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HIIEHMAN L O I M I
JOl ItN A I., .MORO, t/RRGON
SHERMAN COUNTY
JOURNAL
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P u a to ffic a a t M u ra , O re g o n , an d e r
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MAY 31, BM>3
T he L e g isla tu re
L a-t w«x*k we decided to have
a look at th e legislature, th in k
in g it m ight l»e th e Irest show in
th e ¡Mate. Il may l»e hu t th e act
i p retty repotitionft.
T h e lohhy is alm ost unan im o u s
in sa y in g th a t individually th e
m em lrcrs of Hits le g isla tu re are
very good w ith none of th e o u t
sta n d in g ly d u m b ones often in-
< ludisl by th e voters; and w itli
a high ilegret* of Intelligence th e
g en e ral sta tu s.
P erhaps. T hey
a re d re ssin g Iretter than th e y did
a few yearw ago, and seem busy
a th e ro u tin e tacks.
But w e got th e im p ressio n that
lids le g isla tu re is m otivated by
som e ou tsid e force, tiiat it is go
ing th ro u g h an act, th e sc rijk fo r
wiiieli w as w ritte n elsew here. We
suspect that it m ay lie p a rty o r
ganizations. w hich o re com paru
lively new in Oregon legislatures,
it may lx* lalmr, w hich p refers
to w ork Itehlnd th e scen«‘s; it
m ay lx* jiersonal am bitio n , a l
though tiiat I,as alw ays been a
facto r In legislative Ixdiaviour.
We heard th e house delude re
consideration of a hill to set th e
.* d a rie of M ultnom ah county of
t ¡rial Tlx» arg u m e n ts w e re su|x*r-
fkdal
Not one legislato r said
tiiat it was none of tiie s ta te ’s
busin ess to set th e sa larie s of
e o i i n i y officials and had not tx'en
in years; no o ne m entioned th e
principles of g overnm ent, it was
carried by alm ost a ixirty line
vote witli only the highly inde-
|x*n<lent .lake B ennett and Don
Meti'innis of ih<* D em ocrats vot
lug against it and tints* P ortlan d
Itepuhlicans voting for Tiiat Is
p arty o r so m ething
disciplin e
that no u pstanding u p s ta te H e m
«x rat w ould h ave stixxl for a few
y ears ago. Also, it is ,xx»r gov-
e i u iiM 'tit
T he lobby, m any iihmu I mts of
w hich have w atcluxl leg islatu res
for 2d y ears o r more, ssiy th e re
- no lead ersh ip in e ith e r house.
I'hat is criticism often leveled
<»111)i.mios s, pue sa.iup!|s,d.»| jr
tru e It may lx* in th is case, but
we thin k it. m ight look tiiat wav
if routrolhxl from ou tsid e If tin*
v o ters want Io l'i*s|xx*t th e ir leg
Isiators, w hich th ey «io not « ‘«‘in
t * do this si»ssion, they m u st el-
ix*t m ore independent ones.
Th«* legislators h av e lxx*n in
Salem long enough to lx* convin
<«xl tiiat they m ust ap p ro v e a
budget of $ >d o r $60 m illion itxrve
t h e Iasi on«*, next session it may
lx* Sinn over V oters will have
to lx* alert to k eep from having
th e ir |*xk«‘,s pick«*d.
ill, F
W a it A w lnl j
It is certainly loo «*arl> to «le
J rinin«* th«* «*ff«x-t of tin* w heat
le fe ie n d u m
T ills is th e tim e of
extrom«* sauness on th e | m ii of
tin* advoc«dcs of Bi«' ref«*r«*ndum
eid tlu* tiim* of elation for op
¡«on« id s It is also a tim e for
try in g to g«*t a new w heat lull
In t ns regarti w<* m ust s a \ we
a re n t huh h im pi’esMxl w ith tin*
F arm
B ureau's idea of public
oidduig for w li«*,d acreagt*
W
no evidence to (late that
going to «Irop to tiie
a* a d m in istra tio n 's hen
imien
e lletod and
c e rta in ly '
ne of tiie reasons for th e 1 os-,
as tiie fantasti« th re a t- a r I pro-
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e rv k t
Wt
rtain l
d oubt tlgit far-J
m e re a re o ing to p lan t all the
w heat the can and flexxi th e m ar-
kei w ith u n w an ted grain. Only
u n d er gave i nrnent co n tro ls does
th at h appen F a rm e rs a re sm a rte r
titan tiiat.
f a n n e rs w ho can
C ertain ly
grow o th e r *n>ps will do so an«l
th at will lx a h ap p y «lay f<*r the
big w heat farm er, who, in m any
parts» of tiie c o u n try can grow
no o th e r g rain for « aish crop. E ven
th e lug fa rm e r can grow m ore
livestock, esjMx-ially in th e north-
w est w hich Jias been im p o rtin g
'»lost of th ? jM)ik and lx.x*f eaten
h ere Tiie big fa n n e rs h av e ijorn«*
th e b ru n t of fed eral regulation
and m ay now reg ain th e ir once
p ro fitab le w heat m ark et.
