6 Heppner Gazette Times, April 30, 1942
STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
o Taxes Small Part
o Bond Debt Down
o Objectors' Draft
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem. Taxes, about which so
much complaint is heard, form less
than 28 percent of the state's rev
enue and income taxes comprise
less than nine percent of the total
revenue handled by the state treas
urer. This is revealed in a report
by State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott.
Scott's report shows that of the
$92,500,000 collected and disbursed
by his department last year only
$24,500,000 came from taxes prop
erty, income, inheritance, gift and
gasoline. The remaining $68,000,000
came from fees, fines, interest on
loans and bank deposits, contribu
tions by the federal government,
revenue from liquor sales and priv
ilege taxes and contributions by em
ployers and employees to the in
dustrial accident and unemployment
compensation funds.
There were no property taxes
collected by the state in 1941 but
income taxes produced a total of
$8,012,772. Gasoline taxes, about
which little or no complaint is ever
heard, yielded a total of $14,898,611
or more than one and three-fourths
"as much as the income levies. In
heritance taxes yielded $1,471,643
. and gift taxes, $198,300.
. In addition to gasoline taxes Ore
gon motorists contributed an addi
tional $4,474,363 to the grand total
of state revenues through the med
ium of registration fees and mileage
and gross revenue fees.
The gross income of the Liquor
Control commission, all of which
passes through the state treasury,
amounted to $12,903,274. The state's
share of the "take" from pari-mutuel
betting on horse and dog races am
ounted to $132,378.
Federal grants to various state
agencies totalled $9,538,599, of which
$2.810.895 went into new highway
y T,tf 4-2? r WU N CULTIVATE A Ar.
m JOHN DEElOMTl
You're in for the surprise of your life when
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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& EQUIPMENT CO.
construction.
Contributions by employers to the
unemployment compensation trust
fund, including federal allotments
for administration and maintenance
of the free employment offices, am
ounted to $9,746,766 and another $6,
382,040 was collected by the State
Industrial Accident commission.
Interest earned by state trust
funds and bank deposits added $1,
385,334 to the year's total of revenue
collections.
Other revenue sources itemized in
Scott's report include: Fishing and
hunting licenses, $762,864; poundage
fees paid by commercial fishermen,
$164,523; fees paid by insurance
companies, $939,141; corporation
fees, $320,063; fees collected 'by de
partment of agriculture, $484,860;
fees collected by Department of La
bor, $68,713; litigants' fees, divorce
fees, and filing fees collected by
tupreme court, $50,906; collections
by state department from sales of
law books, notarial commissions,
candidates' fees, etc., $64,556; col
lections from state wards, $145,313.
Conscientious objectors may be
drafted for service as attendants and
orderlies at the two state hospitals
for insane at Salem and Pendleton.
The board of control has announced
that such a plan is under consider a -tipn
in order to fill the places of
employees who are quitting jobs in
these institutions to accept better
paying jobs in defense industries.
The plan is said to have been ap
proved by the national selective ser
vice board. If the "conchies" are
employed they will be given their
"keep" and $2.50 a month.
Sale of Marquam Lake to the
state game commission for use as a
game preserve has been held up
pending investigation of complaints
by farmers of Sauvies Island that
the game commission's program will
interfere with plans for drainage of
this district.
Oregon's bonded debt which in
1928 hit a high of $66,062,810 is now
down to $29,648,235, according to a
report by State Treasurer Leslie M.
Scott.
Interest on state bonds which at
the peak amounted to $2,928,323 a
year is now down proportionately
to only $1,293,508, a saving of $1,634,
815 a year, Scott's report shows.
Since 1917 when Oregon started
its spending orgy by authorizing its
first road bond issue taxpayers of
this state have paid a total of $51,
031,052 in interest.
Of the state bonds, now outstand
ing $16,175,000 were issued by the
World War Veterans State Aid com
mission, $11,541,750 by the state
highway commission; $1,900,485 are
Oregon District Interest bonds and
$31,000 are farm credit bonds.
