THRJgHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, Ó É & O N
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Sherman County Observer
Established Nov. 2, 1888
Grass Valley Journal
Established Oct. 14, 1897
CONSOLIDATED March 6, 1931
Wasco News-Enterprise
Established Nov. 1891
ZONSOLIDATED March 4, 1932
Published Every Friday at
Moro, Oregon
Giles L. French
Editor
Entered as second-class matter at
Ihe Postoffice at Moro,- Oregon
under Act of Congress of March
5. 1879.
O r ^ fN 'e w s p a p e ^ b liB js
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES
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M A R C H 17, 1939
ORATORY
The Oregon senate is oratorical
about almost anything but when
the subject of discussion is PUD-
the word users really go to towr
There are seven votes in the sen
ate against the present public
utility bill but the speech making
on the bill has been as long as if
the contest was really close.
I t .» an accepted truth that this
session of the legislature has in
dicated that a good voice and a
liking for oratory, gestures and
speaking before fellow members
or other forms of swaying votes
by local persuasion is of little
avaiL The se-nate listens politely
to its small group of protestants,
the house sometimes encourages
its orators and when the shows
are over both houses vote against
the speech maker.
This does not mean that the
art of public speaking is entirely
disregarded in the assembly, only
that arm waiving, red faced
speeches do not have the desired
effect. Men of quiet demeanor in
whom the members have confi
dence can explain a bill in three
or four minutes and get the votes.
Perhaps that is the modem style
of speaking, a style of reason in
stead- -ef emotion.
TAXES
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FRIDAY/MARCH 17, 1939
OREGON HAS
MANY OLD PEOPLE
The real reason why Oregon is
one of the strongholds of the Town
send old age pension movements
may be found in an Oregon State
I fanning board report, “Oregon
i-coks Ahead.'* *
This s(utc ha« more people over
54 years of age in proporton to its
population than any other state ex
cept Maine, New Hampshire and
Vermont. At the same time, it has
fewer young people, proportionate
ly, than any other state except
Ca-.iforni^ and Nevada.
No inferences regarding the
townsend or any other movement
are drawn in the report, but it
would be natural-ior any project of
interest to older people to arouse
attention here, those who have
read the volume point out.
Oregon also has thef ■ lowest
birth rate ~of all states. In 1936
the natural increase per 1,000 drop
ped to 1.5 per cent while the birth-
iate was 14.1 p?rsons per 1,000,
compared to that of New Mexico
of 27.1 per 1.000.
The low birth rate need occasion
no special worry io Oregonians, the
report points out... Health condi
tions are unusually good in this
state, which means that a larger
proportion of children will survive
and also will live longer lives. Mi
gration into the state will also take
care o f any needed increase in pop
ulation.
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In Other Days |
From the Observer Mar. 16, 1900
The roads in Sherman, a dis
grace to civijation a week ago,
are today, the finest in the world.
The chinook winds made them so.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
will be organized on the 25th for
effective work April 1. Rev. Elder
is well pleased with his new field
and the people are well pleased
with him.
School will probably open about
April 2, in the Kent district
Edson W. Downing closed his
1th term of school at the Blue
School, March 2. He will teach
the spring term at Rose • Bush,
which began March 12.
Fiom the Observer Mar. 18, 1910
J. A. Wilson and George Mow
ry Have formed a partnership in
the law business at Moro.
Mr. and Mrs. Blue will cele
brate their Chin« wedding anni
versary March 28. •
Charles Taylor, son of attorney
Joseph A. Wilson of this city,
Sundayed at home. He is now
with a surveying corps in the con
struction department of the Des
Chutes railroad.'
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Judd Fish the former popular
host of The Umatilla House, was
a Sherman county visitor last
week in search of a wheat farm.
He has a farm in Klickitalt but
can esaily handle two.
