Page 8, THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner, OR., Thursday, May if rm j ii ' :" ' I J Correct address for fan rebate checks "Some Oregon taxpayers who filed their 1974 federal income tax returns may have their rebate checks delayed, "Ralph B. Short, IRS District Director, explained, "if they have moved since filing and failed to notify their post office of their current address." Taxpayers who have moved and failed to leave the post office a change-of-address form, may have their rebate checks returned to the dis bursing center marked "un deliverable." Taxpayers anticipating re bates who have a different address from that listed on their 1974 income tax return should insure that a change-of-address card is filed with the post office that serviced their former address. Short also provided some simple rules for determining the amount of tax rebate to be received: If tax liability is less than $100. then rebate will be full amount. If liability is $100 to 11.000. then rebate w ill be $100. If liability is more than $1,000, STUB NO.. TO HK TOM lit NV rMMMII IMIHr K SAMPLE BALLOT SPECIAL ELECTION BALLOT FOR WNE-LEXWGTON CEMETERY MAINTENANCE DISTRICT TO BE HELD IN THE LEXINGTON CITY HALL ON TUESDAY MAY 6th, 1975 from 1:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. Mara a traui Xi ar carta aura it Mn la aamtor tn4 la aaaw m4 far FOR DIRECTOR OF THE IONE LEXINGTON CEMETERY MAINTENANCE DISTRICT VOTE FOR ONE 22 Dean Hunt il Mlnv M axiirmi Tu Tllf I MM tiirfH f Tiff- tnf I rXIV.TtlN IIWIIB1 VWNTrWMtV WMMHT lti arri Vat ilmk naia n lb laHa taurr hr la an talr far t bM tar Iw lnkiM niMKixf llxlrkl af Marraa laaatY. Ora any a rfnlikl l$ far la fi.nl irar ar(iaaw l.l I. 1171 a4 J mm M i7. ktra Ml rr4 Ik t frr rral limMalMa pntt4 la ttMa II. Ante mi XI, Ortfaa I anlailaa Hi la meant al lll.NS U far Ik aalaMMar tm4 aaarall af at irmrlrrm In Ikr Dltirlrl YES, I VOTE FOR THE TAX LEVY NO, I VOTE ACAINST THE TAX LEVY Enjoying the open house at the Child Development Center are the youngsters who attend. From the left, Rachel Terney, Kelly Brannon and Jacque Johnston. then rebate will be 10 per cent up to a maximum of $200. Taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes exceeding $20,000 will have rebates reduced by $1 for every $100 of income over the $20,000 level. The maximum rebate allow able for taxpayers with ad justed gross incomes exceed ing $30,000 is $100. Short stated that the Tax Reduction Act of 1975 limits rebates to a maximum of $100 for married taxpayers filing separately. Rebates will be issued first to taxpayers who filed the earliest income tax forms The first mail out of rebale checks is expected to be in the first week of May. LOYALTY L DAY J 1, 1975 76 Sponsor an environmental improvement Write: Johnny Horizon 76. U S Department of the Interior. Washington. D C 20240 Thu pic donated ai a public service Turner, Van 1 you caS Ay E I j I " 1 ON If CROP H Al I I R MIS i iuuxjiyiuuauXJ i i fj Additional Rate Reductions jj gl This Year !; J You Can Save Up To 5 I 50 ! on Grain Fre Insurance 8 N In conjunction with i II hail coverage. j j g and Bryant Heppner. Or iGUfiialiers have chance to save everyone money ' Legislation often is consi dered that would save money for some taxpayers at the expense of others. But more often than not, legislative solutions wind up costing nearly everyone more and in sums the average citizen has difficulty comprehending. The Legislature's Senate Judiciary Committee how ever, has before it a proposal designed to save everyone , money. If enacted, some proponents content it could help produce the most signifi cant dollar saving for the average Oregon resident since repeal of the politically un pal pable surtax-income tax rate ! revision of 1955 57. The measure before Senate Judiciary is Senate Bill 822 aimed at deterring a common criminal practice that is costing Oregonians more than $25 million a year. The $25 million is a highly conservative estimate of the annual loss to Oregon mer chants from shoplifters, whose activity significantly increases the cost of doing business and is reflected in prices honest consumers pay for merchandise they buy. For example, theft of a $10 item from a store operating on 2 per cent after-tax profit margin means