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With Jack Sumner
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at Heppner, Oii'CP.l. a Second Class Matter.
REMEMBER THIS?
.... REMINISCE!
53 YEARS AGO 1918
The Heppner Gun Club has commenced the construction of a fine
new home on their grounds above town. The new building will be
a commodious affair with two large rooms and the front will be of
glass doors opening out upon a wide veranda facing the shooting
grounds. J.S.Carter of Rhea Creek has donated a big turkey
gobbler to the Red Cross. The turkey will be raffled off next
Saturday, the winner being expected to give the bird back to the
Red Cross in order that it may be put up as a prize for shooting at
the Heppner Gun Club. Mrs. E.J.McAlister, pioneer Lexington
woman, was tendered a surprise reception last Friday afternoon
from 2 until 5 o'clock at her home. The affair was occasioned by
Mrs. McAlister's 72nd birthday.
37 YEARS AGO 1936
In the sectional shop and public speaking contests held at The
Dalles March 20 and sponsored by the Future Farmers of America,
the boys representing the Boardman chapter won five first places,
three second places and two third places. The winning boys were
Alan Chaffee, first in hay judging: Pete Farley, first in wool
judging; Ralph Black, first in poultry judging and also in nail
driving; Ed Skoubo and Stanley Partlow, first in horseshoe
pitching. The immediate family of W.F.Palmateer gathered at the
H.O. Ely home last Sunday to felicitate him on the 78th anniversary
of his birth. Art Stefani, in the city Monday from the lone section,
reported considerable damage to his wheat from cutworms. Ke
was preparing to reseed some 400 acres. He was hoping for warmer
sunshine to subdue activity of the cutworms which work on the
wheat in cooler weather. Heppner-Pilot Rock shooters took all
three of their matches last Sunday in the Oregonian Telegraphic
Trapshooting tournament, with a three-man team score of 74.
REPORT FROM S W.EM
Last week the Senate joined the House In one of the longest
debate ever on a single Issue on Governor McCull's school finance
plan. The Senate passed It Wednesday. On Thursday Ihe House
deliberated for two hours before voting to accept the Senate
changes, and passed the bills ( HH 2004 & HJR 3) to the Governor for
his signature.
The final measures differ somewhat from those passed by the
House In mid February . Rut the plun is the same one proposed by
Governor Tom McCall more than a year ago.
This School Finance and Tax Reform Plan will be decided by a
vole of the people at a special election on May 1. You will be voting
on House Joint Resolution S (HJR3) which will impose a statewide
property tax and put the Governor's Plan (HB20O4) into effect.
I shall write a special report explaining this tax plan at a time
closer to the election. Also, I plan to send to each household in my
district information on the tax plan to help you become more
knowledgeable of it.
The committee work has stepped up its work now with many
scheduling extra meetings during the day and at nights.
The House Revenue committee is hearing HB2500 which would
grant a tax exemption for fleet operators who install liquified
petroleum (gas) propulsion systems. This action would eliminate
as much as 90 percent of the pollution contributed by such fleets.
The House Environment Committee listened to Speaker
Eymann's comments in support of a bill directing that proceeds
from mineral rights in state-owned property go to the Common
School Fund.
On April 2 members of the House Labor Committee will travel to
Coos Bay for an evening hearing on HB 2641. The bill requires that
timber from private lands undergo primary processing in Oregon.
On April 6, in Salem, bills imposing severe restrictions on internal
union affairs, forbidding advertising for strikebreakers, and
forbidding imposition of irrelevant educational requirements for
employment will come before the committee.
Considerable concern was expressed to the House State and
Federal Afairs Committee by State Treasurer Jim Redden and
others over the proposed investment of state money in the State
Fair Construction account. The action could jeopardize the
Retirement Trust Fund money. The committee will seek further
information on the implications of HB 2866, allowing local public
authorities to issue revenue bonds for hospitals. The first hearing
on the bill, HB 2630, to remove the tax-exempt status of hospitals
not providing abortion and vasectomy operations will take place
April 4. In addition. HB 2315, expanding the Highway Commission
to five persons chosen on a geopraphical basis, is scheduled for a
hearing on April 6.
