fiftieth Year N o. 22
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Official County Paper
Moro* On
C ity Taxes o f
County N oted
B y Bureau
Makin,
Dunlap Decides Tax Collection
Near $100,000
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Value of Highway „ To
Career This Year
For First Period
Snell Explains
Review of Work Done
Made By SCS Officials
Percentage As Good
Oa Fifth Aavrm ary
Along with other CQC camps
throughout the nation^four comps
•«signed to the Soil Conservation
hi Oregon which include* the Moro
camp, will observe the fifth anni
versary of the onggpixation of the
Civilian Conservation Corps 4n
Sunday, April 3, reports A. W.
Middleton, OCC administrator for
these camps. Open House will be
held so that people in the surround
Ing country and, communities may
become better acquainted with ‘
camp personnel and soil erosion
control measures they have put
Into effect *
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Broeion control treatment on
Oregon farms totaling approximate
ly 250,000 acres has been cobs*
i of organisations brought
pleted by enrollees from these
m ent to menibers of the
four camps, worldng under the
direction of trained engineers, for Moro Presbyterian church and
esters, agronomists, and other soil congregation who attended the an
Governor Charles H. Martin ia es are Ex-Mawto- Geo. L. Baker ef
conservation technicians attached nual meeting and election of offi
to the camps. Plans have been cers, Wednesday night, March 30. shown signing a proclamation Portland, manager ( of Columbia
made for similar work on approxi For the first time In several years urging people of the Northwest Empire Industries, Inc., and Mrs.
mately 660,000 acres, it was re the church membership reached to cooperate with Columbia Em- Jess A. Digman of Portland, chair -
the 100 mark, while the Sunday pire’s ‘Buy-to-Work- -to-Buy* Cam man of women’s participation,
ported.
school enrollment was announced
Enrollees are engaged in putting
paign, April lst^to lOth. _W itnes s - _ ^ s ^ m i m c a s A m M M M M k
as
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into effect on farms o f cooperatois
within the camp areas practical , The Sunday school, the Women’s
Missionary Society, the junior in
methods to keep toe soil from be
termediate, and high school Chris
ing washed off sloping fields by
run-off water. 00G-8oil Conserva tian Endeavor Societies all,touch
tion Service camps are located in ed upon the highlights of the year’s
and varied activities in their
strategic farming areas where soil many
annual statements of achievement
erosion problems typical of wide
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surrounding areas are encounter Rev. L. H. Mitchelmor« »poke for D _
By signing a s elaboraely em
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t.te
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ed. From the sand dunes on d s U j
bossed
proclamation,
Governor
” George A. Williams, secretory-
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aop beaches to the Wheat lands
Charles H. Martin of Oregon offi
treasurer
of
the
church,
pointed
A.
A.
Dunlap,
county
commis-
of Eastern Oregon these camps are
cially launched the apn-ual cam
A ononstrata« to Oregon farmers out that a small amount must be sioner and L. L. Peetz, roadmas-
ftaised by April 1 in enter to start ter, made a trip over the north paign of Columbia Empire Indus
to 10th, for
the new year without a deficit and central parts of the county tries, Inf., Ä|Wr «
the avowed purpose of creating
The
group
present
was
determined
Sunday
to
view
the
county
roads
ing moisture, and maintaining «Hl
I and determine what work shall be greater opportunity for employ
fertility Land erosion resistance. that there be no deficit
ment through increased consump
Officers
were
in
most
cases
re-
done in the near futurev
Locations of soil conservation
New road work done this winter tion of products of this area.
camps are: Warrenton, Simnaaho,
near .the Albert Kaseberg place
In his message **to the .people of
Moro and Heppner.
