The colors are posted for the 56th Legislature's openingSTAYTON MAIL page Five October 22,1970 THE 3 A lawyer, housewife and concerned citizen working for a more livable Oregon. Experienced, capable and deter determined mined to work effectively on your behalf. Elect Norma Paulus to serve as your voice and your Marion County Representative! Pd. Pol. Adv. Comm, to Elect Norma Paulus Representative — Barnes Rogers, Jean Skillman, Chrm. — 1080 Luradel S, Salem. FOR REPRESENTATIVE MARION COUNTY, POSITION NO. FOUR Pd. Pol. Adv. Comm, to Elect Norma Paulus — Barnes Rogers, Jean Skillman, Chrm. — 1080 Luradel S, Salem, Ore.| Bill prevents condemning 1 river farmland for parks :s-i By LARRY ROBY Capital Journal Writer Fanners have long argued there’s no need to condemn farm land along the Willam Willamette ette River for park develop development. ment. Monday, the Oregon House agreed and passed a bill preventing the condem condemnation nation of farmland for parks. HB 2497 was ap approved proved by a vote of 58 to 1. Farmers believe that, as long as their land is used for farming, it fits well with the natural landscape along the river and is compatible with the Willamette Greenway system. Only Rep. Wally Priestley, D-Portland, voted against them today. . Rep. Norma Paulus and other mid-Willamette Valley legislators spent eight months working with farm farmers ers and state parks officials on the bill. The bill was necessary, Mrs. Paulus said, to calm outraged farmers whose land was being con condemned demned for park purposes. “We don’t need wholesale condemnation to preserve the integrity of the Willam Willamette ette River,” Mrs. Paulus said. “It makes more sense to have farmlands along the river than picnic benches.” The bill would prevent the State Highway Division from condemning farmlands for park use until the land was threatened by other uses. At that point, the state would have the power to condemn. The bill is designed to prevent construction of con condominiums dominiums or high-rise apartments along the river. Panel okays bill saoing farm land S«-EM if W°" aesigned to P withQut t ak- lamette Green y 0 ut of ins land along Tucs . farm use won PP^ Environ „ 'Stand Use S d S a aV*e rive ' lha ‘ is used for farmn JJ be pcr mil- ted to a q farm use. \ iS S n ;»M ^vent develop- nf the riverbanks. m The f >>m now S«a » the the legislation, p a Di- Priestley wanted the bill sent back to the House Envi Environment ronment and Land Use Committee. He said the state will end up paying too much for the land in the future if it decides to ac acquire quire it. His motion to re rerefer refer the bill was defeated. The bill will permit the highway division to continue park development in four areas along the river. They are Molalla Park 2 miles north of Canby, Lone Tree Bar Park 8 miles north of Salem, Bowers Rocks Park 2>/ 2 miles west of Albany, and Dexter Park southeast of Eugene. The bill now goes to the Senate.W 7J To:' Kep. Norma Paulus Bbu1 07-K tO1 ^^ Building,Salem, Oregon 97310 Dear Rep. Paulus, the le°|lllaturef. Jf* race ; Go ° d ^ck with eve 999 Bye-bye, LIZ!!!!;miriii L'sh* I/..- jrr c\o lo:TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1973 COME TO 105 AT THREE, IF YOU'RE FREE NOT TO LEGISLATE, BUT TO CELEBRATE FOR NORMA'S ABOUT TO GO OVER THE HILL, AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF HER SNOWMOBILE BILL! TO: HOUSE MEMBERS AND OTHER WELL WISHERS I COFFEE CAKEWithout Farmland Destruction chased. The Oregon Highway Commission is awaiting leg legislative islative direction before pro proceeding ceeding with any acquisition by condemnation. Purchases now are being made only from willing sellers. Rep. Paulus, who will in introduce troduce the easement bill with Sen. C. R. Hoyt, R- Corvallis, said “Farming should be within the green greenway way concept as long as use of the farmland is not inten intensified." sified." A scenic easement would require the farmer to main maintain tain a strip along the river- bank in a natural condition. It would not be available for use by the public, but could be viewed by recreational- ists on the river. Riverway Cost Hearing Asked Rep. William Gwinn, R- Albany, asked the House Environment and Land Use Committee Thursday to hold a hearing on potential costs of the Willamette River Greenway. Gwinn said he believed such a hearing would dis disclose close revelations about the acquisition costs of the Greenway program. His request came after Don Turnidge of Albany, a riverbank owner, said that the complete acquisition pro project ject of the Oregon Highway commission for the Green Greenway way project would cost $800 million. The House committee held a hearing Thursday on the state parks budget and the Willamette River Greenway Project, but it was abbrevi abbreviated ated because of an early meeting of the House. Turnidge said his esti estimates mates were based on pur purchases chases already made for the Greenway. Highway division Mrs. VanLeeuwen said zoning in Linn County al already ready prevents prime agri agricultural cultural land from being converted to other uses. officials at the hearing did not comment on the esti estimate. mate. “The legislature should consider the costs that this monster is going to create for the state of Oregon,” Turnidge said. George VanLeeuwen, her husband, told the committee, “1 feel scenic easements and zoning will accomplish the real preservation of the riv river.” er.” Earlier in the committee hearing, Dave Talbot, state parks director, described how the decision was made by the State Highway Com Commission mission not to purchase sce scenic nic Cape Kiwanda on the Oregon coast. The committee is consi considering dering legislation directing that the state purchase the Cape. Concern had been ex expressed pressed at an earlier com- f mittee hearing about how the legislature should go about directing that the state purchase the Cape. It has been for sale for several years and is now under option to Portland General Electric Co. which is studying the possibilities of the area around the Cape for construction of a nuclear power plant. cp/~ *'* v o/vpri " j ume '"Ve/r 6 slaff •• 'lie Rep. Steve Kafoury, D- Portland, asked Talbot if the commission would ignore a legislative resolution direct directing ing such a purchase. “I’d be completely sur surprised prised if the commission did not follow the legislature's instruction to the letter,” ^ibot said. Zoning Exemption^ For State Fair Draws Protest Rep. Norma Paulus, R Sdlun, ohieUed Monday Tt a House bill that exempts Oregon State Fair from the control of City of Salem or ordinances dinances on zoning and con construction. struction. The House passed HB 2264 which would allow a State Fair of up to 16 days and which recognizes the trend of more year-round use of the fairgrounds. Removed from the bill was an earlier provision that would have increased the racing fund allocations made annually to several other Oregon fairs. The bill went to the Sen Senate ate on a 54-3 vote, with the opposition registered by Reps. Paulus, Sid Bazett, R- Grants Pass, and Donald Oakes, R-Ironside. foldoutocrFile7a foldoutFile7a 10—(Sec. I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Fri., Feb. 9, '73 Rep. Paulus Seeks Greenway Without Farmland Destruction By ED GROSSWILER Associated Press Writer A proposal to preserve the Willamette River Greenway concept without destroying prime agricultural land will be placed before the Oregon • Legislature. Rep. Norma Paulus, R- Salem, told the House Envi Environment ronment and Land Use Committee Thursday that a bill will be introduced pro providing viding for state purchase of scenic easements on river riverfront front property now used for farming. “Scenic easements could be used to preserve the nat naturalness uralness of the river’s edge,” said Mrs. George VanLeeuwen of Halsey, representing riverfront own owners. ers. She