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i i rArV U OF 0 E U ' G E li E i ORE Power Exchange Hearings Arouse Some Objections Hearings held by the Oregon Public Utility Commissioner at Condon and Heppner this week on the proposed exchange of electric utilities between Col umbia Basin Electric Co-op and Pacific Power and Light Com pany brought out six who pro tested the change, all appear ing at the Condon hearing. Under the plan, electrical sys tems at PP&L in Heppner, lone, Lexington, Condon and Fossil would be purchased by Columbia Basin and the private utility would be given exclusive terri tory In the Boardman industrial park. At the Heppner hearing Wed nesday, only P. W. Mahoney, at torney, filed for an appearance "as an interested party," other than the three who testified for Pacific Power and the five who appeared on behalf of Columbia Basin Electric. Mahoney asked questions in cross-examination of Columbia Basin witnesses relative to taxes which the cooperative has agreed to pay the counties involved to make up the difference between those paid as ad valorem taxes by Pacific Power and the lesser sum paid as 2 of gross revenue by the cooperative. The addit ional, based on the 1963-64 tax year, would be approximately $13,500, spread over the three counties, of which Morrow would receive more than $5000. Mahoney asked Harley Young, Columbia Basin manager, if there is a legal requirement that that coopertaive pay the tax dif ference. The reply was, "No." The attorney asked President Walter Jaeger of the cooperative if the board's action to contrib ute the difference in taxes to the counties could not be rescinded at any time by board action within the two years that they have agreed to pay the differ ential. Jaeger replied that the board could rescind the action. The question was also asked whether the board would vote to continue to make up the differ ence after the two-year period. Jaeger went on record for him self, stating that he would vote to continue the plan, but said that present directors felt that they did not want to bind future boards to the policy and there fore, set the two-year period. The Heppner hearing, which started at 10 a.m. Wednesday, lasted 2 hours, much shorter than the 7-hour session in Con don Tuesday. At the Condon hearing, those who appeared as protestants were M. Snell Weatherford, Olex farmer; Bruce Mercer, mayor of Condon; Leslie J. Marks, Wheeler county exten sion agent, and vice president of the Fossil Community club; William Steiwer, Fossil farmer; and Roy Urie, Condon jeweler and electric repairman. Most of their objections centered on tax questions. Those who appeared for the two concerns involved brought out the same testimony at each hearing. In several cases, some of the testimony which had been entered as a matter of record at Condon was not repeated at the Heppner hearing but written copies of the testimony was made available to any who wished to review it. Testimony brought out before Robert Welch and Louis Green berg, Public Utility Commission examiners, was to the effect that electric rates will remain the same and present tax rates will prevail for at least the two year period if the proposed exchange is effected. President Jaeger of Columbia Basin said, "PP&L customers served by the cooperative will continue paying the same rates they paid to PP&L, and the co op customers will continue pay ing the same rates they do now." It was brought out that the cooperative will pay the addit ional taxes to the counties as a "tax displacement donation." Testifying on behalf of Pa cific Power at the hearings were Albert Bauer, vice president and general manager; Corbett Mc Lean, supervisor of electrical en gineering; and Bruce Pearson, assistant treasurer. Legal coun sel for PP&L was Robert F. Harr ington. Representing Columbia Basin Electric were President Jaeger; Robert Welty, consulting engin eer; Thomas B. Hayes of Cor nell, Howland, Hayes and Merry field, engineers; Manager Harley Young and Secretary Jack Hynd. Raymond M. Kell of Portland acted as legal counsel for the cooperative. Donald Howe appeared as at torney for the Public Utility Commission. Bauer said that the exchange will mean that 2000 customers of PP&L will be transferred to Columbia Basin, and 60 of the cooperative's customers will be served by the private utility. He said that there are no liens on the PP&L system and said that no employees would be dis charged as a result of the ex change. The Federal Power Com mission