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LOCAL and PERSONAL
Leaves For Eugane Miss Ger
trude Waltzing, 329 West 8th
street, left this, morning lor Eu
gene, after receiving word that
her uncla was seriously ill.
Fined Ralph Champion was
fined a dollar in city police court
today for parking his car across
nubile sidewalk. Bill riasKeu,
Highland Drive, was fined $5 for
failure to stop his car at a stop
street.
Jacksonville P.-T.A. The
Jacksonville P.-T.A. will hold its
second meeting, Wednesday eve
ning at 8:00 in the Jacksonville
high school. County Sftperintend-
t ent C. R Bowman will De guesi
V- sneaker. Refreshments will be
served.
pis
DR. A. R. HEDGES
Chiropractic b Naturopathic
Physician
128 E. Main Dial 3170
Blood Pressure
"What is normal blood pres
sure?" This is a question so fre
quently asked. It is difficult to
answer for each individual in
general terms. The height of the
person has its influence on blood
pressure... That wihch is now
considered normal blood pres
sure is less than formerly held.
It is now considered a fallacy
that the blood pressure should
i-icx s nnint a vear. That denotes
disease. For the normal adult of
average size, in a state of rest,
the blood pressure should be be
tween 100 and 120. For a vigor
ous man in a state of health,
many consider it ideal between
110 and 120. but that 125 is
allowable. Should the pressure
creep up, gaining beyond 130,
an insidious disease is indicated.
However, it may not cause great
trouble for five, ten, or fifteen
years later... When the blood
pressure starts to creeping up
beyond normal, it is time to take
a neaitn inventory.
CALENDAR
Monday
8:00 p. in. Pythian Sisters,
home of Claudlna Hawks, Eighth
and Maple streets, Central Point
8:00 p. m. Hallowe'en party
at Sacred Heart Catholic church
given by Knights of Columbus
and St. Ane s Altar society.
Wednesday
10:00 a. m. Army Red Cross
Auxiliary production unit, Out
post.
12 noon Get Together club,
potluck luncheon at Eagles Hall
on West Main street. Bring scis
sors and thimbles.
12 noon Adult Missionary so
ciety of First Christian church,
annual luncheon at church parlors.
1:00 p. m. Women of Rotary
at 10 Keena Way Drive. Host
esses, Mrs. E. C. Corn, Mrs. Oren
Schenck and Mrs. H. D. Chris
tensen.
1:45 p. m. Contemporary
Book club, home of Mrs. Ernest
Barnes.
2:30 p. m. Wednesday Study
club. Girls Community club
Mrs. Jacobs will give paper on
'New America" and Mrs. Phipps
will review "Time for Decision."
Club To Meet D.A.V. Auxili
ary Sewing club will hold an
all-day meeting Wednesday at
the home of Bertha Neff, 811
Bennett street, with a covered
dish luncheon at noon.
Car Prowled Paul Bulkin,
King and Stewart street, report
ed to city police Saturday that
an army rain jacket and ration
books wese stolen from his car
parked on East 8th street Friday
night.
m w 9
Fined Olaf Redhl, 54, was
sentenced to five days in the
city Jail this morning for being
drunk on a public street. Wil
11am Campbell, 39, was fined
$10 on a charge of being drunk
and disorderly.
Girl Born Lt. and Mrs. R. E.
Watson, Oakland, Calif., are the
parents of a girl, born October
29, in Oaknoll Hospital, oat
land. The grandparents are Mr
and Mrs. M. M. Herman, 322
South Riverside avenue, Med-ford.
Watch
for
"THE JOKER
PiIJ AJt. Tin Antl-PronlMtlon ConmlHM
0f Ortton. O. J. McPerson, Chalraaaj
Fssrsoa-stll Are. Bids., Portland
Nijhts Only Weekdays
Olosea luesaay
HI ENDS TONITE I HI
CARY GRANT f
', "Destination k:
1 Tokyo" f
',' JT Starts .
f WEDNESDAY ,
f Carole Landis 1
i "FOUR JILLS in
X A IECB"
Tom Conway '
I and the 1
' 1 "The Falcon I
ls COEDS" ;
Inducted Carl Willard Scott,
Roy H. Health, Alf John Breuld
and Arthur Leroy Richert, all of
Jaci:son county,' were inducted
into the navy this month .ac
cording to the registrar at Selec
tive Service Board number 1,
Lloyd Charles Rogers and Harry
Glenn Fondyce, both of Jackson
county, were inducted into the
army, according to the same re
port.
