THE SHERMAN
OREGON STATE
LEGISLATIVE NEWS
Brief Resume of Happenings
of the Week Collected for
Our Readers
Highlights of Monday in the Ore
gon legislature:
Governor in message urges further
control of utilities.
Bill offered cutting salary of gov
ernor, treasurer, secretary of state
and attorney-general.
Abolishing all county offices and
placing control in county manager
proposed.
Municipal ownership of lelcphvr.o
planned.
New income tax offered increasing
rates in higher bracket.--.
inheritance tax rate ‘.- teased in
new bill.^
Thomas bills tightening jin< ".^on
over utilities Introduced.
Revision of political party organi
zation offered.
The highlights of Governor Meier's
message to the state legislature Mon
day were:
Governor Sends Message
Recommends legislation conferring
on the public utilitle« commissioner
jurisdiction over public utility stocks,
bonds, obligations, mergers, consol
idations, purchase« and sales of prop
erty.
"Had our national congress and the
legislatures of the various states en
acted adequate legislation for the
control and supervision of public
utility corporations exercised finan
cial crashes could have been averted
and the colossal losses suffered by in
nocent investors avoided.
•’Since the holding company prob
lem is national in Its scope I respect
fully recommend that, this legisla
ture memorialize congress for the im
mediate enactment of appropriate
legislation on the subject.
•’I also renew my recommendation
for legislation vesting the public util
ities commission with power to ru-
pervise and control utility stocks,
bonds, obligations, mergers, consol
idations, purchases.and sales of prop
erties so that citizens holding utility
securities may be protected from fur
ther spoliation.
Burke Urges Salary Cuts
A bill to cut the governor’s «alary
$2000 and reduce the pay of the sec
retary and state treasurer from $5400
to $450Q and «lash $500 from the
$5000 wage of the attorney-general.
Tilt on Inheritance Taxes Asked
Representative - Hilton
intrduced
amendments to th« present inherit
ance rates, substantially stiffer than
those existing. Mr. Hilton lowers the
exemption from $10,000 to $"7000 and
applies these rate«-:
Two per cent from $7000 to $10,-
000, 3 per cent from $10.000 to $30,-
000, 4 per cent from $30,000 to $50.-
000, 6 per cent from $50,000 to $70.-
000 and 25 per cent on all in excels
of $1,500,000. Present rates are 1 per
cent from $10,000 to $25,000, 1% per
cent from $25,000 to $50,000, 2 per
cent from $50,000 to $100,000, with
a maximum of 10 per cent.
Representative Stockdale introduc--
ed a bill wiping out completely all
county officials, elective and other
wise, save the county school super
intendent, and placing dictatorial
control in the hands of a manager.
. Repeal Teachers’ Pay
Repeal of the section of the teach
ers' tenure law which sets up $75 as
the minimum wage, is sought in a
bill Introduced in the house.
Four measures were introduced into
the senate today by Senator Wood
ward. One provides that an entire
day shall be devoted to the annual
school election Instead of a half day.
Another
authorize school
boards to issue warrants in an amount
equal to the estimated pending re
ceipts. A third would empower school
boards and other municipalities to
exchange real property holdings and
the fourth would authorize the school
board of thé Portland district to fix
the rate of intercut on warrants
not to exceed the legal rates.
I.ame Duck Gets O. K.
The senate placed ita "okeh" on ^he
•’lame duck” amendment to the fed-
•rai constitution Monday afternoon
without argument or comment. Ther®
wii no opposition to the measure
which cams from th® committee *n
resolutions on a “do pass' report. Th®
hous® had ratified th® amendment
last week.
When ratified by 38 states th®
amendment will abolish th® lame
duck session of congress and wilt
change the date on which the preQ-
ident and vice president of the United
Htates take ©tf'c* from March 4 to
Januarj' 20.
The house adopted a resolution pro
viding fer the sale of copies of hours
bills and calendars. Under the sched
ule copies of calendars for the ses
sion will bo sold for $10. Bills will
sell at $30 and bills and calendars
together will be sold at $40. Hingis
bills and calendars will be sold for
10 cents. Bills and calendars to bs
mailed must be paid for in advance
postage prepaid-
Phone BUI Introduced
A bill to give th« city of Portland,
as well as other cltl«® In the stat«,
the opportunity to go into the tele
phone business and sot up Its own
communication system, was introduc
ed in the house Monday by Repro-
sen ta Live Lewis of Multnomah coun
ty.
