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TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. 1962 Land and People Conference Slated For Portland Oct. 1 The "Land and People" coiv ference In Portland Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 1 and 2, of fers Oregonians and otheri from the "Far West" a chance to be heard on matter! of vl- tal concern to rural develop ment and conservation in the region, pointed out Secretary of Agriculture Orvllle L. tee- man, conference keynote sneaker. The conference, called by the U.S. Department of Agrt- culture, will draw persons from Oregon, Washington, Ida ho, California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona to Portland's civ. ic auditorium to discuss "stim- ulating and revitalizing rural America." it is one 01 live re. gional conferences being h"ld by the USDA on this subject. To Stress Rural Program The conference will stress rural area development and conservation. Its chief purpose will be to stimulate interest and participation by interest ed groups and people in pro grams for the best use of na. tural resources, to Insure ade- quale economic opportunity and to contribute to the well being of all people concerned. In announcing the live re. gional conferences, Secretary Freeman noted "a major ob- SEE NOW ON DISPLAY a genuine Don't miss this rare exhibit in our lobby to help celebrate Mambar FDIC East Medford Branch 701 E. Jackson Blvd. 773-7313 lol on GRANGE CO-OP SUPPLY ASSOCIATION HIGHWAY 99 IN CENTRAL POINT Phone 664-1261 or 773-4022 421 "A" STREET IN ASHLAND Phona 482-2143 jectlve will be to broaden pub lic realization of the interde pendence of rural and urban people, and that stake the city people have in the welfare of our rural land resources and the people and institutions that provide our nation so bountifully with food and fi ber." The meetings are shaped to provide the broadest possible opportunity for community leaders, department officials state and local government to exchange opinions on the spe- cial problems and possible remedies in each region. A number of department programs are available to help rural communities to reach to ward more rapid economic growth, higher standards of living and strengthened rural institutions, the secretary em phasized. A large part of each confer ence will be devoted to state ments and recommendations of individuals in attendance. "We want to learn from the local people how these pro grams can be improved to bet ter serve their purpose," the agricultural secretary said. "We look to local representa tives as the real experts in de termining how federal pro grams can best help revitalize rural areas." To Speak Monday The secretary of agriculture will apeak at 9:43 a.m., Mon day. He will preside, also, as chairman the first day. The conference will open at 8 a.m., Monday, In Portland's civic auditorium. The program will get under way at 9 a.m. The Rev. George Dick, execu tive secretary of the Oregon Council of Churches, will give the invocation. Gov. Mark O. Hatfield will give the opening address and Portland Mayor Terry Schrunk will welcome the ex pected 1,000 people from Ore gon, Washington, Idaho, Cali fornia, Arizona, Utah and Ne vada. Following Secretary Freeman's talk, Lew Cooley, president of the Commercial Bank of Twisp, Wash., will speak on rural-urban interde pendence. - Two scheduled panel discus sions Monday morning will be "Rural Changes In Our Re gion" with Philip S. Hitch cock, White Swan, Wash., as panel chairman. He is chair man of the Pacific Northwest Regional Advisory council of the U. S. Forest Service, Panel participants will be Dr, G. Burton Wood, head of the OSU department of agri cultural economics; Mrs. Kath leen M e 1 k 1 e , Smllhfield, Utah, member of the Utah Farmers' Union- educational FOOD hihsf ceopfitmt umr iss CtTl POINT. 0M60 Jgd. committee, and J. Blaine Quinn, Sacramento, master of the California State Grange. "Stimulating Economic Growth in Rural Areas" will be the afterrnoon panel discus sion topic, starting at 1:30 p.m. Dr. William H. Bennett, direc tor of the Utah State Exten sion service, will be chair man. Panel articipants include Emmett Spraker, Pocatello, Idaho, chairman, Bannock county commissioner; William L. Vinson, Portland, business manager, Local 125, Electrical Workers union; Elmer Peter son, Portland, president of the Oregon Association of Soil Conservation districts; The Rev. Alcuin Heibel, Portland, representative of the National Catholic Rural Life Confer ence; Grant Anderson, Fern ley, chairman of the Nevada Conservation committee, and Bert Cole, Olympia, Washing ton commissioner of public lands. Those attending the confer ence will be asked to partici pate In one of four discussion groups Monday evening. These will consider various subjects related to the conference pro gram. John R. Allen, Mesa, Ariz., farm owner, will lead the dis cussion on strengthening the tamiiy iarm. Ernest Wohletz, dean of forestry, University of Idaho, will lead the group considering how new uses and conservation of land and wa ter can expand income, em ployment and living In rural communities. Dean