has packed well under the heavy Oregon” Governor Martin »aid:
Control o f gullies that were cut
rains; and is a ' distinct improve “Having the welfare of our people
ting back into fertile farms re
ment over the former road although at heart, It is my desire that every
quired the building of nearly five
not entirely finished yet. ‘Too industry of the Columbia Empire
hundred permanat and 1500 tem
much rain that caused road mach be working at full capacity so as
porary check dams and the sloping
inery to mire down stopped work to insure a real demand for the
In and seeding o f one million
last month. Some powder work products of our soil, and make the
square yards of gaily banks .' to
day of unemployment a thing of
wHl-bolding veg-Catron. \ Contoui
the past.
tilling is being practiced on sever
“I urge you to enter into this
al thousand acres devoted to w h eat
campaign by assisting in every
production, on which camps have
possible manner to know the pro
worked. This method su p erced es
ducts
of the Northwest; to assist
the customary up and down hill
in publicizing our -manufactured
practice which has caused loss of
articles and the great resources
•oil and water on sloping fields.
of our state, i Whenever you make
Straw farming, essentially the
a purchase, consider these products
mixing of crop residues with top
and establish a habit o f building
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payrolls for the coming years.
Let us all work together for the
good of all.”
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Community Church
Has Meeting
“ Buy Oregon”
Cam paign Gets
Under W ay
th,
Un«.
C an didate Hunt On For M ajor
S ta te an d N ation al Offices
• Rapidly by Crews
Earl Snell, secretary o f state,
and candidate for the Republican
nomination for that office, spoke
to the Wasco Civic Club Monday
night taking his topic from his ex
periences with the problem of
highway safety.
About eighty men were out to
hear the one time representative
from thia district, warn of the
dangers of careless driving aad its
results in loss of life aad prep-
arty.
Bank Found
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Woman’s Club
Mr. Snell gave several comperi-
sons shoering the accident toll in
the United States, aaying that
more peisons are injured in auto
accidents in one year than the
entire population of the state of
Oregon. More are killed than
have been lost in the greatest she
disasters. Beeause auto aceMents
take tyres slowly and in small
»ambers they are too often over
looked in a recital o f violent
deaths.
Blame for automobile accidents
nearly always re«to with the “other
fellow” indicating a dislike for
accepting blame and little intent
tb reform on the part of a driver
who is ix an accident. Discourtesy
to another major cause o f acci-
dents and men who are polite aad
courteous in ordinary things be
come very much the other way
when in an accident or when driv-
ing a car. .
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is now-in the south part of the D L I’
I n V l f Ail
county it will be some time b e - X U D l l v
By A. L. Lhribeck.
Hosch in a statement in which he fore these Toads can be smoothed
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H IO VHITip 0111103
Activity in the camp of the declared that he is in the race to again.
The county has rented a com-1 t
. „
Oregon Republicans this past week stay.____
pressor and is blasting points off The Soil Conservator
h«« centered largely on efforts to
Prospect of a lively fight for the the road in Hay Canyon and has and the Army join with
emoke out some outstanding can- republican nomination for Congress
widened the road near the . Dave enrollees in inviting the
didate for governor who might oe ■ in the first Oregon district is seen Reid place. Further work is to Sherman County to visit
expected to give Chas. H. Martin,! in the entry of Walter Noiblad
be done on the hill just north of and work area on Sunc
Democrat, a race in the November: of »Ahtoria into the race as an op- the site ot the old Rutledge church 3, at 1:30 p- m. , L*. ..
election—it being pretty generally pnnent of James W. Mott, incum- and on the von iBorstel hill. ' I Commanding Officer, Lt.
coneeded that the governor already bent, who is seeking re-election,
Roads in the south end of the J. R. Chenault, camp s
has the nomination in the bag andt Youthful,-alert, aggressive and
county
are still ve y soft in spots dent, are in charge . o f
safe and snug in his possession. By] ®ble Norblad has already started and the county maintainer was ments. A tour of the <
the same token these same repub- his campaign for the Congressional stuck twice Sunday so bad that it work area will be condu
lican leaders do not feel that seat and expects to devote his en- had to be pulled out with a trac- which there will b e /r d
either of the four candidates who tire time right up to the primary tof. Once was on dirt road and and entertainment. Thii
have already offered their services election in « tour of the district once on the Rutledge Market road. | to comemorate the fifth
to the party in the capacity of which covers the entire state west
. 1 sary of the CCC-
standard bearer are of sufficient of the. Cascades except for Multno- Grading Continued
The heavy grading outfit is
oalibre to give Martin any con- mah county. Norblad is the sou
siderable worry.
