The Sentinel! TWENTY YEARS AGO
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(Taken from The Sentinel of Friday.
March 23, 1043)
I.. W. Peare was convicted of first
degree murder when he shot and
killed Jim Culver last December.
It I* time Coquille had a new depot
and the Commercial Club has again
I taken up the matter and appointed a
' (lermanent depot committee, consiat-
' listing of S. M. Noeler, H. A. Young
and C. T. Skeels. to keep after the
I Southern Pacific and the Public Ser-
i vice Commission until one is secured.
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The Salem Sampler
The Fourth street bridge between
the highway and the Spurgeon street
bridge is rapidly nearing completion,
the decking ha* all been laid and the
aide and railing* will all be in place
by the end of next week.
In response to the request of the
weekly newspapers
newspapers in
Coos county.
county,
John Walstrom, a pioneer resjden
weekly
in Coo*
Representative Ralph T. Moore con- of Coo* county, passed away at his
sented to continue for a couple of ranch home near Parkersburg yes
weeks'his report* on important meat- day morning at ten o clock. Ma WS
ures adopted by the recent legisla- past 83 gears'of age.
ture which become law with the sig
Tire Misses Myrtle and Maymie
nature of Gov. Snell. ‘ .
His weekly contributions have been 1 DelaiiiK surprised their mother, Mr*.
interesting and explanatory and the C. A. Delong, with a birthday party
papers’ managements are grateful to at Ute Delong home on Spurgeon hill
last Saturday. It was the event of
Mr. Moore for his kindness
Mrs. DeLong's 54th anniversary. The
guests were as follows: Meadameg W.
In response to many requests for L. Kistner, O. S. Davis, L. P. Mabry,
continued comment on legislative
J,W. Ruble, B. H. Burns, C. C. Farr,
matters now before the Governor, I
F, A. Child, A. H. Bender, J. P.
am attempting to follow the several
Messer, R, H, Mast and M. Way.
imDortant bills to their final destin-
-.‘ion, whether being made into law
or being vetoed.
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payer. Tills includes owner* of such
One such bin is House Bill 183, propertie* as live stock, food crops,
which authorises deduction* of Fed- machinery, manufactured good*, mo-
eral. Taxes by corporations before,¡tor vehicles and the like. It I* a dif-
computing the state corporate excise ficult tax to collect because of the
taxe*.
rapidly fluctuating value* and the
Few people realize that corporation* mobility of the taxed article*. Suc-
are not permitted to deduct Federal cess in collection depends upon the
taxes before computing their state honesty of the taxpayer.___
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The Intangible Taxpayer.
income tax but must
a tax
on _ the
result is a severe This class includes owners of stocks,
full net income. The
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inroad upon that corporate income af bonds, notes and all income bearing
ter Federal taxes, a handicap which -------
paper, ■, There are relatively few of
this .class in the State of Oregon.
this bill was designed to overcome.
No. 4. Tli* Sales Taxpayer. This
The Governor vetoed the bill re
cently and Oregon corporations must, includes practically everybody and
submit to this handicap during the would catch those who own no prop
erty or have no intangibles income
next biennium.
as
well as those who do. It has the
It must be surmised that the Gov- 1
ernor had the hard choice of throw added advantage of taxing the many
ing Oregon corporations to the wolves thousands of tourists and visitors
or of seeing his financial program 8° who avail themselves ot the State's
on the r eals* because of larger com- j facilities wiide th*y ar* our guest*.
The above classifications appear to
mitment* than the State could finance
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with
funds likely
to be kvaUable An- ft me a* furnishing a rather complete
other factor affecting his judtfnent program and one which will «>•««
might be the fact that his effort to everyone to pay hi* fair share of State
get the proposed sales tax measure operating expense.
up for a special election thia coming I Notwithstanding the fact that the
September failed. This means that sales tax idea has been repeatedly de
even though the people untimately feated in the past, I believe if Ore
maintain'her place in the
favor the measure in 1944, the bene- ; gon ft
fits would not be available until 1945. national’economic life, ,we will be
My conversation with the Governor forced to have one, sooner or later.
Th* tax proposed for the ballot in
the last night of the session indicated
that he was fearful that estimates of 1944 is the best that has been put up
receipts of both income and liquor ' to the people to date. It has flaws,
taxes might be too high and that his no doubt, but it is a long step in the
Old Age program might be jeopar right direction. It will afford a se
cure basis for old age assistance. It
dized.
While I do not subscribe to the will equalize public school expense,
policy of attacking our Oregon cor- lit will encourage home building by
poratins or of subjecting them to dis I reducing real property taxes. I sug
criminatory legislation simply be gest that every vote^ggive it very
cause it is popular to do so, yet I feel ! careful study and form his own opin-
that the Governor should not be criti ! ion after he has mastered the text.
cized for this act because of the dif Many articles will be written on it
ficulty he found himself in. Large ■ and much will be said pro and con.
