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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
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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
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