TWO The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 18, 1979
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner ond the
' County of Morrow
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The Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
Morrow Cointj's Horn;-Owned Weekly Newspaper
U.S.P.S. 240-420
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Eileen Saling, Office Manager Steve A. Powell, News Editor
Cheryle Greenup. Advertising. Chloe Pearson, Composition
Composition Betty Green, Office, Composition
Tax Relief and the VAT
Congressman Al Ullman has proposed a Value
Added Tax as a new form of federal financing, with the
intent that it would permit a reduction of Social
Security taxes as well as a cutback in personal income
taxes.
Ullman, who represents the sprawling Eastern
Oregon congressional district, has introduced the plan
in his capacity as chairman of the powerful House
Ways and Means Committee.
As he explains it, the tax would be applied at every
step in the manufacturing process, from the use of raw
materials to the completion of products for market.
The tax would not be compounded, he says. No matter ,
how many hands a product might go through, credits'
would be allowed for taxes paid and the final
assessment would never be more than 10 percent of the
final value.
Great Britain applies such a tax as well as other
countries. It is often regarded as a form of hidden sales
tax.
In support of the Value Added Tax, Ullman cites a
growing awareness of the need to reform the nation's
tax system. There should be, he says, a rollback in
Social Security taxes because it represents a drag on
the economy, being the most oppressive tax for small
businesses and young people getting into the work
force. The increasing number of retired people
drawing Social Security benefits puts a heavier burden
on the working population, if the payments are to be
derived mainly from payroll taxes. There should be,
also, income tax relief for individuals to accommodate
the impact of inflation. As Harper's Magazine points
out in its current issue, under the present structure
when individuals get cost-of-living pay increases (as a
result of which their financial position remains the
same) they are simultaneously shifted into higher tax
brackets. Thus federal revenues grow without i
Congress's having to vote for a single income-tax
increase.
The needed reforms could be accomplished,
Ullman says, only with the enactment of an alternative
tax. His alternative would be the value-added levy,
which he contends could be administered with a'
minimum of new bookkeeping or bureaucracy.
In a recent East Oregonian interview, Ullman saidl
congressional support for his proposal has been
cautious. The idea is new. He himself would oppose
such a tax, he admitted, if it were not accompanied by
reductions in the present revenue sources.
As worthy as the intent might be, one is inclined to
doubt that the Value Added Tax, if enacted, would,
result either in a reduction of other forms of taxation or I
put brakes on an expanding bureaucracy. The idea is
interesting and deserves debate.
f Editor's
Notebook
Not long ago, in this space,
we at the Heppner Gazette
Times admitted that we
hadn't known how to spell
"gasohol." In a report on the
subject, we had substituted
"a" for "o", in the middle
syllable.
One of our readers in
Fremont, Calif., Charles Lun
dell ; saw the item, and last
week during a visit to Heppner
left a bumper sticker at the
Gazette-Times office with the
word "Gasohol." In the cen
ter, in place of the "o", is an
evergreen tree in silhouette.
Lundell said the tree is
symbolic of the Georgia-Pacific
Corp., which he said
supplies wood alcohol for the
motor fuel. He uses it in his
VW, buying the fuel at
perhaps the only station in his
part of California that sells it.
As for economy, Lundell
said gasohol is not cheap.
Currently he is paying $1,159
per gallon for it.
He was in Oregon visiting
his brother, Wally Lundell, of
Portland. Together they were
visiting the family ranch at
Gooseberry.
While traveling on Oregon
highways, Charles Lundell
has seen some of the products
of his handiwork. He has been
employed for almost 30 years
at a factory in Fremont
building school buses. Fleets
from his plant are used by the
schools at The Dalles and
Prineville, among other pla
ces. He is considering retire
ment soon and devoting his
time to his "main interest,"
which is antique autos, he
said.
Before leaving Heppner he
left a book for the Heppner
library (or museum) a 1976
reproduction of "Asher &
Adams' Pictorial Album of
American Industry," origi
nally published in 1876.
