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f PAGE TWO HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 5, 193I.3. (fanztttt WxxxxtB THE HEPPNER GAZETTE. Established March 30. 1883; THE HEPPNER TIMES. Established November 18, 1897; CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY IS, 1913. Published every Thursday morning by VAWTEB and SPENCER CUAWTOBD and entered at the Post Office at Hepp ner, Oregon, as second-class matter. ADTEBTISrNa BATES GIVEN ON APPLICATION. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: On Tear , -. Six Months Thru Months Single Copies . $2.00 . 1.00 . .75 . .06 Official Paper for Morrow County. PLAN TO AID THE STATES WITH FEDERAL SALES TAX. Editor's Note The following editorial explains the plan of G. C. Willings, a keen student of American business, who now resides at Pensacola, Fla., as a means of the solution of the na tion's present financial crisis. The plan not only provides a source of collecting funds to wipe out the national deficit, but gives to states a plan with which ad valorem and other burdensome taxes may be aban doned with the government the collecting agency. PRESIDENT HOOVER in sub mitting his budget to Congress advocates a 24 per cent manufac turers' excise sales tax on all prod ucts except food. A federal sales tax seems to be an equitable form of taxation and one that spreads the cost of gov ernment over the entire nation. It is the best form of painless extrac tion relating to taxation that can be devised. The great danger is when the states place additional sales taxes on the same commod ities taxed by the federal govern ment that the damage is done. Mississippi adopted a 2 per cent sales tax and with the proposed federal tax of 2Yi per cent will make a total sales tax of ihi per cent on the same products. Such a tax is beyond all reason. Pyramid ing of taxes is where the trouble lies and it should be avoided. A state sales tax does not belong on the statute books of any state. It is dangerous to the state's business, particularly when there is no uni formity with sales taxes of other states. President Hoover states that a 2Yt per cent sales tax would yield (so he is advised) approximately $355,000,000 per year. In studying governmental statistics, it is be lieved that such a figure Is under estimated and that the yield will be considerably more. Should be No Exceptions According to government statis tics the value of manufactured pro ducts in 1929 was $70,434,863,443. A tax at 2Vt, per cent would have yielded $1,584,784,427 although it is admitted that the amount and value of manufactured articles produced today is considerably less than in 1929. These figures include food Sunday School u u Lesson By Ber. Charles E. Dunn, D. D. Jesus Begins His Work. Lesson for January 8. Mark 1:12-20. Golden Text: Mark 1:15. Our lesson deals with the temp tation of Jesus. Hi first preach ing, and recruiting. Note that Mark not only writes concisely and swiftly, but also completely ig nores the early life of Jesus, not even mentioning His birth or boy hood. For a full account of the tempta tion we must turn to Matthew and Luke. There we learn that the Evil One made three attempts to en snare the pure spirit of Jesus. First he appealed to His appetite, be seeching Him to turn stones into bread. Then he endeavored to per suade Him to make a bid for popu larity by a spectacular leap from the Temnle. Finally he offered Him all the kingdoms of the world if He would kneel down and serve him. To all these suggestions the Master turned a deaf ear. It was a severe test, but He emerged vic toriously. Jesus' initial preaching Mark briefly sums up with this sentence, 'The time has fully come, and the Kingdom of God is close at hand repent, and believe this Good News." Note that this is the same message as that of John the Bap tist (see Matt. 3:2.) Both pro claimed the nearness of God's Realm. Both sounded the note of repentance. Now the reign of God la funda mental with Jesus. "Thy kingdom come" is the central petition of the Lord's Prayer. This divine realm is future, according to the Master, although Its organic energies are at work even now. And it will come not primarily through human coop eration, but miraculously, by an act of God. This Is a vital truth we are all tempted to overlook in this age when men are so fond of glorify ing their own achievements. Man cannot establish the kingdom any more than he can make the sun rise. It is God who will organize the realm of heaven. With regard to the Master's tech nic of recruiting, note that He did not seek learned or highly gifted spirits, but selected humble fisher men at work with their nets. HOW STATES TOTAL VALUE OF MANUFACTUKO PWOUCTS WITHIN US. IN W29J 70, 43. 