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Tax Commissioner Speaks
At meeting of Local Realtors
Adoption of the theory that
the on'f fair Kmd of tax is "the
tax someone else pays" can re
sult only in economic and social
disaster, Sam Stewart, state tax
commissioner, said here yester
day. Stewart spoke at the Medford
hotel at a luncheon meeting of
local realtors Attending a real
estate educational conference
Wednesday and Thursday.
The tax commissioner pointed
out there have been "dramatic
increases" in taxes since 1940
"Yet, voters continually approve
tax-increase measures," he
stated.
Tax Relief Sought
"Now people are speaking prl
manly in terms of tax relief.
Taxpayer organizations have
been springing up in increasing
numbers, with some opposing all
tax incre;fcs and a larger group
favoring a shift in the tax bur
den."
Stewart noted that Oregon's
population has increased 40 per
cent since 1940 and the rate
. of migration to Oregon has been
high. "With more people, we
should have more wage earners
and taxpayers," he said. "But
with the big increase in popula
tion, our age component has
been changed. There are more
children, and more people over
the age of 65, who are neither
wage earners nor taxpayers. De
spite the populatin increase, the
work force has remained static."
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We said Oregon's per capita in
come is below the national aver
age for the first time in 17 years.
yet the cost of living is up. He
also noted an economic change
has taken place in Oregon. "Ore
gon used to be thought of as a
state supported largely by agri
culture and extractive enter
prises, such as mining, lumber
ing and fishing. Recently, urban
ization andndustrialization have
it
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increased In importance to our
economy."
The tax commissioner contin
ued, "If we relieve the home
owner's tax burden, business and
industry must assume a greater
burden. We also hear business
and industrial interests saying
they are being forced out by high
taxes. We need business and in
dustry to produce employment
and stabilize economy."
Property Tax Needed
Stewart emphasized the im
portance of property taxes.
"Property taxes provide twice
as much revenue as the income
tax," he said, "and four times as
much revenue as the gasoline
tax."
Regarding a possible sales tax
in Oregon, Stewart said, "It
doesn't matter how the tax is
paid, we still have to pay it."
He noted that 96 per cent of the
population earn less than $10,000
a year. Four per cent earn over
that amount. "Sixty per cent of
our revenue is now paid by the
96 per cent group of wage earn
ers, and 40 per cent of our rev
enue is paid by the 4 per cent
group of wage earners. Sales tax
is a regressive tax, which lays
heavily on the low income
group," he said.
The tax commissioner stated,
"Existing inequities in property
tax are what makes the tax bad.
Property tax hasn't always been
enforced." He added, "Any tax
is an enforced contribution, and
all forms of taxation are wrong
in some respect."
Reappraisal Program
He spoke briefly concerning
the current reappraisal program
for property in the state. He said
the reappraisal is not a matter of
increasing or lowering taxes," he
said, "But a matter of putting all
property on the tax rolls."
Stewart said, "If you want
good schools, roads, street light
ing, police protection and other
services, you have to pay for
them." He said 80 per cent of
the state budget consists of ap
propriations for public welfare,
education, highways, health and
hospital service. The local budg
et, he said, consists of 60 per cent
school appropriations. Remain
ing major appropriations are for
county, city and miscellaneous
services.
Two-Day Conference
The conference held here
was one of several being held
throughout the state under spon
sorship of the state real estate
department. Subjects included
contracts, descriptions, encum
brances, finding buyers, selling
amenities, determining listing
price, earnest money contracts,
basic office records, real estate
law, ethics and broker salesman
ship relations.
Speakers and special guests in
addition to Stewart were- Ed
Lucke, sales manager for John
J. Clarke, Portland realtor, and
president of the Million Dollar
club; Leevern Johnson, in charge
of real estate census and business
administration at the University
of Oregon; Burton Dunn, educa
tional supervisor for the state
real estate department; Ray
Schumaker, county assessor and
past president of the Medford
and state realty boards; E. L.