The volume is lavishly
illustrated in the finest detail
with copperplate steel engrav
ingsan almost vanished art
form depicting industrial
plants and their output in the
days of "truly free enterprise."
Sifting through the TIMESj7"
V y
1929
Fifty-years ago the Star
Theatre in Heppner installed
the Resco Reproducing sys
tem so talking motion pictures
could be played in the town.
The up to date equipment
made the Heppner movie
house one of the leadirtg- small
theatres in the country.
Mayor W.G. McCarty of
Heppner announced a procla
mation to the city that
essentially gave property
owners in town the right to
arrest any trespasser and turn
them over to the authorities on
Halloween night. McCarty
said there had been danger
ous, reckless pranks in the
past on Halloween night to
people and property and the
pranks were in direct violation
of the law so the people should
be arrested.
High prices of hay, poor
pastures and increased feed
prices caused many farmers,
to sell their cattle earlier than
they would have liked to.
Lexington defeated Arling
ton 7-0 in a football game.
Representative R.R. Butler
visited Heppner.
lone lost to Arlington in a
grid game 18-0 in high school
play but the grade school boys
of lone beat Arlington 28-7.
Warren Cool, an 18-year-old
lone man, died suddenly when
he was hit with pnemonia.
Heppner beat Condon in a
footbal game 8-0.
In Boardman, two young
men broke into some box cars
and attempted to steal some
autos. One of the culprits was
caught but the other got away.
Carl Cason, the local . Uni5n
Oil Co. manager, shot a
four-point buck on his hunting
trip to John Day.
A 1928 Buick Standard
Sedan that looked like new and
was unquestionably in the
finest mechanical condition
was a wonderful buy at $850. A
1920 Buick Touring was on
sale for $75.
1954
Twenty-five years ago Wil
lard Herbison was injured in
the first hunting accident of
the year in Morrow County
when his hunting partner,
Charles Gomillion, set his rifle
on the front of the jeep to sight
in on a deer. When he pulled
the trigger, the bullet hit the
corner of the jeep and
fragments of metal shot into
the air. Herbison was sitting in
the jeep and fragments of
metal hit him in the thigh.
About $100,000 worth of
damage occurred at the Willis
Spoo Mill in Elgin when a fire
broke out and completely
leveled the mill. The Heppner
Lumber Co. decided to double
shift its workers at another
local mill so they could
continue operation.
The Heppner Chamber of
Commerce was excited about
the probability of putting
lights on the rodeo field. The
Chamber had only been sel
ling bonds for a few weeks in
an effort to raise the $10,000
for the lights and $8,000 had
already been collected. The
bonds were to be paid off over
a five-year period to citizens
buying the bonds.
The volume of cattle sales in
Morrow County was in
creasing. The junior class at Heppner
High School was getting ready
to put on the play "Don't Ever
Grow Up."
A hunter from near Hermis
ton, C. Buck, had his trip cut
short when his 1950 Buick
caught on fire, for no apparent
reascn. The man was driving
south of Hardman pulling a
trailer loaded with camping
equipment when the car
caught fire. He was not
injured.
A bond was approved for the
construction of a new grade
school in Heppner.
Mary Van Stevens, a local
florist, filed to become the
mayor of Heppner. She was
the only candidate for the
position.
Polictics was a topic of
conversation in Heppner as
Democrats and Republicans
made charges at each other
about levies, and claims each
party had made concerning
local and state candidates.
Heppner beat Maupin in a
grid game 13-6.
1974
Morrow County Extension
Agnet Mike Howell told the
Chamber of Commerce that
the Morrow County 4-H Club
was the second largest in the
state of Oregon.
The Kinzua Mill was forced
to close down for about 30 days
because of boiler problems
and they had to be replaced.
The mill operated on steam
and the repairs had to be
made before work could
continue.