Oregon corporations will probably
survive Bus added jolt. Many small I Senate Bill 75 is now before the
ones probably will not. It was a Governor for his signature. The bill
provides for distribution of elemen
case of Hobson's choice.
tary school funds on a teacher basis
rather than on a pupil basis. Funds
At the risk of offending several of fare apportioned to each county by the
my friends who served in the Oregon . State Treasurer according to the num
Senate, I repeat this little gem which ber of teachers actually employed
I heard in the hallway the afternoon The bill will benefit Coo* county to
of the last day. A grandfather was the extent otabout $20,500.00.
taking his teen-age granddaughter to
Heavy pressure is being brought to
witness legislative procedure in the bear on the Governor, largely from
Senate. She, having seen several of Multnomah county, to induce him to
the Representative«, asked him what . veto the measure. Multnomah coun-
a Senator was like. His reply was , ty would be penalized about $300,-
that a Senator is merely a niorn out
000.00 by the act.
Representative. So it might seem to
Up-state legislators are insisting
those who noted the advance age of! that the Governor sign the bill as is
mo*t Senators. Yet I must admit that because they feel It is only fair that
the Senate did a pretty good job of Multnomah county should share in
looking after the State, and arc far ; the up-state school expense since It
from being worn out. This is to is drawing from up-state communitie*
soften the blow somewhat.
in both finances and manpower. It'
is further shown that Portland can
temporary relief for her
I enjoyed an interesting con versa obtain
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tion with a veteran Representative schools under the Lanham Act of
from eastern Oregon. Our discussion Congress which permit* communities
was mainly tax matters on which he having war industry problem* to get
is one of the best informed in the state.1 relief from a special fund provided
To spare him embarrassment I with for that pruixiee. The Portland prob
lem is not insurmountable and could
hold his narfie.
He suggested an ideal tax pattern easily be solved if prompt application
baaed on four classifications of tax- were made to the proper Federal
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Girls Enroll For
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4-H Club Canning
“Preserve the surplus and help win
the war,” is the watchword of Coos
county girls who are now enrolling in
4-H Club Canning projects in pre
paration for preserving foods from
the victory garden to assure their
families of an adequate diet in the
year to come.
“In
previous years, girls taking
Canning were required to do all the
work themselves,” say* Mrs. Dorothy
E. Bishop, county home demonstra
tion agent. “To encourage more
girl* ta enroll in this worthwhile pro
ject, the 4-H Club Department of
Oregon State College have recently
announced “Mother-Daughter" can
ning projects in which mother and
daughter may work together, with
the daughter doing one-half of the
work and taking credit for one-half
of the food «reserved."
The canning project includes all
methods of food preservation includ
Mr*. E. O. Opperman, Mrs. B. J. ing drying, freezing, and canning and
Smith, Mrs. Lynn Parr, Mr». Oloa- is divided into four different divis-
sop and the Misses Beas Maury, Edna ■ ions. Division I girls are required to
Asplund and Mabel Messer attended either preserve 25 quarts of frujt, un
the Business Women's banquet at the assisted, or assist in preserving 50
Chandler hotel at Marshfield Tuesday. quarts. Division II requires preser
ving 36 quarts of fruit; division III,
A* N. Gould this week purchased 25 quarts of fruit, 30 quarts of vege
from W. C. Laird and from the Henry tables and 10 containers of pickles
Bengstacken Co. the balance of the or relishes. Division IV, 15 quarts
lot between his store building and 'of fruit, 20 quarts of vegetables and
the I-aird brick building, which he 15 quart* of meat, fish or poultry..
did noi already own, and expects in Each girl keep* a record of the work
the immediate future to begin the done and upon completion of the pro
construction of a fireproof building. ject send* it to the County Extension
short by more than three billion senate for being too much of a “yes'
pounds. Not all of thl* *ea food will, man. He is' now developing a “no'
of course, be salmon, but a sub complex.
stantial amount will come from the
Columbia river.
Secretary Icke* is
not overly enthusiastic with this
'year's prospects. He »ays that the
shortage of manpower, the diversion
of boat* and scarcity of gear will re
duce tite catch substantially. Alas
kan waters will not yield as much sal
mon as normally because of restric
tions by the navy department and
the presence of Japanese.
After tire unfavorable »tart of ra
tioning by office of price administra
tion the head man, Prentiss Brown,
is trying to make it less unpulatable
to the people. He has decided he
will not ask for $4,000,000 to carry
his organization to July 1, and has
given orders to keep expenses down.
He intends abolishing regional of
ficer* and have one headquarter* In
each state, with authority to settle all
but the more difficult question*
The present set-up is 30,000 em
ployees but Brown will toes out a
few thousand and depend more on
volunteers. , Brown was defeated
last November for re-election to the
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IS IN, OWPOHAlt 0 IN
TRIANGLE
DAIRY FEEDS
Office.
object to an increased share of school
expense and that the bill should be
made law by the Governor'* signa
ture. The outcome Is being watched
with great Interest by Coos county
school officials.
The canning projects may be done
as c|ub* or by Individual worker*. A
j standard club consists, of five mem
bers and a cbm petent leader. Any
girl in Coo* county, between the ages
of 8 and 21, whether rural or city, is
eliblgle to enroll. Additional infbr-
mation upon request to Mrs. Bishop,
court house, Coquille.
On the picturesque coast of Ore
gon, at Port Orford, near Battle
Rock, the government is to build a
class A airport which will, cost
$885,000 and will probably be well
over a million by the time the devel
opment" 1* completed. The navy de
partment requested this and civil
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. OREGON