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pá o í fWO th K átíÉRMAN C O ü Ñ tt JQUtt.vAL, bx a t« « j a u n t y ¿fonrttnl = ± S M uró , S c « oRÉCOS = MUDAŸ, JAÑUAfcY 20, 1989 = & £aflBSSK nai£Sa $1906.00* together1 with the addi Marcus Eslinger, Grass Valley. Fred Roedel comes from Miss tional sum of $190.00 as reasonable , (GoBtinued (rom pBee one, attorney fees, and for it» costs ouri to collect bank dividends. tiob of this fund. They want the October 14K Prize Winn er» num- and disbursements in the above legislature to keep hands off their erous at the Pacific International entitled cause, together with inter est as seven per cent (7% ) per “gravy boat” and any attempt to in the 4-H club envision. annum on said sum of $1900.00 upset it promises to be the pigiai October 21, Pierce Speaks—before for a free-for-all fight. the Wasco Civic Club Monday from the 6th day of December 1938, the date of the filing of the night. Confirmation of the appointment ! Richard Sather, 25, son of Mr. complaint herein, until paid. This aupnnons is served , upon of Edgar W. Smith of Portlajid as.i and Mrs. Louis Sather a t Kent, you by publication under and by a member of the state board of, di^d in Portland Tuesday. higher education has provided the ' Mrs. Eben Kee seriously injur virtue of an order of publication only controversial issue of the ed Wednesday, when a horse she duly made and entered by the Hon- legislative session to date. Smith’s J was riding fell with her, breaking erable Cart Hendricks, Judge of the Circuit Court of the State of confirmation is opposed by a num- 1 her jaw in two places. her of senators. In fact the ap City of 'Moro sued on hotel Oregon for the County of Sher man, on the 22nd day of Decem position claims 13 votes or more warrants. ber, 1938, requiring this summons than enough to block confirmation Fourteen members o f Woman’s while Smith’s supporters claim 23 club attended the district meeting to be published in the Sherman votes or enough to confirm with Af Federated Women’s club at County Journal not less than once S week for four consecutive weeks. at least three bo spare. Fostil. October 28, Sprague Speaks—be- The date of the first publication When the question of Smith’s confirmation came up during the for< a large delegation of voters of this summons is* December 30, first week of the session it was gathered at the Moro Hotel Tbilhs- 1938, and the date of the last publication is January 27. 1939. put over until Monday and made d a v , evening. m u « A PHILLIPS rm uurs SHEPPARD a special order of business. At Wasco boy, Arthur A. Van Gil iLBACH. U J. BAI that time instead of coming to a der, son of Harry Van Gilder, wins a fòr Plaintiff, Attorneys acclaim in army as a sharpshoot vote the matter was referred to 1208 Public »lie Service Bldg., a special committee of five mem’ er. Portland, Oregon.* November 4, Legion Install— now bers for further consideration. officers for the Wasco, Moro, Kent, Two objections are raised to If legislators would place quali Smith’s confirmation. One of these and' Antelope Posts and for the NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT JA N U A R Y 20, 1939 ty ahead of quantity in the mat is his membership on the milk con Notice is hereby given that the Wasco, Moro, Kent Unite, in the ter of introducing bills, to impress trol board. Several senators who Masonic hall at Moro, Saturday undersigned has filed in the Coun people at home, it would simplify otherwise will vote to confirm ty Court of the State of Oregon night. REAPPORTIONMENT Traveler* Safety Servioe matters a lot. for Sherman County her Final November 11, Mayors Eleotpd— Smith’s appointment have indi While publicity about the move Account and Report as adminis for Grass Valley, Wasco and Moro " W < were on s three-lane highway in heavy traffic, and the dopa cated that they will not support to reappo-tion the state' legisla tratrix of the estave of J. A. Bar California has introduced as a him unless and until he relin A. A. Dunlap, William Nitbet, and thought I ’d let him pas* M E ! " tive districts so that each county theme song for the President’s quishes his milk board post. The nett, «ieceased, and that Monday, Giles French, respectively. will have at least one represen ball, ‘‘Brother, can you spare a other objection is to Smith’s ac Car crash on the Sherman