anaheim-gazette 1921-12-29

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING NCOME TAX Collector of Internal Revenue Carter Issues Another Letter to Public With the approach of the period for filing income tax returns January 1 to March 15, 1922—taxpayers are advised to lose no time in the compilation of their accounts for the year 1921. A new and important provision of the revenue act of 1921 is that every person whose gross income for 1921 was $5000 or over shall file a return, regardless of the amount of net income upon which the tax is assessed. Returns are required of every single person whose net income was $1000 or over and every married person living with husband or wife whose net income was $2000 or over. Widows and widowers and persons separated or divorced from husband or wife, are regarded as single persons. Net income is gross income, less certain deductions for business expenses, losses, taxes, etc. Gross income include practically all income received by the taxpayer during the year; in the case of the wage earner, salaries, wages bonuses and commissions; in the case of professional men, all amounts received for professional services; in the cases of farmers all profits from the sale of farm products, and rental or sale of land. In the making of an income tax return for the year 1921, every taxpayer should present to himself the following questions: What were your profits from your business, trade, profession or vocation? Did you receive any interest on bank deposits? Have you any property from which you receive rent? Did you receive any income in the form of dividends or interest from stocks or bonds? Did you receive any bonuses during the year? FULLERTON'S TAXES "Taxes paid in the city of Fullerton have increased since 1910 from $68,800 to $962,929." This startling statement was made at the Kiwanis club luncheon, attended by many residents of the city in addition to Kiwanis members, by County Assessor James Sleeper. Recently there has been expressed some concern over a rumor to the effect that Sleeper proposes to give a per cent horizontal raise in assessments in 1922. The matter was opened up for public discussion at a meeting, and was entered into by local newspapers. There seemed to be fear that Fullerton might have to pay very greatly increased taxes. Finally, it was suggested that Sleeper be asked to appear and make explanations. "I do not propose to make a horizontal raise," said he. "I am bringing assessments all over the county up to where they belong. It is my desire to have every piece of property assessed at one-third its reasonable market value. Some property will not be raised, perhaps. Some will be raised ten per cent, some forty. I believe the average raise will be around twenty per cent. "Fullerton will be treated just as fairly as any other city. It is my desire to give every section and every piece of property a square deal. "Concerning your taxes, let me say this: I have absolutely nothing to do with raising your taxes. With the exception of the county taxes, which are raised by the board of supervisors, you people right here in Fullerton are responsible for most of the taxes you pay. The county has nothing to do with it. You fix your own school rates and your own city rates. "The total taxes paid by property owners inside the city of Fullerton this year is $962,929 as against $68,800 paid in 1910. Of the large total assignment, and for them. The hogs were then sent to the highest bidder under auction system used in sales. This contest has been for two years and in third year. In 1920 centers each raised a boy and another carload w boys in agricultural thousand people attending celebration and witnessing of the results and the prizes. Since then which the winning hog fed are part of the area of the contest, these have succeeded in broad proved methods of pro-eral attention through-ty. TO MAKE STATE S A hope that motorized tired of hearing the repeated over and over stop causing accident pressed by officials of Club of Southern Cali ering a new plan for rat of the state safe for all. It is the general a "vigilante" scheme at the past two months during which time 14% received warnings too ful from the safety bus tomobile club. If this plan is put throughout the southern public spirited citizens from each community club in curbing accel citizens, who will be e tomobiles, will be fur creet numbers and with which to mark the sta bers of law offenders them in this section. All cards will be ma- lowing questions: What were your profits from your business, trade, profession or vocation? Did you receive any interest on bank deposits? Have you any property from which you receive rent? Did you receive any income in the form of dividends or interest from stocks or bonds? Did you receive any bonuses during the year? Did you make any profit on the sale of stocks, bonds, or other property, real or personal? Did you act as a broker in any transaction from which you received commissions? Are you interested in any partnership or other firm from which you received any income? Have you any income from royalties or patents? Have