IIEFFNER GAZETTE 'TIMES, Thumday. January I
Farm Workers'
Buying Power
Up-Yet Down
Chats With Your Homo Aqcnt
Ralph M. Holman to be Speaker
For Homemakers' Achievement Day
Br DONNA GEORGE
Ralph M. Holman, associate
Justice of the Oregon Supreme
Court, will be featured cuest
apcakcr at the Morrow County
Momcmakcrs Achievement Dav,
May 11. His topic will relate to
career guidance of youth and
the role of trie home.
The event 1 belnjf planned
by the County Extension com
mittee. It will be in the old Ir
rltron whool with the Irrlcon
Home Intension unit as host
ess. All interested persona are
welcome to attend.
Where Do Parent Stand
On Vital Iiium for Youth?
Is smoking or netting mar
rled more Important?
Parents appear to take a more
definite stand about smoking
as far as teenagers are concern
ed than they do about Retting
engaged or getting married.
Nearly half the teenagers in one
large Oregon high school report
The What
and Why
Of Zoning
bT
Ted Side
Resource Development Specialist
CooperatiTe Extension Service
Oregon State University
Zoning in this country had
its beginning in tiny colonial
settlements along the Atlantic
Coast long before the Declara
tion of Independence was sign
ed. The earliest zoning measures
were simply regulations to keep
gunpowder mills and storehous
es confined to the outer edges
of each settlement These pub
lic safety measures were adopt
ed as a result of frequent ex
plosions and fires at powder
mills.
In 1962 the state of Massechu-
setts granted Boston. Salem.
Charleston and certain other
market towns the power to in
fluence the location of "offens
ive" industries. Each was auth
orized to assign areas within
the town where activities such
as slaughter houses, stills and
tanneries would be least objec
tionable.
These early zoning laws were
designed to protect public
health and safety. Communities
exercised limited control over
the use a landowner might
make of his land, through a
basic zoning tool, the land use
regulation, to separate danger
ous or offensive activities from
the rest of the community. Since
these early days, zoning has be
come a widely used tool for con
trolling land use for the best
interests of the public.
Public planning for land is
very much like laying out the
floor plan for your new home,
to get the best use and most
convenience. In our personal
life, we all plan how best to use
our limited resources of time
and money to get the things "we
want, such as a vacation or a
new car. I
The businessman plans how
best to use his capital, labor
and property to Rain a present
profit and increase future prof
its. Public planning for land use
is similar to both your individ
ual planning to the planning by
the businessman.
In the early days of the Amer
ican Frontier, if a man object
ed to the actions of his neigh
bor, he packed up and moved
on to new territory. Today, with
the population of this country
increasing at a rapid rate, the
possibilities are much greater
lor contact between your inter
ests and those of your neighbor,
.whether that neighbor be an in
dividual, a business or a gov
ernment agency. Even here in
the wide-open spaces of Oregon,
it's hard to find a place where
you don t have neighbors.
The multiplication of popula
tion and advances in technol
ogy, particularly in the technol
ogy of transportation and com
mumcauons, nave Drougnt us
all closer together. Thes eadvan
ces have also brought problems
of conflicting demands on our
resources of land, water and air
to a critical stage In many areas.
In some of these areas the cha
otic conditions resulting from
unplanned use of natural re
sources may have gone beyond
the point of no return.
One of the purposes of land
use planning is to draw up
rules to help guide future
growth and development of an
area, As the demands on the
land resources become greater
these guidelines help ensure
that this resource will be put
to the best use, from the stand
point of all concerned.
Who does this land use plan
ning? You do, through group
efforts that enlist individuals,
businessmen and public repre
sentatives in the community. In
the next article in this series,
we'll talk about how this plan-1
ning is done.
that parents net definite rule
about smoking. However, only
12 of the boys and 11 of the
cirl Indicated their parents had
definite rules against getting
married or cnaed.
