Medford mail tribune., April 11, 1961, Image 9

ABOUT COUNTY HOME RULE
Committee Members Give
Reasons for Their Vote
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j (Editor'! not: This it another in uriei of statements by members of the Jackson county home rule study com
mittee in which they review their reasons for voting for or against drawing up a home rule charter for consider
ation by the voters. - , ; .
(Today's statements are by MacLeod Maurice. Rogue River, and Mrs. Thomas Rutier. Madford, chairman of the
committee.) ' '
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' "At this stage in our study
it is my own personal opin
ion a home rule charter could
prove advantageous to Jack
son county." MacLeod Mau
rice, home rule committee
member said. .,
"I have had the opportunity
personally to compare some
of the differences creating a
need for home rule in Cali
fornia and Oregon. In Cali
fornia ever since 1911 any
legislation enacted for the
benefit of any one or more
counties has been made avail
able to any other county at a
later date regardless of popu
lation. Many counties in Cali
fornia, therefore, have been
able to avail themselves of
one or more of these general
laws to take care of internal
needs as they arise.
"The California counties
have been empowered, also,
to police or enforce these gen
eral laws as they are adopted.
This has been made possible
by population explosions oc
curring in not one, but many
counties in that state. ;
"Besides metropolitan cit
ies of San Francisco and Los
Angeles; Sacramento, Bakers
field, Fresno, San Diego and
more recently, Santa Clara
county (San Jose) all have re-
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MAURICE
quired special legislation
available to the other coun
ties under the general laws of
the state. Within the last two
months I have visited a Cali
fornia community of 4,000 to
4,500 population that is so
satisfied with its county gov
ernment that it has not in
corporated or set up a separ
ate government or charter of
its own. "
"Not so in Oregon. We have
the single bell-wether metro
polis, and count out at each
stage at which special legisla
tion was enacted for Portland
and Multnomah county. It was
made available to all other
Oregon counties when, and if,
each one reached the same
population level as the metro-,
politan area at the time it
was enacted.
"Thus Lane county having
recently reached a papulation
level exceeding 150,000, finds
automatically available to it
laws and powers enacted for
Portland and Multnomah
county in the era of 1915.
Such powers have very little
if any value to Lane county
as of now.
"With a 1960 population of
close to 74,000 in Jackson
county, I will be a long time
dead before this county will
be empowered to do the things
Portland and .Multnomah
county found it necessary to
do when I was a high school
student there.
"I feel certain the citizens
of Jackson county will find
it adviseable to take current
legislative action in their own
behalf before they fall heir
to the benefits of antiquated
state-wide legislation. When
they do so it will be under
some form of home rule.
"The 1960 census recorded
a total population of 73,900
for Jackson county. A total
of 40,900 lived in incorporat
ed municipalities of which
there are 10. This left about
33,000 outsiders who could
not exercise part of the rights
to which residents of the
smallest incorporated munici
pality were entitled.
"Although these outsiders
outnumber the residents of
either of the largest cities
(Medford and Ashland) they
cannot hope to enjoy the
rights and privileges of those
citizens until annexed or un
less some form of home rule
is adopted.
"Now this does not mean
that the residents of the incor
porated municipalities enjoy
any greater county - wide
rights than the outsiders. Both
vote for county officials who
can do very little, if anything,
for either of them that is
not prescribed by state legis
lation. "To my mind the value of
our voting franchises to each
of us is Impaired if we can
not vote to settle matters of
concern to the county as well
as municipal, state and na
tional matters.
"A home rule charter could
overcome most, if not all, of
these inequalities. It could not,
however, relieve the county
government of the responsi
bility of fulfilling and en
forcing existing and future
general laws enacted by state
legislature. County govern
ment in whatever form we
might continue would still re
main an agency of the greater
entity or sovereignty of the
state of Oregon.
"I envision a home rule
charter for Jackson county as
a simple and broad instru
ment which will keep strict
ly within the perimeter of
state requirements, and still
integrate without conflict the
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MRS. THOMAS RUTTER
Mrs. Ritter's Statement
What is home rule? This is
the question people are asking
now as the Jackson county
home rule committee pre
pares a charter for the prim
ary elections May, 1962. '
"It is the power of the peo
ple of any given county to
determine for themselves,
though adoption of a county
charter, how county govern
ment should be organized and
what functions it should per
form," according to Kenneth
Tollenaar, executive secretary
of the Association of Oregon
Counties.
"Home rule returns to the
people of a county a power
now exercised exclusively by
the state legislature," he ex
plained. "Except for judicial func
tions, a home rule charter
could provide for complete re
organization of county gov
ernment, for partial reorgan
ization, or for no reorganiza
tion at all. It might or might
not provide for local legisla
tive or law-making power.
