8—The Mill City EnterpriMe, Thurnday, June ‘ÎG. 1975
lièfsaiera
member.
i Duncan of Toronto, who vlsit-
She was survived by a son, ed in Mill City a number of
a grandchild, two asters and times, and other relatives in
a sister-in-law, Mrs. Hettie Canada
1 Forest Operations Fees
Scene Take Effect July 1,1975
A law requiring fees for
permits to operate power-
driven machinery and fees for
Oregon Number» Game
and didn’t rise much beyond logging or road building in
1.300 through the fifties. The Oregon forests will take effect
Confound* lawmaker»
sixties saw the number exceed July 1,
The law, passed by the 1975
The "numliers rocket" long 1,500.
But in 1971 the total soared legislature, Is designed to help
has iwen u problem for Eastern
to 1,911 and leaped to 2,481 in pay for administration and en
lawmen.
In Salem a “number» game" 1973 and stood at 2,630 within forcement of the Oregon For
has evovled that's <*qually hours of adjournment this est Practices Act
The law requires that a pay
perplexing for Oregon law- year.
When discussing ways In ment of 112 50 be submitted
makers And the |>erplexity ap
peared to mount as the 58th which the legislative process with each application for a
biennial session of the State has changed over the years, commercial permit to operate
In
legislature inched toward ad oldtimers are quick to explain power-driven machinery
that in their day when some addition, every operator who
journment late lust week.
All you really need to play one mentioned a 128 everyone obtains a permit for yarding
knew what he was talking j or road-building on lands pro-
the Oregon numbers Is an in
about
Not so today. Hence, the t<>cted from fire by the Oregon
terest in what's been happen
State Dept of Forestry will
ing the last five months in the numbers game
The problems rising from pay a per-acre fee.
state capitol. Before you know
The fee will lie one dollar
it, someone Is telling you ubout this digital deverish are se
SB 8311 or HB 2293 And you're veral und become more ob for each acre of clearcutting,
vious each time lawmakers ga with the first 10 acres exempt.
asking the crucial question:
"What's a 838?" Or, “What's ther. Jimmy Hatlo's cartoon Fees for partial cuts are ten
scries entitled, "There Oughta cents per acre, with the first
a 2293?"
The payoff comes when you Be A Law," was really offered 100 acres exempt. Road build
learn the significance of any in jest. But Oregon lx-glsla- ing fees will be computed on
particular number. From that tors appear to lx- taking him a per acre basis and charged [
as for clearcutting.
point, two or more equally en seriously
In the process, there are pro
lightened people discuss a le
Fees cover operations speci
posais for statutory treatment fied in the permits for one
gislative proposal
The game stems from the of nearly every subject under I calendar year Provisions have
fact legislative proposals are the sun — and of late, some been made for any operator
assigned nutnliers in lieu of bills would even deal with old
titles. This session the num Sol himself.
When the number of propo
ber« range from one to more
than 5,000 It helps to know sals first neared 2.000. law
that bills introduced In the makers found themselves meet
senate liegin with 1 and tradi ing longer and bemoaning the
tionally have consisted of three fact they didn't believe anyone
digits House bills begin with could even read 2,000 bills dur
2,000. And appropriation mea ing a four-month session. Sure
sures bear numbers in the enough, sessions nudged a five
month time span and two years
5,(Xi0 veriea.
There is some duplication ago hit six months.
And members of the 58th
among the small numbers be
at least tied for
cause resolutions and memo Legislature
rials from each house also third longest in history
start with 1. But they seldom were still playing the numbers
exceed two digits and never game at adjournment and ask.
really become part of the game ing:
"What's a 3292?”
because they arc invariably
There arc some restraints on
preceded by initials, such a
hut not
HJR, HJM, HCR, SCR. SJM, introduction of bills
SJR
or simply Sl< or HR many. Each chamber has a cut
Actually, unless you intend to off date licyond which special
become an avid follower of the permission is required to offer
scene at Salem, it's belter to a new proposal. House cut-off
But
slick with numliers and avoid was Feb 10 this year.
the likelihood of alphabetical 1,301 house measures had been
introduced of a 1,461 total re
confusion.
more
than
four
The Oregon legislative num- gistered
tx-rs game evovled almost im months later. Senate cut-off
perceptibly during the first was Feb 17. By that time 825
half of the present century, upper chamber proposals had
introduci-d.
compared
spurting during the fifties, been
slowed again In the sixties and with 1.169 hours from sessions
has exploded In mutation pro end.
At the same time, the lower
portions thus far into the
seventies. For example, it took chamber saw fit to pass less
forty years for the total num than a third of its own legis
ber of proposals introduced lative proposals and the senate
during a regular legislative less than half of those offered
session to rise from 600 to by its members Collectively,
1,000. During the next decade less than a third of all bills
the total only Increased by 200 introduced were approved by
both houses and became law.
