stilt learn from the Honolutan out in tin' north I' nil, li. un then they say a drauimei from S:m Fran cIsco sojourned n month, end whet, they took lilin In the liouicu a rd-lioiiiiii steamer and put "lels" nroUltd Ills neck nnil sana "Aloha (l' ti- blin a few times, be cried like ii bniiy end said he had forgotten ins wife' first name. Foreordained Mr. Peewee A fortune teller iwcf told Mic I was born in coinmnnd Ills Wife Don I you dn re to spend Mother dollar on such immense Veil were born for pip in rn'inininil His Rule. "Have you gotten so that you can distinguish classical music?" asken Mrs. New rich. "I think so." replied her husband. "When a piece threatens every minute to be a tmi and always disappoints you. it's ilassleal" Boston Evening Transcript. a severance tax, but was given the au thority asked by him as an alternative to call a Conference of the of Washington, California A Cnnid'nn war ven,"ars' o'uh was organised at Bead with 19 members. A round up of bootleggers staged at Vbany resulted In toUf arrests and I fines totaling $820 with two SO-day j ill sememes. The Lane county grand jury has recontmended construction of a new county jail or enlargement and altera tion of the present one. Will Moore of Portland was appint ed state insurance commissioner to succeed A. C. Barber. Mr. Moore as sumed his new duties March 1. The Douglas county corn and potato show was held in Bosehurg last week, exhibits of potatoes and corn from all parts of the county were on display. H. J. Roesa, a government trapper in the Powell Batte section of Crook county since last fall, reports that he has caught 123 coyotes and 19 bob cats. The second biggest Mystic Shrine activity in the history of Oregon is to be staged in Salem May 5. Between 4000 and 5000 Shriners will be in at tendance. .lack PultOH, brother of Fred Fulton, heavyweight boxer, has escaped from the Lane county jail where he was serving a six months' sentence for bootlegging. According to the supervisor of the SSfalMM .....I......1 ,. ...... t'JI (lC i xuiLiiaii i.atMiiiai luiint irocivc, .poi,- jj. '(i Uis.4;jn allotad for the next year for construction and upkeep of rosds in tile reserve. The old Vale flour mill has been taken over by experienced milling men and will be put Into shape to start grinding wheat as soon as this yar's crcp is harvested. Twenty-one hundred registered vot ers in Linn comity have la. led to cast ballots during the last two year:., a check of the three state elections held during that time shows. The market road fund in Douglas county will be use i to match the spe c;al road tax voted by the various dis tricts, according to a policy Inaagiu ated by the county court. The biggest moonshtnlng plant ever taken in central Oregon was uuoarti: ed when Sheriff Roberts of Deschutes county seized a fiOO-gallon still in a cave five miles south of Bond. During January Astoria moved up from 43d to 40th place among ail the cities of the United Slates in tie amount of postal deposits, the gain be ins the third largest In the country. Collection of 1923 taxes In Mult nomah county has begun so satis factorily that a force of 12 night work ers has been placed on duty In the lax division Of Sheriff liuriburt's of fice. 'the third unit of the Shevlln-Ilixon company's plant at Bend started ml- ernors 'ing Man h 1. The new unit SOntsiai nd Idaiio a baud saw and gang, the flrsi to t ilatlon of used in pins mlllii g east of the ('as- Which held up logging operations and resulted in a slowing up in lumber production are being felt by steamship operators, and several carriers will leave the Columbia river with smaller cargoes than were anticipated. Plans have been completed for the holding of a series of tour big district conferences of the American Legion posts iii the department of Oregon dur ing the month of March, according to announcement by ilarry Nelson, state adjutant. These gatherings will bo held in The Dalles, March 3; La Grands, March in; Eugene, March 17, and Meiiford, Maich 24. A fifth con ference for Portland is to be arranged, the dale fur this having not yet ueen set. II. r' en West. JS-year-nH Portland Truth, who was committed to the stale training school for bi ys at Salem three months ago after he nad con fessed to participating in a series of robberies, made his second escape from the Institution last week. Roley Swytcr, who was arrested In a raid on his farm home mar Albany When 150 gallons of wine were seized, was sentenced to serve six months in the Linn county jail and fined $.'