said farmers would support the idea of scenic easements. The Willamette River Greenway has run into diffi difficulties culties because farmers have protested efforts by the State Highway Commission to condemn agricultural land for inclusion in the green greenway way system. The Greenway was the brainchild of former State Treasurer Robert Straub and Gov. Tom McCall. The purpose is to preserve a strip of green along as much of the 500 miles of river as possible. Some 200 miles of the riv river er has been identified by the state highway division, for possible acquisition, but less than 50 miles has been pur chased. The Oregon Highway Commission is awaiting leg legislative islative direction before pro proceeding ceeding with any acquisition by condemnation. Purchases now are being made only from willing sellers. Rep. Paulus, who will in introduce troduce the easement bill with Sen. C. R. Hoyt, R- Corvallis, said “Farming should be within the green greenway way concept as long as use of the farmland is not inten intensified.” sified.” A scenic easement would require the farmer to main maintain tain a strip along the river- bank in a natural condition. It would not be available for use by the public, but could be viewed by recreational- ists on the river. Riverway Cost Hearing Asked Rep. William Gwinn, R- Albany, asked the House Environment and Land Use Committee Thursday to hold a hearing on potential costs of the Willamette River Green way. Gwinn said he believed such a hearing would dis disclose close revelations about the acquisition costs of the Green way program. officials at the hearing did not comment on the esti estimate. mate. “The legislature should consider the costs that this monster is going to create for the state of Oregon,” Turnidge said. Mrs. VanLeeuwen said zoning in Linn County al already ready prevents prime agri agricultural cultural land from being converted to other uses. George VanLeeuwen, her husband, told the committee, “I feel scenic easements and zoning will accomplish the real preservation of the riv river.” er.” Earlier in the committee hearing, Dave Talbot, state parks director, described how the decision was made by the State Highway Com Commission mission not to purchase sce scenic nic Cape Kiwanda on the Oregon coast. The committee is consi considering dering legislation directing that the state purchase the Cape. Rep. Steve Kafoury, D- Portland, asked Talbot if the commission would ignore a legislative resolution direct directing ing such a purchase. “I’d be completely sur surprised prised if the commission did not follow the legislature’s instruction to the letter,” ' T ' , »lbqt said. Concern had been ex expressed pressed at an earlier com committee mittee hearing about how the legislature should go about directing that the state purchase the Cape. it has been for sale for several years and is now under option to Portland General Electric Co. which is studying the possibilities of the area around the Cape for construction of a nuclear power plant. His request came after Don Turnidge of Albany, a riverbank owner, said that the complete acquisition pro project ject of the Oregon Highway commission for the Green Greenway way project would cost $800 million. The House committee held a hearing Thursday on the state parks budget and the Willamette River Greenway Project, but it was abbrevi abbreviated ated because of an early meeting of the House. Turnidge said his esti estimates mates were based on pur purchases chases already made for the Greenway. Highway divisionSnow Scene... By BOB HULEN For once in a Legislative session, skiers could have rttViino ot ctakp When Rep. Nancie Fadeley, D-tu g 0 ene th ban 8 gs a down the W gave. a? a meeting of the House Environment and Land Use Committee — next Thursday, two bills concerning snowmobiles will be up for hearing The first is HB 2282 which is sponsored by Rep Norma Paulus, R-Salem, and Sen. Keith Burns, D-Portland, with 10 mem members bers of the House and six Senators pro providing viding formal backing. On a party basis, the split is about 50-50. According to them official summary, this proposed legisla- H rinn would'“limit use of public lands after* s inn l 1975 bv ‘off road vehicles.’ Requires agencies or foHprai state and local governments to prepare written report of environmental impacts and to hold P^ic heai- ines prior to designating an area for use by off road ve hides.’ Authorizes preparation of management program. Provides penalties.” The second is HB 2969 which is *P°"*° r f d by R * P e Paulus and Rep. Gordon Macpherson, R-Waldport, the House Minority leader. Its summary states, "Repeals certai provisions providing for registration of snowmobiles. Pro Prohibits hibits operation of snowmobiles any place in this state w.t eer,a i n ndm P p , . i e° n terms, the Legislature may finally do something about snowmobiles, a little late, per ap , sUH an effort^ ^ ^ |haf snow n, ob iles are o\\ bad but like most good things, they have been overworked to the point where notice must be taken of the . h Rep Paulus is a skier, “an advanced beginner is the wav she phrases it and certainly must have had this mind when she submitted the legislation in question. She , „ aDDears to still be open minded on the question for she went for a snowmobile junket last Sunda y a , nd V f a report to the members of the House at Monday s meeting which included even the details of how her husband ban6 ^-K a « S Im.r fcrt h., on ho, ~ bile experience, ,bo wo, „ekk .0 poin. 00. .be. -» nice. I must say we really had a good time. The people who took us out were really wonderful hosts. But, then she shifted to some of her over-aU impres impressions sions and they are the same as those of ma n Y of us who question the unbridled use of these machines Well, she said “there’s the noise and the noxious fumes. The also’is the ability to get quickly into areas where man has never been before and upset the balance of natuce That is disturbing, particularly in view of the fact that the machines are simple to operate. 1 caught on almost 'mmf^Jt^also ^ djsturbing Jf |he sheer magn itude of numbers involved. This points up the threot to our env.pon- ment. No longer is the threat from industry. That s pretty well taken care of. It’s you and me. In respect to the threat from industry, Mrs. Paulus probably hasn t taken the freeway from Salem lately and found it almost impossible to seethe Willamette River from the heights on entering P ° r **She insists that recreational pursuits are the biggest dangers w the environment right now. They certainly are of great importance and snowmobilers are part of it. “It 8 the motorized vehicles which now can take people v nualfy everywhere,” she says. "Wha, kinrt of restriction (the purpose of HB 2282). we ve got iu SshaH ofKoad vehicles. We’re the victims of reverse migration with hundreds of thousands of persons ouf into the woods or to the beach each week end. Pretty soon, if we don’t do something, there will be nothing fo them to go out there for.” J 3 state sotons $ sponsor bill on power plants SALEM, (AP) - Three Marion County legislators j have announced they are sponsoring legislation that would bring sites of jet tur turbine bine power plants undet state controls as those foi nuclear power plants, which require extensive state re review. view. Sponsors of the new meas measure ure are Sens. Wallace Car- son, R-Sahem, and Keith Bur b i d ge, D-Salem, an p^^flnr^Di Palllll<; i R-Sa . passage of legislation in introduced troduced at thi s Point in the session, howeveri is ddiEicu't as legislative leaders are pushing 1 for adjournment . the end of June. The proposed legtislation was announced alter the mid-Willamette Valley Au Pollution Authority granted Portland General Electric. Co. an air discharge peJWj for its new jet turbine plant at bethel in East Salem. The plant will be ready tor operation