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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, May 18, 1950
Written Permission
Required in Burning
Trash Near Forest
During the period between May
15 and December 31 it is unlaw
ful for anyone to set on fire or
cause to set on fire any forest
land, grass, grain or stubble,
either on his own property or
that of another, without first se
curing written permission from
the forester or warden of any
land within one-eighth of a mile
of any forest land, points out
Glenn Parsons, local forest
ranger.
Burning season Is rapidly ap
proaching. Parsons says, and
anyone desiring to burn any of
the aforementioned items should
do so when the vegetation is
still green.
Permits may be obtained from
the local forest office in Heppner,
or from the state fire wardens at
Kinzua or Chapin creek.
Producers Losing
Out In Markets
In addressing the House today
in protest of the percentage in
creases in freight rates, Congress
man Lowell Stockman of Oregon
said that the producers in the
Pacific Northwest are losing out
in eastern and midwestern mark
ets. Representative Stockman point,
ed out that the overall average
increases in freight rates have
been 57.3 twrpnt Kinrp Juno
1946.
"While freight rates have in
creased all nvpr thp nation" the
Congressman said, "the percent
age memoa oi increases wnicn
has been followed is creating for
the Pacific Northivpst a mnct nn.
fair disadvantage that is already
rjegmning to stitle her economy."
The Congressman referred in
his SDPPph tn a vprv thnrnnoh
study which has been made on
ireigni raxes wnicn snows that
Of all 48 Statpo in thp tTninn
Washington and Oregon have the
I poorest natural positions from
I which to reach the large markets
1 of the nation, since producers of
no other state have to buy as
many miles of transportation to
'get their goods to large popula
tion and market centers.
He said he had urged the In
terstate Commerce Commission
to find a better and fairer formula
for freight rate increases so that
the natural mileage disadvant
age which the West has to meet
in Eastern markets would not be
worsened by the increases in
freight rates. The Commission
however, wrote the Congressman
that "The distant producer is
now faced with the alternatives
of going out of business; of re
ducing his production to the de
mand which can be served profit
ably; or of cultivating new mark
ets." ReDresentative Stockman nnint.
ed out however that he was ad
vised that the railroads them
selves have found a fair way
of increasing freight rates on
oranges and that in a recent pe
tition they have proposed an in
crease on oranges of 12 cents a
hundred pounds from Florida to
New York, from Texas to New
York and from California to New
York, so that no one of the three
producing areas stood to face
greater or lesser competitive diffi
culty in the eastern markets by
reason of increases in freight
rates.
With rPCrmnt tn UTactarn
ducts, however, the Congressman
said he had found that even
those products which the Inter
state Commerce had assured him
had been given most considerate
treatment in the matter of freight
rates were suffering an unfair
disadvantage as a result of the
series of freight rate increases.
On lumber, for instance, Oregon's
rate to Philadelphia was 38 cents
higher than Mississippi's rate to
Philadelphia before the war, but
" me ireigni increases, Ore
gon's rate is 46 cents moTe than
Mississippi's.
On apples, the rate from Hood
River, Oregon, to Chicago before
the war was 78 cents more than
from Virginia, but now the rate
is 94 cents more than Virginia's.
On canned peas from Pendle
ton, Oregon, to Philadelphia, the
rate before the war was 38 cents
higher than from Le Sueur, Min
nesota. Now the rate is 69 cents
more than La Sueur has to pay.
La Sueur's rate has increased 64
percent while the Pendleton rate
has increased 70 percent.
On canned fruits the freight
rAtP hac Hppn en ttcntvontacrpmlc
I to Washington and Oregon that
I in une year s ume xne prouueuon
1 18.9 percent to 14.1 percent of
jithe nation's production, from
io io, ana me ireignt rates
have been further increased since
then.
