2—Port O rford Newt,
T h u n d ty , January 30,
Telephone Installations Are
Index of Business Conditions
Big Crowd Hears Abe Woodson
19t>4
Rural Area Development Group
Talks Up County-wide Publicity
H arry C lark, extension area a bet il we do not cap italize on
d e v e lo p m en t s p e c i a l i s t , was the fact th a t Curry county is a
k eynote speak er at th e January w in te rtim e v ac a tio n la n d . Em
14 m e e tin g of the Curry County phasis is n eed ed o n this point to
R ural A rea D evelopm ent C om exten d th e tou rist season a n d
m itte e . C lark noted th a t local m ake business m ore profitable. '
Cy Z eig ler p o in ted out th at it
p eo p le h a v e to be concerned
before a c tiv e county advertis was too la te to prepare a bro
ing c a n be brought about. He chure for th e co m in g season be
said th a t if lo c a l people get to cause it was a slow process and
g eth er to study t h e situation, pictures w ere needed. He said I
they should be able to com e up em phasis should be p lace d on
w ith som e good suggestions tor providing in fo rm atio n to local
advertising th e county and im p eople to im prove t h e tourist
proving th e tourist and recrea industry.
A m o tio n was m ade by Bob
tio n industry. Local people need
to know m ore about th e tourist Knox t h a t e a c h of the three
a ttra c tio ra in t h e county and cham bers appoint th ree persons
they n e e d to realize th a t all peo to s e n t on a coun ty -w id e ad
p le do not lik e the sam e thing. v ertising p lan to present to the
Cl ark suggested several ways to County Court. T he m otion was
advertise for tourism , such as passed. The secretary agreed to
e n tic in g p eo p le w ith bits of in co n tac t the th ree cham bers to
te re stin g inform ation aof giving set a date and p lace for the first
satisfying ex p erien ce to people m eetin g .
so th ey w ill " a n t to com eback.
The county m ap developed
He in d ic a te d th a t the publicitv by th e Curry County Parks and
type of advertising was effec R eereatio n C o m m issio n w as dis
tiv e. but was also expensive.
cussed. This was considered a
County advertising in Lincoln good m ap b u t m odifications
County is done by a county ad w ere need ed and it w as suggest
vertising c o m m itte e consisting ed th at the com m ission be con
Of n ine persons appointed by the ta c te d at th e ir next m eetin g re
county court t r o m the entire lativ e to m ak in g som e changes
county. The c o m m itte e budgets in this map.
for advertising and the county
Lee H ein, Brookings, discus
court approves expenditures He sed the proposed g o l f course
in d ic a te d th a t this was an ef: ac
\B1 WOODS«. N, the San Fran
north of Brookings. He in d icated
tiv e m ethod although there were
cisco Forty-Niner» outstanding
th a t it need ed fin an cin g andsup-
o th er e ffe c tiv e ways of doing it
defensive r u n -b a c k artist and
port from the peo p le in the Cold
s u c h as a county cham ber o:
National Football League A ll-
Beach area. It was thought th at
co m m erce or a county co m m it
Star. th rilled a huge crowd ot
a golf course w ould g reatly aid
te e m ade up of m em bers of the the tourist and re c re a tio n indus
sports fans last Thursday night
cham bers of co m m erce ir. the
w i t l i tales of his pro football
try in th e county . It was poin'.ed
county.
The first m e etin g of the Curry playing and a 15-m inute m ovie
out th at many people i r the Cold
E r n i e N elson, Port eTtorc, Beach area are re lu c ta n t to as county ch am b er ol co m m erce of his tamous run-back«. During
president of th e Oregon Coast
sist because of th e possibility of c o m m i t t e e w ill be tonight. h is off-season. Woodson is a
\sso ciatio n , briefly discussec another golf course being built Thursday .January 30, in th e e x public relations rep resentative
th e a c tiv itie s o fth e aisociation. on th e W cdderbum ranch.
tension office of the courthouse for the Sperry and H utchinson ,
H e said many brochures on the
The group w ill discuss county - Co. in s i n F rancisco Shown
The m e etin g was adjourned
en tire coast w ere printed and w ith th e suggestion th a t the next w ide advertising at the S p. m w ith the tootball star are. lett
distributed throughout th Unit m eetin g be h e l d on the 2nd session. Local cham ber president to right. Robert Duhkoop, rone
ed States. He s a i d the Coast Tuesday of February .
