4—The Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, Feb. 2, 1967 I any tax structure changes in
tended to shift the burden
borne
by property owners.
tax problems are appearing
The House Taxation Com
to be almost as numerous as
the legislators themselves. mittee is proposing some
While the actual need for lo ideas to lessen costs and con
cal tax cuts may still be a fusion in tax elections, such
assuring adequate voter
debatable issue for a few, the as
turnouts
and limiting and
by Everett E. Cutter
pressure exerted by some
standardizing
bond election
Legislators here, respond 60,000 petition signers on last dates. But it is too early to
year
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s
lVi
per
cent
limitation
ing to public demand for
tell what compromise between
property tax relief, are tack measure clearly is being felt. the Senate and House—and
Sentiment in the Senate Gov. Tom McCall’s program—
ling the problem as their first
runs against new taxes of any might emerge.
order of business.
Some 85 tax-related bills kind unless a need is decidedly
Letters concerning proper
already have been Introduced proved. House members prob ty tax relief have been sur
ably
would
agree
that
voters
in the 1967 session, and pro
prisingly scarce, some legisla
posed solutions to Oregon’s should approve in advance tors say, perhaps because
their constituents feel some
thing definitely is being done.
THE MILL CITY ENTERPRISE
But some lawmakers here are
P. O. Box 348 Phone 897-2772 Mill City, Ore. 97360 questioning just how great
Published at Mill City, Marion County, Ore. every Thursday the relief demand really is
Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Postoffice at Mill back home, and just what
their people might consider
Cit, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
The Mill City Enterprise assumes no financial responsibility as alternatives for financing
for errors in advertisements. It will, however, reprint local government.
On the surface, Oregon’s
without charge or cancel the charge for that portion of an
advertisement which is in error if The Enterprise is at fault. property taxes do not appear
An independent newspaper, dedicated to the development as frightening as those of
other states. Residents of 20
of the timber industry and agriculture in this area.
states now pay higher prop
el ty taxes than Oregonians,
NEWSPAPER
who in 1964-65 paid $50.65 per
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$1,000 of personal income.
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Oregon does rank third in
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personal income tax rates,
but it is one of only eight
Subscription Rates
Marion-Linn Counties, per year ..................................... $3.50 states without a sales tax.
In relation to neighboring
Outside Marion-Linn Counties, per year ........................ $4.00
Outside Oregon, per year................................................... $4.50 states and the U. S. average,
DON W. MOFFATT............................... Editor and Publisher Oregon’s property taxes would
GOLDIE RAMBO............................... Society and News Editor appear to have held the line.
LLOYD ROSE................................................. Machinist-Printer From 1958 to 1964-65, Oregon’s
CORRESPONDENTS
property taxes per capita
Detroit-Idanha .......................... Joyce Dewhurst-Ginny Kniss grew 40.7 per cent, compared
Gates............................................................ Mrs. Shirley Swaim to the national average of
Mill City ................................................................... Rose Cree 45.9 per cent.
Lyons
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Eva Bressler All Oregon state and local
Mehama....................................... Merle Teeters • Jean Roberts taxes during the same period
M Salem
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experienced an increase in
effective rate of only 1.1 per
cent, compared to the national
increase of 2 per cent and
increases of 2.1 per cent in
Washington and 2.8 per cent
in both Idaho and California.
Still, there are solid argu
ments to demonstrate that
property taxes in Oregon
have grown disproportionate-
y large. First, it should be
remembered that Oregon’s
base was larger to begin with
than those of our neighboring
states. Then examine the
growth of Oregon’s property
taxes in relation to some other
factors over the last few
years.
Ad valorem property taxes,
ar taxes placed on value, in
creased 94.7 per cent from
'955 to 1965, after deducting
iirect tax relief funds granted
n recent years. In the same
oeriod, property taxes as a
percentage of personal income
*rew 15.1 per cent. All state
axes as a percentage of per
enal income grew only 1.2
per cent.