Al Ullman was fighting for
the Willow Creek Dam but the
U.S. Corps of Engineers gave
a low rating to the project
Legislative Report from the Stale Capital
EXCLUSIVE to Oregon's Weekly Newspa
pers from Associated Oregon Industries.
Salem Scene
Oregon to ride out economic storm
By Jack Zim merman
The nation's economy is
expected to suffer in months to
come but Oregon will ride out
the storm in relative comfort.
Economists have been fore
castingtheseevents fornearly
a year. And some of the
reasons Oregon is expected to
survive the generally incle
ment economic weather ahead
may be contained in recent
reports from two agencies of
state government.
The reports are from the
Department of Economic De
velopment and the Employ
ment Division of the Depart-
Letters From Readers
Article describes fight
against watershed logging
Editor:
Everyone should read the
article in the October issue of
Oregon Magazine which tells
how the Milton-Freewater-Walla
Walla area is really
fighting the Forest Service
plans to log the watershed of
the Walla Walla River.
Native son John Tillman 'f
long, documented article tells
of changes in Forest Service
policy and of the opposition
movement being led by Butch
Coe (brother of Heppner 's
Gail Hughes.)
This carefully written re
view of what might happen to
the big agricultural area
dependent on the Walla Walla
River for its irrigation points
out that many residents dis
agree with the plans which
Herb Rudolph, Umatilla For
est Supervisor, feels should be
'Hope you're thrilled
by poisoning dogs'
Editor:
To Whom It May Concern:
We hope you're getting a
thrill out of poisoning all the
dogs in the neighborhood. It
would be more humane to
shoot them in the head than
give them strychnine. Our
neighbor's dog died last week
from strychnine poisoning. We
buried our dog this morning.
Both had been outside only
five minutes.
This is only the third time
this year you've poisoned our
dogs and we're getting
damned tired of it.
Obviously, with neighbors
like you, we are all going to
have to keep our pets tied up.
Does that mean having to
keep our little kids tied up,
too?
Barb and Randy Stillman,
Heppner
carried out as mandated by
the U.S. Congress.
"Rudolph holds sway over
more than a million acres of
Oregon forest land, and inci
dentally over more of Uma
tilla (and Morrow) County
than anybody else. He is a
tough administrator. ..he is
moving about four times more
board feet of timber out of the
Umatilla now than when he
took over the forest ten years
ago."
Arguments are presented in
the article defending forest
service policy and defending
the thoughts of the concerned
citizen opposition. Those who
have heard Morrow County's
Orville Cutsforth talk about
preserving our Willow Creek
watershed will surely find this
article enlightening and help
ful. Personally, I can't under
stand why the forest service is
not moving out the acres of
diseased trees. Selling them
would bring helpful funds to
our county treasury. Maybe
the fault is not completely
with the forest service possi
bly the county court is not
working in the right direction?
Sincerely,
Justine Weatherford
Deranged mind
Editor:
We are sincerely sorry for
any problems created by our
pet dog when he was alive.
Also, we are hoping and
praying for the speedy re
covery of the deranged mind
that would permit the uncon
trolled use of "STRYCH
NINE" in an area where
there are so many children.
Norm and Judy Rickert,
Heppner
ment of Human Resources.
One deals with Oregon's
changing employment picture
and the other with something
called Gross State Product.
Each reinforces the other and
together they provide indica
tors on which economists can
base their optimism.
Gross State Product is
described by DED as the
value of the final output of all
goods and services produced
in the state. The DED report
shows that Oregon's economh
is growing faster than the
national average and pin
points those sectors of the
state's economy that are
growing fastest.
The Employment Division's
report reveals a steadily
growing trend in the job
market away from traditional
sources of wages and salaries
and toward different provi
ders of worker income.
Taken along, the reports
might be alarming. But to
gether they tend to calm those
who keep an eye on our
economy.
The job market report, for
instance, shows a distinct
swing from employment in
agriculture and manufactur
ing to nonmanufacturing acti
vities. Agriculture, which pro
vided 16 percent of nonfarm
employment in 1950 only
provided 3 percent in 1978.