863. 43 -TOTAL OF 75 OF 2 SALES TAX OF AU. STATES 1.056.522.951 'TOTAL OF CD 25 OF 2 SALES TAX OF ALL STATES L3S2. 174.3I7-T0TA4. OF 3) 3'o ( 8 2.IS2.83S X l- h .3s.0?, 1$ '97.697 635 'Vt. 0 I ' 56& 0' Am.iV kaM (9'996.Hl NaX 8'4 t aIf,'"5 P i.4Z0.84t I sl?Pll TP9 '.35378 1 . 1 Mass vrM.YSmkX bss (tt VMM tic mutKimibtn tormK 75 OF 2 SALES TAX TO BE (p 257. OF 2 SALES TAX TO ot products which Mr. Hoover advo cates excepting. There is no more good reason for excepting food pro ducts, which the president classes as a necessity, than excepting a pair of crutches or a wooden leg, both of which are necessities. When ex ceptions are made arguments begin. There is no question that the gov ernment must balance its budget by first cutting expenses and then finding additional revenue to keep its financial house in order. In do ing so it must also consider the situation with regard to state fi nances and the harm that will be brought about by double taxation. The federal government has the machinery in the Internal Revenue Department for proper collection of a manufacturers' sales tax. A 2 per cent sales tax on all manufac tured products, valued at the source, would yield. more than the amount Mr. Hoover desires. The ex cess should be passed on to the states on some equitable basis, in order to assist the states on their taxation problems. President-elect Roosevelt made the statement some months ago that federal taxation should be considered with state and local taxation in mind. In pass ing the excess to the states the dis tribution could be made in propor tion to what each state's total man ufactured products bear to the whole, or the excess distributed on the basis of population of each state to the whole, or, further, it could be distributed on a combina tion basis of both. The example ac companying the map shows the dis tribution to the states of Florida and New York on the three bases outlined. Distribution of the Sales Tax In 1929 the total value of manu factured products in the United States amounted to $70,434,863,443, if figured at 2 per cent, would yield $1,408,697,268. If 75 per cent of this amount was returned to the states it would mean a distribution of $1,- 056,522,951 to the states. If the federal government retained 25 per cent, it would give it $352,174,317, or about the amount Mr. Hoover de sires. Admitting, however, that the value of manufactured products is less today than in 1929 and that 25 per cent of 2 per cent would not yield the $355,000,000 required, the surplus over and above this amount should be returned to the states on some equitable basis. As business improves the amount returned to the states would be considerably increased, thereby eliminating part or all of the ad valorem tax on real estate and other taxation within the states. The map illustrates the distribu tion on the basis of products of each state using the value of man ufactured products in 1929. Florida, for example, had a manufactured products value in 1929 of $232,386, 427. If 75 per cent of the 2 per cent federal tax was returned to this state Florida would receive $3,485, 721 and the federal government $1, 161,907. Mississippi has had a 2 per cent sales tax in effect for ten months, under which it has collect ed $1,270,682.95. That state had a manufactured product value in 1929 of $220,917,692. Seventy-five per cent of a 2 per cent tax on that amount would have returned to Mississippi, $3,313,690, and 25 per cent of 2 per cent to be retained by the Federal government would be $1404,563. , To Avoid Inequalities Between States ' There exists at the present time laws regarding inheritance taxes that the states are credited with by the federal government. There Is no reason why a federal sales tax law returning a portion of the mon ey to the states should not be in voked. Florida's constitution at one time provided that no inheri tance tax would ever be put into ef fect. For several