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HEFFNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. July ai 9 m? IIEPPNEH GAZETTE-TIMES TO THE EDITOR THE Morrow's Irish Heppner. Or9oa 97839 Fhon 676-9228 MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette established March 30. ImhX The Keppner dent of Morrow. Gillian Times esiabll&hed November 18. 18V7. Consolidated February 13, Umatilla counties Una 1912. f-TaJi O' NIWSMMI puillf Hill ASSOCIATION NATIONAL NIWSFAMI To the Editor: The staff 'f the Oregon His torical Society, Portland 972i3, would like to inform the real- m and montli there will foe a separ it to reprint of Judy John K. Kilkenny's article Shamrock! and Shepherdai Th Irish ol Morrow County (which appear- -i In our June Issue. Oteaoa Historical Quarterly). mis reprint, which is a story WESLEY A. SHERMAN EDITOR AND PUBU5HEH of pioneer days In vour area ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER was ueseriocu in your euiiona oi JUiy li, ami your tetter irom our csicfmi'U mutual friend, Mrs. Josephine Richardson M honey-Baker, former Heppner journalist and herself a color ful Morrow pioneer descendant The reprint Is available for HELEN E. SHERMAN . ARNOLD RAYMOND Simp Foreman Printer GAIL El'RKE.NBINE Society Circulation REGGIE PASCAL Linotype Operator RANDY STILLMAN . Apprentice Pressman CnhiM-ririfiiin Rates: S-1.50 Year. Slncle l opy intents. ruDiisnea i xt.uu from the Oregon mstor Every Thursday and Entered at the Tost Office at Heppner, Oregon, leal Society. 1230 S. W. Park a.H Second Class Matter. Avenue. Portland 97205. OfIre Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; 9 a.m until noon Saturday. 1V2 Limitation Coming Up It Is now assured that the measure to restrict property taxes to l'ai of true cash value will be on the ballot In Ore gon In November's general election. Initiative petitions have received far beyond the required number of signatures While election Is still nearly four months away, the vot ing public should start considering the matter and become educated on It. Giles French writes In the Sherman County Journal that he believes that the bill will have a better chance of paas age this year than it did In 19C6 because voters have become used to the Idea, property taxes are still high and "the chances for relief from the legislature seem nil." He also points out that its passage will give a boast to the sales tax, but Is of the opinion that this will not be enough to get a sales tax passed. Those who are against a sales tax and this includes many might well turn their efforts against the 114 tax limitation because Its passage would bring about conditions that would seem to make a sales tax more essential. This poses an interesting situation in Morrow county for the reason that property taxes here on the county average have been slightly below the 114 limitation. In Heppner and In some other code areas, they are slightly above, but not very much. Bill Johnson, state appraiser in the assessor's office, says that he does not look for taxes across the county to be much above the 114 figure for the coming year, 1968-69, even though the county valuation Is down. The true cash value currently is down 3.6, but the amount of the decrease might be cut some when utilities assessments are received. The Pa cific Gas Transmission compressor station at lone, for In stance, is to go on the rolls this year. Now, suppose the limitation measure passes and Morrow county is not far In excess of the 114 limit, but other parts of the state are well above. Then will come the hue and cry for another source of taxation on the state level. This, it may be expected, will boil down to a sales tax. Then, as a result of this pressure, suppose the sales tax passes. Morrow county people then would still be paying about the same amount of property tax but would have the addit ional burden of a sales tax. At least, there is this possibility. It might develop that the sales tax would be earmarked for education and thereby, applying to the Morrow county school district, cut our school budget so that taxing agencies' needs would be well below the ,1 14 limitation. However, the taxing agencies would be empowered, as we understand It, to levy to the 1 limit (without a vote) and this would give them a sort of blank check to hike their budgets. Rep Irvln Mann has a legal opinion to show, too, that if a taxing agency succeeds in getting itself voted out from under the limit, which the measure provides, the