COUNTY
JOURNAL,
MORO,
OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1933
Senators Consider Repeal Resolutions
Mr.s Ray Moorhouse is at The
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs had
a benefit part/ Wednesday night at Dalles with her daughter who is quite
ill.
the Fraternity hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gore of Out
Mr. and Mr». W. E. Tate enter-
look, Washington, were at Wasco last tained Mrs. Hailey at dinner last Fri-
week visiting at the Annsworthy, day.
home. They are moving to Long
Mr- and Mrs. Marion McKee and
view, Washington.
son of Moro were visiting at the Ed
M rs. Robert, Folster and daughter McKee home Sunday.
of Rufus spent last week at the home
The Klondike Community Club met
of ^er parents Mr. and Mrs. W E- at the home of Mrs. W. S- Deaton last
Tate.
Thursday and the ’ejection of officers
Jobless lleilef Studied
A bill, by Senator Spaulding, au
thorizea the «tate to borrow $10,000.
000, to be loaned to employer« tor the
payment of wage«. These loans would
draw interest at the rate of 5 per cent
and be limited to a period of fiv«
years.
Senator Lee has introduced a bill
providing for a "back-to-the-land”
movement. This bill provides that
all lands reclaimed by the state fore
closures shall be made available to
the unemployed.
Resolutions discussed at the meet
ing provide for the appointment of a
new joint unemployment committee
of the two houses and that all state
armories and Camp Clackamas shall
be opened for the shelter and com
fort of those who are In distress be
cause of finuhcial conditions. The lat
ter resolution vas introduced by Sen
ator Spaulding.
Richard Deich, Multnomah, intro
duced a bill, which specifies that in
cumbents of party organization offices
shall not hold elective or appointive
positions under federal, state or coun
ty government,
A new measure, introduced by Judd
of Clatsop, provides that when a mu
nicipality defaults in the payment of
lt,s obligations Its governing body may
create the position of ‘'municipal ad
ministrator,” who would b® no mor®
nor less than a receiver to liquidât«
th® affairs of the municipality.
The senate approved the following
appointments: F. E, CaJHster of Al
bany, member of the state bpard of
higher education; Dr. J. H, Rocen-
berg, Prineville, reappointed; Dr. II,
H. Foskett, Portland, reappointed,
and Dr. Robert Benson, Portland, to
succeed Dr. G. E. Houck, all on the
state board of health.
Second Message from Governor
Governor Meier’s second message
was received Tuesday afternoon rec»
ommending the consolidation of the
World War veterans’ state aid com
mission and the state land board.
Representatives Clarke and Nichol«
of Douglas introduced a bill compel
ling persons being admitted to county
homes and institutions who own real
property to turn the property over to
the county.
Regulation of salaries of all judi
cial officers will be under the regu
lation of the legislature, if a resolu
tion introduced by Senator Dickson
is adopted by both the senate and
house and later approved by the vot
ers.
Representative Lonergan, Multno
mah, introduced a bill a« a remedy
for evils which have grown up in the
use of the recall feature of the Ore
gon political system. The object of
the bill is to «trip the cloak of secrecy
from recalls.
To facilitate the presentation of
proposed legislation to members of
the legislature, Representative Deich
of Multnomah conty has proposed in
a bHI introduced tn the house Tues
day that an interim legislation com
mittee be set up.
The commercial fishing season in
Tillamook bay and its tributaries
would be extended two month« by
Representative Winslow of Tilla
mook.
Investigate Telephone Company
Calling attention to the "mushroom
growth of the telephone monopoly”
during the past 20 years and the suc
cess with which the monopoly has
evaded every effort at an honest in
vestigation of its affairs, Governor
Meier Wednesday afternoon in a mes
sage to the legislature urged the en
actment of measures memoralizing
congress to confer upon the interstate
commerce commission authority to
investigate and regulate Interstate
telephone rates and services and th«
holding company and monopolistic
features of the American Telephone
A Telegraph company.