years due to fed eral laws conflicting with the Flor ida law, Florida suffered and re ceived no credits on Inheritance taxes on properties of deceased citizens of the state. Florida, real izing the large amount of revenue it was -losing, soon changed its law In order that it could participate in the federal credits. The federal law, in establishing a manufacturers' sales tax, should stipulate that, where states have or should pass manufacturers' sales WOULD BENEFIT 1 'I ?.2?7 & 2.279.5t6 .lA-TtK x A x - I ".48s I w -"vsm. wosw"a. y oooniirrn rorrunj ST&ir-l020 RETURNED TO THE STATE RETAINED Br FtDtBAl 01 ?V1- r & .4..84 FLORIDA, on distribution on basis of manufactured products, would receive $3,485,721; on basis of population, . it would receive $12,678,275; on basis of combination of both, $8,081,998. NEW YORK, on the three bases, would receive $149, 698.422, or $105,652,295, or $127,675,358. In other words, smaller states, on a population basis, or on the combination basis, would receive more than the larger states, which produce manufactured products con sumed by the smaller states. tax laws that impose sales taxes on similar commodities assessed by the federal government, such states cannot participate in the credit un der a federal manufacturers' sales tax law until the state law i3 abol ished. A proviso of this kind would insure against inequalities between the states on sales taxes. There should be reserved for the state the right to tax sales or to impose other forms of taxation on articles not covered under a federal sales tax law as, for instance, real estate sales, etc. Today it is a fight between fed eral and state governments to find a new means of taxation without consideration of one for the other regardless of the feelings of the American taxpayer. Equitable dis tribution of taxation is proper Federal and state authorities must work more closely together to solve the taxation problems of this coun try. The plan as above outlined is given with a thought in that direc tion. 1L FM fc DMDOOD? X)HN JOSEPH GAINKjVlD JUST BETWEEN US Now and then my patrons consult me on matters of public affairs, that concern the moral health, as well as the physical; for the family doc tor cannot escape being a sort of a neighborhood mentor, being well read and perfectly honest in his opinions. I have kept studiously away from the realm of professional politics; I wouldn't want to drag a skunk through the family circles where I have been always welcome . . . But the doctor is, or ought to be, a competent advisor on this thing called "prohibition." It challenges intelligent judgment everywhere, from every lover of the American family and the sanctity of the home. I worked hard to put this prohi bition thing in operation; I have watched its workings from inside and outside. Let me tell you, friends: It has been turned into a colossal political graft for political gain. It has not "reformed" or "converted" a single saloon-keeper it never will. It has cost the al most bankrupt tax-payers down" to the very bread they eat they are losing their homes for taxes! It has not "reformed" anybody! But there are lots of jobs for political pot-hunters. Whenever fathers and mothers stop teaching temperance and mor als to their children, and leave it to prohibition-agents then, they are no more fit to be parents. Listen: Many a young girl has told me in tears, "doctor, I was DRUNK when it happened!" Calls of that kind are increasing. ... I heard a politician-senator last night over the radio harping'on what prohibition has done for the country. He has heaped a million dollars out of the game of course, he's for It! He doesn't know the truth, but his game pays HIM. Even our Saviour did not say "Thou Shalt Not." He taught morals, not Jails. Parents, teach your children. It will pay. E. R. Lundell, lone garage man, spent a few hours here on Wednes day while attending to business af fairs. Local ads Id the Gazette Times ! bring results. BY PROPOSED 6S5. 