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Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE.
Established March 30, 1883;
THE HEPPNER TIMES,
Established November 18, 1897;
CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 16, 1912
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Official Paper for Morrow County
Land Use Plans
Told In Report Of
County Committee
Post War Effects
Considered;' Timber
Value Emphasized
The Gazette Times presents here
with the report of the land use
committee at the recent farm econ
omic conference. Reports of the
three other major committees will
be given in later issues.
1. All indications are that follow
ing the present war stimulation per
iod, aa has been the case after ev
ery other war, agricultural products
will be the first to feel the effect.
Our committee feels that one of the
best ways for the farmer to meet the
repercussions of the present war is
for him to avoid over expansion and
attempt to liquidate his present in
debtedness as far as possible while
relatively favorable prices prevail.
2. The standing timber in Morrow
county is one of its valuable assets.
One third of the national annual
timber cut comes from Oregon and
Washington. Seventeen billion feet
is being cut annually in these two
states while only three billion feet
are being produced. One half of the
timber land is in private owner
ship and this 50 percent of the tim
ber is furnishing over 80 percent of
this annual cut. Recognizing the
value of this timber and the rapidity
with which we are losing this asset,
we recommend the cutting of pri
vately owned timber on a sustained
yield basis.
3. In order to compensate the
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choice sea foods always avail
able here.
Contributions Taken for
CHINESE RELIEF SOCIETY
and Official Receipt Given
Meals at All Hours
FOUNTAIN SERVICE
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counties for taxable assets lost when
Drivatelv-owned cut-over land is
turned over to the Forest Service,
we recommend the passage of the
Pierce Bill (H.R. 615) with amend
ment to include all publicly owned
land, public domain as well as Na
tional Forest.
4. Recognizing the need for con
tinued erosion control work in the
county, this committee approves the
formation of the proposed Heppner
Soil Conservation District
5. We recommend longer term
farm leases throughout the county
with three years being the minimum.
6. The establishment of the Gov
ernment's Ammunition Depot and
practice bombing range in North
Morrow county has reduced the an
nual revenue in taxes to this county
by approximately $8,000. Any new
industry which may be located in
the county will compensate for this
tax base loss and will benefit ev
eryone in the county, therefore we
recommend that immediate steps be
taken by all organizations in the
county to encourage the establish
ment of the proposed new ammuni
tion factory in Morrow county where
water, rail and highway transporta
tion is already available and where
there is large areas of low value
land, an inexhaustible supply of wa
ter and a potential supply of hydro
electric power available.
7. Because of the sandy conditions
on the Taylor Grazing District No. 7
and the tendency for that land to
blow when it is loosened, and rec
ognizing the problem of land use
which may develop not only with
in the district but on adjacent lands
on the east, this committee recom
mends to the War Department that
steps be taken to tie down with oil,
brush or other practical means the
bombed areas on the proposed bom
bing field as soon as practice bomb
ing begins. We further recommend
that a brief of existing conditions
and a copy of this recommendation
be prepared and submitted to the
War Department for their consider
ation. Use G-T want ads to dispose of
your surplus stock.
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with Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante,
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A roundup of music and, fun.
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TORRID ZONE
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Comedy 'melodrama.
SUNDAY-MONDAY
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w. Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard,
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March of Time
Gazette Times, Heppner,
'Must' Bills Keep
Legislators Overtime
By GILES L. FRENCH
Well, folks, prophesy is one of
those things that schools of journal
ism always warn against to students
of news writing and even editors
are
not much given to it. xnow
comes the time when your deponent
must agree with this time-honored
philosophy for his prophesy as to
the date for the final gavel in the
41st legislative assembly of the good
state of Oregon Unless there is a
fire or some other public catastro
phe of greater magnitude than this
session of the legislature the ses
sion will go on and on after Marc
8, which seemed like a good time
to quit.
This is that time in a legislature
in which' bills that have been re
posing in the pocket of the chair
men of committees suddenly become
'must" legislation in the 'minds of
some legislators and these bills are
dragged ceremoniously on to the
floor and oft times passed. A large
part of these are not very good
bills, and because of the approach
ing end of the session they are sel
dom amended as carefully amended
as are the important bills at the
first of the session, this is when poor
legislation is passed.
As an example, the sales tax bill
is lying in the house committee on
taxation and revenue. It has been
there about a month. It will very
ikely come out during the last week
of the session. People are right in
wondering why this is necessary.
There is reason for not bringing
out important measures for the first
month, but not for such dilatory
procedure.
Some one may do the public a
favor by analyzing the bills that
have passed this legislature. He
may find that a goodly part of them
have given a small group additional
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power over the public. Maybe it is
always that way and maybe it is
not.
Just what is the motivating influ
ence in this legislature is hard to tell.
Many committees have done a good
job with the bills sent to them,
many members study the bills care
fully. However, these do not seem
sufficiently in a majority to pre
vent much legislation that will be
no source of pride to members when
newspapers and individuals take
time to analyze the new laws.
The tax law passed that puts a
millage of 5.9 on all property is not
a good measure and will not bear
analysis from those who are able to
make a study of its effect within
individual counties.
The involved bill to divide $6,000,
000 between schools and taxes tak-
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Thursday, March 6, 1941
ins it from the income tax fund has
little merit and will result in higher
taxes. The same is true of the fire
men's pension bill.
There is some remedial legisla
tion of value, of course, and it may
be of sufficient worth to redeem the
many mistakes of the house on more
important measures.
STATE TAX HELP DUE 7111
An auditor from the office of the
Oregon State Tax commission will
be at the court house in Heppner on
March 7. He will be pleased to help
taxpayers in preparing their Ore
gon income tax returns, announces
the commission.
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