The Cottage Grove sentinel., January 03, 1963, Image 8

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t h e ir p
to b u v
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the
in g w ith th e soul o f A m e ric a
N o w som e th in k i t ’ s c o m m u n i“'
o th e rs say i t ’s the liq u o r t r a il
b u t I th in k w e had b e tte r inclu .,1*
e v o lu tio n .
N o w , A n • e ric a ,
d e s p ite
c>ur
fa u lts and fa ilin g s • is at ( • . art
a C h ris tia n n a tio n . o th e rw is e
w o u ld be m u ’ h lik e th e s;
le a d e rs o f Ru.« sia and C h in a B u t,
le t us e x a i lin e th e th e o ry of f ev-
o lu tio n w f ich has w a rp e d the
m in d s o f io m a n y c o lle g e
d e n ts anti p ro fe s s o rs . T h e y a ll
ta lk a b o u t M o th e r N a tu re . > ow,
w h ile we i a ll e n jo y th e beat tie s
and rnyste i rie s o f n a tu re and the
ir v c lo u í w a y th a t she p ro v id e s
fo r h e r ow n w ith f u r and fe a th ­
e rs and food d u rin g th e te r r ib le
w in te rs , to m a n «¡he is less than
a step m o th e r He m a y go out in
th e fie ld and fin d som e food if
he can h e a t th e b e a rs a nd bugs
to it, b u t. a b o u t c lo th e s , she
seem s to sa y “ fu rn is h y o u r < >wn
c lo th e s o r fre e z e , you d o n ’t
long to m e .“ and p o o r m a n
to do so O u r n u d is t c u lts r la y
th in k i t ’s s m a r t to d e fy th e »I p -
m e n ts b u t as soon as o ld n tan
w in te r co m e s a lo n g th e y « v ili
clo th e s lik e ra h
h id e in th t
in a den
W hen A b ra h a m L in c o ln w as a
yo u n g m a n he w o re out h is s h irt.
M o th e r ( ° ) N a tu re d id n o t g iv e
a ra p so he w e n t to see a s p in s ­
te r and she a g re e d to w e a v e h im
a L in s e y W o o lse y s h ir t if he
w o u ld s p lit 3,000 r a ils f o r h e r
W h a t a w h a le o f a b a rg a in she
got. e n o u g h t r a ils to fe n c e in her
e n tire f a r m
T hose o f us who
have s p lit r a ils k n o w th a t i t ’s no
fu n . B u t w h a t w as s te p -M o th e r
N a tu re d o in g 0 She w a s d o llin g
up p h e a s a n ts and p e a c o c k s in
ra in b o w c o lo rs so th a t th e y could
f l i r t w ith t h e ir m a te s .
B u t, w h o is ta m p e r in g w ith the
soul o f A m e ric a ? T h e D a rw in ia n
th e o ry has done so fo r 100 ye a rs
so th a t m a n y p e ople a re b e g in ­
n in g to fe e l and a c t lik e apes, do­
in g as o th e rs do. A n y s c ie n tis t can
te ll us th a t th e fa c ts o f re v e rs io n
to ty p e by a flo c k o f p ig e o ns r e ­
leased on an is la n d k n o c k s evo-
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Salem
Scene
b y R o b e r t H . E is n e r
( E D I T O R ’S N O T E : A w e e k ly
re p o r t. “ Salem S ce n e .” w ill be
p u b lis h e d d u rin g th e 1963 l^egis-
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g ta ff
m e m b e r o f A s s o c ia te d O reg o n
• II
E
A lth o u g h m a n y issues w ill c o n ­
th e 1963 Legislature the
one lik e ly to c o n c e rn m ost O re ­
g o n ia n s c e n te rs a ro u n d the s tro n g
p o s s ib ility o f a ta x in c re a s e .
N e w o r h ig h e r ta x e s o f som p
•• pe s< 1 m bw v itaMe dotM
n e x t b ie n n iu m
O reg o n is fa c e d
• ra n ng from $40 •
to $50 m illio n S ta te la w p ro h ib ­
its o p e ra tin g in th e re d , w h ic h
m eans th a t a d d itio n a l re v e n u e
w ill h a v e to he o b ta in e d th ro u g h
taxes in the p a rt Oregon has
been a b le to m e e t its p o te n tia l
d e fic its b y fa llin g ba ck on e x is t- j
ing b u d ge t s u rp lu se s. B u t n o w , I
i' o i '
doctor,
lawyer,
merchant?
the s u rp lu s is gone.
