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About Port Orford news. (Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon) 1958-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1965)
Oregon PW Projects Toral$ 103 Million TE LE C R A M Local H arbor Planning Included Newt, Port O fo rd , Oregon Pleated to advise conference report on public work* approp riation* Include* twenty thou- rand d o llar*far planning on the Port O fo rd breakwater, Wayne Morse RAD Committee To Upgrade Report The Clary County Rural Area De velopment com m ittee's 1962 Economic and Develo|»nent R e port 1« ciaTently undergoing an upgrading itu'ly to |K>lnt out progress and determine area* that m ay s till be tagging In the overall c o u n t y development, '¡he new (tudy w ill be published when all pha*e* have l>een re viewed and reviled. Among Item * dlactoscd on the progre** tide of the ledger wa* Included the Installation of le v - eral chipper p lana by plywood and sawm ill*, Increased port fa cilities and ac tiv ity, tncreaied bank d • po< 11*—from around elg h ta rn ln e m illio n In 1962 to 4 about 18 m illio n currently,more improved c a m p -ilte * and park* anu an lncreaie of forest road m ile*. Transportation wa* streaaed a* ■till being a m ajor factor In the evolution o f development of many county rctource«, auch a* tourl*m and the tim ber indus try. It wa* alto pointed out that more over-night camp (R e tir e needed, a* w ell a* picnic area*, and that Inform ation and map* should be made availab le to In form tourlaU where Eorett Ser vice and BLM camp* are located. A re|xxt on a road east to the valley wa* deemed not feasible a tih lttim e , though three route* had been extensively explored. The c o u n t y court- however, pledged a continued effort to ward an Inland route. Judge Eel Cam pbell explained the current county-city p artici pation program to the group and a m otion wa* pa Med unanimous ly In *up|>ort of It. Cam pbell said he 1* confident the (rogram w ill be continued io assist other county districtt If the (»rogram proves out. It was also noted that Judge Cam pbell had been appointed to the State RA D C o m m ittee, Other phase* of the economic report w ill be review edat a fu ture m eeting. C .A .P . GROUP ELECTS OFFICERS The Curry County Com m unity Action Program com m ittee re c e n t l y elected officers and member* at large to m eet and discuss the possibilities of aid to comm unities under the Presi de n t 1 s Econom ic Opportunity Act. Dr. Robert Sklppcn is the project director, and the com m ittee Includes! large group of persons representing Education, W elfare, Business, Com m unity projeca, etc. Officers for the executive com m ittee a r e F. W , Burgess, chairman, D o nC oykendall,vice chairman, Mrs.Lloyd Bate*, sec retary, Harley Nissen, Brookings m em ber at large, D ick Larkin, Cold Beach mem ber at large, and M abel Right, Port O rford-I an.;- lols m em ber at large. Oregon's share of approxi m a tely one b illio n dollar Corp* of Engineer appropriation for p u b l i c works projecu In the United States for 1966 totals $103 m illio n , 39 thousand, 5 hundred dollars, or lietter than 10, 5 per cent. Only one state, Arkansas, re c e iv e d * larger dol lar amount than O eg on . Wash ington State was third In ap propriated dollar volum e. C a li fornia ranked fourth. 'Che appropriations for |» o - Jeca to be constructed by the Corps of Engineers in the United Statesare Included In the Con ference R epora on PubllcWorks Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 1966. Che report was released on October 13, 1965. Breakdown of expenditures between Oregon and Washington for several Joint projeca was ftm lshed Senator Wayne Morse (D . Ctc, ) by the O ffice of tie C h ief of Engineers. Ih e Oregon Senior Senator In these flood* alone. It Is esti m ated thet they pre vented dam ages which would otherwise have amounted to more than $572 m ill ion Mol Iars, " Morse saldi "1 w ill always be oud of the pert I have played bringing to Oregon, on the merits, these permanent Instal lations for water supply, flood con trol, navigation, re d am atlon and power developm ent. W ith out the Investment that has been made to date in the construc tion of these great w ealth pro ducing projects, it is doubtful that Oregon and die nation could have achieved the great (»ogress and prosperity enjoyed today. 