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Poil O lo n i A t '" Thursday. M.i) 25. l'h ’. 97465 f t » C ftiM Box S Port O M Crogon PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY S cc'n d - I» « « « i t privilege» euthorued at Port Orford, Ora i Eh',L r - i .x - .m .............. Editor and Publuhar ..... ...... Subscription In Curr> CouotV (P«r V «« a d v a n c e ) ........................... Outaide Curry C o u n ty ......................................................... ... Canti Single C opy............................. ....................................... .. Announcement». Notice», New» and Advartiaing Muat be in the O ffice by 5« 0 0 p. m. Tueiday« H tW S P A P f* n a t io n al P W B t l S H f RS w A S S O C IA T IO N e d it o « i a i b Tkt OMs A re Against You W hetare your chances of being involved in a traffic accident during the M em orial Day holiday. The odds are against you if you consider that holiday death tolls average 25 per cent higher than on non-headuy weekends. Also, the fatality rate in CYegon is up over 11 per cent from 1966 and w ill probably continue to cltanb dicteg the holiday, the first m ajor one of the >W1V\ rteird negative factor is that the M em orial h o li day l«s® longer than most. It begins a t 6 p. m . Friday and last« through m idnight Tuesday. But chances of survival in heavy holiday tra flie can be tocreased if Oregon drivers take heed of the erim lewon learned during last year's M em orial holi day. At th a t tim e, eight Oregon accidents—each ol w hich could have been avoided—claim ed eig h t lives. Four were drivers and four were passengers. Le«an No. 1: Slow down. Five deaths were caused becam e t h e driver was going too fast for conditions. Two of these five drivers lost control of the cars on CUIA ¿ s s a n No. 2: Use seatbelts.F ourof the eig h t k illed last M em orial w eekend were thrown from their cars to m e e t th e ir deaths. Statistics show their chances of liv ing through an accident were greater if they had re m ained in the car. Lesson No. 3: Be a le rt for other drivers. Two persons were k illed because they d id n 't w atch for oncam mg cars.COe rkiver backed onto a highway and was hit; the other tried to pass and was hit head-on. Lesson No. 4: D on't drink anddrive.N ational statis tics indicate th a t w ell over half of a ll holiday a c c i dents involve drinking drivers. These lessons are nothing new —we hear them ¿very «key. But if you heed them this M em orial Day holiday, your chances of survival in heavy traffic can be more than m ere luck! [f Salem Scene by Everett E. C utter ernot-appointed public mem bers. There Is further pending leg islation which would Increase the forest products industry’ s severance tax to raise money for researching wood waste disposal method« other than burning In wigwam burners. Another b ill would create a new board to control solid waste disposal sites and form ulate long-range policy for refuse dumps. The Senate has approved legislation to permit municipalities to authorize bond issues for sewer systems by charter ametxlement, ordinance or popular vote--a b ill that ties In with the $3 m illion recom mended appropriation of Ways and Means. Biggest popular outcry this session, the dry sand squabble which sent Gov. Tom McCall and survey engineers to Ore gon’ s coast, appears to be re solved In everyone’ s best In terest. Amendments to HB 1601, passed out of House Highways Committee late last week, promise to serve both the pub lic and beachfront property owners without necessarily representing a political victory for either party. HB 1601 Is expected to pass the full House and see quick consideration lr. the Senate. It would set the public beach line at 16 feet elevation above mean sea level, restricting use of the line In places where wide, low land might extend It Into com munities and home areas. In such cases, the line would fal. 300 feet inland from 5.7 feet above the mean sea level mark. The b ill further directs the State Highway Commission to survey the entire coastline, to propose a more definitive line fo r study at the 1969 legisla ture. It gives beachfront prop erty owners an opportunity to protect their future rights with out restricting their dry sand areas from public use by filing with county clerks. It authorizes Highway Com mission zoning and defines reg ulations concerning new con struction below the line. And, happily, It assures Inland Ore gonians of plenty of free sun bathing area. Next Week: Hew the 1967 session w ill affect our daily- lives. COMING EVENTS Tuesday M em orial Day IN WHICH I DISCUSS FISH HATCHERIES First of all it's pretty com mon knowledge th a t co n certed efforts toward construction of a fish hatchery were m ade prior to 1957, by Rep. c a r l Back, and others, w ith tlic Ilk River H atch ery Bill being passed