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SUNDAY. MAY 13. 1963 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Committee Questions Shed-Light on. Delinquent Tax By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Staii Writer Questions from the Jackson county budget committee last week shed further light on the possible reasons why Jackson county should have nearly a half million dollars In uncollected personal prop erty taxes. Thursday's interview with Sheriff Joe Walsh on his proposed budget was delayed somewhat when the commit tee learned Walsh was out collecting a personal property tax. Bill Cochran, purchasing coordinator, said it was im possible to tell accurately how many men Walsh had work ing in each of his four di visions: criminal, civil, tax and jail. For instance, the budget sheet as submitted, shows a group of seven deputies in the criminal division when lie actually has nine. Additional Deputy The committee agreed that the additional deputy to be assigned to the sheriff's tax division as requested should collect taxes and not be shift ed to other duties. The county court members said they would watch this closely. Walsh explained that his deputies are primarily oil) cere of the court and must serve summons for both cir cuit courts and the district court when asked to do so. It is impractical to assign men to specific divisions. When the orders to serve court pa pers pile up all of the depu ties may be needed to nelp, Walsh explained further. "We may be called upon to serve from 25 to 40 jury sum mons in one afternoon. The jurors must report by 9:30 o'clock the next morning," Walsh illustrated. "Can't you tell the court you have to collect taxes and can't serve the papers?" ask ed Gordon Hudson, Medford druggist and budget commit tee member. FURNACES AIR CONDITIONING and SHEET METAL WORK Estimates Gladly Given CLYDE TAYLOR, Owner 837 S. RIVERSIDE AVE. SP 2-6341 TAYLOR SHEET METAL CO. SESHEET bSWiETAL OIL HEA COSTS COMPARE . . . Oil Heat 100,000 Hoat Units for.. 153c Gas Heat 100,000 Heat Units for ... 18c Elec. Heat 100,000 Heat Units for 35c Oil 85. Efficient Gas-vO". Efficient Elect. 100; Efficient BE MODERN With Oil Heat BE SAFE With Oil Heat And You'll Save Money Each Day IvUlllV?! I lUwIe Quality Are Competitive.. You Can Choose Your Favorite Brand and local Business Firm, Which Eliminates Monopoly Control. Ask Your Oil Heat Dealer About New Modern Oil Burning Equipment Faber Fuel Co. Hillyer Oil Co. Jackion County Co-op Kennedy Fuel Oil Medford Fuel Co. Nqumes Equip, C Fuel Co. Northwest Heeling Oils Walsh assured the commit tee if he were given another deputy for tax collections he would leave him in that di vision. "It really is no loss to the people if taxes are not paid. The 8 per cent interest levied on all overdue taxes offset the losses," the sheriff ex plained. However, he admit ted later that if a person On the Air By ELEANOR WIESE Well, we've hit the TV doldrums, as most viewers must be aware. Instead of sailing ahead to new stories each week, most shows arc becalmed for the summer with reruns. News and sports specials, a few entertainers, and vari ety host Ed Sullivan will oc casionally freshen the TV landscape with new programs. But on a whole there should be few conflicts of interest between outdoor activities and Indoor video viewing which is as it should be when our enchanting southern Oregon summer sings her siren song. UPDATE, 4:30 p.m. Sunday KM ED-TV. Some of the sights a tourist doesn't usually sec in Washincton. D. C, are shown. TWENTIETH CENTURY p.m. Sunday KBES-TV. "City Under the ice. waiter urun kllc takes a three-day journey bv sled to visit Camp Cen- Inrv. the U. S. Army's base beneath the Greenland 1 c e Cap. (repeat) MEET THE PRESS, 3 p.m. Sundav KMED - TV. Under Secretary of State George W. Ball is interviewed. Ball has played a leading role in the administration's drive for a new trade agreement act. 1, 2, 3, GO!, 5:30 p.m. Sun day' KMED-TV. Young Rich ard Thomas visits the Seeing Eye school near Morristown, N. J., where dogs arc trained to serve as, guides for the blind. GLOBAL ZOBEL, 