E d u c a tio n a c c o u n ts fo r one o f
th e la rg e s t e x p e n d itu re s in th e
e n e ra l fund budget T h is a n d .
o th e r “ b u ilt in ” costs a re ne ce s­
s a ry — and o fte n d if f ic u lt o r im ­
p o s s ib le to a vo id .
The two gentlemen from the state aeronautics board the I
Gr<
con
and the federal aviation board were, to put it mildly, sur­ re a d )
prised and somewhat dismayed at last week’s public hear­ bon
Wh
w,
•n iy
ing on the proposed Cottage Grove airport. They attended
Tax Increase in Store
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the meeting with only one purpose in mind . . .to explain A erona
E v e n i f th e L e g is la tu r e t r im *
why the site was chosen and to answer any questions about w e wei
the S ta te b u d ge t to the bone, it
Thur
is a p p a re n t th a t som e ty p e o f
fro m
the site. Instead, they found themselves in the middle of a m eet ini
ta x in c re a s e is in sto re .
n tl
W alk»“ a ir-
two hour hassle over “invasions of privacy," “a fair price b o a rd
O re g o n ’s la w m a k e rs w’ill have
for property,’’ and the “poor way the whole thing was p o It rt is w av, m one
to d e te rm in e th e so u rc e — o r sour- (
th is
handled.’’
ces— o f th is a d d itio n a l re ve n u e .
W Ik e r
m e e tin g tha
p o rt
I t w o n ’t be easy, and w ill re-
th e
The comments came from persons owning property in has too n a rr
q u ire c a re fu l s c r u tin y and d e lib -
w]
the proposed site, each attending the meeting to protest in i,r°P°
e ra tio n T h e y m a y even d e cid e to
a h ill to the east,
no uncertain termR to the proposed site. This, the two gen- bv “ r iv e r d and
hold a s p e c ia l e le c tio n w h ile the
fo r th is a ir p o r t and
tlemen later admitted, was an unusual situation for them. is p ro a ve c s q u ire
L e g is la tu r e is in session, to let
in a d e q u a te la te r — and
“Usually," they commented, “everyone is ‘all for’ and air­ th is is fe a s ib le as w e w e re a l­
the v o te rs d e te rm in e h o w — o r if
— a d d itio n a l ta x e s w ill be le v ie d .
port and the people are enthusiastic." This obviously was re a d y to ld by th e a e ro n a u tic s
T r a d itio n a lly , O re g o n
v o te rs
m a n th a t p la n e s la n d in g on th is
not the case last Thursday night.
have opposed a s ta te w id e sales
fie ld w ill have to use a non s ta n ­
Attending the meeting was a group of disturbed people d a rd f lig h t p a tte rn — w ill it he
ta x . S e n tim e n t s t ill seem s to fo l-
who were faced with but one alternative . . . either sell n e ce ssa ry la te r to co n d e m n and
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this pattern, and m ost o b ­
s e rv e rs p re d ic t th a t a d o p tio n o f
their property or face condemnation by the eitv. And. al­ ta k e m o re o r th»“ re st o f o u r p la ­
a sales ta x is u n lik e ly .
though one ladv at the meeting wondered whv last week’s ces to e n la rg e th is f ie ld ’’
One o f th e m ost w id e ly a d v o ­
A nd w h e re w ill th is s to p 0
Sentinel carried headlines reading “Cottage Grove’s Air­ W
ca te d is a c ig a re tte ta x . A t p re s ­
ill th e people as < w h o le in
port. Condemnation Necessary?”, it b«d certainlv reached C o tta g e G ro v e and ai ea b e n e fit
ent. O re g o n is the o n ly s ta te in
this point by last Thursday night The eitv council bad fro m th is a ir p o r t? O r, w ill it he
th e U n io n w ith o u t som e fo rm o f
Of tht SO -ta te s .
stated prior to the meeting it was in favor of t h e airport a h a z a rd 0
d m essage 47 now im p o se a to b a c c o ta x . T he
I h a ve re a d an a
H e n ry W h e th a r
and would, through due process of the law, condemn t h e
tin g th a t o th e r tw o — N o rth C a ro lin a and
s
ta
f
r
om
o
u
te
r
!spacic
R o u te 1, B ox 2
land if necessary.
