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New Jersey Tax Expert Makes
Recommendations for Possible
New Tax Income for Next Year
THE MILL CITY ENTBRPRI8BTHI RSDAY
Oregon ha* gone about a« ar a
¡it can go with ts pre-'>t tax »true-
tun- and spending programs^jfjt
5 pects to maintiin a favorable tax
position with lompetitive states,
the
This i< t-
— con
---- lu ion of Dr. John
F Sly. New Jersey tax expert, in m
rinal report to Governor
- — o of the State
the Advisory Committee
__
j and Devel-
Department of Planning
| opment on tne s <tate’s fiscal situa-
to undertake a heavy expend ture
progra.r. and the fiscal e\pert cau
tions Oregon “to go slow on large
tax and expenditure programs until
your economic base shows increas
SHOP
ing strenth.”
•
Two changes in the personal in
come tax law are suggested, one to
attract capital and one to raise re
venue. The removal of the tax on
personal «ap.tal gains from income
tion.
¡'
At the state ’ tax level. Dr. Sly taxation
if the asset is held longer
___it choose from new than one year is suggested, or a*
ays Oregon _
mus
taies,
new
bases
in
its
income
rn, IK” ar—------
an alternative, the treatment of capi
excise
for your every day
tax«, a eoiwumar« »ales i tax,
■■ or a tal gains in a manner similar to
needs
combination of these for any addi- that of the federal income tax, that
’ tional revenues. And he makes t es is, a tax at one-half the normal rates.
«uggestons for possible new tax re A 1 per cent alternative tax on the
venue for the 1959-61 biennium:
adjusted gross income of individuals
1 A ciragette tax of four cents is put torward as a revenue-raising
T out Neighborhood
Y
a package to raise $14,000.00.
measure that will be less of a re
Grocery
2. A real estate transfer tax at one straint on Oregon’s economy
and
per cent to raise $8,000,000.
PONZT JUST STAND THERE1. GO HOME ANP
less of a burden on people in tne
Mill City, Oregon
3 A one per cent alternative gross lower income brackets than a con
CHECK
YOUR OV/M FIRE HAZARDS/'
income tax within the present per- sumer sales tax. It is based on the
sonal income tax to raise $,,000,000. principle that "every employed per
Sunday. Kanoff had just recently
4 A l1-? per cent annual tax on the son should pay something—even a
been released from Salem Memorial
market value of passenger cars.
small amount.”
Hospital after a week’s stay follow
5 A 2 ner cent Washington-type
Mrs. H. N. Wilson
The report discusses at length
ing surgery.
consumers sales tax. if new expendi
young folks group of the
ture« in excess of $50.(8)0 009 from Oregon’s problems in inheritance and
Mrs. Percy Mulligan who was re
timber taxation. Insofar as timber Gates Community Church held a dress cently injured in a car accident in
the general fund are antic pated.
Purpose of the report, called for taxation is concerned, Dr. Sly sug rehearsal of the r Chri«tmas play California, is again at her home in
by the Governor, was Dr. Sly says gests a continuation of the present on Sunday afternoon at the church. Hermosa Bea h, but under the care
! “to suggest ways and means of ad approach of the State Tax Commis The Christmas Program will be pre of a doctor for an injured back, and
justing the Oregon tax structure sion. that is, placing the ad valorem sented Sunday evening, Dec. 21st at may have to be placed in a cast if
toward a more effective development property tax in order. To switch to 7:30 P. M., and the title of the play it doesn’t respond to treatment.
aruther tax base for timber would is “Star of Wonder”. All friends and
| of the economic life of the state.
At a meeting af the Gates Volun
To improve Oregon’s business and require too drastic adjustments at families of the church are invited teer Firemen on Dec. 9th, Jerry Rosa
to
attend,
but
please
note
this
pro
the
present
time.
The
Legislative
Tax
investment climate, Dr. Sly
sug
mond was voted Cub Scout Master,
gested chances in tax »tructures and Study < ommittee has studied the gram will be presented at the Gates land Don McWhirk for Den Father.
matter of inheritance taxes in great school. The Sunday School will pre
policies so the state would have:
Mrs. Jerry Rosamond is Den Mother
1. No personal tax on capital gains detail, and proposed a series of re sent a Christmas Program at 10:00 this year, and Robert Blumenstein
Dec.
21st,
in
the
church.
A.
M
,
commendations. Dr. Sly concurs in
LET US HELP if the asset is held longer than one I these recommendations.
Mrs. Velma Carey was a dinner acts as sponsors representative. The
year.
.
guest
at the home of her son Donald Volunteer Firemen are sponsors of
2. No tax on manufacturers inven-1 The exempt.on of the manufactur
Carey
and family in Stayton on Wed the Scout group this year. The Fire
YOU CHART A tories.
iers’ invent.ir.es and industrial build
men’s Auxiliary are operating the
under construction from the nesday evening, the occasion being Little Budget & Exchange Shop and
3. No property tax on industrial ing»
■
her
grandson
Jon's
8th
birthday.
