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GRANT C. ANGLE
Editor Manager
EVERvEODY D GS UP
'1. EBER ANGLE
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It won’t be long now before the first fruits
of the labors of Congress in- new taxes will be
along, when ten per cent will be added to the pur-
chase price of all so-called luxuries, including mi-
lady’s fur coat and perfumes, jewelry, liquors,
etceteras; but more is to come for the President
is hatching another batch of excise taxes on topl
of income and profit taxes. None will escape their!
share of taxes for war and social needs.
TO TAKE OVER POWER INDUSTRY
There is a little scrap in Congress between
bills to govern national power, but the difference
is slight in that Ickes demands one—man control, ,
which is Ickes, while the Bone measure wouldl
have three men commissidn to rule, all under thel
President. Now Seattle and Tacoma power and:
all the little public utilities which have dreamed
of power in their own hands, realize that the
trend to socialism means all power in the hands
of the President; and in the end Ickes be the big
boss and take away the municipal utilities from
the builders. They may be consoled by the fact
that_the end is not in sight, for government’-
plans to take over all big business and destroy
little business if it can and rule from Washing-
ton.
LOOKING GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH
The U. S. Housing Authority announces the;
grant of $117,000 for the purpose of “slum clear-i
ance” in the village of Forks, in Western Callam'
County, conditioned that the county will contrib-i
ute $3,000 to the cause. The population of that"
community is around 600, and it is the smallest
place to receive federal notice, probably because
a new airport is being built on the prairie.
Some of the larger cities have been lookingj
into the mouth of gift horses of this sort, and de—‘
cided that they preferred to stick by the slower
butmorc legitimate building up and supplying of
the city needs for housing by encouraging private
capital to do the job, rather than disturb the nor-1
mal balance of business within the city and jeo-e
pardize private investment, and to avoid too much
government centralization now inprogress.
At Forks it is planned to build forty new
dwellings at around $3200, called low rental, and'
destroy an equal number of old sub-standard
homes, some of them prehaps “shacks” such as
were first built in every small lumber town in its:
pioneer days and still occupied because of hous-
ing scarity; but it is worth noting that $3200
houses financed by federal gift and control are
built from the soaring public taxes.
Shelton needs a lot of new homes in the nor-
mal way of individual building and could use a
lot more money if it were made availabe through
local agencies, and through more encouragementg
to the individuals who have the ambition to build‘
homes‘for themselves; it needs this sort of build-
ing of homes prehaps more modest and less cost-
ly than the government free-and-easy spending,
and as well affording due protection for those who
have already built homes and must pay the taxes,
while all government stuff is off the tax rolls. l
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COMMUNITY PROPERTY
Smart Aleck Time magazine, discussing the
tax bill, says that the provision, now deleted from
the law, requiring taxpayers in community prop-
erty states to submit joint returns for husband
and wife, would merely make them “pay the
same sized taxes as people in other States.”
That overlooks a lot. In these eight commun-
ity property states, husband and wife share
equally by law in the common property and the
income therefrom. Half the property and half the
income belong to the wife. The husband holds ‘no-
economic power over the wife. He can not do with
the community property as he sweetly pleases,
which is the case in non-community property
states. He can not deprive the wife of her half of
the estate, which means he can not disinherit
her. He has control only over his half. He can
not give away or sell any of the property without
the wife’s consent, nor can she be made to pay
for ‘her husband’s acts. These laws, moreover,
were enacted long before there was any thought
of an income tax, and were not designed to evade
or escape taxation.
To require joint returns would deprive hus-
band or wife or both of their rightful property,
and while the constitution is being tortured “these
days, it is doubtful that even the present supreme
court would countenance what would amount to
practical confiscation of property — although
there is no surety of that. If the playboys in other
states want to split property and incomes be-
tween themselves and their occasional wives, then
let them adopt the community property law un-
der which the property rights of their Wives are
guaranteed. It is far more than a question of,
taxes; it is a matter of J“ustitramAbi‘rrdoczi World.