.00 when he pleaded guilty to having tn toxicatlng liquor in his possession. Street improvements comprising grading; surfacing with crushed rock. and installation of curls, wen mended by the streets sommltti Lend city council, the entire 1 uient Involving a turn ot $125,000 ti The state highi furnish Astoria wheelbarrowSi pi will require in cle: in reconstruction estimsti the com ay cotnr. tecum- of the uprove- spendl year. till all the trucks, ks and shovels it ning the sire is and work ia tin- burn- His plan lor the iturai resources protec of the Astoria Gets Rsllef. In the closing hours the Mott bill granting relief to Astoria through tin; remission of state taxes for a perioil of seven years was passed. The legislature d.leaicd the bill tn compel women to Serve on juries and also killed the measure to require .. phys'cal examination of women bi fore marriage. Prom a financial viewpoint, the lea islature is $291,519 more economical, so far as direct apprcpriatious voted are concerned, than was the session oi 1921. That session voted appropriations n tbe amount of $6, 259, 537. The session just ended voted money bills t la. ... $6,066,018. Among the mi general interest i which will bring ; Into Portland hat as a floating won and bills reopenii took the soldien prove that they d prohibiting :hat tion Within iO di placing saf passed prop, iat cades. To protect the immense bodies of pins timber in the arid Fox Butte region of the Deschutes national for es', a three-tun f.re truck will be piaced at the Camin lake rangei sta tion next summer. The Daughters of the American Rev olution Friday dedicated a huge rock marking the site of the pioneer trail by which the first settlers entered .ialem. The boulder is located in Wil son park on State street. Fifty L'matilia county sportsmen used 10,000 shotgun shells to kill IM6 abbits and ths n cord kill was mads 'jy one team of 20 men that siot 670 -abbits in 15 mlnul S in the big annual Pendleton rabbit shoot held last week. Nearly twice the normal pioportion of pupils fu led in tb .r scholastic work n Bend last term, due to overcrowd ing incident to the rapid growth of ed district free of (barge, the only expense to the city bo ng the oOSt of operation. Contract for the erection of the Port land unit of the Shriners' hospital for crippled children was awarded to Steb lnger Bios., general com rectors ol Poitland. for approximately $17,i,d00 Sub-COatraotS also were awarded. The total cost oi the hospital will be al most $200,000. Deny (rowers from all par's of Coos county organized at a meeting held in Uyrtls Point, at which about 15 were present. They effected tb organization fur tin- purpose of socur ing belter marketing facilities and gen erally improving conditions. Much larger areas of berries am to be put OCt this year. n j Overturfi member of the lower bouse of the slate legislature from tiie glkt district ant! a former member o. slate bonis appraisers, appeared hi the United Slates marshal s office in Portland and accepted service on a warrant ciiarg ng him with use of the mails to promote u fraud against tin Oregon bonus law. Mr. Ovsrtttif Im mediately gave bond In the sum of $2500. 'I lie Lane county court is planning to sell a block of $4n0,o0ti f its high way bonds at once. This will tako care of all bond projects planned for this year. '1 l.e projects to be worki d this year are three sections of the 6Jd territorial road, a section of the high pass road to Lake creek valley, . i i.o nada-Ada road, tin' surfacing of the North Ford road und the t'oburg Linn county line r aid The Pacific States Lumber company, known better as the Coos Bay lumbei company, will complete ext. uslve en largements and IniprovstW nts of its gnat plant at Marsbfleld about June 1 and will then operate on a nooui tion basis of approximately f0O,0M feet in eUht hours, according to announo men! by WllliSm Di nuiaii of San Fran cisco, chairman of tin- board of illr.c tors and executive committee of the concei n. i he ITmpqua valley broccoli crop will be the best fro.n the standpoint of quality and quantity that has ever been produced there, unless futttfi weather results in damage. With tbe NUMBER 4 TYPI; CONTESTS TO BR HELD MARCH ;?o-;5t Rules for the contests in typing to be held during the Oregon agri cultural college business show, March 30 and SI, have been sent 10 all Inch schools in Cue state. Entries must ba In b March 15, with