Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1936)
ArEDTCVRD MAIL TKTBUNTC. rEDFOHD. QHEGOy, FRIDAY. OCTOBET? Iff. 1P3S. PAGE THREE! Oregon Tax Limitation Situation Explained Editor's Note: This Is the fifth of a series of articles on the tax situation In Oregon, written tor this newspaper by Dr. James T. Gilbert, dean of the college of social science at the University of Oregon. Dr. Gilbert, who is also professor of economics at the university. Is regarded as an authority on the tax situation In the state of Oregon and Is fre quently consulted by state officials and others. TAX LIMITATION AND REDUCTION HOW STATE AND COUNTY WOULD FARE By James H. Gilbert The proposed tax limitation meas ure Is not drastic so far as tho state Is concerned. The basis for subse quent levies Is not the tax rate of 1835 as In the case of local govern ments. Instead tho state starts In with a 8 mill levy reduced in five years to 4.8 mills. i Starting from normal, the state can better stand reductions. Moreover, most of the substitute sources devel oped In the past ten years accrue naturally to the commonwealth. Tho Income tax. Inheritance tax, excise tax and profits from the liquor are likely to increase with returning prosperity In fact, are Increasing at the present time. The Increment from these "Indi rect" sources can be trusted to take care of the declining receipts from property taxes so far as the state Is concerned. With the exception of higher education (of which more In a later Installment) no essential state function Is likely to suffer. The county Is not In such favored position. True, one county (Linn) on account of a high levy In 1935 will be able In 1943 to levy, m spite of tax "reduction." some 7 per cent more than In 1936. Not so with the other counties. In 18, or one half of them, the total tax levy must decline 40 per cent or more by 1942. Jackson and Sherman counties must cut 49 per cent. Wheeler 50, and Harney 51 per cent. Moreover, a large share of county levies Is made up of mandatory Items interest on debt, salaries prescribed by state law, compulsory high school levies, etc. In Multnomah county the mandatory Items account for 80 per cent of the total. The 37 per cent cut must be taken out of the remaining 20 per cent page Phile mon and the famous pitcher. In most, If not all. of Oregon counties the enforced reduction would mean the sacrifice of all serv ices for which optional levies have been made. Sonie of these represent essential functions agricultural agent, home demonstration, fruit In spector, health service, control of predatory animals and pests, unem ployment relief, and 80 per cent of county levy for roads and bridges. County's 4-H Club Winners Home From Livestock Show If" f!;33T&y" Mm 5! : T i buy Earner uavis ana Enrnrst Lothrop. Centre) Point, returned late last week from Portland where, for three days during tho Pacific Inter national Livestock Exposition, they were the guests of The First National Bank of Portland and where Earnest won two third prizes with ils Berk shire swine entries at the exposition. The young people won the Portland trip by being selected the outstand ing 4-H club members of Jackson oounty and as such were honcrea dur ing their Portland visit. In Portland the? Joined the party of 40 other winners from 20 Oregon counties, occupying two floors of a downtown hotel. As guests ol the bank, they attended the Pacific In ternational Livestock Exposition, the hnruihn tha theafjir th annml 4-H club banquet, toured The First National Bank of Portland and were honored at a imnat party attended by bank officers and county agents. Ml Davis Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis L. Davlj. Routt 1, Cen tral Point, and is a senior at Sams Valley high school. During her nine, yws of 4-H club work she has fin ished projects in canning, cooking, ewirtg, room -Improvement, livestock. gardening ana nas ico two canmny clubs. At tho state fair this year she won a summsr school ocholarship to Oregon State college. With her 28 ex hibits shown during her 