Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, June 16, 1960, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextCHILEAN RESIDENT TELLS STORY OF TERRIFYING EARTHQUAKES .. . ..... i.,ul I lrtfi- . .. m-u ! Murllrf ma M"en .7 , , f St Cv't' CVllee. MnlW U.I -kmd ly Mr end Mr ,n 0!rr-.h-ld of !w. I he wurld by our Ui-! i .. ., miff Ul"'l hi?. 4 I Mle mri. rer.e. er.e. uf evr r OKI oXQ Hrea cu wof to go frm coast to coast n' leave town. This new rcndleton operator will KHin call lots or places every day on her new Job as long dls- . a nee operator. . iya We ncm "l "J lb .1.. ...It-h. i pracn? .. 4 hoard, training with a phone woman wht learned the Job In this way too Other new peo pic starting out In the telephone Q I ' i - iin ePt training for dirrercnt jodm nu business will get " f,ii them build fin. e .".raining like thb careers lor infni- - while means good service for you Planning ro mov t o good fimc fo gff extrusion phone you ve been thinking about. At no extra installation charge, we'll put in an extension phone or two or three when we install your new service. So if you'd like to start planning vhere you'd like those new, phones, why not call your vrrvire representative at the telephone office, or talk to your telephone service man. k..i. That's what you could call the town. Ana very accuv. :r --r-- , k they carry everything needed for any job . . . from screwdrivers to snov els to a full line of color phones. Gener ally, they carry about 400 pieces of equipment and tools. Stocking up the trucks so they're ready for everyday jobs and for most "unexpected develop ments" is another way telephone people work to bring you good service, quickly and efficiently. Pacific Telephone -North west . , " v ... Nit .ftV-ia- AW Tftl ,n f-rther ta ut, ,irl f'ir. An laDftn-al rrr.t i4 (a ! ;,!i!u.n Anl rt hl Ita. hM-" hrr ai mn .U ..f fu' ntl "!' t.Uiiv H -t rnIiy ,on' . .:'.. ....!. th.i dcru U-ntfth tone ranwH w .rr.t(h ff th Und. Chi! irrml to b dlvldrd InIO thir Indrj-endent c4 .i-, .U1yiiibl t earth- nu.ke Tl north, the renter and the wuth In its entirety w affnte.1. becmnlng at l's north rrn line and moving all he way ,lmt Magallanr. Tt.e area .... ..fMt covers a atretth ol fer five hundred miles Or Saturday mornlne. a free day.'we were awakened, or tho alrrady up. frightened by a long ,f nulvers. I woke up. but tf..re It was an ur, . .w.. ...an. tninKing. ---. .... -,t In aed off. '"' .... a Irrmnl ,it unusuauy ik- , , 1.. a, moments like that time ' . if,im-ini on the MI'IM lO ., Ictfts f etemuy. n"'. . wa an unusual quality of K,-ntlenesa about thl. like a' we heard that Conception on the roast, about 400 miles uth of u had been hit. rather badly. Such news, because of their fre- auency. Is not to aiarminK Jeneral. It Is almt like a new bombing during w- Ible but beeause oi n "H" Itltlon. not so upM-iiiiia- few details were given in morning editions, a paragraph, on the find page, but not yet with main headline rights. Sunday afternoon, I was worn- iL..f .i-tinn I Slid. ni in ine nuiaij " denly felt sea -sick. I looked up to focus my eyes, aim u.... lunch for an apparent upse stomach. Then I looked about and again returned to my papers .rW Still tnc Same i.