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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, April 14, 1938
Cities Seek Fairer
Share Tax Revenues
Cue Given Voters
League Meet Asks
Aid from Liquor,
Gas Tax Receipts
Though an apathetic interest in
the coming May 20 primary elec
tion seems to pervade the local elec
torate, judged by the small crop of
local candidates and the little stir
toward registration, there are some
important governmental matters
that need consideration, according
to at least one agency working for
better government the League of
Oregon Cities. And the cue sent out
by this organization might be taken
to heart by those qualified citizens
who have not got in good standing
on the registration books, before it
is too late. Next Tuesday is the last
day for registration.
League of Oregon Cities cue eman
ated from a meeting at Pendleton
yesterday when a group of city rep
resentatives all the way from Bend
to Milton-Freewater passed two
resoltuions looking to a redistribu
tion of state tax revenues to obtain
what they considered a fairer share
for local governmental purposes and
to provide relief from the heavy lo
cal property tax burden.
A bearing on the coming primary
election was indicated when Mayor
Kuhn of Salem, league president,
said that members of the state legis
lature should be contacted before
and not after they reach Salem to
determine their stand on matters of
public interest.
One league resolution asked for
return of 10 percent to cities of the
state's net profit from liquor sales,
in addition to license fees and share
of beer tax. The other asked for a
share of the gas tax.
The liquor tax resolution based its
claim on a number of allegations,
including: (1) Liquor revenues were
originally recognized as belonging
to cities; (2) City law enforcement
expenses have been greatly in
creased by liquor traffic; (3) License
fees originally provided by the Knox
liquor law to be retained by cities
have been diverted elsewhere.
Sponsors of the league resolution
declared that the state liquor con
trol commission is the only state
governmental agency that is not
compelled to work under a budget,
and it was recommended that it be
placed under the same provisions
in this respect as every other gov
ernmental agency.
Denying that giving cities a share
of the gas tax would be a "diversion
of road funds" as argued by op
ponents in defeating the last at
tempt to gain legislative recognition
for their claim, the league sponsors
declared that much street construc
tion and maintenance is forced upon
cities to accommodate motor traffic
that burns much of the gasoline,
and that therefore giving the pities
an equitable share of the tax money
is but a fair distribution of the re
ceipts. Herman Kehrli, the league's sec
retary, cited practices in other states
of sharing state tax revenues with
various governmental subdivisions
as being the means of lightening the
property tax burden for local gov
ernmental purposes. Counties, cities
and school districts in Oregon are
iorced to levy heavily upon proper
ty because they do not share in state
-tax revenues as they should. This
maladjustment in distribution con
trives to permit state governmental
activities to expand rapidly while
local governmental functions are
unduly curtailed, he declared.
What local governmental agencies
are facing is indicated by the po
sition of cities, Kehrli ,said, citing
that in the last twenty years with
total assessed valutions of cities
about the same as at the beginning
of the period, at $400 million, the
average millage rate on property
for city purposes has increased from
10 mills to 20 mills, or doubled.
P. W. Mahoney, local council
chairman, and Mayor Tom Barnett
of Lexington attended the meeting
from this county.
Get results with G. T. want ads.
FFA Mitmen Go to
Boardman Tomorrow
The mit club of the Heppner
chapter of F. F. A. will journey to
Boardman next Friday night to en
gage the glove tossers of that city in
the final bouts of this fistic season.
The Boardman lads will be out to
avenge an early season defeat hand
ed them by the Heppner boys last
December in the ring of the local
gym.
All the matches have not been
completely arranged to date. How
ard Patton is undergoing vigorous
training prior to his battle with Tan
nehill whom he fought to a draw
here three months ago. Other boys
who are eager to don the gloves for
the Heppner outfit are the follow
ing: Johnny Hays, Dean Gilman,
Floyd Williams, Fufus Hill, Leland
Edmondson, Alan Gibb, Clayton
Wright and Dick Wilkinson.
If the local lads succeed in win
ning the majority of bouts from
Boardman, they will have completed
a most sccessful season. They were
undefeated all last year, and this
season they have won all their in
terschool contests, except for one
with Condon, which resulted in a
draw.
tional church last Thursday after
noon. "What is happening to Chris
tianity in Japan today" was the
subject of the afternoon's study.
Hostesses were Mrs. E. J. Keller,
Mrs. Minnie Forbes, Mrs. T. E. Gra
bill and Mrs. Rosie Van Horn. Re
freshments were served at the close
of the meeting. Thirteen members
were present.
