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o THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1961 -------------- -------------------------------- - & THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA, OREGON o PAGE FIVE A. Yturri Explains Reapportionment Law; Sees It as Most Controversial Nu Acres News Problem Facing Present Legislature 1 Miss Linda Moncur of Boise ADRIAN LIVESTOCK GROUP • Mi and Mrs Her b Cox who re | spent the weekend with her par- TO VISIT NEW COURTHOUSE cently moved to Nyssa from Ala RESIDENCE CHANGES NOTED Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Gnffitts and I ents, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Moncur. mosa, Colo., left last week for •Eugene moved Friday from their Adrian Livestock club members ____ met Feb. 9 for their third session I Hugoton, Kan., to attend the 50th former home on route 2 to 711 Mr. and Mrs. Bud Armstrong with junior members meeting in! wedding anniversary of his par Emison avenue in Nyssa. By firmar»ties Club and Jimmy of Wilder visited Sun the high school and the senior ents. Another couple recently mov day afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. group meeting in the ag building ing into Nyssa from route 2 is Mrs. P. M. Jorgenson who had George McKee. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar J. Kurtz. They At the junior meeting members BROWNIE TROOP MEETS Offers His 'Modified Federal Plan,' Based been ill all winter returned to AT CLARENCE CLAPP HOME are now living at 302 South Fifth judged dairy cattle and appointed work Monday at Ore-Ida plant ed an MYF youth rally Sunday at On Population, Area as Aiding E. Oregon in Brownie troop 120 met Wednes street, the home formerly occu Mark Stringham and Clinton Ontario. Ontario First Methodist church day at the Clarence Clapp home pied by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Guth By SENATOR ANTHONY YTURRI Sunday afternoon guests at the Friday evening guests at the Chamberlain to attend "Know for their regular weekly meeting rie. The Guthries have moved to Your County Government ” day Reapportionment is a subject of vital importance to East P. M. Jorgenson home were Mr Omar Betts home were Mr and when a 4-H group will visit the with eight members present Fol a home on route 2 where the ern Oregon. and Mrs. Grant C. Peterson and Mrs. W. O. Unwin. lowing the Brownie pledge, the Ward C. Lundy family was p re- new courthouse in Vale. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Conner and group sang songs and played That area east of the Cascades comprises virtually three- daughter. Donna of Nyssa. Pauline Butler and Gene Wor games. Mrs. Clapp served re viously located. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Franklin and family called Saturday evening fourths of the geographic area of our state. Despite this large Mr. and Mrs. Lundy and two den were named delegates to vis family of Caldwell were week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Del- freshments. sons are now residing on the percentage of territory, Eastern Oregon is represented in the end it the courthouse, during the at the Bert Richesin vin Conner at Nyssa. —Joyce Jennings, Reporter. Frank Jayo ranch on route 1. legislature by only six (6) senators and thirteen (13) represen-1 home. guests meeting of the senior group. They Their daughter, Vicki, Sunday visitors at the Omar tatives. The remaining 24 sen-f I stayed the remainder of the week Betts home were Mr. and Mrs. also judged dairy cattle. ators and 47 representatives task of reapportionment, by Aug. with her grandparents. Refreshments were served. A. P. Chesney. come from that part of Oregon 1. If he, in turn, fails, then the Mrs. John Wolfkiel has return Miss Carol Jennings of Fruit —Mary Laan, Reporter. which lies west of the Cascade Supreme court is bound by the ed home from the hospital greatly land was a Sunday guest of Miss constitution to make the appor improved. mountains. (SELF-SERVICE LAUNDRY) Barbara Howard. A guest of Da Evelyn Kabow of Lebanon, Ore., Mr, and Mrs Kenneth Hawks vid Howard that afternoon was was a Tuesday overnight guest of The grim fact is that we may tionment. These successive man 15c Wash----- 5c Dry have even less in the very near dates of the constitution are and family were Thursday even Hal Hunt of Fruitland. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Bertram fol future. This may result from the known as "automatic «apportion ing visitors at the home of his Sunday visitors at the Quentin lowing a meeting in Ontario. Relax While You Do Your Laundry! parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Speas home were Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Kabow is secretary of Ore legislature’s action at this ses ment." This situation is causing con Hawks at Ontario. sion. Carl Moss and family of New gon State Woman’s Bowling asso First and Main Street Nyssa, Oregon siderable alarm. The legislators Katie and Patsy Hawks attend- Plymouth. ciation. Present Law Discussed are running about with all sorts The constitution of Oregon pro of fancy schemes! Those east of vides that the apportionment of the mountains are fearful of los both representatives and senators ing representation, while those will be based upon population. No on the western slopes and the sea consideration is accorded to the coast insist upon full constitu extent of territory. The constitu tional representation. Fortunate tion further provides that there ly, my request for a seat on the shall be only 30 senators and 60 Elections and Reapportionment representatives, and to determine committee of the senate was gran TOTAL the number of legislators who ted and I shall have a voice, shall come from each county or though perhaps a small one, in POOD ‘district, there exists a constitu the final outcome. tional formula. This formula is Compares With National Problem applied by dividing the last fed 6/U The founding fathers who draf eral census by the number of sen ted the constitution were faced ators and representatives permit ted by law. In the case of sena with this same problem and in tors, if we divided 30 into our their wisdom deemed it prudent population of approximately 1,- to recognize both territory and 760,000, you will see that there is population in deciding represen « to be one senator for each 58,900 tation questions in the United of population and one represen States Congress. As a result, we have two U. S. senators from each tative for each 28,500. state whether it be large or A provision in the constitution small. Surely then the privilege MAXWELL HOUSE states that if a single county has of representation in the U. S. sen enough population to justify a ate is jealously guarded. senator or representative, then it I have posed the question: How shall have one. On the other would the densely populated hand, if a county does not have areas of Oregon react if it were LEAN. MEATY —PORK enough population to justify a now proposed to allocate U. S. senator or a representative, but senators on the basis of popula does have more than one-half of tion to the exclusion of territorial the population required, then it representation? Such a plan may be entitled to a senator or would enable the combined states a representative as the case may of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, be. Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Nevada The constitution also provides and New Mexico to one, or per that if a county does not have haps two, senators. On the other sufficient population to justify a hand, the populous states of New senator or representative, it can York, Texas, Illinois, Pennsyl be added to an adjoining county vania and California would be en Pilisbury — Enriched In the Piece — Mild, Golden Cheddar or counties and a district created titled to possibly three-fourths of for representation. all the U. S. senators. Some Counties Grow Rapidly Yturri Outlines His Plan The truth is that Multnomah, It is my contention that the • • • Clackamas, Lane and Marion federal situation is in principle counties have grown rapidly in parallel to the situation that ex population and as a result are en ists in the state of Oregon. Many titled to more representation than states adopt the rigid federal plan they now have, if the strict con which grants one senator to each • • stitutional interpretation is fol county, and there is abundant lowed. The additional represen precedent for my plan. It is my tation for those counties can only intention to devote full effort to be provided at the expense of ward retention of the present ex sparsely populated areas of East tent of representation in the leg 1 Lb. Can ern Oregon. This, in turn, means islature at least. In addition, I SNOWY-WHITE HEADS that the districts in Eastern Ore mean to introduce a resolution gon may be enlarged by adding which will ask the people of Ore more counties to a district and gon to vote on a constitutional reducing the total number allow amendment. ed for Eastern Oregon. I would propose that this con Consequently, it is not only con stitutional amendment would ceivable but probable than an ef cause to increase the number of fort will be made to reduce rep senators to 45, while the House resentation from Eastern Oregon of Representatives’ membership —both in the number of senators would remain at 60. Under my and representatives. For example, plan, Multnomah county would for senatorial purposes, Baker, be permitted to retain its present Glass Jar Juicy—Pink Lake Crook, Wheeler, Morrow seven senators and the counties and even Wallowa counties could of Marion. Lane and Clackamas be added to the 21st district be would each retain two as is now cause the total population of these the case. However, every other counties, including Grant, Mal county would be entitled to one heur and Harney counties would senator. not be more than one and one- This would constitute a total half times the magic figure of 58,- of 45 senators and would actually 900 people. A ., __ increase the number from East In the case of representatives ern Oregon from the present six Malheur, Hamey, La_ke^ Gran 1 to 18 Still the area west of the Liquid Regular S1.49 and even Wheeler could be joined 1 mountains would have 27 so they as one district, with one repre-1 I should not complain too bitterly. sentative. And the resuit could . This plan would propose that rep- Royal Garnet well be to reduce the number of ! resentatives continue to be elect- senators to three (3) and the rep 1 ed in proportion to the population rese ntatives to nine (9) or even | , of their counties. less! "Modified Federal Plan" Sees Inequitable Situation I refer to this plan as the “Mod Wouldn’t it be a “JJ ified Federal Plan." Obviously tion for three-quarters of thecate the only reason 1 am not suggest to have three out of the 30 sena ing a strict federal plan or system tors and only nine out of the 60 is for the reason that the heavily representatives? This appears W populated counties would raise beP highly inequitable from the ?anhd¿inyt o^presenUt.om The up in rebellion. Clover Club Being realistic, I recognize that Toasted Onion Flavor Eddy's the proposal for a strict federal b^Hgraphically brought home system would never pass because of the fierce opposition from VleS tu* ?n¿-gon affects. counties now having more than I one senator and those hoping to have more than one. On the other hand, I feel that my modified federal plan will not lands, lions, your dulcen, an theiess meet the degree of opposition and your Ration that ex.sts it may have a chance to pass this legislature, Actually, from the nli ismy mtent.on to alleviate standpoint of logic, equity and “r^oflr ^ it ts in my power to fa.rness, I do not believe that anyone can offer more than grud- do so. ging opposition if good co.ts: ¡ence. Legislature Action Imperativa sincerity and honesty have any part in forming a judgment. lature act at this session f 1 will endeavor to keep >ou in the constitution^^ census, this formed upon the mp ... it re- following the * reapportion apportionment p.obiem which in Gold Strike Stamps on Every Purchase legislature does not*« my judgment will become more controversial than any other pro- 204 GOOD AVENUE — DIAL FR 2 2231 , gram to be considered by this ses Nyssa, Oregon :ÚÍlV^uÍed to ^rformjhe sion of the legislature - ANTHONY YTURRI • State Senator» Journal Classifi*!* for RaaulUl NYSSA KWIK WASH NW Wilson’s Super Market Sale Dates — February 16, 17 and 18 aag m A I Sw i I Can . >1“ Spare Ribs 39‘ FLOUR 10 Lb. Bag 99' Cheese. VEGETABLES Dos Food Tamales 1 1 Cauliflower 19c Grapefruit Doz. 69' FROZEN FOODS Wisk Detergent V2 Gallon $J19 Grape Juice 8 for....................... 1 Potato Chips OQt French Bread a Ei Pkg.......................... WW 2 Loaves....................