SAFE COURSE buildings during the period of con property tax, are suggested as steps Harvey Kanoff, who is an employee has aided 4 families.
to improve Oregon’s attractiveness
struction.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Larson and
for industry. The tax consultant feels <>f the City Park system in Salem,
4. A reasonable inheritance tax.
Wlth property value» and
called <>n the Ned Richard.» home on small daughter were houseguests
5. An established state-wide pro that the economic burden of these
over the weekend of his grand-
exemptions should fall equitably on
building costs on the rise, the perty reappraisal program.
mother, Mr«. Walter Brisbin, and re
theoretically,
”
says
Dr.
Sly.
“
a
all
remaining
property
owners.
In
6. A state-wide uniform assessment
turned to Moses Lake, Wm.
safe course is to make sure ratio.
other WV1.UO,
words, »«V
no . replacement
. , irmri
--a. taxes
------- state-wide uniform ratio carries no
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown and
7. Respons ble restrictions on vot- are recommended. While praâsing the guaranteed protection within itself,
Mrs. Mildred Agee all of Portland,
your fire insurance fully pro ing k, al excess levies and bond is- r present
i*
has
a
reassuring
effect
on
the
___ j reappraisal
program
and
1
were Sunday gue-ts of Mr. and Mrs.
¡unrig .ts increased support, Dr. Sly taxpayer." To be able to say to busl
sues.
L. L Rynearson and family.
tects your home.
First, Dr. Sly says, “ If Oregon is emphasizes that "concurrent with the ines. entering Oregon: "Wherever you
Floyd Swaim has returned from a
go
within
this
State
your
assessment
removal
of
inventories
from
the
pro
to maintain a favorable tax position
weeks trip to Wheatland, Wyoming,
CHECK WITH US NOW
with competitive states, it must ac perty tax base, there should be an base will be the same ratio to true where he was called by the death of
effort toward
greater cash value” will carry some promise
cept, for the time being, a restra nt increased
his father, W. C. Swaim, 75, with
on «pending programs; a restraint equality in pr iperty tax assess of uniform treatment.
The second is concerned with vot- burial service« later at Nampa, Ida.
on additional lavanues from its pre- ments.”
Mr. and Mrs. frank Taylor, of
«ent income levies; and a restraint
“In addition to revenue problems, ing restrictions on excess levies and
West Salem called at the home of
bond
issues.
Pointing
out
that
the
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the
report
makes
two
recommenda
on expenditures from its property
tions in the property tax field. The per cent tax limitation amendment Mr. and Mrs. Ned Richards this week.
tax bases.”
Tne Taylors are longtime friends,
SEE US SOON
"Oregon's increase in state and first is a state-wide uniform assess had not limited to the extent its spon
and former Mill City folks.
sors
anticipated,"
it
is
recommended
ment
ratio
(possibly
40
per
ent)
to
local taxes has outpaced its increase
\ isit 11« last week at the home of
in income,” Dr. Sly asserts. The replace the present policy of count«- that reasonable restrictions (beyond
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Richards were
state is not now in a good position determined asst anient ratios. “M bile the present requirement of a major
ity of tho«e votingl be pla.ed upon Mrs. Don Teeters and Walter Bevier,
the authorization of excess levies and both of Mehama, and an oldtime
bond issues. It js suggested that the friend, Clarence Reed of Silverton.
Washington practice of requiring I Mr. and Mrs. Garnold Norris and
the approval of three-fifths of the daughter Sandra Norris, and Mr. and
oies at a special election at which Mrs. Earle Henness of Beaverton,
the total votes cast must exceed a spent Sunday at the home of Earle’s
stated percent (40 or 50 percent) of parent.-, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Henness.
Mrs. Floyd Volkel’s father, A. M.
tho •- voting at the preceding gener
Boynton, who has been a patient at
al election, be considered.
Dr. Sly, who has made tax reports Veterans Hospital in Portland for
for many other states, was retained several weeks, returned here last
for this study by the State Depart weekend to be with his wife and
ment of Planning anti Development. daughter. He is reportedly mu h im
His first retport on "The Economy proved in health considering his 90
We Live In and The Taxes We Pay” years.
A former Gates resident, Mrs. Leah
To blend in and bring out
was released in July; and the se
cond report, “The Present and Po Ratzeburg of Vale, Oregon was a
natures delicate flavors
tential Tax Structure of Oregon,” housAguest of longtime friends, Mr.
was published in September. Dr. Sly and Mrs. Glenn Henness.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Levon and
will appear before a joint session of
the Legislature early in January at daughter Lori Susan, drove to Salem
a meeting sponsored bv the Depart Friday and enjoyed ’dinner out’, in
ment of Planning and Development celebration of their fifteenth wed
ding anniversary.
to discuss the Final R«>port.
