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r 53rd Year M EDFOED 2nd SECTION Variable Etatio Tax Ml (Passes Senate After (Debate; IDurno Favors Salem -l?D- Eighteen Dem ocrats and two Republicans voted in favor of the variable ratio tax bill in the Oregon Senate after a lengthy argu ment. Sens. Edwin Durno, Med ford, and Francis Ziegler, Corvallis, were the two Re publicans who joined the Democrats to pass the bill. 10 Per Cent Exempt The bill would provide that property of utilities be asses sed at 30 per cent above that of any other property. It al so provides that 10 per cent of the true cash value of hom es be exempt from taxation. Sen. Boyd Ovejhulse (D Madras) was absent. I The bill now goes to the House for consideration and, with the Democratic majority in the House likely will pass. If so, it will be up to Gov. Mark Hatfield to either sign it, or allow it to become law For crisper, drier, martinis . . there's no gin like Gordon's Gin 100r. NEITCUI SPIRITS DISHUID FROM MAIS. 90 I. , 'vIl' ' -slr j- ifiii Lt5 gin llit I1 t-M : ' ipU-k 8 m Hit mt Pi -i- W MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1959 without his signature. Senate President Walter J. Pearson placed Sen. John Hare (R-Hillsboro) in the chair so that he could take the floor in behalf of the bill. 'Mistake' Recalled Pearson said he was talk ing in behalf of the home owners of Multnomah county and the state. He said in 1957 the legislature passed a 45 per cent surtax which shifted the tax on utilities onto the home owners. "I want to state that this was a big mistake. I vote for it because at that time there was a vast difference in as sessments between the coun ties and I had hoped that this could be adjusted," he said. Pearson said this bill was one in fairness to the taxpay ers. Sen. Anthony Yturri (R Ontario) opposed the bill as did Sen. Donald Husband (R- PSOOf. SOWS CRT CM CO., LTD, UNOEK. H. I Tribune Eugene). Both are members of the Tax committee who dis sented from the report favor ing the bill. Yturri questioned the con stitutionality of the bill on the grounds that the state constitution provides for uni form taxation on all classes of business. Rates Said Unsound "This bill, if approved, would open a pandora's box and in future sessions we will have the farmers and other groups coming to the legisla ture seeking preferential treatment," Yturri said. Yturri said that Dr. John Sly, who made a tax study in Oregon, stated in his report Legislators To Reenact First Session March IS Salem-flJPD-Final plans for the Oregon Legislature's par ticipation in the reenactment of the first legislative session held in Oregon at Oregon City March 18 have been com pleted, Sen. Monroe Sweet land (D-Milwaukie) announc ed Thursday. Members of the Senate and House will leave Salem at 2:45 p.m. next Wednesday in five buses for Oregon City. The Centennial event will take place in the Thora Gard ner junior high school. Pearson to Preside George Hibbard, Oregon City attorney, will serve as master of ceremonies. The re enactment of the first legisla ture session will begin at 2:30 p.m. with Senate President Walter J. Pearson presiding. The script of the event is being prepared by Thomas Vaughan of the Oregon His torical Society. It will include reenactment of the election of two United States senators and a governor by the initial Legislature. This election, Sen. Sweetland said, was held in 1858, a year before Ore gan was admitted to the union. The president of the Senate at that time was Luther El kins of Linn county and the Speaker of the House was William G. Vault of Jackson county. Portland-(UPD-The Interna tional Woodworkers of Amer ica plans to seek a wage in crease of about 12Vi cents an hour in talks scheduled to open with employers here about April 10. . j ' Price 10 Cents Pages 1 - 8 "that variable tax rates were not sound and in fact were in defensible." Sen. Dan Dlmick (D-Rose-burg) scoffed at the idea that the variable rates would be d e c 1 ared unconstitutional. Back on June 4, 1917, he said, the people voted for variable rates of taxation. "This bill doesn't add tax es to the utilities," he said. "It does stop the shift of taxes on the utilities to home owners and businesses, how ever," he added. Husband said that for years the utilities in Oregon paid more than three times more taxes than other forms of taxpayers. The Senate State and Fed eral Affairs committee ap proved a proposed constitu tional amendment which would increase salaries of le gislators if approved by. vot ers. The issue was turned down by voters last Novem ber. The committee voted to amend the bill to provide for a salary increase