Fiom the Observer Mar. 19, 192(t
The home of Mr. and Mrs. E.
ft. Barzee was gladentd on Mon
day March 15, by the arrival of
Murgeret Louise, a serven pound
daughter came to make her fu
ture home with them.
The benefit dance Wednesday
averting given by members of the
American Legion for the benefit
>f Chris Schultz post was a social
success. Ninety numbers wert
sold and the supper served by the
boys was an unqualified success.
A special session of the county
court was held ait Mdro on Mon-
lay for the purpose of cooperat
ing with the Farm Bureau battle
against weeds to be made in the
county this season. The court ap
pointed G. B. Bourhill to be in
charge of the work and named as
deputies the district committees
yf the Farm Bureau appointed at
the recent convention in this city.
Gtass Valley Journal:
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace of the
Hotel Vintin expect to take a
three weeks visit down in the
Cottage Grove vicinity, leaving
here next Friday. During tlheir
absence the hotel will be in charge
yf Edward Hannifin.
Ray Blake left Tuesday morn
ing to accept a position in the
Farmers State Bank at MororMr;
Blake has been bookkeeper at the
C. W. King store for some time.
Born: At Grass Valley March
17th, to Mr. and Mrs. Tommy
Barnett, a son, and his name is
Patrick.
Changes in the income, excise
and intangible tax laws are now
being made by the legislative as
sembly or perhaps been defeated
by this time. Some oonsolidatior
of the intangibles tax with the in
come tax Has been demanded be
cause it is a bit awkward to have
both.
The house put the two together
with a schedule that »eemed fair
to the holder of small blocks of
in tang iles and the senate made
further amendments that made
the bill entirely different in opera
tion.
It must be remembered that
taxes of this sort are direct prop
erty -tax offset taxes, in that
every cent so received is used to
remove state property taxes from
the rolls. If more money is rais
ed under these taxes the property
owner will notice it in his proper
ty tax statement.
The senate amendments reduce
the exemptions from >1500 for
married men to >1300 and for sin
gle men from >800 to >700. While
this reduction seems all im
portant to those who would
come under the tax, if passed, the
maximum that it could mean
would be >4 in taxes.
More important is the fact that
the man with an income of >6000
would pay an additional >14 if
the exemptions were reduced and
none of those who feel emotional
ly for the low bracket payer feels
sadly over that fact.
The rate for the first >500 is at
2%, for the second >500—after ex
emptions of course—is 3 # , after
that the rate goes up a percent
for each thousand. A man with
a gross income of >6500 entirely
from salary, wages or a business
would pay >269 under the senate
bill as opposed to >200 under the
present law. If a part of his in
tome was derived from intang
ibles he would pay an additiona1
W on that part of his income.
The house bill had 3<% surtax
on the intangibles and this is one
of the items that K will undergo
considerable debate in the confer
ence committee that has been ap
pointed by the president of thf
senate and the speaker of the
house. lAlso the top rate on in
tangible* is 8f/< instead of 77r for
other incomes.
A great anibunt of work has
gone into the income and excise
tax bills and studies of different
rates have been made and rtvarts
prepared by the tax commission.
Studiea of taxation methods of
other states have also been refer.-
red to by committeemen in houae s
and senate and it is hoped that a N
readjustment in these taxes wiff 1
be made that ia better than the
one in effect at the present time.
•S afety s o n n e t j
M U M PA H K IN l O N UMNCHaS
MIAMI e tt w v y OF NICKI N«-,
(Continued from page one/
genti al fund revenues for itine
current biennium ^ Thè balance
is made up of $2,160,000 in unex
pended balances carried over from
the relief appropriation for the
1-aMt biennium and $6,1500,000 in
anticipated revenue» from the
state's liquor monopoly.
Under the new relief set-up
ccunties will match the ».ate on
a 40-4)0 basis in financing old age
pensions and other social security
demands instead of the 50-50
>asis heretofore obtaining. In bhet
financing of direct relief counties
will be expected to provide not
more than 50 percent of the mon
ey» Under the relief budget as
set up by the way» and means
committee the counities wiW be ex
pected to supply only $4,400,000
during the biennium instead4 pf
the $6,000,000 included in the
Martin budget.
