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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
Facilities and organization -suggested
were: An expanded
county fair board with even
tually a luu-ume iair mana-.
ger, a few basic buildings for.
lives-tock, home economics,'
agricultural exhibits and
horse activities; perhaps tents
to start with.
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