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PAUK TWO- T THE 8HLKMAN COUNTY JOUKN AL, MOHO, OREGON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1905 Word has been received Hera of a daughter bom to Mr. and Mrs. A rumor seems to be well found Chet Marrs of Granger, Wash., De ed that Mr. Charle» L. Powell and german (County Journal cember 19th. Mrs. Marrs will b* MUs Emma Esta May will be join-1 «a W v remembered here as Marjorie Me ed in matrimony January 1st. I Kpflim HniTIP q HEBMAN COUNTY OBSERVER. Established Nov 2, Dr. Angell, son in law of City Alli 11 1AV111V SHERMAN JOURNAL, Established Oct 14, 1897 Innes. Marshal Sella is here for the holi-1 Robert Barry of Haydraw. South J CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1931 days. Mrs. Angell and their pret WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, Established 1891 Dakota, arrived at Bigus early To the Editor: CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4, 1932 Friday morning and was met by There came to us from I>ayton. Governor Martin is expected to ty little one have been here for some time. J. H. Wilson. Mr. Barry and Mr. t'h< Wash., a little card bearing announce the appointment of a Miss Kate Reynolds of Wasco, W’itson were old neighbors In words. new game commissioner this week Tenn., and arc now enjoying tell ‘‘With the very best wishes to fill the vacancy caused by the sister of Mrs. Osborn, and Mrs. Wilsons Leave For Morrow Oliver, and their niece, Miss Louise MEMHK ing their boyhood stories. A card ever carried. resignation of Lew W allace who Whiting, were guests at the fam Lillian Schassen of Washington. To a couple who know how wanted to regain his beat in the r/i t f For Holidays D. C. arrived pt Kent Thursday th house and lost by only dhe vote. । ily Christmas dinner in the city. tqi r To be happy, though married, Friends of Geo. HL Herbert will i T* 1 spend some time with Mr. and Mrs. and the names of three friends I I L. E. Clark. The new bakery control board I m * pleased to learn that he has apparently only three, remembered struck it rich in Cornucopia, 60 Miss Yelma Matthes of North which met in Salem to vrgamre that today is our 50th wedding Mr. and Mra. A. A. Dunlap and Enured a. .eeend^l«. Po.toffiee, al Mom, Or««oa. Bend is here to spend the holidays daughter Anita left Friday morn anniversary, and at Salem, Oregon this week will make no attempt to miles east of Baker City. under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879__________ ________ — with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ing for Yamhill to spend Christ- in 1865 there was only three to dictate minimum prices but will SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE J. L. Matthes. confine its efforts to other regula see us start on the long journey to I mas with relatives. $1 50 N omi—Does your husband ever 1935. Today we are not looking tions such as size of the loaf, san Students from the various col- One Year take any hard exercise? back on that long road that was itation, etc. leges spending the holiday season a DECEMBER 27, 19*5 sometimes rough and steep, for we fZirl Dir* Dorothy—Well, last week he was here with their parents, respec- Earl Hill, Lane county legisla out seven nights running. tively are. Donald McInnes. Eve- f^UrUS UIFl are at the summit and facing the tor. while in Salem this week an short road down the valley towards lyn Davis, Charles Wilson, Alta MAY OR SEPTEMBER nounced that he wood use his in the setting sun. Norton and Virginia Helyer. A comprehensive study of the proposed change in pri- Alexander Nish * fluence to exempt farm trucks of Kent Grange will hold its next ■ Harriett Nish the pick-up body type and light regular meeting all day Saturday, marv election date from May to September aa written for delivery qars used exclusively in December 28th. the Oregon Journal by Ralph Watson last Sunday. In it Phyllis, .the 13 year old daugh city streets from the>addjtional $5 To the Editor of the Journal: The K^L grange will sponsor a he set forth the fact that the most active opponents to the license tax tacked on by thejipec- dance at tie grange hall Friday ter of Mr. and Mra. Roas Guilford, died last Friday in a hospital in present bill voted for a similar bill a few years ago. Also It is desired to commend your ial session. Hill says thu* movo evening December 27 th. The Dalle« after a Long illneei. Th« editorial of the 20th Instant, head was a mistake and owners of the Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilson left the very apparent statement is made that those who seek ed, ‘‘It Must Be Paid For.” It was The new dirigible which will cars who are paying the extra tax make her maiden voyage thie win- Saturday evening for Moscow, Ida funeral was h«ld Tuesday from office begin early in the year anyway and will have the by far the best comment upon the are not inclined to argue with him Zells with Rev. R. A. Hurichinson ter between Germany and South ho, where they will spend the officiating. proposed Gross Income Tax that over it. privilege of continuing the practice under the new law.. America will introduce the Diesel holidays with their son Dr. J. G. has appeared in the press lately. Besides her parents she » «ur- engine a new field, according Wilson and family. The bill, if passed, will tend to shorten the length of What was stated was quite com Prospects of a contest over the to Pat into Mr. and Mrs. Jack McKay and vived by a brother, Linden and a O ’ Meara, local machinery time the voters must keep up interest in politics. We have plete, yet there is one other thot right of the state to regulate man. who has sold many Diesel children of Coquille are here to sister Velda. and her four grand it is desired to express, viz: it is Mr. and Mra. N. Guilford always failed to see how it will affect any candidate