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Open daily 2 p. m. to 8 p. m.
Open Sunday* 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Mill City, Oregon
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W. N. SIMMONS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
Bookkeeping, Accounting and
Tax Service
Corner 3rd A Marion
STAYTON. ORE.
Telephone 41'11
P.O. Box 1321
Special Sale
Round Bobbin Singer Sewing Machine
Full Size, Head, Reverse Stitch
Reduced to $149,50
Singer Sewing Center
130 N. Commercial
SALEM, OREGON
Farmers who built grain storage
bins or who terrased land during 1953
• inay find they can benefit from in
come tax changes, according to
Manning Becker, agricultural econo
mist at Oregon State college.
He said that the law now provides
that the cost of building corn cribs
or grain bins can now be written off
more quickly—over 60 months. The
last congress put this incentive in
the law to encourage farmers to build
more storage bins and cribs.
Becker said the costs may be spread
over a longer period. But anyone
who decides to deduct in 60 months
must indicate his decision within a
year after thenew storage structure is
built.
The new policy on terracing costs
is the result of a recent court decis-
The economist said a court
sion.'
has ruled that terracing costs are
deductable as operating expenses in
the year terraces were finished.
Now all terracing costs except the
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10 ounce package
3 for $1.00
I. G. A. PEACHES
Store
Hours
A 111 LOW CLING 2'i SIZE CAN
4 for $1.00
8 A. M. to
7 P. M.
Closed
Sundays
Grapefruit 6
45c
Bunch Carrots
',r zz<
for
Bunches
FRESH GREEN TOP
25c
Pound
Pet Milk
27c
Hydrox Cookies
12 oz pk 37c
6—THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
i THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1954
FARMER INCOME TAX
( I! INGES OUTLINED
BY OSC ECONOMIST
Present congressional session
may slash White House powers.
...
Bricker amendment limitine
presidential treaty making pow
ers is just example of trend.
* • •
Personalities are not issue.
•
Rather, there
is belief V. S.
Presidency has
become too big
a job.
* * •
When Amer
ican govern
ment was rela
tively small,
power to make
many appoint
ments was
given White House subject to
congressional approval. Subse
quently a code developed which
almost demands Congress con
firm any appointment.
« * *
Bat now with government in
many fields it is impossible for
any man to know much about
many importan* appointees.
• *
■ w
y Gent ral Herb Brown
ell s recrot cemc ->ry sideshow
dead Harry Dex* er
•at-l Whits 'louse ac-
lino • too much
ab>ut w ¡om it appoints.
•
#
♦
M <nv s y anpoln'.mcnt of Ed-
> it-J Hr a . cy as Ch-'rman of th«
. ;i»rnl Trade C -lmlsslon, ’s
• . case i.i »
Althnu ;1>
. i.irm alien of Ills . inoininieat
v ... . contested in itesi'ny because
many Congressmen h. d misgiv
ings. toe tr.-ditHn thr.t appoint
ment , from the White House are
akin to sacred act; prevailed.
«
Titesp hearing revealed How-
y. as an atto -i •niy, often foutilt
important FTC dec dons. As at-
torney for sevccal corporations
involved in anti morn ply cas'-s
he did '> !!•': • t v." 1': i.i obstruct*
ir.z act? l i anti- . -it laws.
*r * »
I s f .i nter clier ; is
(
i <
farmer’s own labor can be deducted
or handled like any other operating
| cost. Until this year, they could be
deducted only when the farm was sold.
Except for those two changes, the
federal farm income tax law is the
same as last year’s, Becker said.
Two filing choices are open to per
sons who get two-thirds of their total
income from farming. They may file
and pay their taxes on or before Jan
uary 31, or they may file and pay an
estimate by January 15. Those who
choose the estimate method then have
until March 15 to file their return
and pay the balance.
against whom the FTC opened a
case in 1943 which is still pend
ing. Representing government in
this case was a very able FTC
attorney, Austin Forkner.
• » *
It is very interesting to note
that when FTC cut expenses
Forkner was among the first to
walk the plank.
...
Robert Parrish, executive di
rector for FTC, states in effect,
this was "just one of those
things.'' The FTC. he claims had
to adopt an involved formula for
staff pruning based on length of
service, veteran's status, senior
ity in grade, et cetera, et cetera.
• • •
Many of the ablest staff mem
bers of the FTC anti-monopoly
bureau were also dismissed, re
gardless of the importance of
cases they were working on.
* * *
Parrish claims that as the big
gest of many bureaus under FTC
roof the anti-monopoly division
was pruned the heaviest.
• » «
Some bureaus confine most of
their time to reading radio and
TV commercials and newspaper
and magazine ads. or otherwise
shuffling papers. But none were
whacked so drastically as the
anti-trust staff.
* • •
It mav be that the dismissal
of Forkner and others who have
spent a great deal of time on im
portant pending cases could be
jus'ificd on some sort of a Job
seniority schedule. But the staff
and field officers of an army are
never dismissed during the mid
dle of an important battle.
» . *
Often bureaucratic blundering
is excused as stupidity but How-
toy is known to be brilliant.
* * ♦
So reeling grows Congress
sli ¿.’hl tak* • over many appoint
nic.it niiki ing . powers and thus
rc'ievc White House of an in
to
ibL‘ boiu'ii, anti also more
ef.\ i’Hvelv preserve democratic
processes. Congress vas neve
intended io be a rubber stamp.
Becker noted the
importance of
keeping accurate records for farm
business expenditures and receipts,
farm record books are available from
county extension agents.
Big Bottle Deposit
For Soda Drinkers
Asked By Motorists
A sizeable deposit on all beverage
containers taken off the seller’s prem
ises is proposed as one way to rid the
highway of beverage cans and bottles,
according to a survey recently made
by the American Automobile As-
sociation.
A member of the Oregon State Mo-
tor Association and AAA made the
the observation that litter bugs not
only spoil the appearance of our high
ways, but contribute a serious danger
to safe driving by tossing bottles and
cans used for beverages out of their
cars, capable of cutting or puncturing
“ I work at highway construction
all over the state,” the Oregon mem
ber said, “and find the practice of
throwing bottle; from cars much
I worse in logging communities than
in any other part of the state.
“You cannot prevent the practice
by passing laws against it. You mus’
make the container valuable enough
that it will hurt the pocketbook to
throw it away,” the motorist urged,
suggesting a minimum 25-cent de
posit on beverage containers.
FISTULA-FISSURE
Stomach and Colon Disorder*
DR. R. REYNOLDS
CLINIC
Proctologist-Naturopath
RECTAL SPECIALIST
Salem, Ore.
Ph. 3-9460
Gooch Logging Supply
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Everything for the Logger
BASSETT’S WELDING SHOP
Phone 1111
Sweet Home, Philomath
Phone 116
Branch Store Lyons
MARCH OF DIMES
SUNSHINE BRAND
MIRACLE WHIP
Salad Dres’g J 49c
10 ft. 19c
MARSHMALLOWS
Doumak’s
Pixie Colored
N. B. (’. Snow Flake
I'll ACKERS 1J 25c
SURIMI’ 5 49c
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BLUE PLATE MEDIUM
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PORK SAUSAGE
Lb. 45'
CHEDDARCHEESE
Lb. 49'
HAM LOAF Lb. 39
Home made with good flavor
Whole milk, 10 months old
•
%
Ground smoked ham with fresh pork
Skinless Wieners
vans
$1.00
1 lb
Cello hag
39c
Saturday January 30th
Mill City Fire Hall
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Ken Golliet
Polio Fund
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