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*4 s i THE SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1935. PAGE TWO think that we as a people should hypothetical cases, thus varying be most hesitant in checking the*f|4nn the present well-established " german Smtrnal practico of determining conztitu- powers of that court. Nevertheless, there is a great tionality upon the basis of actual RHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER. Established Nov. 2, 3—• deal of merit in the criticism of litjga.tion. GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Ocu 14. 18v. This objection is of doubtful those who claim that the present CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6. 1931 validity because many cases now suits in power of judicial review re WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, Established IdiH To the Editor of the Journal: are purely test cases of little con- ’ CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4. 1932 a'great deal of waste/ i It is desired to refer to that sequence as far as the interests of Obviously, no business coníJ part of your report last week of Publuhed Every Friday «I Moro. Oregon, By tho party litigants are concerned succeed if it purchased c? cnsive GILES L. FRENCH '_______________ Managing Edito. the County Budget meeting which when viewed in light of the major machinery, installed it an J tartc'l stated that those who favored the constitutional questions involved. MEMBER to, run it before it det mined inclusion in the budget of the ap Th# advisory opinion plan, on whether or not that propriation to the Inland Empire the other hand, ’ would give the would manufacture the Waterways Association had held court greater latitude in render - which it was purchased that a tax levy was the only ing its constitutional decisions, equitable way of raising the mon In a sense that is w in that all features of a given d to act could be decided as to their done in this country in Y' Entered as second-class matter at the PosLotflce, at Moro, Oiegun, ey for the promotion of the devel opment of water transportation legislative ‘ machinery, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879- constitutionality while at the pres that would benefit every citizen in 1 millions of dollars to SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PA YABLif IN ADVANCE. ent time the facts of a given case tant federal legislation .. II 50 the county in direct proportion often involve only a part of an One Year. ..—............. -- to his taxes. tion. act and so its constitutionality is Tax levy facts in the county do NOVEMBER 29, 1935 , Yet our sustem permit tl decided piecemeal. not support such * stand. As be preme court to declare such legis- Perhaps a more valid objection tween land owners, whether they lation unconstitutional and thus would be that the proposal would CLUB WORKERS operate their farms or lease them, in effect wipe it off the books at involve a task impossible of per Anyone overhearing the discussion about club work and non-owner operators, the pro a great financial loss, not only to formance by a separate depart portion to be paid by each will run the government hut to business ment of the court, if all, or even in Sherman county by club leaders Friday night would approximately as in the case of a men who have endeavored to ad- most, of the acts of congress were have necessarily reached the conclusion that 4-H club boys certain average sized farm in the just to it. to be submitted to the court in ad and girls in this county are fortunate. Serious thought Grass Valley district. With this It has been ¡suggest farm, the taxes on 800 acres and vance, let alone the acts of state way to prevent such i has gone into the plans for club work and is still going into tho improvements ■ amounted to legislatures, which might possibly be to create a separato irtment be in conflict with the federal con $810.14 this year, while the lessee it. « / » ►se solo stitution. of it was assessed exactly $20.00. ' Here are the pres'deni and vice president of the Young Democrat of the supreme coin t There was nothing in the meeting to show that leaden a u»on Therefore, if of the $500.00 item, Cluha of America who wore elected nt n meeting In Milwaukee, WIs. task it wou’d be to If such a plan is to be feasible, of club children have succumbed to the present day tend set up in the budget for promoting They are Frnnk Wlrkhmn of Sioux Falls. S. D„ nnd Mrs. Louise Gnlleher constitutional quest ioi nvolved it would have to be limited in to its some way so that only major legis in major legislation r ency to depend on government »to the exclusion of self, or water transportation there should of Leedshurg. Va. be levied next year against this final enactment. that they have come to believe that there is no future for lation would be submitted to the farm and its operator the sum of A proposal semi ; court in advance. . progressive and well planned* agriculture on Sherman $3.30 in taxes, the owner would was submitted to the consti tut :onal STATEHOUSE GOSSIP If the power of judicial review county farms. They might joke about the absence of rain pay $3.10 and the Lessee 20 cents Continued from page one. convention in 17S7 by Ran olph f is finally curtailed, the chief rea- thereof, which is a ratio of about of Virginia and rej , prison for such action will be the fall and wonder, jokingly, about the road they wpuld choose 16 to 1. One offhand might say tion, has been appointed state di framers of the con ‘ । dissatisfaction of large numbers to walk on, but when it comes to planning the type of edu that the lessee would receive twice rector of Americanization by the Randolph plan proposed 1 ‘ '! of our people with the delay, un- new state Americaization commis as much benefit from a lowering of cation they wish their boys and girls to have all this is a ' - /» aye*__ sociate a certa certain v ¡certainty, and waste entailed in freight rates as would the owner, sion created by the last legislature. . judge»*.wiih th forgotten. ! the