Court house notes
The nrw parking area Just
citsl (if the building is shaping
up rapidly Much of the work
is being clone by road depart
ment personnel.
The County Assessor Kays
the slacks of (tentorial proper
ty returns thiit his office
received have all been proces
sed He ulsn slated that nil of
ciner's residential apprai
sals have been completed by
Ihe I'endlelon firm which wan
contracted to do the work.
Appraiser Charles Patching
is pleased that help has
arrived in hi office; Thomas
Stewart is working there as an
appraiser trainee,
In most of the county offices
woik on department budgets
has a lop priority at this time.
Dee Cribble is carrying on
the work in Ihe Justice of Ihe
i in e office. Justice Charles
O'Connor is recuerating
from ete surgery at his home
in lone.
I'al Wright is substituting
tor Mrs Sweeney in the
Health Office while "Tiny' is
on leave lor three months She
has been conducting breast
cancer clinics in Ihe county,
the next one will Ik for Ihe
I'nie Cih extension group on
prtl Hi Mrs Wright con
tinues her regular blood
Historical Society
has meeting
The Hoard of Directors of
ihe Morrow County Historical
Society met March 31. 7:30 at
U-xington and approved the
Inlaws of Ihe organization
drawn up at an earlier
meeting by a committee with
Don Cilliam as chairman.
The annual meeting of the
Historical Society will be the
Iirst Sunday in October and
hoard meetings in December,
March. June and Septemlwr
or each year Standing com
mittees suggested were; his
torical, museum, member
ships, projects, genealogical
and Inlaws Charter members
will he those joining before the
annual meeting m October,
l7" At this lime there are 55
family memberships and 23 of
these inclmled memlx-rship in
ihe Stale Historical Society.
(.mating and marking small
unliving cemeteries and
giaves will be one of Ihe
proieris of Hits group and any
iiifm malion of such will le
appiei lated by Harlon Clark.
Heppner or llrtce Keene.
Imie Histories of the farms in
Morrow County still farmed
lit the deccnilcnts of Ihe
llomesieaders will be gather
ed Anyone having informa
tion and wishing to help will
cool act Dclpha Jones. Ux
uu'lon, W!'t HIWI
This group went on record in
l.itor of marking the Old
i h egoti Trad and Well Springs
in ihe Na Hombing Kange.
A wagon tram retracing the
old Oregon Trad will be at
Cecil Mat If.
I His. in I H T
l ol r l( HI
Kbs lion of oflircrs will lie
li. Ill al the ncvl rgular
nu i iiiiL' ol the Heppner I. ions
Chili The meeting will be held
,ii ihe Wagon Wheel Cafe al
i. r.a m on Tuesdat. April IV
ll I. ions are urged lo attend
and cast their ballot for Ihe
candidate of their choice
pressure clinics in Heppner on
Ihe first Wednesday, in lone
Ihe third Wednesday, and ln(
Irrigon the third Monday of
each month The free clinic at
Irrigon is held in Ihe Lions
Hall
Hccenl Juvenile court hear
ings resulted in three Juven
iles being placed on probation
hcciiusf of involvement in
burglaries in lone, Juvenile
Director. Carolyn Davis,
accompanied Mary linger of
the Children's Division to
Ladiamlcloplacea hoy in the
Mountain Boys Ranch He is
Ihetmlv resident from Morrow
County. Four young people
are in Ihe foster home at
Mitiliam.
The Morrow Foster Home
Campaign commitlee met
Monday. April 7 al Ihe
nui tlwuise. This committee is
working oul plans In promote
more foster home care for
liiM'inle In Ihe county. They
ire hnM'liil thai in time there
.till In1 a shelter home for
imcnilcs within the cnuuly.
School Lunch
Menu
IIKITNKUIIIC.il
AND
HKITNKH KI.KMKNTAHY
Thurs.. Apr. 10-Stenmed
rice, chicken gravy, cabbage
salad, jello. fruit, rolls, butler,
milk
Fri , Apr. 11 -Soup sand
wiches, salad, dessert, milk.
Man.. Apr, 14 -Sloppy Joe,
homemade bun, bullered
peas, celery stiks. fruit crisp,
milk.
Tues . Apr. 15-Beans, ve
getable salad, trench bread,
buller, frosted cake, fruit,
milk.
Wed , Apr, Id-Pizza but
tered corn, pickled beels, Iff
rream slice, milk.
Thurs.. Apr. 17-School'!
choice
Wtaiikctn
i .