High the , 13th day of February, 1939, tative was to a certain extent dime.” A ' dollar would* come tivity in affairs of the University way south of Moro resulted in a at 10.00 o’clock a. m., of said caused by the otherwise dull leg nearer being correct. com pound fracture of right leg day, at the court room, in the of Oregon. Partisans of the state islative week end, it is a problem for Mrs. Kerr of Idaho, and slight courthouse, in Moro, Sherman college fear that their interests that will havq to be solved not ,» Who remembers thé good old i injuries for Mrs. A. A. Dunlap of County, Oregon, have been fixed might be jeopardized by the pres later than the 1941 session. Grass Valley, and 'Mr. Kerr. Mr. by the Court as the time and days when all you expected from ence of»»«nrversity man on the B y Representative French. th e y have pledged to do days be- Dunlap escaped injury. place for hearing of objections to The constitution of the state the government was a free pack* board. F i r s t th e le g is la tu re is c riti- i o e. November 18, Accident. Injure«— said Final Account and Report ' -i • • • > requires that reapportionment be age of seeds. It is likely that there will be a Harry Wayne Young of Grass Val and for the settlement of said done after each federal census is Governor Sprague in a special ci zed because of a lack of bills and before long it will be criticis- number of bills for readjustment taken and the next one will be he was driving estate. message to the House and Senate ed because it has too many of of county officials’ salaries. The ley when the car ___ taken in 1940 as everyone knows. Mary F. Smith, crashed into the rear Monday called attention to objec them but this is the way many committee handling thia sort of Jj^foon car stopped on of the C. I. If the usual method is used, and the road Administratrix. tions raised by the federal Social legislation usually adopts the pol south of Grass Valley to permit T. Lester Johnson. things go. used without political manipula Security Board to Oregon’s defi tion, the population of the state Legislators come to Salem filled icy that if the county court or a a California car, broken down, to Attorney for administratrix. 10-14 nition of labor disputes as set forth From the Observer Jan. 19, 1900 > will be divided by the number of with ideas but without having group of substantial taxpayers , be turned around by the wrecker Mike Rosendoiff, a former Moro in the picketing bill approved by them written out in proper form, recommend the bill it will be fav-j to be towed back to town, Notice of Final Settlement members— sixty and districts hav the voters at the November elec acted upon. Otherwise November 25, Dewey Burrell F oudo ing that number of citizens will merchant, suicided in Baker City tion. In an effort to overcome this for presentation to the house or orably Notice is hereby , given that have one member of the house. It last week “for the_henefit of his objection attorneys for the Unem senate. Therefore the first week they can turn it down with a —dead in Biggs canyon by the Curtis A. Tom, administrator of | stste police. the estate of George E. Wilkerson, i., presumed that around 20,000 family,” after blowing in his last ployment Compensation commis is spent in having the bills writ celerity that is surprising. dollar at poker and other athletic will be needed. It is expected that the long Joe Mee loses case a g a in s t the deceased, has filed ,in the CounV’ ten or in talking to possible sup sion have drafted an amendment sports. looked for PUD law will be in^State Accident Commission, Cm’~l of Sherman CrountyT Ore porters about them. To compare the proposed plan Last Sunday Mrs. U. S. McDanel to the compensation act in which gon, his duly verified final accoun4- this week but the terms of it havej Achievement Day banquet held to give each county at least one Then the second week the fiood found a blooming pansy in her they attempt to set up a definition m d ‘hat Monday, the 30th day of not been made known as yet. Rev- 4 H clubbers at Fraternity representative with the rotten flower garden. There were other of labor disputes in conformity begins, to continue until the enue bonds are «»nsidered a cer- hall in Wasco Saturday night, January, 1939 at 10:00 A. M. in borough system in England, makes committee on legislation and