to $1500 a year instead of the $1200 ori ginally asked. A bill which would have prohibited trains from block ing railroad crossings for more than five minutes at a time was tabled by the Sen ate State and Federal Affairs committee. Parks Division Bill Introduced Salem-ttJPD-Seventeen state senators and one representa tive joined Thursday in intro ducing a bill to authorize the State Highway Commission to establish a state parks and recreation division. Such a division would be under the jurisdiction and control of the Highway Com mission. Provision is made for appointment of . a. recreation director who would work un der the administration of the state park ' superintendent. The director recreation would be authorized to in vestigate recreation facilities now existing and those need ed in various areas of the state. The Highway Commission could accept monies and prop erty from any public or pri vate source. No money in the state highway fund could be expended for the recreation division. Portland (UPD William W. Banks, 82, an attorney and a former state legislator, died Wednesday. moveable . . . hardwood LOUVERED MONDAY NIGHT AT THE FENCE President Eisenhower, returning from a news conference, pauses at the White House fence to gre,et Heidi, his pet weimaraner. The Family Council Editor's note: The Fmll Council consists of a Judge a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspapei editor a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors. , Harriet N. My mother-in-law visits early in' the morn ing. Harold N. She shouldn't be made to feel unwelcome. Harriet N. My husband and I have been married eight years and have four young sters. We live right near my mother-in-law and this causes a lot of trouble. My mother-in-law has a hab it of coming over whenever she pleases. This is usually quite early in the morning when she goes out shopping. At this time of the day the house is in a mess and the kids are yelling and carrying on all over the place. It is very upsetting to me to have her at such an hour, but my husband won't say anything to her about it. On the other hand, my mother-in-law has her own daugh ter and her children over to dinner at least once a week. But she only invites us for special occasions like Thanks giving or Christmas. The least she can do is to treat me as she does her daughter, since she is so intimate. --'' Harold N. I don't think my mother should be made to feel unwelcome in our home at any time. She doesn't criti cize my wifeor anything like that. She just likes to poke her head in and see that every thing is all right. As far as my mother's hav ing my sister over so often, I don't see anything so bad about that. After all, a mother and daughter are closer than a mother and daughter-in-law. My sister lives too far for my mother to see her every day as she would like to, so she . has her over to dinner once a week. It's too much for Mom to feed my sister and SHUTTERS 8" width $1.39 $1.89 ...r $2.09 $2.49 HARDWOOD PACKAGE . . complete for installation of four shutters The smart, functional type of exterior-interior dec oration almost every home can use. Kiln-dried, ready to stain, paint or varnish ... or you may cut them to any desired size. Movable shutters control air, light, privacy, while they lend themselves to any number of smart decorating ideas. Give any room in your home a new look without stretching your budget. MANN'S - MEDFORD - SPring 2-6133 J Item length Width j quan. price ; 1 I I I 1 i i i i I Name I I Street j City I Chnrnm fl C.O.D. HI - o i i i i her family and our family as well. My mother is devoted to all of us so I don't like to act as if we are jealous of my sister. I don't think Harriet is being reasonable or fair about this. The Council: We wouldn't blame Harriet for having some objection to constant early morning visits from her mother-in-law, but we have an ink ling that this isn't a real beef. When mother-in-law "pokes her head in to see that every thing is all right" and offers no criticism of the messy house or squalling children, she is showing a real motherly concern. Harriet would prob ably not be "upset" by it if she didn't feel that she holds a too-low status in her mother-in-law's estimation. She knows very well that her mother-in-law is experienced enough as mother and homemaker to un derstand the whys and where fores of a bustling home early in the morning. Harriet gives herself away when she pockets this problem together with the one about her mother-in-law's slighting her for the weekly dinners. Harold gives a reasonable ex planation for this "and Harriet would probably accept it if she weren't obsessed by a