Mrs. Roberta Frazlcr. exten
sion family life specialist at
Oregon State University, sug-
ce!ts that parents might do well
to express as strong convictions
against engagement or mar.
riace in high school as about
smoking. Mrs. Frazier points out
that marriage before completion
of high school or vocational
training can seriously affect the
future of the boy or glrL
Such marriages have less
chance to be successful than
those marriages delayed until
both are in their twenties. Mar
riage before the completion of
vocational or professional train
ing can seriously limit future
economic opportunity.
farents might well examine
their own feelings about time of
marriage and sain as much in
formation as possible in order
to guide their children as wise
ly. Knowing how oarents stand
on issues helps the young per
son develop his own values and
goals.
Two fo Represent
4-H at Meeting
Maureen Dohertv and Bruce
Jones have been selected to rep
resent Morrow countv at the
uregon 4-H Club Conference in
Salem. Selection was based up
on past achievement in 4-H,
schools, and extra-curricular activities.
The conference is deslimH J
proviae a DOV and a e rl from
each countv
learn the responsibility of their
state government to its citizens
ana to see Uie citizen's resnnn.
sibility to government. The del
egates will visit many depart
ments or state government and
Sharp itrlee recoverle In IV
ivmtn-r lifted farm product buv
Ifte power to tf'e highrM Irvrl
In t hreo year. However, "real
buying power of farm worker
U Mill considerably behind that
of the urban population, reports
Mr. Klvcra Horrell, Oregon
State University Kxtemdon Ag
rlcultural Kconomlst.
The Index of prices received
by farmers nationally, vaulted
11 points (4 per cent) tn Ivcem
ber. according to the U. S. IV
partment of Agriculture. ThU
was the largest Increase for
ulngle month since March 19.K
The gains were attributed to the
unusually high price of hog.
and modest increases tn egg.
cattle, and corn.
At the same time, prices paid
by farm operators also moved
up last month. Major increases
were In feeder cattle and calves.
replacement dairy cattle, turkey
poults, all groups of feeds, met
al products, concrete products,
lumber, and roofing materials.
In comparison, prices that
farmers receive for their prod
ucts moved up faster than prices
they paid for goods and serv
ices. This caused farm product
buying power to register a size
able gain.
Furthermore. In the past half
dozen years, prices city people
pay for goods and services have
increased faster than prices paid
by farm people for the same
Items. However, the price story
alone does not represent the
"real" buying power of the two
groups.
Net farm Income has come up!
less than 20 percent since the
1957-59 ba.se period. But off
farm wage and salary Incomes
have leaped nearly 50 percent.
This means that on a "real"
basis, before Income taxes, VS.
farm operators gained less than
10 percent In their buying pow
er while city workers boosted
their buying power by more
than 30 percent.
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CHAIRMEN for "Bowl Down Cancer, the Oregon State Bowling
Proprietors' Association-sponsored tournament for the benefit 01
the American Cancer Society's Oregon Division, go ever final
plana for the state-wide event from left to right are Cheater
Nelson. OSBPA co-chairman; Reuben Gets. ACS chairman, and
George Amato, OSBPA co-chairman. Preliminary rounds mar
be bowled at all OSBPA member houses through January 30.
AU entry fees go directly to the fight against cancer.
'rosperous Year
ndicated, Says
OSU Ag Economist
Valley Leads
In '64 Ag Sales
The Willamette Valley led
the state in value of agricul
tural sales during 1964, accord
in? to Mrs. Elvera Horrell. ex-
hear the elected officials explain tension agricultural economist
now eacn aeoaxtment ooerates. at ureeon aiaie universirv,
Dates for this year's confer
ence are February 6-8. Hotel
room and meals for the dele
gates are courtesy of Sears-Roebuck
Foundation.
The Columbia Basin was in
second place, followed by South
Central Oregon, the Snake Riv
er Basin. Southern Oregon and
the Coast and Lower Columbia
counties.
