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Steven A. Powell. News & Sports Editor
Another study needed
to halt complaints
By Steven A. Powell
Large and small irrigators" have been
arguing with Columbia Basin Electric in
Heppner about the tremendous rate increases
made in the February billings.
Columbia Basin paid for a cost of service
study to be made by Economics Engineering
Service Inc. to make sure that all
" classifications paid their fair share. Close
examination showed some errors were made
in that study so the large irrigators got
together and paid for another study to be done
by R.W. Beck and Associates.
Smaller irrigators objected that they
were not involved in the second study, that
was later adopted by the Columbia Basin
Board of Directors. They say the second rate
study was paid for by the large irrigators and
therefore favors the large irrigators.
Large irrigators say the study is fair and
the only reason the small irrigators are
objecting is because the increases are up to
300 percent for small irrigators and only 10
percent for some of the larger ones.
Three small irrigators and three large
irrigators, along with the Columbia Basin
Board of Directors, have formed a committee
to look into the cost of service study to try to
compose a rate that will be fair and still be
economical to all of the customers. Until the
rate is changed, the new rate will be in effect.
That committee may or may not come up
with a compromise between the two
sub-classes of the irrigation class but if a
compromise is made, one class is going to
feel cheated since both are so sure they are
right.
The best way to resolve the problem is to
have another cost of service study done by a
top-notch company for all five rate classes of
customers. If mistakes have been made in
one study then there is no reason why
mistakes could not have been made in a
second study.
If all classes of customers pitch in and
pay for another study, then the cost would
only be a few dollars per customer rather
than having just the irrigation customers
paying for another one which could cost $50
or more apiece.
And instead of just the irrigation rates
being checked, all the rates for all customers
would get a second professional opinion.
Another study should be done one that
can be lived with and is feasible to all
customers instead of one that could force
some farmers out of irrigating some of their
land. Then everyone will feel as if they are
being treated equally and fairly and isn't that
the object of a cooperative.
Ullman denies 4 visits
To the Editor,
Enclosed please find a copy
of Al Ullman 's Letter to Mr.
Denny Smith.
I am concerned over Mr.
Smith's continued references
to Al's "four visits to Oregon
in 1979." Mr. Smith has known
that his allegations are incor
rect since Feb. 10, when the
Washington Post article on the
Ullman-Smith race corrected
his statements. Local media
coverage of Mr. Smith's
speeches indicates that he is
still misleading the public on
this matter.
If I can be of any assistance,
please do not hesitate to give
me a call.
Jim Beall. Campaign Director
399-7045
Dear Mr. Smith:
I though you' would like to
know that your comments
about my trips to Oregon
during 1979 are erroneous.
During 1979, my schedule
included 10 separate trips of
up to two weeks in length to
various parts of 'the 2nd
District. As you know, two of
these trips were cancelled
because of a cracked knee cap
and I spoke with many of my
constituents by speaker phone
at meetings arranged before
my accident.
I hope this clarification
enables you to correct the
impression you have been
leaving in your campaigning
for the 2nd Congressional
District Republican nomina
tion. Then, perhaps the cam
paign can be conducted on
issues, as we discussed when
you advised me last summer
of your intention to seek the
nomination.
Sincerely,
Al Ullman, M.C.
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Legislative Report from the State Capital
EXCLUSIVE to Oregon's Weekly Newspa
pert trom Associated Oregon Industries.
Charles Childs of Linn
County had served seven
sessions as an Oregon law
maker when he decided to
write a definitive tract on the
state's lawmaking process.
The first such publication of
its kind, Childs explained he
tackled the project because
the legislative was the least
understood branch of state
government.
Much of what the author
described as a pamphlet is
devoted to actual Senate and
House rules during the 193S
session of the Legislature. And
while legislative procedure
has changed little through the
intervening years, conditions
under which lawmakers serve
have been modified exten
sively. Advocates of women's liber
ation might bristle as they
note Childs' continual refer
ence to the masculine gender
when discussing his peers.
Actually, his second term of
service involving the 1915
session coincided with ser
vice by the first woman in the
House of Representatives,
Marian B. Towne (D-Jackson
County) and each succeeding
session has contained at least
one female member in House
or Senate.
Skirted lawmakers were
definitely the exception in his
day however, although Childs'
service beginning in 1913
extended through 1941. Had
that service been continuous,
it might well have established
a record. But the Linn County
farmer, stockman, general
contractor and road builder
failed to serve for one reason
or another during six sessions
in the Twenties and Thirties.
Childs' service also spanned
destruction of the Statehouse
by fire in 1935 although his
booklet ignores that event. His
career as a lawmaker also
XETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Packwood
Editor:
The 1980 census has begun
and the U.S. Bureau of the
Census has asked me to help
share information with Ore
gonians about the census and
how it will benefit our state.
