TWO The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 4, 1979
is. The Official Newipaper of the
City of Heppner and the
' County of Morrow
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GAZETTE-TIMES
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Partisan Choice ?
Whoever assumes the role of County Judge of
Morrow County will take on judicial as well as
administrative responsibilities.
This is one of the few remaining counties in Oregon
where the chief executive officer presides over the
Juvenile Court. In the two years that County Judge
D.O. Nelson has served, the case load has increased,
from approximately 50 referrals in 1977 to 256 referrals
in 1978, and better than 150 so far this year.
In these statistics, "referrals" means the number
of cases handled by the county juvenile officer,
referred by police, school authorities, concerned
parents or citizens.
During 1978, 86 of the juvenile cases came before
the County Judge for disposition. In some cases, it was
his duty to sentence the offenders to terms in the
MacLaren School for Boys at Woodburn or the
Hillcrest School for Girls at Salem.
More frequently than in the past, Judge Nelson
says, juveniles appearing in his court are represented
by attorneys.
In some ways, he believes, the effectiveness of the
court loses something when attorneys become
involved. In the adversary process the judge is less
free to use his common-sense wisdom and more bound
to apply the strict letter of the law, often against the
children of neighbors whom he has known for years.
The new County Judge, who will succeed Judge
Nelson when the latter's resignation takes effect Oct.
15, should take a look at the Juvenile Court and its
problems and decide whether to retain jurisdiction. In
I most other Oregon counties, the Juvenile Court comes
under the direction of the Circuit Court.
"The reason I kept it," Judge Nelson explains, "is
that I love kids, and if I could help only one it would be
worth it."
While a legal background is not required, it might
be beneficial to anyone serving as judge. In any case,
the assistance of the district attorney, other attorneys
and the juvenile officers may always be summoned.
The majority of the County Judge's time is spent
with the two commissioners in administering a
spending budget of almost $4 million, about 40 percent
of which is raised through local property taxes in
Morrow County.
Together, the three officials make up the County
Court.
They are concerned with roads, the hospital, the
annual fair, planning and zoning, and currently with
flood control and the effects of the proposed Willow
Creek dam.
Judge Nelson is a Democrat. His two colleagues on
the court are Republicans.
By law. Gov. Vic Atiyeh must appoint a Democrat
to succeed Judge Nelson but is not necessarily bound to
accept the nomination of the Morrow County
Democratic Central Committee. (The committee will
hold a public meeting tonight, Thursday, at the
courthouse to hear from and consider those who might
aspire to the position.)
Judge Nelson came to the judgeship through
appointment, which was followed by his election to a
six-year term in 1978. Besides farming in Morrow
County, he had a background of service as president of
the Morrow County Grain Growers Association for a
number of years, chairman of the school board and a
member of the county budget committee.
In comparison to postitions of similar responsi
bility in public or private life, the judge's salary is
relatively low $17,028 in the current budget.
It is expected that the Democrats will nominate
someone with appropriate experience for the job. It is
too bad that the choice should be limited to the
Democrats.
In an area as thinly populated as Morrow County,
where officials are known personally to most of the
constituents, the partisan nomination seems to
unnecessarily narrow the selection. In this case, why
should the judge be labled either as a Democrat or
Republican? The job should go to the best person,
regardless of party affiliation.
Rep. Bill Bellamy files
for new term in Salem
Representative Bill Bel
lamy, Culver, filed for re-election
to a second term as state
representative from District
55. the Secretary of State's
office reported this week.
Bellamy represents Morrow
County along with Gilliam
County and Central Oregon.
He is a republican. The
election is planned for May 20.
Sifting through the TIMESf7
weighed five pounds and 13 swwe.pjjogi4m.
ounces. flU 3 H V780 persons v.
-Deer hunting y a goedjjs & O trtlthS Horary-museum wni
oercent of theTiunters w
1929
Fifty years ago Adam
Knoblock, a government trap
per, reported that a bear tore
up his camp on Swale creek
and chased him. "He was as
big as a mountain," he said.
Governor Patterson an
nounced the opening of hunt
ing season for both birds and
deer. There has been a large
influx of people coming to
Heppner territory besides the
usual number of local people.
A common sight these days is
to see a car pull into town with
a deer or two tied on behind or
loaded in the tonneau.
County school superinten
dent Lucy E. Rodgers was
putting the Morrow County
teachers through an intensive
schooling session; It was the
annual teacher's institute.
Glen P. White became the
new pastor at the Methodist
church in Heppner. White had
commuted from his , base
church in Fossil to Heppner on
church days.
District attorney Notson of
Morrow County left for Mem
phis. Tenn. to attend a
national convention for all the
state attorney generals. Not
son was one of two district
attorneys in Oregon to be
chosen by Oregon attorney
general Van Winkle to go to
the conference with him.
Chas. W. Smith, county
agent, was installed as com
mander of the Heppner Amer
ican Legion.
More than 3,500 spectators
were on hand for the Heppner
Rodeo. Turk Greenough won
the bucking competition,
which was one of the outstand
ing events in the entire rodeo.
