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2 Brookings-Harbor Pilot, Thursday, February n , 1954 BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT AN IN D E P E N D E N T N E W S P A P E R buildings w ill be appraised a t th e ir new value, and will pay a d isp ro p o rtio n ate am ount of tax. T he rem edy is sim ply. A re ap p ra isa l of th e county will give us m ore re a listic values on w h 'ch to base o u r taxes. And the adoption of a m ore re alistic tax base should help keep them in line for th e fu tu re. At th e p re sen t tim e, th e T ax Com mission is leaning to w ard a fo rm u la w hich would use c u rre n t m ark et valu e as th e ap p raisal base. W e can clean up o u r tax rolls . . . but only if we really w ant to In th e past, people have resisted a reap p raisal, fearing it w ould ra ise o u r taxes. T h a t is not tru e. W e will only re ap p o r tion th e tax es so th a t each p ro p erty pays its tru e portion of the ta x . . . an d no one can disag ree w ith th a t. Gold Beach Lodge Installs Officers O fficers of th e Gold Reach R e bekah lodge. No. 249, w ere in stalled Jan u ary ’ 29 by the d istrict d ep u ty p resident, E llen G ardener, M in n a A k e r s , O w n e r a n d P u b lis h e r and h e r staff. In stalled w e re : N oble grand W ILLIA M G. P H E L P S , E ditor A lm a S orber; vice grand. Jan > S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E 8 : One Year In advance (In C u rry County» .................................. 13.00 D ay; recording sec retary , Ad 1 One Y ear. In advance (outside C u rry County» ........................... ..............13.50 C orbin; financial sec retary , Ellen N A T IO N A L A D V E R T IS IN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E G ard en er; tre a s u re r, Gladys F o r sy th ; rig h t su p p o rt noble grand, W eekly N ewspapers R epresentatives , I nc . H a ttie H ogue; left su p p o rt nob’e New York Chicago D etroit P hiladelp hia >een ru led to be binding indefi- Krand, Bess R ich ard so n ; w arden. nitely. Joyce W alk er; conductor, Ada NEW SPAPER F orm erly an executive ag ree- Jo h n sto n ; color b ea rer, Joyce N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L m ent o r co n tra ct mad« w ith a n - Î C ro n ev u ett; chaplain, Inez Colvin; P U B L IS H E R S as T o c P âti / în o th e r governm ent w as considered inside guardian, R ea M cLennon; By A SSOCIATION subject to congressional control. outside g u ard ian , Ire n e W allen- A C T IV E MEMBER H arris E llsworth , M.C. S u p re m e c o u rt decisions have giv- M usician, V esper P ailo r; right I N T H E S E W EEK LY le tte rs I n such agreem n ts the sam e support vice grand, R eta Ganong; * m ake an effo rt to deal fra n k ly s ta tu s and effect as tre a tie s in left su p p o rt vice g ran d , O leta J a r- and fully w ith co n tro v ersial is o th e r words, th ey also are the re tt. P a s t Noble G ran d L orraine sues w hich are before C ongress. suprem e law of th e land and u n HPHE M E E T IN G ealletl last w eek at Gold P each by the C u rry Johnson w as p resen ted w ith a In doing this, I not only hope to to u ch ab le by Congress. C ounty Live S tock A ssociation on access provisions for H ig h It is p re tty c e r t a n also th a t past grand jewel from the lodge give som e useful inform atio n on w ay 101 proved once ag ain th a t th e re a re n o e a s y an sw ers to such su b je c ts hut in addition p re som e fine sounding provisions in m em bers and a co rsag e of red th e problem s concerning th e highway. rosebuds from h er officers. sent m y own views on them . My the U nited N atio n s C h a rte r P rese n t at th e h earin g w ere m em bers of the S ta te L egisla The incom ing noble grand, Al notion of re p re s e n ta tiv e g o v ern which is a duly ra tified tre a tv t u r e ’s interim H ighw ay C om m ittee . . . th e re to h e a r how access m ent is th a t th e people at hom e could he in te rp re te d and im pie- m a S o rber, w as g re eted by the provisions of the highw ay would affect this county. a re e n title d to know- w h at th eir m en ted so as to have serious and lodge w ith a bouquet of red car- R e p re se n ta tiv e in W ashington is far reaching effect as law w .th m nations, as w as th e in stallin g of- T hey h eard q u ite a bit T h ere w ere th e sam e old a rg u m e n ts th in