in 1957. Now tlie reason it was for the Elk River is sim ple. I'he Fish Com mission h a d instituted a search, beginning u. 1953, to find a salm on propagating site on the southern Cregon Coast. All m ajor stream s in both Coos and Curry counties were studied, by a Frank W. Sm ith, for a pos sible site. The study covered a period of three years, as his tim e perm itted , and it was fin ally decided that th e Ilk cam e die m ost nearly presenting die m any requisites necessary for a successful fish cu ltural station. It is interesting to note, also, th at an e g g -ta k in g station had b e e n established on the Sixes River previous to 1440, but soon proved u n satisfacto ry .. . as did other stream s in this area. The Elk River site was lo c a te d at the m oudi of Anvil Creek, about 10 m iles up-river and 15 acres of land purchased at S250 per a c r e . (It was ap praised a t S I. 000 per. ) in the final days of die 1957 le g isla t i v e session a request for Elk River hatchery funds in am ount of $200. 000 was passed by the house and senate. But now die problems started. The m ain one was that all biifc far e x c ee d ed state estim ates for the hatchery construction and the p roject was tabled. . . then nearly fo rg o tten .. . ex c ep t by a few, including C arl Back. T h e n nearly 10 years la te r in October of last year, State Fisheries D irector Robert Sc hon ing inform ed Back th a t $417, - 000 had been requested for co n struction of the Elk River h atch ery, to be included in die 1967- 69 budget. Under this request, die schedule provided for co n struction to start in Novem ber 196Sand end in June 1969, w ith o p e r a t i o n and m ain ten an ce finwls budgeted in die 1969-71 biennium . During January of dils year du-county court becam e Inter ested in a com ity o p erated fish hatchery after becom ing aware of tlie Prairie C reek hatchery in H um boldt County, C a lif,, and because ol concern over a re duced fish (x>piil.it ion In county streams. T he end ol th a t month C o u n t y Judge Fell C am pbell presented a program here on a county pro(xssed hatchery, w id i Bill Steuer, supt. of die Prairie Creek facility . At diat tim e,C am p b ell stated d iat die proposed Installation was estim ated at $300,000 with $50 to $60, iXX) in annual oper ating expenses. He also stressed th a t the p ro ject was only in the talking s ta g e ,. . d iat m aybe die State w o u ld lie lp in construction or operation. Hie county was going to explore every possibil ity, in any event, before reach ing a decision. Now com es February and a report oil die hatcher)- progress . . .by Com m issioner H e c k T ln i- eus. He said d iat Bill Steuer was going to m ake an extensive sur vey of all county stream s and suggest eig h t or ten of die best s l i e s . The county would then study all other factors and cut the num ber of sites to three or four. Steuer would take over a - gain and study these sites thru the sum m er and fall and suggest one site. Comes the first of M arch anu die 13k R iver hatch ery bill gets approved by die House Fish and Cam e C o m m itte e .. . a f t e r a hearing requested b y J u d g e C am pbell and supported by Carl Back and m any county and state organizations, i n c l u d i n g die Oregon Coast Association. From previously published reports it would appear diat the next niondi saw a c h a n g e .. . w i t h Tlm eus taking over the com ity hatcher)- plan by him self. I say this because in a report from him published April 6, lie said, for the first tim e, th at the county hatch ery would be IN ADDITION T O a n y state or federal hatch ery project. Pre vious reports had never indi ca te d anything ex c ep t th at die c o u n t y w anted a hatchery in the com ity to propagate fish for count)- stream s. (About t h i s tim e.T im eu s to ld the OCA co n vention th a t the com ity would build a hatcher)- if the state w ouldn't. ) But all of a sudden it looked to some, like die Elk River bill was in tro u b le .. . and it was voted by T im e us and co m m is sioner Ityce W llson to seek leg islation enabling die com ity to build a hatchery. Judge C am p bell did not endorse die action, he said, because lie was »me ol die Elk River BUI. He felt the state was b etter oii.il if led to op era te and build h atcheries. . . a n d liesides the count)' d id n 't have funds to build w ide This was an argum ent he used in sup porting the I lk hatchery at sev eral hearings in Salem . T he co unty's enabling bill d id n 't get thru die rules c o m m ittee because legislators felt It m i g h t Jeopardize the 13 k h a t c h e r y . . . w hich had now gabled renewed support, fbially pass big the full house and now w aitbig for senate passage and die governor's sig.Tills new a c tion prom pted W ilson to w ith draw his support of die county bill In favor of Ilk R iv e