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l(Jl~ j THE RAILROAD GETS NO VOTE - PEOPLE IN DANEBO AND IRVING GET NO VOTE. Do NOT COMPLETELY RUIN YOUR NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH BY TAKING THE HEART OF THEIR DISTRICT IN WITH WEST 11TH. IT WILL ENDANGER THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS RELATIONS ARE CONCERNED. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE A VOTE IN THE E~TIRE AREA IT WOULD NOT GO THROUGH. MANY PEOPLE SIGNED BO~H PETITIONS. THERE IS NO SUPPORT FOR STARTING A CITY OF BETHEL. HE QUESTIONED WHO IS BEHIND STARTING A CITY AND WONDERED IF THAT WAS THE REASON FOR,SIGNING OF PETITIONS TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY. DR. CRUMBAKER ASKED WHO PREPARED THE VALUATION FOR MR. LUVAAS AND WAS TO~D' IT WAS DONE BY MR. STOCK'S OFFICE. ASSETS AND LIABILITIES WERE DETERMINED BY TAKING ASSETS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 52, ADDED COST THAT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND EQUIPMENT THAT HAS BEEN PURCHASED SINCE THAT TIME. DR. CRUMBAKER ASKED IF THE SCHOOLS MIGHT GET TOGETHER AND DECIDE UPON A FIGURE OR PERHAPS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.4 WOULD FOREGO COLLECTION OF THE AMOUNT OWED BY THE BETHEL DISTRICT. MR. LUVAAS SAID THEY MIGHT, BUT THE EUGENE DISTRICT HAD AN OBLIGATION TO PROPERTy OWNERS IN THEIR DISTRICT AND SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO GIVE AWAY $200,000.00. MR. LUVAAS STATED THAT IF THE CITY WANT TO GO TO THE EXPENSE OF CALLING AN ELECTION FOR ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO COME INTO EUGENE - FINE - CALL IT AND SEE HOW PEOPLE IN BETHEL FEEL. 150 NAMES WERE OBTAINED WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS' AND JUST IN THE AREA WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED. 35 NAMES CAME FROM WEST II TH, 115 FROM THE SOUTH END OF BETHEL. I I A MR. HUGUS OF WEST 2ND AVENUE STATED THAT THERE IS A SECTION OF DISTRICT #4, OF 14 OR 15 FAMILIES, IN THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED IN WHICH THE PETITIONS NEVER SHOWED UP. HIS NAME IS ON THE OPPOSING PETITION. MR. W. E. HICKS, CHAIRMAN OF THE WILLAMETTE COMMUNITY CLUB, 3370 WOOD AVENUE ASKED TO CLEAR UP ONE POINT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND PEOPLE PRESENT _ WHAT THE ALLEGED INCORPORATION MOVE AMOUNTED TO. THE COMMUNITY CLUB FELT THAT DUE TO THE RAPID INCREASE IN POPULATION IN THAT AREA THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD POINT FOR THE PEOPLE TO BECOME VERSED IN THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ANNEXING INTO THE CITY OF EUGENE, AS AGAINST ENTERING CITY. THAT POINT. WAS BROUGHT UP AT A MEETING IN DECEMBER AT WHICH A VERY SMALL TURNOUT WERE PRESENT. A COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITIES AND ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ANNEXING TO THE CITY, OF INCORPORATING AS A SEPARATE CITY OR STAVING AS THEY WERE. MR. DEANE SEEGER WAS INVITED TO OUR MEETING. MR. HICKS STATED AT THE MEETING THAT HE WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN INCORPORATION RATHER THAN ANNEXATION BECAUSE IT WOULD MEAN THE END OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN ORDER FOR A FAIR CROSS SECTION OF OPINION OF WHAT THE PEOPLE WANTED, THAT WE WOULD PUT IT UP TO THE' FIRE DEPARTMENT, ASK THEM TO CONTACT THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND FIND OUT WHAT THE PEOPLE THOUGHT OF THE SITUATION. THE NEXT THING MR. HICKS MET WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO riND OUT WHAT THEY HAD LEARNED FROM THE PEOPLE -- THAT THERE WAS A PETITION TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY, AND THEY MUST SIGN OR THEY WOULD BE INCORPORATED AS A CITY. THERE WAS NEVER ANY VOTE TAKEN. NEVER ANY MOVE MADE IN WANTING TO FINO OUT MERITS AND PROBLEMS OF EACH PLAN. INASMUCH AS ALL THIS HAS ARISEN, MR. SAID THAT HE WOULD TAKE IT UPON HIMSELr TO RECOMMEND TO THE COMMUNITY CLUB THAT THE MATTER BE DROPPED. MR. HARRY RAY, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BETHEL WATER DISTRICT STATED THAT IN THE EVENT THAT ANY PETITIONS OR ANY FORMS OF PETITIONS FOR INCORPORATION WERE STARTED, HE WOULD IMMEDIATELY REPORT IT TO THE COUNCIL. I MRS. SORG REMINDED THAT EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE riGHTING TO KEEP THAT PORTION ON ONE SiDE. SHE SAID MAYBE THE PEOPLE WOULD JUST AS SOON HAVE A CHANCE or GOING INTO THE CITY. SHE SAID THEY WOULD RATHER BE IN THE CITY THAN TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE THAT THEY KNEW NOTHING or. MR~ HARRY RAY AGAIN STATED THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO MOVE MADE WHATEVER TO HIS KNOWLEDGE TO INCORPORATE. IN EVENT PETITIONS DO START, HE SAID HE WOULD REPORT IT TO THE CITY. HE ASKED WHY MR. TODD, IF HE WAS SO INTERESTED IN ViEST 11TH, DIDN'T INCLUDE HIS AREA JUST 1/2 BLOCK AWAY. MR. TODD STATED THAT IF HE THOUGHT THE AREA COULD GO IN HE WOULD HAVE INCLUDED IT. MR. TODD THEN STATED THAT THE PEOPLE or BETHEL WERE RIDING HIGH, THEY FORMED A BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL, BUT THEY HAVE HAD THE GREAT SOUTHERN PAClrlC WHICH IS SPONSORED, WHICH IS PROMOTED, WHICH IS HIPPED THROUGH BY THE CITY OF EUGENE. THEY HAVE THE MILLS WHICH ARE BASED ON THE CITy OF E GENE TO TAX THEIR COSTS AGAINST. TRUE, IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO GET COME Of THE SERVICES TO THIS AREA, BUT THERE ARE SOME SERVICES WHICH WOULD COME IMMEDIATELY. ONE IS FIRE _ ONE GARAG CAUGHT FIRE AND 20 HOMELESS FAMILIES RESULTED. ANOTHER THING THEY WOULD HAVE IS POLICE PR TECTION - VERY BADLY NEEDED IN THE AREA. AL PEAKE STATED THAT ANOTHER THING THAT WILL COME IS THE AMAZON. HE SAID HE DEFINITELY THOUGHT T~AT THERE HAD BEEN A LOT Of PULLING PUNCHES AND ASKED THAT WHOEVER STARTED THIS T H lNG' COM 0 UTA N D SAY IT. I MR. TODD REMINDED THAT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE SAID WAS THAT HE HOPED THAT THE GREAT WHITE FAT ER IN WASHINGTON WILL RELIEVE THE AMAZON SITUATION. HE SAID THAT DURING THE FREEZE THE AMAZO AT CHAMBERS STREET WAS FROZEN SOLID fROM CHAMBERS STREET ON OUT IT WAS A RUNNING SEWER. A OTHER ITEM -- THE CITY BUILT A WONDERFUL SWIMMING POOL, AND DUMPS THE WATER FROM THE POOL INTO THE AMAZON - NOT ENOUGH TO TAKE IT ON OUT - IT SETS AND MOSQUITOES BREED. '.'" <~." ""'.~ ~. '.,.' ~,~~~.iii;'""-;./_"':'~'~~'" i I I L~