Tax Committee to Enter Bill
For Ratio on Certain Property
Salem -CPD- As a begin
ning to study of shift in
taxes from utilities to residen
tial property, the Senate Tax
committee Friday voted to in
troduce a bill which would
place an undetermined ratio
an all property other than
utilities an dresidential prop
erty. Whatever this ratio is, pri
vate utilities would pay 30
per cent more and residential
property would pay 10 per
cent less.
Sen- Ward Cook (D-Port-land),
chairman of the com
mittee, reclared following the
session that "we will be a
long time working this prob
lem out."
Committee members all
agreed that property taxes
were now at the highest peak.
Pearson Predicts
Senate President Walter
Pearson, who sat in on the
meeting, predicted that unless
some relief was accorded
property owners, . "you will
sea some property owners
not paying their taxes next
year."
Sen. Anthony Yturrl (It
Ontario) objected to variable
taxes, giving some groups spe
cial, consideration. He quest
ioned the wisdom of making
the private utilities carry too
large a load, saying that, aft
er all, the consumers pay the
utility taxes through the rates
charged them.
Sen. Monroe Sweetland (D
Milwaukie) declared that in
Clackamas county last year
the taxes on utilities were de
creased and the taxes on resi
dential property increased
without any bond issue.
Mrs. Humphrey Challenges
Mrs. Louise Humphrey, rep
resenting Oregon Tax Re
search and herself .a resident
of Clackamas county, chal
lenged Sweetland's statement
regarding bond elections.
"The increase in residential
property taxes in Clackamas
county was due entirely to the
bond issue voted by the
people," she said.
Chairman Cook said the dis
cussion on ad valorem taxes
would be continued at sessions
to be held this week, after
members had an opportunity
to study the bill which was
voted for introduction Fri
day. State Fiscal Officer
-Creation of the office of
state fiscal officer to work
under the direction of a legis
lative fiscal committee and
report directly to the legisla
tive committees and legisla
ture was recommended by the
Joint Ways and Means com
mittee Friday.
The bill carries an appro
priation of $60,000.
Sen. Ward Cook (D-Port-land)
said creation of this of
fice was no reflectiton on the
State Department of Finance
nor the division of budgets.
I "Members of our commit
tee felt that the Department
of Finance is so closely' re
lated to the executive depart
ment, a different branch of
government, therefore we
should have someone to
study budgets who is respon
sible to the legislature only."
Sen. Dan Thiel (D-G ear
hart) predicted that a fiscal
officer would bring about a
large saving in state expendi
tures. Two bills dealing with the
bonding capacity of the Board
of Higher Education for con
struction of self-supported
buildings were reported out
with "do pass" recommenda
tions. One. would raise the amount
of bonded indebtedness the
board could incur for build
ings such as dormitories, and
other living quarters, paid out
for out of student fees, from
$15,350,000 to $24,400,000.
Repeal of Law Asked
The other is a constitution
al amendment increasing the
bonded indebtedness of the
board to finance building pro
grams to three-fourths of one
per cent of the state assessed
valuation.
A bill repealing a law giv
ing the State Board of Control
authority to close up existing
state institutions was report
ed out favorably. Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton
said this law was unconstitu
tional. Other Highlights
Night session: The Oregon
Senate will hold its first night
session Monday at 7 p.m. Sen
ate President Walter Pearson
said the night session would
be necessary because Gov.
Mark' Hatfield is presenting
his tax program to the House
and Senate that day. The
House will also hold its first
afternoon session Monday for
the same reason.
Divorces: The Senate passed
a bill legitimatizing marriages
by divorcees before the six
month waiting period now required.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtfr4, Crete, Sunday, February 8, 195 J
Two Sentenced For Prostitution
Two Mediord women Fri
day afternoon in district court
were sentenced to three and
four months in the county
Ex-Salem Youth
Shot in Minnesota
Monticello, Minn.-flll'D-Ken-neth
D. Pederson, 18, form
erly of Salem, Ore., was shot
to death by police yesterday
when he aimed a gun at a
posse of officers that closed in
on him on an ice-covered lake
after a long chase.
Pederson was killed after a
chase that began when he
pulled a gun on a policeman
making a routine check for
burglary suspects.
Shotgun pellets struck Ped
erson in the eye, wounding
him fatally.
The youth had been living
in a Monticello rooming
house. Relatives in Oregon
were notified and asked to
come to Minnesota to identify
the body.
jail, " respectively, on charges
of vagrancy, involving prosti
tution. Adalene Mae Miller, 51, of
422 South Riverside ave.,
pleaded guilty to charges that
she engaged in prostitution
after making a signed confes
sion. She was sentenced to
three months.
Lillian May Duggan, 53, of
602 North Riverside ave.,
pleaded guilty to the same
charges after she too had
made a signed confession. She
received a four-month sen
tence. Richard Leon Barnes, Kla
math Falls, is scheduled to
appear in district court again
on Feb. 16 for sentencing on
charges of making statement.
in writing to obtain benefit.
He had pleaded guilty to
the charges on Jan. 30 and
the case was continued until
an FBI report could be re
ceived. Barnes is charged with is
suing a false check for $18.76
to Central Market in Medford
on Jan. 29.
Airmen Complete
Endurance Flight
Las Vegas, Nev. -(IIPD- Two
weary Air Force veterans
landed their small plane yes
terday afternoon after spend
ing almost 65 days in the air .
and bettering the former all
time endurance flight record
by 15 days.
Bearded Robert Timm, 32,
Las Vegas hotel executive,
and John Cook, 33, an airline
pilot from Los Angeles, land
ed at 2:10 pjn. PST after
establishing a new record for
sustained flipht !
A crowd of 200 greeted the
plane as it landed at McCar
ran field.
Timm and Cook broke the
former record of 50 days on
the afternoon of Jan. 23. But
they decided to stay up for at
least 10 more days to focus
attention on the Damon Run
yon Cancer fund drive.
The single engine Cessna
172 landed here nine weeks
and two days after its depar
ture from the same field.
Timm, who celebrated his
33rd birthday last Wednesday,
and Cook, also 33, took turns
at the controls. They alter
nated in four-hour shifts at
the controls in bettering the
record set only last Sept. 21
by two Texans, Jim Heth end
Bill Burkhart, who stayed
aloft 1200 hours.
Timm and Cook flew a
course between Las Vegas and
Blythe, Calif., over the desert
with occasional swoops over
Los Angeles and Phoenix.
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