Friday' February 11, 1955
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Measure Reserves
State and Federal
Right to Taxation
Salem (U.R) A bill to ban
cities,, or counties from levying
Income taxes on corporations or
individuals was before the Ore
gon Senate today, directed to
correct, its sponsors said, such
levies as one already imposed by
, the city of Portland.
The measure would reserve
to the state and federal govern
ments the right to levy income
taxes.
The sponsors, Sens. Rudie Wil
helm Jr. (R-Portland), chairman
of the senate assessment and tax
ation committee, and Lee Oh
mart (R-Salem), vice-chairman,
introduced two bills right back
of it making provisions in case
the first bill is not passed.
Income Tax Limited
' " One would provide that a city
may levy a tax based on net or
gross income, but only on such
incbme derived from services
performed or sales made where
deliveries are effected within the
city limits. For instance, a cor
5 poration with headquarter in
Portland, directing a shipment
from an eastern point to a Med
f ord market, could not be taxed
for the profit on that shipment
by the city of Portland. It could
be, then, by Medf ord.
Sen. Wilhelm explained the
object of this was to prevent
overlapping of taxes double
or multiple taxation.
Kicker Bill
The third measure, frankly
admitted to be a "kicker" bill to
call sharply to the attention of
those 'businesses that would be
affected, would provide in event
the cities are allowed to tax in-
come, that all exemptions be re
moved. At present a city may
0 not levy an income tax on banks,
production - credit associations,
financial corporations, building
and loan associations, racing
meets, liquor establishments and
insurance businesses and real
estate and business brokers.
Portland gets at business in
come by levying a tax on privi
leges to do business, with the li
cense, based on the income of
the business, Sen. Wilhelm said.
Should Stay Out of Field
He' observed: "It is our feel
ing that the property tax should
be left to the cities and other
local '"divisions of government
and that the state should stay
out of the property tax field. The
Legislature has so far adopted
this program and has made it
possible for the cities to increase
their property tax base by sub
mission of a new tax base to the
, people."
Bills in Legislature
Salem (U.R). The Oregon
House has passed a Senate ap
proved measure to allow the
warden of the state penitentiary
to safeguard funds held in the
commissary for prisoners when
they are discharged or paroled.
Each prisoner discharged
would receive $50, whether he
had that much coming or not,
and any money above that would
be paid to him at intervals the
warden would determine.
Rep. Pat Dooley (D.-Portland)
expressed concern that some fu
ture warden might abuse the
discretion and hold back on
funds that a prisoner he "had a
grudge against" might have. Al
though discussion was limited
to Dooley's questions and the
explanation of the bill by Rep.
George Layman (R.-Newberg) 22
votes were cast' against the
measure. '
Salem (U.R) A bill to create
a ' paid liquor commission has
been introduced in the Oregon
Senate by Sen. Phil Brady (D.
Portland). Under Brady's measure, each
of the . three commissioners
would be paid not more than
$10,000 a year, the amount to be
fixed by the governor. As under
Grange
BATH ROD TELESCOPES
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pulled out when needed, or
pushed out of sight when no
longer necessary. The bar comes
in two models one for com
plete recessing in the wall; and
one for installation on the wall.
i Columbus voyages to the New
World, were in 1492, 1493 and
1494 (same voyage), 1498 and
1502. .
Roxy Ann Grange '
Roxy Ann Grange met Feb.
4 with Master Orie Moore pre
siding, it was announced that
?Z7 was taken in from the
March of Dimes card party.
Agriculture Chairman Charlie
Witcher gave an interesting re
port on farm prices.
Building Chairman Nelson
Shober thanked the members
who helped repair the floor, put
the molding on, and the ladies
for the good potluck dinner.
Legislative Chairman Ivan
Wolfe gave a. good report on
news concerning the govern-,
ment.
Roscoe Roberts . told about
prices now in comparison with
1947. Seems the dollar will buy
more now, than it did at that
time.
Dance Chairman Ken Shaw
announced a potluck dinner and
card part Saturday, Feb. 19, at
8 p.m.
Lecturer Laura Witcher turn
ed, the program , over to the
young people of the Grange who
presented Valentine skits and
music and memoirs of how the
husbands met their wives.
HEC Chairman Marguerite
Shaw announced next meeting
will be at the Grange hall at
8 o'clock, Feb. 16, with, Mrs.
Claypool and Muriel Shaw as
hostesses.
Madge Nowlin had a display
table of salt and pepper shakers.
.Next Grange meeting will be
Feb. 18, at 8:15 p.m., there will
be. baked food and sewing for
sale.
the present law, in which the
commissioners are not paid a
salary but only expenses, the
three members would be ap
pointed by the governor. :
A bill already has been intro
duced in the ' Senate by Sen.
Robert D. Holmes (D.-Gearhart)
to replace the three-man . com
mission .with one commissioner.
Another bill introduced by
Sen. Brady would allow taverns
to serve wine as well as beer.
The amendment to the liquor
control act involved would al
low taverns to sell beer and wine
containing not more than 14 per
cent alcohol.
4-H Follies Rehearsal
Scheduled on Saturday
A dress rehearsal of the 4-H
Friendship Follies is scheduled
for 10 a.m. Saturday at Medf ord
junior high school, according, to
Glenn Klein, county agent for
4-H club work.