Bartholomew, vice-president of
the Oregon Associatin of Real
Estate boards; William Frohn
mayer, presiaent of the Medford
Realty board; Ben Hilton, presi
dent of the Grants Pass board of
realtors: Sam Tooley, past pres
ident of the Ashland Multiple
Listing service and president of
the Ashland Realty board; and
Arney Gagnet, auditor and ex
aminer for the state real estate
department.
Court of Honor
Due Wednesday
Cave Junction One of the
largest Eagle Scout Courts of
Honor ever held in the Crater
Lake area is planned for 8 p.m.
Wednesday, April 3 at the Illin
ois Valley High school.
Six explorers of troop 20 will
receive their Eagle awards.
Attain Honor
Boys who have attained this
highest plateau in scouting are
Loren Meredith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Orville . Meredith, Mike
Whiteley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert P. Whiteley, Carl Ham
mer Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Hammer, all of Cave Junc
tion; Stanley Love, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Rupert Love, Daniel
and Leroy Slanaker, sons of Mrs.
Hazel Slanaker, all of O'Brien.
Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president
of Southern Oregon college, will
be the .principal speaker. An
Eagle presentation ceremony
built around the theme "Being
Prepared as Members of the
Team," is planned by Scout
master Eugene Pulley and his
assistant, Ralph Huber. To take
part in the ceremony will be
the two Scoutmasters, Richard
Rauber, Life Scout; Gary Mere
dith, Eagle Scout; and Ray Ell-
Strom, district U. S. Forest Rang
er. Myron Terpening of Grants
Pass will speak as the Voice of
the Eagle.
Eagle Badges
The Eagle badges, which are
to be presented by District Scout
Executive Dick Lamb, will be
on display at the Bank of Illinois
Valley from Friday until
Wednesday.
Refreshments will be served
by Scout mothers, assisted by
the Illinois Valley Lions club.
Glenn Morrison Post No. 70
of the American Legion are
sponsors of the troop.
Two Jackson County
Men Jailed in Yreka
Yreka Two Jackson county
men were lodged in jail at Yreka
Tuesday night on charges in
volving liquor.
Lyle M. Russell, 39. Central
Point, was charged with driving
on the wrong side of the street.
He also was charged with speed
ing and failure to stop at a
through highway.
Charles E. Cooper, 29, Talent,
was arrested on a charge of be
ing intoxicated in public.
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First Salute to Stedman
Show Draws Large
Audience Thursday
The near -capacity audience
which saw the opening perform
ance of the "Salute to Stedman"
show at Medford High school
last night was delighted with
the revue.
This was proven by the en
thusiastic and sustained applause
which greeted the numbers and
followed the finale number.
The show which honors Rob
ert Stedman, drama instructor
at Medford High school now
recovering in a Portland hos
pital from an extended illness,
will be repeated tonight with
curtain time at 8 o'clock. The
proceeds will go towards the
instructor's medical expenses.
Fast-Moving Show
The lively, fast-moving pro
duction is a combination of dra
matic skits, song and dance acts.
It is produced by Footlighters,
in cooperation with the Medford
school system. Colleen Hope's
dance studio and other towns
people. "A Day on Delancy Street" is
the title of the two-act eight
scene production. All action in
the show takes place on Delan
cey Street, "a New York tene
ment district. The street is a
cosmopolitan place dominated by
Irish and Italian accents.
The show opens with Delancey
Street coming to life with Tony,
the traditional Italian organ
grinder played by Russ Jamison,
speaking to a group of Delancey
Street tourists played by the
Medford High school chorus.
Master of Ceremonies
Tony is a participating master
of ceremonies whose clowning
serves to introduce various
scenes of the show. Also in the
first scene are Ben Gault, Linda
White and John Holmes.
Smooth continuity of the show
is demonstrated by the transi
tion from scene II, "Tony Rem
inisces," to scene III, "They Al
ways Come Back." The scene
feature is children from Col
leen Hope's dance studio whose
appearances are interspersed
throughout the show.
