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VOL. 97 NO. 45
THURSDAY, November 8, 1979
12 pages
20 cents
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Larry Mills, left manager of the Morrow County Grain
Growers, and Ken Kreuger, vice president of the Bank of
Cooperatives in Spokane, at the Grain Growers annual
meeting Monday at the fairgrounds.
tion hit
as No, 1 issue
Influ
About 250 persons attending .
? the Morrow County' Grain
Growers annual meeting Mon
day night at the fairgrounds
enjoyed a very special roast
beef dinner, then heard a
banker from Spokane attack
inflation as the nation's No. 1
economic problem.
The dinner was served in the
fairgrounds exhibit pavilion
by members of the lone
Grange.
The speaker was Ken Krue
ger of Spokane, vice president
of the Bank of Cooperatives.
Krueger cited the rise of the
prime rate the lending rate
that major banks give to
preferred borrowers to more
than 15 percent.
"The banks are trying to
scramble around to find funds.
Some banks have already
closed their loan windows to
certain types of accounts," he
said.
Krueger mentioned a 58
point drop in stock market
averages "representing a pa-.
per loss of $55 billion," and an
unemployment figure of 6.7
million, six percent of the
labor force.
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Al Bunch, retiring director
of the Morrow County Grain
Growers, holds the desk pen
set with which he was presen
ted at the annual meeting
Monday.
"If I were Jimmy Carter or
anyone else, I don't think this
is the year to be running," he
added.
He said farmer-owned co
operatives are finding their
y costs increasing without cor
responding gains in sales.
With the full impact of
inflation, he said, the coopera
tives are faced with higher
levels of debt and attaining net
income at the expense of
capital.
Kreuger stres; id the impor
tance of cash flow analysis. He
said his organization is trying
to aid the cooperatives to
counteract inflation by in
creasing the export market
and finding better transporta
tion facilities. "You have to
know the rate of return and
find the hidden costs. You
have to analyze the market
feasibility. You can't rely on
seat-of-the-pants judgement."
Krueger lauded the Morrow
County Grain Growers as
having "exceptional manage
ment and an excellent board."
Gene Majeske, president,
conducted the proceedings.
Larry Lindsay, secretary,
read the minutes of last year's
meeting in which the interna
tional wheat market was
discussed.
Steve Green, C.P.A. of
Green & Green, gave the
auditor's report as an intro
duction to the financial state
ment. The statement for the
year ending May 31, 1979,
reflects a gain of $134,045 in
net earnings over the prior
year $294,032 compared to
$60,987.
Larry Mills, manager, re
ported on the "golden pile of
wheat beside the North Lex
ington elevator." He said the
speed of the harvest reduced
to 15 to 20 days from a former
35 to 40 days resulted in the
necessity to store wheat on the
ground.
Part of the problem, he said,
is the lack of terminal storage
facilities in Portland because
of current market conditions.
In the organization's cur
rent modernization program,
the Hogue-Warner elevator on
the Columbia River, between
Boardman and Irrigon, is
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'Heroin not dangerous9
Drug committee member gives
reasoning for re-classifications
The following is the second
article of a two-part series on
the proposed re-scheduling of
drugs by the Controlled Sub
stances Committee.
Glenda Anderson is a mem
ber of the Controlled Substan
ces Committee. She gives the
reasoning behind the commit
tee's recommended changes.
Glenda Anderson is the one
person from the general
public chosen to be on the
Controlled Substances Com
mittee along with three doc
tors and three pharmacists
who are all "middle-aged
men" she said.
Anderson said one member
is the Oregon State Board of
Pharmacy president and ano
ther is from the Oregon State
University medical school.
"Our task," she said, "was
to re-classify drugs not by
emotion but by using 1979
information from the scienti
fic community on the potential
risks of certain drugs. We
placed a strong emphasis on
science and not emotional
opinions.
She said
all of the u.
were looked at under the same
criteria for their effects with
maximum abuse.
"Heroin is not all that
dangerous," Anderson said,
"as long as nothing is added to
it. Statistics say three percent
of any population are addicted !
to heroin whether it is
controlled or not.
"The strict penalites now do
not deter the drug users," she
continued. "Because the
drugs are sold underground,
they are high priced and
crimes are committed to get
the drugs. If the drugs were
available in a pharmacy, they
would be safer and cheaper
for the drug user."
Anderson said the public has
had bad information about
drugs. If the public used
reason and logic and they
really cared about people with
a drug problem, they would
see the drug users should not
be treated as criminals, An
derson said.
"We (the committee) do not
endorse drugs," she said.
"The drug users have a
problem and it does not help
by making them an outlaw.
The users cannot seek help
from society because what
they are doing is illegal. Jail
does not cure the drug
addict."
She went on to say society
should allow less consequen
ces on these people with a
problem.
"Let's not make criminals
out of sick people," she said.
"The criminal justice system
cannot handle this medical
problem because it is inade
quate," just like the medical
system should not handle a
criminal justice problem.
