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MEDFORD HAIL TRIBTTNT:. AraPFOKD, QREGOy. SUNDAY, OCTORF.R " 1 1 . '.'lf,3R REVIVAL OF TRADE ON HIGHER LEVEL $313,707,921 Increase Re ported During 1936 Fiscal Year Drinks, Tobacco, Stocks Also Help Take WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. (AP) At trlbutlng the gain to reviving trade and new tax laws, Internal Revenue Commissioner Guy T. Havering an nounced today a 313,707,921 Increase In Income tax collections during the 3638 Ilscal year. Total federal tax collections rose to 3,52u.208,381, he reported In sub mitting revised figures for the year ended laHt June 30 to Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau. This represented an Improvement of $220,772,808, or 8.7 percent, Hel verlng said, in spite of the Invalida tion of the lucrative agricultural ad justment taxes by the supreme court. The 28.S percent gain In income taxes reflected for the first time, the full effect of the 1934 revenue act. he added. Higher rates Imposed by the 193 law, coupled with Increased values, resulted in a $78,000,000 rise In estate taxes and In $88,000,000 improvement In gift tax collections. Substantial Increases In returns from levies on alcoholic beverages, to bacco, securities issues, stock trans fers, and other miscellaneous Items also were listed. Cost of collecting federal taxes rose slightly during 1936, Helverlng said, noting that the collection of each $100 of revenue cost $1.47 as compared with $1.44 in 1935. Total expenses or administering revenue laws were $51,783,385. Audits and field Investigations of tax returns resulted In the levying of $454,216,071 In additional assess ments, while refunds of taxes Ule galley collected amounted to $38, 701,820, Including Interest. Excess profit tax revenues mounted to $7,984,807 during 1938 to a total of $14,509,290, while capital stock taxes amounted to $94,942,751. The levy on distilled spirits and wines brought In .(258,337,600,' a gain of $80,879,706 over the previous year and the tax on fermented malt liq uors resulted In the collection of $349,128,436, or $33,562,557 more than In 1935. FEDERAL TAX IN STATE LAST YEAR OVER 7 MILLIONS WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. (AP) The federal government collected $7,070, 448 In taxes from residents of Oregon during the fiscal year ended June 30. 1936. A final Internal revenue bureau re port todny showed the collections for the last fiscal year were 23 per Mnt less than for the 1934-'35 period when collections totaled $9,169,733. The decrease was entirely the result of elimination of certain agricultural adjustment taxes, collections from other sources showing Increases. Corporation Income tax collections Increased from $1,202,987 to $2,014. 466. Individual Income taxes from $1,332,224 to $1,643,211, miscellaneous Internal revenue from $2,511,901 to $2,807,408. Agricultural adjustment tax collections dropped from $4,022. 720 to $604 967. With 0.79 per cent of the nation's population. Oregon's Internal revenue collections amounted to 0.20 per cent of the total collected for the last - ntljkr.Mnn fiscal year, income were 028 per r tn0 htlon"' total. Of the agricultural adjustment taxes collected $216,893 came from the hog processing tax. $368,456 from wheat. , Oregonlans paid $67,779 In admis sions taxes, $440,262 In manufactur ers' excises Including $408,432 tnrough the 3 per cent tax on electrical en ergy. Oleomargarine taxes amount ed to $19,902. Liquor taxes totaled $955,983, of which $641,369 was In fermented malt liquor taxes. Distilled taxes amount ed to $294,883. Excess profits taxes netted $7,794. capital stock, $350,136; estate taxes. $530,809; gift taxes. $158,941. CCC Enrollee Killed 14 Others Are Hart EUGENE, Ore, Oct. 10. (AP)-JOJ French of waterbury, Conn, Is dead and 14 other CCO members are In jured, three of them critically, as the result of a truck leaping over a 50 foot embankment near the summit marker on the west side of the Sim la highway this morning. Toe en tire crew, composed of enrollees Just arrived Friday from Waterbury and Mlddletown, Conn- was on the way to a fire which had broken out east of Blachly. The driver. M. Deaarrlo. did not know his mountain curves, according to officers at the Triangle Lake camp. The truck shot Into the deep can- on. spilling human debrts as It went. It was completely de molished. ONE-EYED ELEPHANT KILLS CIRCUS KEEPER SEMJMONT, T-.X-. Oct. 10. (Pr Lee Robert!, of