036,857 U e?A W. C. T. U. NOTES MARY A. NOTSON. Reporter. Much is said nowadays about regulation" of the liquor traffic when it comes back. Arthur Bur- rage Farwell, for many years pres ident of the Chicago Law and Or der League, had an article in the Chicago Daily Post of July 27, 1926, in which he said: "In 1909 Chicago granted 8,134 dram shop licenses, and from June 22, 1906 to May 6, 1918, there were granted by the City of Chicago 56, 812 special bar permits (daily sa loon licenses), allowing the sale of intoxicating liquor from three in the afternoon until three in the morning in such places as dance halls. "In 1911, within 250 feet of the Dante public school, there were fourteen saloons and nine more just outside that radius, and 2,184 children were registered at this school. As I remember it, the esti mate that was made of blind pigs at that time showed in the neigh borhood of 2,000, many of them con nected with houses of ill repute. The building next to the Midnight Mission building, 2136 Armour av enue, was a house of ill repute. "About 1910, a survey was made by representatives of the Municipal Court, Juvenile Protective Associa tion, Citizens' League and the Chi cago Law and Order League, as to the number of children who went to the Chicago saloons daily with tin pails to get intoxicating liquor, which was known as 'rushing the can'. As I remember the survey there were 20,000 children who were going daily to the saloons of Chi cago for liquor. "No doubt the men and women of Chicago who knew what was go ing on at about that time will re member that a great many of the 8,134 saloons that were supposed to close at 12 o'clock midnight and later at 1 o'clock in the morning did not ohev that ordinance. I re. member when the city council changed the closing hour from 12 to 1 o clock and the speech made by Alderman Larson of the old twenty-eighth ward. He said: 'The saloon keepers come to us and say: " 'Be a good fellow and give us an other hour'." Why not be a good fellow to the mothers and wives and children waiting for their sons, husbands and fathers to come home from the saloons? Why not be a good fellow to them living in the basements and attics?' "Population in Chicago: Today (1926) there are about 1,000,000 more people than in 1909, and if the 18th amendment had not been adopted and the Volstead Act pass ed, there probably would have been 10,845 dram shops in the city of Chicago. "I sold goods for wholesale houses and manufacturers for about 37 years, and I know from my own experience that in this city we are in a great deal better shape than we were in the days of the open saloon, when children were sold liquor In violation of the law." There Is something of a picture of the old saloon days. The ma jority of the saloonkeepers did not obey the law. The regulation did not regulate. Senator Borah says that the legalizing of beer means the return of the saloon In many places, When any proposition is made in congress now to prevent the return of the saloon, it meets with very determined resistance. As long as there Is money to be made in the liquor business, just so long will regulation prove a de lusion and a snare. Laxton McMurray, prominent lone resident, was looking after business affairs In this city yester day afternoon. SALES TAX 834. 4..O88.0il I.661.6TA Wl.7H.W4 04),MJ.042 Z. . JO 748.ZIO DWDICTCf coiunsi S88. 972.865 I.J34-.S9J 444,864 I.II9.082.289 24,786,234 S. 595,4 1 1 0745.010.075 729,550 0385.892,252 5,788.384 1.929.461 Bruce Barton writes of "The Master Executive" Supplying a week-to-week inspiration for the heavy-burdened who will find every human trial paralleled In the ex periences of "The Man Nobody Knows" Work, the Evidence The whole problem of Jesus "mir acles" is beyond our arguments, at this distance. We either accept them of reject them according to the make-up of our minds. But if they are to be accepted at all, sure ly the first one of changing water into wine ought not to be omitted. It often is omitted from the com ments on his life, or at least passed over hastily. But to us who think first of his friendliness, it seems gloriously characteristic, setting the pattern for all the three years that were to follow. "I came that ye might have life,' he exclaimed, "and have it more abundantly." So, at the very outset, he made use of his mighty power, not to point a solemn moral, not to relieve a suf ferer's pain, but to keep a happy party from breaking up too soon, to save a hostess from embarrass ment. . . . See, the ruler of the feast rises to propose a toast . . . look, a tall, broad-shouldered man towers above the crowd . . . listen, hear his laugh! That is Jesus. The