Anderson said Oregon was
the first state to decriminalize
less than one ounce of mari
juana in 1973. The result, she
said was fewer people in jail
and no noticeable increase in
the use of marijuana so people
should not necessarily worry
that down-classifying other
drugs will increase their use.
"To lock in ignorance is no
way to solve the problem,"
Anderson said. "It's like
hiding your head in the sand."
Anderson said use of the
drugs will still be illegal but
the penalites will be reduced.
She said programs like the use
of methadone, to help heroin
addicts kick the habit, may be
used to help other drug users.
She added that law enforce
ment officials should concen
trate and enforce more impor
tant laws like rape, robbery
and murder.
Federal laws will still rule
supreme, according to Ander
son, even if the committee's
recommendations do become
state law, but in practical use,
the federal organizations will
not have time to prosecute
drug cases in federal courts so
the state law will be the one
that is used.
"Most of our (the commit
tee's) support has come from
private citizens," Anderson
said. "The D.A.'s (district
attorneys) have been the most
negative and that is under
standable because strict laws
make their job easier.
"But to pursue the drug
users is not what we should
want," she said. "We want to
help those sick people with
their medical problem."
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Denny Smith will seek the Republican nomination for
congressional representative from this district.
Republican hopeful
faces Rep. Ullman
Local rescuers aid wounded hunter
A Redmond man was shot
last week while hunting 25
miles southeast of Heppner
and he was in critical condi
tion for awhile but nurses at
St. Anthony Hospital in Pen
dleton say now that he is going
to be all right.
Norman L. Garbutt was shot
by his hunting partner acci
dentally and he probably
would not be alive today if it
weren't for the efforts of some
local people, according to
Sheriff Larry Fetch.
Garbutt was shot while he
Property taxes due
later than usual
The Morrow County tax
assessor's office is loaded with
work because of the legisla
ture's new tax relief program
and therefore taxpayers will
have until Dec. 15 instead of
Nov. 15 to pay property taxes.
According to Greg Sweek,
county assessor, statements
will not be mailed out until the
end of November because
1,100 Morrow County property
owners have applied and filled
out the new tax relief forms.
The assessor has to work out a
separate tax rate for those
applicants which, "almost
doubles our tax load," Sweek
said.
Sweek added that of the
6,000 county accounts, 2,000
were eligible for the new tax
relief program and 1,100
applied for it.
He said the relief is strictly
for homeowners who own and
live in their own home. The
state will pay 30 percent of the
applicants tax bill because
Oregon has collected a surplus
in the past from income taxes
so the state is giving home
owners a tax break and giving
the money back to the people,
Sweek said.
The assessor said the relief
package will be computed on
the fall tax statement. The
relief program was approved
by the Oregon legislature and
will be in effect for two years,
he said. Voters will decide
whether to extend the pro
gram in next year's general
election.
GarDutt was shot while he
was riding through brush on
horseback by his partner,
Edward Elwin Barnes, also of
Redmond, who thought Gar
butt was an elk. The bullet
entered his lower right back
and emerged from his left
thigh.
Seven U.S. Forest Service
employees who had talked to
Garbutt only minutes before,
were there to help the victim.
Carolyn Davies, Terri Allred,
Linda Carmichael, Al Burt,
Bob Heiden and Kevin Saxby
were in the area marking
timber for sale when Garbutt
rode by.
The Forest Service workers
radioed for help at 2:30 p.m.
and the ambulance left Hepp
ner to go get him at 3 p.m.
The Forest Service em
ployes gave first aid to
Garbutt while they waited for
the Heppner medical team.
The medical team arrived
at 4:20 and administered IV's
to the victim. They left the
scene of the accident at 5:15
and they hiked through the
wind, fog, snow, darkness and
heavy brush two miles back to
the ambulance.
They got to the ambulance
at 6:45 p.m. They all switched
positions carrying the stretch
er to make it easier on the
rescue team.
They got to Pioneer Memor
ial Hospital at 7:40 p.m. and
Garbutt was transferred to St.
Anthony Hospital where he is
still recovering but is now out
of critical condition. He was
operated on that same night.
The members of the medical
team were Betty Curnutt and
Carmen Bjella from Pioneer
Memorial Hospital. Dan Mc
Bride of the search and rescue
team also went as did Chuck
Holt, of the Heppner city
police department and Harry
Oakes, a deputy at the
sheriff's department who was
off duty that day.
Sheriff Larry Fetch and
Sergeant Donald McGee aided
in the rescue.
Denny Smith has announced
that he wil seek the Republi
can nomination to the U.S.
House of Representatives in
the second congressional dis
trict in Oregon.
So far, he is unopposed on
the Republican ticket and
wold face Rep. Al Ullman, the
incumbent Democratic con
gressman, in the 1980 general
election.
Smith made his announce
ment in a series of 13 airport
news conferences throughout
his district on Monday and
Tuesday.
