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ans taxing increase
William F. Mahrt
William F. Mahrt, onetime
resident of Morrow County,
died Jan. 3 in Prescott,
Arizona, according to word
received by friends in Hepp
ner this week. He was 87.
A native of Reardon, Lin
coln County, Wash., where he
was born July 10, 1892, he
grew up on his parents' farm
which was changed from
dairying to wheat in 1906. He
became an expert with farm
machinery, and worked with
wheat harvesting crews in the
Northwest and Canada. His
family moved to Sherman
County, Oregon, in 1916.
He was married in 1917 at
Vancouver, Wash., to the
former Myrtle May. Sawyers,
a school teacher, whom he had
met at a basket social.
The couple moved in 1921
from their Sherman County
farm to lone, where he did
wheat farming. In 1928 he
started a garage at Hardman
and became a salesman for
the Delco Light Co., selling
individual light plants to
farmers. He also took care of
the highway building equip
ment for the Logan Co. when
the original Heppner-Spray
road was built.
At that time he decided to
become an electrician. He
bought a 10-volume set of
electrical wiring textbooks.
Possessing a photographic
memory, he learned the
contents of the books and
became an expert at wiring
houses and buildings, and was
licensed by the state as an
electrician. He had an electri
cal supply shop in Heppner
from 1931 to '34.
From 1934 to '36 he had the
Delco agency in Pendleton;
and in 1936 the family moved
to Hamilton. Grant County. He
started a pwer company in the
neighboring town of Long
Creek in 1939 using initially a
single diesel generator. He
sold (he business in 1951 to the
California Pacific Utilities Co.
During his ownership of the
power company, he had wired
the houses and built 36 miles of
power lines.
From 1951 to 1959. he and his
wife operated two ranches,
Table Rock Ranch at Hamil
ton and Deer Creek Ranch
near Monument. During that
period he also served as
postmaster at Hamilton.
They retired to Arizona,
living in Tempe one year,
Mesa nine years and moving
to Prescott in 1971. Myrtle
died in Prescott in 1976.
Their daughter, Leah
Mahrt, moved from Salem in
1976 to care for her father. In
addition to Leah, several
nieces and nephews survive.
Funeral services were held
in Prescott.
By Steven A. Powell
Morrow County property
taxes for the school district for
191)0-81 will be $8.22 per $1,000
valuation, an increase of 49
cents per $1,000. if the budget
announced at the school board
meeting last week is adopted
by the voters.
Voters will decide on the
budget in the March 25
election. No citizens came to
the budget hearing.
Taxes on a $60,000 property
would be $493.20 for the
schools. The same valued
property this year paid the
school district $463.80.
Next year, properly will not
be assessed at true cash value
but at 85 percent of it for
homeowners and 87 percent
lor others
The tax was computed on
the basis of the county's
having an estimated valuation
of $532 million and the school
district's need for a special
levy of $3,670,160 to meet its
budget .
The total school district
budget is for $5,536,854. Ke
sources will pay for $2,200,345.
To balance the budget
$3,336,509 is needed however
an additional amount of 10
percent is added for past taxes
that will not be collected
making the figure $3,670,160.
The law allows a taxing
district to go above its tax
base by six percent so $588,510
is subtracted from $3,670,160
to get the special tax levy that
the voters will be deciding on
in the amount of $3,081.65(1.
Including the levy of $704,674
for three bond issues and
interest that were approved
for voters in previous elec-
Carl Breeding
nil school budgets supported
by taxes is $4,374,834.
The proposed school district
budget is $1,149,268 more than
was needed this year which is
a rise of 26.16 percent.
01 that increase. $588,159 or
13 4 percent is for the two new
schools in north Morrow
County. Amount of growth
other than the two new schools
is figured at an 1.76 percent
increase or $77,342. The rest of
the increase, 11 percent or
$483,767. is for the basic
budget and is due to inflation
and additional salaries.
The school district budget
will be decided on an A ballot
only. Next year's budget could
have been $3,745,546 and still
have been on just the A ballot.
Included in a special fund of
the htidt!cl this year that has
not been in the past is the
student body accounts for the
schools.
tions. the tax to be levied for
Musical comedy planned at Riverside
Burial services for Carl
Breeding of Irrigon took place
in Lexington last week. He
died Feb. 13 at the Good
Shepherd Hospital in Hermis
ton at the age of 74.