The house Wednesday passed a bill
by Representative Clavke of Douglas
which abolishes the fund for educa
tional purposes for soldiers, sailors
and marines. The fund, h® explained,
has not been used, and the balance
would revert to the general fund.
At Clarke’s request. another bill
abolishing the soldier«' and sailors'
commission, a body set up in 1920,
was withdrawn.
The house Wednesday received
from the state board of control a res
olution asking that investigation of
recent charge« of Treasurer Holman
against William Elnzig, stat® purchhs-
ing agent and secretary of the board.
Senators Burke, Williamson and
McFadden Introduced
measure
abolishing ths office of the state bud
get director, as it was created by the
legislature of l>17 and restores the
duties of that d^partmlnt to the state
board of control.
Leaned to put a atop to so-called
*’gin marriagea," a bill introduced ir.«
to the aenate would require that a
iy® «lap*« between
period of
the time
marriage license and the actual le-
•uanc® of the 1 leena®.
The grand jur/ syetem as It oper
ates in Oregon would be àbolishel
under the terms
a proposed con
stitutional smendMsnt Involved in a
resolution Introduced Tuesday by Ben-
Yocum on Kansas, Missouri, Illinois urday night as a surprise and spent
the evening playing bridge.
and Nebraska.
Mrs. Hugh Herrin of Portland is , Mr. and Mrs. Bob McPherson were
spending the ' nett few weeks in dinner guests of the John Royce fam
ily Sunday.
Wasco.
A Butxdmmlttde of the Semite judiciary committee In executive session to discusa repeal resolutions dealing with
the prohibition act. Left to right: Senators Thomas J. Walsh, John J. Blnine, William E. Eorqh an| Felix Hebert.
Word has been received that Rev-
members of the Tillicum Club and
guests at her home Thursday. Three Mr. Warner is improving. very njpe-
tables played bridge and Mrs- Roy ly from his recent operation and is
L, J. Lucas.
.
-
.___ ; Belshee made high score.
again at Monmouth. We hope he
will be strong enough to return to
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Feldman were din-
The Mary Elizabeth class of the
ner guests Sunday at the Chas. M E. Church held their class party Wasco soon.
Everett home. .
The Thursday afternoon bridge
at the home of Mrs. W. H. Lee Wed
Arlene Morton and Betty Brown nesday. A paper on Mary Magdalene club was entertained by Mrs. Tilbert
were guests of Naomi Grady Satur- .was given by Mrs. Bruce Grady. A Barnett, three tables playing- Mrs.
social hour followed and refresh Scott made high score and Mrs. John
• day night-
McClure made low score.
ments served.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hennigan were
Mrs- W. H. Burress shopped at The
The Ladies
dinner guests at the E. L. Morton
* Aid of the M. E. church
Dalles
Fridky afternoon-
are
having
a
doughnut
sale
Saturday
home Sunday.
at the home of Mrs- W.'H- Lee.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lamborn Jr. en
Mrs. Homer "Wall and. daughter
tertained
last Friday with a six o’
Mrs.
E.
L-
Morton
and
Mrs.
Paul
shopped at The Dalles Saturday-
McCulloch were in The Dalles Satur clock dinner. Guests were Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs <R- 0. Scott and Mrs-
Mrs- Harry Van Gilder Mr. and Mt.
day.
Jack Sheets went to Portland Tues
Joe Hilderbrand. Mr- and Mrs. John
day on business and returned Wed ' Hugh Chrisman was transacting MoDermid. Mr. and Mrs. John Mc
business in Wasco Monday-
nesday.
Clure, Mr. and Mrs. Tilbert Barnett
Mr.
and
Mrs.*
Ed
Feldman
were
and
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McCafferty-
Chester Medler and Truman Cross
dinner
guests
Sunday
at
the
home
of
were transacting business at Lyle,
Mr- and Mrs. E- L. Morton enter
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Everett.