this fall, although an environmental group is considering the possibility of court action to overturn the issuance of the permit.e L 30—(Sec. Ill) Statesman, Salem, Ore. Wed., May 30, 73 Greenway Land Bill Moves Legislation designed to preserve the Willamette Greenway without taking land along the river out of farm use won approval Tuesday from the House Environment and Land Lise Committee. The bill, HB 2497, prohib prohibits its condemnation by the state of land along the river that is used for farming. The state would be permit permitted ted to acquire the land when it is taken out of farm use. This would prevent develop development ment of the riverbanks for other purposes. The bill now goes to the House floor. «■ Niirmii Pmilii?, ,.k- Stilcm, is the chief sponsor ot the legislation, prompted by the action of the High Highway way Division last year in starting condemnation pro proceedings ceedings against several farmers. The division wanted the land for state parks along the river - part of the Wil Willamette lamette Greenway — a con concept cept to preserve the river and its banks in a natural state. Rep. Paulus said the High Highway way Division misinterpreted Capitol Views Morals Scare the intent of past legisla legislatures tures when it began condem condemnation nation proceedings against farm land. The legislation is opposed by some backers of the greenway, who said that waiting until land is taken out of farm use will cost the state large sums of money because of rapidly rising land costs. Legislators Hardly anyone will claim any long longer er that marijuana is primarily a health issue. LIKE OBSCENITY, or homosexuality, pot has become a moral issue. And nothing tempers the quality of political courage so much as the com combination bination of legisla legislators, tors, moral issues and the approach of an election vear. B ®" 1 Now the 40 members of the Oregon House who voted last week against easing the prohibition on marijuana probably would not agree with this general presumption. Nor would most of the 26 senators who cast their vote for an obscenity bill that lawyers say is unconstitutional on its face. BUT THE POT bill died and the ob obscenity scenity bill passed the Senate, and the merits of both were not the whole issue. Rep. Stafford Hansell, the conserv conservative ative Hermiston rancher, did not assure himself of a lot of fun next year at the polls when he carried the marijuana bill on the floor. Nor did veteran Rep. Grace Peck, D-Port- land, the dean of the House who amazed the audience by declaring herself for the bill. Nor did Ren. Norma Paulus. the liberal Salpm Republican whose GOP-domTnatPd district is not entirely filled with friends of her legislative stands. BUT COMING OUT for marijuana or against an anti-smut bill in any form can be political suicide for the less brave, and that’s why a debate on such things in a highly-charged and partisan legislative session is the worst possible forum. Several former lawmakers who were here in 1971 suffered their punishment for voting for the new criminal code that year which wiped out pornography laws for adults, and probably lost their posts because of it. Rep. Martin Wof- er, D-Salem, gave a most candid ex explanation planation of his vote against the mar marijuana ijuana measure when he asked rhe rhetorically torically last week, “What ever hap happened pened to Dr. Crothers?” HE SPOKE OF 10-year House veter veteran an Morris Crothers of Salem who said during last year’s elections that he favored decriminalization of the drug. He was defeated by Rep. Peg Dereli. D-Salem. who made Crnth- ers stand no secret — and who op opposed posed the marijuana bill last week. Legislating morality is, of course, nearly always futile. Prosecutors seek to shut massage parlors on zon zoning ing violations and testify darkly about the kingpins of organized crime mov moving ing in on the state. Such tactics natually have their only result as driving the operations underground into the clandestine world of prohibitions — a world the tough mobsters really thrive on. as noted by Sen. Vern Cook, D-Trout- dale, the only senator to vote against the anti-obscenity bill. ‘‘THE LEGISLATURE,” Cook noted that day, ‘‘has an obsession with sex.’’ Yes, and in a broader sense, is obsessed with morality in what are supposed to be the waning days of the session. Opposing immorality is popular sport in any public forum, naturally, but exercises to try to translate the subject into statutes are largely worthless. Only the court of public opinion can make moral decisions, and that’s why it’s an issue that al always ways is referred to the people.By TOM STIMMEL Journal Staff Writer \LEM — Gov. Tom Mc- repcrted Thursday tliat would “stay put” in the . publican party, endorse :n. Bob Packwood for re reaction, action, and “work vigcr- asly” for Packwood’s re reurn urn to the Senate. He said it was time to end peculation that he would switch parties or go inde independent pendent and pursue Pack- wccd in 1974. “It’s unthinkable 'tliat 1 wouM be in a position of sub subjecting jecting Sen. Packwood, my family (and even me) to the conjecture for a moment longer.” The governor made his thoughts known in a letter to Blaine Whipple and Alice Corbett, Democratic Nation National al Committee members who cautioned earlier that he would be welcome as a Dem Democrat ocrat if he worked for the parly and not just for him himself. self. McCall’s response — “it was good of you to write, ’ he saOd — laid the logic Of speculation of majority Dem Democratic ocratic support for his prop property erty tax relief-school finance program, whose defeat he characterized as “the bitter bitterest est blow cf my public ca career.” reer.” At the same time, he ap appended pended something of an hon honor or roll cf legislative leaders, most of them Democrats, who worked for his plan. Since national speculation arose out of a Newsweek magazine item two weeks ago, McCall said he had re received ceived friendly beckonings from prominent Democrats, including National Chairman Robert Strauss and Rep. Ed Edith ith Green, and “four cf the tcp Oregon figures in orga organized nized labor.” And he re received ceived “contrairy advice” from Republicans like New GOV. TOM McCALL York Gov. Nelson Rockefel Rockefeller ler and Sen. Charles Percy. R-Ill. But McCall said he would stick with tiie party of his ancestors and not challenge Packwood. “The fact that Sen. Packwcod is often pro provocative vocative is not justification for trying selfishly to termi terminate nate his promising career in national politics,” he wrote. McCall cautioned, though, that he would stay a tickeit- sphtter. He named as benefi beneficiaries ciaries Republican Secretary Gay Myers, Democratic Slate Treasurer James Red Redden, den, and Republicans in the House who supported his plan, and Sen. Hector Mac- phersen, R-Albamy, who op opposed posed his plan but fought “to protect our land from rav ravage.” age.” He pointedly expressed gratitude to Senate Presi President dent Jason Boe, House Speaker Ridbard Eymamm, and House Majority Leader Les AuCoin, Democrats all, for help on his tax plan; to Sen. Ted Hailcck, D-Pcrt- land, for pushing for wise land use legislation, and to Senate Minority Leader Vic Victor tor Atiye'h, personally and politically a long-standing friend. He indicated, at the same time, that his career “in elective politics is just about over.” Back to the business at hand, McCall wrote, “It is hard to arrive at tiie conclu conclusion sion that one’s life in elective politics is just about over . . . Lihe difficulty in facing (that fact), coupled with the tax pregram defeat, may have made me more restive titan usual, politically. “As a maverick sou, tuned only to the public need and to enhancing Oregon’s natu natural ral loveliness, it really makes little practical differ difference ence which party I claim as