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Page 4 Boardman is the most exciting area for agriculture and industry in Oregon. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being committed to a brand new style of agribusiness that should prove a model for Boardman Beacon is published every Thursday. Address: P. O. Box 295, Boardman. James C. Havnaer and Myrl Havnaer, Publishers: Jim Havnaer, Editor. Oregon and the nation. oardman, an area with growing pains BOARDIMAN By ERNIE CERESA ft- When the City of Boardman was relocated in 1968 due to the construction of McNary Dam, the new town was designed for approximately 600 inhabitants. Today, Boardman is all but obsolete. The population has outstripped the 500 population limit, city services are over taxed, and the area is braced foi; an influx of from 1,000 to 20,000 residents as the planned fafm and nuclear power plant projects develop. (. -A 7 ' I 1 MOORE'S TEXACO i HOUR SERVICE Except Fridav & Saturday Evenings Phone 481-2435 Boardman, OREGON OOCTOti R-B's Firestone TIRES Farm Tirct & Service a Truck Tires A Service Passenger Tiret Unlimted supply AUTO REPAIR 0 Expert Front End Alignments Expert Brake Servce Complete Tone-Up Center FREE Pickup & Delivery Ph. 567-6174 Umatilla SELF SERVICE Speed Wash Laundry 20-12-lb. Automatic Washers 10 - Dryers 2 -Dry Cleaners -PARKING AREA 9th & I St. across from Drug Store Umatilla, Ore. rtesidents predict an in crease of from one to four thousand people by the end of 1980. But what to do with them? City water and sewer lines are at capacity now. There is an insufficent tax base to finance the bonds required to meet expansion problems. When the U.S. Navy decided to relocate its bombing range from the Boardman area to Washington State, Boardman residents were pleased but were also presented with another problem. The Navy is presently occupying 50,000 Workmen for Teeples & Thatcher Contractors. Inc., Portland, align a six-footer diameter irrigation pipe on the giant Sabre Farms property near Boardman. The 50-foot sections are suspended by two large Caterpillers and held in position while workmen spot weld them together. Later they are lowered into a trench. There will be seven miles of this conduit (which costs $45 a foot) to carry irrigation water from the Columbia River to Sabre Farms and East Oregon Farms. In all, there will be 60 miles of irrigation pipe of varying sizes when the joint venture is completed. Merriman Plumbing & Heating SHEET METAL Furnace Service and Air Conditioning Phone 276-7221 230S.E. Court SAVE GAS Try this before taking off your pollution equipment. Increase Gas mileage and power to 30 per cent with the H.P. Air Injector only $14.95 Takes only 5 MINUTES to install! Send check or money order to DUANE BEASON P.O. Box 452 Hermiston, Ore. 97838 Sale Starts at acres of farm land. Part of it will be used by Portland Gas & Electric for a huge nuclear power plant cluster. That means an additional influx of workers, possibly by next year. There is no housing for them, and not likely to be within the next year. The nuclear plant will provide the area with coolant water to be used for irrigation of farm land once thought of as wasteland. Boardman and Morrow County is interested (and worried) about what will happen to the farm land once it becomes available. in- atALa: Pendleton, Ore. 97801 12:30 sharp Area residents do not look kindly upon changes in the community. Some resent the pending intrusion of more people and more business activity which means provid ing more schools and other tax-paid services to the "new comers." Generally, the division of the available farm land into small parcels for family units is favored. Another proposal has been that the farm land be made available to Vietnam veterans. However, the cost of developing the land would probably put the cost far above most veterans' ability to pay. Then there is the Boeing Corporation to consider. Aside from the 50,000 acres leased by the Navy, Boeing has almost 100,000 acres under a 99-year lease from the Veterans Department at 60 cents per acre per annum . The firm has poured a fortune into its agricultural practices. It has spent about $100,000 in attracting PGE's nuclear plant so that it could utilize coolant waters from the plant for farm and cattle projects. The status of Boeing has been suhject to some misin terpretation recently, accord ing to Jack L. McFadden, vice-president and assistant general manager of the agri business corporation. CHARLES K. PENNOCK Pipe welding and contracting