you any minor children who are working? Do you appropriate, or have the right to appropriate, the earnings of such children? If so, the amount must be included in the return of income. Has your wife any income from any source whatsoever? If so, it must be included in your return or reported in a separate return of income. Did you receive any directors' fees or trustees' fees in the course of the year? Dou you hold any office in a benefit society from which you receive income? Answers to all of these questions are necessary to determine whether a person has an income sufficiently large to require that a return be filed, and may be the means of avoiding the heavy penalties imposed for failure to do so within the time prescribed. SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS Acceptance of ordinance No. 190 was ordered received and placed on file. An appropriation of $2500 was ordered placed in the 1922-1923 budget for the purpose of "All Year Round Advertising Fund," payable about August 1, 1922. Bids for the Serra school district were received and opened. No bids being considered, the matter was continued to Dec. 27, at 11 a.m. Map of tract No. 315 was accepted as the official plotting of said tract. CEDAR CHESTS PROTECT CLOTHING FROM MOTHS Chests made of red cedar heartwood are effective, if in good condition and thoroughly tight, in protecting clothing from clothes moths, it has been found by the United States department of agriculture. That is, provided proper precautions are taken first to beat, brush, and, if possible, sun all articles before they are placed in the chests. Since it is the odor of red cedar that kill the larvae or worms after they should be taken to prevent undue escape of the aroma from the chests. Chests at all times should remain tightly closed except when clothing is being removed or placed in them, and this procedure should be accomplished quickly. Clothes moths during their growth pass through different stages known as the adult or moth miller, the worm or larva, and the pupa stages. It is only the larvae or worm that damages fabrics. The moth miller merely lays the eggs from which the worms hatch. Cedar chests do not kill the moth miller, its eggs, or pupae. Neither do they kill the larvae or worms after they have become one-half to full grown. Cedar chests, it has been found, do this: I have absolutely nothing to do with raising your taxes. With the exception of the county taxes, which are raised by the board of supervisors, you people right here in Fullerton are responsible for most of the taxes you pay. The county has nothing to do with it. You fix your own school rates and your own city rates. "The total taxes paid by property owners inside the city of Fullerton this year is $962,929 as against $68,800 paid in 1910. Of the large total $607,000 goes to schools, $194,000 to the city government and $160,000 to the county. "If you want lower taxes, the way to get lower taxes is to cut down your expenditures." The reason given by school authorities for the large sum raised for school purposes this year is partly due to the fact that the school district has raised money by special tax for school buildings, while other districts of the county have resorted to bond issues. The theory for direct taxes is that it seems best to the school authorities to get the money now when the oil fields are in their prime. SMOOT WAS Senator Reed Smoot deck with his tariff and lowing the president's congress in which he tariff at considerable Smoot had for some time the publication of the working with President the amendments which to put the chief executive dations into concret amendments of Senate to give the president aitate conditions surrounding port and manufacturing to make such changes respect to given lines as necessary, the increase not to exceed 50 per cent provided in the law. In methods, the one deal right to increase or decrease the basis of foreign vamp permitting similar acco with the application of valuation plan. A thre deals with depreciated authorizes the president additional duties on impulse where the currency try of origin has depen than 5 per cent from pure metal of its stand. Since the president Smoot have been working on the plan, it is highly pr Smoot amendments me An appropriation of $2500 was ordered placed in the 1922-1923 budget for the purpose of "All Year Round Advertising Fund," payable about August 1, 1922. Bids for the Serra school district were received and opened. No bids being considered, the matter was continued to Dec. 27, at 11 a.m. Map of tract No. 315 was accepted as the official plotting of said tract. Plans and specifications for the construction of a new jail building as presented by John Parkinson, architect, were acceptor by the board. The clerk was authorized to cause notice to be published, that sealed proposals or bids will be received up to 11 a.m., January 24, 1922, for the erection and completion of a reinforced concrete building, publication to be made in the Santa Ana Daily Evening Register. County auditor was ordered to draw a warrant for $300 on the advertising fund in favor