r.. . at die suggestion of bodi Sen.C hap- tnan and Rep.Ito-1 M cKenzie, a - long w idi the comity judge. Because of dielr support oi tiie Elk River hatcher)-, first, die ludge a n d Wilson are be big severely criticized. Both have stated pub lically dial they are not oppoeed to a count)- h atch ery. . .ju s t in doing anything ai dtis tu n e diat could Jeopardize die Ilk R iver ,v o je c t 1, for one, can see no sensible reason why diis action should m ake T im eus so a ll-fire d dis turbed widi the other two com l m em bers, unless he's dibikuie of next e le c tio n .. . or m aybe Uiiuks diat il lie pus'ieS hard enough some body ni ight suggest nam ing a county facility die H eavenly Heck Hatchery . . . or som ething like that. Of course, 1 also real be the Elk BUI m ay not pass, as safe as it looks. I low ever, it makes good sense to glvv it lu ll support at d ils tim e rathei than try to grub o ff a whole b.igfull at once. Oh w e l l .. . m aybe the co u rt w U I k b s a n d m a k e up. . . fo r the good o f die c o m ity . Before I f o r g e t . .so m e tb n e back the Brookbigs editor, on Ills ed ito rial page bi fact, m ade a re m a rk t h a t I was so f it tin t I'd be an inch ta lle r if I laid down. I, bi turn, said he was short anti bald headed, ..w h ic h is nothing but the trutli. W ell, 1 saw hbn the other day, , . and there is no change. Nope, I've LOST’ w e ig h t.. . but Ire's 5 I'll I short and bald. WeslernSlates Officers Named chief (oroH iet, wete in attend arne, as well as o lim i» Iroin out of town, Including Howard and 1 aster ( ii vt-ui »on, Jum linn C ity; M r, and M rs. Chester 1 asti, Clans Hai ; A lliin I U lulili, W illam ina; Arnold I yngsladl, A sto ria ; F loret*'i- Randall, I I - gard, l.oyd Heels, Portland) zkltiu 11 I tin •• I, PDI II in I; H. L. Ttiompaon, Salem, and Alex W altos, Pot Hand. M l. and M I s. Herman P rice, builders and fo rm e r owners of the Seat rest Motel south of P ort O rfo rd , also came fot the meeting and v is it ed th e ir many f llends while h ere . __ The Jinx Canasta C lub held th e ir m ee tin g o n May 23, at the h o m o ot M u . S tilile ) lla id y . Honors wont to Mr». Lolita M y er». Mrs. V iola H a m ilto n and Mrs, M a rie Gerhardt. Guests wore V iola H a m ilto n , Rose Davis and tana Schetske, The a n n u a l nieniberehlj meeting of Western State« Ply wood wa# held Saturday, May 20, at the Sixes Grange Hall. Soma 125 members were at 10 a.m. roll ra il, and the ses sion cl sril !:T ' . ■ 0 noon nieul was served hy the Sixes Grange. The liuard for tlie past yeai was re-elected with the ex ception that Everett M ills re placed George Armstrong. The hoard Includes Craig Gates, president; I than Clarke, firs t vice president; Joe Mlcholtck, second vice president; W illiam shook, aecretary-troasurerj i d /astera, William KrlckandE v erett M ills. Representatives from th e Auditors, also Don Page Smith, office manager for Western Stales, and Frank St. C la ir, *ffuutk4 • • TO EVERYONE MR MAKING- 00ft THIRD ANNIVERSARY a success DOOR PRIZE WINNERS 1ST PLACE MRS. ORVIILE PRESTON 2ND PLACE MRS. JEAN PENBERT1IY ILKftS SOFTLY Aaswers J e ll As Session Rears End Answers are falling Into place here like pieces of a jig saw puzzle, the pace of solution accelerating as the leftover number of questions dimin ishes. The»e »re the final days of the 1967 legislative session. Joint Ways and Means Com mittee, whldh traditionally sets the pace and tone heralding ad journment, Is sending out final appropriation« M ils. Most other committees have completed ttie ir work. Legislators are anxious to get home before Memorial Day, if possible. Furthermore, It’ s evident that real action Is forthcoming on problems which have gen erated the most public concern: property tax relief, air and water quality and the late- blooming beach controversy. It would be difficult to Ima gine that legislators w ill fall to agree on some means of reducing real property taxes. The live issue s till is the re tail sales tax measure, which likely w ill be on a statewide ballot, In some form , within the next year. Senate Taxation Committee has amended the House-passed version after considering It word by word. Its plans would earmark one-fourth of sales tax revenue for state Income tax relief, three-fourths for real property tax cuts. It retains exemption of food consumed off-pre mises and prescription drugs, and adds In manufacturing which are not part of finlshedproducts. T h e '. features are considered likely to be part of any proposal put before the people. Strict moves to curb pollution and to clean up already fouled a ir and water are shaping up too. Last week Ways and Means sent to the House a $3 m illion appropriation recommendation to spur installation of municipal sewage treatment plants. 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