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ODD ENDS...
A erljon of lh state tan commUMon that
the Harvey Aluminum plant In The Dalle mut
vslw-d at over $l2.000,fwn overriding the
Vco county a-;-WMr' figure of about $2.1.000,
000. lias brought n storm of protest from Wik-o
county, and well H might. Its possible effect on
the eninnmy of the county li esplalned In the
following column In The Dalle Chronicle written
Tuesday by Bob Paul. publisher of the Chron
lrl. It tan easily be undertod how such a
ruling ran effect the mining of lndulry to
Morrow or any other Oregon county.
La lost action of the State Tax Commission
In ordering Wasco County Assessor Mac Wood
to enter a valuation on Harvey Aluminum Co.
of more than $12.0(10,000 strike a stinging blow
not only on the economy of our county, but on
the state us well.
Whv the Tax Commission must persist In
an attiiudi' for which the end result la merely
driving Industry out of the state la beyond our
comprehension.
Presently. Wasco County offlclala have an
urgent mission. The tax Commission hai handed
down a decision which lcavea no way open for
the county to stand up for Its right of equalization
of the tax load. Only recourse for the Harvey
firm, apparently, Is legal action against the Com
mission. After determining the proper procedure,
Wood muat either place tb new and higher
valuation on bl tax roll or face the danger
et betag uttd from bis petition and re
placed with a new oumi. TbU mar ea
Incredible, tut under the present Oregon law
the ametor. a public olticial elected by the
pop, can be replaced bf the To CooimU
aien bureaucrota, all oppolntiea officer.
The County frmM of Equalization had act
a figure for llaney of about S23,0n0.000, after
serious deliberation by reasonable men. We have
heard studied opinions by learned men that the
figure was fair to all taxpayer, But the Tax
Commission insists on hsvlng Its own way.
The State Tax Commission has refused now
to airept figure of both Holbrook and Walstrom
and Marshall and Stephen, two firm of expert
In the field of appraisal. We question whether
there is a slniM man on the staff of the Tax
Commission which can lay claim to more ex.
jierlenee or ability than do employes of the two
appraisal firms mentioned. And we'll put Mac
Wood's appraisal staff up against the atate group
too.
This is serioua business. The court could
prove Harvey is right Such a finding would
make it necessary for the county to repay
taxes Improperly collected. County Judge
James Hunt and Wood estimate this amount
ever a three to five year period could total In
excess of $1X00.000. and It would have to be
paid.
Where would Wasco County be if It uddenly
found Itself faced with the necessity for paying
a $l,00o,000 rebate In a single year through In
creasing Its mill levy on all of the county tax
payers?
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Mesa the tUea el the
Cttt-TUn
Au7tt 7.
O A Bleakman a pointed
deputy marshal an J night watch
man to surcwl Walter Meon,
bv Mavor lieCartv at council
meeting Monday eenlng
The local telephone forte was
treated to a chlken dinner
the boarding house of Mr E K
Adklns In this city Tuesday. It r
Wlggletworth of the Bell rancn,
belnir the host. The telephone
office wa represented by Ml
Dual fhiees. manager. Mrs A
Chaffee. Mr Glenn Hayes. Mrs
John Osteen and Mr Mabel
Wehmeyer. operator and W
Smith, line operative.
Mis Edna Raueh and Henry
Rauch, Jr called at the Kllnger
home on Thursday.
Mr and Mr Frank Glliiam. Mr
and Mr Cha Vaughn. Mr and
Mr E E Cllllam and children,
Mis Ona Gilliam and Leonard
Gilliam and sons pent Sunday
t Hidaway Springs.
