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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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WE MUST CHANGE
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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.
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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.
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It begins to look as if Mr. Insull will soon get out of the
Greece of the frying pan and into the fire
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We’ll bet the president turned deathly pale when Represent,
ative Pierce said he might be defeated unless given better treat
ment in patronage.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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' “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
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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
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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
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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
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Week’s Events
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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
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