ad said that this tax is an unfair one, trucks and busses engaged in in tractors and engines to the power spend Christmas with the former’s parents, terstate service looms with two big users of this community. “All parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Mc and Mr. and Mra. W. F. Spreckies versely. Some men claim that because they make a per that it taxes where there may not truck lines resisting the state’s of Los Angeles. four of the 1,100 horsepower en- Kay. sonal appeal to voters the time will be too short for their be ability to pay. In this connec authority. Arrests will be made gines which drive the 318-foot it is submitted that it is a far soon, acording to Frank C. Mc Diesels,” kind of campaign. Conversely, it will give the voters less tion, more just tax than is the now Culloch, state utilities edmmission- lighter-than-aircraft are the- two Mr. O ’ Meara says, “ and operative property tax, because er, and the matter taken into the time to get tired of them. sister ships, soon to be built for the latter there is no consid courts for decision. The present law occasionly causes a political party to with the same service, will be similarly eration of ability to pay. A great nominate a man who is not favorably received after he be deal of property is now being lev Success of thereierendum a- powered.” comes better known to the people. The change to Septem. ied upon to an extent far beyond gainst senate bill 43-—the old age earning capacity. Some of the pension bill of the special session ber should result in better nominees of both parties for the its poorest people within our State —will tie up the $1.000,000 state period of campaigning for the nomination will be longer are those who are in legal posses appropriation without providing and the campaign for the general election would be shorter- sion of homes and-or farms. No any means for taking advantage of matter how poor crops may be or federad match money for pensions how low income may run, these in the opinion of attorneys here. are called upon to bear the expense Only 10,232 signatures of bona GOOD BYE, LINDBERG, GOOD LUCK of maintaining the roads, bridges, fide voters are needed to put the and ail public service. bill on the regular election ballot There can be nothing but sadness and shame for the schools There are many within our good and sponsors of the referendum United States in the removal of the Lindbergs to England. State who earn far more than the are confident they can complete In recent times no one has become to such an extent a average property owner but who, their petitions easily- before the under our present taxation system, national hero as the man who flew first across the Atlantic pay hardly any taxes at all. The Last day, February 7. .. alone. With his wife he has since done much for aviation responsibility of pensions is a pub in exploration work. Her books and articles make her lic one - not one for property own ers only. A great many non-tax- well known of her own right. payers now are spending large The new year win bring its new posibilities for accomplishment. May Yet, although both are native Americans, both are from aggregate sums for movie shows, achu tourist a we assist you in realizing them? The facilities of this bank and the and gas, beer and whatnot From the Observer Dec. 29, 1916. families whose heads have served the country in congress autos Basketball is scheduled for this service of our organization are at your command in an endeavor while contributing but very little to January 1,1936, Inclusive. and other offices, both have sufficient money, both are res indirectly toward maintaining our Friday evening in the Moro opera to make 1936 a prO9perous year in deed. Return January 31,1936. pected and loved here, they feel they must leave this coun roads, bridges, schools and other house between Moro Idgh school institutions, all of which and the high school alumni teams. try to obtain the protection of family they must have to public Make this your convenient and helpful ‘‘banking headquarters. they enjoy as much a» do those The probable llnewp Tov^he school Th« PORTIAMO ROM enjoy life. who pay for these. If we are to is C. Ross, and C MooWr forwards; Th« PACIFIC UMniD Stewart, center; $ Andersen ... Manager Most any of us would do the same under the circum have old age pensions, there must L. C. R. Harding be some other means of supplying and S. Searcy, guards? J. Searcy stances. If we feared that the safety of our children was the funds required than the prop substitute. For the j Jumni:—B. Ant Manager L. A. Littleton , forwards; endangered and that the law was helpless to protect us we erty tax. Tomlin and R. Kunsmai would gladly move to another country even if this one held J. B. Adams, Moro, Oregon C. Sa yrs, center; H. Pii Skerton and G. Meloy, guards. December 24. 1935. our friends. Mrs. M. V. Hennagmi son Hom I ho er and daughter Maggi« were visi Here is challenge enough for all the United State*. STATEHOUSE GOSSIP tors this week from ^cMInnville Here is the problem that must be settled whether our bud at the home of her son ^rank. get is balanced, gold retains its value, or the national in Continued from page one. The home of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. of Portland LOCAL AMNT tects would be asked to compete Lewellen was brightened WedneS-1 all for state purposes witjun the six percent constitdtiona! limit. This year’s property levy for state purposes other than to meet spec ial millages, he points out, are less than $900,000 whereas only a few years ago they totalled $5.500,000. Kent Students For Holidays A fter Long Illness Dirigibles Now Using Diesels rr p n rr r rr Look to your Banking In Other Days in co , The Dalles Branch o/ United States National Bank come is equally divided. Our constitution was adopted