4-H club participation, she has won almost M0 in prizes. Earnest Lathrop. son of Mr. and Mrs, A- T. Lathrop, Central Po'.nt. Is a freshman at Oregon State college where be Is majoring in agriculture. In his nine years of 4-H club work, he has devoted his projects entirely to livestock, crops ami agriculture, wining a summer -chool scholarship to Oregon State college In 1934, and belonging to Judging teams sent to the state fair and the pacific Inter national in 1933. FRISCO-OAKLAND SPAN . NEARING COMPLETION SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 1 (y!p) With all paving completed, only In stallation of lighting facilities and small amounts of riveting and paint ing remaining today before the San prancl sco-Oaklaad Bay bridge ts open ed to autoinoDlle traffic November 12. je Mall Tribune vant ads. Everyday Cooking ftliracles BY VIRGINIA FRANCIS Dtf&or Botpotat FUtlHa CooLaj l"HaU Said John s he adjusted his quick ly looped tie, "Gee, Mary, you don't know how swell it Is to have a lei surely breakfast with you every morning. Somehow it just starts the day out right Remember how you used to hustle around in the kitchen getting breakfast, fussing with this and finishing up that while your presence In the house. You can place the meal in the trusty electric oven any time you desire and by merely touching a few "magic" switchee this meal will be gin to cook when, and for the de sired length of time, you wish. Control that the keynote of sucb a feat. BEST IN 5 YEARS KSW YORK, Oct. 16. . UP) Tor the first time In five years th American Telephone end Telegrspn company and the Bell system have earned their Interim dividends, the parent company'! report ru the Sep tember quarter showed today. Net Income of American Telephone for the latest period totaled (43. 183,751. equal to aa.31 - a eommon share compared with 31.720,108 or ai.70 In the 1938 third quarter. On a share basts the dividend reqxtlre mente are $2.25. Consolidated net profit of the Bell system, which embraces American Telephone and 33 associated telephone companies, for the quarter ended Au gust 31 totaled 47, 121.177. or 330 a share on the American Telephone common. This compared with 33.- 86A.4M or ai.se a share In the like 1930 period. The report said the Bell system had a net gals of about 600.000 telephones In the first nine months of this year, or about twice the gain In the com parable 1935 period. The number of toll and long distance calls (or the first three quarters ran approximate ly 13 percent ahead of a year ago, It showed. There's no iwiling or breakast when the electric range and its fimewlocfc safeguard the meal. I ate breakfast in Installments and sometimes by my lonesome?" "Yes, isn't it grand," replied Mary, taking the done-to-a-turn Canadian bacon from the oven of her new electric range. She added with a twinkle in her eye, "And, remem ber, I had to tease you to buy this range, too." But then, steaming hot oatmeal, prunes and apricots and baked Ca nadian bacon on a cold autumn morning are enough to elicit praise and thanks from any hungry man. Such a breakfast is honest proof of the sensibility of that "new fan gled range"which Mary just couldn't got along without. Even without knowing that the "chef's brain," (or automatic timer clock) cooked this breakfast while the family slept, it's still a "miracle" breakfast. Every thing delicioLsly cooked, everything piping hot and ready to serve right on the ddt Breakfast-by-the-Cloclc The fact of the matter ia that this breakfaBt or any "absent" electric cookery meal is cooked according to your explicit directions but without requiring your attention or even Time-control Is the leisure-giving feature made possible by the "chef's brain." It automatically sets off and checks the flow of electric heat units. Temperature-control as sures an even, inflexible degree of heat; moisture-control keeps the food moist and in perfect condition during its stay in the oven. Now, let's re-enact the process of preparing this delicious breakfast. Oven Breakfast Stewed prunes