Ira T ucker and past president m an ag er fo: the Sf-HCo.. W ood-
A ssociation could h elp in dis
Red M cW illiam s w ill represent son. Norm Baker, who arranged
trib u tin g brochures for C u r r y
Port Orford.
f o r the program , and George
C ounty if th ey w ere available.
Hahn, president of the Port Or
Bob Knox, C old Beach, said
ford-Langlois Q uarterback club
he thought radio advertising was
who sponsored the program , f o l
an ex c e lle n t m ethod for encour
low ing the film and talk. W ood-
aging people aboutthm gs to do
son answered questions ( t o m
in the county. He said the m ain
many m em bers of the audience
Ted Lovenberg. Smi:h River.
Many Curry County farm land
problem is not to get people to
and gave autographs.
C
a
lif,
was
elected
president
of
owners
may
be
able
to
hold
their
com e to the county but to get
taxes down in 1964 if they act Pacific Bulb Growers Associa
them to stay here longer.
\ rep resen tativ e from t h e promptly, according to Lou tion at the annual meeting of
Brookings C ham b er of C o m Oes:er, County extension agent :he organization Jan 22 at H ar
m erce sa id th e irc h a m b e rw o u ld Eligible to benefit are those bor. Joe Zumpfe. Harbor, was
be w illin g to help in any way whose property values have elec.ed vice president
and to co operate w ith the other been raised by urbanization or
If you have moved to Oregon
A report on a change in the
cham bers in the county . Brook other non-farm uses
grading and pricing of Easter recently, you need to obtain a
ings published a four co lo r bro
Owners of property used for lily bulbs was given The group driver's license as soon as resi
chure in 1961 at a cost of about farming have until Jan 31 to had voted not to make any dence is established, according
S2SOO. 00 for 25. 000 copies.
to the Department of Motor Ve
file with the County Assessor changes at this time. A repoi
\ representative of the Port for a special
assessment on on research on Easter lily bulb hicles
Orford C ham ber of C om m erce
The depat ment said some new
Provisions for product.on and marketing was
said th eir Cham ber is w illing to their property
residents have been charged
help and cooperate in any way. spec.a! assessment were pro- g-'en
Robert Hastings. Brookings, with failure to obtain a driver's
He said they feel th at a single vided in an act of the 1963 legis-
discussed his recent appoini- license and have indicated they
cham ber doesn 't have the fi lature.
The application for special as- ment to the advisory board of did not understand the law
nancing to do a good enough jo b
The d ifficu lty may stem from
and th at advertising should be sessment requires the assessor the agricultural research depart-
to verify that the property has ment at Oregon S ate Un.ver- the fact that the law permits
done on a county basis.
Cy Z eigler expressed an o p in been used for farming and to sity Hastings emphasized the new residents to continue to
ion th at it m ight be b etter to determine its present
farm importance of cooperation of operate non-commercial vehicles
h a v e individual brochures for use” value
If this value is growers in encouraging research on out-of-state plates until the
each of the three areas of the less than the full market value projects that are helpful to the end of their registration period
county. Bill C am pbell, county- the owner’s taxes for 1964 w ill industry.
but a Oregon driver's license
com m issioner, raised the ques- be levied on a lower farm use
A lter the banquet meet.ng must be obtained, even though
t i o n of w hether Curry County value
at Em ily's restaurar. . Henry the new Oregon resident may.
should p articip ate in ad v ertis
The difference between the Kerr, Brookings, showed slide- have an unexpired out-of-state!