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,‘Hii'érb'y Attends
Ford Preview At ;
Seattle Meeting,
Huskies, Gophers
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Grange Booster
Night At Shelton
Valley Tuesday
By Una Winsor
Shelton Valley, Sept. 24.—This
coming Tuesday evening, Septem-
ber 24, the grange members and
nual Bo‘oster Night meeting, with
an interesting program of pant-
omime, readings and music prom-
ised. Anyone interested in the
grangc work will be welcome. A
potluck supper will be enjoyed
after the meeting.’
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Brandlien
and infant son of Bremerton, were
the guests of Mrs. Signe Knee-
land and George Kneeland one day
last week at the Highlands. While
teaching school at Benton City in
‘ Eastern Washington 'last year,
George stayed at the home of Mr.
Brandlien’s grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lund. Incidentally, Mrs.
Lund is a. great grandmother at
the age of 56, which is some-
la dealer-salesmen preview of thcl
,Idaho and Western Montana.
Al Huerby, Shelton, Ford Deal-
cr returned yesterday from So-
attle where he recently attendedl
1942 Ford line. The announce-l
ment meeting, held in Seattle’s,
Civic Auditorium, was staged for"
the benefit of more than six hun-y
dred dealers and salesmen from‘
all parts of Washington, Oregon,
Highspot of the meeting was
'Pacific Northwest branch man-
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iried on by the Company in thci
iinterests of national defense. Ac-
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,' Huerby stated yesterday that
l the new line of Ford cars for 1942
their friends will hold their an-'
the talk made by W.-C. Patterson,
ager of the Ford Motor Company
. in which he summarized the mult- \
itudinous activities now being car-
cording to Patterson, all branches
of the service, including the Army,
Navy and Air Corps, are receiv-‘
ing vital support in their pro-
grams through the active effort
jof Ford. Airplane engine and_
reconnaissance car construction in l
Iaddition to aid in naval training
are but a few of the Company‘s
activities. i
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lfar surpassed his expectations in
l beauty of line and in performance.
“The new six cylinder unit which
,this year is the running mate- of‘
l the Ford V—8 is a honey,” he de-
iclared, “but the entire line has
styling, both exterior and interior,
which brings to the public a new‘
1 conception of motoring heretofore
{unknown in the low—price fields".
5 “They‘ve engineered a brand
new car this year," he declared,
“brand new in performance, style
[ and ride.”
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’ THE COUNTRY PAPER SPEAKS
[I am the oldest busmess in this
1' town;
i Old mills have been abandoned;
I persist.
Old houses, old hotels of great re-
nown
Have gone their ways, but I, I
still exist;
Upon my inky pages there appears
The story of this place through-
out the years.
I told of youth and war, of girls
who wed,
Of rich and poor alike, of thief
and sage,
‘ And how they lived—though most
of them are dead
While ageless I am of the pres-
ent age;
i Man's varied acts have always
been my text——
What happened long ago, and
what comes next.
Though I am old, in truth I still
can say;
1 Nothing can be so nearly up—to-
date;
Both yesterdays and morrows I
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Thursday, September “l?
ing right l‘clfbacl“
; filling the shoes of ~
All-Coast Dean MCA
spring it looked like ’
' lv'iaurice Stacy would.
but he was called 19”
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Play Outstanding ,
Pumi-vo enon there3f
University of Wu 8 h i n gton »—< DWight smith W35 ‘ n
for the job by a 16%»
Sept. 22———In what promises to bei c
one of the most significant pre-' kept him Out Of mu I
season games in the nation, Coach PraCtiCG-V “3"—
Jimmy Phelan's University of} ‘All Of Whldl P1521 ' 0 .1: i (
VJashington Huskies tangle with ngbflCk 103d 5‘31“ -’ ,.-
Bernie Bierman's undefeated, un—l Sturdy ShOdldelS
tied Minnesota Gophers in the{ 3013 BMW”; Ul’ldtigfi
Washington Stadium on Septcm-‘ qUQnt 903Cth 3 t
ber 27. . has developed into
With one of the smallest turn- ' “mg, hard bIOCkmg
outs in some years to select from,
so badly needs as a
and with the four “M”S~rMucha. for tl'lplc'thrfat 16"
McAdams, Marx and MacDowell1 Steele- in m";
lost by graduation, the canny i """j"""’;
.fmm' do“,
Irish mentor has been somewhat is ' 'Ciu «fir
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hard put to field a team capable
of keeping the nearly intact cham- v
pionship Gophers from making it
four straight.
