Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 22, 1936, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKD. OREGON. "WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22. 1936 PAGE ELEVEN OF IESTS DISCLOSE EAST LANSINU, Mich. (UP) A new variety of Golden Bantam corn. so distasteful to the destructive European corn borer that it would rather starve than eat It. haa been developed at Michigan State college experimental station here. Its development, and the fact that the bcrer'a dHt-- does not extend to human palates, were disclosed at the recent convention of the Mlchl K1 Vegetable Growers association at Grand Rapids by Prof. C. H. Ma heney. "We hive been working on this new corn for six years." Mahoney. college vegetable speci-llst, said. "We hav-; placed as high as 90 borer eg?s on each plant. Aa the egga hatch the larvae crawl off the leaves and stsrve to death searching for edible corn. ' We don't know exactly why the borers wci.'t ent this ccrn, but we do know there l something distasteful ab'-ut it." The new corn Is a cross between the well-known Arrr!can Golden BnnUm, favorite of corn eaten, ... d a S'-uth Amerlcen field corn ka.tvr. as the Maiie Anwrgo. Qraashopptrs w'.ll not cat Mam Anuria, Mahomy said, adding that It la believed . South American variety has provHei tlii quality In the blend which the haver find unpnlatb'e. "The new variety, however, Ms as sweet if not eweeter than Golden Banti.m." Mahoney added. "The ears are somewhat larger than the Golden Bantam. We have produced the new corn in 8. 10 and 12 row strains." Two more yeura of development will be required before the corn can he released for commercial pro Illa tion. The new variety promises to save the industry In American states where the European borer has caused untold crop destruction. Coincident with the disclosure of the new corn. Mahoney revealed that the college experimental station Is developing a new variety of honey- dew melon that rr.ay make Michigan Independent of in-.porta from other melon-producln? stares. "Otir teats," he added, "show the new melons will keep perfectly for longer periods of time than usual varieties. But like the corn,' tt will require two more years to perfect. One of the other experiments now -being conducted by the college Is that of creating an Improved strain of brussela sprouts adapted to Michi gan soil. DROPPlTl 'H' BT PICE OF WALES Surplus Shown by City As Tax Payments Gain Continued t.oia Pat one.) Recorder . Treasurer Library . Police Fire Streetr Law , Health Building and Light. Parks - Administration , AlTwrt Dairy Emergency . Budget for the Year 1935 Budget Allowance Disbursed a 3.457.00 t 3. 474 J 1 8,339.21 3,185.88 8.710.90 8.803.83 14.835.00 13,761.02 14.45899 14.071.31 24.500.43 34.874.02 2.229.97 2,285.61 4.42003 1.815.79 12.10501 12,129.79 3.068.99 3.SS5.47 8.935.99 8.898.49 3.100.00 8,708.49 3.100.00 2.014.87 12,781.00 11.880.28 Over I 17.31 873.89 88.84 Under B 173 33 108.16 1.083.98 387.63 3.504.24 35.33 1113.092.61 109,140.74 I 3,951.87 85.33 900.76 109,140.74 81,649.31 18.801.18 1,649.31 CHILD WELFARE AIDE APPOINTED SALEM, Jan. 33. (AP) Governor Martin appointed Mrs. Verne Dus enbery of Portland to the state child welfare commission, to suc ceed Mrs. Folger Johnson, Portland, resigned. She will serve until the first of the year. Appointment of the delegation to represent Oregon at the national wild life conservation conference In Washington, D. C, next month was announced as follows: Hermsn Oliver, John Day: J. G. Barratt, Heppner: William P. Ver non. Lakevlew; Archie Welnsteln. Burns; Brigadier-General Thomas E. Rllea, Salem: Dean William A. Schoenfeld, Corvallls: Dexter Rice. Roseburg, and George Aiken, Ontario. L BIG LEffi DROP Number in Higher Bracket . Class Declines From 850 to 452 in Five Years Vast Estates Vanishing 83.981.871 -Statement of All Funds December SI, 1535 General Fund Water Fund .... Consolldsted Fund No. 1., Consolidated Fund No. ... General Bond Fund Water Bond Sinking Fund... Improvement Bond Slnk'g Fund No. 1 Improvement Bond Slnk'g Fund No. 2.. Improvement Bond Slnk'g Fund No. 8.. Sewer Bond Sinking Fund No. 1 Sewer Bond Blnklng Fund No. 2 Sewer Bond Sinking Fund No. 3 Watermaln Bond Sinking Fund No. l. E. Main St. Improvement Fund No. 1. Sewage Disposal Sinking Fund .... Sewage Disposal Construction Fund ..... Recorder'! Account Balanoa Overdrawn .. 4.380.01 . 31039.0T - 10.331.87 - 8 358.93 . 23.897.02 - 166.810.18 9.502.20 2.951.37 . 1.8C8.S0 1,972.03 148.88 796.63 1,427.34 Held for Bond Red. Total' Warrants 10.534.79 8.000.00 1,500.00 8.000.00 1,800.00 4,800.00 2.558.10 38,353.68 Treasurer's Treasurers Investment Cash Balance 14.814.80 31.029.07 1,000.00 9.321.87 . 