Obviously local taxes have
grown out of proportion to
state taxes, even with ever-
increasing amounts of state
aid to local school districts,
and this is the problem the
1967 legislature seeks to rem
edy. Proposals for property
tax relief so far range from
a state sales tax to a lottery,
from a broader-based income
tax to higher markups on
liquor for school support
revenue.
What plan eventually gets
to the people for a vote—
and when—remains to be
seen. Voters may be assured,
however, as the percentage
History
(Continued from Page 1)
short fund drive was held.
The grounds were landscaped.
The Santiam Memorial com
munity hospital was dedicated
on March 29, 1953, and Mrs.
Louise Wilt, R.N., hospital
superintendant, was com
mended in the Portland Ore
gonian for having given the
best speech of the day, she
having spoken for about 40
seconds. The doors were open
for business.
The hospital has more doors
now than then, more windows,
more beds, more employees,
more equipment. There are
new names on the staff
rosters. It has survived the
vagaries of a transient popu
lation, the pressures of big
city competition, the savagry
of an October windstorm. The
work of caring for and healing
the sick continues steadily
on, a truly perpetual motion,
dawn-to-dusk, sun-to-sun, or
rather midnight-to-midnight,
as a hospital daily census is
reckoned. It is an ever-present
entity, a haven of reassurance,
a living, breathing memorial
to the dignity of man.
of tax bills introduced this
session soars right along with
the recognition of problems,
that inequities in Oregon’s
tax structure are getting close
scrutiny in the State House.
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MILL CITY ENTERPRISE.
DETROIT
IDANHA
Joyce Dewhurst-Ginny Kniss
The American Legion Aux
iliary of Idanha Wednesday
had a pot luck luncheon and
all proceeds were donated to
the March of Dimes. The pot
luck items were donated by
the Auxiliary members. A to
tal of $51 was realized.
Detroit High lost a close
game Friday night to Falls
City 63-61. The winning point
was made in the last 30se-
conds. Detroit JV won 56-32.
Gordon Brown had the typ
ical fisherman’s luck while
fishing last week on the Alsea.
Nils Bittner of Consumer
Power did his good deed for
one of our four-footed friends
last week. On the very top of
a fir tree in Detroit, perched
this small cat that had been
there for three days, and Nils
to the rescue, climbed up
and brought the cat down and
10 feet from the ground, up
went the cat and up went
Nils. After the second attempt
both reached the group safely.
Hooray for Nils!!!
Ray Sophy and Harold
Champion left in the wee
hours Sunday morning to
drive to Hampton where they
hunted jackrabbits.
Don Lewis of Idanha was
taken by Detroit ambulance
Friday to Santiam Memorial
where surgery was performed
for a hernia.
Sunday evening The Cedars
of Detroit showed movies to
publicize the fact that they
will have a shuffleboard elim
ination Friday, February 3 at
8 p. m. Prizes will be donated
to the winners and all pro
ceeds will go to the March of
Dimes.
John F. Zabinski, under
sheriff of Marion County was
a guest speaker in law en
forcement at a special meet
ing of the Detroit City Coun
cil Wednesday evening.
Dick Hunnicutt narrowly
escaped serious injury when
his loaded logging truck went
out of control on highway 22
about three miles east of Idan
ha Monday afternoon. The
truck was extensively damag
ed. Mr. Hunnicutt is a resi
dent of Mill City and is em
ployed by Benton Trucking
Co. of Idanha.
A meeting is scheduled in
the Detroit School library on
February 2 at 7:30 p. m. for
the Deanha Pre-school Moth
ers.
Oregon Blue Book
Contains Wealth of
Interesting Data
The Oregon Blue Book is off
the press and available to any
one who wishes to purchase
it. This year as usual, it is
filled with data pertinent to
our state. It includes the
names of our officials. It also
gives a history of Oregon.
It lists the cities and their
zip codes, too. There is a copy
on display at The Enterprise
office for anyone who wishes
to examine it.
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