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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1932)
.1 THE SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON, ---------L - german (County Snuntal Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By Managing Editor GILES L. FRENCH Kot »red as second-claas matter at ths ’ostotfice, al Moro, Oregon, under Aet of Congress of March 8, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION BATES-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. - . Year-.;............................... .. ................................ >. 81 50 Six Month«...................................................................................................... 1.00 FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 25,1082. TAXES , r it The slogan of the local tax league, “To lower Taxes, Spend Loss Money” is an excellent on- and we have favored the point of view it expresses. We say.* have favored advisedly, for we believe that the time has arriv d when it is no longer possible to obtain tax relief by the further pruning of local budgets They are al ready as low as they can be made without curtailing governmental functions we have already considered necessary. Since the beginning of the hard times three or four years ago the tax bill of this county has been reduced approximately one half. We have made that much of an effort to adjust government to our ability to pay. Even with this drastic reduction in governmental ’ costs we are unable to pay our taxes. There is about $200,000 in delinquent taxes in this county and other adjoining counties are suffering in about the same degree. It is true as the slogan says, that less spending makes it possible to raise less taxes, but it has not settled the problem Our taxes are still so high they cannot be paid _ , ( , Since this county and many of the other agriculture counties of the nation have put their house in order by reducing their local expences to a minimum, and since this movement has failed to re lieve the tax situation it is apparent that some other means must be taken to change the taxing system of the country. Farm taxes have risen from 9 per cent of the gross farm in come in 1913 to 19 percent in 1931. In this county they represent a larger percent than that. According to the Bureau of Internal Revenue the farmers of t he country pay 65 3 of their profits if any—for taxes, local and state; the retailer pays 16 per cent; the manufacturer pays 43 9 percent . The condition »hown by these figures cannot be helped by a reduction in local budgets. The system is wrong and must be changed before the fanners will have an equal chance with other industries. There is agitation now in this state for the return of the pro perty tax to pull the state out of the hole. It is apparent that it should never have been left out of the state budget lasU year, but since it is out every farmer in the state should rise and Moudly and vigorously protest against any movement to put it back They should remember that they already pay too great a share of the total tax bill. ' , - It has not been proven that a sales tax is the necessary result of the continued absence of the property tax rolls. It is still possible for this slate legislature to pass an income tax that will raise a fair share of the state's needs. Such a tax will not attempt to draw additional money from farmers who are unable to pay what is al ready assess d against them, nor will it tex the poor man's total purchases of necessities as a sales tax will No one is asked to pay an income tax who cannot or should not There is no denying the fact that if the legislators from the agricultural regions of the state do the best for their constituents they will introduce and pass u an income tax measure instead of allowing the property tax to be re-established or the sales tax to be passed. Let it be distinctly understood by the powers that be that any additional property tax will not raise more money until farm prices are elevated to at least a reasonable level. There will be less money paid in to the counties in 1933 than in 1932 regardless of tht size of the tax bill The tilled farm lands in this county are worth about $6.500,00C • We produce between two and three million bushels of wheat in an average year There is no money made in raising it A mill grinds it. Its valuation is much less than that of the farm, yet be cause of the economic conditions in the country they are able to make a profit. The baker makes a profit and the merchant also makes a profit on their handling of the product. Afll of the vaca tions are merely a fraction of the valuations of the fam'S and the - tex is a fraction of the farm tax, yet these milling and distribution agencies get the profit of the product. x We, of America, pride ourselves on our leadership in the econ. omic world and still we pkd along with a tax system that has been in the discard in European countries for a generation We will have to get rid of the burdensome features of the property tax be fore agriculture can becomes prosperous and agriculture must become prosperous before the remainder of the country