to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility ®nd we are failing miserab’y in it, it seems. for the the honor of designing the new state house. “There are plenty of brains right here in Oregon to design and super vise the new capitol without going some other state to find an arch What’s going to happen in 1936, that a the question to itect.” the governor declared. that perplexes just now. If we can judge from past years "Oregon also has plenty of build it may be assumed that the consumers will protest about ing material such as marble, build stone, woods of all kinds—the the high cost of living and the producers will complain of ing finest the world affords. There is low prices; the city jfeople will envy their country cousins no justification whatever for going for their fresh air and independence and the country folks outside the state to buy anything can produce ourselves. will wish they lived nearer the excitement; no one will we “It ’s high time we Oregonians make quite as much money as they hoped to and will spend were waking up to the fact that more than they wished; the Democrats and the Republicans we live in a state rich in natural of all kinds and I feel will disagree about everything; school children will think resources that now is the time to make a their lessons too long and the teachers will consider them start toward a program of educa too short; the men will joke about women’s clothes whether tion that will not only sell Oregon to its own citizens but to the rest long or short, plentiful or scanty; there will not be quite of the world. rain enough; there will be two or three scares about a possi “Oregon has been a dumping ground for the surrounding states ble war; in the end it will be just another year. long enough—much too long, in fact. A,» for myself I propose t< use what influence I have in de Thia is the time of year Usually given over to checking veloping the wonderful resources up on our conduct. We are given to considering method* God has given to us and I’m going of becoming more moral citizens when the calendar ¿eta to start in by doing what I can to state business to Oregon mer down to one page and a new year is in the offing. Perhap* give chants and manufacturers whose we are fortunate that our conscience does not bother us payrolls support Oregon families oftener, yet if we spent too much time thinking about our- and whose taxes support the state and its numerous subdivisions.” aelvea we would have less for that most intriguing of past- times—worrying about the conduct of our neighbors. The local inventor is working on a car that runs on ice skates instead of tires, today. Santa ia given credit for bringing eight babiea to Port land people. Maybe the old boy does that just to keep up the demand for his services. The expression “and | or” might have been used in the list of way a u> attain old age. De not drink black , . coffee , and alcoholic beverages ’ The way it ia one might imbibe them separately. Many a family ia doomed to eat cold turkey for several days because of the slippery roads which caused guests to miss Christmas dinner. And may you have a prosperous and happy New Year- day afternoon. December 27th, by the birth of a son. . A. J. Lindahl, of tbi* city, and Miss Bernice pimick of Hubbard, were married at the home of the bride’s parents during the holiday season. They will make their home in the Smith cottage on Hood street The marriage of I>eo N. Huis. contractor, to Miss Eliza Grace Morrison, only daughter of Mt. and Mrs. Wm. Hornsby was sol emnized in The Dklles., Christmas afternoon. very pretty wedding took p)ace Christmas afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hen-1 nigan when Lotus Lola'‘Hennagin was united in marriage to James p Kenny. Rev. W. L. Dillinger of Monkland officiating. From the Observer Dec. 28, 1906. December weeding bells rang fot the following: B. F. Ireland of Kent and Miss Lucy Woodruff of Benton county were united in mar riage on the 6th. Will N. Froebe çuad Mrs. Mollie Queen were also married on the 6th. Miss Bessie Van Palt«and Mr E. A. Kessler of Portland, were married I in this city Christmas UNION PACIFIC Head Ottes: Portland, Oregon January Brings in a NEW YEAR w JANUARY 36 31 bureka Lodge No. 121 A-9^ A A-M Moro, Oregon Patrons of the 1936 State Fair Meets the 1st and 3rd will pay “four bits” to get intv Thursday evening* of the grounds instead of “two bits" each month. Visiting as has been the case in the past members cordially in few years, the state board of agri vited to meet with us. culture decided at its meeting here C. Sparling, W. M. Saturday. Increase in the admis C. V. Belknap. Secy. sion price was justified on the ground that the lower admission Moro lx>dge No- 113, I. Q. O- did not provide sufficient revenue Moro4 ^egon to support the kind of a fair the Meets 1st and 3rd people expect and are entitled to. Tuesdays in the Since the next fair will mark the I O.O.F. hall Tran Diamond Jubilee of the state's big si ent and Visiting Agricultural and industrial exhi- brothers are cordi 2 ally invited to meet best in the history of the inatitu- with us tion with a large number of high L>O. Rice N. G. class vaudeville a^ta afternoon and Joe Truit, Secretary night free to those who pay their way through the turnstiles. The Lupine Rebecca Ixxlge No- 116 board decided to open the fair on Moro, (legno Labor day, Monday, September 7, and to dose the «how on the fol Meets 2d and 4th Tu lowing Sunday. emlnyw of each month Visiting member« wej With a steady reduction in state come. levies against property Governor Florence Martin. N. G. Martin predicts that within a few Lila Bull, Secretary years property will pay no tax at May it be better in Happiness, in Prosperity, fuller, richer in Hopes and more complete in Realization of Aims IS THE WISH OF THE SHERMAN COUNTI JOURNAL