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State Relief Administrator
mer Goody* said that the relief
budget would provide for contin
ued operation on the present level
with no provision for expansion
of the relief program.
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While the legislature made pro
vision for a number of new state
activities and made generous pro
vision for salary increases for a
number of state official» it moved
to curtail only, one state function.
The lawmakers voted to get along
without the services of the plan
ning board-
even there ^ e y
compromised by giving Governor '
Sprague an additional allowance
of >10,000 with which to finance
such planning and'research as he
may regard as necessary during
the biennium.
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Oregon will continue to carry
its own insurance on state owned
property. A bill providing that
the board1 of control might con
tract with insurance companies
for excess coverage was defeated
in the senate after passing the
house.
The.- newly constituted ‘'public
welfare - commission, heretofore
known as the State Relief Com
mittee, held its first meeting in
Salem las/t week and organized by
electing J. H. Luihn as chairman
and Mrs. Thomas Honeyman as
secretary. In addition to taking
over all the functions of the old
relief committee the new welfare
commission will also perform all
the functions heretofore vested in
the chikl welfare commission.
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Appointment of L. O. Arens,
Klamath Falls democrat, and C.
M. Rynerson, Portland republican
as members of the state indus
trial t accident commission were
announced by Governor Sprague
last week —to >beoo,me effective-
March 15. Arene succeeds Roy
Buchanan of Pendleton while Ry
nerson, labor’s representative on
the commission, takes the p!*-c'o
of J. C. Joy. Reorganisation »d
this commission which also heads
up the unemployment compensa
tion organization is understoed
to presage the roirtoval of D. A.
Bui mo-re as unemployment com
pensation adminisltrator.
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Rumor about the capitol has it
‘hat J. W. Fugerson is soon to be
-cplaced as state forester, prob
ably by Lynn Cronemiller who
•rave way to Ferguson early in
•he Martin administration but
who remained in the organization
as publicity director.
Parking Problem
Cop—Why have you been sitting
-n your car all afternoon?
Motorist— I’m w aitingt for two
gentlemen.
Cop— Who are they?
Motorist—The one who owns the
car in front of me and the one who
owns the one in back. ., ,
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Eureka Lodge No. 121 A-F & A-M
Meets on the 1st and
3rd Thursday eve
nings of each month.
Visiting members cor
dially invited to meet
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A. B. Christianson W. M.
C. V. Belknap. Secv.
Moro Lodge No. 113, T7O. O. F.
Moro, Oregon
Meets 1st and 3rd
Tuesdays
in tha
I.O..O.F. hall Trai
sient and visiting
brothers are cordi
ally invited to meet
with us.
V enon Miller, N. G.
Joe Truitt, Secretary.
Bethlehem Chapter, No. 78.O.E.S
Moro, Oregon
Meets Every Second and
Fourth Thursdays in each
Month. Visiting members
Invited
Rose Amidon, W,M.
Ruth Sparling, Secretary. .
Rebekah Lodge No. 116
Moro, Oregon
Meets 2d A 4th Tues
day of each month.
Visiting membens wel
come.
Rebekah Wilson, N.G
Florence Johnston.Se«
Lupine
D O U tU Z R A A K IM + IN S T K K B T s
M I A N S F b S N W o r W a iC K lM + Z
OÚR FELLOW DRIVERS
Statehouse Gossip
By Mueller
Motor Tax
Reduction Wanted
th* Southwest quarter
the Noi>A(we«t quarter o f the
Southeast quarter qd Section.