The education committee approved a bill providing that a tape
recording of all legislative meetings be available to the State
Archives. In addtion, the committee heard HB 2635. The bill gives
probationary teachers a hearing if their contract is not renewed.
Recently with other members of the House & Senate Agriculture
and Natural Resources Committee I spent a Friday and Saturday
in the La Grande area viewing and learning of the heavy damage
inflicted on stands of Douglas Fir trees by the Tussock Moth. The
estimated scope of infestation is 300.000 acres. 180,000 acres are
Federal lands and 120,000 acres are State and private lands of
which the control responsibilities concerns the State Forester.
Control project costs are etimated at $4.00 per acre on a
required emergency fund allocation of $480,000.00.
The control effort is based upon approval of a request for the use
of DDT from the federal Environmental Protection Agency. If this
approval is not obtained, control efforts will probably not be
undertaken because of no alternate method available to assure a
satisfactory control.
If I can be of any assistance do not hesitate to contact me.
Rep. Jack Sumner 18-H State Capitol Building, Salem, Oregon
97310 Phone 378-8817. Remember the toll free phone for bill status
1-810-152-0290.
A major question which I have Is what will happen to local control
of the schools, because under this proposal the government almost
totally supports the schools. Is this the price we want to pay for tax
reform by giving up contol of our schools? Local school boards will
no longer determine the amounts for local school budgets and the
voter will not be able to approve these budgets. The legislature will
determine the increase in the budgets, but only after comparing the
schools against the other areas of state government and estimating
the state's total revenue. Do we really want politics to enter into the
education of our children?
Proponents of the tax plan say that the state distribution of the
money will be on a flat $900 per student grant, with adjustments for
those districts spending more or less than the grant. What this
really means is that the state is supporting the schools at their
present level of spending per student. Some districts will receive
well over this $900 grant while some will receive less than $700. This
equalizes the tax burden around the state but does little to equalize
the quality of education. An editorial appearing in a Salem paper
says this will "tend to perpetuate existing Inequality, using money
from all Oregon taxpayers instead of those in the affected school
districts.
I have been unable to obtain the answers to all of these questions
and that is why I have reservations about this proposed tax
measure. I feel that we need a revision of our tax structure, but I
also feel we need to know what this will do to our schools. In the
event that this tax proposal does fail at the polls, the Senate
minority has already begun work on another proposal in order to
get it to the people for a vote before it is too late.
If you have any questions on the tax plan, please write and I will
try to find the answers for you. Senator Ken Jernstedt, State
Capitol, Salem, Oregon, 97310 or call 378-8757.
SUMMER PLAYS
( this poem was contributed by Leah Roark of Lexington. It is her
favorite one of the many she has composed.)
Summer play has turned to fall
to store the heart matured grains
I sorrow not for games now spent
as I greet what will never be the same.
My errors lay in fields turned brown
dedicated dead leaves to earth
To not molest these sleeping graves
to taint the new young birth.
For winter is yet to be faced
before the spring will grace
A carpet green across those graves
our sorrow, joy replace.
LETTERS EDITOR
James Morris, recently
moved to Oregon City, was
visiting in Heppner this week.
Baker and Boise during Spring
Vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Ilarley Sager
and family spent some time in
Portland and Salem during
Spring vacation. They visited
OMSI and the too and sat In on Mn John MMtk Klm.
the legislature In Bession. While Vaerie and Steven visited in
there they got to near jacs
Sumner speak. After leaving
the Portland area, they went to
Idaho to visit both Hurley s and
Bertha's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Verlln Mathews
were visited over the weekend
DAVID GUNDERSON was by their daughters and families,
home for Spring vacation from Mrs. Bob Nichols, Mark and
Oregon State. He is the son of sherle of Milwaukie and Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Gunderson, anfj Mrs. Bill McCloud and son,
Jr. Scott of Pendleton.
