1 MArL TRIBUNI, MtdM, Ongon, Sunday, Msreh 2, 1M
House Committee Approves Bill
To Drop State Board of Control
Salem TPD- A bill to abol
ish the state board of control
and transfer most of its pow
ers to the governor was ap
proved by the House State
and Federal Affairs commit
tee here Friday.
It will come up for a vote
in the House early this week.
Committee vote on the
measure was along party lines
with Democrats favoring it
and Republicans opposing it.
The bill, HB 455, would
give the state finance depart
ment power to approve and
supervise all state construc
tion, a power now held by the
board. There would be some
exceptions.
It also provides for a direct
or of public institutions to be
appointed by the governor to
unify development of major
state institutions.
The board of control, which
runs the fate institutions, is
made up of the governor, sec
retary of state and state treas
urer. Skellon Sponsor
Rep. Keith Skelton (D-Eu-gene)
sponsored the bill.
Also approved by the com
mittee was House Joint Reso
lution 18 which provides for
four-year terms for legislat
ors. Senators now serve a
four-year term while repre
sentatives serve two years.
The House Tax committee
acted on no major legislation
but plenty of tax news came
out of the Senate where Pres
ident Walter Pearson (D-Port-land)
introduced his three per
cent sales tax measure, ex
cluding food and medicine,
for a vote of the people in the
November, 1960, general elec
tion. Implemented In 1961
If passed by the people, the
bill would be implemented by
the 1961 Legislature.
Among other things, it
would raise basic school sup
port from $105 to $150 per
census child. This would re
duce property taxes about 40
per cent because less local
money would be neded for
schools.
The bill would also increase
personal exemptions and de
pendency credits on income
taxes from S600 to $1,200 for
single persons and $1,200 to
$2,000 for married couples.
Breakage Bill
Other Legislative High
lights: Breakage: A bill that would
have raised some $100,000 a
year by making race tracks
pay their "breakage" to the
state general fund was tabled
by the House Tax committee.
Breakage consists of the odd
pennies which are not paid to
betters when they collect their
winnings. The bill also called
for raising breakage from 5
to 10 cents.
Parent Liability: The House
passed and sent to the Senate
a bill making parents liable
for acts of vandalism commit
ted by their minor children.
Liability would be limited to
$250.
Basic School: The House
sent to the Joint Ways and
Means committee for consid
eration House Bill 514, which
raises basic school support
from $105 Jo $120 per census
child. The money would be
distributed under the current
formula.
Sen. Cotton Urges
More Polaris Subs
Washington- (LTD -Sen. Nor
ris Cotton (R-N.H.) said yes
terday the record - breaking
North Pole exploits of the
atomic submarine Skate show
the need for speeding con
struction of missile-firing Po
laris subs.
The second Arctic voyage
of the Skate, which saw the
craft break through the ice
and surface at the North Pole,
was regarded by defense of
ficials as impressive evidence
that nuclear subs could use
the frigid region as a year
round ballistic missile-launching
base.
Cotton said in a press state
ment that it was time for De
fense Secretary Neil H. Mc
Elroy to take action.
He pointed out that the de
fense department has started
work on only three of the
six additional nuclear-powered
Polaris submarines for
which Congress provided
fund last year.
'Most Punch
"I am convinced that
prompt action to build these
three will do more for our
national defense and security
than any other single thing
we can do," Cotton said. "It
gives the most punch for the
least money, with no great
escort fleets and no foreign
bases."
The Skate broke through
the ice cap at 10 different
points during its 12-day voy
age, showing how a wartime
sub could surface to fire 1500
mile missiles at an enemy.
The Skate Itself was not
built to launch missiles. In
fact, the first of nine Polaris
firing submarines won't join
the fleet until some time next
year. The Polaris missile it
self it still in the testing
stage. Its present maximum
range is about 1,200 miles.
Nautical First -
The atomic sub Nautilus
made the finst trip under the
pole last Aug. 3 - the warm
est time of the year in the
far north. But the question
unanswered until the Skate's
voyage was whether such
feats were possible in the
Arctic wintertime.