Wilcox In France The many
friends of Lyle Wilcox, former
county agent and field manager
for S.O.S., now a major m the
9th Air Force with General Pat
ton's 3rd Army, will be interest
ed to learn that after a year
overseas, and four months in
France, he is well and going
strong, doing Important work in
the inspector general's depart
ment, near Metz.
Back From Trail Hellen
Razum and Ina Alenderfer,
registrars in Selective Service
Boards 1 and 2, respectively
have returned to work after
spending several weeks in Poca-
tello, Ida., where they appeared
as witnesses before the federal
court In two conscientious ob
jector cases. Theodore Romaine
Thompson and Wesley William
Cox, both of Jackson county,
were found guilty of desertion
from a conscientious objector
camp in Idaho. Sentences have
not yet been passed.
Minor Collisions Carl Suck
er, Camp White, ana Lorenzo
Gale Johnson, Rt. 4, drove pas
senger cars involved in a minor
collision on Stewart avenue Sat
urday night. George C. Prieson
312 Alice street, and Donald R
Thumler, Rt. 2, drove cars in
volved In another minor accident
Saturday, according to a second
report. A third report states that
I. L. Sneed of Trail and Mrs.
Wilber E. Holzbeier drove pas
senger cars Involved in an ac
cident Saturday . on Central
avenue.
Bible CIiis tsdlet of the
First Methodist Bible class will
meet with Mrs. L. N. Younger,
611 West 8th street, Thursday
afternoon, November 2, at 2
o'clock.
Mall Tribune Service Don
Johnson has taken over the Mail
Tribune agency at Phoenix, re
placing Wesley Perdue. Anyone
wishing delivery service at
Phoenix may contact him.
Correction The Get-Together
club meeting this week will be
Wednesday instead of Tuesday
as was announced In Sunday's
edition. The meeting will be at
theEagle hall at 12 noon for
potluck luncheon.
License Issued A marriage li
cense was issued by the county
clerk in Josephine county Thurs
day to Inez E. Sinclair, 19,
Eagle Point, and Harold D. Har
gitt, 25, Walla Walla, construc
tion worker.
Daughter- Born A daughter
was born Oct. 23 at the Camp
White station hospital to Sgt.
and Mrs. John F. O'Hara. The
infant weighed eight pounds
and one ounce and has been
named Kerry Anne. Mrs. O'Hara,
the former Laura Kennedy, has
been making her home with her
mother. Mrs. Lucille Kennedy,
in Fern' Valley. Sgt. O'Hara is
stationed at Ft. Devens, near Bos
ton, Mass.
m
Meets Son Mrs. F. F. Burk,
53 Rose avenue, who is visiting
relatives in Kansas, was joined
in Kansas City by her son, Capt.
Marvin Burk, who flew from
Monroe, La., to see his mother.
The captain is stationed at Mon
roe as an Instructor in naviga
tion. After visiting relatives in
Ottawa and Wichita, Mrs. Burk
will go to Los Angeles where she
will meet Mr. Burk next Sun
day. The two will remain in the
south a week before returning
home.
t
Rosenberger Home Pvt. Rol-
Hn (Rosie) Rosenberger is In
Medford to spend a 15-day fur
lough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Rosenberger, 1119
North Central avenue, and with
his wife, Victoria, at the home
of her parents, Mr. , and. Mrs
George Tucker on Orchard
Home Drive. Pvt. Rosenberger
is now stationed with the base
depot company of the signal
corps at Camp Edison, N.
Rosenberger was employed by
the Medford corporation before
entering the service last April
YJ.CA OPE
RESET FOR NOV. 9
Talent. 80-ft. front. About midway
between school and P. O. There tre
pear trees, 1 apple, 1 plum, 3 wal
nut, ia trinvinM. 4 hovsenborry.
more than 100 currant bushes. Am-j-uio SERVICE & Television Co
vailing w rcauti '.y wui.