present procedure. Mrm Mabel A. Mclnturff of Marsh-, but that hardly is so as out of his exercise of a A perfected advisory opinion They plan, Ind plan systematically; they plan to meet two-thirds share of the crop, the field is chairman of the new com over laws passed , 'plan might prove to be an effec- In a very real sense, the doc- the present economic situation, not some theoretical situa lessee reserves some grain for seed mission. However, that, i not < j tive way of retaining the court’» and feed. On 4 basis of grain ship trine of judicial supremacy makes same plan as th tion they hope might prevail by the time the project is ' right to exercise the doctrine of Storm clouds are gathering ped by each, the benefit of lower „ 1 over . it possible for us in this country department to pa judgme completed. It appears that club work might bring pure rates would likely run about as 40 the state liquorcontrol organiza-J^Q experience a social revolution ' judicial review and at the same on the constitute uty of : time make possible the speedy bred sheep to this county in greater numbers, something to 60 to owner and lessee respec tion again. Predictions are that a through the orderly processes of shake-up of the organization will law to the extent that our courts Congress in advai tively. - adjustment of major legislation to that several years of sheep raising has so far failed to do Some of the a ’ ;umonts r Very truly yours, be ... put into effect before the first the constitution. ax i . . adjust constitutional concepts to ed against th? proposal f in any great numbers. It may develop a forage crop indus James B. Adams of the year. At least one change 80ciaI dcmands. "i If the principle of such a plan is visory opinions are t1' can be expected in the personnel try which will fill a long felt need. It may bring about the Moro, Oregon, Nov. 25, 1935. sound and desirable, the mechanics Such adjustments . , are going - - on .. would be an encron of the commission itself w hile a for its operation should not prove teaching of practical subjects in the schools and the plant- at the present time in a dramatic the doctrine of juj and number of republicans in the ranks difficult of solution. fashion, and we are all familiar ing of wind breaks and decorative trees around the farms . .the independence of of the organization is said to be with the part that the supreme This argument is of slated for sacrifice to make room home some of which have stood for fifty years and more court is playing in that revolution. validity because un ’ GOVERNMENT JOB for deserving Democrats who have without the saving shade of a single tree. However, the recent decisions posal the court v , ) f? 1h been howling for a slice of patron From the Observer Nov. 30, 1906 . Director. Division of Maternal of the court on constitutional law same powpr tbrit it n ' There's nothing wrong with the spirit of the men in nr 1 Child Health, S6.500 a year. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Fordyce en age every since the present admin con titut agriculture, if these be an example. Those who tell the tertained their relatives “from the istration went into office. Already issues, especially the decision in termjne Director, Crippled Children’s Divi- the Schechter poultry case de- actg of Congress, it is known, some of the under Hen. .«6.500 a year, Children’s Bu- country ” , Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Cros- farmers from political platforms and for political purposes ,, , of quested by th tie r au, Department of Labor. field and Mr». Amos, at a turkey lings have been notified that their daring unconstitutional much that they are a downtrodden race should hear them talk n Farm agent, $1,800 a year. In dinner yesterday. The party at services are no 1 ongët required. the N. I. R. A., have brought forth Conffre?s it wouW (kt( Trouble in the upper strata of again certain proposals aimed at mattcr of constitutional? seriously. The farmers are going to go right ahead and tended the ball dan Field Service, Interior De ball in the evening at is puu put 1|ÀV' jnto vii c. the organization is understood to limiting the doctrine of judicial , the VI lv Jaw iuv» IO partment. Separate registers of feed this country on better beef, better pork and • better Elrod opera house. I It is contended that eligible« wid be established as Fire destroyed the Klondike center around a case of too many, review. wheat and they are going to be paid for it, too. follows: store and post office Monday morn bosses. While Jack Allen, Pendle - Even prior to the gold clause posai would in effect turn t General farming/stock raising un ing. The property belonged to ton democrat, is supposed to be decision, articles began to appear partment of the court into der range conditions, irrigation A. B. Potter, who has conducted a the administrator, it is young Eu- in leading American periodicals Tative drafting bureau, but ' farming, and dry farming. profitable trade there for nine gene Kelty, Portland republican questioning the desirability of con- viously this would not b? NEEDED REFORM Certain education and experience years past. The loss falls heavily and assistant administrator, who | tinning to vest in the supreme because tho decisions wc uld not r— - the sweeping power of judie- vary in form from those n Suggestions for the reduction of the cost of legislative upon him, and the neighborhood has been actually “administering” court given. are required for these positions. the affairs of the commission, a Full information may be obtain At the present time t' sessions in Oregon have been made by Representative Hill cannot afford to be long without situation which makes for any iah review. the conveniences of the store and There was open suggestion that does not tell Congress he to ed from the Secretary of the Unit of Lane county. It is time that such suggestions were post office hence it is quite thing but harmony in the organi attempts might be made to en- ____ ______ act _ const _______ ional ed States Civil Service Board of make _ a certain