Heppner gazette-times., March 15, 1928, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6

PAGE SIX
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1928.
PRESENT COMBINED AVERAGE LICENSE FEES.
GASOLINE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES
PER MOTOR VEHICLE IN EACH STATE.
florid
nc carolma
conncctkut
arkansas
ALABAMA
MAINE
SO CAROLINA
OREGON
MISSISSIPPI
GEORGIA
NEW MEXICO
KENTUCKY
NEW JCRSCY
MARYLAND
LOUISIANA
N. HAMPSHIRE
WASH.
VIRGINIA
W VIRGINIA
RHODE ISL.
TEXAS
VERMONT
NEVADA
ARIZONA
WYOMING
CALIF.
TENNESSEE
SO DAKOTA
UTAH
COLORADO
MONTANA
WISCONSIN
IDAHO
DELAWARE
PEMNSYLVANUj
MICHIGAN
MDIANA
MISSOURI
ILLINOIS
IOWA
KANSAS
OHIO
NEBRASKA
OKLAHOMA
MINNESOTA
NO DAKOTA
NEW YORK
PL1
174
12 90
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1730
18.95
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num m rOU fVATA FURNISH CD BY THE U S BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS AND THE AMERICAN
1W11TV-IN (V STATE HIGHWAY OFFICIALS ON PLATE AND GASOLINE TAXES. THE OREGON VOTER
SUPPLIED UATA ON PROPERTY TAXES 1927 GASOUNE TAX INCREASES ARE INCLUDED BASED ON 2d
ncuRXS.
OREGON STATE MOTOR ASSOCIATION
IN AUTO REVENUES
No Property Tax Now
Levied for State Roads;
Comparisons Made.
Unquestionably, the present motor
vehicle license plate tax in Oregon
does not meet with the approval of
quite a considerable number of car
owners. While it is true that Ore
gon has a high plate tax, yet this
fact does not necessarily prove it
to be an unjust or unwarranted
tax. No two states have the same
identical conditions due to the wide
variance in areas, population, valua
tion, untaxable public lands, tax
burdens, number of cars and status
of highway development For that
reason, Oregon's plate fee cannot be
justly compared to the fee charged
by other states until the internal
conditions of those states are an
alyzed. The graphic chart accompanying
this article, illustrating the present
combined average motor vehicle
fees of the various states, proves
that there is a difference of less
than $8 in the combined fees of Ore
gon and California, and less than
$4.00 difference as between Oregon
considerably above those of the pre
sent day and carried in addition a
government excise tax of 5 per cent
on the factory price. Three per cent
of this government tax, an amount
more than equal to the present
plate tax, has since been removed;
and it is quite probable that the
remaining 2 per cent will be remov
ed before the present congress adjourns.
The motorist of 1919 knew the
value of good roads because he had
learned to know the grief and ex-
pense of bad roads through person
al experience. The present schedule
of motor vehicle and gas tax fees
has made it possible for Oregon
to develop a highway system of
4469 miles to within 30 per cent of
completion. This system compares
favorably with that of any other
in the nation. Any appreciable cut
in the present fees is going to re
tard, perhaps even stop, the comple
tion of one of the finest highway
systems in America; and to do this
would mean that we would be
and Washington; although there
doe3 exist a diffrence of $19 and
$9 respectively between the two
states mentioned and Oregon on
the plate tax. Each of the three
states have resorted to different
methods in financing their highway
programs. Over 75 per cent of the
revenue that has gone into the Cal
ifornia highway system has come
from general taxation. That indi
cates what the California highway
system would be today if that state
had had to depend upon the reven
ues from a low license fee alone.
Washington adopted a pay-as-you-go
policy in financing its highways,
a method which it is now admitted
is decidedly unpopular. Oregon's
dustless highways are carrying an
enormous amount of traffic that or
dinarily would pass over Washing
ton roads were it not for the dust
and winter-closing of the east and
west cross-state highways of the
latter state. Just now, Washington
is on the verge of a change in its
highway policy," with a strong pos
sibility of an additional cent gas
tax. This, if adopted, will place
Washington's combined tax above
that of Oregon. .
Oregon's policy, adopted in 1919,
was to build the roads first and
then let the roads pay for them
selves. The present plate tax was
adopted at the beginning of an ex
tensive highway program which
was financed by bond issues to the
extent of $41,700,000. It was not
considered an exhorbitant tax at
that time, although there were less
than 100,000 cars within the state.
Then automobiles sold at prices
Aviation to be Important Topic at U. of O. Meet
ft I rl$L, ,XKd At
Above, Tex Bankin, head of Bankin Air School, Portland, leading
aviation expert, who will address the session of Chamber of Commerce
secretaries at the University of Oregon, March 19 to 24. Lower (left),
A. L. Lomax, who with C. L. Kelly (right), will present a survey of all
aviation facilities in Oregon. Mr. Lomax and Mr. Kelly ars professors
of business administration and are well known for previous business
surveys.
University of Oregon, Eugene.
Aviation in all its phases will be
studied intensively at the annual
session of the secretaries of com
merce of Oregon, it is announced by
J. E. Folta, head of the school of
business administration of the Uni
versity of Oregon. The session will
be held daring the week of March
19 to 24 on the campus.