Mis Arleta Farren has been
chosen queen of the Rodeo which
111 be held oon In Heppncr.
directly to lloho fr this fries
It ms Increased at rendition
Mhere It has e suOktaMia'ly
rll. While our farn.ri had du
t SfilcO It k-ell )rar ago, thue
in the brawler il arras of Cm,
till county continued to gro
It wrier it ha U-ril l-UXei up
and seeded in Mrrow county
again. One of the ranchers who
like it U Ed Uasi-t.ke. Morgan
He report growing number one
barley this ear. leMing about
a ton. He say the variety stand
up well and doesn't shatter.
Hannchen wa again the lead
ing barley variety in Oregon, Al
pine has made the Diggcsi in
crease. Jumping from 3 of the
state barley acreage In 1959 to
33 thl year. Hannchfen ac- 1 1959. As we check these treated
Last Friday. Rex Warren, farm
crop neclallst from Oregun
State College, spent one day In
the county. We took advantage
of his visit to check aome weed
demonstration plots and observ
etj tne type of control w were
getting with a lot of different
tyjes of chemicals, some on the
market and other In the experl
mental Mage, We have a number
of plot scattered throughout the
county, using a list of chemical
that to the average person, the
name would not mean too much.
To the research man. many of
the new one are showing much
promise for hard to co n t r o I
weeds. Our major weed prob
lem. morning glory is being sou-
coisfully controlled by TBA and
TBA-comblned materials. While
we do not know how much weed
killer wa used by farmers who
did not sign up for ACP cost-
share practice payments, there
were 2SS6 gallons of TBA or
enough to treat 289 acres of this
material applied by those who
did sign up for the practice in
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KlttHl CA.tmC TINCS. Thursday. August 4 1M0
in in ii.4i 4.r!!.il lummit
faiiuw !lUi r!! UheJ 11 fU
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rar) fi uf,Uf M fift4 t-Ut Mft
of i!,e que!iui.s that hue "
jet t--n ar.u-rff4 -w 4 tl-
a(e the rllett on the a.4l tisi
nrM jrr and on the mi grow
leg on them, Theie u alo me
wink wt.kh need to le d.ine on
i eavit-r tM-e soil. It i hjed that
iheie will be an rnjn-nmental
laljrj fr chemical summer fl
w using one pound actual AHit
and 2 i-ounJ lj.!ert)je 2.1 p
p r acre While this coiiitinatlun
lro hied control only through th
late winter and early spring. It
will be rwiwnen.led for tiiat
use. We would hke to work with
a few ranehei In carrying out
fcjfne chemical summer fallow
demonstrations this fall if the
corrcit locations and cheatgrass
Infestation can be fouml.
TO THE
EDITOR . .
Mr Robert Pen land
Editor and Publisher
Heppner Gazette-Times
Heppner, Oregon
Dear Mr Tenland:
In the last Issue of your paper
you headed the printing of our
letter regarding thermometers
and your reply thereto "Arling
ton Gets Hot Under the Collar".
Man, we weren't hot only under
the collar, we were hot all over.
Who wouldn't be when the of
ficial temperature was 109 de
grees? Or even 103 degree as
in your fair, "cool" city?
We withdraw our statement
that you had printed a voluntary
verbal Inexactitude and transfer
it to the thermometer you read
(It can't talk back or argue),
since we have no reason to doubt
that "you were there". But we
do have reason to doubt that the
thermometer was In a position
such ns to give a fair reading.
Also that this was the hottest
place in the state (to which
"dubious honor" we did not lay
claim".) Our great state covers
a lot of territory, you know, and
we can think of several parts of
it that could have been hotter
IF the temperature here was
rightfully 123 degrees.
You say you believe In your
thermometers and know where
of you speak. We believe those
are rather hazardous statements,
Now may we ask you a few
questions? Isn't It possible that
the thermometer you read was
on the side of a masonry or metal
building directly In the un
shaded glare of the admittedly
very hot rays of the sun? And
If so, that its reading was one
that should be publicized? And
are you certain it belongs to i
member of our Chamber of Com
merce? And do you doubt that
the official temperature was 109
degrees as is more or less lm
plied In your forceful answer to
our letter?