Commodities sold by Oregon
farms and ranches were valued
at more than $400 million In
1964. Ranked in order of import
ance. the top ten products were
cattle and calves, wheat, dairy
products, greenhouse and nur
sery products, potatoes, eggs,
strawberries, barley, snapbeans
and hay,
Nearly half of the state's crop
sales and more than a third of
its livestock sales came from
the Willamette Valley. Vegeta
bles. seeds and berries were the
most important crops in the Val-
ley, bringing in more than a
Livestock Day
Program Planned
The latest In research on beef
cattle feed utilization will be
presented at the Livestock Day
in renaieion mgn scnooi, Sat
urday, February 5. This meet
ing is sponsored by Oregon
State University in cooperation
with the Morrow Countv Live
stock Growers association, Uma-
una county cattlemen s associ
ation, Union County Livestock third of this area's agricultural
association, ana tne UregOn Cat-1 rotiirno Marlon Pnontv lort In
uemens association. I nmdnrtlnn of alt thrx rrnn
Ctnfl 1. A 1 rt(. r .. .. r
jiu uieiiiveis iium me uu 1 i:rnin was f ha htcr mnnav
-11 j -perimeni aiauon maker in the Columbia Basin,
will spend the morning session followed by sales of cattle,
discussing feeds and feeding. Wheat was the top crop in this
Speakers will be Dr. D. C. rerion. while Umatilla Countv
led in Columbia Basin farm pro
duction.
Cattle topped the agricultural
product list in both the Snake
River Basin, where Malheur
ranks as the leading county,
and in the south ecntral Reg
ion, with Klamath county as
the leader.
Th three Southern Oregon
counties are noted primarily for
tree iruits, according to Mrs,
Horrell, with Jackson the top
producing county in that area.
Milk is the most important pro
duct in the Coast and Lower
Columbia counties, with Tilla
mook the leading county.
The 1964 Census of Agricul
ture should be released soon,
according to Mrs. Horrell. This
will provide an inventory of
Oregon farms by county, and
will present much more detail
ed information on all aspects
of Oregon agriculture.
Church. Dr. R. J. Raleigh, and
Dr. A. T. Ralston. Following
lunch, Wilbur T. Coonev. new
dean of Agriculture at OSU will
speak on "Leadership for To
morrow's Agriculture" and A.S.
Kind, OSU Extension Soil and
Water Specialist will review
facts about the future for Ore
gon water. The program will
conclude with a slide presenta
tion and talk on Russian agri
culture by Stewart Bledsoe,
Washington State legislator and
cattle rancher. The entke pro
gram should be of great inter
est to all cattlemen and Bled
soe's presentation educational
to everyone, according to Gail
McCarty, Morrow county exten
sion agent
Yes, the Gazette-Times can
print the form you need for busi
ness or ranch use. Phone 676-9228.
Oregon Trail Angus Classic
Monday, Feb. 7, Hermiston, Ore.
Selling 75 Head
45 Bulls
30 Females
Grading and Judging Sunday. Feb. 6
Umatilla County Fairgrounds
Social Get-Together Sands Motel
Sunday, Feb. 6, 6 P.M.
Banquet Sunday. 7:30, McCabe's Cafe
SALE SPONSORED BY
Oregon Angus Association
For Catalog Write
HAROLD RANKIN, Secretary
809 Tamarack, Hermiston, Ore.
This year should be another
prosperous one for the United
States.
Mrs. Elvera Horrell, Oregon
State University Coopcrat I v e
txtension Service, savs contin
ued growth all along the line
provides the background for a
strong economy In 1906.
Writing in the latest Oregon
Farm and Market Outlook Cir
cular released this week by the
Extension Service. Mrs. Horrell
pointed to higher employment,
wages, consumer Incomes and
prices as indicators of continued
economic well-being.
Farmers as well as the rest
of the public will share in the
general prosperity, according to
the agricultural economist. The
nation's farm and ranch opera
tors earned better net incomes
during 1965 than at any time
since the early 19.VV. Expand
ing market, a bright outlook
(or livestock, and the new na
tional farm program should pro
vide the necessary push for con
tinued improvement In the farm
profit picture, she adds.
The end of the third quarter,
1965. marked the lHth quarter
of uninterrupted gain In Grans
j tlonal lToduct. This measure
of the value of all good and
services produced reached an
annual rate of $677 billion dur
ing the quarter. The last quarter
of 1965 should show a further
Increase with more rises com
ing in 1966.