1 would not trade a single project for the establishment of a m i l i tary defense Installation In O e gon, that could be abandoned at some fu tire date. " Table of p ro jeca and approp riations far f iscal 1966 for O e gon follows: Construction I unds—Oregon noted that for years he has pre sented factual data to the C on- greaslonal C o m m ittee* on the need for development of water resources of the nation, and par ticu la rly In the Northwest. He saldi "This year I commended the Chairm an of tfie Subcom- m lttee on l*ubllc Works of the Senate appropriations, and all member* of the Senate Approp riation* C om m ittee, for their foresight in the ares of approp riations for flood control pro je c a In O egon over many years p a s t. I was able to present to them In graphic terms now these appropriations saved the people of O egon and the nation hund reds of m illions of dollars In what might have Iteen the great est flood tragedy of the century In the Pacific Northwest. The nine dams In the W illa m e tte Basin which had b e e n com pleted and were In operation saved over twice their total cost Blue Rlv. ..........$ 8, 000, 000 Col. R lv. C Lower W illa m e t t e .............. 2, 460, 000 (O e g o n there) Col. R lv.a t mouth (South J e tty )................. 500, 000 Public utilities are assessed F ell Creek 5, 000, 000 at $739,825.00 for a total asses Creen Peter............ 21, 400, 000 ses value (after exemptions) of John Day Dam . . . . ¿ 7 , 3 Sty 000 $22,587,642.00. (O e g o n share) The gross valuation of the Low. Col. Bank county In 1880, according to an P ro tectio n ..................... 500, 000 (O e g o n share) article reprinted from the Port Rogue R iv e r ................. 50ty 000 Qrford Post last week, w u T illa m o o k Bay . . . . 1, 000, 000 $312,873. W 111 am . R iv. Basin Bank Pro tectio n .......... 80ty 000 Yaquina Bay C H a rb o r........................ 4, 000, 000 Tax Office N ails Statements A p p r o x i m a t e l y 9000 tax statements were mailed out last week to C urry county taxpayers by the sheriff's tax department, according to Darlene Kuyken dall, chief tax deputy. The statementa call for the collection U ¿1,*92,98«.07 In taxeG for a total of 33 dl'ferent districts throughout the county, Including school, water, port, fire and cemelary districts as well as the cities. Taxpayers who pay their bill In full before Monday, Nov. 15, w ill receive 3 percent discount. Of this ye ar’ s tax dollar, 84.0% goes to schools, 8.4% to cities, 5.5% to ports, .6% to fire d istricts, 1.3% to cemetery districts, .1% to water districts and .1% to sanitary districts. Assessed value of real pro perty In Curry county Is as follows: Land Inside Port O r ford, $274,143; land InsideGold Beach, $602,527; land Inside Brookings, $755,416 for a total of $1,623,086.00 Inside the cor porate l i m i t s . Improvements Inside Port O rford, $638,699; Inside Gold Beach, $1,320,818; i n s i d e Brookings, $2,712,881 for a total of $4,672,398.00; land outside of corporate lim its, $4.015,280,00, Improvements outside of corporate lim its, $5,- 792,797.00; tim b e r$3,059,807.- 00. The total assessed value of real property after the veter ans and senior citizens exemp tions are deducted Is $18,900,- 0-15.00. Personal properly assessed Value is: Merchandise and stork In trade, $1,446,722.00; furni ture, fixtures and equipment, $285,609.00; farm machinery and e q u ip m e n t , $69,545.00; o t h e r machinery and equip ment, $864,312.00; cabins on land not deeded, $16,527.00; 172 horses and mules, $6,167.- 00; 7.285 cattle, $187,285.00; 27,748 sheep and goals. $69.- 181.00; 134 swine, $693.00; 7 ,- 773 poultry, $1,169.00; m iscel laneous, $128.00; boats, $1 ,- 320.00, for a total in personal property of $2,948,958.00. Fire Chief Quits Post Fire ch ief A.E."Pappy" Haight aubmitted hla resignation to the c ity council October 14, because members of the c i t y council over-ruled hla authority con cerning the setting of fire*. According to Haight, co u ncIl men approached him last M a n - day about burning log* and de bris on Battle Rock Beach and he denied permission. The de partment had had to extinguish a fire le ft from the hom ecom ing b o n f i r e , Haight said, and weather condltlotu w e r e not satisfactory far burning at this tim e . Councilm cn s a i d they would bring the m atter up at the T u e s d a y night