600 cash. Edwin Deacon, Talent. Or.
It frows It fatten -$2.50
per cwt in ton lots.
ft Mondavi 6t to7fe!?VftH5!dMI WaK faizVflK-YT
Hear From Son Mr. and Mrs,
Henry Burnette, 425 North Hol
ly street, have received word
that their son, Orville, has ar
rived in England for overseas
duty. Another son of the Bur
nett' j, Laurence, was home last
week visiting his wife and chil
dren in Talent and his parents.
He has been promoted from sea
man first class to petty officer
third class. A third son, Howard
Burnette, writes that he has been
enjoying a furlough in Sydney,
Australia. He has been stationed
in New Guinea for the past 20
months.
Opening of the Y. M. C. A
rooms in the Masonic building
has been postponed from October
31 to November 9, due to con
flicting events and delay in com
pletion of renovation of the cen
ter, it was announced toaay.
Present plans for the opening
Include ooen house from four to
six o'clock in the afternoon for
teen age boys and girls and in
the evening for parents, repre
ientatives of various clubs and
service organizations and any
interested adults. Evening open
house hours will be from 8 to 10
p. m.
Plan Musle Program!
A musical program will be
presented from time to time
during the evening, with num
bers given by senior and junior
high school students ana Mrs.
Eve Prentice's accordion band.
Refreshments will be served
both afternoons and evenings,
Assisting with the open house
will be representatives from var
ious narent-teacher associations
of Medford and from tne inea
fnrrt Council of Church Women,
Members of the Y.M.U.A. ooara
will be on hand to receive guests,
answer questions and to show
the rooms to visitors. Board
mrmhera state that the organiza
tion purchased almost all of the
furnlchlnes used for the center
when it was operated by the USO
for servicemen stationea ai
Camp White.
Dr. B. R. Elliott is president
of the Y.M.C.A. board and Ben
Schmidt is executive secretary.
ARGENTINA REQUESTS
MINISTERS CONFERENCE
Washington, Oct. 30 (U.R)
Officials of the United States
and friendly Latin American
countries were engaged in in
formal conversations today on
Argentina's request for a for
eign ministers conference to
solve her "present misunder
standing" with her sister republics.
The Argentine request was
made through the Pan American
Union whose governing board
was expected to take the matter
ud at its regular meeting wea
nesday. Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull, the American delegate
to the board, will preside if he
attends. -
WANTED Carpenter to build snwll
grade A barn. Phone 6497.
FOR SALE Girl's prewar Zenith bi
cycle, like new. Phong 4173.
MR. C. W. THOMSON, manager ana
co-owner of Rogue River Chevrolet,
will pay $o to (73 a month rent for
furnished or unfurnished 3-bedroom
home In food aecUon of town, close
10 iraae scnooi. liii iiBua.
Rosue River Chevrolet. Phone 8288
ANIMAL, hospital attendant: alngle
man preferred; living quartera fur
nished. Good habits and perm
anency required. Call in person.
1455 ft. Riverside.
meal, Tab-
FOR SALE: Gaines dog
rn
era. 34 8.
Riverside. Phone 4449.
CITY TRANSFER lc STORAGE CO..
Fred E. Robinson, owner. Furniture
moving, commercial hauling, every
thing lor your need. 38 S. Fir St.
ROOM for rent: close In. Phone 5124.
South Columbus, off Stewart Ave.
Radio repairs of all kinds. We guar
antee all work. We will check your
act while you wait. Our pricea are
most reasonable. We are very busy
but turn them out In 8 days or less.
We will call for and deliver. P. O.
Box 889, Medford.
FOR BALE One of Mrdford'l best
paying caiea. Well established, good
locaUon. low rent, well equipped.
Over 30 years In Medford in same
location. Not Just a man and wife
business but a real restaurant and
a money maker. Write Tribune Box
B for details.
Th rtrai- rtrflft of the Presbvter-
lan church will hold a rummage sale
In the Masonic building, November 3
and 4.