my own. Each has its quota of heroes, anti-heroes and palin, decent people.” Green way Bill Passes 58=1 & By DON JEPSEN Journal Staff Writer SALEM — A bill preserv preserving ing as greenway the banks of the Willamette River from Dexter Dam in Lane County to its confluence with the Columbia passed the House Monday, 58-1. The lone no vote was Rep. Wally Priestley, D-Portland. HB 2497 is basically a re redefinition definition of the greenway concept adopted several ses sessions sions ago. The bill restored the original “Willamette Riv River er Greenway” name to the present Willamette River park system and provides for acquisition of 150-foot scenic easements by con demnation if necessary, on both sides of the river. The only exception to con condemnation demnation is if the land is in farm use. Rep. Norma Paulus, R-Sa^ lffli, sdiu farm kind m the bill has been declared com compatible patible with greenway goals, and she added that this is one of the great strengths of the bill. Farm land converted to another use would be subject to condemnation, Mrs. Pau Paulus lus pointed out. The legislation requires the State Highway Division to come up with a manage management ment plan for the greenway within a year. It preserves the agency right to acquire lands for park purposes by purchase, except for five areas between Albany and Wheatland Ferry in Yamhill County ticketed as sites for greenway parks. These areas are going through con condemnation demnation proceedings. Public easements over pri private vate lands also could be ac acquired quired on a willing seller- buyer basis. Condemnation for public access is prohibit prohibited. ed. Priestley wanted to move the bill back to the Environ Environment ment and Land Use Commit Committee tee to require the Highway- Division to purchase the lands. The move was strong strongly ly opposed. McCall To Stay With GOP1 6 oneeovj scu6eoc pcreLic mc€ucsc Kesexucb ououp ‘V BA4>«ce the puBljc wcencsc” y ^ 1 ^yy 411 ooverznon sotl^nno • 408 *u?2n£ Aver>o€ poR.t:^AruS,aueoon 97204 (y<w) 222-9641 May 30, 1973 State Representative Norma Paul us Oregon House of Representatives State Capital Building Salem, Oregon 97310 Dear Norma: I want to extend a hearty "nice going" for your persistent, intelligent and courageous efforts over the entire Legislative Session to place Cape Kiwanda and related lands in public ownership. You straightened OSPIRG's argument out (expanding from concern about the Tower to other factors like the jetty, land destruction, etc.), and you developed support in the House, i i k«Pi ngalls, which possibly would not have developed otherwise. It's been a pleasure to work with you. s o ! U J! «f £ > 5 1 s u E e c E 2 O O “ ee u O * 1 o E ? * .= <5 3^0 jj a! j* Regards. HRR/sgw ruly yours, IENRY R. RICHMOND Staff Attorney I I I S <5^ 2 ‘/JL Measure asks state control of jet turbine plant sites SALEM (AP) — Three Mar Marion ion County legislators have an announced nounced they are sponsoring legislation that would bring N. ,0. Sec CM M* Ore., »*«*» «. ”” Legislature approves foreign trade panel T-N thP HOU The send the The Oregon Legislature has completed action on a measure appropriating $179,000 for a legislative committee on foreign trade. House voted 33-26 to measure to the governor, although notice was given of possible recon reconsideration sideration Thursday. Committee membership would include the Senate president, the speaker of the House, three senators and four House members Rep. Norma Paulus, K- Salem, is a strong opponent of the bill. “If this thing gets out ot here, the voters are going to tar and feather us,” she said. The budget for the com committee mittee includes $24,000 in f raVe1 ' , .1 D Rep. Stafford Hansell, R- Hermiston, called the whole thing a “traveling boondog boondoggle gle ” He said there is no in inclusion clusion of a prohibition on legislators traveling abroad at the expense of the com committee. mittee. Rep. Ralph Greener D g Oregon City, said House members will have a diffi cult time explaining creation of the committee to the ta - payers. Groener called the bill the biggest “turkey of the session. The supporters of SB84U argued that the legislature should involve itself in pro promoting moting foreign trade to Or Oregon, egon, especially with coun tries in the Far East. The measure has strong backing by the leaders of and Senate. Senate last the bill both the House It passed the week. Voting against were Reps. Bazett, Blurnen- auer, Bunn, Dereli, Elliot Gilmour, Groener, Hansell, Ingalls, Leigh Johnson, Kin Kinsey sey and Macpherson. Also voting no were Reps. Magruder, Marx, Morns, Oakes, Patterson, Paulus, Priest ey, Reike, Roberts, David Stubs, Walden White, head, Wilhelms and Curtis Wolfer. sites of jet turbine power plants under state controls as those for nuclear power plants, which require exten extensive sive state review. Sponsors of the new idea- sure are Sens. Wallace Car- son, R-Salem, and Keith Bur- bidge, Rep. Norma Paulus, R- Salem? " Passage of legislation intro introduced duced at this point in the session, however, is difficult as legislative leaders are pushing for adjournment by the end of June. The proposed legislation was announced after the mid-Wil- lamette Valley Air Pollution Authority granted Portland General Electric Co. an air discharge for its new jet tur turbine bine plant at Bethel in East Salem. The plant will be ready for operation this fall, although an environmental group is consi considering dering the possiblity of court action to overturn the issuance of the permit. limits House tally condemnation power By LARRY ROBY Capital Journal Writer Farmers have long argued there’s no need to condemn farmland along the Willamette River for park development. Today, the Oregon House agreed and passed a bill preventing the condemnation of farmland for parks. HB2497 was approved bv a vote of 58 to 1. Farmers believe that, as long as their land is used for farming, it fits well with the natu natural ral landscape along the river and is compati compatible ble with the Willamette Greenway system. Only Rep. Wally Priestley, D-Portland, voted against them today. • , £ep, Norma Paulus and nthpr mid-Wil mid-Willamette lamette Valley legislators spent eight months working with farmers and state parks officials on the bill. The bill was necessary, Mrs. Pau Paulus lus said, to calm outraged farmers whose land was being condemned for park purposes. “We don’t need wholesale condemnation to preserve the integrity of the Willamette Riv River, er, Mrs. Paulus said. “It makes more sense to have farmlands along the river than picnic benches.” The bill would prevent the State Highway Division from condemning farmlands for park use until the land was threatened by other uses. At that point, the state would have the power to condemn. Priestley wanted the bill sent back to the House Environment and Land Use Committee. He said the state will end up paying too much for the land in the future if it decides to ac acquire quire it. His motion to re-refer the bill was defeated. The bill will permit the highway division to continue park development in four areas along the river. They are Molalla Park 2 miles north of Canby, Lone Tree Bar Park 8 miles north of Salem, Bowers Rocks Park 2*£ miles west of Albany, and Dexter Park southeast of Eugene. The bill now goes to the Senate.x: Bill prevents condemning river farmland for parks *: By LARRY ROBY Capital Journal Writer Farmers have long argued there’s no need to condemn farm land along the Willam Willamette ette River for park develop development. ment. Monday, the Oregon House agreed and passed a bill preventing the condem condemnation nation of farmland for parks. HB 2497 was ap approved proved by a vote of 58 to 1. Farmers believe that, as long as their land is used for farming, it fits well with the natural landscape along the river and is compatible with the