Price will be discus sion leader for consideration of how planning and imple mentation of economic devel opment for a county or rural area can be accomplished. Joe Dwyer, director of the' Wash ington State Department of Agriculture, will lead the dis cussion on the importance of rural-urban community plan ning. John A. Baker, assistant secretary of agriculture and conference co-chairman, will hear the reports of the discus sion leaders when the confer ence resumes at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday. Comments and dis cussion can be made from the floor. Report Session The reports will be followed by a discussion period with the USDA agency heads pres ent for the meeting. Scheduled to be in Portland are the ad ministrators of Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva tion Service, Farmers Home Administration, Federal Ex tension Service, Forest Serv ice, Office of Rural Areas De velopment, Rural Electrifica tion Administration and Soil Conservation Service. Among other Oregonians who have accepted Secretary Freeman's invitation to be ac tive conference participants are P. W. Schneider, director of the Oregon State Game commission; J. F. Short, direc tor of the state department of agriculture; Frank Rood, North Bend; Ernest Jernstcdt, Carlton; Frank Tubbs, Adams; Hubert Wllloughby, Harris burg; Joe Saito, Ontario; Ward Spatz, Medford, and R. A. Long, Fort Rock, all mem bers of the state board of ag riculture. Trevor Steele and Paul F. Staub, Portland, American Potash and Chemical corpora tion; J. G. Clouston, Pendle ton executive secretary, Amer ican Society of Range Manage ment; Thomas Dclzcll, Port land, chairman of the board, Portland General Electric; W. D. Hagensteln, Portland, exec utive vice president, Indust rial Forestry association; R. P. Conklin, Eugene, vice presi dent, U. S. Plywood corpora tion; R. L, Johnson, Portland secretary, Georgia - Pacific corporation, and G. D. Knud I son, Dallas, treasurer, Willain- ! ette valley Lumber company State Limits Oleo ; Package Weights Salem - After October 13, j j sale of butter, margarine and oleomargarine in Oregon at the retail level will be illegal I in any units of net weight ex- cept one-quarter pound, one half pound, one pound or mul- tiplcs of one pound. Moreover, weight labels must be prominently display ed so as to be easily read, must be in legible, boldfaced j type and of a color that con trasts with the package. The state department of ag riculture has adopted this regulation, alter a hearing early this month, to avoid a repetition of consumer deccp- : tion such as was Involved In the balloon loaf situation, says Kenneth E. Carl, chief of dairy and consumer services division. The hearing reunited from appearance on the Oregon market of cartons of oleo in I four three-ounce cubes, also identical in size and shape to those with which consumers have long been familiar. Copies of the regulation are available from the depart ment headquarters in Salem I or the branch offic la Fort-land. Chit r JOi COWLIY Mail Tribune 'arm ItfHar We continue to favor zoning in spite of opposition to it from some friends and neighbors. We believe it is vital to the social and economic progress of Oregon and particularly to Jackson county because: (1) It channels the population flood from California, (2) gives us the living room we all want, (3) if properly enforced pro tects the rights and property values of the majority of res idents in a community and area, and (4) provides the frame work for a more attractive community. One community official who is not properly recog nized for her horse sense said this: "Why doesn't the county planning commission tell the people that it is becoming increasingly difficult to get home loans in areas which are not properly planned and zoned outside cities? Why don't people THINK and realize It s Why don't they? Because people who present the loudest, arguments; by people who wave the banners of American Independence to vigorously that even the American Revolution imposed its own reg ulations and planning. As a part of this zoning question, we feel the issue of the "green belt zone" Is a vital one to farmers. This re fers to land which is restricted by regulation to farming or a combination of farming Zoned farming districts culture, a few related activities and certain public and semi public uses. All other uses, including nonfarm residences. are excluded. Large minimum are often required, also, to be It's the five to ten-acre minimum provision which many rural people object to. They argue that they may be using a half acre or acre for raising a small truck garden or for other agricultural purposes. Yet, they pay taxes as if they plan to sell the property for And this brings up one of the main problems In estab lishing a "green belt" zone. There are no guidelines as to how much agricultural use is necessary to make an active farm. Because no pattern has been established which local assessors can follow in appraising the land for taxation, both the Oregon assessors' association and the Oregon Tax com mission oppose "green belt" zoning as it now stands in this