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TEW MEDFORD (OREGOJO MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, June 19, 1957' t ilt : W'&wfa ryAVp hAJL - . ,.TS2Sm i, ' A i. AfTEARING IN FELONY COURT, officials of Confidential magazine post 82,500 bail earn on California warrants charging criminal libel. From left: Mrs. Edith Tobias, eeo-eUry; Michael Tobias, her son, researcher; Daniel C. Studin, circulation manager, M-s Helen Studin, executive secretary; A. P. Govoni, editor, and Publisher Robert Karrnon. They plan fight against extradition. (International Soundphoto) Taxes Causing Exodus Of Investment Money, Speaker Tells Rotary Because of the tax situation in Oregon, there is already an ex odus of investment capital from this state. This view was voiced by Louis Humphrey, executive assistant of Oregon 'lax re searrh, in a luncheon address Tuesday before the Medford Ro tary club. Speaking at the Jackson ho tel, Mrs. Humphrey reminded Rotariani that the governor and the majority party in the last legislature made it clear that Oregon must rely upon person al income and business taxes to finance the major portion of our governmental costs. Museum Honors Lover cf Nature ton Jose. Ill api There's a modest little natural history museum tucked away in this little Central Illinois commur nity of 550 persons, honoring a lover of nature and long-time farmer, Oliver S. Biggs. Almost as surprising as the museum is its guiding light, Mrs. Hazel Bijgs Palmer, a licensed taxidermist. The 68-year-old farm ife won her license in 1947, and decided to set up the museum to honor her father, who died in that year. The museum s collection in cludes tropical birds, song birds, an albino opossum, an armadillo. and sundry specimens of fowl fih and fur. Visitors, airs. Palmer said atop in from ail over. Thou sands of them from most of the 48 states have visited the little museum. Her interest in mount ing specimens of wildlife came from her father, who liked to stuff birds and animals for fun. Mrs. Palmer's husband, S. W Palmer, a retired farmer, doesn't share her interest in the moun- ed wildlife. "He thinks it is a lot of trash," she said. But a granddaughter, 18-year- old Audrey Helgeson, a farm girl, does share her interest. Audrey already has won her taxidermist's license, and likes to help out in the museum. Postal Employee's Idea Pays Reward Buffalo, N.Y. ilP When post office employee Edward J Krieger thought up an idea, it saved him some laborous climb ing And he got a financial re ward to boot. For years a post office worker would scramble at the end of ea. h day to the top of the mail .sack conveyor belt to make cer tain no sacks were stuck there when the belt was shut down. Krieger. one of the climbers, finally got tired of scrambling up the 25 feet nearly to the workroom ceiling. He suggested installation of a dVe. nward-tilt mirror at the top level to give a view of the belt's ienfth. Pastmaster Joseph R. Hlun had the mirror put up, then gave Krieger a $15 check ift his idea. Any thought that this burden can be shifted to the so-called "high income" taxpayers is purely wishful thinking, the speaker emphasized. There sim ply are not enough of them. Fewer than 1,000 Oregonians re ported incomes in excess of $50, 000 in 1955. and the federal gov ernment draws heavily in this brackrt. Remainder Not Enough If Oregon took all the remain der it would not be enough to balance the budget, according to Mrs. Humphrey. In 1955, 90 per cent of returns filed were under $10,000; 80 per cent under $7, 000. It was pointed out that Ore gon's general economical picture is not as bright as neighboring states, California and Washing ton. Although some claim this state's per capita tax is lower than these two adjoining states, per capita figures are meaning less in this instance, Mrs. Humphrey said. For example, tax collections are related to population of a state and not to the people who pay the tax. If 100 persons pay $100 in taxes, obviously the per capita tax is $1.00. If 125 people pay $100, the per capita tax is 80 cents. California in a larger degree collects a large amount of sales tax revenue from non residents, and Washington does likewise to a lesser degree. Ore gon's taxes, on the other hand, are paid exclusively by Oregon residents except the small amount obtained from liquor sales to out-of-state visitors. Interesting Figures Some interesting figures were cited on property tax levies by the speaker. A total of S44 mil lion was levied on all property in Oregon during the fiscal year 1945-46. In 1956-57, just 11 years later, the total was in excess of $160 million. Jackson coun ty's property tax during the 1945 46 period was $1,288,000; during the present fiscal year it was $5,413,239, of which $3, 