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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1934)
y TllE SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1934 the country- The bill haa passed th? house and is before the senate where it being subject to some criticism although observers think it will eventually pass. ( County Snurnai SHERMAN COUNTY UB8ERVER, Established Bo*. 2. 1088 GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Qtt. 14, 1891 CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1981 WASCO NEW8-ENTEKPKISE, Established 1891 CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4, 1932. Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By Managing Editor GILES L. FRENCH . Entered as wcond-elaaa matter at the ?oetoffice, at Moro, Oregon, under Act of Ceogrem of March 8, 1879. • , SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. One Tear.................. ?........... 81 W Six Moa ths... ....................................... A................................................. 1 00 FRIDAY, JANUARY 26,^84 FOR GOVERNOR / With the announcement that Sam Browq, state senator from Marion county, as a candidate for governor the political campaign for the spring season appears to be opening. It will probably be something of a tussle. There is governor Meier still holding his peace and waiting until the field is announced before he makes his decision If enough palookas get into the race it will be easy for the present incumbent to get the nomination. The nomination, though, is only the first step and Mr. Meier will find it much more difficult to win this year than in the' turbu lent 1933 election. “Power without cost to the taxpayer” has be come a little shopworn and* numbers of ardent supporters have cooled off surprisingly in the last four years. The prejudice against rich men with private businesses needing close attention is strong right now and Martin and Van Duzer would likely sit in the high places. And it wouldn’t be a half bad idea, either Why doesn’t some one endeavor to persuade some of the more able republicans to run for the state’s highest office? We suggest Leslie Scott who handles his job as highway commissioner so ably He is a man who gets the facts relating to any proposal be lore him and acts on them. He is V acquainted with the entire , ate, interested in it« developmen* in several ways and capable of .uing something about it it given the opportunity. )r^ if that be impossible, why not Willard Marks, present head • j >ard of higher education He would add grace, dignity v. . g Aid sense to th office He h-shad plenty of legislative ex perience. ' / ■ . . Being governor of Oregon is not a job for a man with, the ‘‘ism* or for one who makes the race because he finds a good po.it- ical catch phrase to attract votes. /— *• • ----- o—A- r. WE MUST CHANGE i . L The Rev. Walter Warner continues his discussion of the sales tax with another letter in this week’s issue.^ This time we are forced to agree with Mr. Warner to a large extent, especially in regard to the fairness of an income tax. We favor a sales tax as a temporary tax at the present because something must be done to relieve property and income taxes are notoriously worthless in times of depression because incomes drop so hastily It cannot be relied on as a single means of taxation. Mr. Warner states that, "No one whom society denies a de cent standard of living should be taxed for the right to live.’ We still adhere to the old American philosophy strong«enough to believe that society does not so often deny a decent standard of living as does the individual himself if long periods qf time aje.' taken. For short periods the fault may lie with society in '^ener al It is true that the sales tax woul$i be pajd out of every dbUsr spent. A man who spent $600 dollars per year would be taxed $9 and a man who spent $6000 a year woyld be taxed $90 or in pro portion to the money spent. Now many men who are only able to spend $600 in a year are taxed almost that much in taxes.- Several farmers have operated a wheat ranch on the same number of dollars their tax bill called for and nearly all land owning far- mers of the county have had to pay taxes half as large as their total running expenses That kind of taxation is ruinous and we would like to see it stopped. I -------- ------------ The American Legion of this state has inaugurated a program for enforcement of laws. That is one of tKe most constructive things the Legion has started for a long time. --- 0--- It begins to look as if Mr. Insull will soon get out of the Greece of the frying pan and into the fire r --- o--- We’ll bet the president turned deathly pale when Represent, ative Pierce said he might be defeated unless given better treat ment in patronage. o— of two quatreling children anywhere can sympa L ofeponjesidtnis v ho put up with the bickerings of siate officials Don’t you just want to take them out to the. wood "T‘h shed? , a PAGE January 21, 1934, Long Beach, Cal- Sherman County Journal, Moro, Oro. Dear Sir: I was talking with a man that was helping dig out at Mont rose near Glendale where so many lost their lives and property. He said that morning they had dug an auto mobile out of the mud, there were six people in it Some lots have completely washed away, leaving a rock bottom. Thee are more tour ists here than I expected to see after .the Shock of last spring. Have had three Shakes since I came down here. It just »hakes the soles on- your shooe and makes the windows rattle. - The largest building ¿hat was ‘damaged here was the Seaside Hospital. It is