state. Both bodies hope an equitable solution can be worked out through further Polk county is the only erated under the "green belt" Findings of the taxation agriculture committee are: "The 'green belt' law essentially provides that farm land that is zoned principally for farm use, either by cities or counties, shall be assessed value said land would have if striction of no less than five as the minimum eligible size is further provided that land land must have been in farm bounded in an area zoned for farm use. Problems have arisen relating to sales' speculation and discrimination in the matter of opportunities to advantages. "The problems Involved In the law arise In any transi tion area (where land is shifting from agricultural to resi- dentlal or to Industrial) where be Its most profitable. Since 1956, legislatures of at least 12 states have considered green bell types of legislation; however, Maryland is the only other state actively pursu ing perference assessments. lar to Oregon's, there being agricultural use is necessary to "Maryland has issued a sessor is to take into account, the courts nor the state tax been able to define precisely use. "After agricultural use problem is solved. Then, the lem relates to agricultural value, and how it is to be de termined still remains. "The essence of the idealistic Inlenl of 'green belt' leg islation is to protect prime agricultural lands from waste ful subdivision and to give who is already established in adequate living if his taxes are A young man whose family owns considerable farm land In the county points up the problem this way: "If res idential subdivisions are allowed to develop without thought to overall planning you will have long water and sewer lines stretching across agricultural properties. The farmer might be paying the usual assessment per front footage which will become so burdensome as to put them out of business. Anybody who doesn't think zoning is necessary should get the Sept. 25 Issue of Look magazine devoted to Cali fornia. One paragraph sums it up. To make It apply to Jackson county in a few years merely substitute pear or chard for orange grove and Jackson county for Orange coumy. "In the land of the vanishing orange grove, bulldozers cicar noom jo acres or. larmiana every day for newly arrived Californians who need backyards and bedrooms badly and find them In huge tracts full of Interchangeable houses." MARKET NEWS redtral-State Market News Service Red Bluff livestock Auction Report, Tueidav. Sept, 1. IMl. CATTLK: Salable 4S0, Includlni around 130 calvea. Onlv moder ately active, fairly ikh1 demand for reprenented clamei. Compared wtth laat Tuesday: slaughter cows inadequate In supply to fullv test market, about steady considering weighing conditions, or weak to MVc lower; slaughter bulls and calves scarce: feeder and replacement classes about steady. Bulk of iuddIv romorised of feeder and replacement classes, around 30 per rent of the arounn a quarter oi ints numoer selling onto slaughter accounts Slaughter cows: Tew individual Standard t OOO-1083 lbs. $17 30-17 40 several individual Utility and Commercial 930-1200 lbs. $1500-16 60 few individual Cutter 900-1 1 M) Ins SI 3 00-14 SO. Slaughter bulls: Couple head Commercial 150 V 1760 lbs. SIS 80 St I1B 00. few individual Cutter B30-13J3 lbs. SI3.10-IA 60 Feeder steers: Few small lota mostlv Choice 300-300 lb calves $2(100-27 10, including a 13 head lot of SttO lb. weights at $2(100; few head Choice around 200 lb. welghU Set I 00 per head and few head Good 170 lbs $47.00 per head. Few small lots and individual mostlv Choice 500-630 lb. yearlings $24 70-23 30. mostlv $2300-23.33, few in dividual Good and Choice 630-760 Ihs. $22.73-24 60. Feeder hslfers: Small lota and individual Good to mostlv Choice 330-300 lb. calves $23.20-33 40. few head Medium and Good $22 00 2;ioo. Few small lots Good and Choice 360-380 lb. yearling! $21.00 23.20 feeder eowi: Few small lots and several Individual Common and Medium 78.VWOO lbs. $1I OO.$14 60 Replacement cows: Few Medium 7l0-f33 Ihs. $13 23-13 90 Couple lots Medium and Good pregnancy tested $133 00 A S1R3 00 per head. HODS: Salable 72. Supply mainly feeder pigs; about steadv. Feeder pigs: Few lots mostly Choice 20-49 lbs. $23 10-23 60. SHKKP: Salable 4. Supply Insufficient to test market. BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanised and Capper Fabrication 2287 West Main HON! 771-4446 MEDFOHD MAIL Chat to their best interests?" sheep-like they are led by longest and most continuous that they don't stop and think and single-family homes. often provide only for agri tracts ranging up to 10 acres doubly sure. residential sites. state legislation. Oregon county that has op act. subcommittee of the interim for farm use and not at the applied to other uses. A re acres Is contained in the law for green belt exemptions. It eligible to be taxed as farm use the previous year and gain real property tax rate current use of land may not Maryland s problems are slmi no guidelines as to how much make an active farm.