He cited "taxes, inflation,
and government spending as
the main issues in the upcom
ing campaign. "It seems as
though Congress proposes new
programs each year to solve
these problems, but the pro
grams never work," said
Smith. "The reason for these
failures is that government
refuses to face the real cause
of inflation it's own deficit
spending."
Smith, from Salem, chair
man of the board of Eagle
Newspaper, a chain of week
lies, stated he felt his business
background and common
sense would help him deal
with the economic problems
that are now facing the
country and must be dealt
with by Congress.
"Government must learn to
live within a budget just like
the rest of us," Smith stated.
"Congress cannot continue
spending money year after
year that just isn't there."
Smith blasted Rep. Ull
man's value added tax as
nothing more than a national
sales tax that would add at
least 10 percent to the cost of
all goods produced and pur
chased by Americans.
In the coming year, Smith
feels that it will be his task to
focus the voter's attention on
the differences between Ull
man and himself. He feels that
the difference is that he
believes government should
be put on a fiscal diet while
Ullman believes that govern
ment should spend more and
tax more.
County fair rates 'good'
New administrator
Umatilla man of year
A.K. "Lucky" Felt, who has
assumed direction of the
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
Heppner, was named recently
as Umatilla's Man of the Year
at a Chamber of Commerce
banquet.
Felt was recognized for the
four years he served as
administrator of the Umatilla
Hospital, the position he
resigned to come to Heppner.
He was also chairman of the
Umatilla City Budget Com
mittee. Felt and his wife observed
their 36th wedding anniver
sary on the day of the award.
In addition to Felt, the
Umatilla PhnnnJw h,rnrnH
the community's Woman of
the Year. Anna Puddy. a
retired school, teacher invol
ved in civic activities: Young
Man of the, Year. Larry
Clticas. banker and city coun
cilman: F.ducatorof the Year.
School Supt. Bud Lippold: and
Businessman of the Year.
Logan Beam, owner of an auto
parts store.
Prior to taking over man
agement of the Umatilla
Hospital. Felt had been in
merchandizing in Hermiston
and other eastern Oregon
communities He became ad
ministrator of the Pioneer
Memoriji! Hospital effective
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Studded tires
now okay
. Motorists on Oregon's high
ways may now use studded
tires, the Oregon Transporta
tion Commission voted at its
meeting in Ontario last week.
Normally, the effective date
for studded tire use is Nov. 1,
but because of heavy snow in
the mountain areas, and the
start of the hunting season in
eastern Oregon, requests were
received to move the date
ahead.
The commission asked that
persons not subject to hazar
dous driving conditions
caused by ice or snow to
forego the use of studs until
they are needed because of the
damage studs cause to dry
pavement.
The Morrow County Fair
has received good marks in
the 1979 Merit Ratings pre
pared by the state's County
Fair Commission in Salem.
The inspection of the fair
this year was by Margaret
Fry of Hillsboro, secretary
treasurer of the commission,
who noted, in summary, that
the annual show here was "a
very small fair," with no "eye
catcher" to attract attention
from the road, but that it had a
"a nice, little park area,
places to rest, eat and visit
indoors and out. (There were)
many booths in the exhibit
area."
The report was received this
past week by Delpha Jones of
Lexington, chairman of the
local fair's advisory commit
tee. The fair scored 711 out of a
possible 1.049 points in various
categories rated by Fry.
Her scores and comments
were entered in the 1979 Merit
Rating Workbook, one of
which was prepared for each
of the 36 county fairs in
Oregon.
At the outset Fry noted
there were "great people
working on and at the fair,"
and that because of a flood the
grounds were wet and muddy.
As a consequence of the
flood, she further noted, the
clean-up work took all the
time, money and effort for this
year.
Fry lauded the community
participation in the fair as
represented by such organiza
tions as the Cow Belles, Wheat
League, churches, Lions Club,
American Field Service, Epsi
on Sigma Alpha, the Granges,
Women for Agriculture, and
the Garden Clubs.
Major exhibits, in particular
those of the Umatilla National
Forest and Heppner Ranger
District, Pioneer Memorial
Hospital, Columbia Basin
Electric Association and Kin
zua Corporation received a
total of 55 out of a possible 60
points.
These organizations were
commended for their support
of the fair premium book in
addition to their exhibits.
"The 4-H end of the building
is exceptional," Fry said.
"Other indoor exhibits are
above average; outdoor live
stock exhibits below average
and those in the big barn are
good.
"(There is) a fine assort
mentof general exhibits."
The fair rated high nine
out of 10 points for its exhibit
theme, which was "Down a
Country Lane."
With regard to the adequacy
of signs directing traffic to the
fairgrounds. Fry noted that it
was "about the best adver
tised rodeo from town adver
tising, windows, banners, etc.,
in the state!"
Eating facilities were noted
as being "adequate," and in
other notes, Fry said the
breakfast served by the 4-H
snack bar as "the best buy in
town."
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