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SHERMAN COUNTY bFFIOAL PAPER
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Forty Fifth Year
COMMEtiCIALCLUBTO
ENTEFTAIH LEGISLATORS
County Unit School
Bill Vote Probable
Moro, Oregon, r April 21, 1933
Pioneer Scout'¿»es
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SALES TAX BILL MADE
ID RELIEVE PROPBITY
' Whether the county unit plan of
school management is used in this
county depends on the people. Sec-
Tuesday, April 25 Date tí Meetiit
ud Stockmen
INTERESTED PERSONS INVITED
Word has been received from Earl
W Snell, speaker of the house of rep
resentatives, that he would be able
to attend the meeting of he Moro
Commercial Club here next Tuesday
evening April 25. Senator Yates, be
ing a resident of Wasco, will be able
to come unless something unforseen
happens. It is also probable that
Representative Turner, of Heppner,
will be here for the meeting which
will make a complete list of legisla
tors from this district present-
This meeting was planned by the
Commercial Club to enable citizens
of the county to hear first hand what
was done by the legislature at Salem
and to find out from the representa
tives and senators themselves the rea-
sohs back of the new laws made dur
ing the session just concluded.
Mr- Snell was kept in Salem for
several weeks after the end of the
legislative term to finish tW work of
his office and he has just returned to
his home in Arlington. He was one
of the sponsors of the sales tax and
will no doubt be able to explain that
proposed law to those attending.
Senator' Yates was one of the
senate committee that opposed the
sales tax and was responsible for
several amendments relieving fann
ers from paying on sales of livestock
and farm products. While there will
be no debate on the new measure con
siderable information should be forth-
coming from the meeting.
Representative Turner, the newest
member of the legislative group in
point of service, was a member o/ the ।
inne;»
culture committee.
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T flee other general meetings of the
'^•1- ‘si Club this one will be
*’ •’♦*»•1^1 cf the coun'y. An
•’*’ ~r*m to mnne infer-
c: *i*d in listening to the talks to at-
r n oting will be called at
r»-’ ’ will b^rin with a dinner at
I»adies are invited and
v* n. rvilj accompany theirhusbands
i f ♦ he* desire. ——
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or, upon the petfood of not less than
MW legal voters of the proposed coun-
V school district, shall submit to th«
hgai voter, of such district th« « ms -
tion whether this act shall become
effective in said county.” The court
therefore, may call the election if
they choose, on their own volition and
they must call the election if WO
voters ask for it.
It is not probable that the court
of Sherman county will insist on re
ceiving a petition before declaring the
election. A show of interest on the
part of those interested in the schools
would in all probability cause them
to have the vote made at the July
election.
It is possible that the voters of the
county are better acquainted with he
county unit law than formerly due to
the information that has been pub
lished regarding it and some school
men have expressed an opinion that
this year may be an appropriate time
to vote on the proposal. The granges
have debated it, a resume of the law
has been published in the Sherman
County Journal and echos from the
legislative discussions have come to
the ears of many. The county court
may decide or those interested may
demand an election.
Drivers Must Pass Exams
' In Order To Drive
Here’s a tip for the thrifty
motorist-
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Drivers licenses will sell for exact
ly twice the present price after June
9, the fee having been raised to one
dollar under the new law which will
become effective at that time. Those
who get their licenses renewed before
June 9 will not only save half the
cost but will avoid the last minute
rush which Is certain to occur, re
ports Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state.
The new Oregon motor vehicle law
provides that all drivers licenses is
sued prior to July 1, 1931, must ex-
pire on September 1, and every two
years thereafter, beginning on June
30, 1935-, This means that every
operator carrying one of the old-type
licenses must have it renewed before
September and because there are
some 400,000 drivers affected by the
law, the department will be flooded
with applications as the dead-line ap
proaches.
“Persons desimg to renew their
operators cards before June 9, should
an examiners schedule and an
Chick< ns- Burn 'secure
Oregon Motorists Manual,” advises
Tue'dav afternoon a brooder house Secretary Hoss. “These may be ob-
caught fire and roasted 90 three week tained from state police, county
old chickens dor L. H. Nahouse. How sheriffs, chiefs of police, news papers,
the fire was started is not known al or by writing to my office. No one
though the high wind might have had should attempt to take the examina
somevhing to do with it. Not one tion without first having carefully
,chicken escaped and they were a Studied the .information contained
little young to be roasted.
