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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Tuesday. March 14, 1161 1
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SALEM (AP) - A bill embody
ing a timber tax compromise
would cost Oregon 152 million
over a 30-year period, Rep. Clar
ence Barton, D-Coquille, said Mor.
day.
Barton, who u sponsoring his
bill that contrasts sharply with the
industry bill, at a House tax com
mittee hearing hit repeatedly at
the industry compromise soon,
sored by Rep. W. 0. Kelsay, D-Roseburg.
Paul Limgcr, an industrial For
estry Association spokesman, sairi
YELL LEADERS for the Bonanza Antler A ffring, who won second place tn the recent
county tournament, left to right, era Naomi Branham, Susan Williams and Katharine
Tofell. Photo by Ferebee
Legislators Say No Free Tuition
EUGENE (AP) - A plea' that
free tuition be given children of
faculty members at the state's
colleges and universities . was
brushed aside Monday by the Fi
nance Committee of the Oregon
Board of Higher Education.
Portland State College (acuity
members had made the proposal,
saying it would be one way of
making up for low salaries. .
, 'The plea was tabled after Chan
cellor John R. Richards said the
free tuition plan might be an ob
stacle to a major effort now be.
ing made to raise salaries.
Board members also talked over
aspects of their edict that frater
nities withdraw membership bans
based on religion or race by 1963
or lose official recognition by the
board.
Dan Poling, dean of men at Ore
gon State College, said that might
affect Phi Kappa Thela at OSC,
which limits its membership to
Roman Catholics.
The board's Building Commit
tee authorized a call for bids on
dormitory projects. They include:
two projects costing an estimated
$1,895,000 and $1,590,000 at the
University of Oregon; a $630,000!
project at Oregon College of Edu
cation: and a $1,140,000 job at Ore'
gon State College, Bids also were
authorized for a $440,000 addition
to -Hunt Hall at Eastern Oregon
College. .
Preliminary plans for a $535,-
000 addition to the Erb Memorial
Union at the university were ap
proved. That addition will include
eight more bowling alleys. The
committee also recommended that
plans be continued for a proposed
$1,670,000, eight-story humanities
building at the university.
In addition, the committee au
thorized a site study for housing
for married students at Eastern
Oregon College.
Poor Water Supply Seen
For Lakeview Irrigation
' LAKEVIEW .- The water out
look for irrigated lands In tills
region is poor, according to a
forecast by W. T. Frost and B. U
Whaley, snow survey and water
supply forecast technicians of the
Soil Conservation Service, during
a meeting held in Lakeview Thurs
day evening. j.
February -was too warm and
hot wet enough in Lake County
to improve the mountain enow.
pack. The snowpack is the "water
reservoir" upon which all lands
depend for natural streomflow.
Some lands are served from man-
made reservoirs but even those
supplies are exceedingly short this
season, according to the report.
Water content of the snowpack
is now 57 per cent of the March
1 average and only 68 per cent of
last year at this date. Conspicu
ously absent is the usual low-elevation
snow which normally plays
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HI IMAMS OF ALL
Sages will howl with,
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an important part in the total
water outlook.
Wetness of the soil mantle the
top four feet has improved some
what in the past month, with
moisture penetrating nearly '.three
Icct In upper parts of the water
shed. Penetration Is only eight to!
10 inches in the northeastern part
of the county.
Stored water on March 1 was
1,235 . acre-feet in Cottonwood
Reservoir and 12.040 acre-feet In
Drews ' Reservoir.
One year ago these same res
ervoirs held about 600 acre-feet
and 10,900 acre-feet respectively.
Further inflow to these reservoirs
is dependent almost entirely on
rainfall, since there Is virtually
no snow left on their watersheds.
A snowfall Thursday night will
help to meet this shorlago.
Water supply forecasts for flow
of Lake County streams during
the irrigation season (April-September)
are all very low, ranging
from 63 per cent of the 1943-57
average down to 32 per cent.
Inflow to Drews Reservoir for
the March-July period is expected
to be about 15,000 acre-feet or 32
per cent of average. With present
storage In the two reservoirs, this
would provide about 30,000 acre-
feet lor the Lakeview Water Users
Inc., which is the system under
which most of the Westside lands
are Irrigated.
Deep Creek, Honey Creek and
Twenty mile Creek are expected
to flow about 60 to 63 per cent of
the 15-year .average (1943-57) for
the April-June period.
Flow of the Chewaucan River
during April-June Is forecast at 67
per cent of the average. This
stream heads in a higher water
shed where snow is currently In
better supply. Flow of Buck Creek,
Bridge, Silver, Duncan, Moss,
Willow and Crooked crocks will
be very short this year unless
highly abnormal rains are re
ceived to improve the situation.
All forecasts assume averngo
conditions of temperature and pre
cipitation for the balance of the
.season. Another statement on the
water supply outlook will be made
in an April 8 report.
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Sheriff Will
Hear Ideas
On Solovich
ROSEBURG (AP) - Douglas
County Sheriff Ira Byrd says he
will gladly talk to state police
about any plans they may have
for corralling Steve Solovich an
cscaed mental patient who has
become a hermit in the woods
near here.
