Keeping Lands on Tax Rolls One of Biggest
Problems Facing Counties in Western States
Salem (U.R) County offic-Ideal whereby it got some good
ials of several western states
said Friday that one of the big-!
gest problems facing the coun
ties is keeping their lands on the
tax rolls and not having them ac
quired by the federal govern
ment. The officials expressed their
views at the annual meeting
here of the Interstate Associa
tion of Public Land Counties,
which originated in Oregon.
They were Introduced by Lester
Coffin. Susanville, Calif.. Las
sen county supervisor and pres
ident of the Association.
Jim Stearns of Modoc county,
northern California, said some
study should be given to the ad
visability of retaining such vast
acreages as public lands. He said
"public land is not a sacred cow.
It might serve as well in private
hands."
Favors Reclassification
Stearns said some land in Cal
ifornia could be reclassified and
if it is not serving "too well in
public ownership, it might as
.well be put on the tax rolls."
He said land adjacent to cor
porate cities which is public
land is restricting the expansion
of those cities.
Fred Schneider of Colorado
said: "Uncle Sam is continually
taking lands from us." He said
in some Colorado counties the
federal government owns as
much as 97 per cent of the land.
Schneider said one of Colorado's
big problems is getting the use it
needs itself out of the rivers that
originate in the state. These in
clude the Colorado, the Rio
Grande and the Platte. He said
he thought the state should have
some say in use of these waters
and that Uncle Sam should not
set himself up as the supreme
authority in allocating water
rights.
Spruce Beetle Problem
Glenn Reed of Bonner Coun
ty, Ida., said 67 per cent of the
land in Idaho is federally owned.
He said one of the problems fac
ing the timbered areas of north
ern Idaho is infestation of the
spruce beetle. He expressed hope
that the federal government
would " co-operate adequately in
financing the fight against the
pest.
Frank Dougherty of Montana
said that his state had made a
land it might not have otherwise
acquired in a deal involving
9000 acres of land which recent- fland exchange for acres ac-
ly was put into Glacier National
park-federal land. He said the
federal government sent men in
to buy this land which had ad-
Joined the park. But Montana of
ficials instead of selling, negoti
ated an exchange of lands of
equal value. The land involved
is dense forest. So the federal
government finally exchanged
200,000 acres of less valuable
land for the 9000.
Nevada Seeks Land
Cecil B. Campbell of Nevada
ulated areas of that state were
striving to get lands back on the
tax rolls to provide for the cost
of governing themselves.
Lloyd Karrer of northern Cal
ifornia said one of the efforts be
ing made by county officials in
that area is to get timber for
quired by the government in the
so-called primitive area oi wai
part of the state.
Forrest Cooper, counsel for
the Association, told of work he
said was being carried on to give
the. counties more control of
their lands and to retain the con
trol once they get it
Klamath Problems
Judge U. E. Reed of Klamath
Falls told of problems in his
oUTCSu
The "guest speaker" for the
said the counties in the less pop-J day spoke in.absentia. Congress
man Harris Ellsworth, Roseburg
Republican, was to have attend
ed the meeting but had to keep
an engagement elsewhere. He
"addressed" the meeting by way
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EN ROUTE TO JAPAN, Sgt Paul E. Call, 30 and son, James. 7,
stop in Seattle after Call won custody of lad from former wife.
Mrs. Jeanne Call, 27. Huntington Park, Cal., who opposed his
plan to have Japanese wife rear James. (International)
of a phonograph recording he
made in Washington, D.C., re
porting on developments con
cerning federally owned lands
and Oregon and California grant
lands.
Civil Defense To
Continue as Part
Of American Life
Salem U.K)l Americans
must continue to accept civil de
fense as part of their way of life
as long as there are threats to
world peace, CoL Arthur M.
Sheets said during the first de
partment head meeting since his
appointment as state director of
civil defense.
The new director said he is
certain of two things first, the
Oregon civil defense agency has
well-formulated plans, and, sec
ondly, civil defense is a vital
part of the national defense pro
gram. .
Work Still Important
He said: "As a co-partner with
the armed forces, our work in
providing national security is
just as important today as in
1952 or 1951. Civil defense is
row operative, but the task that
feces us will never be completed.
Everything we can do during
this period will help that much
more in saving lives and re
storing damaged facilities fol
lowing a large scale disaster."
Reports Given
Chiefs of eight civil defense
services gave reports, followed
by a presentation of freedoms
foundation awards to Russell H.
Kaufman M.D., chief of physi
cians section of the Oregon Civil
Defense emergency medical serv
ice, and O. R. Blair, director of
Oregon civil defense transporta
tion service. The George Wash
ington honor medals arid cita
tions presented by Gov. Paul
L. Patterson were based on out
standing work in preparing the
country against possible enemy
attacks. They have worked for
civil defense on a voluntry basis
for three years.
Sunday. August IS. 1153
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Smallest Whiskey Warehouse Dedicated
Frankfort, Ky. (U.R) The
smallest government bonded
whiskey warehouse In the nation
was dedicated recently at a
Frankfort distillery, to hold just
one barrel of bonded bourbon
whiskey.
This prticular barrel hap
pened to be the two millionth
barrel of bourbon produced by
the distillery since the repeal of
prohibition 20 years ago. No
other distillery has reached that
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mark. . v
The warehouse, built of Ken
tucky limestone, meets SO pages
of government specification for
a bonded warehouse, and is
radiant heated to keep the barrel
at an even temperature the year
around.
Each barrel of whiskey re
ceives government stamped
serial number before it is placed
in a warehouse for aging, so
there was no question about
THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER
Bloomington, I1L (UJ9
Jimmy Lohnes, 4, was just stand
ing there watching and wasn't
even mad at the raccoon, but the
raccoon got mad at Jimmy. It
slipped away from older boys,
who were chasing it with a
bushel basket, and bit a chunk
out of Jimmy's ankle. The
animal was beaten off with a
baseball bat. Jimmy needed four
stitches.
whether or not this one
actually number 2,000,000.
Connecticut claims the distinc
tion of having nine of the na
tion's comparatively few eight
sided houses. One of the octagon
shaped dwellings located at
Bridgeport, once was the home
of P. T. Baraum.
Hollywood (UJ5 Olivia de
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Perisian magazine executive
Pierre Gallante soon after Aug.
27 when her divorce from novel
1st Marcus Goodrich becomes
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