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HKlTNKH am K.I i.ZKTTE-TIMKS, Thurdy. June M. I73 Uoppnei -Gazette -Times it Herd Reduced to Drought Conditions Builders Must Don RobinHon of Kirk and Robinson mi id Monday that he is reducing the Bize of his herd due lo lack of pusture. Drought conditions had , reduced his pasture 50 percent of the usual amount, lie took a load of cattle to Spray Monday for a good price. He planted more barley this year and is hoping to get enough to feed out his pure bred cattle. He has put in an electric fence and turned his cattle into the wheat. He took a load of cattle to the sale yard recently. To make the trip pay double, he decided to bring home a load of hay. He was not able to buy any hay. Farmers are holding it. Hay can be bought locally for $45. to $50. a ton. Where the creeks are drying, farmers are getting one cutting of hay and a little pasture. Register In July. 1971. the Oregon State Legislature passed the state's , first law requiring the registra tion of home builders, home remodflers, and subcontract ors. Oregon is now one of 34 states that require builders to register. The act created a five-member Builders Boad to administer the law. According to a pamphlet released by the State Depart ment of Commerce, anyone who undertakes, offers to undertake or submits a bid to construct, alter, repair, improve, move or demolish a structure must register. Any person or firm who offers to do any work in connection with the construc tion, alteration, repair, im provement, moving or demoli tion of a structure that is less than three stories high and covers a floor area of less than iew gotta Quit Row' Wet eueble GUM WHEN YEfc AIILKIN', ALVIN fj Morrow County sl Grain Growers.. LEXINGTON ClrO 4,000 sq. foot must also regis her. Bob Haley, an investigator with the Department of Com merce, reports that the law stales a home builder or subcontractor may not file suit or maintain an action in court for breach of contract or performance of work unless the worker is registered at the time he enters the contract. Local officers of permit-writing agencies will require evidence of registration or exemption before issuing building permits. The Builders Board can per manently deny registration or levy fines of up to $1000. for violation or failure to register. It is also a misdemeanor under ORS 701. two. Each home builder and subcontractor is required to pay a fee, post bond, and file a certificate of insurance as follows: Fee-builder, $20; sub contractor, $10; Bond-builder, $:UK0; sub-contractor, $1,000; Certificate of Insurance-builder, $50-100,000 public liability and $25,000 property damage; subcontractor--$50-100,000 pub lic liability and $25,000 property damage. "The purpose of the law is not to put innocent people in jail or fine them", according to Mr. Haley. "We're trying to prevent damage to the home. I m just in this area now to warn local people about registering. Then if we come back later, we will have to be stricter if things are not taken care of as they should be." "The law is doing some good". Mr. Haley noted, "but when the legislature passed the bill, it didn't allow any money for enforcement. That's one of the major problems now". Some examples of specialty subcontractors who must reg ister include carpentry, plas tering, masonry, roofing, paint ing and wall coverings, drywell, excavating, concrete work, floor covering, ceramic tile, sheet metal, furnace work, equipment installing, steel erecting, demolition, plumbing, electrical wiring, glazing, insulation, weather stripping, storm window, accoustical and millwork installers. Complaints and warrants for arrest have been issued, be cause of this law and the workings of the Department of Commerce, for Don Steel, Donnie Steel, Jr. and C.B. Charles Smith for failure to register as a licensed builder Strike It Rich... with One of Our Great Savings Plans Rush on down to sec us. We'll show you how to hit pay-dirt for sure: with a savings account or certificate suitable to your needs. You get the highest interest rates allowable by law when you invest your money in one of our guaranteed time plans or savings accounts. 