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March 24, 1973
Dear Mrs. Weatherford:
1 YEAR AGO..
.1972
Report from Ken Jernstedt
More than four hours of debate in the Senate preceded the
passage of the proposed school finance and property tax relief plan
(HB 2004). This action in the Senate and the subsequent debate and
concurrence by the House overshadowed all other business in the
Legislature this week. The plan will now go before the people for a
vote on May 1.
There are many who feel as I do that HB 2004 in its various
provisions is defective. During the debate which preceded the
passage of the bill, many clear and thoughtful major areas of
concern were dramatically pointed out.
It is obvious that the leadership of the legislature now has its tax
plan which is embodied in HB 2004. The minority party proposed an
alternative plan which would have done more justice to taxpayers
by controlling government spending and yet at the same time
providing tax relief. The Republicans were not the only ones who
favored this minority report. They were joined by some Democrats
but not enough to adopt the plan.
Many of us feel that there are major defects in the tax package
which is proposed in HB 2004. However, some also believe that this
plan which was so carefully devised, so hotly debated and so
strenuously defended by the Democrats should move out of the
halls of the State Capitol in Salem-out to the people in the State of
Oregon.
In order to raise the enormous amount of money that will be
required under the new plan, there will be an increase in personal
income taxes, a business profits tax, a statewide property tax levy
on income-producing property (businesses such as farms, industry,
that some districts received offsets that were plusses and some etc.), utilization of some $130 million in existing state revenue, plus
minuses for a 15 year period. This accounts for the first two figures using federal revenue sharing monies.
under Morrow County which shows the high and the low levy for the The reasons for the various alternative tax reforms proposals
former district areas. The third figure is the levy figure if the entire that were presented resulted not only from differing ideologies but
district paid the same amount. because little information is known as to how these proposed
The comparative graph indicates the business acumen of the ' changes in HB 2004 will affect the various groups around the state
Morrow County School administration and scnooi ooara as mey proponents ot the tax plan tninK it win snitt me tax Duraen irom tne
Six members of the Hoof & Horn 4-H Livestock Club as a
community Pride project cleaned up the roadway from Heppner
limits to the top of Heppner hill. Those participating were: Shelley
Thompson, Mark Sargent, Donna Bellamy, Mark Schlichting,
Brian Thompson, Rhonda Sargent and Mr. Dick Schlichting.
BOARDMAN BANK MAKES BIG MOVE - A western mood
prevails in the new Inland Empire Bank building at Boardman. Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson Connor became the parents of a baby girl born at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital on Mar. 15. Dianna Jeannine Wright
became the bride of John Hugh Currin March 25. Quite a number of
friends went to The Dalles Sunday to attend the 25th wedding
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Johnson formerly of Heppner.
Two Bills and their wives have worked for two weeks to ready Cal's
Cafe for opening. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lynch and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Scott are together on this new venture. Irrigon-Community 4-H
members got their Community Pride project off to a good start,
with landscape plantings around the Fire Station.
School Tax Levy Comparison
In the following graph the Morrow County School district levy is
compared with the levy of other districts of similar size for the
years 1970, 1971 and 1972. They show the costs per $1000. TCV.
Three figures are given for Morrow County. At the time of
reorganization districts assumed their own previous indebtedness
continually strive to get the most education for students with the
taxpayers dollar.
In 1970 the equal levy figure of $13.21 was the lowest with Condon
next low with $14.76 and Stanfield was highest with $24.58.
In 1971 Morrow County equal levy figure was $13.52 just $1.74
above Condon's low of $11.78 and again Stanfield was high with
$24.39.
