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1 h» md ay, January 21, 1965
Hunting Accidents
Set New High
Defendant and Juror....
,..£ .WeC‘‘ 1Pondenn8 o w . and talk,ng over, action of
f Z C.‘ J r H k ek *n qUaHfyin8 ‘Wenn .n Smith still
th.
■“’taaement,
And st.Il concerned over
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,rom tHe C4t>' C h -‘« i r lh,S’ «" «*’
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"h o approved tins docu-
*“ * ' to abUle b>- •*"> »« ch rv -
we find *" SeCt,on 2 of
CharteR
rowersof the City"; that. . . . "all of the city's a u t h o r i t y .
w H ^ te T " * " ' fu?CtiO,U’ Priv ile 8 ^ immunities or benef.ts,
»Iw ther expressed or implied, shall be exercised in the man
ner prescribed by this C harter.. . •< It further , ayj that u thc
Charter doesn t prescribe ihe manner, then it shall be by or
dinance or resolution of the council, or State Lav«.
Now, the council has by m ajority vote elim inated one
of a candidate S re tire m e n ts , property ownership on the day
of election; without authority as prescribed by Charter
„ L m ° re con,u,mg, they have established their own
law that permits a man to sit in his own judgement Sounds
like something out of an old hidge Roy Bean movie, or may
be a pilot idea for a future science-fiction epic. Fither way.
it s that far o u t Can you imagine the judge sitting on a mry
trial letting the defendant testify in hi, behalf, then tak ng
a seat on the jury to decide hi, own fate ?
But it', even m o r e complex. In a fast maneuver, the
mayor instructed the Recorder to adm.mster the oath of of-
“ ‘i
1 man that W>* 1K>t yet AuaI,i>v'd >n o r d e r that he
COULD vote The excuse for th.s action was that if Smith
warn t swom-in his position wouldn't be in question because
he wouldn't be an alderman. A ruse that was unnecessary be-
CffUe Smith was succeeding himself and an incumbent hold,
office until his successor is elected and qualified. Though
Smuh, however, had lost his qualifications tor office two and
a half years before his last term expired, whichraises another
point of confusion; would action pa»ed by his vote stand tte
legal test if demanded? This was a point, at least, made in
a previous rulingby the city attorney regarding the eligibility
ot a non-resident, but otherwise qualified candidate to run
for city office.
We shall stress again that Charter qualifications in noway
affect the ability of a person to function in office. They only
determine the eligibility of a person to hold an office. And
the} are part of the city's laws p.tssed bv the people and en
trusted to city officials to uphold. In this case, there is a great
deal of doubt that the Charter has been upheld in the manner
it prescribes. When such a trust is broken, those responsible
are apt to find their alliance with the people slipping to a
seriota degree. Further, it pave, the road to o tte r such cloudy
legislation in the future. It ilso sets a precedent for arbitra
tion over all such cut and dried regulations found on the city’s
law books, .And this could cause a multitude of problems. The
argument should be resolved by competent authority. . . as it
should have b e e n before any action was taken in the first
place.
We are pleased to see that at least three members of the
council share the belief that the Charter should control the
authority of the city government.
A Salem
Scene
R lP R I S I K T ATI V i
C A R L BACK
T te S3rd legislative Assembly
got off to a flying start after its
January 11 opening ceremonies
and by the end of the first week
about 160bills were already in
troduced and assigned to com
mittees.
Tte general feeling among
Legislators is that this session's
business can and should be eon-
ducted quickly and this session
will be much shorter than tte
1963 Legislature which took 141
days, an all-tim e record.
My committee assignments are
quite satisfactory, even though
for tte first time in my eight
years of service I’m in the m i
nority party. 1 received two out
of the three committee assign
ments I requested. 1 will be serv
ing on the following: Highways,
Local Government, and Natural
Resources. I'm vice chairman
of the Natural Resources Com
m ittee.