- list of 29 factors which the as but neither the legislature. commission of Maryland have what constitutes agricultural Is determined only half the other 50 per cent of the prob attention to how the farmer the 'green belt' can make an based on urban values." run was comprised of cows, with DEAN -TAYLOR PONTIAC Open 'Til 9:00 MON. thru FRI. TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON FARM I Woodlot Facts DICK OLSON Oregon Stat Farm Forasiar One of the most contro versial subjects since man has chosen to live in an orderly, civilized manner is taxation. It is also one of the least un derstood subjects. No doubt this lack of understanding, plus certain other reasons, has contributed to this contro versy. Nevertheless, we might as well face the fact that, unless we choose to return to the prehistoric life of the cave man, taxes will always be a necessary part of our modern way of living. The important thing is to learn to under stand them so that we can use them wisely. Despite the fact that taxes often appear com plex to us, they are some thing that can be understood if explanations are given in every day language. In general the two main types of taxation we have in Oregon are the income tax and the ad valorem or prop erty tax. The latter tax is levied on capital or value and Is designed to meet local ex penses such as schools, roads and city services. Three Tax Type Specifically, the three types of timber tax that are In use in western Oregon are 1.) ad valorem, 2.) forest fee and yield tax and 3.) small wood land option timber tax law. The ad valorem tax is man datory unless a landowner chooses one of the two option al taxes. The purpose of this article is to make woodland owners aware of the different tax laws offered them. The ad valorem tax Is the basic-law for timber land. As earlier stated this is the law by which timber land and timber is taxed unless owner requests taxation under the forest fee and yield tax or the small woodland option timber tax. Under this act, reproduc tion stands (under 12 inches diameter breast high) are ex emot from taxation. It estab lishes the true cash value of merchantable timber at 30 per cent of Its Immediate harvest value, except that this value will be 25 per cent for tracts on which the old growth tim ber is being harvested at a rate of less than 130 of the old growth timber volume per year. The true cash value of forest land is determinea as the amount it would sell for in a voluntary sale made in the ordinary course of busi ness, under normal conditions. There is also a provision for an "additional harvest tax" on all Droducts harvested. This act Is administered by the state tax commission, and ap plies to all forest lands in western Oregon. The optional forest fee and yield tax has been In effect for many years. A timber land owner may choose this tax base in place of the ad va lorem. Under this law classi fied lands are taxed at the rate of ten cents per acre (in western Oregon) while grow ing, to be followed by a 12V4 per cent tax on the stumpage value when the timber Is cut. Small Woodland Tax The third and last tax law is the small woodlot option timber tax law. This law was enacted by the 1961 state legislature and applied to small woodland owners hav ing 1,000 acres or less of for est land In western Oregon. Under this act, an eligible owner may elect to have his entire ownership of forest land classified for the pur pose of taxation on the basis of its productive capacity. Classification involves deter mination by the state forester of the site class, which is a measure of the productivity of the land. The true cash value of class ified lands is set by statute, and ranges from $80 per acre for site I lands to $5 per acre for site V lands. This true cash value will apply regard less of the value of timber, as long as the land remains classified, except that the act provides that the state forest er recommend to each legis lature the increase, decrease or retention of these true cash values. No tax is imposed un der this act on act on products harvested from classified lands. Timber taxes, like all taxes, are obligations we must pay if we are to retain ownership of our timberlands. It Is our obligation and opportunity to select the best tax program for our individual land. CRASH KILLS SIX Ritzville, Wash. -TOPD- Two cars crashed head-on near this eastern Washington farming community Sunday, killing six persons, including four teen-agers. Fair Proposals Considered During Initial Meeting Approximately SO people attending a meeting on a pro posed county fair last night at the Jackson county fair grounds unanimously voted to proceed with planning. Suggestions ranged from holding a small beginning of a county fair at the present fairgrounds at the south city Midway Stock Yard Has Red Hot Sale "We sold 1.232 cattle on a red hot market," Midway Livestock Auction Owner Bill Bray reported Monday. "There were buyers at this (Saturday's) sale from all over the country and they really paid good prices for our cat tle," Bray remarked. Choice Hereford and Angus steer calves sold in penlots from $27.50 to $29.10. Seven teen head weighing about 390 pounds average sold at $29.10, 13 head at 478 pounds sold for $28.60, six head at 510 pounds sold at $27.50, 15 head at 500 pounds sold at $26.40, 16 head at 520 pounds brought $26.50, 20 head weighing 464, pounds sold at $27.25, 12 head aver aging 535 pounds went out at $26.50 and many other pen lots sold from $26 to $27.50. Hereford heifer calves sold mostly from $24 to $27.10 with a good many going from $25 to $26.