Byrd's comment came after a
group of residents of tlie Glide
Little River area met over the
weekend to protest. Byrd's han
dling of the search.
They said they were frightened
and angry at the on-again, off
again methods Byrd was using.
They called on state Sen. Al Fie.
gel, D-Roscbiii'g, and stale Rep.
W. 0. helsay, D-Roscburg, to get
state police in on the search.
Solovich has evaded police and
posses for the past year after es
caping from the Veterans Admin
istration Hospital here. In recent
weeks, he has threatened visitors
to the woods and has shot and
wounded one member of a search
posse.
Commission
Hears Fish
Saving Plans
PORTLAND (AP) An exam
iner for the Federal Power Com
mission resumes hearings in Port
land today on fish conservation
plans of two competing applicants
for licenses to build dams on me
Snake River. .
J. A. R. Hamilton, a fish biolo
gist for the Pacllic Power and
Light Co., is to continue testi
mony he began at Monday's open
ing session.
Pacjfic Power and Light is one
of the firms making up the Pa
cific Northwest Power Co. Pacific
Northwest Power wants to build
High Mountain Sheep Dam just
above the njouth of the Salmon
River.
The other applicant is Washing
ton Public Power Supply System,
a combine of public utility dis
tricts. They want to build a dam
at the Nez Perce site. It would
block the Sainton River the last
big unobstructed salmon spawn
ing stream in the Columbia Basin.
Hamilton was questioned about
his competence to discuss engi
nccring aspects of High Mountain
Sheep's fish passage faculties.
Mrs. Evelyn N. Cooper, attorney
for the public power group, said
he was a biologist, not an engi
neer.
Hamilton replied that the engi
neering work was based on biolo
gists' research.
Some 21 agencies and groups
have intervened in the case. Most
of them, including the fish agen
cies of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, choose Mountain Sheep as
less harmful to fish than Nez
Perce.
Spokesman for two Indian
groups the Chinook Nation ana
the Cowlitz Tribe, said they were
opposed to both dams.
any taxation proposal that would
impose $52 million in taxes in ex
cess of the industry propnsa
would be damaging to tree farrr
ing, the forest industry, the state's
economy and the general public.
Bruce Cowan, spokesman for In.
ternational Paper Co., said there
is no verification of Barton's fig
ure and that the compromise is no,
on principle but on the area of
impact. Barton said his $52 mil
lion figure came from the state
tax commission.
Barton said if the industry bill
passes, this $52 million would be
shifted to home owners, farmers
and other property holders, in
cluding remaining timber owners.
Timber, he said, would pay thai
much less and other classes ol
property owners would pay that
much more.
Kenneth Smith, representing'
U. S. Plywood Corp., said his firm
had invested in new plants, equip
ment and more timber in the Cur
ry County area. He said these in
vestments added to property tax
liabilities and that timber taxation
should , be considered in the 'lghi
of this.
Barton's proposal would tax
property on the basis of each own-j
per cent of market value on which
taxes would be levied at from 25
to 90 per cent depending upon the
time that the timber was held.
It also would provide that if any
cutting were done beyond that for
thinning in immature timber.
Barton would break down tax.jmai umoer unmeaiateiy wouia dc
ing areas by county so if a fast!taxed en,lrely as mature timber
cutter took all his timber out of alThe Percentages of market value
taxing district such as a school dis
trict that district would get a
large chunk of revenue. The in-
er's timber cutting rate and per
mit an optional severance rate.
"The slower the timber is be
ing depleted, the lower the valu
ation." Mike Kalz, committee con
sultant, said. "The more rapidly
timber is being depleted, the high
er the valuation."
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dustry proposal would put the cut
ting rate on the same basis for
all of Western Oregon.
The Industry proposal would ex
empt trees up to 12 inches in d
on which immature timber would
be taxed range from 10 to 25 per
cent under the Barton bill.
Liniger said because the timber
owner's inventory, that is his
trees, turn over about once in 25
years, and because of the risks of
fire, storm and insects timber can.
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Also Thousands of Trees and Shrubs
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ameter and assess timber over 12; not be taxed each-year at full val-
inches-in diameter at 30 per cent
of market value. It would give
timber operator who cuts less
than 3 1-3 per cent of his timbc;
each year the benefit of a 25 per
cent rale.
The Barton bill would fix the
NORWAY FATALITIES -
OSLO. Norway (AP) Norway
had 309 traffic fatalities last year,
5 per cent Increase over 1939.
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Byrd said he thinks his way is
lhe,be5t to capture Solovich with
out getting someone shot. But the
sheriff . added that he would be
glad to discuss the matter with
Stale Police Supt. H. G. Mnlson
If Flegcl cares to arrange a meet
ing. Byrd said: "If Malson has
any Ideas on how to get Big Steve
out of there, I'll be glad to work
with him."
Corn Liquor
Under Corn
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Api-Fed
eral officers had just seized a
moonshine still and were looking
(or the products.
And where might you look for
corn llkker besides under a pile
of corn? That's where they found
11 gallons of moonshine, too. Hid
den under soveral hundred bush
els of dry ear corn jn the crib.
John Baker, 37, owner of the
(arm, was charged with posses
sion of unstamped whiskey and
an unregistered still.
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