12, aU te Township 2 North
- Reage I t East W. M. -
A program designed to lesaen
This summons ia served upon
the burden of taxation on m otor-1 ycu pursuant to an order of Hon.
ista will be considered thia week Carl Hendricks, Judge of said
by the Oregon State Motor asso Court, made on the 13th day of
ciation board of directors when it March, 1939, which directs that
meets to map plans for the next this eununoo» be published once
year, according to Dr. E. B. Mc each week for four consecutive
Daniel, president of the organiza weeks in the Sherman, County
tion.
Journal, a newspaper published
. Pointing out that the average at Moro, Oregon, and that a copy
out onrabile owner pays taxes each of the complaint and summons be
year amounting to nearly 26 per deposited in the United States
¿ent of the value of bis car, the postoffice a t The Dalle», Oregon,
head of organized motordom said with postage thereon prepaid,
the burden had reached a critical directed to Nellie A. Crawford ait
-point. He predicted an active Red Oak, Missouri, and a copy of
the summons and complaint be so
program to lessen »the levies.
deposited in the United States
Conservatively, he declared, the
poet-office at The Dalles, Oregon,
average automobile is worth >22p.
with postage thereon prepaid, di
Through levies on new cars, gaso
rected to Walter A. Burkhart at
line, oil and accessories, besides
Carthage, Missouri, and that a
his operator’s and car license fpes
copy of the summons and com
and other special expenditures
plaint be deposited in the United
such as mechanical inspection fees
States poetoffice at The Dtallea,
and fines, he pays slbout $53 each
Oregon, with r postage thereon
year.
prepaid, directed to Franklin M.
“The average automobile owner Sides at Carthage, Missouri, and
earns less than >30 a week. This that all of said copies of summons
means be works for snore than 10 and complaint be certified to;
day« a year exclusively for the that copy of summons and com
automobile tax collector.
The plaint be not deposited in the Post
Traveler« Safety Servioe
motorist can stand no more tax Office nor sent to the other de- •
load.”
fondants, as their whereabouts is
'W hat a guy! H e Hops me to ask what time ii is, and because my
unknown.
Levies on motorists have in
brake; do*'t ho’d he **5 vet mc a f
The first publication o f this
creased yearly, he said. , “Law
summons
Is March 16, 1939.
makers have ibeen inclined to
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RANK
G.
DICK
turn te the motorist when groping
for additional funds, and in many Attorney for Plaintiffs
Post Office Address: The Dalles
cases he has been the goat.”
f
19-22
He pointed to the new state Oesron.
wide mechanical inspection law
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
as an example of increasing taxes,
and stated that this bad made THE STATE OF OREGON FOR
SHERMAN COUNTY
t-he situation even more critical.
SUMMONS
FredKrusow, Plaintiff, -vs-
J. Kenneth McKean, Administra
Notice of Final Hearing.
tor of the estate of J. C. McKean,
All persons are hereby notified deceased; J. Kenneth McKean and
to file their objections if any, to Velma McKean, husband and
the final account of the executor wife; Georgia Kinsley and Byron
end executrix of the will of John Kinsley, wife and husband; Mur
Mathieson Sr., deceased, on or be iel Jean McKean, a single person;
fore April 14, 1939, at 10 o ’clock Mark Skinner as Superintendent
a. m., which is the time fixed by >f Banks of the State of Oregun;
the County Court of Sherman Gherman County, a municipal
County, Oregon for the settle orporation; the unknown heir«
ment of said final account.
if J. C. McKean, deceased, and
Margaret Leff, executrix, z
dso all other persons or parties
Hugh S. Mathieson, executor.
inknown having or claiming to
19-22 have any right, title, estate, lien
,r interest in and to the real
>roperty as in the complaint de
SUMMONS.
scribed,
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
Defendants.
THE STATE OF OREGON FOR
To
the
unknown
heirs of J. C.
SHERMAN COUNTY.