about half down, not trying to do any thing with it. The new Federal building was badly cracked- They are reinforcing it with iron rods, making the walls ten to twelve feet thick ont side the old wall- The new City Hnll was badly damaged, they are trying to reinforce it with iron. The City Hall Fire station was completely wrecked- They are keeping the fire Engines in tents- Well, California is. not only wet from rains, it is booz.e w*et. I have seen more drunks, since coming here than I had seen in five years. Just let a thousand Marines come ashore and they whoop it up a plenty. You cah get anything you want in drug stores, grocery stores, restaurants, any where. Eveiy thing vou buy here you have to dig up a penny- They hardly ever charg* it on the price of the article. They just ask you for a penny or two what ever the price is- I don’t call it a sales tax, the seller done not pay it, the buyer is the one that pays. I. Qwan Thompson* Long Beach, Calif. To the Editor, Dear Sir: After reading your answer to my question I wish to say a few words to make my position more clear- Of coure according to the diction ary definition of the word the fanner is a Capitalist The thing I wished to imply by my question was that the farmer’s interests were more nearly identical to the interests of the wage rearhers and people or1 ^mall salarie’ tian they wer- to tiie interests of the timber companies and railroad com panies I agree heartily with the Journal that a property tax is about the most unscientific kind of a tax and cannot continue to carry government ex pense. But the farmer will do him self harm by trying to turn to a sales tax rather than an income tax. In our day when the wealth ha» piled up at one end of the social scale and money for investment and produc tion far outbalances money for con sumption, taxes should cut deep in to the big incomes rather than into the already depleted buying power of the masses. Of course taxes should also reach down into the small in comes- Everyone with a decent stan- Ard of living should pay hia share and should want to through loyality to his government- No one whom society 'denies a decent standard of living should be taxed for the right to live. Of course the farmer has suffered during the depression, but according to a report of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce to the senate finance committee wages have drop ped sixty per cent, salaries forty per cent, and property rncomo only thir ty per cent. No doubt the farmer’s property income has dropped much more than the average. A sales tax Would be paid out of wage* lost, than half what they were and would be a saving to large' property owners whose income has dropped less than a third of what it was in 1929. Walter Warner , I Roosevelt apparently expects to withdraw gold from circulation by having the government take it over giving paper money in exchange. When and if the dollar is devalued the government will reap a profit of from two to four billion dollar». Inbation is considered likely if the relief activities now in process do not speedily and surely^ raise the price level and put business on its feet- Due to the rains of the past week the low lands of the Columbia river below Portland are again being in undated and it is possible that an other ^pod of major proportions will recur before the winter is over. Al- ready some of the towns are partially under water and families who had but recently moved back into their dirt filled homes are preparing to take to the boats again. • e ' There is a likelihood that the' water way that will make use of thp; St- Lawrence river will lx? construit-' ed by the Unit d States and Canada.' This will permit ocean going ar.d to come into the Great takl? the produce of farm ar.d mine across to Eu 'one without . reloading- This project vu» one of th cated by Al So ¡th when he candidate for I e presidency and has i been a favorit improvement with the i farmers of th upp.r mid-west far- mers who wo 1 like to have an out- let to the eas' as effective as the Mississippi to ; - »uth for-vhe nuye, southern stak 1 he cebt is • esti- mated at alxri’ <'«'.09,0(X),000. Boston, Masa Special)—The Chris- Movement and has richly earned the eian Science' Board of Directors, in-’ right to Htire- tru8ted with the duty of enforcing1 Mrs. Kaott first became identified Church Manual and managing the with the movement in 1892, becoming affair* of The Mother ' Church, The1 a practitioner and teacher after Church of Christ, Scientist, in’sJudying under Mrs. Eddy, the dis Boston, Maas., lose« Its first'woman1 coverer and Founder of Christian member by the resignation of Mrs. ^Science. Macmillan Knott, C- S- D., who Her fifteen years as Director was a led a long and active life in the preceded by fifteen years as Associ- ivice of The Christian Science' ate editor of the Christian Science periodicals, prior to which she had been a member of the Board of Lec- tureship. She had also served on the Bible Lesson Committee. In her res ignation, Mrs, Knott said she had a “desire for leisure in uhich to gain more of the spirit of Christian Science, and to aid others in doing the same in larger measure. This does not imply any lack in my ex perience in Christian Science, for the assurance of the power of divine Truth a* gained ?rom the Bible and the inspired teaching of Mrs. Eddy has become a certainty- ( I' would, however, press on to realize more fully the Love that ‘never faileth' (I Cor- 13:8).” Her successor on the Board of Directors is Mrs. Nelvia E. Richie, C. S. H. late of Sewickly, Penn-, whj is well and favorably