By law,, a charter must re
serve to the people powers to
initiate a charter or have it
referred to them for adoption,
amendment, revision, or re
peal," Tollenaar pointed out.
Revitalizing of
Public Lands in
Oregon Outlined
Portland-IUPB -A new pro
gram aimed at revitalizing
public lands in Oregon was
outlined Monday by Karl S.
Landstrom, director . of the
Bureau of Land Management.
Landstrom said the - pro
gram would make the fed
eral lands "more available"
to the public for recreation.
He said the first program
would be setting aside of
about 25,000 acres of public
recreational lands bordering
the Deschutes river in Cen
tral Oregon as a multiple use
area for integrated grazing,
watershed management, wild
life management and mining,
hunting, camping and fishing
activities.
Calls for Study
Another program calls for
Walter H. Horning, chief for
ester for BLM, trf make a
study and evaluation of BLM
forestry activities and prac
tices in Western Oregon.
Other programs callfor a
second land exchange be
tween BLM and Stepco Inc.,
which Landstrom said would
provide a contribution to the
Save-The-Gorge movement of
the Columbia River Gorge
Commission, and a project to
develop lands in Multnomah
county near the Sandy river.
Resident Enrolls in
Engineering Course
Larry G. Fraser, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lome Fraser, 1710
Easy St., has enrolled in an
electronic engineering tech
nology program at the Cap
itol Radio Engineering Insti
tute, Washington, D. C.
A graduate of Medford
High school, Fraser served
four years in the U.S. air
force.
rights and privileges of all
residents of the county wheth
they live inside or outside
incorporated areas.
"My vote is to give this type
of a . home rule charter for
Jackson county a try."
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The chief reason, Mrs.
Thomas Rutter. Medford,
home rule committee chair
man, favors a charter is "to
put control of county govern
ment in the hands of voters
and taxpayers of ' Jackson
county instead of in the hands
of the state legislature."
Lobbying for the needs of
the counties wastes the time
and money of local officials,
taxpayers and legislature. It
diverts the attention of the
legislature from matters of
state concern.
Oregon county populations
.indicate a wide variation in
the needs of the counties.
Populations range from 3,000
to 500,000.
Governmental research in
dicates that a plural body or
commission is effective for
legislative or policy-making
functions, but single adminis
trator is Dest tor executive
functions.
A charter could nrovide or
contract' for services such as
fire protection or sanitation
Under a charter, no county
would -have the Doewr to con.
trol or supercede a munici
pality or special district, but
voters of the smaller unit
might voluntarily obtain more
economical and satisfactory
administration of services
from the county.
The county already assesses,
collects taxes, and acts as
treasurer for smaller units, so
there is a nrecedent for ex
panding services, . Mrs. Rut
ter pointed out. Jackson coun
ty has 45 units of local gov
ernment, many of them over.
lapping.
Duties could be combined
under one officer or depart
ment, with a charter, thus
achieving more economy and
einciency. unnecessary of
fices could be abolished.
Centralized nurchasina anri
personnel offices could save
time, money and duplication
of effort. .
A charter could be chanced
by amendment at home with
out two to 10 years delay of
action by the legislature.
Flexibility and adjustment
to growth in population, busi
ness and industry could be
achieved under a charter.
A charter would allow
county to be governed by dic
tates of good business and
common sense rathpr than iw
legislative mandate, Mrs. Rut
ter concluded.
OSC Man To Speak
At SOCTFA Meeting
William Davien. erhnnl nf
forestry, Oregon State college,
will speak at the April meet
ing oi tne bouthern Oregon
Conservation and Tree Farm
association Friday, April 14,
at the Jackson hotel, Medford.
Davies will rennrt nn man.
agement techniques an fores
try practices used by OSC on
the School's MrDnnaM fnrost
which is administered by the
scnool of forestry. He Is also
expected to outline the pres
ent status of the school of for
estry and answer questions
concerning future plans.
Committee reports on leg
islative developments will also
be presented, according to
Dale Prentice, secretary-manager
of the association.
Al Smith, Medford Corpora
tion, association president,
has reniipRtpH mitmhAn in
Medford, Ashland 'and Grants
rass to contact the SOCTFA
office in Medford to make res
ervations for the meeting. .
A social hour and entertain
ment at 7 n.m. will nrererla
the dinner meeting. Dinner
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, safes' ,
wju be served at 7:30 p.m.
ORE.
Family
Council
Editor'! Note: The Family Coun
cil consists of a Judte, a psychia
trist, Utrea clergymen, m newspaper
editor, a women's editor and twe
writers. Each article la a summary
of an actual case history The
Council reports on problems that
have been dealt with by responsible
agencies and counselors.