council m eeting for action. A t the m eeting councllm en Geroge Hahn,fire commissioner, and Ctrl* Smith asked that the log debris be burned because it Im posed* threat to the dock in w inter storms and was a beach hazard. Hahn was delegated to Inquire about coirnty or state assistance in the clearing pro je c t. Haight said he was again con tacted by members of th e c o u n - c il, Wednesday morning, and told that the council had given ap proval to bum the debris. The ch ief said he was still opposed to the burning but told them to go ahead If the council had said It was o. k. "When the fire was setagalnst m y decision," Haight told the News, "m y judgm ent and decisions were no longer considered and it was tim e for m e to resign. " The chief's resignation w ill become effe ctive Sunday, Oct. 24. T O T A L .............. $ 1 0 1 ,5 1 0 ,0 0 0 ...a....... Voi. 8 No. 28 Senate Votes Water Bill W ASHING TON - The Senate completed action Tues day on a compromise bill au thorizing future construction of water project« costing about $2 billion. The measure now goes to the House. 14* Project* Due The bill carries authority for future construction of 140 water projects in 4, states. They include navigation, flood control, beach erosion and power projects. 'Te bill includes more than $38 m i l l i o n for Oregon projects. The breskdtwn: Navigation — Tillamook Bay and bar, $9 million; Chetco River, $1.3 m i l l i o n ; Port Orford. $696,000. Flood control — Grand Ronde, $20 4 million; Willow Creek. $6 7 million. Hunters Asked To Lock Vehicles Hunter* carrying guns on racks in pickups,or extra gun* in autos, Construction Planning are reminded to lock their ve Applegate ............ $ 25ty 000 hicle* w h e n unattended, the C a s c a d ia .......................... 62, 000 sheriffs office said this week. C o l. R lv. at There have been several recent m o u t h .............................. 37, 500 repora of the f a of rifles from (O e g o n share) hunters who have le ft unlocked Elk Creek ......................150, 000 vehicles in the woods and park Gate Creek .......................60, 000 ed on streets, according to the John Day R iv e r .......................... lty 000 office, and hunter* can prevent Loet C r e e k ...................... S5ty 000 these losses w ith the simple pre Port O f o r d .............................. 20, 000 caution of locking their doers. Scappoose................................ 20, 000 Shelton..................................... 100, 000 S iu s la w ..................................... 20, 000 The Dalles 250, 000 T O T A L ................... $1, 529, 500 Bank Issues Free 'Use Coins' Cards In order to help business men w it h their coin needs, F irs t National Bank of Oregon has Issued cards which ask cus tomers to pay for goods and services In change rather than currency. Designed for display around cash registers at every type of business establishment, the attractive cards are potential aids to merchants and others who are faced with a dwindling supply of coins. The c u r r e n t coin demand, blamed on hoarders and the in creasing use of coin-operated vend'ng machines, Is expected to Increase with the approach of the Christm as shopping sea son. The cards w ill lie available at any F irs t National Bank of Oregon office as long as the supply lasts. BPW Week Proclaimed Against Power Rale Increase Governor M ark O. Hatfield this week as asked by rep resentatives of publicly owned electric u tilities operating In Oregon ‘o protest proposed rate Increases filed with the Federal Power Commission by the Bon neville Power Administration. The increases proposed by BPA, filed with the FPC In Washington, D. C. on Sept. 3, would vary from 2.9% for a few large industrial customers to a span of 2% to 6% for the m ajority of their wholesale cus tomers. The increases are sch eduled to go into effect on Dec. 20. Gov. Hatfield personally re sponded to the unanimous pleas of the REA Cooperatives and People’s U tility D istricts with a letter to President Johnson. Painting Swiped An o il painting by ja c k C h a m - payne was stolen from Cttords Restaurant sometime Saturday night, c ity police reported this w eek. The picture, title d "Lady in Pink," was hanging on a rear w a ll. It was rem oved from the fram e and apparently slipped out through the trenaom over the frontdoor. The painting was valued a t $165. Banker Named Committee Head Organization of a state-w ide ‘ •Welcome to Oregon” com m it tee has been announced by Gov. M ark O. Hatfield, who said appointment to the local area chairmanship has been accept- ted by G. B. Rush, manager of the F irs t National Bank. The term of service as c h a ir man w ill be for the rem ainder of this year and 1966. P rim a ry function of the local chairman w ill be to assist mem bers of the staff of Oregon W elcome, Inc., when they are In the area working on behalf of promotional activities and to counsel the officers and d i rectors of the organization re garding future programs. The ''W elcom e to Oregon” program was created by Gov. Hatfield three years ago to supplement the promotional ef forts of the Oregon Highway Departm ent’s travel Inform a tion division and to Inspire g r e a t e r local c o m m u n i t y awareness of the opportunities to build more local tourist busi ness. SAVING S BONDS SALES INCREASE M A Y O R LLOYD BATES sign* p a p e r proclaim ing this BPW W eek In Port Orford. Witnessing die signing are, le ft to right: Louise H a h n , president; past esident G e n e v a Tuckerj aude W eir, vice-pres. ( Grace M cKenzie, treasurer. Members of the Port Orford Business and lYofessional W o- m e n 'i club are observing this week as N atio n al Business W o m en's W eek. N atio n al p r o g r a m for a ll m em ber* Includes,Personal De velopm ent, C iv ic Participation, and W orld Affairs. Helen K .L e s lie , N a t i o n a l president in h e r acceptance s p e e c h encouraged members and other wom en to serve, share, elevate the standards of all bus iness and professional women, to speak out and be strong In up holding a legislative platform as it relates to laws that concern womenj to serve w ithin the com m unity, state and nation with a ll their talen tt to help streng then democracy, to have more faith In themselves, others, and faith in a Supreme Being in whom can be found both th e m eaning of our lives and the power to liv e it. Lack of faith cames people to falter, and na tions to crum ble. True greatness of A m eric a lies not in a high rate o f production, but in her 1- deals of freedom . Every citizen has the responsibility to preserve this legacy of freedom, the presi dent said. 1965 Timber Stand Improvements Planned By Ranger District The Gold Beach Ranger D is tric t is both planning and ac tively laying out a number of precom m erclal thinning, com m ercial thinning, and overstory removal sales. These types of sales are relatively new for this locality. The sales are the be ginning stages of a planned pro gram of Intensive tim ber stand Improvement work. The In itial sales are located around Wildhorse Ridge and Elk R ive r because the areas have extensive stands of young trees. As the program expands, sales w ill be located throughout the d is tric t. O BJEC T O F THINNING The object of thinning Is to remove the surplus trees at the e a rlie s t possible age so that potential crop trees have m ore room to grow. Thinning Is g e n e r a l l y restricted to excessively stocked stands of less than 70 years of age. Re search studies show that prop e r thinning m erely removes those trees that would die na tu ra lly . And, that the retained crop trees make faster and bet- Accidents Cause Local Injuries Tw o separate ve h ic le ac ci dents, a cue car and a tw o-car caused injuries to several loca resident* over the weekend. Letter Haight, 21, Sixes, in jured in a Sunday m orning ac cid en t is in Sacred H e art Hos p ital in Eugene reportedly suf fering a possible neck fracture and partial paralysis. According to driver of the car, Ron Woodworth, Port Orford, the m ¡ah*poccured on the old high w ay about three m ile * south of C oquille at 2:30 a .m . when the car w ent out of control on the slippery highway and flipped over the bank. Both men were taken to M ast Hospital in M y rtle Point. H aight wa* transferred to Eugene about 3 p. m . Sunday and Woodworth, auffering cut* and bruise* about the face, arm* and legs, wa* re leased Sunday evening. W ood- worth wa* thrown from the ve h ic le . !:•? other mishap near Four- m ile involved Hazel B. Rhodes of Port Orford and passengers Ruth and A rdith P i t c h e r of Hoopa, C a l i f . , and Port Orford, respectively, and Nora Hannah of North Carolina. Police said Rudi Pitcher and the Hannah woman sustained leg