Breeding, who was born at
Spray on Jan. 28. 1906. had
been a farm worker and in
later years an employee of the
U.S. Army Depot Facility at
Umatilla.
Surviving are his wife.
Flossie: stepsons George Ir
vinof Irrigon and Dewey Irvin
of Cold Hill: and sisters. Ethel
Livingstone of Spray and
Lavina Maynard of Darby.
Mont.: and six grandchildren.
Funeral services took place
Feb. 15 at 1 p.m. at the Burns
Mortuary in Hermiston. The
Rev. Jack Naff of the First
Christian Church officiated.
Burial at the Lexington
Cemeterv followed. .
The Riverside Community
Theatre is pv"ing on the
musical-comedy "Carnival"
at Riverside High School
March 6, 7 and 8.
The cast includes actors
from agi's 12 to 45 coming
from the four cities of Hermis
ton. Umalila. Irrigon and
Boardman. There are 18
persons in the cast.
Performing the music for
the play wil be a 10-member
pep band from the Riverside
High School music depart
ment .
"Carnival" is a two-act play
that has been on Broadway
twice and has been made into
a movie.
Admission to the plav is $2
lor adults and $1 for students.
Reservations may be made by
calling the high school at
481-2525.
Rick Bateman is directing
the musical part of the
production and Terry Russell
is the drama director.
Monies that are collected
from athletic events, plays
and other school function are
put into student body ac
count A recent interpreta
tion of ;i five-year-old law by
Attorney General Jim Redden
requires that fund to be
published along with the rest
of the budget.
This year the student ac
counts brought in $50,225 in
receipts and $6,775 will carry
into next year.
That special fund next year
will be lor $57,000 but it is
totally self supporting. About
$21,000 will be spent on
athletic officials, $12,000 for
travel, meals and coaches,
$6.10(1 for supplies. $5,580 for
uniforms and some will carry
into the following year.
Some of the school board
members questioned the large
amount paid to officials but
Riverside High School princi
pal Dan Daltoso said. "The
home team has to pay the
officials and it costs dcarh
when they have to come all the
way from Millon-Freewater.''
Superintendant Malt Do
herty said. "All special funds
and all general funds must be
published so people can see
them. Budget law requires
that they are open to the
public."
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The most important job that Rep. Bellamy has during the $j
intermim when the Legislature is not in session is to assist i
the people of District 55 with their problems and concerns in t!
dealing with State Government. Therefore, he requests that
you either call or write him at any time. Let him know when i
he can be of assistance. o
Phone numbers and Address: fl
REPRESENTATIVE
RILL BELLAMY is pleased to
announce the following as his
contact people for the 1980
Campaign.
lone- Joe McElligntt
Boardman & Irrigon - Doug
and Shane Fritz
Morrow Cnunlv Cathv Peck
State of Oregon 1 -800-452-781 3
(This is loll free and should be
used anytime you want to talk
to people in the State Govern
ment. I
State Representative Bill Bellamy:
Phone 54(5-6911 (Business)
546-4331 (Home)
Address: Rt. A Culver. Ore. 97734
BE-EI.ECT Bil l. BELLAMY STATE REPRESENT VI IYK
The ennriiriatp who is committed to being the "iM-nples
representative in Stjite Government."
Paid for by the Committee to Re-Elect Billy C. Bellamy Stale
Representative. Rt. 1 Culver. Ore 97734. Jo Anne Holcomb
Chairman.
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The Rev. Fred Merle Wea
therford, 92, for whom me
morial services were held
Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the
Church of the Nazarene,
Arlington, was the son of
Morrow County pioneers.
He was born near Olex: his
father WAV. Weatherford had
first settled along Willow
Creek below Morgan then
moved up on Shuttler Flat
where he became eastern
Oregon's first wheat rancher.
His mother Samantha Alice
Sperry's family were promi
nent pioneers.
Fred grew up on the family
wheat and cattle ranches in
Gilliam County. He attended
Oregon Stale University and
was graduated from Point
Loma College at San Diego.
He pastored churches in
Portland. Medford and in
California, and he had five
books published covering
farming, history and religion.
Survivors include his wife,
Lillian. The Dalles: daughter,
Evelyn Sutton, Palm Springs,
Calif: sons. Fielding K.,
Arlington, and Ronald F.,
Medford: sister, Helen Doane,
Chehallis. Wash.: and six
grandchildren.
The late W W. (Bill) Wea
therford. Heppner, was a
nephew of Fred M. Weather
ford.
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