Representative Stockman gave
as a lunner example that the
Trpicrht rata nn .J j ,
before the war was $4.09 a hun
dred pounds from Boise, Idaho,
Uo Topeka. Kansas. whii Rnnn
Massachusetts, which is 150 miles
further from Tooeka than Hnisp
is, could reach Topeka for $158
NOTICE OF I05O-5I BUDGET MEETING
In accordance with the provisions of the "Local Budiret Law" (Section's 110-1201 tn nn nm a j , .
budget committee of Morrow Countv, Oregon, in compliance noVce . s hereby 8ivn that the
Oregon, for the ensuing fiscal year July 1, 1950 to June 30. 1951? as set forth in The accomoanvine ttdi.El aPuJ' 9 ' b,udget estimates for Morrow County,
day of June, 1950, at 10 A. M., in the County Judge's office at he Court House in KS Orelon mW .rtiLS?"8. hefy ntlfled on Thrsday, the 8th
ffil SoW&i CUn,y' reg0n' a"d " f$ orffis iXSS
The outstanding indebtedness of Morrow County, Oregon, at May 1, 1950, consisted of $85,000.00 in serial road bonds.
UAKiN&l UAKKATT
Chairman Budget Committee
C. F. BERGSTROM
Secretary Budget Committee
NORMAN NELSON
Member Budget Committee
ARTHUR ALLEN
Member Budget Committee
RUSSELL K. MILLER
Member Budget Committee
RALPH I. THOMPSON
Member Budget Committee
SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES, RECEIPTSANdTaX LEVIES FISCTnHlQior
1950-51
Tax Levy
Calculation
Total General Cenprnl Oanprnl
All Funds Fund Schools Roads
Bond Bond Rodent
Sinking Interest Fund
Fund Fund
Dog
Fund
Taylor Coyote County County
Grazing Bounty Hospital Hospital
fotal Estimated maimenance
ruSated $34M4a 584'60-00 $13'14a $16'000 0C $27'5M- S5'000-00 SOO.00 $1,000.00 $ 200.00 $1,500.00 $36,000.00 $12,000.00
Receipts other
than 1950-51
taxes
Esti. Tax Levy
July 1, 1950 to
June, 30, 1951
Inside 6 lim.
Est Tax Levy
July 1, 1950 to
June 30, 1951
outside 6
Total Levy
July 1, 1950
to June 30, 1951
as Estimated
223,530.00 11,190.00 13,140.00 160,000.00
90,410.00 73,410.00
32,500.00
122,910.00
500.00 1,000.00 200.00 1,500.00 36,000.00
5,000.00 12,000.00
27,500.00 5,000.00
1949-50
Tax Levy
Calculation
Total Estimated
Expenditures
Deduct-Estimated
Receipt other
than 1949-50
taxes
Est. Tax Levy
July 1, 1949 to
June 30, 1950
Inside 6 lim.
Est Tax Levy
July 1, 1949 to
June 30, 1950
Outside 6 lim.
Total Levy
July 1, 1949
to June 30, 1950
as Estimated
SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES, RECEIPTS AND TAX LEVIES FISCAL YEAR 1949-50
Total
All Funds
General General General
Fund Schools Roads
Bond Bond Rodent Dog
Sinking Interest Fund Fund
Fund Fund
Taylor Coyote County County
Grazing Bounty Hospital Hospital
Fund Fund Maintannnx.
$461,483.00 $78,685.00 $12,500.00 $155,000.00 $27,500.00 $6,000.00 $5,500.00 $1,000.00 $200.00 $L500.00 $160,598.00 $12,000.00
340,413.00 9,615.00 12,500.00 155,000.00 1,000.00 200.00 1,500.00 160,598.00
86,570.00 69,070.00 5,500.00 120oaoo
33,500.00 27,500.00 6,000.00
120,070.00
EXPENDITURES
HIGHWAY HISTORY
In the period embracing 1923
and up to November 30, 1926, the
highway commission commenced
to face rapidly developing prob
lems of administration and con
trol as well as those of heavy
construction. Up to December 1.
1926 it had issued $38,700,000 of
highway construction bonds. In
1922 it had commenced to feel
the weight of annual principal
and interest repayment charges
which came out of highway reve
nue. It was confronted with rapid,
ly increasing traffic on the roads
it had constructed and was con
'structing, passenger cars includ
ing those locally owned and an
incoming flood of tourist travel;
freight trucks continually grow
ing bigger and heavier and log
trucks insistent upon loading to
the weight limits allowed, and
beyond.