has approved the ex change as being in the public interest. Bauer said that he felt the step would be "towards max imum utility of the electrical facilities involved." In summarizing testimony giv en in Condon Tuesday, Attorney Kell pointed out the present PP&L customers would become members of the cooperative with the payment of their first bills after the exchange. The cooper ative has also agreed to add one representative to the board of directors from each of the cities over 500 population to be served, he said. This would include Fos- 'Continued on page 8) Roy Tabor Dies From Leukemia In Midwest City Roy Tabor, 43, former resi dent of Heppner, lost his battle with leukemia and died Mon day, January 20, in Spring Val ley, Minn. He had taken treat ment at a clinic near there. Tabor left Heppner last year after serving as engineering aide (field engineer) for the Heppner Soil Conservation district for seven years. After leaving here last July, he returned to nerm iston, where he had first worked with the soil conservation dis trict from June 20, 1954, to March 25, 1956. It was while he was at Herm iston late last year that he be came ill and went east for 'treat ment. Friends realized at the end of the year that his condition was grave. Funeral services were today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. at Jorris Funeral Home, Spring Valleyi His wife, Becky, and family, Brenda, Roy Jr., Karen and Allen were with him at the time of his death. Mr. Tabor was born Septem ber 11, 1920, and had 22 years of service with soil conservation districts. He was reared on a stock-grain ranch near Billings, Mont, and was educated in Mon tana schools. First work with the conservation service was in North Dakota. He took advanced engineering courses given at San Luis Obispo, Calif., for conser vation technicians. While in Heppner, Mr. Tabor acted as Santa Claus at Christ mas events and filled the role well, giving considerable joy to local children. He leaves many friends here. Mrs. Tabor, whose home was in North Dakota in her youth, may choose to remain there now. Flood Survivor Dies in Portland Harry E. Warren, 95, a sur vivor of the Heppner flood of 1903, died early Saturday, Jan uary 18, in Emanuel hospital, Portland. He had been ill for only a short time. Mr. Warren had lived with his son, Harry C. Warren, in Lake Grove and with a sister in Long Beach, Calif., alternately for the past 10 years. An Oregon pioneer, he was born near Jefferson December 22, 1868, and soon afterward moved with his family to Heppner where he became owner of a drug store. His father, William Warren, at one time operated a livery stable here and was the Heppner mortician. His mother, the former Mary Terhune, came to Oregon in a covered wagon as a small girl. Missionary Billed For Youth Meeting Dr. Clifford Weare of Burns, formerly a medical missionary to the Congo, will be principal speaker at a community-wide Youth Week proeram in he Methodist church here on Sun day, February 2, at 7 p.m. Accompanying Dr. Weare will be his high school age children. They will show slides and tell of their experiences in Africa. The meeting is under the spon sorship of the newly-formed Christian Youth Council and all young people of the area are invited. Youth Week will be ob served from January 26 through February 2. March of Dimes Benefit Events Billed SOth Year " THE W0r GAZ Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 23, 1964 ' I ARLETA McCABE DALE VAN BLOKLAND Two Are Chosen To Attend State 4-H Convention Arleta McCabe, 17, lone, and Dale Van Blokland, 16, Heppner, were chosen as Morrow county's delegates to the Oregon 4-H Con ference (Know Your State Gov ernment) in Salem on February 16-18 by the 4-H Awards Com mittee when they met on Jan uary 14. . Each county is allowed to send one outstanding boy and girl to visit the state capitol each year to see the government in action and provide incentive for young people to become more interested and active in their state and local governments. Their visit is sponsored by Sears Roebuck Foundation and the 4-H Club Foundation, according to Esther Kirmis, Morrow county exten sion agent. Delegates must be over 16 years of age, at least a junior in high school and completed at least three years of club work. There were 21 eligible in the county and five submitted their applications for the conierence. Arleta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl McCabe. is in her ninth year of 4-H work. She has carried projects