ing w ith the R edwoodCoast As lower levy and the levy that of his travels in Africa and Thai license to drive
sociation. They have a program would have been made on the land
No Oregon license may be
that is larger than the Oregon fu ll market value will be def-
Other officers elected for the issued if an applicant is cur
Coast \ssociation but th ere was ferred This deferred portion, year were Mrs Robert Hastings,
rently under suspension or re
s o m e question as to w hether plus interest, w ill not become
treasurer; Lou Oester. Gold vocation in another state for
th ey would include Curry county
due and payable until the land Beach, secretary , and directors a reason that would be cause
as part of th e ir a s s o c i a t i o n .
use is changed, or unless the Arnold Samuelson, Smith River for suspension in Oregon
C am pbell also stated th a t a few ,
owner
fails to apply for special Walt Wallom. Brookings, Ken
Out-of-state licenses must be
years ago an organization c a l
led the Curry Coast ssociates assessment in succeeding years. Borough, Crescent City, and surrendered when applying for
an Oregon license.
printed a b r o c h u r e and the If neither of these events occur A lvin W'oodriff Harbor
County Court was stuck" w ith within five years, the portion
a great p a r t of the expense. deferred in the first year w ill
Some of these brochures are still be written o ff or cancelled. In
av ailab le and they are p rim ar othe words, the recapture of the
ily for sending to other areas to deferred portion goes back no
en tice tourists to com e to th e more than five years, Oes’.er ex
county.
plains
EdC arpenter, Cold Beach, said
Further details of the law
Budget forms to be used for nominal cost
he w o u l d officially represent can be obtained from the county the first time by the 732 tax-
Under the new budget law the
Gold Beach at the m eeting since assessor's office
levying units in Oregon other state's division of audits is
n o designated representative
than school districts have been to inform the Tax Commission
w a s present. The president of
mailed this week by the State of errors in budgeting when
the cham ber had ind icated th at VISIT FAMILY
Tax Commission for use by the audits are reviewed. The Com
they would be w illing to work
Mr. and M rs.Pat Paddocr. were various budget boards for the mission may also review budg
w i t h the rest of the county in v alley visitors last -.'eektiid at
ets at any stage of preparation
any w a y possible. C arp en ter the hom e of Mrs. Pa Jdocx's sis 1964-65 fiscal year
The approximately 500 school
To assist budget board mem-
stated th at most of the ad v er ter, Mrs. Shillington, in Junc
tising of the Gold Beach C ham tio n City and th eir daughter and districts throughout the state j,ers ¡n complying with the new
ber had been w ith radio. He a l h u sb an ^ Mr. and .Mrs.Paul Chap w ill have a different form sys- iaw the Commission is conduct-
so said he w ould be w illing to m an of C ottage Grove. T heir tern conforming to a standard ,ng sessions in various parts of
w o r k on a county co m m ittee gTandson, Jim C hapm an w ho is accounting procedure, which has the state, at the request of
w ith m e m b e r s of the other statio n ed at Fort Hood. Texas, been approved by the Tax Com- ‘ County Assessors, County Courts
cham bers of com m erce.
was hom e w ith his bride from mission The State Department or Commissions, and local of-
Jim Tweedy, Port O r f o r d , th a t state, co m p letin g the fam of Education is providing the ’ ficials.
pointed out th a t we are missing ily gathering.
Implementation of the new
school district forms and instruc
tions for their use.
budget law has been directed by
The general forms were pre Tax Commissioner Charles H.
pared by the Tax Commission Mack, as the Commission’s co
with the aid of an advisory gov ordinator; Assistant Attorney
ernment, county government, General Ira W Jones, assigned
certified
public
accountants. to the Commission's Law Sec-
public groups interested in tax tion, Allan Howells, the Commit-
matters, and the secretary of sion:s records supervisor; and
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
state’s audit division
James W. Van Galder, special
Second class m ail priv ileg es authorized at Port Orford, Ore.
