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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, February 23. 1S55
Two Ohio ( legislators . have
proposed honoring their state's
distinguished sons by going Ken
tucky one rank better and nam
ing notables Buckeye Generals.
Wetherby was quick t reply
. "I don't think any honorary
title of any state would outrank
a proper Kentucky Colonel," he
said solemnly.
ales Tax -Sentiment Fouimd To Be Orouiirag Over
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Tax for Schools
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Salem (U.R) Growing senti
ment, in favor of a sales tax that
would be the first of its kind in
the country has shown upin
various parts of Oregon, Rep.
Earl Hill, (R-Cushman.) its spon
sor, said today.
The three per cent sales tax
as proposed by Hill would raise
at least $60,000,000 a year, and
some believe as much as $75,-
000,000. And the entire amount
would be used to offset school
taxes which now consume 75
per cent of the entire property
levies by counties. This use of
the sales tax entirely for educa
tion is a new conception in the
country, Rep. Hill said.
Some Granges Change Stand
Some Granges, heretofore al
ways opposed to the sales tax,
have gone on record as favoring
Rep. Hill's measure, known as
the sales and use tax law. Sev
eral legislators have received
expressions of approval from
their constituents along of
course, with several expressions
of disapproval.
Rep. Harry C. Elliott, (R-Tilla-
mook), this week received a
petition from his home county
f signed by 304 property owners
advocating Hill's measure. Mar
ion Winslcw, superintendent of
Coos Bay public schools, said a
mass meeting was held there
recently which went on record
for the sales and use tax.
Lower Property Tax
The school tax offset would
work like this: Suppose you are
paying $200 a year property tax
to the county on your home.
Of that amount if you are in an
average county, $150 would go
to the schools. If the sales tax
.offset should go into effect," you
would pay $50 a year property
tax instead of the $200.
The sales tax has been re
jected by the people five times
at the polls. Rep. Hill took
cognizance of this fact, but said
he thought such a tax levied for
school purposes and school pur
poses only would find , favor
with the voters. - v s
He said sentiment in favor of
his measure, was spreading
through southwestern Oregon to
the point, where organizations
are being formed to back it in
Coos, Curry, Jackson and Jose
phine counties.
The income from the sales
tax, which would not exempt
food, would go to the school dis
tricts on the basis of the same
school child census as that on
which the basic school support
fund is measured, including chil
dren from 4 to 20 years of age.
That would be the first step.
Surplus To County Fund
If the tax brought in more
than the amount needed at the
local district level, and its pro
ponents believe it will bring in
much more the surplus would
go into the county school fund.
That would be the second step.
And if the tax yielded enough
to take care of the schools at the
local and county levels and
there remained a surplus, the
third step would be taken. It
would go to offset the basic
school support fund at the state
level. Eventually, Rep. Hilf and
his supporters believe, the sales
and use tax would eliminate the
necessity for basic school sup
port at the state level.
Rep. Hill , said if eventually
.,the sales tax should raise more
money than is needed for all
school purposes, he would favor
lowering the rate to 2V4 or 2
per cent. ;
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MARK GOC ANNIVERSARY Cecil Bell, commander of the
Medford Veterans of Foreign Wars post, is shown above, at left,
presenting a flag to Earl Sterigere, supervisor of the Medford
Ground Observer corps post. The presentation was made Mon
day night at the VFW hall during an observance of the first
anniversary of the Medford GOC post. (Brainerd photo)
Bill To Keep Oregon
Cities Out of Gas
Tax Field Pondered
Salem (U.R) The House
committee on highways today
took under advisement a bill
that would attempt to keep Ore
gon cities out of the gas tax
field. The measure was attacked
irom naif-a-dozen sources at a
hearings here yesterday by city
officials who feared its broad
wording would wipe out their
authority to levy business and
occupation taxes.
Alexander Brown, Portland
city attorney, charged that the
bill was special legislation aimed
directly at Portland and he said
it should be filed in the circu
lar file."
The bill was the recommenda-
Bruce A. Bishop
To Edit Official
Union Publication
' Central Point -r Bruce A.
Bishop, 30, police officer at Cen
tral Point, has accepted the post
of editor of the International
Woodworker, the official publi
cation of the International
Woodworkers of America.
The appointment is effective
Mar. 1. His last day of work for
the city of Central Point will be
Saturday.
Bishop worked in 1946 on the
weekly Medford News and re
cently for a short while on the
Ashland Tidings. He has also
edited a railroad union publica
tion in California and has done
previous journalism work for
the CIO, of which the Wood
workers is affiliated.