-isia- tent nausea. Then, finally the stacks began to squeak, gent y, a slight moan. So I was nox ui turbed at all, because the usual ah And banc and me squaw and squeal through out the building was missing. I walked to the wlndow-they were closed imisn It was cold ouismc nu uviihv - - ... j noticed the tall trees in me yaru swaying as If a strong breeze ,.r. mnvlnrr tnem. even mi .ii.i iinthnr me because I ihmiPht the wind was blowing And the quiver continued. Father Atwood came down uom me (Mr,i floor and iolned me all u,i m-p talked until the trembling finally ceased. It must hnv-P lasted UD to tnree minuies. I had my radio on, as I was planning to work all afternoon and evening. In about 15 min the r:.,ilo announced that a tremor, grade 3 plus had been felt In Snntiaeo and naci causcu touch of panic (because of the previous one on Saturday) but no harm or damage had been occasioned. Somewhat after the half hour news what there could be, due to the immediate rfisTimtion of the entire eommun Icatlon setup throughout the country-began to drift over the airways. And from tnen on u was Just the story of poor old Job at his banquet, as message brought news of death, destruc tion and damage. It was terrify ing. I listened until midnight. And the messages have not ceased up to the present. It still all In vv aro aliv. tt . , ar alu. all ix hu En . . c,.4 health. "t ay Hh hat have vn wf b. bMhef dead. etf. etc, . . "' win -k. fhaj months brfor the atory U thia U ur.ravelwl. a.-.Uf,n. u the only word that deac-ril-Mi t. A cataclysm t the tp that have ' felegatH to pre hUtury In which the face ff ! earth U changed. It aflerted al lrat on tnira w the euuntry- The coatun changed. Towns and villages have Mt-n wiped oil tne map. rompUtely. with no trace, mcrw U n. tMng there, ine ianu aunk In place or dUa.ared Into the aea. Tarts of cities aw Uland diaappearing anu r,tarlne. New volcanoes lifting their awful mouths above the aurfac of the earth. A series m others vomiting for their aahes v.r ih. devasted land and the frightened iple. The aea drew in in breath and spewed waters over the land In wave of fifty feet and more, dracgln In with ihrrn all that they couia ciutm Stories circulate of the bottom of the aea opening up In the hv and drawing everything iniA ii eulf. Buildings col lapsed or rolled down tne mu side like tumbling weed. Teople lh works a mcy affiled to modern situations. It h" maitni drmonairawn . charity and lldrlty with- an true norw-. Sot Sat wanyatloru fur ,h. aid of h P" lurnlnf ovef their proceeds, prac !uay all0.11fv1f .-ay. or more, ana - like reading a .. ...r ilcrTIKin NOTICE OF 1960-61 uuwuti m - nWU11 . ,A not notice Is I OKI. " --. In the country1. .,, Ptdltlcally. U k bmM ,h -3 nd mura political partiea al Idly behind the government. Of cuur. r om could stand aald hn a national dtater 4 uh proivrtiona atrike. Plana were continues .k.- i .-..l n,i,ti.ft Law hereby given that the ' cuacT!) bu!set estimates for ( Itv ' '"' "7 ehelulea. Al persona are and adopts on Jun 6 th 10. ,ltfi forth In Ih 'pW ?n Heppner. Oregon, aald fi-al year July 1. l?,y 5th : day of July. Xun board for Jleppner. Oregon. follows: 4 $1X3 000 00 ;;""". 146.000.00 .nv uerson autiKHi o thr,f Water Improvement Bonoa - Swer System iwno. slsn(Ki: Ted Smith City P.ecorder Ales Thompson , Chairman Budget Committee SetVt ary Budget Committee EXPENDITURES Pay Your D WHEN DUE and Keep Your Credit Good Plon.er Sarrlc Company credit Information U most Taluabla. No commission charged on collection. All moneys paid direct to creditors. PIONEER SERVICE CO., Inc. SINCE 1923 The Merchants' and Professional Men's Own Organization Oregon-ldaho-Utah-Nevada-Divislon Division Office: Eugene, Oregon WATCH FOR THE GREEN AND BLACK HANDBILLS WITH ACCOUNTS TOR SALE nut of bed or lust flung to the ground by the violence of the convulsions. Landslides throughout the south. Even the ke's flinging up a tmai which heaved concrete ong distances on the lana. who have been In the k rinrt ime storlea almost Incredible. And on top of the devastation came the rain, in own roof gone, now the roof of the sky seemed to have collapsed too. And winter is jusi i . ninninT Th first few days It lit- nrAllv seemed like the beginning - ' v . a A ,..n a of the end. Ana yei m.