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THE SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL. MORO, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1932.
(iountg Suurnal
Grass Valley
SHERMAN C UNTY OBSERVER, Established Nov 2, 1888
GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct. 14, 1897
CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1931
WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, Established 1801
CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4, 1982.
George Wilcox, Herman Schilling.
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Shepard, E. M. Alley, Harold Eakin
and Donald Martin were visitors at
Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By
Condon
the last of the week while
Managing Editor
GILES L FRENCH
attending the wheat league confer-
Entered as seeond^daae natter as the ’oetotttne, al Moro, Oregon, under Aet of ence. Mrs. John KUfe accompanied
Coograaa of March 1, 18T9.
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her father In law to the Gilliam coun
ty city to visit her parents-
SUBSCRIPTION RATR8—-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
. Several men from hero are em-
91 50 ployed on the emergency
.100 Sherars grade this week although
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none of them can work long At a timA-r
Ona Tear...
Six Moo the
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Ivan Gervais was taken to The
Dalles Tuesday afternoon by t>r>
Polsy to have his arm x-raysd. A
PROPERTY WILL PAY
basket ball wass thrown at him from
There Is a question in the mind of the governor, the tax com. a close distance and the fores of it
missioners, the budget director and every other person interested had pushsd his hand back farther
than it was accustomed to go.> A bad'
in the tax situation of the State of Oregon. It appears that the sprain, but no broken bones wm the
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1982.
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and reassure investors In the land ■ “‘In accordance with this policy,
bank bonds. and so enable the banks approximately 4000 formal «aien-
than that of this week at/yQrass
/t Plan Favored to obtain additional money for farm sions have been granted and by the
end of the year the >2,000,000 fund
ers at reasonable rates.
Valley.
.
allocated
v to the Spokane bank will
“The >26,000 000 was appropriated
- I1 mum
Ragaira now at-
have
been
exhausted.
The
domestic
allotment,
plan
for
to supply the banks with funds for
tending high schoohat Granas Walley
“In addition to these extensions,
farm relief and further* controlled granting extensions, within limita*
phu:,p u • »"»‘»«•■«f u»
d
credit inflation which will not em-I tions prescribed by law, to worthy the amount involved in eases of for
.
brace currency inflation were sug- and deserving borrowers unable to bearance alone exceed the extension
Bernard Martin, a graduate of *31 g es ted as means to economic revival meet their obligations.”
funds supplied by the government-’*
school Tuesday afternoon.
today by E-. M Ehrdardt, president
Mr- Ehrhardt said the Spokane
* Report cards were given out Tuee- of the Federal'Land Bank of Spokane.
bank received about >2.000,000 from
Mr. Ehrhardt was a* principal this >25.000 000 fund and pointing Wasco Class Dops Well
speaker
on today's program at out that principal and interest due
Geprgia Blalock is visiting relatives
“Homemakers Week" at Washington the bank from borrowers each year
in Hood-River-
State College, Pullman. *
The bookkeeping class «has com
would exceed >7,000,000, said it was
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He
urged
upon
Ms
hearers
the
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“therefore clearly evident the >2,000. pleted its first practice set and last
portance of preservation of the land 000 thus available would be exhausted Mopday took a test on bookkeeping
Kent Auxili^y Sewing
bank system, and tn turn, declared in less than four months if wholesale over the work covered sen^bbt^ by
To Aid Soldiers the banks should and will continue to extensions were granted.”
the Southwestern Publishing Com
do all possible to keep good men on
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This forced the bank to a carefully pany. There were no flunks in the
the land.
I planned administration of the funds, class, most of the grades being about
The man who has sat quietly
. The Auxilary of George Bell Post
makes it necessary to treat each in the average. Augusta Huckin re-
through an election campaign in
49 at Kent will hold their next which the banking system he repre dividual case of extension of pay ceived a grade of 98.
Six weeks exams for the second
regular .sewing meeting the after sents was the subject of sniping at- ment-“on its merits, according to the
evident purpose’’ of the appropria- six weeks were completed this week
noon of Decen)ber 14 at the home of tacks of oratory struck out boldly to
*ion*
and some good grades of work was
lirs- Frank von Borstel. Those who day at his critics and their patent
“
The
situation
still
required
that
done this six weeks.
are not members bet-are,eligible are plans for moratoriums ' op private all who could pay should do so”, he 1 Margaret Johnson, Gene Hull and
always welcome at dur meetings- We debts.