6.258.13 25.597.03 123.293.13 44.517.05 13,503.20 4.451.37 8,608.50 3,472.03 i 145.86 8.396.03 . 1.427.24 218.14 2.556.10 35,352.68 300,407.80 Summary General Fund Account Overdrawn January 1, 1935 8321.36 16.800.00 11.074.29 ei23.93.lS 8203.387.49 .. 9,587.05 Kecelpts: Taxes1 Fmes License Permits Copco Franohlse Rentals Storage Replace Paving . Refunds . Phone Chemicals Sold Land Sold Pound Material Sold Gas and Oil Codes Mr.ps ...: Light and Keat Burning Graas Rent of Equipment Milk Delivery Service Road Tax .- Court Street Improvement Use of Inhalator Aeroplane Carriage ..89.703.01 ..379.43 5.398.08 753.55 0.8.3.88 6.843.87 660.50 - 1.044.55 . 6,340.91 6.88 14.78 1.264.18 1.00 857.44 41.88 1.00 8.45 283 .67 3.00 837.16 550.00 26.25 1.037.48 800.00 27.71 69.10 T" The Prince of Wales, now King Ed' ward VIIC of England, once dropped an h and thus almost caused a riot among the English population of Honolulu, It was recalled today by Rex H. L&mpman. Journalist and for mer central Point resident. The Prince was In Honolulu on Paclflo cruise in 1920 when the ': ieldent occurred. Upon his arrival it ivaa announced he would give no In tervlews. but Dsvld Heeman, cub of the Star-Bulletin and roommate L-mpman. was determined to get tory. With Lampman he managed to obtain an Interview. The Prince chatted amiably and became interested in the discourse when he learned that Lampman had toeen at Rhelnbrohl as a marine with the army of oocupatlon after the World war, for Edward had visited with the troops there. When the Interview was over, Hee man asked Lampman what the fea ture of the story was. and the latter replied: "Why. he dropped an h. That's your atory." The next day the Star-Bulletin published a story stating that the future King of England was so Eng lish that he ocaslonally dropped an h. tt was recalled today by Lamp man, who then was with the Hono lulu Advertiser but not assigned to if the Wnce. The English population became frantic and declared the story to be an Insult, but the prince did not mind In the slightest and was not thv lesst bit perturbed. Lampman aald. Edwsrd diverted attention from the ysrn by Indulging In exploit .-n Salaries Supplies State Industrial Accident Commlaslon National Hospital .. .. Street Light . Publishing '.......... .... .. Donations ....- ... Care of Map . Equipment . .. Leases . Current Library Expense Legislation Expense Insurance Surety Bonds . Mileage Dairy Inspector Laboratory Interest on Warrants Land Purchased for Sewage Plant... Audit Trip Disburse menta: ,61,642.98 25,682.00 4,817.00 496.30 9,058.47 206.45 850.00 100.00 8,767.62 102.53 235.00 133.80 1,044.33 411.74 S4I.90 131.48 794.88 8.450.00 400.00 19.15 113,165.33 133,782.28 Shuns London ' IL T 3 Balance on hand December 31, 1935... .. 4,280.01 Pretty Pauline Rosebrook re fused an offer to go to London with other Hollywood beautlea for show work. 8he declared there were mora opportunities In Hollywood a polo oony and a surfboard, he Journalist related. "He'a a glorious chap and will make a grand king,'' Lampman commented. FULL MEMBERSHIP AT DRILL OF COMPANY A Fifty-seven men. the full roster at present, attended weekly drill of com pany A. 186th Infantry, at the Arm ory last night. Total strength of the company la 80 men, but three memberships, un der the present reorganisation plan, are being kept open for recruits who can attAd drills regularly. Capt. Carl T. Tengwald. commander, aald. It was expected by the captain that the ful active membership would be attained by next Tuesday night. Re cruits, he said, should file appllca- . than In England. (Aasociated Prest tlona during the week prior to the phntox drill. rnoioi LONDON (UP) Great Britain la running low on millionaires and the Exchequer, which collects about 435.000.000 a year from the deatha of Its wealthy citizens, la becoming alarmed. Back In 1930 before the grip of the depression had become so stran gulating, Britain boasted about 850 men of the millionaire class mostly lords who had Inherited vast estates dating back to feudal times. But a millionaire In England la a wealthier man than the million aire of the United States for the British man of thta class must pos sess a million pounds, or (5,000.000 Within a year'a time thta number of millionaires dropped to 678 and today the Exchequer can find only 452 men with a million pounds or more on tap. The drop of nearly 60 per cent Is of vital concern to the master mathematicians of the ex chequer who each year place an estimate on how many wealthy per sona can be expected to die the fol lowing year and how mucn me government can expect to collect from their estates. Inheritance Taxes llleh. Death dutlea In Great Britain ac count for 12 or 