other tax ing agencies are free to go up to the 1 limit, thereby giving them a "blank check" again. For instance, if the school district has an emergency sit uation that would not permit It to operate within the 1 limitation, together with the county, city and oher agencies sharing the xk, it could put the matter to vote at a special election. If a favorable vote were received, the entire school budget would be removed from the 1 restriction. This, then, would give the county, city, and whatever other taxing agencies there were in a particular area a chance to expand their budgets to the limit. Result of this again would be that the taxpayers would be saddled with more taxes rather than less taxes. There are many other facets of this proposal that appear very, very dubious and still must be resolved. One of the foremost of these is the matter of deciding how the various taxing agencies are to determine their respective shares un der the limitation. Which will have precedence over the other? Who will have the unenviable responsibility of de termining the shares? In these questions lie some of the chaos that is expected to accrue if this measure is passed. If there are logical and reasonable answers to them, the measure's proponents should advance them so that they may be cleared. There appears to be a better than even chance that this measure will pass. If it does, it seems apparent that there will be a whole new gamut of problems besetting the state. Unless there are better answers to some of the ramifica tions posed by this measure than now seem apparent, that word "chaos" looms like a neon sign on the forthcoming tax picture In this state. Sincerely, Arthur C. Spencer Public Services Advisor. Oregon Historical Society 1230 S. W. ParK Avenue Portland, Oregon 97203 Mr. and Mrs. Jim Angcll and twin sons, Harold and Gerald, of Portland spent the week-end visum? their son and daughter- in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Larry An gcll, and son Jimmy, while stay ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hutehins. The Angclls are former Heppner residents who moved to Portland several years ago. Mrs. Al Bunch's Painting Exhibited "Spring Storm." a painting by Mr. Al Bunch of Heppner, I currently on exhibit at the Atomle Cup Art Festival at Kennewirk, Wash. Mm. Bunch' work wan the only one of an Oregon artist accepted for the knowing, which also Includes those from artist of Washington. British Coium bin, Alaska. Idaho, Montana Wyoming and California. Most of the paintings on ex hibit are modern, but Mrs. Bunch's work, which recently win displayed at Murray Hex all Drug, is traditionul. Mrs. Bunch attended a recep tion at the show during the evening of July 13. The exhibit runs through July 30. Spaniel Gains Points At Vancouver Show Mr. and Mrs. Norman Clow traveled to Vancouver. Wn., Sunday, July 14. where they en tered I her four-year-old reenter ed Brittany Spaniel In compe tition against 28 other North west entries In a dog show, held at the fairgrounds there. The dog won open class hon ors and best of winners, to gath er five points, omp)etlng his show championship. Three more field points are needed to be come a dual champion, which consists of ten field points and 15 show points. Be couple stayed at tne home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Swan in Dayton ov er the week-end. Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman BEFORE WE GET Into the meat of this column, we will point out to University of Oregon f;ins that we promise them "equal time" If they demand It. for tir cumstances are such that this must be devoted largely to Ore eon State U once more. We really don t plan to lecu our readers a steady diet of Beaver meat, but It lust so hap pens that Jim Barratt. who is about No. 1 fan of Heppner and No. 1 supporter of OSU as alh letlc director there, came home for a visit, and he supplier more good copy In an hour's visit than the editor of a coun try weekly can pass up. Last weeks column was de voted to fighting traffic lams In getting to OSU football games with the freeway tieup prior to the USC game last year still a terrible memory in tne minds of many. Jim figures that it Is all straightened out for the coming season despite the fact that un precedented crowds are expect- d to fill Parker stadium, so we will let it go at that. Salem Scene by EvtrattL Cutter Property Tax Limit: What it Could Do It's now official: the initiative proposal to limit local property taxes to 114 per