8 p.m. Sunday KBES-TV. "Temple of Dawn," a visit to Thailand where Siamese wrestlers, floating markets and temples are seen. WALT DISNEY PRE SENTS, B.30 p.m. Sunday KMED-TV. "Rusty and the Falcon." tells the story of a boy who finds an injured lul nnn and nurses it back to health. Also included is ' an archery exhibition and a dis cuss on and demonstration or the training of hunting fal cons. STARLIGHT CONCERT, 8 p.m. Sunday KBOY-FM radio. Highlights include: Vaughan Williams "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis": Act 2 of Bloch's "Orpheus and Eurydice" conducted by Arturo Toscanini; Brahm's "Sonatas for Viola and Piano, Opus 120" with William Prim rose, viola, and Rudolph Fir kusny, piano. DU PONT SHOW 9 p.m. Sunday KMED-TV. Art Car ney stars as narrator and per former on "Fads and Foillc:" a musical sampling o Amer LESS Olympic Pet. & Equip. Co. Russ Renner Petrol. Jobbers McLaren Oil Co. Valley Fuel Co. Western Oil & Burner Co. never pays his taxes due to death, moving out of state or county, r bankruptcy the interest is never collected. Not In Jeopardy "As long as 1 make a dili gent effort to collect the taxes I am not in jeopardy with the bonding company," the sheriff answered a budget committee member.. "What can we do to be sure ican vogues and crazes of the past century. Singers Barbara Cook, Alice Ghostley, Eileen Rodgers and James Hurst com plete cast. BING CROSBY SHOW, 9 p.m. Monday KMED-TV. Bing Crosby and guest Bob Hope sing and talk about "Thel Good Life in the U.S.A." Oth er guests include singer-comedienne Edie Adams, clar inetist Pete Fountain, comedy folksingers, the Smothers! Brothers, and Gary Crosby. U. S. STEEL HOUR, 9 p.m. Wednesday KBES-TV. "The Other Woma"." Alison Brad moor (film star Jeanne Crain) reports to police that she has received letters from an un identified woman suggesting she kill a man. DAVID BRINKLEY'S JOURNAL, 9:30 p.m. Wed nesday KMED-TV. In an inter view with Brinkley, welter weight champion Emile Grif fith, whose win over Benny (Kid) Paret resulted in Pa- rot's death, discusses his fu ture in boxing and his emo tional reaction to Paret's death. PUREX SPECIAL, 12 noon Thursday KMED-TV. "Mother and Daughter" is a dramatic documentary about the prob lems of parents coping with a resentful, rebellious 16-year-old daughter. Trudc Lash, ex ecutive director of the Citi zens Committee on Children, talks about parental responsi bility and the true role of the parent with adolescent chil dren. NBC WHITE PAPER, 8.30 p.m. Friday KMED-TV. "The Inferno. In a small slum in Palermo, Sicily, 270 families live in almost unbelievable poverty and tilth whore crime and vice are the accepted way I of life. How such conditions distort the human spirit is described in this study. Residents Form Opposition Group , Residents of areas affected I by a proposed annexation to I the city of Medford met re-j cently to determine methods for combating the proposal and to evaluate alternatives; available that would provide! the needed benefits without annexation to the city. Bill Doernbach, a guest speaker, pointed out that the stale law specifically gives the county court the authori ty and responsibility lo pro vide for the needs of the suburban area residents. j In discussing the anncxa-j tion policy of the cily. Docrn-. bach said lie fell that the ; city's present annexation pol-1 icy was unjust and ctled as: an example the fact that the j annexed area residents would not only be responsible for I llieir own water district in debtedness but also would be required to take on their share of the city's indebted-, ness. It was his opinion the present policy should be changed to a more fair and equitable one. Plans were formulated by the group and committees were appointed through which the residents will actively op pose the proposed annexation. Stathos Comments n t...:,i d,.,: , !, UN lUUIIil DUilllCii A plan to stimulate the tourist business in Oregon was outlined last week by State Senate Candidate Don Stathos in a speech before members of the Jackson Coun ty Motel association at North's Chuck Wanon. "Jackson county has snme of the most beautiful fish ing streams in America, but it is fast losing its national reputation as a stream fisher man's paradise," he warned. "Every dollar invested in keeping our streams stocked would be returned many times over." Stathos said. "Tour ists leave their dollars here and take their problems home - alontf with pleasant memo ries of Jackson county." Stathos siiid the tourist in dustry should be the frost -Ine on an economic cake of solid industrial pavrnlls, and piomised to work for a health- , ier eennonue base Ihrouch sever;. 