I in the manual/* Mr. Hoss adds.
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Uncle Emmett Briefly Discusses
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New Policy of Inflation
Uncle Emmett unfolded -his morn yu call it dollars.” .
Don’t yu recon, Uncle Emmett, it’ll
ing paper with his usual precision and
and calmness. He adjusted it to the help the feller that’s in debt”? asked
proper distance, arms length from his Wabash.
“Now ain’t that good? We just
eyes and surveyed the headlines. “So”
he exclaimed, “The wolf et up the come out of a time when everything
sheep dog, eh? He’s been tryin’ to was high, When we had inflation of
I credit and when prices was risin’.
fer a month.”
“I don’t see nothin’ about a dog We still are cussin’ ourselves because
fight,’’ said Wabash looking over his we paid so much for everything. Yu
‘ ask if it won’t help thè debtor. Did
own paper.
“Yu may be one of then that thinks the last high price period help him ?
the sheep dog et up the wolf, Wabash Say son, we never had any debtors
for all I know. I’m referrin’ to thia I that was debters until we had big
inflation business.. It’s a wonderful prices an inflated values. It’ll help
idee, son, to think that by inflatin’, him by giving him lots of company.”
the dollar we can make prices rise1 “Why, Uncle Emmett,’’ said Wa-
and rise and keep on risin’. Pros-' bash reading farther, “this says the
perity is our’n just by cuttin’ the inflation is going to be controlled.”
“Yea« an Joe Bishop said he could
value of our money- Say yu. got two
four bit pieces. Yu just pretend they lead his Jersey bull to water with a
’re dollars. Ain’t that wonderful? twine s ring too, an yu know what
They’ll sdll buy four bits worth but, happened to Joe ”
usbwauwm
PERSONAL PROPERTY
UNTAXED
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Coantits To Receive Remaining Part
ef Tax After Millat es Paid
of Heart Attack
ident of Sherman c
ity, died at his
home in Moro Sati
fty night from
an attack of heart trouble that had
been bothering him ft* several weeks.
Mr. Amon, who always gave the
date of his birth as January 1, 1850,
was born in New York City. When a
boy of tender
RM be ran away
from home and
to Missouri
where he lived with
bachelor unde
for several years, ■began to work
around the army
« when in his
early teens and was a scout for the
frontier army at one time. During
Some place between the extrava-
gent claims for the sales tax and the
fearful statements made by the op
ponents to that tax must be a reason
able ground upon which the average
citizen can stand and decide as to his
or her individual vote on the subject.
In an endeavor to find this ground
and to give a fair and impartial re
sume of the provisions of the tax this
arJcle and others are written.
In the first place the sales tax was
proposed because the finances of the
state were in a bad way and because
after the. slate property tax was re
moved for one year, there were loud
cries from property owners when
its reimposition was sponsored- Some
means of taxation that would make a
state tax on ’ property unnecessary
was the need of the legislators inter
ested in farmers and others who
could not pay their taxes. Practically
all of the wheat counties of eastern
Oregon are nearly fifty percent de
linquent*?» taxes and would be farth
er behind had it not been that the
public utilities have paid their share
of the taxes which brought up the
total.
The Eastern Oregon Wheat League
and other farmers organization went
on record as favoring the sales tax
in preference to the property tax. The
state grange leaders have steadily
opposed it.