the retailer must sell $500 worth of merchandise to compensate for the loss. Oregon law already deals adequately with the criminal aspects of shoplifting Thefts of this type to $200 in value are misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in jail and $1,000 fine. Thefts in excess of $200 become class C felonies, punishable by as much as five years in jail and a fine of $2.Soo. But these penalties have not deterred a steadily rising rate of what often is described as the country's most common crime. Thirty years ago the aver age merchant could expect one visitor out of 60 in his store would try to steal something. Today the odds have risen to the point one out of 15 customers is a potential shop lifter and one shoplifter out of 20 gets caught. Sixty-five per cent of all shoplifters are amateurs. Seeniy-!ive per cent of those amateurs are teenagers and setenty per cent of teenage amateur shoplifters are girls, according to S T EM . a sldtcuxle public information campaign launched three years ago by the Oregon Retail Council. The initials ;av filarfer G7C-9113 X tdk K stand for Shoplifters Take Everybody's Money. And in Oregon, the "take" is in excess of $70,000 daily, S.T E.M. has concentrated its efforts on convincing teens and their younger brothers and sisters that shoplifting is a crime. And its efforts have paid off. Following an inten sive campaign during a recent Christmas shopping season, one Portland department store reported a forty per cent decline in shoplifting appre hensions. While, concentrating on young people, S T.E.M's pur pose is not to put teenage shoplifters in jail.. It is designed to keep them out of jail and to save everyone money. Oregon merchants so far have invested nearly $60,000 in the program and are continuing its support. They also have increased security personnel by 25 per cent in recent years and have spent countless thousands of dollars on other shoplifting deterrents, such as store architecture, display techni ques, eleetonic price tags and a multitude of surveillance devices. But each additional expenditure helps increase the cost burden ultimately borne by the honest customer. SB 822 is patterned after successful laws adopted in Idaho and Nevada It does not tamper with current criminal procedures by which most large stores can and do apprehend and prosecute shoplifters. Highly trained security personnel in one Portland department store caught 800 shoplifters last year. Enactment of the new law would help the small retailer most. Several provisions clarify existing statutes regarding Several provisions clarify existing statutes regarding detention of suspects and parental liability in criminal actions But of greatest signif icance is a section that would enable merchants to recover stolen property and seek damages of from $100 to $250 in civil proceedings. It would extend that civil liability to parents and legal guardians of tv j aL. r I SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1975 ll:00AM. DON HfllKfR RANCH l(M, OREGON Located approximately half way between Morgan and lone, Oregon. Co wett 3 miles at MacNab Grain Elevator. Watch for Auction Signs 170 FORD ECON VAN 1171 INTERNATIONAL 4x4 PICKUP, Heavy duly Low Mlleagt IM7 CMC TRUCK VI Motor II ft bed dual cylinder Mat Bulk A Slock rsck Approi. 20,000 miles S ipeed with 2 tpeed tile IMS DODGE POWER WAGON Wilh ITU Winrhi A Irame FORD K9 WHEEL TRACTOR With Hydrollc Loader HONDA M Good Condition Low mileage With car bump er carrier. 1015 FIBRE FORM ISJ BOAT With 1N Mere IS HP motor EZ load trailer tt canvas. Atao Merc I HP Motor MILLER A.C POWER SUPPLY A Welder on 2 wheel trailer Model AEA 200L 2 500 GALLON FUEL TANKS With Hotel SEARS RADIAL ARM SAW 1000 GALLON TANK TECO CALP CHUTE SEARS AIR COMPRESSOR 150 PSI Complete LOTS OF GOOD MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AND HAND TOOLS TOO NUMEROUS TO LIST ON BALE BILL I I ALL ITEMS MUST BE PAID FOR DAY OP SALE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS OR LOST ITEMS TERMS CASH LUNCH SERVED ON GROUNDS SALE CONDUCTED BY MURRAY'S AUCTION CENTER HOOD RIVER, OREGON Wilbur Murray, Auctioneer, Phone 386-3915 or 676-9183, Mr. Stookey, Heppner, Ore. minors. As with S T E M., SB 822 is designed to reduce shoplifting- not to put youth