14 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, December 28, 1958
Excise Tax Changes to
Become Effective Jan. 1
Portland January 1 is the
effective date of several pro
visions of the recently enacted
excise tax technical changes
act of 1958, according to
Ralph C. Granquist, district
director of the Internal Reve
nue Service for Oregon.
The new law contains im
portant provisions covering
excise taxes on jewelry, lug
gage, clocks and watches, life
membership club dues, admis
sions and cabarets.
It lists in full the specific
articles taxable, as luggage
and jewelry, in place of par
tial listings in the old law.
The rate on these articles will
remain at 10 per cent.
Life members of social, ath
letic, sporting clubs or other
organizations will have a
choice of paying a one-time 20
per cent on the full amount
paid for the membership, or of
Bateman Honored
By National Guard
Charles Bateman, operator
of the Richfield cafe, North
Pacific highway, has been
named honorary mess steward
of headquarters and head
quarters and headquarters
company, first battalion, 186th
infantry division, according
to Capt. Sebastiano J. Fagone,
commanding officer.
Bateman was given the hon
or in "sincere appreciation of
his devotion to the National
Guard," Capt. Fagone stated.
The cafe owner helped the
local guard on three occasions
this year. He fed members of
the Army Presidio basketball
team from San Francisco
whea they visited Medford
early this year and were not
authorized money for their
meals.
Another time, during the
first battalion .45 pistol team
match at Camp White, Bate
man sent food and coffee for
members of the teams from
Cottage Grove, Roseburg,
Grants Pass and Medford.
A third instance when he
helped to host visitors was
Dec. 14 when he provided
breakfast for 50 men on an
alert at 5:15 a.m.
Fagone said "we of head
quarters company cannot re
pay the sincerity of this in
dividual's efforts to assist the
unit in its role of citizen soldier."
paying an annual tax equal to
the tax paid by members hav
ing privileges equal to those
of life members.
Sales of watches and clocks
are affected by the new law
in that it provides statutory
authority for certain exemp
tions from tax.
The tax rate on general ad
missions continues to be one
per cent for each 10 cents.
After Jan. 1, however, the
iirst $1 charged will be ex
empt from tax.
So-called "milk bars" which
sell light refreshments and
provide space for dancing will
not be liable for the 20 per
cent cabaret tax starting Jan.
1, provided certain provisions
are met.
SHIP REDISCOVERED
Alexandria Bay, N.Y.
-(UPD- Two Syracuse, N.Y.,
skin divers have found the
ship "Keystorm" which sank
about 45 years ago in the
Thousand Islands section of
the St. Lawrence river. Rob
ert G. Evans Jr. and Bernard
A. Forth rediscovered the ship
about 100 yards from where
charts indicated she had gone
down. They said the bow is in
45 feet of water while the
stern slants down to an esti
mated depth of 140 feet.
Rolling Museum
To Be In Astoria
Portland Oregon's rolling
museum of history will open
the third phase of its tour
of the state Jan. 5 when it
reaches Astoria for a three
day stay.
The 40-foot truck trailer
filled with historical displays
will visit virtually every town
of 2,000 or more in western
Oregon by mid-June. It tour
ed eastern Oregon during the
fall, rolling up an attendance
of 30,000 students and 20,000
adults before it began visiting
Multnomah county outside
Portland in December.
The van will reach Salem
Jan. 30 for a 10-day stay as
a prelude to the Feb. 14 cele
bration of Oregon'! 100th
birthday as a state.
During the holidays, the
van is being cleaned and re
novated for the new jaunt.
It is a joint project of the
Oregon Centennial commis
sion, the Oregon Historical
society and the Oregon Truck
ing association, Inc.
Among the displays in the
rolling museum are the diary
of John Hoskins, supercargo
on the ship Columbia when
it discovered the mouth of the
Columbia river in 1792, and
the tomahawk that 1 killed
Marcus Whitman.
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