Mrs. E. Y. - The clique is
like a Keep Away sign to oth
er Kirls.
Margery Y. - They can form
their own club instead of
hanging around ours,
Mrs. E. Y. - My daughter,
Margery, is 12. She and two
classmates call themselves
The Secret Swans. They have
all sorts of rituals which keep
the other girls in the class at
arms' length. For example,
they write notes in a code
they made up, and they talk
(obviously, about the others)
in their own variation of Pig
Latin. Also, every day they
each wear something belong
ing to the other two.
I've tried to explain to Mar
gery how unkind it is to re
ject girls on the outside. One
of these is Adrienne, who used
to be her pal in the lower
grades. Adrienne's mother
told me that the Swans treat
the non-Swans with disdain,
and pick on Adrienne, in par
ticular, because of her lisp.
Margery Y. - Adrienne is a
schmoe. She just stands
around waiting for me to in
vite her- into The Secret
Swans. I stopped being
friendly with her over a year
ago. She has plenty of other
friends in the class and they
should start their own club.
But instead she keeps begging
me, "Margie, let me be a The-
cret Thwan." That makes us
laugh and say no. So, of
course, she feels sore and tells
her mother we're mean and
horrible.
We have lots of fun with
our club. Every day we think
up new secrets for just us
three to know. Like today
we're all wearing red sweat
ers and silver pins. But none
of them are our own!
The Council - In trying to
get -Margery to understand
how it feels to be shut out
and scorned, Mrs. Y. is tack
ling a job of, education that
might well be re-intorced by
the school Itself. For some
mysterious reason, Margery
and Adrienne and their class
mates are learning everything
about the nature of plants and
insects and governments, but
nothing about the rules of Hu
man nature.
Adrienne, already burdened
with a speech handicap, de
serves some sympathy and
courtesy rather than ridicule
and heckling. She, no less than
Margery and her chums, is at
an age where "belonging" is
all. Certainly Margery can
ease the transition from the
old ' ties to the regrouping
which may well make each
girl happier in the long run.
To soften the rupture, Mar
gery and Co. might invite
Adrienne and a few other girls
to some of their non-cabalistic
meetings. No longer "best"
friends, these two can be good
friends. Meanwhile, from
widening her contacts and ob
serving how Margery and her
new pals operate, Adrienne
may soon find herself the
kingpin of a new' club.
As to "secrets," they're fine
as a bond, but not as a weap
on. They must be harmless
and offer no threat to others,
serving only as special iden
tification among members. No
body resents secrets which,
however deviously, lead to
good. The "secret word" on
Groucho's program, for ex
ample, leads to $100.
Mrs. Y. is doing an alert
mother's job in calling Mar
gery's attention to the power
of a clique to wreak cruelty.
Concomitantly she can remind
Margery of the equal power
to act constructively and com
passionately, and still have the
fun of exclusivity among
themselves.
Perhaps Mrs. Y can plump,
through )be PTA and the lo
cal school board, for the sort
of course in Human Relations
now being offered in .many
high schools and most colleges.
Conscientious mothers like
Mrs. A. and well - meaning
kids like Margery would wel
come insight into what makes
people tick, presented in suit
able installments from Kinder
garten up.
For children to study chil
dren is no "frill." It's as fun
damental as the 3 R's.
Bidding Postponed
On Medford Motel
Bid opening for construction
of the new 44-unit Medford
motel, to be built adjacent to
the Medford hotel, has been
delayed for 10 days until
April 21, it has been an-A
nounced.
The bids had originally
been scheduled to be opened
April 11. The new motel and
a large banquet room will be
erected directly west of the
existing hotel. The two struc
tures will be connected.
Japan Government,
Seek To Expand Trade Lines
By HENRY J. BECHTOLD
UPI Financial Editor
New York-OJPD-Recent pre
dictions of further liberaliz
ing of Japanese trade rela
tions point up
the steps be
ing taken by
both govern
ment and In
dustry of that
growing n a
tion to keep
its export-import
flow run
ning smooth
Bechtold
ly
The Fuji Bank said the re
moval of import restrictions
on 720 additional items, ef
fective April 1, is a definite
new step in this area. This
brought the list to 2,700 items
or 65 per cent of Japan's
imports.
Carbon Monoxide
Victim Identified
Hiilsboro - (UPD - A woman
found dead of accidental car
bon monoxide poisoning Sun
day in a panel truck near Six
Corners was Identified by the
coroner's office as Mlllicent
Frances Ferguson, about 35,
Seattle.
Also found dead was a man
identified as Clifford Wallace
Neeley, Vancouver, Wash.
State police said the couple
apparently had fallen asleep
after the panel left the road
and had succumbed to fumes
after leaving the motor run
ning to keep the heater going,
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