Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, January 1, 1942
Page Six
NEWS
o Revenue Split
Tire Meteing
Fag Tax Anomaly
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem. Some time between now
and June 30, State Treasurer Leslie
M. Scott will send the county trea
surer of Morrow county a check for
$7,530.92. The amount will represent
the county's share of a $960,944 div
idend declared by the state tax com
mission last week out of surplus
revenues from income taxes and
will be the state's contribution to
ward the support of elementary ed
ucation in lieu of property taxes
heretofore levied for that purpose.
It will be the first time in Oregon
history that all state needs, includ
ing the elementary school levy, have
been met by revenues from income
taxes.
Faced with prospects of a tire
famine Governor Sprague has ap
pointed a committee headed by O.
L. Price of Portland to supervise the
rationing of this and other commod
ities on which the federal govern
ment may later restrict distribution
as a war time measure. Advices
from Washington indicate that dis
tribution of tires will be confined
exclusively to certain commercial
vehicles, ambulances, fire appara
tus, essential road maintenance
equipment and workers whose ser
vices are essential to the public wel
fare. County rationing committees
consisting of two men and one wo
man will be appointed by the gov
ernor to supervise distribution of
rationed commodities in local com
munities. Careless driving is held largely re
sponsible for a substantial increase
in grade crossing accidents during
1940 over 1939, according to Public
Utilities Commissioner O. R. Bean.
In his annual report on railroad op
erations in Oregon, just out, Bean
records a total of 247 grade crossing
accidents for 1940 compared to only
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you see and drive the John Deere Model "H"
the sensational new small tractor that handles
two-row equipment and completely replaces
animal power on small and large farms every
where, cutting costs 'way below their former
level, and making farming more profitable.
And when you learn the price, you'll wonder
how John Deere can give you so much in a tractor
that sells for so little.
In addition, the Model "H" not only burns low
cost fuel but it uses only 13 to 12 as much fuel
on the many jobs within its power range, as would
larger tractors handling the same load.
Come in, see it, and get "the surprise of your
life."
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159 in 1939. Eighteen persons lost
their lives in grade crossing acci
dents during 1940 compared to 10
in 1939 with the number of injuries
jumping from 38 to 63. Most of the
crossing accidents happened on well
established and well travelled high
ways, the report shows.
Because of the war two recently
issued regulations of the state de
partment of agriculture have been
cancelled. One of these called for
the use of a new type sanitary milk
bottle cap which would protect the
pouring lip of the bottle. No effort
will be made now to enforce this
regulation which was to have be
come effective on January 1, J. D.
Mickle, state director of agriculture,
said. The other regulation which
was cancelled this week called for
the use of a certain type of lighting
in dairy barns. Blackout require
ments have made it advisable to
cancel this requirement for the time
being, according to Mickle.
O. R. Bean, public utilities com
missioner, came to the aid of cupid
this week when he lifted the ban on
the employment of married women.
Hereafter, Bean ruled, girls employ
ed in the department may remain
on the job after they marry, pro
vided the husband is called into
military service. Otherwise the ban
still stands.
Governor Sprague this week ex
tended his emergency proclamation
to include the war against Germany
and Italy. Originally it applied only
to the war against Japan. The peo
ple of Oregon are especially en
joined to remain constantly on the
alert to every possible danger from
enemy action, to report any signs
of such activity to the proper auth
orities, and to perform faithfully
such tasks as may be assigned them
by military and civil authorities.
Failure of the legislature to in
clude any appropriation to cover
the cost of administering the new
cigarette tax act has placed the state
tax commission in a most embar
rassing position.
Before the commission can start
enforcement of the law it must set
up the machinery. That means the
employment of a staff to administer
the act and the purchase of supplies
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including stamps to be affixed to
the cigarette package or carton. This
involves expense. In lieu of an ap
propriation the legislature which
passed the act authorised the com
mission to pay necessary adminis
trative expenses out of revenues ac
cruing from the tax. That would
be all right except for the referen
dum. Although the attorney gen
eral has held the attack against the
tax act to be faulty and not entitled
to a place on the ballot the refer
endum sponsors still have recourse
to the courts. Should the courts re
verse the attorney general and di
rect the secretary of state to place
the measure on the ballot and the
voters, in turn, kill the law the com
mission would find itself in the posi
tion of having incurred a consider
able item of expense which it could
not pay.