Spending by business, the
consumer, and government will
all add Impetus to the contin
ued growth of an all-ready
highflying U. S. economy, ac
cording to Mrs. Horrell. Twin
dark spots in an otherwise
bright economic picture, she
says, are the still unhealthy but
Improving U. S. balance of pay
ments and the problem of how
to keep the economy booming
without feeding the fires of inflation.
The new Outlook Circular Is
available free from county Ex
tension Service offices.
2,792,388 Tons
Grain Inspected
iVrtl.tnd Intpcctore f-r the
craln tli IkIoii ( Hit- Oregon !
Pertinent of Anient due welch
ed and nHH-te l,.'Wl..t6.k ton
f train for rtiMirt at IVitlaml
mm Attl4 tlulng the final fix
months f r.NkV
Veterans Property
Tax Exemption
List Extended
Pixabled veteran of th Viet-
j nam coiifllt t nd other cold
iwnr'' or tlirlr widow may
luuallfv fiY fct;lti liftHM-MV lac
This trlm; to 2.792.:Mrt Ion ; rkemptioim. the tie.m Impart,
the total amount of irraln heck- .M f Veteran' Affair said
today.
iiilcvtor for
ed bv lortlnd
rMHrt In I9UY
The ekiMirt flcuw for the fi
nal lx month of 196.1 I MS,
tOJ ton tn cvh of the cxrt
grain checked In the last nix
month of r.Hit. which was ftLV-
M6 ion.
Wheat continue to In the
mahir praln lnMHied for ex-
ort with the fthliMtifttt the lnt
nix month In I'M A lotaltnii
l.r.tt.Ot'J tons an. I the ft cure for
the entire year 2452..KW ton.
Incoming grain Innm-ctcd In
Portland the final six month
of I'.KIS alo exceeded that
checked In 1964 during the same
pcrliM. Inspection covcd 1,
KM. 967 ton In 1963 and 170.
3S'. ton In 1961.
The total for the entire year
n r.xa vm 3.66I.695 tons and
3.070,7Sl ton of this wa wheat.
The department's grain iltvls-
on made .h.4M protein anayl-
e In Its latMtratorv dur nir l'Hi.V
'PPlng the previous year bv
4.W
The JYndleton office of
division made 3.2 II track
potions In 196.Y
At the Merrill office of
division Inspectors checked
474 tons of grain in auMnjxc
Hons; 3.060 ton on hoppor In
lectlons; and 966 ton in truck
tnstectlon.. They also made 561
track InsjH-ctlons.
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COLE ELECTRIC
Motor Rewinding
INDUSTRIAL - COMMKRCIAL
FARM AND HOMK
I Pendleton 276 7761
They, along With dUnhled
veteran or widow ut other
war. inunt apply to their coun
ty s'or by Apill 1. 'Hie ex
emption amount to $7r0 of
I ln true 'ah xalue of the prop
erty. Those entitled Include:
1. War veteran 40 terYnt or
more disabled.
2. Unremarried widow of war
Veteran.
3. SpanUh-Ainerlean War vet
eran, regardless of (Usability.
A separate benefit la provided
for widow and disabled veter
an residing In house trailer.
In the way of an annual ilermw?
fee reduction of up to J10O. Ap
plication for tin iM'rii'flt 1
flkd with the Department of
Motor Vehicle.
Winner of the Armed FifCe
Kxpcdltlonarv Med.il or the
Vietnam Service Medal wero
added to the Hat of war veter
an In Oregon law by the 1965
legislature. As such, they qual
ify for the pro(crty tax exemp
tion If they meet the disability
requirement. If deceased, their
widow qualify.
The expeditionary medal
date bark to July 1. V.IM, and
was awarded for service during
itcrlod of tension In lbanon.
her I In. Oucmoy-Matsu, Taiwan,
Strait, tuba. Congo. Vietnam
and the Dominican Republic.
JIM'S MEAT CO.
CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING
Stanfleld. Orgoa
Old-rahlond
Hickory Smokd
Wednesday.
Curing
Slaughtering
Days
Mondays.
Friday
Wrapping
and fork
Cutting and
Locker Bi
Will pick up two bf or
nort tr of charge
bone 449 3623 Jim Tolas
Day or Night
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