Issuance of the forms is only q p a consultant.
one phase of the expanded re
Commissioner Mack reports
Louis L. Felsheim ..................................... Editor and Publisher
sponsibility given to the Tax ty,at a supply of the nine de
Paul L. Peterson .............................................. M anaging Editor
commission under the new local ferent forms to be used by all
Post O ffice Box 5
Port Orford, Oregon
budget law enacted by the 1963 .axing units other than school
Subscription
Legislature.
lis tric ts has been sent to each
In Curry C ounty (per year in a d v a n c e )......................... $3.00
The Commission is also re bounty Assessor in case extra
Outside Curry County ..................................................... $3. 50
quired to make rules and regu- :Opies are needed
S ingle C o p y ....................................................................... 10 Cents
lations necessary to administer j -p),e Commission’s forms w ill
A nnouncem ents, N otices, News and A dvertising
the new budget law. These in je used by boards in 36 counties,
M ust be in the O ffice by 5:00 p. m. Tuesday
structions are contained in a ¡19 cities, 204 fire districts, 108
42-page volume, “ Budget Man water districts, 11 zoning dis-
ual for Muncipal Corporations," ricts, 36 sanitary districts, 50
N A T IO N A t
E D I T O R I A L prepared by the Commission and 'emetery districts, 13 park dis-
N mailed to governmental offices ricts, and 55 miscellaneous dis-
directly concerned with the mak ricts These units'levy approx-
AFFILIATE MEMBER
ing of budgets. The manual is mately *«*' m illion in property
also available to others at a axes e a c te a r
County Chamber
Unit to Meet
Land Owners Pacific Bulb
Nay Get Break Growers Elect
New Residents
Need Licenses
New Budget Forms To Be Used
By Tax Levying Groups in State
The pace of telephone inatalla-
Uona in West Coast Telephone
company's Coos Hay division
picked up in 1963 in comparison
to the 1962 rale, the company
reported today
The division manager, J
Bruce Eddy of Coo» Hay. said
that 992 telephones were added
in (he division's II exchanges
last year and 693 in 1962
Eddy pointed out that tele
phone installations are regarded
as an important index of an
area's business conditions
The Cooe Hay exchange, which
embraces Coos Hay. North Bend
ami Empire, gained .197 main
stations Iasi year, as compared
with 390 in 1962 There were
11,919 such stations In the ex
change as of December 31. IMS
Eddy listed 1961. 1962 and 1963
year-end totals for other Coos
Ray division exchanges as fol-
lows Coquille SUB, MSB and
2471, Reedsport 1395. 1530 and
170. Brooking-. 1627. 1661 and
1799 M yrtle Point I4« h . I4«5
and 1457 Gold Beach 1368, 1499
and 1551. Bandon 1141, 1155 and
1171. Port Orford 5S0. 555 and
569 Powers 275, 252 and 265;
Lakeside 157 194 and
and
Langlois 134. 194 and 144
Eddy noted that growth was
particularly vigorous" in the
' Weedsport, Brookings. G o ld
Heach, ami Lakeside exchanges
Division lota la for year's end
were >1,673 for 1961, 22,366 for
1962, ami 23.349 for 19611
Eddy alao reported thal the
50 exchanges in Oregon, south
western Washington and mirth
<-rn California which are admin
istered out of Oregon diatrict
headouarters
at
Beaverton
added 5619 telephones last year
-a record for any IS-month
period in the company's 36 year
history Total atatama in the 50
communities numbered 101,793
December 31. 1963 and in the
entire system 220,596 both new
highs for West Cbaxt Telephone
company.
Eddy also said that the com
pany had completed some 10,900
regrades last year when it c u t.
hack ita held orders in the three
states by 6«) He promised that
West Coast's more than 1900
employees w ill continue in 1964
to give highest priority to the
order backlog "
C ellini Here
Mr and Mrs Jim Collins,
former Port Urford residents
now ol Roseburg, were in Port
tirfo rd Saturday on business and
were dinnei guests of Mr and
Mrs Jnn Wilson
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