ful offenders behind bars. Senate Judiciary Commit tee has already conducted two hearings on the bill and is expected to take subsequent action soon. Spurring that action may be testimony from a seventh and eighth grade attitude survey conducted by teams of high school students in ten cities. Interviewers reported more than half the seventh and eighth graders questioned admitted they shoplifted. Seventy per cent recognize shoplifting is a crime and sixty-five per cent favor stronger laws against shoplifting It would almost appear Oregon lawmakers have an opportunity to help those who find it too difficult to help , themselves and save everyone money at the same lime Ulhizn urges weed control The federal government ought to weed its own back yard, Cong. Al I'llman said as he requested $500,000 to bring weed infestations under con trol on public lands in Oregon. Testifying before the Ap propriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, I'llman said 10 to 15 per cent of Oregon has become infested with noxious weeds because the federal government has been ignoring the weed problem on its own lands. He asked the committee to increase the administration's $50,000 budget for weed con trol fo $500,000 because the continuing infestation from public land is costing Oregon agriculture millions of dollars. I'llman also requested a budget increase for the Co operative Forestry Research Program administered through Oregon State Univer sity, and testified that almost no funds are available for the recently expanded Farmers Home Administration housing programs. r B at SHOP AIR COMPRESSOR, 200 PSI . i HP Motor, Vertical Tank , SMALL ELECTRIC WELDER ACETYLENE GAUGES A HOSE SHOP TABLE A VISE BENCH GRINDER BENCH VISES ANVIL DRILL PRESS BOLT CUTTER A PIPE CUTTER OLD FORGE 2 COMPLETE TAP A DIE SETS POWER HACK SAW 3 ELECTRIC CHAIN SAWS TIRE CHANGER - COMPLETE ELECTRIC MOTORS AIR HOSE SEVERAL LOG CHAINS LOTS A LOTS OP GOOD SMALL HAND TOOLS LOTS OF NUTS, BOLTS, A SCREWS S ROLLS INSULATION PLATFORM SCALES Complete LOTS OF ROPE BLOCK A TACKLES 200 FT. 2 I WIRE ROPE S Rolla '," AIRPLANE CABLE APPROX. 401 FENCE POSTS APPROX. 101 RAILROAD TIES APPROX. IN POLES, BC ICC offers farm program A new farm management program designed to help area farmers operate more effi ciently will be added lo Blue Mountain Community Col lege's offerings if the college budget is approved by the voters May 6. The program was added to the college's growing agri culture curriculum after a citizen advlsery group appeared before the board and budget committee In Feb ruary. Budget Committee member Ben Holdman. Pendleton, asked that the farm program be added because "the college has an obligation to provide the additional services to farmers." He said. "Agricul ture forms the base of our economy, and if we can't help Morrow County's Fair and Rodeo Court will make their first appearance of the 197$ season at the Arlington Jack pot Rodeo Saturday, May 3. Bedding Plants to arrive May 1 Vegetables 4 All Garden Tools and Needs Cornott Green Feed 676-9422 Heppner UVJ BARBED WIRE HOG WIRE APPROX. MM FT. ASSTD. LUMBER MISC. PAINT, NAILS, ROOF ING STEEL FENCE POSTS LADDERS SMALL OIL TANK with puaap HOUSE JACKS 2 SMALL PROPANE TANKS 2 SMALL UTILITY TRAILERS HAY CHOPPER, On Trailer SMALL HAY CHOPPER DISC t POINT OLDER MANURE SPREADER FARM HAND or HAY LOADER FOR TRACTOR BACK BLADE FOR TRACTOR TOW BAR BUZZ SAW I POINT POWER SPRAYER PTO POST HOLE AUGER WATER PUMP WITH GAS ENGINE OLD INSULATORS PITCHER PUMP OLD STOVES HARNESS SINGLE TREES DOUBLE TREES It-IS tt our farmers operate more efficiently the whole area will suffer economically." Raymond French of Hepp ner and Bob Laiinka. Butter Creek, appeared earlier to urge adoption of the new program. The college budget, to be voted on in Umatilla and Morrow counties, will require a levy of f 1,465,594 to operate the college for the next school year. The rate is expected lo be between $185 and ft 95 per $1000 true cash value. Cost per taxpayer would run between $37 and $39 for a $20,000 home. The rate depends on total Umatilla Morrow county evaluation. BMCC has no tax base, requiring an annual election to provide funds to operate. Artex Tube Painting Open House Open Home Hrgree of Honor Rldg. MavS. 1-1 p.m. Flowers Seeds I 1 II