cent of mar ket value will appear at Ballot Measure No. 7 in Oregon's No vember election. Proponents of the constitu tional amendment filed more than enough certified petition signatures with the secretary of tt.itn hpfnrp the Julv 4 dead line. Their measure differs In fore wovemoer; tne election oaie locating revenues levied within the limitation to the hundreds of local taxing units in the state. It also would allow one an nual election to exceed the lim it, on the traditional November election Tuesday. Even this safety valve, however, contains risks; a favorable vote of at least 20 per cent of all regis tered voters Is required by the amendment; property tax bills normally are received lust he Carey Hastings Shows Improvement Carey Hastings, who has been In serious condition in the Pen dleton Community hospital fol lowing a coronary attack which he suffered following a gall bladder operation, shows fine Improvement this week, his wife said Tuesday. He has been taken out of in tensive care and was able to be on his feet Tuesday for a short warn down tne nan with assist ance. He suffered the attack more than two weeks ago. The Hastings' daughter. Mrs. Howard (Clarice) Henry of San Antonio, Texas, is still here and takes turns with her mother in going to Pendleton to be with Mr. Hastings. Another daughter, Mrs. Roger (Evonne) Connor, of. Forest Grove had been here earlier dur ing her father's illness and re turned' with her husband and family for a visit over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Clrd Alls tort traveled to Gresham ever the week-end to pick up their child ren, Cyde and David, who had spent the week visiting at the home of their grandmother, Mrs. Dolly Allstort, and their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Jackson and family. They re turned Sunday, leaving Barbara 1 to remain for a longer visit telodl McCabe Home Again Earl McCabe of lone is home again and showing good im. provement after hospitalization following a heart attack. He was in Pioneer Memorial hospital for ueaimenr lor about six weeks. McCabe expressed his thanks to inenas and neighbors who help ed with the farm work during ms jtosence as wen as to those who helped SDeed his rponverv with their care and expressions 01 encouragement. Meeting Slated On Logging Codes A series of 12 meetings have been scheduled throughout the state for the purpose of explain ing proposed changes in the logging codes of Workmen's Compensation prior to a public neanng to consider the revised codes for adoption, the Work men's Compensation Board ad- vises. The meetlncr in this area tnr loggers, loir haulers, and others of the lumber industry interest. ed will be Tuesday, July 30, at 7:30 p.m. In the Sacajawea Ho tel. La Grande. Interested tiers- ons will be given time to ask questions or to express their views of the changes. some respects from the ill-fated limitation proposal of two years ago, but its passage still could mean revenue losses of up to 50 per cent for some local gov ernment districts. The decision rests now with Oreeon voters. Many, consider' ing what has come to be known as the "taxpayers' revolt" and the inability of last year's leg islature to come to grips with tax reform problems, believe the limitation measure will be Dassed, What Is "The"' measure? "And what will happen if it Is ap proved? It would place a limitation of 1 per cent of market value on the total of local levies. It would exempt levies for payments on existing bonded indebtedness. Would Repeal 6 Limit It would repeal the present Constitutional restriction that limits local government tax lev ies to an annual increase of 6 per cent. Tax experts point out that the 6 per cent figure is a restriction on the total amount of monev in dollars that a dis trict can levy. In contrast, the 1.14 per cent limitation would be tied to the total market val ue of all property in the dis trict. Because market value is in creasing at a rate faster than 6 per cent annually, they reason that property taxes would climb faster under the proposed sys tem automatically. Using the 1957-1967 period, they can show that property taxes nave grown 91 per cent; under the 114 per cent limit they would have in creased 141 per cent without any vote fo the people. Another provision of the amendment would give the leg islature, instead of the State Tax Commission, the task of al- come eight long months before fiscal year budgets must be fin alized. Pioneer Ponderings by w. s. cavebhux 700,000 More Some of