Medford mail tribune., December 14, 1930, Page 12, Image 12

PXCffi FOUR
44 LEGISLATURES
TO ENACT LAWS
II
WASH WO TON, D. C, Dec. 13.
With forty - four legislatures
scheduled to convene nnrly in
1931, enactment of tho safety-re
r.ponslbllity law for tho control
of the reckless and Irresponsible
driver, now In effect In twelve
states, will be the outstanding nat-
lonal issue from the standpoint of
motoring; legislation.
In maklnf this announcement to
' day, the American Automobile as
sociation, which sponsored the
safnty-rosponslblllty law, declared
that the demands for copies of the
law In its newly revised form dls
close nation-wide interest and'that
It would .be Introduced in whole
or In part in the majdrlty'of the
legislatures where It hus not al
ready been enacted, white it is ex
pected that congress will put It
Into effect for tho District of Col-
ombiaj. i-'i'i'- , v ! ' ' .
Among the statcg where it Is
flow definitely planned to push the
legislation are the .following: Ar
kansas' JUinols, Maryland, Michi
gan; Missouri,: ; North Carolina,
Ohio; South Carolina, Texas, Vir
ginia, Washington and west Vir
ginia. .' . ' i " ",
The safety-responsibility law 1
now in effect in whole or In part
in New York, iRhode Island, Con
necticut, California, Iowa. Maine,
North. Dakota, Wisconsin, Vermont,
New. 'Jersey, New' Hampshire,
Minnesota and the 'Provinces of
Ontario and Manitoba, Canada,
which means, according to the A.
A. A.,- that one-third of the driv
ers In the United fltntes and one-
half of those in Canada are oper
ating under one or wore of Its
essential .provisions.
"Officials- in charge of- the en
forcement of the law in theso
states are confident that It is ful
filling Its major object, namely,
the control of tho reckless and
Irresponsible driver," said Thomas
P. Henry of Detroit, Mich,, who
outlined the four cardinal princi
ples of tho safoty-responslbllity
law as follows:
. "First, , a universal drivers' li
cense law with mandatory exam
ination- for all applicants as a
prerequisite to the right to drive.
- "Second, a mandatory suspension
of 'the driving- privileges of all
persons convicted of- serious viola
tions -of. the motor vehicle laws,
until proof of future responsibil
ity has been established. This Is
in adqltlqn to penalties now pro
vided under state motor laws.
"Third It provides for the us
pension of the driving privileges
of all porsons against whom a
final' judgment establishing negli
gence -has been legally rendered,
the suspension to remain In effect
until, tho judgment Is satisfied and
futuro responsibility- established.
"Fourth, it provides for tho
drivers' license laws of every stato
to-. Include - clause to provent the
Issuance of a permit to. any per
son, whose right to drlvo ! under
suspension In anothor slate,"
!' '-.''ny Ttlolianl Mussock
-H xrYPTir v - ii i.- -1. ...... ... .. ..i. , .
he very merry this year for Hock
well Kant, painter and Illustrator.
Two books containing work of
his, one written by lilm as well as
drawn, are December selections of
two book clubs,
, ','N by K" Is Kent's own volume,
a record of his expedition Inst year
to Greenland, a porsonnl record of
an Insatiable, voyager. .
With two oompanlons, Capt. Ar
thur H. Allen Jr. and a mnte wham
ho calls only Cupid, Kent set out
In July, 1828, -In 'a 83-foot sail
boat, Kent was oonk and deck
hand. From New- York, they touched
1m brad or, then crossed the Atlan
tic In 10 days.
It was a dangerous trip and they
finally were shipwrecked on the
coast of Clreenland, aftor which
Kent settled down to a summer of
pnlntlng.
ArtlHt-Kailnr
Tho title Indicates the direction
Kent took in the boat which was
mimed "Direction," a sturdy craft
that rolled and pitched through
fog and storm until It smashed
ngainst tho Clreenland rocks.
A New York commuter had bo
gun Its building, drenmlng to es
cape the drab monotony of city
life In the South Upas. The boat
was nearly built when his wire
said "no" and Kent's skipper
bought her.
In vigorous prose as graceful as
his woodcuts, more than a hundred
of which supplement tho words,
Kent has described the prepara
tions, the incidents of travel and
the episodes of life In Labrador
and at the foot of Greenland's Icy
mountains.
He enjoys n good story, so he
retells some of the folklore of the
Ksklmos, some of their poetry.
