HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. January 8, 1959
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MOBROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Tlmg tabllsiid
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912
0 NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS
ASSOCIATION
ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
ASSpCrATI0N
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From The
County Agent's Office
By NELS ANDERSON
First thing I would like to wish ! ions concerning various cost
everyone a happy and prosperous i factors in pork production. Most
New Year, in the same breath 'of the inquiries have to do with
we would add that It is time to ' feed practices and this is cer
make out Income taxes. Those t ta inly justifiable since feed Is by
who have finished have no doubt far the largest single item in the
Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter ae,a Solution to do a " vTZhths of the to til
Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, W Year; Elsewhere g4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. 1? t memSs and il'Touf 4 t
i use record books which are avail- greater than labor, the second
A RURAL FIRE DISTRICT K KIFFnFn I able here at the office. We have largest item, and several times
a number to select from which
is nearly all now In the hands of the Heppner win flt vour particular need. For
fire department, and has been for some time, tnose who have not 'et prepared
which tontativplv nntiinpa n nmnncoH ActrM their income tax or are in the
Much of this information was made available Process now, we have a copy of several thousand head of swine
through the efforts of Heppner Pine Mills. This the 1959 edition of the Farmer's indicates that for feed the cost
is available to any rural resident of the area iax uuiae. me puDiicauon is usw.per uwuai um iwmui
who would like to circulate such petitions, and the available free at this office It is
fire department will be glad to aid In any way written In plain language and
it can. explains most of the income tax
Questions are always asked as t0 what the cost rules which apply to farmers and
of such a rural fire district would be. Here are tnose who have tax questions
some tentative answers to that: I about farming. It should be of
The state law governing fire districts limits assistance to you when you pre
the tax levy (without a special vote of the people Pare vour income tax return for
involved) to 4 mills. It would probably cost that tne calendar year, 1958 or fiscal
much for 2 to 4 years until necessary new equip- ivear ending in 1959.
ment was paid for .then the cost would Drobablv
drop to 2 mills or even less. At the latter point We nPe that a11 of our live
This newspaper has on at least a half-dozen
occasions during recent years attempted to ex
plain the value of, and interest residents within
a reasonable number of miles of Heppner In
forming a rural fire protection district. In prac
tically ail instances such efforts have fallen on
deaf ears, until this week when three separate
rural fires within just a few hours completely
destroyed two farm homes and damaged another.
No lives were lost, but a lot of property was.
All of a sudden there is a lot of Interest in a
fire district and we would like to encourage it,
and help where we can.
There has been some criticism of the Heppner
fire department because it would not take its
equipment to a couple of last weekend's blazes
(though some of its members did everything they
could personally do to help out). This criticism
is entirely unjustified and when the excitement
of such fires is over, most people realize why
such restricting rules are made. First of all, it
was not the fire department that refused to go
it was instructed not to leave the city limits by
the city council (except in cases of mutual aid,
civil defense orders, or when it must chase a
fire that started within the city limits). The
council in issuing that order some years ago, and
advising residents outside of town of such action,
is only complying with laws and common sense
practice. The people of the city of Heppner have
bought and paid for their fire equipment and
because they have done so, and it is at all times
ready to protect their property, they enjoy a con
siderably cheaper rate on their fire insurance
than do residents living outside the city In an
area with no organized fire protection. That
saving approaches 50, which goes a long ways
toward offsetting the tax they pay for their fire
department.
As we have said before, there Is a very simple
way out of this problem of fighting fire for the
residents outside of the city limits of town. They
can form a rural fire protection district which
will be supported by a small tax levy on all
property within the district and after it is organ
ized, equipment purchased and in operation, and
the district rated, they can also enjoy a reduction
in fire insurance rates. In addition, they can get
a lot of peace of mind which can't be valued
in dollars and cents.
To start the formation of such a district, petit
ions must be circulated in the area outlining the
proposed district. When the names of 25 .or 200
property owners (whichever Is less) are obtained
they can be presented to the county court who
will set a date for a hearing. If no major objec
tions are raised, then an election on the proposal
will be set to vote on forming the district and
naming directors (0 run It.
Necessary information to prepare such petitions
greater than all the other cost
items combined. A consolidated
report of many farms during the
1957-58 growing period involving
savings on reduced fire Insurance rates would stock men wn nave DUlls to
practically offset the tax. 1 trade or sell have contacted Don
Many times people forget that just because a Robinson, chairman of the Bull
town has fire trucks, it doesn't mean that those DaV wi1 be a Part of the annual
trucks would be of much value in the country I County Livestock Growers Assoc-
where there are limited water sunnlies. Honnnpr'a ! latlon. mis second annual Bull
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trucks are designed for short runs where there
Is a fire hydrant within easy reach. Equipment
designed for a rural fire fighting job Is much
different, though It may look much like a city
truck. It must carry its own water, it must be
powerful enough to make good time on hilly
roads and be able to get around in fields and
range land. If residents here do decide to form
Day will be a part of the annual
meeting of the Morrow County
Livestock Growers Association.