can do so. Let this state make the step now ---------- O---------- » He has not received his salary for six months, his bills are in arrears and he had ought to be unable to see anything from a pleasant angle, yet he stood lookingout the window into the bright fall sunshine and remarked that he was glad he was alive anyway. Hooray, for silver linings and the ability to see them. Raymond Robins was not the only dry Republican with a shocked mind ^einerely represents tne class and is the most pronounced example t A- V I i ---- war. “If we put all the men of the world on one Mhnd, and til thd women on another, we’ed have every body busy in no time-’* “Well, what would they be doing?” Charlie Olds has left these parts “Why, boat' building.” for Willows, Cal., where he will take care of a flock of sheep through the The following bit of verse was read winter. at a grange meeting over in Wash Miss Marguerette Morrison arrived ington. Wednesday evening from Kelso to The Steering Wheel spend the holidays with her sister Wo hear much of depression and family. Of want through out the land Mrs. Dell Olds was in McMinnville Of community dints and soup lines to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs- And distress on every hand. J. W. Whlkenshaw fast week. Mr. Walkens haw is hot very well this Some blame in <» the tariff But somehow or ether I feel tall- -I That half of thio old world’s troubles Mrs. J. B. Burton and Mrs. Erma Were caused by the steering wheel. Olds were in Portland this week. His breakfast over, Pa goes out E- E. Gervais and Dell Olds were To look about the place out on the breaks Sunday looking To see what really should be done over likely places for a line of traps Work stares him in the face. for the winter. • He leaps^into his- trusty csr Mrs. Leona Rooney arrived home The dust begins to fly the first of the week from Portland. •He thinks he’s awfully busy Florin Coon wanted to have a lit As he feels the breeze go by tle coon around the house; It was The barnyard gate should be repaired kinda lonesome- After two or three The stable should be cleaned days or nights of effort he succeeded Thore's a mussle to be put on the calf in Capturing a little coon and he It really should be weaned- V spent a day or so fixing up a home The garden should be weeded for the youngster but the little one The weeds stand in every row - did not choose to stay and Florin is Pa’s hand is- on the steering wheel again lonesome for a little coon. Instead of on the hoe. Grass Valley •HERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER, Established Nov. t, 1888 GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct. 14, 1897 CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 9, 1981 WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, Established 1891 CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4. 1982. I. D. Pike and C. W. Fields were in The Dalles the first of the week on business. Mrs. Frank Wilcox is spending Thanksgiving holidays with her sister Mrs- Herman Peters- The Wil- coxs now live at Newberg where Frank is busy doctoring the ill and injured. John Buether And wife left the first of the week for Chehalis, Wash., where they will visit with Mrs. Bue- fher’s relatives over the holiday. Bert Cox and family are visiting *n Portland* for the Thanksgiving season leaving here the first of the week. Karl Eaton and Arch Russell were GRASS VALLEY SCHOOL NOTES n Portland last week on a little busi Genevieve Beardsley, Editor., ness trip, ~ ; . J i E. E- Gervais was here last Sun day visiting his son and family. The Grass Valley volley ball team will play Rufus on the home floor Wednesday, November 23- The vol And Try Thia One, Mr. President ley ball game will befoll owed by a “I know how to settle this unem basket ball game between the Grass ployment problem,” said the club Valley school team and the town I Carl Schadewitz suffered a bruised Phyllis Hanna. Jimmie Reed, Darrel face and broken teeth last Saturday! Altermatt and Eugene Werner of The volley ball team played Kent evening when We was driving his team I Shaniko attended the volley ball game Wednesday, November . 9, The score in from work, stepping in a badger at Kent last Friday evening. was 38 to 22 hole, frightening the horses which Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Harbin and sort The boys of the high school and the jerked him throwing him against Earl of Grass Valley and Mrs. Essie 7th and Sth grades provided an eve a big boulder. Wilson and son Charlie Bill of Kent ning of entertainment for their fath ■ Johnie Woods who has been work spent Sunday at the J- C. Wlson ers last Friday night at the school ing at Hood River for some time re home- building. It consisted of several vol turned to Kent Thursday and begun , Miss Alta Norton spent Saturday ley ball games and basket ball games working for George Barnett. ; I evening at the home of Clarice Wil as Veil as other games and con Walter Wilson spent last week son. tests. A lunch was served after the I visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs- games. Bill Patterson of Wasco visited at ' Carl Gregg. the home of Mrs