“Agriculture will be better served continued, but it has been the policy Eugene Spencer have been absent all
would be glad to^have any eligible
of the bank to give first considera- this week due to illness-
women join with us and during this by an institution Which maintains
tion to those borrowers who have ।
period of depression have cut the its ability to function for the benefit
been unable to devise means for mak
dues to a minimum and will alpo of the many farmers who will adjust
ing payment; who have been making When Your Shoesneed
credit any donation of food for dance their affairs to the new economic
a - proper endeavor io work out of
Repair, send them to
suppers etc- on the dues for the com conditions than by one which is con-
their difficulties,* with a reasonable
ing year. Activities for the unit will stantly crippled by fL/uiGess ideas
prospecv of ultimate success; who
cover a wide scope during the coming of false generosity in times of stress"
were living on the land and giving it
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year, according to Mildred Norton, he declared.
GOOD SHOE REPAIRING :
good care, and who were willing id
Unit President; and Dorothy Dunlap,
“There is a real «anger of a finan give the bank assurance that the pro 204 Second St ' :
THE DALLES
Secretary and Chairman of Hospitals cial serfdom, if by a misguided sensé
ductions of their farms would be ap
and Child Welfare, and Flora Ayres. of sympathy, we are driven to un
plied to the payment of taxes and
Chairman of Community Service; and sound means of extendihg unwarran
mortgage installments, after provid
members will have an opportunity to ted credit.”
ing for current operating and living
take part in work of special interest
Pointing to the $126.000,000 given expenses.
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to them, ’r
to the 12 land banks by thé last con
During the year ahead there will gress to help them meet present con
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>r your convenience 1 have ar
be an increased need for the type of ditions, Mr. Ehrhardt called attention
ranged for you to Itmve your
work which our unit does, and in to the fact that the money was ex
*-hoe Work at Walter A. May &
creased opportunity for members to tended as a temporary advance to the
~ Phone 345 The Dalles, Ore.
Son. Pick up and delivery twice
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do worthwhile work through the tanks. , r
GRASS
’VALLEY PHARMACY
a week at no cost to you.
unit*
“One hundred million dollars of the
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While the,Auxiliary.has many in fund was appropriated to reinforce
JOSEPH A. MEE ’
The Wasco Shoe Man
teresting social activities, it. is much the credit of the land bank system
Phone 222
more than a social organisaXon. It is
an organisation for patriotic service.
It gives its jnepabers a means of ex
pressing,' their , devotion, to America
through concpit« work for the wel
fare an^ progress of the community
Attorneys At Law
and the natiqp- So join with us and
.work-.-.
Wasco. Friday December 9th.
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state, like practically every citizen within it* borders, has spent
more m^ney than it was able to collect with the result that it is
broke, only In the case of the state they call it a deficit.
There is a movement to impose the property tax on the
counties again as a means of raising money, but that certainly will
break up the goverments of the counties, and the plan, will not be
advocated by those who have made a serious study of county tax
delinquencies: It is unreasonable to consider it.
The sales tax fs the most discussed alternative. It is asserted
that the Eastern Oreg< n Wheat League favored it which is not en
tirely.correct. Th^y favored it in preference tp a reimposition of
the property tax It is doubtful if a sales tax could stand a vote
of ihe people It woiild probably be defeated at the next general,
e ection or special election if one was held In the meantime the
tax commission would find it necessary to collect the property tax
U' from the already overburdened farmers^
It seems that the only way the property owners of the state
can keep from paying the property tax is to insist that their repre
sentatives go to Salem and cut enough from the state budget to
make such a tax unnecessary. State officials claim that this is im
possible. They say that if the governor, the legislature, the pri
son and other like necessities w. re dispensed with we w< uld still
need another tax. Sure, then why not try to cut off something not
S3 needed^ Ah n the counties began Cutting taxes they didn’t
start with the sheriff, the clerk and the county court and the state
need not begin with their officers*
It is probable t» at the counties of Oregon ave reduced their
government expenses by an average of one third; Sherman has re
duced by nearly one half. Yet the state budget director brings in
a proposed budget with a cut of two or three million from a bienn
ial bud et of nearly fift y millid-
To us who are Jiving in compar
ative safety and happiness in a county that ha- reduced expenses
one half it seems that the budget director is an amateur
It is almost certain that the sales tax would be defeated unless
the people of the state were convinced that a new tax was abiolu
tely necessary. It might be passed if voters positively knew that-
the state had mdde every effort to reduce expenses by cutting off
unnecessary items completely during this emergency and had re
duced the cost of other expenses as far as possible - People who
have r< cently defeated an income tax because it had too broad a
base and imposed too high a percent in the upper brackets are not
likely to pass a sales tax that would effect everyone, unless legis.
ators have done a lot of cutting.
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THAT LICENSE FEE
Papers have carried so much informative material about the
finances of the state highway commission that they are pretty well
known to everyone who habitually reads
Roughly the budget of the commission calls for $3,200,000
from license fees, $5,600.000 from gasoline taxes and a little over
$300,000 from other sources for a total of $9,100,000/ Expenses
of the commission arc listed at $3,3bO,O0O for bonds and interest, a
little more than the receipts from licenses under the present sched.
ule It will cqst $2,000,000 to maintain the roads, $1,100,000 for
secondary oads, formerly markef roads, and nearly $1,000,000, for
administration and other expenses. This budget would leave $1,-
» 709,000 for new construction and matching federal funds.