Arthur Bergstrom is at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Bergstrom, during his vacation from
Reed college.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson of
Eight Mile were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Allyn.
Mrs. Mary Burt and daughter
Betty of Portland are guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mankin and
KOAC Leads Nation in
Market News Program
The most complete agricultural
market news broadcast schedule in
the entire United States is available
to Oregon listeners over the state
owned station KOAC, according to
a report just issued by the bureau
of agricultural economics of the
United States department of agri
culture.
A survey of the programs of 587
radio stations in the United States
shows that KOAC gives the most
complete diversification of daily spot
market quotations, as well as one
of the widest ranges of weekly re
views, one or more of which is
broadcast daily.
The source of the KOAC market
reports is material obtained over the
government's market news leased
wire, which comes directly to Cor
vallis, and is prepared for broad
casting in the office of L. R. Breit-
haupt, agricultural economist of the
extension service. This leased wire
brings quotations from New York,
Chicago, Omaha, Los Angeles and
Seattle markets, as well as seasonal
reports from other points.
IONE NEWS
Special Easter
Services at lone
By MARGARET BLAKE
Easter Sunday will be observed
with a special program during the
Sunday school hour at the Baptist
church. At 11:15 Rev. Carlsn, super
intendent of Congregational churches
in Oregon, will preach an Easter ser
mon. The Union Sunday school in
vites the public to attend these ser
vices.
Mrs. William Bergstrom and son
Rudolph of Portland spent the week
end with Mr. Bergstrom at the Eric
Bergstrom farm.
Charles McElligott spent last week
with his family in Portland.
Relatives have received word that
Mrs. Ida Moore, who has been spend
ing the winter with her daughter,
Mrs. Wrex Hickok, in Portland, had
the misfortune to break a leg above
the knee. She is in a Portland hos
pital. Mrs. O. Bergstrom and sons, Don
ald, Wayne and Billy, are spending
Easter vacation at the Eric Berg
strom farm from their home in
Portland.
Mrs. Morrow, who cares for Mrs.
Ida Peterson, visited at her home in
Hood River last week.
Mrs. J. C. Callandra and son Don
ald have been visitors at the home
of Mrs. Ida Fletcher. Mrs. Callandra
returned to Portland Friday leaving
Donald for a longer visit.
Mrs. George Allyn of Lexington
visited at the home of her son, Carl
Allyn, Snuday.
Joe Engelman returned Sunday
from a weeks trip to Portland.
Erling Thompsen was a Portland
visitor during the vacation in the
school last week. He was accompan
ied by Miss Jane Huston and Mrs.
Clarence Brenner and son Leroy.
The Women's Union Missionary
society of lone held its April meet
ing in the parlor of the Congrega-
children spent a part of last week
in Portland. Thev went down on
Monday and returned Thursday.
Mrs. Victor Peterson and sons,
Johnny and Allen, of Heppner were
at the homes of Mrs. Ida Peterson
and Mrs. Margaret Rietmann last
week.
Mrs. Minnie Metoker returned to
her home at Portland last Saturday
night. She has been employed at the
home of Mrs. Lana Padberg.
Rev. Ralph Hinkle conducted ser
vices at the Baptist church last
Sunday morning.
Bobby Cason of Portland is spend
ing his spring vacation at the farm
home of Mrs. Lana Padberg. He
arrived Saturday morning.
Gwendolen and Catherine Jones
and Richard Bolam of Portland were
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. E.
J. Blake.
Jesse Dobyns is visiting his broth
ers, Walter and Noel, at their farm,
Aunt Tillie Goes to Town" is the
title of the side-splitting three-act
comedy which the juniors and se
niors will present at the school gym
next Friday evening, April 15, at 8
p. m. The following cast is announc
ed: Lucinda Talbot, Jane Huston;
Aunt Tillie Talbot, Bernice Ring;
Mervin Tucker, Norman Bergstrom;
Ronald Howland, Harry Ring; Liz
zie Parsons, Helen Lundell; Pamela
Marsh, Ruth Crawford; Luther Lar
rimer, Alfred Tmert; Ellen Nuland,
Lola Cannon; Charlie One Lung,
Douglas Renoe; Mrs. Tillie Tucker,
Katharine Gififth; Dr. Hattie Bing,
Helen Lindsay.
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