in iooag ana clothing. Last year she was Mor row county's delegate to the State Fair Style Revue accord ing to Miss kirmis. Dale, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Van Blokland, is in his eighth year of 4-H club work, has carried many types of live stock and has been in a health and electricity club. He placed reserve champion in The Dalles Livestock Show in 1963 with his beef, Miss Kirmis reports. Both Arleta and Dale have been to 4-H Summer School and were camp counsellors at the Morrow county 4-H camp, the agent says. Mrs. Walter Wright, Bernard Doherty, Heppner; and Mrs. Max Jones, Irrlgon, served on the 4-H Awards Committee. Judge Attends Juvenile Meet County Judge Oscar Peterson was in Portland two days last week attending a juvenile court work conference, sponsored by the Oregon Juvenile Court Judges association and the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges. The meeting was at the Hilton Hotel. One of the principal speakers was Judge Joseph Felton of Sa lem, who is now president of the National council. Morning sess ion Thursday was devoted to ad dresses on various phases of juv enile work, and the afternoon and Friday sessions were devo ted to seminar meetings with participation by all present. f j r j I - - v j K IP Sen. Musa On Taxes Cut in education funds that followed the defeat of the state tax program last October will be felt in 1964-65 in local school districts, Senator Ben Musa of The Dalles, president of the state senate, told an audience of about 40 persons who assembled at the Lexington Grange hall Tuesday night at a Morrow County Farm Bureau meeting. Sen. Musa was one of three speakers on the program, the other two being Lou Norris, Farm Bureau tax and legislative af fairs director, and Harold Beach, Oregon Farm Bureau president. Sen. Musa ' declared that "fancy frills" must be cut out of education. : "We must cut the pattern to fit the cloth, rather than to stretch the cloth," he said. He discussed types of taxes that had been considered by the last regular session the net re ceipts tax that would be on (he gross incomes of about 80 of the people, but labor is against this tax; the sales tax, which found too many kinds suggested; and the cigarette tax. None of these were passed by the legislature, but a tax bill was approved and then was re ferred by initiative petition. The bill had three good parts, Sen. Musa said: 1. It had a realistic capital gains tax. 2. It provided medical deductions for the aged. 3. It improved the position of single persons with dependents After it was voted down in October, it was apparent that there would "not be enough money for the state's proposed budget. The alternative was sim pie, the senator suggested, "If you don't have the money, you Lamb, West File For Commission Al Lamb, Democ rat, Dewey West, Republican, and have filed their candidacy for the port commission of Morrow county Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county clerk said Thursday. Both men are in cumbents and seek an addition al term. Petitions for two others for the May primary elections are out but have not been completed as yet. They are both county officials, Sylvia McDaniel, Re publican, for treasurer, and Walter Hayes, Republican, for commissioner. Hayes was only recently appointed to fill the unexpired term of Milton Biegel who resigned to move to Pen dleton. Other previous filings in the county were those of Mrs. Par rish, Democrat, as clerk, and C. J. D. Bauman, Republican, for sheriff. Both are incumbents in office. rrn President Lamb Announces '64 Chamber Committees Committees of the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce were appointed re cently by Al Lamb, president for 1964. They are as follows: Merchants Ed Dick, chair man, Randall Peterson, Elma Harshman, Jim Myers, Ed Gon ty, Bob Henry, Clint McQuarrie. Development Oliver Creswick, chairman, Oscar Peterson, Al Lamb, J. J. Farley, Harry O'Don nell, Gene Pierce, Herb Hynd, Elmer Schmidt, Kenneth Peck. Awards Recognition Dr. C. M. Wagner, chairman, Dr. Wallace Wolff, Dr. Archie McMurdo. Rodeos, parades Elmer Schmidt, chairman, Fred Gimbel, Orville Cutsforth, Bert Huff, Jim Farley, Terry Thompson, Randall Ptterson. Legislative Herman Winter, chairman, Bob Abrams, Paul Jones, Wayne Brubacher, Oscar Peterson. Program Avon Melby, chair man, Harley Young, Jack Bed ford, Wes Sherman. Christmas Lighting Avon Melby, chairman, Orville Cuts -TIM H Tells Ideas at Meeting don't spend it." Legislative