injuries. Operator of the other vehicle wa* Emma Rosenberry, 17, Sixes. She sustained fa c ia l lacerations, police said. Passengers in the car were F o r r e s t C . , Forrest S ., M itc h e ll R . , Darr old D . , a n d Ragina R . , Rosenberry, ages 25, 11, 9, 9, and 4, respectively, ac cording to police. Sorority Slates Reunion Party One of Port Orford’ s most gala socials of the year w ill be held this Saturday evening, October 23, when Alpha Pxi Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha hosts its in active members to a reunion Halloween Party. The inform al party w ill be held at the Beachcombers Cove and is scheduled to start at nine o'clock. A buffet style dinner w ill be served by members and m any surprising events w ill take place throughout the evening. This is the first reunion of Alpha Psi since the chapter was chartered in 1952. DATES T O REMEMBER Birthday wishes go out this week to Craig Cain, Scott M u n son, BertM uirden, Tony Sanchez and Francis Smith. Anniversary wishes go to M r. and Mrs. Clarence Brazil. O V E R N IG H T GUESTS Overnight guess la tt w eek at the home of M r. and Mrs. V a l Tow nley were M r.an d Mrs. H a r old Hunt and M r.an d M r*.L ln d - say M ercer of Portland. Torn Savings Bond Returned To Owner " U . S, Savings Bond* sales in Two youngsters, a Congress Curry county totaled $7, 497 in September, " It w a s reported ional secretary, Congressman Robert B. D u n c a n and Con here today. "Sales throughout the state gressman Thomas M o rris , and am ounted to $2 ,285 ,5 96 for the the L ib ra: y of Congress teamed up to return the d irty rem ains month as compared to $ 2 ,2 3 6 ,- of a $25 U. S. Savings Bond to 582 for the same period a year •g o . / Its owner Bettie Richardson, "N atio n al sales for September wife of John W. Richardson, are $342,00ty00ty " I t w a* M id . Albuquerque, N. M. te r growth than If the stand has not been thinned. Preco m m ercial thinning con sists of thinning stands In which the sizes of the trees are too s m a l l to be of com merclal value, usually trees less than 6 Inches In diam eter at breast height. Excess trees are gen e ra lly thinned with power saws having short bars or brush blades. T h ree or four thinning con tra c ts , totalling approximately 200 acres, w ill be advertised fo r bidding sometime In late October or ea rly November. A field show-me trip Is planned fo r 8:30 a.m . Oct. 22 to show prospective contractors m ark ed demonstration plots on typ ical areas to be thinned. C om m ercial thinning is be lieved to be p ractical In stands averaging about 18 Inches In d iam eter. It may be feasible In stands having diam eters down to 12 Inches. Com m ercial thin ning generally requires small tra cto rs and special logging methods In o rd er to prevent damage to crop trees. C om m ercial thinning sales are s till In the planning stages on the d is tric t. The In itial sale Is proposed for the Elk River drainage where the d istrict has approxim ately 7,000 acres of young, com m ercial-sized tim b er. O ver story r e m o v a l sales consist of harvesting the mature a n d overm ature tim b er that overtops dense stands of young- growth trees. The purpose of these sales Is to harvest the mature volume and to remove the over-topping trees In order to provide more light and m ol- sutre to the young, understory t r e e s . A fte r t h e overstory tim b er Is removed, the young- growth trees w ill be thinned In order to remove those trees damaged during logging and to stim ulate the growth of the po tential crop trees. Logging overstory sales re quire medium to sm all tracto rs and special logging methods to m in im ize the damage to the understory trees. The Gold Beach d is trict Is laying out a one overstory sale and has plans for selling ap proxim ately 3.5 m illion board feet of overstory tim b er be fore July 1966. In itia l sales are p la n n e d for W ildhorse Ridge, b u t as other tim b er stands of this type are found, attempts w ill be made to lay out a number of sales of this type each ye ar. Cooking School Scheduled At Bandon Next Week "F o u r S e a s o n s of Fine Foods” cooking school w ill be held at Ocean Crest School In Bandon Thursday, Oct. 28. This free tw o-hour, a l l - e l e c t r i c cooking school, sponsored by the City of B a n d o n H ydro- E lec tric Dept. and C o o s-C u rry E lec tric Cooperative, Inc., w