rules buds just ready to blossom, but with the requirements of the fed the County Court Hoorn in the tainty and some other changes in Moro State Bank pay seventh good reading, but shows a lack of it. This is the committee old Jack Frost took them in that eral board but applicable only to stops County Court House in Moro, that, after the passage o f about the present law are also expected.1 dividend of 5 per cent, knowledge of the constitution of the jobless insurance law. Attor night. Sherman County, Oregon, ha« been thirty days, has to decide whether Bert Snyder of Lake county December^ M. G. Melzer Bays— the United States. W hen; that neys for organized labor express document .Was written the princi ' Luke Moro Johnston, son of W. themselves as entirely dissatisfied or not bills are necessary to the this week delighted the members the remaining stock from the Farm fixed as the time and place for the B. Johnston, had hi* annual birth ple of having one house .represent with the proposed amendment and peace and security of the state. f om eastern Oregon by sending er’s Elevator and Supply company hearing of objections to said ac the people, the other the states day Saturday. He was born in members of the legislature who If not they stay in that committee. out littIe bouquets composed of from the liquidator and will open count and the settlement thereof. Illinois but was named for his CURTTJ A. TOM While there are more bills there sa8ebrush and Juniper which were up for business immediately, was established. The present pro h«“ - m proudly by the boys from the Budget for Sherman county future home in Sherman county. have studied the proposed amend a e f e w e r £ Administrator posal follows the same policy by Miss Pearl Dean has a fine ment frankly admit that they do v h o w ere am om r th e f o r tu n a te fe w °°untry where those plants are. passed by committee with only one GALLOWAY A KRIER having one house divided on a pop assortment of men’s ties for sale. not know what its effects will be. v ho were ajnong the fortunate lew t • « change. An additional $500 was The Dalles, Oregon ulation basis and the other on i now doing the jobs assigned , . , . w w wu Fiom the Observer Jan. 21, 1910 In order to get the amendment arc 8-12 to them while the great majority Last week there was a rushing ™tad for the e"*^e8ncy fund, Attorneys for said Estate partial county representation basis Dr. O. J. Goffin’s youngest under way however the senate If the constitution was change« a re back hom e telffh g n eig h b o r s about by everyone. This week ^ n,cn stood at $5000. brother, Adolph, is up from Mar committee on revision of law has are hack nome tein n g neighbors . . * ... ................................... December 9. New Officers Elected NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING so that each county was given one agreed to bring it out in the form what a poor legislator they have there is still rushing about but it ion county on a visit for two or NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, —to direct AAA in county. senator a direct comparison with three weeks. He is now at the of a bill and then to hold a num-j who cannot get them a job. No 8eems to have more direction, more that Alice Belshe T.«vender. Ad State officers held meeting in the federal constitution would be farm home with his sister ano ber of hearings on the subject be-| record has been kept,of it, but it certainty of destination. ministratrix of the Estate of Clay Moro for the north part of the made. ‘ It has been said that coun A conference was held over the brother-in-Haw, Mr. and Mr*. fore the lawmakers are asked to is probably true that more money Belshe, deceased, has filed in the ty lines are purely artificial. They pass on the measure. T. Morris is actually expended each session week end on the erosion hill and fifth district of the American Le County Court of Sherman County, Frank Miller. gion, Sunday. are: so are state lines and so is Born: January 10, to Mr. ana Dunne, chairman of the Oregon to obtain legislative jobs than the many changes were made in it, Oregon, her Final Account, and the line between the Unitd States Mrs. A. G. Boesen, a ten pound j Unempl°yment compensation com- state pays out in wages and sal- softening some of the Provisions,! and the Court has set the 8th and Canada and between