Washington, last week.
tained Mrs- Morton’s sister anc
Mr. and MTS'. Arthur Y^owell of The I A number of friends met at the husband. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rehbc g
Dalles and Mrs. Chester McMillan of hopte of Mr. and Mrs- Lee Hines Sat- of Walla Walla, last week
Portland Were in Wasco Sunday to
attend the wedding of Miss Jeanette
Medler and Robert McDonald.
Continued from page one.
grecs above zero and since the snow
with more moisture In the ground
and with almost zero weather thé
ground has registered 29 degrees..It
Miss Norma.Feldman spent several
is common for the ground to show a
days
in Portland last week.
temperature of 28 when the air di
J.
W.
McCulloch of Portland spent
rectly above is down to zero.
last
Saturday
at the home of his son
There are a few wheatg left at the
station that did not freeze. With one and family.
exception these are all Turkey
Miss Thyra . Fields entertained 3
wheats. This one is a cross between tables of bridge last Saturdty. High
Turkey and Florence and is a beard score was made-' t>y Miss Effie
ed. white chaffed, and white kemeled à Andrews.
• >
wheat. It grades as hard white and
Mr. and Mrs. I^fç Barnett spent
in addition to its other good qualities last Saturday at Hood Hiver visiting
I. resistant to smut.
, ¿heir daughter.,
Several Turkey wheats, notably
Mr. and grs. Ben Peterson of
some from the northern plains states
Walla
Walla spent several days
did not freeze and were apparently
visiting
relatives tn Wasco - Mrs.
not affected by the cold weather av
Peterson
is
a niece of A. C. Käseberg
all as they are still green and grow- |
pnd
Mrs.
Herbert
Root,
ing as if the spell of zero weather '
had been a week of spring like days. 1 Mrs. Ernest Ferrell fell last week
Minturki, a wheat from ^innesota, and broke her arm. , She was taken
is one of the best of these Cheats.
i to The Dalles for medical attention,
Miss Erma Ferrell and Mrs. Vinton
TAXES
Watkins entertained last Friday for
Mr. and Mrs- Vernon Van Gilder
Continued from page one.
Miss Jeanette Medler whose marriage and family were dinner guests Sun-
No. 9
10.1
to Bob McDonald of Arlington took day of Mr- and Mrs. Howard Hines.
No. 10
3.1
place Sunday,
No. 11
5.7
Mrs. Bullfinch of Weston spent
George Flagg of The Dalles visited
No. 13
2.9
Saturday and Sunday at the home of
at Wasco last Friday,
No. 15
The Wasco Study Club met at the her daughter Mrs. Hugh Walker. She
No. 16
1.9
home of Mrs. Frank Lamborn Fr|- left Sunday night for California
No. 17
65
where she will visit for a while.
day.
No- 19
3 5
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh'Walker were
and Mrs. Herbert Root en.er-
No. 20
dinner guests at tho McKee home
tained the Saturday night dinner Sunday.
No. 21
4 5 ‘
club at their home- After dinner
No. 22
1.7
there were four tables of cards ana
Miss Murdina Medler of Kent visi-
No 23
7-4
high Scores were made by Mrs- W. H.! ted relatives at Wasco and attended
No. 24 ...
2.1
of Miss Jeanette
Burress and Ed McKee-
Mr. and the w adding
No- 25 ..
5 7
and
Mr.
and
Medler.
Mrs.
A
e
C.
f
Käseberg,
No. 26 ...
2 1
Mrs. Ben Peterson of Walla Walla
No. 29 ..
4.7
Rosemary Walker was the guest of
were
additional guests.
No. 30 ...
Margaret McKee Saturday night.
Harry Proudfoot and Bruce Grady
No. 32 ..
4.7
Johnnie and Olive Robison were
transacted
business in The Dalles last
No- 33 .
4 8
dinner guests at the John McClures
Friday-
No. 33-A.
.4
Sunday.
No. 33-B
• 4
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Jones came up
No. 35 ...
10 0
from Portland Saturday. Mrs. Jones’ The W. C- T. U- met Wednesday at
v ill spend some time in Wasco but the home of Mrs. Hicks.
COUNTY UNIT
Mr. Jones returned to Portland Sun- j Harry Van Gilder and R- O.
