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Page 4 Thurs.. Feb. 7, 19G3 GAZETTE-TIMES HEPPNER, OREGON Crops in Oregon Suffer Losses From Pesls, Birds Deer, moles, eoDhers, coyotes ground squirrels and other pests caused about $9,000,000 worth of damaee in Oreeon last year ac cording to estimates made by Oregon State University county extension agents. Bernie Carter, OSU graduate student in fish and game man agement, asked agents to name major and minor pests in their counties and estimate damage to crops. In his survey, a pest was considered any bird or mammal that caused damage to agricultural crops. Deer caused an estimated $1.5 million damage in five of the ten counties reporting them as a number one pest. They com pete with livestock for food, damage trees by "horning" and browsing and raid vegetable gardens. County agents in northwest Oregon reported moles and goph ers as major pests; northeast Oregon deer and gophers; southwest coyotes; Lake and Klamath counties ground squirrels. County agents listed a total of 34 nuisance animals including rats, English sparrows, dogs, foxes, wood rats, robins sapsuckers, wild nutria and porcupines. Twenty-nine counties listed deer as a pest. Farmers are not the only ones who suffer from animal pesls. In Yamhill county wild nutria (sometimes called oversize wharf rats) eat their way through vegetable gardens. Mar mots, large burrowing animals that look like ground squirrels, chewed through a Klamath Falls television cable causing $2500 worth of damage. Star lings, an increasing problem in Oregon, are becoming more numerous. They're a nuisance to western Oregon holly growers and contaminate feed in eastern Oregon feedlots. According to the OSU survey, big game damage is now main ly controlled with fencing, chem ical repellents and scaring de vices such as firecrackers or shotgun blasts. However, county agents requested additional ef fective controls. It was estima ted that cost of controlling these pests would amount to about one tenth of the amount of dam age they cause. Ji Salem Scene iCIJj by Robert H.Eisner Mil TD A Iff C Wranglers Plan For Year's Events Committees for playdays, sum vwr rides and entertainment for the monthly meetings were read at the meeting of the Heppnet Wranglers Tuesday evening with President Everett Struckmeier in charge. The Wranglers are busy with plans for the cutting horse show in April and selection of a prin cess to represent them at the Morrow county rodeo. Their rep resentalive will be chosen after tryouts February 17 at the Wrangler grounds. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hood, visi tors, at the meeting, showed pic tures for the entertainment por tion of the program. Mrs. Leo Ashbeck won the evening's drawing. Mrs. Roice (Betty) Fulleton was chosen to write for Lariat magazine and will appreciate all kinds of horse news for the publication. Delicious refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Ashbeck and by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hi-ngall. Two 4-H Delegates Attending Conference At State Capitol Martha Doherty, Heppner, and David Proudfoot, Echo, Morrow ccunty's delegates to the Oregon I II Conference February 7-9, are in Salem this week to take part with 72 other delegates in the annual event of visiting the stale capitol. A visit to the meeting of the Joint Ways and Means Commit tee, the two houses of legislature and the judicial department are scheduled. They will meet such dignitaries as Governor Mark O. Hatfield; Hen Musa, senate pres ident; Clarence Harton, speaker of the house; Howard Helton, state treasurer; Chief ' Justice William McAllister and many other state officials. Delegates will be housed in the Marion Hotel in Salem as guests of the Sears, Roebuck Foundation. Social events such as "Get-Acquainted Parties" and dances are scheduled for each evening. Martha is a member of the Blackhorse Livestock, and David is listed with the Pine City Sad dle club. Gets OTI Honors Among those on the lnutor roll at Oregon Technical Institute is Mrs. Neal IVnlaiul (Lydla Van Houte), formerly of Heppner, who is taking accounting there. She earned a grade point aver age of 3.133 for the fall term. Mrs. Penland Is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Houte of Heppner. J State Tax Base Broadening "Long Overdue" Says Senate President Senate President Ben Musa has some definite thoughts on slate government, taxes, and other problems facing Oregon's Legis lature. He discussed some of them earlier this week, for "Salem Scene" readers. Although his personal legis lative goals for the 1903 session are limited, he strongly advo cates a broadening of the slate income tax base. "It's long over due," he claims. "We've simply got to have it, to get more people paying taxes." Musa says the Legislature's overriding problem is to "get By BIRDINE TULLIS Weather conditions were far from ideal last week-end. The warm winds and rain hurt the ski area badly. Nevertheless, 33 beginners braved the slick roau: for their first ski lesson at Arbuckle proof that people are anxious to ski! The area was in operation Sat urday and Sunday. On the hill Sunday were several of the be ginners perfecting what they had learned the day before at their lesson. Saw Timmy Lloyd, Mar cia Sowell, Bobby Dobbs, Jim Sherman, and the Wise children, just to name a few. Orville and Barb Cutsforth and family were also trying out the slope. Orville was one of the original group that felt there was a potential for skiing in this area, and is al ways interested in developments in our county. There is a tremen dous amount of interest in ski ing in our vicinity, and it is cer tainly too bad that conditions have not been more favorable this year. However, we are