But as usual, Phelan has whip-
ped up a gridiron eleven that not.
only lives up to his reputation for
producing top-ranking teams but
is conceded a better than fair
chance of spilling the crack Bier-
stS- tin
“*1 an the r
e 331d Maso
I’efmm. hey.
I -CCC Fluids.
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expel stomach' gas ‘1 .
macch acts four Wane“
acid-indigestion. G0.”
Drug Store and :15
Rex —— 50 doses for
at this u
roads or
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of the Census.
I942 Est.
Changes in Defense Expenditures
Defense Costs Must Be Piled
° l9l9
Federal Tax Collecfim
On Already Burdened Economy.
Compares Fiscal Situation of the United States in 1914-1940.
NEW YORK—At the beginning
of the World War in 1914-, federal,
state and local governments were
collecting no more than $2 billion
a year in taxes. Today, the people
of the United States contribute up-
wards of $14.5 billion. in taxes to-
ward the cost of governing them~
selves and even this huge sum only
partly offsets the total expendi—
tures. The ratio of taxes to national
income has risen to 20 per cent in
1940 as compared to only per
cent in 1913.
The ratio of expenditures to na-
tional income has ballooned to 27.5
per cent in 1940 whereas in 1913 it
was but 8 per cent. Before the
World War the Federal government
alone owed $1 billion. Today, it
owes more than $50 billion and the
debt in the near distant future is
already estimated at $100 billion or
about $3,000 for eVery single family
in the country.
These are some of the points
highlighted in Tam Facts and
Figures, the first edition of a. new
annual 80-page publication prepared
by the Tax Foundation of New
York. Fred A. Eldean, Executive
Director states that the objective
of the publication is to summarize
i1 popular form the complete pic-
ture of United States fiscal history
over the past twenty years. Its vari-
ous categories graphically depict
the soaring costs of federal, state
and local governments.
Tax Facts and Figures emphasize
that today’s huge defense emerg-
ency program is being superimposed
'upon a national economy entirely
different from that which preceded
the last great war. Since 1913, gov-
ernment expenditures have multi-
plied nearly seven times — from
slightly under $3 billion to almost
$20 billion in 1940.
Estimates of ultimate costs of
the present defense program are
given as tentative, but the publica-
tion points out that natidnal de-
fense expenditures for the fiscal
year 1941 were slightly in excess of
$6 billion. Revised budget estimates
as of June 1, 1941, however,
jumped expenditures for the fiscal
year 1942 to $15.5 billion. These
figures do not paint a complete pic-
ture of what total defense means
in terms of cost but they do sug-
gest the great stresses that are
being and will be placed upon our
economy and way of life.
In initiating this new publication,
the Tax Foundation states that it is
offered as a. necessary aid to
straight thinking by the citizens of
this country in matters of fiscal
policy which are so vital not only
to defense today but to the eco-
nomic stability of the country in
the future.
The 48 States spent 466 mil-
lion for highways in 1938, almost
half of the cost being grants to
minor civil divisions for highway
purposes, according to the Bureau
Out of every hundred farmers
in the United States, 51 operate
owned farms; 39 are tenants, and
10 are part owners or managers
according to the Census.
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ACCIDENTS LIKELY TO
Pedestrian ‘Prote‘ctionwDepends 0,, Ag,
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Recovery
{E FATAl ll] [10le PERSONS
"ciflll’ldfl Injury Accidents
(9.4)
BE FATAL TO ELDERLY:
Children 5 to 14 years of age, involved in traffic accidents,
have the bestohance of surviving, according to a study of
over 200,000 pedestrian accidents made by the American
Automobile Association.