(Continued from page one)
day.
were visitors in The Dalles Tucsda
able savings in a county by stopping ,
The Tuesday afternoon study club 1
the expense of maintaining so many | Mrs. Augusta lluckin and daughter
were
guejti
at
the
J.
T.
Johnson
met
at the home of Mrs. Elizd Din
individual districts. In Sherman
home
Sunday.
gle
last
week- Roll Cal’, was answer- j
county there is approximately $1200 j
spent each year for district clerks
Mr. and rMrs. George Potter were ed by clippings from Shakesphere. ।
and their bonds and incidental ex dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. A paper was given by Mrs Orville
penses It may be presumed that it
would be possible to make some sav
ings in the purchase of supplies if .
they were bought by one man in one ,
order.
1
If the schools were consolidated
WAbCO, OREGON
there would be some saving in upkeep
of buildings and an increase in trans
W e K eberve T he R ight to L imit Q uantities
portation costs might be expected,
but the consolidation of schools is not
necessarily a part of the county unit
SPECIALS FOR JANUARY 28 &30 , 1933
plan. It is quite likely that the as
sumption that county unit meant
county consolidation has caused pre
19c
Red & White Marshmallows, 1 lb .
judice against the unit system
There are in the state of Oregon
... 3 for 19c
F
2200 school districts. Of these, 584 j Camay Soap
have one teacher and 10 pupils or
19c
Ivory Soap Flakes, large size..........
leas, 210 have five pupils or less, 65
19c
have 3 pupils or less, 32 than 2 pupils
: S O S Cleanser, large size 8 pads....
or less, and 7 schools have one pupil.
Sherman county at one time had a
Blue & White Broken Sliced Pineapple, 2 1 2s.... 3 for 49c
school with two pupils and the cost I
29c
per pupil in that district was $584.58.
Sunshine Krispy Crackers, 21b ..
It is safe to assume that in many of
the schools having a low enrollment
19c
Red & White Pancake flour, large size
the children do not have equal ad
vantages with pupils in • larger
29c
Vaccum Packed Coffee, 1 lb tins...
achdols.
Often times the school district with
19c
Premium Chocolate, 1-2 lb Cakes
the largest number of pupils has a
small valuation and the cost on the
19c
. Cane & Maple Syrup, pint jugs..
taxpayer is unduly large The re- :
verse may make school taxes very
43c
Pancake Flour 10
sacks
low on property. A system that .
equalized taxation throughout tho^
29c
Mayonnaise, pint jars
country would prevent pupils from
poorer districts suffering from atten
Dried Italian Prunes, Oregon-Washington ... 3 lb for 17c
dance at poor schools.
(Editors Note: This is the first
3 lb for 19c
Powdered Sugar
of several articles explaining and dis-
cusling the county unit system. An
effort is made to be Impartial in thii
discussion as thA writer is interested
merely in bringing a fair discussion
W
of the system before the people)
Wasco
Rosemary Walker has returned was held. Mrs- M. Marsfield, presi
from Portland and Is visiting with dent; Mrs. A- B. Potter, vice pres
ident; Mrs. W- S. Deaton, secretary-
her parents- ’
treasurer.
Mrs. Robert Manning entertained
E IT your telephone docs more than
!
gu d. It “runs errcr.do”. Jt carries your voice
to f e next block or another state. Jt rings for
y - a and invites you to good times.
Y^nr telephone doe;
and more, all for
) Little.
;-’ny
The Red & White Stere
Red & White Prices Are Lower
Prices Further Reduced
Cooperaron makes it possible for us to sell
feeds cheaper.
Shorts
75 sack
$17.00 perlon
Mill Run
Bran
65 sack
$15.00 per ton
50 sack
R. Wheat
75 sack
$15.00 per ton
$17.00 per ton
Calf Meal
Cracked Corn
Scratch Feed
Laymore Egg Mash
Salt Half Ground
25 lb sack $1.10
1OO lb sa; k $ 1.50
1 OO lb sack $1.40
1 OO lb sack $2.00
125 lb sack $1.20
per ton $1650
FLOUR
Sherman Cooperative Grain Growers
WASCO. OREGON