1 measures he has pio- posed. j 0 i that a deputy ceginally as signed to the tax division stays there?'' another com mittee member wanted to know. Walsh replied his deputies should only have to handle circuit court papers and not district court papers. Those papers should be assigned only to the county constable, Walsh indicated. Overloaded With Papers He said he was not criti cizing anybody, but in 1960 his deputies were overloaded with civil papers which should have been served by the constable. I' V, lP' 4Ll'WW-J It IMP WUllUMIJJij WJUPWUWIM Ilk WW I JUL rt J JfilVi. riDCki luirtMHAv uir.uT 'tii o I ,- 'J&jy,?'' : VI;". 'i-i J t TROUGKSA,UR0-,, 30-5,30 X . I ! j- I "' ill I f nf m I i t I i . ! I m. s h n 9m wm w. I II i i ; ' I' M ! UU YUU NttU H i ' :' n; ' h h u liMmn sic ' 1. 1'. ''i kLXCi-J,' HERE'S ALL YOU DO: U-f rr.iv tj.t j a quulr v a:,S S. The attorneys for one rea son or another were dissatis fied with the service pro vided by the former consta ble then, he said. He said he pointed this out to the county court and asked for an addi tional deputy to work in the civil department then, County Judge Earl Miller said, "Perhaps the county court should issue a directive to the district court to use the constable for serving all papers." Walsh replied that the county court has no legal jurisdiction over the district court so could not issue such a directive. He repeated he 'i I- i hi' L hi' " I ismm C 1 t ' 1 ; tin' 9j..7inmrM.aa i n:t -f 'in 1 FOUR MEASURE MENTS REQUIRED tc tj'e I l---.h R ,1 ,.r, o V.n.M. .1 K-r lo R.-J 4. K.i to ot - - SB" 14 was not "leveling criticism." He assured the lay budget fommittee members and mein berswf the county court that a full-time tax deputy would allow him to reduce the un collected personal property taxes substantially. Because of the heavy load on the civil division from all three courts, Walsh said he had not done all he could to keep the tax collections up on a current basis. Permit Election Later Walsh pointed out to a Mail Tribune reporter that the state statutes permit a city of 25,000 population like y Ay t ? 7 , A ' efi' f 1. LENGTH OF o ct O - on O O "J. - w tl STWsrewfWr k Ml Y2. WIDTH OF WINDOW North Central Situation Medford to elect a constable. When the problem with the constable occurred the coun ty court had decided to abol ish the office of constable with the retirement the former constable. Later, how ever, County Judge Earl Mil ler said state law provides for a county constable and the county court cannot abolish the office. The budget committee suggested Thurs day that the constable's of fice be abolished if it isn't carrying its full share of the load. (The constable's office can be abolished under the home rule charter.) ROD large I l S!SS of drapery yardage samples g end Mann's will cuslom moke your draperies to your window measurements ot no additional labor charge. 2.79 ELECT . EVAN E. RASMUSSEN Democrat Jackson County COUNTY JUDGE 6 Conscientious Trustworthy Capable 9 Progressiva Pd Pol. Adv. Rjsmuisen fb County Judge Rl. 3, Box 224, Medford, Ore. WHATEVER YOUR DRAPERY TRADITIONAL PROVINCIAL MODERN GUSTOi LABOR IN Draperies custom made to your exact window measurements . . . Deluxe Detailing . . , Outstanding Savings . . , Hundreds of new fabrics . . . ADDITIONAL SALE PRICED GROUPS 11 selection custom yardage 0 7Q INCLUDING LA JJ yd ALL WORKMANSHIP also select and order from our to 5.90 ' $ 'V : r it . ;;;. .1 t e ". umiiiii' 4:nl . i V - fA ! V j t ..X JUM . i NEEDS: yd. CLUDED hundreds INCLUDING ALL WORKMANSHIP O O 215 E. Main SP 3-7484 0 O