Eddie Woods won the calf
roping in 37 seconds. Phil
Cooper won the bull dogging
with a time of 41 seconds.
1954
Twenty five years ago
Delbert Emert, of lone, was
chosen County Cattleman of
the Year.
Frank Anderson sold his
grand champion heifer for
$600 and his reserve champion
for $500. He consigned a thrid
heifer for $540 and he also
consigned two bulls which sold
for $750 and $740.
Children were excused from
school to attend the "Peter
Rabbit Show" which was
sponsored by the P.T.A. Stage
performers, singers and dan
cers from New York and
Hollywood put on the play.
Chamber of Commerce
members voted 32-6 in favor of
putting in a Heppner city
park.
Elsie's Cafe was sold to the
Loyd Moyer family.
Captain and Mrs. W.H.
Wolff, a Heppner physician,
had twin girls. Shelley Mar
garet weighed five pounds, 12
ounces and Kelley Marie
Legislative Report from the State Capital
EXCLUSIVE to Oreqon's Weekly Ncwspa
pars from Associated Oregon Industries.
More than a year in advance
of final balloting, it appears
safe to say the 1980 elections
will be memorable for Ore
gonians. And in addition to determin
ing the outcome of those
elections, an unprecedented
number of registered voters
likely will play a part in
determining the issues to be
decided at the polls.
A record number of initia
tive petitions 43 by most
recent count have been
filed in the office of Secretary
of State Norma Paulus. Ore
gon's chief elections officer.
These initiatives are the
device by which' ordinary
citizens can solicit registered
voters to place proposals for
changes in law or constitu
tional provisions on the gen
eral election ballot. That 43
such proposals have been filed
probably reflects both dis
satisfaction and frustration
Salem
Scene
By Jack Zimmerman
Initiative action
unprecedented for Oregon
with government on the parts
of an inordinate number of
people. Whether initiatives to
change state laws and consti
tutional provisions are the
best way to ease the frustra
tion and achieve satisfaction
may be debatable.
From the looks of many of
Ihc petitions currently on file,
it's difficult to tell whether
petitioners are upset with
federal or stale government
One strongly suspects they
have given up hope of influ
encing what happens in Wash
ington. I) ('.. and hope to send
a message to the nation's
capital by w;i of Salem
Greg McMurdo. assistant to
the Sec retary of Slate, figures
Ihcoddsarc good at least tool
the 43 petitions filed so far will
achieve ballot status. Those
that do succeed will find their
proponents collecting 54.669
signatures of registered vo
ters for statutory changes and
72,891 signatures for initia
tives proposing constitutional
changes.
And that means a million or
more Oregonians will be
signing initiative petitions
between now and the deadline
on July 3. 1980.
And McMurdo thinks that's
entirely possible. After all.
didn't something like 200,000
people sign up in 1978 to
achieve ballot status for
Measure No. (i designed to
limit property taxes drasti
cally "
That proposition failed at
the polls. But the fact that
same idea and others likely
will laic voters again in 1980
probably indicates more than
lingering distrust of lawmak
ers, who offered voters an
alternative- which also failed
in '78 and the tax relief
package that emerged from
this year's session of the State
Legislature
LETTERS
FROM OUR READERS
Hatfield needs to hear Tax Plan ready
from wilderness users for mailing
Editor:
Senator Mark Hatfield
needs to get letters from
people who use the wilderness
this week. The situation is
this: Senator Hatfield had
scheduled a hearing in Wash
ing. DC, on Sept. 27 to listen
to testimony from national
organizations on the future of
Oregon wilderness.
If Oregon Wilderness is to be
saved, it must be saved by
people the citizens not the
governor or the Forest Ser
vice. There's too much money
and influence floating around
to leave wilderness up to
agencies and elected officials.
Letter writers might re
member that Oregon has lost
almost more forested wilder
ness than any other western
state. Of Oregon's 30 million
acres of forest, 25 million
acres have already been
entered and logged. Only 1.2
million acres, primarily in
rock and ice, have classified
as wilderness. Governor Ati-
Wilderness Proposal
Bridge Creek
Ochoco Canyons
Murderers Creek
Silver Creek-Myrtle
Strawberry Mountain
Wilderness Additions
Glacier Mt. -Monument Rock
BaldyMt.
Malheur Buttes
North Fork John Day
Wapiti Wilderness
Hellhole Wilderness
North Fork Umatilla
Chief Lookingglass
Grande Ronde Canyon
Joseph Canyon
Eagle Cap Additions
Lower Minam Additions
yeh only wanted to add 61.000
acres to the wilderness system
in Oregon. The Forest Service
only wanted to add 370.000
acres. There are 3.000.0(H)
acres left of undisturbed
wildland. These last 3.000.000
acres represent only 10 per
cent of the forest in Oregon.