“ m a n a rr iv e d on th e ie a rth as a C o lo ra d o — s u b je c t
c ig a re tte s to
C o tta g e G ro v e .
v ir g in p la n e t 18 m illlio n v e a rs e ith e a sales ta x o r a lo c a l c o m ­
Franklv, we don’t blame the property owners for being
ape.
b
u
t
as
a
an
i
o
"
n
o
t
as
aj
m u n ity ta x .
disturbed. We feel they had good reason to be in a lather.
an. H o w a r lit u h e re he ca m p
ta x
First, with few exceptions, they said they had not been
Soul o f A m erica f r om is not st a ted Bu1 sin c e Ve- in c P lu ro d p e o n G e o n v ts e rn o o f r a M c a ig rk a re H tte
a tfie ld ,
approached with any offers for their property.
e a w a rm
n iis is b e lie v e d to
S p e a k e r o f the House. C la re n c e
not B a rto n < D -C o q u ille ) and A s s o c i­
lm a te w h e re clo th e s a re
Second, they said surveyors had trespassed on their T h is is a new y e a r w h ic h m eans
m c fro m
ated O reg o n In d u s trie s , th e s ta te ­
property, ‘‘had not been gentlemen enough” to ask if thev new t r ia ls , b a ttle s and p o ssib le nr*eded he m a y h i1 VP Í•o
th e re in a spa ce sih ip . Be th a t as w id e business a s s o c ia tio n .
v ic to rie s .
could do so.
s D igest fo r it m a y , th e m vs te r y o f m a n ’s
Cigarette Tax?
Third, they said they knew nothing about possible S e A p te w m r it b e e r r w in a n Header
or ig in is m u c h ea s ie r so lve d by
ts to know if I ’ ro t
T a xe s ra n g in g fro m th re e cents
condemnation until thev rear! it in the newspapers.
e s ta n tis m can be saved It sure th e th e o ry o f c treat io n t han b y the to f iv e ce n ts p e r p a c k on c ig a r ­
o f e v o lu tio n
Fourth, they wondered why this particular site had can if th e y w ill ju s t w a k e up the
e tte s h ave been suggested, b u t
D o r v in D u d e c k .
4 ce n ts seem s to be a lik e ly c o m ­
been chosen and whv no consideration hail been given the Ix iy d Jones of th e T u ls a T rib u n e
C o tta g e G ro ve
w
a
n
ts
to
know
“
w
h
o
is
ta
m
p
e
r
p ro m is e E s tim a te s a re th a t th is
Walker airport. (They were later told that the site had
w o u ld p ro d u c e fro m $14 m illio n
been selected as moRt desirable by aviation officials, al­
to $19 m illio n p e r b ie n n iu m .
though no survey had been made of the Walker airport.)
A n o th e r
p ro p o s a l
in c lu d e s i
And. fifth, they asked why there were no reoresenta-
b ro a d e n in g the s ta te in c o m e ta x
tives of the city’s aeronautics committee at the public bear­
base As suggested by the g o v ­
e rn o r in his re c e n t bu d ge t r e c ­
ing, (It was this committee’s work over the past years that
o m m e n d a tio n s , th is w o u ld be a
brought the reouest for an airjwart to its present standing.)
net re c e ip ts ta x . w ith
a
ra te
We would like to know the answer to this last question
sch e d ule o f 1 to 6 p e rc e n t. U n d e r
ourselves. So would the two men from the aeronautics and
it, e v e ry w age e a rn e r w o u ld p a y
federal aviation board. Mayor Workman said, after the
a t le a st i p e rc e n t, and n e a rly
a ll d e d u c tio n s w o u ld he e lim in a t ­
meeting, that he had invited all five members.
ed
And, there is another thing that disturbed us about the
/
by D on M a s o n , C h a m b e r of C o m m e rc e M a n a g e r
P ro p o n e n ts say th a t it is m o re
hearing Innuendoes were made by residents, accompanied
e q u ita b le th a n a sales ta x . B oth
by snickers, and were phrased something like this “We
b u siness and o rg a n iz e d la b o r a g ­
F a s o ld , .Nv
a re P J Bush
lie i
know where the money is coming from.” Although the o f A c o le m tte m r o n w th•n to the a w m eek,
ree th a t a sales ta x h its the lo w e r
H al Me
le G iffo rd , D .t ’ . John?
in c o m e g ro u p s h a rd e s t. A 1 p e r ­
people were told other interested companies were making should lx pi in ed T h is I l\ has C a ll. E ugene Cutts.