Four Irish and Italian tene
ment women played by Carol
Schuler, Karen Bohls, Mary Wil
son and Dee Clark are on stage
for scene III. A sparkling num
ber, "Penny Candy," is sung
by Frankie Burton, concluding
the scene as "the one who came
back."
Following Scene
A scene titled "Mrs. Pat and
the Law," follows. It features
Frank Butcher, who convincing
ly plays an inebriated Pat, and
Lenore Zapell, his uncritical
wife.
Others in the scene are Kathy
Zapell, Jim Sullivan and Jerry
Jerome. A girls' trio composed
of Colleen Barr, Rosemary Doo
len and Sue Hall climax the
scene with an Irish reel.
A boys' quartet which sings
"Watching All the Girls Go By"
is featured in scene V. They are
Jay Mullen, Larry Slessler, John
Payne and Mike Stearns. Girls
in the scene are Lois Elkins, Dee
Cuthbertson, Charlotte Jensen
and Barbara Pierce.
Four dancers conclude the act.
They are Donna Johnson, Judy
Alder, Jerry Chenault and Gene
Kimbrell.
Imaginative Section
Most imaginative section of
the production is scene II of
Act II, where Paul Gandt nar-
i rates American and foreign ver-
sions of the old movie bit where
I "husband loses job, assumes wife
will leave him but wife decides
she loves him."
The American, Russian and
Italian scenes are played by
Lenore Zapell and Jerry Mc
Dougall; the English and Japa
nese versions are portrayed by
Frankie Burton and Thayer Tar
vin. In each case the skit ends
similar to that of the Japanese
version with wife "clinging to
honorable husband like oatmeal
clings to honorable ribs!"
Tenor Voice
A refreshing voice is that of
Larry Brunette, the Irish cop,
who sang "You're the Daughter
of Mother Machree." The song
serves to reconcile the "girl,"
played by Janet Swift, and
"boy," played by Charles Rowan,
in a Romance in the Park scene.
Brunette also appeared earlier
in the show.
A particularly delightful num
ber that especially triggered au
dience response features Lenore
Zapell, whose vocal interpreta
tions of "Pavlova" and "Dinah"
are of professional caliber.
"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue"
is a balet scene which some
might consider a bit over-sophisticated
for an audience having
many children and high school
students.
The ballet stars Colleen Hope
and Jack Rouhier. Other dancers
are Pat Hilton, Linda Durkee,
Louise Lull, Sylvia Smith, Rose
mary Tokar, Mary Annette
Rentz. Sharon Laing, Julianne
Yoakley, Kathleen Larimer, Lola
Good, Ronnie Hannon and Paul
Zeleznik.
Music, Comedy .
Music in the show is well inte
grated with comedy scenes. The
Medford High school chorus, di
rected by Lynn Sjolund, is cre
atively worked into the produc
tion several times. An accordion
medley by Caesar Muzzioli also
was well received last night.
The show's gay mood is estab
lished by the Medford High
school band in both the over
ture and finale, under the direc
tion of I. A. Mirick. The band
concludes the show with a vigor
ous medley from "My Fair
Lady."
Show Staff
Production staff of the show
includes Mrs. Ivan Burton, gen
eral chairman; Ray Lewis, musi
cal continuity and arrangements;
Colleen Hope, choregrapher;
Frank Butcher, stage manager
and director of crowd scenes;
Ray Lewis and Melody Pierce,
accompanists; Warren Wolf, set
design: Bernard Roberts, set con-
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properties; Mary Kelly, news
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director of makeup.
The Medford public school
staff is in charge of lights and
sound, stage crew, radio pub
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Scottish Troops Get
Help From Two Cats
Kuala Lumpur, Malaya U.R)
Two torn cats joined Scottish
Highland troops today in a
battle against rats infesting the
barracks at the Pahang jungle
fort.
Sambo and Ginger were para
chuted from a helicopter and re
ceived VIP treatment from the
kilted Scots who have been
fighting Communist raiders in
Malaya, as well as the rats.
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