For six decades productivity
stood at about 50%.
So what happens to all the
bills that never become law?
Arc they simply victims of the
numbers game? Do they fall
through the cracks somewhere
along the line. Or does the le
gislature in its wisdom care
fully weed them out and deal
only with those of greatest im
portance?
You'll find out when
Immediately after any recent
session it's hard to make a
you have a claim.
case for the latter Most law-
No two insurance policies are makers return to their con
the same And the attitudes of I stituents, briefcases bulging
still-latent
proposals,
various insurance companies 1 with
toward payment of claims are , vowing to resubmit them when
they return to Salem.
And
also quite different.
So don't make Ihc costly mis then there’s the proliferation
take of discoverii g such facts of interim committer’s and task
about your home coverage too forces assigned after each ses
late. r onsuP an Independent sion to prepare more legisla
usually dealing with is
ag-rt. We help you plan the tion
coverage that protects you sues still unresolved.
Those closest to the process
best. We place it . 'h one of
th* several
:ompenles we claim it would take a consti
r< ute&ent. And if it comes to tutional amendment to effec
tively control the number of
a claim, we’re on your side.
We have a free booklet, bills placed before future le
“How To Avoil Costly Mis gislative sessions in Oregon.
takes In Home Insurance,” that And one of those has yet to be
you may find very helpful. proposed.
So the numbers game likely
Just come In, call or drop us
will continue. Unless, sometime
a line for your copy.
in the future, It’s replaced by
tl contest that poses the ques
tion:
"What's a sine die (adjourn
ment?"
J»' k Zlnirntrman
to establish a pr< paid account
with the Dept, of Forestry
Subsequent permits can then
be charged to th< account.
Forest oper lions excluded
in the fee schedule are: cul
tural activities (including pre
commercial thinning), Christ
mas tree harvest and non
commercial operations (such
as personal use woodcutting).
There will be no fee for per
mits obtained
before July 1
and they will be valid for the
period issued but no longer
than Dec. 31, 1975.
Permits and further infor
mation on the details of the
new fee system will be avail
able soon from Oregon State
Dept, of Forestry offices lo
cated throughout the state.
MKS. M\KIF BI Ritti.L
Word was received last week
of the death of Mrs. Marie
Burrell, a former resident of
Mill City
Mrs. Burrell passed away
on June 17 at Toronto, Ontario,
Canada from leukemia.
Following the death of her
husband, Alec Burrell in 1972,
she moved to Salem and then I
back to Canada about a year’
ago to be near her relatives.
While in Mill City, Mr. and 1
Mrs Burrell served as Worthy
Matron and Worthy Patron of
Marilyn Chapter No. 145 Order
of the Eastern Star in 1970-
1972 In 1971-1972 she was ap
pointed to serve on the Can
cer fund of the Grand Chapter
of Oregon as a Committee
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Strip-mining and
Pacific Power.
A time to speak out.
In an open letter of a few weeks ago
we asked you to write President Ford
urging him to veto the strip-mine hill.
Several thousand customers did so.
Those letters helped assure a veto which,
in turn, was sustained by the Congress.
That was the first time we have asked
our customers to write their elected offi
cials. We did so for two primary reasons.
1. Already burdened electric customers
would have been faced with higher electric
bills to reclaim Eastern and other lands
which their power company was not
responsible for damaging. (You are already
paying for an extensive reclamation pro
gram on coal lands Pacific now mines.)
2. The bill would have locked up vast
areas of environmentally preferable, low-
sulphur. Western coal that is essential to
energy production and to national security.
In speaking out. we are not unmindful
of the need to restore and rehabilitate
Not all home
Insurance policies
are alike.
Insurance
Phone 897-2324 or 897-2754
Mill City, Oregon
strip-mined land. As a matter of fact,
Pacific Power provided technical data and
supported the strip-mine bill that was
introduced in the Senate by Senator Henry
M. Jackson in 1973. Before that bill had
been rewritten and amended, it was basic
ally good legislation.
The nation does need a strip-mine
reclamation law that assures effective land
rehabilitation...and at the same time, as
sures the use of coal for energy production.
We pledge our efforts to help accom
plish this.
But in the meantime.you can be confident
that the coal lands we are mining to pro
side fuel for your electric needs are getting
the very best of care.
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DON. C. l RISBEE
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
We invite you to visit our strip-mine and reclamation
activity and see for yourself.
In the Northwest, strip-mine reclamation work is
underway at the Centralia Steam-Electric project near
Centralia. Washington. Contact your PP&L office to
arrange a tour of this facility.
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to The Mill City Knterprtae T
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