6 Per Annum 2-Year Certificates 10,000 Minimum 5 Per Annum 1-Year Certificate Compounded Quarterly 5,000 Minimum 5'4 Per Annum 6-Months Certificate Compounded Quarterly M,C00 Minimum 5 Passbook Accounts Paid Quarterly INTEREST PAID DAILY FIRST FEDEKAL, SAVINGS nd LOAN ASSOCIATION OFKNDKTON 180 NE Second Hermfston, Ore. Don Gray, manager Tel. 567-frlM iroolci i minor C'hdpler 701 of OHS. The complaint wan issued in Grant County. These people were spraying roofs in John Day and Prineville. and usually ' the work was highly unsalis factory. Citizens in this area are especially warned to he on the lookout for these people. If they are seen, they should , be reported immediately to the Department of Commerce. Their license plates are: Texas CVVY 790. Lincoln Conti nental ; Texas AU 6:595. blue and while Dodge pickup: Idaho IJ 72:)1. red Dodge pickup; and Idaho IA 1909. trailer. For registration forms, appli cation blank, or additional information, write: Builders Board. State Department of Commerce, 204 Commerce Building, Salem, Oregon 97310. Application forms and registra tion blanks also are available at the Stale Department of Com merce Field Offices in Coos Bay. Eugene, Medford, Pendle ton and Portland. KltOTHKK AND SISTER By N.A.MYEKS When you have an only brother And he's many miles away, U makes you think and wonder About things you did one day. It seems we had to fuss and fight . No difference what went wrong. And now that he has gone away It's a very different song. Miss him, oh I miss him. It seems like he's been gone so long. If he was here with me tonight I wouldn't treat him wrong. He'll come home again some time I hope it soon can be. And I'll not fuss and fight with him You just wait and see. I'd love to hug him around the neck ' And kiss him more and more. I'd treat him just the best! could So he'd never leave no more. Now if you have a brother, And he hasn't gone a way Don 't fuss and fight with him at all And regret the same some day. I didn't write this little deal On how I wish I could. But if he was really here tonight, Hug him? You just bet I would. (The above poem was con tributed by Mrs. Charles Thomason of Heppner. It seems Mrs. Thomason and her brother and sister fought when they were little, like most kids. Then when her brother went in the Navy, the girls found they missed him, so one night their father wrote this poem about that.) Employment STUDENTS SEEK EMPLOYMENT The Cooperative Rural Man power Project, with the help of the secretaries in the Extension offices in Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler Counties, has the following job openings: Oilliam County: Condon Fry or Dinner Cook and a Nurse's Aide; WHEELER COUNTY: Choker Setters, Log Truck Drivers, and a caretaker job in the Kinzua area; MOR ROW COUNTY: Railroad Sec tion Worker, summer babysit ting job on farm. People with the following experience are looking for work: Fossil Area: Students seeking summer employment; Condon Area : Students seeking summer employment; Moro Area: Students seeking sum mer employment; Heppner Area: Clerks, lots of students seeking summer employment, bar tender, bookkeeper and farm workers. For further information, please contact your local Ex tension Service: Heppner, 676-9642; Condon, 384-2271; Fossil, 763-4115; Moro, 565-3230. This is a mutual effort of the Extension Service, Employ ment Service, and the people of this area. Did you hear about the 10 year old boy who's been watching baseball on television all sum mer? He still doesn't know much about the game, but he shaves beautifully. over "111:2 TTes Cn? 01 W mm r.A W. m 1 a COLE ELECTRIC Motor Ittwladiaa Industrial Commercial Farm and Home Pendleton 276-7761 DEVELOPMENTAL & IHItKiATION DISCOUNT FAVORED BY MVPPA A resolution was adopted unanimously at the Northwest Public Power Association Annual Meeting in Seattle on June 1st, calling for a continua tion of the developmental and irrigation discount in B.P.A. rates. The B.P.A. administrator spoke at the Washington Rural Electric Coop Annual Meeting the following week and said that now he has support of these items that he can go to bat for us, reported Dave Harrison, manager -of Columbia Basin. Harrison reported that sev eral irrgators from this area had responded to a request from the Coop to contact B.P.A. and Congressmen to request contin uation. He said that their efforts had helped make this resolution possible. By M Alt IK Mi 01 'ARM IK Hurrah! Eight girls out on Tuesday evening for Ladies Night, and this is a record for the year. Let's hope more and more participate on our Tues day golfing evenings, as it is a perfect time for playing the "nine" - not too hot and not too cool. Clista Venard was at the helm for the play. A golf ball was given for the least putts, aid who should win it ??? Clista. No report for Mens' Wednes day night play. Probably too cold and not many out. Sunday morning there were 10 men on the course to compete. LG was won by Doug Gunderson; LN, La Verne VanMarterSr.: LD, Mike Mills; KP, Frances Doherty; Least puits, Dave Harrison. Charles Stark received a consolation ball. The TEE CUP is only about half full this week. Weather hasn't been too conducive to playing golf - cool, wind and wind and wind. 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