Property Tax Levies Go Up In an almost unprecendented in crease, 1964-65 property tax levies for all taxing units in Oregon (cities, school districts, etc.) rose $27,134,892, or 11.3 percent, over the comparable levies for the 1963-64 fiscal year. The aggregate levy for 1964-65 is $268,029,- 807, including per acre assessment. Of the total levy, $181.3 million, 68 percent, is accounted for by school levies; $39.4 million, or 15 percent, by city levies; and the remaining $47.3 million (17 percent), by county and special district levies. Sharpest increase in any of the 36 counties occurred in Lincoln coun ty, where the 1964-65 levy for all tax ing units is up 22.6 percent. Second highest rate of increase is in Sher man county, 20.7 percent; followed by Deschutes, 19.8 percent ; Washing ton, 18.5 percent ;and Marion, 18.4 percent. Other sharp increases were in Union county, 17.8 percent; Polk, 17.3 percent; Lane, 15.9 percent; Clackamas, 15.5 percent ;and Linn, 13.6 percent. Only six of Oregon’s counties were able to effect a reduction in their 1964-65 levies. These were Gilliam, Grant, Josephine, Tillamook, Wal lowa ,and Wheeler. Largest decrease, percentage-wise, was in Wallowa, down 8.6 percent. The sharp increase in property taxes is mainly attributable to mount ing school taxes. Total school levies rose from $158,392,502 for 1963-64 to $181,359,368 for 1964-65, an increase of $23 million, or 14.5 percent. A rapidly growing item in school taxes are the levies imposed by community colleges. For 1964-65, six community college districts levied property tax es amounting to $1,352,390. This ex cludes the Lane Community College which was only recently formed and did not make a 1964-65 levy. It also excludes property tax levies for com munity college operations within reg ular school districts .such as Port land, Eugene, Salem and Oregon Ci ty. There has been a general impres sion throughout the state that any significant increase in school taxes was primarily due to last year’s voter rejection of the tax measure and the subsequent reduction in bas ic school support. However, it should be noted that while the special ses sion of the legislature reduced basic school support by $12.0 million, the emergency board subsequently re stored $3.4 million. A vast majority of the school districts followed the emergency b o a r d ’s recommenda tion (Portland being the notable ex ception), and used the restoration as a property tax offset on 1964-65 le vies. The net result is that only $9 or $10 million of the $23 million in crease in school levies can be attri buted to the defeat of the tax mea sure. Salmon Runs Show Increase Although salmon anglers are still enjoying a field day on both chinook and silver salmon at most coastal points, the big job of determining the annual trend in numbers on the spawning beds is now under way. Game commission fishery biolo gists are working key streams throughout the state making the an nual spawning ground surveys for chinook salmon, with work on silvers to continue through December and January. This work is coordinated with the fish commission, which also conducts surveys on selected streams of the state. From the reports it would appear good numbers of chinook salmon are on the spawning beds in coastal streams, showing a continued upward climb in the runs over the past se ven years. Warren Knispel, district fishery biologist at Warrenton, re ported the chinook spawning ground count on the Nehalem river from the Salmonberry to Jewell was the high est recorded since 1958. In addition, Knispel established a new census route on the Salmonberry because of the increased use of this stream by chinook salmon in recent years. Chinook surveys are just getting under way on the Nestucca. Trask and Wilson rivers, but preliminary examination shows good runs of fish in these rivers. Game commission biologists report an increase in the chinook catch at Cape Kiwanda and a faster rate of catch per angler at Garibaldi. Tillamook Bay anglers have also enjoyed some of the best chinook fishing in years with many exceptionally large fish being taken. Many chinook in the 35- to 50-pound class have been examined. The low er Trask is also producing large chinook salmon. The man who has complete con trol of his own conduct won't try to control that of others. R E A D A D V E R T IS IN G — IT P A Y S ! Agent Explains Whiteness Loss One of the common laundering pro blems is the loss of whiteness i n white cottons after repeated launder ings. This undoubtedly, is due to fail ure to remove soil of various types, s a y s Columbia County Extension Agent Margaret Allyn. There is the oily soil, which is dif ficult to remove. Dry heat causes oils to change color. If the oily soil, which comes from body oil, is not completely removed from garments it easily turns yellow from the heat of the sun, the iron or the dryer. The first requirement in removing this oily type of soil is hot water — 140° F. water. This temperature is so hot that you cannot stand to hold your hand in it. An all-purpose detergent is recom mended. A good motto is, “Don’t guess, measure.” In order to do a good job in soil removal we need 1- lt£ cups of detergent in the wash water. Another requirement t o remove oily soil is to agitate long enough, at least 10 minutes. Margaret Allyn points out that failure to remove oily soil is one big cause of yellowness in garments Another cause for yellowness is failure to rinse all the soap out of garments. If soap