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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1960)
V t tljrjipnrr (BitHfttr GJiutrn UOBfiOW COVNTY'ft HIWIIAKI Tfc Br(nr Cuvtu, -blliiH XUrrh 30. ISiil Tf. fUppn Ttroea ttabllh4 amtr IS. 1W7. ContlIUte4 ftmry 1&, lflJ ruiuiMiii V WjAIIOCIAIIOM KOBEKT fESLAHD Editor and FublUhrr CRCTCIIEN fLMJlND AMortat IubtUhr NATION A I fOIIOMAl ygrj i W,,,V,. g"rr"i 1 P.-if-TTI a fut lUhl Evry Thursday end Entre4 at th It OffUf at Hi j"r. Oregon. a Second tl Matt SuhtrriHlon fUta: Morrow and Crnt Count Ira. MOD Ywir; l"l-whvt H-TQ Yar. Singu reP? w LET'S FACE IT - GROW OR SIT! Uurinj; ih at uerk Uth I ho Orconlan artil thf r.at Orejronlan, and lby other r-r-r. have wen fit to nUUite our alt-county jlannlnjr organization for tha Hand the mrm ht uk l-o-i k to hold up further work until the atate tax rmmIiilon and the Vaco county auMr an I banj of injuallxatlon have -Mll thi-lr disacrcemcnt over the amount of tax?a Harvey Aluminum Company at The Dalit will lay. We think they have ample reason to take the Mnmt they have taken. The chairman of the croup. Marrow county'i judke Ovar PHrraon Hated laxt week that the croup hasn't thrown out all Ideas of future work, but that the member felt until the basic question of how much projerty t.'x an Induatry must pay, If It locate In Oregon, la nettled, there isn't much sense In ftjM'ndlng taxpayer's money to get It. If that Industry la tfolng to have to fight, through the courts, for Its right to do business on an equal tin sis with Industry In other states. Just exactly how that equality can be de termined, we know Is quite a problem, with fturh a wide variance as there Is In every state's taxing program, but when two tax-levying bodies can eft as far apart as are the state and Wasco county (12.000,000 and $23,000,000) there must be something radically wrong with the entire taxing setup In Oregon. Which one will eventually Ik' proven right, we don't know . . . but, we do know one thing, that the question had better be settled mighty soon. If we expect to gain much from our efforts to attract Industry to Oregon. Hegardless of the outcome of this particular fight, Oregon as a whole has probably been de prived of at least a whole year's benefit of In dustrlal development Just because it happened. Why? If you were the person responsible for naming the location for an industrial expansion program, would you pick a place where you didn't know whether your property taxes would be (for example) $.300,000 or $000,000 a yearT I know I wouldn't, if I had such a Job, and I doubt that many other persons would either. The point we want to make Is, that regardless of the outcome of the Harvey question, any buimM or Industry iht 1 considering coming t Orrfi.n, ktmul.l be able to determine, with rrnatl aurance. twfure It ever buys a square fo! of ufi'und r drives a nail, baHcaliy wnai m proj-rty tax will be for a liven Investment. If H cant arrive at surh a figure, ii wuj proo.u.y i.viiti t en bimeniace where It can. because taxes are a mJr Item of fixed overneaa inai mu!t In. considered In any business. How any Industry could establish such a tax figure under the present taxing "environment" In Oregon we don't know. But. we are pretty sure of one thing If we expect to gain Industrial growth In our state. w had better see to It that nv iiroMieetlve Industry won't have to fight through the courts for Its tax base. If It U going to be $23,000,000. or $12,000,000. as In Harvey's case, that company Is entitled to know wnicn figure will he taken before It ever makes up Its mind to with' anywhere. If the final difUlon Is that Harvey will pay on $2.1000.0110 valuation we probably will have some more llarveys in Oregon. If It Is determined that It will le $12,000,000 (and that figure proves to Im out of line with what would be charged in other Milieu) we might as well forget about our Iiohs for much development on the Board- man Worn Ding nange. If the "tax climate" of our state Isn't favor able to Industry and business, we can't expect to get much Industry and business, and we win remain a state where land values, and agriculture, will have to bear the tax load. If we can put million dollar plant on a thousand dollar piece of property, ihen our tax pattern will change- but not before. Maybe our planning commission took a bold step, but It was one that Is needed. If Its action ean helD brine this problem to a head and quickly It will have served a big purpose, even If it were to never accomplish anything else. We don't think our planning commission members "goofed". They Just took a stand that will bring this whole question out Into the open where it belongs. They'll go back to work when the air Is cleared and they can accomplish some thing with their efforts. THIRTY YEARS AGO Tnm to til ! th GaartaTlmtt August It, J8 J G Thomson and J Thomn. Jr left on Tuesday for h fish ing grounds of south central Or" eon. expecting to spend several days. B G Slkb cIomJ a deal the first tf th week fur the W Grohens lot on East May street and Is irettins? ready to Install on the property a miniature golf course. Henry Smouse. chairman of the Morrow County Wheat grow ers, Louis Bergevln. Laxton Me- Murray and Charley Hudson of lone and C C lIulchtTolt ana George Kltchlns of Morgan, at tended the meeting of the wheat growers held Saturday In ren dleton. ! I All IS If N C AKOCISON Jiow it lh Itm to file claims fur rrfursd of federal tat un rascUr.e u-H a farm. Deadline fur filing U September XK JSi You mutt file fr a re fund In order to receive one. Thm rate It 3 cents per gsuon easoline tnjrchael before rv-i-r l. 1959 and 4 cents on that purchased after October 1 KVI and ued before July 1 la It takes but a few minutes to comtdet this form. If you have mtiUld on received from the Internal Revenue Service or if this is your find filing, you can pick up a form 22 W at this office. Kirf Nil GAZETTE-TIM tS- Thursday. Aufust 11. HCfl rvtum. Mfiht brredlr.g U an-1 ram hiul4 be sepsrated from tntwr mrthud of grttlng mf jewit daring the dy and gUn efflderu-y frvm )our in Tle (Continued a foft