At the Little Budget & Exchange
Shop sponsored by the Firemen's
Auxiliary, there was a new supply
of good u<able clothing on Friday,
and the very low charge (10c and 35c)
on so many items will certainly help
anyone’s budget. The ladies gift
wrapped a nice numtier of Christmas
pre-ents to be distributed later. Th*
shop will be open every Friday P. M.
from 1:00 to 4:00 o’clock, in the li
il will tell you whether you're getting the most for your savings dollar
brary of the High School building,
and the interest and support of sur
rounding c^miunn't’ea is ho >*d for.
That old, wet, soggy Thursday had
rsi
u» thinking >f going to Alaska to
hibernate w a the E kin.os. and eat
I» 1M1 «wawta «> «IM «n l SIT« »)stlM«IK«U t,
«tira ci, wosev *sn ««iiw »»i.,a«i «,.,
*
bulbber even I- but with several days
kaa«ats,«»a «« vm » sow tht - kbit ■>• sm « kt soisi . s
* f’ ««»• »Hl«» till l.»T THl MOST »>.« uni MOSIY IS
of sun 'line everything seems t:p-top,
asasisc.s asp is cosí »soso
and its t.m» u> nuiry-hurry anu get
do 'OU »UVC?
ar a«i>M rma.ai. th » < i ««»» t *«rr is
raa
ready again for that visit.ng firemen
«««1« HITS «oía aavisi.s issi am asi» » «asís,.« r«n»
(
VACATIONS
1 StCUBITY
in the red suit with the thick white
Twa r assi «uv aua> ar on» m»au n»r,~ir» asea
OR va Bin a» th ( i » <» th » mvsth > «as >».« th » w
whiskers!
tv« < «S »««I a« s«H m . »«»UT «T s«i»H m»a«i ar
James Carey recently took a train
nsr Minis,, «via , hiik . i , s .» th » b huh rota rasa
a»»1« to * «i » m »m»aai «««is,.« «st. i<.«» «»MaiarH«
ing cou s» ‘n the u*e >f plast: ee ma-
»a» stars - tb »» t «vi a n«ro«iT wiu a* . ammo n »,« a
«croas? ««<> tht pass s«« wiu a» «toaste «un a
terials w hite m Pittsburh, pa., which
””•’■»»> »saimrr. hit «noaamu» roa «< hb »»ar
w 1! be used in a Stayton projee*.
MNan
Mr. and Mrs. A. T Barnha.dt and
do YOU Mr«.* ..
*r taita >ii««aaL t « h siso ,.» t th » »«.» <.» both »
aufchiei Mai >a, Mr. and M.s David
ai-MS»,»« wrTH « i . bsh r or raorn whv «a» ruisi.tr asu
□ SPASMODICALLY
□ SYSTEMATICALLY
”'•«•»’»«> i» Hriris». roc «11 th » a«oj »atar «a«i»<»
Parnhardt and daughters. Melody.
a««»« why sn Mt out ran a st too a«-
Debra and Lisa gather* ( at th» G.
»>»inu «HIT TIM b S» taw aatax ranaaal aaa-Tsi.s
C. Barnhardt num» Saturday even-
bmp it.«« s««W|,TM,s „„ , ri ,, ,,,, T1>1 A. ,, M
roa visit», », » »asase, ib »a»» sur BOOM
g .n lo.nor of G. C.'s 75th b.rthday.
New# ha« just been received of the
b « i » o FHI1U IS on » »air ST sh . wts « «tu ■ valine
ct**»a» »art Boats
birth of a > pc nd 2 ounce son to Mr.
aid Mr« Ben Wriggles worth of Ab-
do you mvc ? ,.
T
erdeen. Wash The young fellow has
(7 MON IY
£ TIMI STIPS MONEY
be»n name»! Craig Allen, i <1 arrived
December 6. H s father was born and
ra.sed in Gates.
On Sunday a*femoon, at the Mar-
ion hotel in Salem,
Mrs
Beulah
Bowes and Mrs. Bonita Myers, of
«t»
Elkhorn, became charter members of
do VOU Mt/ .
the Alpha Delta Chapter of Delta
jj □ OTH«
□ SALIM FIDIRAI
X. STAY$ 5HKÍT SALIM. O«U
Kappa Gamma, an honorary society
for women in education Mrs. Mvers
KELLOM'S
GROCERY
Kellom's Grocery
GATES
D. B. HILL INSURANCE
COMPANY
Water
SAVINGS QUIZ
HOW
WHAT
WHERE
Mehama Presbyterian
Church Has Pot Luck
Supper and Meeting
MEHAMA—A pot luck supper
and congregational meeting was held
at the Mehama Community Presby
terian Church on Thursday evening
De ember 11. The chief business of the
meeting was the adoption of the bud
ge’. for the next year.
