. Mias Alice Church, who we told you
last week had left school to find
work in Portland, .<» now working for
the Willamette Iron A Steel Com­
pany Qjpre.
This is a shipbuilding
company and Alice is on the night
shift as a typist.
Miss Sherrill Hatcher was a guest
with relatives in Riverton recently.
Mrs. Shirley Hatcher and daughters
visited at the Kight home last week.
Non High School
* Budget Meeting
On Wednesday, July 1, the Non
High School District passed a resolu­
tion whereby >88,322 88 tax will be
assessed against the Non High School
District.
This is 8 percent higher than the
• levy for last year, as the Non High
' School District is making an effort to
get on a cash basis. Moat of the
1 regular school districts have been for
1 some time on a cash basis, but. the
race tor speakership, all of course,
contingent upon their election this
fall. They are Win. McAllister of Med­
ford, John Steelhammer of Salem and
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By A. L. Lindbeck
Only one of seven initiative meas­ Herman H. Chlndgren of Clackamas
ures for which preliminary petitions county.
were filed with the secretary of
state’s office made its way to a place
oh the November ballot That was
the measure sponsored by the Oregon
State teachers’ association which
seeks to divert all surplus income tax
revenues above >7,750,00 a year into
a special state school fund.
This measure, however, together1
with the six referred measures Vvijl
give Oregon voter» a total of seven
ballot measures to pass judgment on
come general election time. The re­
ferred measures include:
A proposed constitutional amend­
The experience rating system which
ment increasing the pay of legislator
from >3 a day for 40 days to >8 a went into effect on July 1, 1M1, has
resulted in a saving of nearly >1,900,-
day for 50 days.
000 in unemployment insurance pre­
.... A proposed constitutional amend­
miums to Oregon employers infra
ment repealing the article provid­
past it was revealed by the Unem­
ing for a rural credits loan fund.
ployment Compensation commission
A proposed constitutional amend­
ment providing that gasoline taxes this week. In spite of thia saving in
shall be used exclusively for roads contributions the commission's trust
fund has now grown to approximate­
and highways, v
ly >20,00,000 or well above the re­
A. proposed constitutional amend­
quired “ceiling" of >15,510,#07.
ment permitting the legislature to
restore voting rights to persons con­
victed of felonies.
A legislative act providing for a tax
on cigarettes, the proceeds to be used
for old age assistance and vocational
education.
__
A legislative act restricting or pro­
hibiting net fishing in coastal streams
and bays.
anxious to enter service appear before
their draft boards and volunteer for
induction.
.*
Calling cards, SO tar >1.00.
¡situation is somewhat different with
the Non High District since it has
been operating only since 1832, and
thus has not had the accumulation of
delinquent taxes as have the districts
which have been organized for a
longer time.
Transportation contracts were let
as follows: Coquille school district
for hauling children from Coaledo
district; Walter Cox, on the Four
Mile Bandon run; and a contract for
tuition and transportation to the
Umglois Union High School District
for hauling children from the former
New Lake district. The Hauser-
North Bend route was extended to
begin at Lakeside. The Catching In­
let and Ross Inlet routes were com­
bined, in order that there might be
brought about a saving in monthly
payments.
There was a canvass of votes whifch
revealed an unanimous vote for the
election of W. M. Hillar, Empire, as
director from Zone 1. The board
District Budgets
Tl»e school clerks of ttie numerous
districts have filed their budgets in
the office of the county school super­
intendent. They are placed in that
office, tiien checked before being
turned over to the county assessor.
The budget is now being made on
a new form in conformance with the
new law. This law requires, among
other things, that even third class dis­
tricts must fill out their expenditures
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A measure sponsored by the Old
Age Beneficiaries, Inc., providing for
the complete revamping of the state
public welfare organization.
Still another proposed initiative
sponsored by the Senior Citizens An­
nuity committee and providing for a
state old age retirement plan, was
withdrawn by its sponsors several
weeks ago.
Greene fir Jensen
* Vacationists who desire to leave
the beaten path and penetrate deep
into Oregon's forests this summer
must first secure a permit A pro­
clamation closing all national forests
as well as adjacent privately owned
forest lands to entry except with the
requisite permit was issued by Gov­
ernor Sprague this weak. The procla­
mation prohibits smoking in hazard­
ous areas. Persons desiring to build
camp fires in other than designated,
improved camp grounds must equip
themselves with fire fighting equip­
ment including axe, shovel and water
pall.
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