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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.)
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ELECT
. EVAN E.
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Democrat Jackson County
COUNTY JUDGE
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County Judge
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