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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1976)
I Sunday bidders compete for top notch deals going... gone to the auctions! By JUUE MORTON Of the Emerald Will ya go eight, will ya go eight, go nine, go nine, now nine, do I hear ten, do I hear ten? Sold. To the man with the red hat on. A wooden desk - $10. They come for two reasons, one. to buy things cheeper, and two. to find things they wouldn't find anywhere else, says one reg ular consigner at the Meadow View Auction. Laurie Hoover, of 1120 W. 26th opens its doors at 11 a.m„ every Sunday at 4350 Highway 99, be tween Junction City and Eugene. Bundles of wire, fresh vegeta bles, garden tools, appliances, sewing machines, boxes of toys, dishes, just about everything is auctioned off. A few miles north, at 495 High way 99, the Auction Center is sel ling its wares. "They have mostly furniture, more antiques, and there are more dealers to bargain with, says Sean Choquette, who recently moved to Eugene from Massachusetts. “Back East, when school starts, auction houses are filled with students. The stuff is cheaper here than it is anywhere.” St. has a third reason "It's a nice atmosphere, a variety of people and something to do on a Sun day," she says. The Meadow View Auction Choquette has already ac quainted himself with area auc tions. An avid auction Kgt be us surprised at ^I^Kof Events at auctions. "Back East when school starts auction houses are filled with stu dents. The stuff is cheaper here than it is anywhere,'' he says. Auction dealers are easily rec ognized. They maintain an air of knowing what they want, and knowing how to bid — with a wink or a nodded head “I just stumbled into an auction about 15 or 20 years ago, bought a few items and I guess I just got caught up in if says Walter Far ris, auctioneer and part-owner of B and F Furniture Auction. Auctioning died for awhile, Far ris says but now it is coming back into its own. Whether the auction is in a warehouse lighted by uncovered light bubs, with folding chairs for seating, or in a wooden barn, lighted by uncovered light bulbs, with wooden benches for seating, each carries its own mood and each is accented with stacks and stacks of merchandise. The bar gains are varied, the action often clownish and the mood conta gious. "I don’t really know if this works," says one auctioneer of 14 years, holding up an electric mixer. Smiling, he adds the mixer to a crate of dishes — $1. Do I hear $2? Three-way candidates’ debate... Elliot’s policies questioned By STEVE ROSS Of the Emerald Democrat Frank Elliot's perfor mance as county commissioner became a prime target for salvos fired during a three-way candi dates debate sponsored by AM radio station KUGN and the Eugene Register-Guard in Harris Hall Tuesday. Andy Maxon, Republican candidate for commissioner, and Jerry Rust, an Independent, at tacked Elliot for voting to raise commissioners' salaries to over $30,000 a year. Rust and Maxon oppose Elliot in Position No. 3 of the county commissioner s race. “Mr. Elliot has been at the trough long enough," said Rust, accusing the present commis sioners of “lining their own pock ets" while in office. Elliot defended the commis sioners' salaries, saying $30,000 is less than salaries paid in private industry for similar high-level management positions. Maxon disagreed. "You could line up all the businessmen on Wil •amette Street who make over $30,000 a year, shoot a cannon down the street, and you probably wouldn't hit anyone,” he said. Elliot suggested the county commissioners' good manage ment had saved the county mill ions of dollars, and therefore peo ple with sound management skills should be encouraged to serve Elliot pledged that if re-elected he would save the county money by eliminating many employes in mid-management positions. "We Oregon Daily Emerald trim ,ci rxioJoU .v.abeonbo H are paying $25 or $30,000 for people we need like a hole in the head," he said. When asked whether they would be willing to serve on a fu ture 15-member county board at a part-time salary of under $5,000 a year, both Max on and Rust said they would. Elliot, however, re plied negatively. “I owe my family something," he said. Elliot added he opposes low salaries for commissioners on the grounds that in private industry "the boss must make more than the people who are working under him, or his credibility is de stroyed." At this point Rust sarcastically invited Elliot to re-enter the private sector. "We need people who are dedicated to public service, " Rust said. When questioned by a member of the audience, all three candi dates stated they would vote "no” on the upcoming jail bond issue. Elliot called the present jail plan a "bad compromise. " “Let's go back and build a new jail on the armory site," he added. Rust agreed that the plan to re novate a “rotten old jail" is a poor one. He favored the construction of a new facility which would in clude a mental health unit and an honor farm. Maxon objected to the expense involved in including a mental health unit in the jail, and said that for this reason he opposes the bond issue. Maxon restated his opposition to continued public building prog rams in Eugene. He said he would not necessarily favor building a social services building, even if federal funds were provided for the project. Elliot said a new social services building is unnecessary at this time since sufficient county office space is available. In answer to a question con cerning the county commission ers' ability to represent the in terests of rural Lane County resi dents, Max on and Rust cited the need to expand the board from three to five members. Rust said having only three commissioners gives them too much power. Each of the three candidates denied being a “city boy," and in sisted they would be able to rep resent rural residents. f'wo by Tana Houg Area auctions provide items for the community or student consumer at a “bargainabie" price. 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