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SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 4 on duty until the last of June whcti lie will lie succeeded by |>r John C Evans who for years han 'CIA I 'l U.S IlMMlHtallt Mllpel illtclllll-llt of the Institution LIFE’S BYWAYS! r-—- ■ Southern Oregon Miner • Published Everv Tuesday and Friday at 167 East Mam Street ASHLAND, OREGON Entered as second-class matter February 15, 1935, at the postofficc at Ashland, Oregon, under the act of March 3. 1879 ,i. Editor and Publisher Assistant Editor LEONARD N. HALL JANE PRIME HALL. • PHONE ASHUS1» 170 Subscription Rates, in Advance: One Year. ........ $1 00 Six Montila THE NORMAL SCHOOL BOYCOTT! Thrift is an enviable ambition, but not at someone else’s expense. Students of Southern Oregon Normal school who have threatened "reprisals and a boycott against the Lithia theater here if Manager Lee Ryan does not grant them special student prices are not only ahead of themselves, but are adopting the most impractical method of reaching their goal. In the first place, we fail to see exactly why a student over 12 years of age should be given special admission price concessions other than because they want cut rates. And. as far as special prices are con cerned. all of us would like to be able to save a nickel here and there. The normal students would be better advised if they would quiet down and take stock of themselves rather than boisterously attempt to tell a theater manager how to run his house. Conscientious collegians must admit that many of their ranks constitute the least desirable class of on the subject (there was another one busy at it this theater patrons. A number of them delight in hooting, week I and insist that they served a great American hissing, jeering and cutting up in general—much to cause by being against what the people wanted their own amusement and very decidedly to the dis stretches a wild imagination to understand. Fact of the matter is that most large newspapers, comfiture of others in the house. Most, of course, be- have like ladies and gentlemen, but not enough of like other large corporations, drifted too far away from bulk of the people. Many’ dailies still claim, how them. ever. that everyone was out of step but them About the only motive any business man could All of which, of course, is a lot of claptrap and have for granting students special rates would be hooey. It was t^e big boys’ self-acknowledged "blue an altruistic one. and launching a boycott hardly could blood" that still is making their faces red. be calculated to stir that emotion into fruition for You can fool all of the people some of the time, Ashland’s collegians. but not with a fool newspaper. ★ ★ ★ OH. YES, YES, BI T NOT NOW! INCOME TAXES TO OFFSET LEVY ON OREGON LAND off-set the propert ytax levy of $5,570.000 for that year including One of the weakest, if not the most anemic, of ar a one-half mill levy for the bonus guments against the proposed supreme court changes commission which was waived in the 1937 levy. is being advanced by those who slyly "agree" with Members of the tax commission the need for revision and modernization of the high are in doubt as to the applica court, but then add a final clincher against Mr. Roose tion of income taxes to the ele velt’s plan by saying, “Yes, but not now.” mentary school levy While this tax is included in the state levy Bv A. I- I.INDBEt K The more we hear and read of arguments against it is not a state tax in the true State Capitol News Bureau of the injection of younger blood into the rheumatic sense inasmuch as the tax is re- I Southern Oregon Miner in the counties in which body of supreme jurisprudence the more convinced CALEM There will be no tax I ! tained it is collected and does not flow j are we that the president is sponsoring an important levy against property for state into the state’s treasury It is I purposes in Oregon next year i probable that the next legislature improvement for the welfare of the people. much can be predicted at will be asked to authorize a re- I We agree wholeheartedly with opponents of the That this early date with reasonable fund of income tax monies to the Income taxes are pouring several counties in amounts equal supreme court change, and admit that their arguments safety. in an unprecedented rate Present to the fund raised by the state are sound and are worthy of consideration—but not indications are for collections of levy for school purposes in case I more than $5 000.000 from this I income tax collections exceed the now! ★ ★ ★ AND STILL THEY TAKE BOWS’ few newspaper still are deeply concerned with _______ — alibis about why the last national election so completely reversed about 70 per cent of the daily publication. Many and ludicrous are interpretations of the up set offered in rebuttal to the obvious fact that Mr. Voter just plain ignored their views and reacted the wrong way. How the journals can continue harping A their BUY YOUR NEXT CAR • • 'I'he state supreme court in- «-leased Oregon's Income tux col lections by approximately »250. this week when II held that coll tractors on the Bonneville dam were subject to (he tax 'Die opln ion leveised one handed down by the court' in the same cast last Nuvrmht r source this year This will provide a surplus of more than $1.000.000 in anticipated revenues as set out by the tax commissioners in their 1937 levy. This surplus, according to the provisions of the income tax act, must be applied toward i a reduction of the property tax levy next year. Even without this surplus, however, it is anticipated that 1938 income taxes will be sufficient in themselves to entirely property tax levy for other state purposes • • • On June 30 Dr R E Lee Stein er will sever his connection with the state hospital at Salem after 49 years of service with that in stitution. 30 years of which he has served as its superintendent Steiner submitted his resignation __ _____ — -w-* wwn to the board of VVUIVIUI control iani last week and the board asked him to remain • • The board of control I1IIS MU thorized the purchase of two more tai ms for use by state institu lions <>nv Is a tiuct of 130 acres adjoining the "Cottage farm" of the state hospital south of Salem Price of this farm Is JH.OOO The other is a 320 acre tract adjoin . ing the state prison annex, also south of Salem, priced at $12 000 which is being purchased by the penitential v Appropriations cov cling the cost of these farms ere made by the recent Icgisln Vc session • • • •■«.J IJ f k J C hest Goul Rub on Mustcrolc. u by nullo n ■ for 25 (\( I1 just I salve, bull ••(■otmh r if ri tant." ft dni|U's,s 1 l>’vcsircmi|»| • —. • -• Earl Snell, secrete r yof state Is not running for office not just now at least Snell has made the statement this week after |M>liti cal prognosticators had suggest- , e<l thut he Would either srek the republican nomination for gover I nor or a second term as secretary of state Political observers, how ever. observed that he left the« gate o|M*n to a more timely entry I into the political race in hla "not now qualification to hia statr ment • existence in or incorimi at Ion week for th.- <»,, la glslatlv. 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