13 per cent of the nation's total revenue. This figure la In sharp con trast with the system of taxation in the United States where Inheri tance taxes supply only 4 or o per cent of the total amount needed maintain governmental opera tions. Despite the aharp decline In the number of listed mllllonalrea tne exchequer has Buffered no , loss in death dutlea during the laat year, largely because of an unusually ntgn death rate among the monled class. Deaths brought 425,000,ooo to me aovernment coffers In 1934 and the figure for 1935 la expected to do somewhere near that, probably trifle less. The collections that make up tnis huge aum range from as paid on 500 legacy, to tne o.ouu,uuv paid on the tl25.00O.0O0 estate of Sir John Ellerman, snipping mag nate. Great Britain's eliding scale oi death taxes somewhat Blmllar to the graduation of the American Income tax makes the rich man the oaca- bone of the death dutlea Juat aa the middle class business man 18 tha backbone of the Income tax, Taxes Ur. to 80 Percent. Sir John's estate paid 62.500,000 to the government, because It's the law that a minimum of 2.000,000 must be turned over from any tste of 8,000,000 and the exchequer steps In and takes a full half oi anv fortune listed at mora than 10.000.000. Eleven men of the 10.000,000 clasa died In 1934 and their heirs forfeited 100 ,000 ,000 to the govern' ment. From a bookkeeping standpoint, these multimillionaire collections mean the Income from 5.000.000 for a war, at 5 per cent Interest. As caoltal. It would enable Great Brit aln to build three battleships of the first class, or maintain Scotland Ynrd for two years all from 11 men Great Britain's death taxes prop erly known as eatate dutlea were Invented by Sir William Vernon Har court, the liberal minded chancellor of Queen Victoria's reign. He de fended the heavy duties with the statement, "Why not tax the rich we're all socialists now." Harcourt'a acale of dutlea brought an average of 86,000.000 a year Into the treasury for 10 years, from 1884 until 1904, or an amount of only one-fifth of tha present yield. Same Fortunes Relaxed, The exchequer haa collected time and time again from several of Great Britain's large fortunes, de pending, upon the families' death rates. The Wills family, of vast tobacco wealth, has lost 12 members since 1909 and these 12 heirs have passed on estates totalling more than 2,- 000.000.000. The manner In wblch the ex chequer pays return visits to tap family fortunes waa exemplified when ord Cowdray of Midhurst died In 1927. leaving an estate of nearly 30.000.000. The treaaury claimed 7.500,000. His son Inherited about 8,000.000 and when he, in turn, died In 1933 the treasury took 34 per cent of the son- estate. Of the original 20.000.000 estate he left less than 2,600.000. No Appeal Possible. There la no appeal from Great Britain's death duties, except when two deaths occur In a family with in a year. In such cases the govern ment la content with half the ordi nary tax In the second Inatance. In the United States an estate la exempt from death duties for five yeara after any one payment. Nevertheless, British authorities point out, under the new American scale of Inheritance taxea a man of Sir John Ellarman'a vast wealth would have paid 985.000.000 had he lived In the United States In stead of the 62,600,000 collected from his estate here. some other place to live the remain ing month of the year. The California tax, according to the London expert, cannot be levied ugatnst anyone who has lived out side the state for alx months or more of the year. At the same time an American film star who Uvea for more than six months In Britain la subject to the British Income tax, not only on the aalary earned in the British studios but any remlttaneee from the United States. As a sidelight to this provision, tt recently was established in a test lawsuit that a British subject earn ing salary In the United States could not claim exemption from the British Income tax. even though he left his earnings In the United States. This was a blow to the small army of British actors and act ressea In Hollywood, many of whom had been there for several years. The British atar In Hollywood, there fore, IB subject to three taxes the United States Income tax, California state tax and British income tax. Stars who are free agents, such ss Charles Laughton, pay these three taxes out oi their own pockets. - Indlvlduala on contract to com panies In Hollywood or London alien actors have provisions In their contracts whereby . their employers pay the tax. Merle Oberaon, for In stance, la said to pay only the Brit ish Income t:.x. Her American taxea. 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