Return to Werib—Mr. and Mrs. Clif
ford Bissen have returned US work at
the No-D-Lay Cleaner* after ben.x
ill with the flu.
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Visitor to Salem—Mrs. Jack Moore
was a week-end visitor to Salem
where she assisted in instituting a
new Job’s Daughters’ Bethel
Taxes: Your Share Is $276.66 This Year
Timely Topics
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Oregon’» per capita share of the during 1947, »4.50 will be spent as
requested »39,669,009,000 budget for Oregon’s share of the proposed 1949
j cost of Federal government for fiscal cost of Federal government, accord
ing to Senator Bridges’ analysis.
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when
FEBRUARY 1». 1946.
C O Q U IL L S , O R EG O N
Oregon» per capita share of the
incumbents must appraise bank a c -■ WQfnan and child in Oregon accord-
counts, wet a finger to test the drift of | inir to 1945 Oregon wMmlutioTesti- proposed 1949 spending budget, or
public opinion, and decide whether to X
d 1 362 066 amf 143 382 000 »366,852,000, is a little more than Return teem Salem—Eddie Neufeldt
one-quarter of the state’s assessed and William Woelke returned after
take the plunge into candidacy. Leg- I United States population
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a r v i f . has
ha« h
rrth financial
f i n a n c i a l and
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v O U I l t i p o p u la t io n .
valuation, and the total proposed spending a week with her parents
islative
service
both
A
breakdown
of
this
state's
per
political aspect for most legislators. capita portion of the proposed Fed budget is equal to ooe-fourth of the there.
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This is particularly true under present eral government cost for year end 1946 national income, Oregon Busi
Heme From Hos*4tai—J L. Stevens,
prices and high income taxes. The ing June 30, 1949, shows that Coo» ness & Tax Research pointed out
“This tremendous burden on Ore who underwent an operation at Mast
cost of legislative service has in
share will he »8,728,623.
gon taxpayers and everyone is a tax hospital, Myrtle Point, last week has
creased more than cost*of living and county’s
figures have been released payer to the Federal government, is returned to his home where he is now
every aspirant should first make sure by These
IK CÄCIU1 SCIENCE MONITOR. You .... rw
Oregon Business and Tax Re reflected in cost of food we buy, convalescing.
that he can afford it. Rapid growth ‘ search,
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clothing we wear, cigarettes we
of the state makes it seem certain that
On basis of 1947 Federal taxes ■ smoke, where there la a 7 cents Visits Here — Freddie Vogt, who is
HwrxWiti o fuller, nctwr und«r*tanding of todoyte vital
S iwip hum It* sxckaiv* taotura* on henwmohing, sduco-
with the State Highway department
’hidden tax’ per package”, F. H. at
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, ihooM t. muuc. radio, «ports.
Salem spent the week-end in Co
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Young, manager of the tax research quille
visiting
his
mother,
Mrs.
Lu
T h T c h iu tio n Sconce PublnMno Society . .
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organization said.
cille Vogt.
1 e
according to figures supplied state
One. Norway Street. Boston*1S. M o *» , U S A .
“Naturally
we
can’t
expect
to
trim
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I
Endorad w » I. for «flieh pieoto rand me The O v a tio n
The man on the street probably has , taxpayer MsocUtions by Senator
| Science Monitor tar one month.
httle comprehension of the cost of style. Bridges, R.-N. H , chairman Federal spending to a pre-war level. In Coes Bay -Mrs. Helen Endicott
But
certainly
there
are
many
places
legislative service. Many people do
the Senate purse-strings Appro-
of the Coquille telephone staff, spent
not knqw that the legislature m eets; p o tio n s Committee of which &Tna- where substantial sums can be saved. the week-end in Coos Bay as a guest
only on odd years in Oregon and that tor Guy Cordon ia a „ember, ac- We need to reduce Federal payrolls. •t the home of Mrs. Fred Midden-
the Representative term is for one cording to the tax research organiza Overlapping and duplicating Feder dorff.
to n e .
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t i o n the term of Senator for two t ion. This is at rate of »247.41 per al agencies can be trimmed, and ob
solete and unnecessary Federal bu
Oregon’s present rate pays about half Oregon inhabitant
See “Spike” Leslie lo r inawraaoe of
all kinds, pbouo 5 or <W-L.
