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FOOT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday. Oetober IS, 1ISS
Tax Collections
In Oregon Drop
From 1954 Figure
Salem CU.R) Tax collections
by the state of Oregon from
June 30 through September of
this year lagged behind collec
lions for the same period a year
aeo bv S158.543. according to
figures released by the State Tax
Commission.
Tax collections for the first
three months of this fiscal year,
through September, totaled S9
832,175, compared to $9,990,719
during the same period a year
ago.
Income Taxes Up
Personal income taxes paid
directly to the commission by
taxpayers and through withhold
ing payments made by employers
showed an increase for the first
three months of the present fis
cal year. The total of personal
income taxes paid added up to
S7,499,251, compared with $6.
939,142 in the. first three months
of the last fiscal year.
However, corporate excise tax
collections fell short, as did
amusement device taxes. Corpo-
ate taxes for the quarter totaled
$2,077,767 compared with $2,-
855,546 for the similar period
a year ago.
Amusement device taxes for
the quarter totaled only $74,583
compared with $219,847 for the
similar period a year ago.
Decrease Reported
A marked decrease in total
tax collections last month was
reported, the 30-day total being
$943,186, a drop of $185,760,
greater than the three-month de
crease. The September tax returns
showed a decrease in personal
income taxes with a slight in
crease marked up for the corp
orate income taxes, .reversing
the earlier trend.
In September $375,771 was
collected in personal income
taxes compared with $584,376
in September a year ago. Cor
porations paid $553,433 last
month compared with $520,313
In September a year ago.
Dead line for Sunday Classified is
at noon Saturday.
Pickin' Pears
News and Notes
From Camp White
BY SID HOLLINGSWORTH
Los Angeles It came as
something of a surprise to find
such a large part of the Camp
White membership living at the
Los Angeles center, on arrival
here last week. Hartman was
the first of the greeters, at the
admission office, where he is
now working in a similiar capac
ity to the place he filled in the
domiciliary office at Camp
White.
George Mitchell, who was at
the admission desk during June
when the high water mark was
leached in admissions as well
as departures at Camp White,
has turned up here and is en
gaged at the present time trying
to clear up a few misunder
standings about his disability
status.
Carl Krogstad was out for a
while and then decided to check
in here. In considering a detail
assignment, he told the detail
leader he could run a mimeo
graph. Now he takes care of
this kind of assignment over in
the regional office. Carl, it may
be remembered, did the printing
of Dominews for a longer period
than any other member doing his
job.
He has just received a letter
from Ingvald Hansen, in Nor
way, which he shared. "Since
I got home to Norway I've been
busy all the time, if not fishing
then I'm cutting wood," Hansen
writes;
"Yes, we use wood to cook
with here and to keep warm
with, too. We've got electric
lights and radios. That's about
all. No telvision here yet, but
I suppose they will get it some
day here too. But I don't think
I will be here to see that be
cause I'm coming back to the
states again next summer."
with Ken Williams in Grants
Pass was published in the Mail
Tribune.
Frank White is now a "deputy
sheriff" in the detention quart
ers. He was having trouble and
came in for a checkup, where
upon he was induced to remain
and take the job. He is still hope
ful of seeing the big leagues
extended to the Pacific Coast
now that Kansas City has been
reached in the westward move
ment. "We have some good players
and teams on the coast and now
that baseball interest is reviv
ing, the public here can be de
pended upon to support big
league games," he said.
Jack Shipman is another
Camp White personality now
stationed here. He kept the
"chicken farm" back of the cof
fee shop until the bantam family
grew so large it had to be moved.
It was also a pleasant sur
prise to encounter "Sergeant"
Frank White who left Camp
White last spring when the base
ball season started. White is the
brother of the famous "Doc"
White of the Chicago White Sox
in the days before the wars. He
was a scout for Cleveland for
a number of years. His interview
Special greetings are sent' to
Dr. Todd by "Harry" Creswell
who came here via Salt Lake
City and Reno after some hos
pital experiences. He is taking
it easy and wishes to be re
membered all around the" lot.
It may take some time to get
around for a little more com
ment with Camp White transfers
on different dates of tenure, and
in consequence this "supple
ment" to Pickin' Pears will have
to be extended at least to anoth
er report.
The same administrative
changes are taking place here
that now engage the attention
of the manager at Camp White:
One member, making a kick
about the change in nomencla
ture, had this comment:
"There aren't any captains and
sergeants any more; they're sec
tion leaders. I suppose that
makes us section hands. Well, I
refuse to work as a section
hand." .
There are about 221,000 miles
of railway line in the United
States, not including mileage of
yard tracks or sidings or parral
lei trackage.
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FILLING WITH WATER while en route to wharf after trial
run, Donald Campbell's speed boat Bluebird sinks with tail
surface high before plunge into Lake Mead, Nev. Campbell
had made top speed of 162.85 miles per hour. (International)
Students Plead Guilty To Corvallis Incident
Corvallis (U.R) Six Univer
sity of Oregon students pleaded
guilty to charges of burning
"U 0"-in letters 12 feet high
on the turf of Parker stadium
at Oregon State College here
yesterday.