I have arranged to have com
plete sets of bills mailed to and
placed at the following public
places in Curry county:
Curry C o u n ty Courthouse,
Brookings City Council Gold
Beach City Council, Port Orford
City Council, Agness Commun
ity Council and the Curry County
District Attorney's office.
This is a service for tte peo-
p le interested in legislative
measures that will be introduced
during the session. Any individ
ual, group or organisation want
ing copies of bills of particular
interest to them can contact me
and I will arrange for copies to
be sent.
Do not hesitate to contact me
on any legislative matter. Ad
d r e s s m ail to Rep. Carl Back,
Oregon State House of Repre
sentatives, Salem, Oregon. My
home phone in Salem is 363-
6078. Week days I may be re ach
ed through the State's switch
board, 364-2l7i.
by Robert L. Dernedde
Property Tax Relief One of
Major Legislative Concerns
“ Property tax re lie f, con
gressional
reapportionment,
Constitutional revision, work
men’s compensation a n d the
Governor’ s record budget are
Issues of greatest concern.”
This w a s the reply f r o m
House Speaker F. F . “ Monte”
Montgomery (R -L an e county)
when asked what he considers
are m ajor problems facing the
1965 Oregon Legislature.
Montgomery s a id property
taxes have Increased IOS1) dur
ing th e 10-year period from
1952-53 to 1962-63. Asked what
he hopes the legislature would
do to relieve the seriousness
of this trend, Montgomery said
he desires a return to coun
ties of surplus General Fund
monies exceeding $5 million
as a direct offset against county
levies.
Sizable surpluses have exist
ed in the state’ s General Fund
at the close of nearly e v e r y
biennium—$166 m illion during
the last 10 years.
Although several proposals
have been discussed, Montgom
ery indicated he favors “ tying
down” these surplus funds as
an offset against existing coun
ty budgets, thus providing “ d ir
ect re lie f” to the property tax
payer.
He feels this p r o p o s a l ’?
“ good, sound tusiness manage
ment” for the s t a t e and pre
dicted it would get favorable
c o n s i d e r a t i o n by the leg
islature.
“ Congressional reapportion
ment w ill have a much greater
impact on this session than
most would b elie ve ,” the Re
publican House Speaker declar
ed. He pointed out that some 15
different plans have already
been suggested, and it appears
it w ill end up being more a
"geographical problem ” th a n
one of political nature.
Whatever the leglslsture fi
nally d e c i d e s , it Is almost
certain D is tric t Three (M u lt
nomah C o u n t y ) and possibly
D is tric t One, w ill have to yield
some of Its te r rito r y , Mont
gomery asserted.
Oregon’ s congressional dis
tric ts presently vary as widely
as 522,813 In D istric t Three
to 265,164 in D istric t Tw o(east-
ern Oregon), a difference of
over 250,000 based on 1960
lederai census figures.
“ Constitutional r e v i s i o n , ”
said Montgomery, “ is almost a
must. It has been three legis
lative sessions since a 65,000
m ajority in 1960 voted the legis
lature authority to come up with
a Constitutional revision plan.”
The House Speaker said the
same revision b ill introduced
during the last session is now
before the 1965 legislature.
Referring to the defeat of
Ballot Measure No. 3, at the
November elections, Montgom
ery said the "avenue is now
open for a competitive system
of workmen’s compensation.”
He said there is great need
to strengthen employee safety
programs and that a compet
itive system would assist Im
measurably toward this goal.
A b ill providing for benefit
increases of 18 1/2C andbroad-
ened coverage under a com
petitive plan has been intro
duced.
“ Budgets,” he said, “ are
always serious problems for
the legislature, and Governor
Hatfield’ s record$464.9 million
proposal is no exception. He
indicated it would get a thorough
examination and that it is pos
sible some reductions can be
made.
Although it is too e a rly to
know the impact of December
flood damages on income tax
returns, Montgomery said the
legislature, at this Junction,
would be more Inclined to make
use of bonding program s for
capital construction than in
creasing taxes, should a sub
stantial amount of Income tax
revenue be lost to the floods.