remains, dry heat will turn garments yellow. This heat may come from the iron or dryer. Still another reason for yellowness may be due to the fact that there has not been proper turn over of clothes because there are too many or too bulky clothes in the washer. Iron in the water may also cause yellowness in clothes. Adding a water conditioner to the wash water will help this situation. If there is iron in the water, a chlorine bleach should not be used, for it reacts with the iron in a manner that sets the iron deposits. To remove yellowness caused by iron in the water, treat the fabric with cream of tartar - 4 teaspoons cream of tartar to 1 pint of water, and boil it. Chlorine bleach will also react with some resin finishes on fabrics and this intensifies the yellow color. AFL-CIO Oilers Scholarships All Oregon high schools have re ceived announcement of the 1965 Ore gon AFL-CIO scholarship contest for seniors in Oregon high schools. Miss May Darling, chairman of the stand ing committee on education of the Oregon AFL-CIO announced today. The contest is not limited to students whose parents are members of labor unions. Students interested in competing for the six awards - three of $600 each and three of $300 - should no tify the principal of their school be fore the end of the fourth week in March that they wish to take the ex amination on labor and industrial problems from which the final six contestants will be selected. The ex amination i s conducted in e a c h school where students wish to com pete for the awards. Determination of placement among the six top scorers is made by per sonal interviews conducted by a pan el of professional persons not con nected with the labor movement. This is the 19th year of the contest which has produced 57 top award winners in 35 high schools throughout the state. Earlier this year James C. Waggoner, Scappoose, won a $600 award. M i s s Darling emphasized th at “purpose of this contest is not to in still propaganda for organized labor. The aim is to encourage high school students to study the American in dustrial system with special empha sis upon the role of management and labor in our economic system.” Paper Strike Settled An agreement to end the 13-day-old West Coast pulp and paper industry strike was announced Tuesday in Washington by Director William Simkin of the federal mediation ser vice, who said a complete settle ment had been reached. A wage and benefit increase valued at 29 cents per hour was included. We judge ourselves by what we are capable of doing; others judge us by what we actually do. As the shopping list grows shorter, the purse also grows slimmer. Open Six Days a Week Vernonia, Oregon i» » ;* » » » :* » :« » » :« :* :« « Oernonia Eagle IT'S YOUR LAW PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT Sam and Fred had been friends quite some time. Sam, who had ex perience in the clothing business, wanted to open a store of his own but did not have enough capital. 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Sam and Fred under their oaths of office to give ef by their informal agreement became constitutional? fect to the will of the people as ex partners even though Fred had no To understand why some laws are pressed in the Constitution. part in the operation of the store. stricken down as unconstitutional, or If new laws could ignore funda All partners are liable for everything in other words, in violation of the chargeable to the partnership and constitution, one must realize that mental concepts on which our govern therefore Fred was liable for the bills the Constitution of the United States ment is founded, a majority of con incurred. is the supreme law of the land and gress or of a state legislature could radically change our form of gov Through a written limited partner the Constitution of a state is the ernment simply by passing new laws fundamental law for that state. The ship agreement that was properly which do away with constitutional drawn, executed, and filed, however, Constitution represents the will of rights, such as freedom of speech, the people, from whom all power Fred could have limited his liability freedom of press, or freedom of re to the amount of money he original springs in our form of government, ligion, and only the people have the right ly invested in the partnership. (Oregon lawyers offer this column (Oregon lawyers offer this column to change the Constitution. as a public service. No person should as a public service. No person sliould Sometimes the members of con apply or interpret any law without gress or of a legislature enact a law apply or interpret any law without the aid of an attorney who is com which provides for some procedure the aid of an attorney who is com pletely advised of the facts involved. prohibited by the Constitution. In pletely advised of the facts. Even a Even a slight variance in facts may that case, if the validity of the law slight variance in facts may change is challenged it is the duty of the the application of the law.) change the application of the law.) court to declare that the law is un constitutional. UNCONSTITUTIONALITY The island of Kanuai, Hawaii gets Sometimes laws enacted by the When a law is held void it is not as much as 615 inches of rainfall in U. S. Congress or by state legisla because the courts have or exercise most years. (Louisiana, our wettest tures are declared “unconstitution- any control over the legislative pow- state, averages 55 inches'. 12-oz. Reg. 39c 4:99