The International Woodwork
ers is published in Portland and
distributed throughout the U.S.
and Canada. Average member
ship in the union is 130,000.
Bishop's duties will require con
vention coverage all over the
continent. ,
Both Bishop and his wife are
graduates of the University of
Oregon. His wife is currently at
tending - Southern Oregon col
lege and will remain here until
next August, completing her
studies.' Bishop also is working
towards a master of arts degree
in history.
Bishop will replace George B.
Holcomb a editor of the publi
cation. '
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tion of the Legislative Interim
committee oh Highways. Rep.
Edward A. Geary (R-Klamath
Falls), speaker of the House and
chairman of the interim com
mittee, said aim of the bill was
to block the loophole in state
fuel tax revenues. ' He denied
that its intent was to outlaw
city occupation or business tax
es, -but he admitted that Port
land's tax on the net gross rev
enues of businesses engaged in
the sale of vehicle fuels was one
of . the loopholes the interim
committee hoped to block.
Herman Kehrli, executive
secretary of the League of Ore
gon. Cities, the city managers
of Astoria and Hillsboro, and
Brown all declared that word
ing of the bill went beyond the
interim committee's avowed in
tent. ' -'
Brown said it was still an
other attempt of the state to
pre-empt tax sources at the local
level and he warned that "you'll
be buymg a great deal of liti
gation if this thing becomes a
law."
Brown reported that Portland
collects between $71,000 and
$74,000 annually from its tax
on the net or gross incomes of
filling stations and allied bus
inesses. The money is used ex
clusively for streets. He pointed
out that Portland receives only
two-thirds of its allocation of
state gas tax money distributed
on the basis of population and
he added that many Portland
streets that are not part of any
highway system actually carry
as much traffic as state high
ways. Kehrli told the committee that
the bill was an invasion of home
rule, an Oregon tradition. He
said cities have been granted
the right by the state to levy
taxes either for regulation or
taxes are levied solely for rev
enue, he said.
Officials of the state Highway
department told the committee
that they favored the principle
of the bill. v
31 Disease Cases
Listed in County
Thirty-one cases of communi
cable diseases were reported in
Jackson county during the week
ended Feb. 18, according to the
county . health department's
weekly report.
: Leading the list was chicken
pox, with 11 cases. They included
five each in Medford and Ash
land, and one in Talent. Five
cases of pneumonia, , including
three in Medford and one each in
Ashland andHuch, were report
ed during the week, as were five
cases of scalp ringworm", with
four in Medford and one in Gold
Hill.
Three cases of measles were
reported during the week. They
included one each in Jackson
ville, Ruch, and Ashland. Two
cases of whooping cough, one in
Medford and the other at Pros
pect, were included on the list.
Other diseases on the list were
one case of infectious hepatitis
in Central Point; one case of
strep throat at Ashland; one case
of rheumatic fever at Jackson
ville; one case of German mea
sles in Medford, and one case of
scarlet fever in Medford. .
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State Education Board President Speaks
". Those who profess the ideals
of George Washington , are on
trial today in. the world - wide
struggle against Communism,
not the ideals themselves which
will always remain constant and
right. This view was expressed
by Edgar W. Smith of Portland,
president of the Oregon. State
Board of Higher Education, in
a luncheon address Tuesday be
fore the Medford Rotary club.
More than 200 Rotariansand
wives, observing the Golden Ju
bilee of Rotary, International,
gathered at the Jackson hotel
to hear the speaker say that
George Washington remains to
day the symbol of American de
mocracy, and the lessons learn
ed from a study of this great
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American's life can . become
guide-posts in the current strug
gle against those who would
abolish all human dignity and
freedom. '
Was "Man of Year"
Smith, Oregon civilian aid to
the secretary of war, served
three terms as president of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce,
was chosen the first citizen of
Portland in 1952 and Oregon's
"man of the year." He has been
a member of the Board of High
er Education for the past 16
years, and has been president
of the board for six years. Frank
J. Van Dyke introduced the
speaker. :
The s Medford high school
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wives. Robert Holmes is general
chairman of the Medford Rotary
club's Golden Jubilee commit
tee and Mrs. Phil Brainerd heads
a similar committee for women
of Rotary. A special tribute was
paid to William A. Gates, dean
of past-presidents of the Medford
club, at the Tuesday luncheon.
Ofio Seeks To Outrank
Famed Kentucky Colonels
Columbus, O. (U.R) , A
move was afoot today-to create
an honor that would outrank
a Kentucky Colonel but Blue
Grass State Gov. Lawrence W.
WetherDy said it can't be done.
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