Willamette Greenway system. Only Rep. Wally Priestley, D-Portland, voted against them today. Rep. Norma Paulus and other mid-WillameTte Valley legislators spent eight months working with farm farmers ers and state parks officials on the bill. The bill was necessary, Mrs. Paulus said, to calm outraged farmers whose land was being con condemned demned for park purposes. “We don’t need wholesale condemnation to preserve the integrity of the Willam Willamette ette River,” Mrs. Paulus said. “It makes more sense to have farmlands along the river than picnic benches.” The bill would prevent the State Highway Division from condemning farmlands for park use until the land was threatened by other uses. At that point, the state would have the power to condemn. The bill is designed to prevent construction of con condominiums dominiums or high-rise apartments along the river. Priestley wanted the bill sent back to the House Envi Environment ronment and Land Use Committee. He said the state will end up paying too much for the land in the future if it decides to ac acquire quire it. His motion to re rerefer refer the bill was defeated. The bill will permit the highway division to continue park development in four areas along the river. They are Molalla Park 2 miles north of Canby, Lone Tree Bar Park 8 miles north of Salem, Bowers Rocks Park 2*/ 2 miles west of Albany, and Dexter Park southeast of Eugene. The bill now goes to the Senate. REGISTER-GUARD, Eugene, Ore., Wednesday, June 6, 1973 Page 5A Eymann accused of unfair rulings Bitter hassle erupts over farm labor bill By SUE ROBINSON Of United Press International SALEM - House members became embroiled in a parti partisan san parliamentary battle Tues Tuesday day evening that saw speaker Richard Eymann accused of unfair rulings in the midst of some of the bitterest partisan exchanges of the session. Minority leader Gordon Macoherson. K-WaldnoTT; moved to take advantage oi the absence of three Demo Democratic cratic members from the spe special cial evening session to attempt to overturn Eymann’s earlier ruling that a farm labor bill amended by the House State and Federal Affairs Commit Committee tee could be returned to the floor as amended even though the amendments were made after a motion to pull the bill from committee was on rec record. ord. THE STATE and Federal Affairs Committee amended the bill from committee last week. Macpherson appealed Ey Eymann’s mann’s ruling that the amend amendments ments could stand with three Democrats absent. He suc succeeded ceeded in overturning Ey Eymann’s mann’s ruling by a 29-28 vote. Then a motion was made to reconsider the vote, to pre prepare pare for an overturn of the Republican victory when all Democratic members were present. Macpherson insisted that the motion should be voted on immediately. Several Democratic mem members bers retreated from the floor area in an attempt to deny Macpherson a quorum for another vote. Republicans charged that the House leader leadership ship was deliberately sabotag sabotaging ing the motion and that Demo Democratic cratic members were leaving the floor during a call of the House, contrary to House rules. RF.P. NORMA Paulus. R- Snjem.' later angrily told Eymann that the House ser sergeant geant of arms should be fired for failing to keep members on the floor during a call of the House. Republicans then refused to approve a motion to adjourn the session, after Eymann ruled that the motion to recon reconsider sider could be made immedi immediately. ately. Republicans beat back sev several eral motions to adjourn in the midst of charges that Demo Democrats crats were leaving the floor to avoid a vote. Eymann finally adjourned the session himself after a count showed that only 33 House members were on the floor. Forty members must be present for a quorum. THE FARM labor bill origi originally nally would have exempted most farm workers from collective bargaining rights by requiring that farm laborers be employed for several weeks before collective bar bargaining gaining appartus could be set up. Those provisions would have eliminated migrant work workers ers from the collective bar bargaining gaining protection. Amendments to the bill adopted by the State and Fed Federal eral Affairs Committee radi radically cally altered the bill to allow agricultural laborers the same collective bargaining rights as other workers in the private sector.-7 House OKs Drinking At 19, Rights At 18 SALEM (UPI) - The House on Monday passed 49-9 legislation lowering the age of majority to 18 and the drinking age to 19. The measure, HB 3167, now goes to the Senate for consideration. Passage of the bill would bring Oregon law in line with Washington legislation which lowered the drinking age in that state to 19. But an initiative petition circulated by school superin superintendents tendents in Washington may force a state vote on the is issue. sue. If Oregon adopts the legis legislation lation as law and Washing Washington ton retains its 19-year-oid drinking, conflicts still would remain between the laws of the two states, since age identification procedures are different. Oregon youths would have difficulty entering and being served alcohol in a Wash Washington ington tavern without a Washington driver’s license bearing the holder’s picture. Washington has stopped issu issuing ing Liquor Control Commis Commission sion identification cards and instead accepts the pictured driver’s licenses. Oregon law would require youths here to show an Ore gon Liquor Control Commis Commission sion identification card as proof of age. A Washington youth could not submit his Washington driver’s license as identification to buy a drink in Oregon. He would have to display a Liquor Control Commission card as proof of age, which Washing Washington ton doesn’t issue anymore. The House last week de defeated feated a minority report on the age of majority legisla tion that would have lowered the drinking age to 18. Oppo Opponents nents said lowering the age to 19 would bring problems to the high school level, where the age of seniors is split between 17 and 18- year-olds. Supporters of the legisla legislation tion said Monday that lower lowering ing the age of majority in all areas is a necessary step to halt the problem of partial adulthood that 18-20 now fcLC6 The legislation would re remove move all legal barriers in employment and legal and personal responsibility for 18 to 20-yeair-olds. Most of the opposition to the bill came from legisla legislators tors who opposed lowering the drinking age to 19. Sever Several al said they could have sup supported ported the legislation if the drinking age were not in included. cluded. McCall may leave GOP to run against Packwood Oregon Gov. Tom McCall says he may switch to the Democratic P art y t0 run against Oregon’s junior senator, Re ' publican Bob Packwood, l n 1974. "Lots of Democrats have asked me to come over,” McCall told reporters at the National Governors’ Conference in Stateline, Nev. “They feel if I changed over I would give them the best chance of defeating the junior senator. The 60-year-old governor, who cannot run for a third four-year term, said polls show him running about 15 P oints ahe ^ of Packwood, who ousted veteran Wayne Morse, a Democrat, in 1968. By Associated Press He doesn’t have to decide until Sept. 15, but as long as Democrats .vant c talk about him as a prospective sena ori- al candidate next year, “I don t want to discourage them,” said McCall. In Washington, D.C., m e a n wh ile, Packwood said he was confident he could beat McCall if they opposed each other in a Senate race. “I’ll be 42 in the next election and he’ll be 62 or 63,” said Packwood. “I think the voters will be reluctant to send someone that age, down the trail of a freshman senator.” McCALL SAID he had considered Senate bids in 1968 against Morse and m 1972 against Republican Mark