834.814 was for schools. The Governor's message op ening the last legislature was in the stratesphere, Mrs. Humph rey said, and it soon became ap- I parent that the majority party cculd not make good on many campaign promises. , So-called "cheap" public pow er is not the answer to building new industries in Oregon and improving the presently dim ec onomic picture. There must be a tax climate that's healthy to industry. Don McNeil, manager of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce introduced the speaker. Policeman Solves Bus Driver Mystery Cleveland, O. HP The case of the unusually courteous bus driver has been solved by a confession by Deputy Police In spector Ralph Schoonmaker. The case came to light when the Cleveland Transit System sold an old bus to the City Safety Department. The depart ment planned to use it as a mo bile headquarters and move it to locations where policemen must set up temporary offices. Driving it along Corlett Ave enue, Schoonmaker stopped at a street light. A man on the curb rapped on the door and yelled, "Open up!" "Sorry," said Schoonmaker, "This bus is not in service." "But I got a transfer. I only want to go five blocks," the man said. Schoonmaker opened up and let him aboard, asked his ad dress and drove the man right to his front door. Shortly after leaving the bus, the man called the CTS and complimented them on the un usual courtesy of the driver. A full-scale investigation was launched. Bus drivers were call ed in and quizzed, but the mys tery only deepened. Finally, Schoonmaker heard about it and admitted his guilt. HE TOOK OFF Warshaw, Ind. W When chaperones took a roll call of 180 Warsaw Junior High School students who went to Chicago on a museum tour, they discovered a 14-year-old boy was missing. 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The book includes the Greek text, a translation and a detailed commentary on the original work, "On Stones." by Theo phratus, (372-287 B.C.) a philos opher and pupil of Aristotle. Seaway Project Hard on Farmers Ithaca. N Y. IP Northern New York farmers are expected to experience some difficulty be cause of the building of the St. Lawrence Seaway and power jTriects The State College of Agricul ture warned that many farmers already have lost their hired men. Some fear tax increases and pressures of land abandon ment and a few have lost their farms. The demand for farm labor will crow more acute as large industries spring up along the St. Lawrence, the experts said. "With a smaller labor force, the hired man must be paid more or in many cases replaced by machinery," they added. Brookings. S-D. I? South Dakota State Colleges experi ment station here has 389 pub lications free for the asking. 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CONSCIENCE EASED Boston .lift Thirty S20 bills arrived by mail at the Mas sachusetts Public Welfare De partment office with a note that read. "Conscience fund." Farewell Reception Set for Dr. Balcomb 79 Measles Cases Reported Last Week A farewell reception for Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Balcomb and family will be held Friday. June 21. at 8 p.m. in the First Metho dist church parlors. Dr. Balcomb is assuming the pastorate at the First Methodist church of Corvallis next week after serving the Medford church for three years. Dr. George Rose berry, superintendent of the Salem District of the Methodist church will replace him. Members of the committee for the reception include Everett Fa ber, lay leader; Charles Thomp son, church school superinten dent; Mrs. Jerry Sherman, presi dent of the Susanna Wesleyan Women's Guild; and Dr. Eugene Roy, Mrs. Jessie Minear, and El liott Becken of the pastoral re lations committee. , A program of musical selec I tions and entertainment is being I planned. Name Picked for Girl Scout Camp on Grayback Cave Junction Itol Colpitt's j seventh grade Girl Scout Troop won S10 for naming the new j camp near Grayback. Official name, announced at the Girl Scout Camporee last week, is "Chinquapin". Mrs. Ben Spaul ding, head of the camp plan ning committee, offered the prize. Fourteen girls from three lo cal Troops attended the three day camporee which ended on Thursday. Leaders who assisted were Itol Colpitts, Carol Coslel- lo, ana tmma Lastleberry. A total of 79 cases of measles were reported to the Jackson County department of health last week, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, public health physician. Medford reported 42 cases of measles, while Ashland had 18, Gold Hill 12, and Prospect 7. Other communicable diseases reported last week included six chicken pox. one infectious mononucleosis, three German measles, three strep throat and one influenza. 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