The Skate was equipped
with a reinforced conning
tower for its ice-smashing
tests.
Cmdr. R. D. McWethy, of
the Atlantic fleet submarine
staff, told a news conference
Friday that the ice was prob
ably just a few inches thick
at the pole although the aver
age thickness of Arctic ice
is about 12 feet.
For-Hire Truck
Owners Object
To Higher Fees
Salem (DPD Attorneys
representing lease - rental
truck owners objected during
a Senate committee hearing
Thursday to a bill which
would classify such vehicles
as common carriers and com
pel owners to pay higher fees.
The attorneys offered amen
The, attorneys offered
amendments designed to class
ify rental trucks as private
carriers, and one of the law
yers, C. J. Stocklin, express
ed the opinion the bill was
unconstitutional.
Former Public Utility Com
missioner Howard Morgan
urged passage of the bill,
which he said he had ordered
drafted when still in office to
bring present law in line with
a recent State Supreme court
decision.
"These cut-rate carriers are
undermining public service
given by common carriers,"
Morgan said. "And under the
Supreme court edict the
trucks they lease are common
carriers and should pay the
same fees as- are imposed on
other common carriers."
Sen. Anthony Yturri (R
Ontario), chairman'of the
Senate Highway Committee,
said no decision would be
reached on the bill until some
shippers had testified.
Banana stalks sometimes
grow to a height of 30 feet
or more.
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Tax Committee
Tables Reducing
Corporation Levy
Salem -CPD- The House Tax
committee tabled a bill Fri
day which would have re
duced from 9 per cent to 6
per cent the corporation ex
cise tax on banks, financial
corporations, building and
loan associations and savings
and loan associations.
Rep. Clarence Barton (D
Coquille), chairman of the
committee, left the room
while the committee consid
ered action on the bill, stat
ing that he would be person
ally affected by it. He did not
vote on the measure.
Passage of the bill would
have resulted in a revenue
loss of from $1.5 million to $2
million a biennium.
Raised in 1957
The tax on banks was raised
to 9 per cent by the 1957 ses
sion and bankers protested at
the special legislative session
later that year that the rates
were too high and in violation
of federal statutes.
Rep. W. O. Kelsay (D-Rose-burg)
said he did not think
the banks were being over
taxed at 9 per cent.
Carlysle Roberts, chief
counsel for the state tax com
mission, said the committee
action in tabling the bill might
result in the banks taking the
case to court. Roberts said
thatyf they did, the case would
probably go as far as the
United States Supreme court.
Not Really
However, Roberts said he
thought the banks did not re
ally feel that they were being
overtaxed at the 9 per cent
rate and so might not take it
to court. ,
Cub Scouts
Paek 101
Plans for a . scrap metal
drive to raise money for pack
expenses were announced at
the monthly meeting of Cub
Scout Pack 101, Wilson school
held last Wednesday evening
in the school cafeteria. Pack
master George Barnum and
Leo Taylor, awards chairman
for the committee, conducted
the meeting.
Three dens are presently or
ganized in the area, under the
leadership of Den Mothers
Mrs. Al Edwards, Mrs. George
Barnum and Mrs. Marvin
Hedges. Assistant Den Moth
ers are Mrs. Elwood B. Hed
berg, Mrs. Basil Zimmerlee
and Mrs. Gordon Sundby.
Awards given at the meet
ing included a Lion badge and
two-year pin to Terry Zim
merlee, and a Bear badge and
one-year pin to Basil Zimmer
lee. Doug Sled and Michael
Edwards are the new denner
and assistant denner of Den 1;
Bill Hedberg received a Bear
badge and gold arrow, and
Wayne Taylor earned two sil
ver arrows on the Bear badge,
and a two-year pin.
Pack t
The regular monthly meet
ing of Pack 8, Jackson school,
was held Thursday, March 26,
in the school gym.