State Club Leader
The sales tax bill which Will be
voted on in July specifically states
Seymour Visits Here
that the sales tax shall cease July 1,
1935, so this law can only last for a
little less than two years- It was pro
H. C. Seymour, ¿tate club leader
posed and passed as a temporary was in the county Tuesday forenoon
measure. Arguments that once es to assist county superintendent
tablished, it will permanently remain, Knighten in making plans for club
are based on sunposition and not on work and display for the remainder
any clause of the bill. -
of the year. As the state fair will
The bill proposés to tax aU retail begin on September 4 this year the
sales 2 percent with seven exceptions. local club fair will have to be held
These are “The amount of any retail at least a week before that date. The
sales of motor vehicle fuéls upon date agreed upon is August 28. '
which a «ales tax has not heretofore
The summer school course at Ore
been imposed by the state.” Those gon Sta.e College will begin June
vho obtain gas returns from the 12 this year and some children from
state would have to pay a tax of 2 ‘his county will surely attend as
percent on the amount of gasoline usual. On May 13 club leaders Helen
used in. tractors- The tax would Cowgill and L. J. Allen will visit
amount to one barrel in fifty.
Sherman county to aid local leaders
in their work. A'meeting will be ar
“Insurance premiums etc”
ranged
to be held in Moro on that
“Employees rendering personal ser
day.
vice for which compensation is re
Last year there werej27 4-H clubs
ceived in the form of salaries $nd
in
the county with 243 members This
wages shall be exempt—to that ex
year
the total clubs are 4$ and there
tent.”
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“Gross sales to the extent of $50 are 335 members which is as high a
per month.” While a farmer does not percentage of club workers as any
have to pay a tax on money received county in the state on a percentage
for products sold to dealers for re basis.
sale (see next item) he does have to
pay a tax on products sold at retail Carburater Adjustment
like meat, eggs, seed etc., sold to
users, i^ the sales total more than
Very Important
$50 dollars per month-
“Farm products and livestock when
sold by growers or producers to deal
Adjustment of carimrators rather
ers for resale.” ‘
than selection of any particular brand
“Any gross income which may not of gasoline offers the chief hope of
be lawfully taxed by this act.”
mileage economy for motorists, ac
Gross income from sales to any cording to the scientific studies made
«branch of government.
at Oregon State College by W. B
Each business man or other person Hanley, a graduate student in mech
liable to the tax must file a return anical engineering now completing
to the state tax commission on or b«1- two years special research with motor
fore the tenth of each month or pen fuels.
alty and interest will be levied a-
The engineering experiment station
gainst him. Right of appeal is given issued a.bulletin about two yean ago
to any taxpayer aggrieved at the ac- I
describing a practical method for ad
tion of the commission.
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justing carburatola with scientific ac
Except on judicial - * order the curacy by means of testing exhaust
amount of sales tax paid by any per gases.
This has attracted so much
son or firm shall not be given out by national attention ,that the issue of
the tax commission, a clause that bulletins is practically exhausted
Continued to page two.
Continued on Page Two.
I FIRST SCRIP ISSUED;
. . . . .... J ACCEPTED IN 5T0BES
Rainfall 1.13 laches Short Since
MOISTURE IN TOP THREE FEET
Goid Rains' Essential If Normal Crop
Oeneral Custer on his eventful sally
into the Sioux country that resulted
in the death of his fptire command
with the exception of l a few
2_.. scouts
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who had been sent
¿reinforcements
or with messages to. other officers.
Byron Anson was one of these scouts»«
according to his biography, in the
History of Central Oregon.
In the seventies Mr Anson went
to SanFrancisco with Colonel Potter
with a car load of horses and there
left the government fervice to re
main in California,
1887 he mar-
ried Miss Josephine
Iderbrand and
came wth other men
•s of the fam-
ily to Sherman county where he has
since remained.
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He once owned and developed the
land where Mrs. Marie Cooper now
lives and before the death of Mrs.
Anson built the house now standing
there- In the first yetrs of this cen
tury Byron Anson was one of the in-
fluencial citizens oí the north end of
the county. Financial reverses * came
after the death of his Wife and sever
al years ago Mr. Anson was working
for the state highway department
when an explosiop permanently in
jured his eyes so that he was forced
to retire from active labor. He re
ceived compensation from the state.
The funeral was held in Wasco
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 from
the Methodist church and interment
was made in the cemetery there be
side his wife. -
Wasco Council Votes
To Rescind Action
SOIL NOISÌLIRE BELOW
NOBMAL IBIS SPRING
First of September
Is To Be Harvested
No. 24
oped a few personal* remarks the city
council of Wasco revoked their action
of two weeks ago regarding the pros- ..