-ic scries of fortunate inings. me tih ton ana nsi oi iiii--"-b total less than 2.m as oi u.c nresent. Due to various lany.. ..iw stronc tremor mat 111- 10...V. r. frightened the population on ai urday made them all jump kr.nv Then tn long Kfjr iiminrv rocking on Sunday afternoon gave them all a chance to clash out to the open Manv buildings, otherwise oc. cu tiled, were empty, And when . i. a It. a f 1 rot the tidal waves strut,-, ".-.nv-A ramp closer and did not tha nrnnort ons or ine fior,...m.ss of the succeeding ones so that many could hoof it to the hills or the higher parts of own. Terrible as it an w, " could have been so much worse Then, out of this disaster the future of Chile can be forged. "Ah, Designer Infinite, must Thm, ohar the wood, ere Thou canst limn with it? . . - Must havvist fields be dunged with rotten death?" In the first place, the reaction of the population has been magnificent. The re ported calmness of the disaster victims after the first shocks had passed is admirable. And it must not be forgotten that the earth has kept trembling constantly since. The seismologlcal office promised more of the same for weeks to come. Then the sense of unity achieved in Chile over nieht has reached heights, I am sure, it never came close to even on the eve of its Independence. A series of Radio Stations have dedicated their entire time to form a network of contact across ih rnnntrv that operates day lilV - nd night, passing messages in kinds between nonn anu m Ilb-a ronrtlnp cllIM lO MSIL-Il WC13 .irvi. o i hp Dhone book or taking the census of the country by radio This is to cease tomorrow now that land communication has been tentatively established (but I just heard there was another quake and much nas again disrupted) the spontaneous help right from the first moment has been astounding. Clothes, food, etc. etc. has been collected in all places and by all; help offers from all possible sources. Bishops offering their pastoral cross and episcopal rings, aristo cratic ladies (anonymously) of fering their jewels, student groups, like some of ours, giving most of what they had collected toward their student trip, or their Actual Tor IIS7-1IM $ 60000 600.00) 600.00 - 3.700.OO 3,900.00 S 1.137.57 728.09 65.00 247.89 500.35 366.73 $ 22757 585.00 163.68 82 40 800.00 91L39 $ 1.616.25 712.85 806.80 $ 414.01 558.55 1.153.00 2.229.55 660.00 231.00 9,136.25 309.83 1,00250 985.00 1,053.64 800.00 6,825.90 705.75 1,068.00 3.000.00 5,750.00 Actual Tot ltsi-mt f 600 00 600.00 600.00 6.000.00 4,200.00 $ 1,496.01 79309 65.00 179 60 17.50 284.44 $ 256.45 585.00 23241 82.40 800.00 1.601 T3 $ 16370 265.96 1,013 SI $ 420.83 647.17 1,314.46 Eatlmat Foe 1ISMM0 t 60000 600.00 600.00 6.400 00 4,500.00 $ 1.325.00 1,005.00 65.00 17.50 500.00 350.00 $ 250.00 5K5.00 300.00 80.00 800.00 5,000.00 $ 1,800.00 250.00 870.00 400.00 1,500.00 1,300.00 fTJNDS AND CLASSIFICATION Budget Approved Bf CommlttM .. S 600.00 600.00 600.00 6. 400.00 4.740.00 1.550.00 1.075.00 65.00 275.00 500.00 250.00 400.00 250.00 585.00 300.00 81.00 800.00 500.00 1300.00 290.00 1,300.00 500.00 1,000.00 500.00 200.00 ar all 3,335.00 1.435.93 3,1 48.75 85.00 10,357.40 5,000.00 50.00 1,200.00 340.04 996.98 10,000.00 5.722.50 S 2,303.03 1,688.29 210.75 $ 10.113.00 243.23 669.74 1,280.00 969.82 1500.00 4,680.00 5,088.58 3,337.62 2,174.96 2,144.08 1,810.59 3,114.92 1,640.13 4,244.37 6,150.58 1,320.00 3o2.22 625.26 10,000.00 5,555.83 $ 2.500.00 750.00 400.00 $ 10,595.00 365.00 800.00 1,600.00 $ 1,150.00 1,000.00 2,000.00 4,980.00 1,000.00 3.500.00 3,500.00 3,000.00 