B. A- Hogue Friday There will be no school Thursday Miss Murdina Medler spent the evening. and Friday a» it is Thanksgiving- week end at her home in Wasco. Chas. McCutcheon and Paul Stoutt The second six weeks exams will ; Mrs- A. S. Johnson was a dinner of Shaniko were visitors in Kent be given next week. I guest at the home of Mr and Mrs- Sunday. The, different grades have received j A- A. Dunlap last Friday. R- H- Coppock of Moro was a busi their school pictures which were ' Mrs. J. R. Dellinger and son Ar- ness visitor in town Sunday. taken some time ago. They proved । nold, Mrs- W- C- Helyer and daughter very satisfactory- Mr- and Mrs. J. E. Norton and son Della and M&s Bema Orr spent Sat- j Eugene and daughter Carol Ann and Don Cox ha. re^iaterod for cla.se. urday ,hoppin< in The Dalles. in the Grass Valley high school- Mrs. L. H. Ayres were business visi Quite a number of Kent young peo- tors in The Dalles last Monday. 11 c^*^ren may pie enjoyed the dance which was reach their home before dark the given at the Granee ha„ s,%r. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Helyer are re- । modeling their home- noon hour has been shortened twenty day eveninff five minutes. This new ruling went i Mr- and Mrs. Frances and son and Miss Berna Orr spent the week end into effect this Monday- ( Clarence, Kenneth and Junior Gregg at the home of Miss Della Helyer- of Bend spent last week end visiting Kent Grange No. 688 will hold its at the Carl Gregg home- next regular meeting Saturday eve ning, November 26. team. Kent News Mr. and Mrs- Grant Smith and sons of Portland spent the week end at The Kent volley ball girls won a the home of Mr- and Mrs- Max victory last Friday evening when they Pluemke. Mrs. Smith and 5{rs. The woodshed needs new shingles defeated the Wasco girls on the home Duemke are sisters- , floor with a score of 20-37- The Ke nt The chicken house new glass J. H- Wilson suffered a broken rib Pa deposes of these "quite airily girls kept the lead all through the one day last week when a horse game. Miss Lorraine Darby, who By pressing on the gas- coached the Kent volley ball team for knocked him against the barn wall And Ma’s not blameless either three years, is now a coach at Wasco. E. E- Gervais of Grass Valley was She mourns o’re half cent wheat Miss Murdina Medler also a Wasco a b^iness visiitor in Kent Friday And then pays twenty cents per girl coaching the Kent team this pound Mji and Mrs.. Paul Stout, Miss year. For the bread her children eat. J . r After the volley ball game the It’s much more fun to start the car Kent high school boys basketball yor your convenience 1 have ar And into town to go ranged for you to leave your team and the town team played a Ma’s hands are on the steerngi wheel scrimmage game which ended with , thoe Work at Walter A. May & Instead of in the dough- a score of 11 to 20 in favor of.the - Son. Pick up and delivery twice a week at no coat to you. The world is full of frantic men town team. They’re rushing to and fro JOSEPH A. MEE Dolores Gregg spent the week end Their hands are -turning steering The Wasco Shoe Man at the home of Geraldine Norton. > wheels But they don’t know where to go- John Cohroy was in The Dalles Monday on a little business. A desperate look is on each face You notice as they pass Frank Lemley is in St. Vincents They cannot pay their taxes hospital in Portland for further treat But they still are burning gas ment for the malady that has kept And so I say it once again him incapacitated for so long. That some how or -other I feel - Miss Cassie Holmes is in Moro That half this old world's troubles this week caring for R J. Ginn who Can be traced to a steering wheel. is ill with a case of pneumonia. <1 PAC* I FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1932. just remembered it's your birthday9 UPDEGRAFF & PEPPER When Your Shoesneed Repair, send them to WERNM ARK’S GOOD SHOE REPAIRING 204 Second St THE DALLÉS ZELLS FUMERAI HOME -- and -- AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone 345 The Dalles, Or«. GRASS VALLEY PHARMACY u —or----- , Phone 222 Economy is not only a carndinal vir Attorneys At Law tue; these days it is a necessity Oregon Moro True Economy can be practiced by Dr. J. A. SUTLER! trading here. DENTIST The best of MERCHAN- DICE at the CHEAPEST of PRICES.. HOME OFFICE, WASCO C : H. Ziegler’s In Moro the First Week in Each Month Every Day BARGAINS at the J. P. Yates Store Wasco, Oregon KEEP in touch by telephone with friends and mem bers of the family in other places! Your voice is you. For remembering anni versaries, making inquiries, maintaining treas ured friendships and family ties, telephoning is the quick, personal way. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Girls Heavy BROGUE SHOES Men Sheep Lined COATS $2.95 $3.50 Young Ladies BROGUES Mens BLAZERS $3.50 $3.95 Girls Rayon & Wool SWEATER Mens Part Wool Sweater COATS 98c Girls Wool SCARFS » 5Oc ' Girl» CAPS 6Oc $115 Suede Leather COATS r $5.50 Suede Cloth Cossock Style $1.40 All Wool Sweater COAT Hirsh Weis Rain Proof All Wool Heavy COATS $ 1.98 $5.95 Buckingham & Hecht Boots & Shoes High Tops $6.50 8 inch Tops 4.15 3