T h ere w ill lie m ore w h eat used
if th e p rice d ro p s to $1.50 or
th e re a b o u ts and if th e re is m ore
used, m ore can ix? grow n. U nder
a co m p etitiv e sy stem the l«g
fa rm e r will g rad u ally crow il out
♦he little w h eat f a n n e r w ho just
got into the act because prices
w e re in flated and g u ara n tee d
G rad u ally we m ay again deve
lop a g ro u p of d ea le rs who are
in te re ste d in selling w heat. They
have b een long gone u n d er gov
ern m en t controls. Bad th in g s will
'•ome of th«* v o te anil also g<xxl
things.
N<g a single w heat sta te voted
to r th e controls, anil o nly six
sta te s fav o red th em an d these
wen* all in th e so u th e a st— pius
Maine. As for us, we are w illing
to w ait u n til th e te a rs a re shed
and th e ju h la n t sh o u ts stilled. GF'
T ax Bill
L eg islato rs have lx*en concern
««I o v er th e ]x »stability, nav prob-
ab ility , of a referen tlu m on any
tax bill th ey m ight ]xuss. The long
co n tin u ed session and the long
tax co m m ittee co n feren ces l»ive
d one little to a s su re tax payers
th a t Bie end r«*sult will lx* the
ix'St for th e state. PrincijKil in
te re st of leg islato rs w as v ery ap-
fiurently th e raisin g of an ad
d itional $60 m illion do llars and
i g reat m any ta x p a y e rs do not
th in k tiiat necessary.
As tax bills go the bill pasmxl
back to th e h o u ses by th e con-
fereiw e cominitt«*«* w a sn ’t so Ixid.
if you assu m e th e .state ntxxls
ui a«l«Jitional $60 m illion.
We an* c e rta in tiiat v o te rs «Io
not fav o r pay in g ta x e s on th e ir
ftxleral Income tax; w e a re «xpial
Jy c e rta in tljey do not like a sales
lax; w e do not Blink th ey like a
c ig a re tte tax. If som e one s ta rts
a referen d u m we th in k tin* bill
will lx* d«*f« at«xl.
F'or reaso n s u n ex p lain ed th«*
k 'g islato rs m ade no h a rd t'ffort
to d ro p th«* <*x«*inptions of $600
iik I th e re b y a«lo|g th e principk*
that those w ho receiv«* Ix'iu'fits
should pay for them . Then* is l»ig
tax m oney to lx* had by reducing
th e |x*isonal «‘x em p tio n s <lo\vn to
half $600 o r less.
Som e le g islato rs th in k that
•. >i«'gon has trav«*l«xl long enough
on tw o tax k'gs; Incom e and
pr»>|x*rtv taxes, ami should grow
inon* legs, by a»lopting a s.d«\s
tax and a c ig a re tte tax and per-
**aps oiiu*rs w hen som e n*s«mrc«*
tui tax g a th e re r th in k s them up
I'ii«* sam e resu lts m otley fn>m
llie low er iiuxxne g ro u p can lx*
ohtaiiuxl by d ro p p in g th e |x*rson
al ex einikion.
We w ould not vote for any
new tax W<* do not th in k Oregon
lias to raise and s|x*n<i an ad«li
tional »60 m illion «*ach b iennium
as it lias lxx*n d o in g Stat«* gov-1
»’rn m en t «xmld lx* c u rta ile d an d
- hould lx* And, if th«* |x*o|>k* are
given a ch ance to «*xpn*ss tii«*lr
«»»Inion, we an* su re it will lx* F'
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Wasco
Pharmacy
Technology Exhibit
To Be Displayed
At Oregon Museum
OMSI Slate New
Building Project
For Near Future
1962 COMET S~22
1961 FORD THUNDERBIRD
1961 FORD F-100 PICKUP
Eastern Oregon
Electric Co.