I-Ymtbull Hero
Football also takes a place In
the American novel, forming vir
tually the entire picture, fore
ground as well as shaokground, of
"Huddle!" by Francis Wallace.
" Ths author Is a Notre Dame
mon and a former sports writer.
No less an authority than Knute
Rockne vouches for the authen
ticity of the football scenes, which
get sway from the usual campus
fictions. '
-. The style Is staccato and wise
cracking In the modern collegiate
manner, ths hero Is ft brawny
steel-worker In summer (like Wal
lace ones was) and ths Incidental
love story a refreshingly sontK
with Clara Bow
brand of motor rubber, can now be purchased at Van r leet-i Jurkee stations tnrougnoui mc
Pacific Coast. As there are nearly 1,000 station in the V & D System, which extends from
Mexico to Canada, this merchandising tie-up is hailed as one of the most important ever ef
fected between a rubber manufacturing concern and an automotive service chain.
STATE TAX MESS CONTINUES
UPSTATE
E0IT0RIA
(Httlem Stuttrnmun) 1
The Rtute tax eommltwlon hu
prepared & Htatement on thft Mate'
tux sltuution which 1h a lucid ,ro
sentatlon of tho probleniB which
confront that body In Ha tank of
adminlRtnrlng the tax luann and
providing tho Htate with revenues
for mm-tint? its expends. On tho
basin of thiH Btatemont of facts tho
commlHRlon urffefl tho Bovernor to
call a special session of. the legis
lature very soon to enact correc
tive legislation. The Statesman
does not agree with tho conclus
ions of the commission us to the
desirability of calling a special ses
sion. Wo bellovo If tho niattor is
handled with administrative di
rectness and simplicity there will
be no need for a special session.
Moreover wo think it very doubtful
If the legislature would agree on
a tax program in a reasonable
time; and there Is the further
question as to which group of leg
islators is compotont now to. servo
the old or the newly elected leg
islature. . ' ;
: Let us examine the Individual
problems which huvo presented
thomsolves. Looking at them clear
ly we believe tho Chinese puzzle
will resolve itself, rather easily.
First, the major problem is the
fixing of the general property tnx
levy which must bo done in De-
cembor. That seems a simple mat
ter. The income tax law and excise
tax law are In effeot. The intangi
bles tax law is not In effoct. The
commission theroforo should pro
coed, to fix the levy on property
after making a fair estimate of
what' tho procoeds will 'bo 'from
these two special taxes. That in
precisely the way it acted a year
ago when It flxod tho property
levy; it allowed no credit for pro
ceeds of the income tnx because
that tnx was held up by referen
dum. This would mnko the prop
erty tax levy about the Ha mo ns a
year ugn becauHe the Income tax
will produce about as much as the
Intangibles tax. '
Second, there Is the problem of
the intangibles tax. The people
paid this tux on 1920 Intangibles,
and the tax commission repeatedly
stated that tho money would bojre-
funded if tho law was held un
constitutional. Nine hundred thou
sand dollars wna collected under
this law nnd since tho law wtis de
clared unconstitutional, the .money
should bo refunded.; This will call
for nn net of tho legislature, hut
this law may be pnsnod ns well
early In January as In December.
The legislature In Its regular ses
sion may then roenact an Intangi
bles law making It applicable to
IH30 lutanglhles. This would then
he paid In regular course during
1931.
An Island
WASIUNCJTON, Nov. 15. Uncle)
Ram has Just discovered that one
of his many thousands of islands !
has been living for years under
false protonses.
On tho charts of the world Toy
san Island, largest member of the
Leeward group of islets that ex
tends for 1300 miles northwest
from Hawaii, is shown In a po
sition where In reality tho waves
of the Taclflo roll unbroken. The
island actually Ilea four miles
north of the charted position, and
will be moved to Its proper situa
tion on future maps.
ItnhhllH Mnko Island ft ncttcrt
"Luysnn furnishes a striking ex
ample of the unforseen effects
that flow from tampering even in
a minor degree with nature's bal
anced forces," suys n bulletin from
tho Washington, D. C. headquart
ers of tho National (leographlo so
ciety. "When the Island was dis
covered and for many years after
ward It was covered with green
veKrtatton and wns the nesting
place of myriads of sea birds nnd
the home of thousands of land
varieties. Then the guano deposits
were exploit ml and headquarters
for the workers was established.
