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THE SHERMAN ^eman County journal UHEGON, FRIDAY, MAY 19 1933 COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, with farti two members present and their home from Mt Hood. i Mrs. Wm- Young, Mrs. Volna Guyton, countries and when the I ■ o , v custom 1 1 Mr. Handsaker of the National i and Mrs, Wm. Mitchell. - l wearing these flowers in honor of th > Mrs. Frank Burner and son Frank Council for Prevention of War will I WorId War dead was first es tabi is he I A good crowd of Sherman coun- Wilson of Portland are visiting with speuk at Kent Sunday evening, May ' Kent Auxiliary Notes 11 ? Were imported in large numbers. tains were here Sunday afternoon to friends, and relatives in Kent for a 21 at the church at 8:00 p. m . 4 i Arnerican Legion and Auxjh hear Ray Gill, state grange master, , 7 *aFy took action against Ihi4 speak on the sales tax measure The members of the Kent-Auxiliary practice- For years every poppr The church service« which were held Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By School Note» of George Bell Post No. 49 held the<r by the women of the Auxiliary Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur on Mother’ Day were well attended. I GILES L. FRENCH Maying Editor regular afternoon meeting Wednes- h®" been in America by th« Nellie Wilson and Geraldine Norton Schilling Tuesday May 16 at the fam- American veterans. Mrs. C. B- Gregg anl Mrs. John May 10 at tho home of Mrs. s *ng;Mrs. Ayres and Mr«. E- M. Hel- • ily home southwest of town an 8 and The next , meeting will be held in yer played a violin duet and Mr«. J. Wilson visited the intermediate room Em™* Pluemke, the rain preventing I a half pound son. D^^jy^^Mrs. Flora Ayres and Thursday afternoon- I them from meeting in the country as the Legion hall Thursday night. May Sherars Grange has important bus- Geo. Witter sang. At noon a delic I planned. 25 after the graduation exercises. Or. D. R. Erb of Eugene gave a ncss to transact Saturday night. ious and bountiful community dinner Coögr« ÄÄ*“" “ ““ '°*0““’ * Mo”’ °"«“. “d«r °' talk Wednesday morning to the high । Dorothy Dunlap secretary-treasur- Pat King was here Sunday from waa served at the grange hall and school pupils. cr was absent due to having accom- * WOMENS AUXILIARY I panied Mrs. Goodrich to Yreka, Cal.,1 his home on the Deschutes near Farg- Mr. Gill gave an interesting talk. The • Among those who attended the 4-H SUBSCRIPTION RATB8—PAYABLE*IN ADVANCE. her station. Kent orchestra also gave a few num club ' meeting in Moro ' last Sat- । where she will visit for a short time Continued to page three, ’ • • / One Year................ . ..................;...........;• r — Ù at sn bers. In the afternoon the regular urday were Della Helyer- Berna Orr, j I j with her sister SUter and and brothers brothers and anil fam- fam- cocoa. Mrs, C. L. Poley spent the week end six Month«....................................................................................................................... S The Auxiliary regrets that Grand- in Eugene where she attended the Mother’s Day service was conducted- i Clarice Wilson, Alta Norton, Anna I Mother's Day exercises at the Uni- P® ^o«owiner program was^given: Sather, Lorena Young, Robert Mitch- ' 1 !ana .were continued for the sale :’.a ..Belshee could not be with them* as sho was last year. versity of Oregon where Bob is a Two songs, Hazel Decker. Rua Hei di- Helen Wilson, Evelyn Davis. ' °f tho meniorial Poppies’ I FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1933. • yer. Clarice Wilson, Alta Norton; Clarice Mitchell, Robert Helyer, An-* C The next meeting will be held at student. Citizens in Kent will I h ? in no dan- two orchestra numbers; song, Mrs. ita Dunlap, Phyllis Haynes, Jaunita ger of wearing a foreign made flow the home of Mrs. Vernon Flatt, May Mrs- Beardsley and daughter, Gene- Ayres, Mrs, Dellinger, Geo. Witter; 24 1933. SALES TAX vieve, spent the week end in Port Evening services were held at 8 p. m. Mitchell, Melvin, RoseElIen and Le er to honor American heroes when Mrs. Lucet Adlard, Pub. chairman they put on their poppy on Poppy vina Barnett, Maxine Pi „ What the sales tax would do for Sherman county is v computed land- Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Adams and Laura Haynes. Jeane Haynes, Luther Day, This assurance was given ¡to- • in another column in this paper. The computation is based on T. M. Rolfe has sold his clip of Woodrow Cox of Antelope were visi Davi«, Cecil and Eugene Norton, Paul day by Mildred Norton- President) of SALES TAX the tax roll for this year as it is problematical what the taxes will wool for a price understood to be 16 tors in Kent Sunday. the Auxiliary of George Bell Post, as Schillings, and JL. Davis cents. Continued from page one. be for next year There is no estimation made for any return L. H. Ayres conducted achievement preparations for the distribution of Among those who visited in The Glenn Garrett returned from the memorial poppies Thursday night j to use up the saving made un to the counties io the computation and the figures are based on the work on the highway near Maupin Dalles last week were. A. A. Dunlap. tsst« for the 7th and *8th . grades Saturday were behur rushed *to com-1 der the sales tax. ’If prices - were Monday. pletion raised three percent the county average consolidated levy In some cases especially the cities, the last week after he was hurt by fall Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Norton. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wilson, the missesHelen Phvllis Haynes of thr • gi ,uc , “Foreign made' American flags and would Have to buy $1,114-587.30 to use ing from a truck. tax may be raised because of the removal of the personal property Wilson, Marguerite Mitchell and Al- and Helen Sather and Maxine Pluem- A- F Balzer and family have moved ta Norton- Mrs. Walter Wilson. Mr. ke of the 7th grade won 100 percent foreign made ‘Buy American’ signs up the savings under the sales tax. tax but whatever raises there may be in the towns will be offset may have been ptfered for sale ,in this* What the county residents will into the Alley house from the section , and Mrs. J. R Dellinger and Mrs. in spelling. by additional decreases in the county if the average is the same. house. country, but there is no such thing spend depends on the crop and if I p*’d Wilson. ’ 1 he grade camp cookery boys fin- as a foreign made American Legion ' prices for wheat increase sufficiently There seems to be no argument that the sales tax will benefit Mrs. J. H- Wilt entertained at v . - , , . * P«” ’Tmth'lr ‘b«1’ Auxiliary poppy,” the National Pres- it may exceed either figure given the holders of large farms and as practical ^ every fa»m owner in bridge l«t Tueed.y afternoon with The K!n J™'" “ „everal Udie, from Moro «hendfo,. | eT“'^ J*“ • . ^d«y afternoon. They ident said. Artificial poppies can be Last year the county’s income was the county has a large farm nearly all will benefit. Sherman plays and a hope to have all their reports and rec purchased-very cheaply from foreign approximately $600,000 from wheat. Mrs. Erma Olds and Miss Grace few musical numbers are to bç ords completed this week. - county has one of the lowest percentages of personal property in Edmonds were in Portland over the given. The 4-H club will have achievement the state and also is a county of large land holding. It is there week end. Mr- and Mrs H. J. Simmons of day Friday May 19th. fore in a good position to be helped by the sales tax The tax Fishing for salmon near Sherars Fossil stopped a short time in Kent was designed to aid those real property owners who were unable falls has kept many of the best fisher- Sunday evening while * enroute to J. J. Handsaker, National Council for Prevention of War, spoke to the | Grass Valley OBSERVER, Established Nov. 2, 1888 GRASS \ ALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct. 14, 1897 CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6 1931 WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE. Established 1891 • CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4, 1932. I all officer» present. GROCERIES «--------« to pay their taxes and it will do it as far as this county is concerned week. Some very . good salmon are afternoon. The people of the com- While there is an excellent reason why the landowner should now in cans. RAIL EXCURSION munity who attended were: Mrs. Ida support . the t sales tax, there is no reason why - the merchant, - the The boys from here who are work Davis, Mr- and Mrs. J. M. Wilson renter (unless he has an excessive amount of personal property) I ing on the oiling crew were home S«V- ABOUTlc MILE over the working man or the professional man should support it and it I urday and Sunday from * MEMORIAL DAY “ Gus Engstrom and wife entertain appears that as a general thing these classes of people will not Going—May 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 Dr. J. A. BUTLER Sherman county in 1930 when the last census was taken had ed at dinner Sunday for several Return’g (Hom< by’-MMnighó June 6 . . 4 ____ —-=^1 fronds and their families. Present DÉNTIST Between points in oicson, Washington. Ida the largest percentage of tenancy of any county in the state with | were the following and their fami- ho, Vtah, Nevada. California, Montana. Wy 44 4 percent of its farmers being tenants. This makes it reason lies. John Buether* Wm. Buether, oming (west o) and including Green River) HOME OFFICE. WASCO and tome points in British Columbia. Min ably safe to prophesy, for those given to prophecy, that the sales Klaus Bardenhagen, H. Zeigler, Matt imum adults fare oc Children half fare. Simon and Edgar Alley.. Ticket« good on all traina. In sleeping tax bill will not receive a majority of the votes even in this county. : " • A- V. Allen was here the first of ear add régulât steeping car charge «O — .. ' POLITELY INTERESTED the week from Portland. He is inter ested with L. R. French in using the river for boat shipment The 1934 political campaign is right now going through its most interesting stage in all probability. Presumably every one . J. J. Handsaker spoke to the high j knows that we always have a campaign going on in this country school Tuesday afternoon on world peace. He is an uncle of Miss Ed- so it is no shock to be told that the 1934 fight has started.’ mends. George Wilcox talked before We are in the pleasant, polite stage of politics. For instance the high school economics class a man is mentioned for an office and immediately all chime in with on the unemployment situation. the remark that he is a good man and might be alright for the Kent News | office It is easy to be mentioned for high place and mentioned j favorably at this stage and it is encouraging to the weaker broth ers who are shy. L. E. Clark and Mrs. J. L- Davis made a business trip to Portland It is the last two months before the voters register their Wednesday. They were accompanied choice that makes enemies Now we never hear that such a one by Miss Hilda Schassen of The Dalles. curses his grandmother or makes his wife take in washing while he They returned home Friday after spends the money gambling. It is not mentioned that so-and-so noon- The State Grange Master, Ray Gill» is in the pay of the trusts, corporations or the much berated big and wife of Portland and the State fellows. We are still ladies and gentlemen and we speak well of Grange deputy, Charles Wicklander • each other. were visitors in Kent Sunday. When we hear that Earl Snell is spoken of for secretary of Mr- and Mrs. Elmer Hansen and state, or Hal Hoss for governor, or Charles Thomas for governor Mrs. Soren Hansen and Gayle Ami or any of the others whose name is constantly before the people don of Moro spent Sunday visiting in Kent. spoken of for high office we are merely pleased and not more than Kent grange held its regular meet half interested. Next year at this time we may be terribly upset ing last Saturday evening May 13th, at some idle rumor about our favorite candidate. ------ o—*— • ‘ - Portland seems to be having its difficulties with stamped scrip for the same reasons that the stamp idea was abandoned here. The necessity of putting a stamp on each piece of scrip with each purchase would certainly tend to slow up the movement of it not so much because of the actual burden of the cost of the stamps as the unhandiness of the transfer. Portland merchants should be able to absorb a large quantity of scrip if they chose to do so and had the proper confidence in the issue. Here scrip is working well because all merchants are cooperating, the issue was small and it is well secured. Some of it has already * been redeem- ed^in cash o- I« It is certainly time that some leader in some nation made a move toward peace and it must be gratifying to most Americans that our country produced that leader. To agree that no nation should send troops without its own boundries without incurring the ill will of other nations may be a necessary step. We will however, have reached a safer condition when no nation is allow* ed to, or wants to, keep armies large enough to start a war of aggression. ; , ’ 7 ------ o------ Ask local agent for detail, UNION PACIFIC In Moro th« First Week In Each Month A complete stock of all staple grocer ies always on hand. Clothing for all the family. , Every thing staple and guaranteed satisfactory. Reliability is our watchword H. Zeigler’s Qstoi^ Grass Valley Oregon May 9, 1933 A great thing has occurred amongst us. We have made a complete turn-around, and at last America’s face is toward the future. , Three years—1929 to 1932—we Americans looked backward. All our old financial and political machinery was geared to pull us out of - .the depression by the same door through which we entered thought it simply a case of going back the way we came, We now realize that tho way out is forward-- through it. ,We It failed Inauguration Thanks for that belongs to President Roosevelt. Day he turned the Ship of State around. Having observed the failure of sincere efforts to haul us back the way we came, he designed a new Dr. F. A. Perkins 301XE Second St The Dalles, Oregon PHONE 211 W OPTOMETRIST-OPTICIAN method-- new political and financial machinery--- to pull us out thè way we are going——forward. He is clearing international obstacles out of the way; he does not stand in awe of tariffs. people begin to feel that he does not take advice from the •inter ests'' ; that he has courage and loyalty to woi*k for one supreme interest only-- the welfare of the American people. For your convenience I have ar ranged for 'you to leave your bhoe Work at Walter A. May & Son. Pick up and delivery twice a week at no cost to you. JOSEPH A. MEE The Wasco Shoe Man The That is a big achievement for two months in office. And now we all look to what is coming; we grow less and less concerned with what is behind. the haul rope. We are looking for a hand-hold on Every man wants to do what he aan, and all he can.u The best thing I can do for the Country is to ¿reate industry by building good motor cars. ' If I knew anything better to do, I would do it. UPDEGRAFF & PEPPER Attorneys At Law Moro Well, we can hardly blame the old earth for shaking a little It may be showing its discontent with the mite-like men who people it. When Your Shoes need -------- Q-------- , Repaid, send them tQ Perhaps we are getting back to a normal state after all here- abouts. The weather is criticize^ as much as is the government. WERN MARK’S --------p,« ■■ i i GOOD SHOE REPAIRING Many person^ are called crazy while committing a crime but 204 Second St THE DALLES few of them are so crazy they forget to plead insanity Industry must be my contribution, face ahead to the future, like everything else. Motor cars must They are so much a part of the Nation’s daily life that if they lag behind they hold the Country back