and apricots: Wash and pick over fruit. Place in pan or baking casserole, and cov er with water; cover. (While in the oven the fruits plump up, thus eliminating soaking.) Oatmeal: Place 2 cups oatmeal in saucepan or baking dish and add 2 cups water; cover. Canadian bacon: Arrange bacon In shallow baking pan. Place cold food in electric oven, the oatmeal and fruit on lower rack, and the bacon on the upper rack. Set Timer Clock for a cook ing period of V, hours. Set Tem perature Control to 350. Turn switch to Bake. POTATO CROP HEAVY SEATTLE i Oct. .18. F U. S. de partment of agriculture statisticians today estimated the Washington-Oregon potato crop, favored bj excellent growing conditions last month, will be 20 percent above the 1 02B-1 093 avers go and the fifth largest Pacific northwest crop on record. This was heralded as "good news" In view ol a "short crop" nationally. The production forecast, as of Oc tober 1, Is 8.670,000 bushels for Wash ington and 7,090,000 bushels for Ore gon, against last year'a 7320.000 bushels In Washington tnd 0,670.000 bushels produced by Oregon. Tourist Records To Go Higher Yet PORTLAND. Oct. 18. (JP) New tourist records may be confidently expected In the next few years, con stantly hitting new high marks for coastal and continental travel, Rus sell E. Singer. Washington, O. C, gen eral manager of the American Auto mobile association, said in an address today before a special conference of western motor clubs. With all 1036 tourist travel records being shattered, 1037 and the years following will witness a constant up ward surge, Singer prophesied. Mixed Tulip Bulbs. No. l's per doe.. 40c. No. 3's. 35c per 100. 80 No. Quince or Liberty Mxt. Black Legion Garb Press Agent's Hoax LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16. (P) A skull-and-crossbonea robe, which cre ated a "Black Legion scare" In toe Angeles, waa branded as a film press agent's hoax by an angry police of fleer today. "It wan only a press agent's hoax and a despicable one," said Captain William P. Hynes of tho police In telligence bureau. His detectives, he said, corapsred the black-hooded garment, found In a suitcase near a Wtlshlre boulevard hotel Tuesday, with the costumes used In three current motion pic tures based on Black Legion terrorism. POR PERSONAL LOANS OP ALL KINDS W B Thomas. 4ft 8 Central 0 UN REPAIRS Expert gunsmith Sims Bros.. 33 N Fir Oun sishts 1 OU CAN ACCOMPLISH all this with the mogic of Cloros the) product that has established a higher standard of Home Hygiene for millions of housewives. Clorox makes your clothes whiter, your home brighter, your work lighter because II bleaches, removes stains, deodorizes and disinfects all In one easy, economical operation. Clorox makes white cottons and linens snowy-white, hygieni cal ly clean. Ordinary stains and dlnginess disappear In the regular laundering process when Clorox Is used. In a slightly stronger solution Clorox banishes stubborn stains-even scorch and mildew. Clorox also disinfects, deodorizes and removes 3 stains from refrigerators, dralnboards, sinks, bathtubs, basins, ' toilet bowls, tile, linoleum, sickroom utensils, garbage cant Like Clorox Itself, the Clorox label Is a revela tion of safer and easier housekeeping. It also lists many Important personol uses. Clorox Is concentrated for economy. Always order by name. There Is only one Clorox. C-1 Mv A now process recently perfected for roasting coffee. It whirls Pen nant's fresh, green Bra illfan Bourbon-Santos beans until they are toasted a beautiful even brown to the very cen ter. Thus every particle of the rich flavor oils Is re leased without the faint, est trace of scorching. PENNANT . . . "A Taste and on Aroma to Warm thi Cocklet of Hit Heart." Fast Action Saves Life Of Motorist ASTORIA, Ore., Oot. 16. UP) Larry Hendrlckson, seriously Injured In a Seaside Hospital, may owe his life to the quick action of the driver of a truck with which Hendrlokson'a oar collided near Seaside yesterday. A portion of a windshield swipe was Imbedded In Rendrlekson's throat