As a result of these combined
conditions, highway maintenance
"Was shooting up, replacements
and reconstruction was becoming
a major item, early pavements
were proving too narrow to meet
the demands of bigger and faster
equipment and the light road
beds which seemed adequate in
the beginning paving, oiled
macaaam, crushed rock and
cravelled surfaces were break
ing under the continual beating
of ever heavier and faster use.
The 1923-24 report points out
that "the program of the present
biennium has, in a large measure,
consisted of completing unfinish
ed contracts, placing new con
tracts to fill gaps in the main
through highways and extend
ing branch highways as well as
maintaining previous construc
tion so that travel may secure
the maximum benefits from the
state highway investment." Dur
ing the biennium it laid out 36.7
of gravel or crushed rock sur-
miles of pavement, built 580 miles
faced roads, did 415 miles of
grading and built 115 bridges of
more than 20 feet span. Forest
road construction consisted of
154 miles of surfacing and 142
miles of grading.
A total of $21,117,597. exclud
ing market roads was expended
during the biennium, of which
$14,269,970 was state, $3,785,883
county, $223,876 railroad and $2,.
837,866 federal aid funds.,
It was noted in the 1923-24 re
port that 2 inch bituminous and
6-inch cement concrete pavements
"were not adequate ' and "must
be thickened and widened to
meet increasing traffic demands."
The cement standard was boosted
to "7 inches with thickened
edges."
"The protection of the roads
against overloading and speed
ing requires constant vigilence,"
the commission discovered back
in 1924, and that far back com
menced to have its troubles with
log haulers' overloading. Those
days the logger had to put up
a bond to Indemnify the commis
sion "for any damage in excess
of ordinary wear.
The commission concluded its
report that it: "strongly recom
mends that no new roads be ad
ded to the state highway map
until the present system is completed.
Actual for Actual for
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
July 1, 1947 July 1, 1948
to to
June 30, 1948 June 30, 1949
July 1. 1949
to
June 30, 1950
Budget
for Year
FUND AND CLASSIFICATION
Estimated for
Fiscal Year
July 1, 1950
to
June 30, 1951
Approved by
Budget
Committee
$2,400.00
1,860.00
367.20
84.65
1,023.11
2,880.00
1,860.00
52ii.79
130.60
2,400.00
1,692.56
946.60'
107.78
444,00
488.00
2,400.00
159.50
1,857.02
70.00
150.00
125.00
174.95
290.67
OO'OSZ
117.75
162.65
25.00
658.32
250.00
v 00.00
- 00.00
1,540.00
00.00
347.11
1,010.15
894.31
5,515.18
300.00
2,400.00
1,033.45
15.50
2,880.00
3,720.00
319.92
1,702.44
100.00
$2,400.00
2,000.00
392.69
107.11
,1,239.33
2,880.00
2,100.00
556.90
98.60
2,400.00
1,835.88
765.00
103.78
832.00
582.47
4,500.00
200.00
340.55
846.19
56.00
150.00
125.00
139.00
454.02
1-2X9T
1,922.50
13.46 ,
220.54
70.00
663.92
374.22
00.00
00.00
2,280.00
547.93
314.01
1,001.90
1,016.85
7,000.00
300.00
2,700.00
1,049.74
15.00
2,880.00
3,900.00
315.10
2,209.66
lOO.Of
$3,000.00
2,400.00
500.00
200.00
1,500.00
3,600.00
2,100.00
600.00
150.00
3,600.00
2,250.00
900.00
100.00
1,000.00
630.00
5,590.00
200.00
500.00
1,200.00
50.00
150.00
125.00
200.00
450.00
Ze'06S'T
2,200.00
100.00
200.00
50.00
700.00
250.00
100.00
25.00
2,400.00
300.00
350.00
1.000.00
900.00
9,500.00
300.00
2,880.00
1,080.00
25.00
3,600.00
4,200.00
450.00
1,500.00
150.00
Assessor's Office
Salary of Assessor $ 3,000.00
Salary of Deputy 2,400.00
Books and Incidentals 600.00
Field Work 500.00
Circuit Court
Witnesses, jurors, bailiff, reporter, incidentals 1,500.00
Clerk's Office
Salary of Clerk 3,600.00
Salary of Deputy 2,280.00
Books and Incidentals 600.00
Coroner
Jurors, mileage and fees 150.00