Ja m e s
cent gross in c o m e ta x , fo r e x ­
Pe
contributions, no one, either in the audience or on the eitv ta k e n the
to th a n k
ie bus- G a n t, R ic h a rd Hcadlc« He
a m p le . w o u ld cost the low in co m e
v o r W( k ui tin.
council, stated the obvious answer, “the maior part of the inessm en lib v o m e ri o f o tta g e te rs e n an
ta x p a y e r less th a n if he w e re r e ­
itte e s and
P lu s tin
• ip
money is coming from the Woodard Foundation." It cer­ G ro v e I
q u ire d to p a y a 3 p e rc e n t sales
•s W e
c e o f <•
•n (hat h ave
tainly was no secret. nor should it have lieen treated as one. fa
tax Yet 37 slat< r e lj on a sales
fin d th a t
e s s fu l. T o
ta x as th e ir p rin c ip a l o r a m a jo r
The Woodard Foundation didn’t treat it secretively; in fact tim e to ? T H A N I Y O U
ship,
K
en
fe
M
e
n
d
nam e
re v e n u e source.
they knowingly let it be reported in a story appearing on w o n th a t m ea n s in uc 1
ro u c h -
la-
tio n , Don
O liv e r
Limited Sales Tax?
page one of the November 22, 1962 issue of the Sentinel. cost » lu t i
i
l
a
r
r
y
nd
Signs,
e r ; H ig h w
O ther tax p o ssib ilities include:
Ia
im
-
I
R in g la n d ;
cation, He
If a public hearing is to be as oj>en as the one held last
\ lim ite d sales ta x . on lux
tra d r
al
D e v e ’ •m e n t,
b a rd ;
Inc
week, then why not call a spade a spade?
u ry items This is advocated by
me
k Stai a c h e r.
J e r r y lie n on. (
Sen W lit e r P e a rs o n ( I ) P o rtla n d )
We feel our opinion of the proposed airport is an ob­ fo r
pati
d
m ens’
ßusim
B ud
B abcock;
w h o h i s a lso u rg e d a s ta te w id e
jective one. It is a controversial subject, and like most con­
C o m m itte e , H e n
P e te r ii and ta x elc :tio n d u rin g th e L e g is la t­
troversial subjects it has two sides.
this
L ig h t
W a yn e B a le y , and the
iv e ses io n to le t th e v o te rs de-
>n and
S a le ; P u b lic ity , B u r t 1
On one side we recognize the money has been appropri­
c id e .
P ete
R ya n
The
out H id in g
ated for the airport by the federal government. The amount ed
— A n in c re a s e in liq u o r p ric e s
anned b y a b o u t 15 cents p e r b o ttle , c o u ­
m on th ly me •tin g s w e re
the city must pay to turn the land over to the proper offi­
a lie n e e
D r Jame s G a n t,
p le d w ith th e e lim in a tio n o f the
cials will be borne by private interests. An airport will
ie k in d I
in be p ro u d o f th c
a n n u a l $1 liq u o r p u rc h a s e r’s p e r ­
attract tourists and businessmen using airplanes as speedy
ns an«
zen of the
m it fee. G o v e rn o r H a tfie ld also
transportation. These are gains for Cottage Grove.
•
G ro ve
>etter has p ro p o se d th is as a m eans of
On the other hand, and this is purely wishful thinking,
, i .