It's time to sharpen up your
pencil, folks. Even if you don't
use wilderness, it is important
to know that people in this
generation were wise enough
not to cut down everything for
export to Japan. I'rge Senator
Hatfield to include three
million acres of wilderness in
his supposedly final wilder
ness bill for Oregon Let's
keep at least 10 percent of the
wild country wild for elk.
deer, salmon, shade and our
own health.
In particular, letter writers
might remember to metion
specific support for wilder
ness in the Blue Mountains,
including the following areas:
Acres Support Group
17,300 Central Oregon Cons.
57,540 Central Oregon Cons.
38.200 Grant County Conser.
30.140
47.900 Strawberry Mts. For.
51.533 Grant County Conser.
6.728 People for the Malheur
33.500 People for the Malheur
400.000 Blue Mt. Resources Al
48,992 Elk Foundation Assn.
86.942 Issac Walton league
29.942 Issac Walton League
21.800 Blue Mt. Res. Alliance
27,000 Outdoor Prog.-EOSC
34.000 Winding Waters-meow
119.000 Winding Waters-I.W.L
55,000 President Carter et al
-s- George Venn
Route 2. Box 24't9
La Grande. Ore. 97850
Sept. 24. 1979
Editor:
I want your readers to know
that the Tax Vote Committee
has the "Applegate-Moser"
income tax cut initiative
ready lor mail out. This
change of the Oregon Consti
tution will cut back each
worker's state income tax to
half their 1978 rate and limit
any future increases to the
state inflation. No rebate
scheme can ever compete
with this honest cut in what
the state can take away from
each and every worker. This
means real tax relief for the
first time since income tax
was invented. We must obtain
over KM) thousand signatures
from the people to qualify this
measure for the fall ballot.
Any voter who writes to the
Tax Vote Committee will
receive a copy of our petition.
Those who care to donate
towards our costs can expect
(0 receive their petition first.
-s- Alva Moser
Political Treasurer
Tax Vote Committee
P.O. Box 733
Coos Bay. Oregon 97420
Young man's kind
deed appreciated
Editor:
To whom is ma concern'
We would like to express our
appreciation to the young man
uiio gave aid In our mother
when she fell on the street in
lone on Sunday. Setpt. 23.
These kind deeds are so
oil en -overlooked in these
days.
Jo Irvin
Pat Cool
Delpha Jones
Initiatives attacking nu
clear power generation runs a
close second to tax issues
being proposed. And given the
emotional appeal of that type
of proposal, it seems likely one
or more also will come before
voters next year.
Other petitions for which
signatures may be solicited
range from those dealing with
abortion, service charges for
overdrawn checking accounts
and sales of liquor to the
visibly intoxicated all the
way to adjust pay for Legisla
tors, resurrecting the Mt.
Hood Freeway and prohibiting
the trapping of animals by leg
snares.
When one considers a public
mood that prompted filing of
these proposals and others to
say nothing about the sezeable
number filed it appears fool
hardy to predict none will get
on the ballot.
McMurdo and many other
close to the scene in Salem
figure as many as three tax
proposals could be on next
year's November ballot. And
tax plans won't necessarily be
compatible. What happens if
more than one incompatible
tax plan is approved by
voters?
The Legislature also has
placed by referendum its own
tax plan on next May's
primary election ballot. What
if that plan is approved in May
and an incompatible initiative
proposal also is approved in
November?
The possibilities are interes
ting to say the least.
No one expects petition
carriers to be circulating all 43
presently filed proposals door-to-door
between now and next
July. Many of that number
will be abandoned by their
proponents. Some already
have.
Some petitions are filed
each year simpl.v to bring an
issue into the open, as a token
protest or to gain publicity for
its proponent.
Achieving enough signa
tures to gel most proposals on
the ballot is both difficult and
expensive. Only a few propon
ents can afford the time and
money involved or attract
sufficient numbers of volun
teers to collect the required
John and Jane Henrys.
Even when the money is
available and the necessary
volunteers to solicity sign
ers -the issue has to be one
with almost overwhelming
public acclaim or emotional
appeal.
II is largely on the basis of
the latter condition, the pub
lic's emotional attitude, that
prompts a forecast that as
many as 10 initiatives will
achieve ballot status next
year.
And thai should be warning
enough to every registsered
voter that petitions should be
read and the pros and cons of
each proposal thoroughly un
derstood before signing. Such
a warning probably falls on
deaf ears when emotions rule
reason.
After all. how many voters
go to the polls with a full
understanding of the results
their ballot can produce''
were
successful Four arrests had
been made for failure to tag
deer or failing to tag them
properly.
1974
Five years ago Karen Rich
ards of Irrigon won a trip to
Chicago to attend the National
4-H Congress. She was named
winner of the trip, which was
sponsored by the Moorman
Manufacturing Co., for her
outstanding work in the 4-H
visi-
which
had just been through a
period of expansion.
Jim Bier, a member of the
executive board to find a
doctor, announced that $1,200
had been raised to bring a
doctor to Heppner. Bier was
head of the drive and the goal
was $3,000.
Hunting was a question
mark because it was dry and
difficult hunting conditions
existed and there was extreme
fire danger.
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