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lllKITNF.H MUNCH
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Or OREGON
li
Services today
for C. 71. Colley
Funeral services will be
held today, Thursday, April
10. al Sweeney Mortuary
Chapel tor Charley Marvin
Colley. 68,
Mr. Colley died at his home
in Ixington, Saturday, April
5
He was horn June I. 1906 in
Payette. Ida.
He was united in marriage
to Hubv Pool in Vale. Oregon
on May 5, 1924.
He had been a resident of
(xington for the past 20
years. He was a master
mechanic for Morrow County
drain ('rowers until his re
tirement in 1964. He was a
member of the Na.arene
Church.
Hev. (I K, Nikander offici
ated al Ihe services. Sacred
selections "God Will Take
Care of Your" and "In the
Garden" were sung by Carl
and Betty Marquardt.
Pallbearers were Ken
Keadc. Steve Wagenblast.
Gene Cole, John Wagenblast,
Kd Hunt and Doug Reade.
Concluding services and
interment were at the Lexing
ton Cemetery with Sweeney
Mortuary in charge of
arrangements.
Survivors include his
widow. Ruby, Lexington; a
son. Lee Colley, Colfax. Wa.;
brother, taurence Colley, On
tario. Or.; a half brother,
Jesse May. Fruitland, Idaho:
Iwo grandchildren and two
great grandchildren.
Open Wide
Ask your dentist for a com
plete mouth checkup. It's one
of the ways to detect oral can
cer early when it is curable,
according to the American
Cancer Society.
Troedscn
Scholarship
Mr. Carl Troedson, well
known rancher in the lone
area who passed away in 1972
established the Carl Troedson
Educational Trust Fund as a
part of his last will and testa
ment. Provisions of Mr. Troed
son's will established an
educational fund to assist
students graduating from
Morrow County High Schools.
Applications for the Carl
Troedson Scholarship Fund
will he received beginning
Tuesday, April 15.
Graduating seniors who are
interested may receive appli
cation material from their
local school counselors.
A limited number of
scholarships may also be
available for students pre
sently enrolled in colleges.
Students should request appli
rnl ion forms from the Morrow
County School District office
at I'Xington.
The number of scholarships
available will not be known
until April .10.
Page 9. THE GAZETTE TIMES. Heppner, OR., Thursday. Apr. 10, 1975
Aulos, newcomers decline in Oregon
n upward trend each year
in t elude registrations, con
tinuous" since shortly after
World War II. apparently has
been broken in Oregon.
Mitoand other registrations
declined nearly six per cent
In-ill I K'. '.IWl in 1973 lo
I 7ri.li!.'.. Motor Vehicle Divi
sion Administrator Chester
on reports
The gasoline shortage and
the flownturn in the economy,
winch resulted in fewer new
car sales, appear In be sigtlifi
r:m' factors in Hie decrease in
rei'islralions. Oil said
There also appeared lo be a
decline in the number of
leoile moving lo the slate.
The IiiI.Th; vehicles that came
n)io Oregon in 1'tTJ were aboul
en er cent below Ihe 1973
li.'ili r
Ttie change from a one-year
t.i a iwo tear registration
siOeni mat hate also result
ed in a singe of registrations
I i'e in pci for certain c lasses
ol t chicles belore Ihe two-tear
re"isii"aiinn fee took effect
I hi ! I'i74 This mav have
inflated the 1173 registrations
at the expense of 1974.
Itegistraiion by type of
vehicle was down in every
category except motor homes
which shotted an eight per
cent increase with 10.103
Ik ensed in 1974: snowmobiles
wib 4 !7t' registered for a ten
per cent increase: and tor
rent trailers which stayed
about the same. 3.047 in 1974
compared with 3li:!7 in 1973.
There were :.9.ir.9 trucks
i egisicred lasl year in Oregon.
K72 buses. 24.914 farm verti
cil's. 21 ..V heavy trailers.
22777 light trailers. 64.W5
molorcvcU-s. 72.01 travel
trailers and 42.771 campers
with dii rcase ranging from
less than one X"r cent for
cani-rs lo 29 per cent for
truck
Passenger cars registered
lasi tear numlicrrd 1.397.406.
a drop of nearly four per cent
Irom I'd
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NO. 1 IN A SERIES: Questions about the compatability oj Alumax with Oregon's limbility
Are you as confused
as I was about the
effect of Alumax
on Oregon's power
supply?
looked into it, and frankly, lavs
sirprised at u hat I found.
An
tTHoucH many of us have a
lendenev to nay little atten
tion to anything which isn't directly
affecting our own families, ncign
borhoods or communities, as an
Oregonian, I feel Alumax must be
of concern to all of us. We each
have a stake in the outcome of the
decision which determines whether
or not Alumax builds iheir Alumi
num plant, because this is t critical
issue involving our environment
and the future of industry in our
stale. All Ihe rumors I've heard
raised a number of questions in my
own mind, so I decided to go
directly to Alumax and ask for all
the daia compiled by the environ
mentalists and energy authorities
relating to the power question. I
think you should be interested in
what I found.
