ELSEWHERE IN OREGON
B EA V ER T O N E N T E R P R IS E — Friday, January 20, 1950
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STEP T O W A R D SOLUTION
Formation o f a special road committee
which includes judges o f four counties and
highway engineers o f three counties, an
nounced by the Association o f Oregon Coun
ties, directs attention to the standardization
o f road-building efforts.
Counties, like cities and the state, are be
set by money troubles, many of them not
having fully recovered from the shattering
blow o f last winter’s big freeze. To get their
highways and byways back into proper
shape is a problem which concerns them all.
And at the same time, there is the need seen
by many to make road specifications of all
counties measure to a common standard in
the interest o f cross state traffic.
The situation o f individual counties build
ing and maintaining an individual highway
system, substandard to the present-day
needs of modern traffic, brings about a cer
tain amount of waste in the greater expend
itures of re|wiir. And some county roads are
a far cry from the type that is needed.
It would seem more profitable for counties
to have a working agreement with the state
and federal agencies whereby their roads
would approach a minimum stadard in width
and strength. As part o f a intrastate or in
terstate network, these highways would de
serve financial support from the state and
the federal governments.
But before any progress can be made to
ward any solution o f county road problems,
some standardization o f procedure and bud
gets or at least a dependable survey o f road
needs and plans would prove helpful.
The counties o f the state, through the
special committee named to study the prob
lem, are taking a first step toward solution.
LE A D E R FOR SALE S T A X ?
Some o f the devices that a body of gov
ernment politic looks upon as a means of
deriving more revenue seem outrageous in
application. Ranll^ng high in such.character
istic is the proposed tax Portland discusses,
to levy upon non-residents for the privilege
o f working within the city limits.
This proposal has generated considerable
antagonism, similar to other money-raising
ideas that have received perhaps even more
than their due mention in the big town's
public prints.
On its face, the proposal seems inequitable
and directed only to a single class o f citizens.
It provides a penalty for the economic and
housing realities that have made it neces
sary for some Portland working jieople to
find living accomodations beyond its city
limits even though there is not the industrial
or business volume in the new neighborhood
to support week by week requirements of
food, clothing and shelter for the worker’s
dependents.
Arguments advanced and publicized is that
those who do not live in the city make no
contributions for streets, for street lights,
for fire and police protection, for a myriad
o f public services which the city administra
tion furnished to all alike, in terms o f usage.
There is no consideration, of course, that
those living beyond the city limits pay the
equivalent o f a penalty for their place o f
employment when they must travel back
and forth each day by bus or other arrange
ment. U k tw iM , no mention is made of the
not inconsiderable contributions made to
Portland merchants by the daytime citizens
who, for convenience, iwtronize other than
the merchants close to their home residence.
One o f the unpublicized hut evident facts
in the continuous clamor o f the Portland
city government for more and more revenues
is that it is easier to demand more income
than it is to live within the amount available.
As to city taxes in Portland, they are
much lower than other cities in either Mult
nomah or Washington counties.
Total millage for 1949-50, in Portland, is
51.0. This compares with Fairview’s 08.4
mills; Gresham’s 77.9 mills and Troutdale’s
75.2 mills.
In Washington county, rate of taxation
for cities are: Banks. 90.1 mills; Beaverton,
87.4 mills; Cornelius, 88.8 mills; Forest
Grove. 82.1 mills; Gaston, 106.1 mills; Hills
boro, 75.4 mills; Sherwood, 85.8 mills; and
• Tualatin, 90.1 mills.
It cannot be denied that Portland could
use more money than it has at present. What
city, district or, for that matter, individual
couldn’t find a place for more income. It’s
always easy to live higher that income,
harder to live within it.
Comparative study o f taxable valuations
within Multnomah county shows a steady
increase over the years. And at the same
time, a comparison o f the percentage of
county tax paid by property in the city o f
Portland has been decreasing— over fi jx?r-
cent since 1941-42, for example. Surely if a
heavier burden o f taxation is required, in
behalf o f the myriad governmental features
o f the city, property might well expect an
increase o f levy.
That all taxing efforts are directed toward
an almost punitive levy on business and pn»-
fessions or on non-resident workers encour
ages a belief that there is a deeper signifi-
Poyabie in Advance
Wash. A Multnomah Counties
One Year .—----
$2.00
Two Years --------------------- $3 75
Three Years _______________ 5.00
Six months _____
1.50
IN O R E G O N
One Y e a r ----- ---- ---------------- $2.50
O T H E R STATES
___ $300
One Year -------------
H O S P IT A L D R IV E W IN S
Pretty much all of the state
newspapers last week had some
thing to say about the weather.
And. in Vernonia, the attention
given to old man Weather was
prominent.