The Follies will be presented
Monday, Feb. 14, starting at 8
p.m. at the junior high school
auditorium. Proceeds from the
show will go to the International
Farm Youth Exchange. ,
BUSY' LEGISLATURE
Atlanta, Ga. U.R) A bill in
troduced by State Rep. Braswell
Deen in effect would prohibit a
chicken from crossing a road.
Babson . . . Bible and Formosa
DOG. BITES BOY. DIES
Toronto KU.R) Ian McLel
lan, 12, proved poet Oliver Gold
smith was right when he wrote
of a dog who died after biting a
man. Ian was playing his har
monica when his dog howled
and bit him. Ian was checked
for rabies, but it was the dog
who became ill and died. The
boy's parents believed the dog
must have picked up some slow
acting poison beforehand.
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass. (Special to
Mail Tribune) Four hundred
years ago, my ancestor, the Rev.
John Rogers, was burned at-the-
stake in Lon
don, England,
Feb. 4, 1555.
To commemo
rate him and
add some cur
rent comments
is my desire
today.
The Rev. John
Rogers was
Boger w. Babion martyred for
his work of translating the Bible
into, the English language and
circulating this complete Bible
n i i m l . j i j 1 '
in .dngiana. i ynaaie, wixn . xne
help of Coverdale, translated the
New Testament and a portion of
the Old Testament, as far as II
Chronicles, when he was mar
tyred therefor. Then John Rog-ers-r-under
the assumed name of
"Matthews" completed the Bi
ble in its entirety for readers in
England. This was in 1517; and
he did most of the work in
Holland.
From Holland, the English im
ported flour, cheeses, and other
foods. My ancestor arranged
with the packers of thec barrels
and crates containing these food
products to hide a Bible among
the contents and thereby smug
gled these Bibles into England.
When he returned to England,
about ten years later, he was ar
rested and imprisoned in the
Tower of London. Finally, he
was. martyred at "Smithfield,"
where I have seen bronze mark
er, telling this story of his mar
tyrdom. ,
Unwillingness io Sacrifice
Basic Difficulty Today
There are many lessons for us
from the above experience.
First, is the consecration of the
priests and preachers of that
day and their willingness to
make any sacrifices, including
their lives. Our unwillingness to
sacrifice for our Church and
Faith is a basic difficulty of the
U.S. today. It is good to see
church membership and attend
ance increase; but these figures
mean little unless accompanied
by a willingness to sacrifice.
Jesus never quoted statistics
He demanded that His followers
be judged by their works of
righteousness. I would go even
further and say that the great
ness of every powerful nation
has been made possible by the
people's sacrifice. When the wil
lingness to sacrifice declined,
the nation's economic strength
declined along with its spiritual
strength. In fact, the best U;S.
barometer of our spiritual
, strength is the value ot our aoi
lar. It increases or decreases ac
cording to our willingnes to
sacrifice fer what is right.
We Must Again Teach
Bible to Our Children
The second lesson applies to
the great need of more Bible
reading today. When I was a
boy, most New England fami
lies were Bible-reading families
with daily family prayers. We
were all taught to obey Bible
teachings and to memorize them.
I believe that we must again
install the Bible as a family
guide and as our national guide.
Atomic bombs will not save
us, any more than the Chinese
Wall saved China, or the Magi
not Line saved France. This na
tion is depending too much on
material defense. The more
wealth we have, the better tar
get we are and, through jealousy
the more enemies we will have.
Only as. we practice the Bible's
Golden Rule, both in national
and international affairs, can
we hope to survive. The Bible
is the only "Bomb" which can
save America. Read Isaiah, chap
ter 31.
Bible Seen Taught
In Chinese Colleges '
The Chinese leaders of today
were largely educated' in col
leges founded by missionaries
sent to China by the Christian
church of the U.S., England and
our Western Allies. I have visit
ed some of these Chinese col
leges and have seen the Bible
being taught there to the bright
est young men of China. These
students were greatly impressed
by Jesus' teachings, especially
by- the Sermon on the Mount.
As these students matured
and became acquainted with the
way our businessmen and poli
ticians acted, they truly won
dered if we are a Christian na
tion. Students who came to New
York, Chicago and other large
American cities for post-graduate
work concluded that we are
hypocrites. They returned to
China saying that the Bible is a
forgotten book with us. The
Russian Communists told them
that our missionaries used our
Bible only to "put the Chinese
to sleep" while we robbed China.
President Eisenhower and Sec
retary Dulles both Bible-reading
men are handicapped by
this unfortunate situation.
Fighting alone will not save For
mosa. Formosa and the entire
East can be saved only if we
stop worshiping material suc
ces and atomic power, and re
turn to- the teachings of .the
Bible.
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Review of Oregon's Tax Problems Set
A review of Oregon's tax
situation, and of proposals to
raise additional amounts of tax
money in the state will be made
at a meeting here Monday morn
ing. Bob Root, former state repre
sentative, will conduct the dis
cussion. The meeting is of the
legislative . committee of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce. Those interested in
learning about various tax pro
posals may attend. The chamber
as yet has taken no position on
proposed tax legislation.
The meetings begin at 7:30
a.m. at the Medf ord hotel. .
In addition, proposed highway
legislation will be reviewed.
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