We assure you that there will
be something of interest to every
one at the annual meeting on
both Friday and Saturday, Jan
uary 16 and 17. We call your
a fire district, that is the kind of equipment they ! attention to the ad in this week's
would have something that would do the best
job for them.
As a temporary, stop -ean measure, the Hennner
Plne Mills this week offered the Heppner fireigram
department its own fire truck for use as a rural
truck, if the city would house and operate it,
paper and ask that you watch for
further publicity and informa
tion giving details of the pro-
Another event that is sched-
which it has already agreed to do. It would be!uled for this month is the Vnlon
available only for a few months until It was
necessary to again take It to the woods. It Is
far from an Ideal rural flre truck, it wasn't de
signed for that, but the offer was made by the
mill with the understanding that there is now a
real interest by the residents around Heppner to
form a rural district. The Heppner fire depart
ment has agreed to man it, when and if a place
can be found to house It where it won't freeze
and can be readily available.
It is a generous offer by the mill, but it Is
strictly temporary and the rest of the job must
be up to the people living around Heppner. If
they will take steps to form a district in the Im
mediate future, the city, the mill and the fire
department will do everything they can to help.
If not, the situation will be as it has been in the
past.
It's up to you who live within six or seven
miles of Heppner.
Pacific agricultural educational
car which will be spotted at Hep
pner on Friday, January 23. This
year s program theme is conser-1 New project material has re
lation. There will be conserva- cently been made available for
includes the sow's feeds) and at
the end of the suckling period
$1.85 and at the end of the
fattening period $15.22 for a total
of $19.31. Labor is the next big
item costing $4.17; sanitation,
medication and vacci nation
$3.18; repairs .55; depreciation
$1.35; interest on investment,
$1.06; miscellaneous .57 with a
total of $30.19 as the cost of pro
duction of each pig. For those
who sell pigs at weaning, cost
might be calculated by combin
ing the at-birth (which includes
the sow's feeds) and suckling
costs. These costs are for pigs
weaned at 6 weeks of age or ap
proximately 25 pounds. When
you combine the two periods feed
makes up 41.7 of the cost. For
calculations on feeder pigs, cost
of $15.22 for the fattening period
must be studied. Here feed makes
up 74.6 of the cost.
Kansas State College states
that 33 inches of rain falling in
Eastern Kansas "8 inches was
used by plants, one-half Inch
went into deep soil, three inches
ran off, and 2IV2 inches was lost
by evaporation." From this it is
apparent that one of our best
bets for more available water is
to save more of what we get.
tion movies, pictures, displays as
well as some illustrated discus
sions featuring Merrill Overson,
superintendent of the Pendleton
Branch Experiment Station; E R
Jackman, farm crops specialist,
Oregon State College; Don Peter
son, a past county winner of the
Conservation Man of the Year
boys and girls who might like
to join a new club made avail
able to Oregon only last year.
The new project is 4-H Fisher
man. One hundred twenty nine
boys and 20 girls were enrolled
last year. It is expected that
there will be a big increase in
the 1959 club year. The 4-H
Car Insurance Rate Changes Told
Revised automobile insurance
rates for Oregon were announced
Wednesday by two rating organi
zations, effective January 7.
The National Bureau of Cas
ualty Underwriters issued revised
rates for automobile liability in
surance and the National Auto
mobile Underwriters Association
for automobile material damage
insurance. They announced the
rate changes on behalf of their
member and subscriber com
panies. The rates revisions are based
on a review of the latest avail
able experience for the state of
Oregon, coupled with a change in
the rating formula which results
in allocating a larger share of
the premium dollar to the pay
ment of claims, the rating organ
izations said.
Rate changes vary from terri
tory within the state, according
to the record of losses experien
ced by insured cars in each ter
ritory. Thus if insureds in one
territory have a better record
than another territory, they pay
lower rates.
The National Bureau said the
liability rate changes result in
an average statewide increase of
about 2 Mi percent. The rate for
Morrow county for basic limits
(non-business family car with
no young male operators pro
tection up to $5,000 bodily Injury
for one persons and up to $10,000
for more than one person, and
program; Tom Wilson, work unit j Fisherman is the first of a series
A Look At Our Future
With the start of a new year it is always inter
esting to see what some of the experts in the
field of business, economics, etc, think of the
future. Last week this paper carried the well
known Bahson forecast for 1959, and today we'd
like to look a little farther ahead, in one field,
through the eyes of the well known Klpllnger
Washington Letter.
KIplinger sees for the future, expanding cities,
40 more homes, and new highways that will
change the face of the nation. He sees a pop
ulation growth for Oregon by 1970 of 631,000
people or a gain of 3870. Here Is the KIplinger
December 30 statement in this particular field.
We think it is of Interest and much of It can
well apply to us right here In Morrow county:
Spreading cities, fast-growing highway net
works, and n tremendous boost in construction
of homes will change the face of the nation in
the next decade, according to a report published
here by the KIplinger Washington Editors.
To take on new businesses and enterprises,
cities will have to fan out. Suburbs will grow
and join other suburbs from adjoining cities,
creating new residential and shopping centers
between cities.
New houses will be built at the rate of a
million and a half a year by the late 60's, a gain
of around 40 percent over present totals.