Administration of the act is by no
means as simple as it might appear
on its face. The law provides for a
tax of one-tenth of a cent on each
cigarette selling at not more than
one cent. On cigarettes selling for
more than one cent the tax jumps
to 20 per cent. An investigation by
the commission has revealed the
need for at least 20 different de
nominations of stamps ranging from
a low of 1.2 cents to as high as 48
cents for certain imported brands
pt up in packs of 100.
Initiation of the tax is still further
complicated by the fact that large
supplies are now in the hands of
more than 40,000 dealers large and
small all over the state. As soon
as the commission is in position to
begin enforcing the act all of these
packages must be stamped before
they can be sold. After the current
supplies in dealers' hands are dis
poser of it is expected that the work
of stamping the packages or cartons
will be handled by the distributors
which will greatly simplify admin
istration of the act by confining col
lections to comparatively few sour
ces. A statistician in the employ of the
commission has estimated that Ore
gonians consume some 60,000,000
packs or 1,200,000,000 fags a year.
That would be at the rate of 170,000
packs or 3,400,000 cigarettes a day.
This estimate is based upon the ex
perience in the state of Washington,
according to which Oregon would
realize approximately $1,200,000 a
year from this tax $1,000,000 for
old age pensions and $200,000 for
the support of vocational education.
Increased costs of old age pen
sions for the first 11 months of 1941
were approximately offset by re
ductions in costs of general relief,
according to a report by Leslie M.
Scott, state treasurer. Scott's report
shows that Oregon's needy aged
drew a total of $5,071,932.66 in 1941,
to November 30, compared to $4,776,
986.06 for the same period in, 1940.
General relief payments, on the oth
er hand, dropped from $2,492,081.94
in 1940 to $2,195,285.68 in 1941.
The cow that jumped over the
moon did not have much of an edge
on her 1940 descendants when it
comes to high hurdling. Records of
the state purchasing department
show that beef prices have jumped
from $10.79 per hundred pounds to
$14.81 in the past nine months. Ba
con prices have increased from $18.
64 to $25.98 in the same period and
ham is up from $17 to $29.90 or 75
per cent Lard prices have increas
ed 117 percent from $5.85 to $12.70.
State institutions consume more
than $100,000 worth of meat annual
ly. PEACH DISEASE SERIOUS
Spread of the so-called "X" dis
ease of peaches in Oregon has be
come a matter of major importance
to the peach industry, Dr. S. M.
Zeller, plant pathologist at the O. S.
C. experiment station, told extension
and research men gathered on the
campus for the annual conference.
This disease, which is found in many
parts of the United States, is as yet
confined to the territory east of the
Cascades so far as Oregon and Wash-
ingon are concerned It was found
there first in 1939, since when a
number of large commercial orch
ards have been infected to the ex
tent of more than 50 per cent of the
trees. No control has been found
other than complete removal of in
fected trees, said Dr. Zeller. A mim
eographed circular on the subject is
in course of preparation.
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DSATW TAKES NO HOLIDAY
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HADONAl MWTT COONOt
Holiday traffic in Oregon is from
15 to 17 percent above normal, the
state traffic safety division warns
holiday drivers.
During these holiday periods, driv
ers were advised to exercise addi
tional care to avoid being involved
in accidents. In long lines of cars,
drivers should avoid taking danger
ous chances in order to pass, the
division warned. Speed should be
reduced, especially at night and in
heavy traffic, the driver must keep
on the alert at all times.
Special care is required when ap
proaching and passing recreation
areas during holiday periods in or
der to avoid accidents involving ped
estrians or cars entering or leaving
the area.
New Hybrid Wheat
Makes Good Yield
A new hybrid wheat obtained by
crossing turkey red and federation
outyielded all other varieties grown
in eight outlying cereal nurseries in
Wasco. Sherman. Jefferson, and Gil
liam counties in 1941, according to i
M. M. Overson, superintendent of
the Moro branch experiment station.
This is one of the several new and
promising hybrids that are being
tested in an effort to improve still
further Oregon's wheat varieties.
Most sought characteristics now
are smut-resistance and good milling
quality, combined with high yield.
None of these new crosses are ready
for general distribution.
Game Commission
Sets Angling Meeting
The Oregon State Game commis
sion will hold on January 10 at the
office in Portland, its annual meet
ing to determine the angling regu
lations for the ensuing year.
Seasons, bag limits, and other reg
ulations affecting sports fishing will
be considered. The meeting will be
open to the general public and rep
resentatives of sportsmen's organi
zations and other interested organi
zations are invited to attend.
Professional
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Meets First Monday Each Month
Citizens having matters for dis
cussion, please bring before
the Council
J. O. TURNER, Mayor
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