leaders and the governor agreed that a special session would have to cut all parts of the budget equally to be fair to all. Taxpayers Tnust decide this question, the senator said, "Are we willing to tax ourselves and our neighbors to get some of the things we have been used to having, or will we cut our wants?" In considering the sales tax question, the senator said that the Oregonian poll recently showed that 6 out of 10 answer ing favored a sales tax. This tax would have to raise about $70 million annually and would probably be at least 3. It would have to be applied in conjunc tion with income tax, he said. He suggested that it is nec essary to realize that the home owner and farmers are captives of the property tax and cannot (Continued on page 8j Farm Committee Talks Reappraisal Members of a north end farm committee, appointed through the county assessor's office to become oriented with plans and methods of the farm reappraisal program, now underway, met Wednesday morning at Board man to discuss the program. Meeting with the group were Assessor Rod Thomson; Bob Fielder, who is in charge of farm reappraisal in the county; and Bill Johnson, who is doing most of its reappraisal work in the northern part of the county. Serving on the committee are Don Kenny, Batie Rand and E. F. McDole, all of Irrlgon, and Arnold Hoffman, Henry Ganten bein and Bob Sicard, all of Boardman. Also attending were Nels An derson, county agent; Dave Mc Leod of the ASCS office; and Clarence Nelson, Boa rdman farmer. Assessor Thomson opened the meeting and Fielder and John son explained the methods of arriving at present day market values based on recent sales in the area. The group freely discussed the program, both pro and con. Field er pointed out that values that are on the present tax roll are based on 1954 values. Thomson pointed out that the reappraisal program is required by state law, which calls for such a program every six years. The meeting lasted for about three hours. Another committee on wheat and range lands will meet in the near future to con sider the farm reappraisal pro gram. forth. Banquest, picnic Hillard Brown, chairman, Ralph Rich ards, Nels Anderson, Oscar Pet erson. Civil Defense C. J. D. Bau man, chairman, Rod Murrey, Ol iver Creswick, Dr. L. D. Tibbies. Youth Activities Gordon Pratt, chairman, Nona Sowell, Rev. Ken Robinson, Bob Abrams. Community Affairs Bob Ab rams, chairman, Orville Cuts forth, Dr. L. D. Tibbies, Art Dyck. Street Decorations Harley Young, chairman, Fred Gimbel. Wildlife, Natural Resources, and Recreation Orville Cuts forth, chairman, Dr. L. D. Tib bies, Glen Ward, and U. S. For est Service representative. Publicity Wes Sherman, chair man, Avon Melby. Membership Bert Huff, chair man, Wes Sherman, Pete Mc Murtry. Special events Gene Pierce, chairman, Lowell Gribble, Clint McQuarrie. Taxation Jim Farley, chair man, Ed Dick, Oliver Creswick, Terry Thompson. Number 47 HEPPNER 10 cents CARL BAUMAN, tang forward steady Mus- Heppner to Play Pilot Rock Five There Friday Eve Hoppner's fifth ranked Mus tang cagers hit the road for one game this week-end as they travel to Pilot Rock Friday . to meet the Rockets in their final game of the first round of play in the Greater Oregon basket ball loop. The Rockets are currently in third place in the league with a record of 2 wins and 1 defeat and could give the Heppner club a run to the wire. Pilot Rock is a tall and fast moving team which displays a well-balanced attack. Several of the Rockets are capable of hit ting in double figures. In their last outing, the Uma tilla county club defeated Grant Union's Prospectors by a count of 82-52 to serve notice to others in the conference that they are a team with which to be reck oned. The Friday game will be the first meeting between the two teams this season and it shapes up to be a real thriller. Meanwhile, the Mustangs have shown in their last few games that they are a real offense-conscious club as they have hit the twine with abandon to keep their season's record at 11-1. A recent addition to the Mus tang squad is Ken Smith. Smith hasn't found the range yet, but it is felt that when he does it will just add to the Mustang point output, Another player who has come on strong in the past games is Doug Dubuque, Mustang center, whose rebounding and point making talents have hit full stride. Dubuque was out of the lineup during the early part of the season due to an injury to his knee. Dubuque made the crowd sit up and take notice last week-end as