k in g about the im p o rta n t is o u r cou n try . M inority opinions licci’, E llen G ardener. by th e sam e old people for in discrim inate access along the length su es of th e day. i re n d ered in the steel plant seizure of the co u n ty -access provisions w hich would d stroy th e one tim e case w as w arn in g enough on th a t A lthough m any su b jects arc less, p riceless asset this county has: Its scenery. point. NOTICE now being dealt w ith here, it P u t they h eard Some p re tty logical arg u m e n ts, too; and out I am very c e rtain th a t Con seem s to m e th a t th e m ost im p o r ot them m ay yet com e ideas which will help the econom ic grow th H aving heard m any tim es th a t tan t one and the m ost fundam en gress and the s ta te s MUST act to m v a p a rtm en t house has been of this county as w ell as p reserve its beauty. put lan g u ag e in o u r C o n stitution tai issue is th a t wh ch is em bod Am ong them w ere tw o plans, both voiced by so u th ern w hich will p u t a stop to its d s- condem ned. I wish to m ake public ied in th e so-called P ric k e r th a t th e Law of Gold Roach has mtegration. C u rry C ounty residents. One of them proposed th a t th e s ta te A m endm ent to th e C on stitu tio n . ____________ inform ed me th a t it n ev er was, m ain tain o w nership of th e scenic s trip along th e coast, but It is a difficult su b ject to dis „ . . i and 't should be, I wrill be th e th a t it lease spots along it for hom es and for com m ercial develop- cuss in a le tte r like this because H elp i educe t«x>th decay by giv- first to be inform ed not the pub- o p m ent. Py m a in ta in in g s ta te ow nership, th e re would he a con it is both technical and legalistic. ing y o u r children r w ell-balanced lie. However, I shall do th e best I can diet low in s u g a r con ten t s ta n t safeg u ard ag ain st eyesores, and ag ain st the o v ercom m er MRS ELIZ A B E T H S H IN G L E R to discuss it in an u n d ersta n d ab le cialism of th e area. ' way. T he second plan, voiced publicly at th e m eeting, w ould call for the highw ay d e p a rtm e n t to obtain its right of w ay and m ake T he d e b a te on the P ric k e r For the first time, you can now A m endm ent serves th e purpose of its road location before considering th e problem s of access. A fte r have a Sonotone tubeless hearing revealing very c lea rly w hat has th e location w as defin itely decided upon, the problem of access aid. Double-battery combination happened to o u r co n stitu tio n a l for individual p ro p e rtie s could be tak en up. Such a schem e would eliminated. governm ent d u rin g th e last 20 n ec essita te a zoning law of som e type, to insure th a t the p e r years. Som e of us h av e said, down m itte d developm ent w ould be controllable. OPERATING COSTS thro u g h th e years, th a t in terp re - W IT H B oth of th e se schem es present a d m in istra tiv e and legislative as lo w as 2 5 cents a month t a t i o n, legislation, executive prohl« ms. L egislation would alm ost ce rtain ly be needed to c a rry ag reem en ts and co u rt decisions th em out, and th e problem s of choosing areas to be developed w e re shooting so m any holes in AND SO [A S T TO WEAR w ould un d o u b tedly be as touehv as the access problem is now. o u r C o n stitu tio n as to en d a n g er But th ey seem to us to be the only a lte rn a tiv e s to com plete o u r sovereignty and possibly tli SONOTONE GE H EA R IN G A ID d estru c tio n of o u r scenic assets on the one hand, and the elim in a very freedom of o u r people. MEDLGRl) The a c tiv itie s re ferred to cam« tion of com m ercial and residential developm ent on the other. one at a tim e U sually th e a c tu a l 839 E. Jackson. M edford, Ore. W e a re com pletely. irrevocably, u n a lte ra b ly opposed to u n re g m a tte rs involved w ere so m inor as u la te d access along th e highw ay; because of w hat it will do to the to a ttra c t little at ten t on. Now : in A n 11 ;n i'n I li 11 ! I : n 1. n r r r . n m , sa fe ty of th e highw ay, and because of w hat it w ill do to o u r however, th accum ulatio n of scenic beauty. W e cannot perm it G urry county to follow the these little rips and te a rs in o ur n o rth e rn p art of th e coast into a slum area. C o n stitu tio n has a ttra c te d a tte n And we a re as c e rta in as ev e r th at we