McKean, deceased, aad also all
DAVID REID and LENORA
ther persons or parties unknown
-RKJD, husband and wife, Plain saving or claiming to have any
tiffs, -vs- W1ALTBR A. BURK right, title, estate, ien or inter-
HART, NELLIE A. CRAWFORD, st in the real property described
FRANKLIN M. SIDES, and all n plaintiff’s complaint on file in
of the unknown heirs of JOANN/A *he above entitled cause and as«
E. SMITH, deceased, JANE DOE n this summons described, DE
ROBERTS, surviving daughter ol FENDANTS:
PICKERING T. ROBERTS, de
IN THE NAME OF THE
ceased (true name unknown), all
¡TATE
OF OREGON: You, and
of the unknown hein# of Pickering
ach
of
you, are hereby required
T. Roberts, deceased, also all
o
appear
and answer the com-
other persons or parties unknown
claiming any right, title, estate, ilaint filed against you in the
bove entitled court and cause
lien or interest in the real estate
vithin
four weeks from the date
described in the -complaint herein,
>f the first publication of this
Defendants.
ummons as hereinafter stated,
TO WALTER A. BURKHART ind if you fail to so answer said
NELLIE A. CRAWFORD, FRA complaint or otherwise appear or
NKLIN M. SIDES, and all of (lead in this cause, plaintiff, for
Zoe Dell L antis, E xposition beau ty, receives tha trophy as the unknown heirs of JOANN/. vant thereof, will apply to the
w inner of the “ chop ch o p ’’ sw eepstakes in a rickshaw race on E. SMITH, deceased, JANE DOE court for the relief as prayed for
Treasure Isiand w hile Bill Chan, th e victorious runner looks on. ROBERTS, surviving daughter of in plaintiff’s complaint, - to-wit:
Miss L antis, represen tin g Am erica, receives ¿J1« trophy from PICKERING T. ROBERTS, de FIRST: For a decree that there
Ruby Lew of th e C hinatqw n con cession at th e World a Fair.
ceased (true name unknown), all s now due and unpaid on the
of the unknown -heirs of Pickering )fomissory notes and the mort
T. Roberta, deceased, also all oth
gage set forth and described in
REPLACE FAULTY
er persons or parties unknown plaintiff’s complaint, the sum of
COUNTY 4-H CLCDS*
HEADLIGHT BULBS
claiming any right, title, estate >1,275.43, with interest thereon
HAVE CHANCE FOR TRIP
lien or interest in the real estate from December 8, 1#37, at the
Home making abilities • again
Failure to replace a defective described in the complaint herein. •ate of eight per cent per annum
will be recogn ize ; in the 17U0 bulb in a headlight is not a step Defendants:
mtil paid: the further sum of
National 4-H Girls’ Record Con- toward economy, but is more ap.
IN THE NAME OF THE ¡451.51 as taxes paid by the plain-
test offered to home economies in to be a costly measure of neglect,
itf assessed against the real
STATE OF OREGON, you an
clubs of Sherman county. Par- according to Secretary of -State required to answer the complain
»roperty described in said mort
ticipation will be under the sup- Earl Snell.
filed against you in the above gage; the further sum of >200.00
ervision of the extension Service, i Nearly 400 accidents causing cause on or before four weeks attorney
fee, together
with
More than a million girls have -four fatalities in Oregon last year frpm the date of the first puibli
«laintiff’s costs and disburse
shared in the activities of past involved automobiles driven after cation cf this summons; if you ments. SECOND: For a decree
programs, and almost 500 from 44 dark with one or both headlights fail to answer, for want thereof foreclosing plaintiff’s said mort
states have earned trips to pre- out. It is reasonable to assume plaintiff» will apply to the court gage and as recorded in Book “T”
vious National Club 'Congresses that many of these accidents for the relief demanded in th< >f Mortgages of Sherman County,
in Chicago, and other awards.
i would not have occurred if the complaint;
for
a
judgmen Oregon, at page 415 thereof, and
The contest is d%slg#ed to give headlights Had been up to stan- against each of you that plaintiffr covering the following • described
be adjudged and decreed ¿hat eacl "eal property in Sherman County,
tihe club girl a broader under- , dard.