WANTED Woman to wash dishes.
n.-rvH.l- rt-nrant. 1513 N. River-
Side. Best of wages. No night or
fiiinrt.v work.
have vou a reasonable priced trailer
house, taking up space, but not
bringing In anything? How about
selling It to me on terms (as rent)?
Two moa. payments in aavance ana
first monthly payment starling by
Nov. IS. Reliable buyer. Prompt
monthly paymenta. Trailer to be
parked on property In Jacksonville.
Write to P. O. Box 83, Jacksonville,
Oregon.
FOR SALE Radio, large Ice box, fold,
lng cot. 320 Jeanette.
WANTED Some one to fall 3 trees
for the wood. 818 W. 11th ft. phone
3796.
FOUND In bundle of rags, small W-
anguiar goia pin wiui guara m.
Call at Mall Tribune and Identify.
CASH IN A rLASB
FOR YOUR CAR
Save Time. Cash and Oaa,
Call Automobile Market,
Friendly Medford Dealer.
Fh 3919. 8th and Bartlett
No Red Tape When You Seii
to Us.
FOR SALE Small electric range and
smell elc-tric reingcrator.
ANYTHING to haul anywhere, large
or small. Ph. 2888. Davis Tranafer
Jt, Ktni.Ae Co.. 40 S. Fir at.
For SALE Fisher's More-Milk. Fab-
er's, 34 S. Riverside.
FOR SALE
Phone 4449.
Peonv Roots. Four
varieties to select from. Plant now
Monarch Seed Feed Co.
A. C TRACTOR, model K. O.. 48
kn.-Mu.r with dozer blade, dle-
sel motor in good condlUon Phone
3748. 9 a. in. to 5 p. m.. for ap
pointment FOR SALE Soil Sulphur. Apply
before rains start. Monarch Seed It
DRIVER wanted. Medford Fuel Co.
MACEDONIAN CITY
Rome, Oct. 30 (U.R) British
troops liberated the Greek Mace
donian capital of Kozane yester
day after a stiff fight and ore
pushing the Germans back to
ward the Yugoslav frontier, 35
miles to the north, a communi
que said today.
The Germans put up a fierce
battle on the western outskirts
of the city but were routed by
mid-afternoon, suffering consid
erable casualties, and fled north
ward. British patrols were re
ported in full chase early today,
harrying nazl rearguards back
along the main highway into
Yugoslavia.
Kozane is 190 miles north
northwest of Athens and about
60 miles west of Salonika, the
last important Greek city still In
German hajids.
Closing time rot Olaaaifled ads 9
m. Too Late to Claaalfy. 13:30
Too Late to Classify
FOR SALE Heavy duty, 20 -amp. gen-
erators. witn regulator, oevenn
Electric, 1303 N. Riverside, Signal
Station.
AGATES' polished and mounted
Have-your agatet made up for gifts
Order must ba in before Nov 1
Santa's Aaate Shoo. 425 E Main
Riverside.
TT-Durnose rab
bit pellets. F aber'a, 34 S. Ri
FOR SALE Fisher's
mt peiieis.
Phone 4449,
FOR SALS
Corn Car on track. $3.00 per cwt.
Hog Feed In ton lots, 3.50 per cwt
Laying Mash Complete
3.50 per cwt.
Hen Scratch Plenty of Corn
3.90 per cwt.
Ground Barley ; 3.70 per cwt,
For best feed buys, se the
F. E. SAMSON CO.
FOR SALE Alfalfa hay. straw, cedar
havings, peat moss. Monarch Seed
A- Feed Co.
0
FOR SALE Superphosphate.
. arrive aooui ,w
for yours,
Car
ov. Jst, Arrange now
WANTED Couple os caretakers for
country nome rear mcmum. muu
ern, separate house; good wages;
may have own cow and chickens if
desired. Give age and qualifications.
lYibune, Box 4451.
FOR SALE 1 3-yr.oId red cow, gives
6 gals, when fresn, giving gai.
now. WiH be fresh In April. Will be
home Wed. and evenings. Grant
Walker. Phoenix. Ore.