In 1972 Morrow County s equal levy figure of $13.78 was lowest
individual to businesses-and farms are businesses. The opponents
feel it may do just the opposite. A question which doesn't seem to
have an answer is : will the proposed tax plan help big business or
little business? Research has shown that corporate giants in wood
products, retail sales, manufacturing and miscellaneous (such as
utilities, railroads, etc.) will get a net tax break under the new tax
program. Wholesale companies and service industries (which
include large legal firms, hotel chains, large medical firms, etc.)
again and this time Arlington was next to low with $15.04 and high wni suffer some under the plan.
was Stanfield with $23.41. Will business, if it is taxed heavily, just pass it on to the buyer by
The board and administration works at meeting the desires of the raising their prices, making the individual pay for it in the end?
teachers in salary as well as equipment and supplies but also uses Might future businesses possibly stay out of Oregon or even those
the common sense and conservation approach in the interests of already here move out of the state to avoid paying higher taxes and
those who are paying the bill. result in fewer jobs for Oregonians? If fewer jobs result, what will
The budget election is April 2 from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. be the effect on schools as the money to operate them comes from
an income tax? Nobody really knows the answers to these
SCHOOL TAX LEVY questions.
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1970 Levy 1971 Levy 1972 Levy
District ( Local and I.E.D.) (Local & I.E.D.) (Local & I.E.D.)
I enjoyed your article on the
Woolery house and enjoyed
even more your all too short
visit here. If you are down this
way again - do call on us again.
Muriel Cason Vaughn tells me
that they lived in the Woolery
house 1907-09 and that there
were sliding doors between the
entrance hallway and the living
room and a doorway from living
room to bedroom connecting.
Also, that Dr. Reed was the
"attending physician". Also,
that Charlie Allinger, local
carpenter and builder, built the
house.
Muriel and her husband John
Vaughn live at the Baptist
Manor now. I see her quite often
and on Sunday I will take the
Gazette article and read it to
her. She can no longer read and
is not at all well, neither is John.
Both have a wealth of know
ledge about Morrow County and
especially lone and Heppner
people. Her father Walter
Cason, was serving as deputy
Sheriff when "Bad Man Charlie
Earhart" was released and
returned to Heppner and lone
with vowed intention to "get"
Cason who had some official
part in sending him to prison.
You no doubt know the story -Cason
shot Earhart when they
met in front of the Palace Hotel.
You might consider using this
event as a feature story
sometime. I think Margaret
Blake would know a lot about
the details and Muriel would be
glad to talk with you sometime -I
would have to make arrange
ments in advance for you.
I hope to be in lone and
Heppner Memorial Day and
may see you at that time. If it is
more convenient for you to
leave my Morrow County
pamphlet and postcard with
Vera or with the Earl Blakes I
can pick them up later.
So nice meeting and visiting
with you.
Sincerely,
Josephine Conway
when Christ comes again.
Secretary,
Irene Nolan
Heppner, Oregon 97836
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS
AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
YOUR LETTER IS NEEDED
Recently, Madalyn O'Hair,
the Atheist crusader, obtained
27,000 letters protesting the
decision of the astronauts to
read the Bible as a Christmas
message to the world from their
spacecraft while orbiting the
moon in December 1968. She
plans to present these to the
National Aeronautical and
Space Administration with a
demand that they be publicly
censured for their act, and to
prevent any other demonstra
tion of faith by public leaders.
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, in coop
eration with other groups and
organizations seek to secure one
million signed letters com
mending the astronauts and
thus offsetting Mrs. O'Hair's
efforts.
Lest we take this lightly, we
should be reminded that
through this one woman, we
woke up one morning nine years
ago to find it illegal to read the
Bible and pray in the public
schools and we should be very
sorry if, through default, she
were successful in this latest
effort to influence national
policy on behalf of her "Relig
ion" which she avows to be
Atheism.
YOUR LETTER IS NEEDED,
and a suggested form letter is
printed for your convenience.