PATTY O’MEARA
1961 COMET 2 DOOR
1958 MERCURY 4 DOOR
1957 MERCURY H.T. 2 DOOR
1956 LINCOLN PREMIER
1955 DODGE - 4 DOOR
1955 CHEVROLET - 4 DOOR
1954 OLDS - 2 DOOR H. T.
* 1954 STUDEBAKER CHAMPION
1953 FONTIAC STATION WAGON
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ri«le iiu p rm tx l facilities for
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th a t we h av e ru n o u t of space.
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I C lassroom space, office, sto rag e Ay an d co n ten t
I and e x h ib it space a re a t a pre- program s locali
on tiie fund-
F u rth e r detai
i inlu-in. At p resen t, OMSK science
including an-
i classes are o»ei • .-»ulx* rilie*I by ' raiding cainiKii;
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|x-ople reg istered f«>r these classes stru c tu re an«I specific cam paign
we w ere aide to accotnm late o n ly , goals, w ill !*• titeclosed sh o rtly ,
St» tie r said.
2500.
"OMiSI m u st exp an d if w e a re ,
to m eet th e co m m u n ity 's needs
now and in th e fu tu re ,” he con-
clutled.
Mel P a rk e r th e C am era C lub
T he b u ilding p ro g ram envi-i in s tr iu to r tells of th e fine pic
.‘• ions co n stru c tio n of a new o u t tu re s taken S un d ay ev e n in g up at
door p la n eta riu m , a w ing devoted high school d u rin g Baeva la u re ate
to th e nwxlern science of agricul- service. Any a d u lt in te re ste d in
lu re and a second w ing to lx*! a C am era C lub please m ake it
I nse«l for tiie s ta te ’s edu catio n al know n to Mel. If th e re a re en
TV n etw o rk offices an d telecas ough in te reste d w e m ig h t get
him to h av e a s u n u n e r project
tin g studios.
F u n d s for th e b u ild in g p ro g ram , going. W ith #o m any su m m er
w ill lie sought in a sta te - w ide ac tiv itie s going on it is a sham e
I cam paign «?ffort, S to tle r rep o rted to let the su m m e r get aw ay from
Dr. Sam Diack, P o rtland, who us w ith o u t som e k ind of record
‘-•'parked th e orig in al OMSI con-1 t'f it in pictures.
H usky H u t h as added som e
st nut ion drive, w ill head u p the
th in g new to th e ir u su a l schetlule
new* cam paign effort.
T he proposed a g ric u ltu ral w ing of cu sto m e rs needs. A d ry goods
to be knowm as th e Max L ehm ann j service w iiich is g ro w in g each
H le m o ria l A g ricu ltu ral W ing, will w eek w ith d iffe ren t item s of de
' house ex h ib its ra n g in g from gen ' m and for th e a v e rag e citizen.
*>tlcs to m odern food technology i H ere to v isit h e r siste r, Mrs.
P is inten d ed to stim u la te young Mollie M cLachlan and h e r d au g h
people to select techincal ag ric u l ter. Mrs. Irv in g H a il and fam ily,
tu re a s a vocation and to stre n g is Mrs. May N o rd en of P ortland,
th en u rb an u n d e rsta n d in g of mo-j now recovered from a broken
k'g and able to dance.
| d ern scientific ag ric u ltu re.
C ircuit Ju d g e L yle W olff of
T he co ntem plated p lan etariu m
B
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stopped in Moro T h u rsd a y
would reolace a te m p o ra ry lane-
! ta riu m w hose pro jectio n etpiip noon w hile on his w ay from Kla-
i m ent is obsolete. New p rojection nu ll F alls w h ere h e has lx?en
“q u lp m en t would lx? housed in a holding co u rt to K ittitas, W ash-
[ Bone 33-ft. in d ia m e te r in a s tr u c uigton to see a nephew ’ g rad u a te
tu re seatin g 120 persons. It from high school. T h en he w ill go
Memorial Ibiy, ami always, let us honor our heroic
w ould enable OMSI to p ro d u ce notne to B aker.
show
s fe a tu rin g com ets, n o rth
<l<*a<l by pledging ourselves ever to pivserve the
e rn lights, moon topography, etc.,
liln * r t v ot‘ free men for which they gave so much.
and, in addition, w ould be s u it
able fo r teach in g celestial n av i
gation and spaceage m athem atics.
an o u td o o r p la n eta riu m , a w ing
T h e w in g to accom odate th e
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d evoted to th e m o d ern science educational TV netw o rk w ould 1
of a g ric u ltu re an d a w in g to
W hen Itaeha«*! ( ’arso n w rote
house th e s ta te ’s ed u catio n al TV
“Silent S p rin g ’’, a ix>ok highly
n etw o rk facilities.
critical of th e list* of jo is o n ch em
icals in ftxxi pnx liu 'tio n and fo r
est bug killing, w e pro p h esied it
w ould cre ate q u ite a fuss. It has.