do need a throughw ay. tion to th e fact th at its whol. M ore th an ever, we realize th a t o u r economy soon will he based s tru c tu re is seriously w aken ed alm ost e n tire ly U|x>n the to u rist, and we m ust keep a highw ay he T he c o n stitu tio n a l am endm ent will trav el, and a scenery he will com e to see. propos d by S e n a to r P ric k e r am P ut we realize, also, th at we need as m uch econom ic develop 63 o th e r sen a to rs last y e a r re p re sen ts an effo rt both to stop th i m en t as we can get . . and we realize m ore th an we once did th e r d estru c tio n and to p atch how badly this county needs som e econom ic developm ent. If it som e of th e holes. W e have just read your very fine “ News-| can he w a r k r t, o u t by th e L egislative C om m ittee, so th a t we can F o r instance, the fam ous Mis h av e developm ent AND scenery, w e’ll he happy. souri vs. H olland ease re ferred t< letter,” Volume I, No. i, and wish to ex so often in this d e b a te w as a valid case in th * 1920s. T he s ta te won press our very best wishes for the success its Case based upon th«* prem ise th a t th e ('«ingress could not tell of the Pacific hulh (»rowers Association. J. LO G G A N , Chief /Xppraisal E ngineer for th e S ta te the citizens of M issouri w h e th e r T ax C om m ission, recen tly s p ik e to the B rookings-H arbor o r not they could shoot m ig ra c lia m b e r of C om m erce on the subject of p ro p e rty tax es to ry birds. T h ereu p o n a tre a ty Som e of th e th in g s th a t Mr. Loggan told us are of e x tre m e was en te re d into w ith C anada. I: im p o rtan ce to every resident of C u rry county. WITH ALL WORKING TOGETHER becam e th e “su p rem e law of the T he financial s tru c tu re of C u rry C ounty is based, as is th a t la n d ” w hich s ta te law s could not YOU CAN'T LOSE of ev ery county, on the p ro p e rty tax T hrough it th e p ro p e rty touch M issourians th en had to o w n ers of the co u n ty c o n trib u te th e ir sh are of th e tax levy. abide by th e m ig ra to ry bird law because it w as a tre a ty and " su P u t g re a t in eq u alities have grow n up th ro u g h th e y ea rs in th e p rem e.” am o u n t w hich each person pays As Mr. Loggan told us. few S ince then, th e com m erce clause // co u n ties hav e e s c a p 'd th ese irre g u la ritie s , and they are p re sen t of th e C o n stitu tio n has been so also in C u rry C ounty. b roadened by congressional ac T h ere a re a n u m b e r of reasons for th e inequalities. One of tion and upheld by th e c o u rts th a t th e g re a te s t reasons is th e difficu lty in reaching a fo rm u la by v irtu a lly every activ ity is consid w hich all p ro p e rty will be fairly judged ered to he in in te rs ta te com m erce, T he legal fo rm u la now in use specifies th a t the tax base shall and so su b ject to fed eral law. 1 be a c e rta in p ercen tag e of m ark e t value un d er •’norm al condi believe it is conceded th a t w ere tio n s ’ . . but no one is q u ite su re w hat norm al conditions are i case id en tical to th e M issouri B RO O K IN G S, OREG O N Then* a re o th e r difficulties, too O u r assessors lack tra in e d vs. H olland case to arise now, the Entered an s e c o n d - c la m a t t e r , at the p o sto fflre at Brookings, Oregon, M arch 7, 194«, under the A ct o f M arch 3, 1879 LETTER FROM WASHINGTON The Problem of Highway Access HEAR WELL SONOTONE ALL-transistor HATS OFF TO THE BULB GROWERS j A Tax Reappraisal Is Needed COATS OFF TO THE FUTURE" OREGON STATE BANK p erso n n el to assist them in m aking th e ir ap p raisals, and they lack th e monev an d tim e to kt*ep up w ♦’* '*b'»n<»in(» conditions in m a k ing a p p ra isa ls T hus we have th e spectacle of p ro p e rty w hich s.'lls for th o u san d s of d o llars being ap p raised at a few hun d red d o llars . ju s t because th e assessor has not kept up w ith ch a n g ing m a rk e t conditions At th e sam e tim e, newly co n stru c te d iecision w ould be ex a ctly opposite u n d er th e com m erce clause as it is now so broadly in terp re ted . F o rm e rly e x e c u tiv e ag reem en ts n a d e by a P re s id nt w re d»*cmee. «' he n force onlv durii g his »■ n- ire of o ttic e T hey have lat iv Your Dependable Home Institution M EM BER F E D E R A L D E P O S IT IN SU R A N C E C O R PO R A TIO N ji. i.uT'fS.