Hattield. He said he may switch his political affiliation to independent or Democrat because he doesn’t know if he could raise enough money to effectively chal challenge lenge Packwood in a primary election. Often an outspoken critic of fellow Republicans and frequently at odds with GOP members of the Oregon Legisla Legislature, ture, McCall said he was currently the object of a tug-of-war between Republi Republicans cans who want him to stay and Demo Democrats crats who want him to switch. HE ALSO SAID McCALL has “told me at least three times that he would not run against me. “All this time is word has been good, and I have no reason to assume he would go back on his word,” Packwood said in a tele telephone phone interview. Packwood said conversations in which the governor promised not to run took place at McCall’s Lincoln City beach home, Packwood’s home m Wash- nigton, D.C., and again on the telephone, the last one taking place about three months ago. “I’m running again and whether he is running is a decision he’ll have t0 P7 tty much decide himself,” said Packwood.nmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiitniiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiniiii)iiiiiinniiniitiririiiiiiiiiiiiiniiriiiiiiiiiiiiniHiiiiiiiiiiiiiitHiiiiiiitiiiiiii)iiii»MiiititiimmiiiuiiinmMiV^i»iiiiii»iiii House rejects measure for Cape Kiwanda buy The Oregon House Tues- * The Oregon House Tues Tuesday day rejected a resolution which asks the state to buy Cape Kiwanda on the Or- sgon coast. The resolution, sponsored J>y Rep. Norma Paulus r. •SSlem. fylpmf™ 1 ™ 1 H The vote is a blow to envi environmentalists ronmentalists who have sought to place the cape in public ownership since early m the legislative session. The defeat of the measure probably means death to a bill now before the Joint Ways and Means Commit Committee. tee. It also calls for the State Highway Commission to buy the cape. Some believe that bill was being held up in the Ways and Means Committee pend pending ing the outcome of the vote on the Paulus resolution. Mrs. Paulus knew her resolution was in trouble when she walked onto the House floor Tuesday. She found a letter on her desk from .Ren. Paul HannPmfln ErCloveraale listing hi? objections to the resolution. The letter had been distrib distributed uted to all House members. Cape Kiwanda is in Hanneman’s district. He lives 114 miles from it near Pacific City. ■ By Larry Roby Capital Journal Writer Hanneman himself has a resolution seeking public ownership of the cape. The House Environment and Land Use Committee has taken no action on his reso resolution. lution. The Hanneman resolution asks that the state acquire less of the adjacent land around the cape than did the Paulus measure. In an effort to save her resolution, Mrs. Paulus tried to substitute the language in the Hanneman resolution for her own. That failed, so the House ended up voting on her resolution. Much of the objection to the purchase of the cape came on grounds that the Highway Commission al already ready had recommended against buying it and that he J egislature shouldn’t meddle in the commission’s affairs. Rep. Phil Lang, D-Port- land, said the Kiwanda issue Capital Journal / Regional had become too “.political and emotional.’’ He said if wan?!^ 6 Sti " pe0 P ,e wh ° want the state to buy it for a park they should appeal their case to the highway commission. 6 y ° the ; s ar gued that Cape sw?a n S it t0 ° dan S er ous a spot and the state shouldn’t buy such a liability. Rep. Sid Bazett, R-Grants Pass, said he’s been to the cape and has found it to be place.’’ amned dan S er °us Mrs Paulus said Cape Kiwanda is no more danger dangerous ous than several other parts the state has acquired Hanneman, speaking against the Paulus resold tion, said he still wants the £?P?P roper to somehow be R?t h d O' PUbllC ownership. Bu he doesn’t want to see a Jacem^jolt. <,evelopment ad- dfIn'*sw State Park a mile to the south of Cape Kiwanda He area ^ b ° Ught tha t hasn’t developed^. ^ Sti11 Farms along Willamette ok By LARRY ROBY ') 1 Capital Journal Writer “ J As long as farmers continue to use their lands along the Willamette River for agricul agricultural tural purposes, the state won’t buy them for park development. That is the thrust of an amendment to the Willamette Greenway Bill being considered by the Bouse Environment and Land Use Com Committee. mittee. Rep. Norma Paulus, R-Salem, thinks that farm use along the river is compatible with the over-all natural preservation scheme of the Willamette. But as soon as a farmer sells his property and other development of the land becomes apparent, Mrs. Paulus says, then the state should have the right to condemn it and devel develop op it into the Willamette River park system. The dispute between farmers and those bent upon natural preservation of the Willam Willamette ette developed last year. At that time the State Highway Commission received some federal funds for park development along the river. The commission started condemnation proceedings against several farmers. Several farmers said they were threatened by the commission if they refused to sell their land for park development. They didn’t like the intimidation. The legislature’s emergency board learned of the action and ordered the commission to stop condemnations until the legislature could review the Greenway legislation. Mrs. Paulus says that farmers and conser conservationists vationists can get along, and that farm use along the Willamette is compatible with the plan to preserve the natural state of the river. Under her amendments, the State Highway Commission would have the right to condemn for scenic easements all property except that in farm use. Most farmers like her idea, but conserva conservationists tionists don’t. One of the strongest opponents to the Paulus concept is Carleton Whitehead of the Oregon Greenway Association. He thinks the Paulus amendments would let owners of the land along the river abuse the definition of “farm use.” He says some property owners might tell the state their land is being used for farming when it isn’t. This would prevent the state from using scenic easements for the land. He doubts that the state will have enough money to purchase the land on short notice if an owner decides to change its use from farming to something else. The state could get a better deal on the property now, he thinks, because in 5 or 10 years the value of land along the river will increase.3M 17 Greenway bill passed by House By DOUGLAS SEYMOUR of The Oregonian staff SALEM — A bill to permit condemnation in some cases to provide land for the Wil Willamette lamette Greenway was passed 58-1 by the House Monday and sent to the Sen Senate. ate. Present law does not per permit mit land to be condemned for the greenway. Rep. Norma Paulus. R-Sa- lein, explained illm HI)use Bill 2497 is a compromise. Under the bill, farmland could not be condemned, but if it is sold for other purpos purposes es the state could condemn to obtain a scenic easement. This would mean the land would have to be kept in a state compatible with the greenway concept. The bill specifically per permits mits condemnation for four new state parks which will be part of the Willamette Greenway system. The parks will be at Dex Dexter ter Dam southeast of Eu Eugene, gene, Bowers Rock, west of Albany, Lone Tree Bar north of Salem, and Molalla north of Canby. “We don’t need wholesale condemnation to preserve the integrity of the river. This bill says it makes more sense to have farmland in instead stead of picnic tables,” Rep. Paulus said. The State Highway Divi Division sion had attempted to con condemn demn some farmlands for the parks under its general condemnation powers last year which brought protests from farmers and legisla legislators. tors. The scenic access, for which land could be con condemned, demned, does not