Montgomery Indicated he was
“ very pleased” with the make
up of legislative committees.
He said committee chairmen
are displaying good leadership
in o v e r-a ll programming.
Commenting that the legisla
ture is shooting fo r a 100-day
s e s s io n , Montgomery said,
“ Committees w ill nonetheless”
go beyond those b ills before
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Coos Livestock
Meeting To Be Held
The 30th annual meeting of
the Coos County Livestock As
sociation w ill be held Satur
day, Jan. 23, In the lib ra ry
of the M yrtle Point High School
and w ill begin at 10 a.m .
A ll livestock producers are
Invited to this meeting reports
R. C, Geaney, president of the
L..-stock association.
State Representatives James
B. Bedingfleld J r . and C arl
Back are scheduled to attend
this meeting and give a report
on the work of the 1965 legis
lature.
County Commissioner J. J.
Geaney will report on the e f
fects of the recent flood to
county roads and Francis F lan
agan, assessor, w ill discuss
livestock valuation.
Membership of the associ
ation w ill elect officers for
1965 and make plans for the
work of the organization during
the coming year. The noon lun
cheon w ill be served In the
school cafeteria by the Broad-
bent Community Church.
Geaney, a Bridge area ran
cher, urges all the livestock
ranchers In Coos County to
attend this important meeting.
atm ter or the vtettm, (wiled
to have certificates In the safe
h a n d l i n g of firearm s as re
quired by law. In addition, sev
eral y o u n g s t e r s Involved tn
firearm s accidents were hunt
ing big game animals In viola
tion of th* law.
Of the total firearm casual
ties, 19 hunters shot them
selves. T h e r e were 11 cas
ualties which were the direct
result of carrying loaded fir e
arm s In vehicles. Four of these
were fatal. Pistol toters report
ed 8 accidental woundlngs, none
of which was fatal.
Only five woundlngs could be
classified as purely accidental
with rocochets reported as the
causing factor. Ten woundlngs
resulted from the victim bei
in the line of fire , with three
of these fatal to the victim .
In eight Instances the shooter
either slipped o r tripped while
c a r r y i n g a loaded fire a rm ,
shooting his companion tn the
process. T h ree of the victims
were mistaken for game.
Most of the accidents occur
red at very short range, with
35 woundlngs occurring at dis
tances of 10 feet or less be
tween the shooter and thP vic
tim . Several more occurred
within the 20-foot mark. Only
11 victim s were wounded at
distances of 50 yards or more
beyond the shooter. In all these
cases, the shooter reported the
victim to be either mistaken
for game o r In line of fire .
Defective fire a rm s were re
ported to be the cause of sev
eral woundlngs.
Dairy Farming
Oregon dairy farming stands
among the state’s farm enter
prises that are lik ely to pro
vide fa irly consistent aiul com
paratively favorable returns in
1965.
That is the way Stephen C.
M ars, Oregon StateUnlverstty
e x t e n s i o n agrlcultu ral econ
om ist, sees the dairy situation
shaping up for the coming year,
assuming the current relative
market price structure is main
tained or Is not seriously dis
turbed for very long.
Marks makes hls observa
tions In the new Oregon Farm
and M arket Outlook circu lar
Just published by the OSU Ex
tension Service and now avail
able from county extension of
fices or from the OSU Bulletin
C lerk lr. C o rvallis.
Dairy farm s, m ilk cows and
total m ilk output In the state
probably w ill continue to be
come scarcer and production
coss may edge a bit higher.
However, he w rites, cash re
ceipts from m ilk martetlngs
are expected to decline less
then In some recent years and
some individual producers may
do even better.
Changes In the past 20 years
In the dairy m arket structure
In Oregon and the nation have
been numerous and are likely to
continue In varying degree, he
notes. The downward trend -in
m ilk cow numbers Is expected
to continue this year, but at a
slower pace.