»
p la c e to liv e .
ra is in g í i (Id 11 iona 1 fu n d s,
note, long os ’ 1 ‘
B u t let us n o t re s t on w h a t we
we wish the federal money was going to street repairs, t (“lid
W h a te i r e r the o u tc o m e , it ap-
"e D e p a rî
a lr e a d y a c c o m p li'<hed L e t p e a rx . ce r ta in th a t in c o m e — the
something the city needs much more than it does an air­ Post
us lo o k ito w h a t has to be done ta x p a y e r s — w ill be one of the
port. Because the proposed site is quite close to Cottage
m a jo r tr •pics o f th e 1963 O rc gon
fo
r
a
n
n
re
»1 1963 - - to keep C o tta ge G ro v e
w
o
rld
is
s
ta
rv
e
d
Grove the safety factor is still a bit disturbing to us, even
L e g is la tiv e A s s e m b ly
it f r •nt
though aviation authorities assured us the proposed s i t e
“ S a le m S cene” w ill a p p e a r r e ­
Mr
ird e n
O ur
had Deen “cheekt'd out” and the safety factor is definitely
c o m - g u la r ly . w ith f ir s t h a n d re p o rts ,
there.
W e ll p re v ie w s and in te rv ie w s th ro u g h ­
d of
out th e session
And, finally, we sympathize with the property owners
who felt they had been treated unfairly when then land
was surveyed without their j>ermission, and they were in­
formed of possible condemnation even before, as they com­
plained, they had received offers for their land. Now they
say, there isn’t much time to negotiate with appraisers
happening» in other towns • » reported in their newspaper»
We think it’s a poor way to do business.
la r ly c h e rrie s and p ru n e s r e s u lt­
Ag Income Up
ed in a s u b s ta n tia l in c re a s e in
a
Row 1: David Pattee, »on of M r. and Mrs. Frank D. Pattee,
Cottage Grove. Sheri Lynn Zuvich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Zuvich, Cottage Grove. Grant Timothy Hughes, son of
Mr. and. Mrs. Vergil Hughes Cottage Grove.
Row 2: Jack Kirk, son of Mrs. Dova A. Kirk, Cottage Grove.
Deena Renee Kinzer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Kin­
zer, Cottage Grove. Shirley Irene Crane, daughter of M r. and
Mrs. Donald Crane, Cottage Grove.
citizens
of tomorrow
report from
f fsunshine plaza
A »
».
.....
Row 1: Michael Perkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Perkins,
Cottage Grove. Dougie Atkinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Atkinson, Cottage Grove. Dorel Ellenburg, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dorel Edenburg, Cottage Grove.
Row 2: Ricki Banton, son of M r . and Mrs. Don Banton, Cottage
Grove. Raymond Dean Thayer, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray­
mond Thayer, Cottage Grove. Barbara Hammack, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Hammack, Cottage Grove.
oilier papers - oilier towns
ni tu r
Remember When...
S m M m
ì
ne c n a m n e i
d
i?
n in
1961
file » !
N el
Five Years A g o
M r. and M r». R o b e rt Reach and
tw o sons Rex and V e rn o n w ere
k ille d in th e c ra s h o f th e ir p ri
v a te p la n e w h ile re tu rn in g hom e
fr o m a
C h ris tm a s
v is it to a
d a u g h te r 's h o m e in C a lifo rn ia
D am o n Scott was na m e d head
o f th e new c ity p la n n in g b o a rd
b y M a y o r Jess H ill.
Ten Years Ago
f ir s t baby b o rn
a r r iv a l w.i W illi
son o f M i and
N it
OtV
Y e a rs A q
t onstru<
w ill he sp
h o lid a y s i
a r r iv in g a
b asin is m
J e ffrrs o '
a ccom pan
bv
c r B e rt TYi »»k
w ent ca
la st
T h e c it y a c c o u n tin g syste m w as
d ec la re d deficient by state aud i­
to rs w h o had ch e e k (“d th e c ity
b o o ks. H e lp m a y be needed fro m
Twenty Years Agi
th e s ta te to set u p a new txx>k-
keeping system
The w o rst flo tx l i
J. S. C rep eau took o ver the oi
passed C ottage Gr<
fle e of M a y o r fro m F. H. Dole- th e ('o tta g e G rove
m an
age aloni Row River
J a n ic e
I-a
W a yn e
S c h m itt, b y C reek
I used m an y
d a u g h te r o f M r. a nd M r» . W ayne o f d o lla r
to (a n
b c h liu t t o f L iy $m>. “Ifeiufc' wws th e ra n c h e rs in lost fences and
«
Cecile Kebelbeck, daughter of M r. end
Mrs. Carl Kebelbeck, Cottage Grove.
Sherry Prager, daughter of Mr. end Mrs.
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area children.
Jeffery and Randy Loyd,
tons of Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Loyd. Cottage Grove
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