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penditures from its property tax were proposed, people in the area THE C LA C K A M A S C O U N TY NEWS
I l'. S. MOTORIST RIGHT A T
maintain a resisted the change, yet
in the
Estacada, Oregon, Friday, Jan. 9, 1959
TOP OK SUCKER LIS T
taxes could Oregon
it
PIANO TUNING BY APPOINTMENT! ■
I f Uncle Sam keeps a
sucker favorable tax position with corn- long run in almost every case
has worked out satisfactorily both
S A M ’S SnOE REPAIR
CO NCRETE BLO CKS
list the U. S. motorist is right up peting states.
to the Post Office
Department fo r A ll shapes 8x8x16 " L it e '
Expert Factory Methods.
near the top.
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D
oin g Business A t Home
and to local patrons" Norblad con
Blocks sold at out plant
In early depression years mot
E venings and Saturdays
cluded.
O
n
ly
33c
each
ALSO A L L TYPES OF REPAIRS
orists were stuck with a federal CLOSURE OK SOME SM ALL
W ork w h ile you wait
Eta
gasoline tax and a string of au- POSTOKKICES CONSIDERED
G ladstone B lock Co
B y A p poin tm en t O nly
tomotive levies imposed as 'tem
82nd at Clackam as B ridge
S End of S h a fford A ve.
emergency’ measures
to
Rep. W alter Norblad, (R .-O re)
Since the City of Estacada has
c o . : porary
help out the Treasury. Each time said today that he was currently the distinction of being the best Gladstone. Ph O re C ity 4306
Phone CR 9-3979
a new
temporary emergency considering reeommneding to the lit up city in Oregon, it has been
came along, these taxes were in- Post Office Department the con- said by one o f our good citizens
creased. An, o f course, a
‘ tem- solidation or closure of some six that it has to be w ell lighted so A A A A A 4 A A A A A A A A A A A 4 «*A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Phone OL 4-6643
proary’ tax is seldom repealed.
or eight small post offices in the we won't fall in the holes in the
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Then in 1956 Congress enacted State o f Oregon and would take city streets.
is w a f ir
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a massive new federal
highway action on them shortly after t h e ____________
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program linked to national
de- first o f the year,
In all ranks of life the human heart
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fense. And who was selected to
“ In the past few years, I have
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CARPENTER
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pick up the tag to
defend the recommended such action in the
f
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yearns
for
the
beautiful;
anti
the
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country, promote commerce and case o f 74 post offices in Oregon,
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WORK
WANTED
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the like? The motorist, of course, which has resulted in a total an- i
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The federal gasoline tax was boos- nual savings to the Federal Gov-
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Framing - Finishing
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tiful that Cod makes are his g if . to all
i ted to three cents per gallon and ernment of $121,816.00,’ Norblad
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other special new taxes were im- advised.
Cabinets
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posed.
To make it still tougher
“ Before the day
of
modern
alike.
— H. B. Stowe
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for motorists, Washington plan- highways and fast transportation,
Ph. Ectacada CR 9-6540
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ners refused to earmark all o f the many o f these offices were an ab-
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revenue collected from taxes on solute necessity, but as the years
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motor vehicle ownership to
be have passed they have become un SC E PT IC T A N K S C L E A N E D
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used fo r the highway
program, necessary and expensive and the
V
$23.00
More than $1.5 billion of this mo- sub-station or rural contract sta-
“ m i l w a u k i e M U S I C
Milwaukie, Oregon
TAKES
REAL BITE
(Carmi 1 IFiutrral JJontc
Phone MOhawk 5-3794
Gresham, Oregon
ney by-passes the highway fund tion effects the same service wltn
?4 hour S ervice
each year and winds up in
the very material economy
to
the
4 Day and Night Service - A Local Institution
general fund.
Post Office department.
P h on e P rospect 5-5346
t
Then came another ‘temporary
“ In most cases at
the
time
Portlan d, O regon
emergency’ — the recession— and these consolidations or closures
kÀÀAAÀAÀAÀÀÀAAÀÀÀÀAÀÀAÀAÀÀAAÀAÀAÀÀàÀÀAAÀÀAA,
Congress voted to enlarge
and
speed up the
federal highway
program to spread around more
federal money. In fact, this pro
gram has now been boosted up so
high it's beyond
the receipts
irom federal motorist taxes orig-
nally provided for its support.We
A Business and Professional guide to friendly OREGON C ITY Concerns who merit a share of
are told that the Highway Trust
>our trade when doing your out-of-town shopp imr . . GIVE THEM A T R IA L !
Kcnd w ill wind up
next
yea.'
some $900 million short.
PEGGY’S
W hile this looks like a pretty ZASTROW JEWELERS
staggering figure, it’s not a bit
MUSIC STORE
SHOES for the
more staggering than the conclu . Diamonds - Watches ..
•
Records
Entire Family
sion being drawn from the dis
Jewelry
• Instruments
covery in Washington. That con
Gas & Oil Furnaces
clusion is that the federal gaso
• Sheet Music
Watch Repairing -
line tax w ill be raised next year
• Instructions on
DAY
| to keep the program going.
Costume Jewelry
Piano-Accordion
In other words, the first sug
SHEET METAL CO.
gestion of a shortage
o f road
Guitar-Violin
funds produces an automatic re
General Heating
All Band Instruments
Clock Repairing
quest not just for more motorist
Service
Al! Makes
iaxes.but fo r higher levies on mo
At Foot of the Elevator
OU , 0 .
B U S T E R B R O W N SHOES
tor fuel which is already taxed at
219-7th
PH.
4994
220
Molal/a
Ave.
