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Wednesday, June 19, 1957'
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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.
Many hours later, they learned
the lad had slipped away, bought
a plane ticket, and had flown to
Los Angeles, where he was pick
ed up pending word from his
parents.
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Greek Treatise on
Minerals Translated
Columbus. O. 'V The Ohio
State University Graduate
School recently published the
first modern English translation
of a Greek treatise which for
nearly 2,000 years was the
world's best study on minerals.
The translators are Dr. Earle
R. Caley, a member of Ohio
State's chemistry faculty, and
Dr. John F. C. Richards of Co
lumbia University's classics de
partment. 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.
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noon Saturday
Conservation District
To Manage Woodof
Cave Junction At the Il
linois Valley Soil Conservation
district board meeting recently
supervisors voted to accept rec
ommendations of the steering
committee on management of
the SCD woodland conservation
tract on Thompson creek near
Selma.
The 171-acre tract, acquired
last year from Josephine county
is being managed according to
best principals of forestry and
will be used as a study area for
youth groups and others inter
ested in conservation.
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.
Trenton, N.J. ilP A burglar
who unsuccessfully tried to open
a safe in the Bridge Tavern
left this note for owner Eugene
Gendek: "I will do better next
time. You are lucky!"
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