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ecution of Earl Jones, former city »«ret HI’norCO DolldfS Worth Made
(rcarurer.
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Councilman Rivheluerfer askcsl -for
a reconsideration of the former vote
and voting with the former opponents
of the action caused a tie. The ac
tion was reconsidered.' After a heat MORO
ed debate regarding .iie propriety of
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acting against the treasurer, the de
gree of rsponsibility of the old coun
cil members and the chances of re
ceiving any money in case of a suit Taxpayers Show Co-operation; Agree
the council voted again on the ques
To Buy Warrants
tion. The vote was again as two
weeks ago with the exception ofj
Richelderfer’s vote which caused a
tie voto. The mayor Voted to lay the
Saturday, before the ink was en
matter on the table indefinitely.
tirely dry on the first issue of Sher
The final reading of the beer ordi man county scrip, some of it was
nance was -made and it was passed used to purchase a school warrant
so that now it is possible for the city and the era of local money was offici
to collect revenue from the* despen ally begun.
Mrs. Nellie ZKyllo,
sera of the beverage. Heretofore they teacher of the Erskine school, was
have -be« n felling on their federal the first individual to possess the
license as the. city had no regulation scrip.
of the sale
The aim of the scrip association is
MERCHANTS PLEASED
Mb
It is probably true that a man’s
belief about the probability of har
vesting a good crop depends on his
breakfast But the actual number oi
bushels of wheat* shelled out at har
vest time will bear a direct ratio tc
the amount of moisture put in the
soil by the omnipotent rainmaker.
So far that worthy has slighted
to buy warrants from^s many school
this county considerably since last
districts as possible so that there will
September 1 when the crop year rec American Legion Boys
be on hand at the office warrants for
ords begin. Since that date this
anyone
to use who desires to pay
Piai Meeting Wednerday
county has received 7.55 inches of
taxes. There is already evidence to
show that the scrip is going to be re
rainfall which is 1.13 inches short of
the average- We didn’t have a sur
The American Legion boys in this ceived with favor by a majority of
plus in the ground, either, so "our section are beginning to get nervous the people. Orders are on hand with
chances of reaping a big yield are not because of a not ¡cable lack of inter M. E. McKee, secretary of the asso
average at this time, although, as est in their order. To combat this ciation, for warrants in several dis
every old farmer knows the chances easy going attitude Commander Ver tricts with which to pay taxes and
might change over night.
non Flatt has called a meeting to be those few persons who have received
The good tillage plots on the sta- held next Wednesday evening at the the scrip have been relieved of it with
tion have an average of 12-3 per cent Legion hall. All ex-jservice men are in a short time-
Information from other parts of
of moisture in them in the first six asked to come out and see what good
feet.
The average is 13.1. That stories may be retold about the days •the state is that the scrip will be
spent more rapidly than money,
part is not -so bad but the distribution of ’17, what good ideas may be
Other towns are using the plan of
of the moisture in the soil is not nosed for the good of the order
good ths year- A large part of the
it is whispered that no one need giving ten dollars of scrip to each
water is in the upper two feet of be afraid to come because his dues teacher per month which is also be-
soil where it can easily and quickly are not paid.
are in the same ing tried here- New business has
evaporate. The lower two feet are boat in that regard The meeting is come to the merchants because of the
pretty dry. The poorly tilled plots not called for the purpose of collect scrip.
The local scrip is issued in denomi
have 10.5 percent moisture and the ing dues, but to arrange for some
nations
of .25 cents, .50 cent^ and one
average is 11-0 percent
thing of interest that will be worth
dollar It is printed on a good grade
• This moisture is not all available paying dues to get yi on.
of paper and bears a picture of a
to plants for wheat cannot take soil
horse drawn combine. It has not
moisture down below five percent.
A.
M.