not the only ones suffering from the lack of snow, and unusual rain and thawing. I read everywhere that old and famous snow resorts are running in the red this year lue to the very poor snow condi tions in the west. Unless new snow falls this week on Arbuckle, the area will not be in operation next week end. The club and the instructor feel that unless a quantity of good snow falls it would be loo! i:,h to attempt giving the second lesson, ihose who are taking lci'Sons and are Interested, please check the window at Peck's Ski Shop for further Information. We will have a snow report ami news of lesson plans in the win dow no later than Friday nighl. I have discussed snow condi tions with several people that are familiar with such in ott; local mountains, and most are in agreement that a very great part of our snow pack usually falls m February and March. Last year at. this time we had so niuiii snow that it was almost impos sible to get to Hie area. Don't despair we will lie skiing on Arbuckle soon again. Slu ing ski ing is great! Ken Peek and a group of local skiers were over to the new Anthony Lakes area last week. 11ns area is between La Granite and Baker. They were much ini pressed with the potential of that area. It is being developed by a group ol businessmen irom Baker. It is an area that is Dies:;- l Willi a pieniuui amouni oi powder snow for a long peiied cash year. They just recently started operation but claim they couldh ave been in operation since November had their lifts been completed. They have a Poma-lift at present with lulu.e plans for a chair. Statistics from an article in Port last season 3,000,000 Amer icans took to the slopes and spent a total of over $3;C,0O0,000 on equipment and accomodation. and even more this year. SUi ing is a wonderful hobby, and a big business! enough money to pay our bills." But he doesn't feel 1he best answer is Governor Hatfield's "net receipts tax," which seems to have healthy bi-partisan sup port. Democrat Musa, a certified public accountant in The Dalles, has an alternative proposal for broadening the tax base to cover more taxpayers. It was intro duced in the House by his wife, Rep, Katherin Musa (D-IIood River and Wasco counties) early, in the session. Commonly called the "Musa plan," it has three basic elements: (1) Reduce personal exemp tions from $600 to $500; (2) remove the Federal income tax as a deduction on state returns; and (31 create a minimum filing fee, ranging from $5 to $7.50. Unlike the "net receipts tax" bill, which would bring in more than $30 million in additional revenue, Musa's proposal would raise considerably less an es timated $4 to $G million in new tax money, "We're not shooting for more than that," Sen. Musa explained. "Natural growth would increase revenues in future years, as more people come to Oregon." lie emphasizes that the "Musa Ulan" (H.B. 1014) "has no in tent'1 of raising the rates of present state taxpayers. "And if it did somehow raise their taxes, we would recommend a corrcs ponding rate deduction," he add cr, in explaining that the pri mary purpose of his bill is to get minimal taxes Irom wage earn ers who now pay nothing. The proposed filing fee would accom plish much of this. "Oregon will eventually have a cigarette tax," Musa predicted "because we simply have 1o raise the money." He supports it now, but feels that it should include all tobacco products, and not .Hist cigarettes, as has been advocated. Musa admits that a tax ref erendum is finite likely with any tax program the Legislature adopts. Put he doesn't believe in "threatening or holding a club over the electorate" in warning them that if they turn down a tax increase, it will mean a b'g cut in basic school support. The Senate President opposes the bill which would reduce stale gasoline taxes. "They shoul.l stay tile same," he said. "This is one place where we really get our money's worth. Why, I ca-i remember not many years ago when it used to take hours lo drive a distance that madem highways make poss'ble in just minutes novf." We asked Sen. Musi for hi:1 views on a possible tax elec tion, which would let the voters decide on the type of new ta they prefer if any. lie is against this lie explained, "because vv should have the courage lo do what we're being paid for, ami not shove our responsibilities off on the voters." Ho also question1, the legality of an election which would let the people vote o;, various tax alternatives, "partic ularly if no proposal ircelvee a simple majority of all vctea cast." He does feel that a f.! "yes-or-no" tax election might ho legal, however. Musa said the legislalo.r. should take a "long', hard look" at Oregon's unemplov menl com pensation program. Proposals la expand benefits and broade coverage will have a "lough time" in the Senate, lie feels, unless some provision is added which would get employees to share in unemployment lax costs. These are now paid fully by employers, and Oregon has one of the five-highest rates in the nation. .; org1;: ni.al ion of Oregon's Tul war old workmen's compensa tion program is ".ng o i nine." Musa said. "Tin re are too many Iheror'sts running a prac'dia. business. My first ceii-vm s for the injured workmen and a io organization should I e to hp benefit." lie also feels thai 1 ;e whole .'late government s;nieuue i "over-bureaued." which is sncac what along the lines of Go or, or i Li 1 1 a t i s n ; I !nt Gut is room tar iv;i: . I .!. ii' -a-- i soma areas. PORTLAND OREGON EXECUTIVE SUITES ALL KING - LENGTH BEAUTYREST BEDS COMPLETELY AIR CONDITIONED DIRECT DIAL PHONES ALL CHANEL T. V. . FAMILY UNITS INDIVIDUAL ELECTRIC HEAT PRIVATE LANAIS & POOL . MOUNTAIN VIEW EXCELLENT RESTAURANT . 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