Manufacturing, which provi
ded 27 percent of jobs in 1950,
has dropped to 21 percent
during the same period.
Nonmanufacturing over the
same period rose from 58
percent of the jobs to 76
percent.
On the surface one would
read into such figures a
definite decline in agricultural
and manufacturing activity.
And for those who recognize
the value of wealth producing
activity in the economy, such
news is bound to be disturbing.
But while the employment
picture is changing, so too is
the value of goods and
services produced. The DED
report shows tha t while m anu
facturing jobs have declined
as a percentage of all nonfarm
employment, the value of
manufactured goods has in
creased significantly. Be
tween 1969 and 1978, the
percentage of manufactur
ing's contribution to GSP has
risen from 22.8 percent to 23.9
percent. This has been occur
ing in Oregon while manufac
turing's percentage of Gross
National Product declined
seven-tenths of one percent.
How come, one might ask,
can manufacturing's share of ,
GSP increase while employ
ment in that sector decreases?
And why should anyone draw
encouragement from the fact
our traditional economic
mainstays wood products
and agriculture are sources
of a smaller percentage of
wages and salaries for Oregon
workers?
There are several answers.
One is diversification of Ore
gon's industrial mix. Oregon
ians are less dependent upon
the production of wood and
agricultural products for jobs
because other manufacturing
activities have expanded sig
nificantly. Three leaders are high
technology man uf a catering
primarily electronics fabri
cated metals and printing.
Each has posted significant
increases in employment and
percentages of contribution to
the GSP.
Atthe same time most other
sources of employment are
either holding their own as far
as actual numbers of jobs are
concerned or increasing satis
factorily. In other words, only
the percentages are changing.
And, because of technological
advances, it takes fewer
workers to produce more
actual goods of greater value.
So diversification is helping
to stabilize the Oregon eco
nomy and is expected to
provide oil to calm otherwise
rough seas that are expected
to rock other parts of the
nation.
The Employment Division
report also indicates substan
tial recent and projected
employment growth in two
sectors of the economy that
are not normally regarded as
wealth producing trades and
services. Manufacturing jobs
are considered the bare for
additional jobs in trades and
services. In other words, for
every person employed in
manufacturing, a certain
number of other jobs in trades
and services is required.
This concept is called an
employment multiplier. And
Oregon's employment multi
plier is growing significantly.
From 2.8 in 1950 it has been
projected to 4.2 in 1980.
Economists tell us this is
caused both by increased
affluence meaning we can
afford more trade and ser
vicesand growth of popula
tion and industry requiring
local service that may pre
viously have been imported or
not provided at all.
Taken together, it's easier
to understand why economists
believe Oregon's economy will
suffer less by comparision if
the anticipated national re
cession occurs.
because of its cost and few
benefits. Ullman said the
Public Works Committee in
the House of Representatives
would look at the proposal.
Ullman said he first asked for
the dam in 1965 but since the
town had flooded in 1969 and
1971 he thought the dam might
be approved now. He said
two-thirds of the House mem
bers present had to vote for
the dam, not just a majority.
Bruce Young, a 15-year-old
Heppner boy, received the
Eagle Scout award which is
the highest honor a boy scout
can receive.
The First National Bank of
Oregon in Heppner reported
that loans were up but
deposits were down at the
bank.
Harold Kerr and Don Cole
went to Portland to attend the
Oregon Medical Association
meeting. The two Heppner ites
represented the Doctor's
Search Committee and they
said they were well received.
The Riverside Pirates lost to
the Umatilla Vikings 14-0, the
lone Cardinals beat the Cas
cade Locks 48-34 and the
Heppner Mustangs blanked
Condon in local grid action.
Condon hires
Heppner cop
A former Heppner police
man has been hired as
Condon's new police chief.
Don Lien, who was a
policeman in Heppner for the
past 10 months, is now in
Condon. He studied law en
forcement at Blue Mountain
Community College and at
tended the Oregon Police
Academy.
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