65 die as a result of the traffic accident in which they
involved. Help elderly persons in your family and
Over 1/5 of all pedestrians over
are
derly
neighbors realize the need for extreme caution in th it use
of streets and highways!
atria Safety Entire?
thing of a record in itself.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Robinson
of Shelton visited at the home of
Mrs. H. A. Winsor Wednesday
evening.
The October meeting of the
Home Sewing club will be held
.on Thursday afternoon, the 2nd,
at Echo Farm.
i Ralph Lincoln of Shelton was
a visitor at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Rutledge Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. C. V. DeRosier of Shelton!
and Mrs. Tom Vanderwahl of
zAgate visited with Mrs. Signe
I Kneeland last Wednesday.
i Mrs. G. C. Angle and Miss
Josephine Needham of Shelton
Were callers at Echo Farm Fri-
day afternoon.
Mrs. Dewey Bennett and son!
Keith. were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Cooke at Valleyl
View Farm. ‘
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Shafer werel
in Tacoma on business Monday. i
Mrs. Signe Kneeland spe-nt
Thursday afternoon at Echo
Farm. ,
. Mrs. H. A. Winsor, Mrs. Dewey}
Bennett and Keith, were callers:
Sunday afternoon at the home ofl
Mrs. Charley Baker. I
i Miss Betty DeRosier of Shel-l
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survey——
Of ne’er-do-wells and those of
high estate.
I lived because I served, and stilll
shall live
Because, of all I have, to all I
give !—The Professor.
‘ ton was an overnight guest Wed-
' nesday at the home of her aunt‘,
Mrs. Signe Kneela'nd.
, Nine members of the gramgel
auxiliary enjoyed the hospitality|
of Mrs. Ned Wivell at her home
Thursday. Namely, Mrs. Chas.
Wivell, Mrs. James Ilquaham, Mrs.
Myrvan Wivell, Mrs. Mell Sacger,
Mrs. Peter Bolling and Mrs. Bob
Evans from the Isabella Valley,
1 and Mrs. Dewey Bennett and Mrs.
Clarence Wivell. The child's quilt
‘was worked on, but as some of
the blocks were not sent in iti
could not be finished.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Phillips of
Shelton spent Saturday evening
at the Winsor home, following a
day at the Puyallup Fair. .
Mrs. DeWey Bennett visited on:
Friday afternoon with Mrs. Signe
Kneeland.
Clarence Wivell, who suffered
a serious leg fracture in a truck
logging accident a month ago,
came home Monday, but will be'
in bed sometime yet. I
Mrs. Charley Baker and daugh-l
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National
through Fire
ter Jean spent Friday evening at
Echo Farm.
George Kneeland went to Seat-
tle the first of the week, where
he plans to enroll at the Univer-
sity and continue his law studies.
Albert Shafer joined Mrs. Sha-
fer and the' children in PeeEll!
Saturday where they were guests
of honor at'a farewell party. He
brought the family back with‘
him to spend Sunday at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Shafer. Mr. and Mrs. Bob,
Ramin of Shelton were guests
, there also, Sunday.
1 Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Rutledge}
'visited Monday afternoon with
Mrs. H. A. Winsor and family.
i Mrs. Dewey Bennétt and Ardice
,Bennett were business visitors, in
Olympia Tuesday, going over with
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:Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wandell ofI
[ Shelton. I
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The number of candy, nut andi
‘confectionery stores has declined,
.steadily in- the last decade, Cen-
Esus Bureau figures show, from
163,265 in 1929, to 55,197 in 1935.
gto 48,034 in 1939; and sales fell
loff from $571,549,000 in 1929 to
$314,487,000 in 1935. and $295,-l
300,000 in 1939.
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What does
It assists you to become a "fire warden”
at home and at work. It calls you to enlist
in the national battle against fire. It offers
you the backing of an expert general
staff in overcoming this menacing force
——doubly dangerous in war, but devastat-
ingr in peaceful communities as well.
Because of the public services of the capi-
tal stock fire insurance companies over
the years, the present crisis finds build-
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Let us protect your home, furnishings, busmess, automobfle and other
Possess!"r1
With dependable. economical, public-spirited capital stock company fire
insurafl
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Less of our natlonal wealth and 1,119“ ,.
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battles in World War I. The proper”’
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