500.00 $ 5,700.00 4,000.00 1,550.00 4,100.00 500.00 1 5,000.00 ' 7,000.00 4,902.50 General Administration Mayor - Treasurer Attorney Superintendent Recorder Hon-Departmontal Liability Insurance Social Security Officials Bonds Fire Insurance - - - Engineering Manning A Development Industrial Accident Commission Miscellaneous Expenses Printing Advertising Audit Office Expense Dues - t ii...m, rVinntfnn uuiij - .. , ............. JkJ.W Employee's Hosp. & Medical 5,000.00 Emergency - Swim Pool $ Salaries - - ""'Z Power Supplies Public Properties g Heat " Z. Maintenance & Repairs City Park Maintenance - Power & Ligms - public Service $ 3.400.00 Street Lighting " 750.00 Garbage Disposal 500.00 Parking Meters - " Police Department j 11,135.00 Salaries " " , 365.00 Supplies 800.00 Car Expenses " Equipment - " ' Fir Department i(i50.00 Salaries " 1,000.00 Supplies - " 2,000.00 tvansfpr to Reserve rund - no, nn TOTAL GENERAL FUND Street Department $ 740 00 JDOf, i,5oo!oo Supplies 5,500.00 EuiPment TOTAL State Tax Street Fund 100000 Oiling and Paving 3,ow.uu SuPPlie8 sisoaOO Labor Bridges TOTAL $ 11.000.00 Equipment Reserve Fund 11700.00 Purpose 01 runu Sewer Extension Fund $ 9500 00 Extension of System 9,5UOUU Water Utility Fund M Lflbr 1,600.00 Power 3 419 00 Supplies tquipmcm 10 550 00 Improvements 760OOO TOTAL S SU61.00 S 7.740.00 S 33,196.50 1500.00 400.00 500.00 10,000.00 5,022.00 Sewer Fund Labor Power $ 1,800.00 540.00 1 15inn Bond Interest Transfer to Sewer Ex- qoo tension Fund - 8,550.00 TOTAL TOTAL ALL FUNDS $ 27.152.50 $151,550.00 RECEIPTS 1,512.50 3,565.97 606.50 4,765.47 2,121.22 1,840.67 811.98 1,323.00 3,225.27 600.00 4,001.68 2,612.09 2,456.68 2,676.91 1,200.00 2,500.00 1,000.00 4,400.00 2,400.00 2,500.00 3,000.00 3 6,348.97 $ 7,043.56 $ 6,000.00 $ 10,386.51 $ 10.519.00 S 10,500.00 S 23,406.00 $ 25,478.95 $ 29,600.00 3,000.00 9,656.00 $ 9,655.00 9,600.00 800.00 1500.00 5.700.00 2,000.00 $ 83,400.00 Licenses & Fees $ o'o'nn Liquor Revenues 1 nnn'nn Fines & Forfeitures Mm Parking Meters 4,600.00 Swimming Pool Occupational Tax , SE'no Miscellaneous General Road coonnn Morrow County Road Tax $ 6-00 "" Cash on Hand, July 1, 1960 1.740.00 State Tax Street Fund $ ll.ouu.uu Water Utility -,i nnom Water Sales, etc $ 3rCVnn Miscellaneous Vyi'kn Cash on Hand July 1, 1960 1,907.50 Sewer Fund q am 00 Service Charges ?''nn Miscellaneous l'kn Cash on Hand July 1, 1960 3,352.50 Equipment Reserve Fund Heppner Fire Department $ o'AXn'nn Transfer from General Fund rXXX Cash Balance July 1, I960 4,000.00 Sewer Extension Fund Transfer from Sewer Fund $ 8,X'kn Assessments - - 95U.WJ TOTAL RECEIPTS WOO $ 18,300.00 $ 7,740.00 S 11,000.00 $ 34,857.50 $ 14,152.50 $ 11,700.00 $ 9,500.00 $107550.00 Summa flstirnated Expenditures, Receipts and Tax Levies, Fiscal Year 1960-61 Total of All Funds Tax Levy Calculation IlaI.ted $151,550.00 Transfers As KdaXlaw S10.5S0.00) i$ Total estimated expenditures, re serves, transfers Deduct-Est. receipts other than 1960-61 $107,250.00 General Fund General State Road Fund Street Fund Water Sewer Equipment Reserve Sewer Extension $ 40,941.00 S 7.740.00 $ 11,000.00 $ 43,516.50 $ 27,152.50 $ 11.700.00 $ 9.500.00 7,278.50) $141,000.00 $ 33.662.50 S 7,740.00 (S 3571.50) $ 11.000.00 S 40545.00 S 27.152.50 S 11,700.00 S 9,500.00 $ 33.750.00 .$...1,0110 taxes Amount necessary to balance budqet : Add: est amt. 60-61 taxes not received 6-30-61 Total levy aeede aa.7630 Lr 1960-61 ' 3-7w Tow levies: iaHiJe 6c limitation -- 5 ,8J7 Net stlct e 6l' . uj.af 13 ilfcrmta&a 1 $ 1S.3OO.00 S 15.3620 $ 1.013.00 $ 18.37550 1. 37550 $ 7,740.00 S 11,000.00 $ 34.S57.50 $ 5,3S70 $ 14.152.50 $ 13.000.00 $ 11.700.00 S 9,500.00 S 1337.50 S 13.000.00