known among Christian Scientists the world e 'er as a Christian Scientist lecturer and formerly field representative of The Christian Science Publishing Society, giving talks to church members both in this country and * abroad- Mrs. Richie also comes to her new work with experience as a Christian Science practitioner and teacher. Mrs. Bloop—Does your car have a worm drive? the .presents Mrs- Bleep—Yes, but T tell him where to drive. that the court will declare other bottle of acid to 'test parts of the new deal legislation con- with. itutional as well. ______________ ' “F turned the way I signalled,” in- Wife: “Did you see those mer. .!1 over the country dances are dignantly said the lady, after the staring at that flapper as she board - given the night of January 30 crash- for the purpose of raising money to. “I know it” sadly said the man. ed the street car?’’ Husband: “What men?" be yiven to the Warm Springs, Ga , that’s what fooled me’I foundation- It is there the president) goo to take treatments for infantile paralysis and it is hoped that funds will j b? raised to make -it available for* tlrore sufferers. January 30 is the president’s birthday u They are h ’g a hot time in France over' public scandal. slick crook Turned JStavhky woiked an-insurance gnme on government The games last Friday night were pawn shop» a d th« people belieye Moro because our gym w’as that government authorities were in still being worked in by the CW A s. on the deal- Ri >ts in the streets and Both games were lost to Moro; the demonstration ave been daily oc- „ girls — 41-19 . and the boys 26-15- The curanees and a least one government boys game was the most interesting official in the cabinet has resigned. although there Was lots of fouling Stavisky is dead, either- by his own | boy3 were winners at Maupin, hand, as the police declare or by the • 27—17. The girls gave them a number hand of interested official* as the of cheers- We like to think it helped people believe. them to win and we wonder if they won’t do the same for us kome'^ime. ? Cuba has broken into the limelight (Author, one of the girls.) thia week ddth a couple of new pres Grass Valley will play at Kent this idents- Grau Martin fired the repre Friday. This will be the girls’ first sentative of American sugar inter game on the home floor. The ‘boys ests and attached the electric power have been seriously discussing theii companies. A Pew days after he re game- It will doubtless be a fast and signed because of a revoluton against interesting game. him. Carlos Hev:a, a graduate of the U. S- Naval Academy was made| Mid year exams are in full swing president He lasted a couple of this’ week- Any flunks ? days then Carlos Mendieta was pat Helen Wilson, Helen Sather and' in his place. The government of the iRose Ellen Barnett made 100 per cent United States is apparently satisfied spelling grades In their semestr with him for recognition has been tests. given his government although it was The new flag, which the Intermedi withheld from his two predecessors- ate room purchased, has created a new flare of patriotism. We like the The government is proposing to sound of 18 voices pledging allegiance build a hospital for soldiers and sailors and Alaska Indians someplace to it. The 5th grade dramatic club is in the northwest. Insane patients would be cared for in it. Oregon and proving a very -interesting experi Washington towns are after the hos ment as^well as some good entertain ment ' । , pital withjrce sites. Evelyn—Our wedding w«a (jelight- The supreme court has affirmed a decision of the Minnesota courts that ful. We got a great number of gifts a state may make laws postponing in silver- Myrtle—That was fine- I suppose foreclosures by mortgagees. The court divider} five to four. It has been pre- your father gave you silver too, Evelyn—No, but he gave us a sumerl that this decision indicates » y « best cooking o flame I’ve ever had—r fTMIATS because PEARL OIL is entirely consumed JL b) il.imc i wry single drop gives you its FULL QUOTA ct intense bear. And that 'dean and complete" burning quality , comes trom Standard Oil Company's special process of refining and re-refining PEA!.! OIL—concentrating upon results in your cooksto:^. There's no waste in PEARL OIL—you get the heat you uant, high or low, and you get it clean. । That's the reason we registered the name PEARL OIL—so you lonM be sure of quality every time ’ '4 ^uy- OF CALIFORNIA blANDAHD SAY TO YOI It BEALKIt PEARI/ewi RE-RWINE» KEKOSEKE SHERMAN COUNTY DEALERS H. H. Willard, Biggs Pickett Motor Co., Moro H. Zeigler, Grass Valley Potter, Klondike A. R. ^ortner “ Atwood, Wasco J.S. Newcomb “ Deyo, Rufus ’ J. H. Wilt & Co “ J. E. Norton, Kent 1 Review of Dependable Merchandise Week’s Events • I It begins to look as if Huey Long is not for long in the political life of the United States. His congressional candidate, Mrs. Kemp, was not al lowed a seat in the house of repre sentatives Her competitor Sanders Sanders was seated- Also Huey’s mayorality candidate in New Or leans was defeated by two other con- testants. It look* bad for Huey right now- Whether or not Portland is selfish, as the arguments run now its residents are often alarmingly unimformed on conditions about The president is asking for con- the state. Really its business men should come up and see us gressional authority which will give sometime him power to handle the money of THREE • i A.«** * be*1*1 Our large stock of Dry Goods and Clothing <0^ 1 e*U • - UC is an opportunity for our customers. H. Zeigler’s dk. *uTC Grass Valley T : : Quality Store Oregon j