As a partial off-set against this
outstanding indebtedness Scott
points out, the state has $20,355,192
in assets represented by cash, mort
gages, real estate contracts and
property.
Had these outstanding bonds been
issued with callable provisions, Scott
points out, they could now be refm
anced at an average interest rate of
two percent instead of the four to
six percent the old bonds bear.
Chas. V. Galloway, chairman of
the state tax commission, who has
been the butt of considerable criti
cism, at the hands of newspaper edi
torial writers and political dema
gogues the past year, is digging down
into his own private purse to pay fr.r
30 minutes of time on radio sta
tion KGW between 9:00 and 9:30
o'clock Saturday night, May 2, at
which time he will give his version
of the uniform assessment order, the
shift in the tax paying period and
other controversial issues.
Tire rationing is beginning to be
reflected in reduced gasoline con
sumption on the part of Oregon mo
torists. Sales for both February and
March were down below the levels
for the same month last year, ac
cording to a report by Secretary of
State Snell. However, due to a big
January increase gasoline consump
tion for the quarter was still above
that for the same period a year ago.
Plans for the protection of Ore
gon's forests from fires through sa
botage this summer were made by
a committee of the state forestry
board meeting in Salem this week.
Included in these plans are greater
restrictions on entry into timbred
areas, more closures of forests and
an absolute prohibition on slash and
debris burning after May 15.
Warning that. Japan can be ex
pected to strike back at this coun
try for the bombing of Tokyo and
other cities of the island empire,
Jerrold Owen, coordinator of the
Oregon defense council, has sent
word to all county defense coordin -ators
to keep their organizations
constantly on the alert. "A bombing
fleet over the Pacific and that
means Oregon is not impossible,"
Owen declared in his bulletin ad
dressed to the county coordinators.
We've got Axis to grind. Buy
Defense Bonds and Stamps.
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3 Morrow Children
Under Boys', Girls' Aid
Portland, Oregon, April 23. Three
dependent children from Morrow
county are at the present time be
ing cared for by the Boys' and Girls'
Aid society of Oregon, Mrs. Myrtle
C. Dalziel, state director, announced
this week.
A state-wide child-caring agency,
the society finds homes, pays board,
supplies clothing, and provides med
ical and dental service for more
than 350 dependent children. Funds
to meet the increased needs of the
children for the current year will
be raised in a state-wide appeal to
open May 1.
"Fifty-five percent of the children
under our supervision are sent from
counties other than Multnomah,"
Mrs. Dalziel points out. "Because
of increased costs this year, the wel
fare of these nearly 200 children has
become dependent on the support of
citizens throughout the state. The
society cannot continue to provide
adequate care to these boys and
girls without additional funds."
The drive will be conducted on a
ftate-wide basis with a separate
campaign organization in each coun
ty. Mrs. Dalziel cited the unmet
needs of the society's wards as to
talling $25,000 for the year 1942.
Jesse G. Gard, of Salem and Port
land, is state chairman of the ap
peal. Operating on the foster home plan
basis, the BGAS places all children
under its supervision in foster, or
private family homes for care. De
pendent children are accepted from
all parts of Oregon, likewise are
placed in homes throughout the en
tire state.
E. Harvey Miller of Heppner rep
resents Morrow county on the so
ciety's honorary board. The organi
zation's administrative office is lo
cated at 1504 S. W. 11th Avenue,
Portland.
BAND SETS CONCERT DATE
The Heppner school band will pre
sent its annual concert Friday eve
ning, May 15, announces Harold W.
Buhman, director. Several marches
and overtures will be played. Also
the instrumentation of the band is
much better due to the addition of
the new tympani (kettle drums), two
French horns and a new E flat alto
clarinet. These new instruments
were learned and are being played
by different members, although they
are owned by the band organization
and represent several hundred dol
lars in value. This concert is free
to the public, in appreciation by
the band members of the wonderful
support citizens of Heppner have
given the organization.
CARD OF THANKS
We take this means of expressing
our sincere thanks for the assist
ance of neighbors at the fire, and
for the kindness and generosity
since.
Mr. and Mrs. John Brosnan,
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brosnan.
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