Jewish prophets were stern-faced men; there are few if any gleams of humor in the Old Testament. John the Baptist was the last of this majestic succession of thun derers. He forsook the cities as be ing wicked beyond any hope, and pitched his camp in a wilderness beside the banks of the Jordan. For clothes he wore the skins of ani mals; his food was locusts and wild honey. He indulged in long fasts and vigils, from which he emerged with flaming eyeballs to deliver his uncompromising challenge. "Re pent," he cried, "repent while you still have time." Fresh from the carpenter shop came Jesus to stand and lis ten with the rest. To what degree was he influenced? Did he, too, be lieve that the world was almost at an end? There is some evidence to make us think so. He went away j from John's camp and hid himself in the woods, and there for forty days and nights he fought the thing through. For a time his preaching bore a decided resemblance to John's. He, too, talked of the im minence of the Kingdom of Heaven and warned his hearers that time was short. But little by little the note of warning diminished; the appeal to righteousness as a hap pier, more satisfying way of living increased. God ceased to be the stern, unforgiving judge, and be came the loving, friendly Father. He, himself, was less and less the prophet, more and more the com panion. So much so, that John imprisoned and depressed began to be tortured by doubt. John sent two of his disciples to watch and to ask. And Jesus, knowing how wide was the differ ence between their attitude and his, refused to argue or defend. "Go and tell your master what you have seen and heard," he said. 'The sick are healed, the blind re ceive their sight and the poor have the gospel preached to them. ... It is true that I do not fast, nor for go the every-day pleasures of life. John did his work and It was fine; but I cannot work in his way. I must be myself . . , and these re sults which you have seen . . these are my evidence." Next Week: On Liking People. EXAMINER COMING. W. C. Bush, examiner of operat ors and chauffeurs, from the ofiice of the secretary of state, will be at the court house in Heppner Wed nesday, January 11th, between the hours of 1 p. m. and 5 p. m. All those wishing permits or licenses to drive cars are asked to get in touch with Mr, Bush during these hours CALL FOR WARRANTS. All warrants of School District No. 25, Morrow County, uregon, from warrant numbered 835, Janu nrv 22 1932. to number 995, October 7, 1932, both numbers inclusive, will be paid on presentation. Interest stops on January 3, 1933. MRS. M. L. MUUUAJM, VJier. Boardman, Oregon. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. Notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the stockhold ers of Farmers & Stockgrowers Na tional Bank of Heppner, Oregon, on the second Tuesday in January, 1933, (January 10, 1933) between the hours of 9:00 o'clock A. M, and 4:00 o'clock P. M. of said day, for the Durnose of electing directors, and for the transaction of such other business as may legally come before the meeting. L, A. ALLINGER, Cashier. Dated this 21st day of December, 1932. NOTICE OF SALE OF ANIMALS. Notice is hereby eiven that by virtue of the laws of the State of Oregon, I have taken ud and hoia at my piace, in Blackhorse, six miles north of Hepp ner, Oregon, the following described animals, and that I will on Saturday, the 31st .day of December, 1982, at the hour of 10 o'clock In the forenoon of said day, at my said premises, offer for sale and sell the said animals to the hierhest and best bidder for cash in nana, unless tne same snail nave ueeu redeemed by the owner or owners thereof. Said animals are described as follows : One bay horse, about 18 or 20 years old, weight about 1100 and branded BB on right stifle. One brown horse, about 6 years old, weighing 1,000; blotch brand on left shoulder, wire cut on front foot, spot in forehead. W. R. SCOTT, Lexington, Oregon. SUMMONS. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF MORROW. MARGARET DENNIS, Plaintiff vs. HENRY DENNIS, Defendant defendant above To Henry Dennis, named : IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON, you are hereby required to appear and answer plaintiff's complaint NOW IN SEASON Oysters SHELL FISH Served Here Fresh Daily. If your appetite de m a n d s something different some thing tasty some thing healthful EAT SHELL FISH For a good meal any time go to ELKHORN RESTAURANT ED CHINN, Prop. For Women Traveling Alone THIS BANK ADVISES: American Express Travelers Cheques To insure her against the loss or theft of her travel funds. To provide her with a ready means of identification. To assure her the personal service of the American Express travel organiza tion which will care for her safety and comfort wherever she may travel. You can secure these Travelers Cheques at this banh before starting on a trip. They are issued in convenient denomin ations, and cost only 75c for each $100. Farmers and Stockgrowers National Bank filed against you in the above entitled court and cause within four weeks from the date of the first publication of this summons upon you, and it you fail to so appear and answer, for want thereof, plaintiff will apply to the above entitl- ea court ior me renei prayea xor in her complaint, to-wit: That the bonds rl of matrimony now existing between you and plaintiff be forever dissolved, and that plaintiff have an absolute di vorce form you; that her maiden name be restored, ana ior sucn oiner ana further relief as may be just and equitable. This summons is published upon you In the Heppner Gazette Times, once a week for four successive weeks by or der of Wm. T. Campbell, Judge of the uouniy uoun oi me mare oi uregon for Morrow County, which order Is-, dated December 21, 1932, and the date of the first publication of tills summons is ueceniDer a, isjz. JOS. J. NYS, Attorney for Plaintiff, PostofHce address, Heppner, Oregon. NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE ON EXECUTION. Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of an execution in fore closure duly issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Mor row County on the 29th day of Novem ber, 19S2, by the Clerk of said court pursuant to a Judgment and decree ren dered in said court on the 28th day of November, 1932, in favor of J. H. Frad, plaintiff and against Geo. R. W. Mead, and Elizabeth Mead, his wife, defend ants for the sum of $1500.00, with in terest thereon from the 3rd day of February, 1931, at the rate of eight per cent per annum, the sum of jlbO.00. attorney's fees, and the sum of ?17.7B, the cost and disbursements, ana di recting me to sell the following describ ed real property of the defendants, to wit: The SEli of NE, the NE& of SE14, the Stt of SE'4 and the Stt of SW of Section 31 In Township one (1) South of Range 26 East of Willamette Meridian, in Morrow County, Oregon. NOW, THEREFORE, In obedience to said execution, I will on Saturday, the 31st day of December, 1932, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon of said day at the front door of the Court House at Heppner, Oregon, sell at pub lic auction to the highest bidder for cash, the real property above described and apply the proceeds thereof to the payment of said judgment and accru ing cost of sale. Dated this 1st day of December, 1932. C. J. D. BAUMAN, Sheriff of Morrow County, Oregon. Professional Cards J. 0. TURNER Attorney at Law Phone 173 Humphreys Building HEPPNER, ORE. A. B. GRAY, M. D. PHYSICIAN ft StTBOEON Phone 323 Heppner Hotel Building Eyei Tested and Glasses Pitted. 1WM. BROOKIIOUSER PAXNT1NO PAPEEHAJJOIHQ INTERIOR DECOBATIHO Leave orders at Peoples Hardware Company DR. J. II. McCRADY DENTIST Z-Ba; Diagnosis Oilman. Building; Heppner, Oregon Frank A. McMenamin LAWYEB 90S Guardian Building Residence, GArfleld 1949 Business Phone Atwater 1348 PORTLAND. OREGON A. D. McMURDO, M. I). PHYSICIAN AND STTBOEON Trained Nurse Assistant Office in Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon P. W. MAIIONEY ATTORNEY AT LAW First National Bank Building Heppner, Oregon S. E. NOTSON ATTORNEY AT LAW Office In L O. O. P. Building Heppner, Oregon AUCTIONEER Farm and Personal Uroperty Sales A Specialty. O. L. BENNETT "The Man Who Talks to Beat the Band" 5229 72nd Ave., S. E., Portland, Ore. Phone Sunset 8461 J. 0. PETERSON Latent Jewelry and Gift Goods Watches - Clocks - Diamonds Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing Heppner, Oregon F. W. TURNER & CO. FIRE, AUTO AND LIFE INSURANCE Old Llna Companies. Real Estate. Heppner, Oregon JOS. J. NYS ATTONEY-AT.LAW Roberta Building, Willow Street Heppner, Oregon