Simply cut on the line below, be
sure to date, sign and include
your address or your letter will
not be acceptable.
Mail directly to: National
Aeronautics and Space Ad
ministration. National Space
craft Center, Astronaut Office.
Houston, Texas 77058
This will be more effective if
mailed by each individual.
KOFFEE KUP KEGLERS
Team Standings
Won Lost
Morrow County $11.30-14.16 $9.71 -14.74
: (If equal levy) 13 21 13.52
Melix 18 53 18.58
Pilot Rock 20 67 21.99
Tum-a-Lum 1793 1942
Echo 24 10 23.65
Umatilla 1846 19.18
ermiston 20 07 19 95
f-erndale 18 35 18.31
4Jmapme 2037 20.94
Pendleton 20 08 21-34
Weston 19 22 22.15
Athena 20 19 21-99
iMilton-Freewater 31 and U.H. 20 31 20.16
:Stanf.eld 2458 24.39
X'kiah 24 38 21.37
ICondon J4 -
Arlington 15 15 13 43
$5.90 - - 15.48
13.78
18.90
21.24
18.42
21.70
21.18
22.12
18.81
23.05
21.43
20.92
21.59
20.18
23.41
16.22
15.06
15.04
Whizzers
The Dregs
Weary Wives
Three Holers
Last Drops
Screwballs
22
20
20
19
16
11
14
16
16
17
20
25
High Ind. Game, Iris Campbell--;
High Ind. Series,
Phyllis Cole-510; High Team
Game, The Dregs-560; High
Team Series, The Dregs-1584.
Percentage of Taxes levied for
school purposes:
Morrow County 72.70
Umatilla County 77.75
"Take your finger out of
your ear tnd listen 10
me'"
To the Editor:
Enclosed is a letter received
by our Church Missionary
group, from the Aeronautics
and Space Administration. We
would like to have you print it.
We think it is time for all
Christians to stand up and be
counted, that we may let all
people of the world know that
this is a Christian Nation and
believe what the Bible, God's
Word, tells us. Mark 16 : 15
"And he said unto them, Go ye
into all the world, and preach
the gospel to every creature." v
What better way can the word
of God be taken to all the world
than by the Astronauts in
space? Instead of one million
signed letters let's send in many
million signed letters.
Let us pray that Madalyn
O'Hair and her 27.000 followers
will realize that they too, will
have to stand up and be counted
Dear Sirs:
I personally appreciate and
wholeheartedly support the de
cision of the Astronauts to read
the Bible from their Spacecraft
as they orbited the moon during
December 1968.
I further support the right of
every human being to express
his faith in God and the Bible
without fear of threat or
censure.
Sincerely,
Signed by (full name)
Address
Date
Diseases are the same as they
were 1000 years ago. Doctors
just have more expensive
names for them.
THURSDAY NITE LADIES
Team Standings
Won Lost
Kinzua Corp. 24 16
Ruggles Ins. 23 17
Elma's Flower Shop 23 .17
Toyota 23 17
Murrays Rexall 20 20
Columbia Basin 7 33
High Ind. Game, Mabel
Heath-212; High Ind. Series,
Mabel Heath-546; High Team
Game, Murrays-960; High
Team Series, Murrays-2629.
REAL ESTATE
TRANSFERS
BARGAIN & SALE DEEDS .
Dobbs, Robert W. to Dobbs,
Jeanne - Frl. Lot 8 Blk. 1 City
Heppner.
Simpson, Cleo A.-Virginia to
Jones, Douglas D.-Leslye A. -Lot
2 Blk. 12 town Lexington.
WARRANTY DEEDS
Howell, Thomas S.-Mildred L.
to Adlard, Dale Leon-Patricia
A. - Frl. Lot 6 Blk 1 Ayers 1st
Add., Heppner.
Zumwalt, George-Elsie to
Padberg, Catie - Lot 5 Blk. 16
orig town Lexington.