he contin ually swept the boards clean and scored well. In addition to the fifth place rating in the Journal poll, the Mustangs earned a sixth place nod from the Oregonian poll sters. Many are just now looking in the direction of the state tourney for the Mustang cagers. The suc cess thus far this season is rem iniscent of the 53-55 basketball years at Heppner High when the Mustangs enjoyed the success oi going to the state B tourney for three years in a row. Democrats Slate February 5 Meet Delegates from Morrow coun ty to the state pre-primary Dem ocratic convention in Corvallis will be chosen at a meeting of the Democratic party at the old library building in the city hall on Thursday, January 30, at 8 p.m., Al Lamb, central commit tee chairman, announces. At the same time the group will discuss candidates for the forthcoming primary election. The public Is invited to the meeting. f it ' f I mf V I ffrff jyggr' J Hoop Game Pits College Vs. MCGG Baketball stars of present and past will strut their stuff for the benefit of the March of Dimes here in a game to be played Thursday night, January 30, at 7 p.m. in the new Heppner High school gymnasium. The contest will pit the Blue Mountain Community college team against the Morrow Coun ty Grain Growers, an outfit com posed of former college and high school basketball stars, Pete Glennie, drive chairman for the March of Dimes, states, The game will be one of sev eral events supporting the cam paign. On Tuesday night, Jan uary 28, through arrangement with Glen Ward and Shorty Hud son a skating party will be held in the Morrow County Roller Rink with all proceeds going to the March of Dimes. The two men have donated use of the rink for that night and high school classes are in competition to see who can get the most out for the cause. Regular skating ad mission prices will prevail. The 7 p.m. time is set for the Thursday night basketball game in order that those with lodge commitments and other con flicts may attend. The Blue Mountain college team coached by Jerry Mosby has been compiling a good rec ord this year and includes two former lone High school stars, Wayne Hams and Tom Pointer. Richard Watts, formerly of Riv erside, Is also on the team. Since the college Is young, all mem bers of the basketball team are sophomores or freshmen. Others on the team are Larry Hodgon, Tom Erickson, Ted Forsi and Chuck Blackley, all of Pendleton; Don Bloon, Jerry Voss and Kern ble Tellefson, all of Hermiston; Lynn Smith, Weston; Kip Clark, Stanfield; and Jerry Huff, Echo. Tallest man on the squad is Erickson at 6-4, followed by Tellefson at 6-3. Pointer and Blackley are 6-2. The game will be a case of the oldsters versus the young sters since , most of the MCGG squad Is composed of veterans of days gone by. Ted Shadewltz, 6-2, present Condon High coach and former (Continued on page 8) Students Compete In Dimes March; Dance Scheduled Competition is keen among the four classes at Heppner High these days as the students cam paign to raise money for the March of Dimes. Each class nominated candi dates to run for King and Queen of a dance to be held at the close of the present competition. This dance will be held Friday night, January 31, after the Heppner Wahtonka basketball game. The class which raises the most money during the three week campaign will have the pleasure of seeing its candi dates crowned rulers of the dance. Last year, the students at the high school raised $700 for the March of Dimes and are out to top that amount this year, ac cording to Pete Glennie, county March of Dimes chairman. In order to promote their can didates by raising money, the members of the various classes resort to many means. Such pro jects as washing windows, wash ing cars and holding cake auc tions at basketball games and other functions are undertaken by the students with fervent ded ication. This year a skating party Is planned by one of the classes as a means to make money for this worthy cause. Those candidates for this year's edition of king and queen in the present scramble are: Seniors, Doug Dubuque and Ginny Moore; juniors, Doug An derson and Vicky Barratt; soph omores, Mark Brown and Sandy McDonald; and freshmen, Tony Schiller and Verina French. So if you go out into your yard and find your son or daugh ter auctioning off your auto, re lax, It's all for a good cause. WEATHER By LEONARD GILLIAM Hi Low Prec. Thursday 48 35 .04 Friday 45 32 .07 Saturday 44 29 Sunday 53 32 .07 Monday 42 26 Tuesday 44 27 Wednesday 44 25