of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, same to be used for advertising Orange county. Contract of C. C. Murdy, for loading and hauling of gravel from Fairview pit and the grading of the Adams Mesa road, was accepted as completed, upon recommendation of superintendent of highways. Map of tract No. 176 was accepted as the official plotting of said tract. Purchasing agent was authorized to sell one tank for $10.00 and an old mule for $10, same being property of Orange county. The chairman was authorized to sign lease with Charles F. Smith on quarters at 111 East Third street, Santa Ana. Even an artificial blush is better than none. Clothes moths during their growth pass through different stages known as the adult or moth miller, the worm or larva, and the pupa stages. It is only the larva or worm that damages fabrics. The moth miller merely lays the eggs from which the worms hatch. Cedar chests do not kill the moth miller, its eggs, or pupae. Neither do they kill the larvae or worms after they have become one-half to full grown. Cedar chests, it has been found, do kill young worms. Practically all moth worms hatching within the chests die within one or two weeks after hatching, and a surprisingly large number die within two or three days. Of the warms hatching within cedar chests, from the 2074 eggs recorded in experimental work, none were found alive ont month from the date the eggs were placed in the chests. Since cedar chests killed only the very young worms, it is of great importance that clothing life brushed and beaten before it is placed in them. If this is thoroughly lone, the older resistant worms are removed and many of the eggs and young worms are killed. EXTENSION WORKERS FAVOR DEMONSTRATION The success of the boys' pig clubs in Kings county, in stimulating interest in farm demonstrations, led to the inauguration of a hog-production contest among the men in the various farm bureau centers. Each farm bureau center raised a carload of fat hogs. Each carload was required to have at least six consignors, representing six separate farms of the district. These carloads were brought together at the county seat and judged for the best carload, for the best con- Henry Ford speaks his discredited doctrine on But protection is all ripe is the beneficiary. His protection of development of mobile manufacturing likely he has no need to now, for his quantity is such that he can cost than anyone else. American industry has listed under a protec- brought to such a star that it can supply them and export a surplus surplus representing wealth of the nation. signment, and for the best individual. The hogs were then sold at auction to the highest bidder under the regular auction system used for the hog auction sales. This contest has been carried on for two years and is planned for a third year. In 1920 six farm bureau centers each raised a carload of hogs, and another carload was raised by the boys in agricultural clubs. Several thousand people attended the pork-day celebration and witnessed the judging of the results and the awarding of the prizes. Since the methods by which the winning hogs are raised and fed are part of the announced results of the contest, these demonstrations have succeeded in bringing these improved methods of production to general attention throughout the county. TO MAKE STATE SAFE FOR ALL A hope that motorists will get so tired of hearing the word "accident" repeated over and over that they will stop causing accidents has been expressed by officials of the Automobile Club of Southern California in considering a new plan for making this part of the state safe for all. It is the general adoption of the "vigilante" scheme as employed for the past two months in Los Angeles, during which time 1448 auto owners received warnings to be more careful from the safety bureau of the automobile club. If this plan is put into operation throughout the southern counties, 100 public spirited citizens will be chosen from each community to aid the auto club in curbing accidentitis. These citizens, who will be operators of automobiles, will be furnished with secret numbers and with traffic cards on which to mark the state license numbers of law offenders as they observe them in this section. All cards will be mailed to the near- HOW GOVERNMENT MONEY IS SPENT FOR ROADS How the government has employed federal aid funds for road building through the bureau of public roads, United States department of agriculture, among the various types of roads, is shown in a summary just prepared by the department. The tabulation covers the expenditure of $211,135,276.31 of federal aid funds from the beginning of the work when it was authorized by congress up to November 1, 1921, a period of 4 years and 4 months. That sum was applied toward the construction of 28,135 miles of roads. The total cost was $496,151,638.43. The average cost was $17,630 per mile. Nearly 36 per cent of the federal aid funds, of $75,600,279.30, went into the construction of 4653.6 miles of high grade concrete roads. Next in size were total appropriations of $47,192,895.41 federal aid