Oregon m ilk production rrtay
fall below the one billion pound
mark for the firs t tim e on rec
ord, but prices for m ilk and
dairy products w ill probably
hold near the higher 1904 levels.
Marks adds that e c o n o m ic
forces outside Oregon w ill help
bolster m arket prices for milk
and dairy products.
Forces working In favor of a
firm m arket undertone cited
by the economist Include near
depletion of government su-
plus stocks of butter, cheese and
plus stocks of butter, cheese
and non-fat dry milk,prospects
of a stable 1965 natlor.il milk
production, Increased commer
cial use and exports of dairy
products, world depletion of
excess dairy products and the
continued lag In m ilk produc
tion In the United Kingdom and
Western Europe.
The effect of these develop
ments Is showing up in the form
merits is showing up in th e
form of higher world prices
fo r m ajor manufactured dairy
products, M arks points out.
More Suitable
Wild Son —Father, I think I 'l l
take up keeping fowls.
D a d -T r y
owls, my boy.
Their hours w ill suit you better.
P U B L IS H E R S
ASSOCIATION
Oregon hunters again were
quite careless with firearm s
during 1964 as revealed by
final statistics covering gun
casualties during the regular
hunting seasons as well as the
offseason shooting period.
Final tabulation by Cal Gtes-
le r , hunter safety supervisor
for the game c o m m i s s i o n,
shows 9 deaths and 57 nonfatal
casualties during the year. In
1963 there were 10 deaths and
62 nonfatal woundlngs.
Proportionately, J u v e n ile
hunters again rated high b: the
numtei of firea rm s accidents,
with 17 youngsters Involved in
shooting some other hunter and
7 youngsters suffering s e lf-in
flicted w o u n d s . O f the nine
deaths, seven were Juveniles.
Two of the Juveniles died from
se lf-ln fli ’ led wounds.
Eleven Juveniles, either the
Editor Remains Same
De ar Editor:
them and examine other areas
for constructive lo n g -ra n g e
planning.”
To Curb a Freedom
Fined For Drunk
A ch.irge of drunk in a public
place brought a $25 fine to Mike
Easter, Cold Beach, in Record
er's Court. Easter was also re
quired to pay for a broken w in
dow.
A passage tn G eorg* O rw ell's
book, “ Animal F a rm ,” has the
farm animals changing their
constitution, which reads; “ All
animals are equal,” to: “ All
animals are equal, except some
animals are more equal than
others,”
This seems to tie the thinking
behind p resident Johnson’ s plan
to ask Congress to repeal Sec
tion 14-B of the T aft Hartley
art.
That section Is a provision of
the National Labor Relations
Act of 1947 perm itting each
state to prohibit by law “ agree
ments requiring n i e m t e t ship In
a la te r organization as a con
dition of employ ment” within
that state.
The same Administration that
prom is*« more freedom to all
and that Is strongly harking the
right to riot In protest over
civil rights and other personal
causes is now prepared to take
a very real freedom from the
people.
T w e n t y states now have the
“ right to work” laws on the
lxx>ks. If the Congress tews to
the President's request, the
right to make a living w ill be a
vanished freedom. It can hardly
be argute that a lost freedom
for the pretended economic good
of the Individual Is any more
Important ihan the loss o ffre c -
dom for any reason.
The Idea that a human being
can be forced to work against
hls w ill has teen long ago de
nounced as slavery. However, It
is a p p a r e n t l y considered so
cially acceptable to force a man
o r woman to Join a union and
swear to discrim inate against
non-union workers.
Maybe the P r e s i d e n t was
■speaking for the la te r union
leaders when he said In hls
message to Congress; “ Wehave
achieved a unity of Interest
among our people that Is un
matched In the history of free
dom .”
It Is beginning to look as if
that unity Is going to Iw forced
on us.
Spray Schedules
For Home Orchards
Winter Is planning tim e, not
only for the comm ercial farm
e r , lo t also for the home g ar
dener who would keep ahead
of Inserts and diseases on hts
backyard fruit and nut trees
next spring, summer and fall.