Yours for more thermometers
and less hot air.
The ARLINGTON CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE COMMIT
TEE ON THERMOMETERS
(Shortened from the previous
letter, suggested by your re
ply thereto).
L C Buchner, Chairman
Approved:
Les Grant, President
Arlington Chamber of Commerce
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(Editor's Note As to the lo
cation of the thermometer that
read 123 degrees, it was on the
north (supposedly cool) side of
brick building and it was In
the shade- not In the direct rays
of the sun. When this writer no
ticed the location and the read
ing on the day In question, we
came to the same conclusion as
did you folks, that we, too, were
"hot all over." Even at your of
ficial 109 degrees, you had reason
to be.
As to whether the owner of
the thermometer In question be
longs to your chamber of com
merce, I cannot say, but as active
(at least vociferously) as your
group Is I supposed that he was.
If not, I would recommend that
your membership committee con
tact him in the near future. Then
you could be in a better position
to control the reading on his
thermometer.
I do not doubt that your of
ficial temperature on that day
was only 109 degrees, but that's
still too hot for a Heppnerite. We
again extend a cordial Invitation
to your fine people to come to
Heppner at any time to cool off.
Yes, there has been a notice
able Increase in warm breezes
blowing UP the Willow Creek
canyon the past week or so.)
years and this has been the first
fire I have ever had.
I want to thank the peopl
at this time for worikng so hard
In trying to save the grain.
Alfred Troedson
To Whom it may concern:
The party or parties who had
the party at Cutsforth park Frl
day, July ll, and who left an
article of clothing, plus whiskey
and beer and pop bottles and
an opened and scattered box of
kitchen matches, may have your
ackct by claiming It.
I didn't mind so much cleaning
up the empty homes, out it
seems to me that anyone should
have more sense than to leave
a lot of matches lying on the
ground in a forest area in weath
er such as we have had where
any little spark could start a
forest fire. Our whole livelihood
depends on those trees and we
should respect them more than
that.
The jacket is waiting for Its
owner.
Donald Mills
To the Editor:
It seems there wasn't much
mention made In the paper about
the fire on my place and so many
have been asking me about, so
thought I might say a little
about it.
The fire started at the house
which stood in the middle of the
field. It took the house, granary,
chicken house and brooder house.
It then cut a swath to the road
taking about 12 acres of wheat.
Had it not been for the help
given by the crowd of people
gathered there, much more dam
age would have been done.
I know there was no notice of
the fire sent to the printer of the
paper, therefore there was no
note made of It.
I have farmed since I was 21
County Agent's News
By N C ANDERSON
As harvest draws to an end,
and we visit with many of the
ranchers, some are discouraged;
others satisfied with this year's
crop. All admit that things could
have been worse, however, some
are harvesting the poorest crop
In a number of years. As the
"upper country" Is in full har
vest swing, pinching, resulting In
light test weight grain Is the
rule. Each year we have reports
on the various varieties and how
they have performed in the var
ious communities. Those who
seed early, generally are well
pleased with Omar. Several In
the higher country are praising
Burt this year in that it matured
without being hurt near so much
from the heat as some of the
varieties such as Omar and
Golden. Wheat yields have been
reported all the way from 15
bushels to 35; barley yields from
a thousand pounds to twenty
four hundred pounds.
An interesting report came out
last week from the ag marketing
service and Oregon State College
on a barley variety survey. While
count for 30 of the I960 plant
ed acreage. Alpine, In the Col
umbla basin area, Including
Morrow county, gained from 4 to
18. Flynn, grown mainly in
this district accounts for more
than one-half the total produc
tion and ranks third In the state
this year. Trebl and White Winter
club have dropped sharply In
percentage of total planted acres
since 1959. A spring variety
which seems to have a lot of pop
ularity this year, Is Harlan. This
variety, released several years
ago and grown In Morrow county,
was almost completely discarded
In favor of Flynn. The first seed
for Increase from this variety
was obtained for Frank Ander
son, Heppner rancner, dui was
waylaid one year when the Pen
dleton branch experiment sta
tion found out that we had gone
fields this year, we find ex
cellent control.