203 - 7th St.
PH. 2150
PH.3&31 j Oregon City
Main at Eighth
a rate far beyond luxuries.
i
j
WHERE
matched to
D-14 POW ER
T h e husky Allis-Chalm ers two-way scoop with high-
carbon steel cutting edge bites into packed soil to
take a fu ll load. I t also lifts, carries and dumps . . .
and is attached or detached with the convenience o f
S N A P - C O U P L E R hitch. Y o u r tractor is ready for
chore jobs, m inute quick.
M ounted on the new D-14 Tractor, this two-way
scoop makes full use o f such D-14 features as— new
P O W E R - C R A T E R engine with extra “ punch” . . .
P O W E R D I R E C T O R that lets you quick-shift on-
the-go . . . additional traction made available by
T R A C T I O N B O O S T E R system . . . raised rear
axle for work over ridges and ditch banks.
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SALES AND SERVICE
FAXfii ÏKAC70R COMPANY
Boring Rond
Mt. Hood L oo t Highway
B fa —w
»
Does the motorist want
to
get o ff Uncle Sam’s sucker list?
If so, let him demand that all the
| money he’s now paying in special
federal automotive taxes be ear
marked to support the road pro
gram.
I f that is done, there
won't be any financing problem.
RESTAURANT
and
M A R IN E R O O M
A M E R IC A N a n d '“
C H IN E S E F O O D
517 M ain St.
Ph. 6739
IN
OREGON CITY PRINTING & STATIONERY CO.
Complete Office Supplies
Printing
Office Furniture
703 Main St.
PH. 3861 or OL. 4-8371
An; time is Picture Time - -
d it’s F u n !
THE CAMERA SHOP
. ' 'ills Flashbulb Sign
',21 M ain
Ph. 4804
: HE ECONOMY SH01
SEVEN P O IN T T A X
MORGAN'S JUNIOR BOOT SHOi"
H AZE L L. D A Y
PROGRAM IS OFFERED
Bargains in Used
Salem— A curb on
spending Alterations Dressmaking
Regular and Corrective Fitting
Clothing For All
and progressive development of
l et Us H elp You
Tots to Teens
a new tax program yas contained
the Family
C o-O rdinate Y ou r W ardrobe
in a 7-point outline proposed by
512
-
7th St. Ph. 3750
C22
Main
Street
PH.
7795
Ph. 4693
Dr. John F. Sly. New Jersey tax 70« Center St.
expert, in his final recommend-
nation to Gov. Robert D. Holmes. |
TYPEWRITERS
1. A cigarette tax o f 4 cents a
Royal Distributor
package to raise $14.000,000.
2. A real estate transfer tax at
Standard .... Portable
1 per cent to raise $8.000,000.
Lester
Electric
3. A 1 percent alternative gross
income tax within
the present
Gahram
New A Used
personal
income tax to raise
FURNITURE - HARDWARE - GIFTS
RENTALS
$7,000,000.
Lawrence
Phon e O regon C ity 4911
A 1 1-2 percent annual tax on
the market value of
passenger
Sporting Goods
502 - 7th St.
Oregon City
Phone 4279
CLACKAMAS
cars.
Leather Goods
OFFICE MACHINES
5. A 2
percent Washington
type consumers sales tax if
new
192 R iv e r Road
Shoe Repairing
FREE PARKING LOT BETWEEN STORES
expenditures
in
excess of
G ladstone. Oregon
$T0,000.000 from the general fund
916 M A I N ST.
P H 9034 I
are anticipated.
As a means of improving
the
m jr
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OREGON CITY ; ..EL
business and investment outlook
m
/
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Dr. Sly proposed:
1. N o personal tax on capital
HOME OF HOFr 1 - X r - z-i EN li TH
Sales &
CHOREMASTER
gains if the asset is held
longer
J-i. V V A
. WLa
RADIO & T J
than one year.
-th ori.ed S ervice
C al /
1111 ■ and r
rs
Phone 5516 619 Madison
hy
1005 - 7th St.
Orer,
X > t ,x on manufacturers’
Ph. 35S
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invt ntories.
.1 N o tax on industrial hulld- Ph. 3971 or Portlan d O L . 4-735C
• General Auto Repairs
i ;s during the period of construc
104 Rth St
• Wheel Balancin ■ ami alignment
tion.
4. A
reasonable inhrri'ar.ce
SPEEDOMETER REPAIRS
A t Economy Prices
tax.
SPEEDOMETER CABLE A L L CARS - ¡’ RUCKS S lip covers
-
Tip’ -‘ er;
5. An i stabllshed
slate-w id e
TH E F LO W E R SHOP
K irsch Rods - A cce- mes
Melvin Dunmire’s EIGU i H S > RaE I' C a r a g e
property reappraisal program.
F low ers fo r e v ery Day
6. A «late wide unifrom assess
Ht
On the Hill
615-Sth St.
Ph. 6124
ment ratio.
it
; ■ ■ o i
RAMBI .ER‘
voting local exce s
levies
and
W eddings Corsages
WHEEL CAI 2
O. K.
bond issttes.
Salr-s And Service
16 - 7 th St.
Ph. 6618
s
file S t - , e expert said that only
RUBBER
JEFFS
mint ta additional reven-
by
LOUNGE
WELDERS
ti it= present income lev-
4iipcr H iw a y at 18th
-
STEAKS
.
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m
nr
^
an
equal
restraint
on
ex-
2136
Ph. 7177
C‘U kj C -1 T . O . U A w v -M
LANA’S
503
Main
St. Ph: 910
Washington
Ph.
5341
1123
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Ph. Oregon
City 3662
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6506
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