choice of machines indicated and other spe Icia) preferences, Umatilla high I school has been asked to send stu- ! di nis io compete, There will be two divisions In the 'contest one for those who have ! not had more than one year of ex- perienoe, and one for those who have ,ioii taken typing previous io August l. 1622. The contest will last 15 I minutes, and papers will he ch. eked I according to rules of International t ping contests. Practicing finger gymnastics away from the typewriter Is one of the besl ways for high school students to prepare for the typing contest, believes Miss Bertha WhlHock, in StrUCtor In office training at the col I go. Finger exercises at the key board art next in importance. "Practice under "stress of time limit will overcome the usual nerv ousness incident to taking a speed beat," :as Miss Whiiiock. "Confi dence may be gained by taking prae i ice tests of longer duration than the usual HI or 15 minutes." Th" international rules for check- Og en or;: should bo studied, warns Miss Whillock. All errors made hould be carefully analyzed and eradicated iy careful practice. The habtl of writing for endurance as well as speed and accuracy should also be formed Mrs M. J. Deweoso and children peul Wednesday at the Mefford rs nch. Crow Haunts Riilwsyn. The London Morning Post nis thai sn engine drIVef Who I a keen natural ist uteris that the crow frequents rail ways more than any other bird, lie haunts embank ments ami cuttings, but Is particularly partial to the "four foot'' because of the grease gnd oil that are always to be found on tbe line An express train will frequently run Rgalns) and kill various other kinds u bird but It rarely lilts h crow. Bend s i, said City Super More than 10 per i'js, srhei under mi At the present time there is 11,000 ere feet of water in the Ochoco dam. ITith several feet of snow in the mouti iins east and west of Prineville, there III be plenty of water for irrigation. Ota) capacity of the Ochoco dam Is .und the &ii. 1 ' - of imtiativo petitions. i ( pi s'"jwot',nn 1 - largest acreage In Industry In tbe vali been very favorubl an ! all indications ly fine crop. Hei early varieties are in already, but til will tiot be harve week. An Investigation to determine why the Staid bonus commission has re fused to grant loans up to 76 per cent Of the value of the property offered for stcur.ty will be made by I'mpqua post of the Americau Legion, it has tiie history of the y. the weath' r lias for a good gr wth point to au BBUSfl ' ds of some of the beginning to come bulk of the crop 'ted until the m xt Damiges Asked. "Vou say this mini means nothing to you V" "Nothing whatever." replied the fair plaintiff, haughtily, "ir it pleas., your honor." Interrupted her lauver, "lie lias a eertnln financial value to her and we propose to show that it is approximately 100,000." -Btr-htinghttn a gc Herald, No More of That. provincial (Hitei- fun ir curtain on act ) What's the next set ShnUtl Ills Wife (emsiill Ing profi'iim) Says 'ere. "Act III. same as Act V Provincial What, Sll over iigailil Not me. Let's 'op It. Puck. been reported that several ex-tervtcs men In Douglas county have endeavor ed to got loans and have offered prop erty of considerable value as security, the security in every case being suf ficient to gain a much la.', ' r lo.ui than was allowed by the bonus com mission. Central Oregon sheepmen are op'l MattCi for unless iiuusuul conditions ihould develop the wiin.fr season will have been almost Ideal. This winter feed has been plentiful. In fact, many anchcrs will carry over lurgc quanti ties of bay for use next season. Win ter range has bci a available part of the time and With plentiful supplbs of hay in reserve stuck is coming through the winter In SSCSllenl ahane. This In turn should mean mors and am., r grade of wool, which niay be expicud to have Its effect on the prlct s of Mm 1923 clip. As a direct result of Its n n nt vic tory In the extra Income tux contro versy the U nion Kisln i nn n s Co-op. r stive Packing company of Astoria w. I distribute approximately TI,000 among Its 300 stockholders. Home yean, a u the company created what was known a the shareholders' redeeming fund, and It !&OttBta to about $300,000. For the yiats 1917 and 1918 the depart ment demanded an extra Income ta on this fund on the ground that the nann y was "borrowtd capital," I) long ing to tin stoekhold rs and not to ihs company WM packing cowpuu cot tested this and wou.