In the crash. Elmer HlRh, driver of the truck, removed the object, stop ped the flow of blood aa best ho could and rushed Hendrtckaon to the hospital. FIRES CHECKED IN BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. lftv(AP) Fir fighters and farmers today checked damage from galos which whipped flames and dust over parts of northern California. The most serious fire, raging on the lower northeast slope of Mt, Tamalpsls, destroyed one dwelling and blackened an area of several hundred acres before It was halted on a ridge 'above Mill valley last night. Another fire In the same vicinity threatened the coast village of Bo llnss where coast guardsmen Joined CCO workers and firemen In the fighting force. Tw0 biases broke out on the San Francisco peninsula In San Mateo oounty. One menaced the San Fran cisco county Jail, located In fon Mateo county. San Francisco fire department re ported 38 calls In the city and Oak land firemen responded to 33 alarms aa the gale lashed the bay region yesterday and last night. Some damage waa feared to crops In tho San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys from the driving wind. A heavy dust storm struck the Santa. Clara valley. When you want beat call UtH. Petroleum Heat & Burner Co. THE PERFECT f sv 1 She depends on Oven-Fresh SNOW FLAKES for successful dinners In planning appetizing autumn-tirac meals she knows that soups and salads taste better when served with crisp and dainty crackers. That's why the Perfect Hostess always chooses Snow Flakes the favorite soda cracker of the West Snow Flakes always reach you oven-fresh from one of the many nearby National Biscuit Company Western bakeries their delicate flavor doubly pro tected by special wax-wrapped packages. To make sure your dinners are always successful be sure to ask your grocer for Snow Flakes. GUN USED TO BEAT DOG SHOOTS, KILLS WIELDER trVINOSTON. Mant., Oct. 16-(JP) John Rodgers, caretaker at a quarry In Emigrant, as miles aouth, started to beat a dog whlcxi stole a sand wlch the man was preparing for him self. ' He used the stock of a rifle. The weapon discharged, a bullet tore through Rodgers' abdomen, and he died an route to the hospital. Be Is survived by a widow and four children. LONDON. Oot. IS. (JV-Sldney R Kent, president of the Twentieth Cen tury -Fox Film corporation, today an nounced negotiations for sal by the corporation of Its Interests In the Oaumont-BrltlAh Picture corporation had been broken off. Be sure to ask for limy m SocfaOiacAjsM A Prerfurfo NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY bakers of RIT2 and hundred! of other favorite varieties m iiunmi iipitii,fpyMgllyi,.l I II nun I witMof the 'lily J 5 tela ASK YOUR GROCER WONDER Southern Oregon housewives art enthusiastio supporters of FBA stores They appreciate the savings made possible by the combined buy ing power of over 4000 FBA stores. Clean, convenient stores courteous attendants nationally advertised foods PLUS genulns savings 1 Harvest King FLOUR Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded 49 lb. bag $1.45 Westminster SHORTENING 4 lb. Carton Carton -43 DOG FOOD PRIZE BRAND Can E Milk Chocolate Ington 19c 14 oz. Bakers Farmington Cake Dainty Mi Fruit Cocktail 1'. Tall Can 1 5 IWi fci.iA.lij wi isf JELLO All 3 packages Flavors 14c Sleepy Hollow SYRUP Qt. Jug 35 CURRANTS Poinsetta Brand Calif. Black Zante 11 oz.pkg. 1 4c Pennant COFFEE Pound j 9C PUMPKIN iyit Del Monte Brand Can 1 Qc HERE THEY ARE Shop Saturday and Next Week at Your F-B-A STORE MEDFORD The SERVICE GROCERY MIDWAY GASH 8T0RE 0. W. SHORES J. W. COOK WALDEN BROS. DARK'S OROOERV SUMMIT OR0CERV H. W. DAVIS80N J. 0. CAMERON Crater Lake lllhwj ASHLAND EAST BIDE GROCERY PHOENIX PHOENIX MERCANTILE HIWAY. MARKET GRANTS PASS BAB FOOD STORE TEMPLE MARKET TALENT PARKS GROCERY GOLD HILL A. A. WALKER RIVDSRA ADTO PARK ROGUE RIVER FRED O'KELLEY WILDERVILLE H. W. BAKER SELMA R. L. HAMMER HOLLAND H. FLOYD TAKILMA H. MESSINGER RADIO PARK 0. R. BROOK JACKSONVILLE HAMAKER'S CASH GROCERY .w win ) iuiwimiim iiiiii wii iiiMatoMMa