made and thia means as good a point as any from which to likely that Mr. Potter will soon zation. Those who pretend to be large the court in order to bring but rather tells Ccn^rc-s why n Examiners at the post office or in the know say that Allen has about a reversal of such decisions, ccrtain act is unconstitutional. customhouse in any city which has start a general discussion of means of conducting the leg rebuild and renew tra de. a post office of the first or ■ the Grandma Cushman is spending been ready to quit and return to and historical precedent was cited It is also claimed that th ad islature with a smaller overhead. second class, or from the United her Thanksgiving outing with her the more peaceful pursuits of his for it. visory opinion plan wo;:I I b un Mr. Hill holds that fifteen or twenty stenographers daughters in Portland, Mesdames own private business at 'Pendleton Although it is true that both desirable because deci, ions 1 ai 1 States Civil Service Commission. Washington, D. C. Ma.rtin hSS in‘I President Lineoln and President could do the clerical work of all the members of the house. Laura and America Moore. oí Th. nrs.nnl ^.nafiAn'An .h / Grant have been charged by some be rendered upon the 1 as George Wilkerson, who is farm This is perhaps true, but few legislators would care to have ing in Gilliam, with headquarters the present situation on the li- « . . • ... . . , . historians with having packed the their letters written by one who might be induced to revea in Rufus, was on a business trip quor board is admittedly intoler court in order to secure decisions able but whether Allen will be the contents in case of controversial legislation. Perhaps to Moro last week, buying consid desired by them, it is gratifying erable while in the city, including thrown overboard in an effort to to note that President Roosevelt a better scheme would be to insist that all stenographers a complete set of harness at restore internal harmony or Kelty will walk the political plank a nd has indicated rather clearly that hired be efficient and that they also act as clerks of the Heyrits. with him at least one member of New Deal legislation must be ad From tho Observer Doc. 1, 1B16. committees of which the legislators are members. the commission remains Jo be seen justed in accordance with the con M. A. Bull has been appointed stitutional interpretations render If the hiring of the other help used around the halls agent in charge of the W. W. M. ed by the supreme court. However In the event voters of Oregon could be given to some state office, like the secretary of Co. warehouses at Moro in place there are significant groups in our again defeat the sales tax, the state, instead of being allowed to be a political football it of T. C. Lee. who resigned to try state’s needy aged will have to be citizenry who are making specific would add something to the economy of the sessions also farming. cared for from relief funds accord proposals to check the powers of . Fred W. Hutchcroft is busy this in all probability. There is an opportunity to do a public week moving his household goods ing to state officials who have made the supreme court. The view of the ultra conserva - a study of the situation. While service by changing the system now in vogue. to the Wm. Morrison place, for the state stands to lose all feedra) tive that such action would re merly farmed by W. C. Miller. Mr. aid for old age pensions because of sult in chaos or that it would even Hutchcroft is new to the farming failure to the legislature to finance destroy constitutional government methods of eastern Oregon coming this activity—except for the pro is a fear argument rather than a THANKSGIVING here from Yamhill county. posed sales tax—there irill be ap fact argument because it is pos The real estate agency of Alex proximately $5,500,000 available We have to be thankful for: living in the Oregon sible to have a written constitu Hunter, has sold the laundry prop county that has the highest spendable income accompaniec erty owned by Chas. Bullard to W for relief of the needy, inchiflin& tion and still check the powers of an unexpected balance of approx by best living standards; a comparatively low tax rate com H. Helyer of Kent, who buys the imately $3,000,000 in liquor profits the supreme court to dteclare acts of congress unconstitutional. pared to other sections; a per capita bonded indebtedness residence' for his mother. This diverted to relief purposes by the Thus, Justice Holmes has writ necessitates another move for F. 1935 session, $1.000,000 diverted ten, “The United Stages constitu of around $120 or about two-thirds that of the remainder Oi H. Pownder and family. from the general fund to relief SCHENLEY? The weather man gave Sherman needs by the special session, an tion would not come to an end if the state; some of the best wheat land that lays out oi county a coat of wet snow for other il, 000.000 of county funds the court lost its power to de doors ( or indoors for that matters). clare acts of congress void.” Thanksgiving morning. All gone levied for old . age pensidns but However, any such change en by noon, but the crops are bene sidetracked to general relief needs tails significant modifications in fited. by the legislature, and $500,000 re our theory of separation of gov For centuries people fought for freedom from goverr- maining of the $1.000,000 appro ernmental powers and on the basis mental oppression. The world's famous liberals were meL priated for relief of indigents by of the long time record of the the regular session. » who tried to give more liberty. Nowdays they call a mar. United States supreme court, I a reactionary unless he believes the government should do everything. How times have changed. Chiefs of the Young Democrats (Counig 6 « X'.Q.V Wayne Morse Explains Legal Aspects or limes In Other Days RED LABEL Dr. Viggo Haufeli The guy that wrote the line “Into each life some rain must fail” never heard about the seven-year-olds in Sher man county. 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