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In the E A G L E , the story is told
of an excessive snowfall which
went hand in hand with electric
and telephone lines trouble.
Official figure of downfall up to
January 11 gave a total of 18 inch-
es. which IS cited as the back-
ground reason why utility services
had such rough sledding.
Wind and snow teamed up on a
joint assault of West Oregon Elec
tric and West Coast Telephone fa
cilities. Falliag branches of trees
knocked lines down and wind
whipped heavily-loaded lines to
gether to make for outages. The
electric lines were troubled more
by last week, said the manager,
than during all of last year.
Long distance telephone service
was interrupted for some four or
five days and even the telegraph
line was out of commission.
Roads into Vernonia saw trucks
and cars piled up, some of them
sliding off the road at one point
because of ice conditions.
Br-r-r-r-r. It’s cold outside.
In Bend, there is a feeling of
real accomplishment
The P IL O T notes that an Im
mediate start of a new hospital
for the area was assured by pub-
I He subscription and cooperation by
the sisters of st Joseph who are
interested in the deal
Donations by individuals
were
extremely satisfactory, it repotts.
and funda now avaiIabIe wi„ make
it p08Sible to include most of the
deslred alternates In the hospital
contracta
Excavation and construction is
expected to begin at once, on the
basis of bids opened last Novem
ber 1.
cance to the rising chorus o f money demands
by the city o f Portland.
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Dominating western Oregon as it does, lie-
IT W A S N 'T E A S Y
cause o f the admissable fact that it is the
If you were to ask a certain
center o f so many business, political and
hen In McMinnville, the odds are
related activities, P o r t l a n d ’s i n f l u e n c e
she would admit a recently pub
throughout the state is powerful. It goes on
licized accomplishment truly was
daylight saving time, regardless o f action by
not easy!
the state legislature, and a long list o f cities
The
T E L E P H O N E -R E G IS T E R
who feed business to it fall right in line.
relates the chicken laid an egg
And so, by emphasizing its pocketbook
that measured two and one-eighth
shortages,
more and _ more cities are made
inches in diameter and three and
_
one-half Inches in length, weigh
acutely aware o f a similar revenue lack and
ing 7 ounces— a feat which must
o f the difficulty attending the search for
have made the hen cry “Ouch!”
new taxation. Which will, before long, give
The N ew Hampshire chick had
rise to a “ spontaneous” clamor for a state
i an assist from the poultryman who
sa]es tsx«
entered the chickenhouse and found
There are many arguments for sales tax s e w e r s e r v i c e c h a r g e
: the hen lying on the floor.
The
city
of
Gresham
is
coming
but in a number o f times before, the general
Compared to an ordinary good-
public has refused to agree to it. The pro around to a sewer service charge sized egg, the champion hen fruit
which
will
be
collected
with
each
ponents for the tax prosecute a vigorous
seems absolutely mammoth!
campaign, every time the issue comes to a month's water bill, based on the
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volume of water use.
vote. But the reluctance o f the people to
According to the OUTLOOK, T E X T B O O K S U G G E STE D
welcome a tax which would lay upon every money is required for maintenance
An Oregon City editor offers a
dollar spent for the necessities o f life has and expansion of the present san
solution to the complaints of tax
obstructed passage.
itary sewer system. Charges, there
payers that they don’t know en
I f the people can Vie sufficiently indoctri fore, will be assessed against all ough about their county govern
nated with the threat o f municipal insolv- homes or business either connected ment.
ency and properly affrighted o f the taxes to the sewer or to whom the ser-
Of th« B A N N E R -C O U R IE R , J
that might be levied unless a city or state vi^e ** directly available,
H. Van Winkle told a Pomona
Study by a city sewer committee
sales tax is agreed to, there might be less
grange meeting the organization
and a consultant engineer estab
might subsidize a textbook of local
reluctance to accept the much defeated
lished the need to finance main government to answer such ques
measure.
tenance as well as build up a re
tions as why they get so little for
Portland, enshrined in the position o f a serve toward future expansion.
roads and how the taxes have been
state leader might well lie the leader for
What this expansion means wa« j i"ncrea7|ng
acceptance o f a sales tax.
outlined by the new president of
The
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been the cherished privilege and responsi-
bility o f the American press since the Bill of
Rights guaranteed this freedom. We con
gratulate Mr. Frey on his stand in placing
the issue squarely before the public. I f our
news columns are predicated upon advertis
ing lineage, the public is not justly informed.
W ith such leadership Oregon can justly
I k » proud of its “ Great Newspaper,” The
Oregonian.
D. P.’s H A V E PROBLEM S
the local chamber of commerce
. who declared his primary project
in office will be the promotion of
greater sewage facilities.