After the flag ceremony by
Den 5 and a silent prayer
invocation the following
awards were presented by Joe
Beach, the award commitee-
man.
Den 1 Webelos: Bill Ben
nett, Webelos badge and cer
tificate, 3-year pin; Bill Mc
Whorten, Webelos badge and
certificate, 2-year pin.
Den 4: Paul Chinn, year
pin; Bobby Phillips, year pin;
Jim Phillips, year pin.
Den 5: Rick Singler, wolf
badge and assistant denner
badge; Mike Ford, gold arrow
and silver arrow; Billy Wi
mer, gold arrow and denner
badge; Jay Beach, gold arrow
and two silver arrows.
Den 6: Shawn Lees, denner
badge; Denny Hansen, wolf
badge, gold arrow, silver ar
row and assistant denner
badge.
Den 11: Richard Cole, den
hers badge; Michael Updike,
assistant denners badge; Gary
Custance, silver arrow.
Den 12: Gordon Wiseman,
denner badge; Nicky Briggs,
assistant denner and silver ar
row: Billy Centers, gold ar
row; Tim Nolte, silver arrow
A skit of "Alaska, The 49th
State" was presented by Den
12, which also won the atten
dance award now being figur
TABLE ROCK
Birthday Party Held
By R. E. NEALON
Table Rock A birthday
party was held Saturday,
March 21, at the Ray Doran
home, honoring relatives- of
the Doran's whose' birthdays
come in March.
The following were among
the guests present: Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Sharp, Allan,
Anne and Roger, Mrs. Marga
ret . Williams,. Mr. and . Mrs.
David Doran, Tamara and
Shane,.. Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Schulz and Keith, Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Schulz and Stevie,
Mr. and Mrs. Cleon Botsford,
Debbie Sharie and Ronnie.
Refreshments of ice cream
and cake were served. Mrs.
Doran was assisted by daugh
ter, Linda, who also has a
birthday in March.
dog, were driven from a sheep
pasture which they were mak
ing a beeline for. According
to state law, dogs molesting
livestock on the owners prem
ises can be shot on sight, wait-
i ing until they have killed or
mutilated an animal is not
necessary. Several sheep have
been killed here during the
last few months, and so far,
the guilty dog, or dogs, have
not been identified.
Mr. and Mrs. Orage Hous
ton and son, Douglas, and Mrs.
Emma Houston, all of Trail,
were visitors here Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Schulz
and Stevie, left for Ft. Riley,
Kan., Tuesday, after a several
days vacation here with home
folks and friends. Dale has
another six months service to
complete his Army hitch.
Mr. and Mrs. Lauren Hardy
and Carolyn, Mr. and Mrs.
Don Schrader and Carl Van
derpool were Sunday- visitors
at the Ray Doran home.
The recent communication
of F. J. Clifford in the M.T.
relative to sparrows coming to
Capistrano, reminds us that
we used to have thousands of
sparrows in the Rogue River
valley, but a few years ago
they began to decline in num
bers each spring, so that now
there are none. The birds
made their adobe nests in
barns where they raised their
young, gathering food which
consisted mostly of mosquitoes
on the wing, as they skimmed
through the air. Mr. Clifford,
and many others believe the
swallows were killed by feed
ing on insects loaded with
DDT.
Barn owls, hawks and
snakes, natural feeders on ro
dents and field mice are get
ting scarcer each year. Many
owls and hawks are being
killed by persons, who like to
shoot, and have no idea of the
value they are to farmers in
ridding the land of these pests.
An owl family of six birds,
hatched last summer in a lo
cal barn, have been killed
along with many smaller
birds, including meadow
larks, all of which are pro
tected by law.
' A new member of the Her
man Garrison family is Miss
Robin, a 7. pounder, born
March 23, in. a Medford hos
pital. .
Mrs. Dean Inglis, with her
two boys, Mike and Craig,
drove up from San Francisco
Monday, and are visiting with
relatives and friends in the
Rogue valley.
local Sunday School were
Mrs. Guy Nelson anddaugh
ter, Jean, also the Nelson's
grandchildren, Mike and Ro
berta, of Winston. Miss Jean
is a nurse in a Portland hospital.