County Court
Salary of County Judge 3,600.00
Salary per diem & mil. of Comm. & incid'ls 2,250.00
County Expenses and Contributions
Accountants - Audits 800.00
Association of Oregon Counties 125.00
Bangs' Disease Control 1,000.00
Bonds 600.00
County Agent and Home Demonstration Agent .... 5,800.00
County Institute 150.00
County Law Library 200.00
District Attorney Rent and Incidentals 500.00
Election Expense 1,000.00
Fire Patrol 75.00
4-H Club 150.00
Federal Tax Committee 125.00
Insurance 200.00
Jail Board and Expense 450.00
Justice Court - Jurors, fees, witnesses, etc. 250.00
Justice of the Peace Salaries 2,700.00
Juvenile Court 100.00
Library 200.00
Mentally 111 50.OO
Official Publications & Tax Foreclosure 700.00
Publicity and Advertising .., 250.00
Weed Control 100.00
Wind Erosion Control ., 25.00
Court House
Salary of Janitor 2,700.00
Fuel 450.00
Light & Power 400.00
Incidentals 1,000.00
Repairs to Court House and Jail 3,000.00
Current Expense
Postage, Stationery, Telephone, Telegraph, etc. ... 1,200.00
Emergency 10,000.00
Health Department
Salary of County Physician 300.00
Salary of County Nurse 2,880.00
County Nurse Travel Expense & Incidentals 1,080.00
County Registrar 25 00
Sheriff's Office
Salary of Sheriff 3,600.00
Salaries of Deputy and Office Clerk 4,500.00
Tax Collections 450.00
Books, Incidentals and Travel .... 1,800.00
Stamps and Envelopes 175.00
less money than could Boise. The
percentage increases have added
to Boston's advantage, however,
by 56 cents, making a total dis
advantage for Boise of $1.84.
EXPENDITURES
Actual for Actual for July 1, 1949
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year to
July 1. 1947 July 1, 1948 June 30, 1950
t0 to Budget
June 30, 1948 June 30, 1949 for Year
FUND AND CLASSIFICATION
Estimated lor
Fiscal Year
July 1, 1950
to
June 30. 1951
Approved
by Budget
Committee
1,920.00 1,920.00 , 2,100.00
50.14 31.90 250.00
1,419.00 1,878.00 2,100.00
167.00 172.74 190.00
4,125.00 4,275.00 4,800.00
6,684.00 5,840.00 5,760.00
87.60 93.60 1,000.00
4.493.66 5,274.77 5,500.00
200.00 94.48 200.00
141.00. 156.00 1,500.00
I
24,366.60 153,692.90 155,000.00
I
27,500.00 27,500.00 27,500.00
7,483.31 5,860.59 6,000.00
15,260.62 14,264.60 12,500.00
30,000.00
12,000.00
Treasurer's Office
Salary of Treasurer 2 400 00
Books and Incidentals 10000
Relief
Aid to Dependent Children 1 680.00
oiina Assistance 330.00
uvntrrat Assistance 4 500 00
Old Age Assistance .'.'."'.".' 6 000 00
Dog Fund . ooaoo
Rodent Fund 5,500.00
Taylor Grazing Fund 200 00
Coyote Bounty .'.'."I.'.' l.SOOiuO
Roads and Bridges
Repairs, Labor, Materials, Machinery & Incid... 160.000.00
Road Bonds
Sinking Fund 27,500.00
Bond Interest 5 000 00
County School Appropriation 13 140 00
County Hospital Equipment Fund ... 38 000 00
County Hospital Maintenance ' 12000 00
Estimated Cash Balances and Receipts Other Than Taxes
294.68 329.50 250.00
295.25 353.25 250.00
3.556.78 2,848.07 2,800.00
2,372.02 2,680.25 2,500.00
994.56 1,390.96 200.00
1,529.44 3,932.74 1,000.00
2,119.63 3,395.86 500.00
00.00 150.00 50.00
547.02 552.08 400.00
00.00 00.00 100.00
1,152.19 808.57 1,290.00
15,156.30 21,663.57 25,000.00
886.19 2,020.12 1,000.00
00.00 00.00 1,500.00
839.75 937.00 750.00
1,600.18 4,365.36 1,000.00
2,637.93 1,255.67 750.00
125,000.00
1,135.77 1,131,74 00.00
R5.39 148.96 . 00.00
37.48 102.56 00.00
148.26 1,979.51 1,500.00
343.00 328.00 1,000.00
155.33 230.44 200.00
70 598 00
25,805.90 28,251.45 30i000!00
11,433.80 12,000.00
11,740.00 12,160.00 12,500.00
General Fund
hnerltfs Fees and Mileage 250.00
Sheriff's Auto Sticker Sales 250.00
Clerk's Office Fees 2,800 00
justice wuri fines ana costs 2,500.00
Rentals County Lands and Houses 200.00
Land Sales 750.00
Interest 500,00