A m erica’s larg est space teeh-
A co m m ittee ap p o in ted by th e
— th e N ational
p resid e n t has ag reed th a t m uch nology ex h ib it
Space Ailminis-
A
eronautic.;
and
of tiie chem ical sp ra y in g is jx)-
for
the B enefit
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“Space
t'*ntiaHy d an g ero u s to h u m an s
end is actu ally k illin g gam e and i of M an k in d ” — will lx* on display
T he O regon M useum of Science
iisii.
T he fixlcral
g o v ern m en t 1 for a full m onth at th e Oregon
will cease anti <l«*sist its sp ra y in g M useum of Sciences and In d u stry . and In d u stry at P o rtlan d an n o u n
I P o rtlan d , o p en in g S a t u r d a y. ced p lan s to d ay for a $600,000
of forests, w«* read.
' b u ild in g p ro ject to ad d twro new
As w ith o th e r public scares, J u n e 1.
T h e 120 - unit display, w hich j w in g s and a p la n eta riu m to the
we presu m e tiiat th is o ne is e x
I w ill Include 2 72-ft. tall S c o u t I OMSI b u ild in g on S.W. Canyon
aggerated.
C hem ical sp ra y in g for w cetls ro ck et and a full • 9cale model of Road.
M erc 0 M atic
B u ck et S e a ts
C o n stru cted in 1918 w ith a spec
lias certain ly n»»t been a panacea M ariner II, th e sp acecraft n o w
si>ee«ling
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170 E n g in e
Madly O th e r E x tra s
nus for a fly - by in IX*cemlx?r, ! “b a rn - ra isin g ” bee, th e m useum
reaso n s fur th a t th an th e ch e m
icals them selves. We used! to lx? I will a rriv e by tru c k s fi\nn Wash- has rap id ly o u tg ro w n its p resen t
f.acilii ies, acco rd in g to Dr. Don
tulil tiiat weed see«l w ould live i m gton. D.C. on May 20.
NASA crew s will m ove in the ald S totler, OMSI p resid en t.
in th e groun«! fur seven y ea rs
t allowing day, May 29, to set up
Loadd W ith E x tras
Only 14.COO Actual Miles
“S ince 1958, OMSI h as enjoyed
and tlien sp ro u t. We h av e Ix'en
the ma siv«* ex h ib it for its first a 20 p er cent in c re ase in use an-
sp ra y in g for wetxls for tw ice that
public sh o w in g S atu rd ay , Ju n e 1 u.ally. I^isi y e a r o v er 330,000 per-
long, on a fairly g en eral basis,
I*ortland w ill lx* th e second city .-' ns v isited th e science cen ter.
and weed s«*e<ls still sp ro u t. W e
; in th e U.S. to h av e an o p p o rtu n
siiould h av e elim in ated th em long
Low M ileage - Clean!
ity to view th e new’ NASA outer-
ago.
space d isp lay w hich w as first
But we used to h av e livestix'k
show n in C leveland, O. d u rin g a
dial
patrolkxl th e fence row s
t'‘ti - «lav “rpoce fa ir.”
kxiking fur a b ite of f«xxl d u rin g
T he NASA fepace Show a t OM
S td . T ra n s. - S h a rp !
th«* su m m er and a we«xl had to lx*
SI w ill lx* crow’ded in to available
p re tty d istaste fu l to «*sea|x* T ra
are as th ro u g h o u t th e m useum
-*iiy fallow h as given wetxls a
and w ill help p o in t u p th e pro-
E le c tric C o n tra c to rs
«‘ban««*, especially «'lu'at, an d it
j«x te«l $600.000 l»uil«ling cam paign
lias taken «*ver g reat p atch es in
to add tw o new w ings and a plan
w
m
m e ric ia l — re s id e n tia l
;«»nu* fields tiiis year. Ther«* is
«.tarium to tiie OMSI building.
no ce rtain sp ray for it, h o w ev er
in d u s tr ia l
T he new OMSI b u ild in g pro
We a re very su re th a t farm ers
g ram envision« co n stru c tio n of
E S T IM A T E S a n a B ID
a re not going to r«'-ort to th e hoe.
2 D oor H .T .
Il«x* bandit's cans«* callouses and
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•*it* u n p leasan t to th e touch, and But we <lo th in k th e chem ical
w ith no o b lig a tio n
I’e lth e r lx>ss o r farm lalx»rer w ill «•«»inpanics w ill d ev elo p som e b e t
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