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
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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
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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
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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
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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 .
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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
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.
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.
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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
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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
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