Germany j mission told the^senate committee aries. Some come from far dis- and giving le^a power to the npgg — —— — ------ boy. day of February, 1939, at the hour and Switzerland. p ’ . rn A wv * r Miss Mildred Betts, The Dalles, Monday that .unless the Oregon tant places and stay several days, board. of 10:00 a. m., in the County The house begins to roll along held i t ^ a n n i ^ meeting* in The question the members of the is taking a needed rest from tele law was made to conform to the with resultant expense, and get no Judge’s office in the County Court legislature will have to decide phone work in the office there, by federal requirements his commis- job or a few days of work at four with much less evidence of fric-| Dalles las week n n ___ ____ ___ ... D’ Rouse at Moro, Sherman County, tior., which was highly overplayed* d‘ H’ and the question the people of visiting her aunt, and uncle, Mr. sion would be compelled to close to five dollars per day. f-oudfoot, of Wasco was elected ^ re8on» aa the time and place for the state will have to decide if and Mrs. Maus in Moro. B- v °® ces throughout Oregon | This week the blackboard was ar.yway, and it seems now that a President for the coming year. | the settlement of said accounting, the resolution gets on the ballot for lack of funds put up to direct committee mem- rapidly working house may be December 16, Teachers Dine__a t ’ Bnd A number of ladies were enter on etoruary 1 hearing objections to the is whether the remainder of the tained at Mrs. James Stewart’s o pay ad m in istrativ e costs. bers whe’re committees meet and expected. Sessions are short each imc, if any. the Moro Women’s club building, state loses four members to east Monday afternoon in honor of (Miss* *' * * | the grind of working over the morning and evening, but with organizing a county club, to aid ALICE BELSHE LAVENDER, ern Oregon or nine— using Sena Ida Mowry who left Moro Tues- Ellis-Wipperman bill t o . bills by committees is on. Tuea-! The rne ^»«-Wipperman bills coming in rapidly it will nofc them in legislative matters as well , _ Administratrix tor Kenin’s estimate— to Multno day for The Dallesr to enter the *^°ll8hvthe state hakery board has | Taxation is going to have be long until some of them are as local. J. TRACY BARTON, mah county. What do you think? field as nurse at the ......................... - - xv- hospital in tbe « bakery interests of the state ( iarge r^g^e in this legislature if on third reading and then the final County wheat yield for 1938 es THE DALLES, OREGON »{♦« I UP up in in arm arms S j A Dublin _ . . at . . this . v-rvll public hnarintz hearing nn on a _ _ prediction can . be made that city. roll stallo calls ««»ill will begin and legisla timated near 3,000,000 bushels, the Attorney for the Estate. 9-12 A TAXATION POLICY measure / 4. J ^ edul®d time. This sort of thing is gen- tion will come out of the machine the government loan on which People unborn in 1861-2 forget the for next Tuesday n>ght >n the erally wnrlr„H Notice of Final Settlement worked out in commfttee like wheat—and chaff—from the nears the million dollar mark Sometime, and it may not be far that that winter the thermometer in thia part of Oregon ran to 40 bearing room of the new capitoL for much of it is too technical to thresher. away, Oregon is going to have to Notice is given that Saturday, December 23, County AAA Officers degrees below for six weeks, and . . . be done on the floor. Usually if n overhaul its taxation policy. —elected for 1939 are Joe Peters the 21st day of January, 1939, at Property taxafcon is now, as It a trip fro in Walla«’Walla to T he,x Farmer» and poultrymen might there is disagreement with a com Self Protection of Moro, chairman; Wallace May the hour of 10 o’clock a .m., and Dalles contained from 20 to 30 find themselves Seriously' handi- mittee approved bill it is return A farmer and h is ' wife walked of Grass Valley and Arthur Smith the courtroom in the courthouse always has been the basis of our driys of perilous travel. capped in the shipment of chickens ed for further consideration, fo«r from their farm to the county cf Wasco. at Moro, Oregon, has been fixed taxation. It is the thing that From the Observer Jan. 23, 1920 R a bill introduced by Senator Wal- it is a serious thing to beat a tax fair, his wife laden down with a Wasco Civic