ill begin at 7:30 p.m . The free cooking school and food arts show conducted by Betty G. Nelson, home econo m ist, and Helen E. Brady, her associate, w ill feature recipes and cooking ideas emphasizing the western style of relaxed and Inform al entertaining. The public is invited to attend. P rize s to be given w ill Include various ele c tric a l appliances as well as the many dishes prepared during the show. An added attraction Is the modeling of fashions approp riate to the menus being p re pared during the various sec tions of the program . Timber Bidding Gets More Study The Bureau of Land Man agement has i n f o r m e d Con gressman Robert B. Duncan t h a t the Department of In t e r io r ’ s policy of 10% of tim ber sales to be on sealed bids has not gone Into effect and Is receiving further study and analysis, the Congressman an nounced last week. "T h is Is good news,” Duncan said. ‘ I had been advised that the Department had decided to adopt this policy. I appreciate the willingness of the Depart ment to take a second look and to consult more fully with the tim b er Industry of Oregon and the Northw est.” " O r a l and sealed bidding p ro cedures w ill be on the agenda at the Oct. 22 meeting of the 0 4 C Advisory Board at P o rt lan d," Duncan said. "A ssistant Secretary of the In te rio r for Public Land M a n a g e m e n t , H a rry R. Anderson, w ill attend the meeting.” " I hope that the Oregon tim ber Industry takes this oppor tunity to acquaint Secretary An derson with Its experience with both form s of bidding, that c u r rently In use and the sealed bidding practice abandoned fol lowing W orld War n ,” Duncan " T h e re are obvious problems with both systems of bidding,” Duncan said, "but the burden of proof of superiority of one over the other rests with the ad vocates of change. There Is no evidence to Indicate that sealed bidding would be better eith er from the Government’ s or the tim ber purchasers’ point of view, and there Is evidence and experience to give serious credence to the belief that It would not be b e tte r.” Duncan had w ritten to BLM D irecto r Charles Stoddard at Washington taking Issue with the conclusions of the General Ac counting Office report on tim b er purchase bidding procedures in which sealed bidding was re c ommended. In the letter to Stod dard on Sept. 9, 1965, Duncan wrote: "T h is d e c i s i o n should be based on evidence. The GAO report spends a page and a half reciting p rio r conclusions and comments of previous re ports which add no fu rth er evidence for a change. They are simply conclusions In sup port of a conclusion. "A n occasional sealed bid, based upon good and sufficient reasons, would be w ell within the law and the regulations and might be sound policy. An a r b itra ry 10%, o r any other fixed figure, does not seem to me to be justified by the facts. I urge the Bureau to reconsider Its decision.” Ö á 5 M ax 71 64 62 58 60 56 60 M in 52 61 56 53 58 54 54 Rain . 00 . 00 .6 5 .3 2 .0 0 . 13 . 10 Harbor Water District Gets $423,000 Loan A $423.000 loan to the Harbor Rural Water District for a mu nicipal water system has been approved by the Community Facilities Administration. The World was advised today in a telegram from U S Senators Wavne L. Morse and M aurine Neuberger. and Rep Robert B Duncan The water system is designed to relieve seasonal water short ages and sanitation problems in the district. Construction is to begin in six months and the work is to be completed in another six months under terms of the loan Prelim inary plans for the project have been prepared by Dick Worthington & Associates. Corvallis. The project, according to Al bert Mincer, water district chairman, calls for drawing water from the Chetco River to supplant the present use of priv ate wells which are becoming inadequate to meet the demands of growth in the area. A filtera- tion and treatment are included in the project Harbor is across the Chetco River from Brookings, which ex perienced a failure of its priv ately owned water system this past week. C O M M U N IT Y CA LENDAR Thursday Lutheran Ch. W orn, ,7 : 3 0 p. m . Jaycees, 8 p .m . Friday Pacific vs Brookings there, 8 p. m . M onday Cham , o f C o m ., noon Wednesday Quarterback Club, 6 :3 0 p. m . 8 i Date Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 15 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 18