provide ac access cess to the river. Rather it preserves the land for public view and prevents a land- owner from removing trees or other greenery. V I- Control Sought Over Turbine Plant Sites By ROBERT E. GANGWARE Statesman Business Editor Legislation to bring selection of jet turbine r w P ^e of‘sSern’^controversy .0 pu. *. .ocaUon o, They said they are not only introducing the bill but are doing further research to see if it could be given a retroactive provision to make it apply to the Bethel site. . , . This war the main devel development opment the day after PGE was granted an air dis discharge charge permit by Mid-Wil Mid-Willamette lamette Valley Air Pollution Authority, thus getting the official go-ahead for com completing pleting the Bethel installa installation tion in time to generate power this fall. But there were other de developments. velopments. East Salem Environmental Council, major foe of the Bethel pro project, ject, started consideration of a possible appeal to the courts to overturn the per permit. mit. (Additional details page 9.) Bill to keep farm land along river wins vote & SALEM (AP) — Legisla Legislation tion designed to preserve the Willamette Greenway with out taking land' along the riv river er out of farm use won ap approval proval Tuesday from the House Environment and Land Use Committee. The bill, HB 2497, prohibits condemnation by the state of any land along the river that is used for farming. The state would be permitted to acquire the land when it is taken out of farm use. This would prevent devel development opment of the riverbanks. The bill now goes to the House floor. Rep. Norma Paulus, R-Sa- iBh, in me-mer spasw or "TR? legislation, prompted by the action of the Highway Division last year in starting condemnation proceedings against several farms. The division wanted the land for state parks along I the river part of the Willam Willamette ette Greenway — a concept to preserve the river and its banks in a natural state. Rep. Paulus said the High Highway way Division misinterpreted the intent of past legislatures when it began condemnation proceedings against farm land. The legislation is opposed by some backers of the Wil Willamette lamette Greenway, who said that waiting until land is tak taken en out of farm use will cost the state large sums of mon money ey because of rapidly rising land costs. Rep. Paulus Bill Would Restrict Off-Road Styles Rep. Norma Paulus, R- Salem, plans to sponsor leg legislation islation to establish restrict restricted ed areas for use by off-the- road vehicles such as snow snowmobiles. mobiles. She said that under pre present sent laws, authorities only can tell drivers of the vehi- j cles where they can’t go. “I want to change the law so that the agencies can tell the operators of such vehi vehicles cles where they can go,” she said. Authorities would be directed to set up special permit zones for use of snowmobiles and other off offroad road vehicles on public lands. She said regulations are needed to protect wildlifeHouse Votes Housing Bonds (Story alto on page 1.) A state bonding program aimed at creating needed housing for low income and moderate income people of Oregon was passed 49-11 Monday by the Oregon House of Representatives. HB 2398 authorizes issu issuance ance of up to $200 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds for support of rehabilitated and new housing construe- Z* Coat Hangers’ Rep. Norma Paulus cast aside literary cliche recently when, in house debate, instead of describ describing ing off-road vehicles as “breed “breeding ing like rabbits,” she said they are “breeding like coat hang hangers.” ers.” That delightful comparison raises the question of why it is customary to drag up analogies from a bygone era. Our pastoral past is the source of traditional compari comparison, son, but all it takes is a little reflection about life around us to bring them up to date. In Instead stead of “scarce as hen’s teeth,” why not “as scarce as children when the lawn needs mowing.” Or “as scare as a screwdriver when the screen door must be put up.” There are limitless possibili possibilities: ties: “as uselless as a long- opened jar of rubber cement,” “as unreliable as a tire jack,” “as silent as home on the first day of school,” “as unbending as a plastic garden hose in midwinter,” “as impossible to find as last year’s leftover vege vegetable table seeds.” Breeding ‘Like tion under guidelines and administration of the Hous Housing ing Division of State Depart Department ment of Commerce. This proposal was submit submitted ted to the legislature by Gov. Tom McCall as one of Oregon’s most urgent needs. The bill now goes to the Senate. Opponents on the House floor Monday conceded the need but challenged the ap approach. proach. Rep. Harvey Ake- son, D-Portland, maintained that the housing wouldn’t reach people needing it most and therefore a direct subsi subsidy dy program would be better. Akeson also said the Hous Housing ing Division is inexperienced and such large sums of bonds could better be han handled dled by the State Treasurer. Others challenged the bill on grounds it might incur losses that would have to be made up from state general fund money. The House Local Govern Government ment and Urban Affairs Committee, which had brought the bill to the floor, said the testimony and study in committee satisfied all these fears. Money from the bonds would be loaned to public housing groups or would buy mortgages from commercial lenders so that interest rates could be lower and payment periods longer. This the sponsors de described scribed as the means of making housing much more available to those families with incomes between $4,500 and $10,000 annually. Up to 12,000 badly needed housing units might result from the program, said Rep. Albert Densmore, D-Med- ford, with mortgage pay payments ments of 20 to 25 per cent less per month than under ordinary commercial lend lending. ing. Those voting against HB 2398 were Democrats Ake Akeson, son, Gilmour, Priestley, and Republicans Bazett, Hanne- man, Hansell, L. Johnson, Jones, Oakes, Paulus, R. Stults. V/y Senate passes hypnosis ban by huge margin SALEM (AP) — Hypnosis I lor public emert&nm/ss.t , would be prohibited under a bill which passed the Senate Wednesday 26-1. Approval completed legis legislative lative action on House Bill 2724, which becomes law if signed by Gov. Tom McCall. Sen. Lynn Newbry, R-Ash- larnd, said the bill is intended to prevent misuse of hypno hypnotism, tism, which he said can be dangerous in the hands of nonprof essionals. Newbry described a dem demonstration onstration last week when the bill’s sponsor, J?en. Leigh. Johnson, R-Ashland, an op opponent ponent ot Mcuall's iax plan, endorsed it under hypnosis before a committee heairing. “This is obviously a dan dangerous gerous practice,” said New Newbry. bry. Senate President Jason Boe, D-Reedsport, who sup supported ported the tax plan before its defeat May 1, said: “I wish we had known about it (the hypnosis) early iln die session.” Once such thought patterns get started, they “breed like coat hangers.”Clear-cutting along river an act of spite Solons view ‘scorched earth’ By JERRY UHRHAMMER Of the Register-Guard Two sections of riverbank along the Willamette River, between Harrisburg and Cor Corvallis vallis — once intended to be part of the Greenway — have undergone “scorched earth” treatment. That was the term used by some legislators Saturday to describe the total clear-cutting of trees and other vegetation that until a few months ago formed a buffer between the river and the farm fields near nearby. by. THE “SCORCHED earth” tactics — apparently carried out by farmer-landowners in retaliation to Highway Divi Division sion threats to condemn farm farmlands lands along the river for the Greenway — were inspected by members of the House En Environment vironment and Land