Census is April 1. You will
receive your questionnaire in
the mail March 28 and should
return it by mail in its
postage-free envelope April 1.
If you live in a very rural area,
you may be asked to hold on to
your questionnaire until a
census taker picks it up.
The range of questions
age, race, occupation, educa
tion, income level, housing
needs, etcwill help create a
profile of our nation, the State
of Oregon and your commu
nity. Your answers to almost
every question are used for
legislative purposes. They will
help all levels of government
local, state and federal to
make decisions about where
they should spend their funds.
From the federal govern
ment alone, more than $50
billion is distributed each year
based on census results.
To take an Oregon example,
our state received $4.8 million
in 1979 for nutritional and
social services for the elderly.
This amount of funds was
based solely on the number of
Oregonians over age 60.
Oregon also received $75.9
million in General Revenue
Sharing funds during 1979
based on income levels in the
State.
School lunch, job training,
education and crime preven
tion programs, as well as a
host of others depend on the
census results. These statis
tics also help, for example,
determine the need for hospi
tals, parks, water, energy and
housing in your community.
You may wonder why some
of the questions are neces
sary. Every question is there
Salem
Scene
By Jack Zimmtrman
began about the time the
people, instead of the Legisla
ture, assumed responsibility
for choosing Oregon's mem
bers of the U.S. Senate.
In fact, Childs explained one
of the early reasons many
people sought seats in the
Legislature was to participate
in the process that sent a
Senator to Washington, D.C.
With the loss of that
prerogative, Childs pondered
remaining reasons why people
sought legislative service in
his days.
"At the princely salary of 3
per day, there is no opportu
nity for financial profit," he
declared.
However, he admitted legis
lative service could always
lead to something better in the
way of political office. Many
people, he figured, went to the
Legislature for the "pure joy"
of going. Some took pride in
serving the public faith with
out any thought of future
reward. Others served to
achieve real or imaginary
reform.
A few, he wrote, were
motivated by stories of cor
ruption and a desire to gain by
peddling influence or votes.
And judging from the
amount of space devoted to
still another category of
lawmaker, Childs believed not
a few considered themselves
great orators and regarded
the Legislature as little more
than a debating society.
"This draws many a man to
the legislative halls where he
has a guaranty of a perpetual
audience," he wrote.
By and large however.
Childs believed the Oregon
1 Legislature was a cross-section
of the state's citizenry
some wise, some foolish, some
honest, some not, some consci
explains need for accurate census
for a legitimate reason. For
instance, you will be asked
about the plumbing in your
home. The reason for this
question is that plumbing
facilities are one of the key
ways to deterine housing
quality and which communi
ties need funding for federal
housing assistance.
Of equal importance, the
census results determine how
many congressional districts
each state will have. Oregon is
expected to gain one new
congressional seat based on
its population in 1980. In
addition, redistricting for the
State legislature is also based
on census results.
Federal law requires you to
answer the census. Also by
Herbicides
Editor:
Oregon homeowners, fores
ters, and farmers have used
2,4-D to control broad-leaf
weeds for over 30 years. In an
informal survey of Oregon
wheat farmers conducted last
fall, it was found that wheat
farmers, as large users of
2,4-D, have used the material
for over 3 generations of
human beings and 30 genera
tions of other animals without
any harmful effects or abnor
mal births or pregnancies.
Spring is the time that
weeds are controlled in wheat
fields. Weather is a big factor
in spraying these weeds and,
with this late and wet spring,
farmers are delayed from
getting into the fields for their
spray treatment. In Oregon,
this is very common.
However, we read as news
items that foresters are de
layed from spraying in the
Medford area and that protes
ters are present.
The news items also include
the general statement that
entious with the state's best
interests at heart and some
careless and indifferent.
Despite his own descriptions
and public perception, Childs
still maintained the majority
of Oregon Legislators were
"...high class, truly represen
tative citizens."
Childs' own service was
concentrated during a time
when lawmakers received
travel allowance only to and
from regular biennial sessions
and drew their $3-a-day sti
pend for the first 40 days.
Today's members of House
and Senate receive $654 in
monthly salary throughout
their terms of office, $300
monthly interim expense mo
ney, 17cents-a-mlle for travel,
$44 per diem during sessions
and when attending meetings
during the interim and a host
of fringes former lawmaker
Childs never dreamed possi
ble. Sessions seldom lasted more
than a few days past the 40
days they were paid in Childs'
time. And it's an exception
now for a session to adjourn in
much less than six months.
Despite apparent changes
regarding the Legislature and
those who seek membership,
the similarities more than
four decades apart are most
striking and have to influence
those who choose cot to run
today.