2Uc
the average legislator’s expenses if
f^ re a c h » lo f s ta te ta x e s collected reaus eliminated ”
he lives frugally. Many legislators
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manage by employing their wives as j
secretaries.
But even this device i
falls far short of meeting total costs.1
The truth is that unless a candidate
can afford to pay from »500 to »1,000
for the privilege of serving, or unless
he is subsidized to that extent, he
should not throw his hat in the ring.
He will find himself out-of-pocket by
this substantial sum at the end of the
session.
The fact that Oregon has never
lacked for good legislators is a fine
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tribute to the loyalty of its citizens.
Certainly the lack of adequate com
pensation has not resulted in deteri
oration of average personnel quality.
There have been enough men of sub
stance and character to carry the
burden and to mast of these the ques
tion of expense was a minor matter.
Perhaps the inadequate compensation
serves the salutary purpose of screen
ing out undesirables who always as
pire to lucrative public jobs. Com-'
prehensively, however, it should be
noted that the trend is toward a leg
islature composed of the well-to-do
and the subsidized, the latter being an
insignificant minority to date.
A menace to our national security
lies in the unfortunate stigma at
tached to politics making public serv
ice repellant to many of our best
qualified citizens. Sensitive natures,
common to people of character and
intelligence, shrink from exposure to
the ridicule and vicious demagogic
attack that too often attends service
in public office. In Oregon it has
long been the practice of militant bi
gots, whose flimsy structure of spe
cious argument was shattered by the
merciless fire of cold logic during
legislative hearings, to impugn the
motives of legislators and take direct
appeal to the voters by referendum.!
The trick is to reassemble the jerry-
built structure, give it an attractive
coat of paint and sell it to the voters I
who have no opportunity for close:
examination but must base judgment
on cursory inspection. Too often this
trick has worked. The public should
protect itself against such imposition
by electing good legislators and firmly
backing them up. Any issue rejected
after careful scrutiny by the legisla
ture and later referred to the voters
should be regarded with suspicion.
The odds are strongly against its
worthiness and as strongly in favor
of its being someone’s special advan
tage.
The people must decide whether
legislative service should, in effect,
be confined to those able to pay for
it. Although lack of adequate com
pensation has had no appreciable ef
fect on quality of legislators it would
seem that the public interest would
be better served if legislative seats
were placed within reach of every
worthy candidate.
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GLEN LEO POTTS
Funeral services for Glenn Leo
Potts, who was the victim of an ac
cident which occurred on the Coos
Bay highway on Thursday, were held
on Saturday morning, February 14,
at 11 o’clock at Mills Funeral Home,
Coos Bay. Rev. Robert Greene offi
ciated at the service. Interment was
in Sunset cemetery.
Many beautiful floral tributes were
sent from Coquille for the service.
Mr. Potts was 32 years of age at
the time of his death. He had been
a resident of Coquille for the past
six or seven months, and was a driver
for the Coos Bay Lumber company.
He was a veteran of World War II,
having served with the U. S. forces
for five years in Germany, France
and England.
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Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Er-
nest Willard of Coquille and Mrs.
Archie Currier of Roseburg, and two
• Licensed Journeymen and Master Plumbers
brothers, Harold Potts of Sumner and
Walter Potts of Chicago.
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LEAVES FOR PALO ALTO
Mrs. Corinne Walsh and son, Tom
my, left Sunday for Stanford uni
Said M r. McBride:
versity medical school where Tommy
will undergo treatment by medical
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school specialists in the Stanford uni
versity medical clinic. They will be
gone approximately one month.
Bv HON R. T. MOORE
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IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON IN AND
FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS
In the Matter of the Estate
of
W R. McDOWELL, Deceased
Notice To Creditors
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed Ad-
ministrhtor of the estate of W. R.
McDowell, deceased, by the County
Court of Coos County, Oregon. An
persons having claims against said
estate are hereby notified to present
the same, duly verified, to the under
signed at the office of Tallant Oreen-
ough, Coquille, Oregon, within six
months from the data of this notice.
Dated at Coquille, Oregon, this 19th
PIMPLES
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WE SHALL SUPPLY and SERVICE
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