former governor A. W. Noiblad, a movincr south on the most east
In this connection it is known graduate of the University of Ore-
that considerable pressure ia being gon and is engaged m the practice
brought on Chas. A. Sprague, of law in ^Aasoria.
Saldm newspaper publisher, to
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When the Moro State Bank
gubernatorial contest.
Representatives of the coopera-
| closed up back in 1931 the liqui
Sorague, himself,is reluctant to tive Flax plants at .Canby and
dator found a deposit for one
- diaeOM the ’ sibject. Friends erf Mt. Angel appeared
before t|ie
Fred Roedell, -but was unable to
the Salem publisher, however, de- Board of Control this week to
find him. Now that the day when
ciare that while Sprague would protest the invasion of their field
the affairs of the^bank may be
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«titmnrt some oth- by the state flax plant. Fublica-
closed is in sight there was an
urgent desire on the part of H. W.
Champneys to find Mr. Roedell or
The grain office« in Portland will find out what happened to him.
not be open Saturday afternoons < ^ r ffeV pdegrairs_aid w
.en-
hereafter, according to Sherman ( listed and Mr. Roedell has been
county grain -buyers. Prices wflljYound at Wellington, Missouri,
not be available on gram after that].- A letter from him tells of his
hour of the week ¿and those whfo work around this cqunty from
wish to sell m ust’do so early in 1908 to 1919 with names of many
the day or wait until another week, men he worked for. Apparently
Heretofore local buyers have been he had not forgotten his deposit,
able to obtain a price on Saturday which w«s* for more than $5000,
afternoon but this practice is be- but had not needed it during the
ing discontinued closing rural prosperous twenties .or the de-
markets for the week ends.
pressed thirties..
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Big Depositors of
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Death Toll Hage
last shower. As county machinery ,
Laws Strict for Drunks
"The laws regarding drunken
driving have been made very strict
and drunken drivers' must have
their licenses , suspended for at
least a year and must give bond
for financial ability before being
allowed to drive again which often
prevents them from driving legal
ly for three years. In fact 97%
of those who have lost licenses
through drunken driving have
been unable to get them for three
years after the accident.
Eighty percent of the accidents
are caused tty those who have had
no previous accident for four years
according to statistics kept a t the
office of Mr. Snell. Driving with
the car out of control is the major
cause of accidents and this may
occur at any speed. Control of
the car depends on road conditions,
condition* of driving and the me
chanical shape of the ear.
Safety Work Profitable
Under Mr. Snell, the secretary
of state’s office has been doing
many kinds of work to stop the
increase in accidents and Oregon
is gradually making a better rec
ord for safety. Newspapers are
co-operating and radio talks are
being made to inform driver* 2rf
highway dangers; manuals are
given to inform «bout the laws.
In February a period of 21 days
elapsed during which there was no
fatal accident, which is the longest
safe period for many years.
Mr. 8nell was accompanied by
Dave Lemon, his partner in Arl
ington. Musical numbers were
given by Katherine Fridley, trum
pet, accompanied by Beryl Sheets-?
Philin Johnson, song, accompanied
by Wm. Clothier; and a trio com
posed of Mesdames Lloyd Royse,
Q. G. Hilderbrand and George
Wilde with Mrs. Wm. Clothier as
accompaniest. H. J. Dixon spoke
in behalf of a recreational center
project for the club.
County Wins Seal
Sale Cup for 1937
— Collection of taxes on the
current roll were a bare fifty dol
lars below the hundred thousand
dollar mark for this tax paying
period according to a turn over
made thia week by Sheriff Wilson.