Why dot Alumax want lo build In
Oregon?
One of the Pacific Northwest's
most valuable resources is its river
system and the electrical power
generated at dams on those rivers.
It was the availability of this rela
tively economical power resource
that brought Alumax to Oregon.
n c itxitw.
1 . .
v,,.. ft i iff
i M dt
w m it : . -..." m
.a i n w s n 1
Ml.
from private utility companies
which generate their own
power and no longer buy
firm power from BPA.
So far as the other
20 are concerned,
or those who re
ceive their
power in
directly from BPA
through a publ
or cooperatively
held utility. Alu
max will still have
only a minimal
ctfect. The cost
for providing new
generating facilities
required to produce power
for the region is a cost which would
have to be met with or without Alu
max. BPA is already committed to
the building of these plants. With
out Alumax, (he construction of
the new facilities might be delayed
at the most for only three months
What prcntag ol BPA power
will go to Alumax 7
If in 1978 we were to experience
a critical low-water year, and there
were not enough energy to meet
the firm power needs of BPA cus
tomers, Alumax could receive as
little as .8rS . Avtuming a good
water year. Alumax would still be
limited to 3.6ff .
The exact percentage of BPA
power generating capability made
available to Alumax depends di
rectly upon river flow and needs of
BPA's public and cooperatively
held utilities
fl.mt Miller
1211 A' . Cltsan
Portland. Oreguii
public utility and cooperative cus
tomers of which only 20rf are in
Oregon and Wrc in Washington.
What will be Alumix's effect during
a power shortage?
Flcctrical utilities, are sold what is
referred to as firm power, or what
is required to meet peak load re
quirements for their residential,
commercial and firm industrial
customers. The power being sold
to Alumax is 25 rr firm, and 75 rc
interrupiihlf. under conditions of
extreme power shortages and de
lays in thermal plants.
Will Alumax pay km lor thlr power
than the consumer?
Alumax is an industrial user and as
such purchases its power at a
wholesale rate directly from the
Bonneville Power Administration
(BPA). Under the terms of all new
industrial contracts, they will pay
the same rate as all public utilities.
The rate the consumer pays is al
ways slightly higher because of the
added costs incurred by the utilities
in delivering power to the consum
er's home.
Will IN consumer's present elec
trical rate go up II Alumax It built?
Alumax. in and of itself, will not
affect the consumer's electrical
rates. In Oregon, approximately
80 of all residential and com
mercial consumers are affected in
no way by BPA power sales. These
consumers get their power directly
197S Projected BP Sales
Mm Horn
r 1
33.7 22.4 7.2 2.8
(stMWI
Distribution ol Energy
kit ll'lwir
Ottw
Dnd
Stnra
Mutual
Cntamn
Mumu
8,072 865 80
What happens lo Ihe power H
Alumax la not built?
For the time being it would be
added to BPA reserves and sold lo
other industrial customers in the
BPA region. In 1982 and beyond,
the power would be used to serve
It the production ol aluminum the
most efficient ate ol our Northwest
power resourcet?
The economic impact of the alu
minum industry on the Pacific
Northwest has been carefully doc
umented in a recent study by the
A. D. Little, Inc. consulting firm.
One in every five families has a
wage-earner employed in the alu
minum industry, or an industry
dependent upon aluminum. The
average annual wages of alumi
num workers are 22 higher than
the average annua! wage for other
manufacturing workers in the Pa
cific Northwest.
Aluminum is universally consid
ered to be an indispensable mate
rial for countless consumer and
industrial applications. When used
in automobiles, trucks or airplanes,
it reduces total weight and saves
energy. When aluminum is used in
insulation, roofing and siding in
home construction, it saves heat
ing costs, another large user of
energy. And. probably one of its
most important characteristics
from an efficiency standpoint is
that it is virtually indestructible. It
outlasts most other comparable
materials by many, many years.
When it does finally become scrap,
the addition of only 5 of the ori
ginal energy required to make a
pound of primary aluminum can
return the scrap aluminum to the
marketplace for another long and
useful life.
Will tht construction ol Alumex keep
any other Industry from coming Into
the Northwest?
No. There is currently energy avail
able for development of the North
west. However, the future supply
of energy depends upon our ability
to construct new electrical generat
ing plants. The aluminum industry
as a whole has financially assisted
in the development of these new
generating facilities.
This message from a concerned Oregonian has been published in the public interest.
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