childish jealousy. We can see a fairly simple solution to both Harriet's problems and she would have seen it herself if she had not indulged in this foolish jeal ousy. Harriet should invite her mother-in-law to weekly dinners at her home. Then she'll be able to show herself and her home at their best and possibly reduce the early morning visits. (Copyright 1959, 1 General Features Corp.) 9" width $1.59 $1.99 $2.29 $2.89 99c Zone State. Remittance enclosed PI i i U MEDFORD I Oregon Timber Taxation Changes Receive Support Salem-fUPD-A bill calling for changes in Oregon timber tax ation has received support from the Forestry Depart ment and the Oregon Grange. The House Taxation Com mittee, headed by Rep. Clar ence Barton (D-Coquille) held a hearing on the measure, which is aimed at getting tax money earlier from own ers cutting more rapidly than others. It also would allow lower annual payments by those holding timber for long er periods. Barton is principal spon sor of the bill, (HB14) which has been supported by Weyer haeuser Timber Company and opposed by Georgia-Pacific, two large lumber corpora tions. Helps to Stabilize Econmy State Forester Dwight Phipps said he believed the bill would help stabilize the state's forest economy. He said the main objective was to get continuous growth of timber. Phipps suggested that public hearings be held be fore the Tax Commission sets timber valuations. Elmer McClure, master of the State Grange, said he ap proved the principle of the bill. An amendment was add ed which would make conces sion to taxation of immature timber. McClure said he con curred with this idea.. Opposition came from those who believe older trees should be cut to make room for a new crop. The bill provides for setting of cutting cycles by individ ual owners in a county rather than the . present countywide average in application of the discount on ad valorem tax ation granted for timber which is held a number of years. To Reconsider Bill The House voted to recon sider a bill it passed earlier which would allow the state forester to take over private land for a forest access road and then have the price de termined in court. The Senate has passed the bill. Rep. Carlton Fisher (R-Eu-gene) won a 36-23 vote for reconsideration after he said the bill would give too much power to the state forester. Barton said the bill would eliminate possibility of a pri vate owner denying the state access to state-owned timber in the hope of advantage to himself. At present Forestry Department cannot use the land until condemnation pro cedures have been completed. The bill was referred to the Judiciary Commi ttee, where it faced the prospect of the substantial vote for another look. Budget Publication The House voted to require the governor to complete pub- j lication of the proposed budg et by Dec. 1 of even-numbered years. The present deadline is Dec. 20. Barton said the earlier date would better assure that a defeated governor cannot change his budget after elec tion because it will have to be sent to the printer sooner. The deadline date was a House amendment to a Senate-passed bill which provid ed for distribution of the budget to libraries and pub lic agencies. The bill returns to the Senate. If liquor prices increase so will bootlegging, the House Alcohol Control Committee was told. T. T,. Turner, executive sec retary of the Oregon Non profit Organizations, made the Hatfields Start Remodeling House Salem-(UPD-Gov. and Mrs. Hatfield have started exten sive reconstruction of an 87-year-old house they hope to occupy this summer. A con siderable amount of new con struction also is involved. The governor thanked many Oregonians who had offered materials for the house, but he said "we feel we want to have the experience of choos ing exactly what we want and of paying the going rate for them. It does not seem proper for us to accept gifts for the house." Suggestion Results In $40 Award James G. Fisher, of the state forestry department's local headquarters, has been awarded $40 for a suggestion concerning burning permits. The suggestion will result in $400 in savings to the state annually, according to Gor don Shattuck, secretary to the Oregon State Employee Sug gestion Awards board. Fisher suggested that the Salem permit files be elimi nated in favor of establish ment of complete files at the district level. Savings are in reduced printing and mailing prediction in . testimony be fore the Committee. Second on Coast State Liquor Administra tor George van Bergen said Oregon was second on the Pacific Coast in number of liquor stills discovered in 1958. 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