A newly, revised Oregon State
University Extension circu lar,
“ Spray Schedule for Home O r
chards,” will help Ihe wise
teckyard gardener plan now
on steps to be taken during
the coming months. The c ir
cular Is available at county
extension offices or froni the
OSU Bulletin C le rk , C orvallis.
The recommendations a r e
made specifically for the home
gardener and do not meet the
requirements of the commer
cial orchardlst.
The pesticides recommended
were selected on the basis of
their effectiveness, availabil
ity and safety.
Winchester Bay Salmon
Anglers Hit Record Catch
As predicted In early Sep
tember by game commission
fishery biologists, anglers fish
ing at Winchester Bay and near
by offshore waters set a new
record during the 1964 season
E l i e >i le n itili und le i h n n ln ul
In term s of angler use as well r a l iiilv uni e in e iils iin n o u iii ed by
as the num ter of salmon caught. O e n e is l E lei lite C o m pa n y a tle ti
The prediction at that time tls ls and e n g ln ee rs:
A s t r ip ot p ia tile f u ll o r ||n y
was baste on excellent salmon
angling which had Increased buie» tuuy be n ne» Wenpon In
In tempo from early August thè llxht u a u lll.l c u lli et A piu»
at this popular sport fishing tic Allei Itis i cu li s e p a ra te cuti
center. More than 33,000 sal c e r cella tr o n i blood lina b e e n
mon had already teen tallied ilei elnpcil unii imi) tu o i e lu lu
tib ie In th è il l a a n o t i e «,f
up through the August period. ttie ilIxeuM ’
Compilation of dab obtained
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from creel and teat checks
Plug in slectn cal powsr fui
through the entire season shows astroiiuiits n niillion u tile . troni
a total of '2,307 salmon caught eurlh l- promlaed li, u uew n .n
umane
hy 53,125 anglers. The 1963 of i le n itila elei u h lt)
catch figu res--also a record tliliiK n allpeilleuteil aita l i E
for W i n c h e s t e r Bay— show apni e a lle in e c ip r i t» an) t h è
46,174 salmon taken by some ne» , m esa i nubi a lla tta i lite
46,811 anglers. Of Ihe salmon ilceil (ni ic ln tllc ly l u t a r u illo titil-
of elei n ic o l i l i n e i l i l e i | l i | i e i |
caught last season, 5,441 were li) a|i,n eablpa
Chinooks and 46,886 were cohos.
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C harter teat operators ap . " S u p i r p r u i u r i i " A la i n a n i lo
parently knew the waters well f il e tic n e iu l E le i ti li I t e a e u i i b
for fishermen ateard these l - i b n i . i l n i ) In in u X e ill.iu n n u l
craft held the tege over skiff b u i e u la o III.lite II pii . l i l l e in
ne» filin i
and private tea ters In angling produce m ine III,in
success. It took the former n i n i .ilic i l i r i c i film ili In n u l l l l e
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group of fishermen about 3,3
S m i l l • Itc tr ic a l eaplotion«
hours of angling effo 1 for each
" III« b « h ii - e III«» u .it ili h» im ««i
salmon landed comparte to 5 b e la ti* a i e i e» «»lui li»nlRliik* «Mi
hours of effort t>y the latter e\|«|«M a lim i«
I «liiit
eie« t in t i)
group.
ih u t llb
e « jilt|» ||ielit
a
-l«*lll
A tout 760 anglers hank fish llM" b e e ii d e t eh>p< t| n t i h h t e
ed from the south Umpqua Jetty MHiln llie » e l e» c i b e i a t I t i l i , , ’ u |
during the season and reported tia n * la te w I b e in I m o in e a iiiiii-
taxing 67 coho salmon and 14 fu l ile fiitlO o n « i»l tim b i p i tintiti
i Science Briefs
Chinooks.
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