FOR RENT Modern home, furnished;
will lease for year, n, u. wuson, t
Chestnut. Phone 4644.
FOR"SALE Modern 4-bedroom home.
good condition;
house. H. I
Phone 4644,
also one acre: good
FOR SALE One rabbit buck and doe.
Phone 6322.
TRACTOR WORK Plowing and disc
ing. Phone Mayo at 5166, Medford.
WANTED TO BUY City lot near
Catholic church or academy. Terms.
311 w. jacKson.
FOR RENT 2.room furn. BDt. and
urn. trailer house. $5 per week.
Working people. 532 S. Fir.
WANTED .45 or .38 automatic, for
marine overseas. David Anderson,
Meyen lane. Rt. i, Box 37,
FOR SALE Young Jersey-Guernsey
milch cow. 402 s 12 tn au rnoue
'2055.
FOR RENT Nice heated arjartment:
no drinkers, children or pets. 304 S.
Central.
FOR SALE Modern 2-bedroom dwe.l
intf. well located, ffood value: near
grade school. Price $2,250. The
Wahl Agency. Phone 447B
WANTED Set of Havilantf china,
service for 8 or 13. Tribune, Box
4222.
spaniel. Answers to
name of Queen. 728 W. 2d. Ph. 5724.
LOST Springer
F. E. SAMSON CO.
FOR SALE Alfalfa hay. good for rab
bits, very leafy. Faber's, 34 S. River
ft.riiv Phnne 4449. "
FOR SALE Dodge lft -ton long
wriMihniA truck, strike rack body,
onn 'm firM rrar. Ilka new: sood
mechanical condition. Will take
- untYip stock In trade. See at L. C.
Tavlor Co., 112 S. Riverside. Phone
2965.
fOR SALE Guernsey cow, cheap, or
win trade, umii z.wan, nc. , box
319. Ft. Baiter noaa.
FOR SALE For a good permanent
nntur. nlant Monarch Meadow
Mixture. Monarch Seed Ac Feed Co.
TOR SALE For higher yield plant
veivon uariey, winr naroy, no
lodging. Certified seed. Monar
Seed & FeeJ Co.
For sa'i.g Morton's Meat Curli
TmHiirtii. Tender-aulck. Suear Cure.
Sausage Seasoning. Monarch Seed
& reei t.o.
FOR SALE Clover seed. Ladlno.
Strawberry, Lotus, Alsike. Sweet
and Red. Get our prices. Monarch
seea c reca uo.
FOR SALE SDeclal Ho Ration.
feed that really gives profitable
growth. The best to feed for fastest
gains. Monarch Seed Sc Feed Co.
FOR SALE Flcx-O-Glass. the perfect
glass substitute. Use lt to keep out
coin ana aumpneu, jnonarcn oeca
& Feed Co.
Cablccars In San Francisco do
not go beyond Presidio avenue,
about half the distance from the
Ferry building to the beach.
ACHE QUALITY PAINT
WHITE LEAD
$25
J gal.
Wall Paper 200,250,300 roll
NEW CALCIMINE BRUSHES S20.C0
Without Taluabla paint protec
tion your homo it subject to
serious damage through the
winter. Our high quality paints
reduce wear that comes from ex
posure aroids costly repairs.
foiling Paper
15s roll
Border Trims
All Kinds
KEM-T0NE
$2.98
.....(.
Spar Varnish
$5.50 gal
it
FOR SALE Desk $127oaby Jumper
$3.50. prewar baby buggy fS. 728
w. aa. r none ovzi.
A FOOD SALE will bo given by the
Seventh Day Adventlsts of Valley
View Dorcus Society at Cupps Fur
niture Store. 0th and Front St., Wed.
Nov. 1.
bicycle, balloon
FOR SALE Prewar blcvci
tires. In new condition
Mae. Phone 5168.
40.
WANTED Ride to Portland October
31. Phone 3329.
FOR SALE 1938 Buick sedan Excep-
ti on ally clean. May be seen between
8 and 5 o'clock. Ford garage, 6th
and Ivy.