He points out that the local ber-
r y
p o w e r s plant could provide
an additional $90000 in payroll to
workers plus an estimated $200
000 to growers if the plant were
able to process corn.
And the reason it is not so do
ing, it is reported, is that the
state department of health, in 1947,
forced the stop of such processing
after it was determined that Gres
ham’s sewage disposal plant was
to be sure,
brought out a literal barrage of
questions. Where would the infor
mation be found? Do the county
judge and commissioners control
all other officers of the county,
whether elected or appointed?
Van W inkle
met the questions
manfully and further explained |
such a text book would have too
small a sales volume to interest
regular publishers, this affording
the idea of having It subsidized
by the grange.
R U R A L D ISTR IC T P H O N E S
incapable of handling corn wastes
Some 135 rural residents in the
which were subsequently further area wj]i have suburban telephone j
polluting nearby Johnson creek.
service, announces the manager of 1
: the phone company In St. Helens.
.IUG B U S IN E S S U P
I The S E N T IN E L-M IS T , in telling
In spite of the weather, or per- of the development, reports that
haps b«‘cau8e of *L the
busi_ weather conditions and shortage
of some supplies had hampered the
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Says the B E N T O N CO U N TY work but the job is scheduled for
R E V IE W , the Philomath liquor completion in the spring.
Total project involves the plac
agency is one of the best paying
unlts ln thP Oregon Liquor Con ing of approximately 135 poles,
trol commission, according to an more than 9 miles of cable and 46
i administrator who was willing to j miles of steel wire- at a cost in
the neighborhood of $100.000.
he quoted.
There is agitation in the halls o f Congress
to liberalize the procedure by which hordes
o f D.P.’s (Displaced Persons) may find it
easier
to . start
a new
life for themselves
in
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America, the land o f Freedom and Opportu-
nity.
This problem o f D.P. salvage is a poignant
one, touching all the facets o f humanity and
Christian brotherhood. It offers us the
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direct proportion to the wav the o ffe r is
made.
T O E N T E R P R IS E R E A D ER S ; —
Obviously, we would all like to alleviate
the distress o f these refugees from the
Today an automobile is often a necessity as well as a
storms o f war and the vicissitudes o f politi
luxury. Do not let lack of Immediate funds prevent you
cal pulling and tugging. Unfortunately, it is
from owning a car. If you are using bus transportation
not jx>ssii)le to favor all who are wearied o f
to
and from your place of employment an automobile
life in Europe with a new and fresh begin
ning here. Sympathy must lx* tempered with
vsould be much more convenient for this purpose and in
such practical considerations as housing and
addition you would have transportation for your family,
livelihood for such immigrants, many o f
thereby giving them more pleasure.
whom indeed are unable to even spt*ak the
Paxson Finance Company invites you to come in and
English language.
A pattern o f calling the stout sons of
discuss your financial requirements to enable you to own
Europe to the United States existed about
an automobile. Should you own an automobile and have
the turn o f the century. At that time, there
accumulated various small obligations, through a loan
was a critical manpower shortage in mines,
on
your automobile these can all be paid off and consoli
railroads, mills and other industries.
dated in one monthly payment. Suitable credit terms will
Recruitment went on throughout myriad
hamlets. The brawn of European peasants
be satisfactorily arranged to meet your needs
proved to lx* a veriable mother Itxle whose I
value was in terms o f lalx>r production.
True, history recounts a number o f in
P a x Son i} in a n c e C o.
stances where these people were imported to
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do long hours o f work at miserly wages. But
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history also reveals that the influx of these
sons o f toil contributed greatly to the de
Beaverton. Oregon
velopment o f an expanding young nation
Phone. Beaverton 4665
License; M-383
and were absorbed in the melting pot o f our
civilization.
Now, perhaps, the picture has changed to
some degree. The frontiers o f industrial de
velopment are more limited than they were
50 years ago. Our birthrate, since the war
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years, has swelled rather than decreased.
And after the continuing gixxl times in the
early ¡x>st war years, opportunities for easy
employment are lessening and approaching
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the normal pattern where millions are un
•foi
employed.
GENERATIONS
By realization o f all this, we come to
A GREA T
acknowledge that unrestricted invitation to
:: entucky
D.P.’s cannot practically lx* all embracing.*
FA V R IT E*
Those who make it. o f course, are fortunate
and stand on their merits to make good,
eventually to become citizens and contrib
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utors to the common gtxxl.
pt*
Present laws, though provokingly discrim
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inatory in many respects, require sponsors
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to guarantee that D. P.’s will not become
public charges. Yet. there is no legal en
couragement to enticing Europeans here for
a condition of low paid servitude, whether
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industrial or domestic.
Well might we speak out plainly and
sharply at nnv attempt to take such unfair
advantage
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