It is expected that a cut must be made in the license fees and
that the added gasoline tax must be divided among the counties to
repay them for loss of their share of license money,.now one third
of the total or over a million dollars
How far this cut should go is the question that is being debat-
e 1 around the hot stoves all over the state as the “amateur politici
ans discuss the affairs of state It seems that thc«e who are most
insistent on a large reduction in the license fees are the men who
pay little oth.-r taxes. Property owners, whose tak Till is large,
are afraid that too great a reduction will cause the bonds given for
highways to fall onto the hands of the general taxpayer.
A re Juel on of not over*bne half in licence fees, as was recom-
mended by the heat League, will make the average license fee
3 out $11.00 in this state, smaller than that in our neighboring
, es It W 11 still make a difference between large and small
¿.ir • hs the law does now, a distinction that should be perpetuated,
it 'ill allow funds to maintain our roads and repay our bonds al.
t; (i; h ci itaJirg ccnstn c icn to a low point.
her it seems a’ out as great a reduction as we c*ri make
. . i । ii t toa I system that will attract tourists and per-
eh ci u'ens Ui travel aoouc the state in safety and'comfort. No
। n? wai t>. or can afford, to go back to the olden days when tires
,, \ .jghtc»cry fifteen hundred or. two thousand miles,
wuen gasoline consumption was much heavier, whin broken
4 i {s yy?re c >mm in and when a drive of a hundred miles was
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men.
verdict.
The Grass Valley Women’s ' <Qub
ber 15 with Mrs. Ray Blake
The Mid-Winter Charity Ball will
be given here Friday evening Decem
ber 16, according to information re
leased by the committee-
Henry Rooper and his father were
visitors in Grass Valley Tuesday
evening from Antelope-
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Gerald Kelly was getting medicine
here for his father. Jack Kelly, of
Kent who was seriously burned while
cleaning out a sink with lye-
A. A. Dunlap and Dick Abel were
Kent attendente at the Condon
Wheat League meeting.
GRASS VALLEY SCHOOL NOTES
Genevieve Beardsley, Editor.
The Grass Valley volley ball team
defeated the Moro team by a score, of
35 to 23 in the most exciting game of
the season. Much enthusiasm was
arroused by the posters made by the
different classes during the previous
week. A very large crowd, consisting
largely of Moro fans, attended the
game. This game tied Morolhd
Grass Valley for the county cham
pionship which will ’be played off at
The
Domestic Allotment
WERNMARK’S
ZELL’S
FUNERAL HOME
AMBULANCE SERVICE
UPDEGRAFF & PEPPER
Economy is not only a carndinal vir-
tue; these days it is a necessity
Moro
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Oregon
True Economy can be practiced by
trading here. The best of MERCHAN-
Dr. J. A. BUTLER
DENTIST
ANNOUNCEMENTS
DICE at the CHEAPEST of PRICES.
HOME OFFICE, WASCO
H. Ziegler’s SÄ
In Moro the First Week
In Each Month
I am installing new shop
and a stock of Genuine ^Qtd Parta in the
building formerly occupied by Fred Pick-
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ett Motor Co., and will soon be open for
business as the Authorized Ford eDealer
for Sherman County, operating under the
trade name: -
Practical XMAS GIFTS
at the
J. P. Yates Store
y,i rt ' »hi*..
mid < ♦ /L-
Wasco, Oregon
Pickett Motor Co
LADIES SWEATERS
$1.79
A new labor schedule at lower prices
is to be inaugurated, and every customer
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shall appreciate the chance to serve you.
MORO, OREGON
$295
.
Sth and Washington Straate
Portland. Oyq^'F
M. NELSON, O wn«r
ART RUDEEN, Mapsger. >
• RATES« j
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Room with Bath, >2.00 and >1.60
Without Bath, >1.59 and>LM <( -<
Permanent rates ss low as >12.60 per,
month.‘
AAA—Fireproof—'Insared
, * -PEEK GAR «nr * •
Mens Heavy Wool COATS
$3.95
Girls Wool CAPS
Mens Suede Shirts
25c
$1.00
Girls Sweater COAT
Mens Wool Shirts
' $1.95
New Perkins Hotel ;
Mens Suede COATS
$1 50
Girls Heavy BROGUE SHOES
,
Boys Suede Cloth JACKET
Cossock Style
$1.00
RAYON SWEATERS
will receive my personal attention.
I FRED PICKETT
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,$2.50
GiH» Wool SCARFS
Men sheep lined COATS
5Oc
$4.20
& Hecht Boots & Shoes
Xmas Boxed Hdkfs. for Men
25c and 50c