FOUND English setter, female, white
witn piacK spots, rnone oauu.
COST from our pen, Friday. Oc'fTST,
one Guernsey heifer about 700 lbst.
pnone 4013
FOR RENT Downstairs furn. apts.;
cloie in. Civilians preferred. Phone
3fc34,
ACME PAINT STORE 411 East Main
I.O ST Man's wrlstwatch. noma "Alt
Jewett" Inscribed on back. Phone
Works Fine
ForSoreThroat
Due To Colds
TtsT3ttttw2
It's reallv wonderful
the way a little Vlcks
VapoRub put on the
tongue works to re
lieve sore throat due
to colds I VapoRub's
medication soothes
the soreness as its va
pors help relieve irritation in upper
bronchial tubes . . .helps clear the head,
making breathing easier.
Far Added RaOat rub VacoRubon throat.
chest and back. Let its famous pene
trating-stimulating action Keep on
workinii for hours to relieve distress as
you sleep. Vlcks VapoRub is time
tested, home-proved ... the best known
home remedy for . a. a. -
relieving mis- ICIS
cries of colds, vaporos)
WAGOII WHEEL
4 Miles From Medford
on Griffin Creek Road
DON'T come to our
Masquerade Dance
HALLOWE'EN NIGHT
Unlet you want to hsvo fun. Juit a mask will do for
your costume. If your face it like ourt, you'll need It.
There will be priiei, fun, good music, fun, swell floor,
fun, and some more fun. Bring a party and come out.
COMMERCIAL BPRATTNO Of lU
kinds. Phone 63., W i throw Atttr
n p. m.
WANTED Experienced oil burlier
and stove mechanic. Stat cxptri
ence. Tribune, oox 36C5.
ATTENTION PLEASE!
Wanted: Late model uMd cars
Highest cash prices paid.
Cart etock DrtonMcCiarea
tires Bring in your certificate.
Still have a few good used vara
Look them over ocfore you buy
Get ready for winter now. We
have batteries, tog Lights, beater
A. . TUBBY DEAN.
Your Pontiao Dealer.
6th and Grape. Dial 3943.
Medford. Ore. Buv War Bonds
ADAH'S BEAUTY SALOON AU kind
of beauty service. Permanent
peciany rn .too iau r ,cntrai
ROUGH BLOX & FIR SLABSBlg
double load S640 green, Med, Fuel
co.t Tei.a in.
NEW FIR SAWDUST for burners.
Medford Fuel Co.. Tel. 8111.
MEN WANTED Extra men wanted
for special work about Nov. 1st.
HEAVY work horse to let for feed.
Phone 8201.
FOR SALE We always nave tew
later model used care on hand. See
us before you buy. Crater Lake
Motors.
WANTED TO BUY Feeder lambs.
J. Phillppl. Hotel Grai.d. Medford.
WANTED Late model used cars.
Highest prices paid for food, eleea
sutomobilea. Crater Lake Motors.
STATE SCHOOL
SUPPORT
AlVBMENT
VOTE
14-X-V
BALLOT MEASURES 8
Following it an editorial from the Salem Statesman,
October 17, 1944, by former Governor Charles Sprague,
giving hit views on the proposed amendment.
Eighth measure on the ballot is a constitutional amendment
sponsored by the Oregon State Teachers' Association which
would require the state to provide revenues for the operation
of elementary and high schools in the state in an amount
equal to 45 cents per child per day of attendance. Method of
raising the money is left to the state legislature, but the
amendment would tut tne six per cent iimuauon irom appli
cation to this fund.
Of the total sum $8,000,000 must be applied to reduce local
property taxes until the year 1950; after that the legislature
win aeciae now mucn snail do appueu to una purpuso. aiiv
method of distributing this fund, which will include the
present state elementary school fund and the $5,000,000
diverted from income tax proceeds under the initiative of
1942 and the act of 1943, is left to the legislature.