funds applied to the building of 10,043.5 miles of gravel road, at a total cost of $104,614.066.71. Federal aid funds to the extent of $24,721,020.92 were applied during the period to the construction of 6864 miles of graded and drained roads, at a total cost of $55,704,253.78. High grade bituminous-macadam roads, of which 1323.2 miles were constructed, at a total cost of $41,412.actual operating cost, and while the premiums are increased, any portion of the original deposits made by motorists not used will be returned to the insured parties at the expiration of the policy, or when the policy is cancelled. Selfishness on the part of motorists who fail to lock their cars when leaving them at the curb, muttering to themselves as they jump out—"Oh well, what's the difference"—"I'm insured anyway, so let 'em steal it!" is one of the big causes which makes necessary for the raising of rates by er they are insured or not, but even more particularly if they are insured, there would be no necessity of making higher rates, say club officials, because the club would not be put to such large expense in paying for the losses. SEEK DELIVERY OF STOCK BY ESTATE Action to force delivery of 1000 shares of stock in the Mutual Water company of Escondido to the estate of the late Betty Fischer and Frank X. Fischer was filed in the superior court by Hugh A. Mills as administrator of the estate. Contract for purchase of the stock, which is valued at $2000, was entered into. It was alleged, in 1912 between the Fischers and W. E. Alexander, president of the Escondido Land and Planting company. Alexander is defendant in the present action. In case of inability to produce the stock the plaintiff asks judgment for $2000, with interest since 1916. REDEEMING CAMPAIGN PLEDGE The budget sent to congress by the president calls for appropriations totaling just over $3,500,000,000, nearly half a billion below the estimated expenditure for the current fiscal year, and more than two billions under the actual expenditures for the year 1921. This is a showing that must encourage the country and revive the hopes of taxpayers, who have come to look upon the government as a huge machine for impounding wealth to be dissipated through bureaus and boards. It is a fruther practical redemption of a campaign pledge, made in sincerity and now being carried out in good faith. Mr. Harding and the congress elected with him were devoted by the platform to revision of If this plan is put into operation throughout the southern counties, 100 public spirited citizens will be chosen from each community to aid the auto club in curbing accidentitis. These citizens, who will be operators of automobiles, will be furnished with secret numbers and with traffic cards on which to mark the state license numbers of law offenders as they observe them in this section. All cards will be mailed to the nearest county office of the automobile club, from which the letters of warning will be sent out, if the plan is actually put into operation. Club officials are seeking expressions of opinion locally as to whether or not the most careful motorists believe it to be a good thing. Warnings are sent to the offending individual before they are finally turned over to the police, but it has so far proved sufficient to address letters of advice to those reported by the vigilance committee members. SMOOT WAS READY Senator Reed Smoot was right on deck with his tariff amendments, following the president's message to congress in which he discussed the tariff at considerable length. Senator Smoot had for some time previous to the publication of the message been working with President Harding on the amendments which are designed to put the chief executive's recommendations into concrete form. The amendments of Senator Smoot seek to give the president power to investigate conditions surrounding our import and manufacturing industries and to make such changes in rates with respect to given lines as may be found necessary, the increases or decreases not to exceed 50 per cent of the rates provided in the law. He provides two methods, the one dealing with the right to increase or decrease rates on the basis of foreign values, the other permitting similar action coincident with the application of the American valuation plan. A third amendment deals with depreciated currency and authorizes the president to provide additional duties on imported merchandise where the currency of the country of origin has depreciated more than 5 per cent from the value of the pure metal of its standard coin. Since the president and Senator Smoot have been working together on the plan, it is highly probable that the Smoot amendments meet with execu- Happy New Year We feel at the close of the year a desire to thank our patrons and friends for their unfailing support. We feel that contentment that comes from work well done and that courage that faces the future with asmile. In our store you will find our customary line of fine Cakes, Pastry, Cookies, and the Famous Dresser's Bread. Dresser's Bakery 307 W. Center. 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