Use Com Committee mittee as part of a 30-mile boat trip from Harrisburg to Corvallis. “This is a total exception” to the way most of the farm farmers ers who own land along the river have been handling their river property, said George Van Leeuwen, a Halsey area farmer who accompanied the committee on the trip. “It’s unnecessary and undesirable to strip right down to the water’s edge.” But, he added, “this didn’t happen until they got their pants scared off them (by the Highway Divi Division).” sion).” The first instance of “scorched earth” appeared upstream from Irish Bend, west of Halsey. A swath of cottonwoods had been leveled and stacked in a long continuous slash pile that separated the river from the farm fields behind. Aerial pho photographs tographs indicated the belt of cottonwoods had been 50 to 100 feet wide before they were cut down. The second area, on Kiger Island a few miles upstream from Corvallis, was even more extensive. Perhaps 60 acres had been clear-cut, including many old cottonwoods. One stump measured nearly five feet in diameter. THE CLEAR-CUT area — which apparently will be turned into a farm field — borders a stand of tall cotton cottonwoods woods that serves as a rook rookery ery for herons. The large, un ungainly gainly birds build nests of sticks high in the trees to raise their young. Lt. Tom Drynan, head of the Oregon State Police game di division vision in District 2, said game officers had investigated after receiving complaints that a farmer was cutting down the cottonwoods where the herons nest. The farmer told the officers that he intended to turn the woods into farmland so it would have a higher value when purchased for the Green Greenway. way. “He finally agreed not to cut any more ... at least un until til the nesting season is over,” Drynan said. The “scorched earth” ac actions tions are the outgrowth of a controversy that developed late in 1972 when the Highway Division threatened to con condemn demn lands along the Willam Willamette ette for the Greenway. The original Greenway legis legislation lation did not allow condemna condemnation. tion. However, the Highway Division, with riverbank val values ues soaring, decided to con condemn demn certain properties under the state parks statute that does permit condemnation. WHEN FARMERS along the river protested the condemna condemnation tion attempts, the Highway Di Division vision agreed to stop until the 1973 Legislature could make its wishes known. State Rep. Norma Paulus, R-Salem, who has introduced a bill that will provide for scenic easements along the river, said Saturday the “scorched earth” policy could be traced to the Highway Divi- s i o n right-of-way personnel who tried to go in and buy the riverbank lands. She suggested the two farm farmers ers who clear-cut their lands did it “out of spite” because they were angry over the way the Highway Division negotia negotiators tors acted. “No, out of self-prop'"''*®.,” cutting their riverbank proper property ty they would make it so unat unattractive tractive the state would no longer want to buy it. BUT HE WAS critical of the clear-cutting from several standpoints. “It not only wrecked the appearance but the first high water that comes along they’re going to have prob problems,” lems,” he said, explaining that the wooded buffer is a defense against the river ripping into the farm fields. It’s also bad for farmers from a public relations stand standpoint, point, he said. “I feel bad about that guy across the riv river. er. He’s dinged the whole in industry dustry badly.” The committee is scheduled to hear testimony Tuesday at 8 a.m. on a re-drafted version of Mrs. Paulus’ bill. The revi revision sion still provides for scenic easements, but excludes land zone exclusively for farming. Rep. Nancie Fadeley, D-Eu- gene, is chairman of the com committee. mittee. Ironically, on a day when they saw the “scorched earth” operations, the committee members heard from Game Commission representatives — who provided all but one of the boats for the trip — the importance of preserving vege- t a t i o n and wooded buffer strips along the river for wild wildlife life and waterfowl habitat. ■I , -' '*4? ' < u (Register-Guard photo) Registar-Guard, Eugene, Ore, Sunday May 20, 1973Bill to allow farming by river goes to House A bill that says farm use along the Willamette River is compatible with saving the natural beauty of the river’s banks has been sent to the House floor. Ren. Norma Paiilns. R- . saTs "Farmers "couldn’t get a better deal” than that offered to them in HB2497, the Willamette Greenway bill. The bill apparently soothes the wounds opened last fall when the State Highway Division started condemnation proceedings against several farmers so the state could use the lands for parks. This outraged the farm farmers. ers. Ever since, Mrs. Paulus and other Mid-Willamette Valley legislators have been trying to work out a system that would please both the farmers and the environ environmentalists. mentalists. The bill provides that land along the river cannot be condemned for park use as long as it is being used for farming. It would permit the state to acquire scenic ease easements ments to land that has not been declared to be used for farming. * It a property owner sells 73 his land and it is used for other than farming, the state could then condemn it. This is to prevent such things as condominiums and other developments from en encroaching croaching on the banks of the river. # , 6—(Sec. I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Fri., Apr. , | At the legislature | Snowmobile Law Tightening Urged By ED GROSSWILLER Associated Press Writer Rep. Norma Paulus, R- Salem, said Thursday that tighter regulations of snow- mobiles and other off-road vehicles is as necessary tor protection of the environ environment ment as regulation of pollut polluting ing industries. "One of the real threats to the Oregon environment . . • is the threat presented by you and 1 as recreational- ists” she said in testifying before the House Environ Environment ment and Land Use Commit- t6€ “IF I HAD been in the leg legislature islature five years ago, I would have sought a total ban,” Rep. Paulus said. She said such a ban was not politically feasible now. The hearing on three bills to regulate off-road vehic es drew a packed crowd of 150 persons, mostly opponents of the proposed legislation. The bills under considera- ton would limit use of off offroad road vehicles to areas spe specifically cifically set aside for then use, HB 2282; ban use of snowmobiles except for ies^ cue and feeding of stock, HB 2969; and require insurance for owners of snowmobile operators and prohibit per persons sons under 12 from operat operating ing such vehicles, HB 2948. JACK HAINE of Minneapo- International Snowmobile Industry Association, said the industry favors what he called open-ended approach to regulation of snowmo snowmobiles. biles. Let the snowmobile be used everywhere,” Haine said. If there was a scientif scientific ic basis for closing specific areas, he said, then those areas could be closed after preparation of environmen environmental tal impact statements and careful study. Ken Haebemick of Leba Lebanon, non, president of the Oregon Snowmobile Association which he said has 10,000 members, said Oregon al already ready has a model snowmo snowmobile bile law. He urged the committee to table the legis legislation lation and he proposed cre creating ating an interim committee to study what the problems a re Roland George of Baker told the committee that 1,400 signatures opposing the leg legislation islation were collected in his community in less than -4 hours. “People in our area do not resent snowmobiles” he said, and noted that North Northeastern eastern Oregon is one ot the favorite spots for snowmo snowmobile bile operators. The committee took no action and scheduled anoth-