A car accident Mar. 15,
near Monterery, Calif., with
two local people involved, did
extensive damage to the cars,
but no serious injuries to the
occupants. Mrs. Ronald Brood
had driven to Monterey to
meet her husband, who had
just finished his six months
training with the Army re
serve at Ft. Ord. On the re
turn, the Brood car collided
with a car that had just passed
other cars and turned back
into the lane of 'traffic, the
driver not seeing the on-com- j
iAg car. i
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wy- i
att and two children of Hay
ward, Calif., are spending the
spring vacation here with the
Ray Wyatt's at the Table Rock
store.
G. A. RASMUSSEN
Painting
Paperhanging
CALL SP 3-3881
Our contribution this week
to the Centennial is a sketch
in the Oct. 28, 1865, edition of
the Harpers Weekly. A com
ly young woman is shown in
the usual attire for that time,
standing before a mirror with
a powder puff in her hand
dabbing a little white dust on
each cheek. Underneath the
sketch, are the words: "Defac
ing the beauties of Nature,"
evidently put there by the ed
itor as a public service and
warning to other women. The
powder puff she was using
looked exactly like, except
the color, of the red chin
whiskers worrl by Vinson
Hunt, of the Meadows district,
a visitor here Tuesday.
become
IN JACKSON COUNTY'S
WELCOME
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SISKIYOUS
Bud Robinson has leased 40
acres of farm land from Joe
Brooks on Ross lane, which he
is seeding to grain.
Clip and
Mail Coupon
The April meeting of the
local Ladies club, will be held
at the home of Mrs. Alan Flei
scher, Wednesday, April 8.
Reading F. C. Clifford's re
cent communication in which
he mentioned Yankee Creek
Smith's fog horn voice, we
were reminded of the morn
ing, some time back, when
Lloyd Beers, who has a clear
loud voice of considerable
range, came to our house at an
early hour to use our phone,
as the snowstorms had put
the phones out in his Beagle
community, and he wanted to
report it. Later, we were tell
ing a neighbor, acquaintance
of Beers, about his early
morning visit, in trying to get
his phone service restored,
when he asked me, why Beers
would need a phone.
WEAR WITH PRIDE
A citizen's symbol of Jackson County Centennial Hospitality. Display
this replica of the gold, rush days to prove your participation in th
Jackson County Centennial effort.
You will be a pioneer stockholder in the welcome stockade on- rht
Siskiyous.
The 59er badge symbolizes the warmth of ' frontier friendliness
for our most welcome anniversory guests.
TWO EASY WAYS TO BECOME A 59er x
1. Fill in this application and send $1.00 to Jackson County Centennial Headquarters,
1959 Oregon Avenue, Medford. Your pin will be moiled promptly.
2. Obtain a pin ot any bank in Jackson County.
Pledge of the 59ers
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Last Sunday visitors at the
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
Crews to man the smudge
pots here have been recruited
and alerted for the unwel
come, but expected battle
with jack frost, by the man
agement of our two pear orchards.
Those who attended the Bill
Bray auction sale last Friday
report cattle prices on the up
ward trend, after going
through a slight downward
slide.
Irrigation water was turned
into the Hull orchards, Satur
day as the soil was beginning
to get dry, also sprinkler irri
gation was used last week to
bring up a planting of onion
seed.
A recent visitor here was
man from the dog control
board, selling dog licenses,
and looking for unlicensed
dogs. I
Last Wednesday morning,
three dogs, a light colored
collie, a yellow and a black
SIR DAVID KELLY
London - (LTD - Sir David
Kelly, a former British am
bassador to Russia, died Fri
day at the age of 67 at his
home, Tara House, in Inch,
Ireland. He served as envoy
to Moscow from 1949 to 1951.
ed on a percentage basis be
cause of the different size of
the Dens.
The meeting closed after a
moving picture titled "The
Oregon Trail."
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