"To relieve growing congestion highway net
works will grow faster, but In doing so will
create new congested areas not originally Imag
ined. Commuting distances will be longer so more
families will have two cars," the report states.
"Farms will be larger and will utilize more
machinery, Many of today's farmers will be
tempted by wages from nearby plants, many of
them In the farm areas. Some farmers will even
move into the cities, become part-time farmers
and commute to the farm to oversee It, thus
holding two jobs simultaneously," KIplinger says.
"With expansion of the cities, local civic prob
lems will Increase. Higher local taxes will be
levied to support all the special services needed,"
predicts KIplinger. "More police and fire services.
Better water supplies, health and sanitation with
Increased facilities. More electric power. More
telephones."
Along with the increase In city size, growth
rate of certain states will rise. Alaska will be
the fastest growing state with a population in
crease of 97 percent by 1970. Nevada will increase
92 percent, Arizona, 79 percent, Florida, 65, Calif
ornia, 57, and Delaware, 52 percent.
Other states with population growth with 30
percent or more are Maryland, 45; Utah, 44;
Michigan, 43; Colorado and New Mexico, both
42; Oregon, 38; Ohio, 37; Texas, 34; Washington,
33; Indiana, 32; and Connecticut and New Jersey,
30 percent.
The population shift, however, will result in
some states losing their present population. A
drop 01 M percent is predicted for Arkansas;
Mississippi, 6 percent, Oklahoma, 4 percent and
Vermont, m percent.
conservationist with the Hepp
ner Soil Conservation District as
well as a review of the recom
mendations for soil conservation
made at the 1958 Town and
Country Planning Conference
which I will present. Mark this
of wildlife conservation projects.
Projects on guns, archery, hunt
ing and possibly other phases
of wildlife will be developed.
date on your calendar as one
you will not want to miss.
pheasants to eight weeks of age
for release. The game commis
sion pays club members $1.00
each for pheasants released. This
is not a money making project.
but if old lumber and wire for
run ways are available at little
cost, it is possible for a club
member to make a few dollars.
While we are talking about
newer projects, the 4-H photog
raphy club is one which is gain
ing popularity. Mrs Kenneth
Palmer, Lexington is in the pro
cess of organizing the first such
club in Morrow county. This pro
ject starts out with a simple de
tail of good photography and as
the club member progresses in
the years in which they are en
rolled, the details become more
involved. We were interested this
year in a Christmas card receiv
ed from the Palmer family at
The Dalles, former Heppner resi
dents, when Dr Palmer was den
tist here. The Christmas cards
were made by David Palmer as
his project in the 4-H photog
raphy club. The picture on the
card, one of Indian signs taken
up to $5,000 for property dam
age) is now $43.00. This is an
increase of $4.00.
The rate for the same coverage
for a Portland resident went up
only $1.00, but the rate, however,
is much higher at $75. The rates
for the Morrow county area are
among the cheapest in the state.
For cars owned or principally
operated by young males, rate
Increases range from $3.00 to
$14.00.
The National Aut 0 m 0 b 1 1 e
Underwriters association said the
average statewide rate level
change for material damage cov
erages represents a reduction of
over xk percent.
Material damage rates vary not
only by territory and risk classi
fication, but also by the Initial
value ot the car.
"For example," the UAUA said,
"the new rates mean that the
combined full comprehensive and
$50 deductible collision prem
iums on a new-popular priced
family car with no male drivers
under 25 years of age in Morrow
county will decrease from $96.00
to $88.00.
USE GAZETTE TIMES
CLASSIFIED ADS
Other wildlife conservation pro
jects now available include the 1 alone the rock cliffs of the Cnl
4-H pheasant raising project for . umbia river, made the card an
which the Oregon State Game ; interesting one. Boys and girls
Commission provides settings of who might be interested in this
pheasant eggs to bovs and eirls nrm'ect shmiM enrtant tho mint,,
We frequently receive quest- who will hatch them and raise agent's office.
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EXAMINER COMING
A drivers license examiner will
be on duty in Heppner Tuesday,
Jan 13 at the court house be
tween 9:30 and 3:30 p m ac
cording to an announcement
from the Department of Motor
Vehicles.
STAR
THEATER
Thurs.. Fri.. Sat., Jan. 8. 9. 10
Sierra Barron
Brian Keith, Rick Jason, Rita
Gam.
TLUS
High School
Confidential
Russ Tamblyn, Jan Sterling.
Mamie Van Doren, Ray An
thony and many more.
Sun., Mon., Tues., Jan. 11, 12,1
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Cat On A Hot Tin
Roof
Elizabeth Taylor, Paul New-
man, Burl Jves, jacK (.arson,
udith Anderson. Sunday at
Lexington News
Tuesday evening, Mrs Jim
Peck entertained with a birth
day dinner honoring her husband
Jim's birthday. Those present
were: Mr and Mrs Rolce Fulle
tun of Heppner and Martha Peck
of Parkdale.
On Saturday night, Mr and
Mrs Jim Peck entertained Mr and
Mrs M V Nolan and children,
Vern and Phyllis at dinner.
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