Sprlngrield. Mass., was crushed to death today beneath the feet of Trilby, one-eyed elephant with the Barnum and inlley and Ring ling Brothers circus. Witnesses said the elephant was startled when Robertl ipproached her to put a collar over her head, , GUN REPAIRS Expert gutiiinltrjj Sims Bros., 33 N. Fir. Gun sights. PAGE SEVEN Bonus-financed Low-cost Home I I . I t'-f iio'-t " This house, built at Silver Spring, Md., a suburb of Wash ington, by an employee of the Federal Housing Administra tion, was one of the first in the country to be built for a low cost, following the general plans of the Housing Adminis tration's booklet, "Principles of Planning Small Houses." Sam uel E. Carpenter, the owner, a veteran of the World War, used his bonus money to purchase the site for the house. The entire cost of the house, includ ing the architect's fee, land scaping, and other such attend ant costs, was $3,200. The house and land was appraised by the Housing Administration at $4,000, and a bank issued an Insured mortgage for $3,200 on the propcrtj", . Kitchm It'-f.V-i'1 5b lint, rfesrS lust d III jjM"TcuittTcbori IS m niiiiii 'ilia. S Liyihs, $ootn m Dto "(on an ua.i-6" 1 J WASHINGTON , Oct, 10. p) The agricultural department predicted to day tht cash Income from '-his year'a farm yield would he $800,000,000 above laet year. This followed an estimate by fed eral crop reporters that the average harvest for nil crops would be 3 per cent greater than the yield estimated on September 1. Noting September rains, crop re porters raised their forecast for tho current harvest of corn, potatoes and pasture grasses, for oats, rice, tobac co, grain, sorghums and buckwheat. At the same time, they cut down their estimates of the year's yield In wheat. barley, flaxseed, apples and sweet po tatoes. This year's predicted cash Income of $7,800,000,000 compares with $7. 000,000,000 last year, a 1B32 low of $4,300,000,000 and average cash in come above ten billion dollars for tho period from 1925-29. COOS DART SUIT SALEM, Oct. .0, 0?) Both the prosecution and defense in the 'Coos county dart game case filed petition with supreme court today requesting a rehearing In the .suit brought by the state against M. P. Schwenlei. The court affirmed the lower tri bunal In holding the dart game was illegal because it was lottery under the law. and was not a game of skill. In the state's request for rehearing, a clarification was requested as to what constituted a lottery. Arthur Benson, clerk of the court, aa'd. In the specially concurring opinion Jus tice George Roasman held that even games with an element of skill may constitute a lottery and therefore were Illegal. SALEM, Oct. 10. (,ip) Official reg. J stmt Ions of four more counties filed with the secretary of state show ed Increased voters totals, with all ol them reporting more democrats and three reporting larger repu bllcan Clntaop reported fewer republicans, but It. with Douglas, Polk and Yam hill remained In the republican column. Sixteen counties have filed their official figures with the secretary of state to date. The registrations, com pared to 1934 totals: ' Douglas county republicans 8325, democrats 5555, others 420, total 14, 300. Total registration In 1934 was 12,421, with 7799 republicans and 4290 democrats. Clatsop county republicans 7296, democrats 4138, others 137. total 11. 571. Registration two years ago was 9871 With 7384 republican and 3377 democrats. Polk county republicans wn. democrats 3797, others 144, total 9011. Registration In 1934 was 8506 with 4997 republicans and 3377 democrats. Yamhill county republicans 7607, democrats 5377, others 120. total 13, 108. Registration In 1934 was 11,668 with 7270 republicans and 4163 demo Income Shares Maryland Fund: Bid, $10.23; asked. $11.11. Quarterly Income: Bid, $1.82; asked $2.01. Tune in KSL every evening. Mon- day thru Friday. 8 p.m. Or. Heln Heads Lutherans SAM ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 10. (AP) Dr. C. C. Heln of Columbus. Ohio, was re-elected president of the American Lutheran church. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR OPENING DATE OT Nissen Health Club IN ICKES REPLY BALTIMORE, Oct. 10. tfpl The Rev. Charles E. Coughlln responded today to an assertion by Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes that "friendly cooperation" existed between the priest and Republican 'eaders, with a statement thst "he comic pago has DroKen into the campaign at last.1 He said he would give Ickes "one thing"; thaf'the Republicans and I hare something In common we would both lean over backwards to get Mr. Roosevelt out of public life for the solvation of America " Asked about an attack upon him self by Earl Browder, Communist nominee for the presidency, Coughlln said: '"Earl's not In the running. Mr. Roosevelt Is not for the Communists, but all the communists are tor Mr. Roosevelt. I believe there's an old adage that "birds of feather flock together'.". STATE FAIR SUED BECAUSE HORSES OUT OF EXHIBIT PORTLAND. Oot. 10. (Pi Eight men associated with the management of the Oregon state fair were faced today with a suit for 178,000 ireneral and (25,000 punitive damages, riled here yesterday by the Ruby Horse ahow on the grounds that a string of Percheron horses had been refused participation at the fair. Solan T. White, suite director of agriculture and manager of the state fslr; Leo O. Spltsbart, assistant fair manager: Walter Deardorf, Oresham, D. p. Burge, Albany: Dr. H. K. Stock well, Salem; Charlea Bernard, The Dalles; Fred Denhan, Almsvllla and Stephen Hemshorn, Mount Angel. were named defendanta, according to Information from the offices of Henry S. Westbrook, attorney for A. C Ruby of the Ruby Horse show. The Percheron Horse Association of America, Chicago wa listed In the complaint but was not named as a defendant. The complaint alleged that the Per cheron association had not given Ruby adequate consideration before cancelling his registration for exhi bition of his horses. A mlc-up in pedigree was blamed by Rubv aa di rect causa of the trouble. Ruby, a stock raiser for half a centry, has been exhibiting at the state fair for the past 32 years, the attorney's of fice said, and Is showing some of his prise horseflesh at the Pacific Live stock International exposition here. UPSTATE RUSHED HOOD RIVER, Ore.. Oct. 10. (AP) Hood River apple growers contin ued to rush export shipments today as concern mounted over a possible tleup along Pacific coast waterfronts when the truce between employers and workers aspires October 15. The growers depend upon foreign markets for the most profitable sales. With a good crop and prices made at tractive by drought In midwest grow ing centers, Hood River producers have expressed hope of the best sea son la the last decade. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. (AP) Sacramento valley hop growers are asking as high aa 60 cents a pound for the light remaining supplies of their crop, the market service reported today. OFF ROAD ROUTE SALEM. Oct. 10.-H7PV-The state highway commission served notice up on S. E. Howard, of Amity, Oregon, to day that unless the church building now blocking the Amlty-Salem high way In Amity was not moved off the road by October 17. the commission would take steps to clear the road In volving destruction of the building If necessary. The permit to move the building over a half mile section of the high way system was dated October 7. but reports Indicate the building has blocked traffic now for nearly two weeks. The permit date cxiilroa Octo ber 17. Department officials Mated a half- day time on the road was all that was contemplated when the permit waa granted, after several previous delay In starting the project. Amtty reports state tho contractor had moved the building onto the road and then abandoned his task. Im mediate action was demanded by the highway department. Howard was listed as the owner of the building. T WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. ) The bureau of labor statistics today re ported an Increase of 0.4 per cent In its composite index of wholesale com modity prices during the week end ing October 3. Sharp advances in farm product prices were said by the bureau to be largely responsible for the higher in dex. The advance partly offset the decline which waa reported In the two preceding weeks. The Index stands at 81.8 per cent of the 1926 average. The bureau reported the current in dex la 0-5 per cent higher than four weeks ago and on per cent higher than the corresponding week a year ago. Douglas Spans Topple ROSEBURQ, Ore., Oct. 10. (AP) Two Douglas county bridges collapsed today under trucks, according to re port received by the county court. Ore ami! BmlHo Purchased Uwid br Stat ! California MtMKiiud nor WILD B E R G BROS. SMELTING St REFINING CO. Offlt742 Mttktt St.Sjm Fc4ncUeo PUnn South Sn FrneUcoV Cutters Seeking Helpless Yacht HONOLULU. 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