J. 0. (Tex) Bankin, head of the
-Bankin flying school of Portland,
will be one of the leading experts
who will be present for the week,
it is announced. Bankin will come
down here in his new five-passenger
rlane, which will be placed on exhi
bition on the campus, near to where
the school is being held. A talk by
Bankin on Thursday, March 22, has
already been scheduled, and the
Portland expert is also expected to
hold several conferences and give
demonstrations.
A complete survey of flying fields
tsd aviation facilities of the state
will be finished in time to put be
fore the conference, it is announced
by A. L. Lomax and C. L. Kelly,
professors of business administra
tion. In this report Mr. Lomax and
Mr. Kelly will also include figures
on estimates for passenger and mail
lines in all parts of the state.
C. S. Dudley, secretary of the na
tional Association of Commercial
Organizations, will be present to
give the Oregon men data on work
in their groups. C. W. Tillinghast,
of -Sacramento, who is assistant sec
retary and treasurer of the national
body, will also be present and have
a prominent place on the program.
Importance of radio today will be
the subject of Bichard Ealler, head
of the Oregonian station, KOW,
Portland. T. A. Stevenson, of Ta
coma, will speak, and Jack A. Hare
dar, of Boise, Idaho, Will be present
again.
A record enrollment in the session
it already assured, says Dean Folts.
CHARTER NO. 3774
RESERVE DISTRICT NO. U
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
AT HEPPNER, Iff THE STATE OP OREGON, AT THE CLOSE OP
BUSINESS ON FEBRUARY 28th, 1928.
RESOURCES
Loans and discount, including rediscounts, acceptances of other
DanKs ana ioreign Dills ol exenange or a raits sold with in
dorsement of this bank - . $434,583.20
Overdrafts, unsecured ... . 2,802.65
V. S. Government securities owned:
Deposited to secure circulation (U. S. bonds par value), $25,000.00
All other United States Government securities (includ
ing premiums, if any) 27,450.00
Total 52,450.00
Other bonds, stocks, securities, etc., owned 98,776.85
Banking House. $26,000.00; Furniture and fixtures, $6,873.50 32,873.50
Real estate owned other than banking house 61.234.10
Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank 53,320.38
Cash in vault and amount due from national banks 231,828.41
Amount due from State banks, bankers, and trust companies in
the United States (other than included above)
Checks on other banks in tile same city or town as reporting
name
Total of last three items
Miscellaneous cash items
, 236,612.43
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S.
Treasurer .
TOTAL
3,824.43
959.69
413.13
1.250.00'
..$964,316.24
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in
surplus iund
Undivided profits . , $ 10,200.98
ijess current expenses paia .. o.M.yu
Circulating notes outstanding
Amount due to national banks
Amount due to State banks, bankers, and trust companies in the
uniiea states .
..$100,
10,
13,
Certified checks outstanding .
Cashier's checks outstanding
Total ol last four items 13.H64.73
Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to Reserve
(deposits payable within 30 days) :
Individual deposits subject to check 402,
uertincates of deposit due In less than 30 days (other than lor
money borrowed) -
State, county, or other municipal deposits secured by pledge of
assets of this bank or surety bond . .
Other demand deposits
Total of demand deposits (other than bank de
posits) subject to Reserve $525,442.18
Time deposits subject to Reserve (payable after 30 days, or sub
ject to 30 days or more notice, and postal savings) :
Savings deposits (including time certificates of deposit other
than for money borrowed) . . 175,
Other time deposits 113,
Total of time deposits subject to Reserve $289,228.25
Letters of Credit und Treveiern Checks sold for cash and out
. standing
000.00
000.00
436.08
.100.00
374.69
628.35
46.10
015.59
20,
991.39
000.00
,063.81
,386.98
972.92
255.33
145.00
TOTAL
..$964,316.24
State of Oregon, County of Morrow, ss:
I, W. E. Moore. Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
W. E. MOORE, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before
ine this 12th day of March, 1928.
RUBINA F. CORRIGALL,
(SEAL) Notary Public.
Sly commission expires Aug. 18, 1929.
CORRECT Attest:
JOHN KILKENNY,
W. P. MAHONEY,
FRANK GILLIAM,
Directors.
breaking faith with the thousands
of motorists who live along or ad
jacent to the uncompleted portions
who have been paying the same mo
tor vehicle taxes as have those peo
ple who have had the advantage of
the completed section.
A study of the accompanying
graphic chart will show that during
1927 twnty-flve states increased
their gas tax. This would indicate
that there is a general tendency to
increase rather than decrease high
way revenues.
While Oregon was formerly the
highest taxed state in the union
in the matter of automobile taxes,
it will be noted that it has now
dropped to eighth place. Proposed
increases advocated in other states
In all probability will give us an
even lower rating in the near
future.
Twelve head of jacks, the best In
the west, for sale or lease; 40 head
of good mules for sale; also 4 head
of milk cows. B. F. Swaggart,
Lexington, Oregon. 62-tf.
WANTED Hear from owner of
ranch for sale. State cash price,
particulars. D. F. Bush, Minneap
olis, Minn. 52-3
FOR SALE OR RENT South
Jones Prairie, containing 402 acres
summer grazing land. Owner, Mai -garet
Jones, 399 E. 16th St, N.,
Portland, Oregon.
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