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fut lUhl Evry Thursday end Entre4 at th It OffUf at Hi j"r. Oregon. a Second tl Matt
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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
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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
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