.AH six bailed out of Benton
county jail after posting $30.
They had waived the right to at
torney and pleaded guilty to a
reduced charge of "injuring
grass' following their arrest yes
terday. District Judge Richard Meng
ler set sentencing of the boys
for 9:30 a.m. Friday.
Twenty of our 28 national
parks are located west of the
Mississippi River. The territories
of Hawaii and Alaska each have
one national park.
Portland Council
Delays Park Transfer
Portland (U.R) The Port
land city council agreed to post
pone for or.e week consideration
of a request for transfer of Delta
Park to the Exposition-Recreation
Commission.
The postponement was pro
posed by the E-R Commission
because two of its members were
scheduled to be away from Port
land today when the transfer
request came up, for consideration.
Delta Park, chosen by the
commission for Portland's eight
million dollar recreation center,
is owned by the city. ,
A NiehoVs Worth of . . .
Comment On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Pre Futvr Writer
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Washington (U.R) You don't
have to pay fancy antique store
prices to collect rare old
pieces of fur
niture, jewelry
and house
wares. If y&u know
what you're
doing, you can
often find real
ba rgai ns in
junk stores
fi T I shops.
t s I That's t h e
Human Nichols advice of an
expert antique collector from
England, Charles Gray.
Gray is touring America as a
goodwill ambassador from Lon
don's Grosvenor House, a high
type hostelry that is famous for
having more help than cus
tomers. This makes for fine if
expensive service. .
Part of " Gray's jobs with
Grosvenor ' House is to help
guests from America and else
where find the best places to
shop for antiques.
So it was natural for him to
bring along some of his own
notable relics to show off on
his tour.
'it takes some time to know
a phony piece of old furniture
from the real thing," he told me
over breakfast. "Same goes for
jewels. Furniture isn't too tough'.
Take a stick of furniture and if
the dealer is honest he will
h?ve scraped it down to the raw.
If the grain shows a chocolate
color you can be sure it is an
oldpiece. Jewels you have to
be more expert about."
In 26 years of collecting, Gray
has picked himself up some fab
ulous bargains. He has 10 grand
father clocks, all of them dating
way back. Some have wooden
works , which still work.
One of his most valuable
clocks is a "postman's alarm,1
which he picked up for a few
pounds in a second-hand furni
ture place. It is equipped with
pull cords. When it was invented
there was no' electricity in Brit
ain, and you couldn't snap on a
light in the dead of the night.
Postmen had to make their ap
pointed rounds on time, same
as here. They would wake in
the dark night in a sweat, won
dering about the hour, - and
would yank a cord. Chimes
would tell whether the postman
had time for another cat nap.
Gray bought another old time
piece for the equivalent of about
$10 a decade ago. It's called a.
Parliament clock, and he found
it in a side street junk place
while looking for a second-hand
umbrella it was raining that
day. This thing is three feet,
six inches high and is two feet
across the face. A stone weight,
carefully balanced on the pendu
lum, keeps the timepiece ac
curate.
On account of the high taxes
on time pieces in Britian at the
time hardly anybody could af
ford a clock. So Parliament
passed a law that every public
place had to have a clock where
all could see it.
"It was not a striker," Gray
told me. "But it could be seen
for yards around, you could be
sure. These things today are
rare, indeed."
Most of Gray's personal col
lection is kept in his home. He
wouldn't part with any of his
keepsakes for any price.
Besides seeing that Grosvenor
House guests are informed about
the best places to pick up an
tiques, Gray operates a little
business of his own on the side
making old things work like
new. A long time back some
friends from ' San ' Francisco
bought." a grandpappy clock,
crated it and took it home. "They
paid a pretty penny for it," Gray
said. It was a wooden works
granddaddy. A few years later
Gray visited the couple hi
Francisco. There hadn't been a
tick-tock out of the thing since
they bought it.
"I got out my kit and went to
work. In a couple of. days she
was ticking like jolly-be.
'ifint gin,
my Betsy!"
I just can't get over tfie marvel
ous way my Betsy outsmarts her
housework. Take wood floors for
instance. I hear other wives com
plain about all the scrubbing and
waxing they have to do. But not
my Betsy! She cleans and waxes
them in one easy operation with
Bruce Cleaning Wax. Why, she'i
through in half the time and fresh
as a daisy! And our beautiful wood
floors are always getting compli
ments. My Betsy and her Bruce :
Cleaning Wax sure make small work
of a big job. Fm
mighty proud of
both of them.
P.S. For lighter
waxing on linoleum
and wood, Betsy uses
Bruce Floor Cleaner.
C"" Yes... you'd have to buy 37 cents' worth
of other food products to get the vitamins, 1
. y calcium and protein supplied by o
f just one quart of milk. f
1 A That's why, when you're reaching for I
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j 1 reach for dairy products, ' 9 j
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