our forecasters who are expert enough to be recog nized bv the press predict that ten years from now Oregon will have 700,000 more cars on our roads. If that comes true. It is not too early to speculate on the impact of such numbers. Allow ing 100 ft of roidway for each car in operation, it would re quire 14,000 miles of single lane. 7.000 miles of double lane, or 3,500 miles of four lane high way to put them all in motion at one time. It would require 4,000 acres of added storage or garage space. Maybe we'll have to park on the high desert or "soil bank" land. If the situation gets too bad we could allocate mile age or stagger hours of move ment. We have a few years to figure it out . S100 Million Loss Seen The loss of revenue to local government units imposed by such a limitation would be an estimated $100 million, or a cut of nearly 30 per cent on a state- wide average. This is money which goes mostly to pay for schools, and also supports sucn local services as lire and po lice protection, libraries, sewers, lights, parks, etc. Virtually no one believes such a cutback could be tolerated. Sources of replacement revenue, probably from the state, already are being discussed. Many Ore gonians, to be sure, voice sup port of such severe property tax cutbacks purely as a means of forcing the legislature to do something. It is possible that legislative action could take one of sev eral forms, or a combination of them. According to Mate Tax Commission estima t e s, an amount to offset $100 million in local revenue losses could be raised by the state through (a) a 3 per cent sales tax, exempt ing food and drugs, (b) increas ing the state income tax rates to range from 5 to 15 per cent up from the present 3 to 9. per cent range, or (c) a net receipts tax of 2 per cent on gross income in addition to present income tax rates. The 1969 legislature, however, faces two distinct handicaps if it has to propose new revenue sources. For one thing, the ef fects of the limitation would not be felt by localities or the public until the next fiscal year lust alter normal legislative adjournment. No Emergency Clause Second, Oregon's legislature is Constitutionally prohibited from attaching the emergency clause to revenue measures and thus make them immediately effect ive. Any revenue measure pass ed by the legislature, then, is subject to popular referendum before it can be given fair trial or these reasons many ob servers here are pessimistic, Foreseeing little or no popular support for new revenue sources before the limitation's effects would be felt, thev fear the leg, islature cannot act effectively on behalf of the people it rep resents. Or, that any legislat ive action would be futile be cause it could well be reversed possibly along with the for tunes of individual legislators by referendum. Then Oregon could be faced with inadequate local revenue to support local services, and with no alternate way for the state to raise money to give to localities. Such a situation could force another special session of the legislature in the fall of 1969, when the pinch is felt Some DeoDle call this a dan gerous game. Some may term it a vicious circle, to demand an swers from a legislative body which ultimately must give all voters the final word on reve nue measures. Many others ex press satisfaction in having the final say, and in the slowness of the democratic process. In any case, sufficient petit Ion signers have made the In itiative proposal official. And it is safe to predict a lot of heat ed discussion on Ballot Measure No. 7 between now and November. BUT THE MAN who makes "en thusiastic" seem like an un derstatement has some interest ing things to say about other phases of OSU and particularly The Great Pumpkin," Football Coach Dee Andros. Jim travels a lot with the coach, and Andros now declares that Heppner couldn't be a town of only 1.600 but must be at least 16,000 because everywhere the two go, they run Into some one from Heppner. For instance, they were In Honolulu recently, reposing un dor a banyan tree. An army officer and his wife stepped up and asked, "Pardon me. aren t you Jim Barratt? The man was Col. Ed Burch- ell. an old Heppnerite. Sure enough. Mrs. Burchell at one time "baby sat young Jim. A great visit ensued. Andros quietly took this in. Then later Dick Wiehtmnn spotted Barratt. Another one from Heppner. So it goes on their travels. Andros knows that Heppner is more than 16,000. THE COLORFUL grid coach is becoming famous for the fact that he