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I State Hoard of Tax Appeals Wins Unanimous Vote of Oregon Senate caim mtL The Senate has I Katherine Musa, both Demo-1 questions of law and fact J crace, creed or color Salem -TO- The Senate has passed and sent to the gov ' ernor a bill providing for a state board of tax appeals of three members. The board would hear ap peals from decisions of the State Tax Commission. At present appeals of Commis sion decisions must be taken to court. The governor would appoint the members. The measure was sponsored by Sen. Ben Musa and Rep. crats from The Dalles. The vote of the Senate was unanimous. Subject To Ratification Appointment of the mem bers would be subject to a two -third ratification by the Senate. A qualification pro vision in the bill requires that the appointees be well versed in tax matters. The board would be the final authority, subject only to judicial review, on all r 1 Small Worlds Around Us 3 Rv Lvnn M. Watlans r - Beautiful Cuckoo-Wasp It A Gay Deceiver She is barely a half inch long, yet she is so very beau tiful she is commonly called the "jewel wasp." Her tiny body, hardly larger than a small fly. is brilliant with flaming red, rich purple, scin tillating blue and glossy, iri descent green. It seems incongruous, that this gorgeous creature could be so deceitful. She is the cuckoo-wasp, a master at fraud and trickery; dishonest, artful and cunning, spending her time hoodwinking others to provide food and shelter for her children. This gay deceiver cares not at all for family life. Like a thief in the night she sneaks into the "home" of another and lays her eggs, leaving with the foster parent the task of building a nest and provid ing the food. Spots a Nest - She selects the nursery of some unfortunate wasp col ony. With diabolical intent ness she watches her chance to sneak in and lay her egg. She has even been observed to be rather furtive, patiently waiting until the builder of the nursery is away. Thus she avoids all the work of con struction, as well as the more exacting task of securing insect-victims to store in the vault. The wasps have several methods of nest construction. Some dig tunnels in the ground. Some make small cap sulelike crypts, like the mud daubers, while some such as the potterwasp, build tiny jugs. On completion of the nest, whatever kind it is, the wasp gathers insects, injecting her venom into each one then packing the living but help less bodies in the nest cavity. These paralyzed insects be come fresh food for the newly hatched wasp larvae. Then the mother seals the vault care fully, after the egg is laid and promptly forgets the entire episode. Hatches Sooner The cuckoo-wasp doesn't know it but her egg hatches sooner than that of the host in many instances. Should this happen the cuckoo-wasp lar va will as readily eat the rightful baby wasp as the food the host so carefully gathered. Peculiarly enough, the host-wasp never seems to realize she has been the victim of double-dealing. Should she catch the beau tiful deceiver in the act she would attack her and drive her away, but the little jewel wasp is not discouraged. She willingly waits, alert and ready to sneak in whenever the way is left open to her. Hers is a solitary nature. She lives alone and imposes on others the task of family raising; this sly, cunning but very beautiful deceiver. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1959) arising from tax law admin istered by the State" Tax Com mission. Musa, who first tried to have the board set up in the 1949 session, said the State Tax Commission now acts as judge, jury and prosecutor on state tax matters. "Oregon taxpayers must either accept the decisions of the tax commission or go into court," Musa said: "The court procedure is too expensive un less the tax issue involves a large sum of money. The small taxpayer hasn't a pray er." The board would have its headquarters here but would I hold hearings in any part of the state. The Senate passed a House approved memorial asking Congress, the president and the Interstate Commerce Com mission to do something to help ease the situation cre ated to help ease the situation created by recurring boxcar shortage in Oregon. A bill to prohibit real estate men from discriminating in rentals of housing was passed. Under the bill listings could not be accepted by brokers if there were any understanding the property would not be rented to anyone because of Medco Engine Is Selected by Group Medford corporation's En gine No. 4, a 70-ton veteran Shay logging locomotive, has been selected as the official donation from that firm to the City of Medford. Medco offered last Febru ary to give Medford a loco motive for recreational pur poses. A special committee from the city's parks and recrea tion commission looked at the engine in the logging country beyond Butte Falls yesterday, Bud Nutting, Medco general manager, accompanied them A committee comprised of Verl G. Walker, chairman, Commission President Russ Jamison and Mrs. Owen Kun- kel picked No. 4 over the alternative, No. 7, as being in better condition, with a bell, and having greater his torical significance. Jamison said today there is a possibility that No. 4 would make the trip down to Med ford as a special exhibition run for the particular benefit o f f erroequinophiles (iron horse enthusiasts). He said the manner of con veying the ' locomotive from Medco's rail head here to its proposed destination, the West Jackson st. park site, is still under study. Four Roses n Kentucky Straight Bourbon T fW! ilavor if I ' ' (Sal v 5t'ght-. jf-o f HffsS H'SKEY - That old-time FOUR ROSES DISTILLERS COMPANY. N.Y.C. KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY . 86 PROOF AGED 6 YEARS Biegel Suggests Sewer Rate Rise . Ashland-City Superintend ent Elmer Biegel this week recommendedto the Ashland council that the city 'sewer rate be increased from $1 to $1.50 to help finance antici pated costs of increasing main line sewer in the east ern and south-eastern section, construction of a pumping sta tion and expansion of the dis posal plant. Because of expansion in those areas, Biegel said a pumping station would be nec essary to raise the sewage to the sewer disposal plant. Sufficient funds are avail able for construction of the trunk line sewer, he said,1 as well as the pumping station. He pointed out, however, that federal funds are not available for the work be cause of low priority. . Estimated cost of the dis posal plant expansion is $350,- 000, and cost of the trunk line is estimated at more than that. Cost of the latter will depend on rights of way, he said. "To help finance these costs, I recommend that the cost of sewage disposal be raised from its present $1 per resi dence to $1.50 per residence and that business rates be in creased likewise." He pointed out that each year construction costs in crease, and the city would be making a saving should the work be done now rather than wait until it is essential to correct a bad situation. Ashland Council Asks Federal Aid Ashland-The Ashland city council this week voted to apply for federal aid in fi nancing construction of a new 34-bed hospital, which, if ap proved by the council, would cost an estimated $471,520. Hospital committeemen Ed Singmaster said the city was not committing itself to build a hospital nor for any spe cific amount by making the application. He said the city was "merely getting in line" for the funds if and when the city decided to proceed with the project. Raold, Schmeer and Har rington, Portland architectur al firm, said the 34-bed hos pital would cost about $13,- 868 per bed. In their report, the architects said the present 16-bed hospital could not eco nomically be remodeled. Architects estimates .were based on utilizing equipment already owned by the city which they said was in good condition. Harrington said remodeling the present hospital would cost an estimated $323,248, which would bring costs to about $20,248 per bed, and it would still be a 16-bed structure. The council indicated it be lieved a new hospital should be built with room for ex pansion. 1 CLOGSTOM'S Metal Weather Stripping and Screens Estimates Gladly Phone SP 3-1014 Evenings crace, creed or color. A bill regulating farm labor contractors was passed with only five dissenting votes and sent to the governor. The bill is one of a number recommended to the Legisla ture by the Interim Commit tee on Migratory labor. The Senate unanimously adopted a resolution express ing condolences to the family of Chief Tommy Thompson, chief of the Wy-Am Indians, who died last week at the age of 104. Passed and sent to the gov ernor was a bill imposing a tax on mobile homes. Pro ponents said it would bring in about $2 million a year. The Senate passed an amended House bill to elimi nate election sub-districts in Multnomah county. The House had made only changes in district boundaries and if it does not concur in the amend ment to eliminate all districts the measure probably will die. Red China Believed Preparing Satellite London-fljPD - Some British space experts believe Red China is preparing a nasty propaganda shock for the West-a satellite carrying a large payload than America's Atlas. With Russian help, the Chi nese will fire this rocket into the skies in 1959-according to information received by these experts-and then claim that in this field at least its- tech nology approaches or equals that of the United States. The West would be unlikely to take such a claim seriously but it would have L. J. Char ter, secretary of the British Inter-planetary Society, calls "fantastic propaganda value in the Far East." Would Give Boost "I would give the Chinese the kind of boost out there that the . first Sputnik gave Russian science," he said. "The Chinese know that the less well-educated masses in the Far East will accept such a feat as implying equality with the United States. Charter said the Chinese plan had been duduced from the pattern of information now being sought by Chinese scientists. "We know what their in quiries are," he said. "They are asking for some of the things Russia inquired about before her first Sputnik." Charter said Russia would supply China with the satellite-one of about a half-dozen the Soviets are. working on for their 1959 program-and help fire it from installations it would erect in Russia. Why then, despite this guid ance and access to Russian knowhow, was China seeking some information in the out side world? "Perhaps," Charter said, "they are not sure Russia will hand over the installations." Atlas Payload Small He .pointed out that the ac tual payload of Atlas was "on the small side"-about 150 pounds-and Russia could eas ily help China orbit a heavier payload, as proved by itsi "Lunik." I Charter pointed out the In-1 ternational Astronautical As-; sociation will hold its annual j convention here starting Aug. j 31. Russia has supplied the drama for the past three meetings with its satellite de velopments. Might Russia try to send a man into space during the London meeting to capture the headlines again? 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