club he*rs Millard the t.me and place for the must carry the load when othe” J. M. Parry died in Portland at lflCe should receive legislative ap- bill First; it cannot be introduc- heavy lunch basket. Once arrived Rodman, area manager for Soil hearing on the final report and things fail. When income drops, 2:30 Wednesday afternoon. The P o vaL The measure would require ed again; \second, thb monej^ is at the fair, he considerately turn Conservation Service. account of C. L. Pepper as ad- when they are few intangibles to funeral was held in that city Fri- a permit from the game commis- needed by some department of the ed to her and said. Mrs. J. N. Stevenson, mother of ministrator of the estate of the tax, when excise taxes find cor day, a large number of his friends 8’011 ’n order to ship birds from state. “You’d better let me carry the Mrs. M. E. McKee was buried in partnership of Bryant A Pepper porations without profit it is the attending from this section. one county to another. Chickens, basket now Mary, we might get The Dalles. and the settlement thereof. There will .be a fish hill. To reel property, the farmer and Albert, 11 year old son of Joe ‘8 explained, are classed as non- separated in the crowd.” C. L. Pepper, Administrator. 7-10 Miss Doris Thompson married timberman, and stockman and older legislators that is like say Folda was fatally bu ned at the frame birds. to Ray Siegenthaler of Portland. — — ______ city building owner who has to ing there will be a session of the CHRONOLOGY family home in Grass Valley --------------- ----- Earl Gentry and Mrs. Josephine foot the bill unless taxes can be Some memlber will Thursday evening: Four . persons . pleaded _ „ guilty - when starting „ a — „ tc legislature. . (Continued from page one i Ba num were married Christmas Eureka Lodge No. 121 A-F A A-M reduced. fire with gasoline in place of ker- .charges of falsification of claims; have the job of discoursing on the ove flow the barns, Meets on tho 1st ami evt in Portland. And even when taxes are re osene as he thought. Mrs. Robert for gasoline tax iefunds between Lie story of the noble salmon and Crop insurance delayed by lack 3rd Thursday eve- duced for a time they come bounc Burns saw the boy run from the December 21 and January 12 in 1 predicting what will happen to the of information. ?£n? 8. oi e*ch month. know the weather’s very queer,” ing rapidly back because of the he use and went to his assistance, this state. The convictions were species if the legislation pending , , Plans foy the annual library fes- p ie weather propher sagely said; Visiting members cor «mands made on the state by| Putting her, cloa^ «bout him and obtained in Clackamas, Washing- passed. Another and equally tival held at Wasco to raise funds “It has been now for many a year.” dUlly invited to meet g ’ciips of 1U cttiMns. * smothering the flames. . ton, Yamhill and Jackson counties. sincere memlber will predict equal for the local library were in the And then he wisely scratched his with us. At this time the state is on the A. B. Christikneon W.- M. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Verne Coe All claims are closely watched by ly dire consequences if it is de- making. head. verge of restoring the state tax at the home of H. M. Benson in the gasoline tax refund division feated. And after it is over and October 7, 4-H Members—enter “But I’ll just 'bet that it will vary _____ U» V. Belknap, Secy. on propery which has been held this city, a daughter on January for frauduent statements and d e -itbe newspapers have sent out the tained in Portland by the Firit Before the firot of February.” in abeyance several years since 21. Dr. Gormley, of Wasco in tcction of falsification will lead to speeches to the home districts, National Bank during the P. Moro Lodge No. 113, I. O. O. F. the economies of the worst de attendance. other immediate prosecution. were Anna Macnato, tRufus and Moto, Oregon pression years. Relief will take Read the ads in the Journal Grass Valley Journal: Monday Meet» 1st and 3rd most of the increase, that is relief Mr. L. Barnum and Mr. Rice sold Tuesdays in the and pensions, and there is no way the Citizens Commercial Co. stock I.O..O.F. hall Tran IN THE CTRCUIT COURT OF to stop it. of goods to P. N. Lemon of Grass sient and visiting THE STATE OF OREGON FOR Many little change* can be