Included In the demonstrations
this year were some chemicals
tried out for rye control on road
right-of-ways. These, with other
demonstrations in Eastern Ore
gon, show a promise of good
rye control at a reasonable cost
if applied while the rye Is In
the seedling stage. This is not
much different than other weeds
where we treat most of our weeds
before they have grown to near
maturity. A very promising ap-
plication is that of four pounds
of 50 wettable Atrazine and
2 pounds 50 Amitrol, with 20
gallons of water per acre. This
can be applied any time after
the rye is growing, preferably
in late fall or early winter but
dependent upon fall moisture.
Rex reported favorable results
In ham-Ming the cereal var
iety nursery out at Frank Ander
sons' last week mine Interesting
observations were made. With
the hard winter that we had this
last winter. It was a good test
for many of the varieties as to
winter hardiness. Two new var
ieties of barley looked especially
good. They are Hudson and
Meiml. These varieties have not
vet been released but ootn or
hem looked as good as Alpine.
Both of these varieties came
hrough the winter better than
either Winter Club or Olympla
In the wheats, a new semi
dwarf variety which has not yet
been named, looked pretty good
this year. Last year it was too
short to be easily harvested. Tills
year it was almost as tall as the
Omar. Bill Hall, Superintendent
of the Sherman Branch Expert
ment Station at Moro tells me
that this semi dwarf wheat has
been yielding about CO bushels
per acre on the Moro station. He
indicated, however, that this
wheat might be limited to areas
where there Is sufficient soil and
moisture for it to obtain a
heighth that would facilitate
harvesting.
We have not received the yield
results from this nursery but Mr
Hall indicated that he Would
send them to us in about a
month.
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CLASSIFIED ADS
MUST BE -IT-On
Sunday a rare opportunity
f,r more nationwide publicity
fur Oregon showed when Mis
Salem ItuM-inary Doolen wa
crowned Miss Oregon. To gain
the crown she comjetel against
the state IH mol talented and
beautiful young women. The win
was based on poise, personality,
apjM-arance and talent.
The girl displayed a much
talent as I have ever seen to
gilher on a contest stage," sild
Robert Nesbttt. Atlantic City,
president of the Mis America
Pageant.
MU Oregon is a sophomore
t Willamette University, where
Gov Hatfield graduated and
later taught. She Is 5 feet 6
Inches tall, weigh 128 pound
and measure 35.23 30.
She will represent the state In
lie Mis America contest next
month at Atlantic City.
GUARD TRADE SECRETS
An employee can't pas on hi
employer's trade secret to his
new employer when the em
ployee changes Job, the Ore
gon Supreme Court ald thl
week.
A Portland woman had worked
for Allen's Tress Clipping Bur
eau for 10 years, and had signed
an agreement that if she quit
she wouldn t work for a com
petitor for one year after quit
ting.
She did quit, and went to work
for Northwest Clipping Bureau.
Allen's sued to try to force her
to quit her new Job. Circuit Judge
Paul R Harris ruled that she
had to quit her new Job because
of the agreement she had signed.
However, the Supreme Court re
versed the lower court. It ruled
hat the agreement was not en
forceable. However, the court
said there is an implied obli
gation of an employee not to use
trade secrets of confidential in
formation for his own benefit
or ror me Denciii oi anotner
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BEFORE FIRE STRUCK, this was a green and growing
forest. It was a place for pleasure where people pic
nicked, hiked and hunted. It was also a place for work
where men made their livings harvesting and growing
trees for lumber, plywood and paper. Each year
forest fires, most of them man-caused, destroy enough
wood to build 86 thousand homes. You can help halt
that loss by always being careful with fire in the woods.
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