Complete water system Wheel and lateral lines IRRIGON WEST END Mobile Homes Featuring Broadmore Glenbrook Princeton 12-14-ft. double-wide "Let your search end at West End" 567-5388 Hermiston liermiston-McNary Hiway mm 1-W 4225 f THE MIRACULOUS MICRO QUARTZ SOLID STATE DIGITAL TIMEPIECE A magnificently nglnee)re)d timaplex. The Miracu lous Mlcroma faaturat tha reliability of Solid Stat circuitry, tho uncanny accuracy of Quartz Crystal and tha convonionco of a continually visible) digital road out. 7 models to choose) from, priced at $173 to $230. f ... Boeing pays taxes on the , leased land. This tax to Morrow County amounts to about $66,000, and since 1971 has paid the taxes direct rather than reimburse the Veterans Department. It con stitutes about 2 per cent of the total county taxes. According to McFadden, Boeing has yet to show a profit on its venture into agri business. For example, Boe ing leases vast acreages of grazing land to Mrs. Shirley Rugg at 35 cents per acre for which Boeing pays 60 cents. It also leases some experimental alfalfa fields to her for $104 per acre, whereas Boeing's cost for growing and main taining is $125 per acre. Boeing points with pride to the fact that its projects have demonstrated the profitable use of the land to the extent that it has attracted devel opers, such as the Saber Farm people. The greatest fear of Board man area residents is the very fact that drastic changes are coming to their once quiet community. There would have to be a police force, which Boardman does not have at this time. And a fire department. There are no facilities for new homes, , although many are in the planning, along with trailer WILLIE'S Truck Stop (ias and Diesel at Cut Hate prices I1KKMISTON .McNary llwy. C & R Mobile Homes For The Lowest Prices and SERVICE Ailtr The Sale STOF AT C R Fleetwood Cor cord Croat Lakes Moduline OPEN SUNDAYS In Hermiston Harmiaten-Mcfiary Hiway 567-3678 5-2i5 iJyiArn W. urn rvx i parks and multiple housing units. One developer has plans for a 750-mobile home unit. There is a problem of where the children of new residents would attend school. There is no immediate problem at Riverside School, but an influx of 4,000 people would mean about 1500 new school chil dren. Motels are already filled. It's hard to find a place to eat during the rush hours at the restaurants. When summer comes and the processing plants open there will be new farm workers needing facilities. Construction has begun on a new french fry processing WEDDINGS GIFT IDEAS CUT FLOWERS LIVING PLANTS FTD SpMd-A-Gift Quality CojU No More Jimmy's Rower Shop Main Sfreot M7-447I UMATILLA GLASS AUTO HOME BUSINESS We Offer OM Fashioned Service FREE CAR WASH with any Auto Glass Installation Non-Clara Thormal Shower Deer Tub Enclosure Aluminum Window. All Typat af Clata Installation Phon 922-3021 1401 3rd St. Umatilla la Pendleton J Hiway 11 Kiard II PH. 567-6487 278 7385 j j ::mmmmmy-y& mmooooooooooooooooooocooooooooch mi m L I plant which will be in opera tion by August. It will employ 175 workers. A mashed potato processing plant will employ 80; an expanded fresh potato packing house will employ another 100. Up to now most of the workers employed are either housewives or high school students living in the area. But a new source of labor must be Quality Mobile Homes from Oregon's oldest and most reliable dealer. See the beautiful Golden West double-wide homes. Regular house siding, roofs, gutters and down spouts. Built like homes should be. HAGGS' Mobile Housing HERMISTON-McNARY HWY. 922-3752 C. OID REAL fb50 N. 1st Hermiston, Oregon Office Phone 567-8316 . REALTOR CALL EVENINGS & WEEKENDS Marge Powell, Saleswoman 567-3600 C. Old Stockdale, Broker 567-3907 WHERE THE ACTION IS 37.6 acre irrigated term, 2 miles west oflrrigon. Modern 3 bedroom, full basement home. Borden Game Sanctuary. Land has not been used for several years, except (or pasture so it is fresh and waiting (or the buyer who Knows a good thing when he sees it. Price $50,000 with terms. ii Sherrell Chevrolet i; HERMISTON jj 1 1 let us help you with your 1 1 ! 1 transDortation needs. ! ! s 8 fi SALES SERVICE LEASING X rioinrM h6nRyG6R&RDSjewelR "C W 1H South Main Ptrvdloton 276-3715 found to harvest this year's crops and do related factory work. Boardman and the sur rounding area is going to grow, but It will be painful because of the lack of financ ing for public works and the negative attitude of many residents toward the changes that are sure to come. STOCKDALE ESTATE tmklmtkti Metltr Qierf G r m aaaaiiaMaiiisaiKg