- Heavy heifer calves sold from $23 to $24.10. Brightest Part "The brightest part of the sale was on our yearling steers," Bray commented. "A penlot of 18 head of 610 pound steers sold for $26, 12 head of 620 pound steers brought $26, a pen of 674 pound yearlings brought $25.90, 17 head of 603 pound steers sold at $25.60, 19 head of 735 pound steers brought $25.20." A pen of 580 pound year lings sold at $26.10, 19 head of 720 pound steers sold for $24.40, a pen of 600 pound steers sold for $25.70, a pen of 11 head of 625 pound steers sold for $25.70, a pen of 510 pound yearlings sold for $26.10, a pen of 17 head of 625 pound steers sold for $25.40 and 800 to 900 pound steers brought $22.50 to $23.70. Yearling heifers sold from S22 to $23.10. Most good heif ers went out at $22.70 to $23. Holstein steer calves brought $20 to $21.50. A pen of 15 head of 495 pound calves brought $20.60. BUY A TRACTOR AND TAKE A TRIP T-rv Sea inside on IX Tractors Being Built X Giant Turbines U Hu8e Rock Crushers and Cement Kilns j Diesel Engines PLUS a n evening in Chicago and a sight-seeing tour. All this r 3-Day Air Trip with your purchase of a new Allis Chalmers Tractor from us. Our way to thank you for your patronage. Offer for a limited time only tee us today! P0iii to fit modlt cpl B-l ALLIS-CHALMERS SALES AND SERVICE H-B EQUIPMENT Eagle Point limits of Medford, to use of the 4S acre agronomy station at Talent, to obtaining much larger acreage than that. C. H. BuUington, county fair board member, felt the fair should start on the pres ent fairgrounds and be con ducted separately from the present 4-H and FFA show to Holstein yearling steers sold for $19 to $20.60. A pen of 30 head weighing 586 pounds sold for $20.60, a pen of 890 pound steers sold for $19.80, a pen of 727 pound steen brought $19.50, a pen of 600 pound steers sold for $19.90 and a pen of 558 pound steers sold for $19.80. Slaughter bulls sold for $20.10 to $21.30. Veal brought $23 to $24.40. Fat cows sold for $16.50 to $17.80. A few good young cows went from $18 to $20.10. Utility cows, including Holsteins sold for $14 to $16.30. Cutter cows went out at $12 to $14.40. "We feel very lucky to get these prices for yearling cat tle as the market just isn't that good any place else," Bray said. "This sale probably will turn out to be the high point of the fall on yearling steers, but we fully expect weaner calves to get higher in late October or November. Our next special feeder sale will be held Friday, Oct. 26, so be sure to mark your cal endar!" Apple Production Up At 1,900,000 Bushels Downward revision of ear lier estimates of apple pro duction in the eastern and central states more than off set improved prospects in the western states, notably Colo rado and Idaho, according to OSU agricultural economists. There is no change from the earlier forecast of 1.900,- 000 bushels for Oregon. While this is 200,000 bushels more than last year, it still falls short of the 10-year average by 251,000 bushels. BOOSTS RESEARCH AID Washington - IUPD - Feder al aid for medical and health related research is expected to total $1 billion in 1963, the U. S. Public Health Service has reported. A PHS report showed that the government made available $850 million for medical research this year. of America's Greatest Industries-Allis-Chalmers tomt nnhlir raetinn County Commissioner Ches ter Wendt felt the county is committed to selling the 45 acre agronomy station prop erty on a bid basis plus tha farm home." Money from tha ' sale would be placed in tha . county general fund, the " county budget committee could allocate money for pur I chase of a new and much lar- ger fairgrounds, he said. Favor Motion Hand clapping following a motion by Slim Hardin, Phoe-. nix, and indicated many peo- pie present wanted to hold the agronomy station proper- ty until it could be investi gated for a possible fair site. Commissioner Wendt indi cated the failure of the Kiwa- nis-sponsored town and coun-" try show was due to public -apathy toward anything re sembling a county fair at that : time. ; Acting co-chairman Ray Johnson, KMED radio and TV station manager, blamed tha failure on two things: (1) what was meant to be the be ginning of a county fair was initiated by one grojp instead from a number of farm: groups, and (2) it started with commercial rather than rural or farm exhibits. ; Suggestions Outlined Other suggestions were: County residents need to sea what agricultural and indus-' trial activities are carried on here. They need a chance to see the pedigreed stock and horses raised in this county.' A community activity center is needed. The Rogue Valley Rabbit Breeders association would conduct the rabbit tors need to see what this county has to offer. 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