Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-11-01
BEGINS TO
PAY new TAXF0R
wars EXPENSE
PEOPLE OF GRANGEVILLE ARE
BROUGHT IN CLOSE TOUCH
WITH COST OF FIGHT.
fare TO LEWISTON $3.35
Three Cents Postage Required on Let
ters Beginning Friday-Two
Cents on Postal Cards.

People of Grangeville today We're for
the first time brought into direct touch
with the new war tax. Today the peo-
Pile began to pay directly toward the
financial cost of the war.
Beginning tomorrow, the public will
put cents postage on letters instead of
2 cents, and drop letters and postal
cards, heretofore requiring only l-cent
stamp, must bear cents in postage.
The rate of postage is not affected on
printed cards bearing the words post
cardo or 'tprivate mailing card" the
postoffice department announces, In
case the cards do not bear any written
additions unauthorized on third-class
mail matter. Such printed cards are
subject to postage at the third-class
rate. Printed cards, however, mailed at
the 1-cent rate, cannot be forwarded
from the office of original address to
another postoffice without new prepay
ment of postage.
Letters May be Delayed.
Failure on the part of the public to
prepay the proper, amount of postage on
first-class matter will delay dispatch
and delivery of mail. If less than 3
cents postage is prepaid ON letter, it
will be returned to the sender, If known,
for deficient postage. If the sender is
not known, the letter will, if prepaid
at least 2 cents, be rated with the
deficient postage and dispatches to its
destination for. collection of the amount
due on delivery
Letters bearing less than cents post
age, where the sender is not known, win
be held at the postoffice of mailing and
notice sent to the person addressed to
forward deficient postage for the let
ter in question.
Tax on Railroad Tickets.
paid on railway tickets. The fare to
Lewiston, yesterday $40, today was
1885, the war tax being 25 cents
Price of admission to motion picture
theaters and other theaters charging
more than 5 cents admission, has been
, raised, because of a tax of l cent on
each l0-cent ticket or fraction thereof
a special theater tax, and a program
| tax. r st'
| A tax of | cent for each 90 cents
charged becomes effective on freight
and express packages, together with q
1-eent tax on parcel post packages cost
ing for carriage 25 cents or more.
There is4 a tax of 5 cents ON telegraph
or telephone messages costing Is cents
or more, and taxes on fire and life in
surance.
Stamp taxes on bonds, promissory
notes, bills of sale and playing cards dc
not become effective until December l.
Theater Operator Is Bookkeeper.
The U. s., internal revenue office
leaves every theater operator free to dc
his own bookkeeping, but suggests that
the form submitted to approval of the
internal revenue office is acceptable to
the agents and inspectors of the in.
ternal revenue office.
The war tax going into effect on No,
vember l, means that the exhibitor 5
duty to levy the tax and TO keep a
proper record of it begins ohtNovember
!, the internal revenue office an.
nounces. The exhibitor is. expected to
have his report to the internal revenue
office ready by Dec |, l9l7. Blanks
for preparing such reports may be oh.
ttained at the internal revenue branches
any time after November /.