"Hy 1909 the fertiliser deposits
were exhausted, liysnn and its
neighboring isles were made into a
bird reservation that year and the
human inhabitants of the islnnd
departed. Hut they left behind
them an apparently Innocuous pair
of domestic rabbits 'whose descend
ants made a verltablo desert out of
the inland.
.Whtn officials of the bird re.
mml """Tv Van Flect-Durktt and Goodyear Join I fT. " - "---
fegss j J I
TCnsitn Mnrpno. Paramount
in "Her Wedding Night,"
t
) This new intangibles tax will
provide money which will reim
burse the state treasury for what
It refunds on 9Ii9 intangibles tux.
Then In December, 1931, the prop
erty tax levy may bo made up with
credits for Income, excise and in
tangibles tax which will effect a
substantial reduction in the prop
erty tax levy for payment in 1932.
Third, there Is tho problem of
tho" Income tux. Tho law was
pussed In 19U9 by the legislature,
held up by referendum, and ap
proved by tne people In November,
iusu, Tne original luw which is
now In effect imposed a tux on
1929 Incomes to bo paid in 1930.
As tho commission well suys:
''It would Impose a special hard
ship on the taxpayers to set the
machinery in motion at this time.
To begin collecting tuxes on the
1929 incomes In December of this
yenr and immediately thereafter
collect tho 1 d 30 incomes in Janu
ary and February, .11)31, would
make two collections of the aume
tnx, though for different years,
fall at almost tho samo time."
This seems to bo the unanimous
opinion, that ito Income tax should
now be levied and collected on
1929 Incomes. It is obvious that
tho strict letter of the law cannot
be compiled with, because the law
said that the returns with first
half of the tax should be reported
by April 1, 1930, and the last half
paid within six months thereafter,
which dates are now past.
.The attorney general haB ren
dered an opinion that tho law does
not apply on 1929 Incomes. Whlto
this is not the final word, it doos
guide the commission and relieve
them of the-need of starting any
collection on back lncomo tuxes.
It Is altogether reasonable to ex
pect that the leglsluture immedi
ately artor convening would pass
an act cancelling the collection of
the 1929 tax nnd tho tax commis
sion could then proceed to collect
the tax on 1930 incomes.
Tho Statesman presents thlH
analysis of tho situation and re
spectfully urges It for the attention
of tho governor In deciding on tho
matter of a special session.
To recnpltulato: Tho state tnx
commission can proceed' to make
up Its property levy by following
tho laws as they now stand. The
legislature ' can enact a new in
tangibles tax covering 1930 intan
gibles and at tho same time order
a refund on the 1929 Intangibles
Illegally collected. One will offset
the other and the state treasury
will not bo Injured. The legislators
early in Us session can cancel the
charge on 1929 tneomea on the
ground that an equivalent amount
was collected through the property
tax. No special session Is necessary.
Out of Place
nil but three or four trees had
been destroyed by the rodents,
t'onsldernble ureas were covered
with the blenched bones of thous
ands of rabbits that had starved
after their food supplies hnd been
exhausted, and with tho bones of
birds overwhelmed by the drifting
sands. Kven the ranks of tho birds
that lived from tho sea hnd been
noticeably thinned. The hist few
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Featured Plaver, who olaved
discovers that Goodyear
living rabbits were killed and trees
were planted. . ' ' '
Hirri Population Reaches Million
. "The survey of the Island thnt
hus Just been completed disclosed
that with the rabbits out of tho
way the trees huve thrived, grasses
and other plunts are covering the
island and tho bird Inhabitants
have increased to approximately
n million.. Jaysan thus becomes the
most important bird breeding
ground in the centrul Pacific.
"The island is a mile and three
quarters long and a mile wide.
It is a relatively low sand isle with
an elevated rlin rising somewhat
abruptly from the beach to
height of 20 to 40 feet. In the
center is a lagoon with water con
centrated hy evaporation until it
is more saline than the sea.
"Best known of the islands, that
with !Laysnn mako up the north
western extension of tho HavJuilan
group, Is Midway, which Ue)near
the 180th medidlan. It is under the
jurisdiction of the navy depart
ment and is leased to a cable com
pany to serve as its mid-ocean re-,
lay station. About 30 people, half
whites and half orlontals, dwell
on the island in a little handmade
community whose materials have
been rought from the United
States and Hawaii, even to the soil
In which grow the little patches
of lawn and the tiny vegetablo
gardens. '
"Only one island of the Leeward.
group lies west of Midway. It . la
Ocean island, about CO miles away.