Wrigh<
Has
been issued with the expectancy that
That means that there’ is from five to
seven percent moisture available for
Auto Accident it will appeal to souvenier hunters,
but is for local use to help increase
the wheat at this time- This is equiv
trade and liquidate warrants. Prac-
alent, on the good plots-to approxi
mately 6 inches of water. . The ave-
A M. Wright, accompanied by his bieally every business in Moro is co
»•age crop raised from an inch of wife and Mrs. Martha Cope drove to operating in handling the -scrip and
water in the soil is 3 bushels. There The Dalles for Easter morning ser while little of it has been taken to,
fore the crop can be estimated at 18 vices and later in the day went on to the other towns of the county it is
bushels on good, well tilled land if ward Mosier. As they rounded the likely that it will circulate there.
weather conditions are favorable.
last turn they rnpt a string of cars
This presumption is based on the and the lead car driver mistaking Mr.
present moisture in the ground and Wright’s positiem in the road turned
Family Reunion Held
makes no prophesy as what will hap to the wrong iide.
pen later. It may rain, and surely
A collision resulted when the cars
Last Sunday a sort of Sunday re
will. It may rain in just the right hit together sidewise. R. M. Nichols union was held at the home of Mr.
time, or it may deluge ui in May and of Portland was the other driver. His and Mrs. R. J. Ginn when Richard
be hot in June. There is no need to daughter about twelve years old sus Ginn, of Billings, Mont- was home
dilate on what it may do, for every tained a broken arm and there was and Elwood Ginn and family were
one knows it may do anything.
genial wreckage of running boards here from The Dalles and Harold and
One advantage farmers have this and fenders^
Marjorie were also present.
year is that the distribution of mois
ture is favorable to the growth of
spring grain.
The ground has all
been worked this spring which should
preserve the moisture in the upper
soil. Spring wheat uses the moisture
in the top four feet and does not go
down 6 feet as winter wheat does so a The Observer April 19, 1894.
weeks picture puzzle.
J M Powell returned home this
deficiency in the fifth and sixth feet
Dr. Jack Daily has vamosed the
is not so important with spring grain. week after having disposed of the
Frontier
farm, bag and baggage and
Prospects may be anything in April horses which he shipped back east
is
now
a
bona fide resident of the
and something entirely different in last fall at pretty good prices, con
Webfoot
metropolis.
sidering
the
times.
June, in fact, it doesn’t make a lot of
difference until June anyyray for am The election of officers of the Moro
J. H. Bottemiller was able to be
ple rainfall in that month can make Sunday school was held in the Pres in Moro Wednesday with the aid of
up for a lot of troubles earlier in the byterian church last Sunday, result a cane. He is recovering from a
year.
ing as follows: $upt R. J. Ginn,* painful attack of rhumatism
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Assist. Supt. Mi-s. 3. Leet; Sec-, Har- From the Observer April 24. 1914.
ry I^ampher; Chorister, Mrs. J. B.
Let the Journal do your prating
Henry Ruggles has purchased a
Hosford; Treasurer, Mrs. H. A.
used
automobile from T. E. Hulery-
Moore.
His first driving was up Grass Valley
Hon. W. H. Biggs, the newly ap canyon, over the same road that he
pointed receiver of the U. S. Land
took his fint traction engine twenty
office at The Dalles, was in Moro at five years ago.
J
MAX.
MIN. PRECIP tending the democratic convention
DATE
Mrs. C. E. Johnson spent Wednes- .
last Saturday.
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APR.
day at the farm home of Mr. and
From the Observer April 22, 1904. *
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Mrs. Ray Ragsdale, south of Grass.
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Rivers in eastern Oregon were Valley, as special guest in aiding the •
16 ....... ,..54....30......... 00
booming last week. All trains were celebratioh of the first anniversary
17...... ..57..,.84 ......... 00
held up at Huntington. Grand Ronde of little Miss Ragsdale-
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valley was afloat.
Mr. and Mrs. Herny Smith are a-
19........... ..68,...87.... 00
Miss
Addie
Brown
and
Miss
Leah
gain
occupying their cottage on
eek
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Total for
Tom sent correct solutions of the last Hood Street.
Other Days in Sherman County .
When Old-Timers Were Young
WEATHER REPORT FOR
WEEK ENDING APR. 19