made Valley. The CC Co. has been in brothers are cordi THE COUNTY OF SHERMAN in the tax laws to bring in a little buriness about seventeen years. ally invited to meet UNITED STATES FIDELITY more money, say around a million. Representative A. M. Wright, f with us. AND ÇUAJRAINTY COMPANY, Estimated need* have been set at one of the quietest members of the a corporation, Plaintiff, v«. WARD Ve non Miller, N. G. six times that sura. Then when session, has made but one speech, Joe Truitt, Secretary. BEAUCHAMP, MYRTLE BEAU the funds are exhausted there will in which he demonstrated that he CHAMP, and AN AH V. BEAU- Bethlehem Chapter, 78.O.E.S. be another property tax made by can trot his colleague Jim Steewart CHA MIP, Defendants. the} state when the state already a real heat when the exigencies Moro, Oregon No. 2512 Meets Every Second and has the income tax and the other of the occasion require. He asked SU M M O N S Fourth Thursdays in each indirect taxes for its use. for a.road in Sherman county Ito To Anah V. Beauchamp, defendant: Month. V isitin g members It is quite likely that some sort be added to the sta'te road pro IN THE NAME OF THE Invited of a gross income tog. trill be gram. He literally denuded the STATE OF OREGON, You are Rose Amidon, W,M. passed this year but ir should not old and famous bird of all her hereby required to appear and W rite or ca ll for th e S p e c ia l Bank-by-M ail E n v elo p e and Hutb Sparling,; Secretary. be passed unless it carries with it tail feather* and convinced every answer the complaint filed egamet exp lan atory F old er sh o w in g the c o n v e n ie n c e o f th is plan. a millage limit on property taxes member that unless his road was you in the above entitled action Lupins Rebekah Lodge and at least half of the returns put on the program the sun would 116« within four (4) weeks from the Moro, Ore o / t h e from the ngw tax should be re fail to shine on the prettiest and date of the first publièetion of thia 'Meets 2d A 4th Tues turned to the counties for school most productive piece of Gid’s summons, and if you fail so to day of each month. - and relief purposes. It is doubt green footstool which has been appea* . . and a n sw er,-for wunt: Visiting members wel H ea d O ffic e , P o rtla n d . Oregon ful if the state should be asked to .»«ft lving around loose.—Eugene thereof the plaintiff will take judg- come. M IM B E R I I D E R A 1« 0 0 S I T IN S U R A N C E C Ü R P O R íllU N take over all relief payments for^ Register. ment against you as prayed for Thelma Miller, N .G f -A sìumm / Sgfrg Caiuwtf ! in its complaint in the sum of, Florence Johnvton.s^ they should be administered as close home ¿dierman County Observer Established Nov. 2,1888 The property t i x . Hrotr would G . ass Valley Journal probably be v set at -abound fifty Established Oct. 14, 1897 mills a figure too high to eut taxes this county where millages are CONSOLIDATED March 6, 1931 low, but taxes would be cut hero Wasco News-Enter prise nevertheless by the sums return Established Nov. 1891 ed from the tax commission. Nat toNSOLIDATED March 4, 1932 urally the method o f assessment would have to be retained to pre Published Every Friday at vent excessive figures being used in an effort to increase tax reve Moro, Oregon nues. A t present all property Giles L. French - „ Editor must be taxed at 100 percent of Entered as second-class matter a t Its trne cash^ralue and the state is the Postoffice at Moro, Oregon now faced with suits for over as- under Act of Congress of March sessment. It may be that as much property is over assessed $, 1879. than is unde^ assessed, even tho r t x —^ M e m b e r the books indicate th»t the aver age assessment is around sixty dw h sp percent of cash value, sociatio i Whatever is to be the eventual result it is certain that new means of raising money will have to be OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER accepted by the public, the state will have to stop spending money SUBSCRIPTION RATES for already establishing reasons, or Payable in Advance ONE YEAR .*.......................... $1.50 property will have to pay more. Statehouse Gossip OUR FELLOW DRIVERS By Mueller ’ V' * Legislative H i-L ights And Capitol Observations and Predictions In Other Days J j ? . . T h e D a llé s . B r a n c h U n ite d S ta le s N a t io n a l B a n &