Now, as polls reveal a
shocking lack of public confi
dence in government, it is
interesting to note Childs
wrote:
"No matter how wise a body
of men and women are
selected to make our laws or
what laws are enacted, the
business interests, the tax
payer and the public will
continue to heave a sigh of
relief when each session
closes."
law, your personal responses
must be kept strictly confiden
tial. Be assured that the
Census Bureau has main
tained a perfect record of
maintaining every person's
privacy since the first census
was conducted back in 1790.
Marathoner needs donations
Editor:
Andy Clark is a school
teacher who has qualified for
the Boston Marathon. He ran
twenty six miles under two
hours and fifty minutes.
Mr. Clark runs 55 miles a
week in training. Three weeks
before the marathon he'll pick
up his pace to 90 miles a week.
We feel this is a once-in-a-
defended
"contend (s ) . . .2,4-D. . .contains
cancer-causing agents. ..or....
birth defects...". There is no
mention that the scientific
community, along with Ore
gon State University studies,
have found that is not true
when the compound is used
according to the label.
As you may be aware, 2,4-D
and 2,4,5-T are two different
compounds. The EPA has
banned 2,4,5-T after the Alsea
II study and the world
scientific community, along
with EPA's own Scientific
Advisory Committee, has dis
puted the study.
Yes, herbicides are a con
troversial topic. However,
please be sure that balanced
statements are presented with
each news article and please
leave editorial comments to
the editorial page.
Sincerely,
Oregon Wheat
Growers League
Wesley Grilley,
Executive Vice President,
Pendleton, Oregon
Sifting through the TIMES
1930
Fifty years ago 73 members
incorporated to form the
Morrow County Grain Grow
ers signing for 256,000 bushels.
It was incorporated for $24,000
in stock with $12,000 preferred
and $12,000 common.
Five persons filed for the
county judge position, five for
commissioner, two for asses
sor and with the filing
deadline closed, the rest of the
positions were unopposed.
Persons running for county
judge included Republican
W.T. Campbell and Democrat
G.L. Bennett. George Peck
was running on the Republi
can side and S.J. Devine and
S.J. Turner for commissioner.
Frank W. Turner, Republican
and Jesse J. Wells, Democrat,
were running for the assessor
spot.
About 125 persons attended
the film showing of the movie
"The Transgressor," which
dealt with prohibition of
liquor.
Dudley Rankin with student
pilot R.C. Montgomery made
an unscheduled landing near
the Heppner Cemetery when
the plane they were in ran out
of gas. They were flying
around practicing landing at
different airports but he
missed the local one.
1955
Twenty-five years ago the
Pendleton Round -Up offered
Heppner the Northwest ama
teur bucking championship,
which had been a major show
in Pendleton for 30 years or
more. As a result of a survey,
the Round-Up board decided
to forego the saddle bronc
event.
J.C. Penny in Heppner was
broken into and $100 in cash
taken. The burglar apparently
hid in the store until after it
was closed, took the money
and broke out since broken
glass was only on the outside
of the building.
Red Cross officials reported
that Morrow County fell short
of its goal for the first time.
I hope you will fill our your
census form as completely
and accurately as possible. By
responding on time, you will
help save taxpayers millions
of dollars in follow-up costs.
Cordially,
Bob Packwood
lifetime opportunity.
We would appreciate busi
ness and personal donations.
The student body is also
working on individuals money
making projects.
Thank you,
Student Counsel,
Heppner Elementary School
President Cathy Lindsay
Itccsurer Anne McLaughlin
Pttri'ywanted
Editor:
In my view farmers are
entitled to, and we must
ensure that they get, fair
market value for their goods.
Farmers have to face uncon
trollable factors from the
weather, to energy costs, to
government intervention, to
the grain embargo, every day.
These together with the fe
deral bureaucracy threaten
the very existence of the
family farm.
As President, I will work for
programs that control infla
tion, reduce costly and unne
cessary government regula
tion, help with transportation
and conservation, provide for
tax changes that preserve the
family farm and aggressively
encourage farm exports. And
I will work to establish an
atmosphere in which farmers
can continue to make deci
sions about their own farms
which lead to profitable prices
in the marketplace.
George Bush,
Republican Presidential
candidate
Only $1,000 was collected with
a goal of $2,579.
Fritz Cutsforth nnd Janice
Prock were married In Kelso,
Wash. Attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Kilkenny.
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Dr. Joe Gifford nnd his wife,
Lindu. moved to Heppner and
established a practice here.
He opened practice at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital but was
having a clinic built near the
hospital that was scheduled to
be completed in I's months.
A benefit dance was taking
place for the five-month-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Evans of Irrigon, Mikka Lou
Evans, who was undergoing
extensive treatment and sur
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