When we first heard that the teachers' association was pro
posing a constitutional amendment for establishment of state
aid we were inclined to oppose it, assuming that lt would be
using the constitution for legislative rather than truly con
stitutional purposes. A study of the amendment does not bear
out that fear. It proposes to establish as a principle, state
sharing in cost of our common schools in a substantial
amount. Since the principal would be meaningless unless tied
to a figure, the amendment fixes 45 cents per child per day of
attendance as the measure of state aid. This figure is arbitrary
to be sure; but any figure would be arbitrary and no figure
would leave the amendment empty of meaning.
Next the amendment frees rather than restricts the legis
lature, giving it power (irrespective of the six per cent limita
tion) to provide the revenues from what sources it chooses or
can find; power also to determine the way the fund be
applied to offset school district property taxes. Thus the
amendment involves one principle: a mandate for state con
tribution to schools in a definite amount; and secondly gives
the legislature wide latitude in carrying out the mandate.
The Statesman has come to the conclusion on analysis of the
proposed amendment that it is entirely proper matter both in
substance and form to go into the constitution, In fact, it is
hard to see how that step could be avoided if the six per cent
limitation is to be gotten around.
So much for the constitutional amendment point which haa
been raised in discussions of the measure. Now what about ita
merits? . .
In the past Oregon has depended very largely on local
school district taxes supplemented by a county tax (also a
property tax) and a state elementary school tax (also a pro
perty tax until very late years) for financing its schools. If
school children were distributed geographically in exact pro
portion to assessed valuation the distribution of the burden
of education would be equalized. That condition does not
exist and has not for decades, if it ever did. As a result there
Is wide disparity in school taxation. The writer in his message
to the legislature in 1939 reported:
Of the 2085 school districts of the slate, 691 levy no
special tax for elementary schools. For other districts
the taxes range as high as 50.7 mills.
The are two wavs to equalize the tax burden: one would
be to consolidate districts into larger units, though subse
quent changes would again bring about inequality; the other
method IS lo proviae a larger sum irom mo simo ircanury
and llehten the burden on the local districts. The pending
amendment will increase substantially the amount of the
state school fund; and if the legislature provides for Its equit
able distribution then there will be an evening up of the
burden of school support.
Ohleetlons are raised, especially by taxpayer groups,
against this measure on the ground that if the income tax
receipts should shrink to pre-war levels the burden would fall
on nronertv. It Is true that property Is "exposed" to addi
tional burden by this amendment, but only in the event other
firesent or prospective tax sources prove Inadequate, or the
eglslature and the people prefer to have property assume
this burden.
The Statesman suggests that it Is time the people of the state
InnlcoH nt. fhnlr aphnnls from another angle than how cheaply
they can run them. The war has brought home to Oregon
school directors the fnct that they have to compete for In
structors. Teachers' salaries in Washington and California are
mih.tnntlallv hiKher than in Oregon. The state department
of education has had to give emergency certificates to scores
of teachers who cannot qualify under regular standards.
Nor is the condition one which will clear up with the end
of the war. Our colleges of education are almost empty of
students, including women, preparing for a teaching career.
Some months ago this editor made a study of the changes
mono hlth Relinnl nrincloals and sunerintendents in Oregon
cities. The facts, which were published, should alarm parent!
of children of school age. They showed our schools were be.
coming starved at the top because of the loss of able men as
school administrators.
We submit thai the time has come for the people of Oregon
in fcB the facts. Those facts point to this, that increased
funds MUST be provided for the operation of our schools if
wo ore going to maintain even the present standards (which
are none too high). To do this by taking the six per cent 11ml
:ation off of local district taxes would mean that property
alone would bear the whole burden, because that Is the only
taxing power a local school board has.
Moreover there would then be no limit and dlrectori and
natrons mleht "shoot thfl works" for their schools and soak
the railroads, the utilities and other non-resident property
owners. The proposed state fund sets a limit at the same time
lt applies a mandate; 45 cents per child per day; and the
legislature has broad taxing powers, made broader by thia
amendment. The additional revenue is not exorbitant in
amount or beyond the capacity of the people to pay.
The amendment is timely; it is practical; It is Just; lt li
necessary. The Statesman strongly urges Vote 314 X xes.
Jackson Countv Teachers Association
Jackson County Council Parent-Teacher Association
VOTE 314 -X-YES
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