BARGAIN & SALE DEEDS
Anderson, Eric-Anderson,
Charles-Anderson, Steven to
Lovgren, Alfred L.-Roxie, J. -Frl.
Sec. 16,17,20,21,22,27,28 T3S
R25.
Thompson, Helen H. to
Weatherford, William W. - Lot
6 Blk. 3 Jones 1st add Heppner.
West Ext Irr. Distr. to Butler,
C.H. - To corr. deed dtd 9-1-72
Rec M 5025 Descr tr Sec 25 T5N
R26.
GIFT DEED
Worden, Eunice Marjorie to
Worden, Floyd Wilbur-Rita
Marie - Gernhardt, John P.
Dorothy - Knighten, Carl D.
Doris E. -Frl. Sees 34.35.T3S
R24.
WARRANTY DEEDS
Limited W. Deed: W. Farm
Service, Inc. to E. Ore. Farm
ing Co. Descr. tr. Frl. Sec. 16
T4N R26.
Tolleson, F.C.-Ruth A. to Mc
Murtry, R.G.-Mary E. - Lots
2,3, Blk. 19 Mt. Vernon's 1st
Add., Heppner.
If gentlemen really pre
ferred blonds, there wouldn't
be a brunette in six weeks.
School Lunch Menus
Presented
Through Courtesy Of
Heppner Branch
FIRST
NATIONAL
L BANKorc
Heppner Elementary
and
Heppner High School
Monday, April 2 - Macaroni
and cheese, buttered spinach,
celery stix, apple crisp, rolls,
butter.
Tuesday, April 3 - Pizza,
buttered peas, pickled beets,
pudding.
Wednesday, April 4 - Mashed
potatoes with turkey gravy,
lettuce with vegetable salad,
jello with fruit, raisin bread,
butter.
Thursday, April 5 - Tacos,
buttered corn, shredded lettuce
with dressing, cake.
Friday, April 6 - Peanut
butter sandwiches, vegetable
soup, cabbage salad, upside
down cake.
Milk served with all meals.
Public Notice
Notle of Bui
Morrow County will ac
cept bids for a 1973 model
automobile of not less than
109 inch wheelbase with the
following minimum specifi
cations power steering and
power brakes, V-8 motor, air
conditioning, automatic
transmission, tinted class, 4
door sedan, foam seat cush
ions. Bids will be opened
Wednesday, April 4, 1973 at
10:30 a.m. at the office of
the Morrow County Court
at the Court House.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
The following precints will be
consolidated for the special
election May 1, 1973: Hardman,
NE Heppner, NW Heppner, SE
Heppner, SW Heppner. Voting
at the Heppner Food Stamp
Store.
Signed Sadie Parrish
Clerk of Morrow County
13-C
Keep moving! Nobody ever
stumbled on something while
sitting down.
There's one sure way to have
a distant relative-lend him
money.
Forced to
Move
rake-
on my 12
GENTRY.
payments
x 64 ft.
Set up in Pendleton
CALL 276-3611
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COMMUNITY 2
I BILLBOARD 1
March 29
Boys Track
3:30 p.m.
at Pilot Rock,
March 30
Breathmobile, 12-3 & 4:30 -7:00
p.m., Murray's Rexall
Drugs.
Pops Concert, Heppner High
School Cafeteria, 7:30 p.m.
March 31
Work Day at Little League
field in Heppner, 10:00 a.m.
Movie - Children's matinee,
"Treasure Island", 1:30 p.m.
Evening Show, "The Reivers",
7:00 p.m.
Baseball, Boardman at
Heppner, 1:00 p.m.
High School golf meet, Hepp
ner, 9:00 a.m.
April 3
5:00
Bloodmobile, 12:30
p.m., Elks Club.
Baseball, Heppner at lone, 2
pjn.
Public informational meeting
concerning solid waste man
agement, 7:30 p.m., Courthouse.
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