Jail Rent from City of Heppner 50 00
Alcohol Control Fund 2,500.00
Weed Control 100 00
State Board of Health 1,290.00
General Road Fund
Estimated Cash Balance 30,000.00
Forest Reserve Rentals 1,500.00
Gasoline Refunds 1,500.00
Justice Court Fines , 750.00
Land Sales 750.00
Sales and Rentals 500.00
Special Road Levy by vote of the people 125,000.00
Rodent Fund
Estimated Cash Balance 500.00
Delinquent Taxes
Land Sales
Coyote Bounty
Estimated Cash Balance 1,500.00
Dog Licenses 1,000.00,
Taylor Grazing Fund 200.00
County Hospital Receipts from Federal Govt 12.000.00
County Hospital Equipment Fund Balance ;.. 24,000.00
County Hospital Maintenance Fund Balance
County School Fund
Receipts from State of Oregon 13,140.00
Homestead Units
Opening In Wyoming
Official announcement has
been made of the opening of 54
homestead units in the Riverton
pftjeet, Wyoming, the Oregon
Department of Veterans' Affairs
reported this week. World War
II veterans have until June 26 to
apply ahead of all others.
Application forms may be ob
tained from the Oregon veterans'
department at 305 State Library
building, Salem, and .415 S. W.
11th avenue, Portland; from
county service officers; or by
writing the Bureau of Reclama
tion, P.O. Box 2130, Billings,
Montana.
The 54 farm units cover 6940
acres of irrigable public land
north of Riverton in central Wyo
ming. The reclamation bureau
says the lands are "in their raw
state, covered with sages and
grasses, and must be cleared and
leveled, and a farm irrigation
system installed prior to crop
production," and that the soils,
which are low In organic matter,
will require three to five years of
soil building to obtain maximum
yields.
Principal crops are alfalfa,
small grains, sugar beets, dry
beans, irrigated pastures and va
rious seed crops.
A public drawing for the home
steads will be held some time
following the June 26 veterans'
preference deadline. Winners,
however, must have at least
$3000 in cash, assets or livestock
or farm equipment, must have
had two years of farming ex
perience, and must intend to
farm as an occupation.
o
Sharp Upturn Seen
In U S Bond Sales
In Month of April
A sharp upturn in sales of U.S.
Savings Bonds was marked in
April in the State ot Oregon,
according to Mr. E. C. Sammons,
State Savings Bonds Committee
Chairman. Private individuals in
this state bought a total of
$3,765,892 worth of Uuncle Sam's
Bonds, with $2,710,479 being in
vested in the small E Bonds.
These figures are taken from the
latest report of the Portland
Branch of the Federal Reserve
Bank.
Mr. Sammons said: "The sharp
upturn in sales last month
when compared to April of a
year ago comes at a most op
portune time, inasmuch as the
state will be embarking on the
Independence Drive, Monday,
May 15. This Drive is designed
to sell a minimum of $5,892,000
of E Bonds by July 4, the closing
date. With an exact replica of
the Liberty Bell touring the State
and with County Committees
everywhere making greater ef
forts than at any time since the
Victory Drive to sell the value
of thrift to local people, it looks
as though Oregon will make its
usual excellent record."
According to James Drisroll.
County Chairman, the people of
Morrow County purchased a total
of $39,000, of which $34,500 was
in t Bonds. He expressed the
hope that local people will take
the time during the Drive period
to carefully analyze their own
financial situation with an eye
toward the future value nf a tp.
serve in Savings Bonds or other
types ot savings programs, and
will act accordingly.
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and Storage
Heppner Ph. 1 12
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114 E. 2nd St
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