t) Miss Gwen Evans of Lexing ton left Monday noon for Her mlston w here she will visit Mlat Alice D-er. TO THE EDITOR Mr Robert Tenland, Editor and Publisher Hcppner Gazette-Times Heppner, Oregon Dear Bob: We very much appreciate your finally conceding, although may be a little reluctantly, that our official temperature on a certain Sunday last month was 109 de grees. (ONLY, you say!). But ap parently the reading of 123 de grees on ONE certain thermom eter made better news. Now for your information and any others who might be inter ested, a little investigation re veals that there is one certain thermometer on the north side of a certain local service station (and NOT In the shade, there Is no thermometer on any service station in this town so located) that consistently registers at least 14 degrees higher when the late afternoon sun shines on It, 1. e., from about 4:00 P M on, than another certlan thermom eter on the east side of the same masonry building. Also that these thermometers register the same temperature prior to the above time. The owner of the service station and his employ ees have fun, although some what questionable, I'll admit, In viting the attention of some of their customers to the one cer tain thermometer In the sun, listening to their exclamations, then directing them to the other thermometer. But some refuse to be directed or maybe they can't see straight by that time. We cordially invite you or your representative to make your own investigation of the two ther mometers in the company of a local resident we will choose and lllUmtllllllMlll.ltllllltlllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII..IHlll(l,llj j STAR THEATER Thurs.. FrL. Sat.. Aug. 11. 12. 13 Because They're Young I Dick Clark, Michael Callan, Tuesday Weld, Victoria Shaw, James Darren. TLUS Born Reckless Jeff Richards. Mamie Van Doren, Arthur Hunnicutt, Carol Ohmart. a third chosen by these two. We are somewhat surprised at your statement that a temper ature of 109 degrees is too hot for a Ileppnerltte. Our impres sion has always been that Hepp nerlttes have the strength and vigor to withstand most any thing. But we are glad that our warm breezes nave stirred up something up your way. However, the "hot air" men tioned In our last letter was more or less ascribed to the exchanges we have been having, also to a certain bombastic politician many years ago. A certain publi cation accused him of emitting a lot of hot air which it defined as a "learned scientific term which connotes a superexuber ance of asseverative volubility, accompanied by concomittant ir responsibility of deductive ratio cination." Hoping these exchanges will help bring an end to this hot, hot weather, and with all good wishes, Yours very truly, L C Buchner Chairman, Arlington C of C Committee on Thermometers Approved: Leslie E Grant President, Arlington Chamber of Commerce. Probably by the time your readers see the above, if you choose to print It. the writer will be many, many miles away or t least on his way. to the north ern moiit tip of Maine with his Ifc to see her folks. Ira rOT running away, It Just happen ua u-nnt ia aiionn ineir auin wedding anniversary celebration 11 ls on August 15th. (Editor's note We were hop Inff that In due time we could get to the bottom of this argu ment, and the above letter brings us considerable pleasure. The writer finally ADMITS that there Is a thermometer In Arlington that reads 123 degrees on occas ionthat ls the point we've been trying to make all along. Inasmuch as you have ad mitted the existence of such a thermometer we respectfully de cline your offer for further In vestigation feeling that It would be pointless. We too, hope that this dis cussion may bring an end to this hot weather, but so far it hasn t worked very well. Not that we question your statement that you are leaving for Maine to attend a wedding anniversary, but we wonder If maybe it just didn't get too hot for you down there.) LEXINGTON Mr and Mrs Bob Kilkenny and family are spending their vacat ion in British Columbia. Mr and Mrs O W Cutsforth re spending the week In Fresno, California. While a few of our farm flock ahrep owners are breeding ewe now for early lammng many who breed later still have time to flush" ewes before the breed Inff aeason. Eweg gaining In con dltlon at breeding time will gen eraliy produce a more uniform lamb crop and many people agree that they get more twins If this Is the case. Flushing may be brought about by putting ewea on the best pasture avail able at this time. If good pas ture Is not available, use 3 4 to 1 pound of grain per day to get them In condition. With a few of our small farm flock ewes In over-fat condition this can result In alow breeding with lambs strung out over a long period of time and In some cases, a high percentage of ewes that do not breed at all. While bit late to be bringing these ewes down Into good breed ing condition It may be necessary even though ewes will lamb later. Many sheep breeders put these ewes on a dry pasture or in a lot feeding them only main tenance rations. Alter tneir weight has been brought down they are turned out on good pasture or fed grain so that they begin to gain condition and settle with lamb at once. It ls also Important that spec ial care be given to the ram at breeding time. This ls especially true at this time of the year as rams are affected more than any other farm animal by heat as it relates to fertility. One of the things the sheep man can do to help fertility of a ram is to shear him prior to breeding season. If it is not possible to shear the ram, at least the belly should be sheared as well as the ELMA'S SUMMER Women's Apparel Subreens Cr Ladies PEDAL PUSHERS And SHORTS I PRICE WOMEN'S COTTON BLOUSES & PEDAL PUSHERS X OFF 3 SUMMER DRESSES X AND X OFF 12 3 ers, BARGAIN TABLE A big collection of children's swim suits, shorts, pedal push sweaters, tee shirts, pants, dresses etc Be here Early I YOUR CHOICE $J00 WE ARE DISCONTINUING GREEN STAMPS SALE STARTS FRIDAY ELMA'S APPAREL 2333 N. Main Heppner Sua Mon.. Tues. 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