It consists of an irregular circle,,
of coral four miles or so In diame
tor, with a seml-clrcular fragment
known as Green Island, 1800 yards
long by 300 yards wide, at' its east
ern side. On Its beaches the- Ha
waiian monk seal breeds in great
numbers. ' ,
Islets Onco Inhabited
"The nearest of the 'Bird islands'
to tho main Hawaiian group is
Nihoa, It is a small rock Island
with steep slopes and cliffs rising
more than 800 feet above the sea.
Its caves and terraces give evi
dence that Polynesians once had
a colony of severul hundred per
sons there,
"Necker Island, nearly 200 miles
to the west, Is an isolated rock
rising from the sea. There, too,
temple platforms show the former
occupancy by ancient, more or less
primitive man.
"A hundred miles farther west
are tho 13 little sand Islands and
the pinnaalo rock that murk
French Frigate shot, and 200 miles
further lies Gardner island, a rock,
only 200 ynrds long. Beyond Gard
ner He Dowsett und Maro reefs,
mere coral rings marked by break
ers and with no visible land. It is
barely 75 miles from these reefs
to Laysan Island.
"Between Laysan and Midway
tho only dry land Is Llsiansky is
land. It is a rough parallelogram a
mile long and less than a mile
wide. A ridge rising 40 feet above
the sea marks its highest point.
Like Laysan It was denuded by
rabbits Introduced from that is
land. Hineo tho creatures starved
to death vegetation has come back
to the Island and It Is again an
Important bird refuge.'
The government of Argentina
wll Hncrease Its nuhltn workn ac-
! tlvlttes. . , ...'
iFreneh unemployment bureaus
are finding work for 30.000 por
sons a month.
tNearly COO, 000 acres In North
Sumatra were ilevoted to rubber
this season. '
Kuropeans have gained control
of 920,000 acres in north Sum
atra. J
South Tlpperury County, Ire
land, Is considering the appoint
ment of a commissioner to rule
Phone 52G
Tires, her favorite
the county In place of the pres
ent county council. '.
More automobiles are being re
ceived into' (Norway than a year
ago.
Italy expects a downward re
vision of agricultural wage scales.
In a recent month Norway ex
ported 26,800 tons of fish..
Italy Is easing its restrictions
against emigration. .
Japan will add a number of all
metal military biplanes to its air
force.
Six Rhode Island hens were
sold in Wellington, England, re
cently, for $600.
Savings institutions of Italy are
enjoying record gains in deposits.
Greece has just ordered several
all-metal military biplanes.
Too exhausted to continue their
over-seas flight, . a linnet and a
chaffinch alighted on a liner on
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pool and remained on the vessel
until it reached port.
Miss Betty Nuthall, British ten
nis star, is becoming an ardent
horsewoman. .
American materials are beln
used In the construction of the
new library and school building In
Canton, China.
Automobile polishes exported
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hud a total value of nearly $400,- ;
000. !
West Lothian, Scotland, will
serve free a half a pint of milk
daily to pupils In lower grades of ,
public schools.
Because railways cannot handle
will build many miles of autome--transportation
demands, Lithuania
bile highways. . I
France, will give $400,000 to tho'
national tourlHt office, organized j
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A movement has been started j
In 'Ireland to supply radios to j
farmers who are snowbound in
winter,
An Abilene, Kan., farm woman
barely .escaped death recently
when lightning killed five cows
In a dairy herd, one of which she
was milking.
The Gwyn Vanydd gold mine,
In Merioneth, Wales, which pro
duced nearly $1,250,000 in gold in
the 10 years just before it was
closed down In 1916, is to be
operated again. ' '
While driving his automobile
hearse from a funeral G. A. K.
Porter, of Magh, Ireland, found
an Injured man beside the road,
nnd took him to a hospital In the
hearse.
MOTORISTS TO SF.K NEW
RISK OX TAX LFVY
(Continued on Page 8, Story 1)
"The constant Increases and tho
fear of further raids on their
pocketbooks by the forthcoming
sessions or the legislatures has
caused the organized motorists in
many sections to start agitation In
favor of the adoption of the Mis
souri plan which limits the gas
tax and license fees, through a
constitutional amendment passed
in 1928, to the present rate for a
period of ten years."
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Stomach and Lung Trouble
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(Signed) MRS. .1. P. DAVIS,
717 Madison St., Oakland, Cal.
Stomach Trouble, Indigestion, Blood Disorder
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July, 1928.
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Kidney and Bladder Troubles
February 4, 1930
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