leads his powerful foot ball team on to the field be fore a game, running like mad in his orange jacket while the boys lope behind him. Barratt chides him now and then with the comment, "Some day you're going to trip and fall down, then watch out." But the coach, of Greek or igin, instills a great spirit in his boys and they like him thoroughly. Andros jokes about his na tionality. "When two Greeks get togeth er, they either start a fight or a restaurant, he declares. Well, sir, the Great Pumpkin started something else. Ask Purdue, UCLA, or USC! magazine Is naming a pre Rea son All-American team for the first time. Two Oregon Statein will to on this team. And Dee Andros will be Playboy Coach of the Year! This brings him some rib bing, too. but It is for real. JIM AND DOROTIIA were In New York recently, had din ner with the Doc Severinsenx. (Now that was a time wnen a lot of reminiscing was going on nlutiit llennner! I ikKw who like Barratt and ri itiir.-li.-ll eets the Cazette Tlm.. reeulnrlv. said that he enloved showing the CT to the members Of Ills orcnesiru At l..nti one of the musician. who we have to predict will eventua v be in musics nan of Fame.' said that the Heppner f:ii7ii!i was better man me New York Times. Nmv that is real music to our ears, even if It were sum wim tnnmie In cheek! Well, sir, you Know tnose iwo euvs Jim anct uoc cookcu uu an" agreement for Severinsens to ntav nt ha r me at tne uiw OSU football game In Portland What a natural! That should brine out more than 1.600 fans from Heppner: COINCIDENCES never cense Just before Barratt came 11110 town, the Severinsens got as far as the Hero iiyna pmre oui urdav nit:ht, en route back to New York from Hollywood where the Tonieht show has been staged for the past couple of weeks. Thev had a little time in Portland for a layover and so, with Ora Evans and Sever insens' parents, they went to see the Hynds. They would have loved to have been able to come up to Heppner but time ran out on them. WE REPEAT We love the U of O Ducks, too, but unfort unately we don't know anyone quite as hep on things there as Jim is to OSU. Barratt oromlses that some day he's going to bring Andros to Heppner so he can see for himself that there aren t quite 16.000 here even though one Heppnerite may get around 10 times as mucn as anyone eise. Mavbe it will be at a sports banauet. and on tnat occasion The Great Pumkin can defend himself. Vocation Trip Takes Miss Riley North To Canadian Points Miss Alice Itllev reports a wonderful trip as khe returned last week from a scvuu-week tour. v.hlth look her about 6,tMM miles. Miss Riley, a Heppner High school Spanish and English In structor, left Heppner June 1 lor northern Idaho, where she spent several days visiting friends. Traveling on to Banff and Jasper National Parks in Can ada, she silent two nights at Lake Louise, which ho kvs was one of the high spots of the trip. An enjoyable treat was a Sno Blle ride on the ee fields between Juspcr and Banir, from where she traveled on to Gla cier National Park In Montana and Yellowstone National Park for sightseeing. She spent a week camping at Jackson Hole, Wyo., in the Tetons. From Wyoming, she drove on to West Liberty. Iowa, where she spent two weeks visiting lit the home of her brother and sister-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. E. T. Klley. Beginning her trip home she traveled to Boise. Idaho, and north through Lewiston, where she enloved the beautiful scen ic drive through Hell's Canyon. She joined a group of 17 tour ists and two guides for a thrill imr trio bv rubber raft down the Snake River, where, upon landing, the group was picked up by a bus. The traveler reports that she saw moose in Canada, a mother bear and two cubs climbing trees at Yellowstone, a golden eagle in Hell's Canyon and a bald eagle hovering over Its nest on the river tour, to name just a very few of the interest ing sights seen on the trip. Methodist Church Picnic Set Sunday Mrs. Turner Better Following Surgery THE COLORS, orange and blacq, tound a ready taker in the OSU coach. He recently bought a new car and had it custom painted. The colors you might guess. 