Total collected was $99,940.93 oa
the current roll. Discount was
allowed on taxes paid which means
that more than a hundred thous
and dollar’s worth of the $133,90S
levied as been paid. This is ap
proximately sixty per cent of .the
total roll
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To Hold Tea
Bond Fund Gets $18,000
A silver tea is to be given by
"he dub ladies in the club house,
Friday, April 1st, to benefit the
Children's Firm Home near Cor
vallis. Clothing contributed for
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children between the ages of four
and sixteen years will be very much
appreciated.
The Moro Woman’s Club met at
’ the club house March 25th. Mrs.
Ross Ornduff was sleeted into
, the club.
Reaths Sayrs played a violin
solo, accompanied by bar mother.
A short one act play, “H (Must
Be Love,” was put on by Mrs.
, Truitt, Mrs. Mttchellmore, Mrs.
McLeod and Mrs. Endicott.
The county general fund receiv
ed $22324.00 from the payment;
the elementary schools $8817.60
and the sinking fund for road
bonds $18,292.12. These are the
largest items to be paid the
county.
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School districts receiving money
from taxes are materially helped
by the turnover. The iMoro dis
trict will get $0333.20, Grass Val
ley. $4078.12: Kent $2712.0« with
out the joining districtar* Wasco
$1003.70 and Rufus $0373.60 with
out joining districts. The non-high
district received $2730.15 which
will give it funds with which to
pay for tuition and transportation.
Wasco Gets Big Slice
Wasco was helped to the tune
of $3071.50 by the payment of
1938 taxes. Moro obtained $1519.-
40 and Grass Valley «1299.36.
April 19 ia the Mat day to regis Small sums for city road districts
ter for voting at the primary will also be credited to the cities.
nominating election to be held on
In addition to the current tax
May 20, 1938.
turn-over delinquent taxes to the
The county clerk’s office in the amount of $13,996.43 were collect
courthouse ' ia open between the ed and turned over to the tr e e s
hours of 8 and 12 olclook each urer for distribution to the several
morning and from 1 to 5 o ’clock taxing units of the county.
each afternoon, except Sundays. —
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Appointments may be made by
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those voters, who are unable to V o n i C f C j
register during these hours, or by 1
any one who is physically unable
D««
to appear at the courthouse for IV V W 1 U
registering.
Dietributk
Who Must Register
the r«P°rt»
economic cc
All persons who have moved week. Rep<
since the last election, women mittees are
who have married, new-comers in] pamphlet of
the state and county and those other books
who have reached the age o f 21 aired becaus
year* since the last election, or conference ’
who will be 21 yers of age prior» „fag beard
to May 20, should register on ot I
agriculti
before April 19. A six-months the next de
residence in the state and a 30-day the costs i
residence in the precinct is neces etorage and taxes for the year»
sary, besides the regular qualifica from 1919 to 1937 is one of the
tions of citizenship and legal age. most interesting features of the
The County Clerk has made it booklet inasmuch as it proves that
convenient for those living in the these three items required more
following precincts to call upon bushels than were grown in one
their local registrars. Rufus, Mr». year of the aeries. Farmer» will
Opal Brady; Waaco, Joseph A. all receive a copy of the reports
Mee; Grass Valley, I. D. Pike; and others will be available for
interested persons.
Kent, J. E. Norton.
induB tri««, th ree th in g s hare happened
Down go pay r o l l s ; out go our workers; and
in ooaes worry, su sp ic io n and s is e r y ! When
any o f our in d u s tr ie s , la r g e o r sm all;
la o k s buying su pp ort, i t a u st sh u t down.
BUT when we g iv e I t our BUYING SUPPORT, i t
th r iv e s and c r e a te s a cre OPPORTUNITY fo r^
WORK and thus more OPPORTUNITY fo r BUYING^
Through our p u rchases, ws s ig n a l. "STOPX.OX
"GO" fo r our own.OPPORTUNE
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