-
standing of the major phases of J Not oiny aoes (the “one-eyed and all of the defendants have nc Oregon, to-wit:
All of Lot Six and the West
homemaking, encourage her par- - driver expose himself to accident, astute, right, title or interest
Half of Lot Seven ih Block
ticipation in bhem,s aid in m a i n - g reatly increases the risk whatsoever in or to the land
’’C”,
Barnum’s Addition to
tairiing physical ’ and
mental t0 pedestrians wiho happen to be herein described, and that the
the City of Moro in Sherman
htalt'h, develop an appreciation ■ waikjng along or crossing the title thereof be adjudged free and
County, Oregon,
of factors tHa-t make happy fajn- , roaj
¡9 traveling Pedestrian clear of lien.», interests and Claim«
md
decreeing that ths said uiort-
ily life, encourage wi4e buym a^ : sal’fcty at night requires that head in favor of the plaintiffs and a-
ship and use of natural resources. ; ijgfcts be kept up to maximum gainst all of the defendants raged premises be sold in the
develop skills and abilities that i efficiency, since it is difficult That the title to the above de manner •prescribed by law and
make for comport in the home, I er0Ugh for a driver to .iee pedes- scribed land be quieted and tha4 hat all interest or claim of inter
and enjoy the noble individual and trains in the road ahead of him plaintiffs be declared to have i est on the part of each and all
social satisfaction involved.
fee simple title therein and there of the defendants herein bj fore
under the best o»f conditions.
closed and barred, excepting only
Awards will be based op their
Nearly all trucking companies to. That each and all defendant the statutory rifeht of redemption^
be
forever
enjoined
and
debarred
records of acomplif-hments in all 'have made spare headlight bulbs e
ind for such other relief as to
the abov^ lines,t as wq H 5as compe standard item of equipment, and from asserting or Claiming an' the court may seem proper.
titive and coopcraYlv^ club ven me concern in the east has gone right whatsoever in or to »au
Service of this summons is
tures. County winners will re so far as to equip every truck, land adverse to the plaintiffs anc
ceive gold medalii,*and the girl with a complete auxiliary light that plaintiffs be declared the sole made upon you by publication
n the Sherman County Journal,
whose attainments rank Highest ing system operated off a separate •nd exclusive owners thereof and
a newspaper of general circula-'
for
the
plaintiffs
cosits
and
dis
in the srtate will make the trip lottery, so that in case of a fa il
tion, printed and published week-
to the l&th National Chib Cong ure in any part of the regulai bursement's and such other, fur
’y at Moro in Sherman County,
ress in Chio.aero with all expenses system, there will be no deci ease ther* and additional relief as t< Oregon, once a week for four con
he
Court
shall
seem
equitable
paid. From the groun o f state in the truck’s lighting efficiency.4
secutive weeks by virtu re of an
winners, five girls will be select This step was taken in recogni That a description of said lanr prder made in this cause by the
ed as a national blue award group, tion of the • great importance in which the plaintiffs are asking Honarable Carl Hendricks, Judge
to receive college scholarships of played by proper lighting in safe for the relief herein and in the of the above entitled court on the
complaint is situated in Shermar
$200 each from
Montgomery night driving.
21st day of February, 1939.
County, State of Oregon, and de
Ward. These selections will be
The date of the first publica-
scribed as follows:
made by a committee of state and Rays of Sunshine
ion of this summons is February
. Southeast quarter of Section
federal extension sepcialisits.
24, 1939.
2: "South half of Section 1:
What businebs needs more than
C. L. Pepper
Northeast
quarter
of
Sec
Moreover a little nonsense now anything else is- more orders from
Postoffice
Address: The Dallgs,
tion 11; the Northwest quar
and then is rel'shed hv the best customers and fewer from other
Oregon.
ter and the North half- of
ooo pie.
of women, if ’♦ is millinery.
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF.
F un
S. F. W orld’s Fair
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