The Church Christmas party will
be held at the church Saturday even
ing, December 20, at 8:00 o'clock.
The Junior Choir will make it« first
appearance and the Rev. Mr. Clyde
Freeman will give a special Christ
mas program.
A
Christmas
Eve
Candlelight
Communion Service will begin at
7:30 at the Church Dec. 24. Ths
Lyons Community Methodist Church
will join with the Mehama Church
for this service.
MEHAMA
By Mrs. John Teeters
Mrs. Keith Phillips entered Sar.-
tiam Memorial Hospital a week ag>
Sunday where she underwent surgery
She returned to her home the fol
lowing Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. McCarley re-
turned home the last of the week
from Montana where they visited
their son and daughters families, Mr.
and Mrs. Leon McCarley and child
ren and the Jim Sanford family.
A2C and Mrs. Richrad Garland
left Sunday morning for Montana,
where Mr. Garland is stationed at
Malmstrom A. F. B. The Garlands
spent most of a twenty day leave
here visiting Mrs. Garlands parent«
the Tom Rices and with relatives and
friends in Stayton.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Castle, Mrs. Pearl
Allaway and Craig Cooper were in
Portland Sunday whtere they had
dinner and visited friends and Mrs.
Allaways brother and wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Cummins.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crook went
to Salem Sunday to get Mr. Crooks
mother, Mrs. Eva Crook who had
spent last week in Portland. The
Leo Crooks of Portland brought her
as far as Salem.
Mif. and Mrs. Bob Smith and fam
ily of Vancouver, Wash., were Sun
day guests
at the Grant
Smith
home. They brought Mr. Smith’s
mother, Mrs. Clara Smith with them
and she will visit here for a time.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Tietze anl
Mrs. Jim Richmond and daughter
were in Corvallis on business Wed-
nesday of last week.
The Girl Scouts of troop 34 visit-
ed Santiam Memorial Hospital Wed-
nesday, December 3 when they took
scrap books they had made and were
taken on a tour of the hospital. The
Scout troop and the pots and Pans
4H club girls both made door swags
at their meetings last week. The
swags were used as decorations at
their Saturday night dance and many
of them will be distributed later to
shut ins and older people of the com
munity.
Mrs. Lily Wolfkiel was hostess
for a morning coffee at her home
Wednesday, December 10. The Coffee
honored the bi rthday anniversary of
Mrs. Raymond Branch. Mrs. Wolfkiel
had displayed around the rooms a
large number of Christmas decora-
tions she has made during the past
few weeks.
Mrs. Gerald i Branch was hostess at
her home Tuesday afternoon Decem
ber 9 for a party honoring her son,
Bobby on his 3rd birthday anniver
sary. The children enjoyed games
and the usual birthday favor and a
beautiful birthday cake made in the
shape of a train. Present besides the
honor guest were Chris and Sandra
Hampton, Herbie and Kurt Carpent
er and Jackie Hampton. Mrs. Ray
mond Branch, Mrs. Herbert Hamp
ton and Mrs. Hugh Hampton were
aiso present for the afternoon.
The Julio- Ti tze home was the
scene of a family dinner Sunday
honoring Mr. Tiatze’s birthday. Pre-
-ent for the d.nr.ei were Mr. and
Mis. Bert Bailey and family of
Springfield. Mr. and Mrs.
Orville
D >wn:ng of Ly it-, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Richmond and daughters and Mr. and
M.s. Tietze.
..n Mrs. B •» - ha« • transferred
their membership from Phi chapter
in Portland.
Mr. a-d V •« Toseph Bowe.« were
in Portlanq Saluiday, and Mr. Bowe«
pre~ented a check from the Santian-.
Shrine lub to the Shriners, at their
December convention, for use at the
«brine hos tai. loiter the Bowe,- were
oiuner guest» of Miss Virginia Sur
face, at her home.
Mr. and Sirs. William Pennick and
two children drove to Astoria recent
ly to visit her uncle, Lionel K. Col-
N
m
hospitalised 1 there.
They were accompanied by Mrs. . Pen-
r!cL’s uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
1 mer Currie of Salem.
1 ne Gate» Camp Fire and Cub
Scout groups have been selling their
Chr stmas door swags, greens, and
kissing balls. More trill be ready for
a house to house delivery this week
end. Prices are nominal and the young
folks are doing a grand job.
School Sotra
C V. (Via) Herron killed a fox last
-<at irday night. It was about a yard
long, and was gray, white, black and
range. He killed it between the Pen-
mck and Kelle ranches.
The l.brarians of the Gates school
have been busy fixing up the library
f r the Ch -trr.., h. lidays. They are
arol Stevens and Patsy
Morton,
and helping, is Linda I’arker. All ar*
in the sixth grade.