11 you see a new wiasmoDiie painted orange and with a black top, that will be Coach Dee Andros. But derned if Barratt's loyal ty to the school isn't about as fanatical, shall we say? Jim and Dorotha are build ing a new home in Corvallis. No, it isn't going to be orange and black, but it is going to nave weavers on tne doors. uorotna wasn t quite sure about that. "What if we move?" she ask ed her dynamic hubby. That was easy for Jim. "We'll take the doors with us," he said. . OREGON STATE will be picked among tne top five college football teams in the nation by Sports Illustrated magazine when it comes out with its ore- season dope soon, Barratt says. And, of an things, Playboy Mrs. Edna Turner of Heppner is recovering at Allison General Convalescent hospital, Portland, after surgery earlier this month performed at Good bamantan hospital in which a leg was re moved following complications from diabetes. Mrs. Turner was trans ferred to Allison General hos Dital Tuesdav. Julv 23. accord- ine to information from Frank Turner, her brother-in-law, who was in Portland to visit ner on Mondav. Mrs. Turner will remain In the hospital for an additional three to four weeks, where she will receive therapy treatment, Friends and relatives who have gone to visit her state that she is making fine improve ment. She would enjoy hearing from friends during her convalesence. Those who wish to correspond with her may do so by writing to Allison General convalescent hospital, 2430 N. W. Marshall, Portland. Attend Services Among those from out of town who attended services for Mrs. Anna McNamee last Thursday at St. Patrick s Catholic church were her daughter Anne Mc Namee of Seattle: her sister, Mrs. Dan Buffington of 'Heard Mrs. Olive Hughes and son Bill Hughes, both of Sutherlin; Tom wugnes 01 Monroe; j. m. weary, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Healty and Brenda and Linda, all of Port land. Mrs. McNamee, a lifetime Heppner resident, died July 15 in her home here. Picnic for members and friends of the Heppner Metho dist church will be Sunday at the courthouse park following regular summer services in the Church. Morning service in the church will be at 10 a.m. and after the service the picnickers will as semble at the courthouse lawn with the potluck picnic due ot noon. Those attending are asked to bring their own table service, and a hot dish, salad or des sert. The church will furnish the coffee and punch. The Rev. Melvin Dixon, pas tor, and Mrs. Dixon have been on vacation for the past two weeks, going to Montana and Canada with their travel trail er, but are expected home to. day (Thursday). Ted Toll Completes Service in Army Ted Toll returned to Heppner Saturday, July 13, after complot. ing his service in the army. For the past six months he has been statiooned at Fort Carson, Colo., and was discharged following, his duty there. He visited for a short time with his brother-in-law and sis ter Mr. and Mrs. Don Griffith, and family of Spray and with his step-father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Richards, also of Spray. Toll, who is a brother of Leon ard Toll of Heppner, has begun work at Cal's Richfield service station here. COMMUNITY BILLBOARD it The Rhyming Philosopher COMPANIONSHIP THE TEST OF LOVE IS NOT FIRST SIGHT, MUCH LESS DISCOVERED OVERNIGHT, BUT LIKE A TREE ITS STRENGTH IS FOUND WITH ROOTS IN UNDERSTANDING GROUND. A MAN AND WOMAN'S NATURE BLENDS WHEN LOVE HAS TURNED THEM INTO FRIENDS WHOSE MARRIAGE WEATHERS PASSING YEARS, AND COUNTS ITS DAYS AS SOUVENIRS. NO LIVING MAN CAN BE A SAINT ABOVE REPROACH, BEYOND COMPLAINT; NOR ANY WOMAN AS A WIFE AN BE AN ANGEL ALL HER LIFE. SO AS TRUE FRIENDS THEY FACE EACH DAY TOGETHER. NOT TO HAVE THEIR WAY. BUT UNDERSTANDINGLY CONSTRUE THE OTHER PERSON'S FEELINGS, TOO. THUS DOWN THE YEARS MUST LOVE MATURE, AND. THROUGH COMPANIONSHIP. ENDURE; AS NEVERMORE TO BE ALONE THEY'VE FOUND A WORLD THAT'S ALL THEIR OWN. HARRY W, FLETCHER Coming Events YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAM High School Gvmnasium Mondays and Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Planned recreation POMONA GRANGE Greenfield Grange Hall, Boardman Saturday, July 27, dinner at 6 pm. Guest speaker, Mrs. Margaret itice, btate Lecturer TUNE-UP DAY Sunday, July 28, 1 p.m. Morrow Countv Fairgrounds Sponsored by Columbia Bas in Quarter Horse Assoc. Judging in seven classes METHODIST PICNIC Sunday. Julv 28. 12 o'clock County Courthouse Park Potluck dinner, coffee and puncn furnished FAIR & RODEO DANCE Dance honorine Princess Kathy Hinton of Boardman Tillicum club Saturday, July 27, 9:30-1:00 Heppner Fair Pavilion Music by The Henchmen. Heppner combo Dance honoring Princess Sheila Lucianl Saturday, Aug. 3, music by 1 ne miss Fortunes, T.ie Dalles SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency a Box 247 PH. (76-9625 Rappoaf